I've been to eight interviews in two weeks. No call-backs just yet, but I'm feeling hopeful! Here is the next chapter. I shall respond to comments in the next chapter.
Disclaimer: I do not own RWBY or Dragon Ball Super.
Everyone in the theater saw what was happening, for the last time they saw a dark universe, it was creepy as hell. Those within the main room were stuck to their seats once more.
"Damn it," Blake hissed. She didn't like this at all. She left for one video only to be taken hostage for another.
"This one seems to be a bother," Weiss said through grit teeth.
"I don't know," Salem laughed. "I would like to see how my son works after all."
"You are talking to this too easily," Raven frowned at the Queen of Grimm. But then again, this was about her child.
The city of Vale was on higher alert.
From every CCT call they had received, it seemed a person of mass destruction was heading their way. After it had ransacked cities in Vacuo, but didn't attack the capital for some reason. This person dressed in black had just made tons of refugees.
"Why didn't he attack the capital?" Nora asked worriedly. She didn't like evil versions of her Fearless Leader. They've only seen one before, but this one seemed so terrible!
"He said he hated waiting for a Maiden," Raven said. Her eyes turned to Salem and her cohorts. "I assume you don't know where any of them are." When the trio of ladies glared at her, Raven smirked. That means she's still off their list.
The same was happening now. Several hundreds of people were flooding into the capital, in need of shelter and protection. Others had already abandoned their homes in hopes to avoid the problem. Thus now there was overcrowding within homes and the streets.
"That would make sneaking in far easier," Emerald hummed in thought. "Far too many people to talk to, too many to notice, too many people to keep count of."
That also increased the amount of crime and negativity within Vale, so constant need to watch for Grimm attacks has grown as well.
"That is an excellent set up," Cinder said with a smirk. That was something easy to do and would keep people in the wrong direction. She could appreciate that.
And so now through the now more populated city, even Huntsmen/Huntresses-in-training were told to patrol the streets to ensure nothing violent happens.
That caused many people to frown. They shouldn't be patrolling like that at least not until their second semester! "This version of Jaune knows exactly what he is doing," Salem stated proudly.
The camera moves to a morgue. Numerous people had come in with dead members, some dying upon entering the city. This caused numerous places such as the morgue, hospital, and cemetery to fill quickly.
"That is such a sad thing to see," Pyrrha said. The redhead couldn't think of what life would be like in that situation.
"It could be worse," Emerald said. "At least people aren't killing one another in the streets."
"It's not as bad as what would it be in Mantle or Vacuo in times of need," Weiss agreed with the thief.
It then focused on a coroner who was looking over a body. It was the body of a young man with black hair and rather toned. The coroner was looking at him humming.
"He looks good in this one. Not too much muscle and just the right definition," Raven grinned. Even if he was working with the people she hates.
Pyrrha nods her head absentmindedly. She agreed wholeheartedly.
"John Doe, age between seventeen and twenty-one, looks to be in good form. And after a cursory look at his body, I can't seem to find anything wrong with him so far. I will now start cutting and looking into his insides," the coroner said into a recording device. He went to grab a scalpel only to freeze when he heard a chuckle.
"Don't worry about that. Here, you can use my blade," a male voice laughed. Before the coroner could see who spoke, a blade made out of black and white aura pierced his chest. And with a simple movement, the blade bisected the coroner horizontally at the chest.
Blake, Nora, Pyrrha, and Weiss were mortified by the brutality of what they saw. The other students and nonhunters were the same. It was visceral and unlike the other worlds, showed all of the blood. It was just like the Caw Goes the Crows world.
And that's nothing about the fact he's hurting innocent people. Salem, however, could only feel pride for her son here.
Jaune swung his feet off the table and onto the cold floor. Rolling his neck, several pops could be heard as he stretched his limbs. "I hate being in a death-like state," Jaune said through a pained groan. "Sneaking in with the refugees and faking a heart attack. It was a smart plan Watts, but not your best one."
"So he wasn't dead but he faked his heart attack? That sounds ridiculous!" Weiss stated. She couldn't wrap her mind around how stupid the plan was.
"Not to mention the fact that he had stopped his heart to the point that it looked like it had stopped," Blake said. "That is some dedication to the role."
After he finished though, he focused on himself and the shadows in the room converged on in him. The shadows formed around his body until they began to solidify. After a minute they had become the clothes he wore.
