AN: Well hello there, this is simply a… series of chapters relating to the real world of RWBY after visiting the theater. I was pleasantly surprised by the reception of the Creator in this dimension and I have to clarify that it is…

There's only one TYSON FURY! He knocked out the Alabama Slammer in a dominant fashion. I cried in the Kobe funeral, I will continue to honor his name with bad three point attempts hoping it would get in the hoop. Why'd MJ have to mention the goddamn meme? It made me laugh and tear up in sadness. Also just a rant… why in God's green earth have Makoto Shinkai's films never been nominated for an OSCAR?! They blow everyone's animation from music to story to characters and no fucking mention from the Academy… biased Ghibli fans are at work here with no respect to non-Ghibli films.

You've all been waiting for our cast to be in the real world again and what are the consequences of seeing all those scenarios. And it won't be in just one chapter because that would make it too bloated, so it will be a series. Another reason why I'm doing this is because I'm planning something big for when they come back into the Creator's realm.

Thank you for your heartfelt gestures of hoping that I'm better after my car crash, I am, luckily I only have a small bruise on my collarbone and PTSD when driving a car and there's a driver who drives really fast to my left. Other than that, I'm fine.

Also I have two new reviewers turned editors since Darkness has gone dark. Also I'm afraid of Guikoi's safety being in the land down under with those bushfires (Editor's note: Don't worry guys the fires don't affect me, NigmaShady is just worried). So they are UnlawfulGentleman and the Composcreator.

Let us all pray for the Chinese laboratory created Corona Virus to be wiped out from this planet so that we'd all be thankful that we are still alive. Also pray for the ones who are currently fighting to make the cure and those who are trying to survive whilst being infected.

Onto the questions from reviewers in a general sense.

1)Who is the Creator?

Shady-kun: Who knows… to those who I answered for in pm's don't say anything. I'll drop more hints to the Creator so look closer. I'm not going to always point it out for you guys.

Gentleman-san: I'm gonna guess Nyarlthotep or some iteration of it. Possibly the Persona Nyarl, since he represents humanity's destructive potential and a lot of your chapters do focus on fights on a pretty grand scale

Guikoi-chan: I actually had a chat with Shady about who it was. I will not spoil it, but I will say that I very much like who it is and what Shady's done with them.

Composcreator-sama: Honestly, I think it's one of Nigma's many muses. Just a character that came to their mind.

2)Will you do any of our requests?

Shady-kun: I'll go crazy right now because it makes me feel like I have to do it and I have so many to do. It's what I feel made the best react fic author "ManOfTheWall" leave besides his inspiration having been destroyed because for me either him or they lost what they actually wanted to do.

Gentleman-san: I don't blame Shady. Unless that's why you start the story, it would probably get really old really quick to fulfill every one's request to do a reaction.

Guikoi-chan: The only time I could see one your requests being fulfilled is if Shady genuinely liked the suggestion. I would do the same. Suggestions are all well and good, but they can get… frustrating in quantity and quality. Some of you have ideas I like, some of you have ideas I wonder why you would ever want that.

Composcreator-sama: He will take a look at them, but no real promises on actually carrying out requests. It all depends on their own mind and tastes. Feel free to send requests though. They will probably help their creativity.

3)Will you continue the Firefly Fun House Chronicles?

Shady-kun: Nope it was a oneshot, I just wanted to show that you can get the really good wrestling promos and turn it into a oneshot or react fic chapter for RWBY. To get into more details, I made the Bray Wyatt promo before his Hell in a Cell Match and I had finished it without reactions. But what took so long besides work, getting sick and the car crash was that I lost the drive to do react fics because I felt it was harder and that other fanfics that were react fics that were copycats of JC of the corn got more successful than mine and it pissed me of. I also got pissed of at WWE for almost ruining the Fiend so that stopped that chapter for a while. Sorry you got a depressed, pessimistic and emotional author to deal with.

