The strange library

by Aravas

Ah, yes, a reaction fic. Except there is no host, no real rules and madness all over. Or is it? Do read about the uncovering of secrets, adventures of a golden noodle and the occasional loss of sanity. (Rated M for safety.)

3. Chapter 3

Hello, hello!

I have been given permission to do this!

I sincerely hope Azure finds this enjoyable (and maybe gets motivated to continue the series earlier because god dammit I enjoy that fanfic far too much). I hope all of you do, too!

I deliberately wrote it in this style to perhaps coerce you all to read the fic itself for more context.

This won't be the first time this happens, mind you!

Also seeing as Jellal chose wangst over woman, I vote for Erza to return to the gameshow!

Why yes, it is a trip. So go read it!

Also, I am so glad I found out how to copy/paste the text. Transcribing the whole thing by hand would have been a chore to deal with.

Disclaimer: RWBY is property of Rooster Teeth and Monty Oum. 'The Game show of Jaune Arc's dating life' is written by Azure megacyber.

The strange library

chapter 3: A dating show?

Owlishly blinking, a tall and tan blonde man peered through a door that seemed to have appeared on the wall. Next to him was a slightly swaying and rather pale man with black hair and strikingly red eyes.

"Dad? Uncle Qrow?" Ruby was confused as to how these two had found their way here, but moreover happy that she got to see her uncle and father again.

"Wha- Ruby?! Yang?!" the blonde exclaimed, equally confused but happy.

"This isn't the kitchen," the pale man drawled. "Oh hey, girls." He smiled a little. Said smile disappeared as Ruby crashed into him, catching him in a hug. "Oof!"

"Dad!" Yang ran to her father and uncle, surprised at this development.

"Now come here, my sunny dragon!" Taiyang Xiao Long caught his brawling daughter in a hug, making her attempt to wriggle free as Qrow Branwen had already freed himself of his eager niece, who made to hug her dad now.

"Qrow, Taiyang, this is," Ozpin was trying to find his words. "Rather unexpected.

"Most fascinating!" Oobleck exclaimed. "It seems that this room is connected to more than one doorway via a technology beyond our current understanding!"

"About that," the dusty old crow interjected, "What is this room?"

"More to the point, who are you?" Weiss had wanted clarification. She had heard the exclamations, but struggled to see the family resemblance between the blonde man and Ruby.

Said man let go of his eldest daughter and smiled his best smile. "Taiyang Xiao Long. I am Ruby's and Yang's dad. In case you are wondering, Ruby takes more after her mom."

The other man burped. "Qrow Branwen. The uncle." He turned around to the headmaster and deputy. "Hey Oz, Glyn. What's crackin'?"

"Some minds, it seems," was Ozpin's enigmatic answer. Glynda did not dignify his address with a response other than a stern glare.

"Yo Peter, Bart. How you guys holding up?"

"Famously, my friend!" the ever so jolly Port replied. "You see-"

"Oh my! This is not the library, Ghira!"

Blake stiffened. She hadn't heard that voice in a lot of time now. She suddenly started to panic. What would they think? Was there time to run? Could-

"Oh, if it isn't Taiyang and Qrow!"

What.

Yang blinked. Something about the woman seemed familiar. Black hair, amber eyes, gentle features and kitty ears. She looked like a happier Blake-

Oh damn.

"Heh, hey Kali. Ghira. It's been a while."

Behind the woman emerged a large man with an impressive beard; his clothing showcasing lots of chesthair. Also, kitty ears and the same eye color.

"Hm. It has been a long time. How come you don't visit or call?"

Tai winced. "Patch doesn't have a CCT, I'm swamped with teaching and-"

"Blake?" The woman had spotted a faunus in disguise who really seemed to want to be anywhere else but here.

Tai had muttered something about "being saved" under his breath as the two faunus had shifted their attention to Blake. She herself was on the verge of a breakdown-

They ran over to hug her.

Blake seemed a little lost. "Mom? Dad?" she whispered. "Aren't you mad at me?" She started to choke up.

"We were worried," Ghira answered, his voice deep but soothing. "We were so worried for you, kitten."

"Your parents are faunus?" Nora asked. The she gasped. "Does that mean that you have the same cute kitty ears?" The pink bomber was positively sparkling.

Blake was slightly taken aback while her mother was smiling at the exuberant girl. Her daughter seemed to have expected scorn or anything resembling that emotion. Kali simply made the decision for her daughter, as the proverbial cat was out of the bag already, and took the ribbon off.

Blake's ears twitched in surprise as Nora squealed. "Mom!"

"Oh shush, Blake. Your teammates deserve to know at least."

"Would you mind introducing us?" her father requested, gazing over the various students, as he caught sight of yet more arrivals.

"John!" he roared in sudden delight. "It has been too long, my friend!"

Everyone looked over as Tai and Qrow stiffened. Another opened door leading back to a nicely furbished living room revealed two tall blonde people. The man, towering at six foot seven and sporting a nicely trimmed beard whipped towards Ghira. His smile widened. "Ghira!"

As the two men approached each other, the blonde woman, standing at six foot one with shoulder-length blonde hair took one look at Kali. Then the screaming began.

"Kali!"

"Tori!"

The two women ran towards each other and met in a fierce hug as they squealed and turned while jumping about. Next to them their husbands met in a strong bro hug.

"Is anyone else as lost as me?" Ruby asked sheepishly. Her teammates just dumbly nodded.

Coco took the time to appreciate the clothing the new arrivals wore, as she did usually. Tai, Yang's father, wore a yellow short-sleeved shirt with a brown vest along with simple but practical pants. Qrow had been in some nice-looking white suit with a gray undershirt and a red cape. Coco immediately saw where Ruby got the idea for hers from.

Ghira and Kali wore rather light clothing themselves. The large man accentuated his carpet of virility with a deep cut in the front of his shirt, whereas his wife seemed a little more conservative with her gray and black, while nicely cut, dress.

Lastly the blondes that seemed awfully familiar. The man, John, was wearing a blue shirt with homely jeans. He obviously was not intending to go out today. His wife, Tori, wore a nice burgundy blouse with her own pair of jeans.

"You're doing it again, aren't you?"

Coco blinked. "Dunno what you're talking about, Fox." Her teammate barely talked, which is why it was always a surprise whenever he did.

"Is it just me," Velvet spoke up with intrigue in her voice. "Or does that man look like Jaune?"

Said man turned to her and smiled a rather familiar smile. "Ah, so you know my son! How is he?"

The very second he said 'son', three girls reacted all at once and raced in front of him. Ruby, thanks to her semblance, was first.

"You're Jaune's dad?!"

"That I am!"

Kali and Tori stopped jumping about and ended their hug. "We should introduce ourselves then, no?" the blonde offered.

"Quite," the faunus giggled, then straightened. "Kali Belladonna. I am Blake's mother."

Her husband made to stand next to her. "Ghira Belladonna. Kali's father and Chieftain of Menagerie," he recited with sonorous voice.

"Johnathan Arc," the blonde boomed. "Jaune's father."

His wife seemed judging of the girls especially. "Arturia Arc. His mother." Her eyes narrowed a little. "I hope you have been nice to my son."

Nora chose to speak. "Jaune-Jaune is our fearless leader! He goes into danger even if he is a bit weak!"

Tori's eyes widened a little at that. "You are his teammate?"

"One of them, yes," Pyrrha spoke. "I am Pyrrha Nikos, your son's partner." She smiled, hoping to make a good impression.

"Nora!" Nora yelled as she stood beside the redhead, barely held back by her own partner.

"Lie Ren," he nodded to the parents in respect. "Your son is our team leader."

The mother hummed in acknowledgement. "And you?" she pointed with her chin towards the others.

Coco, Yatsu and Fox introduced themselves first as they were closest to the parents. Velvet struggled a little with a sudden bout of nervousness, yet managed to get out her name and her relationship with the blonde knight.

Then Team RWBY introduced themselves and Tori had something to say for all of them.

"Ruby Rose, the team leader."

"You look a lot like your mother." The little rose blinked but smiled bashfully, ignoring the sudden glare of the mother towards her relatives.

"Hey, Tori," the two men greeted sardonically.

"Hello." And with that, she turned back to the girls.

"Weiss Schnee."

"There is a reason why your family name is not that known in our part of the world," Arturia replied with no small amount of bite, making the young heiress wince, then light up in understanding.

"Blake-"

"Yes, yes," the woman waved off. "You should have called your parents, you know."

Kali took that as a cue to hug her daughter again.

"Yang Xiao Long! So you are the woman who mothered eight kids, including Vomit Boy?"

The cursed name was spoken and the mother of eight's expression darkened considerably. "What did you call my Jaune?"

"Honey." A single word from Johnathan calmed Tori down, if only a little. "She is probably referencing his motion sickness."

Yang saw the safety line and took it. "Yes! The nickname was Ruby's idea."

"But I only use it sometimes when joking around!" the red reaper protested. "You use it all the time!"

"Erm, hi?"

Before Arturia could make to verbally maim the insolent blonde before her she turned to see a monkey faunus and some blue-haired boy.

"Sun Wukong," the faunus introduced himself. "This is Neptune. Say, is it true that you have eight kids?"

"Yes." The she smiled again. "Seven beautiful daughters and one wonderful son."

"Wow," was all that Neptune could say to that. "Um, kudos?"

Qrow now asked the real question. "Where are we?"

"An interdimensional movie theatre!" Nora explained loudly, earning confused looks.