"Okay, how did Jauney do that?" Nora asked, being quite confused. "What did he do!? That was so cool!"
"Magic," the Curator replied. Nora wanted to reply with how was that possible, but then stopped. That made sense, given that his mom was the creepy Grimm Lady.
Although, he did have a new piece of clothing. Dangling on his right ear was a silver earring with an emerald jewel on it. "Cindy had better appreciate this. Mother asked me to provide a distraction when her Breach Plan failed."
"What?" Cinder said snapping. How did her plan go wrong? Something must have happened to derail it.
"Maybe I'll meet the two teams that stopped it. RWBY and JNPR…" Jaune grinned as he stepped through the doors.
"So, our teams had stopped whatever you were planning," Pyrrha grinned at Cinder. "Whatever you were planning failed because of us." The false Maiden glared before grinning.
"At least your boy toy is on my side this time," Cinder spat out. "You might be stuck with whatever lame person your heart hates." That made Pyrrha flinch.
Team CRDL was going through the streets, eager to get paid for such an easy job. Walk around the city, ensure people don't cause a ruckus by making their ruckus, and it helped them use their authority on the people they hate! It was a win-win for them.
"Brothers above they are even worse here than they are in our world," Blake frowned.
Sadly, during their patrol was when a building blew up. Screams of fear began to echo into the night.
"Shit we should go look at what's happening," Cardin said. "If we don't, people are going to say bad shit about us."
"Terrible wastes of space," Raven frowned. There was nothing worse than scum like that, who only worked for glory. They were the ones to die the fastest.
"Right!" His team shouted. They readied their weapons and ran forward, pushing the people out of the way. What they arrived at was a block that was leveled, filled with cops, fighters, and medics. And of course, corpses.
"H-How long has it been since his attack," Weiss stutters. The death and destruction were on another level. And from just one person too.
"From what little info we have...only five minutes or so," the Curator told them.
"Holy shit," Emerald gasped. She was sure that even her Mistress...no, Cinder couldn't do that.
Sadly, a lot of them were covered in smoke from the fire. However, they could hear movement as well as combat. The sounds were far too close, as well as some sounds that didn't sound too family-friendly.
"Help me! I can't feel my leg!"
"My child! Has anyone seen my-"
"Please gods don't hurt me-" That was followed by the sound of something wet.
It was utter destruction that they saw. The team was not prepared for a situation like-
"Oh?" a voice cut through the air, making everyone freeze. Team CRDL was on edge as that one word made them feel threatened. From the wreckage, and dragging a corpse by their skull, Jaune came out smirking. The smoke was wafting off his body as if some sort of nefarious cloak.
"His theatrics remind me of one of Ozma's various lives," Salem said. "But the way he does it is splendid." Again she felt pride for this alternate son of hers.
And the boys instantly looked at his bloodied hand, to which he so casually dropped the corpse of the woman. And to their horror, the woman's face was destroyed. Caved in by just the sheer force of his grip alone.
"I think I'm going to hurl," Nora said at what she saw on the screen. She was okay with breaking legs but this was too much!
"You guys have Aura, please prove to be better entertainment than these fools," Jaune casually said. The dark-haired boy flicked his hand and the blood was flung onto the pavement.
"Slick," Neo whispered from her spot in the lobby. While she had gotten to know the Strings version, this one was pretty cool as an assassin.
"What the fuck are you saying?" Cardin asked, his voice both fearful and angry. What was this guy?
Before they could react though, Jaune vanished and appeared in the middle of all of them. His hands flew into motion, punching all of them with enough force that it sent them flying.
"I blinked, what just happened?" Emerald asked. Cinder frowned as she didn't see it either. Neither did Raven, nor anyone else in the theater. Except for the Curator, Salem, and Ozpin. The way Jaune had gone into motion was different. His movements were refined. There was no wasted movement at all.
All their Scrolls dinged, showing that they were all in the red, below thirty percent, from those punches. And as Cardin struggled to get up, he watched in horror as his team was destroyed.
Dove barely got his bearings when a fist went through his face. Literally through his face.
"Oh gods," Pyrrha said. The redhead gripped her arm seats and tried to close her eyes but couldn't. The force of the screen was making her watch.
Sky stood up and a blast of Aura erupted through his torso, dismembering him.
