Last chapter's title: one of the tracks from Haikyuu!


Ch.4 - Encelevenemus

"You're gonna skip our class just to watch that fight?"

"Of course! You wanna miss a member of Team King taking on an entire team? Besides, it's only the second day of school there ain't much material covered."

"I guess…"

That was one of the many conversations that circulated the student body after lunch. Those who were in the dining hall during the confrontation couldn't keep it to themselves as it became the talk of the school. There was no doubt the professors heard about it too. Oobleck was especially very aware of this, almost like he was expecting something like this to happen. It was needless to say that everyone was anticipating the upcoming Combat class, including Charlemagne and the entirety of Team CRDL.

So it came to no surprise that the classroom that held the class was a lot fuller than usual.

"I'm starting to think that either half the class wasn't here yesterday or our Combat class now includes the older students." Jaune said as he was awed by the amount of people that showed up.

"The first day was mandatory, so everyone was to attend class." Weiss responded.

"Besides, who doesn't wanna watch this match after what happened during lunch? I'm so excited! I hope Charlie wipes them clean off the arena!" Yang gripped the railing in anticipation.

Charlemagne, who was sitting next to Yang, just smiled.

"Charlie, you didn't use the break to warm-up and plan. You must be absolutely confident in your abilities, am I right?" Pyrrha asked.

The man just smiled and gave an ok hand sign, "Crystal."

"He might've told me some hint of what he's gonna do." The group looked at Sora being a bit smug along with his teammate. "I think he's gonna give Team CRDL a fight they'll never forget."

"Whatever you do, show 'em who's boss!" Yang exclaimed along with a cheering Ruby and Nora.

"I think a little humiliation is in order." A small smirk from Blake was given to Charlemagne. This sentiment was shared by Weiss and Ren though they didn't say it out loud.

Charlemagne gave them a thumbs up, "Oh just you guys wait." He turned his attention to where Team CRDL was sitting. All the members were glaring at him with daggers, trying to size him up. Unfazed by their attempt, Charlemagne held up a peace hand sign which further infuriated Cardin.

The sound of heels echoed through the classroom. Glynda walked towards her podium and set down her Scroll pad before scanning the classroom. She was going to question the sudden influx of students later but she had to start the class now.

"Ahem. Today is the second day of class. We have gone over the course introductions for this class that covered the basic structure of what this course will cover as well as the fundamental sparring rules that must be followed. There will be times when we fight other Huntsmen and not Grimm, so it is best to get this sort of experience as first-years. I have randomly assigned a couple fights yesterday to let you all see the typical matches in this class. But from here on out, I will allow requests by students on who they want to spar against before I go to random selection. With that said, who wants to go first?"

The leader of Team CRDL raised his hand and immediately stood up, "I do, Professor."

"Mr. Winchester, so insistent to duel after you were assigned yesterday. Who do you want to spar with?"

Cardin pointed his finger towards Charlemagne, "Him…", then proceeded to spread his arms out to gesture his team,"...versus us."

The whole class started to get antsy and murmurs were heard all around. Glynda narrowed her eyes. "Now, Mr. Winchester, I have not made any arrangements for team battles this week, much less this type of request, so I'm afraid that—"

"Professor Goodwitch!" She noticed Charlemagne call her name as he stood up with a stern expression. "I'll do it." There was a staring contest between the student and professor. Glynda studied his expression and found nothing but determination and something to prove. She was no stranger to what he and Team CRDL were involved in earlier and was relieved that they didn't escalate the situation and decided to bring the fighting here. A good amount of the student-requested fights were grudge matches afterall. Glynda also wasn't going to lie, she was curious about Charlemagne's abilities after her talk with Ozpin. This was a chance to see what the boy was capable of.

"Very well. Charlemagne Magnus and Team CRDL, step down and get your weapons. After both parties are ready, we will commence the match." Glynda announced as she started to get the Scroll ready.