Gentleman-san: I love the Fiend and was ready for the hype train to ride off. I was informed by Shady that it was a oneshot. Yeah, Hell in a Cell 2019 was . . . bad. Really, really bad and Rollins vs. Wyatt could NOT have gone worse than it did. A really bad ending to what could've been a great match and one that unnecessarily risked the Fiend's character.

Guikoi-chan: I don't see why it would continue. Seemed pretty complete to me.

Composcreator-sama: I would say this chapter counts lol (Author Notes: Sadly it isn't.)

4)Why do you focus on action nowadays?

Shady-kun: I like it because it is more fun to do action than stay in comedy and romance. It also helps me write better on how to make a fight scene epic in just words. This is essentially training for me due to my drive for other fanfics to be action oriented. Another reason is my love for fighting, there are ways you can communicate through fists and grappling that words can't tell you. I know this because for 8 years of my life, I practiced Brazillian jiu-jitsu, MMA and Boxing.

Gentleman-san: While the romance/comedy-oriented react fics are always fun, it's the action and drama that have the most depth, are the funnest to read and like Shady pointed out, are a perfect way for one to practice writing full fics.

Guikoi-chan: Uhhh… because action is cool? Who doesn't love action? Every sane person likes action. Sure, some non-action ones can be cool. I would love a chapter covering the speech that Kotomine Kirei gives Shirou at the end of Heaven's Feel, but I would also want the fight there as well since it's so god damn cool. I want the animation to keep that soundtrack, because Light and Darkness is such a good track.

Composcreator-sama: s explained to me, that's just how their mind clicks. They really like action scenes and they are easier for them to write. Not in terms of effort but it seems to come more naturally and effectively to them. (Author Note: There's only one of me who writes it, if there were many then expect faster updates.)

Anyways, I hope you enjoy!

Two people in a familiar office jumped in surprise when their leader decided to slam his fists on his table. What was most unusual was that… a coffee cup that was filled had fallen to the floor and broke into pieces after it was sent flying from Ozpin's hit. He definitely did see cracks on the table along with a medium-sized crater but he was too exasperated to care.

"... You… don't remember what I'm saying?" His eyes looked at Qrow and Glynda, who looked confused.

Qrow blinked twice and drank once from his flask. "Look, Oz… if the Queen was here then I would have expected that Beacon would have been destroyed and all of us were dead. Also there's no way the ones who got Amber would be here. Aren't we too heavily defended and secure that it'd be too big of a risk for a subtle planner like her."

Ozpin let out a large sigh as he tried to think of what had happened. 'So they don't remember several parts of what happened in the Creator's realm like that her pawns are here in Beacon but… I cannot remember their names!'

Glynda also gave her two lien. "All I remember with any certainty is that battle with the Gods and Humanity, Mr. Arc as a psychopath, and seeing another version of Mr. Arc's parents. Are you sure Oz, are you sure you saw the students get 'infected' by Salem to love despair?"

Ozpin furiously nodded. "Glynda, I am serious about this. I was sure you two would remember but not even Tai and James can figure out a thing. Especially when she was right there!"

Seeing Juniper back in her original form caused some hidden emotions that were once buried under the tragedies and sins that both committed to come bursting out. Especially when there were moments under the rage she was expressing in most conversations they had… there were some repressed emotions that he hoped would come back.

He shook his head to once again focus on the reason why he'd call both Qrow and Glynda for a summation of the events in the Creator's realm on watching Jaune Arc. He looked at both of them. "Anything to learn from Team JNPR?"

Qrow grumbled. "Didn't see anything of importance… though I'm happy that the girls aren't trying to make 'Tai Jr.' become a reality."

Ozpin's eyebrow twitched, he had to calm himself from reacting a bit too violent against his best agent who had his priorities mixed especially since it involves his family. He became a bit jealous of Salem's ability to create allies so easily. 'Must be the whole follow or death sort of aura she now has.'

