:AN. Here we go! Another chapter of Game on! The first line of the story starts to be molded here with a bit of a tease of the future so take care! Also fair warning this story was meant to get rough so warning! Until then as always thank you for reading and enjoy.


~OHHHHH~ There's a place I know That's tucked away; A place where you and I can stay! Where we can go to laugh and play,
And have adventures every day!~

~I know it sounds hard to believe But guys and gals it's true,
Camp Campbell is the place for me and you!~

~We'll swim through lakes and climb up trees;
Catch fish, bugs, bears, and honeybees!~

~There's endless possibilities And no, That's not HYPERBOLE!~

~Our motto's "CAMPE DIEM"
And that means I'm telling you~

~We've got...
Archery, Hiking, Search & Rescue, Biking, Horseback, Training that will save you from a heart attack, Scuba diving, Miming, Keeping up with rhyming, Football, Limbo, Science, Stunting, Pre-Calc, Spaceships, Treasure hunting, Bomb defusal, No refusal,Fantasy, Circus trapeze, and Fights, and Ghosts, and Paints, and Snakes, and Knives, and Chess, and Dance, and Weights–

It's Camp Camp!~

"~ OHHHH There's-

"Will you shut up!?"

Vernal shouted at her leader making him pause as he stared at the brown haired woman who seethed at him.

"What's wrong Vernal? You sound tense."

Qrow asked his second in command who gritted her teeth.

"What's wrong?! What's wrong is that you keep singing that damned song that no one likes!"

Vernal shouted as Qrow gained a hurt look on his face.

"What!? What do you mean no one likes it!? That's not true! Jaune you like the song right?"

"I like it!"
"And you do chip tooth guy."

"Hey! That's not fair! But I do like it."

The three men all claimed as Vernal looked absolutely livid.

"This is ridiculous! I can't believe it! I really can't believe it! I left everything! Everything! I left everything I had in Haven for what!? For this!? For some assinine promise of adventure and freedom!? I'm surrounded by nothing my overgrown man-children! I should have stayed in Haven."

Vernal pouted giving up as Qrow sighed.

"Why are you so angry Vernal? It's not like you are going to die or something."

"Oh, I don't know Qrow! Why am I angry? It's not like we are all going to be executed in less than one hour you know!?"

Vernal shouted to Qrow who sighed rocking back and forth upside down with the rest of his clan. As the current four remaining Branwen tribe members were in a rather precarious situation.

As they all hung upside down bound in tight ropes as they hung in a Mistrali jail cell waiting for their aforementioned execution. Doing what they did best as they prepared for the end. Arguing and bickering amongst one another as the four of them hung, awaiting execution was not an unusual occurrence for the four surviving Branwen's. Far from it!

The Branwen tribe or what was left of it almost always found themes in this situations. Tied up, stung up and helplessly awaiting their death at the hands of a guillotine, firing squad or whatever thing was set to end their lives this time. And as per usual, it was all Qrow's fault.

As the four hung upsides down Vernal shot daggers into her leader as she began to berate him.

"This is ridiculous! After all, the far-fetched hair brained idiotic schemes you cooked up over the years this was the worst of them! Not only are we all going to die we did even steal any dust!"

"Hey! That's not true! We stole all the dust from the town! I'll have you know!"

"But that you immediately lost in a gambling den of a faunus merchant who sold us out to the cops! And now we are going to die! I am going to die with the worst people!"

"Hey-

"I'm sorry. Not you Jaune. You are perfect. And the only useful blonde in my life."

"Hey! Words hurt Vernal. That was not a very nice thing you said an-

"I meant what I said! At least, Jaune can handle himself in a fight and not need me to resue his ass every ten seconds!"

"Hey! You leave chip tooth alone! He is a valuable and essential part of our tribe!"

Qrow defended his subordinate as he grew teary-eyed.

"Boss!"

"Don't worry chip tooth. I appreciate you."
"Boss I-

"He's one of four members of the tribe that is still alive! Of course, he is essential! When there is less than five of us still alive we can't afford to be picky!"

"Hey!"

"Stop complaining and you! You Qrow you where our leader! We trusted you and looked where we ended up if you had just kept your shit together-

"If you had just the spring maiden like you said you where then we wouldn't even be here in the first place!"

"Ohhh!"

"Shut up chip tooth!"

"Guys! No fighting!"

"Jaune's right! We need to come together as one! We are Branwen's! We never give up! We never surrender we-

A door opened as two women with long, dazzling long swords and shiny red armor walked into the dingy, dank prison cell.

"It's time."

One guard said as she raised a sword over Qrow's head as he sighed.

"Qrow?"

Vernal asked as he sighed.

"Yeah let's do it. I'm starting to get chaffed."

Qrow said as a flurry of movement was followed by the ripping of rope filled the air as all four tribesmen ripped free from their bonds breaking free of their restraints and landing feet first onto the floor.

"We have an escape attempt! Sound the alar-

The guard never finished her sentence as Vernal grabbed her from behind choking her out as Qrow lept knocking the other one unconscious with a hammer blow to the back of her head.

"Ok, Branwen's move-out!"
Qrow said proudly pointing forward to their freedom as Jaune grinned.


Where am I?

Jaune thought as he opened his eyes to a strangely blue room. He was laying in a white bed and-

My fight!? Jaune thought as his hands shot to his chest armor where to his great horror his crest was missing. As he looked up, he saw a pair of brown bunny ears in his peripheral vision as a warm, soft feeling gripped over his hand.

Velvet was at his hospital bedside holding his hand breathing silently resting her head on his chest as she slept on a small chair.

"Velvet?'

Jaune asked sleepily as her faunus ears shot up as her creamy chocolate eyes shot open as she saw Jaune and gasped.

