"That is enough JoJo for today." Blake turned the TV off. "I can't believe the fucker is alive..!" Yang snarled to herself as she clenched her hands. "Not only that, but the JoJo isn't very likeable." Weiss huffed. "Ughhh!" Ruby groaned as she leapt towards her bed.
Blake blinked at Weiss and Yang's statement. "Wait. Then won't that make Jotaro the perfect matchup for Dio?"
"Huh?" WY asked.
"I'm not saying Jonathan isn't that powerful, but he is too kind for his own good. This guy seemed like he won't show Dio mercy." Blake explained lamely. Weiss' eyebrows furrowed, but she did have a point.
Yang's scowl turned in to a grin. Blake frowned as she saw the blonde's expression "I shouldn't have said anythi-"
"BLAKE, YOU'RE IN LOVE!"
"HOW DO YOU ALWAYS COME UP TO THAT CONCLUSION?!"
. . .
Jotaro was sprawled across the couch, reading a book about aquatic Grimms he asked Jonathan to fetch in the library. The man himself was on his bed, reading about Atlas geography.
Dio was in a deep slumber, regaining his energy, compensating for not consuming any blood. Josuke was softly humming to himself as he fixed his hair in front of the mirror. Joseph and Giorno are through playing cards since they keep catching eachother attempting to cheat, they are now cleaning up from the mess they made.
'Impressive, he doesn't have any stand ability whatsoever yet he can detect my ruse.'
'This kid is going places, he is only 15 yet he is cunning as hell.'
For some reason, Jotaro was feeling a bit uneasy. "Hey. Let's continue watching that... RWBY thing."
They all stopped what they're doing and turned at him. Even Dio woke up iust to stare at him.
"... What?" He asked.
Joseph's expressionless face turned to a smile. Jotaro frowned "Nevermind."
"JOTARO, YOU'RE IN LOVE!"
"Shut up, old man."
"I'd love to!" Jonathan got down from his bed and walked towards the couch. "Just a sec." Josuke combed his hair a bit. "Hmph. I guess it is amusing." Dio merely floated towards the couch "Operate this box, you fools."
"It's called a television, padre." Giorno fetched the remote and sat next to his good father.
An overhead view of Emerald Forest, where a black bird is flying slowly and magnificently, right up to the moment it gives a final shriek and Ruby crashes through it in a burst of feathers as she plummets downward.
Ruby: Birdie, no!
Josuke wheezed and bursted out laughing, Jonathan chuckled. "Pathetic bird." Dio muttered. Giorno simply raised an eyebrow as he tried to recollect what happened previously. "They were launched towards the forest by a catapult floor." Jotaro answered Giorno as if he can read his mind, surprising him.
Ruby fires off a few rounds from Crescent Rose to slow her down, then turns the weapon into its scythe form to catch the branch of a tree in her blade and fall downward at a slower pace. The men are somewhat impressed by her creativity with her weapon.
"Isn't she lovely?" Joseph leaned and rested his elbow at Giorno's shoulder. "Isn't she won~der~ful?" Joseph said in a sing song voice. "Is that Stevie Wonders..?" Josuke drifted off.
Weiss, armed with Myrtenaster, summons a white snowflake circle under her and leaps off of it to the forest below.
"I wonder what those are..." Jonathan muttered at the sight of glyphs.
Ren descends (with Nora Valkyrie briefly being seen next to him at a faster speed)
"When will that ginger girl be NOT annoying?" Jotaro asked.
Ren spins in the air, eventually using StormFlower's blades to spiral around the trunk of a large tree and hit the ground, brushing off his clothes before looking up to see...
Yang: Woo-hoo! Yeah! Alley-oop!
"My darling!" Joseph cheered.
Yang, soaring right over the treetops, is using her gauntlets and its fiery force to push her through the air further and further north, spinning and laughing with each blast.
Joseph squeed, a sound which even his son finds adorable "She is so damn cute!"
Josuke smiled at the sight of his dorky father before realizing "Wait, if you stayed faithful then will I still be born?!"
Yang crashes through the leaves of a tree and leaps off two trunks to tumble to the ground.
Yang: Nailed it! (runs off)
"Ughh, Imma nail YOU." Joseph purred. Earning a smack from Jonathan, to which Jotaro found satisfying.
Pyrrha, her weapon in sword form and armed with a shield, crashes through several trees and rolls on a branch, immediately shifting her blade into a rifle. "This Red is more competent than the Ruby red. You should choose this one, Giorno." Dio told him, causing the younger blond to groan.
Pyrrha continued looking through the scope at Jaune as he continues to scream and fall helplessly.
The vampire chuckled at the sight "Hah! Imbecile."
Pyrrha coolly transforms her weapon again to its spear form, takes a moment to evaluate her throw, and rockets the javelin deep into the forest until a "THUNK!" is heard.
Jaune: (in the distance) Thank you!
"Wait, did it... Skewer him?" Josuke asked.
Pyrrha: (waving) I'm sorry!
"That's not how you respond to a thank you." Jotaro snarked.
