Children, Confessions and Confusion

by neowolf24

Jaune Arc was always a man destined for greatness, but it's his children that truly make a difference. An autistic Jaune Arc navigates his way through a polyamorous relationship while dealing with a threat from his past while getting to know his children with various women who came from the future with the help of a pair of cosmic entities who have made Jaune their champion.

18. Chapter 18

Chapter 18

Q/N: I had to update this chapter as there was a massive continuity error I just recently caught. I apparently mixed up Ellowen Arc-Ederne's weapon with Marrion Arc-Thyme's weapon. In chapter 8, I gave Ellowen a modified M1 Garand Gauss Rifle and Marrion a Crossbow/Two Handed Sword combo.

Jaune Arc's POV

Jaune wakes up and opens his eyes to see Carmine sleeping soundly in his arms. The normally cool and collected woman has her face buried in his chest. He looks down and notices a bushy white tail wrapped around them. That's when he remembers how Weiss had stumbled into the Dungeon of Real Suggestions, hoping to spend the night with him again. She hadn't known that Carmine had won the rights to a one on one session with him. He looks back and notices the large smile on his Snow Angel's face as she as her arms wrapped around his torso. Luckily for her, Carmine took it in stride and Jaune ended up with an amazing threesome.

Carmine is the next one to awaken as she looks up to Jaune with a smile on her face. When Jaune turns back to her, she manages to catch him off guard with a surprise lip lock. Jaune sinks into it as the movement manages to wake up Weiss as well. Weiss decides to work together by lightly sinking her teeth into the side of his neck, determined to mark him. A few seconds later, the three of them separate. Much to their surprise, Weiss then surges forward and captures Carmine's lips as well.

Carmine doesn't seem to mind if the light moans are anything to go by. Unfortunately, they are interrupted by a knock at the door. Weiss and Carmine separate with an annoyed grunt as Jaune starts to get up. "Hold on, let us get dressed real quick." Jaune says loud enough to be heard through the door. They had all decided to sleep completely naked this time. Jaune puts his boxers and pants on, while Weiss wraps herself up in a white bathrobe with the Schnee family snowflake on it. Carmine only puts on her scandalously small g-string, causing the husband and wife duo to quirk an eyebrow at her. She laughs at this.

"I like letting people see me naked. If you got it, you need to flaunt it." Carmine says. Jaune rolls his eyes at this. While he doesn't completely understand Weiss and Carmine as a couple, he definitely understands why Coco was interested in the ex-criminal. They're two peas in a pod.

Jaune opens the door and sees a very annoyed looking Ruby Rose glaring back at him. She flicks him in the forehead. "Don't worry about it Rubes, I'll sort out this thing between Weiss and Jennavive no problem." She says with a decent impression of Jaune's voice. "You made it worse you dumbass!" She adds, causing him to flinch. "We need to sort this mess out now! Help me find my idiot partner so we can all sit down and fix this!" Ruby says. Carmine giggles, catching Ruby's attention.

Ruby Rose's POV

She steps to the side, revealing the heiress who had decided to hide behind her. Ruby's eyes narrow as she marches over to the heiress. She flicks her in the head as well. "You dolt!" She says, surprising the Heiress by using her own insult against her. "Jenny told us everything! Now come with me! We're settling this once and for all." Ruby says angrily before grabbing Weiss by the hand.

She turns to Carmine and that's when she finally sees the woman. She licks her lips hungrily when she sees everything the ex bandita has to offer. The combination of tanned skin, a muscular build similar to that of Yang and Pyrrha, the 38 D breasts, her 36" wide hips and her mostly muscled ass with just the right amount of fat to give her a nice bounce clearly appeals to the small reaper. "Alright, I am definitely going to need to spend some time with you later; there's no way I can pass on a body like that." Ruby says. Carmine winks at her before grabbing the rest of her clothes and heading into the bathroom.

Ruby drags Weiss over to Jaune and glares at the two of them. "Get dressed. We're having a serious discussion about this." Ruby says. The two of them comply and Ruby drags them both back to their team's shared apartments.

Weiss Schnee's POV

Ruby opens the door and they see that Blake, Yang, team _NPR, Jennavive, Marie, Winter, Schwarze, Jing, Willow and Ruby's mother Summer have gathered in the living room with Abarrdas and Ciceria off to the side. Weiss notices Jenny with Marie sitting in her lap. She glares at the girl and says "Traitor." This causes Jenny to blush violently and shrink in on herself as the three of them take a seat.

Ruby looks over to Schwarze, who seems rather amused by this whole thing. Weiss looks over to her darker skinned distant cousin with a glare. "Don't sit there all innocent looking Schwarze! I know you're trying to steal Ruby from me!" She says angrily. Schwarze laughs at the pout on her face, as do many of the others in the room. "Weiss, I'm not taking Ruby from you. We're close for sure, but that doesn't mean I'm looking to replace you or Jennavive." She says as the others calm down.

"And I have no intention of leaving you Weiss. You're my Super Bestie, Better than the Restie from Beacon, Jennavive is my Super Bestie, Better than the Restie from Signal and now Schwarze is my Super Bestie, Better than the Restie from Chaos Academy." Ruby says. Weiss pouts at her partner, triggering another round of chuckles. "That's not possible Ruby! You only get one Super Bestie, Better than the Restie!" Weiss shouts. "Says who?" Ruby asks.

"It's in the name Ruby! Better than the RESTIE!" Weiss says emphatically. "Nope! I reject your logical explanation. I have three Super Bestie, Better than the Resties and there's nothing you can do about it." Ruby says. Weiss growls at her as her tail and ears start to twitch in irritation. "Don't you talk to me like that you sister stealer!" Weiss says angrily.

This triggers another round of laughter as Weiss turns her pout toward Yang and Jing as well. "You three have been spending way too much time with Winter. She was my sister first!" She shouts as she starts to puff her cheeks out. Rather than laughter, this seems to trigger a round of cooing, catching the heiress off guard. "Wh-what was that all about?!" Weiss says with a slight blush.

Winter Schnee's POV

Winter giggles at her little sister. "I'm sorry Weiss, you're just so adorable like this." She says. "Adorable?! I am not adorable! I am a beautiful, sophisticated woman you doo doo head!" She says before slapping her hand over mouth. The group starts to laugh at her, causing the Heiress to turn brighter pink and puff out her cheeks even more. This is the moment Abarrdas decides to intervene by making a mirror appear in front of Weiss with a snap of his finger.

Weiss sees herself in the mirror and her brain comes to a screeching halt. Her twitching ears, her twitching tail, the puffed out cheeks and what she now realizes was a childish outburst forces her to realize something. "Oh my Gods! I am adorable! How did this happen?! Ruby's supposed to be the cute one on our team! I'm the sophisticated one!" Weiss shouts.

"Are you kidding me Weiss? There's nothing in the universe cuter than a flustered Tsundere." Abarrdas says. Winter shakes her head before walking over to her sister and pulling her into a hug. She looks Weiss in the eye and says. "Weiss, I am not going anywhere. You are my baby sister. You always have been and you always will be. Just because I have three new sisters doesn't mean I love you any less." Winter says before noticing a pair of grey donkey ears poking out from behind the slightly open apartment door.

Winter giggles at this. "And you will always be my little brother Whitley, even if our relationship isn't as good as I want it to be." She says, causing a yelp from the donkey Faunus as he falls into the apartment with a highly amused looking Klein standing behind him.

Ciceria turns a look of concern toward the flustered boy. "That's something you should probably deal with girls. With Jacque out of the picture, Whitley is probably going through a tough time." She says. This gets concerned looks from Willow, Weiss and Winter. They flinch when they notice the sad expression on his face. The three women had been so focused upon each other that they had actually almost forgotten about the Schnee boy, much to their horror. Winter opens her arms and says "Come here Whitley, you're part of the family too." Whitley is surprised by this initially, but he and Willow both join in on the hug.

Klein is looking on with tears in his currently yellow eyes. He notices Winter looking over at him expectantly and tilts his head to the side in confusion. Winter rolls her eyes at this. "Klein, you're just as much a part of this family as we are. You did far more to raise us than our so called 'Father' ever did." Winter says. Klein's eyes flash rapidly between colors before settling back on Yellow as he walks over to the group and joins the hug.

Unfortunately, the touching moment comes to a screeching halt when Huītzilōpōchtli rushes into the apartment. They look over and notice Kali, Raven, Glynda, Ozpin and Ironwood all in full combat gear with grim looks on their faces. "Abarrdas, we have a serious problem! The Sons of Mathias are about to launch a full scale invasion of Menagerie." Huītzilōpōchtli says. This news sobers the group up immediately. They all rush to get their combat gear as Abarrdas and Ciceria depart with the God of War.

Abarrdas' POV

Abarrdas is inside of a war room looking at a holo table projecting the battle field. Everyone seems to be in the background, with Ozpin's crew, Salem, Xareth, Blanc Arc-Schnee, Summer Arc-Rose, Rayalas, Varian, Juniper, Roland and Ciceria surrounding the table, with Fenrir keeping a close eye in the distance.

"What do we know about the situation?" Abarrdas asks. "Our mole amongst the Deviants has informed us that the Sons of Mathias are launching a full scale assault very soon." Xareth says, shocking the others. "You have a mole amongst the Deviants?" Ironwood asks. "Yes James, the reason we never mentioned this is because the fewer people who know, the better. Ciceria wasn't even informed about it." Abarrdas says. James immediately understands Abarrdas' reason for keeping this information from them. The fewer people who know about a mole, the less likely they are to be discovered.

"From what we know, this is a two pronged assault. The Sons of Mathias and the Deviants will hit Kuo Kuana by sea first and the negativity generated will likely draw the Grimm to the opposite side." Huītzilōpōchtli says. Xareth receives a notification and her eyes widen in shock and horror. "Oh no, the Grimm aren't alone. Khanus is joining them." She says. Fenrir's fists clench at the mention of his arch nemesis. Abarrdas turns to the Beowolf, who seems to understand what he is going to ask.

"I'll pull Khanus away from Kuo Kuana. If we fought anywhere near there, there's no way the Faunus would survive the battle." Fenrir says. "There's something else you should know." Xareth says. "Gammarius seems to be blocking any large scale reinforcements from appearing with a Beacon of Null. If we can find that and destroy it, Raven should be able to open a large enough portal to get the Altlesian Fleet here in Vale to Menagerie." Abarrdas says before turning to Ironwood and Raven. "Look, I know you two don't get along, but lives are at stake, get your forces ready James, we need to go as soon as possible." Abarrdas adds.

"In the mean time, we'll have to make do with sending a group of elite fighters to protect what they can. We'll have to send a team to destroy it and use the Staff of Creation to make a portal system to evacuate Menagerie." Xareth adds. The group flinches at this.

"Isn't it dangerous to use that with the Deviants around?" Ozpin asks. Abarrdas sighs "It is, but we don't have a choice. Herding people through the streets of Kuo Kuana in the middle of a war would result in more casualties, so Raven's semblance is out of the question. The Staff can open portals at the location of any civilians. We're going to have to herd survivors into the storm shelters as defend them." The God of Chaos says before turning to Glynda Goodwitch. "We're going to need the Relic, which means we're going to have to lower Atlas to the ground safely. I suspect that Gammarius may send some of the Deviants to delay you though. I'll open a door to Atlas to send Glynda, Winter, Ozpin, Summer Rose, Lie Ren, Qrowe and Juniper to retrieve the staff." Abarrdas says.

