Here we go again! Just a heads up it's not completely faithful to Yandere Sim. But it was fun to do.
Disclaimer: I do not own RWBY or YanSim.
The people were very nervous as they saw the screen turned on. After all, this was a murderous Weiss on their hands!
"I do hope whatever Mr. Arc is doing, ends up for you betterment sister," Winter said with a frown.
"I do too," Weiss sighed.
Jaune walked onto the grounds of Beacon Academy with a sigh on his lips. His right arm was in a sling, left eye had bandages over it, and there were dozens of bruises on his face. The last nine weeks were taxing on both his mind and his body.
"Holy crap, how did that happen to him?" Sun asked.
"In this world, there is no Aura or Grimm. There have been hints to things being supernatural but other than that everyone else is a normal human being. And yes, there are no Faunus in this world," the Curator told them.
Illia and Blake looked surprised at that.
"And as to why Jaune is like this? It occurs in week eight."
"But this is week...ten, why are we starting here," Weiss asked.
"Well isn't it obvious Ice Queen?" Yang grinned. "We're going to go through a flashback!"
And why was it like this?
Because he had decided to befriend one, Weiss Schnee.
"Did they have to make it sound like a bad thing?" Weiss huffed.
"Well, you were quite a bit of a meanie head when we first met you," Ruby said placatingly.
"Not to mention your family, sorry, I mean your father's treatment of Faunus," Illia pointed out.
A girl one year younger than himself and was rather quiet. Knowing what it was like to be lonely as a kid, he decided to go speak to her…
"That's awfully nice of him," Winter said.
"So what's the deal with me?" Neptune asked since he hasn't appeared yet.
"Just wait, Neptune, all will be revealed in time," the Curator replied.
Only to be ignored. She stared at his kind blue eyes with cold blue ones and just brushed him off.
Most of team RWBY, Sun, Illia, and Neptune laughed at the easy brushing off. Winter even giggled a little.
Only Weiss had the decency to blush and not laugh at Jaune.
"God it's like her at the beginning of the school year!" Yang chuckled. "Not even given the time of week."
Now, he wasn't offended by that, seeing as she ignored every person that went to try and speak to her. Seeing as the third-year student was lonely, Jaune thought he'd try to talk to her at least a couple of more times.
"He was persistent even in our world," Weiss sighed. "At least he's not in love with me in this one."
The biggest problem started nine weeks ago. When he had seen Weiss try to murder a person. Jaune was going to eat lunch on his own on the school roof when saw her about to drop a potted plant onto someone.
"Oh no," Illia gasped. "You're other self tried to kill someone like that!? That's crazy!"
He had run towards her and managed to wrestle the potted plant out of her hands. "Weiss! What the fuck?" he demanded. Her cold eyes stared back at him as she took a knife out of somewhere and tried to stab him.
"Oh, brothers," Blake gasped. "Where did she get that?"
"More like where did she hide that?" Ruby asked.
"That Weiss was prepared to kill someone!" Neptune shouted in surprise.
He was able to disarm her, seeing as he was the president of the marital arts club.
"Hey good for him!" Sun grinned. "I wonder how good he is."
"I will kill you," Weiss said softly. Her eyes shifted into anger as the white-haired girl glared. "I will kill you for getting in my way."
"Holy cow," Ruby dropped her jaw. "That version of you is really psycho!" Everyone nodded.
"May I ask, where was I in this universe?" Winter asked.
"Willow Schnee and Jacques Gele never had you nor your younger brother Whitely," the Curator replied. "And the craziness is in the Schnee bloodline here. It was actually Willow that made Weiss how she was, to be just like her.."
"That is insane," Weiss gasped.
"Your way?" Jaune asked incredulously. She was actually trying to murder someone.
"Not only you but that girl," Weiss said with anger. "How dare she be with Neptune? She doesn't deserve him!"
"Uh...your other is starting to remind me of my ex," Blake stated.
"Adam?" Illia asked. Blake nodded her head.
"Crazy ex-boyfriend?" Yang asked.
"Yes. As bad as that Weiss too." Everyone paled. What if he was still looking for her?
"Scarlet?"
"I'm dating Scarlet? But I'm straight!" Neptune said.
"Oh no. Scarlet David in this one is a female," the Curator responded. The image of a red-head with long red hair and twin tails and a large chest.
"Oh...she is hot," Neptune said. Sun and Illia nodded, as did Yang. She could agree that some women were sexy.
"They've known each other for years! There's nothing wrong with them." The more he said the more fury he saw build within her. Something in him knew that he should stop her. If he was going to stop this crazy girl he would need to talk to authorities. But they probably won't believe him with no evidence.
"Damn, look at him," Illia said. "He thought of that far faster than I would have thought."
"Look, you can't kill anyone," Jaune said. Her eyes narrowed. "Is this about Neptune? Why do you even like him?"
"That's true," Weiss nodded. "Why do I like him?"
"Honestly, in this world, some weird sort of effect is happening around these ten weeks. Several females fall in love with the same man. And if anyone were to confess their feelings in front of the great cherry blossom tree out on Beacon's front lawn. They would get together."
"That makes no sense!" Blake shouted in surprise.
"Trust me I know," the Curator sighed. "Even then I'm not completely sure about the details."
Weiss glare vanished and her eyes got misty. "He makes me feel happy and warm. He's the light of my life. He makes me feel."
"That is not right," Yang said. "Whatever her mom did to that version of you is not cool."
"I think it might just be worse than what my own father would have wanted to do," Weiss gulped.
The thought of her being unable to feel was scary. To see a girl so emotionally stunted and either feeling only rage or love? That was such a terrible situation.
"Look," Jaune said, knowing he was going to regret this later on. "You really want to get with Neptune? I'll help you."
"Please, don't," Neptune whimpered. Weiss would have said something but she agreed. That version of her was dangerous.
"Why?" Weiss demanded. "Why help me?"
"Two reasons. The first is to ensure you don't kill anyone," Jaune admitted bluntly. "Secondly, you looked lonely. So I thought why not?" Weiss kept staring at him before she spoke.
