Jaune Arc 2.0
Chapter 5 Traitors, Cowards and Ice Cream
As the three walked through the streets of Mistral Jaune tried his absolute best to avoid Winter's hard gaze. Finally, the Arc looked to her his head ducked.
"How many times do I have to apologize I'm sorry." Winter maintained her gaze upon him her eyes still fed up by him. Penny who walked between them merely tilted her head as she looked to her curiously.
"I don't understand Specialist Schnee, we managed to enter why are you showing signs of irritation, what was the problem with friend Jaune's actions?" In response Winter pressed in finger to her brow clearly annoyed.
"My problem, miss Polendina is that Arc's action against the guard were far less then professional and in fact unnecessary and even put us at risk."
"I really am sorry…" Looking to the shamed Arc as he lowered his head once more to her she found herself feeling a bit bad however she quickly shook her head at that before returning her cold stare ay him.
"You attacked that man!" Jaune retorted to that.
"He tried to grab your ass!" At that Winter sighed, if not for the reason behind his actions she would've been furious but knowing the reason why she could hardly truly be mad with the boy. Still the point remained, she couldn't just say everything was okay especially when his body could tear a man in half. Just from grabbing the guards lewd reaching hand he managed to shatter it and when he struck the man away she could hear his bone shatter.
"That hardly makes it okay for you to attack a man like that, with your current strength you have to be careful."
"While I appreciate the reason behind your actions I have no intentions of condoning them." Winter dropped it hoping the boy would shape up by the time they reached Lionheart. However abruptly Jaune stopped and his gaze turned towards lower districts, Winter felt a slight shiver up her spine as his gaze narrowed. She could swear she saw a scarlet glow lite up in his cobalt eyes.
"Penny… protect Winter her bodies still susceptible without aura." The ginger nodded however winter wouldn't stand for it.
"What are you saying it almost as if your leaving." The boy turned to her an apologetic smile on his face.
"Sorry Winter, Lionheart will have to wait… I can feel it." She could see it in his eyes, a cold determination before he turned towards the lower levels.
"There are people in trouble here." She saw as the black carapace formed around his hands becoming sharp and claws.
"And Monsters to Kill/ Devour… I'll be back promise." In that final moment she heard to voices, on of the kind Jaune Arc and yet the other was different and yet dreadfully familiar. Her eyes went wide when she remembered but it was already too late as he leaped from the area down before. That other voice was the one that spoke to Qrow as it devoured his aura.
Winter begun to make her way after the boy but was stopped when a hand gripped her hand, she turned to see Penny.
"What are you doing?" Penny only replied with smile.
"What friend Jaune asked." Winter went wide eyed at that.
"Penny do you understand the gravity of the situation he could be walking into?" To that Penny tilted her head.
"Whatever could you mean, Friend Jaune is going help people, I'm sure he sensed negative emotions which is why he headed off." Winter grind her teeth in annoyance.
"You glorified microwave, the dolt is heading to the lower levels, if people really are down there in despair. Then there are surely criminals there as well, possibly more then he can handle!" To that Penny responded with nothing more then a smile.
"Do not worry, Friend Jaune promised he'd be back and besides…" Winter saw as the ginger's eyes darkened and her voice became much more emotionless.
"It doesn't matter if they're Criminals, all that matters is whether their still humans or they've become monsters."
Shay leaned back sweat covering his form from exhaustion. That same greasy smile spread across his face as he looked to the form of Roman's petite mad dog. Really even all bruised and battered she really was quite a looker, burned courtesy of the cattle prongs he jacked off of that brat from Vacuo she was still the kind of girl he loved messing up. he wiped the sweat from his brow with the arm he was holding his dust infused whip with.
"'phew' was that as good for you as it was for me, you frosty little bitch." The small criminal glared at him but he could see it for what it was a façade. She had given up maybe even before Marigold gave him a night with her. Frankly it killed half the fun out of it but hey, seeing a girl give off silent screams was a gift in and of itself, once more that dirty smile spread across his face. Taking a dose of Jet, he felt a rush go through his body that filled him with vigour before he looked back to the girl and felt his pants tightening and reached for his belt.
Sauntering over to her Shay smiled grabbing her face, taking a bit of her hair in one hand he brought the multi-colour strands to his nose and took a deep sniff of it.
"Well shit you do smell like ice cream, now let's see what you taste like." Just as he reached a hand out to her modest chest the door opened to reveal the form of one of Henry's men.
"Mister Mann." Shay turned to the brute his face sneering at the bastard for interrupting the best part.
"What!" despite his yell the man seemed none to scared of him and spoke clearly.
"The auction will be beginning soon, I afraid we'll being reappropriating miss Neopolitan." Shay went wide-eyed at that.
"The deal was I had a whole night with this tasty lil number. They hell do you mean you taking her back already?" The man shrugged.
"Mister Shay it been more than 3 hours." At that Shay froze before raising his scroll up and checking.
"What the shit! Aww dammit! I told Reggie to give me the mild stuff not this gorilla panic crap… you telling me I spent all this time on foreplay you dumb fuck!" At that the man's eye twitched.
"Fucking dammit! Just give me another… minute probably less." The man struggled not to laugh but shook his head.
"I'm afraid that's not gonna happen mister Mann, I'm under strict orders here."
"Fuck, fuck, fuck you have got to be bulling me! Shit now I'm gonna have to spend have my lien on a trick again Oum dammit! Take her before I go and kick your ass!" The man sneered at that, but Shay responded in turn. After a few good minutes of dick-measuring the man shoved aside Shay but as he did the man shifted around wrapping the whip around his neck to strangle him.
"Listen here you big fuck, you try that again and we'll repeat this little dance cept next time I trigger the lighting dust inside and the last thought you'll have is how painful it is to have lighting running down you disintegrating throat." The man froze slowly shaking his head.
"You're lucky I like the kid otherwise I wouldn't have a second thought about killing your dumbass." With that the man let him go and stepped outside making sure to grab his clothes on the way out. Hell, he had some free time before he'd be heading back who knows maybe Henry had some girls with him a man can hope right.
He ran across the roofs moderately surprised by how spry he actually was, sure after the first few hundred deaths he'd learned to be more flexible, but this was just ridiculous. As he leapt roof from roof a deep voice from within growled. This odd new sense originated from this being within and as such he allowed it to surface to further amplify his ability to sense the sickeningly scent of negative emotions.
He didn't know what exactly was happening but he detected three emotion beyond the others, fear, greed and lust. One didn't need to be a genius to know that was a sign of the weak being oppressed, which only served to fuel his rage that much more. However, there was another emotion that stirred him more than any other, a feeling he knew all to well.
