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Deep in the Kingdom of Vale it was a particularly stormy night. Everyone who didn't have business in the streets were making their way for cover to avoid the rain! Others were using raincoats or umbrellas to keep themselves dry until they reacho their destination.
But one individual in the street didn't seem to care. This individual was a young man about seventeen years old and he was wearing nothing but a black short sleeve pumpkin Pete hoodie and a pair of jeans with worn out sneakers. He also had distinctive messy blonde hair and deep blue eyes.
Many people on the street looked at this young man and wondered what he was doing out in the street all alone wearing no protection from the rain like a raincoat or an umbrella. They also notice that he seem to be depressed based on the expression on his face as it looked like he had received the worst news in his life.
'I can't believe I didn't get in...' thought the young man as the rain started to intensify!
This forced him to try to find cover so he went into the nearest store on the street as he didn't want to get very sick as that was what was going to happen if he didn't get out of the rain.
"Honey that young man went into that store... and I'm pretty sure that store wasn't there the day before."said a middle-aged woman that she pointed at the store that the young man entered.
"Maybe it's one of those pop-up stores that appear one day and then it's gone the next. I honestly do not understand today's trends."suggested the middle-aged man as he and his wife continued to walk along since it was none of their business.
Meanwhile in the store the young teenager looked happy as he finally got out of the rain although he was still very wet and all of his clothes were nearly soaked...
"Well this has been a miserable first week in Vale for Jaune Arc."complained the young man as he was speaking in third person.
He wasn't any ordinary teenager. He was in fact the only son of the Arc family as he is the youngest of eight children with his older siblings all being girls...
"Well first you run away from home and steal the family heirloom with nothing but the clothes on your back. Then the fake transcripts you buy for yourself so you can get into your dream School turn out not to work...I guess I shouldn't be surprised since anyone trying to get into Beacon probably goes through a background check or something."said Jaune as he pulled out a letter from his pocket.
It was revealed to be a rejection letter from the prestigious school for future Huntsman and Huntresses Beacon Academy.
"I really shouldn't be surprised that I didn't get in! What was I thinking of course they were going to call the school I used as a reference and of course they were going to find out that I was never a student... thanks Mom and Dad!"said Jaune with anger in his voice as he recalled how this all happened.
All Jaune Arc ever wanted to be was a Huntsman, the elite warriors that protect the kingdoms, humanity, and the Faunus from the evil monsters known as the creatures of Grimm! Jaune heard many stories about his ancestors great exploits and he knew that he wanted to be a huntsman as well.
Unfortunately his overprotective parents would not allow him to attend combat school and the excuse they used was that since he was the only son that meant he was the heir to the Arc family name!
"They we're always super protective of me because I was the youngest and the only boy! I begged Mom and Dad over and over again to let me attend combat school but they would not budge even an inch! In the end I ran away and took Corcea Mors with me, but look what happened! My obviously fake transcripts didn't pass inspection and I ended up having to mail the family heirloom back home so my parents wouldn't blow their top!"grumbled Jaune to himself as he could still recalled his parents telling him to come back home through his scroll and that to bring back the family heirloom.
"I at least did one thing and return the sword and shield sense there's no reason for me to have it since I didn't become a student at Beacon...all I ever wanted to do was help people and now I don't know what to do as I really don't want to go home."said Jaune to himself as he begun wondering what his next move would be.
"Maybe I should go to Argus and stay with Saffron for a while. It would be nice to see Adrian and Terra since they were always so good to me when Saffron was dating her. Adrian would probably be super excited to see his uncle since I just love that little guy so much..."said Jaune before he started to feel cold.
"I really need to dry off... I wonder if the owner of this place has a towel...by the way what is the shop anyway."asked Jaune as he looked around.
The place look like a store as it had everything you would expect except any items of merchandise. There was a counter to purchase items including shelves and hangers to hang things but there was not a single item for sale anywhere Jaune could see.
"Okay this is getting freaky..."said Jaune as a hooded man started to slowly creep up on him.
"Boo..."whispered the mysterious man causing Jaune to fall to the floor letting out a scream as he was honestly surprised.
"Hahahahahahahahaha! Man I never get tired of that! Sorry kid I didn't mean to scare you it's just been a while since I got the jump on someone."said the hooded man as he extended his hand to help Jaune up.
Jaune reluctantly took the hand and lifted himself off the floor with the help of the mysterious man.
"It's okay and thanks for helping me up."said Jaune as his mother always taught him to be polite whenever someone was polite to him.
"No problem welcome to my shop! Hmm... well that won't do you need to dry off before you get a cold kid."said the mysterious man as he pulled out a towel seemingly out of nowhere.
