Hello my peeps!
Third chapter is here. And UGH, let me tell you all, the past few weeks have been nothing but a slow pace for me. I mean, like REALLY slow pace for me, as my mind's cogs just didn't want to work, but shocking enough, it's let me think of a new storyline for this story and i believe you all are going to like it and just as a heads up, this will be a bit of foresight for "A warrior of the past", namely about the yoma, Grimm, warriors and huntsman.
Another thing is my friend on Discord helped me come up with a good backstory for the yoma and Grimm, so thanks a lot my beta-reader.
So as always, I don't own Rwby or Claymore.
So please, read, review and "What the fuc-BOOM"
Chapter 2: Another is born
White.
That's all Teresa saw, as she looked around. Her frown deepen as she looked around but saw nothing but a blank white for miles and miles in...wherever in the twins name she was at?! Not to mention, all she had was her two piece body suit.
No armor.
No sword.
Hell, she didn't even have foot wear, she was bare foot, the fuck?
It truthful made Teresa shift her weight form one leg to the other, getting into a more defensive stance. Despite not really NEEDING her sword to fight, she'd be lying if she said, she didn't feel a little naked without it. She has used been using it for so long, it had become her only one true companion in her long life.
Even if it was just a sword.
Teresa could't help but feel her lips twitch and threaten to turn into a smile. Well, a certain SOMEONE would love-
"No."
Teresa shook her head,"Don't think about it damnit!"
After shaking off unwanted memories, she frowned again, looking around trying and failing to figure out where she was.
Seriously what was this place suppose to be?
Hell?
Teresa looked around once again and nodded.
Yep this was hell.
Had to be.
Why else, would she be stuck, wherever here was and have no to talk to or at the very least explain WHY she was here when she...Teresa knitted her eyebrows. Where was she before? She brought her hand to her forehead, tapping her right temple with her slim finger.
Her eyes widen in shock.
"That's right, i..."
She died.
Died at the hands of the kid. Teresa could't help but huff a bit.
Well okay, THAT was simply an embarrassing way to die. She let her sympathy for the kid override her and let her guard down when the child asked her to kill her. Twins talk about an amateur move. If it wasn't for the fact she was dead, she'd bet Irene would have laughed and hold this over her heads, for years to come. Teresa sighed and frowned to herself.
"Nice going Teresa, you let you're emotions get in the way and surprise surprise you're dead for it. Just fucking great."
Her frown deepen as she thought of Clare.
Was she alright?
Was she still alive?
Did the child fully awaken?
Hell if she did, then did Noel, Sophia and Irene even survive then?
Or did they grant Priscilla the only mercy a warrior who awakens, can be granted?
Teresa sighed, as she sat down crossing her legs. Guess there's nothing she can do about it now, she supposed. All she could do was pray to the twins Clare would be alright. But that still left one thing, as Teresa looked around again.
"Where the hell am i?"
She asked out loud, not really expecting an answer. After all she was the only one here.
"You are inbetween worlds, Miss Teresa."
Or not.
Wiping around and reaching for her claymore(Despite not having it) by nothing more then pure instinct alone, looking for the owner of the voice. She found the owner and saw a...A little girl? She wore a yellow summer dress with no foot wear, light blonde hair, fair skin and ocean blue eyes. She looked the picture of innocence but Teresa knew for a fact this was no normal little girl.
"H-her yoki i-it, it feels...BOTTOMLESS!"
Teresa felt breads of sweat fall form her forehead, never in all her time feeling such power in her entire life. She doubted even the abyss's ones all together could come even close to matching this kind of power.
"W-What is she?!"
How in the name of all things good and holy, did this little girl have so much power?!
It was insane!
What made it even worse, is Teresa could feel her power being surpassed,"Meaning she has even MORE!"
Twins above just how does she get into these situations, it's like she was a magnet for trouble and try as she might, she just could't get away form it. No matter how far she goes, it finds her!
What the hell?!
Then she remembered what the girl said,"What do you mean, i'm 'inbetween worlds'? And who are you?"
The girl smiled, one that put Teresa on the defensive. Little girl or not, the power she had was insane and years of fighting shape shifting demons had Teresa never once let her guard down.
