Remember when I can do chapters every three days? It's been two months since then. Still seems like I got it. I won't reply to reviews this time, it close to midnight and I am dead tired haha.
disclaimer: I do not own RWBY or Kamen Rider Gaim.
Penny tilted her head and looked at her in confusion. "What do you mean dancing Jaune?" Penny asked curiously.
"It's such a cool world! Sure people are fighting the Grimm and the Schnee Dust Company is a bunch of assholes," Nora glared at the screen and Weiss sunk deeper into her seat, "everyone is having fun dancing!"
"That sounds so cool!" Penny said eagerly. "After that last world, I would like something fun."
"Me too. But what is it about the Schnee Dust Company that's worse?" Illia asked.
"They are the fun police!" Nora pouted. The bomber crossed her arms still angry at what they did.
"What she means to say is that they had used the main characters as both guinea pigs for some experiments and then scapegoats when the Grimm they were controlling went wild," Ren explained for his girlfriend.
"Was it just Faunus?" Illia asked completely curious.
"No, both humans and Faunus the same."
"Wow, so they are even worse there." That made Illia frown at the thought.
The screen opens.
It had been a couple of weeks since the last time this world was shone. And a few major events happened.
"Oh thank goodness," Nora sighed in relief. "We didn't miss three months this time!"
"You like this world don't you?" Ruby asked.
"It was the first one we saw and Jaune-Jaune is the same!" Nora said with a smile.
"I can see it," Pyrrha smiled.
Both Jaune and Adam had voluntarily left their dance teams once more.
"NOOOOO!" the bomber yelled as she fell to the floor.
Everyone in the theater could hear the yell.
"Why?" Weiss asked curiously.
The two were in pursuit of answers and would rather not drag down the people with them. It also separated the whole Grimm Game fiasco from the newly made merged dance group.
"Wait, so they're dancing again?" Yang asked surprised.
"Yes, they are," the Curator replied. "A few days before this, all the dance teams came together for a dance performance." The screen changed and show the large stage with multiple platforms and the various teams all dancing.
"So cool!" Nora said. Sitting next to her Penny nodded.
"It is!" the girl grinned.
"Yang! I see us!" Ruby said pointing at the duo in a group of girls wearing all white.
"Yes! We're dancers too!" the older sister said as the two high five.
"Hey, I'm in the same group as you guys," Illia said. "As is Penny, Coco, Neo, and Velvet."
"You guys are known as Team Pop Up," the Curator replied. "And this was only possible...if Adam and his superiority complex left White Fang. And he did that, only after Sun proved he's a capable leader."
The screen then showed the monkey Faunus turn into an Armored Rider as well, this one based on a Walnut. "And he passed with flying colors. And at the end of the day, both Jaune and Adam walked away, but they are all now having fun."
"I don't like it, but I'll take what I can," Nora nodded.
Secondly, Weiss Schnee, known as Ryugen, has been inducted into the inner circle of the Vale Branch of the Schnee Foundation. She knew the horrible truth about Helheim and had joined her sister, Winter, to help her friends from the shadows.
"That's good for me, I guess," Weiss said. "If I can help out the others then I am fine."
Third, Jaune Arc was informed of the machinations of the Schnee Company that involved the Scalar System and the Ark Project.
"The what and what?" Ruby asked.
"I've never heard of that," Weiss said.
"I would hope not, it shouldn't be in your world," the Curator replied.
The Scalar System was the giant ring that floated around the Schnee Tower in the heart of Vale. With a push of a button, the entirety of Vale would be destroyed. This was installed in the case of the emergence of Helheim and the Grimm that inhabit it.
All the teens dropped their jaws at that. Even those outside the room did the same. Saphron, Terra, Kali, and Ghira were all terrified at the thought of a single flick of the switch everyone would be killed in a city.
James frowned and turned to Winter who shook her head. She knew her father wasn't that insane. It was a loss of profit for him if he did that after all.
Ozpin, Qrow, and Glynda were all shocked to hear that something so close to Beacon was there.
The villains meanwhile were all thinking of how to use that to their advantage.
The Ark Project meanwhile was the mass production of Sengoku Drivers for the populace.
"That one seems better," Penny stated. And this time it was easily acquired.
However, given the amount of time and money they were up against hard limits. The scientist at the corporation estimates that there was only a decade left before Helheim completely engulfing the entirety of Remnant. And within that time, they would only be able to produce a billion.
That is one-seventh of the population. The other sixth would be killed off.
"No..." Ruby gasped. A lot of people were right there with her. Only a seventh of the population would survive the apocalypse. So many sacrifices.