Hopelessness… complete and utterly he felt someone practically seething this single most heart-breaking emotion. It didn't matter who or why, but at that moment he promised to himself that he would save them… even if he had to leave a trail of bodies top do so. He could feel his heart once more grow dull as he advanced and could hear Pecus drool, after all it hadn't even been a full two days and yet he found some… more monsters wearing the skin of men. With that thought the Ultimate shield completely covered him making him appear no different to that of a Grimm.
Jaune stopped and looked down to a rather large yet hidden building noting the armed guards even from her he could smell their malice and practically breathe in their false sense of superiority. Before they knew what was happening Jaune landed upon the two grabbing their helmets in his hand and bringing them to the floor denting the metallic floor and shattering their helms. As they tried to scream he covered their mouths.
"Do you want to know what death taste like?" Pecus roared in satisfaction as he began to take their vitality, he knew his inner Grimm must have been disappointed after all aura meant more to eat. It didn't take long for him to devour the two rendering them to mere shrivelled corpses once he deprived them of their souls. With his knew biomass Jaune begun to shift his form wanting to scare the monsters inside as much as possible to produce the best A.T. field he could manage.
"Let become a Grimm so horrid it'll make even the monster run…" His mind drifted to that person without hope.
I promise I'll save you.
Henry sat in his seat waiting for the auction to begin all the while with a glass of wine in one hand and a brunette haired beauty in the other. However, as he was growing comfortable in his seat a guard came up to him kneeling, Henry rose a brow at this.
"What is it?"
"Sir that bastar-… mister Mann would like to speak to you," Henry smiled at that sure he understood Shay was most likely coming here to complain but still his company was a welcomed change as always besides he had ways of changing men like his minds. Waving his hand the guard nodded before heading off and no sooner did his refreshingly crude associate step in. his face showed clear discontent however that shifted upon see the well-endowed woman wrapped around his arm.
No words were need as Henry gestured his old friend to the seat beside him. No sooner then when Shay sat did he snap and finger and a buxom blonde came and sat on his lap and like that the man revealed that utterly revolting smile Henry had grown oh so accustomed to.
"I trust your previous discontents are nulled with this." Shay looked to the blue hair rich boy smiling.
"You may friend make a very hard bargain. Hehe, hell if I get around with this little number I don't even care about that ice cream theme hoe."
"Just promise you won't treat this one with the same enthusiasm you did miss Neapolitan." Shay looked away awkwardly but smiled none the less.
"Yeah sorry about that, I know you said not to damage the goods, but I just couldn't help it yah know." Henry rolled his eyes at that.
"It quite alright after all once I entrusted her to you I expected a few new scars. But I must say you did quite a bit more then I'd imagine." At that the dirty blonde smiled.
"My bad, what can I say I just sort of got in the zone, the Jet didn't help either"
"Why you take that junk I'll never know." Shay grinned.
"Cause its some good shit."
"Emphasis on the shit, you know that stuffs main ingredient comes from cattle's asses right." Shay shrugged.
"Course I know, helped move enough of the crap to where I know six ways till Wednesday how to make it. Doesn't mean it doesn't do it for me."
"'sigh' To each his own I suppose."
"See that's what I like about you kid, so what we looking at here?" Henry shrugged.
"We just sold the majority of the children now were moving onto the woman." Shay smiled.
"Oh I see just finished the appetizers huh, so tell me are we heading to the main course or are we gonna have some ice cream first?" Marigold chuckled at that, it was actually quite impressive how preceptive shay was, after all with his disposition one would never guess his talents.
"Right you are my friend." A man began to make his way onto the stage he was clad in a simple white mask and donned a tuxedo
"Ladies and gentlemen greetings, as you know we're now fresh out of little ones so time to move on to the main course but first we got a special treat for all those from here from Vale." The man waited for a silent second as the audience's interest was peaked.
"Tell me my friends who here is a rival, enemy or admirer of the oh so late Roman Torchwick Thieve extraordinaire of Vale and self-proclaimed greatest con man of Remnant?" Responses varied from cheers of affirmation to annoyed hollers to loud obscenities. The host nodded to the many holler his smile never leaving his face.
"Well no matter which side of that spectrum you come from I'm sure or next piece of merchandise will both shock and astound you. Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the mistress of disguise, the lady of felonies the, the mad dog of Roman's Neapolitan or Neo for short." As the curtains parted the crowd was greeted by the sight of a small petite figure chained and cuffed her form wearing a tight-fitting but all too revealing dress the drew the eyes to her surprisingly voluptuous body one would not expect someone of her size to have. Shay leaned back into his seat a looked of regret in his eyes.
"For the love of the twins, why didn't I just tap that fine little thing. That's gonna haunt me for the rest of my life." Henry chuckled but otherwise ignored his friend's words. The room busted out into a mass of cheers and lewd comments. If not for the armed men Henry was sure some of the sicker one among the crowd would've rushed the stage for the tasty little criminal.
Petite felon stood stock still, her face void of it's former confidence and her disposition all but radiating the aura of one meant to be dominated. If not for her signature hair one would never believe this lifeless husk of a girl to be the left hand of the great Roman. She stood there in little more than a corset and stockings. Drawing the lewd stares of every man in the room.
However, what drew the eyes most was the collar around her neck though it looked rather elegant as it was lined with gem the true nature of it was far more terrifying. Each gem was raw dust and if the girl so much as let out the tiniest sliver of aura it would trigger the unstable substance killing her.
"Okay ladies and gentlemen, now that you've seen the good let's begin the bidding at 10,000 Lien!. No sooner than that did a hand raise and then another and so on. Within a matter of seconds the number had nearly tripled the sum of all the children slaves together and continued to rise." Henry smiled widely while Shay merely watched his jaw open in shock as the number of zeroes rose. Wiping his brow with a handkerchief the host showed surprise and amazement.
"Well ladies and gentlemen it Mr. Vermont just went for 50,000,000 Lien, any other bids… going once going twice… so-!" From the crowd a large pudgy man rose his sausage fingers signalling for double as his lewd leer went over Neo's form seemingly licking her with his eyes. The man was beyond just fat needing a floating couch fueled by dust to carry him, his mouth was wide and greasy filled with false or yellow teeth while his body jiggled with even the slightest movement. The multi-chinned billionaire smiled at her as he licked his lips, making even the most deprived people in the building pity the girl.
"Um… going for 100,000,000 from Mister Hut, once…" The man didn't bother waiting as he advanced the hover seat towards the stage his focus entirely on Neo. Shay leaned back into his seat.
"Well shit if that isn't the saddest thing I've seen, damn I actually fill sorry for the girl." Henry narrowed his eyes showing a real expression of displeasure.
"He the one who purchased most of the children." At that Shay's shook his head, Hut had a pretty bad reputation even by his standards.