He looked to Glynda who was his saving grace by answering his question. "Nothing of significance has happened. Mr. Arc is still wearing the device that limits his aura and has been performing better in sparring although he still loses when there is no surprise factor in his favor and when Mr. Winchester is serious. Another point to note is-"

The sound of an explosion and a large crater being created made the Deputy sigh deeply as noises poured in from outside including some from a bombastic girl. "Oopsie! Didn't mean to do that, you should have caught-"

"I AM NOT CATCHING THAT NORA!" Glynda looked back to Ozpin who was already thinking if the incident was covered in their insurance policy.

Ozpin gave a sad smile and a nod which meant that the policy was not covered, the headmaster ignored her breaking her riding crop in fury. This action caused a reaction where Qrow simply quivered in fear, he remembered a time when Goodwitch became pissed and that was when he developed a fear of strict women.

Ozpin coughed in order for everyone to be brought back to the topic at hand. "Now before we were interrupted by Ms. Valkyrie, her partner is not ensuring a well handled use of a hammer in our school. I begin to suspect your observation has something to do with his team rather than Mr. Arc himself."

Glynda gave a small nod and a subsequent clench of her broken weapon. "Ever since we arrived back at Beacon, I would have thought that the disasters seen would spark more training from Team RWBY but they have decided not to improve so far."

Qrow gave his observation after downing another drink from his flask. He had stealthily replenished his liquor from Ozpin's secret stash of spirits. "I think it has more to do with what happened in the last scenario we saw. You know, the freaky puppet man with unknown powers that managed to take our best and brightest along with beating Goodwitch."

Ozpin grimaced on those memories, to see his beloved friends and students get dismantled like that was worthy of a PTSD moment. Glynda digressed. "Nevertheless it seems that Team JNPR has used the scenario of Ragnarok to train and utilize the moves of their counterparts."

Ozpin shivered in terror, he could already tell he needed to upgrade the medical budget for the teams especially if that team was going to use those special moves. Glynda continued her report. "Ms. Valkyrie has been using the gym for six hours a day and is currently waiting for her new hammer that is being created by Ms. Rose. In the meantime she's been trying to use her other version's moves like 'Pancake' and 'Nora's Hammer' along with that deadly combination of the two."

"Mr. Arc and Ms. Nikos have been training for a week now on the rooftop. From what the camera footage has told me, they train in that dual swordsmanship style for hours on end. As of today after his loss to Mr. Winchester, Mr. Arc is asking for the construction of a two meter long katana just like his counterpart used against the evil Mr. Ren."

Ozpin gave a soft smile, he was glad that people used this opportunity to train harder against the Grimm or against any of Salem's pawns. "With only three weeks left before the start of the Vytal Festival, I wonder how much can they truly progress."

Qrow chuckled, "I even saw that monkey faunus who likes to show his own abs practicing with his staff for a long time in the forest. I only heard about it when his team was complaining about their leader being away for too long."

Ozpin laughed. "I think that young man has been dedicating himself to be as strong as his counterpart and beat Ms. Valkyrie..."

His mood darkened out of nowhere. "How am I going to convince the Council that there might be some near fatal injuries from the hands of the students?"

Qrow answered. "Oh come on Oz. That's too easy. They're hunters-in-training, of course leaving with a few broken bones and internal bleeding may be too normal given the situation of a peaceful festival."

Ozpin then stood up and looked down from his tower to see Nora trying to throw her hammer and have it loop back to her but all it did was simply destroy some trees. What she did not account for was that her teammates were going to get hit by the flying projectile.

Thus Jaune upon hearing something strange immediately secret serviced Pyrrha to go down and avoid Nora's hammer. The two teens then stared at each other for quite a while before the redhead Amazon pushed Jaune away, squealed and committed a Ruby by running away in a frenzy.

Qrow glared with full force at the dense blonde. "Fucking blondes."

"What is this place?" All Ruby could see from any direction was pure darkness, she instinctively knew this had to be a dream. The last thing she remembered was falling asleep in their dorm room.

Suddenly there was a small flame that was glowing brightly but she could only see a small glimmer due to the all-encompassing darkness that surrounded it. She followed her gut to go towards the light.

