First of all.
I AM VERY SORRY!
I make no excuse for my sudden dissapearance. This is entirety my fault, mainly due to burning myself out and personal reasons.
For the new year's I wanted to better myself in commitment. So I have returned here.
I will first send out the drafts which caused my initial reason in leaving this fic, so there will be a slight dip in quality. My ideas are honestly a large mess.
But, enough with the down tone. For me, I would like to think this is a bit of a happy time. I may be inexperianced as a writer, nkt even old enough to drink yet, but thank you for your patience.
This chapter's instaration is: Mushoku Tensei
Welcome to the new chapter little Arclings.
At the arrival of Bloodedge, there were varying reactions from people. Certain people were just happy to see this Jaune, like how Ruby and Nora just wanted to know about this Jaune more.
However, what we shall choose to focus on for now is the reactions of three certain girls.
Blake for starters, she is...confused to say the least.
It was only a passing comment, something so casual that came out of Bloodedge's mouth. Yang was a squirrel faunus in his world.
"It's...finally hitting me..." Blake once again stares intently at Blake, imagining her with short hair and a bushy tail."
"Hm? What's wrong Blake?" Yang catches her stare.
"Nothing, just...I realised something. The universe is infinite, so there are infinite versions of us. There are as many faunus me as there are human me." Blake says, hesistant at first "It makes me wonder why we are treated so differently from humans when we are essentilally the same...just look at that Jaune's you. He pointed out that you didn't have a tail, he didn't make any comment about how different you act. Can't you see? This means that you are exactly the same person-"
"Woah woah, slow down Blake." Yang puts her hand over Blake's mouth "You're overanalysing this."
Blake slowly removes Yang's hand "I'm sorry, I'll just write it down for now. It's like...I'm seeing from another perspective completely." She has a sort of flare in her eyes.
Understanding the weight of the situation, Yang leaves Blake to do her work, however not before asking one question "Well, what have you been writing down so far anyway?"
"Oh, I didn't really know what to note down at first. So I just did what Jay told us to do and make notes on Jaune and the various worlds he is in. I noticed that all the Jaune's we see so far look extremely pathetic, no offense. One was extremely thin while the other looked so pale as if he never went outside before." Blake replied.
"Sounds like looking pretty weak is a Jaune thing. But then there are Jaune's like that Decade person and now Bloodedge. They look pretty hardcore not gonna lie." Yang mentions "Huh, never thought about it like that. We've seen two Jaune's in video and they look weak, but in real life we've seen two Jaune's that look as powerful as they should be. I think Bloodedge is pretty ok if he can one up Uncle Qrow."
"Rather then one up me, he wiped the floor with me." Qrow said, taking a spot beside the blonde brawler "He was dominant throughout the entire fight, but turns out he was holding back. We backed down after we made a four person combination attack, he cancelled it out with a single slash infused with what I think is his semblance, it looked like a Black Beast or something."
"I wouldn't be so sure about that kid. That Black Head seemed to eminate from his arm...its...familiar." Qrow states.
Jay takes this moment to appear "Actually it should, that was magic...sort of, rather a more accurate description would be calling it the Azure Grimoire."
At this, Ozpin chocked on his drink. Cinder leaned in forward from her seat.
"Magic? Such claims cannot be true." Glynda responds with, she glances at Ozpin as she tries to save the situation.
"Even if you make me stop talking right here. The children are already aware of Remnant's history, how it was once a country of magic." Jay annouces.
"Wait magic? How didn't we hear of this?" Emerald whispers to Mercury, who only shrugs in response.
"Hm...it seems the children have made different notes based on what they choose to focus on. If we want more information on this 'anomaly' then-" Cinder begins, however stops herself as Bloodedge appears closeby.
"Huh, thought you'd sit near your daughter." Bloodedge mutters "And I can easily hear you by the way, make your monologes at the break. Well on the bright side you can keep your crazy side quiet, is it just me or are all Cinders at least somewhat crazy?"
