AN: I have decided to show the world of Remnant more in this story, so mostly every chapter will showcase what the main crew are doing. The perspective will most likely be from Ruby since she is the protagonist. This ties in with what I will do once Jaune finishes his journeys.
I have received complaints in my private messages that I am bringing Jaune back too soon, well isekai anime were originally about the MC going back to their world. I also received that the worlds I am bringing Jaune in are too few… those people are correct. Because I don't want to do too many isekai journeys to other anime worlds. I will also reiterate that the worlds he is going too should have an anime first before having a video game. So the likes of Persona, Ace Attorney, Danganronpa, Yu-Gi-Oh, Pokemon, Fire Emblem, and Monster Hunter cannot be used.
Also this might turn off some people of what happens later when I answer the reviews. This is the first time it's happened, sobra ako nainis so I responded in Filipino. Sorry for that but I hope you enjoy this chapter.
"Big Bro Jaune! Wake up big bro!"
Just like back in his room with his team, Tama's voice cut through his sleep and startled the knight to sit up. He then looked to his left at the smiling girl as she prepared him three onigiri. They looked really good even if it was a bit crude in structure, and he was really, really hungry.
He grabbed one and took a large bite from the rice ball, his eyes shining in appreciation. It tasted as good as some of the food that his mom used to make back in the farm. Tama gave a small smile as Jaune devoured the food like it was no tomorrow. Jaune rubbed a hand on his stomach, he was instantly full.
"It was soooo good!" Jaune exclaimed in happiness and even burped after his statement. He looked at Tama who was joyful that he enjoyed what she made. Although there was something off about her smile.
"Ha ha! Thanks, I have to get something from outside, be right back, big bro!" With that, Tama left the house leaving Jaune all by himself. He looked back to the empty plate with grains of rice as its leftovers.
I should have contained myself. I feel so bad for not letting Tama eat also.
Now left to his own thoughts again, he didn't know what he was going to do. What happens after? Of course, the goal is to go back but how would he accomplish such a feat. This Land of Wano was too different from the lands of Remnant, he had truly been transported into another world.
Great… All I need now is an overpowered ability and a harem so I can have the isekai experience. I thought it only worked with trucks.
The village was hard to look at for him, seeing it look so desolate and so devoid of hope for the future. The enemy truly had taken nearly everything, yet Tama was not affected. He credited her strength for something that he couldn't do. He was a coward that probably destroyed his partner and his best friend because of his selfish actions.
At the very least, danger seemed to be far away enough to not think about it immediately like a sword being unsheathed… Wait why did he hear a sword-
The next thing Jaune knew he was being flown off Tama's house and hit the ground hard. Laying on his back, he was lucky that his aura had protected him from the worst of the attack but he still spat out blood.
Who attacked me and I didn't even hear them until they were really close?! Also-
He looked at his body and found no traces of a cut. I'm certain that he hit me with the sword, yet I have no cut.
He then saw a very tall and large faunus standing at the doorway of Tama's home. He had a really weird red mask, and a pair of wings larger than his body sticking from his back. His outfit consisted of a dark jacket with light poofs along its inner edges over a light kimono. He also wears dark puffy trousers and extremely tall geta sandals on his feet.
I have never heard of faunus with wings, normally it's different types of skin pigmentation or cat ears.
What grabbed Jaune's attention was the sword the man or faunus was carrying. It was a moderately curved katana with a light purple edge and a distinct blue hamon that had the appearance of flames. Its tsuba is gold and shaped like a rounded cross pattée. The hilt is wrapped purple. The sheath of the sword has a deep purple and pale purple stripe and continues the design of the hilt, having two gold clasps in short succession around its middle which is a white wrapping, and the kojiri end cap also being gold.
He had no idea why but the sword was just really, really beautiful. Almost on par with the simple magnificence as the first time he saw his ancestor's blade. But now this katana was pointing at him, and it was radiating a large amount of killing instinct.
"Who are you, you bastard!"
Jaune groaned to get back on his feet, this faunus attacked him out of the blue. Maybe this was a misunderstanding? Maybe he can resolve this unknown issue peacefully. "Woah, woah. I didn't mean to harm-"
"You didn't mean to harm! You are a thief and a liar! You come to my home and eat the rice of my beloved disciple. I shall end you, pirate!"
First of all, he wasn't a pirate or a thief and maybe a liar… because of his transcripts. Second of all, this was Tama's house. Third of all, this swordsfaunus just wanted to throw hands. It looks like a peaceful resolution was nearly impossible.
He had unclasped Crocea Mors, with the sheath turning into his shield. He then stretched his back to remove those aches and pains for a while. It was time to fight again. The faunus said nothing and instead teleported in front of him, 'He's fast!'
This was even faster than Ruby on a cookie craze, it wasn't like an instant teleportation but Jaune only saw a blur. If it wasn't for the long nose of his attacker's mask peering through his shield, then he wouldn't have reacted. His instincts told him to raise his shield a bit higher as the winged person brought his katana down.