"I know that I would make some tough choices, but that...that is not a choice I would like to make," James said taking a gulp.
"Well you don't have to," the Curator replied. "Winter does." That made the specialist freeze in place. That decision was on her shoulders? The young woman couldn't think she could do that.
Jaune was not pleased about that and was looking for a way to stop them.
And the last revelation came as he fought his way through Schnee Tower, and managed to draw against the White Armored Rider, Winter.
"Impressive. For a person with only four months of fighting, he managed to tie with my sister," Weiss said, nodding her head.
"Don't forget she supposedly destroyed him," Yang stated. "Tp see how far he's come again her? I'm kind of proud of Vomit Boy."
At that time though, she told him a dark truth.
The very first Grimm he vanquished to protect himself and Blake was none other than their close friend and leader Sage. He had eaten some of the Helheim Fruit and became a Grimm.
Jaune was shaken by this, his belief of nod needing sacrifices for people to have hope shattered by his own hands.
"We should have seen that coming," Blake frowned.
"We should have the last time we saw this world," Ren also said frowning.
"Oh, Jaune," Pyrrha said her heart going out to her love.
Winter had let a broken Jaune leave Schnee Tower unharmed. His eyes vacant as he walked away, no longer a threat to their plans.
The scene is then bisected by two zippers and…
An Intro Song plays.
"Wait...this world has an intro!?" Ruby shouted in glee as the music began to play. Despite the previous tension, this was interesting!
Everyone watched and could agree that the song was pretty good. The stand out parts were the different armors, the interactions between characters mid-song and then…
"RENNY! WE'RE DANCING!" Nora yelled shaking her boyfriend and Pyrrha. The scenes where it showed Team Gaim as a full group made the bomber so happy. She wasn't the only one. The rest of Team JNPR was grinning from ear to ear, as were Blake and Weiss.
Adrian was clapping his hands along with his mothers as they saw it.
When the song finished, Illia gave a small hum. "Did you notice the difference between the two groups dancing? Gaim and the White Fang I mean."
"I did," Pyrrha replied. "Team Gaim dance as a team, while the White Fang were all going by the tune of Adam's dance."
"What an interesting thing to see," Blake hummed. She thought it suited the two groups, especially with how controlling Adam is.
As the song finishes, it cuts to the next day. Jaune Arc stood at where it all started, where his journey as an Armored Rider began. Behind the old factory, where the first Crack appeared before him and Blake.
"I remember this!" Ruby shouted. "That was so weird."
His eyes were glistening with unshed tears as memories of that day were recalled. They entered into the world of Grimm, their adventure, and then the monster. No…
"Sage…" Jaune said, finally crying. The emotions that had brewed within him finally overflowing.
"I don't like seeing him like this," Penny said. "Is this what heartache feels like?"
"It is," Ruby nodded, feeling sad for her friend.
"Jaune?" Blake asked, in her dance clothes. This time she had a white bow on, making it look like she had two cat ears.
That caused a few snickers, making the young Faunus blush.
"Blake," the blonde said in surprise before turning away quickly and wiping his tears.
"Just show your tears Vomit Boy!" Yang said, frowning. Hiding someone's feelings like that was bad.
"What are you doing here?"
"This is where we were supposed to meet Sage, but he had never appeared," she replied. The Faunus approached her long-time friend. "So whenever I'm close by, I like to visit."
"That's nice of me," Blake commented. "I mean I would do that myself but to do that every time? That's dedication."
"Of course! They were friends Blake," Ruby grinned. "If something were to happen, we'd be worried too."
Jaune felt dejected a little and nodded. "Yeah." Taking a few steps, his back was to her before he continued. "How is dancing going?"
Blake grinned and faced him once more. "Great. The cross-team dance group is doing well."
"Yay! I need something bright in this dark world!" Nora said. She was just trying to not be sad when she saw her Fearless Leader being so uncertain.
"We're even getting more and more people to come to our performances."
"I see," Jaune said fondly. He still refused to meet her eyes.
"You know, I know that you're not our bodyguard anymore but…" Blake walked in front of Jaune and smiled at him. A kind and sincere smile, that hurt him. "I'd like it if you came and danced with us sometime."
"JUST FUCK ALREADY!" Yang shouted. Blake smacked her partner across the head.
"Huh, it seems that if it's to reprimand someone for stupidity and it's nonlethal, force can be used outside of the Training Room. Noted," the Curator said. He was curious as to how Neo kept smacking Roman.
"Why did you say that?" Illia asked.
