Woo boy. This was 40 pages before I added the preview and both fore and afterword. It was a long write let me tell you. Yet I didn't feel as bogged down by it as I do Solo Leveling, why is that?
It's past midnight so I won't be responding to comments this time but I will for the next chapter. So please leave a review!
Disclaimer: I do not own RWBY or The World of Otome Games is Tough for Mobs.
All the people were looking at the new clothes. Again those who were students were in a school uniform, that was oddly similar to that of Beacon's except for one thing.
"Is...is this silk?" Weiss asked, gently touching the clothes. While not out of the ordinary for her clothes, the uniform being silk was shocking.
"Is that what silk feels like?" Emerald dropped her jaw as she touched the clothes. She's never worn silk before. Stolen it sure, but worn it? Never.
"I think my undergarments are silk too!" Penny gasped as she went to lift her skirt, only to be stopped by James, who looked like an ancient noble. Silk pants, jacket, and tie. His arm was still normal.
"Please don't do that," he groaned.
"What the fuck!?" Qrow shouted as he looked at his left hand.
"What's wrong?" Tai asked. Looking at his friend, the man's jaw drops. "Y-You have a wedding ring!"
"I'm married!?" Qrow squawked. Raven just laughed, as she inspected herself. Oddly enough, Summer was too. They were both dressed in beautiful dresses that showed off their bodies quite well. Raven was dressed in black, while Summer was in white, but both had accents of red all over their clothes.
"Wow…" Ghira gasped as he saw his wife in an incredibly sexy single black dress.
"You like?" Kali purred. "Because I do like the butler look on you." Ghira, as well as Sun, were dressed like butlers.
"Ah come on!" Sun whined. "What's with this monkey suit?"
Cinder meanwhile was dressed in a stunning black and red dress and hummed, liking what her clothes looked like.
For Salem and Ozpin, they were looking at each other in shock. They were dressed like they were used to in their past. They then saw their hands and noticed the rings once more on their left ring fingers.
"You guys are acting as if you've never had your clothes changed by interdimensional travel before," Decade said as he was dressed like a butler too. He frowned and looked over his clothes quickly, and found what he was looking for. "Well, isn't that a thing to see."
"What is going on?" Neo asked as she marveled at her clothes. She knew she was rocking her black and white dress, and if the words that were coming out of her voice were a thing, still under the direct rule of the theater. Which means, she was still unable to use her Semblance or weapons. They all weren't able to.
Roman looked over his clothes and nodded. It was still basically what he wore but a level above in quality. "I agree with my partner, what's going on?" the thief asked.
Terra and Saphron, with Adrian, were more surprised as they were being asked out by a dozen men at the moment. "Sorry," Saprhon said.
"We're taken," Terra replied as she grabbed her wife's hand and kissed her on the lips. While this got a disappointed sound from the boys, they did appreciate the view.
"How come I didn't get a dress!" Coco complained, looking at her uniform. "How come they got ones?'
"Coco, please calm down," Velvet told her friend and leader.
"You guys are here in another world. Still bound by the powers of the Curator and myself, you cannot use your powers at all. So don't do anything stupid. Once I leave, you will be dragged with me, regardless of distance," Decade told them.
"That makes sense," Summer replied, as she inspected her ring and her eyes widened. She looked over to Qrow and noticed he had the matching ring.
"And the theater has been gracious enough to allow you into another world once more. This time being able to interact with it," the Curator's voice rang through their heads. "Go buy snacks, enjoy the world. You have until the end of this session but be warned, this world is not kind to men."
"What does he mean by that?" Mercury asked.
"It will be explained later," Decade waved his question away. "For the most part, all of you are nobles married to a person that we already came with." That made sense now as to why Summer and Qrow had matching rings, as did Tai and Raven, James and Glynda, Ozpin and Salem. Surprisingly, it was Cinder married to Roman. His frown grew at that.
"The kids are still students but are of nobility."
"Aww...I wanted to be a cool noble too!" Yang states.
"And those of us in butler suits are slaves...namely sex slaves. The name of your mistress should be strewn on your suit." Sun and Ghira looked inside their clothes.
"Wait, I'm not married to my wife but her sex slave?" Ghira shouted. A soft hand grabbed his collar and pulled him down. Kali slowly traced the jaw of his face with a finger.
"And what's wrong with that? Don't you want to serve your mistress?" Kali teased. Ghira stutters and his cheeks grew red at that, while Blake gags in disgust.
"Huh...Coco Adel," Sun hummed.
"Are you disappointed he's not your sex slave?" Ilia asked Blake.
"Not really," she replied. "That would have been weird."
"Yang help me!" Ruby shouted as multiple guys were hitting on her. Yang managed to swat them away.
Nora was clinging to Ren, and the men were forced to move away from her. Meanwhile, Decade walked over to Pyrrha who was swamped with students asking her out. She was red in the face denying all of them before Decade stood next to her.
"My mistress, shall I take care of the rabble?" Decade asked. Pyrrha's jaw dropped. This version of Jaune was a sex slave for her!? Her cheeks became even redder and had to shake her head, remembering that this wasn't her Jaune.
"Yes," she replied, as he scared off the men and stood by her side like a loyal guard. "This feels weird."
"Tell me about it," Decade said. Winter was the only one not with a person, but her cool nature kept men away for now. "Looks like the show is about to start."
Jaune Arc, dressed in a rather plain pilot's suit walked into the large arena. What was rather surprising was that this version of Jaune was far more...normal than usual. More unassuming would have been the right term. However, there was something in his eyes that was very noticeable.
Tiredness was there that shouldn't be for a boy that was only eighteen years old.
"What got him to get eyes such as that?" Qrow asked as he sat on the opposite side of Tai with an amused Summer on his other side.
"Probably whatever this world does to men dear," Summer teased Qrow, who only spluttered in awkwardness.
"I forgot you had a crush on Summer back in Beacon, brother," Raven teased as even Tai laughed at that.
"Shut up!" Qrow stutters.
As he stood there he couldn't help but grin. He was facing off against Prince Whitley Schnee and his cohorts. Five men were stolen away by a girl named Emerald du Sustrai. Originally this world was meant to be an "otome game" AKA a female dating sim. Where girls played as one girl and could date any of the five. Or possibly all of them.
"Whitley Schnee?" Ruby asked. She sat in the middle of her team, all of them keeping any boy at bay.
"My brother," Weiss replied. "A bit insufferable but I blame father's treatment of all of us that he ended up like that."
"Wait does that make you a literal princess here?" Yang grinned.
"From what I've understood, she and Winter don't exist in this world," Decade informed them as he got some food from a vendor nearby for Pyrrha. Who, despite knowing this was a different Jaune, was enjoying the experience.
When he was reborn into this world, he wasn't born as one of the five. No, Jaune D'Arc (formerly John Arc) was born into this world as a mob character. One of the many nameless background characters. One in a world where young men would be married off to an old lady because women were in power.
"So women control this world?" Cinder grinned as she looked at Roman.
"Yes," Decade said, filling in for the Curator at the moment. "This kingdom is like that."
"Good, be a dear and get me some wine," she commanded Roman.
"Fuck you," Roman glared. A flock of men appeared before Cinder with various glasses of red or white wine. She grinned and winked at them, causing them to fight for the right to be her concubine.
Neo meanwhile was already reveling in it, as she had one boy on his hands and knees acting as a footrest. "I'd also like some wine," Neo grinned and an absurd amount of men fought to get her some.
They abused said power to make the men into the lower class. Even lower than their Faunus or elven slaves. Yes, men here were worth less than slaves in the eyes of the public.
"Wait, Faunus are slaves here?" Blake and Ilia shouted.
"Well, in a sense," Decade replied. "In truth, they are more like escorts that are owned. They still get paid too and even well taken care of. And it's usually the men but they can gain their freedom but why would they leave a cushy life of luxury with nonstop sex? Women are better off. Human males have it the worst, not only do they need to find a wife, they have to support whatever slaves they have too."
"Wow...I feel bad for them," Ilia said looking at the boys throwing themselves at any girl they can, for the chance of getting married. Her eyes turn toward Cinder, Neo, and even Coco was indulging and made a face of dislike.