"I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm so so sorry! I didn't mean to hurt you! I really did not! I was just trying to get you to date me! Please forgive me!"

The girls said bowing profusely at Jaune hitting him in the eyes with her rabbit ears making him gak.

"Velvet-

"Please forgive me! I didn't mean to hurt you! I was just trying to-

"Velvet! It' ok!"

Jaune said gakking as he was beaten with what was perhaps the pair of the softest ears in his existence. Not that he made it a habit of getting hammered by bunny ears, but that was beside the point.
As the rabbit girl sighed once as she let go of his hand making Jaune blood free as in her other hand was his crest.

His blood turned to ice, as he saw the girl hold the essential thing in his life. His ticket to freedom in her free hand as his jaw dropped an-

"Velvet! Is your boyfriend up?'

A strange voice said as twin figures walked into the room as a man and woman entered. The woman was tall. Standing at an easy firm seven feet two inches, with a pair of long brown bunny ears adding an extra two feet to her height. Piercing emerald eyes and firm build with pale skin. Was the woman who glared down at him with an intimidating glare.

The woman was the polar opposite of Velvet personality demeanor wise. She wore a pair of black business skirt and blouse. Along with a pair of shiny dark high heels. And has a professional aura around her as she stared at the boy accusingly.

"Mom! He's right here!"

Velvet said happily as she gripped his hand again.
"Just play along! Please!"

She thought as the woman eyed him.

"Hello. You must be Jaune. I am Annabel Scalretina. Pleasure."

She said as Jaune went to introduce himself.

"Jaune Arc-

" I know who you are Jaune Arc. And I am not impressed."

The woman said in a steely tone as Jaune paled before her husband? Spoke up.

"Annabel. What did we say about being nice?"

The man asked his wife who's piercing gaze softened for a moment as her shining green eye regarded her husband. He was around five-foot-nine, with smooth brown hair and creamy chocolate eyes. He was dressed in a light white shirt and brown pants. And his entire body seemed to radiate an aura of gentleness and compassion that permeated the air surrounding him.

Taking one look at the two it was clear who Velvet took after the most as his wife sighed.

"Fine. Jaune. What I meant to say. Was that I do not approve of your arena performance you should have at least put up a struggle-

"Mom! Don't insult my boyfriend!"

Velvet yelled in what was for her a firm voice as her mother sighed.

"I'm not insulting him. I'm just saying that the standard for Beacon hunters has gone downhill. Even for a man."

"Dear...

Her husband said exasperatedly as she sighed.

"Fine. I'll be nice. Jaune Arc I am Annabel Scarlatina mother of Velvet and special prosecutor for the Vale attorneys office. I specialize in crimes of discrimination and abuse. A pleasure."

The woman said formerly introducing herself as Jaune nodded.

"That's nice?"

"It is. Now you claim to be dating my daughter? Why is that-

"Mom!?"
Velvet asked blushing as Jaune sighed.

"Your daughter is one of the kindest people I know. She took time to help me get accustomed to Beacon on the first day here when I did not have many friends. She also helps me study and takes notes for me in class."

"She takes your notes? Why not you? What makes it so hard to take notes?"

"Oobleck speaks too fast mom!"

Velvet pouted as the woman took on a knowing look.

"Yes, that is true. She has not changed much. Still, how did you meet my daughter?"

Annabel asked as Jaune recalled his first meeting with Velvet.

"I met her in the cafeteria, she was getting bullied by some students for being a faunus, and I stepped in to help her. Got knocked out for it too."

Jaune said with a self-deprecating smile as the woman's eye's widened.

"You? Really? Pray tell why would a human step in to help a faunus stranger they did not know against other humans? You will excuse me for believing that your motives are less than pure and that there is more than likely an ulterior force driving you besides altruism."

"Mom!"
"Dear...

"Why did that matter? She needed help, and I was there to give it to her. I don't care that she's a faunus. She needed help."

"She's a woman. She can help herself. Why would she need a man to help her?"

"Why does it matter?"

"She's stronger than you. If she was in a position where she could not help herself against multiple opponents why in the world would you think you a boy could do it alone?"

"That didn't matter. I don't care how many there were. She needed help and if I could help her, it would. I did it then, and I would do it again."

"Even if it meant you were getting hurt?"

"Yes."

"Even if it meant potentially risking your life for a stranger? You would do so again and again so long as they needed help?"

"Of course."

"Why?"

The woman asked her tone finally soften as she ended her rather rude lien of questions.

"It's who I am. An Arc helps people in need o matter what. It doesn't matter why or who we go against. If someone is in danger and they don't serve it, we help them. Simple as that."

Jaune said as the woman sighed and rubbed he head.

"Velvet."

"Yes!?"

The faunus girl asked her mother who was shaking her head in her palm in a disapproving manner. Or so Jaune thought as he noticed the smallest tint of a smile in the corners of her mouth.

"Velvet you picked yourself a stubborn man. But a good one. One who if he does not mature and grow up! Is not long for this world. Oversee him meticulously ok? I know how stubborn men can be. Look at your father."

She said with a Chesire smile as the man sighed as Jaune coked his head.

"Mam?"

"Call me Ana Jaune. I'm sorry about earlier. I'm a lawyer by trade, and sometimes I bring the court back home with me. I didn't mean to be rude. You seem a decent enough man for my girl. Just don't let her walk all over you. I know she can be a bit controlling. She takes after me in that regard."

"Mom! Don't scare him! I just met him!"

Velvet said blushing cutely, or he thought she looked adorable, her cheeks redd than Ruby's cloak and rabbit ears put flat.

"I don't want him to run away! Not like all the others."

