Well, this one is a semi-original chapter. It is based on something but it spoils what I have in mind if I say what. So enjoy.
Sam-Moo-Rai: That sounds hilarious. Maybe.
Giorno: Oh that is a good idea...Jaune wouldn't be Jin that. That is totally Sun.
handsomeatlas: Ah Bloodborne. That was a fun thing to watch. If anything I would do it differently. It would be Ruby as the good hunter and Jaune as Gascoigne.
X-FactorInTown: Maybe?
TheAwesomeSweden: I was never really a fan of Oliver and Company. I preferred all Dogs go to Heaven.
GXY-2013: Such a shame to hear that friend.
DarkParzival: I mean you can't wait for that Jinga chapter eh? (I may have a crush on Mashiro Inoue haha)
ZZ: Really Blake? Not Yang? Also, I haven't seen the Rocky movies completely.
DougtheDog: I would totally do something from Spider-Man the Animated Series...although probably the finale.
Wrath97: Marbles messed up my life hahaha.
M1903A4: ...I want to do some as Jaune as Miles Luna honestly. Him cursing as Jaune is funny.
OverLord Wang-Yu: You keep suggesting things I don't know haha. I'm sorry friend.
BossbrataKurama: One, never saw Steven Universe. Two, I would probably do Get Schwfity. Rick and Morty is a show that's fun but translating it to a react fic...breaks a few things.
RevolutionIsRetribution: Never played any of those.
Animewatcher1014: Someone already did that! I'm trying to avoid repeats as much as I possibly can.
Well, there's that. Here's a chapter I'm not sure of but needed to make.
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the material used here.
As they gathered into the lobby, this was to make it easier when people arrived, everyone was speaking about the world they had just seen. It was a curious world, but it made Ozpin keep quiet. The sheer coincidence in the world and his own plots was similar, and it shook him. How many worlds has he done the same thing over and over again.
The chatter died down as the dimensional wall appeared. Walking through were two people in military uniforms. Both seem guarded...and holding their sides and looked hurt, getting a smirk from Qrow. The Cameraman walked through with an orange-haired girl on his back asking questions.
"Don't try to move too much okay Penny?" the older version of Jaune said kindly to the girl. "It's going to be weird since you're going to be experiencing things for the first time okay. You are a human now after all."
"I understand friend Jaune!" Penny smiled as she gripped his shoulders. "I had no one ever give me a piggyback before, so I must thank you!" Penny laughed.
"No problem squirt," the Cameraman grinned.
"Penny, stop being friends with that man," one Winter Schnee growled.
"It's fine Specialist Schnee," James Ironwood said holding his side. "He beat us in battle and actually spared us. I'm sure he would have killed us if he was against us."
"I told you that I was taking you to a place that was special for info gathering, you guys didn't believe me," the Cameraman smirked. "You all have to stop pointing your weapons at me."
"Let me heal you," the Curator said snapping his fingers. Winter and Ironwood were healed and the Cameraman put down Penny, who can stand up with some wobbly legs. The orange-haired girl saw Ruby and smiled. "Friend Ruby!" Penny laughed as she walked over and hugged the girl.
Ironwood went to Ozpin and began to talk in hushed tones.
Winter meanwhile approached Weiss. "Sister," Weiss greeted the military specialist. They were quiet for a moment before the two hugged.
"It's been a while. You seem to have matured," Winter said smiling at her younger sister as they pull away from one another.
"Thank you. I have my friends to thank for that," Weiss replied. "Shall I introduce them to you?"
"I would like that." As the two Schnee sisters approach team RWBY, it was Blake who noticed first. Her ears flickered. She elbowed Yang, and Yang then elbowed Ruby who was busy talking to Penny who smiled at Winter.
"Specialist Winter! Please meet my friend Ruby," Penny introduced the reaper.
"H-Hi Weiss's sister," Ruby stuttered.