"Because this version of Blake and Jaune are so obviously in love with one another. They're just too dumb to notice it," Yang grinned. That made Ruby, Pyrrha, and Penny to glare at the screen lightly.
The blonde made a pained face as he turned away from her once more. "I...dodon't have that right."
"You do Jaune! You do!" Penny said.
"What do you mean?" the Faunus asked worriedly. Jaune was one of her oldest friends and he was acting so weird. It was out of character for him to be this sad.
"It is," Ren nodded. "It's rare to see him mopey after the whole debacle with Cardin."
Turning to face her Jaune spoke again. "It's my fault that-!"
"Jaune!" a cheery voice called out. Both of them turned to see Weiss in similar dance clothes to Blake. "I need your advice. Can I have a second?"
"What is she doing?" Weiss asked, surprised her other-self.
"Weiss?" he said surprised. The young woman grabbed his wrist, leaving Blake on her own.
Going far away from that place, Weiss lead Jaune close to a waterway. "That was close wasn't it?"
The blonde blinked. He was confused. "What do you mean?"
"You were about to tell Blake what happened to Sage weren't you?" Weiss said bluntly. That made Jaune stare at her in shock.
"She knew?" Ruby gasped.
"Well she was put into the inner circle, it would make sense as to why she could get that info," Illia said.
"Weiss...how did you-"
"When we first snuck into the tower," the young woman paused, "I saw the video on Sage."
"That also makes sense," Blake nodded. "When they broke him and Adam out."
That surprised Jaune even more. Weiss had known, known about what he did to their friend for over a month now. And she didn't tell him? "Why didn't you tell me, Weiss?"
"Why didn't I?" she mumbled.
"And why should I?" the woman before Jaune replied. The anger in her voice surprised him. "I just wanted you to be happy! I'd never let myself take that away from you, even if it meant hiding the truth!"
"Uh...is this another Psycho Weiss?" Yang asked the Curator.
"No. She just loves Jaune and Blake too much and wants to protect them, by any means necessary," the Curator replied.
Jaune stared at her, confusion was very evident on his face. What could he say to that? Was she in the right?
"I wish you'd never had to find out at all."
"Is that fair to Sage's memory!?" Jaune said both in anger and despair.
"Why is it this Jaune is always going through so much pain?" Nora asked hugging her knees.
"I should have realized when Hase turned into that Grimm…" The blonde walked over to the railing over the waterway and grabbed it. The conflict was very obvious on his face as he stared over the water. "I'm a terrible person."
"No, you're not Jaune!" Ruby stated.
Weiss took a moment to respond. "Jaune, you saved Blake's life." She approached him and placed a hand on his shoulder. "That thing wasn't Sage, not anymore."
"I mean, she's not wrong," Weiss said. Despite agreeing with her other self, Weiss felt a little sick doing so. That was something her father would want her to do.
"But-"
"You mustn't tell Blake about this."
"I think...there's something wrong with this Weiss too," Ruby frowned.
"She's taking her "care" too far that it's becoming negative," Illia stated. That much was true, to say the least.
Jaune's eyes widened again. His tears once more unshed as he turned to face his friend. "But she has to know the truth."
"You fought to protect her," Weiss insisted again. "That's how she'll see it. She'll blame Sage's death on herself if you tell her."
"I'm not that weak," Blake said.
"If you found out that Yang had to murder a friend to save you, would you not blame yourself?" Ren asked.
A lot of the people in the room paused, unsure of how to answer.
"But it's my fault Sage died!" Jaune tried to counter.
"The truth doesn't matter here!" Weiss replied angrily. "What matter's here is her happiness."
"Damn, I don't like this version of you," Yang said.
"I don't like her too," Weiss frowned. "She's not as good as I thought. Even the crazy me had an excuse, this one doesn't."
"From what I remember she was neglected by both her parents and sister, so she imprinted on Jaune and me. I guess she truly wants the best for them," Blake said reminding them. "But she's being too much."
"So what we need to do, both of us...is to make sure she can keep smiling." Jaune looked down straight into Weiss's unflinching eyes.
"By lying to her?" his voice wavered.
"He sounds so hurt," Penny frowned. "This is as sad as the Saiyan one."
"Man these Jaune's lives suck," Nora sighed. Ren just hugged his girlfriend.
"Some people are happy to let others get hurt. Who will sacrifice others for their ambitions." Weiss stared back at Jaune with determination. "Truth is just a weapon, for people to use against others."
"Brothers, she's using what she's saying on him!" Weiss realized that.
The young man made a pained face as he turned to his friend. "What am I supposed to do?"
A Zipper interested the screen for a scene cut.
