Chapter 12: the battle of swordsmen

First, love that feedback you guys keep giving out and I'll answer some questions for you fine folks. Yes, I will be going back to finish the musical and may do the others that I listed before. Most likely I will do the possession dinner and when 'bj' is summoned.

Second, I want to say this clearly so no one thinks I'm ignoring their requests. I have a long list of things I want to write and what you guys want me to write. Some things you guys want me to write are personal requests for you guys. This is hard for me to do because I need to be interested in the material I'm working with. When I'm not interested in the material, then it will show when I'm writing. So the guy who keeps asking for beastars, I'll get to it when I finish watching the series, so I can do it justice.

Finally, I don't have anything planned for Christmas. So no Christmas styled chapter.

Sorry guys but have a merry Christmas anyways. On with the show.

Disclaimer: I don't own anything. If I did, do you think I'd be writing fan fiction?


Slayer finishes his typing and begins to walk away from the screen input device with a smile. This did not go unnoticed by the group.

"Okay. So what are you showing us this time?" Ozpin asked in concern. That concern increased as Slayers' smile became even wider than before.

"Well I would say you should rejoice because we're going to revisit a world" the deity said still grinning.

"And what world would that be?" Ruby asked afraid they had to watch the one with monsters in it or the psychotic gunman Jaune once more.

"Yes, I would like to know as well," Salem said with a curious look on her face.

"The world will be watching is…. The pirate world." Slayer stated calmly as their expressions went from worried, to remembrance, and finally joy.

"Yes! Pirate captain Ruby D. Rose is here to save the day!" Ruby shouted happily. As her friends and family snicker at her enthusiasm.

"What has changed since we last saw that world?" Weiss asked hoping she would make an appearance this time.

"Other than gaining two new crew members and a small ship for them to use. They are currently trying to recruit a third new member and cook." Slayer responded finally sitting down.

"Well who are the new members? And what are we going to see?" Cinder asked with a curious stare.

"They have recruited a thief/navigator who is Neo and a crazy sniper who is Roman. Side note roman is cowardly but wishes to be a brave warrior of the sea." he informed them with Neo and Roman gaining a smile at the mention of their names, only for the latter to groan as the former laughed at him.

"Welcome aboard!" Ruby shouted at her 'crew members'. Who snickered at her before saluting her.

"As for what we are about to see? You shall see the one person Jaune must beat to become the world's greatest swordsman. A powerful warrior unlike any other, be prepared to see one of the strongest from their world." the deity said to the group in an ominous tone sending shivers down their spines. The screen began to flare to life.

The world opens showing a large beaten up vessel next to a ship that looks like a large fish with a building sticking out of its back.

"It's an old galleon. Haven't seen one like that in ages!" Port shouted pointed at the large ship.

"Okay so what kind of ship is the fish like one?" Blake asked curiously.

"It's a fantastic seafaring restaurant named the Baratie. It is run by the head chef: red leg port.'' Slayer said with a grin. Port upon hearing his title and the fact he owned a successful business gave a large and proud smile.

"Why is he called 'red leg' though?" Taiyang asked with a small snicker at the old teachers smile.

"He specializes in a fighting style mostly based around kicks. He gained that name when he was a pirate, as his legs were always covered in his enemies blood after a fight. However, nowadays he prefers to be a chef instead." Slayer said with a small grin as ports began to beam with pride.

"Why the change?" Ozpin asked cautiously.

"He found and rescued a young boy but was stranded on a rock with him. Even when he could have split it with the kid, he still gave him the last of their food. But he was still hungry so in an act of desperation he cut off his own leg and used that as food instead." the deity said sadly. At hearing this every student and his own fellow teachers felt more respect for the rotund professor/ally, who held a sad but still prideful look on his face.

"Good to know I would still do anything for a student or any child no matter where I'm at." port said with a small bit of conviction.

"May I ask who this child was?" Glynda asked in hope of knowing whether the child made it.

"Yes you may. The child grew up and swore to follow port's old dream, even going as far as becoming the sous chef and learning the same martial art as port. This child is the newest member that ruby is trying to recruit, his name … Neptune." he replied to her with a smirk.

"Neptune!" Weiss shouted in shock. Knowing her crush's fear of water.

"The very same. But relax he doesn't have that fear in this fact he is looking for a legendary sea. A sea filled with every fish that populates their world called the 'All Blue'."Slayer said with smirk at the reactions he got from blank stares and curious look to astonishment and a hunger filled glare.

Before anyone could respond a noise was heard from the screen.

Two large swishing sounds were from the wrecked galleon. Before they knew it, it broke into three pieces with its crew spilling out onto the sea below.

"Jeez I saw that it was a ghost ship but it just fell apart that easily. How old is it?" Mercury mumbled to himself.