"Daughter? I don't have a daughter." Cinder says.
"Huh? But Blake's right here." Bloodedge reveals.
"Huh?" Went the collective sound of people that personally knew Blake and Cinder.
"What's wrong? Cinder, you're married to Ghira. Then you uh, got it going and had Blake right?" Bloodedge said.
"Cinder...is this...true?" Emerald asks in a almost begging yet betrayed tone.
"What?! No no! My parents are called Ghira and Kali!" Blake yells.
"Kali? Who is that?" Bloodedge said.
Diffusing the situation, Jay speaks "Bloodedge, while in your universe Cinder indeed give birth to Blake. In this universe the two have never even seen or heard of each other before."
"That's...weird." Bloodedge finally says.
"Wait, in you universe I'm the daughter of a human and faunus?" Blake asks.
"Huh, no. Ghira's a beastman, you know. Resembles more cat than human unlike a faunus." Bloodedge says.
"Never knew you were into that Cinder." Mercury whispers to himself as he prevents himself from laughing.
"Beastman?" Blake asks.
"Such a race does not exist in your universe Blake." Jay says "And Bloodedge, I believe it should be time you return, you know how Velvet gets when you leave for too long. I'll prepare your pay and send it directly to your card."
"Ah, ok thanks. Man if Neon would stop eating all my food that would be great." Bloodege angrily mutters to himself.
"Velvet? As in Miss Scarletina, a second year." Glynda says.
"Indeed, however in Bloodedge's universe, she is much older and on top of being a faunus that looks like a young girl, she is also a time traveling vampire princess who is skilled in the art of magic." Jay reveals, opening up a yellow portal portal.
"I uh, what?" Ruby is able to say.
"Woah...I told you vampires exist Renny! Haha! So that's why Velvet is so shy, she's afraid of people learning about her secret!" Nora yells out.
As expected, most of the people in the audience didn't know how to react to this new info.
"I should also mention, Bloodedge's Velvet is on a same plane of existance as I, so it is very much possible she is watching us right now." Jay says.
"That sounds just like that rabbit. Always there when you want privacy but never helps out when you need it." Bloodedge bitterly states.
A sigh resounds around the room as a flutter of rose petals seemingly appeared out of nowhere, clustering elegantly together before flowing away like fluid rivers, revealing a petite Velvet.
"They say the weaker the dog, the louder it barks. I wonder if you can say such insults to my face." Velvet had curtsied towards the audience "Oh, and in the grand sheme of the universe, I am often reffered to as RoseVelvet."
"What the hell rabbit?!" Bloodedge yelled "Why in the world are you here?"
"So quick to bark back, actually. Calling you a mutt would be an insult to dogs, they say that if you feed a dog once, it would sacrifice its life to the one that fed it. You should be something lesser...something that can barely qualify as a sentient being..." RoseVelvet had a much more...fancy accent compared to the one the audience's was used to "Oh? I do not seem to see myself within this audience, you may have power Jay, but you must never allow that to be a reason for laziness."
On that note, another portal had opened, however rather than the usual yellow, it was a deep shade of red, for some reason Yang had a feeling of deja vu.
"Woah!" Ruby had run right up to Velvet "How did you do that with the rose petals? Can you teach me how to do that?"
"My my, how eager. It seems that Rachel was accurate about your personality when she alongside another version of you." A smile had risen on RoseVelvet's face "While a pleasant concept, I do not have the time to play with you. Perhaps we can be partners in a Cross Tag Battle another time."
"Aw...wait, does that mean you could come to my universe sometime?" Ruby's look of dissapointment soon turned to one of hope.
"Why of course." RoseVelvet's answer had quickly caught the attention of the audience, after all, a seemingly god like being saying she would visit your universe?
During this small talk, Velvet had appeared through the red portal as the yellow portal had seemingly vanished. She looked around confused at first however the professors were quick to explain to her the situation.