All the others?

Jaune thought as the girl's thoughts entered his mind, as his skin went cold. It was like he was doused in a bucket of ice water as all warmth left his veins as he began to shiver.

"Why do they all run away? I don't mean to be mean! I just want to find a boy and love him! To take him away to a beautiful, safe, secure place. Far. Far away from the dangers of the world and-

"So Jaune. Are you dating my daughter? "

Anna asked as Velvet's troubling thought s stopped as Jaune felt a growing sense of unease form the bunny girl as he nodded.

"Yes, mam."

"So when is your wedding?'

"Mom!?"

"What? You have his crest. There is no reason for you not to propose any-

"Yes, there is."

Caitlin said calmly walking into the room with Ren and Pyrrha in tow.

"Jaune's up!"

Ren said blinking to Jaune. Disappearing and reappearing in an instant as he used his semblance?

As he wrapped Jaune in a tight hug as Pyrrha spoke in an agitated tone.

"I do not think Jaune is just dating you daughter-

"Oh? And I take it that you want to marry him as well? That's fine as long as I get my thirteen grandchildren I have no objections to you. I'm sure Velvet would take you as a third wife."

Ana said making Veld squeal mom! As her face, became beat red as Pyrrha's eyes flashed a dangerous color of green as Caitlin put a hand on her shoulder calming her.

"If you don't know there is a rule to dating an Arc man-

"I know your rules. First, she must mark him. Then she must challenge him to fight, and he must accept. Third, she must beat him in a fight and steal said crest. Finally, she must make a challenge for him that he must accept if she is victorious he will marry her."

Ana said making Caitlin nod her head approvingly.

"If you know that then you also know that the challenges must be done in the proper order. And seeing as how Velvet has not marked him-

"Oh, I did mark him! Look!"

Velvet said as her hands fell to his shoulder where she gripped his shirt ignoring his blush and protest as she pulled down his shirt reveal a bright brown thorny heart tattoo on his chest as she revealed a large mark on him as Pyrrha glowed black?

Jaune swore he was not seeing things right as the Spartan girl's hands actually glowed black and-

"When did that happen?"

Caitlin asked as Jaune blushed.

"When parents day first started! I marked him in a corner by myself!"

Velvet said holding up a pink egg that broke in two revealing hundreds of small metallic needles of the miniature tattoo machine as Caitlin nodded.

"I redact my statement. Velvet you have done three of the four steps necessary. You may challenge my brother for his hand in marriage at any moment of your choosing... In any way of your choosing."

"Caitlin!"

"Pyrrha. She has followed the rules. The only way to stop this is for her to accept the challenge of another woman to take the crest giving it back to Jaune putting her back at step two."

Catilin said gripping Jaune's hand and gulping.

"Jaune! Let's talk! I... I don't want to pressure you into anything so let's get to know one another ok?"

Velvet asked blushing brightly as Jaune nodded and tucked his head hiding his own blush.


"Yang. You have done well."

Raven said smiling widely at her daughter who was giving off an unusual degree of modesty to her face as she blushed.

"Mom... I don't know about it...

"Yang. You did well. You are strong, and you found yourself a strong man. You will win his heart one way or another. Your brand is on him he is yours."

Raven said smiling at her daughter who nodded.

"But...

"But what?"

"I...

"Yang? What's wrong? You are usually never this docile. What's the matter?"

Raven asked her daughter who sat on her bed in the parent's dorm as she talked to her daughter. Raven was over the moon at her daughters' arena performance. She had been perfected.

Perfected! By a man who she had already marked? This was perfect. Raven always had wondered if her daughter would find her own man and not be reduced to using a palace instead.

She would have settled for a man of strong will let alone one who was truly strong. As her daughter took a deep breath.

"Mom...

"You are calling me, mom? What happened to Raven?"

Raven asked teasingly as Yang flushed one and sighed.

"I... I need my mom for this...
"Really? Why not ask Summer? She seems to be good at this kind of things."

Raven said giving her daughter a rib as Yang fumed.

"Ahh! This is why I can't talk to you about this stuff! You don't take this seriously!"

Yang complained as Raven chuckled putting a hand on her shoulder as she stared her daughter in the eyes.

"Yang. I am taking this seriously. If you have a problem, then tell me. I'm here for you. "

"Really?"

"Of course. You are my daughter, and I love you. Tell me what's wrong."

"Mom... What if...

"What if?"

"What if I'm not good enough!"

Yang yelled making Raven blink owlishly at her.

"Not good enough?"

"Yeah, not good enough. What about Jaune and the others? I mean what if he doesn't' like me? I mean I'm loud, rough I hit things I don't like. What if he doesn't like me?"

"Then he is a fool."
"Mom?"

"Yang, Xiao-long Branwen. You are my daughter. You are one of the strongest, kindest, honest and loyal people in the world. Not only are you strong of spirit and body you are loyal and brave. Not to mention your beauty. Anyone would be lucky to have you."

"But there are so many other girls! I mean look at his partner! She's a literal champion! Then Weiss, a princess then Velvet and-

"Yang. You need to stop worrying about others. You are a Branwen, and you need to win Jaune the Branwen way."

"The Branwen way?"

Yang asked as Raven smiled whimsically as she twirled her hair.

"Yang, did I ever tell you the tale of how I met your father?"

"You said you met him at Beacon right?'

"Oh, I did. But did I ever tell you the day I decided to make him mine?"

"No?"

Yang asked as Raven smiled. Let me tell you a story...


"Raven Branwen!"

"Versus! Tai Yang-Xiao-long!"

GoodWitch yelled as she announced the next fighters to the fight.

"That's me!"