"Let hope his first round with Neo gives him a heart attack and spares those kids the nightmare sure to follow if it doesn't. I mean I get slavery pays but conditioning kids just isn't my cup of tea."
"Agreed…" The sleazy man reached out for Neo drooling and in response for the first time since coming upstage the petite criminal cringed stepping back disgust clear on her face. However, to her horror the host handed the fat bastard the chain attached to her collar which he took with pleasure. The man looked to her and smiled, and he pulled it dragging her to him. Despite her struggles, she was starved and malnourished to weak to resist. Once she was with his grasp he reached out his fat hand.
Neo shut her eyes a tear running down her face as she was once more reminded that now she was no longer a person. However just as the heat from the man's hand was about to make contact the ceiling above the stage exploded and a bright light enveloped the whole room. Neo covered her face but looked up and was the first to see the form as distorted from the light as it was. It stood tall clad in black armor like some kind of knight, from its back two pairs of wings spread out before her.
in one hand the figure held the stretched-out arm of the man who bought her its grip tight enough to fill the room with a symphony of the bones in his wrist shattering into little more than dust. From its back a tail launched out shattering the chain linking her to the fat billionaire's now shattered hand before it lurched out and impaled the host's pumping him full of poison and sending him into a fit of convulsions. To panic spread throughout the crowd at the sight of the figure which seemed none too disturbed by their panic and instead spread out its freehand. At first it seemed to have done nothing until the guest hit the door and were seemingly blocked by an invisible force.
Neo looked to the figure before her and felt dread, but beyond that she somehow knew, that he wasn't going to hurt her despite how easy it would be. They were his prey not her and with that an almost comedic thought came to mind. How among all these men of power who had cast aside their humanity so long ago so they good drown in debauchery, this beast before stood more human than anyone else in the room.
Henry and Shay alike went wide-eyed at the figure before them, who had seemingly descended upon them from the ceiling. Even from here they could feel their baser instinct plead for them to flee from it, this Grimm among Grimm before them. However, to their horror the abomination somehow trapped the men and women in the building with some kind of invisible force.
"What in Oum's name is that thing?" Henry couldn't even speak though his sentiments were much the same as Shay's. Just as their minds began to grow accustomed to the beast before them and Henry readied to order his men upon the thing it acted. A scream ran throughout the room loud enough to wake the dead. At first the two thought it was the beast and yet it's mouth never moved. However, as they looked just before it they found the culprit. It was Neo's purchaser, he was screaming as if his life depended on it as he writhed within his chair.
the audience froze as they saw his bile brown aura manifest around him only to seemingly be pulled towards the gripping hand of the Grimm. As the fat bastard's aura met the claw it dispersed and just as it did a white aura begun to clad the abomination. Henry was both entranced and horrified by the beautiful yet terrifying sight.
"What the fuck! That thing! Its, its taking his aura!" After the final slivers of the brown light vanished from the man the being let go allowing the fat billionaire to fall back and for a pregnant second Henry thought he'd had seen the most terrifying thing he could expect. However, what it did next wiped away that foolish thought as with a speed one could not follow the beast struck it's claw forward into the belly of the fat puncturing his huge stomach making him cough up blood.
Soon the man's eyes once more went wide, and a new ghastly scream filled the air from him, thick veins spread from the point of impact and begun to pulse much like a heart. With each wicked thump the billionaires form grew just a bit thinner. Henry watched in horror as the beast wrist swelled up like a balloon before the giant protrusion worked its way up the arm until it disappeared into the beast body. Shay fell back from his seat panic in his eyes.
"It's, it's eating him!" Henry watched as the cycle continued as each pulse carried over more of the man's girth only for it to be brought into the beast's form. Slowly the mans fat form lost it plumpness leaving only a hollowed form with loose skin like a bats wings. The room was silent as the beast stared into the man's eyes and spoke with a voice that did not belong in this word.
"Feed me… Your Soul!" the man's eyes went wide however before he could plead a bright light emanated from his form and was forcibly tugged towards the beast's before vanishing completely. Perhaps it was a trick of the ears but for a moment an ethereal scream rang throughout the room before being silenced by a howl of a beast not of this world. the room went silent as many could not fathom what fresh hell they had just witnessed however as if ignorant top their inner pandemonium the beast looked to the sky.
It opened its maw and let loose a screech that triumphed any other the sheer force of it bringing those still in the write mind to their knees. While others were rendered to gibbering messes stained by their own tear, piss and shit while yet still other prayed to their gods while they desperately struck at the invisible force that denied them their hope of it closed its maws it looked to the crowd and suddenly leapt forward into it tearing a guard in half as it tackled the men and woman he guarded.
The two were caught in its grip and begun to scream out in pain as the two auraless captives were drained of their insides. Screams once more erupted from the crowds as people ran in whatever direction they could. However no sooner then it grabbed the two did the light of their soul vanish into it's form leaving behind two shrivelled up corpses and it choose its next target. It decided upon a older couple lifting up the tow in its hands as it deprived them of what vitality their bodies had left.
Henry could only stare blankly upon it however that all changed when its gaze shifted to him and he was met by the glowing scarlet hellscape that was its gaze. Just before it devoured their soul's shay gripped the boy tightly and pulled him back pushing the buxom blonde forward. A moment later she was caught in its grip and was soon feed upon just like the others. Shay dragged the boy along down the stand and towards the underground facility past were the slaves were, just behind them was the brunette.
"Come on kid we have to hurry! Once we get past the slaves in the basement we should be good! After all with all the fear and despair they're giving off it shouldn't be able to track us once we pass them." Finally gaining a bit of his bearings back Henry nodded and followed.
"But shay the basement is still three floors down you saw how fast that thing… devours people."
"That's why we need a distraction."
"A distracti-" before the boy could finish the sound of a single bullet ran through the air and blood-covered Henry's face. The brunette fell to the floor screaming as she held her left leg her ankle shattered from where the bullet struck. Shay's eyes adopted a cold light as he stepped forward towards the service girl.
"Sorry lady… nothing personal…" Shay rose the barrel of his gun to the pleading girl and fired it into her right knee making her unable to do more than crumble down and cry out in pain. Shay turned back to Henry his smile back and his face calmer than before.
"There, now her fear and pain will draw that thing and camouflage us." The man grabbed Henry's hand and pulled him forward.
"Hey kid call your security detail, something tells me that girl would even keep it preoccupied for more than a few seconds." Henry nodded before flipping open his scroll and hitting the emergency button alerting all staff of his location.
"there, if there's anyone not scared out of their skin they'll be heading here."