"So...that's another version of me?" Velvet stares as her younger looking self "But...why am I here? I've never met Jaune before."
"Such is the will of the wheel of fate. You see in the multiverse, us Velvet's are more often than not, a Jaune's significant other. Now, I do believe we should be off, Jaune, have a head start and prepare tea for when I return."
Hearing this, Pyrrha's heart suddenly jumped, and not in the good kind of way for some reason "More often than not..."
"Um, no. Go drink river water for all I care." Bloodedge responds with.
"Hmph, truly a boorish creature." RoseVelvet huffs in response as the two start to enter through the portal "Oh and Jay. I do believe I saw Sion head to another new branch of the multiverse, this time its the Tokusatsu branch."
"Ah, all the way from the Nasuverse. No I do not think-" With that cut off conversation between Jay and RoseVelvet, we turn our attention towards the audience.
"The wheel of fate..." Cinder says to herself slowly "Does fate really exist? I wonder what is mine."
"You know..." Yang puts an arm around Pyrrha as if they were close friends, she has a rather smug look to her.
"Those two..." Nora joined in from the other side.
"Fight like an old married couple don't they?" Both powerhouses told Pyrrha at the same time.
"An old married couple...while I in Bloodedge's universe do not seem to be in such good relations." Pyrrha begins slowly, before slapping her own cheeks with resolve and a burning look in her eyes "I have rivals!"
The teachers are conversing with Ren and Blake about what they have learned.
"According to Jay, our very own universe was once filled with magic. We have seen a universe in which where grimm do not exist and magic is still in use...although we didn't actually see any magic." Blake begins.
"That's right. We have theorised that the grimm had hunted down all magicians somehow in our universe, putting an end into the practice of magic." Ren says.
"Hm..." Is all that comes out of Ozpin for various reasons (Oh would you look at that, I'm doing that Hollywood thing where the audience knows something the characters don't, which makes the reader feel smart).
"My goodness, Proffe- Doctor Oobleck should've been sent here." Glynda says while pushing up her glasses anime style.
A resounding clap resonates around the room, RoseVelvet and Bloodedge have left and the lights start to dim.
"Now then, I believe you all are especially interested in what you have all found out about recently. However I would please ask that you refrain from doing so until the break." Jay dissapears with a final phrase "We have stalled long enough."
"Step in with a woosh! Then..." A man with brown hair and and a wooden sword dashes forward, his initial step was strong enough to cause cracks on the ground "SLASH!"
The unidentified man then chops a boulder of considerable size easily in half.
"N...No way, he doesn't even has his aura unlocked." A voice echoes, it's quite obvious this child's voice is his thoughts "Ok, I can do this!"
"Woah what?! Without aura?" Yang yells out "That's some serious strength then, not to mention with a wooden sword of all things..."
The child then attempted to follow in the man's footsteps, they're spitting images of one another so the audience can assume this is his son.
Speaking of which, the child failed to mimic it horribly, upon impact is sent chills up the boy's body "L-Like this?"
"You idiot! That's stepping with a hop and a wham, it's whoosh then slash Rudy. Whoosh and slash!" The older man says with a hint of eagerness.
"Well, I don't blame him for being so excited about teaching me, but I'm only four..." The child's voice resounds.
"Wait four?! What in the world is that man trying to teach a child?!" Glynda mutters.
"Actually, there are multiple reasons why Paul is teaching Jaune, or rather Rudeus swordsmanship. For starters, Rudeus is a much more mature and smart child compared to others his age, even right now he would be able to fight agressive beasts similar to grimm with only his magic." Jay explains.
"Oh? So this is one of those universes where magic exists..." Ozpin sips his drink as his expression is unreadable "Also, if I may, why did you refer to Mr Arc as Rudeus?"
"Yeah, like he looks nothing like fearless leader!" Nora yells.
"Well that's because Rudeus, when he used to be Jaune that is, died at around 40 in a van accident when trying to save a girl." Jay explained.
This revelation, for obvious reasons had the audience become completely silent.