"Jaune, you're too nice," Ruby complained at the screen.
"He really is," Yang nodded.
"If I find that you are lying to me, I will kill you, just so you know." The blonde stood up and Weiss did too. "So how will we go about it without any murder?"
"It's obvious isn't it?" Jaune said. "We get them to fall out of love with him."
"That is rather hard to do," Illia pointed out.
"Given that it's a magical time at that version of Beacon, I don't think so," Blake said. "If people are magically falling in love with others, won't it be easy to make them fall in love with someone else?"
That night he also received a call from someone he hadn't expected. One Illia Amitola. The two of them had known each other since kindergarten but had drifted away during high school.
"Oh? That Jaune guy and I are friends here?" Illia commented surprised. "That's good to know."
So he was surprised to get a call from her. "Hello?" he asked as he picked up the phone.
"Seems like you've gotten dragged into this situation too," Illia's amused voice.
"What?" he asked as he sat up in his room.
"Weiss Schnee, our resident sociopath," Illia replied.
"That's a good diagnosis I think," Weiss agreed with that version of Illia.
"Seems like your hero syndrome has caught you up in something crazy once more. That or is it love? I mean you did get caught up in trying to impress Amber only for her to reject you for it."
"Ouch," Sun and Neptune flinched.
"Oh come on rejection is not bad," Weiss said.
"Given that this version of Jaune spent three years mastering his craft of martial arts to impress the girl, only to have her reject him because of it, it was bad for him," the Curator replied.
Blue eyes narrow. He hadn't said anything about that, but everyone knew the story. He had defeated the unbeatable in single combat. Jaune had then gained the leadership of the martial arts club after that, only to be rejected by the girl he liked.
"Yeah ouch," Illia agreed with Sun and Neptune.
So Jaune was a little more than dejected when that was brought up.
"Did you fall for another girl Jauney?" Illia teased.
"Nora would kill that Illia if she found out that she used one of her nicknames," Ruby said.
"We've known each other since we were five Illia, don't think you can hide from me so easily." Of course, he wouldn't be doing anything. She did nothing to truly earn his ire. "So what's with the call?"
"He is far too nice," Winter pointed out. "That won't do well in the world."
"What?" Ruby said. "Being nice isn't bad!"
"But it lets people manipulate you more easily," the specialist replied.
"Seems like you and I are going to be working alongside Weiss in her goal. It just seems like you decided to do it in hard mode."
"What do I do in this world?" Illia asked.
"Info broker. You're even nicknamed Info-chan."
"It's better than having her just murder random girls," Jaune countered. "And I thought, wouldn't it be easier to make everyone happier just by getting the happy ending? Get someone a date?"
"Well...that's a bit idealistic," Weiss said.
"Weill, I think it's sweet," Yang told her. "Misguided but sweet."
"Jaune...you are an idiot sometimes, but that is what makes watching your fun! So if you need anything just ask. Although, I require payment of panty shots."
"What?" Illia said blushing.
"That will be explained later," the Curator chuckled.
"Oh great, you've become a degenerate after four years of not speaking to one another. I am not going to do that!" Jaune shouted at his friend.
-Scarlet-
Weiss and Jaune had spent that entire week searching for someone to take the red-headed girl's attention. And after days of searching, trading with Illia info, and training it was Friday and well, they were watching the fruits of the labor.
"So we won't get to see them actually do that?" Neptune asked.
"It would take days if we did so, so we're just seeing the end results," the Curator replied.
Under the cherry blossom tree, one Sage Ayana had asked out Neptune's oldest friend Scarlet David. The busty redhead was surprised, especially since she had only recently started to notice him more.
Neptune was always busy tutoring that junior, Weiss Schnee after Jaune asked him too. And when Jaune saw Scarlet down in the dumps he introduced Sage to her. That was on Tuesday. That gave them four days to get to know one another.
"That is scarily manipulative," Blake shuddered. "Jaune was able to manipulate the circumstances and everything he knew to set this all up in two days."
"Apparently, he's far better at tactics than strategy," Ruby informed them. "He has a better time dealing with real-time situations than preplanned stuff like me."
"That must mean he was running around setting all of that stuff on the fly," Winter hummed. "Maybe we should recruit him for Atlas." That made Ruby look in fear of losing her friend to another school!
And...Scarlet did find him interesting.
So Jaune cheered when he saw her agree. Sage sent him a text of thanks and he just sighed in relief. "Oh thank goodness that worked," Jaune grinned. "And they do look good together. She also had the same likes too. This should work out great."
"Maybe we should get Vomit Boy to be a matchmaker if he's that good," Yang chuckled.
Beside him, Weiss watched him curiously. "Does that mean I have to have the same likes as Neptune?" the quiet girl asked.
Jaune looked at her and nodded. "It certainly helps. It gives you something to talk about."
"So his version of him knows that at least," Weiss huffed.
"But Weiss! You never even let him get to know you!" Ruby complained.
"I know, and I regret that," Weiss sighed. "If all those versions of Jaune are the same deep down, then it showed he did like me for me, not for my money."
"I see." Weiss was about to leave when she heard.
"Hey. Let me walk you home. I've been doing it the entire week I may as well do it today as well." Jaune grinned.
"But your house is at the other end of town is it not?" Weiss asked.
"Ah, it's fine. I don't mind really." Jaune just grinned at her and Weiss shrugged her shoulder.
"Aww! That's so sweet!" Illia cooed as did other romantics who were watching in other rooms.
-Velvet-
"Noooo!" Velvet shouted as Jaune grinned. The rest of the cooking club was surprised when Jaune Arc, president of the martial arts club, had utterly blown Velvet out of the water.
In cooking.
"Damn," Sun whistled. "That must have been something good he made to get her to lose."
Everyone stared at him as he grinned at Velvet, who was being consoled by one Yatsuhashi Daichi.
"That's one of her teammates," Blake said. "So he's the one Jaune set her up with."