She did once and that got her killed. If she noticed it, the girl didn't call her out on it. Even if she didn't have her sword, Teresa was more then capable of taking her hand to hand if needed. One does not rise to the rank of number 1 purely based on sheer power alone. Plus if she died, again to this little girl, despite how powerful she really is, it would destroy what little pride Teresa had left.
Getting killed by a bloody rookie of all things, whom was barely a teen, was severely embarrassing enough as it was.
Hey she might be dead, but she still had her pride damnit!
Never the less, even if she didn't have her sword, one does not become the best by learning only one ability. She knew how to fight hand to hand, but never fot the chance to really use it.
Yoma and awakened beings, don't exactly fight hand to hand either. No they liked to bite, tear rip and use there teeth. And like any other normal person, Teresa did not like to be bitten or torn apart, so she stuck with using her sword for the most part.
The girl, either oblivious or uncaring to how her power was putting the fear of god into Miss Teresa, spoke in a cheery tone.
"Like i said, Miss Teresa you are inbetween the realms of heaven, hell and the land of the living. Not alive, seeing as getting you're head chopped off tends to do that but you haven't moved onto the pure lands just yet. In essence you're soul is in purgatory Miss Teresa."
Teresa's furrows knitted together.
Okay, so she was dead that much was certain.
But why has she yet to move on?
What was keeping her here?
The only thing she could think of that had been tying her to the world was Clare and her only regret was leaving Clare alone. But that wasn't really something being left undone, so why was she still here then? Teresa remember she'd once heard people who die and don't move onto the next world, could't because they had some sort of regret or unfinished business that ties them to the physical world and prevents them form moving on.
Her eyes narrowed, unless...
"Okay, that explains where i am, but why am i here? And who or what are you? You are far too powerful to be a human, let alone a little girl. I have never seen you before, nor heard of you. The organization would NEVER let someone, let alone the abyss ones, so powerful be left alone. So either you have faced off against them and sacred them into submission to the point they left you alone or you're something else entirely."
She crossed her arms over her bosom and gave the girl a critical eye,"Your power is far to potent to be a warrior's and no where near as dark or corrupted as a yoma, let alone an awakened being. So what are you exactly?"
The girl just smiled and clapped her hands.
"Very good Miss Teresa. Smart enough to know a threat at a single glance, despite my...appearance. You were even able to figure out i wasn't one of you're kind nor a yoma. You truly deserve the title of number 1. But i think it would be an insult to call you Miss Teresa."
Teresa raised an eyebrow in confusion.
"And why is that?"
Then Teresa felt that same sinking feeling return, pooling into her stomach, like a hole had formed in her lower body and she felt her heart beat quicken. She could feel the hair's on the back of her neck stand up to full mast and every bone in her body, every single one of her battle instincts she had gained over her long life time, every single cell in her body was screaming at her, SOMETHING WAS WRONG!
What was this?
Why was she feeling so nervous all of a sudden?
Did she know THAT?
Teresa shook her head. No, that wasn't possible.
No one and i mean NO ONE, knows THAT particular secret.
Not even Irene.
However all her thoughts were cut off as soon as she spoke,"No. I think i should call you by you're REAL name."
"What are you talking about, Teresa is my real name."
Teresa glared as the girl smiled,"By you're second birth yes. But i'm talking about you're FIRST birth name, Jaune Arc."
The reaction was instantaneous, as the girl expected it to be.
With an explosion of blue/reddish aura, Teresa's aura swirled around her body, her eyes turning form sliver to demonic gold and round pupils becoming silts like a cat's eyes. Her muscles expanded, as her body suit strained to hold her new muscular but feminine frame, as veins become viable on her beautiful face. Her teeth became jagged and sharp and her finger nails become more claw like.
"HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT?!"
Teresa's voice took on a demonic tone to it, expressing her pure fury at THAT NAME! The one that had brought her so much shame, humiliation and pain. The very name alone, brought a great deal of pure, white hot rage to course through her veins like wild fire. Now, one might be wondering how a simple name can make the unmovable, cool headed and deadly Teresa of the faint smile lose complete control of her normally tightly controlled emotions.
Naturally, when one would take one look at Jaune Arc and Teresa, it would't be too far off to call them complete and utter polar opposite's of one another. In every sense of the word.
Jaune Arc was weak.
