Chapter 9

I am Hyde

Walking with Zecromac in the night streets of Vale, Jaune wore a sleeveless hoodie with a denim Vest and knee-low jean shorts with a pair of black sneakers with golden shoelaces to look the part for his Date with the petite assassin who currently resided in the Club before them with a new front that Jaune took notice of.

"What… the fuck happened to the front?" Jaune questioned with a stunned look as Zecromac sniffed the air like a guard dog, before he burst into a fit of chuckles that Jaune took notice of.

"Seems Yang had a good night here before Beacon" Zecromac said with a small laugh at thinking of the blonde brawler as they stood in silence, making Jaune turn to Zecromac and his current outfit, like yet unlike Jaune, the spectre wore an open denim vest to show his scars proudly while wearing blood-stained black jeans with Black boots with fingerless leather gloves, along with his wild hair sleeked back with a lone strand of blood red hair between his eyes, looking to his current host he patted his back with a human smile.

"We're keeping the party waitin' let's go meet the missus" Zecromac said before they walked to the club, with the bouncer nodding to Jaune as he walked by, until he stopped Zecromac by placing a hand on his chest, making him gulp as Zecromac smiled viciously until Jaune came back with a can of beer for him.

"It's alright Manda, he's with me, that Teacher I told you all about." Jaune said with the Bouncer having a look of apology to Zecromac who let his smile fall to show a joking one.

"Sorry sir." Manda said as he pulled his hand back to grab the drink, making Zecromac pet his shoulder offhandedly.

"Your just doing your job pal, no need to worry" Zecromac said as he followed after Jaune as he approached the bar, making Junior smile in greeting until he saw Zecromac admiring the new dance floor, making him release a growl like purr as he saw the many women dancing to the music, until he caught sight of Melanie and Militia moving to Jaune with a wide smile as they clung to his arms, making Zecromac smile as he sat down at the bar, calling for a drink as the twins spoke to Jaune, making Zecromac grab the bottle meant to pour his glass he opened it by biting the top and spitting the cork out, downing the bottle half way he noticed another presence, making him turn to see a Petite hugging his neck as she sat on his shoulders, making Jaune smile up to her.

"Hey Neo, told you I wouldn't forget." Jaune said with Zecromac speaking.

"Thanks to me" Zecromac called to the four with Jaune giving him a look of "Shut the fuck up", making Zecromac shrug sheepishly before taking another drink.

"Who are you?" Militia questioned with Zecromac smiling at her.

"He's my teacher I told you guys about" Jaune said with Zecromac giving a lazy salute.

It was that moment the three dragged Jaune away to the Clubs entrance, leaving Junior and Zecromac at the bar in silence.

"Lucky brat" Junior said with a soft chuckle as Zecromac laughed softly.

"If their's one thing he's taken after me the most of, is my luck with the ladies" Zecromac said as he finished the drink, making Junior blink at the empty bottle as Zecromac wiped his mouth.

"So, what's your strongest drink?" Zecromac questioned with a wide grin on his face.

Meanwhile

Walking to the club with Cinder, Roman Torchwick lit a cigar to smoke his frustrations off he ignored the snide comment Cinders little boy toy, Mercury Black and her faithful little Faunus thief, Sapphire.

Walking into the club with a gesture to the Bouncer the minute he walked into the club he saw Juniors men walking around lazily, while the man himself was talking to someone new in town.

Staring at his being Roman could literally feel the amount of murder rising off of the guy, even more than Cinder and that's saying something.

Watching the man down a whole bottle of whiskey he slammed the bottle down with a laugh as Junior had a look of defeat while putting a quad of lien on the counter with the guy taking it with a small cheer from the small crowd watching the challenge.

Walking to the Bar, Roman left Cinder and her posse to their own devices to speak to Junior, who stood up straight as the man grabbed another bottle, looking to Roman the new guy took a drink as Junior spoke.

"Roman, what can I do for you?" Junior questioned with Zecromac showing a look of disinterest as he took another drink.

"I was wondering if Neo was still in?" Roman questioned with Junior smiling sheepishly

"She just left with the twins for that date Jaune promised them" Junior said with Zecromac chuckling, making Roman turn to him with a curious look.

"And who are you?" looking to the crime boss Zecromac let his natural grin replace his human lips, making Roman pale with a step back.