Blake spoke up. "We have picked some movies from this shelf to watch on a whim. These seem to star some versions of us in alternate universes. Pyrrha has her pick ready, as she is next, and would like to watch it." She was eager to see what this 'game show' was.

"Did we agree on an order for this?" Neptune wondered.

"Best time for it." Blake just shrugged.

Pyrrha clutched the case and spoke to Tori. "It is a dating show starring your son as the main character."

"Why didn't you say so?!" The woman rocketed into a seat right in front of Miss Goodwitch as Kali just giggled and made to sit next to her. Then the two women turned around.

"Hello, Glyndie," the two drawled.

"Oh no." Glynda was wary of these two ever since her school days. She had always been dragged into whatever they had been cooking up as activity next. She still had the nightmares from the time they gave Bart Soda instead of coffee.

"Mom, how do you know each other?" Blake asked Kali.

"Why, we went to school together."

"You went to Beacon? Dad too?"

"Yup. Now hit it, young lady!" the faunus mother cheered in exuberance, making Ghira smile and John chuckle. Pyrrha approached the screen redfaced and inserted the disk before going back to her seat.

The story so far!

Jaune has been abducted to take part in a dating show!

One which is broadcasted to scrolls back in Remnant!

"Ooh, an announcer!" Nora pointed out.

"P-money, did you not grab the first episode?" Yang asked, eyebrow raised.

"Oh, sorry! This is apparently episode 5!"

"Judging by the style of the announcement," Ozpin pondered aloud. "The announcer will recap the entire series, so we don't need to stop here."

Not like anyone knew how to interrupt the viewing completely.

"There he is! Where is this and why is he tied up?!" Pyrrha asked panicked and slightly aroused at the sight of him bound and helpless.

Everyone looked at the spartan. Nora asked: "Why do you sound turned on?" To which Pyrrha just sunk into her seat.

"So we watch ourselves watching Jaune dating people?" Sun summarized. "Trippy."

Several dates have already transpired!

First was V4 Ruby Rose!

"Excuse me?!" Tai's protective streak flared up. As Arturia turned to him with a glare he defended himself. "Look, nothing against your boy, but this is my little Ruby! She's too young to be dating!"

Ruby just went red-faced as the others giggled a little. Kali had to calm her friend down a bit.

The screen showed a Ruby with a different corset and slightly altered clothing altogether...which she began to fill out quite a bit. She was smiling her best smile. A subtitle appeared, reading [8 months in the future].

"Whoa." Yang blinked. "You grew up in just those eight months, Rubes."

Tai was imitating a fish, disbelieving at the growth his daughter displayed.

Said daughter was vibrating in her seat, before bellowing a victory cry.

"MIIIILLLLK!" It paid off, it actually paid off! Ruby did a little happy dance as Yang started to laugh and Weiss had a crisis about her own growth, or lack of it.

Then it transitioned to a lush forest where they had a heart to heart.

"You're such a dork, Jaune, but...that's what I always liked about you."

"If I'm a dork, then so are you, Crater Face." Jaune shot back jokingly, causing Ruby's cheeks to puff out.

"DAAAWW!" Tori and Kali cooed, as did Nora. Ruby was now red in the face for a wholly different reason.

"'Always liked about you', huh?" Yang was ready to tease. "Got something to tell me, sis?" Inwardly, Yang was a bit conflicted. Her sister suddenly grew up so fast. And with Vomit Boy, no less! She wondered if he would be good enough for her sister as a boyfriend.

Suddenly the screen transitioned again right to their deep loving kiss.

Ruby managed to become even redder as Tai and Qrow cried in outrage. That was their little Ruby he was corrupting. Though a very sharp glare from Tori and John shut them up.

"Do you really think we wouldn't raise our son right?" John less asked and more snarled, deeming their outrage an insult.

"Aaaannnddd...the plausibility ratio says..." one armored man who seemed to be the host announced as the screen went back to after the date.

"Whooo that's a whopper!" Another armored man called out; the red to the other host's blue.

"89% plausibility on the first go! That is amazing."

The audience was nonplussed. "Plausibility?"

Ozpin thought for a bit, then suggested: "Perhaps something along the lines of how likely Mr Arc's version of Miss Rose is to date him based on the date."

Velvet and Pyrrha felt a pang of jealousy. How come it was that high?!

Next up was Barbara Dunkelman! The screen showed now a boisterous and flirty looking blonde adult woman. [RoosterTeeth 'verse Yang Xiao Long].

...And of course they had a pun-off.

Now that had Tai and Yang's full attention as the others groaned.

"Why don't some couples go to the gym? Because some relationships don't work out." Barbara started.

Yang giggled as Tai sniggered.

"I wasn't originally going to get a brain transplant, but then I changed my mind." Jaune had shot back.

"Ha, classic!

"Did you hear from the guy whose whole left side was cut off? He's all right now."

The laughter intensified.

And surprisingly enough, Jaune won!

"Did you hear about the guy who got hit in the head with a can of soda? He was lucky it was a soft drink." Jaune fired.

As everyone in the theatre couldn't help but giggle at the corny pun, Yang's laughter suddenly became suffused with heavy breaths. Ruby looked to her sister in worry. "Are you okay?"

The expression on the bruiser's face was worrying. She seemed feral, like she was about to seek and pounce a certain blonde.

"'m fine. I'm fine." She breathed more evenly now, but still had that look in her eyes.

Everyone this time at the dorm started laughing, including one very distracted Barbara Dunkelman. She got so rattled with laughter that she fell down from her seat onto the floor until her face stretched into one of shock realizing that-

"Five seconds are up, I win." Jaune declared looking down from his seat with a wide grin. He then leaned down with her shot glass in hand offering it to her. "You've just been served."

"OOOOOOOOO" Nora was imitating a crowd going nuts. "Damn!"

"Heh, like that's possible with our Jaune," Yang tried to convince herself. Frankly, she had no idea if that was possible. The two barely talked besides Yang making fun of him.

That realization hurt more than the blonde would have liked.

The big screen back at the lobby of the show showed a 64% plausibility.

And then, one seriously mind-screwy date in a sense, Neptunia!

Several jaws dropped.

The screen showed a teenage woman slightly taller than Ruby, otherwise much like Neptune except with quite a pair of breasts and full pouty lips. [Neptune Vasilias R63].

Sun had no words. Neither had Weiss.

Neptune himself had some choice words about that.

"Hot damn I look crazy hot as a chick! Go get her, Jaune!" He pumped his right fist into the air.

Now everyone looked to their Neptune. "Really?" Blake deadpanned.

"Why not?" Nep defended himself. "As far as I'm concerned, she is me, but also not. Kind of like a fraternal twin sister, really.

That comparison pacified the others mostly. Tori was having the time of her life.

And Weiss' crisis intensified. 'Even the other him has bigger boobs!'

… frankly I don't know what I expected here. Anyway! Jaune and FemNep went to the beach!

No one expected the announcer's snark, making people giggle.

The girl had hiked up her pants to her knees and removed her red bomber jacket revealing a white tank top...that was tight enough to fully show her bust and cleavage.

'Must…not…stare!'

Sun gave a golf clap, Neptune was cheering for Neptunia to get her man.

Pyrrha and Velvet, meanwhile, devised new game plans.

Ruby was still a little rattled at the mere concept of a female Neptune. Was there a male version of her?!

But the fight against her aquaphobia resulted in Jaune and a Grimm getting...acquainted.

A mollusk Grimm slithered its feelers around Jaune's cheeks affectionately. Jaune himself felt his body froze and turned into stone. 'A Grimm is coming to me. I have no idea how to process this.'

Port ceased to function. Everyone else erupted into laughter.

"The Grimm!" Sun wheezed. "The Grimm wants him!"

Blake suddenly had a very interesting idea. She pulled out her notebook and jotted down some ideas.

Though all's well that ends well….in a sense.

"Need…resuscitation…give me…mouth to mouth…with a bit of tongue too…" He leaned down and carefully docked his open mouth with hers steadily breathing in air while unaware of her hands rising up quietly to interlock around his head. ! His eyes shot open in surprise when he felt her press down on his head deepening an open mouth kiss with her tongue bravely darting inside. 'She totally tricked me! I must've fallen for the oldest trick in the book now that I think about it.'

A score of 51% was shown at last.

That caught the interest of those with a crush on the blonde knight.

"Not the brightest bulb, is he?" Coco said right before she wanted to bite her tongue as Tori glared at her.

"Not dumb, but naive," John pointed out. "Those two are different things."

Theeen there was Agent Carolina!

A female clad head to toe in badass looking space armor similar to that of the hosts showed next. Her strange helmet came off and down came a flowing ponytail of blazing red hair. She was looking like Pyrrha, down to the eye color, but a little older and much more battle hardened. [Red vs Blue, Pyrrha Nikos].

"Ooh, space Pyrrha!" Nora chirped, making the champion smile. At least a version of her got to date him, even if she seemed...hard.

And the two had a fierce training session with some cosmic cheating-err, I mean, super technological bracers that made Jaune better much faster!

Now the envy kicked in. "I wanna do that too!" Ruby whined.

In the background Oobleck tried his best to wake Peter up.

The screen showed scenes of their fighting: A hook from Carolina narrowly dodged by the blonde followed up by a sweeping kick at his head. Transitions came to show Jaune getting visibly better in the rather short duration of the date: From getting kicked in the side while holding her fists to utilizing Martial Arts moves he seemed to have picked up from Ren. Then the screen showed the two in a compromising position.

