I really got to stop doing this. The more original content I do the longer and longer they get. But you guys enjoy that don't you.
Also the poll is closed! And the winner for the first lemon is Ruby Rose! Beating the runner up by ten votes.
King cool 12: Never seen it but I will look at it.
Gadget916: Someone is already doing Mortal Kombat! Go check it out.
Guest: Ruby chewed out Jaune, and unlike Neptune who is unapologetic in his womanizing, Jaune did. Hell, Weiss stopped liking Neptune the moment she saw him flirting with NDGO.
Furyuu: Ryuga, definitely Ryuga. I need to find a good person to play Jinga.
cbustroyer: Not sure exactly when. Because I have three stories I want to do as full ones. Once I write the third one, I'll put up a poll to see which you guys like.
UnlawfulGentleman: I wrote it down...like three times. Then went with Noire. Bleiss is too corny haha.
Disclaimer: I do not own RWBY or anything else I used as a source for this chapter!
Ruby and the rest of the people were worried about what was to happen here. This world seemed far too reminiscent of String Along. Where they had all left Jaune. They had betrayed him there...and it seems like they did it again.
They wondered what would happen here.
The screen turns on to narration and still pictures.
To whoever finds this, these are my thoughts on the date of...
"So we're seeing Jaune's journal," Coco said.
"This is going to suck," Velvet sighed. They saw the images of what was to occur and it did not do her heart well.
It has been a year since my escape. A year since all that shit went down back at Beacon. A year since my world literally crashed around me.
"I'm preparing for it."
My friends betrayed me. Deciding to not talk to me. Ren, Nora, Ruby and her team. None of them would speak to me or even try to understand me.
"But we wouldn't do that!" Ruby defended herself.
"Oh quiet dear," Salem grinned her eyes watching the screen intently. If she was right, she may gain an idea of how to advance the Grimm in her world!
The love of my life crushed my heart by proclaiming her love of my bully.
"I would never fall in love with Cardin!" Pyrrha gasped.
"P-Money, in each world one of us got with him. Things change. That must mean there are some worlds that have someone dating that asshole," Yang frowned.
"And this time it was you," Blake said. She would have hated dating Cardin.
Finding out that I was born from a mistake, that my family just didn't believe in abortions or adoption. They thought it would drag their names through the mud.
"Our family loves all our children!" Saphron cried out. Her eyes watered at the thought of that happening to her brother!
Terra and Adrian hugged her.
And then there was the Bullhead hijacking.
"I see it was planned," Ozpin said with a frown. "This is getting more dire by the minute."
"If someone was able to hijack that, it means someone betrayed us to them if that were to occur," Ironwood agreed. His fist clenched. That would have terrible breach. He may have to increase his counter-intelligence program.
I can still remember the month of torture. All of us on the Bullhead were put through both physical and mental torture. Something was planted into us as we were beaten to an inch of our life day in and day out.
Everyone except Salem, Ozpin, and Cinder flinched at the image of it. Jaune's various tortures. Whipping, electrocution, burning, straight up beatings, they subjected him to it all as they injected him with a black fluid. Thankfully there were no screams.
Ruby felt sick, Pyrrha did too. Saphron had to cover her son's eyes. Penny was about to throw up. Velvet had to grip Coco's hand, who wasn't doing any better. Nora was deadly quiet. Ren, without his Semblance, actually threw up.
Neo had to close her eyes, as did Roman. While they were assholes, that was far too much. Emerald and Mercury did very much the same. Ghira, Kali and Tai were sure to look away. Summer frowned and Raven was...intrigued.
I would later learn it's Grimm Essence. A volatile cocktail of the various Grimm traits, all fighting to see what takes hold.
"Truly?" Salem mumbled. "Now that is not something I have not created. But maybe I can now."
Ozpin and his faction glared at her.
That was the worst thing I felt in my life. I had to endure that for a month. Just a month full of pain.
Everyone grimaced. That was so much.
The mental torture was worse. In order for the Grimm Essence to spread throughout our body, those who caught us had to make us feel constant negative emotions. Anger, hate, fear, lust, despair, etc. Whichever way the best suited for us.
Despair was mine.
"It would seem that hurt people more than the normal torture,"Qrow said queasily.
Constantly reminded of how the world hated me. How everyone I thought was a loved one betrayed me. How I was not...enough for anyone. Even myself.
"Jaune..." Ruby whispered. This world was so heartbreaking. Why did it happen to her friend? Why did her other self go with that?
And then on the day of the Grimm Eclipse, as some woman said, we were all dumped in the wastes outside of their tower. The sight of the broken moon covering the sun was the finishing touch. Seeing the light vanish behind the darkness. It was too much for our poor minds.
"Grimm Essence, a month of incubation via torture, Grimm Eclipse," Salem repeated the steps. "Interesting process."
We cracked literally and metaphorically.
It showed the preview once more, of Jaune's body breaking and no one could watch that again.
Our minds descended into the deepest pits of our own psyche where the Grimm's manifested. Having used our own minds as a base, they had copied our memories in order to replace us. The Grimm essence within us...had devoured us.
"This gets more and more fascinating the more it goes on," Salem grinned.
"This is a terrifying world," Glynda frowned. To think a world like this existed.
Or at least tried to in my case. In that last moment, I had managed to find hope in my despair.
That made everyone sit up. He managed to fend off despair?
Something within me remembered my grandfather, the only one who ever believed and loved me unconditionally, and his words. That hunters are ones who instill hope to the people. And wasn't that what I wanted to be? A Hunter?
"Again, wise words to live by," Ozpin nodded. Salem meanwhile rolled her eyes. Cinder did as well. And Raven. Despite being on different teams they thought that was sappy.
It was those words that I clung to like a raft within the seas of despair.
And it was because of that I awakened days later, somewhere in Atlas, irrevocably changed. I had gained a Grimm side to me but it was my own power unlike those who transformed. It came with a Semblance that I had dubbed Knight of Owner and what I had come to understand as magic. Mixed with my Aura Enhancement, I trained myself to understand my new body.
"He sounds very OP," Sun whistled. Neptune scowled at the thought of another one of them.
"OP?" Penny asked. "What does that mean."
"Overpowered," Nora replied. "And yeah this one does sound very OP."
I did not like the fact my hair turned white though. It made me look like a Schnee, I did not need that sort of attention.
That had some people chuckling despite the situation.
It was within that month that I had run into my first Harrowed. That was what I named those similar o me. Those who fell to despair and became Grimm.
"Fitting name," Taiyang said.
"What does that mean?" Kali asked.
"Those that cause distress. And humans turned into a Grimm are very distressing."
"Ain't that a fact," Ghira replied.
We fought and I had barely come out on top. Whatever I could find left of them, before their body disintegrated, I would send back to the family with condolences.
"That...is noble of him," Winter said with surprise. "That even with the despair he felt, that he could do that."
"Do you not remember the words he clung on to?" Ironwood asked. "To bring hope to others. And while it may be saddening, at least he gives the people a sense of peace."