So to escape this fate, Jaune did the one thing to help himself out. He became an adventurer and gained enough power and money for himself, becoming a knight in the process. Now instead of being married off, Jaune had the displeasure of having to find a wife.
"He makes it sound so bad," Nora said as she held her mouth open, and Ren happily fed her. She wasn't the only one. A grinning Glynda had James giving her a back rub, much to his embarrassment.
"A little lower honey," she teased the general, making him stutter at how that was uncouth and inappropriate.
So far he had no such luck. Since he came from the countryside, everyone thought he was a bumpkin.
"That sucks," Neptune said. He then remembered something. "Hey wait, if we have alternates here, do we look like them? What makes it so we don't get confused for them?"
"The multiverse makes you look different unless it doesn't need you to," Decade replied. "If you were to look in a mirror those of you with counterparts here would look completely different but usually, on the same general level of attractiveness."
"Hence why people are flocking to serve Cinder," Mercury said. He did see some men hitting on Emerald and felt sick.
Although, he made a few friends. One Flynt de la Coal and Cardin fon Winchester to name them.
"The worlds seem to like using Flynt," Penny said as she ignored all the men around her and was more curious about the world. She already liked someone very much!
"And he became friends with his bully?" Velvet asked, reasonably shocked.
"Well, in this world Cardin has the same amount of clout as Jaune so there was no sense of meaning to demean him here. So they all banded together under the same feeling of helplessness in their situation," Decade said. He blinked when Pyrrha held out her arm.
"Massage it please," Pyrrha grinned at him. Decade's eye twitched but he followed as his job asked him too.
Then there was Penny Polendina, the protagonist of the game. Who's role was stolen by Emerald. After feeling sorry for the girl, he invited her to tea and their friendship was born!
"Yay!" Penny cheered. It seemed like they became friends in this world.
Then there was Blake fon Belladonna, the antagonist of the game. One who was firmly rejected by the prince she was engaged to and loved so much. And when she demanded Emerald to get away from the prince via duel, no one stood up for her. And much like what happened with Penny, Jaune stepped in.
"You mean to tell me I'm engaged to him?" Blake asked as she pointed at Whitley dressed in a white mech pilot suit that was designed better than Jaune's simple one.
"It was an arranged marriage but you came to love him," Decade replied as he begrudgingly massaged Pyrrha's fingers.
Now he was hated by the entire school, save for Penny and Blake, as well as his favorite teacher Peter du Port. A man who can make the best tea in the world in his opinion.
"I'm surprised," Ozpin said as he sat next to Salem. The two wouldn't look at one another but this was where they were dumped. The rings on their fingers mocking them.
"About what?" Salem hummed as she drank some odd cocktail offered by a vendor.
"That anyone would choose Peter as a favorite teacher. He's been said to speak too much."
Yes, even Cardin and Flynt betrayed him at this point. But he understood they'd rather have a chance at finding a wife than being ousted as one of his friends. So he didn't fault the duo too hard.
"It must be a cruel world if Jaune is willing to understand why his friends betrayed him," Yang said. Unlike the others, she, the rest of RWBY, Ilia, Winter, Velvet, and Penny didn't indulge in all this utter adoration that the men were giving them. Weiss hated it, Blake felt it was wrong, Ruby was too shy, Yang had enough ogling at her body. Winter meanwhile was above this sort of thing, and Ilia didn't like boys. Velvet was too timid to try anything here and Penny meanwhile just ignored boys.
Kali was just teasing her husband though, and Summer was taking time to poke fun of Qrow.
Raven meanwhile did accept the gifts and seemed to try and incense Tai into doing something.
"Oh?" Jaune said as he saw the five standing mechs before him. All of them looking slim and high tech, ready for battle. "What flashy paint jobs."
"He seems to be taking this rather well," Raven said as she sipped some wine before winking at a male student who ran off to try and impress her even more.
"Go die Arc!" one student shouted.
"You better lose asshole!" another one shouted from the crowd.
"Wow, you can feel the hate," Neptune said after he tried and failed to hit on a girl.
"I know what you mean," Sun replied.
"Hey! I didn't tell you to stop," Coco grinned at him. The monkey Faunus groaned and went back to feeding her grapes.
"Shut up peasants!" Jaune jeered at them, even giving them a thumbs down. He walked towards his part of the arena and noticed Flynt and Cardin holding gambling tickets. Specifically, ones with his name on it. 'So they bet on me huh? I knew you guys wouldn't have betrayed me fully.'
"That's nice of them," Ruby sighed as she saw her first friend wasn't completely alone.
"Hey! Arc!" Blake shouted as she stomped towards Jaune. The young woman began poking his chest. "Where is your armor!? After bad-mouthing everyone you didn't even come prepared!"
"Blake could you step back for a moment, you're scaring me a bit," Jaune said in a nervous tone.
"IT'S BECAUSE YOU CAME LIKE THIS THAT I'M FREAKING OUT!"
"Huh," Saphron said.
"What's up?" Terra asked.
"Nothing, it's just that...I've seen that same dopey face before on my brother, I just can't remember where."
Jaune ignored her for a moment since his earpiece told him something. "Don't worry Miss Blake, it's coming."
"Miss Blake?" Kali asked as she sat on her husband's lap.
"Your husband is a duke who made his way to the top after being free. He is the crown's largest supporter. Thus by being his daughter, Blake has a higher position than Jaune's title of baron," Decade replied while crossing his arms. Since Pyrrha was busy glaring at the two down there, he got some free time.
"Arroganz inbound," a robotic voice told him. As if to make his words come true, a giant metallic case slammed into the ground and a large bulky knight based armor stood up.
"So cool!" Ruby and Nora shouted. Yang was also impressed. James meanwhile was curious about that, in all the mecha honestly. Trying to see how well he could implement the machines into the Paladin models back at home.
It was silent for but a second before the entire coliseum was laughing at the armor. "Are you planning to win in that?" Blake frowned.
"Just watch me," Jaune answered nonchalantly.
Penny, who had rushed down to greet Jaune, looked around and pouted. "Um, why is everyone laughing?" she asked Blake.
"Yeah, why are they laughing?" Tai asked. He thought the large thing looked pretty neat after all.
"Aren't you…" Blake took a moment to look over the other girl, the special student who was chosen from the commoners to go through a noble's school. She then shook her head, understanding that Penny probably did not understand how the world works.
"Regardless, that armor is most likely a lost item. It's something that we can't comprehend with our current technology. That alone, however, would not tell you the strength in battle," the daughter of Duke Belladonna explained. "In battles, most fights are determined via power and speed. Arc's is too bulky and cumbersome. In other words, it's outdated and not well maintained."
"That is true," Glynda said as she let James sit down. "It does look far too bulky to be of any use to those five."
"I don't know," Winter said as she watched the blond walk calmly towards his frame. "He seems to know what he is up against."
"But it looks cute!" Penny replied with a kind smile. Blake facepalmed at the girl's response.
"That's just your weird taste." Blake then saw Jaune jumping into the pilot's seat in the chest of the Arroganz before she ushered Penny back into her seat.
"Mobilizing Arroganz!" Jaune shouted. The screens lit up as the body stood completely. Inside his cockpit, a tiny orb flew out from behind the chair. This was Jaune's closest confidant, an advanced AI system known as Luxon. One who wishes to eradicate all of the new humans and other species that had killed former humanity.
"Wait, did he just say my younger brother has a psychopathic AI as his friend?" Saphron asked. Andrian who was in her lap just clapped his hands, watching the cool robots move!
But through sheer dumb luck, Jaune managed to convince the robot to follow him and see the world for what it's worth. It had mellowed out a little but its first response to any threat to his Master Jaune is to utterly decimate the land.
"That is a weird friendship," Roman says as he puffs on a cigar. It was in his coat pocket and damn was the quality amazing.
Of course, Jaune keeps him in check and vice versa. Luxon makes sure Jaune doesn't get full of himself.
"Ah a symbiotic relationship between man and AI," Penny smiled. "Father would love to see that."
"By the way Luxon, what does Arroganz mean? It sounds familiar. Was it an Atlas term back in the old world?"
Weiss, Winter, and James began to laugh upon hearing that. "I mean, it's close to the common way of saying the word," Weiss giggled.