Both parties went to go collect their gear from the locker room, Charlemagne getting words of encouragement on his way. While the class was waiting for them to return, Sora saw a team they weren't familiar with walk up to them, interestingly with Velvet.

The girl with shades and a beret put a hand on her hip and spoke, "Hey, are you Charlie's teammate?"

"Oh, yes I am. I see you are teammates with Velvet?" Sora replied.

"Coco Adel, leader of Team CFVY. It's a pleasure to meet you and I would like to thank you two boys for being so kind to my Velvet." Coco said as she ruffled Velvet's head a bit.

"Coco! Watch the ears, they are still a bit sore."

"Ah right. That Team CRDL… I wish I could give them a good ol' beating myself as a senior."

Sora tilted his head, "Senior? Are you older than us?"

The very tan man of the team with copper hair answered his question. "We are second-years. I'm Fox, and the big man here is Yatsuhashi." Fox gestured towards the very big man, who just silently nodded in response.

"I see, so like the extra people here you just skipped class to see this match, huh?" Sora asked.

Velvet laughed sheepishly, "Coco dragged us all here. She was very insistent on watching Charlie fight off against CRDL. I had a lot of faith in him so I was fine not watching, but we're here now."

"C'mon Vel, you don't want to see your knight in shining armor in action?" Coco teased and Velvet got flustered. This got a laugh from Sora and Coco.

Sora then gestured at the empty seats next to him, "So you guys can sit with us to watch the match."

Coco lowered her shades before smiling, "It would be our pleasure, Sora." Team CFVY took their seats next to Sora. A minute passed with some more small talk before footsteps were heard on the arena floor. Team CRDL made their appearance, walking in with the arrogant flair that matched the cocky looks on their faces. Much of the looks they received by the crowd weren't exactly warm and welcoming, especially from Sora, Team CFVY, RWBY, and JNPR. Nevertheless, they had the perception that they will utterly dominate the fight. It wasn't much later that Charlemagne walked from the opposite end of the arena, Joyeuse in the sheathe. He wore a placid expression, seemingly not deterred by anything. He looked at where his friends were sitting. The cheers that he got were comforting.

"You got this, Charlie!" Sora, Ruby, and Yang yelled.

"Good luck!" Blake and Velvet said.

"BREAK THEIR LEGS!" Nora bellowed.

That statement especially was comforting.

Glynda got everyone's attention, "Ahem. So the same rules apply. Each fighter has their own Aura bars displayed on the screen here to account for their remaining Aura. Anything is permitted as long as it is not on a fighter who had their Aura broken already. Here is the Aura of each participant." The overhead display displayed five bars. Four green bars occupied the left side for Team CRDL with their faces associated to one bar, on the right was just Charlemagne's bar. "Are all fighters ready?" Both parties gave the professor a nod.

"Then, let the match begin!" The bell rang, signalling the start of the match.

Team CRDL and Charlemagne stayed where they were for a few seconds before Cardin decided to initiate with a taunt, "Hey, you now chicken to approach us?"

Charlemagne only stared on for a bit before smiling, "I'd rather like the company of you four here because I'm going to make things easier for you all." Not a second later, two winged javelins appeared around Charlemagne before they started spinning around him. The rotation got faster and faster, to the point where it seemed like they were trying to form a tornado. The javelins then descended and soon dragged on the floor, creating grating sounds that disorientated everyone else. By the time the javelins stopped and disappeared, Charlemagne stood in the middle of a carved circle that was about ten feet in diameter.

"You see this circle I'm in? Here's the deal, I lose even if a part of my body touches the ground outside the circle. This should be no big deal with the four of you against me right?" Charlemagne said as he drew Joyeuse out before pointing it at Team CRDL. "And the only thing I'll use from my personal arsenal is this sword, without Dust."

This got a plethora of reactions from the audience. Glynda was surprised that Charlemagne would put himself in such a handicap. His friends were no less surprised, but Sora couldn't help himself but smile.