A few hours later, Jaune found himself sitting at the bar within Drupers, a cup of orange juice in front of him. The fruit bar itself was packed with people but they had given Jaune space to mope on his own.
"I wish I could go there," Penny said enticed by the colors.
"Me too actually," Illia agreed.
"Oh! You'd like to go there to console Jaune?" Penny asked. Illia groaned and shook her head.
As he sat there, Jaune remembered Weiss's parting words to him.
You've fought long enough Jaune. Why don't you rest now? Leave dealing with Helheim's Invasion and my family's plans to me.
I promise that I'll protect everyone. Trust me!
Weiss couldn't help the scowl that appeared. This version of her was terrible. It would make her how her father want her.
As he sat there, his mind wandered to a happy place for him. It was an unused two-story garage that Team Gaim was renting for their base. Three out of the four walls were made of brick and there was an old car in there that was refurbished to act as a couch.
"That's our hang out?" Nora asked surprised and grinning.
"It's rather spacious," Pyrrha said.
"Enough room to practice too," Ren nodded.
Other than that it was mostly knick-knacks that all of Team Gaim had. Some of Pyrrha's trophies were on the wall, a small place in the corner was for Ren's meditation, Nora had a punching bag set up for herself, Blake her father's old-timey record player, Weiss had more than a couple of mics scattered about.
"Feels like home," JNPR said in unison. Blake and Weiss were surprised to see how their stuff fit in so well too.
Jaune had taken out his stuff a long time ago even if he did visit, and no one touched Sage's locker.
The dark reminder made their excitement leave almost immediately.
There was also a small kitchenette with all their snacks inside, as well as a working bathroom, and a couple of rooms that acted as bedrooms when they couldn't leave.
"We need to find one like that," Nora told them. Ren and Pyrrha agreed. "Pool our money and surprise our fearless leader."
In this place, Jaune was looking at the picture when he was still in the group and Sage was still alive.
That was when he heard the ringing. Turning to face the door, he saw the blonde Blake in white again.
"Blonde Blake?" Illia asked surprised.
"Don't look at us," Ruby said with a frown. "We have no idea who she is."
"You will regret it for the rest of your days if you turn away from your fate," she said in that same echoing voice. "But you will not lose everything."
"So cryptic," Penny stated. "What does she even mean?"
"Blake?" he asked.
She seemed to move in front of his eyes only to revert to where she was and then move again. "If you find it in yourself to move past your regrets and make peace with yourself, you will find contentment."
"Is she trying to tell him to stop fighting too?" Ruby asked in surprise.
"I mean that makes sense," Pyrrha replied. "He's hurting."
The blonde Blake even gave him that same smile the real one did. "There is hope if you retreat."
"She is trying to tell him to stop fighting," Blake said, also shocked.
"What are you saying?" Jaune asked as the ringing got louder. His head started to spin as he blinked.
He found himself in a darkened Drupers, having fallen asleep at the bar. "Was that a dream?" he asked himself. The same ringing could be heard again and he turned his head and saw someone sitting the small room usually held for private parties.
"Oh thank goodness, it was just a dream," Pyrrha sighed in relief.
"Yo, you're looking down," a familiar voice said to him. It was none other than DJ Sagara.
"The enigmatic man!" Ruby pointed.
"Who is he?" Penny asked.
"The one who's been giving Jaune upgrades. But he is so cryptic!"
"How...how long have you been there?" Jaune asked in surprise.
Sagara just grinned. "What are you hesitating for?" he asked cheekily. "Go do what you want. What happened to your zeal to defend the city?"
"He just blew off Vomit Boy's questions," Yang frowned.
"Stranger danger…" Penny whispered.
Jaune turned away from the eccentric DJ. "I...I've been fighting because I couldn't live with what the Schnee Company was doing. But I did the same thing. I claimed I was protecting people, but I had to sacrifice others to do it."
"Damn," Saphron said from the room she and Terra were sharing. They were watching the world with Adrian as they laid down. The entire time, Saphron was holding back tears for her little brother. This world was so cruel to him.
"Jaune," Adrian pouted patting the bed. The little boy only remembered his uncle being happy. Sad Jaune was bad! "Jaune!"
"I know baby I know," Terra cooed.
"Yeah, that is kind of embarrassing," Sagara admitted.
The villains in their respective rooms laughed at that.
Jaune glared at him. "Then what was I fighting for?"
The teachers in the theater wanted to speak to him, to help him through his problem. Parents did too.
"Just to decide who would be saved, and who would have to go?" Jaune raised one hand and then the other as he said those, before dropping them both completely. "Can you call that protecting at all?"