"Don't do that, stuttering is unbecoming of a hunter," Winter sternly replied. She then gave a small smile. "But other than that but it's nice to meet the infamous RWBY."
"Infamous?" Yang asked confused.
"What would we call a group of hunters-in-training wrecking Atlas Military Property as well as a freeway overhang?" The entire group looked embarrassed as their parents looked at them. "But it feels good to know that my sister has such good friends. She's not as uptight as she was back at home."
"Sister!" Weiss shouted mortified making team RWBY smile as did penny.
JNPR was busy talking to the Cameraman, along with the parents, trying to figure out what the worlds are like. They reasoned that his slice of the multiverse is small but still growing.
Once that was over, he left with a wave, saying part of his job was almost over.
As they entered the theater once more, Ironwood joined Ozpin and his crew but sat back a bit. Winter followed. Penny was allowed to sit with Ruby but since her best friend was surrounded she sat between Pyrrha and Nora, right above Ruby. Of course, Penny grabbed every snack that she could, wanting to taste everything now that she was a normal human girl.
Meanwhile, as the world was being reset, the professors and Ironwood kept whispering.
"Are we sure this guy can be trusted? I know I've asked constantly but I want to ensure that we can protect ourselves if anything happens." Ironwood looked at his now once again human arm, both happy and displeased. One he had his arm again, but at the same time, that meant he lost his weapon.
"For the most part, the Curator has been treating us well enough, only the Cameraman was the fighter," Glynda replied. "Did he use his armor with you as well?"
"Yes," Winter frowned. "With such a gaudy look, I was surprised that he managed to beat us so easily."
"I know right?" Qrow gagged as he agreed with her. They didn't get along even though they were allies. "That pink bastard."
"Actually it's magenta," Penny shouted from her seat.
"So Mr. Curator, what sort of world are we watching this time," Kali asked.
There was a moment's hesitation before he spoke. "This...this seems like a new world. One I haven't seen before. So I don't know what's going to happen."
"Oh, so this will be an experience for all of us. Why don't we get going then?" Taiyang grinned. The lights dimmed as the story starts.
"Yay! I've never seen a movie before!" Penny cheered.
"Oh, you're going to love this!" Nora laughed as did Ruby.
The scene opens up on a normal alleyway with two people. Jaune Arc, a normal sixteen-year-old boy, had his day suddenly turned upside down when two women entered his life. Or rather three if he had counted the first one he bumped into only said a sentence to him before leaving. "What is going on in my life?" Jaune groaned as he was being dragged by one of them at the moment.
"Normal sixteen year old?" Ruby wondered. "So a year prior to Beacon."
"What this talk of three girls though?" Pyrrha asked.
"Oh? Are you, as they say, in love with Friend Jaune Ms. Nikos?" Penny inquired. The redhead blushed but nodded her head.
"I am too! So I'm going to try and make him notice me!" Ruby said confidently. That made the blush leave Pyrrha's face and it settled into her competitive face.
"I'll make sure the pain doesn't hurt too much when I win Ruby," the champion said.
"Yeah! I'll make sure she wins," Nora cheered.
"Well, I shall help Friend Ruby in her endeavors!" Penny countered. The two short orange-haired girls look at each other with a competitive look. Ren and Blake sighed already knowing there was going to be a headache just from this.
Winter leans into Ironwood's side and whispered. "Is that fine?" she asked. "The oddness of her behavior is one that worries me."
"From what the Cameraman said, she has turned human the moment she stepped into this area. So I don't expect odd outbursts. She is learning emotions after all," Ironwood responded.
Pulling the boy by his arm was a girl shorter than himself. She had short white hair, the tips were red though making her look exotic. She was short, probably only going up to his shoulders in his height. Dressed in some odd gothic lolita dress that had a black corset, pink skirt, knee-high boots, and a white top. There was a red hooded cape over that. Was that the right term, gothic lolita? God he should have listened to his uncle when he spoke about fashion. Jaune did notice that her blue eyes looked about with a frown on her face.