"Huh! Who do you think we are, Magnus? We'll throw you out of that circle in no time! " Cardin yelled out. Both Sky and Russel were the first ones to rush at Charlemagne. Russel was the first to reach Charlemagne and came in with a 360 spinning strike with his daggers that was easily deflected. Charlemagne bobbed around and deflected a few more swipes before Russel backed off shortly as Sky suddenly came into view, looking for a horizontal cleave with his halberd. With his reflexes, Charlemagne crouched under the blade and retaliated with an upper slash that led to his own horizontal slash that sent Sky staggering back. A few bullets were shot by Dove's sword as the man began strafing. Undeterred, Charlemagne effortlessly deflected the bullets and predicted the path Dove was running on. He deflected the next bullet towards where Dove would be at and the bullet hit its mark, disorienting Dove. Hearing a roar, Charlemagne brought his sword up to block Cardin's downward swing.

Cardin was surprised that Charlemagne had the guts to hold him at bay. A lot of fighters would much rather evade a mace swing unless they also had a heavy weapon. Here is Charlemagne however, keeping Cardin locked in position with Joyeuse. The mace-wielder was also frustrated that Charlemagne was practically mocking the whole team and specifically him. The more the match went on with Charlemagne implementing a self-restriction, the more it made Cardin feel like people were painting him as a joke. They can't even push one guy out of a small ring. He can't let him win; his lineage had a point to prove.

"What's wrong, Cardin? I see conflict in your eyes. Where was all of the bravado from before?" Charlemagne mentioned, finding it a good time to gauge Cardin.

"Still talkin' shit?! Let's see about that when your ass is out of the rin—" Cardin didn't finish due to Charlemagne breaking the lock and landing a solid broad swing on Cardin, sending the man back a bit.

Seeing their leader finally out of the way, Dove and Russel rushed towards Charlemagne, Russel performing some sort of midair sawblade attack like a flying Boarbatusk. Daggers met blade and Charlemagne blocked predictable swings while getting in a few strikes of his own. He ended the exchange with a punishing side-kick to blow some wind out of Russel as Dove came into close-range. Like his teammate, he wasn't finding any success with fighting Charlemagne. Missed attacks were punished by quick slashes that whittled Dove's Aura. Russel and Sky arrive and attempt to do whatever they can to at least get a hit on Charlemagne, but to no avail. Meanwhile, Charlemagne analyzes his surroundings and the fighters in order to find a way to close this out.

"Cardin is always a bit of distance away while his teammates are keeping Charlie busy. He only engages when he thinks he has an opening," Yang observes.

"Fighting with your friends is one thing, but he's not really providing anything for them right now," Sora frowned.

Coco gave her two cents, "He's an opportunistic fighter. Like Yang said, he lets his teammates do most of the dirty work before coming in for a cheap shot. I'm sure Charlie is aware of that by now." The statement was proved correct when Cardin charged at Charlemagne, whose back was to the large man. He initiated a wide horizontal swing that Charlemagne noticed at the last second and made an evasive jump over, mace being a mere inch under Charlemagne. The mace eventually found a target: Dove's stomach. Dove was launched out of the arena, his aura being in the bottom 40%. On the display, Dove's bar was grayed out due to being ringed out.

"And apparently he doesn't care if he gets his teammates caught in his attacks either."

Charlemagne exploits Cardin's exposed state with a kick that sends the larger man staggering back. Russel and Sky return to pick up for Dove after he got smacked out. With one less man, Charlemagne has narrowed down to one idea he can use. It was convenient that he was directly between Cardin and his grouped up teammates. Charlemagne went with the plan.

"Hey Cardin! That's a nice red crystal on your mace, haven't seen you use it yet so mind letting me see what it does?"

Cardin was oblivious about his true intentions, but now that his team can't even get the Magnus out of that damn circle, he had to use that Fire crystal now.