Teresa was strong.
Jaune Arc was slow.
Teresa was fast.
Jaune Arc was indecisive.
Teresa was not.
Jaune was talentless and spineless.
Teresa had monstrous potential and a spine of pure steel.
Jaune Arc was naive and friendly.
Teresa was cynical and cold.
Jaune Arc has not seen the world for the cruel and merciless place it really was.
Teresa...she has seen that and more.
So many would reason, these two would never meet under any circumstances. Never even cross paths, as one is a huntsman swore to fight the creature's of darkness, the Grimm. While the other one, was a warrior, swore to fight the yoma, the ones who eat humans. One has black fur with an animal appearance and dark glowing red eyes. The yoma however have a more humanoid appearance with gray or purple skin, with glowing golden eyes.
The only thing they have in common is they attack, kill and eat humans.
Not to mention the fact they come form two entirely different era's of time. Against two different types of monster's, Jaune and Teresa would never meet. But they don't need too, as Jaune and Teresa are "They" not "Them".
What nobody knew is that Teresa of the faint smile, is Jaune Arc's reincarnation.
At least, till now that is.
The deity simply shrugged off the KI(Killer intent) and said simply,"Tell me Mr. Jaune" the glare got worse, but the girl once again, ignored it,"How do you think, you were reborn?"
That made Teresa pause, as her mind went back to memories she had long since beaten, bashed and threw into the deepest regions of her mind, never to be heard form again.
Till now that is.
To recap, Teresa was once a boy known as Jaune Arc. A boy who wanted to be a hero, who wanted to be a huntsman. It was his dream form the time he could walk and since his family was not only made up of huntsman, but his ancestors were huntsman as well, one of the best in all of remnant. So one might assume he would be trained and become just like his ancestors and achieve his dream.
But here's the thing:
That dream was just that.
A dream.
One that would sadly not be achieved.
Jaune, while he had the determination and commitment to be a huntsman, Jaune was not a prodigy like his sisters. Because of this(In Teresa/Jaune's mind anyway) he just proved he was too weak. He didn't get it right off the bat and as such was worthless as a huntsman and thus his...FATHER, just gave up on him. But Jaune didn't give up, even when his father started to put his down on many things and degrading him in everything,
And as if a synchronized event had happened, his mother, sisters and even the villagers in the town started putting Jaune down in everything. Nothing ever being good enough had all but destroyed the boy's self-esteem.
But Jaune's desire, his fire, to be a huntsman never went out. If nothing else, it become a blazing inferno to prove them all wrong. Even after years of being put through hell by his family, his sister's bullying him and his parents doing nothing to stop it and friendless, Jaune was willing to sacrifice anything and everything to become a huntsman.
It is true he didn't have much skill's in fighting. Honestly he was real shit when it came to fighting, but he made up for it with his tactical mind, able to come up with the best plans in the most dire of situation's, with minimal casualties. His quick thinking has saved not only himself but those he once called a teammates. For you see, despite all their efforts, Jaune was able to make it into beacon academy, one of the best schools in remnant for training huntsman and the birth place of many legendary huntsman and there teams.
Such as team STRQ.
But, Jaune didn't get any formal training and with no way to enter the school, legally, Jaune had forged his transcripts to get into beacon. He naively thought such a thing would't be revealed. He naively thought he was in the clear. He naively thought that beacon would train him into the hero he wanted to be.
He was wrong.
For what happens in the dark, comes to light.
No matter what you do and it does at the worst of times.
However, when you're darkest secret is revealed it is then and only then, do you're true friends show themselves. It was after the forever falls trip, did a student named Cardin Winchester, leader of team CRDL, Jaune's bully and all around asshole, let it "Slip" about Jaune's forged documents. Completely ignoring the fact, Jaune saved his sorry ass, form an Ursa Major that HE drew in with his stupid need for "Payback."
The dumbass.
Afterword, many students wanted Jaune kicked out, his own team and partner included. However Ozpin revealed he already knew about them and made it a point to sorry beacon was HIS school and HE would decide who got to stay or not. With the information that Cardin not only blackmailed him but his little so called prank could have severely hurt someone, possible even killed them, team CRDL was expelled form beacon and blacklisted form all huntsman schools.