Prometheus looks puzzled at this. "Who's going to retrieve Fria?" He asks, confusing many of the others. "There is no Fria in this universe Prometheus, Juniper is the Winter Maiden here." Abarrdas says before turning back to the group. "While the others retrieve the Staff, we will send a team of the best fighters we can offer to Menagerie. I won't lie; we're probably not going to be able to save a lot of people. The majority of the population will probably die." Abarrdas says, alarming many of the Faunus in the room.

Xareth sighs at this. "We'll do everything we can to save them, but the Sons of Mathias have a huge numbers advantage. There's a large fleet of air ships, with even a half dozen Atlesian Cruisers among the mix. Combine that with roughly fifty thousand men and a large army of robots, we're fighting a losing battle here. We're not trying to win; we're trying to minimize losses." She says. Many of them wince at this but they understand none the less.

"The Deviants present are Tai Yang, Nicolas Schnee, Tortuga and Ghira Belladonna." Xareth adds. Blake freezes at the mention of her father. She looks to Kali expectantly, but the woman sighs. "Blake, we can't hope to stand up against your father, he's too powerful." Kali says. "We're sending Helga to deal with him. Most of the defensive group will be adults, but we're going to need Jaune around to amplify them." Xareth says, alarming the Arc family.

"We'll do everything we can to keep him away from the main fight, but we have no other choice." Abarrdas says. "We'll send Weiss and Ruby to keep him safe. Violette will have to deal with the remaining Deviants while the others work on saving as many people as possible." Xareth adds. Many of the group turns looks of shock to Violette. "You intend to have her fight Nicolas Schnee, Tortuga and Tai Yang Xiao Long alone?" Raven asks.

"My daughter's a tough cookie Miss Branwen, and I will be nearby to lend a hand if neccesary." Roland says. "And honestly, Ghira's a bigger threat than those three anyway. There's a reason Gammarius targeted him with the Universal Shift." Abarrdas adds. A series of doors open as the groups prepare for war. The sounds of combat can already be heard through some of them, as what little defense Menagerie has desperately tries to hold off the Sons of Mathias.

Ozpin's POV

Ozpin, Juniper, Qrowe, Ren and Summer rush through an arctic cave with large blue crystals surrounding it. They arrive at the vault door hidden underneath Atlas. Ozpin looks to Juniper, who walks forward. Her eyes erupt into bluish flames and the Vault door opens. Before they can enter, Juniper is forced to leap back as an arrow cloaked in green flames shaped like a Chinese Dragon nearly hits her. They look over to see Li Ren, Alexander Nikos and Blanc Arc land on the platform in front of them.

"Sorry mom, I'm afraid we can't let you have the staff this early. Nothing personal, we just want to maximize casualties in Menagerie." Blanc says. Juniper starts to cry when she realizes what has become of her daughter. Qrowe, Ren and Summer step in front of the Winter Maiden and Ozpin. "Oz, Juniper, take the staff and meet up with Winter and Glynda. You won't be able to use it until these three are gone, but we need it ready when the time comes. We'll deal with the Deviants." Ren says. Juniper seems hesitant to leave them, especially her Grandson, but Ozpin manages to get her to move.

Juniper Arc's POV

Juniper growls before heading into the vault with Ozpin. "Damn it Oz, this isn't right! I can't stand running while others fight. Blanc is my daughter! I should be the one dealing with her." Juniper says. Ozpin sighs as he grabs the Staff of Creation. "Juniper, you and I both know that we can't hope to fight the Deviants, they're just as powerful as the Awakened." Ozpin says as they prepare to rush past the fight. Meanwhile, things are starting to heat up in Menagerie.

? POV

A massive pig like creature stands in the middle of a vast, empty desert. It is clearly a Boarbatusk, but it is unlike any Boarbatusk Remnant has ever seen. It stands 72' tall, has a width of 46' at the widest point, and has a length of 108'. It has four powerful legs covered in white spiked bone armor with massive hoofs. It is clearly no longer capable of rolling around on the ground like its smaller counterparts; the monstrous blade like spikes covering its back like those of a stegosaur prevents it. Its armored skull is built more like that of an Entelodont than a pig. It has two 36' long tusks at the front of its snout which curve downward slightly like a scimitar while a second pair of 44' long spear shaped tusks face forward. Unlike most Boarbatusks, this Grimm's belly appears to be covered with spiky white armor, eliminating the usual weakness that most Boarbatusks have.

Surprisingly, the Grimm actually seems to have high tech weapons attached to it. A pair of 40' long high tech cannons with glowing red coils surrounding the barrel is strapped to the side of the creature by a harness. It also appears to have a cybernetic plate on the left side of its face which houses a red laser eye.

A portal opens nearby and Fenrir appears in front of the creature. "Khanus. I'm surprised you chose to meet me out here. There's no need for me to hold back if nobody can be caught in the crossfire." Fenrir says. Khanus grins at him. "Of course Fenrir, what fun would this be if we had to restrain ourselves? I wish to go all out, and I can't do that if I have to worry about my allies." He says with a deep, rumbling pig-like voice.

Fenrir grins back as he pulls his blades out. "My thoughts exactly." Fenrir says. Clouds start to form from nowhere as the wind howls to life and bolts of lightning start to light up the battlefield. The power of these two individuals is great enough that even Remnant itself seems to respond to them.

Their muscles tense as they prepare for a battle of the ages. They charge forward at the same time and Fenrir's blades connect with Khanus' tusks with enough power to trigger an explosion.

Jaune Arc's POV

Jaune, Ruby, Weiss, Saphron and Amelia arrive in the center of Kuo Kuana, where many of the citizens have started to panic. They are just about to get to work calming the civilians when a massive explosion followed by a powerful gust of wind goes off in the distance. Everyone turns to the direction of the explosion and sees a massive mushroom cloud coming from the desert. The shock and awe caused by this gives Jaune and Saphron the chance to calm everyone down.

"Alright everyone, listen to me. We need you all to get down to the Island's storm shelter. We can't protect you if you're all spread out. Please make your way toward the Belladonna Mansion as quickly and calmly as possible." Jaune says. "Calmly?! Are you mad? The Sons of Mathias have come to destroy us all! How can we stay calm?!" A nearby man with boar tusks screams.

Jaune channels his aura into Amelia to give her Semblance a boost. She floods the area with positive emotional energy, calming the populace down. "Alright, now like I was saying, please head toward the storm shelter under the Belladonna mansion. We need keep you in the same area to protect you better." Jaune repeats. This time, the populace seems to listen to him. Meanwhile, Saphron's eyes start to glow as she utilizes her newly amplified Semblance while Amelia starts to escort the civilians toward the shelter.

Saphron Cotta-Arcs POV

Saphron gasps as the sensation of her newly empowered Semblance hits her like a truck. Her previous semblance allowed her to connect to the souls of people she touches and clear confusion from the mind. Now she is able to form a link at a distance between dozens of individuals. She doesn't take over like a hive mind; rather she connects all the minds of the people she has channeled her aura into.

All around Kuo Kuana, the hunters are suddenly able to see and understand what the others are doing. They can also communicate telepathically between each other. She looks over to her brother worriedly as he sits down with his legs crossed and his eyes closed. "Are you sure about this Jaune? You haven't really had a chance to test this technique in live combat." Weiss asks. "There's no choice Weiss, they need me." He says.

His eyes open, emitting a white glow and white aura flames start to encircle his body. Bolts of aura shoot off his body and into the distance. Some of the bolts hit the women's Soul Diamonds, which starts to glow as they feel their aura being amplified. Saphron starts to remember what she heard about this technique when Huītzilōpōchtli first taught him how to do it.

Jaune Arc's POV

2 days earlier

Roland, Juniper, all seven Arc sisters and Teams RWBY, JNPR, BRCS, LAVR and CFVY have gathered into the coliseum with Huītzilōpōchtli standing behind Jaune, who is sitting with his legs crossed and his eyes closed. The members of teams RWBY, _NPR and CFVY are spread throughout different locations in the unusually large facility. Weiss is the closest to him, standing just 7 feet to the southwest while Team CFVY is stationed 5 miles to the North, South, East and West.

"Alright Mr. Arc, before we do anything, I should probably explain what we are attempting to do. This is possibly your most valuable asset afforded to you by your Aura Amplification. By going into a trance like state, you will be able to channel your aura into up to twenty different individuals who's Soul Diamonds you have marked with your aura, amplifying them to their maximum capacity as long as they remain within 5 miles of your location. You will be able to send additional pulses at them once every minute to top them off." Huītzilōpōchtli starts to say.

"When you are in this trance, you will be unable to move or defend yourself. You're Amplification's aura use will increase in Aura efficiency dramatically while this is happening, so you should be able to maintain this state for up to thirty minutes. It will require absolute focus to use this technique though." He adds.

He looks hesitant for a second, clearly conflicted about what he is about to tell him. "In the case that you run out of aura while using this ability, you will have the ability to utilize Aura from another source. This source is called 'The Well of Souls'. The Well of Souls is the source of all aura in existence. When a creature is born, its soul is created by drawing energy from the Well. When the creature dies, its soul and aura returns to it. Utilizing the Well of Souls requires a soul powerful enough to defy death itself. When you die, the Well of Souls pulls your soul into it. Your goal in this scenario is to overpower the pull and reverse the flow of aura. The Well of Souls is infinite, so there is no need to worry about it running out." The God of War adds.

His expression turns dark as he looks directly at Jaune. "I cannot stress enough just how dangerous this is. If you are not strong enough to reverse the flow, and you end up getting pulled into the Well of Souls, you are gone. Not dead, gone. Your soul will be completely annihilated. There will be no after life should you fail." He adds, alarming most of the people in the room.

"Furthermore, only 10% of the people who have attempted this have ever succeeded. As such, this is an absolute last resort. Do you understand?" He asks. Jaune gulps before nodding. Huītzilōpōchtli smiles at him. "Very well. Let us begin." He adds.

Glynda Goodwitch's POV

"Alright Glynda, we have the Staff of Creation, General Ironwood has given the orders to disable the anti gravity field on your mark." Winter says after being informed that the staff has been collected. Glynda squares herself off and takes a deep breath as she builds up her focus. She opens her eyes and raises her bullwhip toward the floating city. The entirety of the Kingdom of Atlas is enveloped in a purplish glow. "X-43, terminate." Winter says. Glynda seems to be under immense strain as the full weight of the Kingdom is placed upon her. The Kingdom starts to descend slowly down into the recently evacuated crater below it.

James Ironwood's POV

General Ironwood, all of the Celestials minus Hephaestus, both Doctor Ooblecks, Pietro, Willow and Hazel are standing at the bridge of an airship when a call comes in. General Ironwood accepts the call and a nearby screen comes to life. Council Woman Camilla is sitting in an office with an irate expression on his face. "General Ironwood, what is the meaning of this?! Why has Atlas been lowered to the ground suddenly?!" She says angrily.

The General seems rather confused by her temper. He would have expected Council Man Sleet to react this way, but Camilla has always been more even tempered. "I had no choice Camilla; we needed the Staff of Creation to mount an evacuation. As we speak; Menagerie is being attacked by the Sons of Mathias on one side and the Grimm on the other. They intend to exterminate the entirety of the Faunus population." General Ironwood says. "I'm fully aware of that situation General, Sleet, Kilroy and I was the ones who authorized it." She says.

"WHAT?! Why was I not informed about this?!" General Ironwood says angrily as the others freeze. Abarrdas narrows his eyes at the woman. He goes pale when he finally realizes what has happened. "You're not the Council Woman; you're not even a living being." The God of Chaos says, shocking the others. A mad cackle can be heard in the background as the gravity of the situation finally dawns upon them.

Gammarius appears behind the Council Woman with a wide grin. "That's right Barrdy! I replaced Sleet and Camilla with robots! Sterling and the rest of the council have grown worried about General Ironwood's recent behavior, so they had his authority temporarily revoked while an investigation takes place." He says.