He threw said towel at Jaune who at first was confused as he didn't see where he could have gotten it but he was more concerned of driving himself off so without much thought he started rubbing the towel on his wet hair.
"Now I bet you're wondering where I pulled out this towels since there's literally nothing in the shop?"asked the mysterious owner causing Jaune to think he was a mind reader.
"No I'm not a mind reader it's just it's all over your face."said the owner causing Jaune to back away a little as he was drying himself off.
"Easy Jaune I'm not here to hurt you."
"How do you know my name?! I never even told you my name?!"asked Jaune who is now feeling a little bit scared as he thought he was in an empty store with some kind of stalker.
"Relax kid I'm not going to hurt you in fact I believe I have a way to help you. Oh where are my manners allow me to introduce myself my name is Chris."said the man calling himself Chris as he extended his hand for a handshake.
Jaune reluctantly returned the handshake as last thing he wanted was to make Chris angry especially since he had no weapon on him to defend himself or any hand-to-hand combat skills.
"Don't worry I'm not going to bite I'm just here to give you a shot at being a hero like you always wanted to be."said Chris confusing the young Arc.
"I always wanted to be a huntsman not a hero?"said Jaune.
"No no no you can lie to me I know everything about you kid! I know you say you want to be a huntsman but really since a young age you always wanted to be a hero and I know for a fact you used to wear a cape around the house until your sister Saffron caught you with it and made you play dress up in order not to tell the others."said Chris causing Jaune to blush as he could still recall the dress his sister made him wear that day.
"Yeah a lot of trauma being the only boy. Being annoying was your only defense."said Chris causing Jaune to back up even more!
"Okay who are you and how do you know so much about me when I've never told a soul about that incident!"said Jaune as he tried to take a boxing stance hoping to defend himself against Chris and try to find a way out of this.
"Relax kid like I said I'm not going to hurt you I'm like a guardian angel of shorts."said Chris confusing Jaune even more.
"Look I'm not human and I'm not a faunus. I'm what you call a spirit watch."said Chris before turning into a puff of smoke.
Jaune was caught off guard by this and felt like he was going to scream until the smoke started to envelop him until it turned back into Chris with his hand over his mouth.
"See I can use something that this planet hasn't had in a long time... magic!"said Chris as Jaune backed away from him.
"But magic isn't real!"said Jaune as although he loved magic tricks as a kid he knew they were all show.
"Yeah this planet doesn't have magic anymore but I can use magic kid and I can give you the power to become the hero you always wanted to be."said Chris which got Jaune's attention.
'Is this guy really telling the truth I mean he literally turned into a puff of smoke before my eyes. I mean I didn't see any wires or anything as this store is completely empty...' thought Jaune wondering what he was going to do next.
"Still don't believe me then let me do another demonstration."said Chris as he made a birthday cake appear out of nowhere.
"Try it."said Chris and Jaune reluctantly took a piece of it off and ate it.
"Hmmm... chocolate."said Jaune identifying the cake as chocolate cake.
"See and there was no way I could make an entire birthday cake appear out of my hoodie sleeves."said Chris as he made the chocolate cake disappear.
"Okay let's say I believe you're magic how exactly are you going to help. Are you going to give me better transcripts?"asked Jaune with hope.
"Yeah right even if I do that they're on to you now Jaune so there is zero chance you get accepted into Beacon as it is sorry."said Chris as he saw Jaune become very disappointed.
"Hey hey kid but I have something else that will help you out. Since I know you like reading comic comic books I believe you know everything about superheroes and secret identities."said Chris getting Jaune's attention as he indeed knew all about this.
"Are you saying I should become a vigilante? I don't exactly have the training or funding or superpowers to do that as I don't even have a semblance."said Jaune as he wondered what Chris was going to help him out with.
"Yeah yeah I want you to become a vigilante but I'm going to give you a bit of an advantage. Follow me into the back room."said Chris has he pulled back a curtain that led into the back room.
Jaune just swallowed a huge lump in his throat as he reluctantly followed Chris into the back room as Chris was magic so Jaune figured there was little chance of him getting away.
Once inside Chris pointed to a brick wall and then knocked a certain combination causing the brick wall to move showing a room that look like a headquarters of a private detective...or a fancy secret apartment?
There was a police radio sitting on a desk next to an atlas computer that look like it was state-of-the-art. Nearby was it comfortable looking bed that looked like it was brand new along with a state of the art looking fridge along with walls that look like they were at least ten inches thick.
The room look comfortable like one of those rooms you would expect for those Doomsday preppers who believe in the end of the world.