Sagara chuckled slightly. "Fighting to protect is an oxymoron from the start." He turned to Jaune and grinned. "The only thing power is good for is destroying."
"What?" Ruby shouted. The students all looked at the screen. Well, everyone was. They did not expect that sort of answer. Especially Raven. She thought this was going to be a good lecture.
"But...there's nothing I wan to destroy." Jaune looked off to the side. "I don't need the power to do that."
Sagara rolled his eyes. "You still don't get it?" He stood up and casually walked towards Jaune while fiddling with his sunglasses. "What you're truly opposing isn't Helheim or even the Schnee Company."
"And then what is Jaune opposing? Huh, tell me that you meanie!" Nora yelled. She thought this guy was cool at first but now not so much.
Sagara planted himself on the stool next to Jaune. "It's the iron rule that says the world demands sacrifice in exchange for hope."
"Say what now?" Yang asked surprised.
Jaune seemed to be considering his words. "Destroy the rule itself. Destroy it and change the world."
Again, not the words people were expecting to hear. "What is he saying?" Taiyang asked surprised.
"Is...Is he telling him to change how everyone thinks?" Kali dropped her jaw.
"Change the world? Me?" Jaune asked. His benefactor nodded his head twice as he placed his sunglasses on his forehead.
"You know why the Schnee Company is doing what they are doing?" Sagara grinned. "It's because they are weak."
"Wow, shots fired," Illia whistled.
Sagara laughed. "It's because they can only fight within the rules. They submit to the cold cruelty of reality. So...you know that Adam Taurus kid?"
"Oh, are we hearing something about this version's Adam?" Blake wondered.
"He's a much stronger person than they are."
Blake scoffed, as did her parents. Their Adam was a violent psychopath. Illia made a wishy-washy motion with her hand.
"Adam?" Jaune asked in surprise and bafflement.
"Yep. He refuses to even entertain the concept of weakness. He's given up everything except his quest for power. There are only two ways an idiot like him can finish, though. Either he'll fall in disgrace, or he'll get his hands on some really dangerous powers."
"That sounds just like my psycho ex," the cat Faunus said.
"Really?" Yang asked looking at her partner. Her partner nodded. "That must suck."
"He did and I'm happy to be away from him. But it seems the problem is in various versions of him were similar to him as well."
"He's not as insane as yours," the Curator told them. "He's just angry at the world."
Sagara turned to Jaune once more. "While you're wasting away over here, Adam's looking for the power to change the world."
"What is he after?" Jaune asked, remembering having met up with Adam in the Forest. While they had worked together in the past, this time the bull Faunus seemed oddly intent on something.
"Did Adam figure something out?" Ruby asked aloud. Maybe it's something that can help Jaune get out of his funk!
"The ruler's of Helheim," Sagara said from behind some fruit. Upon seeing Jaune's surprise he continued to speak. "The human-like people of that world weren't just destroyed. A select few of them instead gained transcendent power."
"They are known as Overlords. They control the powers of Helheim's plants at will." Upon hearing that, Jaune's eyes lit up with life.
"So they would be like me then if the exposition is right," Salem stated. "Rulers of the Grimm."
"Are they trying to take over the world?" his voice had urgency in it.
"Nah. They don't care about humanity or Faunus." Sagara walked around the entire bar with an orange in his hand. "Helheim is simply reaching out to other worlds while they neglect it." He had walked back to where he was originally sitting.
"That's terrible," Summer pouted. Even in her world at least the leaders were trying to fight off the Grimm. To hear that there's a species who are apathetic to it made her feel bad.
He grinned and looked at Ozpin and Salem. "They're pretty lazy as rulers go."
The two in question stopped and stared at the screen. Sagara winked at them, making their eyes widen even more.
"What in the world?" Salem whispered.
"How is he doing?" Ozpin asked confused.
Sagara then sat down and placed his hands over the orange. "Does the Schnee Company know about this?" Jaune asked excitedly. As he spoke, the DJ's hands glowed a rainbow color and the fruit turned...metallic?
"Did he just use magic?" Blake asked dumbfounded by what she saw. While most of this world was being run on some weird tech and energy, that DJ just did magic.
"The first one in there to find out kept it under his hat." Sagara looked at the orang. "He cares more about his ambitions than the Schnee Company's agenda to save humanity, you see. He's the one also manipulating Adam Taurus."
Jaune frowned before a name popped into his mind. "Sengoku Ryouma." The disdain in which Jaune said the name made it obvious that Jaune hated him.
"That's the crazed and egotistical scientist they mentioned right?" Ren asked.