"That ship was pristine not three weeks ago." Slayer stated in an annoyed tone. Shocking everyone.

"How'd it end up like that?" Raven asked in shock.

"The grand line. The stretch of the ocean where Gol D. Roger hid one piece. A terrifying area that can destroy all ships and crews not ready for it." he informed them. Gaining a gulp from ruby and look of worry from her family and team.

"Also children pay attention to where it broke apart." Port said spotting something not right with how the ship separated. As everyone tried to see what he was talking about, one saw what it was.

"It looks too clean to be a break like it was cut or something." Emerald said eyes widening at the idea of something or someone able to cut a ship in half.

As the ship fell apart, there in the wreckage sat a small coffin shaped vessel with a bone like mast jutting out from its deck. On the ship look to be a person sitting on some kind of throne heading towards the Baratie.

Inside the restaurant the ruckus outside shook the entire ship.

"What the?" Ruby yelled trying to balance herself. As roman tried to grab onto a table to steady himself amidst the shaking. When it finally ended they ran out to see a ship cut to pieces.

"Is it possible … That's Hawkeye" Jaune stuttered out as he stared at the approaching figure.

"Hawkeye? That's kind of an intimidating name." Ruby said with an amused tone.

"Damn it! What grudge do you have to come after us?" a voice was heard from the wreckage.

"Just killing time" a calm and polite female voice was heard from the coffin shaped boat. As it floated by the screen showed a man in brown clothing on the wrecked ship growling before pulling out his pistol to fire at the other boat.

"That voice sounds awfully familiar don't you think Peter?" Doctor Oobleck asked his colleague.

"You quite right Barty it does but I can't quite place it" Port replied to his friend.

"Don't mock us!" He shouted fire two bullets as they traveled. The swordsman reach up and grab a large black blade off their back and deflect both bullets in one swift and delicate move.

"To wield such a massive blade like that with one hand and with such ease. What a terrifying fighter they must be." Glynda said with a hint of awe and fear for what might happen next.

"He missed!" one of the other pirates shouted in fear.

"She averted them. She gently changed the course of the bullets with the point of her sword. I've never seen a sword move so gently" Jaune said plainly walking past all of them.

"There is no strength in sword play based only on force." the woman's voice replied to him.

"Did you use that same blade to carve apart this ship as well?" Jaune asked in a serious tone.

"Don't be ridiculous there no way anyone could possibly d-" Emerald started to say before she heard something that made her and everyone else's blood freeze.

"That's right" the woman said in the same tone Jaune had.

"I see... you're the strongest" Jaune said with a nervous smile before he began to remove his head band from his arm.

"You're joking that can't be possible on any scale!" Oobleck shouted at the screen at the absurdity of one person slicing a ship to pieces.

"Jaune is going to fight this person, isn't he?" Ruby asked in a serious tone gaining a nod from Slayer.

"But there's no way he could win. If she is that strong she could flatten in an instant" Yang shouted with Weiss and Blake agreeing with her.

"That's not something you get to decide! Fearless leader will win this! I believe in him and so should you guys." Nora said indignantly with her nodding alongside her.

"I set sail for one reason, to meet you!" Jaune shouted at the woman pulling his headband onto his head.

"And what is your goal?" she asked him in a bored tone.

"To beat you!" he replied, tying the headband tight. "You got spare time right? Let's fight!"

"How pitiful, weak one… if you are competent enough swordsmen then you should already see the disparity between our abilities before we even cross swords. Is it courage or ignorance that make you turn your blade on me?" the said as she walked across from him. The camera pulls in so they could see her finally. A woman who looks to be in her early thirties wearing black pants and shoes, a black trench coat with red patterns on the sleeves and chest area, and finally a large brim hat with some with fluff on top. She had a pair of startling hawk like green eyes and short red hair.

"Is that... me?" Pyrrha asked as her friends groaned in annoyance.

"Why did it have to be Pyrrha? She's already the strongest in our year, why did she have to be the strongest swordsmen in this world as well?" Ruby grumbled in annoyance.

"What's that supposed to mean?" the champion asked the red reaper with a hurt tone.

"Nothing Pyrrha… it's just that sometimes it feels like you always set the bar on how strong we huntsmen in training should be." Blake said a little miffed it was her as well.

Pyrrha pouted at them.

"Relax Miss Nikos. Their just jealous that your stronger than them" Raven said with a smirk.

"It's my ambition! And it's a promise I made to an old friend" Jaune shouted as he placed a sword handle in between his teeth and drew his other two swords, dropping into a fighting stance. In response Pyrrha pulled the cross shaped necklace off her neck and pulled at one end to reveal that it was a knife.

