Woo! A new chapter! Not as beefy as more of my original worlds but it's something. This world is also inspired by various shounen sports manga/anime.
Fyr RedNight: Thank you!
Gabriel: Oh no I mean making an actual crossover fic for it, not just a chapter.
Guest: I said she was attracted to him because he did not know her. I acknowledge that but that love must come from somewhere outside of that. And yes it was a dick thing to do and hypocritical because I had Penny double down on her beliefs. But that just shows Velvet's feelings weren't as strong because she doubted it. And I haven't even decided on a pairing for this fanfic. Still up in the air.
Argus456: He can't Doctor Who it until Jaune goes Ohma
Sleipner34: I already have an idea in mind for DiEnd's appearance. After all, two dapper thieves must meet, right?
Disclaimer: I do not own RWBY.
"So this world is going to be more snippets," the Curator said.
"Why is that?" Weiss asked.
"Becuase this is going to be a long montage," he replied.
"Neat," Ruby grinned. She and Pyrrha were sitting on either side of Jaune, both holding his hand. Meanwhile, the rest of RWBY and JNPR sat below them. The Future Girls sat above them. And Ozpin and Glynda a row above them.
The screen turns on.
The team known as ABLT (Ability) was standing in front of the gates of some city of Renais. Formerly known as ALBT (Alabaster), the team changed their name after things came to light.
"Must mean when the forgery of your transcripts comes to light," Hei stated.
"Yeah, I can already see the history of this world," Jaune replied calmly.
"Hey, no spoilers!" Ruby shouted. He grinned at her.
"Don't worry crater face I won't."
"Mom, why does he call you that?" Sommer asked.
"N-No reason," Ruby blushed.
"She blew up because of your mother." Yang teases her sister.
"That must have sucked," Sommer giggled.
"I just sneezed dang it Yang!"
"I see my naming skills haven't gone terribly," Ozpin nodded. He named them after a color, the team just preferred being called something else.
Jaune Arc, their leader, had managed to make it into Beacon with forged transcripts and no skills whatsoever. It had come to light early on and the team had troubles coming to terms with it.
"Well you did have skills," Nora teased him. "Just not on the battlefield." Everyone, even Ozpin and Glynda.
"Feeling the love guys," Jaune frowned but he knew they were just joking.
Sky Lark, the most haughty of the group, had taken it the hardest. He knew that his leader wasn't up to snuff but that was not something he was prepared for. He only understood that his leader was smart in ways he wasn't and that was why he was allowed to be the one in charge of the group. It made him the angriest.
"Makes sense, after Cardin he was the cockiest," Yang snorted.
Dove Bronzewing, the most cowardly of the group, was the most scared upon finding that out. He was scared that he'd be kicked out of Beacon! The young man was the one who kept begging others not to speak of it. To let it go through and just continue as normal.
"Was he always a coward?" Weiss asked.
"He's the first to run when we were in Forever Falls," Jaune replied.
Russel Thrush, Jaune's partner, was the most hurt. He had planned on originally going with his friend Cardin but he had run into this loser. The two had managed to escape from the Emerald Forest with some fighting. However, he had come to an understanding of Jaune of at least as a friend. When his leader came to their group about his lies, he felt hurt. Russel came to be friends with this guy.
"Oh, that's like me," Blake pointed out.
"It wasn't that bad," Ruby said.
"Ruby, I ran away and did some rather questionable stuff. We had an argument and everything!"
"Good point."
Of course, it leads to one eye-opening experience for the group. Namely, they beat the shit out of each other.
"Are...are boys such dumbasses in your time?" Sommer asked.
"They are not that bad actually," Weiss replied to her daughter. "It's only when they get together in groups that they become stupid."
"That hurts you think so lowly of us Weiss," Jaune pouted. Even Ren nodded.
"Ren is the exception," Weiss grinned teasing Jaune.
"Thank you, Weiss," Ren said, obviously teasing his friend.
"It's like my teasing has doubled or something," the blonde groaned.
With his aura having at least been awakened by a drunk at a bar before Beacon, Jaune was able to tank most of the hits. He swung his fists wildly against his more experienced opponent, Sky. When Russel tried to stop it Sky punched him too. And then Dove got dragged in the heat of the moment.
"I can see that happening with if you were in that team," Hei said as she tapped Jaune's chair from above.
For nearly an hour, the four boys had just slugged it out until they were all tired. Laying on the mat of the training room. It was only after the anger and frustration that the boys managed to talk.
"Ren, please tell me we will never do that," Jaune begged his friend.
"Jaune, if your words are to be believed, you would defeat me instantly," Ren said. That got a few laughs from others.
"Man you without your Semblance makes you sassy, I like it." The two boys shared a look before he reached back with his fist and Jaune gave him a fist bump.