Jaune's eyes nearly popped out of his skull, the katana cut through the top half of his shield and nearly cut his left wrist. That's impossible, not even that Alpha Beowulf or that huge Deathstalker caused cracks in the shield. But this sword was able to cause this much damage!
It looked like the winged faunus was either shocked or surprised as he stilled for a second, Jaune noticed the stare was towards the katana. Using this very small opportunity, he tried to go for a swing with his other hand. But his opponent countered with a stab that made Jaune panic and drop the shield since he sat down quickly to avoid the blade from piercing his head.
The winged faunus then grabbed his shield and simply grabbed it and forced his katana out of his former sheath. His attacker looked at the shield now still after mechashifting into a sheathe. The sheath now had a prominent cut on the top half of the scabbard.
Jaune then stood up and realized, I have to go on the offensive! I don't want to find out if he can also damage Crocea Mors while blocking!'
Jaune ran as fast as he could to deliver a couple of swings with the sword. His opponent pushed them all masterfully aside and didn't seem fazed at the blonde's attacks. Jaune overreached and swore he could feel the naked blade kiss his neck, thus he maximized his aura output around his neck. The protective energy stopped the sword from going any further, with only a small cut on his neck.
Jaune then turned to his right and delivered a hard Spartan kick to the midsection of his opponent. The aura-powered strike landed clean with the result being a heavy groan from the masked individual.
Yes! It means I can hurt him.
Jaune didn't waste any time continuing his assault, ingrained in him were Pyrrha's teachings for offense. However, after parrying or blocking a few, the winged faunus launched a counterattack which included a quick step followed with a slash aimed at Jaune's left.
To his view, his opponent teleported and appeared to his left. He tried for a block but the katana made a slice that caused his aura to eat it. Jaune was lucky, the strike was aimed between his ribs, which could have been a fatal wound.
Seeing Jaune wince but not yet get damaged, it did not stop for a follow-up that included a shoulder bash followed with another slash that went from right to left. Jaune ate the shoulder bash regardless how he felt his ribs creak from the pressure. Crocea Mors then swordlocked the katana in order to stop this assault.
The winged faunus was winning, he could tell that he was way out of his league in this fight. He hoped for a miracle-
"STOP!"
Both fighters stopped their struggles, and looked to their right to see Tama. Except Tama looked paler than when Jaune first met her. She was clearly panting from exhaustion. She also had a hand on her chest and looked pained.
The young girl then suddenly collapsed, prompting Jaune's opponent to forget the battle and immediately rush to her side. "Tama!"
Concern laid in his voice, Jaune was about to instinctively try to protect Tama but when he heard him speak it meant they might know each other. To the Arc, you cannot fake genuine concern like that. Thus, he ran to Tama, the winged faunus immediately turned his attention back to the blonde and pointed the katana at him. "You! You fiend! You foolish man!"
"Wait a second!" Jaune shouted, he didn't want another fight to start again. "Who the hell are you? I just arrived at this place and then Tama made me food!"
The faunus snapped at Jaune and yelled out in furious anger (Just like Cowboy fans, am I right), "Why would Tama make food for someone like you!? Do you know how many days it's been since this child has had food!?"
"Huh?"
The faunus continued, "Even if Tama busily weaves hats every day and sells them, we can only earn enough for one person to live! Sometimes we get to eat barnyard grass and that's it."
He closed his eyes in pain, "But at least, twice a year, on her birthday and New Year's, she can finally afford to eat rice! So I gave her money today and sent her to the town to buy rice for her sixth birthday!"
Jaune was horrified, he couldn't believe it. The winged samurai shouted, "How could you eat that!? If you proclaim yourself to be here in good faith, why… Why were you the one who ate it!?"
"Wait… master. Please stop it, master!" She weakly grabbed the sleeve of the faunus kimono.
Tama started to cry as the faunus stood silent, "Please forgive me for cooking the rice without your permission! But this person saved my life! Please don't bring shame to me!"
She then got out of her master's grip and bowed to him. "I'll weave more bamboo hats, so… Please forgive me! Please let me repay Big Brother Jaune- COUGH!"
Tama coughed as a lot of water came out of her mouth, the winged faunus held her, "Tama you fool! Did you drink the water from the river to suppress your hunger!?"
"Tama… wait the water. Oh no! But that's-"
The faunus morosely nodded at what Jaune was going to say. "The rivers in this country are contaminated because of the waste that comes from Kaidou's factories! For a young girl like her, drinking contaminated water is just like poison. She could have lived elsewhere, but…! ...This child has been waiting here for the person who promised her that they will come back here again. A pirate named-"
"Ace."
The master of Tama looked at Jaune and was shocked, "How?!"
"Tama told me about him. He saved the villagers and was saved by his pirate crew. She explained that she wanted to go out to sea with him but Ace forbade it. I agree, she's too young. She's really strong…"
The faunus looked away in an emotion that Jaune couldn't quite pinpoint on, "I am not only her master but her guardian as well. She wants to be a strong kunoichi when Ace returns so that she can be a part of her crew."
A kunoichi huh… I thought they only existed in Blake's books.