"Sister, I think the AI is teasing Arc here," Winter laughed.
"Is he that arrogant though?" James asked.
"It is and it fits you very well master," Luxon replied.
"Yo!" A blue-colored frame walked up and greeted him. "Looks like you didn't run away. Let me praise you for that at least. But are you seriously going to fight me with such an outdated frame?"
"Seems like alternate me is up first," Neptune said.
"Huh...that's Neptune's voice," Jaune said to Luxon. And despite being in the cockpit, the audience could hear the words.
"Before you ask, magic," Decade replied before he was sent off by Pyrrha to get some food. His eyes twitched but he walked off to go get some.
"You're going to milk this for all it's worth aren't you?" Nora grinned as she kissed her boyfriend on the cheek.
"Definitely," the champion replied.
"He's a bit of a narcissist who's well versed in magic. He's also the weakest of the bunch but his pride makes it so he comes out first. He always failed me in my run-throughs. God, he was a pain in the ass."
"Ow...my pride," Neptune said clutching his chest. Sun patted his friend's back since Coco was done messing with him.
"Dude, I'm also up there, don't you think I'm going to feel bad too?" the monkey Faunus asked his best friend.
"But you're not the one who's going to get his ass kicked first!"
"My frame is made by a master builder, and in terms of platinum coins used?" Neptune cockily laughed. "The trident is made from a special conductive metal that is rarely ever seen!"
"Jeez, this guy sure loves to hear his voice huh?"
Neptune whimpered even more. He wasn't that bad!
"He's not that bad," Weiss said, surprising Ruby with her defending him. Neptune gave her a hopeful look. "I'm still unhappy with you, but I can admit you're not the worst."
"I'll take what I can get."
"Master. Its back holds a drone deployment device. Shall we show off as well?" Luxon asked.
"No," Jaune replied. He cleared his voice and spoke through the speaker. "Your blue coloring looks lame!"
The blue robot flinched before pulling out its trident. "Your attitude pisses me off."
Sun chuckled and Neptune covered his face. "Oh god, he has the same problem as me," Neptune replied.
"I also came well equipped! Deploy my best blade from the backpack!" An ominous object ejected from the Arroganz back and Jaune grabbed it. Only to balk at what was really in his hands. "THIS IS A SHOVEL!?"
Everyone in the colosseum, even the audience, laughed.
"Really? Shovel?" Cinder grinned as she wiped a tear from her eye as she saw the weapon.
"Of course," Luxon replied. "Remember you used it to make holes for your private island while we were exploring?"
"Private island?" Raven asked, surprised that the boy had something like that.
"This Jaune owns a private floating island," Decade said as he presented Pyrrha with some snacks on a plate. "It's what made him a baron. He found the land and did some great adventuring."
"I don't care! Just get me a blade damn it!"
"But master, you specified your very special blade." Luxon tilted its orb body to the side as if it were a head.
"You did that on purpose didn't you!" Jaune complained before taking a deep breath. Looking at the shovel and then the five before him he sighed. "This is fine. We can take them on with this."
"I can see the arrogant remark making sense now," Ghira stated. "To take on five on one, and to only use a shovel? Very arrogant indeed."
"How fitting for a country bumpkin!" the students laughed. "His weapon is a shovel!" Even Mercury and Sun couldn't help but smirk at the idea.
Emerald turned to make fun of the assassin, only to see that he wasn't there at all. "Now, where'd he go?" she wondered.
"You asshole! You go to such lengths to mock me!" Neptune shouted. Jaune blushed and shook his head but didn't reply out loud.
"Now both of you," the proctor caught their attention. "To the center. We are about to begin." The two armor frames walked to the center, Arroganz standing over Neptune's personal craft just a few feet. "Begin!"
"I'll end this in one strike! Prepare yourself Arc! Die!" Neptune shouted as he rushed Jaune.
"Wait, didn't Jaune say that Neptune was better at magic?" Ruby asked.
"Yes and?" Summer responded to her question.
"Why is he going into melee?"
The sound of a facepalm caught their attention and saw Neptune shaking his head. "I'm not that dumb," he said. "This guy is so much dumber than me,"
Only for Jaune to quickly dodge, a surprise for his size, and proceeded to bash the shovel into the blue frame. In that one hit, the armor frame goes limp and falls to the ground.
"Excellent," Raven grinned. She wasn't the only one. Neo and Cinder liked the display as well.
"Uh…" Jaune took a moment, actually surprised. "Hey, ref! I think he's passed out."
The white frame walked over and ran a diagnostic scan.
"Jeez, I barely scratched him…" The blond sounded very disappointed.
"That was barely a scratch?" Neo licked her lips. "I'd like to see this at full power."
"Master, if you had used all of your strength he would have surely died. And besides, while magic-powered armor is interesting, that's all there is to it," Luxon replied, rather smug honestly.
"Thank you for not killing my other self," Neptune sighed in relief.
"You took their comments about Arroganz personally didn't you?" Jaune looked at the orb who remained silent.
"He did," Yang laughed. "It's like if someone made fun of my hair!"
The moderator looked at the downed frame and stutters. "U-Unable to battle...Winner ARC!"
The colosseum was silent. "Man I expected something like this. No one is happy…" He only stopped when he heard someone clapping. Looking towards where the audience was, he saw one Peter du Port clapping. "Master! A gentleman even now!" Jaune comically cried.
"Huh...he doesn't look different at all," Qrow said in surprise.
"He's skinnier though!" Summer told him.
"But he still has the mustache!" Tai replied.
"I can't believe someone likes him as a teacher," Raven shook her head.
"W-What just happened?" a random student asked.
"Arc just w-won didn't he?" another one wondered.
"Blake! Jaune just won! That was amazing!" Penny clapped.
"R-Right," Blake stuttered, having not expected such an easy defeat of one of the great nobles.
"Is it that alarming?" Kali asked.
"Outside of the fact that they're supposed to be the best students?" Decade asked. "Yes. But Jaune understands that they are pretty weak...and stupid."
"All of them?" Neo wondered.
"All of them. And they're from the highest part of nobility too."
"This kingdom is doomed," Weiss mutters.
"N-Neptune is weak right?" a student behind Blake said, making her freeze.
"I bet my entire fortune on the princes!" yet another student shouted. Hearing that made Blake laugh.
"That is what you get for betting against fearless leader!" Nora shouted.
"Would you have bet for me or Jaune in this situation?" Ren asked his girlfriend.
"Jaune obviously," Nora replied. Ren gasped in shock. "That green-haired whore has got you under some sort of mind control, so I need Jaune to win, to free you."
"Who are you calling a whore?" Emerald glared at her.
"That tiny flat chested version of you!" Nora told her.
"Uh...What's the matter, Miss Blake?" Penny asked the daughter of the duke.
"N-Nothing. It's just how can I not laugh at this? Arc is truly a terrible person…" Blake laughed.
"Mister Jaune isn't terrible!" Penny gasped and shook her hands and head comically. "He's a very nice guy."
"Do...Do I love him in this universe?" Penny asked.
"Oh yeah, you and a couple of others," Decade replied as he refilled Pyrrha's cup of juice. "Blake falls in love with him, you, this version of Coco, and Mercury's ex-fiance Ruby. And that's not getting into what happens when Jaune goes international. Oh, and Queen Willow has a very soft spot for him."
Weiss yelped at the thought her mother would like Jaune like that!
Blake wiped some tears from her eyes. "No...you're right. He certainly is."
"I'm going," Sun announced as his battered armor walks forward. "Neptune may have been weak physically but that the thing in front of us is a threat. I'll end this quickly."
"Dude!" Neptune shouted at Sun.
"Not me!" the monkey boy replied.
"Both combatants step forward," the proctor said and the two mechs approached each other.
"Confirmation of many repairs made to its surface. Judging by the scratches, one can assume that it has seen use in many battles," Luxon told Jaune.
"Yeah...he's strong…" Jaune said offhandedly.
"At least he acknowledges me," Sun sighed. This got him a whack on the head from Neptune.
"Arc!" Sun shouted at him. "I'll remember your name. But you're done pissing me off. After all, you beat Neptune with that armor of yours, not your strength!"