Weiss was clapping her hands as she watched Jaune utterly decimate Velvet in a cooking duel. They were supposed to make a dish that the person they love would eat. Velvet made her red velvet cupcakes for Neptune, much to Weiss's annoyance.
Yang and Sun laughed. "That one is pretty on the nose don't you think?" Yang laughed.
"The blue frosting doesn't help," Sun chuckled.
Jaune meanwhile made his brownies with Amber still in mind. That surprised no one, except Weiss who barely even considered anyone else. They knew he still loved her and with her in mind, he made some of the best-damned brownies in the school.
He won.
"He must have loved her that much if he can still make something like that," Illia frowned. "Other you might have some competition, Weiss."
"But the other me is not in love with Jaune," the heiress pointed out.
"But with thing playing out as they are, I think that might change sister," Winter told her.
"Hey I'm sorry about that," he apologized to his fellow fourth-year and club president. The blonde looked a little sad that he actually asked her to stop trying to go for Neptune if he won.
"Wow, that's really underhanded," Neptune said.
"I can't actually disagree with that," Weiss said with a frown. Agreeing with her ex made her feel weird. Especially since they just broke up. Add to the fact that this version of her is still going after a version of him? It was strange, to say the least.
"No, no, it's fine," Velvet replied. "It seems like your love won through in the end." Weiss stood just behind him and Velvet saw her. "You doing this for her?" This caused the blonde to blush.
"That makes it sound so romantic," Blake said. "Nowhere near the truth"
"That's one reason," Jaune replied. He couldn't tell her that Weiss was planning to poison her with some sweets. "The other reason was I felt sorry for a guy."
"Huh? What do you mean?" Velvet asked confused as did Weiss. However, behind her Yatsuhashi's eyes widen.
"Aww, the big guy likes her?" Illia smiled.
"We already figured that out," Yang said.
"I know but just seeing it is great."
"It's the season of school legend and I thought that maybe someone should take their chance." He grinned and gave a small nod to a confused Velvet and a blushing Yatsu.
Jaune turned and Weiss followed. "Why did you decide to help him?" Weiss asked. The blonde turned to the curious white-haired girl and shrugged.
"I didn't want a guy to make the same mistake I did and lose his chance. That goes for you too." Jaune was thoughtful as he said that and Weiss considered his words.
"Again, too nice," Winter said frowning.
-Cinder-
Weiss's eyes widen as she saw Jaune come out of the shadows and grabbed the knife in her hand. She was about to go on stage to go attack a target.
"I thought we managed to get away from that!" Weiss said dropping her jaw. "Why am I all stab happy again?"
"It's only been three weeks, I don't think life changes so easily Weiss," Yang told her.
Cinder Fall was president of the theater club and all-around bitch. She used every and anyone to move her goals forward.
"Sounds like the bad guy we know of," Ruby commented. She still couldn't believe that the cool student was actually a bad guy! Okay, she could believe it but still!
She also had fallen in love with Neptune. The convincing bitch needed to pay for trying to get him onto the play just to kiss him.
"Not a bad move," Blake said. That was like something out of a novel. Minus the crazy girl trying to murder her.
So as she went to cut off some rope to drop a heavy bag on Cinder, Jaune appeared and grabbed the knife's blade.
"Ouch," Sun flinched. "That has got to hurt."
This caused Weiss to pause as she saw the blood on his hand. "What are you doing?" he hissed.
"Taking care of the competition," Weiss replied, however she was shocked. Two weeks ago, she wouldn't have cared if she wounded Jaune. But upon seeing his hurt hand, part of her felt bad.
"There might actually be some saving you in this," Winter said with hope. "Maybe this version of our mother hasn't corrupted you totally."
"I told you I had this," Jaune said.
"You were taking too long, it's almost Friday," Weiss countered. "If she confesses her love to him at the cherry blossom tree, Neptune will be with her forever."
"I would hate to go to that school," Ruby said sticking her tongue out.
"Why?" Yang asked.
"Imagine if it's a person you don't like and they manage to confess to you at that place? Magic makes you go with them. That would suck."
Everyone, even Neptune, agreed that it would indeed suck.
"Weiss, I haven't let you down yet, please just trust me," Jaune begged her. Usually, the emotionless girl would have just went for a second stab. However, something in her made her stop and reconsider his words.
The earnesty in his blue eyes as it stared into her made her pause to consider her actions. "...fine."
"Thank you, now go back to class. I can do this." Despite his bleeding hand, he gave her a smile and walked to Cinder.
"Not going to lie, this version of him is quite charming," Winter hummed.
"Sister!" Weiss said in surprise.
"He's kind and considerate. And he's doing everything in his power to help you. What's not to like?"
A day later, news spread out that Cinder and Roman Torchwick, the male lead, we're going out! Illia got the early scoop and used it for more money.
"He works surprisingly fast," Neptune said. "Wait…"
Sun turned to his friend. "What is it?"
"Our version of Jaune is almost this good too. It was only because of him I even got the courage to ask out Weiss."
"So you mean to tell me, if I wanted to be set up with someone, Jaune could do it?" Yang asked in surprise.
-Blake-
Weiss has found out yet another club president had a crush on her Neptune. It was some upperclassmen named Blake.
"Oh great," Blake groaned. "I don't even like Neptune." The blue-haired boy looked offended.
With Jaune not here, she thought it was her chance. Seeing as he was at his club, Weiss decided to go pay her new enemy a visit.
"Not even going to try and hide it," Ruby said. "Just going behind his back! This version really is a meanie!"
Following the path to the occult research club, she was about to sneak in when she heard Blake speak.
"You want me to stop chasing after Neptune?" Blake asked in her usually quiet voice, however, this time Weiss could hear the incredulity in it.
"Yes. For my sake and yours Blake," the person she was speaking to was Jaune. Didn't he say he had practice?
Did he lie to her?
"He could be taking a break to speak to me you know," Blake said.
"The more I hear the crazier I think this version of me is," Weiss sighed
"My sake?" Blake asked. "And why would that be?" It took a moment before Weiss heard Jaune sigh.