But Tama was breathing rather raggedly, Jaune was stumped. To him, he caused this tragedy in the first place and he had no means of solving it. How can I save her?! There has to be a way!
"Is there a town nearby where there's a doctor?"
The faunus shook his head. "Back then, there was… Now, the only part of Wano that functions and prospers is the Flower Capital, where the Shogun, Orochi, resides. The journey would take too long even if I ran to get there."
No… this can't be… there has to be a… wait my Aura!
Aura is the manifestation of one's soul back in Remnant and can be used for a wide range of abilities as based on his friends. He tried to remember Pyrrha's explanation in the Emerald Forest. It can be used for defense, offense, extrasensory perception and healing…
Wait, healing. That's it! I can unlock her aura, aura automatically heals wounds right, surely it can also heal ailments like this. But…
I forgot how Pyrrha unlocked mine… Damn it.
He looked at Tama as she started coughing out more water, I have to try!
With clear conviction in his eyes, he grabbed one of Tama's hands. The winged faunus was about to object but quieted down when Jaune suddenly started to shine like a light. Tama opened her eyes, it felt like a miniature sun was right next to her. Jaune focused his aura and forced it to reach Tama despite the latter having none of this soul ability.
Tama noticed the brightness around Jaune was slowly reaching her. Once it did, she noticed she didn't feel the harmful chemicals wreaking havoc in her body. Her lungs felt clearer and even the bad river water was disappearing.
Her master stood in absolute silence at what he was witnessing. His student's condition was getting better plus he could also feel the intense warmth, several aches in his body were healing. 'What is this sorcery?!'
Jaune then stopped giving out his aura, panting from a sudden bout of fatigue. If he were to guess, he would be around 30-35 percent left in aura capacity. Was that my semblance?
He knew that a semblance is the manifestation of one's innate and personal power as an ability unique to each individual, with the effects varying greatly from user to user. He knew Ruby's was moving at inhuman speeds, Snow Angel's was her glyphs that looked like magic, and his partner's was polarity. It psyched him up that his semblance might be related to healing but kind of saddened that it didn't manifest itself sooner.
But he looked to Tama who suddenly got out of her master's grasp. She ran around feeling spry and active with energy. She then gave a beautiful smile and pounced at Jaune to deliver her hardest hug ever. "You made me better, big bro!"
"I have never heard of a devil fruit ability that can heal people…"
Jaune was confused at what his former opponent said, What's a devil fruit?
Tama's master then looked at Jaune and cleared his throat, he then bowed to the blonde. "I apologize for my earlier rudeness. I had thought that you were a pirate seeking to deceive my student's innocent nature. I would extend my heartfelt gratitude for curing my charge! My name is Hitetsu. A swordsmith residing here in Amigasa Village."
"Ah… My name is Jaune Arc, hunter-in-training."
"A hunter? Cease this foolishness, you cannot deceive these experienced eyes. A hunter has no need to learn swordplay, even if it is lacking. Where is your bow and arrows?"
"Ah well you see…" He then explained to Hitetsu and Tama who carefully listened to his origin story. About Remnant, about Beacon, about his life with JNPR and RWBY, about the invasion of Grimm and the White Fang, and finally about his death at the hands of a more capable combatant.
At first they did not believe him until he spoke about Aura and that it is a unique power to the people of Remnant based entirely around the soul of the individual. He explained that this is primarily used as an advantage for hunters to deal with the ever-present and never ending threat of the Grimm.
Hitetsu and Tama eventually believed him, especially since Jaune's new abilities did not coincide with what they knew. Tama just found it cool that her new big brother was not from around here or anywhere in the Grand Line.
Jaune didn't ask for it but Hitestu gave him a more detailed explanation about why he thought the blonde's power was a devil fruit. Jaune learned about these devil fruits which were these mysterious fruits that granted their eaters supernatural powers. Jaune thought that was amazing although he didn't like the weakness of being unable to swim.
Jaune also learned about the three different categories for devil fruits being: Logia, Zoan and Paramecia. Logia users are considered the most powerful since it allows its users to create, control, and transform their body into a natural element. Zoan users gain the ability to transform into an animal, as well as transform into a hybrid form of their own species and the species the fruit allows them to transform into.
The blonde learned from Hitetsu's lessons that the reason the people of Wano knew more about Zoans was because a lot of the strongest members of the Beast Pirates like their leader were Zoan users. It does kind of say it in the title of 'Beast'.
He last learned about Paramecia users, which Tama is a part of, in their world it was considered the most common type of devil fruit. Paramecia-type devil fruits grant their users superhuman powers but cannot grant animal or element transformation. He learned of Tama's devil fruit called the 'Kibi-Kibi no Mi' which allows her to create "dango" from her cheeks. Ah so that's what Tama used to tame Hihimaru. Their food names are weird but I did like her 'onigiri'
They taste good, but they don't satisfy hunger. Any animal that eats one of the dangos will become utterly tame and subservient to Tama, obeying all of her orders and defending her from harm.
Man feels like these devil fruits are way cooler than aura… except for the no swimming part.