Jaune pouted. "Well, that's true. I'm more of a debater. So why don't we talk over tea sometime?"
Sun was silent at first before shouting once more. "I'LL DESTROY YOU!"
"What just happened?" Terra asked.
"Arc is playing mind games against these fools," Raven grinned, watching the fight with more fervor now.
"BEGIN BATTLE!"
Sun began his assault, using his fists instead of any normal weapon. He kept punching at the Arroganz and making kung fu noises. "What's wrong! Is that all you got?"
However, after the initial assault, Jaune smacks the armor with his fist. "USE YOUR DAMN GEAR PROPERLY!" Jaune shouted in a fury. He began punching Sun as memories of his bad time with Sun's character from the game came back. How he would never use equipment and he always got destroyed in the fights. Causing Jaune to get too many game overs.
Blake and Neptune turned to Sun who was whistling softly. "What?"
"You did that too," Blake said deadpan, getting a giggle from Ilia.
"Dude, Scarlet always gets on your ass for that," Neptune grinned.
"It's not that bad," Sun tried to defend himself. But the laughs from the other students had him hanging his head.
"Heck! That's an outdated mass-produced model!" Jaune was letting his pent up anger from years final out. "GET YOUR DAMN EGO OUT OF HERE!" As he said that Jaune landed a devastating uppercut.
"Wow, Jaune is really mad," Saphron said. It was rare to see her brother angry so this was slightly refreshing.
"Hot," Pyrrha whispered.
"Agh!" Sun cried out as he landed onto the ground.
"Gotcha!" Jaune had his armor grab Sun's armor's leg.
"Hey let go of me!" Sun shouted as Jaune grabbed the leg and ripped it off.
"Like hell I would. What are you stupid?" Jaune taunted. Penny gasped but Blake reassured her that Sun was unharmed. "Next is the right leg."
"He's hurting their pride," Cinder said before licking her lips. "This version may be to my liking.."
"Good, now you can get out of mine," Roman told his scary boss/current wife.
"No, keep her, I want this one," Neo told her friend and boss.
"You jackass! You think it's fun to mess with me!?" Sun growled. "What kind of man are you? You're only winning because of that armor! Your underhandedness knows no bounds!"
"He's not wrong," Decade said. "But at the same time, he has his skills as well. After all, he had to beat Luxon to get him to work with him."
"He beat a large mech like that on his own?" Tai said, quite impressed.
"Not as big but yes, yes he did."
"Nice," Yang grinned.
Jaune paused before laughing. "Huh? You're the one fighting with such outdated armor, and you're blaming me? Don't you know preparation is half the battle."
The teachers all nodded at that.
"You should be ashamed of yourself," Jaune tsked, even shaking Arroganz's head for emphasis. "But it must be nice to make excuses as I lost because of my armor."
"Wow, shots fired," Emerald said. "This one is angry."
"He hates them from all the times he got a game over in their stupid game that caused him to die," Decade explained. When they looked at him funny he grinned. "His sister Emily not only blackmailed him into beating the game for her but threatened him with fake information."
"How did the video game kill?" Salem asked with some worry in her voice.
"He played well past exhaustion. So, when he went out to get food, a wave of fatigue hit him and he fell down the stairs, dying."
"This Emily sounds like a bitch," Saphron glared.
Jaune took off the armor right over the cockpit and Sun was exposed. "Damn it!" He jumped out as Jaune destroyed the robot's head. "How dare you do this to my armor!" Picking up a piece of destroyed armor he held it like a large club.
"Oh god, I would do that," Sun blushed. These princes were too similar to them!
"I won't lose! Even if I have to use my bare hands, I'll fight to my last breath!"
"Wow," Jaune praised him for a moment. "But you know...unlike you guys, picking on the weak just doesn't suit me y'know?"
The audience was silent before Nora threw a cup at the center of the colosseum. "That's a lie! You're enjoying this!" She may respect fearless leader but that was a load of hooey!
Sun gripped the metal even harder. "The hell did you just say?"
"Well, I don't have tasteless hobbies like you five such as picking on weaklings. Do you understand?" Arroganz even shrugged.
"I like this boy, I like this boy a lot," Raven said with a very lustful smile on her face.
"I said it back then during the Saiyan Jaune and I'll say it again, ew," Yang blanched at her mother's words. Especially since she's perving on her friend!
"Don't fuck with me! When have we ever picked on those weaker than us? Sun demanded.
Jaune started to laugh even more. "Man, your ignorance is scary~!" Jaune stared down at Sun. "Well, you underestimated me and came out with some piece of trash like that. So, I imagine you have a lot of confidence. But there are tons of guys just like you in the world, y'know?"
"The Cardin of our world is a good example," Velvet frowned. This time she did take a snack and a drink from those who offered.
The Arroganz slumped its shoulder before pointing at Sun. "You got my hopes up! When I challenged you guys, you were all so excited but this is just disappointing. You're so damn weak."
"He's laying it on them isn't he?" Ren commented.
"Built-up rage," Nora nodded. "I understand the feeling."
"You're so weak it's leaving a bad taste in my mouth. So I'd like to end this already you understand? Dontcha?"
His anger bubbling over, Sun began smacking Jaune's leg with the metal.
"W-Winner, Arc! Stand down Sun fon Wukong!" the proctor said as Sun was pulled away by some security.
"That...was a little more disgraceful than Blue boy over there," Ilia stated.
It was at this point that Roman noticed his little protege went missing. "Huh, I wonder where Neo went?"
"How awful. That's not how a knight should act," a female student said frowning.
"To think that Sun would lose too…" a male one said.
More gossip began to grow within the crowd.
"Was he weak to begin with?"
"That's it! That must be it!"
"He was so insistent on getting an actual fight but that was all he had!"
"I had high hopes, but now I don't like him. I have no interest in weak men."
"These children are fickle," Winter stated once again pushing a young man's face out of the way.
"Kids are cruel," James replied.
"I'm happy Jaune won but...what he did was just too much!" Penny pouted. "He should apologize to Mister Sun later."
"Leave it be," Blake sighed. "It's just going to hurt Sun's pride even more."
"Boys are stupid sometimes," Ruby said and every woman nodded. The men just rolled their eyes. Because everyone is stupid once in a while.
When a green armor appeared before him with a sword Jaune groaned. "Arc, I won't falter like the other two. I'm going all out from the start."
"Oh dear," Pyrrha gasped. "It's your turn I guess."
"I"d rather not see this," Ren sighed.
"Want to make out to pass the time?" Nora grinned. Ren was tempted to say yes but before he could answer, Nora just dragged him away to make out somewhere in this vast colosseum.
"Why are all these guys a pain in the ass," Jaune bemoaned to Luxon. He then turned on his mic. "Alright then...I guess I'll go seriously too."
"He's going to take Ren seriously?" Blake asked.
"I guess he is," Penny replied.
Ren gasped. "You're not kidding right?"
"Yeah, it's a promise."
"Begin the battle!" the proctor said.
"Luxon, launch the drones," Jaune commanded.
"Affirmative," Luxon replied.
Several small robots flew out from behind his backpack and circled above Ren. "What?" Ren said surprised. Before they all started firing lasers down onto his robot.
Adrian was laughing at all the pretty lights! This was so cool!
"Hey, that's not fair!" Ruby shouted.
"Like how life isn't fair, a battle isn't fair either," Salem told Ruby.
Ren tried to slash at them but they stopped shooting for a moment before resuming. "Are you satisfied with fighting like this! Not a sliver of chivalry!" Ren shouted at Jaune.
"Really? A duel is a duel. It doesn't matter how you win. The rules never said anything about firearms."
"This boy understands the nature of the world," Salem nodded.
"You're being kind here Salem," Ozpin taunted his ex-wife.
"Respect is given to where it is due."
As the volley continued, Jaune kept taunting him. "Rather, wouldn't you say that 5v1 is more unfair?" The blond in the cockpit chuckled. "Well, you guys are so weak I wonder if I should go easy on you. Maybe I should take a page from your book and show you what chivalry is?"
"He is savage," Mercury said as he plopped down back in his chair.
"And where were you?" Emerald asked.
"Sampling the world," Mercury smirked at her. It took a moment before Emerald recoiled in disgust.