But if there was one thing that stood out it would have to be the rack of... costumes that's sat in the middle of the room?
"Now I know what you're thinking how are these costumes going to help you become a superhero...Well kid let me tell you something these are not ordinary costumes."said Chris as Jaune walk towards the costumes.
Chris certainly wasn't kidding when he said these were regular costumes as they look like the costumes one would wear in a movie as they look like they were state-of-the-art and made of the finest material as they look so real.
The fist costume look like the costume of an old style gangster with a humongous head. The second costume look like some kind of green creature wearing purple spandex. The third costume look like a costume of an alien hunter of some sorts. There were several other costumes and each was more different than the last
Looking around Jaune spotted would look like movie prop equipment just in the left corner of the secret room, along with what looked like a secret exit that would allow something way bigger than his own body to come out.
"So what's the deal with these costumes?"asked Jaune as he had no idea what these costumes were supposed to do or what they would mean for him.
"Well I suggest you put on the Green Goblin hand and you'll put two into together."suggested Chris as Jaune placed the green creatures costume hand over his own hand and what he felt next was unbelievable!
"What is going on it feels like this costumes skin is my own!"said Jaune as he quickly removed the hand and threw it to the floor as it was freaky.
"You know there is a certain superhero that fights in other creatures skin and that's what I'm going to give you! You see Jaune Arc what you have before you is magical costumes that will give you the powers and abilities of the individuals they represent! Combine with aura and you will be the greatest superhero that Vale has ever known... although I think it's ironic since most of these costumes are villains."said Chris sheepishly as Jaune looked at him with a look of astonishment.
"I'm not going to turn evil or anything like that if I wear these?"asked Jaune with shock!
"What do you think I am some genie who grants wishes but with a twist?! No kid these costumes just give you the abilities and powers of the villains but trust me you will still be you as it will be your mind controlling the magical costume that will turn you into them... understand! Jeez I'm not some jerk who would pull a fast one on you...!"said Chris and his defense as he was offended that someone would think that when he was giving them a gift.
"So you're saying I don't need any training all I have to do is wear the costume and I'll have these villains abilities?"asked Jaune and Chris nodded his head.
"But why villains and not superheroes?"he couldn't help but ask.
"Because bad guys always get the best superpowers and everyone knows that."said Chris and Jaune really couldn't argue with him as that was a fact as a lot of bad guys usually got the cooler superpowers.
"So tell me about these guys?"asked Jaune as he certainly wasn't uninterested in Chris's offer.
"Well the first two guys are Hammerhead and Green Goblin. Two of my favorite super villains of all time and I always thought what if they were good guys and use their powers for good. Then I saw how miserable you were being and I thought I give you a bone and help you out by giving you power of some of the toughest tough guys out there."said Chris as he teleported towards the costumes.
"Don't worry it will be your mind and personality while you're wearing these costumes. But if you're worried about secret Identity or anything doesn't matter once you put on the costume your body will systematically change into their original forms."said Chris as he was trying to make his offer to Jaune all the more tempting.
"I don't know...I mean don't get me wrong your offer is tempting it's just it's so much different from what I wanted to be."said Jaune as he wasn't sure of what to do next.
"Kid think about it! Being a hero or in this case several heroes with bad guy powers will inspire the citizens of the city greater than one hero ever could. You would honestly be able to make a difference that most Huntsman would only dream of doing. I mean basic kid Huntsman have been tied by bureaucracy as of late and it's a real pain in the butt don't you agree?"said Chris and Jaune couldn't really argue with that.
"And the system isn't exactly perfect since someone like Jacques Schnee could be allowed to do whatever he wants when he is a clear worst criminal than most honest scumbags! I mean a criminals at criminal but at least they're not as bad as Jacques Schnee!"said Chris and once again Jaune couldn't argue with him as he had heard everything bad about the current head of the Schnee Dust company... and a lot of those stories weren't pretty...
"Yeah and believe me when I tell you the Kingdom is not entirely peaceful as people thinks it is. That is why I am bestowing you this great power as you have a good heart kid and unlike most of those other so-called applicants for Beacon you're not as selfish or arrogant."said Chris causing Jaune to seriously consider taking up his offer.
"But what about food and shelter? Or things I would need to live?"argues Jaune as Chris in response pulled out a Lien card.
"Here! This card is literally filled with thousands and thousands of the currency of this world! So you don't have to worry about everyday living expenses like most superheroes have too! And as for a base of operations this place is perfect as no one will question this store that never really existed as to the outside world once the sun rises it will look like just another brick wall."said Chris with Jaune looking at the card Chris gave him.