Tong!

Her armored codpiece felt 'something' poking it and Carolina narrowed her eyes at a blushing Jaune. "You have an erection, don't you?"

Coco could barely contain herself. "It made a sound!"

Kali laughed wholeheartedly, as did John and Tori. Ghira just chuckled.

Pyrrha was blushing profusely. 'Maybe I should do that during our next training session.'

Despite that, or perhaps because, of that, Carolina got a 72% dating plausibility for Pyrrha Nikos back in Jaune's home reality!

The champion cheered in silence.

The roster thus consists now of a young Miss Glynda Goodwitch! [still student at Beacon]

Port took that as a cue to wake up. "Whuh?"

Kali and Tori positively beamed at her. "Reeeeeally now?" the both of them drawled at the same time. John had turned around with a mischievous expression as well.

Glynda was lost. "I would..I would never..."

Neopolitan! [present day]

Yang squinted. "She seems familiar."

V4 Weiss! [8 months in the future]

Weiss reacted like she just took a punch to the gut. While they did take their rocky relationship to a fresh start after the dance, this was a bit too early for her.

Yang next to her was having a field day. This would give so much teasing ammo!

and…

Out came another short girl, but one wearing a strange outfit consisting of a dark fur pelt that functioned as a cape, spiked pauldrons that decorated her shoulders, and a leather skirt coupled with a thick silver breast plate giving off the appearance of a warrior from the old world. She even wielded a two-handed hammer as tall as her over the right shoulder. It would've appeared regal and majestic had it not been for the familiar turquoise eyes and red hair with which her head adorned a winged circlet. All of it belonging to a manically grinning face that screamed; Chaos.

'Oh no.'

"I am the Nora the Valkyrie! I have come from Osgard to claim what is to be my future husband! And that is you!" She called out loudly in valor before pointing her left hand over at Jaune. "You will bed me and love me dearly so that I may bear fruit to many children who become warriors should I pass this trial! I intend to very much do so! Ha ha ha!" She pumped with lightning surging around her hammer and body definitely giving off the vibe of mythical warrior. [Nora the Valkyrie, Mythos Universe].

The jaws dropped again. Ren turned to his oldest friend who seemed...ponderous.

"This version of me doesn't seem to have a Renny," she noted, right before she started grinning. "Go get that man meat, sister!"

Pyrrha did a spit take. 'Nora, I trusted you!'

Ren was praying for his team leader.

Welp, just glad that this show is rated T! Otherwise I would be worried about Jaune's pelvis.

"You and me both," Ren agreed.

Now onto the show!

The show was about to return from its break in which the screen simply showed an animation of Chibi-Jaune shaking his tiny booty back and forth in a little dance.

"Daww, look at him dancing!" Pyrrha was gushing. Tori was thinking back to how cute he wa little tyke. Oh, she just had to show these girls the photo's, see how they react.

The girls all gushed and laughed in delight, elsewhere Coco and Velvet did the same thing as they watched from their dorm. Scrolls clicked with notifications of 'download complete' showing up on each one of their screens after tweeting 'Delicious Shota' to the show's website.

"That's all of them. Every single photo of little Jauney-Jaune that we've seen so far is now on all our scrolls. Eeee! I can't get enough of them. I even saved the pics of his chibi cartoon self too, they're just so cute." Nora piped giddily raising her scroll in the air triumphantly. "Now I'm gonna start photo-shopping a sloth costume over that onesie of his in that special picture, he he."

The hands of all the girls bearing their own scrolls rose up with hers in a cheer.

Nora was nonplussed. "'Delicious shota'?"

Blake's eyes widened. "Does that mean they got to see childhood photos of Jaune?"

Pyrrha gasped. "I wanna! I wanna see!"

Tori grinned, now rummaging for the photos she always held close to heart. She couldn't help it; her little boy was just too adorable!

Ren simply held a flat look on his face in growing worry for his friend's reputation and masculinity.

'And to think that I once had it bad like this, there had been many times already where I had to convince a clothing store clerk or anyone else really that I'm one hundred percent male.' Ren thought calmly and turned his head around noticing Pyrrha glued to her scroll's screen again with half-lidded eyes and a drool mark escaping her mouth making her look a bit goofy.

"I want to see the photos too," whined Ruby, stealing a glance at Jaune's mom in the hope she would get an idea.

Nora, meanwhile, stared at her partner with a manic grin, imagining him in girl clothes and younger. Ren could only shiver.

Ruby had on a similar look and held Zwei in her lap as she flipped through the images with a chipper smile on her face, Yang grinned cheekily along with Nora as they panned through them, and lastly Weiss simply gushed at the cuteness of the oldest of them featuring infant Jaune peering up at the camera.

"He's so cute!" Velvet was gushing as well as Weiss desperately held back from openly gushing about the blonde.

"Okay," Sun interjected into the general cooing. "Gotta admit, he was one adorable baby."

Kali was squealing in delight and demanded more photos from her friend in exchange from some of Blake's, much to her daughter's horror.

Blake's ears were simply twitching with her mirroring Nora and Yang all while bearing a mild yet sweet smile of pleasantness.'Yet that doesn't compare to what Jaune is dealing with now. If he doesn't impress everyone in this show then he might never live all this down, I almost certainly didn't after that fireworks festival back in Shione.'

"That was you?!" the mother of eight shouted. "Oh my Oum! I..." she tried to find the right words. "I apologize. I thought you were a girl."

Ren just shook his head and sighed. "No offense taken, Mrs Arc. I thought Jaune was a girl as well."

Ren added feeling a small wave of dread creeping as he recalled that moment and the despairing knowledge that it too was photographed. 'All I can do is pray for Jaune and prepare myself to 'escape' whenever that photo comes up.'

"Shooooow uuuuus." A certain hammer wielder and ninja fetishist wanted to see that damn photo now and found support in her other teammate.

Tori wass rummaging faster in her clothing and came up short. "They must be back home," she sighed.

"Then just hop back," Yang suggested, eager to see this. "The doors lead back as well. Everyone can leave whenever we want.

John simply stood up with a soft smile. "I will get some of these photos." Then his expression turned more stern. "I do refuse, however, to show the most embarrassing ones."

"That's quite alright with me, darling," Tori cooed at her husband. "Thank you!"

And with that, the PatriArc disappeared through the doorway, commenting about how the door indeed led back to their house.

"Hmmm, I do think this could be a good starting point to for me pick up my dancing from." Neptune mused deep in thought as he studied Chibi-Jaune's dancing style so that he may incorporate it into his own.

"Everybody's gotta start somewhere," Nep commented while trying to ignore a chuckle from Weiss.

Sun sat above him on a large tree branch within the courtyard just as invested in the show as everyone else.

"Y'know I'm actually kinda pumped to see what a R63 version of myself would look like after seeing your counterpart. Girl Sun might be a super fun gal if she's anything like me, but I bet I can still rock the abs better than her." He mused to himself letting his tail tap his abdomen while receiving a fist bump from Neptune seated on the bench below.

Sun pondered about that as Blake started to blush. "You know what, I do wanna see a girl me. Now I'm curious!"

That had the others ponder about their own genderflipped versions and how they would look like.

Back to Jaune…

Bouncing giddily on his feet as though prepping for a boxing match Jaune was getting used to the feeling of being light on his feet after the sparring match with Agent Carolina.

The current four contestants consisting of Neo, Nora the Valkyrie, V4 Weiss, and young Glynda all looked on either at Jaune or the scoreboard each with their own thoughts on the whole thing.

"Huh, good form," Tai observed.

"Man I could really get used to these perks, can't wait to see how I'll do in Miss Goodwitch's combat class after all this." Jaune uttered to himself clearly stoked and sent several rapid-fire punches into the air in practice. 'How do you like me now, Cardin?'

Arturia's eyebrow rose. "Who is this Cardin? A rival?"

Just like that, a particularly vindictive part of Coco reared it's head. "He is a racist bully who verbally abuses your son and really likes to bat him around in the arena.

Everyone shot back into their seats as a very fierce and horrid aura radiated from the mother. "IS THAT SO?" Her voice seemed to have turned into a hellish caricature of itself.

"Please do not harm my students, Tori," pleaded Glynda. While the arrogance of the ginger got to her a bit, she had a responsibility as an educator still.

'He said 'Miss' Goodwitch…does that mean I don't marry by then?' Young Glynda wondered with a hand on her chin in thought. 'My mother always said I'd be a spinster if I held too high of a standard.'

A collective wince went through the crowd as that was said. At this moment, John returned. "Let's have a look at these when this one is over, yeah?" he suggested, getting nods from everyone.

From her side Neopolitan stuck out her tongue in a cute bratty way that resulted in Glynda absentmindedly flicking her wand from her side causing the petite enforcer to smack herself on the face with her left hand.

"Ooh, catty," Kali commented, making her friend sigh in annoyance and Yang laugh. "i like your mom!" she told her partner, much to the latter's dismay.

After the brunette pig-tailed girl recovered she briefly flashed the platinum blonde a very dirty look and ceased her shenanigans with arms crossed in a huff. Neo then insisted on looking over her podium to gaze at Jaune from afar, her face decorated with half-lidded eyes followed by a wide sinister looking smile forming.

"Okay then, Jaune! Ready for your date with teenage Glynda Goodwitch? I'm sure you've already recovered plenty from that last family photo by now." Whiz's voice boomed grabbing the attention of both the audience and the contestants back to the center of the stage.