"So what fight will it be?…" Jaune said to her through gritted teeth.

"I am no mere beast that goes all out when hunting a rabbit. Unfortunately I do not have any smaller sharp instruments at the moment" she replied boredly.

"Wow! That's kind of a bitch move their p-money" Yang said out loud.

"That's not me though. I wouldn't be this prideful!" the champ responded apologetically.

"Better not regret that when I kill you" Jaune grunt out at her before charging straight at her.

"Frog in the well… know how big the world really is." she spoke to him not moving an inch.

"ONI GIRI" Jaune shouted performing the same technique he did last time trying to end it quickly. Only for all three of his blades to be stopped by the tip of her knife.

"Wha… But how? Jaune beat a 9-foot tall muscle-bound marine douche bag with that move!" Yang shouted in shock a feeling felt by many. At the same time Weiss smirks at remembering her little brother was said douche bag.

"Simple. Pyrrha is just that much stronger than he is." Slayer said with a sad smile. Causing them to freeze up and look at him in shock.

'What's going on? Why can't I move them at all? What did she do?! No one has seen through this attack before! The gap between can't be that wide, can it? Impossible! The world's strongest can't this far away" Jaune thought this to himself before he back away and charge forward once more swing his blades in a spiral pattern each blade hitting in succession only to be blocked or dodged by the black swords woman. Pyrrha countered one strike and sent him flying backwards.

'There can't be this much difference in our abilities. The gap can't be this wide!" Jaune's thoughts were heard once more as he got and charged back in swinging his blade more ferociously than before. But still she blocks his attacks each and every time.

"He isn't even touching her!" Blake said in pure shock.

"Perhaps a little lesson is in sea that Ruby and Jaune hail from is called the east blue the weakest sea out of the four seas." Slayer informs the audience as their shock goes to fear in only the seconds it took two process this information.

"What ferocity you swordplay has…" Pyrrha said continuing to block his attacks which got more and more wild each time. Jaune wasn't listening, he was just thinking about how much stronger she was and about the promise he made long ago. He wasn't focusing on her words he wanted to beat her, he needed to beat her. He just keeps swinging his blades at her hoping to land a hit.

"What do you bear on your shoulders? What do you desire to gain when you achieve this power, weak one?" Pyrrha asked in the same bored tone. That question shocks Jaune for just long enough for her to send him flying back once more. Jaune glared at her before putting his blade over his shoulders and charging at her.

"TIGER TRAP" he shouted, bringing his word forward to culminate into three slashes in one swing. But as he closed the distance she struck, stabbing him straight in the chest.

"Shit! Jaune" Nora shouted as the rest of the students froze at seeing their leader be skewered by the knife.

"He was in over his head. This is how fools like him die" Cinder said with a smirk, only for a chain to toss her against the wall violently.

"You shall remain silent cowardly witch" Slayer said in an emotionless tone as the false maiden pulled herself back to her seat. The others paid her no mind not wanting to deal with her.

But instead of falling back or stepping away Jaune stood there unmoving, bleeding from his wound but still not moving away.

"Are you just going to let me pierce your heart? Why aren't you withdrawing?" Pyrrha asked her knife still embedded in the man's chest.

"I don't know why… but if I even withdraw one step… I feel like those various important things such as pledges and promises in the past will be shattered and I won't be able to come back to where I am now…" Jaune said gritting his teeth in pain. Pyrrha looked at him with the same emotionless stare.

"Yes, that's what defeat is about." she said in a serious tone. Even through his pain he chuckled at her.

"Then that's even more reason I can't withdraw." he said to her in a defiant tone.

"Even if you'll die?" she asked curiously

"I'd rather die!" Jaune answered pridefully.

"I'd rather you not!" Pyrrha shouted at her leaders counterpart.

"Jeez that amount of pride, I don't know who he sounds more like Raven or the Schnee" Qrow muttered lowly. Only for his sister to smack upside his head and Winter glaring at him.

'What a strong heart! So he chooses death over defeat.'Pyrrha thought to her staring at the man before pulling her knife gently out of his chest.

"Kid! State your name." She ordered the blonde man in front of her.

"Jaune Arc!" he shouted set him himself into a stance with his sword pointed in three different directions.

"I'll remember it, strong one! I Haven't seen anyone like you in a while… as a swordsmen courtesy I will sink you with the world's strongest black blade." she politely as she pulled the large black curved sword from her back.

'This'll be the last hit… If I miss, I die. What will it be? World strongest or death.' Jaune thought to himself as he and Pyrrha stared each other down.

"Fall." Pyrrha said calmly swinging her sword back and dashing towards him at fast speeds. Jaune began spinning the two swords in his hands at high speeds as he charged in to meet her.