Tai said the attractive young man leaping to his feet knocking his knuckles together gauntlets sparking as he flashed his partner a grin.

"Ready, to go out with a Yang Rae, Rae?"

Tai asked making Raven girn at him.

"After you Tai."

She said as he skipped to the floor while she followed eyes trained on his toned legs, making her lick her lips as their leader called out.

"Tai! Be safe! Raven! Don't hurt him!"

Summer yelled from the stands already worried and-

"Whoo! Go, Tai! Kick her ass!"

Qrow yelled out as Raven grimaced at her young siblings who sat back in his bleacher seat cheering on his sisters opponent as she glared at him.

"Qrow! Language!"

Summer chided striking him on the ears as Qrow grimaced.

"Oww! Hey, watch it Sum Sum. Go get her Tai! you got this!"

Her loving brother said as she and Tai walked into the center of the arena.

"You ready to rumble Rae?"

Tai asked bouncing on his feet as Reaven took time to admire his figure. Tai Yang cut a lean figure. Dressed in his tight brown shirt and a loose brown shirt that showed of his impressive abs as Raven felt a low heat build in her.

Calm down, Raven. He's cute, but we don't' know if he's strong. Raven thought as Glynda coughed.

"Tai Yang! Ready?'

"As ever!"

"Raven! Ready?'

"Always."

Raven said as the dean nodded her young attract figure caught both her partner and her brother's eye, as Raven glared at Tai and Summer rapped Qrow above the head. Earning an ouch! From him as Glynda sighed once as she slapped her crop down.

"Begin!"

She yelled as Raven cocked a smile as Tai bounced on his feet kicking his hand up in a boxing stance.

She knew Tai was not weak. He was in a hunter academy after all. But! He was a man and as such going all out on him was not honorable, seeing how he was far weaker than her and proved little threat, so Raven needed to find a way to-

"Wha?"

Raven asked as her partner blinked. Out of existence as Tai went from jumping on the balls of his feet to disappearing in a puff of smoke.

"Where did you-

"Hey, Rae! How's it going?"

Tai asked appearing inside of Raven's guard smiling broadly before pulling back a fist and slamming it into her face.

Raven's world exploded in a whirlwind of pain. As she saw a kaleidoscope of colors as Tai rocked her across the floor in a bone-crunching THUD!

As his fist connected with her eye and sent her flying backward.

"Raven! Pease be ok!"

Summer called out in her typical concerned motherly tone making Raven give a small smile. That died in a nuclear explosion as the dry course laughter of her brother filled the air.

"That's it, Tai! Go get her!'

Traitor. Raven thought as she skidded to a halt. Using her sword to arrest her fall gouging out a deep gash in the arena floor as her head shot up.

In a moment all thoughts of mercy let her mind as-

"You know if you want to fight me you should really pay attention!"

A happy voice said as Raven didn't even have time to raise her sword as Tai sent her an uppercut her knocking the air from her jaw as sent her flying up. Knocking spit from her jaw and making her eyes bulge out from their sockets.

"Wow, Raven! I know you where a bird but I didn't think you could fly!"

Tai asked as he punched her in the gut sending her flying back and out of the arena as the match ended.

"Winner Tai! Perfect victory!"

GoodWitch yelled as Tai jumped in the air.

"Yeah! I won!"

The boy yelled jumped up and down before pausing and looking to a downed stunned Raven. Stoppin his cheer as he lent her a hand and helped her up.

"Good fight Raven that was-

"Tai Yang Xiao-Long. Will you do me the great honor of marrying me?"

Raven asked dropping down to one knee and taking Tai's hand in her own making the boy's face turn beet red as her team gasped.

Eeep!

Her leader eeped! As she did when she saw things that were cute as he brother coughed.

"The hell!?"

"Ahh! Ohmygod!Ohmygod!Ohmygod!Ohmygod!"

"Tai! No! Don't do it! It's a trap!"

Qrow balked as Tai flushed in shock and nodded.

"S- Sure! I'd love to!?"

Tai asked before Raven nodded raising up to her full height over a foot and a half above his. As she reached out her gloved hands to his chin raising his lips to hers and kissing him deeply and-

"Whoa! Whoa! Hold up! You got dad after he beat your ass, and you just proposed to him on the spot!?"

Yang asked incredulously Raven nodded.

"Yes, I did. Yang, I was looking for a strong man to make my own. I would not have a shared man at a palace. And I also sought a powerful partner at that. Tai beat me in a fight. Perfectly actually, made me look like a whelp, I knew from that moment on that there was never any other option."

Raven said leaning back on her bed smiling proudly as Yang's mouth dropped.

"And he just said yes?"
Yang asked as her mother's face took on a sultry grin.

"Well... At first, he was a bit hesitant, but I was able to convince him using my.. charms...
Raven said leaning farther back show of her chest and curling her hair around her finger.
"He might have started out a big strong man. But after some alone time with me? I made him see the joys of submission."

Raven said flash Yang a wink making her blush "You made him...

"I made him mine using the Branwen way. And after a week of my teachings, he could think of no other."

Raven said happily as Yang blushed and stuttered.

"Can.. can you teach me the Branwen way?"

Yang asked blushing as Raven nodded.

"I would love to. After that Jaune won't be ab to go a day without think of you." Raven as her daughter smiled at her.


"Dear Oum. Kill me."

Roman said as he finally finished cleaning up his warehouse. There! No more bottles no more Neo taking all of my Oum damn liquor!

Roman thought as he dusted off his hands taking care not to smudge his immaculate gloves as he cracked his back.

Now that that's done I just have to-
Click!
The sound of a door opening filled his ears, as Romans heart began to pound. Only two people would come for him here. One liked to teleport in and the other one-
"Hello. Roman dear. How are you today?"