Now everyone turned to the deputy headmistress with a large smile. "Not. A. Word." Glynda could do without their commentary of her younger self dating her future student.

That was a rare sentence.

"Yes. I've had time." Jaune replied stiffly in bitterness.

It wasn't just that yet another family photo was shown, further lowering his own sense of masculinity, but it was the knowledge that they were downloaded en mass by viewers like all his female friends back at Beacon and potentially more.

The guys winced, praying for Jaune's pride. The grils were eagerly awaiting their very own showing of the coveted photographs.

For the moment he pushed it to the back of his mind and refocused his attention on the form of teenage Glynda gently waving back at him with a pleasant smile as the portal behind her opened up.

'She seems so different from the teacher we know…and well fear too honestly. Maybe growing older makes you bitter? Either way she is still pretty and well hot now that I think about it.' Jaune perished the brief fantasy quickly when he felt the crop-wand of hers snap hard on the desk surface in his imagination.

Grins intensified as Glynda just helplessly looked to the ceiling in hope for divine intervention making this cease. Her silent pleas went unheeded.

"Living the dream," Nep whispered to Sun, who nodded.

Thinking back to the older version he wondered how her stern demeanor and ever present scowl could have resulted from the cordial demure student he was looking at. Suddenly the green in young Glynda's eyes seemed that more appealing just as her dazzling smile kept its focus on him.

"Before we venture into that territory there's another couple of things we forgot to mention about scores." Whiz called out again snapping Jaune out of his trance as he turned to see the host holding up a hand halting him from walking out of his spot.

"Ooohh looks like Jaune-boy is hot for teacher." Yang snickered from the dorm. "I actually want to see how Miss Goodwitch's reaction would be after this show and how awkward it would be for her and Jaune in class."

"Let's assume 'very'," Ren answered.

Pyrrha ignored her jibe at the possible scenario of chaos and simply kept focus on the screen, both the one showing the game show and other belonging to her scroll showing onesie wearing infant Jaune. She loved that pic the most.

A few fountains of blood erupted.

"Gyeeeee! Soooo cuuute!" Yang was actually stomping her feet, barely handling the adorableness of the early noodle.

Pyrrha was off to dream land, imagining her kids. Velvet desperately looked for tissues for her nose.

Weiss couldn't help herself. "So adorable," she squeaked out.

Kali smiled at Tori, blushing herself, and a nonverbal communication followed.

"Well we won't ever know now will we? What are the odds the link to this would go out to others?" Weiss asked not expecting an answer.

"Weiss…do you not know how bad Jaune's luck is?" Ren asked feeling a bit of dread in his tone.

"Yeah, if anything the whole school is probably watching this, but even I'm not hoping for that to be a thing." Nora added. "If team CRDL does make a habit of mocking our leader then…" She whipped out a pair of sunglasses from out of nowhere and put them on. "…it's leg breaking season."

"I like this one," Arturia proclaimed while pointing at Nora, who preened under the praise.

"What she said... kinda. All in all I don't think everyone got these links since it was just sent to just a few of us, right? Who else could possibly interested in something like this?" Ruby offered with hands out in a 'Whats the worst that can happen' type of gesture.

'Oh Ruby, you have no idea.' Blake thought getting the feeling a certain headmaster and his deputy would be getting in on this madness as well. She is usually right about these feelings.

"Jinx." Yang was certain the headmistress had some choice words about this gameshow. Her own was inhibited form speaking even a syllable by Blake's and Vo- Jaune's awesome moms, lest the use any word spoken against her.

Elsewhere in the School a certain pair of educators received links in their scrolls leading them to the live stream of the famous Game Show.

"W-what in all the name of Oum is this?!" Glynda Goodwitch asked with deadly tenseness in her voice and felt her hands clench hard on the large Scroll pad in her hands. 'That's me…! On a date with Jaune Arc? My student?! What mystical forces could have arranged this?'

Ozpin simply popped an eyebrow ever so slightly and lifted his coffee mug to his lips taking a sip in nonchalant manner. "Ideal entertainment for the weekend, Glynda. One that I for one am happy to have. Although I must say it is refreshing to see the younger version of you have her eyes set on Mister Arc, theoretically if you two happen to date and form a relationship then I would gladly overlook it."

Now everyone looked to Ozpin. "I would," he freely admitted. "Glynda, you have my blessing. You do need to unwind from time to time."

The deputy took a sharp breath as the women beside her giggled.

Glynda dropped the scroll in her hands and looked positively flustered as she started sputtering incoherently using various words such as scandalous, outrageous, indecent, etc.

Back to Jaune…

"Like what?" Jaune asked curious as Glynda awaited from afar patiently.

"Well we don't know if you weren't already wondering, but how high do you think the compatibility scores go, ma man?" Boomstick chimed in and gestured to the board where the percentages in impressive double digit results.

Jaune blinked a couple times in stupor. "A hundred percent, right? That's gotta be the top grade anywhere."

Young Glynda nodded at this and patiently waited by her portal with a sweet smile on her face.

"If the host is asking, it's not conventional," Tai observed, now all for embarrassing Glyn.

Both hosts shook their heads in unison making Jaune slump a little. 'You gotta be kidding me.'

"Another new rule then?" He asked flatly. "You guys have to be making this up as you go along."

"Well I wouldn't say it's 'New' new, just one we forgot to mention. We are still getting used to these powers after all." Whiz added shrugging.

"Wonderful, so these hosts are incompetent," Weiss exasperated.

"Yep, things were so much simpler when we were just internet hosts to a web series about grisly death matches between franchise characters, ah good times." Boomstick as though drifting off in reminiscence. "Anyway, we were just going to tell you that the highest score limit is in fact 200%, which is kinda why getting high grades like anything in the 60s to the 80s on the first go is such a big deal. You should be proud of that man-mojo you got."

Jaune nodded in understanding and felt a bit proud at how big a deal it was getting strong starting scores. He deflated a little when they mentioned the score limit, but he knew it couldn't have been that easy.

Everyone was paying close attention to the explanation, now wondering what would happen if the score of 200% was hit.

"Wow, so two hundred then, huh. Anything else?"

"Yes; compatibility ratios can go down depending on how compatible you are and how you deal with unique versions of your date." Whiz added.

"For example; if you were more than a little freaked out by Pyscho ex-girlfriend version Pyrrha Nikos with blood on her clothes then you might be a little paranoid and fearful around regular Pyrrha, or rather any other variation of her. A good ladie's man has to account for all types of craziness in the dating my drift?" Boomstick commented certainly earning the attention of the girls back home.

Teams RWBY, Sloth, SN and CFVY looked to the spartan trying to imagine her as a yandere. The horrifying thing was that they didn't have to try hard.

"Darn tooting. If Jaune wants to 'boyfriend supreme' he has to be ready to deal with all flavors of us." Yang shouted in agreement mentally assessing how he would go about talking puns and jokes with her. Only at the end of that thought she drifted into a brief fantasy of Jaune riding her bike with her on it…wrapping her arms around his waist. 'No, bad Yang! We do nothave these thoughts!' Yang quickly shook her head and slapped herself a few times earning questionable looks from all around.

Yang in the theatre blushed a little as Tai growled. It was a little too fast for him, seeing his little girls growing up.

Then he saw the stare and the grin on Tori's face and he paled, remembering her promise from ages past.

Pyrrha frowned wryly and mentally hoped that Jaune wouldn't be off put by an example like that coming into the show. 'Well Jaune is anything if not adaptable, he adjusted well enough with Carolina.' She thought feeling a bit of kinship with her counterpart and resolute that her favorite knight could handle whatever comes his way.

"That'd be something to see; Psycho ex-girlfriend Pyrrha coming for her man and cutting down anyone in her way. That might work as an animation or at least fanfiction, he he he." Nora pitched.

"I'd read it, providing there were graphic details on the horror element as well as *ahem* 'Suggestive' moments between Pyrrha and Jaune." Blake declared not surprising anyone. Reading profound literature is one thing and enjoying smutty material was another, combine the two and you get Blake's tastes in books.

"Oh, so you read erotic literature?" That had caught the blonde mother's attention. John tried to hold her back from revealing too much even as she asked: "Got any favorites?"

Blake blinked in surprise at the sudden interest. "Well, I favor 'Ninjas of Love'."

Her mother and Jaune's mother looked at each other in delight. Glynda knew that look; they were up to something.

"If by that you mean sexy results then totally! Horror and bloodied psycho exes make for great entertainment value." Nora piped as though inspired.

"Best just to leave that to fanfiction, Nora." Ren offered with a supporting grin after placing a hand on her shoulder.

"It really feels like they're making up new rules on the spot to match their unorganized chaos of the Game Show." Weiss commented putting away her scroll along with everyone else except for Pyrrha who still had one of the Shota Jaune pics on her screen.

"Can't really judge, since we jumped in kinda midway," Coco pointed out, eliciting a 'sorry' from the spartan.

"Eh what can you do. I do kinda wonder how they pull off the time travel business. I mean would our Glynda Goodwitch have memories of this with Jaune?" Ruby questioned making everyone curious.

"Let's just watch and find out, it's more interesting than over thinking it." Blake added as they all turned their attention back to the screen.

Jaune nodded and walked ahead of the hosts and took young Glynda's left hand in with his as they walked through the portal together.

Once they were gone Neo quickly typed on her scroll with the text message; 'I want to stomp that woman really badly. I'm sure blonde boy will come to like petite girls more than whatever she is, once I get through with him.'