"Yes. He knew about the Overlords but never told his superior Winter about it," the Curator informed them.
"Now there's some fire in those eyes!" Sagara grinned.
"If we can find these Overlords before Ryouma does, can we have them stop Helheim's invasion?" There was new hope in Jaune's chest.
"It may not be that easy, but that's up to you and Kaito, isn't it?"
"Jaune's not moping any more!" Ruby said grinning.
"Ugh...he did it the long way, but I guess this old guy is cool," Nora pouted. She didn't know what to think of this guy now. First, he was a mean guy, now he was helping motivate Jaune? What was he up to!
The DJ's hands glowed one more time before the orange morphed again. This time into an actual Lockseed.
"That's not normal," Blake gasped. She gripped her seat. "I thought people had to turn the Helheim Fruit into Lockseeds."
"Your point being?" Penny asked politely.
"He turned a normal fruit into one," Ruby figured out. "He shouldn't be able to do that! He doesn't even have a driver!"
"Wasn't there a weird ringing when he appeared?" Weiss asked. "It was the same as what happened when Blonde Blake Appeared."
"That must mean those two are connected!" Pyrrha deduced from all they were saying. "Do you think he's an Overlord?"
"Maybe? It's too soon to find out," Ren replied.
Sagara placed it on the table in front of him, catching Jaune's attention. From his angle at the bar, the young dancer never saw what Sagara was doing.
The blonde went over sitting across from Sagara and inspected the Lockseed. "Why are you helping me?"
Sagara grinned and placed another Lockseed on the table. "Because you're the one who needs the most help."
"Stranger Danger confirmed!" Penny shouted. "He seems too scary!"
As Jaune kept looking at the odd orange Sagara nodded his head and the ringing returned.
"Huh, Jaune, how'd you get there?" Qrow said. Blinking, the blonde found that the store was bright again and was full of customers. Qrow was looking at him funny. "You look like you've seen a ghost."
"Wait...how did that happen? It wasn't a dream?" Ruby asked with her eyes spinning.
"It happened but at the same time didn't," Weiss mumbled. "This guy must be stronger than we think."
Jaune stood up and grabbed the second offered Lockseed and handed Qrow cash. "Keep the change!" Jaune shouted as he left.
"What!? He's never paid before!" Qrow said, shocked at what happened.
That got a few chuckles.
"He still has to pay 120 Lien," his intern, Neo, told him.
That made those already laughing even more. Spahron groaned and rubbed her temples.
"I was sure we taught him better than that," the blonde sighed. This caused Terra to laugh and pat her head. Adrian meanwhile was smiling. Uncle Jaune is not sad anymore!
Jaune ran to a place where he can see Schnee tower, eyes determined. "If power is for destroying, not protecting…"
He remembered the White Rider's words of salvation needing sacrifice.
Ozpin frowned, as did those who were in positions of leadership. That was sometimes the only choice. To sacrifice things to get more for the people.
"But if I can erase that rule itself...If I smash apart that despair and hopelessness…!"
"He's starting to sound like his old self!" Pyrrha said with a smile. That put her at ease, seeing the boy she loved so determined.
"HENSHIN!"
"OOH! I memorized this one!" Nora shouted. She got up and mimicked Jaune's opening a Lockseed. "Henshin!"
Jaune popped open his original Orange Lockseed.
ORANGE!
He spun his arm in a circle inserted the Lockseed into the Sengoku Driver.
Nora raised her right arm and spun it in a circle above her head before putting it at her waist. She then pulled a lever as a motion and put her hands to the side.
LOCK ON!
And then cut it. His armor formed around him.
"Oh yeah!" Nora jumped for joy. Her boyfriend just smiled at her and Pyrrha shook her head good-naturedly.
At the same time, he threw the other Lockseed given to him by Sagara. It flipped open as his armor created itself around his body. The thing given to him was a Dandeliner, a sort of hoverbike inspired by the seeds of a dandelion.
"Everything is based on a plant," Yang grinned. "Dandeliner, such a dumb name. I love it."
SOIYA! ORANGE ARMS: THE PATH OF BLOSSOM TO THE STAGE!
Jumping on it, he began to pilot it towards the Schnee Tower, once again providing a one-man assault on the building. "The first to destroy is the thing holding the city in despair!"
Suddenly, a rain of Burn Dust shots were shooting at Jaune. And he was easily able to outmaneuver all of them. "Sage...I'm going to move on. Please, watch over me!"
"He's good at this," Illia complemented the blonde. "You said he did this in three months?"
"Four now after the events but yes," the Curator replied.
