So here's the next chapter. Not going to lie, I'm going to diverge rather hard from the preview in the theater. I had an idea as to how to do this story when I wrote the first chapter and constantly working on it in my head.

Steelrain66: I'm not saying I will make it good. Pretty sure it's going to be mediocre. BUT as you can see in the title, it's not about angst. It's about hope. Sure there's going to be edge, why wouldn't there be given that's what Grimm technically live off of, but this story isn't about revenge or hatred. It's about keeping your humanity and perseverance. Again he's going to be based on Dante (with a big tweak later on) and Kamen Rider Wizard who inspires hope in others.

GalenTheEternal: I'm literally two chapters in there can't be filler.

Goldenvoid235: Thanks for the backup but it's fine. People have their opinions.

the-lost-memories6: ...would you believe me when I say...redhead harem? The idea is subject to change.

Guest: I was joking with a friend and told them since he's a mix of DMC and Kamen Rider Wizard, Jaune is going to jokingly call it Sinfinity Style. For Sin Devil Trigger and Infinity Style.

LordHellPhoenix: Thanks for the vote of confidence! I will try to redeem a few of them. Keyword "try" but we'll see how it goes.

V2: Oh yeah. Although I'm going to need to wait a few weeks so we can get more info on them.

Hellsider: Um...Good ideas! But not for me sorry.

Guest: Jaune will not have a cane. I already have a weapon in mind for him.

And to everyone else, thank you for following and favoriting!

Now this chapter will focus on Atlanta. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own RWBY.


The figure known as Jaune didn't know how far he flew or how fast. He only knew that he was tired and that he was about to crashland into some foliage. "Oh, crap baskets," he said. Jaune noticed his voice was distorted, caught between a growl and an echo. Bracing for impact, the Grimm person smashed into the treeline, gouging the land as he crashed.

Of course, since there was someone in his arms, he had to protect them first. Using his new wings, the Grimm wrapped it around them. Jaune didn't know why but he instinctively knew that his wings were strong enough to act as armor. After finally crashing down, he left a small crater in the ground. As the dust cleared, Jaune was back in his original form groaning.

But he didn't have time for that.

No, he quickly looked down at the woman in his arms. She was closing her eyes as the cracks were still on her. The strangest thing though was that she wasn't making any new cracks on her body. No, instead it seemed stagnant, stuck where it had expanded from her chest. They gave out such a dark purple glow to them.

"Atlanta, Atlanta, stay with me," Jaune begged. He held the girl close.

"J-Jaune?" the red-haired girl stuttered. Her fingers dug into the fabric of his torn raggedy shirt. "I...I don't feel so good."

"I'll help you. Don't worry, I'll figure something out." They both knew that was a lie. Jaune didn't know what to do or how to fix the situation. The blonde was thinking as quickly as he could but nothing was coming up. He had no idea what to do in this situation.

"What can I do to help her?"

Something within him snapped, almost like a reflex. It reminded him of when his sisters had taught him how to clean the house, dance, cook. Everything about it seemed so easy when he tried them. He remembered something about his father's side always being good at something. They taunted him that he was only good at housework with that skill.

However, right now something inside his mind was connecting dots that weren't previously there. Dots that started with his Aura Amp Semblance, to how it heals people, to how it healed people, to…

"Huh? The energy I used to transform?" Jaune thought to himself. Wait...he had a different energy that wasn't Aura? How did he get that? No really, what?

"Wait, focus Jaune!" he shouted at himself. Focusing his mind he began to follow the dots once more, keeping his hold on Atlanta who was shivering in his arms. Aura Amp, healing, second pool off energy, also healing-

Jaune flinched as his mind and whatever that second energy was doing to make him think more. He couldn't make out some of the thoughts but the picture was coming. "Come on!" he shouted and used his Aura Amp to pump whatever that second thing was and felt some backlash.

A small explosion of Aura and that second pool of energy blasted around them, him being the epicenter of the small explosion. Despite the pain, he knew figured out what to do.

Atlanta, during all of this, was wriggling in his arms. She was in pain constantly but she wasn't cracking. Something made all the malice, despair, and self-hate ebb. When she saw Jaune about to turn into that monster she was cracking even faster. But then...she saw that golden light from within him and something about his determination made her focus on him.