"Just like soldiers during wartime," Winter frowned and nodded.
It was after that I found my calling. There were 54 of us in that Bullhead. I will hunt down all that is left. And then maybe, I can rest...
"That's a lot of people," Ruby whispered.
Well, I'll get to that when I get there. For now, this is just me rewriting my thoughts. I do this all the time to not forget. To not forget what I went through. To remember who I am.
"Yes, don't forget who you are a brat," Roman said.
Well, enough of that for now.
Jaune's Journal Date XXXX
Within the city of Vale was a famous night club, called Le Loup-Garou. It was a club that was established the year prior. It allowed both humans and Faunus alike. It also had cheap drinks, private rooms for some adult fun, and some of the best music in all of Vale.
"Sounds like my kind of place," Coco grinned.
"That is odd," Saphron asked.
"What is?" Neo asked looking at the family.
"The name. It comes from Ansel, but it doesn't make sense to name a club that."
"You're making me wonder even more," Neo asked.
"It means Werewolf."
There were only two ways to skip the line.
The first was to be stunning. Look pretty enough and the bouncer will let you in. After all the boss, loves to have sexy people in his club. It brought in more customers, as well as repeats.
A few people blushed at that. They would obviously do that. That included Yang, Raven (in her younger days), Coco, Kali, Glynda, and Neo.
The second was to be rich. Money opened the door easily, bribes were taken much easier too. Again it helped to keep the club open.
This time it was Weiss that blushed. She would do that. Coco was still blushing.
That was where team RWBY along with NPR found themselves having a good time. They all felt at ease. Well most of them.
"We sooo used our looks to get in," Yang said nervously. She looked at her dad who was glaring at her.
"Ruby is too young to go to a bar Yang," Tai scolded her.
"Oh come on! She's probably by 17 by now!"
"Actually," the Curator said interrupting her train of thought. "She's only sixteen."
Yang and Nora were on the dance floor having the time of their lives. They were given some drinks and had decided to just go and dance the night away.
"Look at me go!" Yang grinned, trying to lighten the mood.
"Huh, I'm dancing on my own," Nora said. "I wonder why I'm not dancing with Renny?" She looked toward her boyfriend and was confused. Ren just shrugged his shoulders.
Ren, Weiss, and Blake were at the bar sipping their own drinks. Conversing with the other people there.
"There I am, but why am I not hanging out with Nora?" Ren wondered.
"Trying to pick up dates are we?" Neo teased the two girls.
"Shut it you," Weiss blushed. Wait, if Jaune wasn't there, that means she wouldn't have dated Neptune. And would have felt like shit the entire time.
Blake rolled her eyes.
Lastly Ruby and Pyrrha were in the booth the group had taken with their own drinks. Pyrrha complaining to Ruby about something. Pyrrha drank her martini and groaned. Ruby sipping her dessert cocktail, since she can't handle a strong drink on its own.
"She's too young to be drinking," Tai growled.
"Aren't they supposed to be carding kids?" Summer frowned.
"They usually do," the Curator said. "But there is a reason for it not happening here."
"It's just..." Pyrrha sighed as she sat there nursing the drink. "Cardin...Cardin hasn't been paying that much attention to me."
"Say what now?" Mercury laughed. "Really? Not pay attention to you? Then he's a fucking dumbass."
"What? Really? But you're one of the sexiest people around! You've both been dating for a year now," Ruby said surprised.
"See other her agrees!" Mercury taunted.
That made Pyrrha blush.
"It's just...I see him looking at other girls," Pyrrha replied. "And speaking to them more. He rarely even goes to bed with me anymore not even for just cuddling."
That notion made a lot of the girls nauseous. However, they did not that that was just sad for Pyrrha.
"Why did I even fall for him?" she asked the Curator.
"Can you control who you fall in love with?" he asked. When silence met him, he knew they found their answer.
Ruby blushed, knowing that the only reason she was so open about it right now was that Pyrrha was tipsy. She wouldn't be saying things like this if she wasn't.
"Ah, yes, alcohol. One of the many ways to get the truth out of someone," Raven grinned. "Isn't that right brother?" She turned to Qrow who gave her the finger.
"I did not need to know that Pyrrha," Ruby groaned. "And are you sure? He does seem happy with you."
"At least my other is trying to make you happy right?" Ruby suggested.
"Please not now Ruby, this conversation is making me feel sick," Pyrrha said holding her stomach. She still can't believe that she fell in love with Cardin Winchester of all people.
"He likes the attention. The fact that I chose him as my boyfriend was something he liked. And of course, he was fun for a while and still is but..." Pyrrha hesitated. It was like something changed over the year they were together. Actually thinking about it now, it had changed a long time before this moment, she just couldn't pinpoint when.
"So you already saw the cracks but didn't leave," Cinder sneered. "What a foolish little girl you are, Pyrrha Nikos."
"Even I know when someone is a bad matchup for me," Salem mocked her, making the redhead flinch even more.
"Like you're one to talk," Ozpin countered.
"Hello pot, I am kettle...we're both black," Salem cooly replied.
"Well, I'm sure you can sort it out! You're the Pyrrha Nikos after all!" Ruby tried to reassure her friend. Only for Pyrrha to flinch, which resulted in Ruby flinching. God she wished she was better at this than she was. Damn you social ineptitude!
"I'm not that bad am I?" Ruby asked.
"No of course not dear," Tai said.
"You're doing better than I did!" Summer tried to make her feel better.
"Much better now that's for sure," Weiss said nodding her head.
"Right..." The two were quiet for a moment and a single thought went through their minds.
"I miss Jaune."
"Oh ho?" Roman chuckled. "Seems like you two had..." He pretended to think for a moment. "What is the phrase I'm looking for Neo?"
"They done fucked up!" she laughed at them. This made the two groups glare at the independent criminals.
Yes after the boy left a few months in, they had come to resent their decisions.
"Ah yes, please tell us how badly they mess up," Emerald grinned eating popcorn. Ruby and Pyrrha shrank into their seats.
Pyrrha had broken his heart. She told him of her love for the person who bullied him. And she didn't even want him to understand back then. The champion was in love and didn't care what other people thought.
Pyrrha felt dizzy. She would never do that! Never.
But seeing her other self so happy with Cardin, she felt faint.
Even as he was expelled, she was too engrossed in her own happiness to care.
"Amazing, and here I thought I was a bitch. And here you are, living in your pleasure as your so-called leader is expelled," Cinder says with an evil grin. "Bravo. You lead him straight into my mistress's hands."
"I d-didn't!" Pyrrha stuttered as she shrank even further. "That's not me."
"But it could be you."
That made Pyrrha heave a small sob, and a half a dozen cups thrown at Cinder. All of which was blocked by Emerald, drenching her in soda. She was excused to use the bathroom...with the Curator in tow. Did not want her messing around now would he, even if he was in control everything.
