Crazy trouble with love part 9
Alternate Jaune and Pyrrha
Series: RWBY
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-Remnant, Anima, Branwen Tribe Camp-
Darkness, all was in a twilight darkness as the tribe began to settle down from a day of raiding and stealing, the lights growing dim in the process except for the chieftain's tent, which was glowing brightly with lanterns.
Within the tent, Raven Branwen, former member of Team STRQ and leader of the Branwen Tribe, was busy talking to a figure, cloaked in the shadows, about something important.
"Are you sure that this is a good idea? Using the Relic of Knowledge, that you took five years ago, and wasting it's 'wish' on a trivial matter."
"Yes." said a voice that sounded tired and full of conviction as a red nailed hand pulled the relic from the darkness and illuminated the room with a brilliant blue glow. "If it's for her, I will even kill the Queen of Grimm."
"Going that far for one life is the stuff Ozpin would go through with."
"I am not him." They growled. "He chose to lead humanity into ruin, I CHOOSE to fix it with my own two hands."
Raven sighed. "Just remember, you and Ozpin were the hero once, but love ruins it all."
They frowned before rubbing the lamp and caused blue smoke to form all around them, the world becoming a dull gray color in the process. The figure looked up as the smoke began to slowly take the shape of something much bigger than themselves.
"Ah!" Jinn sighed while stretching her arms out. "Finally, a user. And here I thought that Silver Eyes forgot about me."
"Ahem." the figure coughed, getting the spirit's attention.
She blinked while raising an eyebrow. "Oh you, my, the years haven't been kind to you."
"Jinn, answer my questions." they said while the spirit chuckled at their tone, somewhat amused. "How can I fix the death of Pyrrha Nikos, how can I save her from her fate?"
"Ah, so the redhead is gone? I'm afraid if she's dead, there's nothing I can do."
"I know you heard of her death! You know everything, now tell me this-"
"This is your second-"
"I KNOW!" They snapped while pointing a blade at the woman. "This is the second question! But my question is four parts, so don't give me that line you giant ass woman!"
Jinn blinked while looking rather annoyed at their tone to her. "How gutsy of you to speak like that. Alright, continue then."
They panted a little before sighing. "Sorry, but it's been a long time for me. Ahem, Jinn. If the death of Pyrrha is inevitable, is there a way to alter or use a loop hole to fix this reality in which I live in, if so how can I change it, what means should I use to obtain this goal and, if possible, is there a way for me to find a possibility of a Pyrrha Nikos that has not died as of this period of time?"
"...mmmm." Jinn hummed to herself. "Interesting choice of words, better than most of my users but still lacking grace."
"Just answer."
"Very well. In order, there is a way to avert this particular death but not in this reality." she said calmly. "The only way to change the outcome is to locate the redhead in another time and place within the entire multiverse, possibly the omniverse of this reality. However, it is extremely dangerous for one reason, to connect a world to another needs a focal point, a tether to keep the two points in time and space from collapsing onto each other."
"Oh?" Raven muttered while Jinn pointed to her.
"To do this, the bird woman needs to use her semblance, Kindred Link, infused with a Maiden's power, in this case the Fall Maiden, to bridge the gap. As she was killed in the distant past and was only a maiden for a brief time, you would be able to connect to the redhead's past, before Vale fell to the Grimm. But be warned, it is a one way trip, once you leave this time and place, you will never return to the home you knew."
"There's nothing left here worth sticking around for." they said while Jinn nodded.
"Then you shall be happy at that point in time." she said before vanishing into smoke back to her lamp, as Raven raised an eyebrow.
"Interesting." she said while the figure's hands began to glow with orange energy. "Wait a moment, I haven't even activated my semblance."
"Then start the process."
"...are you sure this is your ideal plan? You became an asset to the tribe, became my right hand and prevented the witch from finding me. This can be your home-"
"A home without Pyrrha isn't my home, you knew this when you took me in." They said while Raven pulled out her blade. "I am grateful but...I need to find her, to see her again. To...fix the mistakes of my past."
"Fine, but don't let things turn out the same."
SLASH!
ZOOP!
The red portal formed in front of her as a blast of orange energy hit the portal and turned it a bright orange.
"Farewell." the figure said while rushing into the portal, not seeing Raven's sad expression as the portal vanished instantly.
"Farewell...Arc."
(Elsewhere)
-Sanus, Vale, Beacon Academy, Hallway-
It was early morning as Velvet went to get some water, her ears drooping downwards in the process.
"Yawn..." she let out, rubbing her eyes as her body was trying to get awake. "Damn it Coco...staying all night looking for new shoes."
As she turned a corner, a loud thunderous crack was heard and an orange portal appeared in the middle of the hallway, making her jump in shock and her ears stood on end. She went wide eyed seeing it, hiding behind the corner quickly while transfixed.
Zap!
Clang!
The faunus' eyes went wide eyed as a tall fair skinned young man with long ruffled blond hair that trailed down his face and towards his chest which seemed similar to feathers for some reason, dark blue eyes, a heavily burnt left side of his face that seemed to have healed over time except for the heavy scars under the left eye, dark red nails on his left hand, wearing a short sleeved hoodie with long wide detached dark red triangular sleeves that covered his arms, a black diamond shaped chest plate with golden lining on the inside, long black spaulders on his shoulders that were covered in black feathers, gold bracers with dark red lining, a long red hooded cloak that went to his legs that sported two white horn like protrusions on the hood itself, black jeans with gold armor plating going from the hips to the feet, a red sash tied around his waist, a black fingerless glove on his left hand with gold colored metal armor plates over his fingers, two deep red belts swing across his left and right hips with a single pouch on each side, a heavily bandaged right arm with a single white fingerless gauntlet and red lining under the sleeve, a black choker with a single diamond shaped amber gemstone in the center, dark red laced high heeled boots that went up to his knees and had a single red sole on each, a golden metal ring on his left ring finger that curved slightly towards his knuckle, and a white and black Beowolf like mask that covered his lower jaw and revealed a set of deep red fangs that jutted upwards and downwards in every direction, appeared from the portal and stood tall as it vanished behind the man.