"Futhermore, on his time on Remnant, he was never initially accepted into Beacon. Forced to go back home, Jaune believed he had no purpose in life, and lived as a hermit of sorts within his home. A life without purpose." Jay explains.
"W...Wait." Pyrrha says, however it is not loud enough and no one hears her.
"Sadly, Jaune's attempt to get into Beacon but failing without even trying was made public knowledge, destroying his reputation. Furthermore it led to Jaune having no friends, a distrust for all humanity, a hatred for going outside and meeting people-" Jay continued.
"I said stop!" Pyrrha yells, her eyes glisten "Please just...shut up!"
Everyone was simply silent with their thoughts at this revelation.
"...I understand." Jay stops speaking "However you must remember why you are here, the concept of reincarnation must be worth writing down is it not?"
Jay did not understand. He really didn't.
Rudeus is seen leaning atop a stop wall, peering at two boys playing in a field as it lightly rains.
The two boys then stop playing, as they notice Rudeus. Quickly afterwards their faces have wicked sneers as they hold up scrolls towards Rudeus. Rudeus responds by gasping before crouching and hiding behind the stone wall, putting his knees near his face as he hyperventilates.
A flashback sequence of some sorts cuts to a much more modern looking environment, a large mass of people is hear giggling and laughing as they take pictures of a naked Jaune trying to hide himself.
"What are you doing over there?" A voice of a blue haired girl cuts off Rudeus' memories, she doesn't seem to notice his turmoil.
"O-Oh, Master Roxy." Rudeus quickly stands up and speaks in a tone that suggested he is completely alright. Rudeus then looks over at the playing boys, they never actually noticed him in the first place.
"Wh...what?" Ruby mutters "Why would they do something so cruel?"
"And those are people of our world..." Glynda mutters.
"Those actions...signs of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder." The gray haired headmaster was all too familiar wirh such a situation.
"Jaune seems rather good at hiding his emotional state it seems." Blake says in a neutral tone "Faunus and humans united...yet only to cause suffering to him." Her hand clenches in anger.
"S...So he got humiliated one time." Weiss forces herself to say "It may look bad, but he should remember he isn't the only one suffering in the world."
As the screen slowly zooms in on Rudeus' face, the thoughts of a much older man are heard instead of the you boy's.
"Everytime I look outside the window or the fence of this house, I remember...I remember what my everyday life used to be."
They see the back of Jaune, tied up to a fence as a group of boys seemed to have just finished beating him up and began taking pictures of his naked body.
"I remember it like it was yesterday. In my old life, I always fantasized what life would be like at Beacon. What my future team would be like or even lead one myself. I used to imagine what it would like to make friends or fall in love."
Jaune can be seen in a dark room, playing a videogame as he lazes about. It has a rather depressing aura to it.
"I was too scared to take another step outside. I always promised myself that I would get serious and make a better life for myself. But...after Beacon rejected me, my body refused to keep up. Ah, I think I might cry."
"Oh...crap...dammit..." Yang is seen on the brink of outright crying, but barely holds it in as she disreetly wipes away tears, she seems more mad than anything.
"He lost hope in people, and that includes himself..." Velvet muttered "This is...a cruel joke. This never actually happened right? To this poor boy..."
"..." Ren has an expressionless face, but tightly clenches his armrests.
"The fear of rejection was too much. He didn't want to feel the sting of failure again after the first failure was too much already." Ozpin says.
"Hm, you gotta wonder if thats how every rejected person that appiled to Beacon got treated like afterwards." Qrow says.
"Of course it isn't!" Glynda sharply interrupts "Beacon would never do that to a boy. I would never do that to Mr Arc or to anyone."
"He never wants to go outside for some reason, I think maybe he's scared of monsters." A woman more reminiscent of Jaune is seen, Rudeus is holding her closely.
"Don't worry Rudy." Roxy is seen setting up the saddle on a horse "You don't run into any monsters in this area, even if you do, the ones around here are weak, you can easily beat them."