And despite turning into this weird draconic humanoid, he looked at her with these soft eyes. Not the red like the Grimm, even those humanoid Grimm had them. No, Jaune stared at her with those same blue eyes that he had as a human. The same eyes that saw her and became friends with her.

That feeling made the cracking stop but it didn't heal her. And so the redhaired girl was in pain ever since they left.

And now, Jaune just exploded.

She was to going to scream again but stopped. Jaune placed his hand right over her chest. "Let this work," he whispered. "Please."

Her eyes widen as she saw the golden energy leave go from Jaune's hand and into her body. As that happened, Atlanta felt her mind receding. Deep into the depths of her memories, it went. To a place she went to when she was in pain.

Inside her mind, she went to her happy place. The deepest pits of her mind that she found safety in.

Atlanta was standing in the back of her home, in her family's backyard. It was large and spacious, with a training field, swimming pool, all of it for training. All for her sister and herself to get better, to get stronger. To show the world that the Nikos were a family to be looked out for.

Then Pyrrha showed off her skill and Semblance. She showed off her talent at being able to fight and win constantly. Their parents, Athena and Perseus, kept praising Pyrrha. Making her train more and more, got her more gifts, more of their time, more of everything.

And Atlanta hated her sister at the beginning of it all. The younger twin was training to be a Huntress too. She wanted to feel loved. To feel wanted. Why couldn't she get that from her parents?

Now, this was supposed to be her safe space. Why would Atlanta go here if it only brought bad memories?

"One reason," she said to herself. Atlanta Nikos walked past all the training equipment, past the training ring, past all of that, to her mother's nasturtium bushes. These were planted when Pyrrha started winning things at Sanctum. Looking past the bush, Atlanta sighed at the sight.

There was Pyrrha and herself, both younger, having a hidden picnic. A burnt orange blanket was on the floor with various sweets, guilty pleasures for Pyrrha and herself since they had to keep eating healthy.

"She was the one who suggested this." Atlanta thought to herself. Smiling at the scene, she could only feel at ease.

As she continued to stare she heard a voice behind her. "Such a touching scene isn't it?" the feminine voice said. "Shame that it's all a fraud."

"What did you say?" Atlanta asked frowning as she turned to face whoever spoke. The young woman froze upon seeing the large beast before her. It was a Grimm that was for sure given its black body. It didn't have one head but many of various animals, with the main body being a lion.

It loomed over Atlanta and its red eyes looked at her as her green looked at back in horror. "I said it was all a lie," the Grimm, this Chimera, spoke in a female voice. It sounded so much like her own. The large beast padded around her, each time it took a step a tiny crack would be created.

"What is?" Atlanta spoke as she walked around it. Her eyes going around t back yard she knew since childhood. It was the same. So that was why she moved to a certain spot.

"This little game you and Pyrrha had," Chimera taunted. The large creature swatted the bush of orange flowers to reveal the two to Atlanta. "That you and she were loving. It was all a lie."

"And how would you know that?" the woman glared. "Pyrrha and I care for each other. She and I are sisters."

"Sisters?" Chimera laughed. "Would sisters not? Not tell her about her new boy toy?" The beast prowled toward Atlanta. "Not only that, the sister you knew would not give up on her friend so easily. I mean did you not see what she did to that Jaune boy?"

Atlanta flinched at that. When she had met Jaune, he was both confused and devastated. She was confused as to why her sister's friend and crush was like that, Atlanta was even more confused upon seeing her with that large dumb oaf. There was no indication as to how it happened or even why. But Pyrrha couldn't even give her the time of day. She was so lovestruck, that her older sister even ignored her.

So on those last few days, she had decided to fill in for her sister. Not out of any sort of obligation, but because she felt sorry for the poor guy. And she found that Jaune Arc was a nice guy if a bit dorky. He also seemed to put her enjoyment before her own. Atlanta was able to see why her sister had a crush on him, so that made her befuddlement even more pronounced.

"If she could be a two-faced bitch to a person she knew for half a year, don't you think she's been like that to you for ages?" Chimera said. "She puts on a fake smile on for the crowd, for your parents, how are you so sure Pyrrha doesn't give one to you?"