A beatific melodic voice called out in a smooth tone that sent all of Roman's hairs went ramrod straight as Roman froze in place. Freezing on the spot as he sent deathly still before spinning around grinning ear to ear.

"Cindy! How's my favorite fire wielder doing today?"

Roman asked with a plastered easy smile as he raised his arms to the beautiful woman in front of him.

No. Calling Cinder Fall beautiful would be doing an insult to the word. Calling someone like Cinder beautiful would be like saying the sun was a bit warm, or GoodWitch took regulation with a slight sense or vigor.

Cinder was stunning, gorgeous in every way of the word. From the top of her head where her tick delicate black hair flowed down like the waves of a dark sea. To her bright dazzling orange eyes that sparkled with a radiant spark.

To her bewitching smile that captures your heart and held it. To her literally flawless form that was without a single blemish or disfiguring mark and seemed to ooze seduction from every poor on her flawless figure. Her chest was perfect. Not too large to be overbearing but not small enough to be lacking. An ideal mixture of could and shape wrapped in a stunning red dress.

And that dress! It seemed to mock the laws of physics, as it clung jealously to her perfect hourglass form. Hugging every last one of her body's already beauteous curves making Roman's throat run dry. All leading down to her shapely legs that seem to go on forever. And colored the same immaculate pale skin tone of the rest of her giving her a radiant pulchritudinous form and stealing the thief's breath in one go.

"Cindy! A pleasure!"

"The pleasure is all your's Roman. Now, what is the situation?"

Cinder asked her eyes flashing as the dual nature of her personality came to the forefront as Roman saw the other part of Cinder. The new side she hid oh so well deep under obfuscating layers of her elegant, enchanting disguise.

You see if you looked beyond the outer beauty and the exquisite looks you would see a cunning malice a whirlwind of cruelty that was ever so subtle hidden being an intricate and precise level of obfuscations, and misdirection but was right beneath the skin.

You see if you looked a bit closer to Cinder's flawless, elegant form you could see the cracks. Those eyes that sparkled with a radiant light that was hotter than a sun, yet colder than the highest of Atesain peak. That had a hidden coarseness, a callousness that spilled out and dripped with raw animosity and animality that made a chill run down his spine.

"Situation? Nothings changed Cindy dear!"

Roman said flashing her an easy smile that she saw through in less than a second as she flashed him her beatific smile.

That was no longer enthralling and enchanting but now curved up wickedly, her lips formed up to resemble cruelly carved daggers as she grinned at him.

"Roman. Roman! You don't need to be afraid! I'm just here to talk."

Cinder said taking two step towards Roman putting on of her inhumanly delicate silky hands on his throat. Rubbing it motherly making him shiver in forced pleasure before her hand gripped onto his neck like an industrial clamp, and she began to crush his windpipe.

"Hey! Watch the shirt!"

Roman gasped as he felt the vice-like grip on his neck tighter as the woman lifted him off the floor. Rasing his emerald eye to her burning orange ones as she raised hip up eliminating the foot height difference in their stature so she could stare him in the eye.

"Roman. Do not hide things from me. I do not like liars. Except for me, that is. And you know how I detest copycats."

Cinder said flashing him a malice filled smile that promised untold depravity if he failed her test.

"I'm not hiding anything! You know what happened!"

Roman gasped as she slowly, gently, cruelly began to break his windpipe.

"You. Roman Torchwick. The so-called master thief of Vale. Was defeated by a bunch of children? Is that right Roman dear? Becuase if it is not that means you have lied to me and if that is true... then this is highly unfortunate."

Cinder said as her hand heated up to red-hot levels making Roman's skin singe as he cried out in pain as she flashed him a spiteful glare.

"Now, now. Even if you did lie. And personally, I think you tell the truth."

"That's great!"

Roman said as he felt his throat being slowly crushed and burned by the woman's grip as he smelled his own cooking flesh as she bypassed his aura and gave him a stare full of truculence.

"On the other hand. That means you were beaten by mere children. And that makes you incompetent. And I do not tolerate incompetence, Roman."

Cinder said lifting the man higher up making his legs kick out futilely as she crushed his jugular making Roman's vision dim.

"Wait! Wait! Just hear me out!"

"I'm listening...

Cinder said cooing to him in a beatific voice that dripped with venom.

"I didn't mean to! I was jumped!"

"By children?"

"You saw them! One was the blonde-

"I am aware of the blonde. My personal history with him aside. Why should that have stopped you?"

"The girl! Red!"

"What about the child?"

"Her eyes! She had silver eyes! You are always asking me about silver eyes, and she had them! So please!"

Roman yelled out as the smell of cooking meat filled his nose as his vision started to dim, as large black spots filled his eyes as his world went black and his mind started to dim.

"Hmmm. That is interesting. You have earned a reprieve. For now."

Cinder said dropping the man unceremoniously to the ground. Letting his land in a cramped gakking mess as he coughed heavily on the floor as his aura began to heal his neck. That was now sporting second or third-degree burns. Charring it a dark orange color as Cinder gave a quick callous glare to him.

"Roman. Roman. Are you looking a bit wane there? Why don't I help you up?"

Cinder asked grabbing the man's hand and yanking him up to eye level with her as his emerald eyes shifty, and bloodshot glared raw spite at her.

"There we go. Much better. I like that look in your eyes Roman. It says if I could I would kill you. In the cruelest most drawn out way possible. It's a good look for you."

Cinder cooed her eye flashing a wicked orange as her face twist into a despotic grin.

"My Roman? Is that anger I see? Are you made that I can kill you and there is not a damn thing you can do to stop me? Are you disgusted at being weak? At being weaker than a woman?"