"That's right asshole! Now it's time to erase that circle!" Cardin bellowed as he charged towards his opponent. Charlemagne had a slight smirk while keeping Sky and Russel at bay. With the second step of the plan in the making, Charlemagne baited out an overhead swing from Sky's halberd. Being above the halberd, Charlemagne stomped on the halberd and rooted the blade on the ground and effectively disarmed Sky. By this time Cardin was just behind Charlemagne, ready to decimate the area with an explosion. With such maneuverability, Charlemagne grabbed the rooted halberd and twisted around, striking Cardin's wrists as the big man lost hold of the mace. He grabbed the mace with his free hand and gave Cardin a diagonal slash with Sky's halberd to push him back. And with one fluid motion, he spun and whacked Russel with Cardin's mace while throwing the blunt end of Sky's halberd back to the owner. This resulted in an explosion that launched Russel out of the arena and Sky's aura to get into the red zone after being knocked in the head by his own weapon.

The moment the mace left Cardin's hand to the moment right after Charlemagne eliminated two guys was only four seconds. The mace was then tossed back in front of the owner's feet.

Everyone in the room had various reactions; some went wide-eyed, some winced or exclaimed in surprise, some were like Sora and looked impressed about his skills. He let out a whistle and thought, "Yeah, that's something I would do. Use their own weapons against them."

Cardin stood there in utter shock trying to process what just happened. In the span of under 40 seconds, all three of his teammates were eliminated and their opponent still stood in one place since the beginning, unscathed. And quite frankly he looked a bit bored.

The knight pointed his sword towards Cardin as he went to pick up his mace. "A leader is supposed to fight with his comrades. If a leader doesn't move, how do you expect his teammates to follow? How do you expect a Huntsman to gain respect after indulging themselves in the strife of fellow peers? Humans, Faunus; we all feel the same emotions and the same pains. Do you have something to prove or do you think you're already hot stuff and can just toy with others without penalty?"

"Yeah… yeah I got something to prove alright. There's some pride that I need to snatch back for my family. And what's a better way to honor a great general than to squander the son of a man who embraces things that belong to the zoo!" Cardin charged once again at Charlemagne. A great deal of the Faunus population in the room glared daggers at Cardin, some even openly booed the man as he resumed his assault in blind rage.

Cardin's mace was something that most would like to minimize contact with so it came with a level of shock that not only was Charlemagne able to clash easily with his sword when he didn't opt to evade but was able to even overpower the mace a few times. Charlemagne had to give Cardin some credit for his endurance though; it gave him more time to speak to Cardin.

"So you and your family are descendants of General Lagune…" Charlemagne answered with his hunch while continuing to block and evade Cardin's mace swings. It wasn't until they locked weapons that Charlemagne continued talking, "and you wish to continue a legacy fueled by outdated thinking in an era of progressive equality?

"What makes you think they can be equal to us? They're too different and too incompatible to work with us. Look at the animals of the White Fang! They want to assert dominance over us humans! I'll be better than Lagune...after I graduate I will climb the ranks of Vale's hierarchy and flush out the Fang!"

For one Blake Belladonna, it took all of her willpower to not jump down to the arena and maul Cardin. Glynda was also contemplating on ending the match early, but it seemed like Charlemagne got this covered.

"Your superiority complex... is the reason why you'll fail like Lagune!" Charlemagne broke the lock with a shove that got Cardin a bit off-balance. "Those who strive to become Huntsmen should protect the integrity of life from the Grimm, without this petty notion of difference. True honor is found by spreading compassion, not hatred!"

The exchange went from Charlemagne toying with Cardin to the knight amping up his attacks and becoming a lot more of an offensive threat. Cardin couldn't keep up with the relentless assault so a good amount of sword strikes still made their mark. Cardin managed to block a straight thrust, but was pushed back by the force and felt the power rattle his arms. That sword was deceivingly tough and powerful.