"Do you guys even understand what it feels like to feel useless? To not have a purpose?" Jaune asked through tears. "To feel like a complete loser? I...I took this chance to make something of myself. To be someone. Someone my parents...my family can be proud of. And I know I may have lied to get in but I've survived through initiation and passed classes alongside all of you. I want to stay but I don't want to lie to the Headmaster anymore."
"My lord, that is sad," Sif sniffled.
"I didn't know you were that desperate Jaune-Jaune," Nora also cried.
"They are so much alike," Pyrrha whispered. That caused Jaune to nod.
"I'm glad you're taking the initiative in this one Mr. Arc," Ozpin congratulated the boy as he sipped his...hot chocolate? Yes, he decided to get something other than coffee this time.
"You think you're the only one?" Sky glared. "Over and over again, my dad was on my ass. I was not enough for him. Even with all my skills, all my efforts. I could not meet his standards! Especially since I've lost to Nikos twice in the Mistral Tournament. I thought Beacon would be enough but it wasn't! Then you come in lying to get your spot. Don't you know how angry that makes me?" The dark-haired boy took a moment to sigh. "So you're not the only one who has it rough."
"I've never actually fought him in the tournament," the redhead said. "Must be another difference in that world."
"We don't know much about CRDL do we?" Yang said.
"No, we don't outside of them being assholes," Blake frowned.
"I only managed to make it into Beacon because of luck," Dove said after Sky finished his pouring his soul. "I barely managed to scrape the bottom of the barrel here. I didn't get a scholarship like Lie or Valkyrie from what I saw. I just passed the entrance exam with marks just above failure. I'm always too scared to do things and need help from others. And...I don't think I could have ever done what you did Jaune. At that, you were braver than me. So I can at least respect you for that."
"That is true. Mr. Bronzewing needs to work on his self-confidence and fear," Goodwitch commented. "If anything he's a bit like you Mr. Arc."
Russel remained quiet. "Brothers damn it, why are we all being emotional?" The teen with the mohawk groaned. "I don't have any problems like that like you guys. I got in normally. I was a normal person. Hell, I wanted to go into music first but I thought being a Hunter was cool. So I pursued that instead. I just want to do good you know? I'm just a little angry that you lied to us man."
"He did seem like the one with the most level headed one," Ren said.
"What with his hair though?" Sommer wondered.
"Are there no mohawks in your timeline?" Ruby asked.
"Well not really? I don't think we've seen one have we?" The white and red themed girl looked Hei. The other girl shook her head.
"Even from my lord's faction, there aren't any mohawks," Sif frowned. The Future Girls looked at Jaune.
"Why are they looking at you?" Ozpin asked.
"They come from a future where I am an evil overlord apparently," Jaune replied nonchalantly. "They came back in time to stop me from being evil. And no, I have no idea why there wouldn't be any mohawks."
"Look," Jaune said standing up. "I'll go speak to Ozpin. I'll make sure no one else has to suffer my problem. It's the least I can do for you guys."
"You would do that," Pyrrha said. "You did the same when you were getting bullied."
"Oh come on I'm not that bad," Jaune snorted.
"The least you can do for us is not be a bitch and make sure everything works out well for us," Dove snorted. "We can't continue if you get kicked out. We are a team after all."
"That is very true," Glynda said. "If he was kicked out the team would be disbanded. Unless there was a spare who passed the initiation."
"And in this case, there was not," the Curator continued for her.
"So where you go, we'll have to go at least. If you get kicked out, we blame you for what happens to us," Russel said. "We may as well join you talking to him so there's no surprise."
"The version of these guys...are nice," Blake pointed out. "How come?"
"Because they don't have a bully as their leader," the Curator told them. "Without Cardin's influence, they aren't bad people."
"Oh man...my mom and dad are going to kill me if I get kicked out," Dove groaned. "Let's say we did it and not." When the other three glared at him, the brown-haired boy withered under their glare. "Fine."
"Needs to work on that courage," Glynda fixed her glasses.
So it was at that the boys went to the headmaster's office and spoke to Ozpin. Jaune had told the headmaster about the forged transcripts. The group was surprised to hear that he already knew about it.
"Seems like in most worlds I do," Ozpin stated.
"In all the worlds with Beacon Academy that I visited, yeah you did," Jaune nodded his head sagely.
And he had let Jaune stay since not only did he see the potential in the boy, but Ozpin knew he wanted to prove himself. He would let Jaune stay since he managed to pass the end of semester tests. However, there was a stipulation for him to keep staying.
"I wonder what he'll have me do?" Jaune asked.
Throughout the semester break of a month and a half, Jaune would be undergoing the harshest training Professor Port and Dr. Oobleck had come up for him.