"Come on kid let's get out of here." Henry didn't nod but followed none the less, ignoring the sobs and pleads from the woman fated to die an unspeakable death. No sooner than that did the two reach the basement level and passed the still unsold slave in the pen reaching the bullhead where the fresh tribes boy of shay's group sat.
"Hey kid fire that bitch up we're leaving ASAP!" just as they readied to leave a roar erupted from behind them followed by the woman's scream. Both Shay and Henry went stiff while the boy looked out curiously.
"Was that a Grimm?" Shay leaped into the bullhead forcing Henry in right behind him and begun to start up the vehicle. Slowly the bullhead's engine came to life however from above just within the three's sight a form begun to reveal itself. In the next instant Shay pushed Henry hard into the floor of the Bullhead. Marigold slammed into the floor his head bleeding from hitting it and for the first time since meeting he was mad at the bandit.
"What the hel-!" However, those words were cut short when he saw the feathers stabbing into the place he had once stood, puncturing the metal. A shiver ran through him as he understood how close to death he was, Shay looked to the beast advance and slowly pulled out his old junky gun. The only thing separating it from the common hand gun was it obvious wear and a small pick end at the butt of the handle. Shay looked to the fresh member of the tribe.
"Hey new blood you're with me, we need to buy this bitch sometime to start up." The brat looked to Shay and smiled.
"Seriously… buy time it's just one Grimm, creepy sure but I've dealt with bigger bastards. Shay didn't bother scolding the brat."
"fine just don't go dying in the first few minutes." Raising his gun Shay fired a dust round straight into the beast head only for it to bounce off.
"Shit…" Shay looked back to Henry a false smile on his face as he trembled.
"Listen here pal your gonna tell me the instant that this thing is ready to go, got it? cause I got the sneaking suspicions you've never drove one of these right?" Henry nodded understanding that without Shay leaving wouldn't be happening.
"Okay new blood, dust that bitch!" like that the new tribe member pulled out a rifle and alongside Shay begun to open fire on the Grimm. However, the beast wasn't even the slightest bit disturbed from the assault and advanced upon them.
"Son of a bitch!" Pulling out flashbang Shay lopped the bomb straight in from of the Grimm.
"Cover your eyes!" complying henry and the brat avoided being blinded by the small ordinate and upon looking again Henry could see the beast writhe in pain covering it's face as it roared out. Shay launched forward alongside the new blood continued to unleash fire on it and it was then Henry had noticed, each round struck the exact same spot. While a single round proved futile round after round dented before finally cracking the armor.
Finally, the spot shattered open and the Grimm roared as it's faculties begun to return to normal and it glared upon Henry. However, before a scream could escape the boys mouth Shay slammed another grenade loaded with lighting dust into the opening he had made. As he jumped back the new blood opened fire the grenade and it exploded forth creating a maelstrom of lighting that ripped apart the beast inside or at least should've, but Shay went wide eye when he saw it.
"Aura…" Around the opening a white pale light emerged and wild showing obvious damage it was clear that that things aura had absorbed the brunt of the grenades explosion. Both Shay and the new blood froze at the sight of it a mistake that would cost them dearly as in the next second the beast dashed between the two and reached out grabbing the new blood's by the neck and shay by his right arm.
Soon the two's aura flared out and they screamed as they felt the beast seize it as it begun to be directed towards the beast palms. Henry fell to his knees trembling but then heard the engine start up and could feel the Bullhead lift. Almost by reflex he called out.
"It ready!" The Grimm turned its gaze upon him and roared but just as it did a bullet slammed into the back of its head and though it didn't pierce it's armor the force was enough to make it stagger. Turning a dozen guards became visible, alongside a twenty or so old Atlesian-130s, each and every soldier and droid was armed with heavy guns. Stomping its foot, the Grimm roared once more but didn't advance as it feed.
Shay endured the pain and waited and then it happened his aura vanished, clearly devoured by this monster. Without wasting a moment, he rose the pick end of his gun and slammed it into his elbow shattering it and puncturing his flesh. In any other situation he would've stopped from the pain but, compared to his aura being devoured it barely lose in terms of agony. Besides he saw what happens next at it help, 'encourage' him to continue with his idea. Raising the pick yet again he slammed it down and felt his bone shatter.
With a grave determination only a utterly terrified fool could have he tore into his arm until finally only a few piece of flesh connected him to his capturer. In his last desperate move, he pressed his foot against the beast's side and kicked off it tearing his left arm off at the shattered elbow. Finally noticing his escape despite the hundreds of round slamming into him the Grimm roared but it only fueled shay's determination to live.
Even now the beast did not move as it held the new blood in its other arm and feed. Shay looked to the kid, and saw his form withered and barely holding onto life, he looked to him a silent plead in his look. Shay's only gaze him a single glance.
"Sorry kid, but I need all the time you can buy." Turning away from the brat shay rushed at the bullhead clutching his stub and upon reaching it he slammed the limb into the reddening thruster earing the wound close. He screamed out if not for the jet in his system's he was sure he'd have passed out after losing his aura.
Sweet Oum whoever said drugs were bad for you can eat a dick!
Leaping unto bullhead Shay slammed the door shut and rushed for the bullhead knowing every second was precious. The bullhead roared before it begun to lift, the beast roared in anger at the ship as it left it formed an A.T. field but the fear of two men wasn't enough and the bullhead shattered it with it's charge. It could only roar as it devoured the new blood's soul and what remained of the severed arm's vitality. Once it finished its meal it dropped the two husk before turning to the guards it's eyes glowing. Upon its gaze landing on them it felt their fear rise, if only it had this amount a second ago it was sure the bullhead wouldn't have escaped.
With a angry roar it tore into their ranks, after all they were evil but they were just guards they didn't deserve to be devoured. Once it had torn the group apart it had stepped forward returning to where all the other's remained, it could still feel them slam against his A.T. fields. With a roar that could wake the dead he rushed back to them.
Pecus remember, only the monsters, kill the guards and spare the slaves and servant.
A waste why didn't you just devour those girls, though I suppose it doesn't matter, the fat one feed me enough.
Deep within Jaune gave a sad somber smile.
I'm terrified that I'm becoming accustom to this… maybe I really am a monster.
Even now he could hear Pecus devour the high society bastards and slaughter the guards while he trapped the slaves and servant in his A.T. field.
'huff' fool, that isn't a bad thing.
Jaune looked up to Pecus.
After all being human is what killed you on that rooftop… it'll take a special kind of monster to kill mother.
Jaune gave a weak smile but a genuine one none the less as he chuckled.
heh, never thought you'd be trying to cheer me up.
'huff' don't get used to it… Now then, we have work to do.
Jaune nodded as he once more resolved himself, remembering the people he, or at least the origin holder of these people died for.
"For them… I'll walk down this path!"