"Wow, she is planning to go all out," Yang noted. 'Why does she seem so familiar, though?'

Again no one really paid her any mind except for Nora the Valkyrie who simply shot; "Oh yeah? Well that works out for me because I'm already petite and lovable all around."

Nora cheered for her other self while Ren prayed for Jaune. Nora could be a handful at the best of times, but an overly amorous Nora?

Neo stared at her unflinching until Nora added something else. "Did you know I snapped the neck of a rabid grizzly bear once I hit puberty? Boy was blood was gushing all around at that time and it wasn't mine."

"Metal," both Nep and Sun commented. The others just nodded in horror. Glynda couldn't help but sigh in relief as she only had to put up with one Nora Valkyrie, not a Nora the Valkyrie who was out to defile one of her students.

"Huh, kinda sounds like my first fight as a teenager," Nora pointed out.

The hosts and Weiss froze up when hearing this, Weiss being a bit more cautious around her now and Neo jotting down another name in her list of 'rivals'.

"Pst, Boomstick. You think you can ready an emergency teleportation portal in case something happens with her?" Whiz whispered from the side to his partner until Nora's eyes flashed dangerously their way, her chilling smile stopped them from whispering any further.

Back at the dorm…

"Wow she has them scared stiff literally! They look like statues wearing armor now." Yang added with a giggle.

"My story was kind similar if I'm being honest, it's funny how it was exactly the same; mister Teddy's head popped off too." Nora mused with a finger to her chin.

Blake, Weiss, and Ren however were all just a little more afraid of Valkyrie Nora now, not that it would be much effort at this point.

Those who knew Nora were not that surprised at this point, as the hammer wielder had displayed some crazy physical feats already. Those who didn't where mortified and, in the case of the Arcs, worried about their son.

"Now I'm very worried for Arc, what if her idea of a date is something physical?" Weiss asked around with a concerned look on her face.

"I'm sure it'll be fine, Jaune is made of tougher material than you think. Even so I doubt even Valkyrie Nora would harm him…too much." Ren commented looking unsure. 'I am glad for the Nora that I have, I don't think I could handle that version. I pray that Jaune does if she decides to come over to this universe.'

"Same," Ren said, making Nora pout a little. She wasn't that bad! Okay, maybe sometimes, but not the point!

"This actually made me curious as to what other wild versions of ourselves we'll see. I'm personally hoping for a vampire version of myself to appear." Blake admitted bashfully. She wanted something of herself to be out of one of her books. 'Preferably without any unnecessary sparkling skin.'

"Preach!" Blake yelled, surprising her team and making Mrs Arc laugh.

Once they exited the portal they wound up at a stylish yet inexpensive cafe somewhere within Vale. Jaune wowed and walked alongside Glynda to the counter to make an order. Jaune had a cinnamon bun with some sweet tea, he'd usually try to order chicken nuggets and grape soda, but he felt he had to really play up his maturity a bit since the family photos. He also didn't want to appear childish in front of a regal classy woman like Glynda.

"Nice place, that should be our go-to spot whenever we go to Vale." Yang suggested and the girls nodded in agreement. Pyrrha made note of it to use as a dating avenue, but she would be just as fine going anywhere with Jaune. Even the Arcade.

"Damn." Everyone kind of wanted to go there now. The place looked nice, not overly fancy and comfortable to hang out in.

Once they got their food they strode around to a table to sit down at, Jaune was wowed at the simplistic yet wholesome setting, but he marveled more at how chipper this Glynda appeared to be.

'Better not ask that on a date; hey did you suddenly turn bitter during your later years?' Nope, horrible dating tactic.'

As the younger women giggled, the older women smiled and nodded. Arturia remembered how Johnathan, being raised without any women in his life, had absolutely no idea how to talk to a girl. His bumbling dorkiness and attempts to woo her endeared him to her fast. She did not regret marrying this wonderful man.

Jaune thought and took a sip from his glass. "You know I had no idea this place was in Vale, but then again I usually just check out the comic shop, arcade, and the carni- oh my dear lord I really am too childish." He ended abruptly and put his head to his hands in frustration with himself.

Weiss and Blake snickered a bit at his own dismissal of tastes, yet Pyrrha and Ruby rather enjoyed those places regardless of opinion.

"There's nothing with going to those places, except for maybe the comic book shop." Pyrrha noted.

"Hey I have a lot of interests over there and just about any store that sells weapon part magazines and sweet 'Camp Camp' comics." Ruby chimed in with support.

"Yup yup!" Ruby concurred with other her. Weiss just mumbled something about Jaune finally becoming self-aware.

Glynda saw this and let out a mirthful chuckle until she reached out her left hand over to his forehead. Once Jaune felt this he looked up and saw the pleasantly smiling face of an angel…in glasses.

"Childish or not you're still a young man, Jaune. Learn to take these pleasures in life and enjoy what makes you happy, that could change sooner than you think when reaching the adulthood of being a fully realized huntsman." She said with a soft sympathetic glance that raised his spirits. In her mind flashed the image of Ironwood bearing a similar upbeat grin like Jaune except that the image faded to a more hardened one sooner than later.

"You knew General Ironwood back in the day, Miss Goodwitch?" Weiss asked in curiosity.

"I did." the blonde teacher replied, sounding remorseful. "That was before he became obsessed with becoming the greatest soldier to ever be. He changed for the worse." She looked down while she said that, remembering…

Remembering a young man not unlike the young Mr Arc. Now that she thought about it, the two are, or were, quite similar.

Jaune let out a quick laugh and rose up to feast on his roll. The two ate together in comfortable atmosphere until Jaune let out his opinion of their location. He knew he couldn't talk too much about the future since he was under the impression paradoxes could occur, not that he wanted to impress upon young Glynda about her adult self's daily stresses. Many of which included repairing damaged areas caused by the students, a lot of it by Nora.

The educator looked over to Nora, who was looking sheepish at being called out. "It's...not that bad, is it?"

"Nora, we are already dreading one of you. If that Valkyrie Nora would come over, the world would not survive it," Ren deadpanned at her, making the bubbly ginger shrink into her comfortable seat.

"Thanks, Mi- Glynda. I think I really needed to hear that. As always you've corrected something I felt off with and gave me a valuable lesson that's gonna help me later." He stated making her flash a grateful nod.

"You're very welcome, Jaune. I do take pride in teaching others, there have only been so many times I had to tutor Qrow because he slacked off and his sister wouldn't lift a finger to help him. Tai-Yang had Summer to educate him on materials he was lacking behind as well and Ozpin never really needs anyone's help since he was smart already. Oh the irony to be if I ever had to handle messes with him past our school years." She said offhand and Jaune nervously averted his eyes so as not to give up I'm aware that I'm a teacher at Beacon instructing your generation, correct?" She asked twirling her straw around inside her drink.

The adults looked a little embarrassed while reminiscing about the good old days. Tai's kids, meanwhile, were delighted at their old man being embarrassed for a change. Ruby couldn't help but giggle at the thought of her dad and her uncle being as bad with schoolwork as she was at the start of the school year.

"I can't really spoil too much, but yeah that last part is especially true. Let's just say you're great at what you do and you're a real whiz with your wand. Kinda curious why you fashioned it into a crop though."

"I can think of a few reasons, bow chika wow wow." Yang joked earning a few sighs and a bewildered look from Ruby.

"Cease!" was all Glynda could say before her old friends gave her the side eye.

"You do look like a dominatrix," commented Tori, making the witch stammer out about how she was not inclined that way in the bedroom.

Her students were surprised at seeing their feared teacher acting this helpless in front of old friends and apparent classmates.

"Why thank you, but if I'm being honest one of my real talents is in singing." Glynda confessed averting his eyes as he looked on in wonder and added with a smirk. "The Crop addition is 'inspire' good behavior either in my colleagues or just about anybody that wants to give me a headache."

"You sing?"

'She sings?' They all thought back at the dorm.

"You sing?" the students echoed, baffled at this revelation.

"Yes." She was catching herself again, regaining her composure. "I do, occasionally."

She nodded and looked back to him while gesturing behind her at the stage to the far off corner of the cafe. "It's one of my more secretive hobbies that I partake here with a passion, every so often I perform and when I do I feel free."

"Wow…I'd love to hear you." He blurted making her blush a bit until he got embarrassed and sputtered a bit himself.

"Woo, go, my son! Charm Glyndie's panties off!"

Chaos briefly erupted as more than a few indignant shrieks, squeaking and hearty amounts of laughter followed.

"Arturia Pendragon!" chided Goodwitch. "Cease and desist from soliciting your own son to..."

"Doing the do?" completed Tori.

"Hide the zucchini?" added Kali, chiming in.

"Give a cream filling?"

"STOP!"

"Those moms are awesome." Neptune was utterly awestruck.

When everyone settled back in, with Glynda giving everyone who so much as glanced in her general direction the evils, the movie resumed on its own.

"I mean I can dance and have a real knack for it, but my passion is becoming a huntsman."

Now her eyes hardened a bit.

Elsewhere older Glynda looked on at her scroll's screen in what resembled a somber look at her young self. 'It seems that facet of reality has already gotten to her, maybe that is why she was so bright and happy to have her outing with Jaune.'

Kali and Tori had gotten most of the teasing out of their system, so they kept their mouths shut. The students were meanwhile in thought of their stern teacher having to live through the worst huntsman life had to offer.