Glynda gasped and Ozpin groaned as the students stared at them.
"Most people can only handle one of their private sessions," Glynda explained to the students. "Most become unhinged, namely from the sheer amount of talking one of them does."
"For me to punish the boys that way, I must have been feeling rather vindictive," Ozpin stated.
Jaune accepted and the rest of team ABLT, as they called themselves to get away from that stormy first semester, decided to join him. They were placed on a team, they should at least start treating each other like a team.
"Very true," Hei nodded. "At least our team works like a well-oiled machine.
"Excuse you?" Pyrrha asked, her eyes narrowed looking at Hei.
"I'm saying our team, BASL is better than team JNPR," she sniffed. Nora and Pyrrha suddenly started glaring at her.
So that was why they were here at this small city's gates. Port was in a large pickup truck in the driver's seat. Oobleck was standing on the large bed with seats on the sides. Their backpacks were in the bed, as well as boxes of rations, water, and some blankets.
"The barest minimum needed to survive," Glynda said. "This is going to be hard for them."
"So...how much extra pounds do we have on us?" Jaune asked curiously as he slowly moved his arms. The blonde had felt the weight almost immediately. On his wrists, legs, shoulders, and back were weights. All of them did. That was on top of the weapons and armor they usually wear.
"It's originally going to be twenty percent of your body weight but we bumped it up to thirty," Oobleck said calmly as he sipped his drink. Since it was hot where they were, he was drinking some iced tea instead of coffee.
"Damn," Yang gasped. "How heavy are you Jaune."
"150 lbs," he told his fellow blonde. "Damn that's another 45 lbs on my body excluding our armor and weapons."
"Why?" Dove asked as he walked around slowly. He could already feel the added weight and wobbled a little. Russel was doing much the same and frowned. Sky meanwhile did some stretches and found himself adapting quicker than the others.
"For endurance training of course," Port said from his seat. "But we also have some other ideas as well."
"During the day, you will all be pushing this large truck from here back to the Academy."
"That sounds okay," Nora snorted. "Relatively easy."
"For you, because you have a strength Semblance. I don't think these guys do," Ren told his girlfriend.
"Well, like ninety percent of all versions of me have Aura Enhancement/Empowerment. So boosted strength is something I can do easily," Jaune informed them.
"What!?" Jaune gasped. "And exactly how far are we from Beacon?"
"About...1250 miles," Oobleck answered. All four boys dropped their jaws.
"Okay, that is a lot more than I expected," Glynda noted. That was a lot of miles they had to travel. With increased weight, that was quite the trek.
"You want us to push that truck back to Beacon?" Russel said surprised.
"Only during the day yes," Oobleck answered. "This is a punishment after all."
"That is both cruel and unusual. Also, that's a lot of training," Yang whistled.
"They are going to get buff by the end of this," Hei nodded.
"And then at night I am going to drill in some basics into the lot of you," the usually jittery professor said. "You three on survival, seeing a Mr. Arc has come from a family that has dealt with farming and hunting. He probably knows how to at least survive out in the wilds for a bit."
"Okay, I did not know that," Jaune hummed.
"Would have helped in our travels honestly," Sif hummed.
"Would help us too," Ren agreed with his daughter.
Jaune nodded. "I'm not the best but I at least know what's poisonous and what's not, as well as some knots and other things. Still can't figure out which way is north though."
That made Pyrrha laugh a little. Jaune groaned again.
"You said it. You almost lead us into a Deathstalker cave," Russel said shoving Jaune for a moment.
"Oh come on! That's like the 60th world!" he complained. That got a lot of laughs.
"I already apologized for that!" Jaune countered. Sky and Dove just chuckled as did Port and Oobleck.
"And at night, Mr. Arc, I shall be teaching you at least the basics to fighting," Port grinned. "You, my dear boy, will be a fearsome Hunter in training by the time I'm done with you. We'll also try to figure out what your Semblance is the entire time we do this."
"Admirable on his end," Glynda said. "He's being thorough."
"Make sense since he knows Mr. Arc doesn't have any skills. I'm sure he'll do well for this version of Mr. Arc," Ozpin said as he sipped.
"Oh and before we start all of you put these on," Oobleck handed the boys all some weird mouthpiece. They all put it on and suddenly found it harder to breathe. "This will teach you how to breathe properly. You will have those on all day unless it's a meal."
"What!?" Ruby shouted surprised. "Why!"
"To help improve their breathing," Ozpin replied.
"We even planned and had it have a drinking option," Port said. The large man went into the water box and took out a small vial. "We just insert this into the mask and you guys can drink some water."
Jaune was having the hardest time breathing since he had the least amount of training, followed by Dove, Russel and lastly Sky who was doing the best.