-Mistral Air Docking Bay-
Stepping out from the ship Tai stretched his limbs letting loose a pleasing moan as he heard a nice meaty pop.
"Man, Ironwood won't be here for another day huh. Well shit might as well go get a drink before I talk to Lionheart, see if I can contact any of Qrow's associates." Tai made his way to the nearest bar feeling at ease but knowing that soon things would easily become more dangerous then he could imagine.
-Auction Building-
Winter wanted to scream, really she did, after Jaune rushed off she expected at worse he'd take a hour however after nearly three Penny received a message. Just like that they left the city she had nearly been felt up to enter, that wasn't what irritated her… no, what irritated her was that upon Penny entering the Waverider it was revealed it had cloaking technology that out classed anything Atlas had by decades and they just flew straight into Mistral.
To say she was irritated was a understatement. She knew it wasn't his fault but the moment she saw Jaune she swore she was going to chew him out for not knowing of such a feature. As she ran through the conversation in her head she was met by the sight of a building with a rather substantially big hole in its ceiling and with it she felt yet another headache coming on as she pressed two fingers against the bridge of her nose.
"Penny,."
"Yes Specialist Schnee?"
"Please tell me that's not where Jaune is…"
"Very well, that is not where friend Jaune is." Winter nodded.
"Good, good now then where is Jaune."
"… He is in that building."
"… hehehe…."
"Specialist Schnee."
"Nevermind me, just trying to retain my facilities, proceed." Slowly the Waverider descended entering the hole and within the sight shocked the specialist. Not because of the shriveled-up corpse, despite how they were sickening to see she expected them, no it was because of the torn apart bodies. Winter covered he mouth to not gag while Penny merely acted as though all was normal as she left the ship.
After a few minutes of walking Winter was finally met by the sight of living people, who were all worn but alive it didn't take a genius to know they were slaves. However, they were not the focus of her attention no, the focus of her gaze was a boy kneeling before a passed-out brunette. Winter marched up towards him but stopped when she saw what he was doing.
"For it is in passing that we achieve immortality. Through this, we become a paragon of virtue and glory to rise above all. Infinite in distance and unbound by death, I release your soul, and by my shoulder, protect thee." Pale white aura invaded the brunette's body but instead of showing signs of priming for detonation it begun to glow and in response a violet aura emerged. However, to Winter's surprise Jaune didn't stop at that instead he begun to focus his aura just over her heavily damaged legs.
She watched as slowly the Violet aura grew in size seeming boosted by the foreign pale white aura. Slowly the torn flesh begun to heal and from it the bullets dropped out, Winter could hear the bones mend slowly but surely. Finally, the injuries left completely leaving only the faintest scar over the legs that if not treated by this newfound power would've surely been crippled.
Jaune breathed heavily surprised by the amount of aura he used. He was sure it didn't take so much. However, his manipulation over the power was still new so he was sure he was pouring in at least three times the need amount. Winter leaned down and laid a reassuring hand on his shoulder, while Penny smiled seeing that his work was done he stood up and looked towards the slaves. Not a one of them looked at him in fear, after all who'd believe that monster who devoured people was the blonde who they just witnessed heal brunette.
"Listen up, anyone here who wishes to leave follow my friend Penny into the ship, she will escort you to the docks where you may choose your course. Don't worry about lien, those bastards have it in spades we'll give you enough to travel and then some to live off of for a few weeks." The crowd of people's reactions varied some laughed in approval, while others, broke into tears of joy while yet others bowed to the blond and a few even prayed as if they had seen a saint descend.
Yet one thing was clear not a one of them was not thankful to the Arc. Jaune turned to Penny who nodded in response and made way to the ship pulling out food rations and giving them to the slaves who cried in joy at being able to eat. Penny then went through the lien giving hundreds to each slave before gently guiding them to the Waverider.
"Do not worry you are safe now, friend Jaune promised as much and he would never go back on his word." Upon hearing the name some of the more cultured and well informed individuals froze in place before looking to him their eyes going wide.
"It's really him, the hero of Vale…" Jaune cringed as he figured out the mistake Penny had just made he was thrown off as some begun to rant about him being Oum's chosen one or the Twin's champion.
I got a bad feeling about this…
"Um excuse me…" A nervous voice spoke to Jaune who turned to it and was greet by the sight of a short kid. Maybe a year Ruby's junior His skin tanned, while his face was freckled on his cheeks. An unkempt brown hair and hazel eyes. Jaune smiled to him as he spotted the cuff on him.
"Here let me get those." Jaune leaned down and pumped the smallest amount of aura into the lock holes, a faint pale explosion now bigger then the pop of a bubble erupted forth releasing the locks. With that the boy went wide eyed before looking to Jaune shock in his eyes.
"It really is you! You're the shield of Vale" Jaune smiled back nervously.
"I wouldn't go that far, I'm just a freshman from Beacon who did something a bit reckless." Oscar shook his head.
"No, you're a hero my aunt… my aunt." The boy looked down and begun to tremble from him Jaune could feel the sorrow and regret followed by the crushing guilt… he didn't need to ask, he was a slave after all, so it was easy to piece together.
"Was she a good person." Through teary eyes he nodded.
"She, she distracted them to I could… so I could…" A hand patted his head and he looked up to see Jaune smiling to him tears in his eyes as if he was sharing in his pain.
"I see, then she was a hero, just I aim to be." Oscar fell to his knees crying.
There are… there are still heroes…
Jaune turned to Penny and patted her shoulder.
"Penny take him to the med bay, see if you can patch him up." Penny slowly nodded and took Oscar however before he left the boy turned to Jaune.
"Wait, there are three other Slaves in a private room left of the auction room." Jaune nodded to that and felt them, they were cautious and slightly scared. Oscar said something else but Jaune didn't hear him as he made his way there. After a few minutes he was before the door and called to them.
"Don't worry I'm here to help!" With that Jaune kicked open the door and was greeted by a surprising sight as what stood before him was three faunus, but that wasn't what shocked him no. What shocked Jaune was their uniforms, he recognized them, after all he saw plenty of them during the Fall and once more during the final trial.
White Fang.
Prey!
For a moment Jaune wanted to comply after all, he knew what these people were about, even now they were radiating hate at the mere sight of him. However, that hate switched to complete and utter shock upon recognizing him.
"Y-Your that Arc brat who stopped that bitch who had Adam under her thumb." Jaune was surprised that when the name of this Adam character was said their hate switched to that. He was sure there was a story there but even so he was hardly compelled to ask and instead readied his ultimate shield. However, it was only for a moment but for a instant the three took on the appearance of another man, the faunus he killed during that final trial…Through clenched fist and gnashing teeth he asked.
"Were you there during The Fall?" The three looked up to him surprised by the question but then sneered.