They hoped that they would never have to make these kinds of experiences themselves.

Jaune picked up on her change and leaned closer across the table. "You kinda stiffened up at that last part, is it because being a huntsman is dangerous and all that. Before I couldn't do so well since I was 'under trained' but now I can hold my own just fine."

Pyrrha nodded exuberantly at that part, making Nora chuckle.

"You know," Ynag spoke up. "I kinda wonder why he seemed undertrained at the start of the year.."

"How did he get into Beacon?" It was not the first time Weiss asked this question. The Arcs just looked to each other in worry as Pyrrha became nervous.

"I'm sure of it, Jaune, your results from training make you a quick learner and adaptable in the field. You have potential to be a great huntsman yet, it's just…" Glynda appeared downcast now as she was about to continue. "…that is only physical. I worry for your spirit in the future…Fairy tales often romanticize heroics and reality tends to hit us harder with grisly truths."

Ruby and Yang were grimly reminded of their mother's fate. She was supermom, until she didn't come back one day.

Port rose a fist in remembrance of the comrades he lost over the years. Qrow held up his flask as Tai looked at his daughters' downcast expressions.

'It is for the best,' he told himself. 'If they learn it that soon, perhaps I won't lose them for good one day.'

Everyone held a somber expression in the face of their harsh reality and how fairy tales were an escape from this.

Ruby tensed up a bit at this yet held firm with a look of determination. She was no fool blind to dangerous things in the field of slaying Grimm, but she would never downplay the fact that fighting monsters and saving lives was in fact what heroes. She knew for certain she felt that way and had an inkling that Miss Goodwitch saw that light in Jaune.

Jaune now looked concerned and felt the atmosphere stiffen a bit when Glynda gazed up back to him with a saddened expression.

"Please…tell me about it. I'm not fooling myself in thinking it's gonna be an easy road ahead, heh. I've actually nearly bought it several times already and that was during first semester." He revealed and it made her look a bit horrified.

Tori whipped around to her son's team. "Is that true?" she asked with genuine fear and worry.

"He has gotten better," Pyrrha tried to assure her. "Even if there were more than a few close calls."

Nora shivered a little. She couldn't bear the thought of having to bury her friend, despite the teasing and her crazy antics she put him through.

"I'm surprised you can recall that with a grin on your face, normally people would dread bringing up near-death experiences during their first years."

"I was flung across the forest by a giant scorpion and nearly mauled by bears protecting a former bully. True they're not my best memories, that's for sure, but…I learned plenty from them and that makes avoiding more slip-ups a bit easier."

The Arcs looked positively horrified, despite the fact that their son still lived despite these experiences.

"What doesn't kill you makes you stronger, huh?" Qrow observed. "Not bad for the kid."

He shut his mouth as the blonde mother shot him a withering glare.

Her gaze softened a bit at that, his optimism was having an effect on her it seemed. This time when she spoke her lips curled a bit. "You speak like James Ironwood as he is now; a fellow student and an aspiring huntsman like yourself."

"Whoa, you know General Ironwood as a student?" He asked rapt with attention. She nodded and continued.

"I also know Ruby's uncle and father as well, the game show hosts updated me on your current status and circle of friends by not spoiling too much." A small vein popped up on her temple. "Qrow and TaiYang, plus Bart and Peter, even Ozpin. Those boys would get me into so much trouble too often with their shenanigans, I wanted to toss each one out a ten story window and sometimes I do too."

'Nuff said, really. Her students couldn't help but snicker at the mental image of Ozpin being flung out of a window.

The girls back at the dorm gasped at this with the exception of the sisters gigging to themselves, they knew full well their uncle could definitely behave that way in school.

Their father likely the same, but now it was universally to known to the whole family that you never ever tick off Goodwitch. Ozpin chuckled mirthfully too and remembered all too well being thrown out a window one time when he had unknowingly wronged Glynda.

"You can see why I now place significance in a stout landing strategy." Ozpin commented.

Older Glynda simply looked off to the side in an embarrassed huff.

And now, the students realized why and how the headmaster came up with this crap.

"What does he mean?" Sun, who never heard of the Beacon Initiation, was nonplussed.

"Oh, we were flung of a cliff at Initiation," Yang explained offhandedly, as if it was no big deal and it happened on the regular.

"OzPIn," Tori screeched, right before being caught by her husband in a cooldown hug. The Belladonnas looked supremely unamused at the mental image of their daughter being randomly launched into a forest teeming with Grimm.

The headmaster, deciding on the best course of action here, said nothing.

'Yep that's starting to look more like the Miss Goodwitch I remember.' Jaune thought until she let out a breath and relaxed.

"They are all well meaning and talented in their own right, but they get into more mishaps and shenanigans than I care for." She suddenly brought her Crop-wand and smacked it into her hand creating a snapping sound and miniature shock wave from it. Jaune gulped at the display of power. "So I had to be disciplinarian and 'motivate' them to quit mucking around. You wouldn't believe how often I am called upon to repair things with my semblance. I am still a little rough around the edges though, but now those boys know not to rope me in with their nonsense."

'Mad respect to Miss Goodwitch.' Jaune thought eyeing the wand in her hand. She noticed this and quickly put it away with a cute smirk.

"So it is being a Dominatrix," Yang blurted out as the deputy looked ready to strangle Tai's daughter.

'Same old, same old,' Tai and Qrow thought in regards to Glynda's habits.

"It's good that you remind me of James Ironwood actually. He's the most upright well disciplined one out of all of us, myself excluded of course. You seem quite similar to him, or at least how he used to be…" Glynda looked a bit downcast at this part. Jaune picked up on it and waited for her continue.

"Used to be? What happened?"

"Let's just say he's turning himself into more of the absolute soldier than anyone would like. From always being about forceful approaches, focusing on might and militaristic decision making, to…rarely ever smiling anymore. He changed from the James I knew, but…" Glynda peered up from her look and brandished a sweet serene smile at Jaune before caressing her right hand gently over his. "…you're exactly like how he was except you seem to keep on smiling like a doofus even though you've seen some of the brutality of huntsman life already."

The teasing smiles from the two mothers returned, making the Goodwitch sigh in resignation.

"Tell me about it, on initiation day alone I thought I was going to die at least three times, Grimm seem to keep chasing after me for some reason. I guess I either look tasty or maybe the universe has it out for me." Jaune commented earning a small laugh from her.

"That's certainly feasible, but I find it charming that you're optimistic about all of it." She added making him blush now. "I'm sorry I perhaps shouldn't be discussing someone else on a date."

"Don't be, I kinda like that you're comparing me to the big shot Atlas General, makes me feel a bit more tough and manly."

Glynda popped an eyebrow in skepticism. "I didn't sat that part was a good one." He once again deflated. "You're fine the way you are, Jaune. I'm sure all your girlfriends back home would agree…I think I would too."

"She doesn't speak for me!" Weiss objected looking indignant.

'Though she does for me', three already named individuals thought as Arturia was smiling at the notion.

Tai was conflicted. On one hand how dare some kid try and corrupt his daughters! On the other, it was Arturia's son.

And the woman could be vindictive.

This time Jaune blushed up a bit storm and quickly brought up his glass of sweet tea to hide behind as he gulped it down. Glynda amused herself at his reaction and took another sip of her shake.

Jaune's eyes darted to the upright corner noticing the shattered moon in the beautiful night sky. This gave him an idea about a joke he remembered.

"Hey you know about your semblance…?" He started and her attention shifted solely on him waiting for him to continue.

"What about? Certainly it is powerful and it essentially reverses the cause-effect of most destroyed objects, but I am still currently only adept at it."

"Yeah, but what I'm saying I know how to fix the shattered moon." He lured and drew her in. "We put Glynda on a rocket and send her to the moon."

….

The students and adults in the theatre erupted into laughter.

Hell, even Glynda couldn't help but giggle. Despite the silliness of the joke, or perhaps exactly because of it.

Ozpin chuckled...then seriously thought about it.

The corners of her lips tugged ferociously at her sides until her face stretched into a smile that evolved into her having full-blown laughter.

"Huh ha ha ha ha ha ha!" She roared with laughter to the point her glasses fell off her face as she struggled to keep her breath. The absurdity and randomness of the joke involving her and her semblance just popped her bubble making her nearly cry tears in laughter.

The girls back home filled the room with laughter too, even Ren was stifling himself. Yang made a note to jot that one down for later.

Jaune chuckled along with her and mentally did a thumbs up for the perfect delivery of that once old meme/joke that he and his classmates made up one time.

Once she finished she readjusted her glasses Glynda, both Glyndas, positively beamed at Jaune feeling refreshed at the childish humor that was lost on them.

"I haven't laughed that hard for a while, he he he." Glynda leaned over to place a cute kiss on his forehead making them both blush.

Pyrrha was wracked the entire time with jealousy at the date going so well. Velvet was envying the young Glynda for her boldness, something she lacked in terms of romance. Ruby wondered if she could be that bold.

John noticed the yearning looks and made a mental note.

'Looks like my shoddy advice somehow worked.' The wrong mental note.

Once she pulled back her beautiful green eyes darted over to the stage and lit up with an idea. "You wish to hear me sing, Jaune? I'll show you if you'd like."

Jaune now looked up at her with childish excitement and nodded. She got up out from her table and whipped her wand hand bringing the microphone over to it.

Now holding it in her hand she looked over to the owner with a look of confirmation, once he gave her the 'ok' signal she stepped up onto the stage and placed her lips close to the microphone.