She asked gripping his neck and tilting it upward making him glare at her.

Don't fall for it. She's baiting you. She just wants an excuse to charbroil you. Be calm. Roman thought as he refused to rise to the bait.

"My whatever do you mean Cindy! I'm not mad at you-

"You lie. But you are good at it. You know Roman I do not hate you. Despite your clear and entirely unwarranted animosity towards me, that is."
Cinder cooed somehow losing the entirety of her typical think veil almost as Roman's guard was lowered.

"You... You don't hate me?"
Roman asked mind whirring at the implications of her words as Cinder nodded to him.

"Why of course not Roman! I don't hate you in fact. I respect you."

Cinder said as Roman cocked his head still uncomfortable in her stell grip as she grinned.

"I respect all men like you. Those who chose to fight."

"To fight?"

"Yes. To fight. You see too many women in our profession are little more than jumped up school girls playing a role. Most woman who work alongside us are content to use their natural physical superior to you to force their way in life."

"And while I do agree that now and then a bit of brute force is necessary it is so sad to see them become reliant on it. It's when a woman stops using brute force as a strategic asset, and it becomes a crutch that most women are so quick to bear and this bothers me."

"That's why I like you, Roman. That's why I like all men really. Despite your physical... shortcomings."

"You like all men?" Roman asked skeptically as Cinder nodded.

"Of course. Well, let me clarify my position on the matter. I respect men. Men like you."

"Like me?"

"Yes. You see you are a man. You're' weak. Compared to a woman you are physically inferior in every way. Yet you seek to compete with them in a physical world of violence and death. And not only do you compete you thrive. And to do that you use the most critical weapon in humanities arsenal. And you use yours epically well."

"And that would be?"

Roman asked genuinely curious as Cinder tilted his face to her bringing their lips within inches of one another making himself breathe in her rapturous perfume an exotic mix of fire dust, exotic fruits and spice that sent his senses alight.

"Your brain. The mind is the most powerful weapon that humanity has, and you use yours exceptionally well. Most men do actually. "

"It has always been something I respected about them. They know that they are inferior in almost every other way and that the brain ins one of the few areas where your body will not hold you back. You use your head."

"You fight smart you don't take risks. You never underestimate your opponent, and you always fight three steps ahead. You use your head and your wits to beat stronger opponents than yourself time and time again. I like that."

"It shows a level of remorsefulness and cunning. I need that I need in an ally. And would crush in my enemies. But you are not my enemy. You are my ally."

Cinder said as she forced a knee in between his waist making him gulp as she grinned.

"My Roman. If I'd known you found me attractive I would have made a pass at you a long time ago."

Cinder said seductively asking him as he glared death at her.

"Sorry, Cindy. We have a professional life, and I don't mix business and pleasure."

Roman said grimacing hating his body reaction not being press again a beautiful woman as she smirked at him.

"Oh really? If that's so then why does you little or not so little friend seem eager to see me?"

Cinder asked running a hand over his crotch making him quiver as she grinned triumphantly at him.

"You know Roman I do have a certain Romantic interest that I am pursuing right now. But if that falls through and when this is all said and done I will be sure to come by and take you for a ride."

She cooed blowing into his right tear making him want to vomit.

"Sorry, Cindy! I'm taken!"

"By who? That Imp, you all a partner?"

Cinder asked as Roman eyes flashed a bright level of malevolence as he gripped his cane almost. Almost swung it up to fire as Cinder hit his sore spot.

"Don't-

"Don't talk about her like that? My Roman! I thought you hated woman, but here you are getting all riled up because I insulted one? You are quite the hypocrite you know that?"

She said laughing in a disturbingly sweet manner before she sighed.

"Ah well. It's time for me to take my leave, this was fun Roman. And I can tell you enjoyed your self as well."

She said gripping his crotch one more time, making him grimace and flush.

"It's a natural reaction to outside stimuli. I cant control it any more than I can stop my own heart."

"My Roman I never thought you were one for excuses. If you want to hide the weakness of yourself of you that' fine but do be honest with me ok? We are partners after all."

She said sweetly as Roman glare at her as she released him and began walking out the door.

"Oh Roman dear! Before I go, I must say. I can see why your mother decided to sell you. You would make a handsome offering at any Palace. A place I think you just might end up at the end of all this. It's job much better suited to one such as yourself."

She said flashing him a beatific smile before exiting the warehouse leaving Roman alone...

"Oum dammit! Son of a bitch!"

Roman yelled punching the warehouse wall as his anger finally had an outlet. He hated her! He hated Cinder so damn much! He detested that damn bitch with every last inch of his personality. And if she were not leagues above him, he would have killed that scheming blight on humanity years ago!

If she hadn't rescued him back then... If he had only trusted his team his partner, then none of this would be happening! He would not be here struggling for his life against the literal devil herself.

Oh no! He would be out there in some Oum forsake wasteland fighting Grimm or dong something stupidly heroic. Risking his life for people he never me for places he would never return to all for the great good! And not...

"Not this...

Roman said as the burning hatred in his chest died down to be replaced with regret and loss. As the thief finally slumped down to his knees in defeat at the hands of fate as the sound of shattering glass filled the air as his head shot up.

"Neo?"

Roman asked as the petite woman popped! In reality, covering the room with the sound of breaking glass as her multi-colored eyes locked onto him flying open in panic as she gasped once and ran to him.

"Roman!? Are you crying? Why are you crying!? "

Neo signed to him before seeing his neck and gasping.

"Your neck!? Who did this?!"

Neo asked rubbing her inhumanly soft smooth hands over his neck and cheek making his heart melt. "It doesn't matter-

"Yes, it does!"