"Arc! ARC!" Ren shouted before dashing towards him. With an angry yell, Ren thrust his sword towards Jaune. Only for him to grab the blade and crush it.
"That's the swordsman for you," Jaune said with a hint of respect. "Bravo."
Ren fell to his knees. "How can this be? How did I lose? I worked harder than everyone else. I was more diligent, I wanted to be acknowledged…"
Pyrrha frowned. The way he spoke, it reminded her of how her teammate would have been too.
Jaune originally felt a connection to Ren in his playthrough, having had the same struggles as a child. But after all the bullshit game overs Ren gave him, being too stoic, Jaune didn't give a shit.
So that was why when he knelt, and lowered the speakers so only Ren could hear he spoke. "Oh please, cry me a river. How about you go run off with that poser loli girlfriend of yours? She'll play you the world's smallest violin."
"He is vicious," Qrow stated. The way this kid was treating the men were like how Raven would. But from the glimpses, he saw how he treated those two girls and his friends, the man with bad luck could assume he's a nice person.
A quick peek into the cockpit of Ren's frame, showed he was crying. "Y-You really are scum, aren't you?"
"Oh, shut up," Jaune laughed a little. "I will admit I may have gone too far."
"At least he knows it," Weiss huffed. She didn't like how this Jaune acted. It was nowhere near as noble as most of the others she knew.
More gossip came up.
"What? EVEN REN LOST!?"
"I bet my entire fortune on him!"
"Don't tell me this Arc guy is strong!"
"Wow, they picked on a guy who is stronger than them and now they are complaining," Coco said flabbergasted. "Are they stupid?"
"Um..Mr. Decade sir? How are they not hearing what we are saying?" Velvet asked.
The Rider turned manservant, who was currently combing Pyrrha's hair, shrugged. "Pretty sure it's magic from the theater muffling some of our words. I mean after all, if it muffled all of our words Neo and Mercury wouldn't have gotten lucky or any of you get free stuff."
"Miss Blake, why is Jaune fighting like that?" Penny wondered with a sad face.
"Don't be ridiculous. If he were to give them even an inch, he would lose."
"Truly?" Blake nodded her head.
"Ren is in line for one of the earls that teach swordsmanship. His father, Li, is the best swordsman in the kingdom, known as the "Sword Saint." Ren is still one rank below that but he is still a great swordsman." The Faunus explained to the commoner, who was nodding along.
"Damn," James said in surprise. "He's far more pragmatic than I would have given him credit for."
"He seems to be smarter than most people here," Glynda agreed.
"That is amazing," Penny gasped.
"He is." Blake's eyes turned toward her fiance Whitley talking to Emerald and frowned. This all started because he fell in love with Emerald.
During the break, people saw Jaune meet up with Penny and Blake. "Jaune are you alright?" Penny asked.
"Wait did something happen to him?" Saphron asked, worried.
"We were worried about you," Blake sighed. She gave him a once over and nothing seemed wrong.
"Why were you worried?" Jaune asked. The two women looked at one another before replying.
"Someone claiming to be your sister showed up. She said you didn't look too well, and asked us to check on you."
Jaune frowned, his mind going to a certain person who never actually cared about him.
"Is it any one of our sisters?" the Arc sister asked.
"Nope," Decade replied, glad to get another moment of reprieve from all of Pyrrha's requests.
"Master," Luxon whispered into his ear. "A bomb has been placed on the Arroganz. It was your elder sister who placed it, but was instructed to do so by someone else."
"WHAT!?" the students shouted. Pyrrha, Ruby, Penny, and Weiss shouted louder than everyone.
"I see…" Jaune made a face. "I guess my sister would notice."
"So you are unwell?" Penny gasped.
"In truth...I've been holding in a big one. I almost pooped my pants. More than the actual duels, my backlines are having a real battle," Jaune replied. Penny made a disgusted face and Blake gave him a deadpan stare.
"EW!" Yang said making a face.
"Why would you say something like that?" Blake stuck out her tongue.
"That sounds rough," Penny patted his shoulder solemnly.
"Can't you choose your words better in front of ladies like us?" Blake gagged. Jaune just rolled his eyes.
"Yes, he should have chosen his words better," Winter frowned.
"Fine. I was looking for a place to pluck flowers. Though there weren't any flower beds in the area."
"Why did he say that?" Ilia asked.
"It's a euphemism about going to the toilet in a country on another planet," Decade replied.
"That didn't help at all," Penny frowned.
"...well, whatever." The Faunus crossed her arms making her chest look bigger. "The break is almost over."
"I'll get going. Don't worry, I'll win." Jaune told Blake. Walking away, Luxon began speaking to him.
"It was your next opponent that had her do it. She put it on the back of the frame, where most of the important mechanisms are. So this person is rather serious about defeating you. The number of explosives would kill the pilot in most cases."
The frown on Jaune's face deepened. "Of course," Jaune sighed. His vision goes to Mercury. It's always the nice ones that are the harshest, Jaune mused to himself.
"I guess once an assassin, always an assassin," Mercury grinned at the idea that even as royalty he was a ruthless ass he always was.
As he met Mercury on the field minutes later, Jaune was quiet as Mercury praised him. Off to the side, Jaune's sister from the new world, Vernal, was gripping her skirt. While she may dislike him that didn't mean she wanted her brother dead!
"Oh, that's interesting," Raven mumbled.
"Your second in command if I remember your wording right from the Aquaman world," Tai stated.
"You remembered?" Raven said with a surprised face.
"I don't forget so easily Raven." The way he said it made her flinch.
"Battle begin!" the proctor shouted.
As he did, Mercury threw a smoke bomb at the Arrroganz's feet. Using magic, the jet black mech flew high in the sky and aimed its sniper rifle at its opponent. "I'll give you a splendid end," Mercury said as he shot Jaune's chest, aiming for the cockpit.
"Holy shit, you're not pulling any punches," Emerald said dropping her jaw.
"Why should I?" Mercury asked. "After all, he's a threat to me. Why should I hold back?"
There was a minor explosion, only to show that Jaune was alive and well. "What!?" Mercury shouted. "Those armor-piercing rounds would have killed anyone with ease!" Thankfully his mic was off so no one heard it. "This is all for you, Prince Whitley!"
In his anger, he activated the magical bomb on Arroganz's back. The explosion was large enough that it covered the mech completely.
"Jaune!" Saphron shouted this time. Her eyes turned to Mercury with a murderous rage.
"I did it! I finally damaged it!" Mercury grinned savagely. Only to balk when he saw that it was missing. "Where did he go?"
"Calm down," Terra told her wife but Saphron still glared. "He's fine."
"Hey." Mercury turned around and looked above him to see Jaune floating there. He turned his rifle only for the shovel to tear off its left arm and the gun. The adopted son of the Schnee family grabbed an ax from behind him and managed to block the second hit.
"That was a nice comeback," Kali giggled as she nuzzled her husband's neck. This caused Ghira to blush even more.
"You're telling me you were able to withstand that explosion!?" Mercury growled.
"No that was a serious blow, in various ways," Jaune said with a frown.
"Uh, hey," Ruby looked at the image they can see within the cockpit and then Saphron. "Do you think they all get angry like that?"
"Hot," Pyrrha and Ilia said at the same time. When the champion looked at the chameleon Faunus, she pointed at the Arc sister. The two share a nod at that.
Mercury pushed back and managed to block again. "You don't know anything!"
"Take a look in a mirror and try again! You guys are insane!" Jaune roared. The two kept fighting, with this being the one to put the hardest fight.
"This version of you is rather good at fighting," Cinder hummed.
"Are you planning on fighting his highness? You're going to be stripped of your titles!"
"That's fine!" Jaune countered both verbally and with another swipe of his weapon. "The advanced class at school makes me wanna hurl! If it means my freedom, I'll do anything. Even beating you!"
"He doesn't like this kingdom does he?" Yang said.
"Oh yeah, he hates it," Decade nodded his head. "He challenged the prince and the nobles intent on getting expelled."
Mercury managed to try to counter again, with Jaune just blocking again. "Could it be you're going to fight him?"
"Isn't that good for you? You'll have one less rival." The blond taunted the grey-haired boy.