Now over a year later, she knew she was wrong. Cardin, while he liked her, didn't come to understand her as Jaune did. While he did offer an ear to talk to and a shoulder to cry on, her boyfriend actually didn't listen.
"Such a shame," Mercury tutted.
"Truly," Emerald agreed with her partner for once as she returned. "Even I can see that he was a decent boyfriend material."
Pyrrha was on the verge of crying now.
And as much of a dork he was, Jaune did. He was her first true friend.
And she threw him away so easily.
"But..." Pyrrha wept as they said those words. She hugged herself, Nora hugging her too as a shield.
"If only she had some Grimm Essence in her like this world. I wonder what sort of Grimm would appear," Salem said happily.
Ruby, on the other hand, was more hurt by her own ideals. She was making her way to the top of Beacon! The reaper wanted to show that she was cut out for this place! To be good enough like her mom and her team.
"You are though!" Yang said.
"Yeah, but I had my doubts..." Ruby mumbled.
And Weiss convinced her that it would be better to not mix with people she thought wasn't good for her. Jaune Arc being one of them. Now would she leave behind her first friend at Beacon like that?
"Why would you do that?" the reaper demanded of Weiss.
"I...I wouldn't..." Weiss tried to defend herself. But both knew that in reality, she would. She didn't like Jaune early on, and if she could find a way to get rid of him Weiss would have taken it. It was in her character.
No, no she wouldn't.
But under the pressure of wanting to be the best. Of being two years younger than everyone else. Of wanting to please her partner. To be like her mother. Ruby cast Jaune aside, especially after Pyrrha had started dating Cardin.
"Brutal," Mercury laughed. "At least Nikos there did it for love. You threw him away for selfishness."
"Quiet you," Summer glared at him.
"Oh don't do that," Cinder grinned. "Even you felt disgusted with her. I saw your face changing. You would never do that to your Jaune after all. I saw how you reacted to seeing him again. You were happy to see he was well. That your friend was all okay. Then hearing that a version of your daughter would cast out a version of your friend? You made a disgusted face. This version of your daughter made you sick."
Ruby looked at Summer, who couldn't meet her eyes. That made the little reaper curl into herself.
While it did help early on, especially after he left. She was able to focus on her school work, advance in class, and overall improve.
"There's a bright side at least?" Blake tried to defuse the scenario.
But a few months after he had left, it was hard. She wasn't able to relax as she wanted. No one on her team, not even her own sister, would just play video games with her. Or read comics. Or watch anime. In the end, she was alone.
"No..." Ruby whimpered.
Nora would but she was too much. Ruby couldn't enjoy the shows or games with all the energy Nora had. And Ren wasn't any help, or any good in those subjects either!
The two gave Ruby looks of apology, as the Reaper huddled into herself.
And of course Pyrrha would try but she would immediately be pulled away by Cardin for their dates!
Pyrrha was still too lost in her own emotional turmoil to respond. Ruby was right there with her.
The only person who did that with her was Jaune and...now that it had been a year, she hates herself for not being there for him. It made her tummy and her heart hurt. Every day since then she had come to regret that decision.
"Shouldn't have done it though," Mercury laughed as Ruby cried into her knees.
Both felt especially worse when their teams were called to the headmaster's office after a call. Apparently, Jaune Arc had not made it home. The Bullhead heading towards that direction had gone missing. At first they thought he had died, but when survivors were found having returned home a month later they had hoped he did too.
He didn't.
"Oh god," Weiss gasped. "We just learned about Ruby and Pyrrha. How did we react?"
The Curator hummed for a minute. "Weiss was horrified but after learning a chance that he was alive, stopped caring." The heiress felt like she got punched in the gut. She wasn't that much of a brat!
"Yang only cared so much as Ruby wasn't too sad. She never truly did care for Jaune. Even in your world." Yang felt downtrodden. The brawler never did try to get to know him. Only Pyrrha and Nora...Ren was not her style and Jaune...he never appeared on her radar.
"Am..am I that shallow?"
"Blake was worried up until a point, she thought he was dead. The most realistic about it actually but she did not mourn, for she did not care." The cat Faunus knew that was in the realm of possibility, but to be so callous about the death of a person she knew? That was messed up.
"Ren just used his Semblance long enough until he was numb to it." Ren was delirious at that point. He was one to hide and control his emotions sure but...would he use it like that?
"What about me?" Nora asked.
"Yours will actually be viewed upon."
"Why are you two looking so glum? We're back at Loup-Garou! You should be having fun!" Yang said as she and Nora sat down next to their teammates.
"Right? Come on Pyrrha let's dance!" Nora nodded.
She was the most affected by Jaune's leaving. The energetic girl was more than confused as to what had happened. Nora had even threatened Ozpin, Pyrrha, and Ruby to bring him back.
"So I got angry?" Nora asked. She would be!
How dare they hurt fearless leader? How dare these...monsters do that to such a nice person!?
"Right!" The bomber nodded her head.
She was only calmed down by Ren. And even that took a while with his Semblance. She was not happy the entire time. That smile on her face never reaches her eyes anymore. Nora forgave but didn't ever forget what they did.
"Yes. If I find out any of you did that to fearless leader I will break your spine," Nora growled looking at everyone else.
Even Ren wasn't exempt from this. The bomber felt hurt that Ren went along with what they wanted. That he didn't put up a fight to protect his friend! She...she wasn't as close to him anymore after that. He had easily abandoned Jaune.
"Would you do that Renny?" Nora asked her boyfriend.
"I wouldn't..." Ren replied.
"Ruby was just listening to some of my problems," Pyrrha sighed. "Something that you don't have to bother yourself with."
Before anyone can ask what was wrong. They heard gunshots coming from the VIP area above the dance floor, where the owner's office was located.
"Ah! Action!" Roman said in relief. "Finally none of that gushy emotional stuff."
"You just don't want them to see you crying huh?" Neo whispered.
"Zip it." Roman was a bit of a romantic so hearing all that had him more than tearing up.
Suddenly the glass wall the office had broke and two figures came crashing down onto the dance floor scattering everyone.
One was in a business suit with dark blue hair and yellow eyes, and wolf ears. This was the owner Walter Wolfe.
"Oh! The club name makes more sense now," Saphron said.
"A wolf Faunus naming a club after a monster version of a wolf? Kind of on the nose isn't it?" Ghira asked.
The other was a figure with a hooded figure in jeans. They did not know who this was. Wolfe punched him and then kicked him off of his body.
"Here's the man of the hour," Qrow said drinking the smoothie once more. "Let's see what he's got."
The person flipped and they saw the messy white hair and blue eyes. The lower half of his face was covered by a weird white mask on the bottom.
"That is definitely Jaune," Velvet nodded.
"Not going to lie, the simplicity of his outfit makes him look fine," Coco grinned.
"WHAT ARE YOU IDIOTS WAITING FOR!? SHOOT HIM!" Wolfe shouted at his employees up in the office. The men readied their submachine guns and opened fired. As the bullets flew toward him the man growled, blue eyes narrowing.