"..." he looked around and saw Velvet, who was in complete shock, and walked over to her before saying. "Is Pyrrha Nikos here? Tell me Scarlatina!"
"Eeep!"
"Scarlatina, tell me where she is!" he demanded, Velvet backing up while her gut was telling her to get away.
"A-A-A-AHHH!" She screamed while running away.
"Hey! Come back here!" He yelled before grumbling to himself. 'Fuck!'
(Later)
The man looked around, keeping himself from being discovered by students and staff alike, as he seemingly felt nostalgia for the school itself. 'Man….this place is full of memories. Too bad Ozpin and everyone else fucked it up.'
"Yang! Get back here!"
"Sorry Rubes, but we-"
"Meaning me and Yang."
"Yeah Blake. We're having an intervention with JNPR to keep you from getting a sugar meltdown. Right Weiss?"
"Well obviously, I was the one that called said intervention."
The man, having heard the conversation, stopped in his tracks and poked his head from around a corner to see….Team RWBY interacting with each other as Team JNPR followed right behind them. '...it's them...on gods...it's really them.' He thought, having to bite his left finger to keep from bursting into tears of joy. 'And...Pyrrha. She's alive again….I have another chance!'
"That's hogwash." Nora laughed. "Ruby shouldn't get an intervention for eating cookies, right Ren?"
"You're not one to say that given your own addiction."
"Eh? What's that supposed to mean?"
"Simple, you have an addiction to pancakes."
"AH! Take that back Ren!" she yelled in shock as Pyrrha chuckled at their antics, not noticing that someone was watching her from a corner.
"Calm down guys." Jaune said while trying to mediate the situation. "It's not Nora's intervention, but Ruby's that we have to worry about right now."
"I'm perfectly fine!" Ruby yelled while Pyrrha noticed the exchange students, Team CME, walking towards them.
"What's going on here?" asked Emerald, trying not to sound annoyed.
"Oh, just trying to reign in Ruby's cookie addiction." Yang said while pointing to her sister, not noticing that the older blonde man was glaring at Team CME with fury.
'THEM!? I thought….right, different time, different place. Oooooooh! I'm so pissed off...no, don't go in blindly pissed off. Raven taught you better than that.' he thought, having to bite his hand to keep him together.
"Ah." said Mercury before looking at Pyrrha and smirked. "Say, want to spar again? Get a good look on my best side?"
"Uh, maybe later." she tried to smile, but was already shaking her head in her mind.
"Oh come on, it can be just the two of us." He said while Emerald facepalmed.
"She's not interested, take the hint." She deadpanned before seeing a spray of orange ball of fire Dust bullets fly towards Mercury's legs and caused them to explode into shards of metal.
"HANDS OFF THE LADY!" roared the older man as his bandages burned to pieces and revealed a large black and red shotgun like cannon with small white points on the muzzle akin to spikes, in place of a right arm. "And hands in the air, Salem spawn! Now!" 'No one flirts with MY Pyrrha! NO ONE!'
Everyone turned with wide eyes while Mercury dropped and grunted due to some shrapnel that hit his body.
"What the-"
BAM!
And cue Mercury's head getting blown off by more bullets as the older blonde's eyes glowed orange.
"Do it now or I'll kill you all again! But this time, I'll end the invasion here and now!" he snapped in pure hatred as Cinder and Emerald flitched at the realization that this man knows of their plans.
"Woah there! Who the heck are you?" asked Yang.
"Branwen." he said coldly. "Just shut up and stop letting these two have a chance to escape! They aren't Haven students, they are criminals! Lionheart forged their paperwork out of fear, THEY work for Torchwick!"
The two teams went wide eyed as Cinder frowned and set her hands ablaze.
"Wasted, my plans all wasted. Thanks to you blonde fool."
He raised an eyebrow before his shotgun arm turned into a large black metal sword point that was jagged near the sides and had gold lining in the center of the blade itself, which glowed brightly with orange energy. "Anytime, bitch."
She growled before sending a blast of fire at the man, only for it to be absorbed into his blade. "What!?"
"False Fall Maiden meets TRUE Fall Maiden aka ME!" he grinned before charging at her, his blade slashing at her with the intent to kill, only to see Emerald using her weapons to defend her leader. "Oh for fuck sake, fuck off! This bitch is mine! I wasted my entire LIFE to come back and kill her, DON'T RUIN IT YOU THIEF!"
"Fuck you you son of a bitch!"
"Says the one following a murderer!" he growled before slashing at her face, causing her eyes to bleed out, only to see he just hit a wall. "Gods fuck that semblance! Lie fucking REN! NORA! Stop her, NOW!"
"Um…"
"I'm confused." Nora said while the man glared at her.
"BREAK THEIR LEGS! As former team leader, FUCKING BREAK THEIR LEGS! NOW!" He growled as Jaune flinched at the tone.
"I think we should follow his lead."
"He just killed a student!" cried out Weiss in disbelief.
"No, he said that they were criminals." Blake deadpanned as the man charged towards Emerald again, this time using his blade to try and stab her legs. "And if that's true, then if we don't help then an invasion might happen."