Paul has attempted a happy tone as he tries to grab Rudeus "Rudy, Caravaggio is really docile, you can come away from Zenith."
Rudeus hides behind the other side of his mother, Roxy bow has a smug expression on her face "Hehe, I think I get it now. You're afraid of horses aren't you? You really act like your age when I least expect it."
"It's not really the horses I'm afraid of..." Rudeus says.
"Wait, it's traumatized him..." Pyrrha says "A world where Jaune never made it into Beacon, a world where I never met Jaune..." She begins to cry.
"Hold up, you just showed us part of his life and you just expect us to just ignore it and laugh?" Emerald says with frustration towards Jay.
"I am not expecting you to do anything. What you do is not under my control." Jay replies.
Caravaggio slowly trots towards the gate as Roxy had just placed Rudy on the seat. Visions of Jaune's memories and how he was binded to a metal gate.
"M-Master, I can't. I just can't!" Rudy attempts to throw himself off the horse but is stopped by Roxy.
"It's ok Rudy, I'm here for you. Nothing bad will happen." Roxy caresses Rudy's head with one if her hands to calm him down.
A slow trot is used as they pass through the gate, Zenith and Paul cheer by the gates for Rudy. Eventually, Rudy notices a man on another horse passing by, he flinches and lowers his head.
"Please don't shout at me! Please don't laugh at me! Please just ignore me!" Rudy yells within his head.
"No...No, it's ok Jaune. No one hates you." Pyrrha says to the screen.
"Rudeus cannot hear you Pyrrha. He has never even heard of you before and vice versa." Jay states "And that goes for all of you."
"That's...kind of a downer to be honest." Qrow says as he takes a drink out of his flask "If anything, I think Rudeus needs what I'm having. What, don't look at me like that Oz, he's 44 mentally."
"Actually we are seeing a small collection of events, now Rudeus is 5 years old in this scene, so mentally 45. I will tell you his age every new scene." Jay says.
"Wait...is his entire life only full of suffering?" Ruby says with a broken heart.
"Actually...nevermind." Jay simply ends with.
"Oh, hello Roxy. Thank you for the other day." The man waves a greeting that Roxy returns before passing by.
Rudeus takes a moment before turning back at the man in confusion "He...didn't look at me. He didn't sigh in disgust and yell at me...he doesn't hate me?"
"He expected a stranger to do such a thing?" Ozpin states "What sort of people has Mr Arc met for him to expect such things?"
"The real people thats for sure. Its messed up, but that how people are." Mercury comments.
"That can't be right!" Ruby says to Mercury "Its another universe, so that means such mean people don't exist here. Our Jaune is happy and dorky still."
"Well hate to break it to you squirt, but those kind of people certainly do." Mercury answers back.
"See, that wasn't so bad. Caravaggio actually seems happy today...Rudy?" Roxy says.
Rudy isn't listening as he sees villagers see them but only wave, his inner thoughts race "What was I thinking? Of course no one would hate me, I've never met any of them before."
Rudy leans back with a relaxed face "Yeah, I'm alright now."
"There aren't only faunus...well, here they're reffered to as the beast race, not the most original name. Roxy here is a demon, so there's no doubt that she recieced some form of opression. And yet," Rudeus looks at the villagers, greeting and waving at Roxy "Master Roxy is amazing. If I met her back in my old life, I wonder if things would turn out differently."
The two eventually head to a mountain, quite far from the village, there is a short interval before they see Rudeus hold a wand and Roxy making a barrier made out of dirt around Caravaggio.
"I'm...not sure what to feel about this." Blake says to her team "Of course I'm happy for Jaune to move on, but...this happened to him, in a world identical to ours. Where everything is the same except he didn't go to Beacon."
"I get what you mean Blake." Yang sighs as she places her hands behind her head "That means our world is...lets say probably not the best."