"Azrael." A black energy, highlighted in white, encased his arm before a black broadsword appeared. It was all black save for the edges of the blade itself. The guard on it looked reminiscent of a skull.
"That blade feels..." Salem started to speak, feeling the energy of the blade from the screen.
"Unnatural and yet not," Ozpin finished for his ex-wife.
As the bullets were about to hit, he swung the large sword with and all of the bullets were cut in half, all missing him...and any stragglers behind him.
"Damn! That's some sick skills!" Sun shouted. He doubted he could ever pull something off like that!
"Barrier." In front of the person, a large black glyph appeared before it ignited in black flames. All the bullets were hitting the flaming shield and not passing through.
"He does have magic..." Ozpin gasped. Jaune wasn't just bluffing!
"Drive." The man reared back his blade and it glowed white as he slashed three times. The crescents of energy escaped his blade...and through the shield. The arcs of energy suddenly become on fire and crashed into the office. Screams of pain erupted as several people fell to the ground.
"Efficient and brutal, I like this one," Raven grinned.
"Please stop, you are disgusting when it comes to liking people," Summer said, getting a nod from Yang.
The man brought his sword up, parallel to the ground. In a burst of speed, the man shot forward through the barrier, wreathing him in black flames as his sword was about to make contact when a bullet hit it off course.
"BOO! Don't cock block the fight!" Mercury shouted. A bucket full of popcorn and soda smacked his head, and it was one sad and angry Pyrrha who did it.
"Shut your mouth," she spat.
Ruby had taken out her baby and shot at the man attacking Wolfe. "RWBY GO!"
"Us too!" Pyrrha shouted.
They were allowed to keep their weapons since they were Huntresses in training and it would be good self-defense. So they managed to pull them out and get ready to fight!
"Ah we get to see them kick their ass," Roman said puffing his cigar. "I can't wait to see it." Neo nodded.
"Yeah. He's always helping them. Now get to see just how it goes when he fights them!"
"Fuck..." the man growled, the mask changing his voice. "I don't have time for this." Even though he was off course from the shot, he was able to spin on his foot and block off Blake with her Gambol Shroud, and parry Weiss with her Myrtenaster.
"Slick," Mercury nodded.
"Good recovery time," Taiyang said.
His eyes narrowed as he saw Wolfe trying to escape to the front door. However with these two in front of him and the others starting to surround him, he had was forced to do more than just chase.
"Elusive." His body shifted a little, less aggressive in his stance and he flashed yellow. At that moment, he vanished from view...
"What?" Blake asked, none of them seeing him so much as move.
Only to reappear before Wolfe and stabbed him through the chest. The black blade bursting forth from his front to his back.
"Holy shit," the assassin said in surprise. "Like how did
"No!" Ruby yelled. Yang was the first to get to him. Fist cocked back, Ember Celica ready to hit. The man withdrew the blade and put it on his back.
"He's putting away his sword?" Raven asked. "He's either confident or cocky."
"I'm pretty sure he's confident," Qrow replied.
"Sentinel." The man flashed green put his right hand up and completely nullified the attack by blocking. His hand even shifted to block the bullet, before he slammed his fist into her face. The force of the punch sent Yang through the wall...and then another and another.
"Wait...what!?" Yang shouted. "How did he munch me that hard!?"
Blake and Ren ready their guns and shot a volley at him and he proceeded to block every single bullet with his hands.
"Damn," Ghira whistled. "That is some skill."
"You've got that right. I don't think anyone I know can even do that consistently. This version of Jaune is way too skilled."
"Actually it has to do with his second Semblance," the Curator said.
"What do you mean?" Nora asked speaking after a bit. "What second Semblance."
"The one known as Knight of Owner. It's based on the Grimm's need to fight and win. So Knight of Owner is constantly activated."
"You still haven't said what it was though," Kali replied.
"If Jaune takes control of something and perceives it as a weapon, he can use it as a weapon."
"That doesn't make sense though what does that have to do with how he's doing all that," Neo replied.
"He sees his own body as a weapon. Hence being able to use it to some crazy things. Mixed with Aura Enhancement to harden or to quicken his body, he can use it, Knight of Owner, to fight barehanded."
"Fucking broken, that's what he is," Roman huffed.
Pyrrha rushed him and Ruby came from behind, only for him to block both hits too. His right hand catching the edge of Crescent Rose, his left catching Milo.
"He didn't even flinch against these two," Ozpin stated.
"To think in the preview Watts considered him a failure," Salem laughed. "Oh, how can one person lose such a prodigy?" Of course, she knew she lost her own hold on him but Ozpin let go of this person much earlier.
"Foxfire." His hands and feet flashed orange, and a pair of red and orange gauntlets and grieves appeared on their appropriate limbs. As each had 9 spokes in the middle that seemed to spin slowly. "Skirmisher." This time he flashed red.
"Another style?" Cinder asked.
"Style?" Emerald asked her leader.
"What else would we call him changing abilities on the fly?" Emerald conceded to her mistress's idea.
Twisting his arm, his right fist was encased his flames as he hit Pyrrha's shield, only to use it as leverage to lift himself into the air amidst a tornado of fire, spinning. He kicked Ruby in the jaw, forcing her into a wall much like he did her sister.
"Ouch," Penny flinched. She saw that Ruby, and Pyrrha, were still catatonic from the verbal beat down the villains did to them. So they weren't reacting much.
As he landed, the man surprised Pyrrha but sweeping her leg immediately after landing. As the spokes on the left fist swirled fiercely and he uppercut her body, with a raging inferno. Given her ability, she was able to block fast enough, but she was forced through the ceiling of the building from the amount of power used in the hit.
"Just how strong is this version of Jaune?" Blake asked.
"Given enough time, he can challenge the gods with no problem and win," the Curator replied. That made Ozpin and Salem look at the screen once more.
She came crashing back down through another part of the club.
"Oof, that must have hurt," Qrow groaned.
The two ninjas and the heiress moved in close and the man defended against this too. "Swain." A burst of energy erupted from his body and on his back was what looked like a metallic skeleton of bird wings. From the edges, green energy sprung out from the metal, looking like feathers. The wings "flapped" and it blew the three of them away.
"So far we've seen a sword, some gauntlets, and now these energy wing things," Summer noted.
"Desperado". This time he flashed blue.
"Yet another style," Cinder remarked.
The three members managed to land on their feet by flipping mid-air, only to see the wings flap again, and hundreds of feathers were shot their way.
"Oh...that's going to hurt..." Ren said looking at the sheer amount of feathers going their way. Blake whimpered at the thought.
Ren and Blake weren't prepared as the feathers pelted them felt like heavy shotgun shots as it quickly depleted their aura's until Pyrrha and Nora tackled them out of the way.
"Like shotgun shots?" Ilia gasped. "There were like 100 of them!"
"Like a fucking tank..." Roman said shaking his head.
Weiss had managed to put up a blockade of ice but the feathers broke through those and started cutting her up too. Yang managed to take her to the floor to evade again.