"But-"
"Plus he said it was Torchwick!" Ruby yelled out. "If they are working with him, then they are bad guys!"
Pyrrha looked at the man while feeling like she knew him from somewhere as she caught Cinder about to fire a glass arrow right at the man's face and threw her shield at her, blocking the arrow and sending it flying. "Ruby's right, first we apprehend her then we get him to talk."
"In that case, Nora? Do your thing."
"Hehehe! Nora Smash!" Nora grinned while charging towards Emerald with her hammer, causing her to falter in her defensive play as-
SQUISH!
She got stabbed in the right eye by the older blonde, killing her as the man pulled it out and roared in rage.
"CINDER FALL! FACE MY WRATH!" He yelled as Cinder paled.
Said woman flash forged a pair of blades and lunged at the man, aiming for his face.
He quickly dodged before changing his blade into his shotgun form and fired at her face, only for the bullets to get blocked by said daggers. "You. You ruined my life!"
"I've never even seen you before!"
"Yes you have! But not in this time!" he growled before kicking her in the stomach and began to punch her in the face with his left fist, drawing blood in the process. "You killed my first love! You KILLED HER! And NOW I KILL YOU!"
Cinder groaned before dodging the next punch, getting right up close to him before stabbing him in the forearm.
"Ah!" He cried out in pain before turning his shotgun into a large yet sleek black metal prosthetic arm with a fingerless white gauntlet attached to the hand, three sets of gun barrels on the sides of the arm, dark red lining that formed a distinctive double rainbow emblem, and a large slit on the bottom of the palm, and quickly punched her left arm, shattering the bone on contact. "Taste Atlasian Steel!"
"GAH!" Cinder cried out before getting surrounded by both Team RWBY and Team JNPR...although Jaune seemed to be absent for some reason.
"Surrender now!" Ruby yelled. "We got you surrounded!"
"Grrrr!" she growled before seeing the older blonde turning his arm into a shotgun and pointed at her face.
"No police. No jury." he growled while Cinder paled at his cold expression. "I am your executioner. I am the law and in the Branwen Tribe, the strong overtakes the weak."
'W-Who in all of Remnant is this man?!' she thought in terror.
"Wait what?" said Yang while looking lost. "Branwen? You? Just who are you?"
"Names Jaune."
BAM!
Cinder's face turned into a bloody hole as she fell to the ground dead.
"Jaune Branwen." he said while licking the blood off his lips and changed his arm back to normal. "My teacher and the one who took me in was your mother."
The group looked at the body with disgust and horror as Pyrrha noticed the man was moving towards her.
"Pyrrha." he said softly as the Invincible Girl pointed her javelin at him. "Woah, calm down. I'm not going to kill you."
"Like how you killed that criminal in cold blood?"
"She was a criminal. You?" he said while moving the javelin away with his robotic index finger. "I would never do that, not after I suffered the agonizing torments of losing you. I literally crossed time and space to meet you once again."
"Ok, would someone EXPLAIN WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?!" yelled Weiss in disbelief as the older man looked at Pyrrha and smiled.
"Hello again." he said with a smile, forced and looking ready to cry. "It's Jaune Arc...ladys' man extraordinary."
She raised an eyebrow before noticing the resemblance between him and her partner and gasped in realization.
"It's been a while. Sorry about the...bad guy look." he chuckled while Ruby blinked and saw a familiar similarity to her best friend.
"Wait! Y-You're Jaune!?"
"Vomit boy!?" Yang yelled in shock. "Oh gods, wha...wait, where's OUR Jaune!?"
"Wasn't he with you?"
"No he was with Nora." Yang said before Nora pointed to a particular spot in the hallway with a pale expression.
Which was soon revealed to be the now dead body of THEIR Jaune Arc, shot right in the left eye by the glass arrow that Pyrrha blocked moments ago.
"Oh my gods…."
"Eh?" the older Jaune said before seeing the body and went wide eyed. "No...no no no no no no! This wasn't supposed to happen! Pyrrha was supposed to have her partner! She was supposed to fall for him! HE WASN'T SUPPOSED TO DIE!" 'Why didn't Jinn warn me about this!? WHY!? WHY DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO DIE BY MY HANDS!? WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY!?'
Pyrrha went wide eyed at the sight of her first love as Ozpin, who heard the commotion from his tower office, rushed into the hallway and saw the four dead bodies and the mysterious blonde stranger right in front of his two star teams.
"What has happened here?!" he yelled while sensing the Fall Maiden powers right in front of him. 'And what is this man's connection to Amber?'
'NOOOOOOOO!' screamed 'Jaune' while falling to his knees.
(Some time later)
-Ozpin's Office-
Jaune, the older one that is, frowned as he was currently being questioned by the headmaster, and he hated it.
"Ahem."
"Yes Ozma?" he asked while currently having a very foul mood, especially when he can't just leave or see his team, well the new one he met, due to his little rampage.
"My name is Ozpin, and you will answer the questions I have."
"You're a wizard named Ozma and why should I answer my questions when you hide the truth of Salem from the world? Are you trying to turn me into another weapon like what you did to Pyrrha, MY partner?!" He growled. "Because I will not stand by that decision! I will not let you kill her!"
He blinked while a little surprised he knew about his plans for Pyrrha Nikos.
"And I know about the relics, I used the Relic of Knowledge to get here." he frowned before pulling out a familiar bronze crown out from his sleeve. "And I own the Relic of Choice."
Ozpin's eyes widened as he slowly realized that TWO Relics of Choice exist in the same reality, something that isn't possible at all. "But….how?"