"That's why we're here afterall." Ruby says "To-"
"To make it better." Blake finishes "I'll never forget that." the three have a mutual smile anong them.
"Demons...I wonder what sort of powers they hold." Cinder mutters from her spot.
"A final test. If I do this, Roxy would say that she has nothing more to teach me, and leave just like that. In other words this is our final day together." Rudy thinks.Rudy takes a deep breath before thrusting his wand upwards "Grand spirit of water and imperial price of lightning who ascends the heavans!"
Sudden gusts of strong winds move along the field "Grant my wish and bring about a savage blessing!" Rudeus moves his wand back and forth as he chants.
"Ah that's dangerous Mr Arc, doing such things while jumping and waving about that wand in such a strong wind is hazardous." Glynda states.
"Witch." Qrow says simply "Look at where the kid is, on top of a hill, pretty high up actually, the higher you are the less wind affects you. Something tells me that wind is a part of his magic."
"Strike awe with a blow of your divine hammer on the anvil, and cover this land with water!" Rudy is seen moving his wand in a curcular motion, the camera shows the cliuds circling as heavy rain begins to pour down.
"Oh, rain! Sweep anything and everything away! Cumulonimbus!" With one final wave, the red gem in the middle releases a wave of light. The carema zooms out as thunder is heard and lightning is seen, to show the sheer size and destructive capability of the typhoon.
"What, the, hell...you mean to tell me a five year old...did that?!" Mercury yells
"It seems, Mr Arc is capable of causing mass destruction to an entire kingdom with that one spell alone." Ozpin states blankly as he sips his drink.
"...Why are all of these Jaune's so powerful?" Weiss facepalms and groans.
"Such destructive power. Such potential." Cinder says, somehow her tone is an excited one.
"Now then." Jay claps to gain their attention "These next scenes are merely glimpses into Rudeus' life. I believe some of you are not interested with such a topic?"
"Yes, I think we all need a breather after..." Roman just waves his hand to all of the theatre "This."
"I see. Ruby?" Jay says.
"Hm?" Ruby perks up.
"No, I don't mean you, sorry for any confusion." Jay says.
"He means me." A small grey child that resembles a young Ruby appears next to Ruby. This miniature version of the young Rose seems to also have gray skin, hollow eyes...its a bit unnerving.
"YAH!" Ruby quickly falls backwards "Geez do all of you like appearing out of nowhere or what...oh...um..."
"Before you ask, yes, I am you from another universe. You may refer to me as Core to avoid confusion, however I'd prefer you call me Ruby when you can." Core states.
"U-Um..." Yang stares as the hollow eyed and grey skinned girl, crouched down and "..."
Promptly put her hand inside her eye.
"AAAAAAAHHHHHHH! I-I'm sorry, are you hurt-" Yang yells before Core promptly pulls Yang's hand out of her eye.
"My eyes are portals, if you pushed your hand in any further it would've probably been burnt by a sun." Core states "Now then, those who need a break, raise your hand please."
"Wait is no one gonna question this?" Asked Weiss.
"I thought you were used to the crazy by now mini ice queen." Qrow says.
"Do not call me a mini ice queen! I get bad enough nicknames from your nieces..." Weiss mutters.
"Ruby here is a being above myself, she is omnipresent, you are going to be in good hands." Jay simply says.
"You're just as lazy as some of the Sans sometimes I swear, you didn't need me to explain how to get to the Omega Timeline." Core chuckles despite her negative words "Now then, you see that door at the back of the theatre? If you wish to leave, just think of entering the Omega Timeline as you open the door, this works even when you return to your original timeline."
"You mean to tell us we can access such a portal at any time we wish?" Ozpin asks.
"Affirmitive." Core states "There are some unspoken rules, make sure to not hurt anyone unless you wish to battle in the arena alright? Well, I'll be off now, you'll be called back here after this scene ends I presume."
"I...is giving us this knowledge ok?" Velvet, who has been mostly silent this entire time speaks up "There are well known criminals here."