"Of course I was human! Killed a bunch of you lot!"
"Yuma"
"What! Trifa! We already know their kind! Why give him the satisfaction."
Guilt and Shame, he hardly seems the type to feel bad about killing your kind.
Your right he must feel bad for not participating.
Jaune clenched his fist.
Meaning that he would've gladly killed people…
It is up to you I am sainted for now.
With a heavy exhale Jaune decked the bastard hard before calling out to Penny who rushed over.
"Yes friend Jaune?"
"Take this bastard away, give him a checkup especially on his wing it seems like they clipped them of something and then lock him up, only then can you uncuff and feed him. The three faunus looked to him shocked and Yuma sneered.
"You fuck! Didn't you just hear me I was there during The Fal-" Jaune grabbed the faunus and slammed him into the wall cracking it, the force so great his aura shattered.
"No You Weren't You Bastard!" Yuma went silent as Jaune's eyes shifted to that of red finally the Arc let him go and turned to the two girls.
"What about you?... where you there? Did you take part in that massacre?" Illia and Trifa looked to the boys frustrated face, they could see it, his rage, pain and sorrow but yet they couldn't find it, no hate. For the first time since she could remember Illia felt a weight in her heart, that weight of what she had joined. Slowly she shook her head and so after so did Trifa.
"Do the same for them Penny please…" The former fembot looked to him for a moment before embracing him from behind.
"You did what's right friend Jaune." He didn't answer her but she knew, those words were what he needed. As they left he looked to the ceiling and saw that man once more.
"I won't act blindly against them… you at least taught me things aren't so black and white." After a few more minutes to gather himself Jaune begun to make way to Winter but stopped as he saw her with her weapon drawn towards a slave. Seeing that Jaune rushed forward at Winter who was charging at her and intercepted the attack allowing his Ultimate Shield to manifest.
"Winter stop!" Winter went wide eyed in surprise upon Jaune's interruption glaring at him.
"That girl is a core member of the team who orchestrated The Fall." Jaune looked back to see the frail and abused girl, he remembered her she was the one. The one who radiated the same hopelessness he once did but more than that he recognized her face from Salem's blacklist.
Neapolitan.
"No, I read her file she and Roman were threatened into Cinder's circle… she's a thief and probably murderer but she's also a victim." Winter sneered at that.
"You can't be serious!"
"I am, she was third on it just under Ironwood, she has to have information we don't have. Winter please you read the same files…" Winter trembled.
I promised…
"Dammit! Fine, but as soon as were through with this me and you are going to Lionheart to report, understood." With that the frustrated Schnee turned on her heel and made her way out. With that Jaune let loose a heavy sigh tankful that went so well. Turning he saw Neo who was backing away from him it was only then he realized why.
Shit with my Ultimate Shield it's obvious I was that thing!
Jaune rose his hands in mock surrender and slowly the jet black carapace vanished within his form.
"Don't be panicked, I'm friendly!" Even half scared out of her wit the petite criminal managed to give him a look expressing the question of if he thought she was an idiot.
"Seriously you don't need to worry." Jaune looked around and found something that might help.
No…
It's our best shot.
God damn you and your promises.
reaching out for it Jaune pulled an old combat knife and stepped towards the trembling girl. Shutting her teary eyes Jaune felt even worse but then placed the knife in her hands, upon doing that she looked up at him surprised. Not wasting the chance, he kneeled down before her and took the hand gripping the blade directing it to his neck and just beside a major artery
"There if I do anything you don't like you have a clean hit." Jaune flashed her a smile and Neo seemed to calm at that even if only by a small degree.
I can't believe you're doing this.
It's fine if she really does attack just manifest the Ultimate Shield.
… Yeah about that, can't promise I can't form it that fast.
What!
Don't fuck up!
Slowly a painfully nervous Jaune reached out his hand to her neck and his wrist begun to manifest the Ultimate Shield claws.
"Now listen I can't use aura on that so I'm gonna have to cut it with my claws." Slowly Neo nodded to his words and reluctantly Jaune gripped the collar before quickly tearing into it. No sooner did the collar hit the floor then did Neo's eyes widen as she felt for her neck and begin to tear up. By reflex Jaune patted her head only to stop as the knife twitch. The girl looked to him suspiciously for a hard second as if deciding her next move all there while Jaune retracted his claw and rose it in the air as he smiled.
"There, see your free now." Neo nodded the look of suspicion never leaving her face and abruptly she jumped back shattering into pieces. Jaune could only looked to the space where she was.
Fuck! Winters gonna be pissed.
-Anima Air Space-
Henry looked to the now one-armed Shay who struggled to fly the ship haphazardly.
"Hey bud, how long till your pops rendezvous with us?"
"An hour or so once we land." Shay nodded to that.
"Well I don't think that thing will be chasing us anymore, might as well land before I crash." In any other situation Henry would ask whether meant the Bullhead of the Jet but right now he couldn't bring himself to.
"Shay…" the man looked back to him curiously.
"How could you do those things… sacrifice those people?" The man's face took on a more somber tone as he looked out ahead.
"…Our boss as ha saying, the weak die. The strong live. Those are the rules. Not exactly inspiring but it says it all doesn't it?" He wanted to argue but something about those words made him go silent.
"I could use a bodyguard you know." Shay looked down.
"Yeah… I'll think about it, but first there's something I gotta do." Henry rose a brow.
"What's that?"
"The boss lady needs to hear about this. After that I might give you a call." The shipped remained silent after that until his father came and took him. He could tell Shay wanted to follow him but for some reason he couldn't. Surely it wasn't loyalty, so perhaps he was more scared of this boss of his then that Grimm. That thought made Henry cringe.
-Haven Academy-
"I can't believe you let her get away."
"I'm sorry, I didn't know she could use her semblance like that, I've never faced her before." Winter let out a tired sigh as they walked through the halls of the academy towards the main office.
"Were fortunate there were no huntsman there otherwise we'd never even get close to the Headmaster." Jaune stopped at that.
"Yeah about that, isn't it a bit weird?"
"What is?"
"I haven't seen a single huntsman around this city… how did they not show up after I tore apart that building. The police I get, they probably got paid off, but I can't imagine something like that going on with all the professionals in this city." Winter nodded to that, she could certainly see his point.
"Perhaps we should bring it up with mister Lionheart." Jaune nodded to that glad she agreed with him, finally the two reached their destination and Winter stopped Jaune.
"Let me go in first so I can explain you being here and alive. We wouldn't want to rise his suspicions unnecessarily." Jaune reluctantly nodded at that and waited in the hall as she entered the office, noticing a small presence near the school gate. It was a blonde man with blue eyes though his skin was the slightest bit darker than his own.