"Simple. I am from another time, set five years into the future." he frowned. "I saw Vale fall to that Cinder bitch, saw the world empty without Pyrrha, and I used Raven Branwen to get here. I am a product of your war, a fallen hero now a bandit with nothing to lose."
"I see."
Jaune frowned. "I hate you so much Ozma. You ruined my life and I will keep my future from happening by making sure Pyrrha is safe."
"Even if you kill her own Jaune in the process?"
"It was an accident!" Jaune snapped. "He wasn't supposed to die!"
"And yet it still happened."
"If I didn't strike then, that bitch would have hacked into the tower and you'd be none the wiser! They needed to die as soon as possible!"
"I understand, but you still caused Pyrrha's partner to die."
"It was an accident! I only came here to reunite with Pyrrha! I need her!" he snapped while Ozpin glared at him.
"If you know who I am, then you must know how I got here in the first place, am I right?"
He flinched as Ozpin's gaze made him falter in his anger. "...I'm nothing like you."
"I returned to life to stop Salem, she brought me back and caused the gods to kill humanity because she wanted to save me. You, Mister Arc, are doing the same thing but in a different way. In all due respect, you are more like me and Salem than you'd expect."
"I AM NOT!"
"You are." Ozpin said calmly as Jaune growled at him. "But enough about the morality of your actions, tell me, what is different in your time? How exactly did things change?"
"Besides the fact that Vale fell and Pyrrha died? Well, let's see...Leonardo is killing his staff for Salem, and since that's the future, that means he's still doing it. What else...oh yes, I killed Cinder and her lackies, stabbed her right in the heart and took her powers. Left your reincarnation and my team to become stronger, Branwen style, and took both the Relic of Choice and the Relic of Knowledge and guarded it for five years. Besides that, it's all a blur since my partner is DEAD! Killed by a madwoman!" he looked to the side as Ozpin saw a tear fall down his left cheek. "And I never got a chance to return the kiss she gave me before...look, I just came here to save her. And I'll do it again if it means that she lives."
"And you think it'll be that simple given the massacre that happened right in front of her?"
"We are Huntsmen, we kill." he said coldly. "You taught us that."
"I taught you to be protectors, not killers."
"It's the same difference to me. I killed them to stop them from killing thousands." he said with an almost Ironwood like tone. "But unlike them, I did it for her. The only one that helped me become a Hunter."
"And you traumatized her?"
"This was minor compared to the stuff a Hunter deals with in the real world." He scoffed.
"True, however, if you want her to care for you like your Miss Nikos, then I highly suggest you get her to trust you first."
"Wait." He said while confused. "What are you getting at?"
"Simple, while I could arrest you for murder, you're simiply an anomaly to us." Ozpin said calmly. "Besides, I need men like you."
"...you want me to fucking join your little club? Why?"
"You know too much about me and about Salem. Better to keep an enemy close than letting them run free." He said while leaning on his cane. "Plus I can sense a kind soul from you, despite it being covered in darkness. I can trust you, even if that trust might kill me later on."
"It does, you become a farm boy named Oscar." Jaune deadpanned.
"Really now? Hmm, and here I thought my next host would be a woman for a change."
"Maybe I can arrange that." Jaune growled. "And then you can fall in love again and learn how much losing your love from a woman's point of view hurts those closest to you."
"I'll save that for later-"
"And if you try reincarnating into any of my sisters, I'll kill you with a rusty knife!" He frowned while his brotherly overprotectiveness kicked in for the first time in years.
"...noted."
"Now what is my fate?"
"Oh that, you're going to be my new weapon expert teacher. Minimum pay that is."
"Of course."
"Also you're going to be Team JNPR and RWBY's tutors starting tomorrow, also expect a meeting with the other members of 'my club' next week."
"...can I kill Leonardo?"
"No, he's still Mistral's most influential member. That would cause chaos."
"Scare him into submission?" he asked while Ozpin stared at him. "Hurt him mentally?"
"You are a disturbed man, Mister Arc."
"Blame Cinder and Raven for that one, molded me into the bastard you see today." He shrugged. "Besides, what's the point of keeping him alive? You KNOW what he'll do now."
"True, but it's still humane, or in this case faunane."
"..." Jaune got up and walked away. "Later Ozma."
"Ozpin."
"The day I call you that is the day you turn into a hot woman and have a cat fight with your hot ex, which is not happening." he retorted as Ozpin groaned.
'This is going to be a hassle.'
(Later on)
-JNPR's Room-
Knock knock.
"Coming." Pyrrha called out while still a little depressed about her leader's death as she opened the door.
And saw the older Jaune looking at her with a bunch of roses in his hands.
"Um...Pyrrha, I'm really...sorry for fucking everything up." he said while giving her the roses. "Please accept this as a token of my utmost apologies!"
Pyrrha was caught off guard, looking between Jaune and the flowers.
"I never meant for you to lose...well me." He said while looking flustered. "I...I'm very sorry and I want to repair our um...first impressions. You and the others that is." 'Calm down! This is Pyrrha! You used to talk normally with her!'
"..."
"I um...will be going no-"
"Wait, just...come in. I'll let Nora and Ren know." she said while turning around. "Ren! Nora! We have a guest!"
"Who is it?!" yelled Nora before seeing the other Jaune and frowned. "What's he doing here!?"
"I came to apologize." he said sadly as Ren noticed that the man's demeanor was more relaxed then earlier. " And um...I'm the new weapons teacher, tutors to you and Team RWBY too...look you can hate me for obvious reasons but I really want to be a part of your life. I'm not your Jaune, not by a long shot, but I am willing to...you know. Make an effort to reconnect."