While walking, she could feel like she was being watched, like there was someone looking at her from behind. So she turned around using the speed of her semblance but… there was no one there. Oddly enough she started to hear faint hushes of different voices from all around her but all were telling her the same thing. "Don't stop."

Creeped out from this, Ruby decided to briskly walk towards the light in order to find a source of illumination to not feel so scared from her dream. She would hate for this to become a nightmare, she'd had enough after what she's already seen.

But as soon as she saw the flame in full view, it quickly extinguished… her fear quintupled as she heard a very familiar tune. 'We're really glad you found a friend and this is a story that will never ever end.'

She looked behind to see the Fiend growling in front of her but then suddenly began to maniacally laugh. She tried to move but her newly born nightmare didn't allow her to move at all. The Fiend then grabbed her chin and smiled. 'LET ME IN!'

She screamed as the world suddenly became clearer but still dark since it was at night. Her head shook with ferocity in order for her to gain a semblance that she wasn't in a dream state… that this was her actual room.

It took a while for her hurried breathing to become calm again, she then clenched her fists in anger and frustration. 'That's the fifth one this week of me dreaming about that Fiend.'

The monstrous version of Jaune, who she could admit that the original caused her to feel all sorts of tingly sensations around her body, rocked her to this day. However, that version was just rage mixed in with despair with a tinge of retribution in the name of social justice that felt icky to her.

It isn't Jaune's fault that the last thing they were shown was a version of him going on a rampage. 'Does it really take one bad day to cause someone to do that?'

Her team was truly reeling from the Fiend since it was them that the Fiend focused on, taunted and later completely destroyed. The feelings of a once knightly Jaune had been stained with a version of an abomination. Blake and Yang who would have liked to have a better relationship with her best friend became strained due to seeing their other versions be played by the Fiend.

She realized she had also stopped going to talk to Jaune about… anything really. She knew she could make many excuses like Pyrrha was now more aggressive in her plans to get her partner to like her. They train for long hours and look even closer than what they used to be before the Creator intervened in their lives.

Another excuse could be the Vytal Festival which meant that her team needed to prepare for the stiff competition especially when it included a more powerful Jaune, the always capable cheat sheet known as Pyrrha, that confident senior with a minigun named Coco... and those people from Atlas. However, she stopped practice to let them heal up from the horrible scenes they saw in order to focus.

In truth, she couldn't see Jaune without seeing the Fiend's mask on his face which made her tense and want to grab her baby. She admitted that she felt glad that when Nora gave her request for Maghild Ver 2.0, that she was accompanied by Ren and Pyrrha since Jaune was resting.

She slapped her cheeks in order for her to wake up from this mood she was in. 'This is ridiculous. Jaune is my first friend and my best boy friend. The Fiend is just from another timeline like X-Ray and Vav in Another World. I can't do this to him since it wasn't his fault. It was that Creator who showed it to us in the first place and why did Mom look like that?'

Another thing that caused her heart to both soar and break in the Creator's realm was the appearance of her long lost mother who she and Yang deeply loved. Seeing her again and learning of how proud she was removed most of the burdens she had consciously placed on herself to be like her.

It hurt when they left because she wasn't sure whether or not if they returned… that she'd be there waiting or if she'd be gone. But one thing she noticed about her mother were those weird neutral or sometimes heated glares at the Creator. It usually happened when they were shown something terrible like the Infected Despair or The Fiend. 'Does mom know the Creator?'

She noticed when she looked around that her teammates were sleeping due to either their quiet snores or loud bellows in the case of her sister. Realizing that it was going to be a pain in the morning, she decided to get dressed properly for outside.

Dressed in her usual gothic lolita outfit and bringing a scroll with her just in case. She left her dorm room quietly in order to give her teammates a nice sleep. She wandered around the hallways to escape her boredom until she heard the sounds of the clashing of weapons along with some grunts.

'It's coming from the roof… it must be Jaune and Pyrrha again.'