"He exploded," Blake said, almost throwing up. That was disgusting.
Russel was beheaded but Cardin couldn't see how.
"I'm pretty sure it was his Aura Blade," Salem said happily. Oh, this child was wonderful! To be able to do such things was a joy to watch.
When the captain of the team stood up, a hand grabbed his throat and began to crush his windpipe. It was a disappointed face that met Cardin's indigo eyes. "You are weak. I only hit you and your cohorts three times each and you went out."
"Three hits per person to take them down to thirty percent?" Raven mumbled. Turning her head to the Beacon students, she spoke once more. "How weak are they?"
"They are a bit on the defensive side but they aren't all too skilled," Blake responded. "But to think that was all it took to stop them."
"What are you?" Cardin manages to choke out.
"Me? I am the most splendid being in all of Remnant," Jaune replied cockily before stopping. "Behind my mother of course." He brought up his right hand, covered in his Aura Blade, and shoved it through Cardin's chest killing him.
"Just...just wow," Emerald had stuttered to think of what to say upon seeing that. There was no way she could say anything nice about what just happened. This person was insane.
He dropped the body and rolled his neck. "I should go find something more challenging than them."
Closing his eyes, the monster of a man focused. His Aura reached out and found various stronger ones. Most were in Beacon but since he was told to avoid that to let Cinder do her job, so he focused on the ones towards the other parts of Vale.
"So that means she's already in Beacon," Ozpin tells Glynda. "Do you think this plan will continue once we return."
"I'm not sure sir," his deputy headmistress told him. "We'll be prepared either way."
"I think I got something fun that way." Blue eyes opened and he began to float before flying off somewhere else.
"So all this flying and what not is based on magic, I take it?" Raven asked the Curator. He simply nodded. "And that Aura Blade of his is his Semblance."
"It seems so," he told her. The Curator was at a loss for some of these worlds. Again, his theater rarely if ever showed Dark Worlds.
Team CVFY was helping people vacate the premises. Whatever had started this attack had destroyed a massive portion of the city walls. This allowed Grimm to start invading. So they, along with numerous Atlesian soldiers, Knights, and Paladins, were handling the mess. Other teams were there too.
"Oh no," Blake gasped. Their friends were the targets. And while she's not as good friends with them as Team JNPR was, she was still friendly with the group. Weiss, Pyrrha, and Nora were also feeling worried for them.
Coco and Velvet were on edge as well. It may not be them but for some reason, they felt their counterparts' dread as well.
"All of that force is needed to suppress the Grimm?" Winter asked in worry. The amount shown entering through the wall was astonishing in the worst way possible. It was like an army of ants attacking a picnic.
Coco was using Gianduja to tear through numerous Imps, Beowolfs, and Ursa that were charging through the breach. Next to her Velvet was using Anesidora, her weapon in the form of her friend's as they used the Gatling gun function to destroy the numerous monsters.
"I'm happy they're able to push them back but…" Pyrrha let it hang because the person they were following hadn't attacked them.
"Yeah….this may not end up well for our friends," Nora pouted. She hated seeing bad guy versions of her fearless leader.
"There's so many of them!" Velvet shouted as her weapon took a break and Yatsuhashi and Fox jumped in to handle some in melee.
"How are there so many?" Coco said through grit teeth. "It's worse than what happened to those villages." She stopped shooting and urged people to keep running to the bunkers hidden all around Vale.
"We/They have those?" Blake and Emerald asked in surprise. They don't know much about Vale so that little tidbit was useful to know.
Suddenly the sound of fighting stopped as everyone saw the Grimm had halted their advance. Instead, they all had pulled back closer to the breach in the wall. "What in the world?" Yatsuhashi asked.
"It seems that my splendor precedes me with my followers." The Grimm part as Jaune walked through. He smiles at the people who are frozen in their spots. The villain patted the head of a Beowolf next to him as he stopped.
"I think his air for dramatics is worse than Roman's," Cinder frowns. She then rolled her eyes thinking about this version of Jaune and Roman becoming friends, and for some reason that annoyed her. Their egos would be so huge.
"What the fuck?" Fox said as he stared at the man walking through.
"You four," Jaune pointed at Team CVFY. "If any of you can impress me, I'll let those people go. None of these Grimm will go after them."