"So it's a coup." Abarrdas says. Gammarius cackles again. "Yup! I already took over Mistral and Vacuo's councils as well. I couldn't infiltrate Vale without tipping you off, and any attempt to make Vacuo participate in the genocide of Faunus would probably result in a revolution, but that's fine! I hold the cards now Barrdy, and if General Ironwood uses the fleet to help at Menagerie? He'll be stripped of his rank and charged with treason! Good luck with the evacuation Barrdy!" He says, before devolving into another cackling fit as 'Camilla' terminates the call.

General Ironwood's face is contorted into an expression of rage. He slams his fist on one of the nearby consoles. "How the hell did I not see this coming?!" He yells. "General, you have nothing to be upset about, if I and Xareth missed the signs, there's no way you could have noticed them. I had safe guards in place to prevent this. There's only one explanation as to how this happened. Gammarius has a mole of his own." Abarrdas says. He turns to Xareth with a grim expression on his face. "Check everyone who has access to the Castle of Madness, we need to find the mole and remove them." He says. Xareth nods before vanishing with a snap of her fingers.

Abarrdas POV

He snaps his fingers again and everyone is informed of what happened, with the exception of the mole. He turns to General Ironwood, who notices his look. "Don't worry Abarrdas, it may be political suicide, but I have no intention of abandoning the people of Menagerie." The General says. "Winter, Saphron, Elm and Marrow will have to leave the military as well. They'll be considered AWOL, but we have no other choice." Abarrdas says.

The General sighs at this. "I may not be able to do much in Atlas, but Special Operative Cordovin is loyal to me, and the populace of Argus is loyal to her. Mantle is a bit more complicated though. There are a lot of followers of the Two Brothers there that will likely side with Atlas, but I believe we can get part of the city on our side with Robyn Hill's assistance." General Ironwood says.

Abarrdas nods before turning to Willow Schnee. "Gammarius' grip on the council is still relatively weak. If we act quickly, we can get the SDC's HQ transferred to Vale. Keeping the SDC out of Gammarius' hands is imperative. I have no doubt they will seize the mines in the other three Kingdoms, but if we act quickly, we can get some of the most critical equipment and many of the key employees away from them. I've kept large deposits of dust concealed in each Kingdom just in case something like this was to happen." Abarrdas says. "Understood, I will get started immediately." Willow says.

He turns to Pietro next. "I know that you've already relocated most of your research to the Castle, but we need you to destroy whatever remains in Mantle; especially when it comes to Penny." He adds. Pietro nods in agreement as a door appears next to him. He leaves the room and the others return to monitoring the fights in Atlas and Menagerie. "You know we're not getting out of this round of fighting unscathed, right?" Huītzilōpōchtli asks.

Abarrdas frowns at this. "Honestly? I'd be surprised if we kept the casualties in the single digits. There are a lot of heavy hitters in this fight." He says before looking toward one of the screens. In it Professor Port seems to be squaring off with Arthur Watts. Abarrdas chuckles. "That fight is going to be ridiculous. The last two Moustachians always have the most bizarre fights." He says, confusing Hazel and the normal Doctor Oobleck.

"Peter Port and Arthur Watts are aliens. There species went extinct when Planet Moustacho was destroyed. They are the only Moustachians left in existence." He says. This only serves to confuse the mortals even more than before.

Peter Port's POV

Peter Port and Arthur Watts are facing each other down in an abandoned part of Kuo Kuana. They stare each other down as old western styled showdown music plays. For some inexplicable reason, Peter seems to be dressed as a sheriff while Arthur is wearing a black bandit outfit. The wind whistles as a tumble Zwei lazily blows by behind Sheriff Port.

"Arthur… I suppose it's time for another Mustache Showdown?" Sheriff Port says. "Yes, we both knew this would happen someday. This world ain't big enough for the both of us." Arthur responds. The fall silent as they wait for the other to make the first move. Their moustaches twitch in anticipation of the fierce battle that is soon to come.

Arthur makes the first move, condensing the left side of his moustache into a Dali spear point and sending it flying toward the Sheriff. Port's walrus styled moustache enlarges to form a protective shield which blocks the Dali spear. The Sheriff responds by firing a volley of moustache hairs, forcing bandit Watts to take cover behind a nearby broken wagon.

He waits for the tell tale click of Sheriff Port's moustache running out of ammo before poking his head out from behind the wagon and firing a volley of moustache hairs of his own. Peter leaps to the side of a nearby building to take cover behind a wall before pulling out a razor and shaving his moustache off with a straight razor. His moustache regenerates instantly with a clicking sound similar to that of a reloading gun seconds later. He waits for a break in Arthur's firing before poking his head out and returning fire as the strangest gun fight Remnant has ever seen begins.

Helga Valkyrie's POV

Helga transforms Isbryt into its handgun form and shoots Ghira square in the chest the moment she sees him. The force of the shot is enough to send him into the air and Helga surges forward to shield bash him with enough strength to send him flying away from the village and Helga pursues him. He lands outside of town, carving a crater into the ground at the point of impact. She takes off after him and notices a purple flame in the shape of a cat appear above him. He reorients himself mid air to land on his feet and slide backwards to bleed off his momentum as Helga lands nearby. When he stops, a second form of a Mantis Shrimp appears above him.

He surges forward and Helga is forced to block a punch with her shield. A massive boom sounds off as an enormous trench several miles long is dug out around her. But she holds strong. Ghira's Semblance; Spirit of the Wild, is particularly dangerous due to how much it can do. It can give him a choice of powers based upon animals. He can have two powers active at any time; one offensive and another that is either defensive or supportive. He can only switch powers once every five seconds, but it cost very little aura to do so. This serves to make him an extremely dangerous fighter as he has a choice of several hundred abilities to choose from, and many of them are rather strong.

Helga shifts Isbryt back into its axe form and tries to land a series of chops, but the cat figure is replaced by a snake as Ghira fluidly dodges each and every hit. The Mantis Shrimp turns into a Pistol Shrimp and Ghira fires a bubble of pressurized air at Helga. She blocks it with her shield, but the concussive force causes her to slide back nearly one hundred feet. The snake becomes a cheetah and the shrimp becomes a rhino, and Ghira charges forward like a meteor. This time, Helga side steps at the last second before shifting Isbryt into its hand gun form and firing a shot into his back.

Normally, getting shot by Ibryt ends the fight almost instantly, as Isbryt carries the force of a large cannon, but Ghira switches from Cheetah to Turtle at the last second, allowing him to decrease the damage taken. It still takes a good 20% of his aura, but that's better than ending up a blood stain on the ground. Luckily, the shot does knock him off balance, and Helga surges forward to hit him with a series of chops. The first three hits land, but then the turtle shifts back into a snake and the rhino becomes a shark as he sidesteps a fourth chop and bites into Helga's shoulder.

Even with her semblance reducing the damage, she still looses 15% of her aura in one hit. She slams her shield into the side of his head, sending him flying in the process. The snake becomes a cat again and he reorients himself midair before hitting the ground with his feet and sliding backwards. The two stare each other down briefly eyes wild with glee. "Finally! A foe worthy of my time! This will not be a fight; this will be a war for the ages!" Ghira shouts.

Helga grins at the man. "Agreed! It is so good to be able to cut loose for once. I rarely get to use Isbryt's gun unless I intend to end the fight, and you can forget sparring with it. This will be gl-" She starts to say before the two of them are forced to jump out of the way as a stray beam of plasma the size of a house shoots past them harmlessly. They turn to the source and balk at the series of explosions taking place nearly 30 miles away.

"Ahh, we're not the only ones letting loose. Fenrir and Khanus aren't holding back." Helga says as the beam hits the ocean before exploding with enough force to create a mushroom cloud as large waves rush away from the explosion. They return their focus to each other and charge forward, each warrior determined to beat the other.

Amber Arc-Polendina's POV

The Human Front

Amber Arc-Polendina steps into the front lines with Kandi, Matilda and Sierra flanking her as they are surrounded by thousands of fanatical soldiers flooding the beaches. "Alright ladies, we're severely outnumbered, so Abarrdas is counting on us giving them a psychological edge. Show no mercy, let these mongrels know what it is to face the wrath of team Blood and Guts!" Amber proclaims before withdrawing her blade and slicing diagonally through a charging extremist left shoulder and exiting through his right hip bone. The top half of his body slides off the rest before hitting the ground as a blood bath begins.

Maria Calverra's POV

Maria is sitting in a chair inside of a private room in the storm shelter as Saphron enters. Maria growls at her. "Why do I have to remain down here? I should be fighting!" The Grimm Reaper says. Saphron sighs. "I know how you feel Maria, but we're here because of our semblances. I'm a state of the art communication system and you can predict the outcomes of any move we make. We're strategic assets, not combative ones." Saphron says as she takes up her post to guard Maria.

"It still isn't right. If those kids can risk their lives, then we should be too." She says. Her eyes start to glow and she tells Roland to raise a wall 30 feet to the south east of Violette.

Roland Arc's POV

Roland Arc is in full combat gear right now, with his scutum fully deployed. The shield is an impressive piece of equipment which stands at around 7'3" tall. The face of the shield is painted with an image of Ezekiel Arc, the founder of the Arc Family, charging forward through a field with a sea of blonde male and female warriors of all shapes and sizes. In the background, the starry night sky and the broken moon tower over a medieval fortress the size of a city carved into the side a mountain with the Arc Family banner proudly displayed over the gates. He has the shield strapped to his left arm at the ready, with Nigurum Mors in his right hand. He is also wearing his helmet, a pitch black Roman Legionnaire helmet with gold lining and a black and white horse hair crest.

He looks over to Violette and stomps on the ground just as he blocks a punch from an Atlesian paladin. A wall of earth roughly 15 feet tall and 30 feet wide erupts from the ground. Tai Yang is forced to dodge the wall, preventing him from blindsiding his daughter. Roland turns back to the Paladin and his eyes glow slightly. A pool of quicksand forms underneath the robot swallowing it down to the legs in a second. Roland drives his sword through the window of the mech, impaling the pilot through the chest. He rips the blade out and turns to a group of charging Atlesian Knights. He stomps the ground again and a pair of 10 foot tall stone walls appear on each side of the group before slamming together, smashing the machines between them.

This is all made possible by Roland's Semblance, Geo Kinesis. Roland Arc is known around the world as one of the most dangerous warriors, and that skill is on full display as he slashes through the leg of an Atlesian Paladin which tried to attack from the right.

Lie Ren's POV

Back in Atlas

Lie Ren and Li Ren are engaged in close quarters combat, with Lie using his bow in its quarterstaff form while Li attacks with his twin swords. Lie uses the staff to block the swords at an angle, diverting his strike down and to the left to throw him off balance. He kicks the Deviant in the chest to stagger him before quickly converting his staff into its bow form and firing an arrow charged with blue flames at Alexander.

The Deviant in question blocks the arrow with his shield, but it erupts in an icy explosion, trapping the shield in ice temporarily. Qrowe tries to take advantage by slicing at him with her Scythe, but Alexander releases the shield and dodges before kicking it out of its prison. Lie turns, converting back into quarter staff form just in time to block a slash from one of Li's swords. The other sword slashes around the staff, hitting him in the ribs with enough force to send him flying backwards.

An enormous vine bursts out of the ground in a burst of white rose petals a few feet away and shoots toward Blanc, forcing her to alter her course at the last second and thwarting her sneak attack.