Qrow gagged on his smoothie and Taiyang froze with soda at his lips. Yang and Ruby were weirded out by the girl and the Schnees weren't much different. The girl on screen looked like a fusion of both Weiss and Ruby.
"What...who is that?" Ruby asked.
"Look...uh...what was your name again?" Jaune asked. He had just gotten out of school and these girls just up and started bothering him.
"Summer, Summer Schnee," she replied. Summer looked about as if trying to find something.
"Summer?" Ruby gasped.
"Schnee?" Weiss scrunched up her face.
"I'm getting info now. It says Summer Schnee, age 16, is the daughter born from three people. One Weiss Schnee, Ruby Rose and...and Neptune Vasllias?" The Curator said obviously confused. "Some sort of procedure had spiced an embryo of the two women together and fertilized by Neptune."
"So...we had a child?" Weiss said blushing as she motioned at herself and Ruby. The other girl was blushing at the thought. "And the father is...Neptune...I feel faint."
"We named my daughter after my mom..." Ruby teared up.
"Go, Ruby," Yang said also happy. "I'm an aunt!"
"But why is she with Jaune?" Ren asked. That brought everyone back to the present. "If she is Ruby and Weiss's child, why is she with a teenage Jaune?"
"That is a good question," Blake replied.
"Right Summer, what did you need me for again?" the blonde asked. "Because I have homework to do and my uncle will get nervous if I at least don't call him."
"Uncle?" Penny asked. "Does he not live with his parents?"
"Another world this has happened," Weiss stated as she looked at the screen. "It seems like a running theme for a lot of these versions."
"That is...sad," the former robot said with a frown.
"Oh it's fine," Summer Schnee replied. "Just give me like ten minutes of your time."
"What for exactly?" Jaune was obviously confused. Given his status as a loser, a pretty girl like her suddenly asking him for...well anything was weird.
"He thinks our daughter is pretty," Weiss said, her face deadpan. "Why...why would he?"
"Well he found you beautiful and I'm sure he thinks I'm cute," Ruby answered with a smile. She gave Pyrrha a wink making the girl smirked. They were teasing of course but they liked the same guy after all. "So it would make sense he finds our combined daughter pretty."
"Here we are!" Summer said happily. Jaune blinked and was confused. They were in front of a small restaurant, and there was a crowd watching a couple of people were arguing.
"What will they be doing there?" Nora wondered.
"Um...what are we doing here Summer?"
"So, I heard around the grapevine that you want to be a hero right?" Summer asked grinning at him.
"Seems like he still has the same goals here," Pyrrha smiled.
That had Jaune pausing for a moment. He did keep telling the people of his high school how he wanted to be a hero, like his grandfather, or his other ancestors really. Sadly, his uncle didn't have much money to send him to combat school and his parents had decided to dump him on said uncle. After all, they had enough on their plate with seven sisters, and it was easier to handle the girls if they didn't have to handle a guy.
"That's not a good way to handle a large number of kids," Ruby said shaking her head.
"Eight kids Rubes," Yang pointed at the kids. "Eight kids in almost every world! That's so many people to take care of. I mean it's slightly understandable to see that they would dumb him on some relative."
But back to the point at hand. How the hell does Summer Schnee know about that? Through the grapevine? That sounded implausible.
"How does she know?" Blake asked, also wary just as this Jaune was.
"I also thought this world was supposed to be funny," Yang said. "I have yet to laugh outside of finding out my sister has a lesbian kid."
"I am not lesbian!" both Ruby and Weiss shouted at the same time.
"Yeah I do, why?" Jaune asked.
"Good! I want you to stop this fight." The young woman smirks and Jaune could feel that will not end well for him.
"But he's an ordinary sixteen-year-old boy," Nora shouted. "They even said so in the opening!"
"He's definitely going to get hurt," Ren nodded.