"Thank goodness."
"But look at the club! He fucking destroyed the dance floor and the walls with that barrage!"Coco shouted! "It's like me going on a rampage! He did that by just flapping some fancy wings!"
Ruby shot forward again and one of the wings blocked her. "You are under arrest!" Ruby shouted at him, Crescent Rose clashing against "Swain."
God if she wasn't fighting this person, she would be geeking out over his weapons! How did they work? How was he able to summon them? What were those cool moves earlier? Even if it killed some people, she was curious!
"Yeah, I would be," Ruby sniffled rubbing her eyes.
"Finally," Yang sighed. "You okay Rubes?"
"No, I'm not. But I have to remember that's not me. The person on the screen is just a version of me, but not really me." Ruby drank some water and relaxed. Pyrrha was slowly recovering as well.
The bad guys gave a frown but didn't say anymore. They knew how to get into her head now.
"I don't have time for this, he could..." He stopped talking as he turned to the right. Ruby followed his line of sight. "Fuck."
"Uh...where's the body?" Pyrrha asked as she wiped her eyes. "I'm pretty sure he was stabbed."
Wolfe's body was missing. As were the ones he "burned."
"Zombies!?" Nora gasped. "Are there zombies!?"
"There are no Zombies Nora," Ren assured her.
"Wha-" Ruby gasped before the wings flapped and shoved her away. Crouching down, he jumped through the ceiling as the wings vanished.
"I think he jumped higher than you ever did bunny," Coco said.
"He's part Grimm and a Hunter, I believe he has a leg up on me," Velvet replied. Yang snorted and covered her mouth. A jumping joke with a rabbit Faunus.
"What is going on?" Yang asked as she came back. The blonde had to snap her nose back into place. That asshole broke her nose, with one punch. And if she hadn't focused her aura earlier, her face would have been broken altogether. She'll need payback.
"Oh, I do. But how did he hurt me so much?"
"His Sentinel Style is all about defense. If timed right he can gather aura from other people's attacks by blocking it. And once he charged enough, he can send all of that back at a person. The better the timing, the more damage he does," the Curator replied.
"That's like Adam..." Blake whispered.
Pyrrha came as well as everyone else. They have fought worse but they were more damaged than they had expected. Except for Nora, who looked even more confused than usual.
The students all flinched at how badly bruised they looked.
"Is everyone alright?" the Champion asked. Her chest and back were bruised and slightly burned from that flaming uppercut.
"That looks nasty," she commented on herself.
Everyone nodded. "What about the casualties?"
"What casualties?" Blake replied. She had cuts all over her body but her aura was slowly healing her. "If you haven't noticed...the bodies are missing."
"Right," Blake nodded. She saw all the cuts as well as the bleeding and she frowned. If he wanted too, this version of Jaune could have killed them.
"It's like that string world all over again," Ruby moaned.
"String world?" the people asked who weren't there asked.
"That's true," Ren agreed, in the same amount of hurt as Blake. "It seemed that man knew something was amiss."
"We need to follow them and get answers," Weiss nodded. She frowned. The heiress hadn't expected the attack to actually destroy her ice and hit her. Her clothes were ripped and she was bleeding. Those feathers had bypassed the aura shield.
"Uh...that's terrifying actually," Sun said. "Since his Aura Enhancement seems to bump up our own Aura, that must mean it matches it for a brief moment."
"If he uses that as part of that barrage of feathers, that means he could bypass any Aura shield easily," Neptune frowned.
"A terrible thing to be used against normal people..." Penny frowned.
"If I can get him on my side...he seems like a third party..." Raven mumbled.
"You won't touch my brother you hussy!" Saphron shouted.
"Guys..." Nora called, having not taken a hit or have attacked the man. "Did...that person seem familiar to you?" The group gave her a confused look. "No. Nevermind...let's go chase him!"
"Oh, what's this? Is the only one who noticed that it was their old leader Ms. Valkyrie?" Ozpin asked.
"She was the one who fought for him," Glynda replied.
The group ran out and followed the trail of destruction, leading them to the beach, where the charred bodies of the victims of the man...were attacking him.
"AH!" Adrian shouted as he saw the scary people fighting Uncle Jaune. "Jan!" His mothers cooed at him and tried to protect the baby from the monsters.
He didn't look like he was having a hard time, but his eyes were narrowed at...
Walter Wolfe who was running towards them. "Please help me!" he shouted. "I managed to escape by faking my death but he's too persistent!"
The man growled from where he was. "Extend." His left arm stretched out and grabbed Wolfe by the neck. Spinning on his foot, he used his extended arm to swat away his opponents before slamming Wolfe into the sand.
"That is some interesting magic," Salem murmured. "It morphs his body compared to ours and we just spam elements."
"Although it seems some are elemental based like that barrier he did," Ozpin concurred with his ex-wife. "His magic is unique."
His arm fixed itself. "Finally. You're all in one fucking spot," the man growled. "Revelation." He pointed up and light was emitted from his finger.
Sprinkling all over the group the light touched the charred bodies and Wolfe. RWBY and NPR were surprised to see them all shouting before the shouting turned into roars.
"Ah so he can break the illusions of humanity," Summer said.
"But why did he wait until right now?" Ruby asked.
"He did say that he wanted them all in the same spot," Yang replied. "Maybe like in a game he has a mana system?"
"Correct," the Curator replied. "He has mana to use for spells and it comes from two sources. Food that he consumes normally. Or the Grimm he devours."
"He eats Grimm?" Salem asked surprised.
"Yes. He and the other success in your little experiment can eat Grimm to power up, to recharge mana, or...gain new abilities."
"Fascinating. And the other success is like him?"
"Very much so, but they are on your team." Salem grinned. So she already had one on her side. Maybe having both would be a better boon.
Hearing that, Ozpin frowned. Given the history of this world so far, the young Arc wouldn't be joining his group at all.
Their human forms broke, shattering like glass, and standing there were some humanoids that looked more like Grimm. Wolfe, in particular, looked like a Blue Beowulf with a horn and red eyes. The others looked like humanoid Imp Grimm. They had smaller horns and blank masks, and no mouths.
"W-What are those!?" Neo shouted in surprise.
"The more detailed one is the Harrowed. But those small ones are what Jaune calls Specters. Those who didn't have the potential to turn into a Harrowed but still turned into a Grimm. They are numerous and tend to be as strong as a Hunter-in-training." The Curator replied.
"There are more of them!?" Ruby gasped looking at the screen.
"Oh yes," he nods. "They are easier to produce than full Harrowed after all."
"Damn you!" the Wolfman growled. "Why would you do that!? I had a good thing going!"
The man spun his sword before resting it on his shoulder. "Honestly, it took me a while to find you. Even twice as long to kill all your hidden Specters."
"Thorough," Raven nodded. Those who knew about those types of missions nodded as well.
"So it was you! You have been dismantling my business!" the Wolfman growled as the Specters formed a seven-man shield before him. "Again why? Wait...that sword it can't be..."