Ren raised an eyebrow at this. "What did you mean by that last part?"
"...I might have left you and Nora alone in Haven. I wasn't in my right mind and….I left you for the Branwen Tribe." He said with some amount of shame, but not much.
"WHAAAAAAT?!" Nora yelled in anger. "You left us for a bandit tribe!?"
"It was so I could find a way to locate Pyrrha!" he snapped. "I lost her and I was in pain, I saw her before she died in an invasion, I lost her! Ah...ah...sorry, I'm not in my right mind, ever. I mean what would you feel like if Ren died in battle?"
Nora stiffened while looking at Ren in horror.
Jaune sighed. "We have a long few years together...maybe we can connect, or not. But whatever you do with me." He looked at Pyrrha. "I know that you will be happy, that's always on my priority list."
The redhead blinked in surprise as she saw the blonde walking out of the room, but not before walking back to her and-
Chu.
Kissed her on the lips, for about a few minutes. As soon as he pulled back, her face turned pink with Nora and Ren wide eyed.
"I wanted to return the kiss...the other you kissed me so…." he looked away and quickly walked out of the room in embarrassment. 'Was I too forceful?!'
"..." Pyrrha touched her lips while looking at her team in utter confusion and shock. "Did….that….just happen?"
"Yes." Ren said while in shock. "Yes it did."
"...should I be aroused or….angered?" Pyrrha asked while Nora felt like breaking the guy's legs, for some reason.
"Oooooh! That guy's going down!" Nora yelled while pulling out her hammer. "Time to fire some grenades up his throat!"
"Wait Nora no!" Pyrrha yelled. "Don't do that, he was...returning a kiss."
"From another version of you." Ren pointed out.
"I know that, but...it wasn't that bad. It was...kinda sweet." she said with a light blush.
"It's still messed up when you think about it."
Pyrrha sighed while admitting in her head that it was kinda crazy.
(Later)
Pyrrha blinked as she saw the other Jaune glaring at Cardin, who was currently pulling on Velvet's ears.
"Winchester." He frowned. "Unhand the girl or I might take more than your final grade." He pulled out his shotgun arm and pointed it at his face. "Aka your life."
Cardin paled, breaking out into a sweat as he quickly let go of the ears and held his hands up. "E-E-Easy man, I let go."
BAM!
And cue him getting grazed in the neck by a bullet.
"Yeah, and that was for trying to beat me to a bloody pulp back in Beacon." he frowned while Cardin screamed in pain. "Relax, I grazed you ya big blubbering idiot."
Velvet gulped as the other Jaune took her hand and patted her head with his right arm.
"Don't worry, he won't bother you any more."
"T-T-Thanks."
"Anytime." he said with a smirk. "Also before I forget, I've been noticing that your grades have been slipping, want some tutoring, with your girlfriend's permission of course."
"Girl….what!? No no Coco isn't my girlfriend!"
"Then it's the giant then?" he asked while Velvet blushed. "Oh? How cute, although I wonder if the size difference woul-"
POW!
"GAH!" he cried out while getting kicked in the groin as Velvet left in embarrassment. "Yep...same reaction as my Velvet...ow."
Pyrrha sweatdropped while feeling like she just saw her own Jaune doing the exact thing, but with more tact. "Uh, maybe don't go and assume private stuff like that."
He blinked and turned to Pyrrha. "Ah, you saw that. Heh, comes with being in the Branwen Tribe, we are crude to a fault."
"Crude is an understatement."
"Don't worry, I would never do it with you...unless you're willing?" he asked with some hope in his tone.
"Uh, thanks, but no thanks."
He groaned as Pyrrha felt a little bad for saying that, but not that much, as the man rubbed the back of his head with his robotic arm.
"...Jaune?"
"Yeah?"
"How did you...lose your arm?"
"Ah that, Raven cut it off after I went mad with power. Had to kill the Cinder from my time to gain her powers, but then I went bonkers for a bit…" he sighed. "But it was all pointless in the end, even with my new powers, I couldn't bring her back from the dead. So really, I was nothing more then a murder with no purpose."
"Oh, I'm sorry-"
"Don't be, I found you and...I have something to live for again." he said with a sad smile.
She lightly blushed at that while Jaune walked away.
"But I'm about to get some grub, want to come with me, Pyrrha?"
"Sure, I could eat."
"Good." he said before picking her up, bridal style, and began to hover in the air, his eyes glowing orange. "Because we are going to Vale, on our date."
"W-What?!" she stuttered before Jaune flew out of the nearest window and away from Beacon. "A-A-"
"Date, and I'm treating you."
'...WHAT!?'
(Later)
-Vale-
Pyrrha blinked as she was currently being set down on the pavement, right outside a very fancy restaurant, as Jaune's eyes stopped glowing and he landed right next to her.
"Here we are." he smiled as Pyrrha was still in shock that she was picked up in such a way.
"A...a...e...a..?"
Jaune chuckled before walking to one of the waiters and-
SHING!
Pulled out his blade arm at said waiter's neck.
"Big private room, you're paying for it." he said coldly. "After all, it's either lose Pyrrha Nikos, a celebrity, and lose your life or let her and her boyfriend, me, in and live with mild cuts. What's it going to be?"
"JAUNE!"
"What?' he said while turning to the champion. "I'm getting us in."
"By threatening him!?"
"Well duh, I'm a bandit. I don't have money, I threaten those with money." he deadpanned while Pyrrha facepalmed at him.
"Then I'll pay!"
"No no, you-"
"I will now get the knife away from him!"