In the middle of the forest, Ruby lands in a crouch, then darts off with a single mantra in her mind.
Ruby (thinking): Gotta find Yang! Gotta find Yang, gotta find Yang, gotta find... (shouting) Yang! Yaaaang!
"Yang's mine! Take Giorno!" Joseph yelled. "Quiet." Giorno snarled.
Ruby: (internally, now seeing herself partnered with various people) Oh, this is bad, this is really bad... What if I can't find her? What if someone finds her first? Well, there's always Jaune.
"Not that bonehead! Take my son!" Dio yelled. "For crying out loud!" Giorno groaned.
Ruby: He's nice. He's funny! ...I don't think he's very good in a fight, though. Ooh! What about Blake?! So mysterious, so calm... Plus she likes books! Then again, I'm not sure I'd be able to hold a conversation with her... Ugh! (shakes her head of daydreams) Okay... Who else do I know in this school? There's Yang, Jaune, Blake, aaaand...
Time seems to slow down as Ruby skids to a halt in front of Weiss as she is turning to face her. She stops just in time for their eyes to meet and a pregnant pause follows.
"The bitch." Jotaro shrugs. "That's not very nice!" Jonathan scolds. "That's the point." Jotaro answers.
This ends when Weiss turns on her heel and walks the other way.
Ruby: (following her slightly) Wait! Where are you going?! (stops and kicks the ground dejectedly) We're supposed to be teammates...
"D'awww... Giorno can be your teammate." Josuke smiled teasingly at the blond. "When will this torment end?" Giorno yelped.
Weiss is seen struggling through the forest, giving an occasional grunt or "Ow!" as she pushes plants out of her way. She brushes herself off and sighs in relief when she hears a voice above her. "Ughh, she is so stuck up. What is wrong with her?" Jotaro mutters.
Jaune: (apparently struggling to free himself) Come on, come on! Stupid...!
Weiss sees Jaune hanging a few feet in the air by the spear embedded in his hood and the tree behind him. As he gives up trying to pull it out, he looks down and sees Weiss, giving an embarrassed wave.
"Heh. It's either Red or this buffoon. Choose wisely." Dio chuckled. "Dio, stop being mean to Jaune." Jonathan scolds. "Wait, he just made a pu- Choose WEISSLY." Joseph dumbly grinned, his son and uncle rolled their eyes.
Weiss simply heads back in the direction she came from and Jaune groans in dejection.
Weiss: (as she passes Ruby and pulls on her hood) By no means does this make us friends.
Ruby: (overjoyed as she's dragged away into the bushes) You came back!
"A wise choice." Dio smiled. "A WEISS CHOICE." Joseph obnoxiously adds. "Joseph... Stop." Giorno said.
Jaune: (seeing the scene and waving his arms) Wait! Come back! Who's going to get me down from here?!
Pyrrha (below): "Jaune?" (he looks down at his savior) "Do you... have any spots left on your team?"
Jaune: (crossing his arms) Very funny... (he eventually looks down at her and gives a smile, which she returns)
"Why is he avoiding Pyrrha anyways?" Jonathan asked in confusion. "I know right?! If that was me, this show would have been rated 18+!" Joseph laughed, only to receive a glare from his grandfather.
The scene changes to Weiss trudging through the forest, with Ruby back a ways behind her.
Ruby: What's the hurry?
Weiss: I will not let my mission be delayed because you're too slow! I swear, if I get a bad grade because of your— (a smiling Ruby suddenly appears next to her) What the...?
Ruby: I'm not slow, see? You don't have to worry about me!
"That was quick." Josuke muttered. "Captain Obvious." Jotaro snarked. "How did she do that exactly?" Giorno asked.
Weiss: (looking back, slightly amazed) When did...?
Ruby: Weiss, just because I don't exactly know how to deal with people doesn't mean I don't know how to deal with monsters! (gets an arm around a skeptical Weiss' shoulders) You're about to see a whole different side of me today, Weiss, and after it's all over, you're going to be like, "Wow! That Ruby girl is really, really cool... (somewhat mousily) and I wanna be her friend!"
"Giorno wants to be your friend." Josuke teased. "No I don't. I can't believe you're in this too, I'm disappointed." Giorno facepalmed. "Yeah! He doesn't wanna be her friend, he wants to be more than that!" Joseph grinned. Gold Experience turned his scarf in to a burmese python as the blond had enough, he got up and attempted to walk off but Jonathan grabbed his arm "Hey! Where are you going?"
"If they're not going to stop teasing me, I'll just take my leave." Giorno said. "They will." Jonathan said before glaring at his descendants. "Don't give me that look, I'm innocent." Jotaro waved off.
Ruby disappears in a shower of rose petals, which Weiss waves away from her face just as she hears crackling and rustling in the bushes around her.
Weiss: (calling out to Ruby) You may be fast, but you still excel at wasting time! (silence, save more noises) Ruby? (the forest darkens, forcing Weiss to lean in to try and find her new partner as a pair of red eyes are seen glaring behind her) Ruby...?
"Behind you." Dio grinned, excited to see the Grimm in action.