She then remembered the small promise she gave to herself to talk to her best friend again. It also piqued her interest to see his progress since he destroyed Cardin and his team. 'Then again he lost to Cardin because he was more prepared for Jaune this time. Jaune also doesn't have any technique or strategy other than use his aura and strength for an advantage.'

She used her semblance to zip her way to the entrance of the roof. She opened the door slowly in order to get a peek and her eyes widened to the size of grapefruits in what she saw was going on. 'They've been doing this for a week… what?'

Jaune and Pyrrha were… sparring but to her it looked like an actual fight. Pyrrha was dressed in her combat attire while Jaune was wearing jogging pants with no top present. It wasn't the more pronounced musculature of Jaune that caused her to stumble, it was how they fought.

Jaune had used his strength to gain an advantage by kicking Pyrrha's shield when he noticed her spear was close to hitting his gut. The aura-powered strike caused the redhead to fumble backwards as she then rolled out of the way to avoid Jaune's strike that was going down towards her. Crocea Mors impacted the ground and caused a small crater to be left at where Pyrrha was supposed to be.

Jaune gave Pyrrha no quarter as he chased after her and lunged with his sword. But the veteran of arena-type matches quickly used her shield to parry the blow leaving the blonde wide open. Jaune tried using his own shield to block the thrust of her spear from hitting his chest, but it was a feint.

The Amazon decided to jab his knee causing him to fall forward from a loss of balance, she then quickly grabbed his sword arm and tossed him over her back to the ground. The impact caused some spittle to escape from Jaune's mouth but he rolled out of the way from another thrust that could have hit his head.

They then went back to consecutive clashes of sword versus spear and shield versus shield. Jaune tried to gain an actual hit on Pyrrha but her experience showed as she was able to counter his strikes and launch counters from angles that kept him guessing. Ruby was astonished to see how fast Pyrrha could mecha shift her spear to a sword whenever Jaune was getting used to how she was using a spear.

Her swordplay would force Jaune to go on the defensive as those precise and quick strikes caused Jaune to use more of his aura to stem the damage. The blonde was covered with bruises on his arms, chest and neck but… he looked happy. She looked at Pyrrha to also notice that she was elated.

The two continued to fight against one another but the momentum changed when Jaune performed a shield bash towards Pyrrha's shield and kicked the armament out of her hands. He ate a powerful spinning back kick which would make Roe Jogan jealous. This caused Jaune to groan loudly in pain while his body flew to the railing.

She knew that Jaune would feel that throughout the day even with his absurd aura being used to cushion the blow and heal the damage. Ruby realized that Jaune had dropped his sword after getting kicked by Pyrrha.

Said girl dropped her spear but she wanted to throw common sense out of the window when Jaune dropped his shield. The smiles on both partners shined brighter with the moon's light illuminating the roof since it was setting. 'Are they gonna fight bare handed?'

Both lunged at each other quickly that it caught Ruby off-guard, she thought they would wait for the other to make the first move. Jaune launched a quick jab with the hope to throw Pyrrha off or possibly test her reflexes. However, Pyrrha moved under the punch and appeared to the side, to give a left straight but it was blocked-

'By his knee?!' Jaune had raised his leg to protect his abdomen so that Pyrrha's punch would only be able to strike bone instead of muscle. Pyrrha's small showing of a wince told Ruby that it had worked. 'That stance is from Mistral… I think it's called muay thai.'

Jaune then stuck his foot out as if knowing that Pyrrha would retreat or be hit with a counter. The redhead subsequently fell but easily rolled through but the blonde knight did not relent with a hard roundhouse kick using his right leg that had blocked her initial strike.

The undefeated champion buckled a bit but what surprised Ruby was that she didn't look fazed at all. She wasn't rattled by the hit because she had leaned her body weight into the side to take the blow. Pyrrha threw a straight right where little Jaune would have been if he hadn't quickly blocked it with both hands as his leg was able to return to the ground.

Ruby was surprised at the not so clean match however her eyes quickly noticed more action when Jaune spun around in the opposite direction to give his own spinning back kick. But Pyrrha noticed this since she grabbed around Jaune's calf and stood up to try and drop an elbow across the side of his knee.