"Makes me curious, is he like this in our world too?" The Curator laughed.
"Now that is a question he can answer but for now just watch the world."
A stray shot hit his vehicle and it went crashing down, but not before he got off of it. Not faltering, Jaune took out his new Lockseed and opened it.
KACHIDOKI!
"Kichi-whaty?" Ruby asked. She tried saying the words a couple of times and couldn't seem to say it right.
"Kachidoki!" Kali said as a holographic screen with her visage appears. "It means triumphant. Very fitting for his return to battle."
LOCK ON!
The orange part of his armor vanished as new Crack appeared. This one releasing another set of orange armor that covered his entire body this time. Flipping midair, Jaune landed on a Bullhead Landing Pad with a powerful stomp, knees crouched.
As he stood, all the energy that pooled around him exploded outward revealing his new armor. It wasn't the bright orange his other one was, this one was more burnt orange. The helmet was more carefully designed with a large pair of golden horns on it and the faceplate had a bigger guard now. On his chest was a bulkier chest plate with the Team Gaim logo on it. His shoulder armor now went all the way past his elbows and even the guards on his forearms and wrist were heavier. An armored skirt now went around his waist and the finishing touch were two large flags that had Gaim's logo as well.
"Hot damn he looks badass," Yang whistled.
"He looks like a true samurai now," Pyrrha said grinning. Despite coming from western Mantle, she knew a little of the eastern stuff. Like how she explained earlier on the first time they saw this world. But now, Jaune's armor made him look like a samurai general.
KACHIDOKI ARMS! TAKE THE FIELD! EI! EI! OU!
"Ei! Ei! Ou!" Adrian mimicked clapping his hands at his sparkly uncle.
As he turned around, over forty Dandeliners rose and began to fire their machine guns at him. The first bullet hit, then another, and another. The rain of bullets had dirt and debris going into the air, as dust covered Jaune's form.''
"I guess we get to see Jaune's new form in action," Ruby grinned. "I wonder what weapon this form gives him. Oh, I hope he finally gets a gun!" That made her friends chuckle, ever the weapons nut.
When the dust cleared, Jaune's right hand summoned a weapon to it. The shape was akin to a shotgun. It was primarily black except for the top part which was orange like the armor. There were some silver and gold barrels on either side of the main one that was far smaller. Near the handle was a place for a Lockseed to go and a large metallic circle with a green crystal above it. Right over the trigger was a sort of switch.
"TELL ME HOW YOU WORK!" Ruby shouted. Her friend finally got a gun and it looked glorious! And now her lust for weapons was showing full force.
Jaune lifted the gun and...scratched the metal part like a DJ would a disk.
"What?" Ruby deflated a little. Yang snickered. Even Weiss and Blake couldn't help but laugh. Nora meanwhile was bopping her head to the beat.
"His gun makes music, I love it!" the bomber laughed.
He then aimed the gun, and a shotgun blast came from it. It demolished a Dandeliner, thankfully the person riding it fell onto the roof of the building. Hurt, but alive.
"Okay, so the gun is a shotgun," Ruby said trying to wrap her head around that.
Seeing as they were faster than him at the moment, Jaune knew he had to do it a different way. Scratching the Disk again, he flipped the switch to H. The tempo of the music playing from the gun got higher. This time he pressed the trigger and instead of the main barrel, it was firing from the smaller ones. It was firing akin to a machine gun, quickly dispatching other people.
"The gun mode changes with the music?" Nora grinned. "Flynt Coal eat your heart out. Our fearless leader has a music gun!"
"Who's Flynt Coal?" Ren asked. Nora blinked.
"I don't know Renny. I wonder why did I say that name?"
When there were fewer people, he scratched the Disk again and put the switch to L, with a much slower tempo. Jaune shot the and this time it was like cannon fire, shooting off various people at once. However, unlike the other two modes, he had to constantly "reload" over and over again by scratching the disk.
"It even fires energy shots that explode!" Ruby exclaimed grinning once more. "It's a good gun!"
"You should see it mechashift," the Curator grinned. Instantly, Ruby was begging him with puppy dog eyes. The man rolled his own but grinned. He waved his hand and the screen paused to show Jaune in his armor, holding the DJ Gunin his left hand and the Musou Saber in his right. He then proceeded to insert the blade of the sword into the large middle barrel. Where the handle for the gun was, a large piece of orange metal curved along it, transforming the sword into a great sword.
"Oh my god…" Ruby drooled. Weiss took a napkin and wiped her partner's lip.
"Wait a minute," Illia said point at the screen. "Is it firing….Aura?"