The camera revolves around Weiss, as multiple pairs of red eyes stare at her from the bushes and a deep growl is heard. She turns around until she spots a large, jagged Beowolf emerging from a bush and approaching her.
Weiss: Ruby!
"That is NOT Ruby." Josuke gulped.
The Beowolf roars as the scene goes black and the ending credits play.
"Well, that was disappointing." Jotaro mumbled. "I wholeheartedly agree, that is a very infuriating cliffhanger, I want to witness those Grimms in action!" Dio snarled. Josuke's Crazy Diamond grabbed the remote and played the next episode.
An overhead view of the Emerald Forest as the camera pans down into the misty underbrush, where Yang Xiao Long is walking and looking around.
Joseph can't help but smile. Jonathan tilted his head "Wow, you must really take a liking on her."
"Of course! She is like, the female version of me!" Joseph giggled. "Someone I'd avoid." Jotaro snarked.
Yang: (calling out) Helloooooooo? (not seeing a shadow quickly pass by) Is anyone out there? Helloooo?" (stops and raises her arms) I'm getting bored here! (hears a rustling in the bushes behind her and turns) Is someone there? (the rustling continues as Yang comes over and peaks inside) Ruby, is that you?
"It is not. I, Dio, am sure." Dio crossed his arms.
A low, inhuman growl is heard, and Yang's head rises up as she stares at the creature. "Well, I guess this won't be boring after all." The vampire smiled.
Yang: Nope!
Yang quickly rolls to the side as an Ursa charges out of the green. She gets up and activates her Ember Celica, staring at the monster before another Ursa runs out behind her.
"Her weapon is really interesting." Giorno points out. "What is it exactly?" Josuke asked.
She leaps over it, and its companion runs at her again, only to get knocked back by a fiery punch.
"Aw yeah! That's it!" Joseph cheered.
The other Ursa and Yang charge at each other, and Yang manages to get under it and deliver several punches and a kick to send the creature back.
"It is also a gun, huh?" Jotaro mumbled.
Yang: You guys wouldn't happen to have seen a girl in a red hood, would you? (the Ursai merely growl at her) You could just say "no".
One of the Ursai stands on its legs and swipes at her twice, Yang barely dodging the attacks.
"Those bears are pathetic!" Dio said. "I don't know, they seemed to be more threatening than your zombies." Jonathan comments. "Stuff it, JoJo!" He snarled.
Yang: (laughing) Geeeez, you two couldn't hit the broad side of a ba...
Before she can complete her insult, a single strand of her golden hair falls in front of her face and lands on the forest floor.
"What's gonna happen now?" Giorno asked. "You can literally just watch." Jotaro told him.
Yang: You... (closes her violet eyes, then opens them to reveal red, making the Ursai look at each other confusedly before Yang screams) You monster! AAAAAAAAAAARRGHHHHHH!
"TOTALLY RELATABLE!" Josuke stood up and yelled.
An inferno surrounds Yang for a moment, and she rockets forward, unleashing a devastating combo of flaming hits and blows on the offending Ursa, making it fly through several burning trees.
"Oh my! Quite the fiery temper!" Jonathan covered his mouth in shock. "Her punches looks like they are covered in piss colored ripple. But that can't be, that monster isn't burning." Dio analyzed.
Giorno's face scrunched. Jotaro just hummed.
The other monster runs over, but stops short at Yang's gaze while a tree falls to the ground behind her.
Yang: What! You want some, too?!
"Hey Josuke, you've got anger issues regarding your hair too, right?" Joseph asked. "Yeah, but come on, don't put it like that." Josuke mumbled as his father laughed.
"Wait... If you did fell in love with Yellow, and Yellow has hair issues like me. I might still be born..!" Josuke concludes with his insane logic. "Si, but you have a chance of being blond." Giorno teased.
The Ursa rears up and prepares to strike... right when a whirling noise is heard and the monster makes a befuddled noise, falling down a second later to reveal Blake Belladonna with her Gambol Shroud in the beast's back.
"Hmm. She stole her kill." Jotaro smiled. "Ah come on, I wanna see my Yang go apeshit! Black really is your female version, you're both such killjoys!" Joseph whined.
Yang pants in exhaustion while Blake recalls the weapon back to her hand, sheathing it on her back and smiling to the side (or the audience, if she broke the fourth wall).
"Oh, she is smiling at us." Jonathan said. "At Jotaro perhaps." Joseph grinned.
Yang, now purple-eyed again, speaks to her new partner over the smoking remains of the monster.
Yang: I could've taken him.
. . .
"Coco told us that it was our turn to add some sparkles to the hall, so DON'T watch any other episodes without us." Yang told Blake and Ruby.
"Yeah yeah." Ruby sulked as she opted on playing with her scroll whilst Blake climbed up to her bed to continue reading a book about Ninjas of Love.
"Lets go, Weiss."
As the two walked outside, Yang noticed that Weiss was a bit quiet.
"Still upset that the freak is still alive?" The blonde asked. "Uh huh." Weiss sighed.
