"So, we have an option. We have now a good collection of universes you have seen. Out of all these, which would you like to see more of?"
"Indiana Arc!" Nora yelled.
"Stands or Javelin!" Yang said with equal volume.
"Racing." James Ironwood grunted.
"Ok, ok. I'm going to take a vote. Everyone thinks of the universe you want to see. I'll take a mental tally." Orb said, prepping to read some minds.
Everyone shut their eyes, coming up with their respective universes. After a half minute or so, Orb had his tally. "Alrighty then. We have chosen our universe. Interestingly enough, we're retuning to Team Javelin's universe. And don't worry, we will be returning to many, and I mean, many of these universes later."
The screen started once more.
Jaune woke up to his normal beeping alarm. He reached to stop it, but his hand was just a couple inches off. The alarm stopped beeping as Jaune let out a sigh.
"Wait a second." Jaune thought, opening his eyes. He was greeted with a cascade of blonde hair and a familiar weight on his chest.
"Yang…" He groaned, his head falling back down.
Yang blanked. "Wait, i'm sleeping with Jaune in this one?" she asked Orb, a bit shocked. Tai looked like he was about to murder someone, muttering "taking my daughters innocence."
"Yes, but not in the way you think of. Just watch." Orb said.
Jaune tried to raise his left arm to poke his partner awake, only to find it trapped under the redhead berserker.
"Nora." Jaune whined, looking over Yang's hair to see Ren snuggled into his right side.
"Wait, he bedded his entire team? Even the guy?" Mercury asked, astounded. Orb just sighed.
"Ren, Look! Team Javelin also does cuddles!" Nora pointed out, grasping the arm of her calm friend.
"I see that Nora." Ren said.
Sun tilted his head at NPR. "Cuddles?" he asked, confused.
"Yeah, Cuddles! Like after a long day we all lay down on Jaune, or just take naps." nora explained.
"Nora suffers from nightmares, so she often sleeps with me and jaune at night. It helps her sleep." Ren supplemented, explaining how this phenomenon came to be. "And we just kind of fell into all cuddling together, more or less."
Pyrrha nodded, agreeing. "Jaune gives the best cuddles. Very comfortable." she said, before muttering "I just wish I could cuddle him alone sometime."
Sun looked even more confused than before, but nodded anyway. "Alright then. Beacon is weird. Great, but weird."
Wiess could only agree. "You get used to it."
"Guys, get up." jaune said sleepily. Yang only made a tired groan into Jaunes neck crook in protest.
"We have classes today…" jaune reasoned.
"No… no classes." Nora murmured, burying herself deeping into the blond. Jaune squinted, as though he was thinking. "Wait, why are you guys in my bed anyway? You beds are in perfect working order." he asked, trying to sit up again. He was forced down by his teammates.
"You're warm and comfortable Jaune. You know this." Ren explained, moving Yangs hair out of his face carefully.
"And the heater's broken." Yang said, looking Jaune in the eye.
"And who's fault is that, Yang?" Jaune said accusingly. Yang just smiled sheepishly, not meeting Jaunes eye. Jaune pushed himself up, much to the dismay of his teammates.
"Yang broke the heater, didn't she?" Weiss asked bluntly. Orb just nodded. Team RWB just sighed.
"That sounds like yang." Blake said with a sigh.
"Noooooo!" Nora complained, being forced out of bed.
"We have our first mission today, and I refuse to be late for this. Now come on team, time to get dressed. We have breakfast to conquer!" the scene cut to team RWBN and team JVYL at the cafeteria, the general antics going on.
"Soo, do you guys know what your mission is going to be?" Ruby asked over a bowl of cereal. Jaune just shrugged as Yang sat overly close to him as Nora leaned into him, feasting on Pancakes. Ren smiled as he and Jaune traded bits of food. Pyrrha just cocked her head at this, confused as to what was happening with their sister team, and why everyone was so cuddly.
"Alright, Ribbon. We need to get going. This trip will take a while, so the sooner we get to it the better." Weiss said, standing up.
"I guess that our que too, huh? Alright team, up and at em." jaune ordered with a breath. The scene cut to team JVYL and doctor Oobleck on a bullhead. They were heading over to Mount Glenn for a recon and field mission.
"Hey, the got our mission!" Ruby exclaimed.
"I wonder if that means that team ribbon got junipers mission." Ozpin wondered aloud, rubbing his chin.
"Remember, Students. This is a field study mission. We go in, take some statistical data on the grimm, and get out." Oobleck said, checking his thermos.
"I guess that these are some 'Grimm.' Statistics, Eh? Eh?" yang joked, looking around. The rest of the team groaned at the bad joke.
Many of the audience members groaned in pain at the pun. Yang looked disappointed.
"What? It was a good pun." Yang defended her on screen counterpart.
Jaune gave a hidden chuckle as they prepped for drop. "Alright, Professor. We got it. Javelin, ready for drop?" Jaune said, looking down at the landing zone.
"It's doctor." Oobleck complained as the students lept out the bullhead. He followed soon after his students.
The scene cut to JVYL's camp in a cave. Jaune was sitting by the fire next to Oobleck, keeping watch.
"You know, jaune, you have surprised me." Oobleck said, looking at the cave entrance.
"Oh?"
"Yes. At the beginning of the year, you had no skills what so ever. And now? You've improved what most would takes months, maybe even a year to do in the span of less than seven weeks. But it does beg the question, why?" Oobleck asked, not looking at the Arc.
"I'm not sure i know what you mean." Jaune said, poking the fire with a stick.