Summer Rose's POV

Blanc sends a gust of scorching hot flames at the vine, burning it to ash before pulling her Machete up to block a volley of gun shots from Summer. A cloud of green dust appears in front of Summer and starts to glow as nearly a dozen vines burst out of the ground, wiggling like tentacles. They start shooting toward Blanc, who flies into the air with a burst of warm air from her feet. She twists and turns mid air to avoid the striking plants as she makes her way toward Summer.

Summer returns her left gun to its sickle form and uses it to divert the Blanc's Machete to the side while shooting her point blank in the face. Blanc flies back, but not before releasing a stream of flames in Summer's face. She realizes that Blanc took that hit on purpose to get a counter attack off. Blanc took a lot of damage, but Summer took worse as she is sent flying toward the wall by the blast. A series of vines shoot from the walls to form a net in order to keep her from slamming into the jagged rock wall behind her.

Blanc reverses her trajectory and surges toward Summer, hoping to finish the fight. She is forced to abandon her attack to avoid an exploding gravity dust arrow from Lie. The explosion still does its job though, as it pulls her toward the center of the blast, where Summer's vines manage to jab into her side like spears. Summer tries to capitalize, but she is forced to dodge as an arrow wrapped in green Chinese dragon flames comes within inches of her face.

Celestia Arc's POV

Celestia notches an arrow on her bow and releases it. The arrow punches through the bodies of three different extremists before lodging itself in the window of an Atlesian Paladin. The arrow explodes, killing the pilot and knocking the giant mech over, where it crushes a bunch of Atlesian Knights.

Her eyes glow light blue as she activates her Semblance, High Jack. It's an ability she usually prefers to hide, as a lot of people would be afraid of her if they knew what it was. Previously, High Jack was only able to send short impulsive bursts into a creature's nervous system, causing them to move their bodies against their will. She could use it to make someone over commit to a swing or trip over their own legs for example. She could also only use it on a maximum of four creatures at once.

She flinches as she forces hundreds of soldiers to put their guns in their mouths and pull the trigger. Her new semblance allows her to control a creature's body completely for up to three seconds, and it can hit hundreds of creatures at once. It's a truly terrifying ability that has caused her to lose a little sleep as she wonders what kind of person she must be for her soul to manifest itself like that.

Neopolitan's POV

A trio of tall, mirror glass, horse riding knight-like figures bursts into the alley with lances caked in blood as Neo appears in a flash of shattering glass. Neo's Semblance has evolved as well. Her illusions are actually able to take a physical form to a limited degree now. The three Knights shatter as they both rush toward the center of Kuo Kuana, where they can see a large beacon emitting a pale blue dome which covers the entire continent.

They leap to the side as cannon fire erupts, forcing the women to take cover in an alleyway. Neo summons a mirror around the corner and they both turn pale when they see just how heavily fortified the area is. Barricades made of debris have been erected in the streets as large numbers of soldiers and robots appear to have dug in. They even seem to have artillery in place. Neo smiles when she notices a rather stupid oversight the group made though. They don't have anti-air capabilities.

If she had to guess, they probably didn't think they would need anti air against a small group of hunters. Neo signs her discovery to Celestia, who smiles before pulling out her scroll. "Alright Marcy, we found the Beacon, but it's heavily fortified. Luckily, the idiots forgot to pack anti air." She says.

A mad cackle erupts from her scroll as the most unhinged member of the Arc sisters is ready to enter the fight. A large hangar door opens in mid air as Marcella Arc prepares to unleash Hell on Remnant.

Weiss Schnee's POV

Weiss sends a flurry of ice shards toward a charging group of Atlesian knights while a Rose Petal tornado rips through a few hundred Grimm. A few seconds later, the area is clear of hostile enemies. They hear a loud engine rumbling in the sky and look up to see an air craft burst out of a hangar. Weiss gawks at the monstrosity that emerges while Ruby drools like a maniac at the sight of it. "So many guns…" Ruby mutters.

Marcella Arc's POV

Marcella is sitting in the cock pit of a large plane humming "Ride of the Valkyries" with maniacal glee. The camera pans out, and we see an absolute monster of a plane armed to the teeth.

The airship is actually a heavily modified Lockheed AC-130E from the Great War era that is roughly 1.5 times larger than average. The aircraft is 146'8" long, 57'9" tall and has a wing span of 199'11". It is painted black with a pair of Gold Crescent Arcs on the sides. It flies using six turbo prop engines on the inner part of the wings and a pair of massive tilt rotor engines on the tips. It has 2 missile racks armed with four AGM-114 Hellfire Missiles and four AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles on each wing. The aircraft also has three 7.62 mm GAU-2 mini guns, one 105 mm M102 Howitzer cannon and two 40 mm L/60 Bofors cannons on each side of the airship. The back of the air craft has a bombing bay which houses 4 GBU-57A/B Massive Ordnance Penetrator bunker buster bombs, 8 GBU-53/B II guided bombs and an ATBIP Father of All Bombs.

While her flamethrower arms might be her technical weapon, this is what Marcella really brings to the table. Iram Draconis is a monster that will make even the toughest warriors shit their pants at the sight of it. It works perfectly with her Semblance, Mechanical Maestro. This ability allows her to connect to any weapon she has contact with, which means she is able to control it with her mind. The monster rumbles through the air as the tilt rotor engines shift in mid air.

Sterling Kilroy's POV

Sterling is watching the screen from a safe distance when he sees the air craft make its way over to the Beacon. "How the hell did they turn a monster like that into a VTOL aircraft?" He says. As a weapon's manufacturer, Sterling has seen his fair share of exotic weapons, but this thing is something even he never thought he'd see. He turns to one of his soldiers manning the work station in front of him. "Keep a record of that aircraft. When we're done, send the video to the R&D department." He says. "Yes sir." The soldier says. Sterling looks at the fortification the aircraft is heading to and winces when he realizes his mistake.

Soon to be dead Sons of Mathias Soldier's POV

A random soldier looks through the binoculars at the air craft. It swings to its side as the soldier watches the guns whir to life. He voids his bowels the moment he realizes what's about to happen.

Marcella Arc's POV

Marcella cackles like a mad woman as the guns spring to life and the missiles start flying. Hell may have no fury like a woman scorned, but a woman who's completely out of her mind isn't very good either.

Over the next 4 minutes, the entire area surrounding the beacon is laid waste. Explosions and gunfire rock the entire village of Kuo Kuana as the poor, unfortunate bastards manning the fortifications are reduced to ashes.

Celestia Arc's POV

"Holy shit that was crazy." A male voice says. They turn to see Fiona and Marrow approach from the side. "The fortifications are toast, but the beacons still active. Probably means it's underground. I'm going to do a few runs around the island on air support. You four be careful down there." Marcella says. "Got it." Celestia says as the plane turns toward the beaches.

Violette Arc's POV

Violette blocks a slash from Tortuga with Carnum Molentis as Nicolas sends a flurry of ice bolts from a glyph. Violette's body glows purple and the ice shatters harmlessly against her. Violette doesn't use her aura to block most attacks, she uses her Semblance instead. Violette's Semblance is Density. She can greatly increase the density of herself or anything she is holding. Her weight increases, but her density becomes great enough that most attacks just bounce right off of her. It is also very aura efficient. She can also use the increase of density to enhance her muscles.

She barrels toward Nicolas, who summons a blocking glyph for protection and her body and weapon glow purple again. Even though Nicolas was renowned for the strength of his shielding glyphs, they can do little to stop a 30 ton Macuahiutl being swung with the force of a meteor. The glyph breaks and the weapon slams into his side with enough power to send him flying.

Tai Yang is wearing a pair of golden full arm gauntlets engraved with a Chinese style dragon and silver spiked knuckles. The weapon has a set of two vents on the side of each arm facing away from the body that look like jet intakes. He winds up a punch as the vents suck in air before blowing it out the back of the arm to give him a jet propelled punch. Tortuga approaches from the opposite side preparing to strike as well. But then something unexpected happens.

Gammarius' POV

Gammarius is in the Valean hideout preparing to move it to Atlas when he receives a notification on his scroll. He opens it up and his eyes go wide in shock when the information is revealed. Apparently, Tortuga was not the hero they all thought he was before death. His investigators just uncovered a hidden shrine in his old apartment.

The shrine was full of pictures of Winter Schnee going back to as young as when she was only 12 years old, as well as other things such as locks of hair, trash and even a used tampon, much to his disgust. They unlocked an old computer which featured a video diary that was pretty damning.

He had been obsessively stalking her since she was 12 years old, when he was 25 years old. He apparently had a delusion that she was in love with him. Everything he had done, from becoming a hunter, joining the Military and even becoming a member of Ace Ops had been an attempt to get closer to his "Goddess", to the point that he had even murdered a few of her suitors.

The worst part was a plan dated a week before the operation that he died on. When he got back from the mission, he had planned to use the same drug Sebastian had intended to use on Weiss on Winter. He planned to kidnap her and turn her into a mindlessly devoted wife. Long story short, he was an evil man, masquerading as a hero. When a person becomes a Deviant, they become a twisted mockery of the person they once were. That means a good guy would become a monster, but a monster? They would become a hero. It's why he never tried to revive Tyrian Callows despite how good a fighter he was.

He remembers a few inconsistencies in the dossier he received on the man and suddenly, everything makes sense. "SON OF A BITCH! Abarrdas played me like an idiot!" He yells angrily.

Tortuga's POV

The eyes of the Deviants flash as they receive a message from Gammarius. Tai Yang turns to glare at Tortuga, who redirects his strike to hit the old dragon square in the face, catching Violette completely off guard. "Damn, covers blown; so much for the double agent thing." He says before raising his shield to block a flurry of ice shards. "Tortuga?! You're the double agent?!" Elm says. She had been driven into the area by a group of Paladins that chased her. Tortuga grunts as Nicolas follows up his attack with a slash from his sword.

"Yeah, I wasn't what you thought I was kid. Long story straight, I was a crazy stalker who wanted to kidnap Winter Schnee." He says, shocking and alarming Violette and Elm. "And the inverse of that is a decent person, got it." Marrow says over the radio.

Elm Ederne's POV

Elm is sent reeling by this revelation. The idea that she had associated with a pervert like that unnerves her a bit. The Paladins that were pursuing her chose the wrong time to show up. They opened fire on her, but she slid to the side to avoid them. Her eyes glowed slightly and a series of ethereal yellow vines spring out of the ground and tie themselves to the mechs. The machines begin to crunch and break as the vines squeeze the robots, crumpling them like soda cans.

Violette chuckles at this. "So that's what you got from banging my little brother, eh?" Violette says, causing Elm to light up like a Christmas tree. "Less talking more fighting. I got Nicolas, Elm, take Tai Yang, there's more Deviants in play than you know, and I get the feeling one of them is about to show up." Tortuga says.

Just as he finishes saying that, three more of the deviants show up in a portal. Two of them are small girls, and the group starts to panic when they realize it is two of Salem's daughters. Luckily, Salem herself lands on a nearby rooftop, having been on standby in case this happened. The two little girls fly at their mother in blurs of pink and dark green and a war of magic begins.

Meanwhile, the last form is revealed to be none other than Xanthe Rumpole.

Abarrdas' POV

Abarrdas winces when he sees the diminutive woman. "Damn, looks like Gammarius replaced her with a clone too." He patches in to Violette's comm. link. "Don't let her touch your armor or weapon with her hands. Her semblance can turn things into solid gold." He says. As Willow Schnee returns. She looks up to one of the screens and a worried expression appears on her face.

"Was it really wise to make Blanc face the horde of Grimm on her own?" She asks in concern. Abarrdas laughs softly at this. "That girl is never alone Willow, they call her the General for a reason." He says as the hordes of Grimm finally approach the short Schnee woman. Willow is shocked when she sees dozens of large glyphs appear in the sky and across the ground. Her shock increases as light blue creatures of Grimm pour out of the portals in the thousands.