"The feeling is mutual, don't worry." Yang replied reassirungly. Dio's survival definitely ruined their day.
"Yang, do you think we can beat the Joestars?" Weiss asked out of the blue. The brawler looked at the heiress as if she just lost her arm.
She chuckled "Look, I know I once said I am a fighter, not a lover, but I would rather love Joseph than fight him. Like I will love the fuck outta him if you catch my drift." Yang winked.
"Eww! You're a pervert, you need help." Weiss huffed.
"Ah come on! Atleast I am honest about it, unlike you." The blonde teased.
Weiss was about to bite the bait but she just sighed "I just, thought about it. I mean, I think we are well equipped than them so if hypothetically, we get to fight them, I think we might win. Take you and Jonathan for example. He is strong, but I know you are stronger and faster. I don't want to admit it but you can definitely take him on."
Yang thought about it for awhile and tried to imagine a scenario where Jonathan is a bad guy, which is definitely impossible given how much of a saint he is but like Weiss said, hypothetically.
"I mean, Dio did outclass him too but he still beat his ass didn't he?" Yang asked. "... If he did won then Dio won't be alive right now." Weiss mumbled bitterly.
"Ah come on! I think Dio being a head was an asspull! You and I know he definitely stomps him had Erina not distract his buff beautiful butt back in the ship." The blonde grinned.
Weiss was still somewhat unconvinced.
"And besides! If we're going to powerscale them, I'd say Jonathan was way stronger than Dio because he managed to wrestle vampire Dio and impale him with the statue despite not having any hamon at the time. Just imagine Jaune subduing an Ursa Major! That's how ridiculous that was!" Yang smiled.
"But-"
"Weiss. If I learned anything from those two beautiful boys, is that they are capable of overcoming unbelievable odds through willpower and cunning. And we, as aspiring Huntresses, should take a page outta their books! One of the reasons I love em! But don't worry, Jonathan is yours and Joseph is mine." The brawler gave the heiress a toothy grin.
"Thanks, it made me feel better..." Weiss returned the gesture, before giving the blonde a playful punch to the shoulder.
As they reached the hall, Yang suddenly snapped "HOW CAN WE FORGET THAT THEY ARE HERE IN REMNANT?!"
Weiss' eyes widened, she totally remembers now.
"We should ask them to dance with us!" The heiress replied with a grin. "Dance? No way! I'm taking my JoJo out back and make out with him!" The blonde brawler said with excitement.
"Oh really? Didn't you turn in to a shy girl when Joseph entered our room?" Weiss mocked. "I wasn't prepared! But I swear! I will... Atleast kiss his cheek!" Yang lowered her goal to avoid high expectations from Weiss.
"Why not go all out? Didn't you say back then during our field study in Forever Fall that you don't fear anything?" The heiress continued to tease.
Yang cupped and squuezed her cheek "Why are you like this?"
"Ow! I'm just giving you the comeuppance you deserve after you bullied me throughout Phantom Blood!" Weiss whined.
As they entered, the crimson carpet has already been laid out and they saw a few guards setting up a few tables.
Seeing as they only need to point and say rather than doing manual labor, just examined what needs more fixing as Team CFVY already laid out a good foundation for the place.
"Okay, people! The vases are looking fantastic!" Yang yelled as the guards fixed the place.
"The banner goes up there!" Weiss pointed.
"Atleast we can have some conversation starter." Weiss folded her arms as they inspected the decor. "For you and Jonathan, yes. But I just think it would be lame if I walked up to Joseph and be like, "Sup, like what we did to this place?" Yang countered.
"Well, seeing as you're quite a presentable girl, I wouldn't be surprise if Joseph tried to hit on you on sight." Weiss offhandedly comments.
"REALLY?!" The blonde replied, riled up.
. . .
Blake suddenly shut her book, startling Ruby.
"Ruby! I totally forgot!" The faunus yelped as she crawled towards the edge of her bed to face the leader.
"What what what?" She asked.
"The Joestars are here, remember?!"
Ruby's eyes sparkled before she squealed "You're right! Oh gosh, I'm gonna have a field day asking them tons of stuff!"
"Wait." Blake pondered about it before continuing "You can only ask Jonathan and Joseph stuff since we already finished their story."
"Oh, right. I mean, yeah I don't want to spoil myself too if I asked Jotaro or the other two..." Ruby shrugged. "Knowing Jotaro, he'll probably shut you away." Blake mumbled.
"Oh I see..." the leader grinned.
"What?"
"Don't worry, Blake. I won't talk to your JoJo."
"Oh stuff it." Blake rolled her eyes.
"Blake and Jotaro sitting on a tree!" Ruby chirped as Blake groaned "What are you, 9?"
But she remembered a hard counter, the faunus smirked "Well, atleast I only have ONE JoJo. Unlike you."
Rubh stopped singing and pouts "What do you mean by that?"
"So, do you prefer Mr. Pompadour, or Mr. Cornet?" Blake giggled.
The five Joestars suddenly shuddered.