But that did very little to relief all that hate Jaune would come to face.
For mouths Jaune was picked on by every student, even Miss Goodwitch in combat class, with the only people standing beside him were headmaster Ozpin, Peter Port, Bartholomew Oobleck, team CVFY and team RWBY. The teachers while knowing he cheated his way in, didn't matter. As he passed the first test, while others who did indeed earn there way in, died in the first five minutes, training or no training. Plus he DID come up with a plan to deal with the ancient Deathstalker, thus as far as they were consider he earned his place in beacon.
As for team CVFY, Jaune had more then once stood up for their bunny teammate, Velvet more then once. He befriend the bunny fauns and helped her against Cardin, when they weren't around. As far as they were considered, he was there friend and so what if he forged a few papers? It's not like it's a huge crime or he was a former killer or something. Plus they personally found the whole "hating him for a few papers" beyond stupid and childish. They were above such childish things and notion's.
Team RWBY was different. They all had own various reasons for helping the young Arc and here as they follow:
Ruby's reason: You're my first friend here in beacon. You helped me more then anyone else here did. You didn't judge me for my age and haven't treated like i'm some stupid kid trying to play huntress. You weren't weirded out of my love of weapons, nor did you ditch me for my sister when we meet. So what if you forged some paper, you have the heart and soul of a true huntsman Jaune and i want to help you achieve that dream so we can become the best huntsman and huntress ever.
Weiss's reason: I'll admit, my first impression of you wasn't good and i was a little biased in that regard. You must understand all my life i have had people try to get close to me and be my "Friend" just to get my family's wealth and prestige. I saw you, as someone who wanted to use me, but then i saw you train harder then anyone i know. I saw you endure all the hate people spit at you, without faulting. I saw you defend someone without hesitation, despite having ever reason to want him dead and gone. You've impressed me Arc and have proven you're self to be a true huntsman. So lets start over Ar-i mean, Jaune.
Blake's reason: We have barely talked to one another, if at all. You have no reason to like me, trust me or even help me and yet when my past was revealed, you helped me. Despite all the wrong i have done and having no reason to, you decide to help keep a secret that could very well end not only my future, but you're's as well. You look beyond looks and see the person, people are inside, i like that. Plus, it be very hypocrite of me, to hate you over something like this, when i have far more to be ashamed of. So now, i like to get to know you, Jaune. And be friends with you, if you'll let me.
Finally, Yang's reason: Eh? So what, paper's are just simple words on a piece of some stale wood. Actions speak louder then words, Jaune and you proved that when you helped us take down that nevermore and deathstalker. Despite no training, you didn't coward, you didn't run, you stood you're ground and fought with the rest of us. That takes true strength Jaune and no paper can convince me otherwise, so you'd best get use to me being around vomit boy, cause i'm not going anywhere. The fact, you stayed friends with Rubes and didn't try to ditch her or for me or use her to get in my pants. You and i are good Jaune and nothing will change that. Least of all, some stupid paper.
After being kicked out of the room, team RWBY took him in. However this caused fraction's between the once two close teams and the rest of the student body. But with team's RWBY, CVFY, and the teachers(Minus GoodBitch) had shield the young Arc, but could't protect him all the time, even with him getting stronger and that was merely the tip of the iceberg. The final thing that broke the young Arc was, surprise, surprise, his family.
After word had gotten out Jaune had faked his way into beacon they were...less then pleased.
Nichols Arc had come to beacon to not only reclaim Crocea Mors, but disown his only son. But things didn't go as planned, as after being disowned, Jaune had done something no one thought he do. He snapped.
Jaune Arc a dog that's been kicked one to many times.
Jaune Arc a boy who dreamed of being a hero, simply for the sake of saving others form the darkness.
Jaune Arc a boy who trained for hours on end, till his body broke and his fingers bleed.
Jaune Arc a boy who tried to keep reaching for a dream, everyone told him he'd never reach.
Jaune Arc a boy with a weak body but a will of pure steel, who endured whatever life threw at him finally snapped.
He yelled, screamed at his father, loud enough for all to hear what Nichols Arc had done to make sure to destroy his only son's dreams for no other reason then believing he was worthless simply because he wasn't a prodigy. How he was crushed everytime he did something and it was never good enough. That he more then once thought about suicide just to end the pain his own SISTERS and FAMILY inflicted upon him. This shocked those listening in, none more so then the members of (J)NPR and Miss Goodwitch. Then he did something that shocked everyone to the core.