"Shut up," Atlanta glared. "What would you know? You don't know me! You don't know anything about Pyrrha or myself!"

"Of course I do Atlanta," Chimera grinned. The large lion head tilted to the side, showing off its wings, scorpion tail, and what seemed like a fin on it's back. The hind legs were hooved and there was some sort of horns on its head. "I know you because I am you. All those dark thoughts, those feelings. You and I know that everything in this world is meaningless because you are not Pyrrha Nikos."

The more Chimera spoke, the more Atlanta was inclined to agree. To agree that nothing mattered. Everyone only cared for Pyrrha. She bumped into something, looking behind her, it was a rack of practice swords.

"So why don't you just give in. Give in to me. Let me handle everything. You can just rest from the world," Chimera grinned.

"Maybe, I should," Atlanta thought to herself. It seemed that even her happy place wasn't safe. This Grimm was shoving all her self-doubt and hate onto her. "Maybe I should just give up."

As soon as she thought that, Chimera opened her mouth to swallow Atlanta. By doing this, the Grimm would destroy Atlanta and assume control of her body. As Atlanta closed her eyes, a golden light enveloped her. Chimera was forced back as its mouth touched her and was forced back.

"Atlanta! Can you hear me?" she heard a voice. It was...Jaune?

"Jaune?" she repeated.

"Don't give up!" Jaune's voice shouted. "Don't lose hope. You have so much to live for." The golden energy wrapped around her and it felt...so warm and comforting.

"I do?" Atlanta asked.

"Don't listen to him!" Chimera roared.

"You have friends, family, people who love you. People who care! Don't give in to the darkness," Jaune said to her.

"But...it's hard," Atlanta thought to herself. "And...My sister…did not even notice or care for me."

"Pyrrha cared for you, she gushed about you often. How you were a wonderful sister! Whatever happened to her, we can find out later. But you need to be alive for that! Don't you want answers? Don't you want to see the truth?" Jaune's voice kept urging her.

And...she did. After all this doubt, all this hate that she felt these past two months, didn't she deserve to know? To confront her family? To finally understand what happened?

"I do…" Atlanta said, her eyes focusing at Chimera. "I want answers and I can't get those by dying here." The younger twin of Pyrrha glared at the Grimm who growled.

"If you won't die peacefully, then die struggling at my feet!" Chimera roared as she shot forward. Atlanta, while not as good as her sister, was still trained. Day after day, she fought to get better. To become able to stand beside her sister.

"Oh shut it you big cat!" Atlanta growled as her hands wrapped around something behind her. This was why she was walking here originally. Before the Grimm spoke to her, she had a plan. After that little interruption and Jaune's words, Atlanta would go through with it.

The golden energy shifted and became silver, as she drew two practice knives and activated her Semblance at the same time. R&A (Repulsion and Attraction), while it did not give the level of control Pyrrha's Polarity had, but it gave Atlanta a different edge. It gave her the ability to push and pull things towards her, or vice versa. However, she can only do two things at a time.

Focusing her Semblance at the ground beneath her feet, Atlanta used the Repulsion half to increase the speed of her dash. At the same time, she threw the knife in her left-hand past Chimera. When the redhead and the Grimm were about to clash, she saw the large paw coming down. Atlanta used her Repulsion on the handle of the knife in her right hand.

So when the knife and the clawed paw made contact, Atlanta's knife obliterated the paw. That had the Chimera roaring in pain before it tried to stab at her with the scorpion tail. She didn't dodge, so much as use her Attraction Semblance. Since she was still moving, she just lowered her body and slid.

The stringer had stabbed into the ground, making more purple cracks, as Atlanta slid right under it as she pulled herself towards the knife behind the Grimm. Swiveling around, Atlanta jumped up and pulled herself towards Chimera, who had turned around just in time to see a green eyes glaring at it. She spun in mid-air, the knives pulling themselves towards a specific part.

The stinger.

Atlanta had spun fast enough with her Attraction to act like a buzzsaw and severed the tail.

"RAGH! YOU BITCH!" Chimera shouted as it turned around. "I'LL KILL YOU!" Atlanta didn't speak and instead threw the knife in her right hand. Chimera saw it coming and dodged, only for Atlanta to pull herself to the knife and then push away from it at top speed.