"Hm? What is wrong with you fools?" Dio asked. "I just felt a sudden chill for some reason." Giorno mumbled. "Right? It feels like someone is talking about us..!" Joseph mumbled. "The room temperature is low but it shouldn't make us feel like that." Jonathan said.
"Yeah, it's getting weird." Josuke adds. "Such weaklings, I didn't feel anything." Dio insulted.
"Huh. Maybe this asshole didn't feel it because he is undead." Jotaro said.
"Undead and superior." The vampire boasts.
The scene suddenly changes to Weiss Schnee's predicament from the end of "The First Step, Pt.2", deflecting the swipe from a Beowolf with her Myrtenaster and getting pushed back into the middle of the beastly circle. She holds out her sword as she goes through her dueling motions and practices.
"Oh, I like her weapon. Such elegance and grace with that rapier." Jonathan complimented. "She hasn't even attacked yet." Jotaro said.
Weiss: (in her head) Remember your training, Weiss. Head up, shoulders back, right foot forward — not that forward! — slow your breathing, wait for the right time to strike, and... (brings her rapier up, the revolver spinning) Now!
Weiss dashes forward with her loaded weapon at the Beowolf in front of her, just when Ruby suddenly appears between the two in a blur of rose petals and a swipe of her Crescent Rose scythe, landing a hit on the monster.
"Oh." Dio muttered.
Ruby: Gotcha!
Weiss widens her eyes and screams as she quickly has to stop, swinging the sword in a random direction and creating a line of fire that sets a nearby tree ablaze, followed quickly by the rest of the forest around the clearing.
"Sheesh, that is some insane firepower." Joseph muttered. "That was freaking kewl!" Josuke exclaimed.
Ruby, distracted by Weiss' mess-up, is barely defended when the same Beowolf scratches at her weapon, knocking the younger girl into the heiress. "Ah, the blunder continues." Dio shook his head. "Give them a break, pa. They are kids." Giorno said.
The vampire gave him a stern look "You're the same age as Red."
Ruby: Hey, watch it!
Weiss: Excuse me! You attacked out of turn! I could have killed you!
Ruby: You'll have to try a lot harder than that...
"Ohhhhh! That's pretty boss of her!" Josuke cheered. "Hmmm..." Giorno hummed, earning a grin from his nephew.
The duo wield their arms as the pack of Beowolves whine and growl around them. Ruby reloads her scythe just as a flaming tree falls near them.
Weiss: (grabbing Ruby's arm) We have to go!
She leads Ruby out of the blaze as it engulfs the grass and sets the Grimm to running back the way they came or suffering in the fire. "That was an absolute disaster." Jotaro comments. "Well, they tried." Jonathan smiled sheepishly.
Ruby and Weiss stop a safe ways from the smoke and flames. Weiss leans over and pants as Ruby looks behind her.
Ruby: What was that?! That should've been easy!
"Oh, they're gonna fight." Joseph muttered.
Weiss: Well perhaps if you had exercised even the slightest amount of caution with the placement of your strikes, I wouldn't have set the forest on fire!
Ruby: (scoffs) What's that supposed to mean?
Weiss: I'm just surprised someone who talks so much would communicate so little during an encounter!
Ruby: Well, I'm sorry you need my help to win a fight. I'm just fine on my own!
Weiss: Well, congratulations on being the strongest child to sneak your way into Beacon. Bravo!
"I'm kinda with Weiss on this one." Josuke muttered. "Annoying as she is, I would have been pissed as well if for some reason Polnareff decided it'd be a great time to place himself between an enemy stand user and my Star Platinum." Jotaro agreed with his uncle.
Weiss begins to walk off on her partner yet again. Ruby, with an agitated shriek, unfolds Crescent Rose, slices a tree down to the stump, refolds it back, and follows her partner as the tree crashes behind her. "Now that is just childish." Giorno jeers before glaring at Joseph "And I, don't like girls or anyone else for that matter, acting like that." That was a flat out lie however, Giorno was quite fond of Narancia.
"Huh? You saying I'm childish or something? Because you're totally right!" Joseph teased, agitating the blond even more.
"You and I share that trait, son. JoJo is quite the immature brat himself." Dio smirked at his son. "Oh stop corrupting him." Jonathan dismissively told him.
Neither notice the large dark feather floating onto the fallen trunk behind them.
Meanwhile across the Forest, Pyrrha Nikos, armed with Miló and Akoúo̱, and Jaune Arc are making their way through the bushes. Jaune hears a noise far away and turns his head.
Jaune: Did you hear that?
Pyrrha: Gunfire. It seems some of our comrades have encountered the enemy.
They keep moving forward, Jaune still staring in the sound's direction as Pyrrha raises a branch to pass by and accidentally releases it right at Jaune's face, flooring him instantly.
"Hah!" Dio chuckled.
Pyrrha: (looking back behind her) Jaune! I'm sorry!
Jaune: (laughs, lowering his hand from his cheek to reveal a gash from the wooden recoil) It's okay. Just a scratch! (gets back up when Pyrrha approaches him)
"Is it just me, or she apologizes alot?" Josuke asked. "She does." Jotaro muttered.