Blanc Arc-Schnee's POV

Thousands of terrestrial and airborne Grimm pour out of the portals and a war between the Grimm begins. Up in the sky, Nevermores on both sides of the equations rain feathers down on top of their foes. Meanwhile, beams of energy cut through the skies as what appears to be dragon fly like Grimm engage in a large dog fight. They have thirty foot long, cylindrical bodies and two sets of wings roughly forty two feet long. There is a pair of fifteen foot long wings on the tail which act as rudders. They also have large black compound eyes that glow with a wispy white energy. These Grimm are known as Menuras, and they act as fighters for the Grimm. There are a few other species of flying Grimm, such as Griffons and Lancers, but for the most part, there's not a lot of diversity amongst the flying Grimm.

This is in stark contrast to the land dwelling Grimm. In addition to the ever present Grimm such as Beowolves and Ursa, Goliaths, Deathstalkers, Beringels, King Tajitus, Creeps, and what looks like a slightly hairier cousin of the Dromedons from Vacuo clash with each other.

There are also rarer forms of Grimm clashing within the battlefield. There's a trio of massive Mantis like Grimm engaging a group of bluish Goliaths. They stand roughly 40 feet tall and a pair of 23 foot long scythe like claws. They also have a pair of spiked antenna which measure around 25 feet in length hanging on its face which they use as whips. Their bodies are covered in large black and white bone like scales and they have large red compound eyes on each side of its head. These are Rapkars, a particularly dangerous type of Grimm whose blades can cut through even the strongest armors, as shown when one of them slices a Goliath in half with little difficulty.

Towering over the battlefield is a much larger version of this Grimm. It stands an impressive 120' tall, with its scythe blades measuring 70' in length, and it also has a set of scorpion like claws on its lower abdomen that are large enough to crush a Paladin as well as four 60 foot bladed whips on its face. This is a Widow Rapkar, a Grimm which would normally take a small army of hunters to take down.

The opponent of this beast is nothing to scoff at either. The glowing blue Rhinocerous Beetle-like Grimm cuts an intimidating form all its own. The monster stands at about 40 feet tall, 30 feet wide and 140 feet long. It has two massive 80 foot long horns with two smaller blade like teeth on the end of each horn facing inward to resemble a massive jaw. The strangest thing about the creature though is its "legs". They aren't actually legs at all; they are a pair of massive tank-like treads. This creature is called a Vanguard, and it has a fierce reputation of its own.

A twenty foot tall Arma Gigas nimbly leaps off the Vanguard's back and slices one of the creatures whips off with a 12' sword that looks exactly like Blanc's weapon. The Creature flails as it attempts to knock the Arma Gigas away, allowing the Vanguard to back away from the fight. A few seconds later, the Vanguard shoots forward like a battering ram with its horns angled toward the Widow Rapkar's abdomen. The creature hits like a train, impaling the Widow Rapkar through its chest and killing it.

The Arma Giga's helmet shimmers translucently for a second, revealing that Blanc is currently inside of it. The war between the General and the Grimm rages on as the chaos continues all around Kuo Kuana. A massive Griffon attempts to blindside Blanc, only for its chest to be blown out by a sniper's shot.

Noella Arc's POV

Noella Arc and Ellowen Arc-Ederne are positioned in a large tower sniping at the enemies below them. The tower is made entirely of stone, having been erected by her father Roland earlier on. Meanwhile, Ellowen uses her Gauss Rifle to take a shot at Tai Yang, who was starting to get the upper hand against her mother Elm. Noella vanishes from the tower and reappears at another tower a mile and a half to the south west as she rests her rifle on one of the walls of the tower. The weapon is in its full mode rather than the smaller travel form she usually has it in.

It is a heavily modified single shot Dragunov SVD with a 51 inch long dark blue barrel with a 27 inch silencer on the end and a 24 inch long black stock. Two large black blades extend from the bottom of the rifle to form a bipod and the scope expands to roughly twice its original circumference. The scope clearly has a myriad of functions, including a HUD which displays multiple factors such as wind speed and direction, angle and various other important details. It also seems to have both infrared and night vision modes. She takes three shots at a group of Paladins that somehow managed to break through the lines to assault Ruby, Weiss and her brother. The Paladins have massive holes blown through their chests as they collapse to the ground.

Noella teleports again, this time taking up a position in a tower on the east side of Kuo Kuana. This is done with her Semblance, Flare Jump. Noella is able to drop an invisible flare at up to 5 locations which she can teleport to as long as they are within six miles of her current location.

It's very useful for her, considering how difficult it is to track the position of a sniper who can shoot from multiple locations. She lines up a shot on Nicolas Schnee from a distance of 3.3 miles away, an impossible shot for most people. Noella takes the shot and vanishes before seeing if it hit.

Tortuga's POV

Nicolas Schnee staggers forward as Noella's bullet hits him right in the center of his back. His armor holds, but it dents inward and the force of the shot is enough to make him drop his sword. If his aura hadn't activated, he was sure it would have damaged his spine. Tortuga surges forward and shield bashes the man with enough force to knock him over. His sword swings downward, hoping to end the fight, but Nicolas rolls toward his sword to narrowly dodge it.

He grabs the sword and summons a glyph to spring board off of as he flies toward Tortuga. Tortuga braces himself and pulls his shield to block the attack. He slides backwards a few yards, but he manages to hold strong. He tries to counter, but Nicolas leaps back to avoid the strike. An Atlesian Paladin flies through the air, forcing Nicolas to dodge again as the fight against the Sons of Mathias' robots rages on as well.

Pyrrha Niko's POV

Pyrrha slices through an Atlesian Knight and shield bashes a second one. While she is engaging in her fight against a group of robots, a large number of the machines are being thrown around like toys with a black glow around them. Pyrrha's semblance evolved in a way that not only makes it stronger, but makes it require a lot less focus to use. Even the Paladins seem helpless as they get tossed around like ragdolls, something that only intensifies as Mia Arc-Katt rolls through the area, laughing like a mad woman as the machines are sent flying by her semblance.

Another Atlesian Knight tries to ambush her from behind, but she can sense its approach thanks to her semblance, which also allows her to detect metal now. Another, much larger Atlesian Knight charges at her with a two handed sword, and Pyrrha tries to use her semblance on it. She is caught off guard when it has no effect, leading her to realize that this one must not be made of metal. It appears that Gammarius has sent a group of assassins specifically designed with her in mind.

She pulls her shield up to block the attack, but it never comes, as a hole is blasted through its chest. She looks shocked as the machine drops, but she sighs in relief when she sees Brody Hatcher with his revolver out. "Careful little lady, can't let my grandson lose his partner." He says just as a group of the non metal Knights surges forward.

Brody Hatcher's POV

Brody releases a breath as his eyes begin to glow faint red. His perception of time slows drastically as he spins on his heels and takes a series of shots. Each shot hits a Knight dead center of the chest, dropping the machines like flies. This is Brody's Semblance, Dilation. He can slow his perception of time drastically, allowing him to shoot with pin point accuracy and draw his guns in the blink of an eye. A massive Paladin, one about four times as large as the normal one, walks up the streets and the two realize they've got their work cut out for them now.

Summer Rose's POV

The fight in the vault has taken a turn for the worse. Li Ren is out of the fight, but so are Qrowe and Lie. She told them to find the others. They objected at first, but they were out of Aura, so they knew they would be a liability if they remained. This left Summer fighting both Blanc and Alexander at the same time, and it appears to be taking its toll. Blanc incinerates a wall of vines with a wave of flames and the wind is strong enough to knock Summer back a bit, allowing Alexander to land a jab to her ribs.

It appears to be over as Summer struggles to stay standing. Blanc surges forward with her Machete ready to slice through the woman, only to be blocked by a Schnee Glyph. Blanc and Alexander look to the side and see Glynda Goodwitch and Winter Schnee at the entrance looking ready for a fight. While this is happening, something else is occurring back at Menagerie, something that Remnant hasn't witnessed in millennia.

Salem's POV

Streams of bright blue flames erupt from Salem's hands, but the younger girls manage to dodge easily. This fight is taking place in the skies above Remnant, as Salem and her daughters use their magic to fly. Esmerelda appears to Salem's left and sends a spear of lightning toward her mother, but Salem blocks it with a shield of white energy. Salem is clearly upset if the tears streaming down her eyes are anything to go by.

She knew she was strong enough to take them in a regular fight, but there is nothing normal about this war. The girls have proven excellent at psychological warfare, and Salem is clearly struggling. "It's your fault this happened mother! You're the one who killed us! We wouldn't be like this if you hadn't lost your temper!" Esmerelda screams.

Salem chokes back a sob just as the second girl appears behind her. This child is wearing a blue dress with golden rings on it. She is the eldest daughter, Ariel. She summons a blade of ice on her left arm and lunges forward, intent on ending the fight. Fortunately for Salem, a rifle bullet flies up from the ground, forcing Ariel to roll to the side to avoid it.

"You were a Grimm tainted monster! What makes you think you were ever fit to be a mother?" Ariel says. Salem screams in despair, creating a blast of sonic energy which forces the girls to fly backwards to avoid the attack. Unfortunately, this is when things start to take a turn for the worse. Esmerelda fires a bolt of lightning from her left hand and it connects with Salem's left shoulder.

The attack is mostly blocked by her aura, but the shock still managed to paralyze her left arm temporarily. What's worse is that the fighting is starting to turn on all fronts. Ariel sends a blast of fire at the tower Ellowen was at, forcing the woman to abandon it as it explodes. Down with Violette, things aren't doing much better.

Violette Arc's POV

Violette's lower chest piece, right bracer and left gauntlet are gone, having been rendered useless when they were turned to gold. Her armor and weapons were designed with high tech plastics and ceramics, because metal isn't flexible enough to handle the increased mass her semblance causes. Gold is even worse than most metals, so they had been destroyed the second she used her Semblance. She's thankful that Rumpole's semblance doesn't work on living things; otherwise she would be nothing but a statue right now.

Rumpole surges forward with her wheel in one hand while the other rests at her side, ready to strike at the first opportunity. She feints a strike to the left, but Violette sees the feint coming a mile away. She blocks right and stops the wheel in its place. Unfortunately, it appears that was what she wanted as her other hand surges forward and her weapon suddenly turns to gold.

"Damn it! My weapon is gone! I'm a good hand to hand fighter, but that will make me have to get closer. I won't be able to avoid her as easily and she'll just keep turning any inorganic things I have into gold." She thinks before a light bulb goes off in her head. "Good thing I'm comfortable with my body." She thinks before pressing a button on the upper part of the chest plate.

Xanthe Rumpole's POV

Xanthe's face turns beet red as the woman's armor falls off her body, leaving Violette completely nude. "Oh my gods! What are you doing?!" She screams as she looks away. Violette laughs at the small woman. "Well, your semblance only works on non living things, so if I fight you naked, it's useless." Violette says cheekily.

Xanthe's eyes widen as she suddenly understands what Violette just did. It might be an extremely unorthodox move, but it works. And due to her semblance, Violette doesn't really need armor to protect her, she mostly uses it to increase her momentum, more mass means more weight which results in harder strikes.

Xanthe eyes widen even further as she realizes Violette's strategy is actually a sound one. She growls angrily before charging again, but this time, Violette has an idea to even the odds. She grabs the wheel and channels her own semblance into it. Unlike Xanthe's semblance, Violette can affect anything connected to whatever she is holding. This allows her to increase the density of Xanthe's weapon and clothing, which is suddenly destroyed by the increased mass ripping it apart.