"Look around you, Cardin. Humans and Faunus are fighting together for the betterment of Remnant. We cannot fight this battle without each other. Save all of the conflict for the Grimm, the true enemies! The culture of dominance and discrimination you follow will only bring negativity, and that just brings more Grimm. You just need to show compassion. It is what allows you to really develop camaraderie with your fellow Huntsmen-in-training. As such, that's when you gain true loyalty and respect; and that's when your comrades will finally see how truly awesome you are!" Charlemagne's voice echoed through the arena. Save for the "awesome" part, almost everyone could've sworn this sort of speech was delivered by some ruler or king.

The only response Cardin gave was an aggravated yell and slammed his mace on the floor. With a Fire crystal activated, a shockwave of flame was surging towards Charlemagne. In order to prevent the circle from being destroyed, he needed to stop it. All Charlemagne did was that he got his sword ready and released a wide horizontal arc angled towards the ground. With pure force, the surge was blown back and some went back to Cardin, who braced himself for the returned force.

After bracing himself for another second, Cardin didn't waste any time going for a blind charge though the smoke. Cardin emerged from the smoke to see Charlemagne just standing there with no guard up and a passive look on his face. Seeing this as his prime opportunity to finally land a blow, Cardin went for an overhead swing that would've pulverized Charlemagne's skull. Then there was a loud ring of an electronic buzzer.

"What?!" Cardin looked around. His mace was a few inches in front of Charlemagne's face. He looked around until he noticed what was on the electronic display. A full green Aura bar for Charlemagne, three grayed out Aura bars for his teammates, and a red Aura bar for him.

"Three members of Team CRDL were eliminated by ring-out and Cardin Winchester was eliminated by low Aura. Therefore, the victor of this match is Charlemagne Magnus." Glynda announced to the entire class. What followed was cheers from all around.

"He really beat all of them so much without a scratch!"

"It was so worth coming here!"

"AHHH CHARLEMAGNE, YOU'RE SO COOL!"

Charlemagne himself just sighed before staring at a tense Cardin. Their staredown was brief before Cardin scoffed and turned away from him. He wondered how much of his words reached the big man, but it was probably going to take a bit more than this judging from Cardin's final response. Somebody cheered his name extra loud in which he turned towards the voice. He couldn't help but crack a smile as he looked towards his friends.

"Huh, so this is what a member of Team King is capable of." Ren said.

"I must say, it'll be a whole lot of fun sparring with him in the future. Hey Sora, I hope he isn't the only person on the team who can do things like these." Pyrrha teased Sora a little. Sora only gave a small laugh.

"Well, push me enough and we'll see about that." He gave the red haired girl a challenging smile, which she returned as well.

Once the cheering died down, Glynda gave her verdict on the battle. "Charlemagne, although you put yourself in a dangerous position with all the handicaps you placed on yourself, you still had an excellent display of prowess, awareness, and adaptability. This is such a performance we will expect from you in the future as part of an elite team. As for you Team CRDL, I hope this provides a good lesson about the essential importance of teamwork. No strategy was set and friendly fire was even caused. What I suggest for your team to do is study extra hard on team tactics as well as re-evaluate… your motivations for becoming Huntsmen. You five are now dismissed. We will resume other fights shortly." Charlemagne and Team CRDL walked off the arena as Glynda used her Semblance to patch up the arena.

Once Charlemagne got back to his friends, nothing but praise was given to him. Yang ruffled his hair, which Ruby pulled her off when she noticed Yang starting to do it a bit too hard. Coco walked up to him to introduce herself and team CFVY, praising his style of combat as well as... his style of clothing? Jaune was the only one not grouped up near Charlemagne, seemingly in deep thought. A certain spiky-haired teen gave him a curious glance before returning to Charlemagne.


Much of the stragglers left after Charlemagne's match, which Glynda didn't comment about because she knew they weren't even supposed to be there. Random match-ups were what the remainder of Combat class was about. Other than Blake displaying her cunning use of shadows to quickly dispatch her opponent and finally seeing how a person would take a nastly blow from Nora's hammer, nothing exciting happened.