"Interesting to note that Sky is the most fit from them," Yang said.
"Why? You interested?" Blake asked her partner.
"Nah, just scouting them out for the Vytal Festival."
"I'm so proud of you," Weiss mockingly cried.
"We will give you ten minutes and then we get to pushing," Port said.
"You guys didn't have to join me," Jaune wheezed through the mask. He can feel his Aura trying to help him with the shortness of breath. It failed of course since it wasn't something that Aura couldn't help with.
"Huh, you learn something every day," Sommer noted. "Aura does not help with breathing."
"What are you talking about?" Russel asked. "And give you all the damned special training?" His breathing was coming out in short breaths.
"This is more like an accelerated boot camp," Sky said. He regulated his breaths calmly. Being the most experienced, he at least knew how to breathe. However, with the mask on it was still rather hard.
"Yeah...I sort of need that still," Dove chuckled. "Oh god, it hurts to breathe." The most fearful was panting quickly, a little scared he'd run out of breath. "Is it getting hot here or is it just me?"
"That fear is coming up again," Sif said. "If he wants to be of use to my lord, this Dove needs to get his act together."
"Why do you keep calling him that?" Pyrrha asked.
"Because in the future my family is tied to my Lord. My mother serves as his head of security and father is his righthand man."
"Wait so we're evil!?" Nora shouted in surprise.
"It's a matter of perspective," Sommer responded. "Mom joined Jaune's faction but my mother is part of the resistance." Ruby and Weiss, after talking to Sommer for a bit, had figured out that "mom" was Ruby and "mother" is Weiss.
"Why?" Ruby asked confusedly.
"Reasons I'd rather not share." The venom in her voice was very blatant. Whatever happened had to be bad. "But being a child of two organizations I know how Jaune's future self works and how the resistance does. So I can understand why future Jaune is doing what he's doing but at the same time I see the reason why the resistance exists."
"How about you Hei?" Blake asked her daughter.
"I'm completely on the resistance side. I came back in time to try and kill Jaune," Hei answered. "Cousin here stopped me and instead was trying to keep him on the path of a hero. So far I have not seen Sommer be wrong."
"Dove man breath," Jaune suggested to his teammate. "I'm having a hard time too but you need to calm down." Dove looked at his leader and took a couple of deep breaths and became less crazed in his breathing.
"Thanks."
"That is something I can see you doing," Ruby told her friend and crush.
"Brotherly instincts coming on," he puffed up his chest.
"No problem." The Arc scion turned to Oobleck and Port who were watching the scene with a grin each. "Shall we get started?"
"That we shall young boys! Now push!" Port shouted. The four boys went behind the truck and started to push the heavy thing. Jaune and Sky at the very end pushing the back, with Russel and Dove on the sides.
(Week 1)
At the end of the first week, almost all the boys were able to breathe properly. Dove was just behind a little bit, but the teachers had modified the masks to increase difficulty. Of course, the boys didn't mind. It was training after all.
They had also made it 250 miles in that week.
"Fuck," Yang said. "You guys moved that much with all that limitations in a week? That's intense."
A week of learning the basics. A week of getting his ass handed to him by Prof. Port. Jaune was making progress but it was slow. His team meanwhile was being taught by Oobleck how to survive out in the wild just in case something like that happened. How to hunt for meat, forage, make a fire. Dove surprisingly was the fastest learner in that.
"Hey, good on him!" Nora said. "It looked like he needed a leg up!"
Of course, they all had sparred each evening. One on one or as a team against the teachers. Port proved to be a menace with his Blowhard and Oobleck was a monster Antiquity's Roast. The four boys couldn't even touch them as a group, let alone one on one.
So far no problems had occurred.
"Simple and easy week so far," Weiss said.
(Week 2)
Within a city on the way to Vale, the group had to help out during a Grimm attack. Team ABLT fought...with all their handicaps on.
"That's not good," Ozpin stated.
"Never go to battle like that children," Glynda told the gathered people.
"Yes Ms. Goodwitch!" all the Beacon students replied.
What was once an easy fight against some Beowolves, was more than a challenge. Even with the two weeks of training, the adjusted weight on them, as well as the very real crisis, made fighting tough on all of them. They still managed to fight the Grimm off, with Jaune even managing to kill some of his own.
"A week of nonstop training did that much for you?" Yang asked Jaune.
"I mean...I'm only a couple of months in Beacon and I was at least not dragging anyone down," Jaune shrugged.
However, when they were about to be overwhelmed, Port and Oobleck stepped in saving their butts. Of course, they were chewed out for not taking off their weights and breathing apparatus.
"Aw, we don't get to see it?" Nora pouted.
"Don't worry mother, I'm sure you will in time," Sif replied. The two orange-haired girls shared a smile.