Pyrrha: Why didn't you activate your Aura?
Jaune: Huh?
Pyrrha: Your Aura.
Jaune: My what?
Pyrrha: Jaune, do you... know what Aura is?
Jaune: (waves the question off, avoiding eye contact) Psch! Of course I do! Do you know what Aura is?
"The hell is an aura?" Joseph asked.
Pyrrha smiles at him and gets ready to explain as the scene changes to Lie Ren's trek through the forest's tall grass.
Pyrrha (off-screen): Aura is the manifestation of our soul. It bears our burdens and shields our hearts. Have you ever felt you were being watched without knowing that someone was there?
"So is it like a stand or something?" Josuke asked, giving Jotaro a questioning look. "A manifestation of one's soul is what the old man told me." Jotaro told him. "I didn't tell you shit, I don't even know what a stand is!" Joseph yelled.
Jaune (off-screen): Uh... yeah.
Ren stops and narrows his eyes, looking around him while a huge black Grimm serpent rises up from the grass behind him and quickly surrounds him with its large, hissing body. Ren adopts a fighting stance as the snake coils together in front of him and attacks with its long fangs.
The men silently watched as they listened to Pyrrha's explanation.
Pyrrha: (back on screen, walking around Jaune) With practice, our Aura can be our shield. Everyone has it, even animals.
"Judging by this buffoon's reaction, he doesn't have any aura. Therefore, he is lower than an animal." Dio chuckled. "Hey, don't be so hard on Jaune. You don't have an aura too, Dio. So does that mean-" Jonathan was interrupted. "Silence!" The vampire snarled.
Jaune: What about monsters?
Pyrrha: No. (switching back to Ren as he leaps out of the way, the snake's mouth hitting the ground and instantly coming up again to hit a jumping Ren back with its snout) The monsters we fight lack a soul. They are creatures of Grimm, the manifestation of anonymity. (Ren lands in a crouch when the serpent encircles him again, and he unleashes his StormFlower before jumping up and firing at the creature) They are the darkness, and we are the light.
Jaune (off-screen): (as Ren kicks the snake's snout and slashes at its head) Right, that's why we fight them!
Pyrrha (off-screen): It's not about why; it's about knowing. (the snake flows around Ren and tries to bite him again, but he flips over it and drives his weapons into its head, pausing a moment without sensing the serpent's white head behind him) Understanding dark and light helps us manifest our Aura. Everyone has some of both.
'Would be interesting if I have my vampirism and aura... But then again, these two having auras would be a handful.' Dio frowned, looking at the hamon users.
Ren turns and looks up at the white head as it launches itself at him, dodging it and landing just in time to see the head slither towards him. As it gets closer, he runs at it and leaps onto the black head, sliding over its body and blasting the other head.
Pyrrha (off-screen): By baring your soul outward as a force, you can deflect harm. All of our tools and equipment are conduits for Aura. You protect yourself and your soul when fighting. (Ren is unprepared for the white half to hit him with its head, knocking him off as he drops his weapons, and leaving him to merely raise his arms and distantly cry "No!" to the mouth of the black head)
Jaune: (opens his eyes with the revelation) It's like a force field!
Pyrrha: Yes, if you want to look at it that way.
Ren is now holding the front fangs of the colossal snake in his hands, glowing a faint, pulsating pink as he grips the teeth and yanks them from the monster's mouth, causing it to flail away. It attempts to bite him again, but Ren spins to the side and stabs a fang into its eye, rotating his arm to deliver a final blow that drives the makeshift weapon into its skull, which ripples, expands, and blows apart in a dark mess as its headless body falls over its fellow creature. Wasting no time, Ren runs right at the white head.
The team however, aren't that much impressed with the monster. Jonathan is the strongest human, Dio has superstrength, Joseph fought creatures which are far more lethal in terms of killing, Jotaro and Josuke's stands have A in Destructive Power, Giorno knows how snakes work and how to kill them.
"I must say, Ren's athleticism is quite neat." Jonathan compliments. "I, Dio, can bet that I can do all those without my vampirism." Dio smugly crossed his arms, having been the most agile player in their rugby team.
Josuke was stoic, observing the giant snake Grimm, before realizing something "WAIT IS THAT THING A FREAKING REPTILE?!"
"Si? What of it?" Giorno asked. "I'M SCARED OF THOSE!" he shrieked.
"Took you quite some fucking time, huh?" Jotaro said in annoyance.
Pyrrha: (walking up to Jaune and touching the side of his head) Now, close your eyes and concentrate.
Jaune: (complying) Uhh... Okay.
Pyrrha smiles and closes her own eyes, opening them as her skin glows and her irises shrink before shutting them again. The two stand there, now with Pyrrha glowing a faint red and Jaune a bright white.
Pyrrha: (mentally speaking) For it is in passing that we achieve immortality.
"Been there, done that." Dio boasted.
Pyrrha: Through this, we become a paragon of virtue and glory to rise above all, infinite in distance and unbound by death. (placing a hand on his chest) I release your soul, and by my shoulder protect thee. (Pyrrha stops glowing red and hunches over in tiredness)
Jaune: (still glowing, concerned) Pyrrha?