"But I was a bit surprised, big bro!" Tama exclaimed. "I didn't know you also knew how to use Ryou while fighting master!"
"Huh, ryou? What's that?"
Hitetsu then explained. "It was that soul power you mentioned although it was lacking when we fought. I think your 'aura' is similar yet too different from our ryou. Ryou is a power that lies dormant in all the world's creatures. Ryou is founded on the concept of letting this power flow throughout our bodies and into the outside. The most common Ryou causes our body parts or our swords to become black."
"Really?"
"Let me give a demonstration, strike me with your sword at my neck." Jaune was taken aback by this statement of pure confidence. So Jaune swung at Hitetsu, the blonde was surprised when Crocea Mors struck metal… no, it felt even harder than metal or rock. Hitetsu's neck was coated with a black material.
"This is but one part of Ryou. This hardening technique can also be used in attacking or defending purposes. It can also nullify some advantages that devil fruit users have." Hitetsu sighed as the coating disappeared as Jaune removed his sword from the faunus' neck.
Maybe I can learn that-
Hitetsu's eyes widened in something Jaune never saw from the faunus, fear. He looked at Tama, "Tama, go with Jaune and leave! Go to the nearest town and don't look back!"
"What?! Why, master?!" Tama didn't understand what caused the master swordsmith to panic.
"Just go-"
"Too late."
Strolling calmly to the ruined village of Amigasa, his presence instantly caused the remaining villagers to be engulfed in despair. He had grabbed his four-bladed ax and his rapier in both hands. The rising star under the Beast Pirates, X Drake, has arrived.
Tama's eyes widened in recognition while Jaune was sweating nervously, he could tell that this new arrival was stronger than Hitestu. So this is the guy who killed those five guardians of this village. This looks really bad.
"Three scouts were killed, Kaido will not be happy. This village will be saved if the culprit decides to come with me." X Drake monotonically decreed to everyone while Hitestu yelled out, "How do you even know if it was one of us?! Haven't we learned our lesson when you destroyed our village, pirate!"
X Drake scoffed and smirked. "That may be the case but you are harboring the murderer."
Red Flag then looked and saw Jaune and noticed the blonde's sword. He smiled, it seems like he found his target. "But it looks like you gave him to me on a silver platter."
"Jaune-san, move!"
Hitetsu's yell caused Jaune to snap back to reality as the secret marine lunged and attacked with both of his weapons. Jaune put his aura back online and raised it to his maximum output as he blocked both weapons with Crocea Mors. Although Jaune was able to defend successfully, he was still pushed back a far bit. This guy's strong.
"Oho… you handled that attack better than those guardians. But what is that energy all around you?" Drake examined the white aura around Jaune as the blonde soon suppressed it.
Jaune smirked, "Not telling."
Drake scoffed, "Then don't disappoint me like these other samurai."
Instead of waiting for Drake to attack, Jaune lunged and swung his weapon only to be blocked by the unusual four-bladed ax and then jumped backwards. He narrowly avoided the swing from the rapier, honestly this guy was probably better at using a rapier than his Snow Angel.
This was unfair his mind supplied, he was being thrown in the deep end. But he looked towards a frightened yet supportive Tama. He knew he couldn't back down from this particular challenge.
I will fight!
Well that could have been better…
It had only been a week since she and Team RPLN or Team Ripple (Ruby, Pyrrha, Ren and Nora) left Patch and arrived in Mistral. The first hurdle they had to get through was going through Nora and Ren's old village named Kuroyuri. They then had to face off against a very intelligent Nuckelavee.
It took some impressive teamwork but they were saved by Pyrrha's maiden abilities. What are their powers…? Uncle Qrow was a bit vague on that.
She understood that Pyrrha only had half of the maiden's power from Amber since the other half was with Cinder. She looked at the current half-Fall maiden who was currently all by her lonesome. She even refused to talk to Nora and Ren despite their insistence and persistence to accomplish such a task.
Uncle Qrow told her that Pyrrha was suffering from survivor's guilt; she blamed herself for the death of Jaune Arc. Being unable to save her partner and crush when she was right there to witness it. Ruby asked her uncle how he knew, all he said was the name of her mother. Pyrrha was closing herself to everyone and anyone, her entire focus was to the mission itself.
It was like she lost her purpose and her character after Jaune died. (AN: To be frank that is how I view Pyrrha as a character in RWBY… because she has none.)
She cleaned her beloved weapon, Crescent Rose; it took quite a few hits from the Nuckelavee but it was still operational. She sighed as she looked at the state of her team. It's even more broken than the time Blake first left to search for the White Fang.
Her thoughts then transitioned to her sister, she had just received news from her father that Yang had left the house. She was worried, no scratch that, she was distressed. She didn't know where her elder sister went or what she was doing especially in her crippled state. She begged Qrow for her to go back and search for Yang but he refused.
Her uncle had indicated that the mission was too important to be put to a halt even for Yang. That was the time she actually shouted at her uncle in such a furious fashion. And for what… A farm boy that knows a lot, then why didn't he give information that could have helped us in the Vytal Festival.