"He's not wrong," Weiss said. "If I could take care of the competition like that I certainly would have."
"You should be glad I didn't do that," Pyrrha said. "Or they may have never found your body." Weiss shuddered at that.
"What do you know?" Mercury shouted back. "Both the Prince and I are seriously in love with Emerald!"
"So a harem," Neptune said in surprise. "The fact that someone else got it this time is odd truth be told."
"Why is that?" Coco wondered as she nicely asked Sun to get her something to eat this time.
"I mean seeing a harem is weird in general. But to see one like this is where the lengths these guys will go is strange."
"We just want to bring her happiness. And if you're planning on doing something to his highness, I'll do everything to make sure you...no. Not just you but your entire family will take responsibility!" Mercury growled.
Jaune, however, wasn't impressed. "...threats are unfair…" From the speakers of Arroganz, a recording of what Mercury just said repeated itself. Thankfully it would only be between the two of them.
"My voice!" The adopted prince gasped. "How that magic…"
"I have no obligation to tell you." For the first time, there was no humor in Jaune's voice. It was far colder than ever. "You threatened me first. So now I'm going to threaten you."
"Guys this Jaune is scaring me," Penny said. The angry look on Jaune's face as well as how calm he was speaking was rather off-putting.
"I think this is the angriest I've ever seen my brother," Saphron said in surprise, snapping her out of her anger.
Cinder and Raven both licked their lips once more.
"Let's see...how about I have your family hear this? To threaten someone just because you're about to lose, to strip you of nobility would be the obvious course of action. Or would you rather have his highness or that girl hear this?"
"I'm sure they would show their disdain…" Mercury stutters at the end. "My voice alone isn't proof!"
"Even if it isn't proof, they would suspect you right?" Jaune loomed the Arroganz over Mercury's mech. "And then if something were to happen to my family, everyone will think...Mercury did it. Then, in turn, suspect the prince as well." Jaune slammed his shovel against Mercury once more. "Your precious highness's reputation will take a huge blow."
"Not only is he physically beating you down, but mentally as well," Emerald grinned. The feeling of watching Mercury brought down was so good.
Mercury couldn't smile this time. Seeing another version of himself be verbally beat down was rather a bad feeling.
"He is innocent in this! These are my actions alone!" Mercury blocked, but each swing hit the armor more and more.
"That's not your decision to make," Jaune replied. "Even if they don't want to, people are gonna connect them. With Blake's situation, you guys didn't listen to her and decided to act on your own. What makes you think the same isn't going to happen to you?"
"Way to throw it in their face!" Ilia laughed.
"T-That's…"
"We're done here. Drop-dead." With one last swing, he knocked Mercury unconscious and sent the robot careening into the ground. "You caused trouble for my elder sister too...so I guess this is payback."
"That it is," Saphron nodded her head. Ruby and Yang, as well as Winter and Weiss, also nodded very much understanding. Sibling love and all that.
As Jaune waited, he saw a pure white armor frame enter. "To think my turn would come. I respect you came this far."
Once again the students began speaking, however this time it was cheering.
"Do your best, prince!"
"Defeat that bumpkin!"
"He must be hated," Neo said as she returned fixing her dress a little.
"They hate him because they bet all their fortunes on him," Decade explained. When people looked over they saw him massaging Pyrrha's feet.
"Honestly, that's a good look on you," Qrow taunted. Winter also grinned at the man. The magenta based Rider gave them the finger.
"Tell me, prince, is there a point to beating a small fry?" Jaune asked. When Whitley didn't respond. Jaune just chuckled. "Mind if I ask you something then?"
"If I have an answer for it," Whitley replied.
"How do you feel about the scholarship student Penny?"
"Penny. I hear she's an excellent student, but what of her?"
"I see."
"I guess he was trying to see if destiny would still be in effect," Ozpin mused aloud.
"I guess he is," Salem agreed. They look at each other before looking away.
"Battle begin!"
Whitley jumped back and got his shield ready.
"A shame, this feels one-sided," Luxon stated. "It's much better than the others but that's about it."
"That's one very prideful AI," Penny said surprised.
"How 'bout we start then!" Jaune shouted as he charged the prince. Whitley managed to block the shovel..and land a hit!
"Wow! He's doing so well!"
"You can do it, your highness!"
"You have to win!"
"I'm begging you!"
"All of that cheering, for a scratch," Raven darkly chuckled. "These children are so green."
"Don't be mean Raven," Summer chided the alternate version of her friend.
"Jeez, these guys don't want to lose their bets," Jaune chuckled.
"I'm sure they'll have a grand celebration if you lose," Luxon told him. "Perhaps they think master's behavior and actions make you a pain in the ass."
Ruby giggled. "He just said his words back at him." The other students snickered as well.
"Oi! Who taught you those words!" Jaune blushed at having his own words thrown at him. He dodged an attack from Whitley and blocked the follow-up.
"I can't lose! For the girl who is praying for my victory...I can't lose!" As he shouted that, six wings made of magical energy burst forth from the back of the Prince's mech.
"So pretty," Nora said as she and Ren returned. The bomber was dressed nicely, but Ren was all ruffled and flustered. When Ren saw Pyrrha looking, he looked away in embarrassment.
"Did you two?" Pyrrha let the sentence hang.
"No, we just made out," Nora replied.
"For forty-five minutes?" Pyrrha asked.
"We also took a look around," Ren replied quickly. "Just to see the area a bit."
"It looked like something from a fantasy TV show!" Nora cheered.
"...I will acknowledge that it looks good," Luxon begrudgingly admitted.
"That's a compliment from you if anything," Jaune chuckles at his friend and familiar.
"Impressive, your highness," Jaune said to the prince. "You certainly have far more spirit than everyone else. Perhaps the other four were thinking if someone were to disappear they'd have more time with Emerald."
"Oh, his taunts finally went through!" Coco clapped her hands.
"Nonsense!" Whitley replied. "What do you know about us?"
"I don't know a thing," Jaune told him in their deadlock. "But I know things won't continue smoothly." The blond looked toward Blake who was on edge watching the fight. "Your highness, how does it feel to truly love someone else? I don't get those feelings."
"He doesn't?" Velvet asked.
"In his past life, he was rather popular but he's denser than most Jaunes" Decade said as he finally got something to drink for himself.
"Really?" Pyrrha asked surprised.
"Women have and will throw themselves at him but he's too self-conscious about himself or too focused on the small details."
"I bet!" Whitley furiously shouted. He too looked at Blake. "That's why you're able to butt into someone else's business! If you love me then butt out!" This caused the Faunus to sob.
"Is your brother this mean?" Blake asked her teammate. While she initially hated all the Schnees, after finding out the Weiss wasn't so bad she was willing to give them all the benefit of the doubt.
"Not in this way, but he is a bit of an ass." The one who answered was Winter, catching them all off guard.
"Are you talking about Miss Blake?" Jaune frowned. "I'm pretty sure she truly loves your highness."
"You're wrong! There's no way that you can call her feelings love! She never considered my feelings!" The anger Whitley had was so pronounced that Jaune even paused for a second.
"He must hate you," Ghira told his daughter.
"She's the same as any other woman in the royal palace! They're forcing a life of royalty on me. No one is looking at my true self! I never wanted to be born into royalty!"
"I think this version of my brother is deluded," Weiss sighed.
"No, he's just bogged down by the expectations of the world," Winter corrected her sister. That made Weiss release a sigh and nod her head.
"Emerald is only the one to consider my feelings!"
"This is ironic. Jaune finds out early that Emerald is also a reincarnated person...who is using her knowledge of the game to manipulate the five men to be her harem," Decade informed them.
"Wow, what a bitch," Mercury said, getting a glare from his associate.
Whitley kept up his attacks and kept shouting at Jaune, who was lazily parrying the moves. "To say such empty words so smugly! What do you know!? You're just self-satisfied because you acquired great power! Having fun!? How's it feel to use such power to overpower others, while looking down upon and lecturing them!?"
The crowd cheered for Whitley's words.
Jaune took a moment before responding. "...It's the best!"
"What?" Ren said confused.
"What?"
An image of Jaune's angry yet satisfied face appeared before the audience. "It's the best feeling in the world! To use such power to completely crush you guys who were talking so big is so satisfying!"