Everyone; RWBY, NPR, Sun and Neptune, Coco and Velvet, and Ozpin himself all leaned closer very intently to listen. Only older Glynda seemed to avert her eyes from the screen with a very red face. Singing had once been a hobby she was very talented in and passionate about, it's also not something she wanted everyone to know either.

Everyone leaned a little forward, curious about the oncoming performance. Coco regretted not having her scroll with her on the one occasion she would really need it.

The main attraction blushed a little.

"This song goes out to the blonde boy wearing an adorable bunny hoodie…" Glynda began making Jaune squirm a bit with red cheeks as eyes gazed over at him. She began singing with a rather smooth lovely voice.

'Fly me to the moon'

'Let me play among the stars'

'Let me see what spring is like on'

The lights dimmed in the cafe and everyone sat in awe of her performance, none more than Jaune who was glued to the sight of her.

'Jupiter and Mars'

'In other words, hold my hand'

'In other words, darling, kiss me'

She stepped off the stage with mic still in hand as she casually sashayed over to a bewildered looking Jaune.

'Fill my heart with song and let me sing for ever more'

'You are all I long for'

'All I worship and adore'

'In other words, please be true'

'In other words, I love you'

Jaune really went red here, he knew it might have been premature to assume those lyrics were all natural and genuinely intended towards him, but it was the presence and effect she gave off that made it all feel…real. Glynda was one hell of a singer, he positively felt entranced by her at the moment.

'Fill my heart with song'

'Let me sing for ever more'

'You are all I l long for, all I worship and adore'

'In other words, please be true'

'In other words'

'In other words'

'I love you'

With that she finished and a round of applause resounded from all around; the cafe attendees, the girls plus Ren at the dorm, and even the fellow contestants and hosts. Both Weiss's were especially impressed and each Schnee girl clapped for her performance.

'I bet I can sing just as well…if I had a singing voice.' Neo mulled a bit downcast and crossed her arms in a huff.

The theatre had erupted in rambunctious applause when the performance ended, congratulating Miss Goodwitch on her stunning voice and, in the case of the two usual culprits, teasing her relentlessly.

The crushing three wondered idly if their Jaune would enjoy being serenaded.

Older Glynda felt a small tear leave the corner of her eyes as she looked on at the scene with a nostalgic smile. She was impressed that her young growing student made her younger self feel that way, in a way he did remind her of Ironwood's former radiance as well as the collective gung-ho attitude of all students seeking to be heroes.

"You were quite the singer back in the day, Glynda." Ozpin commented taking another sip from his mug.

"Indeed I was, I probably could've been a famous one too if I didn't decide on becoming a huntress instead, but I have no regrets for the path I stayed on. Even though I have become a bit more cynical and jaded since my youth I…think it's good to see innocence such as that thrive in others these days. I'm glad to know that mister Arc is aware of death being a possibility. I can only hope he doesn't become as embittered as the rest of us became after a certain point." Glynda stated never looking away from the screen as her younger self put away the mic and walked up to Jaune pulling him into a deep affectionate hug in which he returned.

Qrow sighed. "There are more than enough people who think they're invincible. It's all fun and games and then you lose an arm."

The students mulled over that. Death was a real possibility in their career choice.

Johnathan, meanwhile, pondered something. People thinking they're owed success and respect coming with the reputation as an accomplished hunter have no place in that particular field.

It was because of the promise of death, the fate of all warriors regardless of their foe, that he had not trained his son, despite the latter's want to be a hero.

The father felt guilty, now more than ever.

"I don't think I believe that and neither do you, or rather your younger self." Ozpin added making her smile fondly at the image before her.

"Still would it be called 'robbing the cradle' if you two were to possibly become an item in the present?" Ozpin added.

A vein materialized on her forehead and her wand came straight out along with a menacing look. The windows to the office opened threateningly.

"Never mind what I said." Ozpin chuckled and went back to sipping his coffee.

A few chuckles and a cackle from Qrow went through the theatre.

"I believe it is called a May-December Romance," Blake added, not intending a jab and Glynda's age, but carrying it out regardless, which earned her a glare.

Ozpin felt like something wonderful could be set in motion; he just had to make the right actions.

Back to Jaune and Glynda…

Jaune felt her retract a bit from the hug and look into his eyes with her own reddened one.

"So uh…those lyrics…"

"They're from the song's own pre-made lyrics, your moon joke just reminded of it thus I decided to use it for the occasion. It's actually the first song I officially sang here…" Glynda shared keeping her hands knitted tightly around his neck. "I wouldn't say those lyrics are too far off the mark, only another couple of dates withe either me or my future self can really say for certain."

He blushed at this and was about to say something until she surprised him with a stealthily engaged kiss delivered to his lips. He relaxed into the embrace and kissed her back.

Jealousy was back again as Glynda blushed furiously while even her own colleagues joined in the teasing.

"My oh my, what youth!" went Port.

"Even if it is rather...uncouth," rhymed Oobleck. One look at each other and the plan was made.

"What is next, a date after a training fight?" Bart went on.

"Or a dance under the pale moonlight?" Peter was on a roll. Everyone else just listened on and watched as Glynda became redder and redder.

"Perhaps a nice dinner at the dawn of night?"

"Or watch a movie, one that brings the fright?"

"A gentle kiss, the softest touch"

"Mayhaps it would become too much?"

"The younger one full of passion, trying his luck?"

"Or the older one inviting him to-"

"ENOUGH!"

The grown men started pouting as the students protested. "Spoilsport," the portly teacher grumbled.

Jaune returned the game show stage and reluctantly left young Glynda back in the portal vortex. He did the same thing as he did with V4 Ruby and placed his hands over hers over the reflected surface as she bade him goodbye…for now.

Teenage Glynda leaned forward a placed a kiss on the surface from her end and smiled fondly at him before disappearing into the mystical space vortex of purple energy.

Pyrrha was resolving now to find another episode of the game show now, preferably with another date with another her.

The women just cooed at the scene, finding it heartwarming. Ozpin had wanted to say something, but resolved that it was too early and he did not want to push his luck.

"Now that was heart warming, and hopefully if you've scored enough points with her younger self as well as the sexier teacher version will want you to date soon." Boomstick commented as Jaune turned around to head back over to the center of the stage.

Part of him wouldn't object to the idea, but he wasn't sure if the current version of Miss Goodwitch he knew would be affected in any way by this. 'I really wish I understood time/space mechanics better.'

Cheeky side-eyes again.

Walking back over to the center of the stage Jaune awaited to see his score.

"And here…we…go…!" Whiz announced and the holographic display of double digit numbers started flickering randomly until it came to a stop.

"Excelsior, my man! The score comes out to a very solid 66% meaning that version of Glynda or a close parallel will come back for more taboo student-teacher action." Boomstick declared making Jaune gush a bit with pride.

The Arcs cheered loudly and unabashedly, making the teacher slump a little. 'I am not going to live this one down anytime soon, am I?'

"If they dated on this show would that mean Jaune would get better grades?" Ruby asked innocently.

"Ruby clear your mind of those thoughts, they're scandalous!" Weiss shouted.

"I wouldn't," the stern teacher clarified. "It would be grossly unprofessional."

"Well he could really improve his grade point average if he did, plus she could also whip Jaune more into shape." Nora stated.

"I believe that position is filled, Nora." Pyrrha stated meaning herself.

Pyrrha shot Nora a nasty look, to which the latter replied with turning away whistling 'innocently'. The Arcs took note of this.

"I take it you are helping my son become a better fighter?" John spoke up, addressing the spartan.

"I-yes, I am," she replied, stiffening a little, trying to make a good impression at the one who seemed like an older version of her crush.

The man smiled at her. "Thank you, then. I, unfortunately, could not train him myself."

"So he is self-taught?" Yang concluded.

"Something like that," Arturia answered. If her theory was correct and her son had faked is credentials, then there was a good chance his friends would react poorly to that particular tidbit.

He had fun getting to know his younger teacher personally as well as enjoying the incredible performance she gave. 'Who would've thought she'd be such an incredible singer, she'd probably give Weiss some tough competition.'

"By order of next selection we've decided to throw away the 'wait in line' way of numbering and simply select your contestant for you at random instead." Whiz declared causing a wave of small surprise from everyone. "We've come to the conclusion that going in order is too predictable and a little boring so we decided on simply randomly selecting your next date to shake things up."

"Yet more rules made up on the fly," Weiss grumbled in annoyance. "Wonderful."

"I like it," Nora defended. "It shakes things up."

"If you seek to keep this maiden from her man-meat you got another thing coming!" Nora the Valkyrie called out feeling itchy for her hammer.

"Wait, other me was next?! I take it back!"

"Whoah whoah take it easy, okay. Choosing candidates are just gonna be a little more wild and unpredictable now. Ya know for the viewers. There's still a good chance you'll get selected, no one's getting put on the back burner here."

"Very well, this warrior wants to see Jaune go through more training to better wet her appetite for a fierce suitor, but I don't feel like waiting too long ya know." Nora The Valkyrie declared keeping a firm grip on her large deadly looking hammer surging with electricity. 'Also seeing him get beefed up…does things to me, hooh yeah.'

Now everyone was looking at Nora funny. "I mean," she started before clamping her mouth shut. Seeing her Renny train and get all sweaty did things to her, so it was only natural for the her without a Renny to feel things when Jaune-Jaune got sweaty.

Not that she could say that out loud.