"...fine." he grumbled while turning his arm back to normal, but glared at the waiter. "But if the food's terrible and she gets sick, I'll come back here and burn it all to the ground. Got it?"
"O-O-Ok!"
"JAUNE!" Pyrrha snapped in frustration.
(Later)
Jaune chuckled nervously as he and Pyrrha were in a private room, full of luxury items with billions of liens, as he was currently being glared at by Pyrrha. "It was an accident, I'm still in bandit mode, you can't fault me for that."
"I can fault you for not using common sense."
"...yeah. Blame Raven for teaching me that only the strong can live."
"So being strong means having no common sense?"
"..." he looked sheepishly away.
"Jaune." she grumbled while looking at him with disappointment. "You really went downhill after...your Pyrrha died didn't you?"
"...yeah. You were the moral compass of my life, and I took advantage of that and didn't think of your feelings. Time has taught me that such thinking will lead to one's death...and to one's own stupidity." he said with a frown. "The last time we met, you kissed me and shoved me into a locker into the sky. And well, that's not the happiest or sane memory I have right now."
"Well I can understand how you'd change, but this is a new chance for you. I'm not saying change completely, just try to relax a little. You've already changed what could have happened already, which should be seen as a good sign, right?"
"...true."
"Then at least try and make a change for yourself. Prove...you actually came for me, and not delusions of what you think is love."
Jaune sighed. "Fine, but if this happens…"
"What?"
"...you have to marry me once we graduate." he said while Pyrrha turned bright red. "I mean we have more years to get to know each other. So why not plan for the future?"
"M-M-M-M-MARRIAGE!?" she yelled while her semblance activated and caused Jaune's arm to get magnetized to a pile at the bottom of the table.
"GAH! Pyrrha, semblance, semblance!" he screamed in pain as his arm was getting pulled from the bone socket.
"Oh! Sorry sorry!" she let out, letting it up.
He panted while pulling the robotic arm off, revealing a heavily damaged right socket with a singular metal tube in place of a bone and several Dust crystals jutting out from muscles, which he quickly fixed up by putting his arm back on.
"..."
"...you saw right?" he asked sarcastically. "Well, that's what my arm looks like. Shit. And I had to take four years of painkillers just to get the arm mounted on and stabilized. It's not easy when your own semblance is actively trying to 'heal' the nerves and rejecting the prosthetic. But hey, I managed."
"I'm so sorry to hear."
"Don't be. If I didn't get my arm sliced off then I would've never met you." he chuckled. "But it's better than what Yang had. I mean she had her entire arm cleaned off by Blake's ex. She went a darker path than me, and she was able to recover faster, physically that is."
"..." Pyrrha looked away while feeling a little uncomfortable at the moment.
Jaune, seeing her discomfort, decided to change the subject. "So...do you still want to get married? I mean you like Jaune, well the other me, and I'm a Jaune…" 'That sounded WAY too creepy!'
"That might be jumping ahead, just a little bit." she blushed. "But…"
"But? Wait." he smirked. "So you want to date me?"
Pyrrha gulped and felt her face heating up like a candle.
"You do! Yes!" Jaune yelled while raising his robotic hand up. "Yes! Finally! She says yes!"
BAM!
Jaune blinked as he looked up at the hole in the wall, then his accidentally transformed shotgun arm, and slowly lowered it down in embarrassment. "...um...oops?"
"Maybe try and control that."
"I'll try. But the other shotgu-"
"JAUNE!"
(Later on)
Jaune smiled as he held Pyrrha's hand with his organic one, currently on a nice date that included a nice stroll down the Valeian streets, just minding their own business as Jaune felt some nostalgic feelings for this city. "It's a good thing I came back, if not then Vale would be full of Grimm by now."
"That bad?"
"Yeah. Combined that with you being framed for murder, White Fang and reprogramed Atlasian Knights and a giant Wyvern...yeah. It was fucked up." he said while Pyrrha shivered a little at the first part. "It's fine, the girl was a robot. Not a real person."
"Thank the gods."
"But she was Ruby's friend so...yeah. Cinder is a fucking bitch for doing that." Jaune admitted while Pyrrha felt like she dodged a bullet. "So where to, fair maiden?"
"Mmm, not really sure, at least at the moment."
"Mmmm." he hummed before catching a glimpse of a certain multicolored midget right next to him, trying to pickpocket him, and picked her up by the neck. "Ah, look at this. Neo, Roman's right hand girl and one of Cinder's little friends. Hey, what are you doing ya little monkey?"
She squirmed while Jaune squeezed harder.
"Don't move. I might forget I'm with a girlfriend and kill ya." he said coldly. "Now, since you are the cane lover's little lady, here's a message for him. Killed Cinder and her lackies for him, you owe me. Big time, I mean it. I saved you from getting eaten by a Grimm and you, little monkey, from losing someone you care for. So I expect an IOU or a favor in the future. Got it?"
She started to choke, quickly nodding while trying to pry open his hand.
"Good, oh and one more thing." he said while pulling her right into his face. "If you ever try and annoy me and my girlfriend, I'll tell the whole world about your true identity and how you killed your own family, Trivia Vanile."
She paled before nodding quickly as Jaune let her go.
"Good, now scram!" he snapped as the girl vanished into a shower of glass, leaving Pyrrha stunned at him. "What? She was causing trouble, plus she's a thief."
"Jaune."
"What? I'm still trying." he huffed. "One day won't cut it."
"Still though. Um...was she a big danger too?"