She then lifted her arm and rolled to Jaune's back while she still had a hold of him. But the blonde was bigger in stature, so he yanked her a step forward, breaking her balance for a moment and kicked up with his free leg.

She had blocked his strike, but it was a veritable mule kick with the earth itself giving the blonde leverage. Her feet left the ground for a moment as she flew back, again off-balance. Seeing this chance, he turned to his belly and pushed off with his hands to throw himself forward. Jaune leaped forward with his fist cocked back.

But the red reaper noticed that Pyrrha's eyes shone with a predatory glint and her smile looked feral. It was as if an Alpha Beowulf was staring down a helpless bunny. She saw Jaune hesitate and grimace which caused him to cover from her spartan kick that landed on his forearms.

The blow caused him to land back on the ground as Pyrrha chased after her opponent. Jaune however turned to Pyrrha and threw an elbow as Pyrrha covered herself. She then grabbed the inside of his elbow with one hand and used the other to hold the back of his head.

In response, he pressed closer to her and used his weight to cause some problems to Pyrrha. He wrapped an arm around her waist and used the other to grab the back of her neck in order to avoid being thrown. Pyrrha drove the point of her knee to the inside of his which caused him to wince.

A single fluid motion occurred with her using that leg over the outside of the same knee she had hit and turned her hips sharply. Jaune once again found himself flying over Pyrrha's, he tried to scramble once he hit the ground but the redhead plopped herself on his stomach with her butt. She then jerked his head back and pressed her knuckles to his throat, if a certain blonde was here she would remark with one word. 'Kinky.'

In other important matters, the fight had also taught her one thing. Jaune was not a pushover anymore and can fight against them. Also Pyrrha was really scary if she decided to fight and to her eyes, not hold back. 'I need an anti-Pyrrha plan.'

Jaune sighed as Pyrrha stood up and helped him up with her arm. The two partners then decided to sit down while being close to one another and facing the late night sky. This caused a feeling of envy to course through Ruby's body but it died due to shock at both of them laughing.

Pyrrha had wiped her tears with her hands which shocked Ruby since she never saw the ever polite champion explode like that. "What in Oum's name was that supposed to be?!"

Jaune stopped laughing and inhaled deeply to give a smile. "Hey I just wanted to surprise you. I thought it would work but-"

"You hesitated because you felt like it wouldn't work and were afraid of the consequences." The guilty nod from the blonde caused the redhead to sigh as she placed an arm around him.

She looked at him and gave her partner a small smile. Jaune was surprised at how proud her expression was of him. "Jaune, there is never a problem in trying new moves in fights. It can mean victory or defeat just like any other move. But hesitation can cause even defeat with the best of warriors..."

She looked back at the night sky with a serene smile on her face. "But I am so proud and happy about your progress. You might look at yourself that you haven't improved since the time you trashed Team CDRL. You might have even thought you have reverted to the time you had no actual fighting experience."

Jaune winced which made Pyrrha continue. "Let it be known that you have. It's been a long time since I have been pushed this far… actually since the time I first competed in Mistral. I've missed it… Some of the others in our class are too scared to spar with me or too certain of their defeat. I am glad that you are neither and try to not only improve but have me improve as well."

Jaune gave a small smile as he was reassured by his partner that he was not letting her down at all. "What are partners for anyways? I'll always help you like you helped me."

Her hold grew tighter as her head now rested on his shoulder, they both enjoyed these moments when the fight was over and they could bask in the presence of the cool and quiet night or in most cases the early morning. They never talked about fighting or new moves or even school… they simply enjoyed being in the presence of each other.

But today was different, it had been a week and now one day passed since by their guesses it was two in the morning. They had six more days to prepare for the Vytal Festival and face opponents who have had different abilities, different training and in different environments. Nora would never let it go if they didn't win first place especially with the prize being able to afford tons of pancakes.

"Jaune, it's time for me to see if you have been able to do that technique."