"Oh god yes," Cinder said feeling aroused by his words and actions. The cruelty he showed off was so enticing to her that she ignored the men groveling at her feet.
"Also, seeing you five pitiful souls thinking you could beat me is such a riot! I might be prideful, but it's also true you can't beat me!"
"This one is also good," Raven nodded her head, loving every moment she was seeing. Tai, Sumer, and Qrow give her weirds looks.
"How's it feel to lose to someone you view as inferior, Prince!?" The near-psychotic smirk on his face topped it all off.
"I know had some fun, but I'd like to take him for a ride," Neo said.
"YOU BASTARD!"
"The fact that he can't even beat Master in an argument is proof that this is over," Luxon stated. The orb then turned and towards Jaune. "I'm also impressed with just how scummy of a person you are."
"Aww, just keep talkin'!" Jaune smirked. He clashed against Whitley again. "I'll tell you one thing: I don't give a damn about your feelings!"
"This guy is a bit of a jerk," Velvet pouted, not liking how this version of Jaune ended up.
The two continue to fight once more. "What do you mean 'I didn't want to be born into royalty', huh?" Jaune used his shovel to push away Whitley before pointing at him. "You...have you ever been almost sold to a 50-year-old hag before!?"
Mercury, Ren, Sun, and Neptune all flinched at the thought of being sold off to a fate like that.
"Have you ever had to sheepishly bow your head to a girl and ask her, 'Please, marry me?' Only to be told: "I don't like bumpkins" or "Support my lovers too!?"
"I feel that spiritually," Qrow said. He too was rejected by many girls for being raised in the woods and not knowing much of the world when he was younger.
A few boys around the colosseum turned their faces away. "Do you understand how it feels to be told, "I'm going to prioritize my love with my lovers instead."
James made a fist, also remembering ex's who had a similar thought process since he was always in the military.
This time the boys began to sob.
"What's wrong with that! You guys have freedom!" Whitley countered, only to get smacked with the shovel as a result.
"Freedom!?" Jaune shouted. "You're saying that I...that WE have freedom!? Don't screw with me, silk pants!"
"Yeah! Fuck you!" Roman shouted. He too was a victim of things like that as a child. Just because he was too poor to afford anything he was rejected.
A small screen appeared before the audience and saw Jaune barely surviving on a dingy flying boat.
"You sensed that your chastity is in danger! You're at the end of your rope! And so you venture out into the skies on a tiny ship! Have you ever experienced that!?"
"Truly a self-made man," Raven liked what she was seeing even more.
Jaune pointed at Whitley. "You're even given the freedom to play around with other girls even though you already have such a beautiful fiance…"
At this, while feeling bad about the situation, Blake blushed.
Blake from the theater did as well. "Damn, I know it's not about me but this is a lot," she said.
"I hear you," Ilia agreed. She was munching on some candy she took from a boy. Only that and a juice. While she wouldn't have gone into the whole use of men to her advantage right now, the Faunus was a bit hungry.
"The hell you mean, "I didn't want to be born into royalty," huh? GET OUTTA HERE!"
"I'm not playing! I'm being serious!" Whitley stutters.
"THAT'S JUST AS BAD!" Jaune roared. For a moment, Jaune's thoughts went to how dating Emerald would not only insult her but the various nobles. The entire kingdom would be thrown into chaos. And how stupid Whitley is, about how he doesn't understand his station. During his furious beat down, Jaune destroyed not only Whitley's shield but his sword as well.
"I guess this version of brother needs to look at his lot in life," Weiss sighed.
"Do you get it now?" Jaune sighed before pointing at Blake who was crying and blushing. "Playtime is over, your partner is over there."
"No!"
"Stop being a lovesick asshole!" Sun shouted.
"Oh come on!"
"Just beat him up!" Neptune chanted.
"You guys are awfully into this," Penny told the duo.
"Look, I may be a womanizing asshole but I'm not as stupid as them! Where do they get off acting all high and mighty?"
"Just so you know, all five broke up their engagements to rather beautiful women just to be with Emerald," Decade said adding fuel to the fire.
"Wait, you mentioned Ruby was Mercury's fiancee here. He broke up with her, for that?" Yang shouted pointing at the flat-chested Emerald. "Fuck him!"
"I'd rather die than have Emerald taken away from me!" Whitley was panting, his mind frayed. "I'll never accept defeat. This is a duel, I forbid this battle from ending until either you or I die!"
Jaune rubbed his forehead. "This idiot. He's complaining about royalty and all that while ordering around innocent bystanders."
"Such a hypocrite," Terra said shaking her head.
"That conversation couldn't have gone worse," Luxon replied. "However, I've never heard you say things with such passion before."
"Of course! It comes from my own experiences," Jaune huffed. Off to the side, Blake was sobbing and having an existential crisis.
"You're serious, your highness...you truly love that girl," she said to herself. She vowed to get Emerald away from Whitley.
"No! Don't cry!" Kali shouted at her daughter's counterpart. "The one you should be dating is fighting for you!"
"Wow, mom, I'm right here," Blake reminded her in deadpan.
"Ah give her this," Ghira whispered to his daughter. "You know how she gets with dramas."
"You're wrong!" Penny said as she stood up. "It's true that your highness may be in love with Miss Emerald but...Miss Blake also loves your highness!"
Decade shuddered, as did Ozpin and Salem. "What was that?" Salem asked.
"Because, even though she is suffering, she continues to watch over this fight!" Her words were slowly going over the entire colosseum.
Ozpin took a calming breath and gripped his seat. "What magic she has is strong."
"Even though it hurts to watch, she does not cover her eyes and sadly continues to watch! Please don't say that isn't love!"
"Ugh...god I hate going to dating sim worlds. They always affect me like this," Decade gagged. "Stupid power of love."
Both fighters stopped and looked at Penny. "Wow...even without a loudspeaker or magic," Jaune said, awed.
"Hmm...what a mysterious power," Luxon stated.
"...is that all you've got to say, woman?" Whitley scowled at Penny.
"Holy shit," Decade laughed. "He wasn't affected by that? He must truly love Emerald then."
"What do you mean?" Penny asked, wondering why her other self was speaking like that.
"The Jaune of this world knows this since he beat the game but...that version of you can weaponize love as magic." Penny looked shocked...and disgusted by that.
"That's awful!" The android turned human didn't want something like that.
"Don't worry you only use it twice and Jaune helps you out through ti."
"To force those one-sided feelings onto someone and call it love?" the Prince scoffed. "That the feelings of a woman who only views me only as the prince could be called love?"
"I finally found a woman who sees me for who I am! And then I understood that this feeling was love! Have you ever tried to understand who I was, Blake!? Your feelings aren't love, they're forced and one-sided! If you understand then never come near me ever again!"
Blake's face fell into her hands and sobbed even more. Penny even hugged her and tried consoling her even more.
"Can I punch him in the face?" Blake asked, her nails digging into the wooden seat. This was too much honestly.
"Now, let's continue! This duel won't end until one of us dies! I've prepared myself! How about you!"
People who saw Emerald throughout this saw her face go through various states of worry, despair, and at the current moment relief. As if she believed Jaune wouldn't respond.
"Your other self must break herself from those delusions Emerald," Cinder said cooly to her minion. "Or else life will be much worse for her."
"Prepare myself...you say?" Jaune said, gripping his controls. His anger turning back into the cold fury that he had for Mercury appearing once more. "Implying that I've been fighting without having done so already? What does it mean to prepare yourself? Just because you're about to lose? Are you mocking me?"
"Ah! Angry Jaune is back!" Ruby exclaimed.
"Angry Jaune?" Nora and Ren asked since they weren't there to see it.
"Yeah, Jaune gets deathly calm and proceeds to just destroy you both mentally and physically," Pyrrha informed them. "It rather scary."
"I'm getting sick of this," he told Luxon, who nodded his head.
"First of all, I didn't kill you because we are in school. If I was serious, this would have ended entirely differently. Don't you understand that I've been holding back? It would have been better if you all fought me at the same time since you are all far weaker than me."
"Imagine if he had a real weapon," Neo said rubbing her legs together.