"Yes, even if there was any nefarious intentions, there are plently of people including Jaunes that are able to stop them." Core replied to the cute bunny.
Core simply leaves, disappearing into thin air.
"...It seems the more that happens in this theatre, we are always left with more questions than answers." Ren almost sighs.
"I'm more frustrated than anything..." Weiss sighs heavily, unable to contain herself "To give such knowledge away so...so easily. just what are their values...and omnipresent?"
"Like Jinn? This could be a better chance than any to gain upper hand in this war..." The headmaster mutters discreetly to his inner circle.
Surprisingly, only Neo, Torchwick, Cinder and Mercury left to the Omega Timeline.
Cinder had told Emerald to stay and write any notes that could be interesting, Cinder only left the theatre due to believing it would be better to take matters into her own hands seeing the various Jaunes and their potential.
"Now then. Let us begin once more." Jay states as he himself disappears.
Rudeus is now launched back onto the floor after a kick from his father.
"Hah! You might have a little talent in magic, but your swordplay still need some work Rudy." Paul laughs similarly to how Port would.
Rudeus simply glares silently at Paul.
"Hm? What are you staring at me for?" Paul puts a hand on his chin as he makes an even further prideful expression "You want to become a cool man like your dad?"
Rudeus takes a deep breath before saying "Is it cool to cheat on your wife and almost wreck your family?"
"Guh!" Paul visually flinches from the comment.
"Wait...WHAAAAAT?!" Nora, Ruby and Yang yelled out all at the same time.
Emerald seems to be torn about how to feel, while normally a simple facade and some crocodile tears is not something Emerald would not do, it just feels...wrong for her to fake her feelings. But, she isn't even sure what she feels towards this, and thus stays silent.
"...My respect for that man has just fallen even further past Qrow." Glynda states.
"Oi." Qrow relies with.
Ozpin sips his limitless coffee "Honestly though, you really cannot blame her."
"OI!" Qrow replies even louder.
"Well if you've learned your lesson, please limit yourself to mother." Rudeus states.
Paul quickly walks over and crouched next to Jaune as he whispers "L-Lillia's fine right? We already live together and all of us know she has my baby as well."
"HAAAAAAH?!" I'll let you decide who yells this time.
"What is...what is up with this family?" Blake asks.
"He cheated on his wife with the maid that lives with them?! What does the mother think about it?" Weiss yells.
"Arc, honestly. How are you able to stand him at all?" Glynda almost sighs "He becomes so much more mature...even compared to some hunstmen."
"Um, mother might go back to her parent's house without another word next time." Rudeus says "I saved our family once but, I don't think I can do it again."
"Saved? Zenith hates me now." Paul slouched over depressed "You're a man, you get it right?"
"What is a seven year old supposed to 'get'? Lillia was going to leave if I didn't say what I said father." Rudeus states with a shrug.
"But was it really necessary lying and throwing me under the caravan like that?" Paul sighs.
"Yes, yes it was. We're lucky and should be happy both mothers and daughters are still on friendly terms. Thanks to me our family is fixed." Rudeus states.
"Urk...dammit this is even better than the best soap opera shows out there!" Weiss tugs at her armrests tightly "I want to know what happened!"
"Make that the rest of us." Her entire team says.
"And besides, not everyday the Snow Angel herself finds something she isn't cold to." Yang smirks.
"Hey! I have you know I like many things." Weiss huffs.
"Yeah, like being cold." Blake deadpans.
"I'm so proud Blake, that burn was super effective!" Yang is elated.
"Of course you find a way to make it a pun..." Blake says this, but had a slight smile on her face anyways.
"I remember it like it was yesterday." Rudeus thinks "The only reason why I was able to skillfully do what I did was because it happened once in my old life."
A small flashback within Rudeus' head shows a young Jaune who is standing behind a cracked open door, silently crying.
In the flashback, Rudeus who is the same age as this young Jaune stares at his past self with an unreadable expression.