Ruby was curious on what technique could Pyrrha be talking about but Jaune on the other hand stood with absolute determination and a confident smile. "Don't worry Pyrrha. I've been swinging my long weapon up and down with these hands everyday since we started. I think I'm going to be able to release it to you today."

Pyrrha gave a smile but Ruby blanched, ever since those *ahem* near-adult suggestive situations happened with her and the blonde knight. She had gotten better at catching and understanding them. So when Jaune said those words, it caused her to tilt towards something more rated R since she knew that Pyrrha and Jaune were together for a long time and 'training' on the roof for a week and a day.

If it wasn't like that then those set of words to describe his training… 'It just sounds wrong, Jaune!'

Jaune had not decided to grab Crocea Mors but walk towards the door which caused Ruby to panic a lot that she had been caught but he moved to the side of the door and there was a long sack. 'Wait… when did he get that and what's in it?'

She was surprised to see him reach in and pull out the sole item in the sack which was a long katana that was half the size of a person due to the blade's length. Her eyes widened in recognition. 'That's the one that old Jaune used to fight evil Ren. Don't tell me he's been learning to use that.'

Pyrrha whistled in appreciation. "That looks beautiful. It's almost like the one we saw in Ragnarok."

Jaune nodded his head in agreement. "It took six days of hardwork from the Weaponsmith in Beacon to have this bad boy made. I still can't believe he followed my instructions to the letter. Even told me that this was the most fun he's had in a while so the blade would be hard to break."

Jaune then got into a stance as the long katana was raised above as if the blonde was going to swing downwards. The blonde knight had realized a very key important aspect to the technique he was about to do. He will probably never have the same drive to train to the point of near death that his swordmaster self had. Nor did he have enough time to actually use his new weapon efficiently and masterfully in technique.

But what he did have-

His aura exploded which nearly made Ruby give away her hiding spot. For his partner, she was overjoyed by his own decision to choose his own path to improvement and success. Jaune had swung his sword downwards and quickly switched course to slash upwards.

Ruby was astonished. 'He did it… He did that technique but how? And why did he use his aura like that?!'

Jaune felt relieved that he was able to do it, it meant that those days when his hands were bloody were worth it. He had a new tool in his arsenal however he realized the drawback of such a technique. The result was him collapsing to the ground in exhaustion as Pyrrha quickly arrived at his side and helped him sit back up.

Through his heavy panting, he realized his next mistake. In order to reach such heights by using the technique, his muscles would be strained to torn pieces due to the strength and speed if done normally but he had aura. He enhanced his muscles to the absolute limit whilst healing them when he knew they got damaged by suddenly stopping and quickly unleashing an upward strike.

'You can't go against those scientific mumbo-jumbo about laws without getting hurt.' However, Jaune was happy he was still able to use his talents and ability to create a loophole. Now all he had to do was get better. Not only to find his limit in how much aura was necessary to use the technique efficiently but also to see if he can use the technique in different ways to further his fighting chances.

His dream was to be as great as his old alternate self had shown in beating a god through pure skill and perseverance. In tribute he would carry on his legacy and use it to protect others. Even if it was fake he still felt he had almost followed the original. 'Besides who says that a fake cannot contend with the original.'

Pyrrha immediately said something to him but all he heard was the constant ringing in his ears that made it hard for him to interpret what his partner was saying. He responded by nodding his head and Pyrrha raced out of their training spot by crashing through the door and running downstairs. He knew this because by the time she bursted towards the door, the ringing had stopped.

He gave a smile knowing how caring his partner was truly made his heart warm in joy. He then heard a whoosh like sound and saw Ruby in front of him. To his first friend and eventual best friend after that encounter within a crater caused him to give a tired smile. "Hey Rubes, what's cookin'?"

Ruby was very nervous about what to say, her emotions were all frazzled up. She was impressed and awe inspired by his fight with Pyrrha along with showing off his new move that he learned in the Creator's realm. She was scared that he would find out why both her and her team weren't talking to him. She was angry at herself for not being there to see Jaune train and give her support.