So after class ended, Sora went off on his own to do a little bit of exploring. Something about Beacon's towers and the sunset this place had reminded him so much about Twilight Town. After a bit of wandering around he stumbled upon a view from one of Beacon's towers. He couldn't go to the biggest tower because that was where Ozpin's office was at, but the tower he was on was more than enough because of the view it provided. He gazed at the sunset, all of this reminding him of the Tram Station tower. The memories of Roxas and Xion and their hangouts on top of that tower with Axel fresh in his mind. What also came into his mind was when he and Kairi both ate ice cream above the Twilight Town gang after he restored her heart.

This made Sora have a sudden feeling of melancholy. He half-expected to look on both sides to see Kairi on his left and Riku on his right, eating sea-salt ice cream and watching the sunset. Alas this was not the case; no one he knew before Remnant was here nor was there a sign of sea-salt ice cream seen yet by him.

"Shame. This was something I wanted all three of us to experience together." He muttered to himself. It really did hurt that he was given a second chance to be a hero yet at the cost of potentially never seeing his old friends ever again. For all he knows, they might think he's gone but Riku and especially Kairi might try everything in their powers in the hopes to locate him. What was he going to do after all of this? After achieving Remnant's salvation? Would he also attempt to find a way to return to his old friends? It was then that Sora thought of the friends he's already made here: Team RWBY, JNPR, and CFVY, and Charlemagne.

A smile was brought to his face. He was now planning on taking them to this spot one of these days. The view might not be the view from Twilight Town, but it was enough. Sora was content with the new friends he has made already, such in his nature to do so. There was this glimmer of hope he still held that made him believe he can reunite with the ones he left behind.

"Everyone, wait for me. After this world is saved, I will come back to you all somehow and maybe… just maybe you can meet my new friends here." Sora proclaimed. His thoughts soon wandered to wondering if this was now the right time to see if sea-salt ice cream was a thing in this world. If not, then he would either find some sort of substitute or even go as far as learning how to create it. While looking downwards, he noticed Jaune on one of the dormitory balconies before seeing Pyrrha shortly entering afterwards. Sora would've considered letting them be and going back to his own thing but the way Jaune acted after Charlemagne's fight intrigued him. It looked like Pyrrha had something on her mind too regarding that.

After a few seconds of thought. Sora activated his Flowmotion and began descending towards the balcony. It didn't take him long to arrive as he hid behind a protruding window frame on the rooftop, overlooking the two teammates. He got there in time to hear the meat of the conversation.

"Jaune, I couldn't help but notice how you acted after Charlie's match. Is something the matter?" Pyrrha asked.

The blond had a surprised look before slightly looking away in a sheepish manner, "Oh… haha. So you noticed."

"It wasn't hard to notice." Sora thought with an exasperated expression.

"Charlie's match just made me think about what we talked about during lunch. How I questioned my role as a leader when Cardin was able to push me around so easily. There was a part of me that was thinking I didn't have the physical capabilities of being a leader." Jaune confessed.

Pyrrha walked a bit closer to Jaune. "Jaune… I think all of the first-year leaders are new at this. You can be very strong, but that's nothing if you get overwhelmed without knowing how to count on your teammates. That's what teammates are for, we cover your weaknesses and carry the loads that you can't carry alone."

"Th-thanks Pyrrha. Before that talk, I just thought that it was up to me alone to make myself better and that I didn't want to be the damsel in distress who cries for help…", Pyrrha was a bit astonished that this was Jaune's mindset. "... But after what was said at lunch and what we witnessed in Charlie's match, it made me appreciate being in the company of strong individuals. Despite not being a leader, Charlie really talked like a king there!"

"I was surprised about that too. He had this charisma to him that was unshakeable. It was hard not becoming captivated by his words" Pyrrha chuckled a bit.