"So the Harrowed know who he is?" Penny asked.
The hunters-in-training all were quiet and surprised at the turn of events. What was happening? Did...did that man turn into a Grimm!? Did all of them!?
"Their minds would be breaking," Roman frowned.
"That's why the Harrowed are so efficient. If they managed to not only get Grimm Essence in you, just by seeing the transformation spreads it," the Curator replied. The more he explained the more Salem wanted them.
"You were using your store as a front." The man replied as he played with his blade. "You were pumping all your guests with Grimm Essence through their drinks hoping to make more Harrowed or at least Specters."
"We were drinking those," Yang frowned.
"I'm never going to drink," Ruby gulped.
"For who knows how long..." Pyrrha said.
"Increase their negative emotions in your bar while serving them a cocktail they would have never known about." The man rolled his eyes. "Talk about spiking the punch."
Yang snorted. That was lame but god it made sense.
Blue eyes landed on the other people on the beach. "Like those idiots over there."
The groups of RWBY and JNPR flinched.
"Hey! I am not an idiot!" Yang shouted first, making everyone stare at her. "What? It's true!"
"Yang Dear, please don't defend yourself from that. It only makes," Summer said. That made Yang pout.
"I can smell the Grimm Essence practically wafting off of them. Prime candidates, to become a Harrowed huh?" The man spoke. "Teenagers with issues."
"We do not have-" Weiss stopped speaking. Okay, that was a lie. They all had issues.
"We do not have issues!" Weiss spat indignation all over her face. Who was this man to say that to them!? They were the best of Beacon's second year.
"Sister..." Winter shook her head. That made Weiss blush.
"You can blame Jaune not being there for that one," the Curator replied. "Without him, you never got your date with Neptune and felt...more unloved than usual." Weiss gritted her teeth. She did not want to be reminded of that.
"Please your names alone could make people pity your very beings." That actually got laughs...from the Grimm. Even Wolfman laughed.
"Why..." Blake groaned. She did not need to know that the Grimm found her pathetic. The rest of the group didn't either.
Okay, now that was just hurtful.
"But if you want to be of use to me, handle these fellas for me would you?" A glyph appeared beneath the Specters. "Teleport."
"Broken," Neptune groaned. "He can teleport! Game over man!"
The minions vanished, only to appear in the middle of their group!
"Jaune why!" Pyrrha moaned.
Forcing them to fight against the former humans or Faunus.
That left the man and the Wolfman alone. "I'm surprised the one known as the Knightmare actually exists," the blue wolf Grimm growled. "Queen Salem had warned us but we thought you were a myth."
"Nightmare?" Penny asked the Curator.
"No. Knightmare, with a K," he replied. Yang snickered.
"Love it," Yang grinned.
"Really? Even that bitch is calling me that," the Knightmare groaned as he rubbed his forehead.
"I see that he doesn't like me," Salem hummed.
"You turned him into a Grimm, of course he doesn't like you," Saphron shot back.
He managed to block the surprise attack with his sword. The Wolfman was surprised at how nonchalantly he did it. "I swear the media sees me in Grimm Form once and they went with the name! Knightmare this, Knightmare that."
"Wow..." Pyrrha blushed. The amount of skill he had to block something like that, and he made it so simple. She wanted to jump him.
As did Ruby, Penny, and Velvet.
And a few other girls of this version.
He swung the sword and it actually launched the Wolfman into Ruby and the Specter she was fighting. Their bodies collided into the sand but the Wolfman kept going backward from the force of the hit. But not before the Wolfman managed to get one wild swing-out. It connected, destroying his mask.
"Ah, plot convenience," Qrow nodded.
When the pieces fell, Jaune Arc was frowning. "So much for hiding my identity..." he scowled.
Pyrrha who managed to kill her Specter the fastest, paused when she saw the white-haired Jaune. "J-Jaune?" What sort of miraculous coincidence is this!? She was just thinking of him. Was this her chance?
"Thirsty aren't you?" Mercury said.
"My other self wants to reconnect with Jaune after all their problems," Pyrrha defended herself.
However, he didn't acknowledge her. Nor anyone else, as his eyes were trained on the Wolfman. "Elusive."
He vanished from view and reappeared just behind the Wolfman and shoved his blade into his chest. "If you idiots have time to gawk at least kill your damned Specters." He rolled his eyes. He ducked underneath a punch, leaving the sword stuck within his opponent's stomach.
"He...reminds me of you," Ironwood said to Qrow, who was eating some nachos.
"Why do you say that?" the guy said.
"The apathy and snark," Raven filled in, also feeling the similarities between her brother and the boy.
"Stop calling us idiots!" Weiss shouted at him, freezing the Specter to the sand and then stabbing its head. She destroyed it. As well as everyone else with their opponents.
"Yes stop calling us idiots!" Weiss groaned. Why was the previous version of him so endearing and this one...not?
"Well you are aren't you?" Jaune taunted. "Sentinel." He blocked the blade attacks with just his hands.
"I want to fight him but I'm sure he's going to kick my ass," Yang said.
"How about you?" Salem asked her people. "Do you think you can take him?"
"Yes," Cinder said with utmost certainty. Emerald shook her head no. Mercury also didn't know if he could win against him.
"How...how are you doing this?" the Wolfman asked. "Why do you have this sort of power? Y-You're supposed to be like us! Why do you have a Semblance!?" Everyone who killed their opponent paused upon hearing that. Jaune...was like the Grimm?
"Ah now the students find out," Salem grinned.
"Why should I answer a deadman?" Jaune snorted. He made the sword vanish from his opponent's chest, causing the Wolfman to groan.
"Shit, that was a good line..." Nora frowned.
Jaune then warped to where Ruby had just killed her Specter, only to slap her hands. "Ow!" she shouted as she dropped her weapon...only for Jaune to grab it.
"My baby!" Ruby shouted. Why would Jaune do that to her
"You know I've always wanted to try this out," he grinned. He vanished from view once more and the Wolfman turned to block, thinking he was coming from behind.
"He did do that twice," Winter remarked. "He's probably not stupid enough to do it again."
"Wrong way," Jaune said. Crescent Rose's blade attached itself to Wolfman's neck as Jaune was above him midjump. With a display of strength, Jaune lifted the Wolfman and cut around his neck. The two spun and Jaune slammed the Wolfman into the ground.
"So cool!" Ruby, Sun and Nora said eyes wide. How did he do that!?
"Skirmisher." Jaune's body shifted slightly. When the Wolfman stood up, he and everyone else, saw Jaune twirling Crescent Rose in his hands with ease. It was like watching a flag twirler as he showed off his moves.
"Such a showoff," Coco said.
"Please you love that kind of thing Ms. Adel," Glynda reprimanded her. Coco just grinned.
"I wonder if we can hire him?" Roman asked.
"I want him for my tribe," Raven said eagerly.
"So pretty...I mean, that's mine!" Ruby shouted. He ignored her as he launched himself and started to twirls the scythe, leaving rose petals with each slash.