Pyrrha: (getting back up) It's all right. I used my Aura to unlock yours, but the energy that protects you now is your own. (grins as she watches the scratch close up and vanish) You have a lot of it.
Jaune: (smiling and looking at his hands as the glow stops) Wow...
"Not even a thank you." Jotaro snarked. "I know right? If it were me I would have rewarded her with alittle something something!" Joseph purred.
At the same time, Ren stands atop of the body of his enemy, sliding the weapons into his sleeves and brushing them off before a strange, animal-like noise is heard above him twice. "So it's dead and we have another monster from above. Can this guy get any break?" Josuke said.
He looks up and meets the upside-down eyes of Nora Valkyrie.
"Another monster. Kill it." Jotaro said.
Ren: (chuckles) I still don't think that's what a sloth sounds like.
In response, Nora gives her friend a "Boop!" on the nose, causing him to smile and the scene cuts to black as the credits roll.
"Next episode, come on!" Jonathan said. "I wish Brozpin would like, let us kick some Grimm ass." Joseph wished. "I, Dio, agree." He said with a nefarious smile.
Josuke grinned as he pressed the next episode. Things are getting interesting.
The episode starts with a view of Professor Ozpin watching the students on his Scroll at the Beacon Cliff overlooking the Emerald Forest when Glynda Goodwitch walks up behind him, holding her own tablet.
"I just noticed that I haven't seen a single ugly girl in this campus." Joseph points out.
Glynda: The last pair has been formed, sir. (taps the screen to show the ending scene of "The Emerald Forest") Nora Valkyrie and Lie Ren. Poor boy... I can't possibly imagine those two getting along. Still, he's probably better off than Miss Nikos. (the video changes to Pyrrha and Jaune Arc's trek through the woods)
"Yeah. Poor boy." Jotaro mentioned.
Ozpin: Mmmm...
Glynda: I don't care what his transcripts say. That Jaune fellow is not ready for this level of combat. (deactivates the tablet, walking back a little) I guess we'll find out soon enough. At their current pace, they should reach the temple within just a few minutes. (turning back to Ozpin) "Speaking of which, what did you use as relics this year? (silence) "Professor Ozpin?"
"I think it kinda balances out, a talented warrior and an incompetent one. It's a good pair. Could be better but it could be worse." Jonathan said. "That was surprisingly rude of you." Jotaro comments. "N-No! I didn't mean to degrade Jaune in any way, I just..."
Dio patted Jonathan's shoulder with a toothy smile "Very good, JoJo."
Ozpin doesn't answer, watching his tablet with a contemplating interest as it shows the footage of Ruby Rose sitting in the grass and picking stray leaves while her "partner" Weiss Schnee walks in random directions.
Weiss: (walking right) It's definitely this way. (stops and starts walking left) I mean... this way! It's definitely this way. (stops in front of Ruby) Alright, it's official: We passed it.
Ruby: (stands up, slightly annoyed) Weiss, why can't you just admit that you have no idea where we're going?
"Can't you two just fight already." Jotaro complained. "Or kiss maybe?" Josuke smiled sheepishly. "No, someone will be jealous." Jotaro replied.
"I won't..!" Giorno snarled. "I didn't say your name." Jotaro smiled.
Weiss: Because I know exactly where we're going! We're going... to... the forest temple!
Ruby: (sighs, frustrated)
Weiss: Oh, stop it! You don't know where we are, either!
Ruby: Well, at least I'm not pretending like I know everything.
Weiss: What is that supposed to mean?
Ruby: It means you're a big, stupid jerk and I hate you!
Weiss: (sighs to herself, spinning around and walking in another direction) Just keep moving!
Ruby: (in a faux imitation of Weiss' voice) Oh, just keep moving! Hurry up! Waaaah! Watch where you're going! (in her normal voice) Why are you so bossy?
Weiss: (turning back around to face Ruby) I'm not bossy! Don't say things like that!
Ruby: Stop treating me like a kid!
Weiss: Stop acting like a kid!
Ruby: Well, stop acting like you're perfect!
Weiss: I'm. Not. Perfect! Not yet... But I'm still leagues better than you. (continues to walk away)
Ruby: (to herself, dejectedly) You don't even know me...
"JoJo. Does that remind you of our childhood?" Dio asked. "Surprisingly, it does! I've got a feeling these two will be great friends!" Jonathan said.
"Excuse you, but we are NOT friends. Merely acquaintances, as you are the only human I respect." Dio replied.
From the forest, Yang Xiao Long and Blake Belladonna step out into a clearing that reveals the circular stone temple, broken and decrepit but for the platforms around its inside, holding several black and gold objects.
Yang: Think this is it?
In response, Blake gives Yang an incredulous look and heads down the hill, her partner following. They walk across the floor and observe the items on each pedestal, now shown to be familiar shapes.
Jotaro tilted his head "Chess pieces?"
Blake: (looking at a black king, confused) Chess pieces?