"I don't trust him," Weiss stated. Why would this evil version of Jaune do that?
"Listen to his wording Schnee," Raven said, who was also frowning. "He's using exact words."
The white-haired girl took a moment to think of what he said and gasped. "These Grimm…those Grimm won't attack but others will!"
"Such a good son," Salem sighed happily.
"Yeah right. Prove it!" Coco stated. Jaune chuckled and snapped his fingers. All the Grimm around Jaune retreated through the wall. The man in black raised his arms to either side and smirked. Coco and several other people dropped their jaws. "Oh shit."
"He proved it," Yatsuhashi gasped.
"Damn it," Nora cursed. "He kept his word, like every Jauney we've seen."
"As stated before, every version of Jaune Arc started from the same template, just something along the way changed him, even the dark ones," the Curator reminded him. Much like Crocea Mors version had Jaune's tenacity in a demonic way.
Fox immediately grabbed his Scroll and sent a call to Professor Goodwitch. "Mr. Alistair, what is happening?" she demanded in worry. Thankfully the Atlesian Knights were also recording at the same time and reporting to the General.
So he was also watching in fear. He knew Salem had made her move with this person. And his response to that…
All the Atlesian military units pointed at their guns at Jaune and opened fire. Even one airship signaled for the people there to leave the area. "Evacuate the fashion district of Vale! Atlas will bombard the blocks between Fourth and Seventh Street!"
"Don't you think that's a bit much?" Emerald asked no one in the room.
The glee on Jaune's face left as he heard the announcement. It was replaced by the look of sheer disgust and rage. His blue eyes glowed white as the bullets were about to hit. Team CVFY ran from the spot as one of the airships shot artillery on to the point where the boy was. The Grimm didn't move from their spot as the hail of fire continued onto the spot. The cloud of debris and Dust was large enough to hide away the hole in the wall. When the assault stopped, everyone watched carefully for any movement.
"Do you think that worked?" Blake asked Weiss.
Only to jump as a black and white beam shot from the cloud, destroying several Knights. Several beams came from the cloud again, destroying more of the Atlesian Knights as well as all the Paladins.
"I think that means it did not," the heiress told her friend.
This continued for a couple of seconds, destroying all the Knights and the pilots of the Paladins. The dust settled and a very angry Jaune was glaring at the airship. "I guess I won't be enjoying myself with you. That thing has annoyed me." His Aura suddenly flared and engulfed his body.
"Uhh...what is he doing?" Nora asked. It felt familiar.
"I think he's about to copy another world we saw already," the Curator gagged.
It slowly began to morph from white and a dark pink color. His once black hair changing to match the shade of his Aura and his eyes did the same.
"He just ripped off Saiyan Jaune!" Pyrrha said.
He lifted himself off using magic and flew towards the airship that attacked him. "Guys," Coco said, dropping her jaw. "I think Vale might be in trouble."
"Those words are an understatement," Salem laughed. Oh yes, if she had a son it would be like him. If it was earlier in her life, during the age of gods, she would have hated a son like the one on screen. This one though? He was perfect.
The scene in the Atlesian airship was utter chaos. The being they had fired at had turned pink and had cut his way through the hull of the ship. The alarm was blaring as a blade made out of pink energy had sliced through both metal and flesh.
Corpses had begun to litter the hallways as the bullets bounced off of Jaune's flesh. The look of rage had not left Jaune's face as someone had interrupted his fun.
That had sent shivers down numerous spines. The way it spoke of Jaune made it sound like a spoilt child had all this power. It was a rather unnerving thought to see a child with this much power.
These pesky machines and mortals were trash, all of whom were besmirching his mother's world. All he wanted was to ensure her vision would go through and while he was willing to wait for it to happen, he was not one to take slights against himself or his mother lightly.
So these vermin from Atlas would be destroyed.
"No, he is not a child," Weiss said aloud. This caught people's attention. "The way he thinks, the way he acts is that of a noble, not a child. He just thinks so highly of himself that we think he's one."
"Ah he's narcissistic," Pyrrha concluded.
"Wait! Stop!" an engineer begged before a pink blade made completely of Aura stabbed through his chest. Jaune had fired Aura at any automaton that was there but people, oh, he made sure to personally kill any human or Faunus in his way with his own hands.
"That is disturbing," Nora frowned. "He must not like it when people bother him."