Brothers, they were stupid. So they were given detention. Aka another ten miles that week. This put them at 458 miles.
"They are averaging about 220 miles per week," Weiss said. "Rather impressive with all their handicaps."
"I know right?" Ruby grinned. "We should do that!"
"No," all the rest of RWBY said.
"Jaune we will never do that you here me," Pyrrha stated.
"Of course Pyr," Jaune told her.
(Week 3)
"Uh..." Jaune mumbled as he looked at everyone. Port and Oobleck were rather surprised to see what had happened, while the boys were also dumbfounded.
They had moved up in weight from thirty to thirty-five percent of their body weight at the start of the week. And the apparatus on their mouths were still on, this time though it was changed to help their training. It was put so they would have less air going into their lungs, training them once again to deal with a harsh air environment.
"That should be included in our training programs," Glynda told Ozpin.
"When we return we should implement it," he agreed. That made the students both eager and dread that idea.
Also with that much focused on his swordsmanship from a proper teacher, Jaune was able to learn to do various moves with his sword and shield now. However, that was not what everyone was staring at. No, they were starring at Jaune who had managed to heal Sky's wounds.
"There's my Semblance," Jaune smiled.
"WOO!" Nora cheered for him. That got people to chuckle but also made Pyrrha and Ruby look at the bombastic bomber. They know that Nora's relationship with Jaune is purely platonic, heck maybe even familial, but they had to wonder just how close two truly were.
They had been in a recent attack by Grimm, protecting a settlement. With the constant training, the boys were able to easily fight back the Grimm now even with their handicaps.
"I wonder if you were just forced to train nonstop, would you be that good," Sommer asked her leader.
"Maybe from the start of Beacon that could have helped," Ruby answered for him.
But with their constant training, making use of something that went over Jaune's head known as Supercompensation, they had already made huge leaps and bounds over their previous week.
"WOO!"
That didn't mean they were that badass just yet.
"Aww…" Jaune's excited yell deflated almost immediately.
They got nicked, cut, bruised, and a lot of other things. However, as they were all resting within the hospital of the city known as Tournant. Jaune healed his friend "What did you just do Mr. Arc?" Port asks as they watched the cuts Sky received were slowly closing up.
"I don't know. I was just...pushing my Aura to heal myself like usual, but when I got close to Sky his wounds started healing," Jaune responded.
"It's because my Aura boosts up other people's Aura including what they do with it."
"So you mean if I were to say...empower my punch with my Semblance…" Yang asked curiously.
"It would probably double your strength." That gave the teens things to think about. Ozpin and Glynda meanwhile shared a look. Maybe they could use him for their unconscious friend.
"I honestly feel great right now," the most confident person on the team said. "Like, I didn't even use my Aura in the first place."
"May I look at your Scroll?" Oobleck asked. Sky handed the doctor his device and the older man was surprised. "My word, you look like you're back at full in your Aura Meter. Mr. Bronzewing, please hand me your Scroll."
"Sure doctor," Dove replied handing him the Scroll. The doctor looked at his Aura Meter showing him at 46 percent.
"Now, Mr. Arc please give me yours as well. Then approach Mr. Bronzewing the same way you did Mr. Bronzewing."
"Of course," Jaune replied. Handing Oobleck his Scroll, he then turned to his teammate. The blonde focused his Aura into his hand and touched Dove's shoulder. Oobleck was looking at the Scrolls and saw what was truly happening. Jaune's Aura, which was massive in reserves, lower a little. It was originally at 70 percent and lowered to 49. Meanwhile, Dove's went to full.
Weiss and Ren were suddenly more interested. They had the weakest constitution of their groups, but if Jaune were to pump their Aura's they could keep fighting.
"Holy moly," Ruby said.
"21% of your Aura was 50% of Dove's," Pyrrha finished.
"Interesting," Port said as he was watching over his friend's shoulder. "Mr. Arc. It seems like your Semblance allows you to empower other people's Auras."
"Aura Empowerment?" Jaune asked. "That's a good support role."
"It is. Not only can you heal people this way, but I'm sure you can empower their Semblances too," Oobleck stated. "Semblances the manifestation of someone's soul. You must want to help people if that's your Semblance."
"It's because Fearless leader is going to be a hero!" Nora cheered.
"That he is!" Sommer agreed with her.
"You here that boss?" Russel teased Jaune by giving him a playful punch on the arm. "You're a good person."
"I already knew that man. And stop calling me boss, it feels weird," the blonde replied. He held out his hand and healed his partner too.
They were 640 miles now. A little more than halfway through their training, both in length and time.
"I wonder what is happening behind the scenes," Jaune stated. "I mean I can see snippets of their world but if I can get their watch I can see their whole history."