Xanthe squawks in absolute shock before leaping backwards and trying to cover her more private areas. Elm, Alexander, Nicolas and Tortuga all grind to a halt when they notice the duo's state of dress. "Golden Touch doesn't work on living things." Violette says nonchalantly, getting looks of understanding before they resume fighting. Meanwhile, Robyn Hill has to protect a group of people who are critical to the war effort, just not in the way one might expect.

Kali Belladonna's POV

Kali Belladonna and Carmine Esclado are at the base of a large tower, protecting the people on top of it, while Amelia Everhart and Robyn Hill cover the people inside of the tower. The people in question are none other than Lisa Lavender and a pair of technicians working the cameras.

Carmine blasts another Paladin into dust as the sandstorm rages below them. Carmine and Kali are actually doing very well together, as their Semblances complement each other perfectly. Whereas before, Kali could only control her own body mass worth of sand, she is now able to control large amounts of it. This allows her to become the sand itself; an ability that has some frankly horrifying uses. This is demonstrated when sand rushes into the mouths of a group of soldiers charging into the storm and ripping them apart from the inside. They gurgle as blood fills their lungs and the sand drills holes into their bodies, a truly gruesome, but effective strategy. She also uses it to gunk up the robot's joints, causing them to move slower or stop moving altogether.

Meanwhile, Carmine is free to strike the machines from inside the cloud, mostly destroying them, but occasionally making one disintegrate to replace the dust Kali loses over time. The dust cloud obscures the bottom of the tower, hiding the horrors below from view. Meanwhile, Robyn and Amelia are fighting off the invading air ships while Lisa Lavender broadcasts the attack live around the world.

Lisa Lavender's POV

An explosion rocks the cameras as they continue to broadcast the destruction worldwide. "The fighting continues as the Sons of Mathias attempt to murder the entire populace of Menagerie. As you may remember, two entities claiming to be the Brothers of Light and Darkness interrupted my interview with the God of Chaos, telling the world that the Faunus must be eradicated. Here we are seeing the results of that reckless proclamation; this is genocide ladies and gentlemen. We cannot in good conscience allow this to stand." Lisa says passionately. This woman is usually rather calm and collected, but the madness of this situation is too much even for her to handle. The whole reason she volunteered to go with the defenders when she heard of the attack was to ensure that the Sons of Mathias would not be able to sweep this under the rug.

"Even now, the people of Menagerie have organized a small militia to fight alongside the brave hunters attempting to stem the advances of the Sons of Mathias. What's worse is that the Creatures of Grimm have been drawn to the fighting as well. Most of the island's survivors have been evacuated to the storm center below the Belladonna mansion, but there are a few pockets which the militia has been unable to reach, most notably, the Ghira Belladonna memorial orphanage." She says as one of the cameras zoom in to the orphanage in question just as an ambulance pulls in to the area in front of the orphanage.

Lisa and the others watch in horror as the Ambulance explodes with enough force to break the militia's meager barricades. A group of fanatical warriors rush in to the orphanage and start executing the screaming children on the spot. Lisa starts to heave as the camera man tries to redirect the camera away from the scene. "Terminate the connection to the main stream, but continue recording. The world needs to know what is happening." Lisa says after getting control of herself. Meanwhile, the battle below Menagerie starts drawing to a close as does the fighting against the machines as Pyrrha, Mia and Brody tear them to shreds.

Fiona Thyme's POV

Fiona touches a pile of damaged and destroyed Atlesian robots and absorbs the broken machines. She points her hands in front of her and launches a solid ball of metal weighing nearly 40 tons at the center of the room where the Beacon is resting. The Beacon explodes and the force field collapses. "The Beacon is down, send the reinforcements!" Marrow says over his scroll.

Mia Arc-Katt's POV

Mia grins as she skates over to Pyrrha and Brody. They look tired, but the robots have been destroyed. The look into the air and marvel as portals begin to open all around them and the Atlesian fleet arrives in full force.

Raven Branwen's POV

Raven is standing in Vale with General Ironwood, Willow Schnee, Pietro Polendina and the celestials. Her eyes glow bright and a mass of portals starts to open over the skies of Vale and Menagerie. Raven's semblance has evolved to the point where she can move entire armies anywhere in the world so long as there is someone she is connected to their. The ships fly through the portal, but then something goes horribly wrong.

Atlesian Fleet Commander's POV

An Atlesian commander stationed on the flag ship is watching the screen when a black chess piece suddenly appears on every screen of the air ships. "Transmission of Robot control successful, launching now." A mechanical voice says. "What the hell?" The commander says as the robots launch from their docks without his permission. "Initiating Self Destruct sequence." The voice adds and the Commander's eyes widen.

Weiss Schnee's POV

Weiss and everyone else on the island watches on in horror as the entire fleet suddenly explodes moments after the robots launch, killing all of the human reinforcements instantly.

Rayalas' POV

The others watch in horror as their own reinforcements are turned against them. "How the hell did they use the virus?! The dance never happened; Cinder never had the chance to infiltrate the CCT!" Abarrdas yells as Xareth returns looking angry. "Abarrdas, we know who the traitor is. He's also been dispatched to kill Jaune. It's-"

Ruby Rose's POV

A large group of Knights and Paladins land in the area, surrounding Ruby, Weiss and Jaune. A human form walks through the machines with a smile on his face. Ruby's eyes narrow in rage as she realizes what is happening. "You." She says venomously as Roman Torchwick walks into the area. "Why hello Little Red." He says with a cheeky wave.

A/N: DUN DUN DUNNNNNNNNNNNNN! Well, there you go. The traitors have been revealed. Things are looking rather dark for Jaune and co. Before that though, WOOHOO! 100+ FOLLOWERS!

Just a heads up, the time has come. The bodies are about to start dropping. This story has a lot of character bloat, so there's not really any other choice.

We started off calmly, with a bit of fluffy goodness. When we left off last time, Jaune and Carmine were about to spend the night together. Somewhere along the line, Weiss ended up getting pulled in. We also learned Weiss and Carmine are dating now. Is it a weird combo? Yeah, but I like it anyway.

From there, we got an adorable scene with Weiss. Apparently the heiress got ratted out by Jennavive the night before, meaning everyone was made aware not only of the Super Bestie, Better than the Restie thing, but Weiss' jealousy toward Ruby, Yang and Jing spending time with Winter as well. Ruby and Winter end up setting her straight when another realization hits her. With Ruby's innocent façade out the window, she has become the adorable member of team RWBY. As Abarrdas said earlier, I challenge you to find something more adorable than a flustered Tsundere.

We also got a bit of a family moment out of it as Whitley was apparently feeling a bit left out. We haven't really seen much of him in this fic, and I'm not sure I'm going to be able to change that. Between character bloat and the fact that I have difficulty writing anything with him, I'm afraid he's just not going to be able to have anything short of a few brief cameos. Klein will fall under this too (Which I hate, because I actually enjoy writing him.)

From that point on though, everything goes to shit. The Sons of Mathias have begun their attack on Menagerie, and things are looking grim. They put a device in place which prevents Abarrdas or anyone else from opening a portal to the island to allow large scale reinforcements to the island. They are being forced to use the Staff of Creation to create a portal system like the one used in Volume 8 to evacuate Atlas. We also learned that Fria doesn't exist in this universe; Juniper Arc is the Winter Maiden instead.

The fighting started with Juniper, Ozpin, Summer Rose, Lie Ren and Qrowe Branwen going to retrieve the Staff, but Alexander, Blanc Arc and Li Ren are there to stop them.

From there, a new player enters the field as Khanus makes his debut. Make no mistake, outside of the Celestials; these two are the most powerful fighters of their respective groups.

We also started learning more of the new abilities granted to the Awakened are. Saphron's semblance has evolved to the point that she can connect the minds of anyone marked by Saphron's aura. They aren't a hive mind; they are just able to perceive what everyone else does, making it easier to coordinate with each other.

Then we learned about Jaune's new technique, and boy is it a doozy. He is able to drastically increase his mana regeneration and channel his aura amplification into multiple allies across long distances. The catch? He's completely defenseless while doing it. His aura will eventually deplete, but there is a way to bypass it. It's a last resort though, because the price of failure is rather steep.

After that, the anti gravity device is deactivated and Glynda successfully lowers Atlas into the mine directly below it. That's when we get some rather disturbing news. Gammarius has replaced the councils of Mistral, Atlas and Vacuo with machines, effectively taking over the governments of the three kingdoms. This leads to the revelation that James Ironwood will be removed from his position should he attempt to aid the people of Menagerie. From there, we learn something else; Gammarius has a mole as well. Pietro and the SDC scramble to relocate assets and destroy anything that might be used against them and we get a more amusing twist added to the story.

Professor Port and Arthur Watts are aliens who apparently fight with their moustaches. Is it stupid? Of course it is, but that's what makes it fun. Much like anything involving Sundae, the fights between Peter and Arthur are going to be rather ridiculous. I intend to use them to parody all of your favorite sci-fi/anime/anything else I think of, stories.

From there, we transition into one of the bigger fights; Helga Valkyrie vs. Ghira Belladonna. As I said last time, the former civil rights leader has a rather powerful semblance which makes him a very dangerous opponent. His semblance is loosely based around the League of Legends character Udyr's play style. Basically, Ghira went to the semblance store and bought one of everything, but with a catch. He can only have two abilities active at once. He can switch between them rather quickly though, meaning he can be a very unpredictable fighter.

Then we see team Blood and Guts engage the humans of the Sons of Mathias and the results are not going to be pretty. It transitions to Maria Calverra, who seems a bit angry that she isn't fighting. Then we learn about what happened with her Semblance. She has a limited form of clairvoyance now, allowing her to determine the outcome of any strategic move. Together with Saphron's new semblance, the group's ability to act and react on the battlefield is dramatically increased.

After that, we see Roland fighting for the first time. His semblance is rather easy to explain, he's basically an earth bender.

Then we return to Atlas, where the fight is going at full speed. Li and Lie are locked in deadly melee combat, taking any opportunity they get to shoot an arrow at their other foes, hoping to turn the battle to their teams favor. We also get to see more of Summer's semblance and fighting style. If you are wondering, yes, she does use Plant dust, as it is fairly useful with her semblance.

Back at Menagerie, Celestia and Neo are fighting their way to the beacon. We learn of Celestia's semblance, and it is rather terrifying when you think about it. Going back to the Avatar theme, she's basically a blood bender, only using neural impulses rather than blood. Neo's semblance has also evolved so that she can actually summon solid constructs of mirrored glass to fight her enemies. They encounter a heavily fortified position and that's when things take a turn for the crazy.

Marcella enters the battlefield flying an unholy abomination of engineering clearly dreamt up by a maniac. Iram Draconis is Marcella's baby; a baby that can annihilate a medium sized city, but her baby nonetheless. She rains down hell on the Sons of Mathias clearing the way to fight toward the beacon below Menagerie.

From there we go to Violette's fight against the other three Deviants, and she is surprisingly holding her own. Much like Helga, Violette is an absolute beast of a tank. Her semblance allows her to increase the density and weight of her or anything she touches. She can use this to block damage rather than using aura, and since it is so aura efficient, she is able to fight for a very long time. She can also do a lot of damage by increasing Carnum Molentis' density.

After a brief fight, we finally learn the identity of the mole in Gammarius' crew. It was Tortuga. The reason I chose him was simple, I needed a villain who lived as a hero. The Deviants are a twisted mockery of what they once were, so naturally, a twisted mockery of a villain would actually be a good guy. We learn that Tortuga was actually obsessively stalking Winter Schnee all the way back when she was only twelve years old. Yikes.

Elm enters into the field and is naturally shocked to learn that her old teammate was the mole. From there, Tortuga and Elm engage Alexander and Tai Yang Xiao Long while Violette is forced to face a new Deviant, Xanthe Rumpole.