Ruby gave a timid squeak. "Nothing much… the moon is beautiful, isn't it?"

Okay, rooftop, do your job correctly. It should be easy to swallow up a fifteen year old girl in order to hide away from the awkward situation she just created. If aura can cause you to have clones and shoot magical blasts, why couldn't it do that now? Her brain had panicked yet again thus leading to really bizzare connections to explain her choice of words.

However Jaune just looked at her funny before sighing. "Yeah it is. I'm kind of sad that this means me and Pyrrha will have to cut our training short. I'm dead tired from just one try."

Ruby exhaled in relief that he didn't question why she was there or if she saw his training or why'd she say those words. Thank Oum for dense- "So why'd you stop talking to me, Rubes? I get it if you guys were super focused on the Vytal Festival but Pyrrha tells me you guys haven't practiced."

Ruby wanted to scream obscenities at the brothers for allowing Jaune to have a little more social awareness. 'Why? We were supposed to be the best socially awkward buddies!'

Jaune motioned for her to sit down with him and she did so although it took a while. He then stared at her with a small knowing smirk. "It's because of the Fiend, isn't it?"

Ruby's bashful nod only solved Jaune's suspicions, but he knew he couldn't blame them. Hell he was getting nightmares for three days ever since they came back about his other version. What was weird was that it was all from a first-person view.

It showcased himself committing those atrocious acts towards his friends and the people of Beacon, and he couldn't move or go against the dream. 'It's the only reason why for three days I didn't want to speak to Ruby and her team because it scares me that I did such things to them.''

Ruby was about to say her piece but a comforting hand on her head caused her to be silenced from any noise. Jaune gave a smile to her. "It's been hard on you, hasn't it."

Tears threatened to roll down her cheeks but she will force them to not go down. "I do not blame you Ruby. But you should always remember that's him and that I'm me. I was even afraid that I could become him. I want to believe it will never happen but I do not truly know if I have that one bad day. So-"

"Will you still be my friend so that I will not become like that?" His question was answered with a Ruby tackling him to the ground and hugging him tightly as she sputtered some words here and there.

Words like 'dumb', 'of course', and 'I'm sorry' were more of the understandable ones. His shoulder and back were also getting wet due to tears that were dispensing out of her eyes. Ruby was bawling her heart out and all Jaune could do in response was hug her back with one arm while his other touched the back of her head.

"There, there. It's alright. You can just make it up to me at lunch time." Unbeknownst to the two who were having a moment was Pyrrha hiding behind the ajar door as she listened and saw the two.

She should have been jealous, at least the past version of her should be. But over time, due to the scenarios, things have changed and she was looking at her relationship with Jaune in another way. She'd also been more spirited in trying to woo him and spend more time with him without turning into a stumbling mess.

She saw her progress through acts like being able to talk normally with Jaune, being less motherly towards him, training him even more seriously, not minding Jaune talking to other girls, and being able to not turn to a tomato at the sight of his more improved body thanks to her training.

She could have interrupted them but she felt like the two of them would be able to settle their fears. She knows it took three days in order for Jaune and her to sit and talk about what they saw. It warmed her heart, seeing the two of them togethe given how anxious her partner was about his own nightmares along with hers regarding the Fiend.

'I also felt happy about us. Not at being together like a couple but that we still have such a strong bond together. I don't know if I love you Pyrrha and I can't make a decision yet… but I can try to get to know you better. Even if we don't become a couple, I'll still fight to become the bestest friend you need to lend a hand or to be a shoulder to cry on. If we do become a couple then I will know that at that moment, I will be really happy to be beside you.'

Pyrrha smiled and slowly walked downstairs amidst the tears and pleads for Ruby to calm down. 'I think I can give Ruby this moment. I have what I wanted, a chance that will run for a while until both of us decide. For Jaune to know me and the chance for me to be with him.'

AN: That's the end for this chapter, may you support this fanfic even with an irregular updating author handling this.