Neo singed one hand singing frantically while the other massaged him.

"Who did this to you? Tell me!"

"Neo, it doesn't make a difference-

"It was Cinder wasn't it?"

Neo asked with a deathly firm glare as her multi-colored eyes became cold as ice.

"Yeah but-

"I'm going to kill her."

Neo signed twirling out before Roman shout out a hand grabbing her wrist and holding her back.

"Neo wait! You can't kill her!"

"She hurt you. She touched you she dies. Simple as that."

Neo said twirling out her parasol sword as Roman began to sweat.

"Neo if you kill her then we have to run!"

"And? We've been on the run before. What makes this so different?"
Neo asked honestly as Roman gritted his teeth.
"Neo Cinder is not like the others! She's something entirely different! If we kill her, we will be pissing in the cup of something that we don't want to be on the same continent on and least of all on its radar!"

"She. Hurt. You. She. Will. Die."

Neo signed as Roman sighed.

"Neo. Please, for me. Don't kill her until this is all over. Ok?"

Roman begged as Neo sighed once puffing out her chest in an irritated manner. That while he knew meant she was considering the single most agonizing way a person could be killed, was still insanely cute.
"Fine. But if she touches you again, she dies on the spot. No questions no arguments."
Neo signed with grim finality as she stared down her partner, brother, ally, and friend.


"So Velvet you really like picnics huh?"

Jaune asked as he sat in the insanely comfortable and deliciously soft lap of Velvet as the two enjoyed a picnic on a small Beacon grounds hill. Bathing in the sun as they laid on a bright red picnic blanket as Velvet nodded to him.

"I really do! My parents used to take my siblings and me on them all the time when we were little! I never got tired of them."

Velvet admitted before stuffing a sandwich Jaune's mouth making the boy chewed the particular food. As Jaune nodded his head.

"This is good! What do you put in your food Vel?"

"Vel!? I have a nickname!?"

The girl thought as Jaune sighed internally as his telepathy popped up.

"Well! I put the usual stuff, bread, meat, mayonnaise, tomatoes lettuce."

"Love nectar."

She thought as Jaune paused.

The hell is love nectar?

He wondered as he bit into the rich, creamy texture of the salmon and lettuce. His mouth became an expression of bliss as he tasted the exquisite flavor of the sandwich.

It was smooth and soft. The meat was perfectly prepared, and the vegetables were completely complimenting it exquisitely. And although the food was good, there was something off about the food.

Ther was a strange liquid to it. An odd liquid giving it a unique taste that was quite unlike anything Jaune had ever tasted before, at least in food that is.

Some bizarre texture that was wet, creamy and tasted a bit salty? Of all thing and Jaune just could n t put his finger on as he ate the sandwich and that strange liquid that dripped out of it.

"Jaune. I like you. I really. Really. Like you. But! I don't want to pressure you into anything!'

The girl said pulling Jaune tightly into her waste making hm fell snug as Jaune smiled.

"Don't worry Vel. You aren't going to pressure me. I know that. I trust you."

Jaune admitted as the girl fused rubbing his head isn't as he accepted her head pat.

"So you said you have siblings right? How many?"

"Thirteen! I have thirteen younger siblings, brothers, and sisters! I'm the oldest!"

Velvet said proudly sticking out her ample chest as Jaune's mouth fell open.

A joke about rabbits and kids flew through his mind, but Jaune decided to keep it to himself for now.

"And I thought I had a lot. I only have eight all sisters thought. No brothers."

"Sounds tough. Cupcake?"

Velvet asked pulling out another or her so-called Jaune-cakes. As Coco called them much to the girl's displeasure.

They where actually look likes of him. As the things had a yell frosting and blue with side frosting as Jaune's mouth fell open.

"I'd love to!"

Jaune said instantly remember the deliciousness of the cupcakes and once ignoring Coco's warnings as he took one and bit into it. Immediately reaffirming his love for them as the heavenly flavor of the cupcake enters his body.

"Vel! What do you put into these things?! They are delicious!"

Jaune said munching away at the sweet as he did he failed to look behind him to the situation that was developing behind his face.

As he ate the cupcake Velvet's eyes took on an odd tint. As they lost a bit of color and became dark.

"Well, I put the standard stuff. Flour, milk, sugar, eggs, love nectar."

"Love nectar?"

Jaune asked as he cocked his head up as the girl's eye took on an off color. As her crisis explained and her once creamy brown eyes lost some color as she smiled an off-kilter grin.

"I also put in t classics! You know I was always taught that to cook properly you need to cook with love!"

Valet said her arms tightened around Jaune's waist in an anaconda-like hold as Jaune soon found himself immobilized as the girl put her mouth on his ear.

"I put all of my love into this cupcake Jaune. All of it. I put my ~sweat,~ tears,~ and~ blood~ into them all for you. And I'm so glad that you are enjoying them!"

The girl said in an off-kilter voice that made Jaune's hairs stand on end. For a time before he quashed such thoughts.

Velvet was his friend! And he just fed him delicious food! Why would he fell suspicious? It's not like she really put her literal blood sweat and tears into them! Right?

He thought to himself as the girl blushed before grabbing his chin.

"Vel-

Jaune stopped as the girl cupped his chin, locking his blue eyes with her brown. Taking his breath away as she pulled his face up bringing the distance between their lips to none and kissing him.

The kiss happened, so fast it took him by surprise. One second he was in her lap wondering what the hall love nectar was. The next second he was kissing Velvet. As her smooth, velvety lips touched him, they taste like chocolate.

Jaune thought as he felt their lips meet.

The girl slowly gently took his face in her. Cradling him like he was a piece of china as she manipulated him to face her.