"Oh this is going to be a slapstick world," Penny grinned. "I have never understood that and maybe I will this time around."
"But...I...uh...don't know how to fight..." Jaune responded.
"Don't worry. You got this," Summer said as she cleared her throat. Closing in on the bickering men, pushing Jaune ever closer before kneeling down. Taking a mic from out of her cloak, she spoke. The machine changed her voice to match Jaune's. "Hey, you punks quiet down!"
"Did she just?" Yang started to smile.
"She just set him up!" Ruby pointed at her daughter. "That's not nice!"
"But it will be funny," Nora grinned.
The commotion stopped and everyone stared at Jaune. The blonde himself was looking at Summer with a horrified face. She gave him a wink.
"Oh god it reminds of you," Weiss said rubbing her forehead. "She rubbed off on our daughter."
"Please, I'm a good influence on people." Yang dusted her knuckles off.
"Summer just made it so he had to fight some people," Ruby pointed out. "Oh god, I would do that too honestly. So she is my kid."
He then turned towards the group of people who were previously arguing. "Uh...hi guys."
"What you say to us punk?" a large biker said as he and those who were fighting with him previously approached.
"I...uh...was thinking that you guys..." Jaune was trying to think of a way to get out only for the white-haired girl pushed him forward subtly. "...should quiet down and not fight with one another."
"Oh come on fearless leader! Be, you know, fearless!" Nora shouted.
Up the teachers were watching closely. "So, is it like this all the time with that kid?" Qrow asked.
"Yes what sort of person is this Jaune Arc," Ironwood asked. He was curious about the whole thing, and why was it that they were watching for this version of him.
"He's a boy who wants to become a hero, just as it said in this world. However he still has a long way to go," Ozpin responded.
"He's not completely reliable all the time but he is good for his word," Glynda informed them.
"Keep an eye on him too," Ironwood said to Winter. "As long as he doesn't do anything trouble that that RWBY Group."
"Affirmative," Winter responded.
The next moment Jaune found himself being thrown into a river a few minutes later. The young man blinked as he resurfaced a moment later. Thankfully, Summer grabbed his backpack prior to this. The man and the others were laughing afterward and agreed to get some lunch together.
It was quiet for a moment before everyone was slightly laughing. Yang, Qrow, and Kali more so than the others. Penny was grinning, understanding what was happening and while confused liked it. Weiss just rubbed her head, while Taiyang and Ghira chuckled.
"Huh..." Summer said as she waited for him at the edge of the riverbank. "Not exactly how I expected it to go."
"Well, they aren't fighting anymore," Jaune sighed with a smile. "Hey! I did something cool for once!" Jaune took his backpack and gave Summer a hug, getting the girl wet.
"Huh...didn't know it was that easy to get a daughter of a prude and innocent girl turned on," Yang teased. The two women threw popcorn at them.
"I can't wait to tell my uncle I stopped a fight. Thanks, Summer!"
As he ran off, the young Schnee looked at herself and then the excited boy. "He could have dried off first..."
The scene changes with the ticking of a clock.
"A...clock?" Penny asked. "Why a clock transitioned."
Jaune had just woken up and was heading towards his dining room. The home he was living in was his Uncle John's.
"What a coincidence?"Yang grinned. "Jaune's uncle is John."
"Rather unimaginative," Blake said.
It was a three-story home, with the top two floors were bedrooms and home spaces, and the bottom floor was the workshop where he fixed whatever people brought. He was a handyman after all.
"Maybe we can get discounts in that world for repairs," Ruby said. "We are friends with Jaune."
"But we don't know that Jaune," Pyrrha replied.
"So, maybe we become friends. After all, this is a year prior to Beacon."
As Jaune got into the kitchen he greeted his new two roommates. One was none other than Summer Schnee. She was dressed in her pajamas still, a white tank top with a beowolf on it and red pajama pants with white snowflakes on it. "Morning Jaune," she greeted him.