Through a porthole, he saw numerous Bullheads fly off. "I'll get them later," he said. "But I should destroy this ship."
He aimed his hand up and a black and pink beam shot from his palm. It tore through the roof of the hallway and up through every level. Jaune flew up after that and floated in the sky, glaring at the bridge. He couldn't tell if that vermin that ordered to fire at him was on that but he cared not.
"Begone," he uttered. The word was lost in the wind as a pink orb appeared in his hand and shot toward the airship. Upon contact, the entire thing was set ablaze. The damage causing it to drop...right onto the middle of Vale.
"Brothers…" Blake gasped. That was not something she was expecting, no one, not even the villains, had expected that.
It crashed, killing hundreds of people in the city.
"So much death and destruction," Pyrrha uttered in shock. This was not her Jaune at all and it made her sick to see what was happening.
It was a shame he couldn't go to Beacon since he was busy but...a dark grin grew on his face. He can feel numerous people with large Aura converging. Oh, he'll have fun with them.
Glitch!
"Oh no," the Curator said. "A glitch in a Dark World? This is a first. It also cut off most of this viewing."
It was an unspecified time later and Jaune was sipping tea on the balcony of his room overlooking the Land of Darkness. His eyes open as he felt a disturbance.
And standing there as a glitch appeared were two people. One was Another Pyrrha, who looked confused. The other was one Summer Rose, dressed in a black cocktail dress that had a plunging neckline, showing off a lot of her cleavage. Her silver eyes immediately land on Jaune and she grins.
"Another Summer?" Raven said in surprise. What was this? Did that mean a version of her old leader had been brought so low to accept a deal from that twisted version of Pyrrha Nikos?
Jaune stared, his eyes glowing before he paused. "Well, this is a surprise," he said before placing down his teacup. "What is a person from the other side of the veil doing here?"
"Beyond the veil?" Pyrrha asked curiously.
The Curator gasped. "No wonder…" he said softly. When Salem looked at him, the Curator frowned. "I will explain if he does not."
"Hello good looking," Another Summer greeted Jaune. She licked her lips and looked him up and down. "First time I've seen any version of you in all black. And I have to say, I could eat you right up."
Pyrrha felt on edge, as well as the Summer in the theater. This one seemed to like Jaunes, like all the other Another Huntresses, but the way she carried herself was wrong.
"I care not for your carnal desires," Jaune retorted with disgust. His eyes bore into Summer's and they looked away from one another. Seemingly they saw something that they did not like about one another.
"So it seems like there needs to be an affinity between Another Huntress and their prey," the Curator hummed.
"I hope none of them go after Fearless Leader then," Nora said grumpily. She did not like these people at all. Not even her alternate self!
"Again what does one from the other side of the veil have planned for here?" Jaune repeated, sipping more of his tea. He didn't seem worried at all as two people suddenly appeared before him.
"And again, beyond the veil?" Another Pyrrha repeated. She seemed to have not known about what he has talked about.
"You've breached the veil and you don't know," Jaune said before laughing. "Magnificent! This is truly a marvel."
"Why does he speak like that?" Blake asked.
"He sounds like some of my former classmates before going to Beacon, those who consider themselves above everyone else," Weiss responded. However, she was curious about all the new things being said.
"I think this one is insane," Summer said haughtily. "He didn't fall for my charms."
"You forget they only work on those that care for their version of Summer Rose," Pyrrha chided Another Summer. "They need to love a Summer to fall for your powers." The woman glared at Jaune who just smirked at her.
That made the Summer in the theater freeze. That version of her had the power to steal Jaune's who love Summer? The image of her Jaune with Nobunaga suddenly vanishing as that version of her holding him came to mind.
The cup in her hand was destroyed when she crushed it in her anger. "I'll never let that happen…" she growled.
Another Pyrrha turned back to Jaune who was looking at them like they were an experiment. "I've traveled the worlds now with my powers but this is the first time I've heard of some sort of veil," she told him.
"Makes sense. After all, being on the dark side of the veil means you are certain to die within a few years. The Dark Worlds, after all, aren't meant to exist normally," this Jaune replied, setting his tea down.
"Interesting," the Curator said fascinated. "I never had an explanation of the Dark Worlds before from their perspective."
"So this is new for you too?" Nora asked.