"Yes, Ruby caused her to lose HER only friend, Roman. He died in the invasion trying to kill Ruby and she wanted to kill Ruby and Cinder." he shrugged. "I just killed Cinder before her, leaving Ruby as the only target. Well, not here, in my time. You know what I mean."
"...that invasion really ruined a lot of lives didn't it."
"Oh trust me, a lot worse occurred after it happened. Like Atlas starting an embargo, White Fang becoming a terrorist group by killing their leader and oh right." he looked around before whispering in her ear. "Learning that Ozpin is an immortal and the Grimm's leader, Salem, who is also immortal, are at war and using US as their pawns."
"WHAT!?"
"Trust me, it's the truth. We are all pawns in a game of who fucks the ex up first. And Salem is winning."
"Then….Then we have to tell everyone!"
"And cause a panic?" He asked. "Ruby tried that after I left. No one came when Atlas fell, there was panic everywhere, people were screaming in the streets. The only way it can work is to kill the pawns of Salem before they can strike."
"Just how many of them are there?"
"Lets see, an insane faunus with a Salem worshipping mindset, an Atlesian scientist, Weiss' dad momentarily, a former Beacon professor with the ability to not feel pain, Cinder...well formerly that is and mmmm...lots of them. Like she could make more now that Cinder's dead. I mean who knows, she MIGHT ask you to join given your status and unique semblance. Which I will NOT allow." he growled. "I will not let that happen, not on my watch."
"Then, what DO we do? How do we stop them all?"
"Simple." he said with a smirk. "We train, get the White Fang fixed up, make sure Ruby is safe and what else...oh yeah, we kill them when they show up to Vale."
"What makes you say that?"
"Simple, no Cinder means they will pop up to find them."
"Then shouldn't we get started right away?"
"Yes, but first our date." He smirked.
Pyrrha blinked. "Um...why not plan now instead?"
"Because I want to spend time with you first. I mean I've been missing out on five years of being partners. Let the world burn a little longer, as long as I'm standing by my red haired beauty." he said while trying and failing to make himself look suave to the huntress.
The red head blushed at the 'nickname' as no one noticed Lisa Lavender right next to them, having videotaped the 'Invincible Girl' and her 'secret boyfriend' for the five o'clock news.
'Well well, now this is some juicy news.' she thought before seeing the blonde turn in her direction and glared at her.
"Ahem." he coughed before turning his arm into a shotgun. "I suggest you hand over the camera before I do something drastic like oh I don't know...blow your brains out!"
"Ah!"
"Jaune! What did I tell you!?"
"Not to kill, but she is going to expose my face. I do have to protect myself, you know." Jaune said with a chuckle while not moving the shotgun away from Lisa's face. "Come on, just this once?"
"NO!"
"Please?"
"Jaune!" Pyrrha frowned as Lisa started to realize she was in hot water right now, and not liking it at all.
"Oh….not even rough her up?"
"Jaune."
"Not even breaking her nose?"
She glared at him.
Jaune grumbled and moved the shotgun arm away. "Fine, and Lisa? Don't show this to anyone else, or I might come and oh I don't know, blow up-"
"Jaune!"
"Fine! I'll just pun-"
"No!"
"AH! Fine! No punching or blowing her up!" he groaned out in frustration. "But I will come to your house, steal your underwear and replace it with Sienna Khan's attire. Trust me, I CAN and WILL do that!" 'Pyrrha's no fun sometimes!'
"Y-Y-Yes sir!" Lisa nodded quickly before walking off quickly.
SLAP!
Only to get slapped in the ass by Jaune.
"He he." He chuckled before seeing Pyrrha glare at him. "Oh...sorry. Sometimes I do that to scare girls, especially during raids...he he...my bad."
"How is that meant to scare them?"
"...I got nothing." He admitted while Pyrrha groaned. "Look, I'm not going to do that again, I'll only do it to you. I mean, you do have a hot body and a cute personality. And I-"
And cue Pyrrha slapping him across the face. "That's not helping!"
(Later on)
-Beacon, JNPR's room-
"Ow." Jaune groaned while Ren was currently bandaging his face. "Yep...I fucked up this time. Ah! Careful! That's my nose you're squeezing!"
"Then stop talking." Ren deadpanned. "And yes, you did fuck up."
"Yeah." Nora deadpanned. "You threatened and slapped a girls' ass, Pyrrha's going to find that dumb ya know."
"It was a force of habit!"
"Yes, but one you need to break soon."
Jaune groaned. "Five years of bandit skills isn't going to go away in a week Nora."
"Then I suggest you start soon."
He grumbled. "This can't get any worse. I mean….she's not going to hate me right? Well more than normal since I did kill her version of me, and ruined her love life...and-"
"We get it already." Ren deadpanned. "And Pyrrha isn't like that, you know that."
"Well, I don't exactly know anymore. I mean I've seen her angry, frustrated and pissed. The Pyrrha I know wasn't this…"
"Insecure? Human?"
"Yeah!"
"That means she knows you more than you expect." Nora chimed in. "I mean she's usually kind to everyone and I do mean everyone, but if she's getting angry with you, a different version of our fearless leader, then she's showing you a side only her trusted friends know. That's an accomplishment if I do say so myself."
"Huh….I...never thought of it like that."
"That's because, for both of our Jaunes." Ren said with a smile. "You never really paid attention to her. She is more human when with us, but with you? She's more like an actual girl than a Mistrali champion."
"..." he groaned. "I fucked up again, twice!"
Ren and Nora chuckled at this.
"Still, I need to apologise to her." Jaune grumbled. "Somehow make it up to her...maybe in a spectacular way? Mmmm….say Nora, isn't her birthday coming up next week?"
"Yeah why?"