He destroyed Croscea Mors, snapped the once believed to be unbreakable blade in half.
As if it were just an old, weak, tree branch.
He spit in his father's face and told him he could't disown him, as he quit being an Arc. That his name was just Jaune and he would prove just how weak the Arc's really were and left a stunned father on the ground and many people in pure shock. Wordless Nichols left, but not before word spread to Vale and a mouth later all of remnant knew what the Arc family did to there only son.
The people who shamed Jaune, now look at him with pity and sorrow, while the Arc family became the new source of people irritation and ire. But Jaune was having none of that, as his anger has been lite aflame and everyone who wronged him was going to take the blunt force of it. Those poor, poor Grimm would receive the remaining of it.
But things changed when team (J)NPR and RWJBY gained a joint mission to protect a frontier town form Grimm attacks. With Miss Goodwitch they went to the town for their first real mission. Sadly however, Jaune always had the shittiest luck possible and it only reared it's ugly head at the worst of times. This was no exception and it seemed he really pissed lady luck off this time.
If that's possible.
Because the Grimm came in full force before the young hunters could even properly disembark the bullhorn. So in response, the two teams and huntress had the people broad the bullhorn, while they held back the Grimm. But it didn't matter, as Grimm just keep pouring in and by the time the bullhorn was full, they would have been ripped to shreds if they tried to take off. So Jaune did what any hero would do, he used himself as bait to draw the Grimm away(Despite his friends screaming NO and DON'T) giving them time to get away.
Jaune Arc, the faker of beacon, a stain on the legendary Arc clan, and all around loser, died a hero's death. He died doing his duty as a huntsman, not to kill Grimm but to protect the people form the creature's of darkness.
To the bitter end.
Thus Jaune Arc died and Teresa of the faint smile was born.
As for the woman herself, she glared at the deity,"What does that have to do with anything? I'm guessing YOU are the one who did this, but why? What do you get out of this?"
The Deity frowned, as she moved her hand, creating a white bench to appear, before she sat on it. She then patted the side, a universal sign for Teresa to join her on said bench. Despite standing and glaring for a few minutes and having no reason to join her, Teresa very reluctantly joined her on the bench.
"Tell me, Miss Teresa, how much do you know of the Grimm?"
A frown.
"Only that they have been mankind's and fauns's kind greatest enemy since they walked remnant."
A nod.
"That much is true, but what i'm asking is for there Origins. Where do they come form? No more importantly, WHY, do they hunt and eat humans and fauns alike? Why just hunt you for food, when they don't even attack animals."
Silence regained the empty void, as Teresa finally spoke after a few minutes looking down at her lap and her hands clenched tightly.
"I...i don't know. All we know, is that they have hunted us since the first man walked remnant. We know very little about them, despite them being our enemies forever. Never once have they ever given us a reason to think otherwise. We don't even know where they come form or why they hunt only humans or fauns."
A humorless chuckle escaped Teresa's lips,"Not like they need a reason."
"Sad but true. The Grimm are nothing more then mindless beasts, but they weren't always like that."
"What, ugly as hell?"
A laugh.
"Not quite. But considering what they looked like before, i think it's a major improvement."
A small smile, one that has been the last thing many saw last.
"I doubt that. But do tell me, deity, what were they before?"
"The Yoma."
Teresa really wasn't expecting an answer and the one she got left her slack jawed, staring wide eyed, at the girl in pure shock. Personally the deity found her expression funny as hell. After all, it's not everyday you make the unmovable, cold Teresa break her normally well keep stoic face into one of disbelief. Finally snapping out of her shock, Teresa stood up and said in a shaking voice.
"W-what the hell do you mean?! How is that possible?! Y-y-you sent me to a different world!"
The deity simply looked at Teresa and said,"No. I didn't. Before i tell you, tell me, what do you know of the gods of light and darkness?"
Teresa stayed silent for a few seconds, her brows furrowing in thought. She does remember a few fairy tails form her, Umm, Jaune's childhood and after a few minutes of thinking, she remembered.