"Three sword style secret move: three thousand worlds!" Jaune shouted appearing on the other side of their clash in a low stance. Pyrrha behind him, her blade pointed towards the as if she performed the end of a slash.

"Give the man some credit he gained the respect of the strongest there is!" Roman said smirking at the blonde on screen.

"That technique looks strong and very deadly but is it enough for him to win this?" Raven ponder watching the screen carefully.

For a brief moment they both held their stances neither one reacting nor moving at all. But as the dust settled from their clash the world decided to show its victor. The blades in Jaunes hands were sliced to pieces and two slashes appeared on his body.

'I lost. I'm no match for her. I never thought I'd ever lose… so this is the power of the world's strongest.' his thoughts were heard as he pulled the white sword from his mouth and sheathed it. At the same time Pyrrha began her second charge at him rearing blade back, only for eye to widen in shock as Jaune turns towards her arms held out with a grim look on his face.

"What are you…?" Pyrrha asked the strong swordsman in front of her.

"Scars on the back are a swordsman's shame" Jaune stated to her with a smirk

"Admirable." she replied with a small smile. Swinging her blade down delivering a mighty slash across his chest, sending him flying back into the water below.

They could hear her thoughts saying that he should not live so hastily but no one was listening. As the students released one loud scream of panic matched by Ruby's on screen counterpart.

"JAUNE!" x8

The teachers could only stare on as their student was once again killed before their eyes. Raven gave a solemn nod to the blonde swordsmen on screen. Salem watched on with a knowing look shared by her rival Ozpin. Cinder just smirked at a 'fool's death' that played before her.

Two men on a smaller boat shouted for jaune as well and then jumped into the water after him. Even with his wound he held his white katana in an iron grip.

At the same time ruby released an anger filled scream as she launched herself at the woman who hurt her friend. Pyrrha just sidestepped her attack and let ruby's head crash through a piece of the deck.

"Are you that young warriors' comrade? I'm impressed with you for not interfering." the swords woman said as Ruby tried to pull her head out.

"Your lucky he's still alive, you bitch." Ruby muttered to herself anger and embarrassment written across her face.

"There's nothing to be upset about your friend we'll live" Pyrrha said to her watching them closely as ruby now noticed Jaune on the small boats deck.

"My name is Pyrrha 'Hawkeye' Nikos! It's still too early for you to die. Learn about yourself! Learn about the world! And become strong, Jaune! No matter how many years it takes, I will hold this seat of the strongest and wait for you. With the raging mettle of your spirit, surpass this sword. Try and surpass me! JAUNE!" Pyrrha shouted at the man watching him be dragged onto the small boat, where Roman helped him aboard. The only response she got was Jaune raising his sword defiantly into the air.

The looks of pride and relief filled the room as they realized that the boy was alright.

"Jaune?" Ruby asked watching her crew member react to Pyrrha's pledge.

"You what is your goal?" the woman asked, curious about the friends of such a strong warrior.

"To be the pirate queen." Ruby replied in a serious tone.

"Your ambitions are as lofty as your friends'. That's quite a task." Pyrrha responded in an amused tone.

"You just let me worry about that." Ruby said sticking her tongue out at the woman. Before turning back to the boat her friends were in.

"Ruby!" Jaune's voice was heard causing her stare at him still holding his sword high.

"Did I worry you?... you need no less than the world's greatest swordsman right? I… I solemnly swear to never lose again! Until the day I defeat her and take her title! I will… Never be defeated! Is that okay QUEEN OF THE PIRATES!" Jaune shouted his oath to her with tears in his eyes. Pyrrha smirked at the man in front of her and ruby gave a large smile.

"Hehehe Yep!" the straw hat wearing girl said popping the 'p' as the screen fades out once more

"Damn straight it's okay! You better keep that promise you hear" Ruby said with a large smile happy that she had a friend like Jaune.

"Does he ever become the world's strongest swordsman?" Raven asked with a large amount of curiosity.

"Not yet, but he is the second strongest swordsmen in the world and is slowly getting stronger each day" Slayer replied, watching the next world be aligned quite fast.

"Does he get some new swords? Do any more people join their crew? Do they fight even stronger people?!" Nora asked at a rapid fire speed.

"Yes yes and yes. However, it seems this next world is wanting to be shown quickly so lets not keep it waiting." he said as they talked excitedly among themselves waiting for the new world to load in.


Hope you guys enjoyed this chapter as i sorta had to mix the original dub and the episode of the east blue to get it just right in my eyes. and I Hope you guys had a merry Christmas. And I'll see you guys next time.

Next time: "my sword has gotten very dull. However, it's three times as thick and three times as heavy as any normal sword. Pray you die quickly or this could be painful."