(Week 4)
Jaune sits over an open fire pit, a ration in his hand and a bottle of water in the other. Tonight was one of their rest sessions. It would help their bodies recover.
"That's why we are here," Jaune pointed out. "We've been traversing the multiverse for weeks now, we do need to rest."
"I know that but we are facing off a multiversal treat here," Hei reminded everyone.
Over the last month that was all the boys had to eat unless they went to a restaurant. Those were rare and had to be paid out of pocket.
"Truly a punishment I would not like to experience," Weiss stuck her tongue out in disgust. Only rations for 95% of their meals? That was part of the reason she didn't want to go to Atlas Academy.
"What's on your mind boss?" Russel asked as he snacked on his ration.
"Nothing much," Jaune said as he took a bite of his ration. 'Just thinking about this past month. We've pushed a heavy truck over 808 miles and we've been training nonstop."
"We've also suppressed Grimm and bandit attacks," Russel said grinning. Jaune chuckles.
"Ah doing the job of Huntsmen under the guidance of Prof. Port," Yang said. "Sounds like a hassle."
"Yeah, that too." He leans back and looks up at the broken moon. "I feel like we're changing you know?"
"I don't feel changed much," Sky said dragging his foldable chair to the fire pit and plopping down in it. "I still feel pretty badass."
"There's that confidence that story kept mentioning," Sif said. "I was wondering why they're doing that?"
"Because it's a montage," Sommer told her friend.
"Well you're less of an ass Mr. Badass," Jaune snorts. "You speak to us instead of just sneer or deride us."
"Yeah, now you sneer and deride us," Dove laughed as he got his seat into place around the fire. Sky gave him the finger but smiled all the same.
"Is this a bromance?" Ruby asked.
"Totally is," Nora giggled.
"And you're not much of a coward," Jaune complimented Dove. "You stood by with us even when times got scary. And I'd like to thank you for that."
"Ah shucks it was nothing boss," Dove grinned like a loon.
"Damn. How many times will I have to tell you to stop calling me that?" That got the whole team to snicker.
"I prefer Jaune or Fearless Leader thank you very much," Jaune nodded his head in defiance. He felt for his counterpart.
"Face it, partner," Russel said placing a hand on Jaune's shoulder. "You make solid tactics on the fly, you've got a crazy Semblance meant to support others, and honestly I'm pretty sure this month proved you're a capable person of leading us. You're the boss."
"This is still so weird," Ren stated.
"What is?" Pyrrha asked in response.
"Seeing them be all nice to one another. Being more hunter than bully."
"That and you showed you've not much of a pansy after all," Sky grinned. "Held your own. Heck, I'm fucking proud man!"
"And honestly, I'm pretty sure our team wouldn't be as well-received in more Faunus towns if you weren't there to defuse situations," Dove shuddered.
"Guys, you are playing it up. I did not do much," Jaune replied.
"Your counterpart needs to learn when to take compliments," Blake told him.
"Self-confidence issues plague a lot of us Jaune's," he replied. "It's our biggest hurdle."
"You should just accept praise some times," Port laughed as he and Oobleck joined the four boys.
"Seems like Peter agrees with your statement Ms. Belladonna," Ozpin said taking a sip of his coffee.
"Yes. You've been growing rather exponentially well," Oobleck said as he sat down. "You should have some pride in yourself."
"You think so?" Jaune asked. "I mean it's only been a month."
"Geez just take a hint and know your cool!" Sommer complained.
"A month of struggle, of fighting, of improving oneself," Port grinned. "It is said that you grow faster in times of war than in peace. You've been training and fighting damn near nonstop, especially in life and death situations. You're catching up well."
"Thanks." The blonde night grinned.
There were only two weeks left before they were done with their punishment. They were at 890 miles.
"They're not that far off anymore," Glynda stated. "At their pace, they'll arrive at school right before the semester starts."
(Week 5)
Jaune's eyes widen as he saw Crocea Mors broke from the force of the attack as he blocked it. The attack was strong enough to break both halves of his weapons.
"Holy shit," Jaune gasped. He never had found anything that could break his ancestral weapon. If something could, that meant it was very powerful.
It was a rogue mechanical Beringel that stood before them. It was taller than the actual thing, had metal plating instead of bone, and was smarter due to rudimentary AI. But the craziest thing he had noticed was the Dust. On its fists were deposits of Dust, namely Gravity Dust.
"Gee, I wonder who made that," Hei snarked. "Probably some SDC branch."
"We're not that bad," Weiss defended herself.
It was smart enough to drag them forward using the Dust or keep them down by increasing the gravity by using a pseudo-Aura Generator. It had used that same Gravity Dust to enhance its fisting and slammed it against his shield cracking it and his sword in half.