"Blake. You and I have been friends for years. You know I can't lie to you." Jaune's voice turned serious. "I'm helping out someone get with Neptune."
"He's not even going to lie about it," Winter said surprised. He must either trust this version of her or cared for her deeply.
"And that's the reason?" Blake scoffed. Ice blue eyes narrowed on the other side of the door. This Blake person was so getting stabbed when Jaune left.
"Weiss…"
"Ruby, I know. But there's nothing I can do," Weiss told her leader and partner. "That version of me is scary.."
"Yes. She's more than a bit dangerous." Weiss heard a motion and a squeaking chair. "Blake please, I don't want you getting hurt."
"Is this about Weiss Schnee?" There was silence. "I see. She does have a dark presence about her. Why are you going through such lengths for one so steeped in darkness?"
"Yes, please tell us why you're going so far for the ice queen," Yang said.
"Is it so wrong to want to save someone?" Jaune asked. "To make sure someone is loved in a way they need?"
Weiss's eyes widen slightly.
She wasn't the only one. The entire theater's eyes widened, even those in other rooms.
He sounded so earnest and genuine in his words, that it made some people tear up.
"Holy crap, Vomit Boy," Yang said with her mouth left open.
Weiss meanwhile blushed. Why is it that this version of him made her heartbeat so fast?
"And you think Neptune can do that for her?"
"Yes." Weiss felt her heart skip a beat. That was weird.
"Wait, don't tell me," Blake gasped.
"Don't tell you what?" Sun asked his girlfriend.
"I have a hunch on something is all."
"I'm pretty sure I can't do that myself, but Neptune is more than a plausible choice." Blake didn't respond, making the Yandere on the other side of the wall grip her knife.
"Fine," Blake sighed. "But in return, I ask you to come with me."
Jaune gave a loud whoop making Weiss roll her eyes. "Sure. Where to?"
"You're going to marathon horror movies with me for this." She couldn't see it, but Weiss could practically imagine Jaune paling as she heard.
"Oh, crap baskets."
That got a few laughs from the teens.
-Yang-
Yang Xiao Long, captain of track and field, was probably the easiest for him to do. Jaune just introduced her to Sun Wukong, captain of the basketball team, and everything went smoothly. The two even confessed in front of the cherry blossom tree on Tuesday! That left him a whole week of just resting and…
Sun and Yang shared a look, eyed each other up and down and grinned. "I can see it," Yang said.
"Totally," Sun agreed. The two high-fived and grin at Blake, making her shake her head and all her friends to laugh.
"Uh, Weiss?" Jaune asked as he stopped to look at the girl. She had vanished from view. He took a few steps back and saw that Weiss had entered a convenience store and was buying instant food. "What are you doing?"
"Why am I buying such junk?" Weiss asked in disgust.
"Well, you're not part of a rich family here. Just decent so not butler or anything of the like," the Curator informed them.
"Buying food for the week," Weiss said in a monotone.
"What? Why? Can't you cook?" Jaune asked. Weiss just shook her head. "How about your mom and dad?"
"Out on a trip," she replied. "I don't know when they'll be back."
Jaune just balked at that. "So they just left you alone? For how long?" Weiss paused her filling her bag of instant food before replying.
"Since we started."
"Five weeks!"
"That's not right," Ruby huffed. "That version of Weiss obviously can barely take care of herself! Why leave her alone?"
Weiss wasn't offended but she too was curious. Why was she left alone?
"Willow has left to another kingdom to hunt down her enemy, a man who almost exposed her own Yandere adventures as a teen. She won a trial through manipulation of evidence and acting. Now not only is the man discredited as a journalist, he's on the run for his life."
The blonde looked horrified. "Don't tell me that's all you've been eating." Weiss nodded.
"That is disgusting," the heiress said to herself.
"I know right! At least get some fast food or eat out somewhere healthy!" Neptune agreed.
Jaune groaned. "The things I see you go through…" Shaking his head, he grabbed her bag and began putting stuff back. "No."
"No?" Weiss asked confused.
"You're not eating that." Jaune grabbed a grocery cart. "I'll buy you some groceries and I'll make your food. We can prepare it today and all you'll have to do is heat it up for the rest of the week."
"That's so unfair," Ruby whined. "If his cooking is good enough to beat the president of a club for cooking, that means that Weiss will be eating like a queen!"
Weiss followed behind Jaune, watching what he did with confusion. Honestly, everything he's done confused her. "Why are you going this far for me?"
Jaune looked at her as if she was crazy. "Because, as scary as you are with a knife, you've become a friend to me." He gave her a smile and turned around to get some veggies.
He never noticed Weiss frozen on her spot. "Friend?" She whispered. She could feel her the corner of her lips turn upward. Hearing Jaune day they were friends...made her heart and stomach flutter. In a good way.
"Oh my god, she totally is!" Blake pointed at the screen.
"Will you tell us now?" Sun asked.
"Weiss is in love with Jaune but doesn't notice it."
The Weiss in the theater blushed upon hearing that. Her other self was so oblivious to not notice she liked the dork? Wait, why were her own cheeks heating up.
Weiss went to follow Jaune as he kept complaining about her parents, a smile present on her face.
-Octavia-
Jaune blinked as he helped up Octavia Ember, the substitute nurse. Their current one at the school was on vacation and she came along. However, Jaune went immediately to work as a buffer.
"If I remember she's on team NDGO," Sun said.
"We'll be fighting them first in the Vytal Festival," Neptune stated. "Also she looks good in a nurse's uniform."
Weiss had seen the nurse eyeing up Neptune. So Jaune had to make sure Octavia didn't do anything to earn Weiss's ire even more. So the blonde put himself on the line for this.
"So," Jaune grinned. "You okay there Ms. Ember?" The older, busty, scarlet haired woman grinned at him.
"I wonder how Pyrrha is feeling right now seeing this?" Ruby wondered.
In the game room, Pyrrha had just thrown three darts at a bullseye, her face a glare as she saw this woman grinning at her crush. Nora, Ren, and Penny took a step back away from the angry girl.