Why all this for a farm boy? Why was Uncle Qrow not telling everything? Did he even trust her? All these thoughts circled in the young reaper's head. It was even worse knowing that the next town was… Ansel.
Pyrrha had put her foot down, she wan- needed to get to that place, so did Nora and Ren. They wanted to visit Jaune's family, it was the least they could do for their former team leader. Qrow had agreed since he knew there was no way to convince the three otherwise.
Three days passed, and they were finally in Ansel. The quiet farm town looked like every single farm village in Mistral they already passed. It took a while for them to reach the Arc's family farm which was one of the biggest in the area. Pyrrha looked pretty pensive when they were all at the front door.
Uncle Qrow knocked on the door, it took a while for someone to open it. A young woman with wavy, dirty blond hair and blue eyes opened the door. She wore an orange top with a beige vest, light brown trousers with orange stitches on each side, and dark brown boots. The team noticed she wore her wedding ring on her left hand and a bootlace necklace around her neck.
"Yes… who are you guys?"
Pyrrha stepped forward, "My name is Pyrrha Nikos, I was…"
The blonde woman gave a sad smile when she noticed Pyrrha couldn't speak anymore. She noticed that the celebrity's eyes had already started to tear up. "I know… we saw the Vytal Festival… It's nice to meet Jaune's partner and former teammates… Would you like to come in?"
She held the door open for everyone in the Mistral Crew to enter the Arc family home. There they saw every single Arc simply look at them in states of confusion until they spotted Pyrrha Nikos. A moment of silence plagued the entire living room until it was broken by one voice.
"How could you…"
They looked to see a young girl around the age of ten, she wore a simple yellow t-shirt and jeans. She started crying, her voice clearly strained. "You're supposed to be the best! I was one of your number one fans when you won the fourth Mistral Regional Tournament! Why didn't you save my brother?! How could you let Jaune die?!"
Ruby looked to Pyrrha and saw that the once Invincible Girl looked like the Vulnerable Girl. The Arcs had immediately scolded the youngest of their family for her emotional outburst but what hurt Ruby was seeing a similar face amongst what she guessed were Vomit Boy's sisters. They looked like Dad when Mom died…
They didn't spend a long time at the Arc home since Pyrrha ran away causing Ren and Nora to chase after her. She stayed with her uncle and accepted the apologies from the Arc family. Once they came back, Pyrrha looked like she died inside and simply stated that they needed to get Qrow's contact now.
I really miss you Vomit Boy…
I really miss getting beaten up by Cardin…
Jaune's thoughts jumbled into one conclusion, that he was fucked.
Using aura to defend against Drake's attacks was a double-edged sword. On one hand, he prevented the wounds scattered around his arms and body to not be too serious. But on the other hand, he realized he was losing a lot of aura quickly. The fight hadn't even felt like five minutes passed before Jaune knew he was gassing out.
Hitetsu wanted to intervene but Jaune had reasoned with the swordsmith that it would be best for the giant faunus to protect the people and Tama. Jaune noticed that Drake was definitely ambidextrous especially when he used the four-bladed ax and the rapier so efficiently and effectively.
"Huh, that weird energy of yours is bugging me… It doesn't feel like the times I met someone who could use Haki. But I have to end this, I still need to meet Kaido."
"It's over." In a burst of speed, Drake vanished in front of Jaune's eyes. The blonde's instincts told him to look up. From above, Drake had his arms outstretched and then lunged at Jaune. The huntsman-in-training couldn't dodge because his opponent was faster and couldn't block because his shield was too damaged to use. He settled to block with his trusty Crocea Mors.
Drake swung his sword to his right and his ax to his left striking down on Jaune's block simultaneously. "X Calibur!"
The technique blitzed through Jaune's sword block causing it to hit his body, the blonde bounced on the ground after getting hit. His eyes had rolled to the back of his skull but Drake wasn't done yet.
"Diez Hurricane."
The Supernova spun behind him, causing a tornado from where he once stood. Sucking in Jaune in the center before flying the teen to crash at Hitetsu's house. Drake had effortlessly beaten Jaune Arc causing the blonde to be in serious condition.
"BIG BRO!"
Tama yelled out and tried to rush to his crash site but Hitetsu stopped her by grabbing her arm. "No! I need to see if Big Bro is alright!"
"Stop, Tama! It is unbecoming of a strong warrior to react like this when a comrade has fallen… We need to prioritize escaping from this village…"
"Who said any of you are going anywhere?" Drake stared at the frightened villagers, at an angry Tama, and a resolved Hitetsu. Hitetsu grabbed the handle of one of his creations, the cursed Nidai Kitetsu.
The swordsmith knew that he could at least buy time for everyone to escape, he felt a bit sad about Jaune's fate. The boy showed promise and conviction to stand for his ideals but the difference in power was too much.
Can I beat this new rising up-and-comer in the Beast Pirates? It will be more troublesome if he used his zoan fruit.