"It looks like I'm not the only one you people should tease." Giorno took the opportunity to get his revenge. "Shut up." Jotaro said.
"Way ahead of you, Giornooo! Hey Jota-"
"I said shut up." He shushed Joseph.
Yang: Some of them are missing. Looks like we weren't the first ones here.
Blake: Well, I guess we should pick one.
"So are these the ones they need to pick up?" Josuke asked. "I guess so." Jonathan answered.
Jaune and Pyrrha are standing at the mouth of a dark cave, where drawings are seen to the side involving armed men against giant beasts.
Jaune: Think this is it?
"What the fuck, are these this world's version of Cro Magnon cave drawings?" Jotaro asked. "It's ridiculous, they look like they have guns." Giorno chuckled.
The scene cuts to their walk inside the cave, Jaune holding a short, burning torch to light their way.
Pyrrha: I'm not sure this is it.
Jaune: (sighs) Pyrrha, I made the torch. Could you at least humor me for, like, five more feet?
Suddenly and completely unexpectedly, Jaune trips on the ground, and the torch flies into a small puddle, extinguishing the flame so the two are cast in darkness with only their eyes visible.
"Why is this boy such an oaf, I hate him." Dio said. "You hate everyone." Jotaro snarked.
Pyrrha: (as Jaune gets up and grumbles) Do you... feel that?
Jaune: Soul-crushing regret?
Pyrrha: No, it's... warm.
"Ohh! We have another monster fight!
Back at the temple, Yang approaches one of the relics.
Joseph stood up "Yes. Yessss! Another scene with my bae in it!"
Yang: Hmmmm... (studies the golden knight, then picks it up and shows it to Blake) How about a cute wittle pony?
Blake: (smirking) Sure. (they walk towards each other to the center of the temple floor)
Yang: That wasn't too hard!
Blake: Well, it's not like this place is very difficult to find. (they share a smile)
"I'd give my... Scarf just to have Yellow smile at me." Joseph giggled.
Jaune and Pyrrha continue onward through the cave until they see a large glowing point of gold right in front of them, illuminating Jaune's excited features.
Jaune: That's the relic! (he slowly reaches out to grab it, but it moves away from his swipe) Hey! Bad... relic! (he tries to get it again, then jumps forward and hangs onto it as the object raises him above the ground) Gotcha!
"Okay, that is definitely NOT a relic, Jaune." Josuke said. "He is the first person to die in a horror movie." Giorno said. "Hopefully he does." Dio grinned.
Pyrrha: (worried) Jaune...?
Jaune's catch lowers itself so he is dangling right in front of the now-glowing red lines and eyes of a Death Stalker. Josuke flinched before realizing that it's a scorpion and not any sort of reptile. "Watch out!" Jonathan yelled. "A big scorpion. What's next, a giant bird?" Jotaro asked.
Jaune's scream is heard all the way from the temple, where Yang turns towards the direction of its source.
Yang: Some girl's in trouble! Blake, did you hear that?
"Pfft. Girl." Josuke chuckled.
Blake doesn't answer, staring at something in the sky, Jotaro's eyes widened "Wait, seriously?"
At the cave entrance, Pyrrha rushes out right before the monster crashes through the hole, roaring and waving its grass-encrusted claws as Jaune hangs from the stinger, calling from help and continuing to scream. "He reminds me of Koichi for some reason." Josuke said.
Jaune: (sobbing) Help! Whoa-ah-ah-ah-ah! Why?! Pyrrha! He-e-e-elp! Pyrrha, this is not the relic! It's not! (continues to cry and get shaken around) Do something!
"Why is this boy so incompetent, how did he even get to that school?" Dio asked.
Pyrrha: (wielding Miló in front of the creature) Jaune! Whatever you do, don't let- (before she can finish, the Grimm hurls its tail back and launches a still-screaming Jaune across the forest as she watches in dismay) ... go. (she turns back to the scorpion as it continues to snap its claws at her, and she smiles embarrassedly before turning and rushing away in a burst of green leaves)
Dio groans as Jaune's blunders are getting to his nerves. Jonathan and Josuke finds it amusing.
Blake is still staring at something above them, but Yang is focused on the forest.
Yang: Blake, did you hear that? (turns to her partner) What should we do?
"A bird Grimm." Jotaro said.
Finally, the faint-but-growing-louder scream of "Heads uuuuuuuup!" is heard when Ruby falls from the sky and presumably crash lands to the ground, when the scene cuts to black and the credits roll.
"Not a bird Grimm." Giorno told him.
"That's enough RWBY for today." Jonathan said. "Aww, I wanna see more..." Joseph whined. "Maybe we can ask Ozpin to let us fight some Grimms at the dance?" Giorno asked. "THE DANCE!" Jonathan yelled.
"Have you gentemen find suits?" Jonathan asked. "I'm not going." Jotaro glanced away and crossed his arms.
"It depends if the team is going to be there." Joseph giggled.
"They're gonna be there, pops." Josuke told him.
"I, Dio, am having second thoughts. There's this woman who keeps giving me a piece of trash, it's infuriating." The vampire huffed.
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