-Headmaster's Room-
"So miss Heather Shield is out in the outskirts of Shion as planned?" Lionheart nodded sweat running down his brow as he struggled to speak.
"Y-Yes… my Queen." The Seer shifted slightly making him want to jump back in terror but then Salem smiled.
"Very good Leonardo, with this any threats of notable worth in Mistral are gone and with Mordred securing the Fall Maiden soon things will have begun to once more turn in our favor. until our next meeting then."
"Y-Yes my Q-Queen." Swallowing his spit the faunus bowed and no sooner did her face vanish from the Seer and the Grimm retreated back into the confines of the room. Just as the headmaster let out a relieved sigh his heart skipped a beat as a loud knock ran throughout the Room.
"Mister Lionheart, it's me, Specialist Schnee." The man went wide eyed at the voice, when did she get here and how? Without wasting a moment, Leonardo made his way to the door opening it to indeed see Winter Schnee the newest member of Ozpin's inner Circle.
"Miss Schnee… what might the pleasure of this meeting be?" Winter didn't bother with pleasantries and cut straight to the point.
"Lionheart sir, I have some newly discovered information surrounding Salem and her faction." The words made his spine freeze and he struggled to speak out the next question.
"I-I see, and per tell, h-how did you come upon this information? I would hope you have a credible source." Winter looked away vexingly.
"I've gained… an inside contact…"
What!
"How! Who is it Watts! Hazel or Tyrian!" Winter stepped back a bit surprised and shook her head.
"I'm afraid it's not someone as high up as Watts or Hazel… who is Tyrian?" At the question Lionheart felt his blood run cold.
"It's nobody, please continue." Righting herself Winter nodded.
"Very well my contact has some unique circumstan-" Before she could finish her sentence a figure rushed in his hand stretched out towards the Seer and in the next second, he let loose his silent but deadly light (hehe silent but deadly). Winter seemed exacerbated by the scene.
"Jaune! Why did you just rush in like that!"
"There was a Grimm, Pec- I mean I detected it!"
Hey don't steal my credit asshat!
Lionheart didn't hear their conversation as upon seeing Jaune he went stiff, Watts had been quite open with him about his experiment with the fallen Arc's aura. He had even going as far as to take the bodies of the huntsman he sent out to die as material for his experiments. He had seen a few of them and without a doubt that was one of them.
Which means Salem sent him to attack her.
Never once had the cowardly lion considered he was her contact after all nobody defied Salem and in that moment he made up his mind and readied his wrist-mounted shield triggering the dust and opened fire on the Schnee. Before Winter could act the Arc clone leaped before her shocking him.
"Mister Lionheart, what in Oum's name are you doing!" Lionheart went wide eyed at Winter but then turned back to the clone, was it malfunctioning, surely not.
"What are you doing she's a member of Ozpins circle!" The clone froze at that.
"Lionheart what are yo-"
"Enough from you! you, you fool, don't you see, we can't defy her not when she has those at her side." The clone growled, and Leonardo knew it would soon be over, it would kill her and he'd once more be safe so why not let her know at least why. She deserved at least that muich.
"I didn't want this… but I had no choice, couldn't defy her." Winter looked perplexed for a minute before her eyes shot open in realization.
"You can't mean… the reason there are no professionals… you killed them!"
"No! You all killed them! Making them fight a war against her! We were all bound to die against her! But not me, she gave me a chance all she wanted was Mistral and the Spring Maiden! But I couldn't find her." Winter sneered as a thought crossed her mind.
"That's why you requested miss Nikos and her team to come here didn't you!" To her words Lionheart covered his ears as if to ignore them.
"It's not my fau-!" Before the man could finish his rant, he felt a fist slam into his form with enough force to crack the wall behind him. Looking to the perpetrator he was shocked to see that it was neither Winter nor a summon of hers. Stepping towards her was the Arc Clone.
"So it was you…" around its form a thick black carapace begun to form.
"You're the reason Cinder was able to infiltrate Beacon…" Jaune focused the Biomass into his muscle and felt them expand till his arms were as thick as a Beringel.
"You gave her the codes necessary for Watts to make that virus!" The Ultimate Shield covered him giving him an appearance no different than a Grimm his eyes glowed with a sinister light that was neither his kind Azure nor Pecus's hateful scarlet.
Jaune?
Pecus… I want him to suffer… so you can't just eat him.
… Very well, besides what use is there to eat a soul spoiled by cowardice… I think for the first time… I actually hate something.
Funny… I was thinking the same thing.
The beast he was becoming was neither him nor Pecus… but both its eyes glowed with an ethereal yet almost royal violet. Before Lionheart could react Jaune rose a hand and a A.T. field slammed down on him with enough force to send him to the floor below if he hadn't already made on below the coward.
"Jaune stop. You can't" Winter screamed for him to stop but his ears were deaf to her pleads.
"No… he has to die… he's worse then a monster…" Jaune roared out as the A.T. around his arm gained force and smashed it shattering every bone inside. Lionheart screamed out only to be met by Jaune's fist again.
"Winter… because of him, innocent people died… because of him Atlas is in such dire straights… are you really going to defend this… thing." Lionheart looked to Winter a desperate plead in his eyes. Winter felt her stomach churn at his gaze and looked to Jaune how looked no deffernt then a demon at the moment.
She knew what was needed, Lionheart needed to be arrested and interrogated so why couldn't she bring herself to speak out… As she looked to the boy she found a different question come to her thought and voiced it without hesitation. Her eyes narrowed upon the boy who at time could be a innocent and caring boy and yet at others hold a unceasing wrath.
"If you do this, they won't hear you out." She remembered what she read in his files what he had experienced as a child… the hell this boy was forced to suffer.
Even this is justice they'll believe you were a monster like me and Qrow did once you do this.
"You'll become an enemy to humanity on par with Salem as far as the circle will be concerned." He was brought back only to suffer once more.
No matter what I say they'll never believe me over the evidence.
"If that happens your team and Ruby's alongside the entirety of Beacon might be charged with your extermination." The people you gave everything to protect would hunt you down for killing the man responsible for the Fall.
Weiss won't hear me out, not over Ozpin.
"Even knowing that can you walk down this path."
This path that would surely lead you down destruction once more.
"Yes…"
How?
"You would make the world your enemy!"
You would bare their hatred?
"I would…" Winter felt her form tremble at his words how natural he spoke them, he didn't even need to think about it did he.
"Even with everyone against you! you would still oppose Salem and not just side with her? Why?" As she looked to him she realized she had thought this very same when she saw that video during the Fall. Why didn't the boy side with Cinder back then… Why would someone who had only suffered protect? The boy turned to her his face showing that same kindness she had only just now realized that she had grown accustomed to.