The worse situation happened when more men arrived around ten of them. The villagers immediately knew that they were Pleasures. The mid-level foot soldiers expressed everything with a smile on their face. One of them called out, "Drake-san! We have arrived."
Drake scoffed, "Right on time… I need you to surround the perimeter. I don't want anyone from this village to-"
Hitetsu couldn't describe it but he felt a surging power in his surroundings. Even Drake looked to the damaged house of the swordsmith. Jaune stumbled out of the rubble and struggled to get back up. Tama gave a huge smile, "Big BRO!"
Jaune was able to stand up although he was heavily leaning on his right, Crocea Mors was now being used as a crutch. X Drake chuckled. "You must have a death wish, kid."
Jaune spat out blood and looked at the pirate in defiance. "It… doesn't matter… I will protect them… I will not fail!
Give him the sword…
Hitestu immediately looked behind him, but he found no one. He took his eyes off the battle for a second but heard the familiar clangs of metal on metal. Hitestu was shocked to see a familiar white energy surrounding Jaune. 'That power is strange but judging from Jaune's face-'
He could see the blonde panting even heavier, it looked like he was running out of juice. Hitetsu guessed that once this strange soul power was gone, Jaune was done for. 'But-'
Give him the sword…
He looked down to see the Nidai Kitetsu pulsing in his grip. The sword was begging to be held by someone other than its creator. Why is it reacting this way?!
Give him the sword!
Drake landed a mean headbutt when Jaune once again forced a swordlock, the dirty shot dazed the blonde. Tama cried foul for a warrior would never commit such a heinous action in a one on one battle
"Diez Zapper!" The pirate slash secret marine jumped into the air, crossing his two weapons across his chest. He then swung his rapier and ax across his chest resulting in a large green and black shockwave in the form of an X. The projectile forced Jaune to take a couple of steps back before he was able to stop its momentum for a second.
His stalemate did not last as the shockwave went through his black hitting Jaune dead center. Crocea Mors went flying away, the blonde tanked the hit with his aura, but he knew he was close to being finished. I probably only have twenty- no- fifteen percent left.
Drake landed back down before lunging at the defenseless blonde, his left arm had the four-bladed ax crossed across his chest. He was ready to deliver the final blow when-
"Jaune-san! Catch!" Everyone in the village was awestruck since their jaws hit the floor seeing Hitetsu with this much emotion toss his beloved creation towards Jaune. Drake was unconcerned since this attempt at interference was not going to work in the blonde's favor. The captain of SWORD knew that the kid was more familiar with the workings of a more western sword than the samurai's katana.
Jaune didn't know why but he outstretched his arm for the incoming Nidai Kitetsu, he couldn't understand why but he felt he could use Hitetsu's sword. Once he touched the katana's sheath, it felt like touching Crocea Mors.
Use your aura on the blade!
A voice resonated and it foretold his thoughts, he unsheathed the katana and spread his remaining aura into the cursed blade. A cold hand grabbed at his heart, he didn't know why but he knew that the weapon was talking to him. The voice was different, however!
DIE! DIE! DIE! DIE! DIE! DIE! DIE! DIE! DIE! DIE! DIE! DIE! DIE! DIE! DIE! DIE! DIE! UNWORTHY! UNWORTHY! UNWORTHY! UNWORTHY! UNWORTHY! UNWORTHY! DIE! DIE! DIE! DIE! DIE! DIE! DIE! DIE! DIE! DIE! DIE! DIE! DIE! DIE! DIE! DIE! DIE!
Shut up!
The voice of the cursed katana started to quiet down the more aura he put into the blade. I don't care if you try to kill me! I don't care if you won't work for me! But-
To the shock of everyone, the blade that was once black and white turned completely black. Hitetsu's eyes nearly popped out of his skull and his jaw hit the floor. Im… IMPOSSIBLE! He… he doesn't even know Ryou. How can he-
Drake's teeth grinded, he was so close to the kid that he had no way to change the course of his attack or he would be left open. This kid knows how to use Armament Haki?! But he also can imbue the haki into the weapon?!
Despite the blade being blackened, aura still surrounded the Nidai Kitetsu. Jaune swung the sword as it also hit Drake's ax. For the first time in this fight, Jaune overpowered the pirate causing Drake's arm and ax to raise to the sky.
Suddenly, confidence overwhelmed the shocked Arc. He felt he could actually do something in the fight. He changed his sword stance, Nidai Kitetsu, so that its tip was pointing to his left side. An image flashed in his head regarding a certain teammate with a hammer mixed with a grenade launcher.
"Nora's Hammer!" Jaune spun and smashed the blade into the unguarded part of the Supernova. Drake felt his two left ribs crack along with a large horizontal cut at the side between his second and third rib. The impact caused the secret marine's body to bounce across the terrain. He only stopped when he landed on some trees.
The Pleasures had their mouths agape with a smile. "Drake!"
Tama cheered for Jaune as not even the guardians caused such a severe wound. "That's so awesome! I didn't know Big Bro had ryou!"
Jaune looked at himself and noticed that the sword had indeed been blackened, as if an invisible armor surrounded it. But also he noticed that most of his aura was now on the blade. What is this?