"Thank you! I think I would have fallen down the stairs if you hadn't caught me," she replied. Blue eyes immediately went up the stairs to see Weiss peeking around the corner.
"Busted," Illia giggled. Once again, the heiress could not believe her other self acting like that.
His eyes conveyed his disappointment, and to his surprise, Weiss actually did look apologetic.
"He is changing her for the better," Winter sighed in relief. To see someone caring for an alternate version of her sister was nice, especially if the info about what they're mother did was true
He then decided to focus back on Octavia before him. "It was no problem. I was just my way up to the nurse's office. It was my turn for a physical after all."
Octavia laughed, her grey eyes looking at the younger man. For some reason, the way she looked at him made Weiss angry. She didn't understand why though. It was akin to how she felt when other women spoke to Neptune.
But that couldn't be, right?
"Yeah, she is totally in denial or ignorant of her own feelings," Yang agreed with her partner.
"If she can figure them out, I'm sure she could end up happier than with Neptune," Illia suggested. Neptune flinched hearing that.
"You've been coming to the nurse's office this entire week Mr. Arc. Some people may think you have a crush on me," Octavia teases. This causes the young man to just laugh as they walked to the nurse's office, with Weiss stalking them a ways behind.
"Sorry to burst your bubble, Ms. Ember-"
"Octavia. Call me Octavia," the nurse suggested. Jaune gave her a funny look and the kind nurse just giggled.
"Did she just say that?" Ruby asked, slightly glaring at the screen.
"This version of Jaune is rather likable," Blake said. "I don't see why she wouldn't."
"If we go by that logic, that might mean your version does too? I mean she took her all on her own for a movie marathon," Yang pointed out. Ruby shot Blake a betrayed look and Weiss gave her a subtle one.
"Okay Octavia," Jaune said humoring the nurse. That made the woman giggle again and Weiss to feel even more irritated.
She took out her phone and sent a quick text to Illia.
"Do you still have that info on Octavia Ember?" She asked as she saw them disappear into the office.
"Damn, she out for revenge already," Sun said.
"Why? Jaune already asked me for info and is handling it," Illia texted back. "Did he fail on his quest to make her stop going after Neptune?"
Weiss froze. No, Jaune did not fail. In fact, he was doing splendidly. Her friend, yes she considered him a friend after six weeks of knowing each other, had managed to monopolize the nurse's attention by constantly getting hurt.
"By doing what!?" Ruby shouted.
Namely, standing up to the various bullies in school. Of course, that made rumors arise that Jaune was masochistic and wanted the nurse. But those who knew him knew better.
"Of course those kinds of rumors would pop up," Weiss scoffed. She wouldn't put it past a few people to do something like that to most hunters.
He was just helping others protect themselves. It just so happened to also be because Weiss needed the nurse distracted.
"Not my kind of multi-tasking, but I approve," Winter nodded. "Finish objectives faster that way."
The white-haired girl was able to keep Neptune's attention on her through their tutoring sessions. And with Jaune running interference, that made it easier.
So...why was she calling the resident info broker? Jaune had it handled right?
"No, he did not," Weiss replied. And that's okay.
"She may think that, but it's not what her heart says!" Illia said with a grin.
"Oh?" Illia said with a light teasing tone. "You seem disappointed that he didn't. Did this woman do something really bad to make you feel this way?"
"No she didn't," Weiss replied. "Sorry for bothering you."
The rest of the week went by without a hitch and Octavia left soon after. But Weiss couldn't shake feeling something had changed.
"Her heart had changed," Blake said siling.
-Raven-
"Get your hands off me!" Raven Branwen, substitute teacher, shouted. Cops had her in handcuffs as she was dragged out of the school. Various students were watching and pointing at her.
"Wait, what? Mom?" Yang asked. She turned to the Curator, who just pointed at the screen.
Neptune was near the front and looked appalled. Weiss next to him was holding his hand. "I can't believe it. I almost went with her."
"Well, look a that, Weiss is close to getting her man now," Sun said with a smile.
"It's fine now. You didn't," Weiss said kindly. With Jaune's help, she was able to do this much! No more extreme embarrassment just by being near Neptune. She can actually talk to him!
"So...she was just as socially awkward as me!" Ruby cheered, trying to find the light in all of this. Of course, this made Weiss roll her eyes.
"I know but to think, she molests teenagers. And she's a teacher, how disgusting," Neptune said shaking his head. He turns and grins at Weiss. "Shall we go back to studying?"
"She did what!?" Yang yelled in disgust.
"I'm not sure if I dodged a bullet or angry that Jaune got her arrested," Neptune said.
"Actually, I'm not sure which one either," Sun told him.
"Yes."
As they headed back, Jaune stood well behind the assembled group of students, phone to his ear and a vengeful smirk on his face. "You know Illia, I have to hand it to you," he laughed. "You pulled through for me."
"Of course I did," Illia puffed up her chest enjoying the praise. "What did I do?"
"You gathered evidence of her immoral activities over a few dozen schools and sent it to the cops," the Curator responded. "Raven got sent to jail as you can see."
"Hey, this isn't free you know," Illia said from the other end of the line. Jaune looked at the room she usually holed herself in for safety and saw the blinds move. "I want compensation damn it."
"What? Panty shots? That's Weiss's forte and you know it." Yes, his friend dealt with information by taking up-skirt photos of panties as currency. Which she would then sell to perverts for actual cash.
"As much as I hate to say it, I could probably do that," Ilia said blushing. The other girls looked at her like she was weird.
Jaune never stooped that low, sadly Weiss did. For Jaune's case, he instead traded info. Being the more sociable of the three, yes that included Weiss, he had an easier time speaking to others and getting the gossip Illia loved.
"He is rather personable," Blake said after a moment's thought. "Even our world."
"No," Illia replied. "When this is all over, you are taking me out for dinner. At the place you and I always went to as kids. ALL YOU CAN EAT." Jaune blinked and remembered the sushi place that his parents and hers took them to after soccer matches. They were still open and did offer all you can eat.