"The reason we chose to randomize the selection process is not only to keep viewers on their seats, but also because of the influx of fan requests from our viewers." Boomstick stated gesturing to the holo-board where a screen of dozens of requests shown. "Not that the selection process of other universe candidates wasn't already randomized, but here we have a good grasp on what to aim for, but largely it is all still randomized."

"Now we had to filter some of it to make sure no paradoxes can come about, so you'll only see character suggestions." Whiz added.

A lot of them making Jaune's eyes go wide, his as well as those back home.

"Why are there so many people requesting a 'me' from the R63 universe?" Ren asked appalled yet it barely showed.

The minds of the girls went into the gutter immediately, except it featured male Ren getting it on with the blonde. Because hey, if men are allowed to fantasize about lesbians...

'It would be hot,' a certain ginger conceded.

The men shuddered, immediately knowing what fresh hell the girls were conjuring up.

Ren feared for his bum.

"I see plenty of my name there too." Blake chimed in as they all leaned close to read them all.

'Raven Branwen?! and so many times too! Why do people want to see my mother date Jaune so badly?' Yang's thoughts were a flux, part of her did want to see her just to know her a bit better even if it were for the dating show. Another part of her would feel too awkward that very idea, but she digresses she'd at least like to see what she's like. wretched in surprise.

Mrs Arc started to cackle, to the bewilderment of everyone else, safe for Qrow and Tai, who blanched.

'There's also Summer in that list, and…'

The cackling became louder.

"Uncle Qrow as a woman?!" Ruby shrieked in surprise. "Or wait, does that mean we'd have to call her 'Auntie' Qrow if she appears?"

"Probably." Nora said aloud.

Tai looked to his friend and teammate in confusion.

"Don't you fucking dare think about it," the drunkard hissed.

'Hardly any mentions of me in there, aside for whatever a 'Maiden' seems to be.' Pyrrha noted with a brow furrowing in curiosity.

Glynda and Ozpin stiffened.

"People want Grimm versions of us? How does that even make sense? I mean what would they look like?" Weiss wondered secretly hoping not to see an abominable version of herself with pale skin and spikes.

More than a few brows rose, indeed wondering what their Grimm selves would look like.

Sun imagined himself as part Beringel, going full King Kong.

Nora thought of being part Ursa, just roaming about the land.

Everyone had their own imaginations; some with more horns, some with less, some thought in cool designs, some sexualized cough Blake cough.

Back to the game show…

"So now what? Who goes next if I don't get to choose?" Jaune asked wondering which of the remaining three would be the next date. 'Please don't let it be Valkyrie Nora.' He added praying for his bones.

Nora resolved to being a little more gentle, particularly because of a sudden fear of a certain blonde mother.

"Well we're picking randomly, just look at the doorways behind the podiums for clarification. Whichever one the light shows up one is the next girl to be your date next. Let it roll!" Boomstick shouted energetically.

The frame of one of the doorways lit up and randomly flicked here and there behind each contestant. The signals slowed to a crawl until the last signal stopped behind…

"Weiss…" Jaune uttered when noticing the selection light flickering behind it's chosen contestant; V4 Weiss Schnee.

Yang saw the opportunity. "Looks like Vomit Boy will get that date after all," she teased.

Weiss wanted to object. "I-But-He-Listen here, Xiao Long!" Though she had become flustered and stumbled a little.

"So my son asked you out and you rejected him?"

In the short time that Weiss had known Arturia Arc, the mother of eight had established herself as being quite scary whenever it came to her children. "Yes?" She had decided to be honest about the rejection, omitting the various, a fair bit cruel ways, of repeatedly rejecting the blonde.

"Your loss." Tori had taken notice of how certain girls reacted to her son dating a younger version of his teacher. It seemed she did not need to worry about potential romantic prospects for her son.

Weiss was taken off-guard by the dismissal, causing her brain to shut down for a while.

Back home regular Weiss appeared a bit flustered and uncertain, just like Ruby was earlier she was unprepared to witness a simulation of herself and Jaune.

All around her the girls excluding Ren all bore cheeky wide grins on their faces.

"Looks like we'll finally see what would've happened if our fair Ladykiller managed to get Snow Angel out on a date." Yang snickered mischievously alongside.

"I support you too, Weiss! Both my bffs together would be just as good, plus you and Jaune would finally be getting along." Ruby cheered feeling a tinge of jealousy after she had said it. 'I'm not entirely sure why but I feel like taking those words back.'

The cackling returned with a vengeance as Yang whipped around to her sister. Ruby had appeared sheepish now and was blushing a little.

Tai looked horrified.

"S-Shut up!"

Even Pyrrha appeared catty when he came to teasing Weiss, she had no worries about any residual feelings stirring within Jaune about her and held no concern for Weiss feeling the same for she was resolved to confess herself when he come back. 'Whenever he comes back…' She thought and noticed how V4 Weiss's figure developed a little in comparison to the current one hiding behind a pillow. 'Still I may be worried just a little bit.'

Pyrrha felt oddly relieved that it was not her own Jaune that was stuck there, potentially reigniting his old crush. The sentiment was shared by Ruby and Velvet in secret, the latter of whom wondering if there was a version of her coming up.

Once V4 Weiss elegantly strode over to the center the two now abandoned doorway/podiums lit up again.

"Now to replace the empty spots we'll be selecting our two new contestants, the suggestions box may have a factor in decision making, but nothing is too concrete yet." Whiz announced and the two doorways lit up and out stepped two figures, one of which made Jaune's jaw drop to the floor.

The anticipation was palpable. Everyone was wondering about the new arrivals.

Yatsuhashi Daichi idly wondered about if there would be a female version of him somewhere.

What would she even be named if Neptune's version was Neptunia?

Mochi?

Yatsu liked Mochi.

There was an elegant slender oriental girl just a bit shorter than Jaune, wore a green long sleeve similar to the original, white short shorts and flat pink slip-on shoes. Her jet black hair was shoulder length and tied decoratively into a flowing ponytail with the pink strip of hair on the side of her face. Her face was a bit rounder and more feminine and her magenta eyes were wide and piercing.

Jaune's heart felt like stopping for two reasons; one being that she was stunning in her own right, two being that it was….

"Lian Ren from the R63 universe has been chosen!" Whiz declared.

'Gawdammit!'

Ren paled as the girls looked at him with the biggest grins.

"A sister!" Nora yelled. "And she looks so cute! Look at her, Renny!"

"I'm looking." Even if he did not really want to. She reminded him painfully of his other.

The girls back at the dorm gasped in shock, Nora squealed in excitement and bounced in her seated position uttering words like 'sister', 'finally', and 'prettier makeup'.

Yang however was speechless for a different reason altogether, one that filled her core with a myriad of emotions.

Curiosity had the blonde brawler. Then her eyes widened in horror. "No..."

"Yes," whispered another blonde, picking up on the cue.

The second fresh contestant had long black hair beautifully layered down her backside with a neat crimson cloth at the very top. Her eyes were crimson red and her face, despite beautiful in maturity, held a look of experience and savagery.

'It's her…' Yang thought feeling her heart clench up in her chest.

"Our new contestant is Raven Branwen of the present day RWBY universe!"

"You don't look like much, but…I'll be willing to shape you up into a find swordsman and prime specimen on our 'romantic outing', Jaune." She said darkly with a chilling smile as she took her spot behind her podium.

Arturia Arc erupted into her best rendition of a supervillain laugh, shocking everyone else.

"Vengeance!" she yelled between laughs. "Vengeance will be mine!"

John facepalmed.

"What is going on?" Ruby asked, mildly freaking out at the sudden change.

"These two!" The woman pointed at Tai and Qrow, both of whom had their jaws dropped at the arrival of their ex and sister, respectively.

"These two had the bright idea to confess for me! I had to deny it, because I felt embarrassed! So I swore to them that one day I would have a son to seduce their wives!"

All the jaw drops. "WHAT?!" shrieked more than a few girls. Yang had successfully shut down.

"I forgot how vindictive you can be," commented Ghira, taken aback by all of this.

Tai had buried his face in his hand. Qrow fled to the bottle.

"I look forward to breaking you in and making you worthy of joining my tribe." She added with a direct gaze at Jaune making him squirm.

The manic smile disappeared. "Over my dead body."

Yang reactivated. "I am not calling him Daddy!" she blurted out before starting to glow red in the face.

And the smile was back as Tai begged for the sweet release of death.

Blake would milk this for everything it was worth.

"Oh yeah? Well get in line, sister!" Valkyrie Nora challenged itching for her hammer again.

"Boomstick…"

"Yeah?"

"Ready the safety measures just to be safe."

"Huh oh yeah, well if there is gonna be a brawl between two powerhouse women then I'm bringing in a mud pen."

'Hot,' was the consensus among the younger men.

John decided to save this train wreck the whole situation had become. "Now!" He clapped his hands loudly. "Who wants to see pictures?"

All else was forgotten as the girls ran towards the father, surrounding him in anticipation. Though just as he was about to show them all just how weapons-grade adorable his son had been...

"Oh? Just where is this?"

"Oh, um Himmels Willen!"Weiss had just about enough of these intrusions. "Who is it?"

"Weiss? You should control yourself."

The Schnee Heiress paled. Her older sister had arrived.

"'Sup, Ice Queen."

"Oh, it's Qrow," she sighed, already dreading the conversation. "What is this?" The specialist had taken notice of the small crowd.

Ozpin rose from his seat. "I shall explain."