"Just a little. I have basic knowledge of them."
"Please continue," Pyrrha said intrigued. "Are you saying that I am from the light side of the veil?"
"You reek of positive emotions, so yes." When Pyrrha looked at him curiously, Jaune rolled his eyes. "Those of us in the Dark Worlds never experience any semblance of positive emotions. Just facsimiles."
"What does that mean?" Weiss asked. That sounded wrong to her ears. Like what he said was wrong.
"And why is that?" Pyrrha asked. Her eyes were alight with intrigue.
"For we Jaunes of the Dark Worlds are born from the fears and regrets of the people from the main universe," Jaune replied. "After enough time we figure out what sort of fear or regret they had that made us. And because those moments are just fleeting, we only last that long."
"They are what?" Pyrrha said dropping her jaw.
"They are born from every regret or fear someone from this side of the multiverse feels," the Curator replied. "You just made one right now by the way. All of you did. For however long you have that fear they will continue to exist."
"That is not good at all," Blake muttered, dropping her jaw. Shit, does that mean every time she thought something bad about Jaune another world was made?
"So...if I was to think of a bad thing about Jaune right now, a world like that would be created," Cinder grinned thinking of the possibilities.
"It has to be a fear or a regret though but yes," the Curator told them.
He then pointed to himself. "I'm born from the fear of one Saphron Arc, at the loss of her younger brother. I died as a child in a pool, ironically mother Salem had found me and had revived My glorious self via the Dark Pools."
Another Pyrrha and Another Summer's eyes grew wide and turned to one another. "It seems like you know my origin. Shame, I can't get passed the veil. I would have loved to meet her."
"Wait, you mean the Another Huntress we saw of Jaune's sister is looking for young Jaunes because hers drowned?" Nora stated.
"That sounds terrible," Pyrrha said, feeling sorry for that version of Saphron.
Pyrrha thought about it before a grin spread across her face. "How would you like to meet her?" Another Pyrrha asked.
"What's the catch?"
"It seems like you know how to get through your half of the Multiverse. We would like your help finding some Jaune's for my little plan."
That did not sound promising at all. Everyone was not pleased to hear that.
Jaune leaned back as he looked at the two women. "And what is that?"
"Taking what's ours," Summer replied happily. She had been silent the entire time after finding out that there's a Jaune here made from her fears and regrets. That means...there's an alternate version of the Jaune she lost.
Summer glared at the screen, her hate for this imposter growing.
"As you would say, taking over the Light Worlds," Pyrrha said.
Jaune grins. "That sounds splendid. I would love to hear more."
The Screen Fades
Everyone sat in silence, thoughts racing. "I need to go for now," the Curator said. "I need to inform others of this new information. So I would like it if all of you would please leave the theater for now."
"Uh...how do we do that?" Emerald asked. Everyone in the theater was transported into the main lobby. A door opened and a Jaune appeared. This one was dressed in a black jacket, black pants, shoes, and a red shirt.
"Hi, there!" he greeted happily. "I'm Jaune as you know but please call me Saber. And I shall be your guide."
"Guide where?" Mercury asked as he was ushered through a door. They all stepped out into a large arena with lots of people cheering. They all took their seats, hearing the people were cheering.
They saw the screen having the words "God of Highschool Tournament."
"Oh shit, I fought a guy from this world!" Yang said happily. She did not say her butt was kicked so hard she was knocked out in a couple of hits. It was a fun fight though!
"This is happening before the time he can go to different worlds. So he won't remember you," Saber told her.
Two names appeared on the screen: Cardin Winchester vs Brawnz Ni
"Wait, I thought we were watching Jaune though?" Ruby said pouting. "Where is he?" Saber chuckled and pointed to the right of her. Everyone turned to see...Jaune Arc was asleep with a sleeping mask on right next to Ruby.
"WHAT!?" all the teens shouted, while the adults were confused. Adrian didn't care and just climbed onto the lap of his sleeping alternate uncle. Oh, the whims of children.
Well, it was shorter than I had thought. But it expands the lore of what I was doing. So what do you guys think of what I'm thinking about? Namely, because I ripped off the DC universe for this haha.
And yes, in honor of the final trailer dropping next chapter is finally GOD OF MOTHERFUCKING HIGHSCHOOL! With a cameo of King Arthur Jaune filling in for the Curator.