"What? Don't be ridiculous, it's shooting Dust," Blake replied.
Once all the ones that were flying were gone, he dismissed the gun. However, some of the Kurokage troopers who were still okay from their falls ran up with spears. Jaune wasn't deterred one bit. Instead, he pulled out his flags. It was such a one-sided fight as Gaim dual-wielded the flags. If these couldn't fight him in Jimba Lemon, what chance did they have against him in Kachidoki?
"I kind of feel sorry for them," Penny pouted. "They are just doing their job and they got beat up for it."
"And this is after Jaune's power up too, some of them must remember him and are probably shitting their pants after that display," Yang added.
Then he did something that was out of place for the first time. He swept the floor using the flag's tip and Aura pulsed out, lifting people off their feet.
"I was right! His one has Aura!" Illia repeated herself.
"But...they didn't have Aura in this world at all. Sure Dust and Grimm but so far we haven't seen any hunters or Aura. This doesn't make sense!" Ren said, frowning.
"Is it because he got a power-up?" Pyrrha wondered.
Lifting his left flag, he spun and a burst of Aura came from it blasting the people who were lifted away from him.
"I don't care how he got it, it made him so much cooler! Go, fearless leader!" Nora cheered.
Instinct called out to him as he turned and blocked an oncoming attack from a Sonic Arrow. Winter came from out of nowhere, her first attack disarming his right flag and then his left.
But unlike last time, he was able to draw his Musou Saber quickly and blocked.
"Smooth moves," Yang grinned. "Experienced from getting his butt kicked made him stronger."
"He does deserve praise," Weiss admitted. "He's keeping up with my sister and that's no small task. So bravo."
"What have you returned for?" Winter growled. "You lost the meaning of your battle!"
"Actually," Jaune began to push back, "It was you guys who showed me what I should be fighting against!" The two pushed away from one another and Winter frowned.
"You still wish to fight, even knowing you do so by your friend's sacrifice?"
Jaune took a moment before replying. "I won't deny I committed some sins. But that's the reason why I won't let others make the same mistake!" As he said those words, Jaune was standing proud.
Ruby, Pyrrha, and Penny blushed as their crush spoke like a true hero.
Winter frowned within her helmet, something within her stirring, before the two of them began to fight, while she still got some hits in, Jaune was landing more now. In their previous bouts, it was damn near impossible, now it was consistent.
"His growth rate is rather alarming," Ozpin said as he sipped his coffee from the library. Looking at the TV he was curious as to what was happening.
"The same is happening with our Mr. Arc back at Beacon," Glynda commented. "With help from Ms. Nikos, he's making leaps and bounds over his past mistakes. He still makes them, granted, but he's a far cry from the young man he was over a year ago."
But Winter got the upper hand with experience. After making some distance, she shot an energy arrow causing Jaune to fly off the side of the building.
"Jaune!" Penny shouted with fear in her voice.
"Shh, it's okay," Ruby grinned. "If this is like a superhero movie, he's going to be okay and about to do something super cool."
Only for him to rise while standing on a Dandeliner. The DJ Gun was back in his hand. "I'll never give up! If sacrifices are necessary, I'll fight the world that demands them!"
Jaune flew past Winter, even damaging her as he rammed her with the Dandeliner. "He's trying to destroy the Scalar System! Fire anti-air measures!"
"That barely worked the first time, and they think it's going to work now?" Blake scoffed.
As they fired, Jaune rode the Dandeliner and used the Low Tempo mode and began to blast the orbs on the ring floating around the tower.
After he destroyed all of them, he floated back up and spoke to Winter. "You can't burn the evidence anymore. If you want to protect your secrets, you'll need to be serious about protecting the city from the Grimm!"
Jaune flew away. Leaving a seething Winter in his wake.
The screen turned dark.
"I'm not sure if I can completely agree with his decision," Weiss said."That was a fail-safe in case of a Grimm invasion. And he destroyed it."
"So you would be willing to sacrifice a city of one million people?" the Curator asked Weiss. The heiress gulped. That was a big number. Would she be able to do that?
"No, I can't. That's a lot of lives and family lost."
"Then you can see why Jaune had to do that."
As everyone was leaving, the next preview started.
"Writing the shinobi way, with the blade of my heart," Jaune said. "For I am, a Ninja of Love." It then showed Jaune in shinobi gear.
Blake immediately sat her butt back down, joined by Coco, Velvet, Terra, Neo, Kali, and Summer.
The next world is going to be my attempt at Ninjas of Love. Since no one knows what it's really about, it's going to be a hodgepodge of various ninja materials. Leave a review!