"The names Zecromac, a Pleasure to meet ya, mate" Zecromac said with a hand held up to shake for Roman, who shook it hesitantly with Zecromac laughing as Roman felt a shock go through his hand, making him look to Zecromac to see a prank buzzer on the palm of his hand before it vanished.

"Couldn't help myself" Zecromac said as he grabbed the bottle to spin in his seat, looking to the club with his eyes glowing.

Making Roman take a seat beside the man with his cane in hand.

"So, are you new in town or something?" Roman questioned with Zecromac letting out a small chuckle.

"Yes and No, I came here to visit an old student I had, Jaune Arc I believe you've heard of him" Zecromac said with Roman looking at the man in front of him with a stunned look.

"You taught- okay, Now I heard everything" Roman said before Cinder fall walked to them with a look of annoyance, making Roman laugh nervously while Zecromac… scoffed.

"Great, another power hungry lady" Zecromac said before downing the bottle as his lips grew back, making Cinder and the Faunus look at him with a small glare, while Mercury held back a snide remark to the guy.

"Who are you?" Cinder questioned with Zecromac speaking.

"Isn't it common courtesy to introduce yourself before demanding things?" Zecromac said as he placed the empty bottle down beside the other two, ignoring the KI aimed at him he merely grinned viciously.

"Pathetic" Zecromac said as he shrugged off the KI Cinder was aiming at him, making him stand up to show he towered over her, standing in front of her the two had a stare down before Zecromac chuckled, ruffling her hair with Sapphire moving to protest if not for a menacing look Zecromac gave her.

Looking down to see a sword held at his throat he looked to see Cinder smiling victoriously until he grabbed the blade and stabbed himself in the throat, making everyone freeze as he pulled it in deeper, not even worried about the blood leaking from the wound he only had a wide grin on his face as he moved face to face with Cinder who had a look of shock.

"You don't scare me at all lady, not even the grimm scare me, in fact… it's the other way around, the Grimm tremble at the mere presence of me, and the best part about my life is the fact I'm best friends with death" Zecromac said with a dark chuckle as he pulled the sword from his throat, showing his wound bleeding heavily before it began to heal in seconds, his grin still plastered on his face as Cinder looked to her bloodied sword and then back to Zecromac who made his way to the Dj booth, who stepped away as Zecromac held the microphone, clearing his throat he spoke in a happy tone.

"WHO WANTS A PARTYYYYY!" smashing his head into the Dj board the music took a sudden change as butchered music blare from the speakers.

Making everyone but Cinders group cheer, with Junior splashing a bottle of water on his face in a vain attempt to wake up from that little nightmare of self-harm.

Followed by Roman falling to the floor unconscious.

With emerald

Sitting upon Jaune's bed, Emerald read a book in silence as Nora and Pyrrha spoke tactics with Ren, Emerald being allowed to read due to already having a tactic planned out for her class assignment.

Looking to the textbook beside her the four perked up at hearing the dorm rooms door being knocked on, making Pyrrha stand up to answer she was greeted by Yang, Blake and Ruby present with a smile.

"Oh, hello Yang, Blake… Ruby, what can we do for you three?" the champion questioned with Yang speaking.

"We were wondering where Jaune went" Yang said with Pyrrha turning to Emerald who sighed, looking to Jaune's personal calendar she saw today's date noted with the name Neo plus twins.

"He's at Juniors club" Emerald said with Yang smiling widely.

"I know that place, okay thanks" Yang said before closing the door, making the currently present team members of JNPR look at the door before Emerald sighed as she closed her book, moving to the side of the bed she began putting her boots on.

"What are you doing?" Nora questioned with a frown as she jumped on her bed.

"In the short time of Knowing Yang, she's most likely going to cause trouble, so I'm going after them to keep them out of trouble" Emerald said before she was joined by a clothed Ren, Nora and Pyrrha, making her blink at them as they smiled.

"Then allow us to join you" Pyrrha said with a smile that made Emerald smile back before they left to catch up with the three possible trouble makers.

Walking on the street away from the five-star restaurant, Jaune, Neo and the twins walked away with satisfied smiles at the good meal.

Neo hugging Jaune's head as she sat on his shoulders while Melanie walking on his left side and Miltia walking by his right.

Walking back to the club Melanie spoke.

"So, that guy you came to the club with is your teacher… what did he teach you exactly?" looking to their shared boyfriend the blonde took a look of thought.