"Probably part of some military prototype that James made," Ozpin frowned.
"Aura-Generator? Akin to Penny?" Ruby asked. "That's both cool and weird."
"Fuck. That is one strong robot," Yang whistled. "Even with my fists, I can't dent that shield."
Sky's armor was wrecked and the back half of Feather's Edge was broken off. His entire body felt bruised.
Dove's Hallshott's gun half was broken and the weapon was barely functional. He was sure that he had broken his left wrist.
One of Shortwings was crushed, and Russel's left eye was swollen and right foot felt shot.
"Team ABLT got wrecked," Nora frowned.
"To do so much damage, it must be a tough opponent," Pyrrha nodded.
As for Jaune, he was now weaponless and was sure his ribs were cracked from taking a direct hit from the mechanical menace before them. The blonde was panting and he could already feel his Aura painfully stitching the bones back together.
"Fucking SDC," Sky groaned as he got up again. He used the leftover of his weapon to stand up.
"See what I mean," Hei felt proud of herself. Somewhere in the theater, Raven felt proud too but did not know why.
Jaune made sure to have the monster focus on him and him alone by making himself the biggest target. He charged the thing and dove to the right afterward, dodging the giant fist that sent out a wave of gravity altering energy from its epicenter.
"How does it do that?" Sif wondered.
"Give me some time and I can probably figure it out," Ruby said enthusiastically. Even if it was beating up Jaune, she was indeed excited to see this robot in action.
"Damn it, I thought this was going to be the easy side of the two choices," Dove grunted as he got up too. "But no, Oobleck and Port had to think that the other side of this building would be harder." He readied his sword only weapon now.
"Dove, you don't have time to complain!" Blake shouted at the screen.
Meanwhile, Jaune focused his Aura into his fist, not noticing his Aura becoming as clear as a diamond. As his fist connected with the robot's fist. An arm broke down...the robot's that is.
"Oh!" Nora shouted. "What was that!?"
"Huh, so he has the mutation in that world too, nice," Jaune said with a grin.
"Mutation?" Ren asked.
"As I said before, almost all Jaune's have Aura Enhancement. However, some have mutations that bump it up more so. Usually by various names. I'm sure you've seen it with the String!Jaune."
"You mean when his arm turned black and tanked our hits?" Yang asked while frowning. She remembered that.
"Yes. It enhances our bodies to be very hard and strong, and our minds extra sharp."
"Can you do it?" Pyrrha asked the person she loved. Jaune lifted his hand and it glowed gold.
"I can. I have both but there's a mysterious third step to it that I don't know of."
Huh, he'd have to thank Oobleck for teaching him some basics of boxing.
"We just had to take on a job helping out the SDC, because it's the right thing to do," Russel frowned. He too got up and held onto his single dagger.
"Man they must not be having a good time," Yang chuckled.
Jaune landed back and was panting. However, he felt more alive at that very moment.
"I see what you mean," Ozpin said. "To feel tired yet having your Aura coursing through you for a boost must feel amazing."
"I think...I think we can do this," Jaune grinned. That made the others look at him as if he were crazy, but Jaune just kept staring forward at the robot.
"You must be crazy if you think you can beat that thing in your current state," Weiss huffed.
"Aw, was that care for our dork knight I hear in your voice, Weiss?" Yang teased.
"He's not a dork knight anymore aunt Yang," Sommer laughed. "He's a dork lord."
"I have no cousin," Hei gagged at the joke.
"You are not visiting your aunt anymore," Weiss told her daughter.
"What! Come on! That was good!"
"You get a concussion boss?" Russel asked as he too faced the deadly machine.
"If you haven't noticed it's been kicking our collective asses," Sky snorted, but he too readied his wrecked weapon.
"I'm just surprised you managed to break its arm!" Dove tried to keep the situation light.
"Just keep looking at the bright side," Sommer nodded.
"No," Jaune shook his head. "I believe we can do this." He could feel it. Whatever Aura he had left was spreading from him into the others.
That caused the one in the theater to sit up straighter. "What's this?" Jaune asked surprised. "Another mutation to our Semblance?"
Now that wouldn't be surprising, but it was happening simultaneously and without him touching them.
"I can't do that," Jaune said with a grin. "Sif, Hei, Sommer, I know what world we are visiting next."
"We need to hold out until a professional comes either way, but...I'm sure we can beat this guy." He could now feel Russel, Dove and Sky's auras mixing with his...and then coming back into himself and the others.
"Are they pooling their Aura's and collectively sharing it?" Glynda asked surprised.
"What an interesting anomaly," Ozpin hummed.
Dove stopped shaking in his boots, Sky stood up straight, and Russel got into a ready stance. They were suddenly feeling better about their chances. What they didn't notice was all their eyes were glowing.