"If I said something back then like I did just a few weeks ago, would things have turned out differently for me?" Jaune asks himself.
"Kuh! Damn you and your unexpected gut punch! Curse you Jaune!" Yang angrily before she starts crying "So many emotions...so quick...dammit."
"Wow, who would've thought the same thing that made the ice queen melt in anticipation would cause the fiery dragon to drown in tears." Blake says as she reassuringly pats Yang on the back.
"To think...this is the same Jaune as ours as well." Pyrrha is seen currently bawling her eyes out.
"It's just...one after another..." Glynda this time is seemingly able to keep her emotions in check "Even I can see similarities between Rudeus and Jaune."
"Indeed." Ozpin's eyes are not seen through the white glint on his glasses "Throughout these tragedies, Rudeus has shown a facade or become extremely poker faced. It makes sense for such actions to be ingrained within him, in his life on Remnant."
Jay merely watches all of the audience and their varying reactions, the theatre screen abruptly stops and the lights turn back on with a simple flick of his wrist.
"H-Hey! It clearly wasn't over yet!" Yang seems more angry if anything.
"I believe the point of this viewing is to allow you, the closest people to your Jaune, to understand and better realise the scale of importance this person is with your continuing existence on a universal level." Jay states "I think it's best if I leave this universe alone for now."
"Can't you at least tell us what else we were going to see?" Weiss has for the most part seemingly calmed herself down, however still grips her armrests tightly.
"First you was going to see a young Rudeus fight and kill fully grown adults who had kidnapped his cousin." Jay says bluntly.
As you can assume, some people became bug eyes at this revelation.
"Then you were about to see Rudeus at fifteen moments before he loses his virginity to a person he loves." Jay says "Do not worry, I was not planning to show you the more physical scenes itself. Only the heart to heart beforehand, allowing you to understand Jaune better."
"Wait wait! This is going too fast!" Blake says.
"Um, I'm sorry. But who did Ja-Rudeus lose his v-v-v, I mean first time too!?" Pyrrha yells.
Some people glance at her, however just as quickly as they do, Jay shoots back another response.
"Oh, the cousin he had saved." Jay states simply.
"HUUUUUUH?!" Was the joint reaction of the more vocal people of the group, however just about everyone had shown some sign of surprise at this revelation.
"I-I assume incest relationships are legal or commonplace within this world?" Glynda's voice is shakey but still gives out her opinion.
"Correct." Jay says.
"This is going by a bit too fast, even for me." Qrow states as he takes another drink "Damn I needed that."
"Wouldn't intake of alcohol merely dull your senses more? It would take longer for you to process this information so I don't see how that helps you." Penny says to Qrow.
"Yes." Qrow says in a response before taking another drink.
"Now then, one more universe shall suffice before you earn a well deserved rest period and orient yourselves. Tell me, what are your thoughts of so far? About Jaune that is." Jay asks as he seems to want to let them choose a suitable universe.
"I am..." Ren starts first surprisingly, he takes a pause "Filled with more questions than answers. For the most part, all of these Jaunes seem drastically different from one another, however they do share certain traits."
Blake then speaks up "Honestly, I've been paying more attention to how different yet similar all of the universes are. Especially how casual Bloodedge seemed around faunus, it's like he just didn't care about the animal traits we have."
"I want to know more about us! We seen alot of Jaunes however every now and again we see someone we know." Ruby says "You said you brought us here since we are the ones that can change Jane the most or something like that. So I want to see more of us and how we are related to Jaune!"
"Indeed Miss Rose." Glynda says "It will help us more with achieving our goals."
"I for one, never heard of a Jaune kid." Qrow says "But, I saw how Bloodegde looks at me, it's something I'd expect out of Witch here or Tai. It's like...I wouldn't say friends but at a glance he could see right through me."
"I see..." Jay then seemingly ponders as he strokes his chin "Well this will take quite some time to answer all your individual queries. For starters, you will meet a Jaune that has been barely been affected by all of you."