Sora had thoughts on that too. When Charlemagne went off on Cardin in the match and in the dining hall. Not only did Charlemagne talk like he had experience being a king, but how he conveyed his words really caught his attention. Sora was aware that almost the entire crowd was drawn towards his teammate when the match turned into a 1-on-1. It felt like it was a skill of his to have natural charisma, or maybe it was something more…

"What helped me out of that isolating mindset the most was when you three offered to tutor me," Jaune continued. "Don't get me wrong, Team RWBY as well as Nora and Ren are plenty good too but you, Charlie, and Sora stand out. Especially you, the so-called "Invincible Girl!"

Pyrrha sort of shied away when Jaune mentioned that moniker. "Ah, it's nothing too major. So, does that mean you are willing to let us help you?"

Jaune raised a hand up for a handshake, "It would be my pleasure to train with you all."

For a brief moment, Pyrrha looked at Jaune. She walked up to Jaune and made the motion to grab the hand. What Jaune didn't expect was to be shoved to the ground.

"Hey!"

"Your stance is all wrong. You need to be wider and lower to the ground." That was all Pyrrha said before offering a hand. Jaune was not offended and smiled as he accepted the hand, both teammates content with the decision. "Let's try that again."

Sora left his spot unnoticed while the two continued their mini-lesson, content with what he heard. While Sora and Charlemagne were good references to learn from for Jaune, Pyrrha was essentially the best due to her using a combination of sword and shield like Jaune. Sora was looking forward to helping Jaune with his combat. He felt that Jaune did have potential to be great, remembering Jaune directed some of the actions during their Initiation. As long as Jaune stuck around with their group, he should be good to go fairly quickly.


Wassup guys. This is a shorter-than-usual chapter that concludes this small Charlemagne character arc. A few commented about Sora not exactly getting the most spotlight right now for a Kingdom Hearts/RWBY story. Don't worry, I haven't forgotten who the leading protagonist is. I'm sure I've said this before but Sora is a very rounded character at this point thanks to the many games Kingdom Hearts has had already. Putting post-KH3 Sora into the RWBYverse makes him the most developed character in this entire narrative, and this includes all current or latest versions of the RWBY cast. My goal was to give more narrative depth to Charlemagne's character. I've also finally decided where to implement Charlemagne's origin story. It will be at the beginning of Volume 2 so you all don't have to wait really long for it. His story might be around one or two chapters long and then we will go back to the present day of Volume 2 RWBY canon.

If you notice, I also gave Cardin more character depth in this story. So he's no longer just a bully for the sake of being a bully. Now he has a small established background as a descendant of General Lagune whose anti-Faunus mindset has rubbed off on Cardin, making him opposed to The Oracles of the Elder's belief of universal equality. He'll show up again and hopefully I give him more to do than what he was given in Volume 1. Speaking of Volume 1, the current remaining roadmap for this version of Volume 1 is going to have that whole arc about Blake's reveal as a Faunus and ex-member of the White Fang next except I will attempt to include more relevance for Sora now that I'm done with the Charlemagne arc. I'm going to make edits so it doesn't play out 95% like the original because Sora and Charlemagne's inclusion into the RWBYverse should alter the timeline. That's one of the reasons why the Jaune arc (ha the Jaune "arc") was reworked so now he isn't blackmailed by Cardin and the stuff that happens at Forever Fall doesn't happen here. After the Blake arc I plan on making an original arc. This original arc will most likely be a lot more Sora-centric since I got bits of stuff planned to happen around that time pertaining to Sora. It will then hopefully segway smoothly into Volume 2.

The new cover image for this story is something I made on Adobe Photoshop. I would like to credit the people who drew out the Sora and Charlemagne (I'm not THAT good at drawing lol) but I did not see the artists' names from where I got the images, so whoever the artists are y'all are great and keep it up.

As always let me know if you got any recommendations or questions. I am welcome to hear what you say.

Peace,

Re-Eternal