The cat Faunus looked rather jealous at the thought of all that fish. Yang just chuckled. "You do know you could have gotten some from the concession stand right?" she laughed.
"I didn't think it would come up in a world like this," Blake pouted.
Jaune laughed. "Of course. It just so happens to be the place where a few sexy girls work isn't it."
"Damn right!" Illia laughed. "We can ogle while we eat!"
That got a few laughs at Illia's expense.
The boy laughed. "Sure. Sure. I owe you that much for helping me after all."
This felt nice. He was reconnecting to his friend.
"Aww, that is nice," Ruby said.
-Vernal-
Rumors went about as to why Jaune Arc was in the hospital. Rumors said it that involved the same reasons as to why one Arslan Altan was in the hospital.
"Jaune was hospitalized?" Weiss gasped. The others did look on in worry.
The current leader of the delinquents was also at the doctors. She was in the ironically enough put in the room right across from Jaune Arc.
"So he had at least managed to hurt whoever hurt him just as much," Yang noticed. She nodded, at least he did that much.
His right arm was in a cast, his left eye was damaged and he was sure that some of his bones were broken.
"So he got them during this week as the Curator said," Winter said. "To see a world without Aura, it truly makes me wonder if we are blessed despite all our troubles."
Weiss, meanwhile had come, to visit Jaune. She could see various people had brought him gifts and get-well cards. The young woman stood outside of his room and was looking at him through the window and frowned.
Why did he go so far?
"Because he's a friend you dummy!" Ruby shouted at the other version of Weiss.
"Did you know this is the second time he did the impossible? I was unbeaten until he fought me," a voice said from her left. Turning her head, Weiss saw her rival Arslan standing there with a crutch. She was holding her left side as she stared at the boy within the ward with her one good eye.
"Damn," Neptune whistled. "Jaune did a number on her too."
"Right? How'd he win?" Sun asked.
"He knocked her out using his broken arm, by throwing one good punch when she had her guard down," the Curator answered.
"Nice!"
"What do you mean?" Weiss asked before turning to look at Jaune again.
Arslan looked at Weiss before mimicking here and watching Jaune's prone form. "Did you know anything about Jaune prior to him helping you?" the leader of the delinquents asked. "I mean, that's the only reason he decided to fight me today, helping you."
"Makes your heart flutter doesn't it?" Ruby sighed. Weiss slightly nodded her head.
"No. I only started speaking to him eight weeks ago," Weiss said softly. Weiss even saw Neptune visit Jaune. Was he really that popular?
"Unlike our Vomit Boy," Yang snickered, trying not ot think of what had happened to Jaune.
"Huh, he must think you're worth it if he's doing what he is," Arslan mumbled.
"How so?" Weiss was wondering where this conversation was going.
"The reason Jaune even is a martial artist was because he wanted to impress a girl." Weiss's eyes narrow at that thought. Jaune trying to impress a girl? The very thought of that made Weiss angry.
"It seems like dear Weiss is possessive of Jaune now," Blake frowned.
"Who was she?" the woman wondered.
"The previous president of the martial arts club, Amber. She's still in school if you. I'm pretty sure you've seen her before." Weiss frowned, she did see that brown-haired woman. A rather girly girl and yet she's supposedly the previous leader of the martial arts club? That was preposterous.
"I've never seen her before, any of you have?" Ruby asked. All the students said no, but Winter looked at the screen.
"She looks familiar. Maybe she's a solider in Atlas?" the specialist suggested. It bothered her that this person seemed to be someone she knew but she couldn't place who she was.
"I see the face you are making and I agree," Arslan said. "I too thought that she was nothing at first. But she had a perfect win streak for a few years. No one could beat her at all."
Weiss turned to Arslan. Her face was incredulous.
"Again, I agree. But nonetheless, she was unbeatable until one day...she lost." Arslan nodded to Jaune. "He was originally her protege and he was in love with her. So, he thought the best way to show his affection was to show that he was just as good at martial arts as she was."
"I don't see anything wrong with his thinking," Illia said. Sun nodded.
"Sady, all that failed when he did beat her," Arslan shook her head.
"How so?" Weiss asked.
"By beating her in a fight, it freed Amber to chase what she really wanted to do. No longer bound to martial arts. So when he asked her out on a date, she said no. Because it would tie her back to the world she wants to leave." Arslan frowned.
"Fuck," Yang said as she took a deep intake of breath. "That is just unlucky."
"I know right?" Illia frowned. "All that time wasted to only to be flushed down the drain."
"It was also the reason Jaune hasn't tried to chase after love for quite some time." The blonde turned towards Weiss. "So I was surprised he asked me not to go after Neptune and then found out that it was for a girl? I thought he was in love again, but it seems like he's trying to be a good friend. He doesn't have the same eyes for you as he did Amber."
Weiss flinched. Was this what rejection felt like? She only felt it earlier with Neptune and another version of Jaune. But hearing that a version of her had basically a perfect man just think of her as a friend? It hurt her heart even more.
Arslan crossed her arm over her chest as she turned fully to Weiss. "What did you do to deserve that?"
"I don't know," Weiss answered as Arslan left.
"I too wish to know," Weiss mumbled.
Why was he being nice to her? He originally went to do this to stop her from killing girls that were close to her one true love? But...did he really have to go beyond that?
To take care of her? To ensure she was safe?
What did Weiss do to deserve that friendship?
"Damn that was a little sad," Yang frowned.
-Nora-
Jaune Arc was surprised at how easy it was to convince Neptune's adopted sister Nora to look into a guy named Ren. Like honestly, surprised.
"Wait, Nora is my sister here?" Neptune asked.
"Adopted by your parents yes," the Curator responded. "They wanted a second child but couldn't conceive one. That was why the adopted Nora."
Maybe because Ren was a boy who was just willing to listen to Nora as she went on and on and on about things. That and Ren was just a little shy to say no to her. The martial artist was more than surprised at how the energetic girl grabbed Ren and confessed almost immediately in front of the tree of legend.
Those that knew that two just laughed. They could totally see that happening in a world without the destruction and death of Grimm.