From there, we go to the opposite front, where Blanc is facing down a horde of Grimm on her own, kind of. An epic clash of Grimm on Grimm ensues as the small Schnee woman floods the field with summons. We also get some new types of Grimm showing up. All of these Grimm are imports from my previous fan fic, A Grimm Fate. We also got to see Blanc herself fighting inside of an Arma Gigas she uses as a mech.

This transitioned into Noella Arc and Ellowen Arc-Ederne in a sniper tower. Noella's weapon is in full form and we learn her Semblance as well. Being able to teleport from vantage point to vantage point is very good for a sniper, as it makes them much harder to locate. They knew she was in one of the towers, but they had no way of knowing which one.

Noella actually lands a shot from 3.3 miles away, a major feat that has never actually happened in the real world. It helps tip the fight between Tortuga and Nicolas in Tortuga's favor briefly.

After that, Pyrrha appears in the fight against the robots, a move that should honestly surprise no one given her Semblance. Mia Arc-Katt makes a brief appearance, but Brody Hatcher ends up saving Pyrrha. We learn that Brody's semblance slows his perception of time, allowing him to draw quick and aim faster.

Then we return to the fight in Atlas, which isn't really going very well. Li Ren has been taken out of the fight, but so has Qrowe and Lie Ren. This left Summer fighting a two on one battle. Just as it appeared to be over, Glynda Goodwitch and Winter Schnee came to the rescue.

This leads to a rather tragic fight between Salem and two of her daughters, Esmerelda and Ariel. While she should have the advantage in power, this is mitigated by her daughter's psychological attacks. They play Salem's guilt over their deaths against her rather effectively, leaving the poor woman a grieving wreck. Ariel forces Ellowen to abandon the tower by blowing it up as things start to turn against them,

We learn a bit about the limitations of Xanthe's Golden Touch when we return to the fight between her and Violette. The 2nd eldest Arc sister is struggling against the smaller woman, but she at least learns that her Semblance doesn't affect living things. Unfortunately, Violette's semblance doesn't work well with gold at all. When Xanthe turns her weapon to gold, Violette appears to be in trouble, but then she remembers the weakness of Xanthe's semblance and she gets a rather… unorthodox idea.

She strips herself out of her armor, leaving her completely naked, much to everyone's shock. This seems like a weird move, but it apparently works, as Xanthe's semblance is useless against Violette now. Just to make things weirder, Violette uses her own semblance to destroy Xanthe's weapon and clothes, leaving the woman just as exposed.

Now I don't know if this rule about her Semblance is actually true, but there's nothing in the books that suggest otherwise. All of Xanthe's uses there were on inorganic materials such as weapons and clothing.

After this, we move over to the final team on the island. Kali Belladonna, Carmine Esclados, Robyn Hill and Amelia Everhart have been tasked with protecting Lisa Lavender and a pair of camera men. The reason was because they wanted the whole world to know what was happening in Menagerie.

We learn about Kali's new skills and holy shit are they scary. Can you imagine being destroyed from the inside like that? Meanwhile, Carmine takes advantage of the sand storm Kali has created to destroy the mechs charging into the clouds.

Upstairs, we come across Amelia and Robyn who are protecting Lisa as she broadcasts the events to everyone on Remnant. We see just how fanatical the Sons of Mathias really are when they use an ambulance to blow up a group of Menagerie's fighters before the Sons of Mathias storm an orphanage and start to slaughter the children, much to everyone's horror.

From there, things finally seem to be going their way as we go back to Celestia, Neo, Marrow and Fiona. Fiona uses her ability to create a ball of solid metal which she uses to destroy the Beacon, allowing Atlas reinforcements to arrive. This is a new development, but it's not the only thing Fiona can do with her newly strengthened semblance.

We transition to Raven Branwen, whose semblance seems to have become stronger as well. Before, she could only open a small portal for herself and a few others to use. Now she is able to transport entire armies.

The Atlesian fleet enters Menagerie, and just as things look to be turning their way, disaster strikes. The virus that Cinder would have used at the Fall of Beacon activates, turning the mechs against them and making the air ships self destruct. What were supposed to be reinforcements for our heroes became reinforcements for the Sons of Mathias.

Abarrdas is understandably confused, as Cinder never got the opportunity to upload the virus in this time line, but then we learn the identity of the traitor amongst the good guys; Roman Torchwick. We close the chapter with the traitor himself accompanying a large group of mechs sent to kill Jaune.

Now before I end this off, I promised you guys a sexy lemon omake, and hitting 100+ follows feels like an achievement, so I'm going to give you 2 omakes rather than one; a sexy one and a funny one. So I'll start this off with the funny one.

Omake: Pot CATastrophe

Jaune Arc's POV

Jaune enters the living room of team RWBY and JNPR's shared apartment looking a bit confused. He had gotten a very strange message from Weiss a few minutes ago. They had all decided to go out for a bit with a few other people, but Weiss had chosen to remain home alone. When he sees his Snow Angel he pauses. Weiss seems to be wearing nothing but her panties at the moment. To make things even weirder, she is currently rubbing Jaune's onesie on her left cheek, almost like a cat marking its territory.

"Hey, uhh, Weiss? What's up?" He asks. Weiss squeals happily, discarding the garment before rushing over to Jaune and rubbing her cheek all over his shirt. She looks up at Jaune, and that's when he notices something off about her eyes. They are very red and her pupils seem to be a bit larger than usual. "Hehehe, there you are Jauney Kins! I really missed you." She says with a slur as her tail wags lazily behind her. This only serves to confuse Jaune even further.

He looks over to the coffee table and his eyes go wide when he sees the package of cookies on it. They are soft, frosted cookies with Strawberry frosting on them. Jaune recognizes them as Ruby's cookies. But they are not Ruby's normal cookies; these are Ruby's "Special" Cookies. He struggles to stop himself from laughing when he realizes what must have happened.

"Hey, uh, Weiss? H- *snicker* How many of those cookies did you have?" He asks amusedly. "Mmm, those cookies were absolutely delicious. I love eating Ruby's cookies, in more ways than one." She says mischievously as she wiggles her eyebrows suggestively. Jaune snorts at this. "Yes, Weiss, I'm sure Ruby's cookies are delicious. B- *snort* But how many of them did you have?" He asks again. "Five! Five wonderful cookies! They're the best thing ever!" She happily proclaims before something catches her eye.

A lot of people might not be aware of this, but Rei is an avid knitter. As such, they have a basket full of yarn balls on a small table in the corner of the room. Weiss eyes widen and she squeals happily when she sees them. She rushes over and knocks the basket on its side, causing the yarn balls to roll around everywhere. Weiss actually gets down on all fours and starts batting them around like a cat. Miss Fluffy Doodle notices this from her bed nearby. The cat rolls her eyes at Weiss' antics.

Jaune finally loses control as he burst into laughter at the sight of Weiss acting like a kitten. He pulls out his scroll and sets it up to record Weiss before grabbing Rei's scroll, which she must have forgotten on the coffee table, and calling Ruby.

Ruby Rose's POV

Teams R_BY, _NPR and CFVY are hanging out in a cafeteria with Schwarze Kohle, Jing Branwen, Neon Katt and Winter Schnee. Ruby's scroll starts ringing and she pulls it out of her pocket. (Yes she has pockets on her combat skirt, they're just hidden.) She quirks her eyebrow when she sees Rei's number. She answers the phone and sees her thoroughly amused looking boy friend on the other side of the scroll. He snickers a bit before talking to Ruby. "Hey Rubes?" He starts to ask.

Ruby here's a muffled squeal and Weiss rushes in on all fours with a red ball of yarn in her mouth. She stands up straight, revealing her lack of clothing, and shouts "Hi Ruru! Those cookies are amazing!" She says happily. The others seem confused by Weiss' voice. Ruby's eyes widen briefly as she struggles not to laugh. She can tell exactly which cookies she is talking about by her dilated, blood shot eyes. "Y-yes Weiss, they are amazing, they're my 'special' cookies in fact." She says amusedly.

The way she says special immediately catches everyone's attention. Ruby turns her attention back to Jaune. "How many of them did she have?" Ruby asks as Weiss gets back on all fours and starts chasing Zwei around the apartment. Zwei doesn't seem the least bit perturbed by this turn of events. You get used to high people when you're around Ruby so much. "She says she had five." Jaune says, causing Ruby's eyes to bulge. She bursts into laughter at this.

"O-oh my gods! You're only supposed to eat one of those! Weiss must be completely out of her mind right now." Ruby says. Pyrrha, Nora, Schwarze and Winter, all of whom are very well acquainted with the Devil's Lettuce, immediately understand what Ruby must be talking about. Winter face palms hard while Schwarze and Nora burst into fits of laughter. A loud thud is heard in the background and Jaune looks a bit concerned. "Weiss, be careful! Those book cases are really heavy!" Jaune says.

"Wait, what's going on with Weiss?" Yang asks. Ruby giggles at her sister. "She got into my special cookie stash; she's back at the apartment in her panties chasing Zwei around the living room. Apparently pot makes her cat side more prominent." She says. Yang's eyes widen in shock at this. "Wait, so you're telling me Weiss is completely tripping balls and I'm missing it?!" Yang shouts.

Blake growls at her partner when the blonde pulls out her laser pointer. Once Nora and Schwarze see it, the three of them vanish as they rush back to the apartment. The others quickly follow behind, clearly not wishing to miss the show.

Weiss Schnee's POV

Weiss is currently rubbing her cheek on Jaune's leg affectionately when the door bursts open. Weiss gives out a startled hiss before jumping behind the couch. She peeks over the top of the couch and growls angrily when she sees Yang, Nora and Schwarze at the door. The room is a bit messier right now, with several pieces of furniture being overturned. The three ladies start laughing when they notice the look in her eyes. Without giving it a second thought, Yang immediately activates the laser pointer.

Weiss eyes widen when she sees the laser appear on the couch. She pounces it like an animal just as the rest of the group shows up loudly proclaiming "Hah! Victory is mine!" The laser pointer starts to move away, confusing the stoned heiress. "What?! NO! Get back here little dot! You're mine!" She screams before leaping over the table and chasing the dot to a nearby wall.

The dot gets to a point where Weiss can no longer reach it, causing her to pout. "You think you've won? I have just begun to fight!" She yells before grabbing a ball of yarn and throwing it at the dot. The dot comes down and makes its way toward Winter, with Weiss following close behind. The dot comes to rest on Winter's breast and Weiss pounces, pulling her sisters top and bra down in the process. Winter squawks indignantly, desperately trying to cover herself, but the dot remains, causing Weiss to start groping her sister's chest.

The laughter is almost deafening now, as even the quieter people like Blake, Jing and Rei have started laughing. The dot leaves Winter and Weiss starts to chase it. Yang was hoping to see Weiss pull Jaune's pants down, as she aims the dot at his crotch. Unfortunately for Jaune, she's a bit more aggressive than that. She head butts the dot with all of her might, causing Jaune to squeak in pain. "Jaune!" Several people shout as Yang turns the laser off. "What? NO! Come back here you rapscallion! You will be mine!" Weiss says before dashing off to another room, leaving the others to tend to Jaune.

Omake 2: Jaune, Carmine and Weiss

The night before

Carmine Esclado's POV

Carmine tosses Jaune onto his bed when he receives a message on his scroll. He looks at it and frowns. "Damn it, you too Blake?" He says in frustration. This causes Carmine to turn a look of concern to her boyfriend. "What's wrong Jaune?" She asks. Jaune falls back on the bed and sighs. "Everybody keeps telling me that Melody's a lost cause! I thought Blake might at least be a little more sympathetic, given that she's done things in the past that she's not proud of, but apparently not." He says in a defeated tone.