"Because I'm thinking of making her birthday not only great but one to remember. Like a literal bang of a time." he said while Yang walked by and laughed. "What?"
"You just made a pun."
"...fuck! Damn it Yang!"
"Don't blame me for acting like the Arc in that foundational pun." she joked while Jaune threw a pillow at her face.
"Leave!" he yelled as Yang left, leaving him a little annoyed. "So, birthday surprise. Are you in Nora?"
"You gonna try and propose to her again?"
"...more like go into a cake and show her my birthday suit." he said while Ren facepalmed. "Oh come on, the Branwen Tribe does that yearly!"
"Pyrrha will kill you and level Beacon if you do that."
"...she would?" he asked sheepishly.
Ren deadpanned at him and silently nodded.
"...welp that is out the window. Any ideas guys? I'm all ears."
"Just be honest and try not to go overboard."
Jaune nodded before grinning. "Say Nora, want to make a little stop at the nearest Dust shop?"
"Eh?"
"You know, the one owned by Torchwick. I have a few 'favors' to return and I think the little candle stick might help us." he smirked. "Or we could just break into one of his warehouses and steal from him? With explosions?"
"Go on."
"Nora no!"
"Nora yes~!"
(Later on)
Pyrrha blinked as she came back into her room from a long day of classes, confused and tired as she hadn't seen hide or tail of her team or the other Jaune for over a day, and it worried her a little bit. She looked around the halls and beds, confused and on edge. 'What is going on? Wait...did someone kidnap them? No, Jaune isn't that weak, but what if that Neo girl took him as revenge?'
As she went to turn on the light switch, she heard something giggling in the darkness and felt the hairs on her body stand on end.
"Who's there?" she called out while looking around nervously, hearing some hushed whispers that she couldn't make out in the background. "I know you're there, I can hear you."
Silence.
Pyrrha gulped before flipping the lightswitch.
BOOM!
"Surprise!" yelled Jaune, Ren and Nora as they hit Pyrrha with streamers, a large cake made of vanilla right on the table as a large red present in the corner of the room. "Happy birthday Pyrrha!"
"AH!" she yelled, jumping back and landing on her ass.
"Are you ok?" Nora asked while Pyrrha took a moment to realize she wasn't in any danger.
"Oh...sorry, you just scared me." she said before seeing the cake and present. "Wait...you threw a surprise party?"
"Yep." Nora smirked while pointing to Jaune. "And he planned everything...well except for the cake. Ren's the only good mommy chef in this team."
"...I'm motherly?" Ren said in disbelief and shock.
"Well you do have the look." Jaune joked. "And the motherly hips."
"I'm...motherly…." he said in disbelief before curling up into a ball and hid behind a chair.
Pyrrha sweatdropped at this while getting up from the floor and pointed to the large present. "And that's...for me?"
"Yep." Jaune smirked. "Go ahead, open your gift, birthday girl."
"As long as it's not something suspicious." she said while walking over to the present and ripped the paper off it, revealing a massive Dust crystal statue of herself...but in her Beacon uniform and holding a heart in her hands. "W...What's this?!"
"A statue of you." Jaune smiled. "Stole this from Torchwick, had Nora sculpted it."
"With a hammer!" the ginger grinned with pride.
"Yes Nora, with a hammer."
Pyrrha stared at the statue in shock while not seeing Jaune walking behind her.
Nip.
Until she was lovingly nipped on the right earlobe that was.
"Eep!"
"Happy birthday, my partner." He said tenderly while nipping again.
"J-J-Jaune!"
"What? I'm trying to show you my love." he said calmly while no one noticed that Ruby just walked into the room, with her team, and had a present for Pyrrha in her hands.
"Happy birthday P-AH! Filth! FILTH!" Ruby cried out with a bright red blush as her team had various reactions to the scene in front of them.
"Nice going Vomit Boy...I mean Vomit Boy Two...gah! I need to work on a better nickname." Yang grumbled.
"Uh….did we interrupt you two?" asked Blake who couldn't look away, or wanted to.
"No no." Jaune said while nipping Pyrrha's earlobe again. "You're about to see a Branwen mating ritual. Want to join? Especially you Snow angel?"
"N-N-NO!" Weiss blushed red as Pyrrha looked like she was both enjoying it and getting pissed, mostly pissed.
"K-Knock that off!" Pyrrha yelled before turning her head towards Jaune.
Chu~
Only for him to kiss her right on the lips, making her go into sensory overload in the process.
"Hot damn!" Yang grinned while Pyrrha fainted from said sensory overlord. "We need a pic of that!"
Jaune chuckled before picking her up and looked at the two teams. "Looks like I have some private time to deal with, if you excuse me. Me and the lady are going somewhere private."
"Eh?" Ruby said in confusion as Yang whispered into her ear.
"Sex."
"Ah! FILTH! FILTH!" Ruby cried out while Jaune walked away with Pyrrha in his arms. "You're filth incarnate!"
Nora chuckled before eyeing Ren and licked her lips. 'Maybe I should do the same with Ren? He he he he~'
"I think I'll be going on vacation." said Weiss while Blake looked at her.
"Then go to Menagerie. With me."
"Um…." She said while Yang smirked.
"Then it's settled, we are going to Menagerie! An all girls beach day!" She grinned while Ruby looked very interested and Weiss, she was blushing at the implications of seeing her team in bikinis, very scantily clad bikinis that is.
'Oh gods...why do I have lustful thoughts on my dolts of a team!?'
'I wonder how Pyrrha feels about kids.' Ren thought while currently unaware of the fact that Nora wants to have HIS kids.
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