The blonde was standing there, more hurt than usual and was utterly confused. Weiss was next to him just happy that the orange-haired adopted sister didn't put up much of a fight.
"Well, if Nora was distracted by Ren, she wouldn't be distracting her brother," Yang said. "I remember when Ruby would cock block me when trying to get a date."
"I did what?" the younger sister asked.
"You did! I mean accidentally but you stopped me from going some dates that I liked!"
She did wonder why Nora was all pouty when Jaune said it wasn't him going to date her.
"Are you kidding me?" Blake groaned. "It seems like this version of Jaune is making women fall in love with him by accident."
"That is dangerous," Winter nodded. "And can be weaponized. He's doing it for Weiss too."
"Well, that was the easiest one so far," Jaune laughed. "Even more so than Yang."
"It was." Weiss nodded. "Jaune?"
"Yes?" he asked as he was walking back to her home.
"I just want to thank you for all you've done for me," Weiss said. She shuffled a little in her spot. "I was just thankful for all you've done for me."
"Aw, you look so cute being bashful!" Ruby said hugging her partner!
"Ah! Let go of me, you dolt!" Weiss shouted.
Jaune turned to face her and looked at her with his one good eye. "Ah, it's fine. Even if we started off rather rocky, I've come to consider you my friend." He gave a small laugh. "I'm just sad you won't join the martial arts club."
"I'm sorry it's not my thing." Weiss gave him a small smile. She even gave him a small bump with her hip.
"Oh my god," Yang grinned. "That is so cute!"
"Not you too you barbarian!"
"Ah look at you, so playful," Jaune grinned. "Why don't we celebrate? You can come to eat at my place today."
"Wow, sounds like you're meeting his family," Blake teased her.
"Please kill me," Weiss groaned.
Weiss looked both surprised and excited at that. "I would love to."
"Despite your craziness, I'm sure you can reign it in for a little longer right?" Jaune grinned. Weiss rolled her eyes but grinned all the same.
That night Weiss had experienced many things, namely due to Jaune's numerous sisters. Putting on makeup, dressing up, even learning to cook a little on her own. She was also glad to see Jaune smiling at her.
That night when Jaune and his father dropped her off at home, Weiss fell asleep content for the first time in her life.
"That was sweet," Winter smiled fondly. "If you were to date this boy, I would approve sister."
"WINTER!" Weiss shouted.
-Pyrrha-
Which lead to Jaune's predicament at the start of his day. It seemed like this whole magical tree confession season was almost over. And the last person, who stood between Weiss and Neptune was the school president.
That was why he sat across from someone he wasn't expecting to speak to so soon. "Morning Pyrrha," Jaune greeted. Since it was only two weeks since his fight he was still rather bandaged up.
"Of course, she's the final boss," Yang nodded. Ruby also did.
"Yup. The Invincible Girl being the last fight would make sense," Blake said.
"Jaune, always a pleasure," Pyrrha grinned. "I'm surprised you've come to see me."
"I know you know why I'm here," he said with a frown. She looked back at him and did the same.
"No, dilly-dallying here I see," Winter said.
"Jaune may just want this to end is all," Weiss said.
"Ah, yes," Pyrrha nodded. "Neptune was it? And it has to do with Schnee right?"
"I don't know why every prominent woman in school that is close to our age fell in love with him," Jaune sighed. "You too."
Pyrrha blushed. "Well, you see I…"
"Our Pyrrha must be so pissed right now," Yang chuckled.
"No. I mean really. He's my friend and all but I don't know why all of you suddenly fell in love with him...in the span of ten weeks." He shakes his head.
"Magic, duh," Ruby said.
"Either way, I know that you know something is different with Weiss."
"Ah yes. I saw her rather darker tendencies when she glared at other girls near Neptune. That is why I'm grateful for you for stopping her and making her kinder in response. But...you want me to stop chasing the boy I like for her?"
"That's putting it mildly," Weiss said. "He made me more human instead of that sociopath I was at the beginning."
Jaune nods. "Yes. Please, Pyrrha, I know that you're strong and all that but I want you to be aware of the situation. I want people to be safe and happy and I think that if you just give up on Neptune it would be so much easier."
"You think she'll agree?" Illia asked.
Pyrrha stared at him before nodding slowly. "Of course, but I want something in return."
"Ah there's always a catch," Winter frowned. "How shrewd."
Jaune sighed. There was always a catch. "Sure. Blake put me through horror torture, what do you want?"
The class president smiled. "Pretend to be my boyfriend then. To appease my father of course. Just one week."
"You want me to pretend to be your boyfriend for a week?" Jaune asked, shocked. She nodded.
"Just one week."
"Fine."
"Did...did she just manipulate Jaune into dating her?" Weiss asked, feeling some fury building in her.
"I think Pyrrha just did," Illia said in surprise.
-Weiss-
"Neptune, I like you...please go out with me," Weiss told Neptune after those ten weeks.
"I...Like you too Weiss. Of course, I'll go out with you," Neptune grins. They hug and hold hands.
"She gets her prince charming," Ruby sighed.
"But what about Jaune and her feelings for him?" Yang asked.
Off in the distance, Jaune smirked at his accomplishment. He pretended to be Pyrrha's boyfriend for a week much to everyone's surprise but it got her off Weiss's back. And in that time he became good friends with Pyrrha, even agreeing to see if this can be real in the future.
They could hear another scream of "Yes" off in the distance. That was two worlds in a row Pyrrha got with Jaune.
Goal complete, he was happy to see Weiss happy. As he was about to leave school, he felt someone grab his arm and drag him. "What the?" He turned to see Illia dragging him
'Oh right! His promise," Illia grinned.
"Let's go!" Illia grinned. "You owe me dinner martial arts boy! Let's go and watch pretty women serve us food!" Jaune laughed and rolled his eyes.
"Sure, I do owe you one." It seemed like everyone was happy at the end of his little quest.
The screen turned black
"Well that was an interesting world, to say the least," Winter said. "Now if you don't mind I think I'll go speak to the General and-" She stopped speaking as the screen came on.