"Jaune, Blake's done some bad stuff, sure, but she's not a rapist." Carmine says. Jaune sighs again. "Look, I know that I should hate her, but I can't stand the thought of anyone suffering! It's just not possible for me to ignore someone in pain. I just wish that someone would actually believe me when I say I can save her…" He says.

"I do." Carmine says, shocking Jaune. He looks up to her with his eyes wide in surprise. "Y-you do?" He asks hopefully. Carmine sighs at this. "Jaune, I may not be a rapist, but that doesn't mean I'm clean. When I was involved in human trafficking, we had to work with all sorts of people, including sex traffickers. While I have never raped anyone, I have contributed to it, much to my shame." She says.

She looks at him with a small smile. "But despite all of that, you saved me. Even though I was connected to your sister's death, you rescued me. You pulled me out of a very dark place Jaune. If you can reach me, then you can reach her too." She adds. Jaune surges forward and hugs her. She sighs at this. "Jaune, I might not be the only one who does believe in you. Have you talked to Salem about this?" She asks. Jaune chuckles at this. "No, I haven't; but she hasn't made the decision to turn her life around either." Jaune says, shocking Carmine.

Jaune sighs at this. "Don't get me wrong, she's fully committed to the fight against Gammarius and Melody; but she still has the intention of murdering Ozpin and taking over the world after everything is done. She seems to believe she can turn us to the dark side as well." Jaune says calmly, confusing Carmine.

"You sound a lot calmer about this than you should be. Do you have beef with Ozpin or something?" Carmine says. Jaune chuckles at this. "Not really. I think he used to be a coward and an asshole, but he seems to be determined to make up for his stupid decisions regarding the two Brothers. It doesn't mean I forgive him for the crap he's pulled though. Ozpin wasn't really the good guy in that story; he was just the lesser evil." Jaune says.

Carmine looks at him in confusion. "Wait, the lesser evil? Can you really say that when he had good intentions?" She asks. Jaune sighs. "One of my ancestors used to say that the road to hell is paved with good intentions." He responds. He shakes his head. "Don't worry about that though; I've got a plan to get Salem to give up on world domination. Right now we've got other things to deal with. You won a night with me Carmine; do you really want to spend it discussing stuff like this?" He asks.

Carmine grins seductively at him as she feels his hardening member press against her body. "I wonder what that could be." She says before reaching down to stroke his crotch. Jaune pushes her down on the bed and the two start to make out as they start their night of passion.

Lemon Warning

Told you guys I wouldn't leave you hanging

Jaune Arc's POV

Clothing starts to fly as the two lovers undress each other aggressively. Jaune starts to drool when he sees Carmine's impressive 38 D's. She yanks his boxers off, leaving him completely nude while she remains in a scanty thong. She flips him over and slides down his body until arriving at his rock hard cock. She wraps her hands around the large appendage and starts to stroke him off, eliciting a moan of approval from the knight. She starts tracing circles around his crown slowly for a few seconds before pushing forward and inhaling his cock to the base.

Carmine isn't really much for build up; she prefers to go hard and fast. Jaune throws his head back and moans loudly as she deep throats his cock with the suction of a vacuum cleaner. Her left hand creeps under his ass and she slips two fingers into his anus so she can massage his prostate. Judging by his loud groan, he clearly approves. Carmine wastes little time getting him off as she charges forward for the next three minutes. She notices that he is close to cumming, so she waits for the last second before releasing him.

Jaune seems frustrated and confused by this, but those feelings leave immediately when he sees her pull the thong she was wearing off, revealing her drooling snatch to him. She wiggles her hips as she gets on all fours. "Come and get me Jaune, we're in the Dungeon of Real Suggestions, so don't you dare hold back." She says seductively.

Jaune nods enthusiastically as he wills his cock into the 3 foot long twelve inch thick bitch breaker he's become accustomed to using. He lines himself up and Carmine starts to shiver when she feels the head press up against her snatch. He activates Terra's semblance and immediately learns exactly what Carmine wants. She likes it rough, and that's what she's going to get.

Carmine Esclado's POV

Carmine wails in ecstasy as Jaune rams his cock into her body. She looks down and grins when she sees the head of his mega cock pushing her breasts to the side. "Oh yeah, that's how mama likes it. Ruin me Jaune, make me your bitch." She says. Jaune doesn't even hesitate as he sets an aggressive pace of 15 thrusts per second. Carmine's eyes widen and she devolves into a moaning mess as he pounds her ruthlessly for the next three minutes.

After her seventh orgasm, she loses her strength to stay up, causing her and Jaune to fall forward. Jaune presses his chest down on her back and doubles his pace as he takes her in a prone bone for the next four minutes. She experiences another 11 orgasms before she notices Jaune start to twitch inside of her. "Oh gods Jaune! That's it! Wreck me! Fill me up like a fucking condom Jaune!" She screams. Jaune pulls up, bringing her with him wrapping his arm around her upper chest to support her weight. Three thrusts later and he drives his cock to the hilt before exploding inside of her.

He doesn't hold back in the slightest, making her belly bloat until she appears to be pregnant with a horse over a meager 15 seconds. He rearranges his legs and falls to his back before pulling out, allowing her belly to drain until she returns to her normal size.

She rests in his arms for a few minutes before getting her second wind. She walks over to one of the dressers with a wicked grin on her face. "Ruby let me borrow one of her toys." She says, making Jaune a bit nervous. Those nerves prove to be well founded when she pulls out the Moby Huge from the other day. "You're turn." She says, making him gulp.

Jaune Arc's POV

This time, Jaune is the one in doggy style as Carmine approaches his ass. Jaune sighs. "Amelia was right, I am getting it in the ass a lot today." He says. "Is that a problem?" Carmine asks. "Nope. I'm not a pansy Carmine, wreck me like I just wrecked you." Jaune says tauntingly. Carmine chuckles at his bravado. "Alright, I think I can handle that." She says before pushing forward. Jaune moans as the phallus stretches his ass obscenely, lodging itself into his chest where it barely tickles the back of his throat.

Jaune chuckles at this. "That all you got Carmine?" He asks. She narrows her eyes before allowing the strap on to expand. Jaune's throat bulges and his jaw dislocates as the head of the cock pushes out of his mouth as he finds himself impaled for the second time that day.

Just like Jaune, Carmine refuses to hold back. She sets an even more aggressive pace of 30 thrusts per second as she seeks to end this quickly. Judging by the noises Jaune is making, he approves.

Carmine presses her chest against his back and pounds him ruthlessly for the next five minutes. Eventually, they both start to reach their high point and Carmine pulls back to his stomach before releasing her load of girl cum. Jaune cums hard as his belly starts to bloat. 5 seconds in, his belly is stretched until he looks nine months pregnant, but then his head shoots forward and a torrent of cum sprays out of his mouth for an additional 10 seconds. When it's all over, Carmine pulls out and his body empties until he's back to normal.

Carmine removes the strap on and cuddles up to Jaune a few seconds later before drifting off to sleep. Their sleep is disturbed a few hours later when Weiss shows up.

Lemon Break

Weiss Schnee's POV

Weiss was a bit disappointed when she returned to the apartment, only to find that her husband wasn't there. She really wanted to spend the night with him. The previous night had been the best sleep she had gotten in months. When she learned where he was, she was so tired that she didn't even think about why he would be there, she just sought him out.

So when she opens the door. She is a bit surprised to see Carmine there as well. The two of them sit up in bed and Weiss turns beet red when she sees Carmine's breasts. "Weiss? What's going on?" Jaune asks. Carmine grins viscously when she sees they heiress' line of sight. "I-I'm sorry. I didn't realize you would be with someone else tonight Jaune. I'll leave you two alone." Weiss says, only to yelp as Carmine uses her semblance to pull the girl into the bedroom and close the door.

"Where do you think you're going Weiss? You woke us up; don't you think you should apologize properly?" Carmine says seductively, sending a jolt of energy up her spine as Carmine starts to strip the heiress down. Jaune definitely appears to be on board with this if his erection is anything to go by. "I've wanted a piece of that Schneehind for a while now, princess." Carmine adds, slapping Weiss ass for emphasis as she pulls her combat skirt off.

She turns to Jaune with a wicked grin. "Grab the strap on; I think we should take the time to fill this kitty with cream." Carmine says.

Let the Lemon Continue!

Carmine Esclado's POV

Carmine grins viscously as she stares down at Weiss' now exposed ass. Jaune is holding the now completely nude heiress with his hands spreading her ass cheeks for Carmine while she wraps her arms and legs around his torso and waist. Weiss eyes widen and she moans heartily as she feels Jaune's three foot cock push into her pussy. A few seconds later, Carmine pushes into her ass and the Heiress realizes she's in for a very rough night.

Jaune is the first to start pulling out and Carmine starts to withdraw the moment Jaune pushes back in. For the next 5 minutes, Weiss is at the mercy of the duo ruthlessly plundering her holes, sending her over the moon with eight orgasms. A few seconds later, Jaune decides to switch things up.

Jaune Arc's POV

Jaune smirks over at Carmine, confusing the woman briefly. "You know Weiss, this was supposed to be Carmine's night. Yet you're the one who's getting all the attention." Jaune says before pulling Carmine out of Weiss. He pulls her over to the bed and Carmine's eyes widen when she notices that Jaune has seemingly grown a second cock. He falls back on the bed, pulling Carmine down on top of him. He wraps an arm around her neck and her eyes widen as both of Jaune's cocks push into her ass and pussy, spreading her in ways she never could have imagined.

Jaune positions the strap on in the air and looks to Weiss. "She wants your ass Weiss, so give it to her, reverse cowgirl. He says. Weiss struts over to her sexily as Carmine starts wailing from Jaune's ruthless thrusting. She gets even louder as Weiss impales her asshole on Carmine's strap on.

For the next seven minutes, Carmine is on a different plane of existence as the husband and wife duo gives the former outlaw the ride of her life as she gets put through 15 vaginal orgasms. Weiss experiences another eight orgasms as well until she notices the twitching of Carmine's girl cock. Jaune is also on the verge of erupting. Five seconds later, all hell breaks loose as all three cocks explode simultaneously. Weiss' belly starts to bloat but Carmine's belly bloats even more. By the time she looks nine months pregnant, her mouth opens and a torrent of Jaune's cum starts shooting out while her womb inflates like a balloon.

15 seconds later, Weiss appears 5 months pregnant while Carmine looks like she's about to birth a horse again. Weiss gets off of Carmine and Jaune pulls out, allowing her to drain over the next 8 seconds as she feels the last orgasm of the night. When Carmine returns to normal, Jaune and Weiss look at her face and start to giggle. Between her crossed eyes and her lolling tongue, it's quite clear that the former criminal has been fucked stupid.

Jaune pulls Carmine into his arms as Weiss takes her position as the big spoon. "Good night Snow Angel." Jaune says before willing the lights off and closing his eyes. He never sees the radiant smile on the cat girls face as she wraps her tail around the two of them and drifts off to dream land herself.

A/N 2: And there you have it, two omakes for the price of one. I honestly don't know where in the timeline the first omake fits in, but the lemon omake was the night before the Battle of Menagerie. The lemon gave us a little bit of info too. Just when Jaune thought he was alone in his belief that Melody could be saved, Carmine pulls up with her full support. She brings up Salem, but that's when Jaune drops a bomb on her. Apparently he is fully aware that Salem isn't committed to turning to the light. He has plans for that though.

At any rate, that's all I've got for you today. Thanks for reading and please leave any comments or advice if you want to. Until next time.