"Wait...she's living with him now?" Nora asked. "That's rather fast. I mean it seems like they barely met!" That made both Ruby and Pyrrha frown. Did that mean...another girl like him? Even if it's was from the future?
"It said two roommates," Ren said. "Who's the other one?" That made all the kids curious.
"Morning Summer," Jaune greeted as he sat down across from the girl. He sat next to another woman. She was a cat Faunus with an untamed blonde hair that went down to her waist. She was dressed in a tight black muscle shirt that showed off both her curves and muscles and pajama pants. "Good morning Hei. Would you mind passing me a knife?"
This time it was Yang and Blake that froze. Their eyes taking in the sight of the Faunus before them. "Hei means black in dad's hometown," Yang said softly.
"Oh god," Blake gasped.
Ruby grinned. "I'm an aunt now!"
"Curator?" Taiyang asked.
"Hei Xiao Long," Curator said. "The daughter of Blake Belladonna and Yang Xiao Long, with the help of Sun Wukong. They went through the same process as Ruby and Weiss did."
The two women felt dizzy. Not only did they have a child, but it was also weird that they involved Blake's own crush.
The Faunus grabs a butter knife and slams it into the table right into Jaune's sleeve. "There you go," Hei replied. The blonde blinked and tried to grab the knife out of his sleeve and table. Only to find it stuck.
Yang grinned at the sheer strength of the stab. "You go, girl," the blonde brawler said happily.
"She's rather...cold," Ruby pouted.
"From what I have gathered from my analysis of your teams, she seems to be an even mix of Yang Xiao Long's personality and Blake Belladonna," Penny informed them. "A coolheaded angry person."
"Uh..." Even with his awakened Aura, and easily learning how to use his Aura Amplification to boost his strength, Jaune struggled to get out the knife.
This made them grin as they saw Jaune struggle with a knife.
As he was struggling, Summer looked at Hei. "Cousin, that's no way to treat our host," she berated the older girl. In the background, Jaune tried to lift up his pinned arm but couldn't.
The crowd began to laugh, even Ironwood and Winter were grinning. "She has your personality sister," Winter shouted to Weiss who covered her face.
"It's only right to do so," Hei replied with a frown. She ate her bagel as if nothing was wrong. "I mean he did walk in on me taking a shower." Next to her, Jaune's entire body was glowing as he tried to pull the knife and seemed like he couldn't even lift it out.
"What did she do to that knife?" Penny giggled.
"He walked in on her taking a shower!" Yang pointed.
"It was probably an accident," Blake defended the blonde. "She seems unsure of the world given how she's so scantily dressed."
"Please, Yang is like that all the time" Weiss countered. "This is basically her daughter doing the same. She shouldn't be angry."
"He already apologized cousin," Summer groaned, eating some oatmeal.
"I like how they keep eating despite the entire time Jaune is stuck," Penny laughed.
"He didn't even mean it." Across from her Jaune, was looking under the table just to see how far down the knife was stabbed. Wiggling his arm, he tried to see if there was any movement but there wasn't.
"Definitely your daughter," Ren chuckled.
"I can see it," Pyrrha laughed.
Both girls covered their eyes. "Why didn't you guys tease Ruby and Weiss?" Yang asked.
"Because their daughter wasn't a fusion of those two," Nora laughed. "But we see that she's actually a fusion of you two as well."
"Yeah, little Summer is a Weiss fused with Ruby," Pyrrha laughed.
"The Jaune we know is an evil asshole, I'm pretty sure this is all an act," Hei replied eating some bacon. Jaune lifted his hand and it glowed white as he tried to punch the knife only for it to not budge and even wiggle in place. The blonde had a confused look on his face.
"Another evil Jaune?"Ozpin asked. "Three in a row."
"But it looks like this Jaune isn't bad at all. Just a normal person," Glynda muttered as she stared at the screen.
"Hei Xiao Long," Summer said pouting at her older cousin. "You and I both know this is a different version of Jaune." Blue eyes meet yellow, and Hei crumbles.