"I got to admit it's hard to not accept your offer especially with all the perks you have said..."said Jaune as he still wasn't sure what to do.
"Well how about you take one of the costumes out for a spin and I suggest you use Hammerhead!"said Chris as he pointed at the Hammerhead costume.
"What do you mean?"asked Jaune as Chris pointed at the police radio.
"All units be on alert Roman Torchwick has been spotted! Be on the lookout for this dangerous criminal and do not approach him without backup as he is extremely dangerous and is believe not to be alone!"said the police radio.
"He isn't that far from here so why don't you teach him a lesson he won't forget."said Chris as he once again pointed at the Hammerhead costume.
"I guess it couldn't hurt to try it out."said Jaune as he walked towards the Hammerhead costume and pulled it off the rack.
"Great kid you're finally listening to me and I would really like to see that fight but after today I won't even be here anymore so you'll be on your own."said Chris surprising Jaune.
"Aren't you going to train me or something to use these powers?"asked Jaune as he thought it was obvious.
"I'm not Mr Miyagi or anyone like that..."
"Who?"
"Nevermind! Anyway you're not going to need my help as once you put on that costume and transform into the character you're not going to need my help as you know exactly what to do. Good luck Jaune Arc! May the Kingdoms be a safe place with your hero work and no matter where you are I'll be watching you from afar!"said Chris as he turned into smoke once again and disappeared.
"...I didn't know you that long Chris but thank you for giving me hope in my darkest hour."said Jaune as he was putting on the suit for the Hammerhead costume.
Jaune noticed that the suit was noticeably big as it was a dark navy blue suit with white stripes. there it was a matching navy blue vest but without the stripes along with a black dress shirt and a red tie. Finishing the look was a pair of black dress shoes and black gloves along with rings you would expect a tough guy to wear.
Jaune decide not to question what was going and started putting on the costume.
After tying the necktie Jaune placed the Hammerhead mask over his head until it was completely covered. Within a few seconds Jaune felt like he was about to collapse as he felt his body growing bigger and more muscular, but surprisingly it wasn't painful as he felt like he was transforming!
This transformation lasted only a few minutes as Jaune went over to the bathroom mirror to look at himself.
"AHHHH!"said Jaune with shock as he looked nothing like a man wearing a costume as he just looked like a big guy with an oversized head wearing a fancy suit.
"What happened to me?! Wait why does my voice sound so much deeper and different?!"asked Jaune as he was touching himself all over and instead of feeling a costume he felt skin.
Jaune quickly pulled his face off and looked in the mirror again to see that he was back to normal wearing an oversized suit.
"Okay Chris wasn't kidding when he said that as soon as I put on the costume I would become the person the costume represents... I guess he meant that literally..."said Jaune as he looked at the Hammerhead mask.
"Well let's see what this guy can do."said Jaune as he put the Hammerhead mask over his head again turning himself back into hammerhead.
"Now how about I teach Roman Torchwick how a real gangster operates! Wow I sound like a tough guy from one of those old gangster films!...Yeah...Yeah I think I'm getting the hang of this."said Hammerhead as he looked himself over and was liking what he was feeling.
He walked out of the bathroom and pulled out a Tommy gun that was in a weapons chest before going through the secret exit.
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Soon a brick wall in a non-traffic area with not a would around opened up and hammerhead came out with his Tommy gun.
"Well now let's see how this bad guy operates when he's fighting for good."said Jaune/Hammerhead as he started to make his way to where Roman Torchwick was last reported to teach him a lesson he would never forget...
But as he was crossing the street a car nearly hit him but he quickly got out of the way.
"Hey I'm walking here!"said Hammerhead as he continued walking down the street ignoring the car as a good guy doesn't go out for revenge... most of the time...
"You better be ready Roman because Hammerhead's going to teach you a lesson you'll never forget!"
Hey guys PrimusPilus here with some news.
So yeah I've been thinking of this story for quite some time.
A little background on the story I actually thought of this idea a long time ago during Halloween which is my favorite holiday as I love dressing up like a monster, or superhero, or whatever as it was always fun to pretend to be someone else.
That is when I got the idea for this story and I bet you're wondering why I thought of using villains.
And I thought why not?
Villains get the cool superpowers in back stories and there's always a universe where they're the good guys and the superheroes are the bad guys right?
Anyway I decided to give this original idea try and see how it goes?
If you want to say something about the story feel free to leave a comment or leave a PM.
I hope you guys enjoy this story as this is PrimusPilus signing off and hoping to see all of you next time as the journey continues.