"Because she's a threat to my friends."
Because you're a threat to my friends
Winter couldn't speak and the boy turned towards Lionheart.
"Ruby, Weiss, Blake, Yang…" He launched off grabbing Lionheart and lifting him into the air.
"Pyrrha, Nora, Ren…" Leonardo screamed as he felt his aura being torn from his form.
"Velvet… Hei and the twins even if I haven't seen them since I was a kid." Lionheat felt his aura shatter only to then feel a claw grip his uncrushed arm and tear it off.
"Penny and even those people I saved and now you too." Winter looked to the boy.
"For you all, I don't mind dying again…" Winter eye watered as she covered her mouth.
"Once I do this, report it."
"What?!"
"Tell them you got free while me and Lionheart fought… and give them the info." She couldn't believe what he was saying he wanted help her reintegrate with them even if it meant opposing him.
"All I ask is that you go see them for me… please."
Why must this boy be forced to sacrifice himself yet again did the brothers despise him that much.
To his shock Jaune felt a pressure on his back and realized it was Winter standing beside him her eyes locked with his own.
"I won't let you become hated by the entirety of humanity…" Jaune's eyes narrowed upon her.
"You can't stop me, not without your aura."
"I know, however I never said I would after all I'm human, so even if it's just me. At least one member of humanity will walk beside you…" Jaune couldn't believe what she was saying.
If the twin would abandon this boy twice I need no gods.
He wanted to retort her, however he could feel her emotions and knew the futility of it.
A tear ran down his cheek, after all even his own friends had abandoned him a short while back when his transcripts came to light.
"You fool…" Yet this woman he had only wrong would actually… stay by him… |She would do the one thing nobody else had… the image of Penny came to his mind and he realized he really wasn't alone anymore was he.
Took you long enough…
Jaune looked up to Winter.
"Thankyou…" Winter smiled with an expression that could steal any man's heart.
"Do what you must." Jaune nodded and looked to the terrified Leonardo who trembled upon his gaze.
"Where are they going to attack Pyrrha?"
"I-I can't tel-AHHH!" Leonardo screamed as his very flesh begun to be torn from his body, the stolen biomass retreating to Jaune's form.
"I won't spare you…" Lionheart looked to Jaune in utter despair, good he deserved it.
"But I won't stop till you speak." Jaune placed his other hand around his neck as well and begun to pump the very same biomass back into his form only for it to leave again. Leonardo screamed as his suffering continued with no end in sight.
"Speak!"
"No!... please! I-I want to live!"
"Speak!"
"N-Never!" Jaune quicken the process using his aura to further the speed of it and increase the headmaster's pain.
"PLEAAAASSSSSEEEEE STOOOOOP!"
"SPEAK!"
"ONIYURI!" Jaune let the hand supplying him with biomass go and drained what remained of his form leaving just enough for him to cling to life but not enough so that he couldn't interact with his soul. At first Lionheart was relieved until he noticed something invade his body.
Aura, pale white aura… no it wasn't invading his body it was invading his, his soul.
"Now die Traitor to humanity!" Lionheart felt the aura flare in hostility within and could feel it unleash tiny ethereal explosion upon his soul cracking it.
"No, please! I beg you!" Lionheart grasped unto Jaune's shoulder,
"I'll do anything! I-I'll betray Salem! I'll betray Ozpin! Anyone so please just spare me!" Jaune Jaune and Pecus shared in their dishust with this man.
"I'm sure that once there was a noble Leonardo Lionheart…" Lionheart he thought of the past when he and the current Ozpin met in Beacon.
"Please!"
"Who Ozpin could rely upon… who he would entrust his life… I'm sure he was a great man…" He remembered his team up alongside James and Ozpin against the Grimm hordes sharing in joy and pains.
"I'll do anything so just let me live!"
"And I'm sure he inspired other!" He remembered when Ozpin told him about Salem and pleaded for his help and he remembered agreeing to fight the darkness.
"I just want to live!"
"But that man was killed by the cowardly before me." Then he remembered meeting 'her' and being broken again and again until all that remained was the man he became.
"Please…"
"Begone!" At that moment the silent light erupted shattering his core, his soul and as the fragments faded he remembered that day so long ago.
"Are you sure Leonardo. This threat… we may not win… I don't wish to loss yet another friend." The young lion faunus slammed the frail Ozpin's back.
"Come now, Ozpin. How could I let you face this darkness alone…" Ozpin begun to tremble.
"Leo… thank you." Seeing this he adopted a serious tone.
"I'd rather die fighting alongside my friends than live at the cost of abandoning you."
…How could I?
In his final moments, the coward once more died.
"Thankyou…" And the brave lion gave his final thanks.
Those words from a man who had died so long ago stung worse than anything else.
Goodbye… Leonardo Lionheart.
And there done, now time to respond to reviews
Jack Lycan = Fully intend to :)
Batman1998 = Oh yes, Weiss will be utterly embarressed.
Dracus6 = No worries I will do it, but goddammit is it gonna be emotionally destroying to write that accusation scene dammit!
Aravas = Thank you for your help sincerely, just updated it... glad you liked it I intend to do the next fight in the series too.
Alvelvnor = Can't say when I'll add another chapter to this but I promise I will in time.
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Siegnir = Thanks for your understanding here your reward.
So also I have some new Betrayal AUs too in mind to now.
Frostburnt Knight AUs:
Betrayal: Purring Arkos = Jaune X Neon Katt X Pyrrha Nikos
Befriending a down Knight Atlas's best catgirl decides to step in and cure his case of grumpiness.
Betrayal: Monochromatic Knight = Bleiss Gelé (Schnee) was a bad bitch like nobody else in Mantle, she had her trials and difficulties that were nobodies buisness but her own. She was content with living a life without regrets in Mantle making a pain in her sperm donors ass whenever the opportunity showed itself. then she saw the news reports of a certain 'very' fuckable blonde knight currently getting shade thrown at him by some limped dicked phobia bitch boi from Mistral. Well she couldn't have that. But who the hell was this albino look alike hanging around her man!
A Knight's White Rose AUs
Betrayal: 'Arc'tic Hare = Jaune X Harriet Bree X Winter Schnee
After losing the painful revelation of his first friend new relationship Jaune throws himself into his Huntsman career and draws the attention of Atlas's two best girls.
Betrayal: Blackguard = Jaune X Bleiss (Maybe X Fiona Thyme)
Heartbroken our favourite Knight tries to put himself into his career instead of focusing on Ruby and Weiss's new relationship one day while he's helping the children cross the street he catches more then the flirty MILF's gazes and his new admirer wasn't one to give up she was the Happy Huntress's baddest bitch after all and she took what she wanted.