-Glitched-
Weiss couldn't understand it. She really couldn't.
Her eyes were wide as she stood in the middle of the aisle of a church. On both sides of her, people are crying. Her arms were slack on either side of her and she was hyperventilating.
"It's happening again," Ruby said in fear.
To her left Scarlet and Sage sat three rows behind the first row. Velvet and Yatsuhashi were to her right. Even the bitch Cinder was here with Roman.
"Those are all the people Jaune helped get together," Weiss pointed out.
Blake came with Illia, and Sun and Yang were sitting next to them. Octavia was weeping behind her somewhere. Arslan sat near the front her fist clenched, tears streaming down her face.
"What is going on?" Blake asked.
Nora was hugging Ren and Pyrrha was weeping openly.
"Oh no," Yang gasped.
At the very front of the church was the Arc family, standing in front of a casket. Inside the casket was Jaune.
"What!? How?" Sun demanded. What is happening in this world?
It had only been two weeks since she was dating Neptune. She was having the time of her life. Of course, Jaune still spoke to her and it made her happy. Life was great.
"Get to the part where he died!" Weiss begged. "What happened?"
That was until after one date Neptune got angry at her. Weiss just asked why he was walking her home, and not Jaune. That was their thing. It confused Weiss as to why Neptune would walk her home.
"Oh…" Neptune muttered. "It seemed like Weiss truly didn't understand her feelings."
Jaune had to point it out to her that it is now her boyfriend's job. People would find it weird if he kept doing it.
That made her sad but she accepted it.
Weiss gripped the arms on her seat, dread pooling in her stomach.
Until one week ago, the school had told of the unfortunate passing of Jaune Arc at the hands of one Neptune Vasilias. He was stabbed to death in the middle of the street as he was helping an old woman cross the street.
"HOW DARE YOU!?" Ruby shouted and everyone else glared at the image of Neptune on screen.
Neptune had rushed him and began stabbing the Jaune while his back was turned. Stabbed ten times to his death.
"One for each girl," Sun muttered.
So here she was now, looking at his form in the coffin. "No," she whispered. "NO!" Weiss shouted. Everyone turned to look at her.
"She seems so broken," Illia said in concern.
"Weiss," Illia said going close to her.
"Why is he in there? He's going to get up isn't he?" Weiss said crying. "Jaune's going to get up. He always did! After he fought Arslan, after all those stupid martial arts matches, after Amber broke his up, after…" she didn't say when she tried to stab him.
"That's a common trope in all Jaune it seems," Winter said with some tears in her eyes. She liked this Jaune, he was a good person.
"But he always got up! Why are we putting him in a coffin?" Weiss turned to the crowd and she could see it. Their pitying stares were all looking at her. Illia slowly took her hand.
"Weiss...Jaune is gone. He's not coming back…" Illia said sniffling. "Our friend...he's gone."
"No! NO!" Weiss said as she ran out. She didn't want to believe it. Jaune couldn't be gone. He just couldn't!
"She is not taking this well," Blake frowned.
No one made a move to go after her as she bolted out of the building. She ran and ran and ran until she collapsed sobbing in an alley.
As she was crying to herself when she heard the footsteps. She looked up and saw a woman in all black, green eyes stared back at her. "Pyrrha?" Weiss asked.
"Did she follow her?" Ruby said in hope. Maybe there to console her friend.
"Ruby...she appeared out of nowhere," Blake said. "The same thing happened when Nora went dark."
"Not your Pyrrha, you can say I'm Another Pyrrha," the woman laughed as she took down her hood. It was a slightly older Pyrrha with her usually vibrant red hair paler than usual. Her green eyes glowed and there was an air of sadness to her. "Nice to meet you, Weiss, it seems like you lost your world."
"She said the same thing to Nora!" Yang growled.
"What are you talking about?"
"The boy you love, Jaune?" Pyrrha said with a sad knowing smile. She knelt down and lifted up Weiss's chin. "I lost mine too."
"So this is all because of Pyrrha losing a Jaune? But how did she get these powers?" Sun asked.
"I loved Jaune?" Weiss asked. Her mind thought about it and slowly in her heart knew that Pyrrha was right. And that made her sadder.
"Do you want to see him again?" At those words, Weiss snapped up and immediately nodded her head.
"Yes. Please, I want to see him again," Weiss said desperately. "How...how would I do it?"
"That was surprisingly quick," Neptune said.
"She's hurt and wants to be with the one she loves, of course, she agreed," Winter explained.
Two black watches floated from Pyrrha's hand. "Take these and go. Find the Jaune that is meant for you again."
Weiss's hands immediately reached out to the two watches and clicked both of them. "V! VENOM!"
"V and Venom, make sure to record those for our Jaune!" Ruby said.
"On it!" Weiss wrote down the names into her Scroll.
Weiss's form was engulfed in darkness as her hair turned black. The clothes she had on switched to a perversion of Winter's uniform. The colors were inverted with the long coat, shirt and pants becoming black. The corset, gloves and thigh-high boots were white. Even the red collar and small blue cape had switched colors.
Then there were the tattoos on her arms.
"You've gone all blake on us!" Ruby shouted. "No offense."
"Some taken but she does look more goth than I do," Blake replied.
The screen literally turned black only for a newspaper article appeared.
Neptune Vasilias, murdered within his prison cell via bite marks. No clues as to how.
"Bite marks?" Weiss asked confused and horrified
The screen fades away, glitching out.
"Well...that's not a good thing to see," the Curator said. "Why don't you guys take a break while someone else goes to watch."
"I think that's a good idea," Ruby said. As they left, it was the villains that entered. Salem, Cinder, Emerald, Mercury, Roman and Neo. Surprisingly, Raven decided to sit in as well.
The screen turns into an image of Jaune wearing all black. And then suddenly, four other versions of him walked out of his body all smirking at the camera. All of them had just a slight variation on their looks compared to the original.
So the next world is going to be a villainous Jaune based on the powerset on Xehanort and a few of his forms.