"The two gods that created remnant. The god of light created the lands, the fields and all that lives, while his brother the god of darkness, created anything that would destroy that life. Including the Grimm. One day, the two gods fought, to end there fend and the older brother won. However rather then destroy the younger one, the older one proposed they make one finally creation together: Mankind. Then they abandoned remnant."
Teresa opened her eyes and gave the deity a flat look,"But that doesn't explain why you asked me that. Nor who or what you are."
The girl smiled, which did nothing to settle Teresa's nerves.
"Fair enough. I have gone by many names, i have seen the rise and fall of many empire's and civilizations alike. I have seen legends rise and fall. I have seen great men and woman alike, shape the future of not only there own fate, but entire cities, countries, nations and even this world time and time again. People like that come only once ever couple of centuries and the reason why YOU are here is because you are on of those extraordinary people of this era. You are the one who will help change the course of remnant. I am a god, a god of reincarnation and YOU Teresa of the faint smile or should i say, Jaune Arc, are the one who will save remnant form the Grimm and themselves."
If Teresa wasn't blown away before, there was no hope for her to return to natural state of mind. Throughout the now revealed god(Or goddess) revealed that she was the one who not only took his shattered soul and put it in another time period, Teresa eyes had widen the farthest they ever have and her jaw dropped so far, she's sure it dug a hole form Mistral to Atlas. Now to learn that the deity believed she, Jaune was one of the rare few that could change the world was...insane.
It didn't help the fact, Jaune has never really, truly gotten praise for anything and since her time as a claymore, Teresa was looked at with fear, hate and indifferent form humans and her fellow calymore's alike.
But that still didn't explain one thing, though...
Regaining her composer, Teresa looked at the god and said,"But i'm dead. How can i change anything?"
The deity just smiled, as she said,"Now now, that'll come later. But first you must learn the history of both the Grimm and the REAL reason the gods. Now please seat down, this is going to take a while."
So the god or goddess of reincarnation told Teresa everything. Form how humanity originally had magic rather then aura and how the brothers lived among mortals. How the Grimm were truly nothing more then a minor of concern and the tale about Ozma and Salem. How they met, fell in love and Ozma's death. She told Teresa how she pleaded with the god of light but he did nothing and how in her desperation, she went to the god of darkness but with his brother interfering, got her cursed with immortally.
Falling into despair and mounting rage against them, the deity told Teresa how Salem turned humanity against the gods, only to be quickly wiped out and she and she alone, remained alive due to there genocide. Because of this, Salem tried to kill herself by jumping into a Grimm spanning pool, only to be turned into what she is now. Form there, the god told Teresa how the god of light not only gave Ozma his mission but created the four relic's as well and Ozma's own curse. Form there she told him, how Ozma and Salem had a falling out, going form lovers to bitter enemies and Ozma's own time of falling into despair for a time, until he realized the only way to end this, was to destroy Salem. This included how Ozma was indeed the old wizard form the tale of the four maiden's that were infact real and were the only way to open the vaults where the relic's were kept. She also told Teresa about the sliver eyed warriors as well and there unique abilities to turn Grimm to stone with there power.
Teresa who'd stayed silent up until this point asked,"Okay while that is all shocking, that still doesn't explain how the yoma and my kind factor into this."
"That's actually quite simple really. You see, when the brother gods came here, they gave the yoma a choice. Turn back into human or be destroyed, i think you know how well that went don't you."
"They spit in the god's face's didn't they?"
It was more of a statement then question, as Teresa knew Yoma were quite arrogant and full of themselves, until they were beaten into a corner, then they start begging for mercy.
It was quite pathetic really.
The goddess nodded,"Quite, but a few DID take the offer to become human again, while all those who didn't weren't killed but TURNED into Grimm. So you see, you're world ended and the warrior's yoki aura, once turned back into human, became aura. So in reality, warriors ARE huntsman and the Grimm ARE yoma, just going by a different name and abilities that are much weaker."
Teresa nodded in understanding, but was still reeling in form everything she just learned, which the goddess could't blame her. It was quite a lot to take in and with what she was planning to ask of Teresa, she decide to gave the woman a few minutes. After a few minutes, Teresa looked at the deity and asked.