Drake limped his way back into battle, he couldn't believe that the teen had hurt him this badly. It was time to get serious, he started morphing in front of Jaune's eyes into a giant green reptilian beast with large claws and razor-sharp teeth. What the Oum! He's a dinosaur
"Be careful, Jaune-san! That is the power of a Zoan Devil Fruit!" Hitetsu was correct, this was the Ryu Ryu no Mi, Model: Allosaurus. An Ancient-Zoan type devil fruit that allowed Drake to turn into the late Jurassic predator.
Jaune was still in a state of shock when the dinosaur roared and charged straight at him. He instantly thought back to encounters with a Grimm. Maybe he becomes mindless in this state.
Jaune decided to move to the right as he avoided the charging bull of a beast. He then decided to go for an overhead swing, but the blonde noticed the spark of intelligence in the dinosaur's eyes. He then felt a large thing smack itself on his side, he looked down to see the beast's tail. Fuck, he is not mindless like the Grimm.
Jaune had to swallow his own blood when he felt all three of his ribs break. The pain made him want to pass out but the strength of his will and conviction kept him standing and wanting to continue the battle. Great, now my aura is down to five percent.
Jaune then slashed the sword all the way to the ground. The result was a shockwave strong enough to send some Pleasures flying even though they were away from the ongoing fight. But Drake tanked the hit and then charged at Jaune, the blonde tried to move but his injuries caught up with him. Shit!
The dinosaur grabbed Jaune by its arms, the blonde tried to escape but he could not find any purchase to be freed. Drake then opened his jaws and delivered a powerful bite on Jaune's right shoulder. The teen screamed in utter agony as the bite force could even cause damage on material stronger than steel. Jaune was losing feeling with his right arm as blood started to gush since the area was so mangled. But he held onto the sword with the last remaining strength he had left. He then tossed the Nidai Kitetsu to his other hand and made a diagonal cut that wounded Drake enough to let go of Jaune.
Jaune landed back first onto the unforgiving ground as Drake touched his wound and roared angrily. The blonde had just a bit of strength in him but he knew this was his last shot at ending the battle.
He dropped into a partial crouch, both knees bent. His left arm drew back holding the kashira of the cursed Nidai Kitetsu while his right arm drooped like a limp organ. Sensing that this was a final showdown, Drake charged in his allosaurus form filled with the intent to chomp and finish the fight.
This is it… my special move… this is weird.
Instead of worrying about my blood loss, the damage of my arm or what will happen after. I can't help but think of the name of this special move and how fun this fight is.
I'll think about it later… I should name it after the person I owe the most to.
With the remaining power of his aura, Jaune put it all into the foot that gave him the power to lunge at the dinosaur. Drake was shocked when Jaune was near him, the pirate realized he could not bend his head close enough to counter or for his arms to snatch the heavily damaged Arc.
"Pyrrhic Victory!" Jaune thrust the black blade into the zoan user's stomach causing a loud roar filled with pain to echo throughout the desolate village. Was the special move simply a lunge followed with a stab or a thrust of the blackened blade.
Nay!
A powerful force of energy whether it be aura or Ryou was undetermined as it came out of the back of Drake like an exit wound. However there was no bloody hole, the dinosaur morphed back into his human form. Jaune then weakly removed the katana and collapsed face-first onto the ground while Drake fell backwards completely out of it with blood coming from a wound on his torso.
"Drake-san!" The Pleasures ran and without thinking carried the X Drake out of the village all the while shouting. "You're fucked the next time! Kaido is gonna kill you all!"
Hitetsu moved into action after the coast was clear, "Tama get me the first aid quickly!"
"Yes, master!" The young girl ran like she never did before to her master's house.
Hitetsu looked at the state of Jaune, he looked like was on death's door in chapter 1038. The grim reaper and his scythe may be close to claiming a soul but Hitetsu promised himself that if the teen were to live then he would train him in the ways of the swordsman. Jaune showed too much potential to be able to use Ryou and blacken a blade. Who knows maybe this aura might help in the development of Ryou?
For the second time in what felt like a single day, Jaune gave a satisfied smile and passed out.
Hmm, interesting indeed. I wonder what your adventure will look like following this.
A portal had opened up and outcame a single being into a dimension between other dimensions. This newcomer is an older adult who looks about seventy. He has a full beard, with a face marred by wrinkles and slicked-back silver hair. He wears a black cape that was held in by golden tassels, showing a matching black shirt with a detailed white and gold embroidery. Despite his old age he carried a youthful smile on his face with a twinkling in his blood-red eyes.
He was known by many titles; the Wizard Marshall, the Kaleidoscope, the Second Magician, and the third Dead Apostle Ancestor. He is named Kischur Zelretch Schweinorg. The Old Man of the Jewels simply called out, "I have been known to be very meddlesome in many affairs. But even I have to confess that I have never interfered to this level like you."
I would consider simply that you are a magician and I am not. I was surprised that you did not prank Jaune Arc even further.