"They know different Jaunes?" Nora asked.
"They've...traveled the multiverse?" Ren inquired.
"Fine. That's unfair. I'm the Faunus, yet you're the one who can pull off the kicked animal look," the black-haired girl replied as she rolled her eyes. As Jaune went to tug again, Hei easily took off the knife pinning him down.
"AH!" Jaune shouted as he rolled off the chair from his motions and land on his ass.
Despite the situation, some of them were laughing at the scene.
A skinny man, looking closer to 60 years old with balding hair and large glasses looked at the commotion in the dining room. He saw Jaune on the ground and the two girls eating. "Jaune, don't set a bad example for the girls. Besides, all three of you will be late for school if you keep fooling around," Jaune's uncle John told him.
"Typical comedy," Yang said with a laugh.
"But...I...ugh..." Jaune groaned from his spot on the floor.
The sound of a black-haired clock filled the room as the scene transitioned.
The grins they had didn't leave from that. "So stupid," Ruby giggled. As did Penny and Nora.
Jaune grinned as he looked at his hands. He had done it. A little late but in his hands was something that made him really happy.
An acceptance letter to Beacon!
"Yay! He got in this time!" Pyrrha and Ruby high fived from their seats.
"So it seems like your kids helped him out huh?" Nora laughed poking the group's shoulders
The now seventeen-year-old was walking on clouds! It was only thanks to his roommates and uncle that he was accepted. He had to go tell them!
Placing the letter into his backpack, Jaune was going home when he bumped into someone. Dressed in pink sleeveless Cheongsam with black frills along the edges, and black leggings with boots. All over the clothes were green lines. This one girl had long straight orange hair that went past her shoulders. Her pinks eyes stared at Jaune as he fell onto his butt. "Hello Jaune," the girl said.
Nora didn't freeze like the other two duos, instead she was really happy. She grabbed Ren and spun him around. "We get a kid!" Nora laughed.
"Good for you guys," Pyrrha smiled happily.
"Really?" Ren had a goofy grin on his face as he saw the child who had his and Nora's colors and theme.
"Good afternoon Sif," Jaune replied as he got up. Sif Ren was the third new roommate at his home. All three girls now share his bedroom, while he lived in the guest room now. He was fine with that but all of them were a bit...odd so it was fine with him. "Where are Summer and Hei?"
"Sif...such a good name," Nora cooed.
"You are really into it," Yang pouted. "Can't even tease you because of it."
"No duh, because I want this." The little bomber said.
"They are off getting stuff for your birthday party," Sif said with a smile. Jaune blinked and grinned. This was the first time he'd be celebrating a birthday with people in so long! His parents sent gifts but that's it! "Also you seem so happy today. Is something the matter?"
"He got into his dream school, why wouldn't he be happy?" Blake asked rhetorically.
"Quiet you," Nora said. Ren just poked her side and rolled his eyes.
"Oh, nothing. I just got accepted into Beacon Academy! I get to go next year!" Jaune replied. As Sif looked at him, Jaune's smile went from eagerness to mortification. Oh no. Sif was the worst person to tell that in public. As his smile turned into a look of shock, Sif's smile turned into a grin. "Sif, wait..."
"Uhh...why would he say that to my baby?" Nora looked annoyed at how her friend would treat her daughter.
"Nora," Weiss groaned. "Look at the TV and look at yourself. Doesn't that grin look familiar?" Weiss asked.
"Uh..."
"It's the same look you have when you prank someone," Ren whispered to his childhood friend.
"REJOICE!" Sif shouted making Jaune slap his forehead. She put her right hand up as if to make people see her even more. "THE ONE WHO SHALL RULE OVER ALL HAS TAKEN HIS NEXT STEP!" Sif then pointed at the blonde, who was hiding his face in his hands and hunched over.
Yang grinned from ear to ear as she heard. "Not going to lie, our kids do not do well for Jaune."