"Why tell me all this, i'm dead in both timelines, what can i do?"
"Seeing how the two gods are gone form remnant, i have free range to do as i please, within reason of course. As i am the god of reincarnation i can send those back into there world, if needed for the reason of keeping it moving. You see, Jaune, you're death was premature. Hell, even you're transcripts being revealed wasn't suppose to happen. You were suppose to live. But this has given me a unique opportunity to tip the scales in humanity's favor."
"What do you mean?"
Teresa asked with a raised eyebrow, making the deity sigh once more. Yeah, time to get down to businesses. Trying to convince Teresa to go along with her plan.
"Jaune, Salem is on the move again. The fall maiden, Amber was attacked by a woman called, Cinder fall. She used Salem's new Grimm creation to usurper half her power. She still alive, but is barely hanging on by a thread. Cinder is the one responsible for all the dust robbery's and will have the white fang attack beacon academy, thus not only destroy it but she will kill over a dozen people, including Ozpin and you're old partner. Remnant needs a hero Jaune, it needs you."
At Pyrrha's name being dropped, Teresa's eyes went cold, crossing her arms over her large bosom, as she asked in an equally cold tone."And why should i care? Ozpin will just go to another host and Nikos is a big girl. She knew what she was getting into. Besides' i have nothing left there, nothing to tie me to that world. And being a hero? Please, there's no such thing as hero's, i learned that the hard way, so please do give me one reason why i should care for people i have never met or ever meet. "
"Then what about Ruby then?"
Teresa froze as her eyes widen, Ruby? The deity noticed this and smirked, putting more pressure on her,"Did you forget Ruby and her team will be there to try and defend beacon as well? They will and they will lose. Horribly too. Yang would survive, but without an arm and without a sister, as Ruby will die trying to stop the large wyvern."
"You..."
Teresa eyes turned form sliver to gold, glaring at the girl, gritting her teeth, she spoke,"You're, going to blackmail me?"
"I'm not Jaune. This WILL happen, without you there. You're death caused a rift that destroyed the friendship Ruby has with Pyrrha, meaning when Cinder kills her, her sliver eyes would't awaken, as she needs to see a loved one's death, as agony is the only way to awaken it's power. I'm not trying to blackmail you Jaune, this IS what will happen, if you don't go back."
Teresa clenched and un-clenched her fist, glaring at the floor. Damnit, damnit, DAMNIT! What was she going to do, could she really just leave her first real friend to her death, while she could do something about it? She asked herself over and over again, but she already knew the answer:
She could't.
No, she would't.
Releasing a sigh, Teresa looked back at the goddess, her eyes sliver once again,"Alright. Send me back."
The deity clapped her hands,"Excellent."
"But..."
Teresa gave the deity her infamous faint smile,"A LOT of people are going to die, if you send me back."
"I expect nothing less form you, Jaune of the faint smile."
Teresa chuckled, Jaune of the faint smile eh? Had a nice ring to it.
With a move of her hand, the deity opened up a black and blue portal,"This portal will send you back to the village, hours after you're 'Death'. You will be returned to you're original gender and to sweeten the deal, i took the liberty of ensuring you have full acess to not only you're yoki aura, but you can awaken and NOT have to eat human guts as a results. You will have complete and utter control and i have returned to you, you're original aura as well."
"Well, someone knows how to treat someone."
Teresa chuckled, as the deity nodded with a smile, as Teresa walked toward the portal.
One step towards to remnant.
One step towards home.
One step towards destiny.
The time of Teresa of the faint smile was over and her legend has ended. But as the old saying goes, one legend dies, another is born. And the legend of JAUNE of the faint smile has began.
Done.
Whew, my god, you know guys, i did more then half this chapter in a day.
A DAY.
After WEEKS of staring at this, i'd FINALLY got the insprtion i needed to write this new chapter up and i can say, i'm quite proud of this. Also as a little teaser, i will say this:
It wasn't JUST warrior's and yoma, the gods offered to turn back human again. I meant ALL of them, this included awakened beings as well and one of them WILL play a huge role in this story. Who is it?
Not telling~.
And MY GOD is it hot out these days! Serouisly i felt like i'm being burned by the bloody air itself, that's how bad it is. So all i can say is this, stay frosty my peeps!
Devil out.