"Why do you work so hard? I've seen the effort you put into your work. While you lack expirence and skill, the sheer amount of work you do is.. Impressive. But I can't seem to find a reason why." the doctor said, pouring himself some coffee. Jaune nodded, taking a moment to think about it.
"It's because i'm selfish and greedy." he said finally, meeting Ooblecks eye.
The faces of shock and confusion graced many, many faces.
"Not quite how the kid struck me." Roman said, puffing on a cigar. The rogue turned to NPR. "is he? Greedy and Selfish?"
Ren shook his head. "No. frankly, he's one of the most selfless people i've ever met in my life." Nora nodded in agreement.
"I think this is Jaunes crippling self esteem issues coming to light." Ren said mostly to his team and RWBY, but everyone else did hear.
"Oh?"
"Yeah. I…" jaune swallowed, thinking about how to phrase his next sentence. "I want everything to work out ok. I want to be more than anyone ever thought I could be. My… Parents never believed in me. Not really. Anything I could do, my sisters did better. I know it's greedy, but I want to be more than the world wants me to be." he explained
Qrow nodded, understanding. He was similar, in a way. How could a bandit become a huntsman and hero?
"Jaune." Ruby whispered, feeling sorry for the boy.
"Is that too greedy of me?" he asked his teacher, looking for an answer. Oobleck just shook his head.
"I don't think that it is too greedy at all to want to improve. I think that it is human nature." The doctor explained. Jaune nodded and said his goodnight.
The scene cut to them fighting on a train against the white fang. "WE NEED TO STOP THIS TRAIN!" Oobleck yelled to the students, wacking a grunt over the head. Jaune and Yang nodded, moving forward on the train towards the command area. The large chainsaw wielding faunus stood infront of them, swinging his blade angrily. Jaune and Yang engaged the large man, fighting and loosing against him bit by bit. Jaune took a fist to the gut, sending him flying onto the tracks infront of the train.
"JAUNE!" Yang yelled, her semblance activating
"Welp, kids dead." Qrow sighed, chugging some more alcohol. Shame, he was starting to like the tai looking blonde. Tai could only agree as the viewers prayed for a miracle. Except Cinder and Emerald. They were revelling in the death of a good guy.
The scene shifted to jaune stumbling up on the tracks, the train approaching at alarming rates.
"Right. Train needs to be stopped." was the thought that ran though jaunes concussed mind
"Move you idiot!" Wiess practically yelled at the screen, the tension rising in the group.
Jaune held his hands out in front of the train as it approached, as if bracing himself. He could feel the rush of Aura flood his veins as his suppressed aura was pushed forward. Jaune muttered a word, bracing himself for impact. The train continued, pushing past the Arc.
The crowd jolted with the impact of the train hitting the most probably dead Arc.
"Welp, there goes the great hero." Emerald sneered. Most all of the 'good guys' glared at the greenette. Orb just chuckled.
"What?" Emerald glared at the god like being.
"Bold of you to assume that a mere train can kill Jaune Arc." the Orb said ominously.
This made everyone's attention snap back at the screen, most with hope.
Pain. pure, unadulterated pain. That is what Jaune arc felt as he was pushed on the front of the train. But it was not the pain that was running though Jaunes mind.
Right. I'm in front of the train. A prime train stopping position. This is great! Now all I have to do is put my feet down. Jaune thought, pushing against the train.
Mercury snorted. "No way this works. You can't stop a train, regardless of how much bullshit aura you have." the silver haired man reasoned, being mostly correct.
"It's not Aura that Jaunes using." Orb countered, munching on popcorn
Two white fang grunts driving the train were looking at the speedometer.
"Uhh, boss?" one of them, a familiar dog Faunus, said to their superior.
"What is it, Bud?" their superior said with a sigh.
"We're slowing down." he said somewhat stupidly, looking at the decreasing dial. 150, 145, 130, 122, 115, 90, 75, 60, 40, 10. 0.
The train had stopped moving. A cut to Jaune straining with all his might against the train.
"Bullshit!" Mercury yelled out in sheer outrage. "No amount of Aura will let you do that!"
Orb sighed, giving a small laugh. "What Jaune is using is his semblance, Indomitable. He trades out a set amount, in this case, all of his aura to boost his physical attributes exponentially. Including resistant to dying, hence the name." Orb explained. Qrow whistled.
"And how much aura was this?"
"Without his reserves? About 110% of his readily accessible aura. With his reserves, only about 75%." Orb listed off the numbers.
Jaune grunted, pushing against the train. He took a single step forward. And then another, and another.
"No. Fucking. Way." Romans jaw dropped as the knight took steps forward.
Jaune grunted as he lifted the front of the train, and with a superhuman effort and grunt, tossed it to the side. The train landed on it's side with a deafening thud.
Yang's jaw just dropped open. "Okay, this is getting ridiculous." Taiyang sighed, rubbing his temple. Not even he at full power could probably do that.
"Well? Trains stopped." Jaune breathed out, much to the bug eyed surprise of everyone there. The scene ended with Jaune collapsing to the ground.
"Is… is that really Jaune's semblance?" Pyrrha asked, astounded by it's sheer power. Orb shook his.. Orb.
"No. unfortunately, that possibility is limited to when certain people unlock his Aura. Yang included." the ball of fire explained. "Your own Jaune has a different semblance."
Cinder considered this new information. This boy is truely powerful.
"Emerald."
"Yes, Mistress?"
"Be sure to recruit this Jaune Arc to our cause. He will be a valuable asset."
Emerald nodded, a bit envious that this scrawny kid was catching the attention of her beloved mistress. But after seeing what they had seen, it was reasonable.
The students of Beacon sent Cinder a glare at trying to recruit their friend.
"Well, we're onto the next one. Give me a moment."