"I hear you, sis!" Ruby said.
"It seems like Mr. Arc is having, as I heard, woman troubles. Is that the correct term?" Penny asked as she sipped on soda. This made Yang and Nora laugh even more.
"Oh, gods why," Ruby groaned. Weiss was also looking embarrassed. She understood that Penny was sheltered but this was a bit much. Blake and Ren just smiled at the implications.
"Sif please..." Jaune groaned as he saw people looking at them.
"FOR HE SHALL BECOME A HUNTER AND HAS BEEN ACCEPTED INTO BEACON! CONGRATULATIONS JAUNE ARC!"
The theater was full of laughter as they heard that.
Jaune was now hiding his face in his hands as his quirky roommate excitedly announced the news. Random bystanders gave a clap and others just stared at him weirdly. "Why..." Jaune whimpered. While he loved his friends, they were a bit much sometimes.
The scene cuts to black.
"Well that was an interesting experience, to say the least," Penny said with a smile. "Even if it is a parallel world, I have come to understand comedy now."
"That's not all that comedy is about," Yang told her sister's friend.
"Um...My bottom feels odd. I have never felt this sensation before."
"Oh!" Ruby's eyes widen. "You need to use the bathroom. Here I'll help you out."
"Uh...why would she need help using the bathroom?" Weiss asked as she and the others left the theater room.
"Because I was a robot prior to appearing here!" Penny said. Hearing this Ironwood nauseous, he stood to go tell them not to spread the news about Penny.
"I shall help them, sir," Winter sighed as she followed. The parents stood and left as well to get refills.
Seeing as the theater was emptying, the Curator appeared before it and frowned. That was not the world he had selected. He had chosen one that was more upbeat. This one that appeared...it was new. One that he didn't understand.
"So you saw that too huh?" the Cameraman asked as he appeared. Next to him was a Jaune dressed like a diner chef with the word "Arc's Family Diner" written on the back of the shirt. In his mouth was a piece of dried squid. Around his right wrist was a white cloth.
"Yo," the Chef greeted. "Heard you guys had some guests. I wouldn't mind cooking for them."
"Go ahead, the kitchen is through the lobby," the Curator explained. "Maybe you can get this Schnee to say your food is delicious as well." The grin on the Chef's face grew as he exited the room.
As the door was closing the Cameraman and Curator looked at the screen. "Someone is interfering with my work. The fact that this world played on its own is odd," the Curator stated looking at the screen.
"I can look into it as well once I'm done bringing in..." the Cameraman took a quick mental count in his head. "Eleven more people in."
"I think that's the most my place will ever have gotten as guests," the Curator laughed. "But yes I would like you to look into it."
Suddenly the screen starts to flicker to life. Making both men pause.
"Hey excuse me," Ruby barged in. "I wanted to know if we can turn the chairs into..." Her eyes widen as the screen was oddly static. The Curator turned and aimed his hand at the door locking it as the world began to play. As much as he'd like to force Ruby out that would have been suspicious.
The screen comes to life with a deathly silent world. A battered and bruised Jaune Arc stood in a darkened area. He was breathing heavily, Crocea Mors hanging limply to his side. He was panting and nearly dead on his feet. Armor was damaged beyond repair and clothes were a mess.
"Jaune..." Ruby gasped at the sight.
Within the place was only one other person, hidden behind the only source of light within the place. "Well, if it is not the stranger in my lands," an elderly male voice chuckled.
Jaune didn't answer as he looked at the person sitting there. He was too tired, too hurt, to respond.
The three occupants of the room were silent as they watched.
"Might I ask how you got here?" the elderly voice asked. As he spoke the man, raised his hand and Jaune lightly healed. Not fully, but enough to feel energized.
"Long-range Aura Enhancement?" the Cameraman suggested but the Curator shrugged. Ruby was looking at her friend in worry.