"...mine!" Ruby shouted. She wanted this Jaune, having fully recovered.
Each spin of the blade he did, Jaune cut more and more into the Wolfman. His opponent tried to attack but was continuously cut as Jaune even swung the scythe around his body or extended the weapon at just the edge of the scythe, to drag him in when Wolfman tried to escape.
"His Semblance is so cheap." Qrow groaned. "He skips the need to train and just goes directly to being cool."
"It helps with his crusade against the Harrowed though," Ironwood countered.
This just showed how utterly outclassed the Wolfman was against Jaune.
"I...I can't lose!" the Wolfman shouted at the impossibility. "I've murdered Huntsmen and Huntresses alike! I've eaten the soul of humans and Faunus to get stronger! I won't lose to someone like you! A being who denies himself!"
"Is he though?" Kali asked. "Is he denying himself?"
"No, he is not," Ghira replied. "He knows what he is and what he wants. I don't think this Jaune is going to falter in his mission."
He let out an ear-shattering howl. It forced people to cover their ears. Jaune just grunted. "Desperado." He shifted Crescent Rose into rifle form.
"Is he going to use my baby in gun form too!?" Ruby cheered.
His aura, white as it was, shifted into the red as he aimed the barrel at him. "Hmm...what should I call this?" As the Wolfman finished howling he rushed Jaune. "Ah! I know. I may need to dress up to be able to shoot this though.
"Get dressed?" Neo asked.
"Flower." He aimed the gun, then his form started to shift. Those who can look at him saw where Jaune was standing, a red draconic being began to replace him. His chest had some red scales looking like a breastplate, the same for armor on his arms and legs. His head having a red mask looking like a dragon's face. Spiky white hair on the back as the gun was aimed forward.
"It looks more complete compared to one we saw in the preview," Ozpin said.
"Looks regal," Salem grinned. "I want him."
The energy that gathered at the barrel started to take shape of a rose. "Ricochet Rose!" Jaune shouted. He clicked the trigger of the sniper rifle and all the Dust within it fired, going into the Rose shaped Aura. The Aura Rose shot out.
"Pretty..." Ruby and Summer said at the same.
The Wolfman dodged.
"What a failure," Raven and Yang said, one is mocking the other joking around.
However once it passed the Wolfman, the rose broke apart and the petals shot back into the Wolfman.
"Wow..." Pyrrha breathed.
After hitting, the petals scattered hitting each other and going back into the Wolfman over and over again. It trapped him in place as the aura and dust petals danced about, entrapping the Harrowed.
"I wish I can do that..." Ruby frowned.
"Time for the Finale," Jaune said easily as he charged Crescent Rose again. "Special" However instead of the rose, it was a dragon head.
"Walter Wolf...my your soul, and that of your family rest in peace. Big." Shooting the next bullet, the dragon head expanded to become the size of the monster. It bit down into his opponent destroying it.
"Marvelous," Salem whispered. "Truly marvelous."
"I hope my other can get him on his side," Ozpin said.
Once he was done, Jaune tossed Crescent Rose to the ground as if it was trash.
"No! My baby!" Ruby exclaimed.
"My baby!" Ruby shouted but stopped moving. She saw Grimm!Jaune looking ahead of him...to a glowing blue orb. It had come out of the Harrowed as his body disappeared.
"Okay now, what is that?" Mercury asked, confused as to what he was looking at.
"Oh?" he chuckled, his voice reverberating in the Grimm Form. The grin on his face looked far too malicious. "You're submitting to me?" The Grimm man held his hand out and the blue orb flew into it, blinding all those who were watching.
"What is happening?" Cinder asked curiously.
When the light died down, a revolver appeared in Jaune's hands. It was ornate and made of pure silver. There was an image of wolves running along the barrel, and on the handle. Instead of six chambers, there were eight, and there was a small blue rope attached to the handle. "Welcome to the family, Fenris."
"He turned the Harrowed into a weapon..." Glynda gasped.
"That is his and the other success's ability." The Curator answered her.
"Wait...are all of the weapons he has from the Harrowed?" Velvet asked. She wondered if she can copy them with her Dust constructs.
"All except Azrael. That one he found on his journey."
"Just...what are you?" Weiss demanded as she readied her weapon to fight off this being. Everyone was nervous as he twirled his gun, not even looking at them. "I said-"
"At least pay attention jerk," Weiss said.
"It doesn't matter what I am," he replied going back to his normal form. However, he still didn't look at them. Jaune was too busy inspecting his gun. "Besides, I'm sure none of you even give a shit. I mean none of you cared enough before."
The two teams flinched, while Salem's faction grinned. It was good to see the good guys put in their place.
His words rang true out, Pyrrha and Ruby flinched. However, a person ran forward in a blur.
Jaune barely had time to get his weapon ready as he felt a body collide into him. "J-Jauney!" Nora sobbed. She clung onto him tightly, as if this was a mirage. Her arms holding him close.
"Wow that version of you cares a lot," Velvet said. Nora pouted but nodded.
Here he was...her friend...the one who cared for her almost as much as Ren! He was alive...he was safe...he was here...
"Really cares a lot about him," Coco said. Her eyes were wide.
The last she heard of him he was missing. He could have been dead and she didn't even say goodbye! Couldn't even defend him because she was with Ren when everything went down! She had felt so terrible! So angry at everyone for stopping her! So useless!
Nora felt far too empathic to her other self and teared up. Ren held her hand.
But here he was now, in her arms again. Jaune was here.
"I'm just so happy you're alive..." she sobbed. Jaune's eyes bore into her and saw something that made him sigh in relief.
"What did he see?" Glynda asked.
That Grimm essence in her body evaporated upon knowing it was him. Her negative emotions were banished upon seeing Jaune was alive.
"I see. So it's positive emotions that do it." Ozpin nodded. That was useful to know in order to counter Salem in the future.
But everyone else had some. Almost all of Vale had a minuscule amount in them. That damned club spread it far and wide. Thankfully if they didn't fall to their negative emotions they would be fine. He managed to do it in Menagerie already so he's not worried.
"He's taking this seriously," Tai nodded. "Kid must know what he is doing."
"Bind." He simply said. "Special." The wolves on the revolver in his hands started to glow. "Pinning Pack."
"Fancy super move?" Ruby asked.
Jaune fanned the hammer of the gun and several wolf heads flew out of his new gun and bit into everyone's arms and legs...except Nora's, pinning them to the ground. That surprised the group and had them cursing.
"No fair!" Yang shouted. "Come speak to us, you coward!"
Jaune pried off Nora's arms, making her give him a sad look. Wings came out from behind him and he gave Nora an apologetic one in return before taking to the air. "Invisible." And vanished from view.
"No don't leave them again!" Ilia complained. This entire thing had her eyes tearing up. She was a closet romantic!
A few minutes later Jaune found himself in a hotel room with two other people. One was James Ironwood. He was standing there as Jaune sat on a bed with a ginger-haired girl with mismatched blue and yellow eyes.