"Why would I need to? I honestly cannot understand why most versions of me in writing cause my character to be simply a troll hoping to create pranks or jokes."
Even though I thought you were a troll, it seems like the rest I did not do my proper research. You were at one point a leader in the fight against Brunestud of the Crimson Moon.
"And you still have not answered my inquiry." Zelretch was serious in his attempt to question it.
Call it simply another means to make it as close to an isekai experience. I will not give him the Gamer since that removes any considerable development and ensures full victory. So I will simply do it through suggestions, the rest will be up to humanities' imagination.
"So you have decided to use more of the methodology of Nyarlathotep."
Perhaps… but in the end I am willing to stake the future of a dying world in the strength of his heart.
"Maybe your bet will work again besides…" Zelretch knew that it reminded him of two people in particular. One was a moron from the perspective of his current protege who for Zelretch was keen on seeing what direction he would take in order to fulfill his dreams. The other was a normal human blessed or cursed with the power of bringing down demons and cleanse deities.
Both also had the unusual ability to attract many females to their side, perhaps it will happen to the blonde who he saved. He did it since it was a favor from it.
Zelretch knew that all three had one thing in common… the power of an action survivor and a broken hero.
AN: Well this is the longest chapter up to this point of the story. I wonder who this mysterious helper of Jaune... maybe I gave too many hints. Next chapter will probably be around late February or March, depends since my workload is actually increasing due to changes in the company's direction.
Yay! I also received 100+ followers in just 2 chapters, that's nice. I would like to have more reviews, but let me answer those that came up after chapter 2.
Kamui Raiu: Yes Naruto and Fairy Tail do fit since I did play those games. Pokemon was a video game before the anime adaptation, sad news is that there will be no based James.
Haseo55: RWBY crew will not react to his adventures, I've done a react fic and it was walking through hell. Small choices make Jaune's journey more impactful since even Some Random Shitty Rambler stated that he felt that he should have stopped at some point. Also because the main issue is to have Jaune back in Remnant, just like the old isekai anime.
X3runner: The former more than the latter, he will learn certain abilities and incorporate it into his fighting style against opponents in the current world, future worlds, and Remnant. The three anime you suggested have no video game adaptations, sorry. Will the Remnant crew know what he did… who knows?
XiHeng: Yup, all I can say is that he will not be involved in a grail war. It might be a series of singular events… Fate does have a current popular mobile game that I have on my phone and just released the latest movie.
Anthony Galupo: Hmm… I will think about it. I didn't like that particular event but I'll think about it.
Emils: Thanks but no Persona.
Uber Ghidorah: Jaune will be glad he is not Page One. Also I will switch Wano up a bit because like in Chapter 1, a certain magician did say his presence will shake up the events in the story of One Piece.
Gonsmoss: Pyrrha is just enveloped in a cloud of rage and denial. I gave her the powers since I don't think I made it clear that she did absorb the remaining power of Amber. I wanted to show that Cinder would use Pyrrha's obsession with destiny to lure the inexperienced maiden powered Pyrrha to a fight to become whole. But when Jaune arrived, naturally it shifted to drawing out the fight in order to bring Pyrrha back to the tower. Then once she arrives, kill Jaune and promote the championship fighter to become sloppy due to being enraged. It is my bad that I didn't make this clear in Chapter 1.
MrRayney: I put Jaune in extreme mode, he is in the New World. He is fucked, this chapter shows the gap between him and pirates of considerable power. But he is not without some help. I chose Wano because if he was in Whole Cake then he is deader than dead. Big Mom's powers are just too disgusting for a dude with a sword to face. Also there's symbolism in a swordsman facing off against a dragon something he wasn't able to do in the tower but is presented with the opportunity in the Grand Line.
Ricki123: Even with the profile pic, I am sorry, but no.
Lynx Bro: Yes it is included on the list.
Devin Devin: Ok… I am about to rant on this one. Excuse me while I decide to place this dude inside the L train. Your direct quote is "Didn't guts have to watch as his girl got raped by his ex best friend? massive L". You have the nerve and gall to try to twist this into Guts doing nothing to try and help Casca from Femto. The man lost an arm in an effort to free himself when an apostle bit the limb. He was being held by multiple apostles that were significantly heavier than him. He then lost his right eye after being gouged out by an apostle. Guts had no Dragonslayer, no crossbow, no cannon, no throwing knives, no miniature bombs, no Fairy dust, no Berserker Armor, and no motherfucking knowledge about how to deal with apostles in the first place. He nearly died because of the Eclipse and was saved by Skull Knight who had a weapon equipped with dealing with the supernatural. Guts had a regular sword and a spike-like weapon, he was only able to kill one apostle which was better than the rest of the Band of the Hawk. Was Femto doing the deed near him, fucker was far away enough for Guts to just witness the event. I cannot believe that you tried to forge a false narrative on one of the greatest anime characters of all time. I haven't seen a bigger L like this comment since the Chiefs choking to the Bengals in the AFC Championship.
The last thing I will say to you in my native tongue is that…
"Hoy keyboard warrior!
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