"I'd like to see you try!" Atlanta growled in response as she stabbed the stomach of the beast. She then pulled herself away to her other knife, leaving that one stuck inside its. The redhead spun the knife in her right hand and held it in a reverse grip.

Chimera growled as it began to take flight. "Fine! If I can't kill you, I'll just destroy your soul!"

"My soul?" Atlanta asked confused.

"This happy place of yours is in the deepest pits of your soul. If I destroy it, I can still win!" Chimera slammed into the sky and saw dozens of cracks appearing in it.

"Atlanta! What's happening?" Jaune asked through whatever connection the two had.

"This stupid cat is destroying my soul!" Atlanta replied. She was thinking, how fast can she take care of the Grimm.

"What can I do to help?" Jaune asked. She could hear the tiredness from his voice.

"Just keep doing what you're doing, whatever you're pushing into me is helping." Atlanta focused. How can she do something to that flying thing? The more time she kept thinking, the more the younger Nikos sister wasted time.

Well, she already had planned for this.

Since this was within her soul and it was based on her backyard, there was still stuff behind her. So she did a backflip and used Repulsion on the rack of weapons towards the Grimm. All the training weapons were flying toward the monster. Of course, the monster saw this coming a mile away.

"You think that can stop me?" Chimera growled as it swatted the weapons out of the sky with its remaining front paw. They all went flying wildly around it.

"No," Atlanta replied as she used Repulsion as she jumped and then used Attraction to draw herself to a sword that was still falling. She then shot off to another sword that was still falling. Over and over again, Atlanta built up speed by bouncing from one falling weapon to another. Since she could only use it on two objects at a time, she had to keep her mind clear as to be able to switch instantly.

Chimera, who was watching the bouncing girl, its red eyes trying to keep up. It then heard a soft boom before Atlanta yelled. The Grimm felt something trying to pull it closer to the girl, but it wasn't its body. "What?" Chimera then remembered. "The KNIFE!?"

The knife in its stomach was being dragged towards Atlanta, who had just gone fast enough to look like a blur. Atlanta was pulling herself towards the knife she knew was in the stomach. At her speed, the young woman was going to do a lot of damage. "NO! Go away! STAY BACK!" The Grimm shouted.

"It's over!" Atlanta shouted as she stabbed the Grimm on the other side of its stomach and had pulled the knife lodged in its stomach at the same time. It had the effect of slicing chimera in half.

The Grimm gave out on last roar before it exploded into a black mist...that turned silver and rushed into Atlanta's body as she began to fall. "What the?" The silver glow began to fill her body and the cracks in her soul. Slowly fixing the cracks within her soul, Atlanta watched as the silver energy repairing it.

As she landed, she wobbled. Even if this was in her mind, soul, whatever, that had tired her out so much. Her body ached despite it being healed, she had never done that. She shouldn't have been able to do that. "Must have been that energy Jaune was pushing into me…" she mumbled. "It made my Semblance a lot stronger. To the point, I was able to do something like that." Atlanta mumbled to herself. Usually, she can just pull herself to one thing and then have to actively think of what to pull or push next. But with all that stuff that happened, she was able to do it on the fly.

Atlanta saw the last of the cracks glow silver before she turned around. The image of her and Pyrrha untouched. Atlanta wanted to find out what made Pyrrha change and she knew that was the reason she didn't fall into despair. Her sister. It was like a fine line.

"That and Jaune sure knows how to give a hell of a pep-talk," she giggled. "Now how do I get out of here?"

As soon as she said that, she felt a tug and a bit woozy.

Her eyes closed only to look up to see foliage above her. "What the-? Where am I-" she shouted. When the red-haired girl sat up, Atlanta felt herself slip and fall. "AH!"

Falling on to the forest ground, she rubbed her butt. "Ow," the woman said as she stood up.

"Oh god, Atlanta," a voice said. "Sorry, I put you up there to keep you safe." Huh, that was Jaune's voice. Why did it sound different?

"It's fine I don't min-AHH!" Atlanta shouted as she saw the being before her.

It was a tall humanoid Grimm that was for sure. It still had the black flesh but over it were some pieces that stood out.