"Dust...explosion," Jaune replied. "I don't know how long I've been warping around but it feels like days. This is the first time I managed to not teleport into a fight."
"I think...I think that's your Jaune," the Curator said with a shocked look. Ruby turned to the older Jaune and then the screen. The Cameraman summoned a dimensional wall but it was disintegrated upon summoning.
"What the fuck?" the Cameraman frowned.
"Do something! Get him!" Ruby begged.
"You can thank me for that. I saw that you were going through multiple worlds all on your own. Yet you didn't seem to be able to control it." The elderly man shifted in his seat and Jaune couldn't even see the face of the person.
"Can you get info on this world?" the Cameraman asked as the Curator summoned up a book.
"Nothing. It's not letting me get any data on that world," the Curator cursed.
"Yeah. That gravity dust explosion messed up my body and my Aura. I don't know how long I can stay in one spot. So you have my thanks for what's happening right now." Jaune gave the person a shaky smile. "Now I need to rest. If I can..."
"You will be able to rest in my lands," the older man tells him. "But I want a favor in return."
Ruby had ran to the screen and started slamming her fists against it. "Jaune! Jaune it's me, Ruby! Can you hear me!" she begged.
"And...what is that?" Jaune asked. "I'd really like to get home soon."
The two other versions of Jaune glared at the screen, not enjoying how it was making the young Ruby cry.
"Oh, you will. You will, but for now. Sleep..." The elderly man raised his hand and Jaune collapsed. A large golden orb covered the young man and he suddenly vanished.
"JAUNE!" Ruby shouted in surprise. "What did he do!?"
It was quiet for a moment before the old man spoke. "Curator, Decade, I know you are watching me," the man said.
The two looked at one another and Ruby was even more shocked as the man whose face was hidden spoke.
"Do not look so surprised. I am strong enough to view the multiverse on my own. It seems like the Jaune Arc you are looking for fell into my possession. For now, I shall tend to him and he is under my jurisdiction until his favor is done."
"Just give him back to us, please sir!" Ruby pleaded. She wanted to know her friend was safe! "Just don't hurt him!"
"Haha. Ruby Rose. Do not fret, your friend and crush will be fine for the most part. If anything he will return to you better. For now, keep watching the worlds. You shall see glimpses of him from time to time as you have seen today. Twice actually. I let you see this one, the other peek earlier was by accident."
"So that is your world?" the Cameraman asked. "Just give him back to us. We need him to stop a world from ending."
"Do not worry Decade," the elderly man replied. "I shall handle your problem. I am curious as to what path this Jaune Arc will take. After all..." The elderly man laughed. "He is destined to be me." The screen turns black.
The two looked at the screen and then the crying Ruby. The Cameraman nodded and vanished. He had a task to finish and the faster he did, the faster he could investigate what was happening to their Jaune Arc.
Meanwhile, the Curator approached Ruby. "Are you fine Ms. Rose?" he asked.
"My friend has been kidnapped by a man we don't know and I can't do anything about it, I'm not fine," Ruby replied rubbing her eyes. "All we can do is just keep watching until that man does whatever he wants with Jaune. Until then I just don't know."
"Is there anything I can do to help?" The Curator asked.
"I know that man would probably not do anything bad to him but...I just don't feel so good," Ruby replied. "I...can you bring my mom here?" The Curator looked surprised before slowly nodding.
"It won't be the mom from your world but still a Summer Rose who loves her Ruby very much. Is that fine?"
"Please," Ruby asked as she wiped her tears away.
"I'll ask the Cameraman to get one who misses her daughter too." the Curator felt sorry for the girl. Even in various universes, she was one of the ones that would always make him feel bad.
"I have to make sure no one sees me crying or they'll think something is up. But at least I know that Jaune is alive." Ruby took a few breaths and left the room.
Do you smell that? Is that...a plot actually being implemented in the story? Did this just become a crossover event!? Not really, but hey now there's story happening in this fic! YAY!