"Fascinating," Sif hums. "That would be a large boon in our adventurers my lord."
"This is our drama," Jaune said resolutely. He clenched his fist. As he stared at the robot that had been waiting for them to attack, reassessing the entire situation. "And were the ones who write the script." The boys couldn't help but grin at the cheesy one-liner.
At 1069 miles, the boys had discovered Jaune's mutations to his Semblance.
"From what I have gathered," the Curator chimed in, "That Jaune calls that ability Aura Enhancement: Perfect Rythm Tactics."
"Why?" Ren asked.
"It doesn't say why sadly."
(Week 6)
Team ABLT walked onto the grounds of Beacon. They were tired, they were equipment-less, and most of all they were hungry. The end of the 1250 mile trek didn't end with a bang, no it ended with a lot of cursing at Port and Oobleck.
"What?Why?" Jaune wondered.
They were currently at 40% of their body weight on their bodies to make up for the missing armor and weapons. They thankfully didn't have the devices over their mouth anymore.
"That's a lot of extra weight," the champion noted. "You guys must be buffer now after a month and a half of training."
So when the duo of teachers started to drive the damned truck, the boys were forced to run after it. It was a very tired run they did up to the entrance of their academy. They collapsed onto the ground at the end of it. When the teachers congratulated them, Sky was the first to curse them out, then Jaune. With their leader doing it, Dove and Russel followed.
That got a lot of laughs. The thought of Port and Oobleck driving off at the end of the trip to just mess with the boys was hilarious.
So here they were now, having recovered a little from the run.
"I want some dinosaur chicken nuggets, with some cream soda and tater tots, all the unhealthy stuff," Jaune said as they trudged towards the cafeteria. "Weeks of mostly nutrient-rich rations made me crave them."
"That sounds like heaven," Jaune sighed.
"I'm going to get a lot of pasta and sauce...and bread...and some orange soda," Dove grinned thinking about what to eat.
"That doesn't sound half bad," Pyrrha mumbled.
"Steak. I am getting steak and potatoes, I don't care what kind," Sky said holding his stomach. "Getting me some root beer."
"Who even drinks root beer?" Weiss asked.
"A burger. Maybe two, with some fries and a shake," Russel licked his lips. He was so ready for this.
"Now I'm getting hungry," Nora pouted.
They could smell the food coming from the cafeteria and were about to open the doors when Goodwitch opened it. "Oh, boys, welcome back," she greeted them.
"And a cameo by Goodwitch! Nice!" Yang chuckled. "Every cool teacher made an appearance."
"Hello Ms. Goodwitch," Jaune said. He was happy to see another professor outside of Port and Oobleck right now. "My team and I just arrived. We would like to get some food and then go to rest."
"I would love to do that for you but the cafeteria is closed." Looks of horror appeared on the four teen's faces instantly.
"That's not fair!" Jaune complained. His other self deserved to eat damn it! His reaction got people laughing again.
"W-Why?" Dove whimpered. His food!
"Team RWBY and PRNC (Periwinkle)-"
"Princess!" Nora shouted from somewhere.
"Princess is a better name choice mother," Sif told her.
"had a food fight and wrecked the entire room," Glynda finished speaking, ignoring the interruption. "It's being restocked at the moment. I'm sorry boys but we do have rations."
"Oh, the irony!" Weiss laughed.
"NO!" Russel shouted as he fell to his knees. That surprised Goodwithc.
"They will pay for this," Sky growled. The older woman didn't understand where the vitriol came from.
"They will don't worry," Jaune groaned. He took out his Scroll. "I'm calling an Auffer. Let's go to a fucking buffet."
"You are the best boss ever," Dove wept.
The screen turns black.
"That was an interesting world to peak at, to say the least," Jaune said as he got up. "But that was as much time as we can spend here. The girls and I have to keep going."
"Do you have to?" Ruby asked as everyone followed them to the lobby.
"Yes, mom. We have to save the multiverse after all," Sommer said hugging both her and Weiss.
"We'll be sure to visit soon," Sif said to her parents.
"It was nice meeting you all," Hei stated with a bow. "I shall come for that rematch later mother."
"I'll be waiting," Yang grinned. Jaune bid farewell to his sisters and friends, although he was weirded out by the glare Neptune sent him.
After saying his goodbyes, a golden portal engulfed the four teens having them vanish from sight.
Inside the theater, this time was team RWBY, NPR, Penny, Sun and Neptune.
The screen opens to 20 odd symbols with the word Henshin, beneath it.
The next chapter is going to be light. Gonna show off Kamen Rider Henshins from Kuuga up to Zi-O, with Jaune being all of them of course. I'm also halfway through the first chapter of after dark. Who knew lemons were hard to write?