Jaune sat back and the Arroganz mimicked his hand motions. "I respect your tenacity to put your life on the line. Though I'll say it's sadly and blatantly obvious that you're hoping I'll back down after that...right?"
"Don't tell me he thinks that's going to work!" Glynda said shocked.
"Even I'm not capable of killing a prince. So good for you! You're going to win because you're the prince!" He then started to laugh mockingly. "Even though you said you didn't want to be born a prince, you're taking advantage of your position! Priceless!"
"I love this viewing," Raven sighed dreamily.
Whitely physically recoiled at Jaune's words.
"Hey say: Please lose for me. I don't want to be apart from my dear Emerald, so please lose for me…" Jaune then darkly chuckled. "Or perhaps his royal highness could command me to do so?"
"Okay, this Jaune is not one I'd like to face," Ren gulped. His brother from another mother had a good tactical mind, but if he were to add cruelty to it? Ren feared the sanity of those they faced.
"L-Like I could do that! This is a sacred duel! The right thing to do is to fight each other to the best of our abilities!" Whitley replied. Though there was a blush on his face.
"He considered it!" Nora pointed out. "That jerk!"
"Huh, Are you saying that I need to make it close and act as if I lost?" Jaune picked his nose a little, not even seeing the Prince as a threat. "That's a tall order, man."
"I didn't need to see that," Coco gagged.
"Nah, it's a power move," Qrow told her. "It's showing that the kid doesn't even care for the prince's threats."
"That would be so blatantly obvious. Not to mention insulting. I mean, no matter how you look at it, there's no way you could turn this around." Jaune shrugged his shoulders. "Or maybe you're going to give an incredibly moving speech of some sort? I'm one hundred percent sure that's not going to work though."
"God he's such a jerk but he makes such good points," Ilia sighed. "I'd love to be his friend." The people looked at her. "What? This version of Jaune is what Adam should have been! Cruel yet well-meaning; powerful but with restraint."
"Holy crap you're right," Blake said after a moment of deliberation.
As if as one the students came to one conclusion.
This guy is the worst!
"What's up with that guy...unforgivable!"
"He's the worst!"
"Your highness! Don't lose to that guy!"
"Drop dead, you piece of shit!"
"Go die, Arc!"
"There goes his reputation," Mercury said.
"Dumbass, he's already set for life. This is his way of not having to deal with society," Emerald told him. "He planned all this."
"...to go so far with your words," Luxon said as he stared at Jaune. "Let me guess...this feels amazing or something?"
Now that Luxon was talking to him, Jaune took a moment to take a deep breath and sigh. "I agree I went too far. But, it is necessary for those five to accept reality."
"Do you mean you were just playing the heel? You seemed like you were enjoying yourself though."
"Being cruel to be kind, I can get behind that," Raven nodded.
The smile on his face told the AI that he wasn't wrong. "To be honest I had tons of fun, but I won't be doing it again."
"Lies," Decade coughed. Getting looks of confusion he smirked. "Let's just say...anyone who pisses him off tends to be afraid of him afterward."
"Arc!" Whitley ran forward and tried to punch him. The larger frame stopped the punch easily.
"Your highness...Let's have a serious chat." Whitley meanwhile tried to escape the hold.
"Let go! You don't have a hint of chivalry in you! You're worse than even the foulest of beasts!" Whitley futilely tried to escape.
"Miss Blake...no, the house Belladonna is your highness's biggest supporter. If you were to make them your enemy, you would lose face," Jaune calmly told the prince. After finally getting all of his rage out, Jaune wasn't against telling Whitley what was wrong with his thought process.
"So, deep down he's a good person?" Qrow smirked. "I was right."
"You would most likely lose the right to the throne. Even so...are you going to choose Emerald instead?"
"Are you going to laugh?" Whitley said, almost broken by Jaune's words. "Even though I have all these women to choose from. I would give up my honor and royal status, if it means I can be with Emerald…"
"Such a shame, he could have done better," Terra said. "To fall in love with one who just manipulated you."
Jaune shakes his head. "That's good for you. But you're going to lose. So as Miss Blake said, please abstain from seeing her in the future."
"Analysis complete. Also, I have confirmed that the pilot's complete safety is possible," Luxon told him.
Jaune nods and activates his magic. "To prepare yourself is hard, y'know. Now, this is the end!"
"Impact," Luxon said. The moment he said that the entire frame got destroyed. Nothing was left.
"My word," James gasped. "You mean to say he could have done that from the start?"
"Yeah. Even five on one, Jaune would have beaten them without even trying too hard. Luxon would help of course. Honestly, it's only the final and penultimate threats to this kingdom that put up any sort of decent fight against him," Decade told James. The General felt dizzy haring that.
Jaune was sure to gently place the prince onto the floor as the proctor pronounced his victory.
*"W-Winner! Arc!"
The crowd booed Jaune as he waved at them. "Remember kids, gamble responsibly!" As he left his mech, he couldn't help but feel happy. He was going to be expelled! He could live his life out on his private island, which he would turn into a resort and not have to worry about finding a woman to worry until later in life.
"So he got his happy ending?" Penny asked.
Before they can get an answer, they all felt a shift and found themselves back in the theater. This time in separated seats and back in their regular clothes.
"Not really," the Curator responded. "He goes through a lot in life, this being the first of many." He pointed at the screen.
(Two months skip later)
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN I'M GETTING PROMOTED!?" Jaune shouted in despair.
"That's good for you Jaune!" Penny said while hugging him.
"This is a rare event indeed! Congratulations!" Blake also said, giving him a small hug.
"No! My simple and quiet life…"
"And thus that' Jaune's life of failing upward," the Curator replied.
"What do you mean by that?" Tai asked, getting his bearings.
"He tries to pass off his accomplishments onto other people, only for them to feel grateful which in turn doubles his rewards. By the end of his first year, Jaune is just a step below those born nobility in terms of rank."
"Unbelievable," Weiss gasped.
"So how was the trip?"
"Being in a new world was great! When can we do it again?" Ruby asked giddily.
"When the theater feels like it," the Curator responded. "Now why don't we…" He paused when the theater darkened, the usually blue lights turn red. "Oh dear, that's not good."
"What's not?" Saphron asked. The Curator took Adrain from her arms. "Uh...what's happening?"
"It's a rare occurrence in this theater but we do tend to get dark worlds as well," he explained. "And this one is from a world where there are over 150 versions of that world...and their own micro multiverses within it. A shame's one of the darker ones that appeared."
"And you're taking my baby why?" Terra asked.
"Because I've experienced this world once before and it won't let anyone go without seeing it. I'm taking Adrian with me so he won't get scared watching it. Anyone else not wanting to see something horrific?"
Before anyone could answer the screen lit up and the Curator knew he was out of time, so he teleported himself with Adrian to the lobby. Dropping him off with another Jaune who was there to protect it, this one was in red and blue spandex with some black designs over it. Before teleporting back he heard:
"Hey, little buddy! It's your uncle Jaune! Want to see some cool tricks with my shooters?"
"Jaune!"
"I'll take that as a yes!"
THWIP!
The screen opened up as they heard cawing. The scenery kept changing from the woods, to a village from the past, to one that looks closer to the current day. All of them showing various people walking about, but the cawing grew louder. The feeling of dread rising as the scene shifts got faster and faster before voices were intermingled with the
Help me!
No! You're not real!
Ah!
THUMP
THUMP
THUMP
BAM!
creak...creak…
Standing in the center of the screen was a dilapidated scarecrow with yellow hay sticking out of parts, and dozens of crows flying about. Then hundreds began flying, their forms blotting out any sort of light. The figure started to twitch and crack before it's head raised up and suddenly turned to the screen, two dots, the glowing darkest shade of blue, stared at the screen.
With a nimbleness that it shouldn't have, the scarecrow got on all fours and crawled frantically at the screen.
And in a voice that shifted between raspy and guttural went…
CroCEa... moRs…
Ah, yes we're finally diving into one of my favorite series. League of Legends. After seeing the reveal trailer of the Fiddlesticks rework, I thought of making a world of it!
Tell me what you think the characters would be afraid of in your review and I may use it.
And what do you think? Should they be allowed to visit more worlds while viewing them? I found it a nice change of pace, how about you guys?