Ozpin gave Ironwood a look but the General just shrugged. He didn't know what was happening.
"Another redhead..." Penny mumbles.
This was Francine "Fran" Polendina, Prof. Polendina's adopted daughter and Penny's younger sister. She was analyzing his new weapon while Jaune gave his report to Ironwood.
"I have a sister!" Penny cheered. That got her a hug from Nora.
"Woo!"
"You can join the big sister club now Penny!" Yang grinned. Winter laughed and Raven smirked. That caused Ruby, Weiss, and Qrow to glare at their siblings.
"I see. That is troubling," Ironwood nodded. "I'll try to minimize any negative emotions from spreading out. You weren't hurt were you?"
"So he's working for me?" Ironwood asked.
"Not for you, with you. You and Jaune have a business relationship. Although in this universe you've come to see him as a surrogate son," The Curator replied.
"So...this Jaune found people who loved him?" Saphron asked hopefully.
"Yes...yes he did but this is early on in his story. So things can change."
"Me? Hurt? Of course not. You and I know that it's damn hard for me to take any lasting damage," Jaune answered. "And again I thank you for hiding me from Ozpin. I'd rather not be caught up in his mess."
"James," Ozpin glared.
"It's not me Oz," Ironwood responded.
"I understand. It's the most I can do after you helped out Specialist Schnee and her mother."
"He prevented Willow Schnee from becoming a Harrowed. She even got a pretty Engagement Ring from it," the Curator said.
"WHAT!?" The entire cinema, yes even the villains, were surprised at that.
"Why would mother get an engagement ring from Jaune?" Weiss stuttered going red in the face.
"But...what..." Winter held her head.
"I would explain but...it would be fun to just show it later on," the Curator teased.
"If I can stop the birth of another Harrowed or Specter, I'm more than happy to help." Jaune had an easy smile this time. Ironwood nodded. This boy had become a friend of his in the past year, a son really. They both had their problems but they were able to walk each other through it.
Ironwood grinned.
They both surprised when the girl with two buns in her hair sat on his lap. Her yellow and blue eyes shimmering as she took her scroll and take a picture of the two of them. Him shirtless and smiling, her on his lap doing the same. "Uh...what did you just do?" Jaune asked Fran.
"Yes, what did she just do?" Penny asked glaring at her other self's sister.
"Nothing..." she replied. It was hard for her to talk after they had found her, even when they put cybernetics into her. So all she could do was short sentences or small replies. However, the smile on her face meant she was happy. The girl skipped back to doing her job.
"What was that about?" Jaune asked.
"You forget, she and her sister want to win your affections right," Ironwood chuckles. Jaune takes a moment and smacks his forehead.
Penny blushed at that.
"She...she just issued a challenge to Penny didn't she." Ironwood nods smirking. It was good to see Jaune and those two acting like teens sometimes.
In one of the Atlas ships, a small scream was heard. Penny had received her sister's message. She was sitting on Jaune's lap, with a caption that said "SUPERIOR!" Penny had uncharacteristically threw her Scroll at the wall, surprising everyone in the mess hall.
That got a few chuckles.
In the Grimmlands, Salem who was watching the entire thing through her Seer Grimm. Watching the so-called "Failure" dubbed by Watts, easily tear through huntsman and Harrowed alike, it made her ache in need. This was the perfect specimen in her eyes.
Because he was just like her.
"Yes, yes he is," Salem licked her lips.
"Watching him again mom?" a teen female asked as she walked into view. She had long white hair and red eyes. On her head were lion ears and she wore a simple black and white dress. The most surprising part was she looked like Pyrrha.
"Who's that sexy mofo?" Neptune whispered.
"Atalanta Nikos," the Curator responded. Pyrrha paused. "Pyrrha's little sister, one who always lived under her shadow. Turned into a Harrowed alongside Jaune after a visit to her sister and being ignored for Cardin. Bonded with Jaune on said trip and kept each other company within that month of torture. He is her reason for not becoming succumbing to a Harrowed."
"Why did she join Salem?" Pyrrha asked hurt again.
"Because much like Ironwood took in Jaune like a son, Salem did the same with Atalanta as a daughter."
"My my," Salem grinned. So she was a mother again? That was fun to know.
"Atalanta," she greeted her surrogate daughter. The "Success" of their experiments a being who gained magic and merged with their Grimm, but stayed in their clutches. The busty white-haired girl grinned watching the replay of Jaune eradicating the Wolfman and making him a weapon.
"He's so handsome," Atalanta sighed as she watched the scene. "Are we still trying to make him join our family?"
"Wow...I can see the relation already," Nora said. "The obsession with Jaune is with the two of you."
"Please be quiet," Pyrrha groaned.
"Of course, he'd make the perfect husband, wouldn't he? Strong, resourceful, angry?" Salem purred. Atalanta nodded her head.
"Wait...she's not..." Kali gasped, her face going sick. A lot of the adults were.
"I want him too, mom. We can share him as a hubby." The younger woman grinned as her eyes shifted into back sclera, much like her mom.
"That's disgusting," Tai groaned. Neptune and Qrow found it oddly hot.
"Not now my dear. We have to deal with the maidens first," Salem cooed kissing her forehead. "And once we get all of them, we can get the one we want."
"Hmmm...I would do that. I don't understand these morals of society you lot believe in," Salem said.
"Of course...mother..." Her eyes turned to the women on screen and frowned. "We'll need to do some clean up though. And if they can't handle some Specters, I doubt they can handle a Chimera." She grinned as her shadow turned monstrous in the light.
And the screen fades to black.
"That world was intense," Qrow said.
"And long too..." Glynda responded.
"I hope we don't see one like that for a long time," Nora said.
"I don't know, seeing a version of me like that is fun to watch," someone said as he took some popcorn from Pyrrha's bucket.
"Really? Seeing an evil version of you is fun to watch?" the Champion asked rolling her eyes and shoving Jaune.
"He wasn't evil Pyr. He's a hero but not in the usual sense. Drago!Jaune is more hero than Strings!Jaune that's for sure."
"I know but-" Pyrrha stopped talking and truly looked at who was sitting next to her. It was Jaune and on his other side were Sif, Summer (S) and Hei. Sif and Summer (S) waved, while Hei grunted.
"Jaune!"
"Hey, it's been a while," he grinned.
Preview:
Nora was in a bridal dress waiting at the end of the aisle only for Jaune to join her as the husband. The two held hands and kissed. "I love you, my farmer," Nora breathed out.
"I love you too my Huntress," he grinned.
So here's some of the things that were used as inspiration:
Azrael: King Hassan's sword.
Foxfire: Park Il-Pyo's Nine Tails Guardian from God of High School.
Swain: Swain from League of Legends
Fenris: Kamen Rider Vulcan from Kamen Rider Zero One
So yeah. Next chapter we get to a crack pairing I like. Nora x Jaune! I even hinted at it here! Please leave a review. I'm going to be writing After Dark next and finally post something on AO3.