Along his chest were gold scales that made it looked like armor. The trend followed on along his crotch, which made an un upside down arc as the scales went towards his back. The on either leg were three bands of more golden scales that line his thighs up to his knees. More of those scales were on his kneecaps, shins, calves, and Achilles before ending in gold scales at the feet that were clawed.

On its torso were jet black scales that went over its arms and extended down, looking like a makeshift coat. Two large protrusions along his pecs looked like lapels on a coat only larger since these two pieces looked more like bone. Around the wrists, it looked like there were three curved spikes around each arm up to the forearm, making it look like the end of sleeves. His hands were also clawed.

There were also silver scales along his body. They were along with the large rounded spikes on the "sleeves," on his shoulders with a set of four on each side. Along his neck and on his head. The head part looked like a cross between the helm of a knight and a horned dragon's head.

However, the thing that stood out to her the most, was his eyes. They were the same gentle blue eyes that belonged to the man that had held her close during the torture. The one who befriended her because he needed a friend. The eyes of the man who saved her life this day.

"Jaune?" Atlanta guessed. She hoped she was right.

"Yeah," he replied. "Sorry about looking like this." Jaune shifted back into his human form, complete with torn Pumpkin Pete's Hoodie, jeans and sneakers. "Had to fight off some Grimm while you were unconscious. And since I didn't have weapons, I went into my Grimm Form."

"Uh-huh...and how did you learn to do that?" she asked. As she did though, Atlanta noticed something and balked.

"Well, I don't know. It seems like if I want to know something, I learn it but it's not permanent, so I need to keep practicing my skills." her looking at him funny. "What's wrong?"

"Your hair. It's silver." Atlanta said. Jaune blinked a couple of times before frowning.

"What?" Now that he said that he noticed a change too. "It seems like I'm not the only one who's hair changed. He pointed at his companion's shoulder and head. Atlanta followed his finger and saw…

"Why is my hair neon red?" she shouted. Atlanta originally had dark red hair much like her sister. This was...something else. "What the heck!?"

"It's not only that," Jaune said. Now that he was looking at her he was confused.

"What can be worse than that?" Atlanta asked. Jaune tapped the side of his head and Atlanta followed what he was doing. Her eyes widen as she felt...something coming out of head. Touching the other side, she felt it too. "WHY DO I HAVE HORNS!?"

"Must be your Grimm half affecting your body," Jaune snickered.

"I don't see you being all scaly mister lizard," Atlanta groaned as she tried to figure out what just happened. "Maybe it had something to do with Chimera?"

"Was that your inner Grimm?" Jaune asked. "Mine was Dragon."

"Do you have to fight him?" Atlanta was trying to calm down and then her hair suddenly shifted into dark pink. She felt the horns vanish as did something else. She saw the weirded out look on Jaune's face. "What happened now?"

"On top of your head," he answered. "And no I didn't fight Dragon. I sort of just...absorbed him after remembering my dad, grandpa, and great-grandpa."

"Well aren't you lucky," Atlanta pouted. She then reached up and felt...ears on top of her had. Not just any ears...cat ears.

"Why do you have cat ears?" Jaune chuckled.

"I swear I will shove you through a tree if you keep making jokes like that," Atlanta said she touched her ears again. This was going to be sure. Jaune put up his hands in defense.

"Sorry." Jaune sighed.

"So do you know where we are?" Atlanta asked as she looked at him. He then looked around and shook his head.

"Nope."

"What do you mean no?" Jaune gave Atlanta a sheepish grin.

"I sort of...flew in a random direction."

If anyone were to ask in the future, Jaune did not scream like a girl when Atlanta used a Grimm and Semblance enhanced punch through several trees.


Nasturtium: These flowers are meant for victory in battle. You can see why Atlanta and Pyrrha's mom planted them.

Repulsion and Attraction: I wanted to give Atlanta something akin to Pyrrha's Semblance that is Polarity. And I thought, why not mess with more fundamental forces?

Jaune's Grimm Form: So I was originally going to use a monster hunter armor for it. But found one better. Just google Devil May Cry 5, Vergil Devil Trigger Concept Art. Then replace all the blue with gold.

Well, that's the chapter. I would love some creative criticism!