"Well… from basic social interaction to wilderness survival, even taking care of kids was drilled into my head for a retirement plan" Jaune said with the three blushing at the thought, not noticing four police cars drive by in haste.

"So he basically taught you anything from the normal schools including the social gatherings they have?" Miltia questioned with Jaune nodding.

"The funny thing was, he actually gave me an honorary badge as a joke, he even made me one from scratch" Jaune said with a soft chuckle as more police cars zoomed by, with Melanie looking at them with a frown.

"You almost sound like brothers when you talk about him?" Miltia questioned as Melanie looked down the street as eight ambulances drove by in a hurry.

"Well it's like that seeing as he was a major influence in my life when I was younger, he did for some reason get along with my mother and her cooking, she makes the best beef pies I'll tell ya" jaune said before they turned to a worried Melanie.

"Guys…" looking to the twin they followed her gaze to where the club was, with them paling at the sight of brutally mauled White Fang members with parts of the road being melted and cracked.

But the most alarming was the sight of Junior sitting at an ambulance with his head bandaged with an ice pack held at his jaw, seeing them he raised a hand to them, moving to the man Jaune placed Neo down.

"What happened?" Melanie questioned as she looked to his bruised cheek.

"Nothing, the club was going all well until Roman and that damn Broad showed up, your teacher is one twisted bastard Jaune" Junior said with Jaune blinking in worry.

"What do you mean?" seeing his boss nod to the corpses Melanie and Miltia had to suppress the urge to vomit as one laid with a spinal cord tearing through its chest with a trail of blood leading away from a bludgeoned one.

"Where's Zecromac?" Jaune questioned before hearing a scream down the road, making Jaune narrow his eyes as he ran to the alleyway with Neo following, not noticing emerald and the rest of their team following after her, seeing him they gave chase in worry.

"Whose the girl following him?" Pyrrha questioned before they felt the ground shake with a tremendous amount of force rippling by them, followed by a demonic laugh as they saw a burning Van with the White Fang insignia flying into the air behind a building, with the team seeing multiple amounts of tears through the steel and metal, making Pyrrha and Nora worry as they chased after Jaune who jumped away as a Van flew by him with a corpse burning in the driver seat, making Emerald gasp as Jaune ran to a corner, ducking as a can was thrown by him.

Watching him stand in shock as Neo joined his side, reaching him they looked to the street to gasp in shock at the horrific sight before them, White Fang members mutilated and strewn on the street like a Halloween decoration with the road and brick walls sprayed with blood with the occasional pieces of flesh and antler pieces sticking into a brick or so.

But what got their attention most was the sight leaning against a caved in Van with charred metal and pavement surrounding him.

Looking up with bloodshot eyes of laziness, Zecromac had an apologetic smile as his chest was littered with swords of many types sticking out of him, even knives were hopelessly impaling his arms and legs as he stood up, letting out a weak giggle of bloodlust, Zecromac looked to his hands that were covered in blood.

Looking to them he took notice of team RWBY running to the scene with the girls gasping, not at the massacre on the street, but the possible life-threatening wounds he currently had, looking to his chest to see a sword sticking through his head he grabbed it before pulling it out for blood to leak from his chest, making Jaune run at seeing the god-like entity fall to his knees while spitting out blood from his bloodied mouth, just as paramedics ran around the corner, seeing his condition they gawked before rushing to his side, guiding him to an ambulance they began to hesitantly remove the knives from his legs and arms he had a tired grin before his head went limp, making the paramedics worry as Jaune stopped with a look of worry.

Looking to Emerald she ran to him to hug him, making him hug her back on instinct.

"He'll be alright, I know it" Jaune said as Weiss and Blake looked to the street with fear and horror as one lone White Fang member was impaled on a street light somehow, and one with a fist sized hole through his chest.

Looking to Jaune they looked after his teacher who lay at an ambulance with the paramedics quickly bandaging his chest, legs, and arms as the swords and knives lay around his body drenched in blood.

Hoisting him into the ambulance on the bed in haste.

The groups not seeing Cinder Fall her and followers watching with wide eyes at the impossible survival of the man, even though he literally impaled himself through the throat.

walking away she shivered at hearing a faint hysterical laugh in the wind, followed by the memory of those bloodlust induced stare from those glowing mismatched eyes.