Soon he turned all the way around straddling her as the two kissed under the sun. If there was one thing Jaune loved about Velvet it was that she was gentle.

Unlike Yang or Pyrrha or even Neo. When he kissed Velvet, she was so soft, caring. She treated him like he was delicate, she acted like he would break the moment if exposed to a second of pressure. And while that was not true. Jaune could take a beating it felt nice to be coddled. For a bit. As the two kissed, Jaune was unsure of when their positions changed. Time slipped away from him as the girl held him close wrapping him up gently yet firmly.

He had no idea when he got on his back, but now he was pinned by the girl. But some along the line she had pinned him to their blanket they sat on it. She had him pinned underneath her, forcing him softly but firmly on the ground as they kissed Jaune heard it.

Nothing. Jaune could hear nothing form Velvet. Her thoughts where empty as she kissed him softly as he stared into her smooth, creamy brown eyes.

Maybe she was distracted? Jaune thought as he didn't care. Velvet tasted nice, and her lips were soft, and her body was also soft, and he ran his hands along her back. This was good, and he was happy.

He thought as they made out on the ground, under the warm Beacon sun...


"Jaune...

"Yeah Velvet?"

He asked as she stopped their make-out session. As the inevitable function of biological process reasserted itself as they had to rest to catch their breath.

"Jaune... what do you want to do when you leave Beacon?"

"I want to be a hunter. Why?"

"Well... you know how I have thirteen siblings right?"

"Kind of hard to forget."

"Don't be smart. What I'm saying is well... I like to take care of things. I like having something or someone depend on me. It makes me feel good about myself! A consequence of having so many siblings... So... I was wondering...

"Wondering what?"

"I was wondering if after you graduate and if we stay together, we will never part."

"What was that?"

"Nothing!"

"Velvet I heard you say something. We would never-

"Anyways! I was wondering if you would let me take care of you?"

"What does that mean?"

"Well... not much! I mean I would just like to go somewhere far away! Somewhere where it's just the two of us! Somewhere far, far away from Beacon of Vale, maybe even far away from the kingdoms! Does that sound good?"

"Um... I don't know... It would just be the two of us?"

"Well us and Coco. Me and her are a packaged deal. So if you date one of us you date both of us. That's not a problem right?"

"Not really no...

"Great! Then will you give it some thought please?"

"Sure... I'll do that."

Jaune said as the girl grinned a delighted smile that for some reason sent the hairs on Jaune's back on edge as he felt the that he was in extreme danger. As his mind screamed that he was cuddling with much something worse than an Ursa and not a kind harmless beautiful bunny faunus...


"So. Tell me, how are you?"

A soft soothing voice that held an air of regalness to it asked as a pair of blue eyes shone.

"I'm doing fine! My grades are straight A's! I have perfect call room attendance and me-
Whap!

"Ow! Winter!? That hurt!"

"I mean tell me how you are? How is my baby sister doing?"

Winter asked sipping her tea as she and her younger sister enjoyed a lunch meeting in the Beacon diplomatic lounge. Or well it was simply an outdoor cafe that Beacon lent to foreign dignitaries that happened to come by. And being an Atlesian specialist and second to Ironwood meant that Winter was more than qualified.

"I want to know how my younger sibling is. Tell me."

"I'm fine!"

Weiss said smiling brightly as Winter raised a lone eyebrow to her younger sibling taking another long sip of her tea without slurping.

"Really? Then tell me how your life is? Hae you made any friends? I heard that you were less than pleased with your team leader and that you possibly had a romantic interest?"

Winter asked grinning slightly at the last line as she watched her sister's cheeks turn a light scarlet.

"We're fine! We might have had some minor disagreements at first, but now we get along great!"

"That's nice. And as for your romantic interest? I hear he was from a prominent family."

"Wel... He's an Arc-

"Really now?"

Winter asked taking a smug grin on her face as she eyed her sister carefully.

"You do know how to aim high. Do be sure that you claim him soon. If I remember correctly, his partner has an eye on him, and Mistralans are not known for pussyfooting. As it was."

"Of course! I'll work on that right away!"

Wess said as Winter sighed.

"Weiss. Can you calm down you know? It's not like I'm mother."

Winter said as Weiss let her guard down.

"I'm sorry. I'm just nervous."

"About what?"

"You! I hadn't seen you in so long and things at home when I left-

'Don't worry about that. Home is fine. Father is running the company well, and Whitely is...
Winter trailed off as Weiss looked downtrodden to her tea.

"Is he still mad at me for leaving?"

Weiss asked her eyes briefly watering at the memory of her younger brother refusing to see her off entered her mind.

"He's not mad parse, he is just upset at being all alone."

"But he's not alone! He has Klein and-

"Klein is a wonderful butler. But he has a job to do. You know that Whitely can't be with him all hours of the day."

"But... He has someone...

"That's not the issue. He misses his sisters, and I can't be there, and Father is also busy, so he's lonely. It's at times like this when I wish we did not have to homeschool him."

Winter ruminated as Weiss frowned.

"Is he still getting married? Or has Meangire canceled?"

"The marriage is still proceeding as scheduled."

Winter admitted with a grimace as Weiss gave a glare.

"And Whitely is ok with it?"

"Whitely. Is... opposed... Strongly to getting married."

Winter said grimacing as her younger brother's potential political marriage date drew near. Even if it was almost a year away time flies especially in a situation like this.

"He should be! Father is practically selling him off and-

"Weiss!"

Winter shouted as Weiss shrunk back in her chair as Winter gave her a sharp glare before sighing on her seat.

"Father is not selling off his children. We need more recourses if we are to expand our company and keep the standard of life for our employees. Weiss humans and Faunus enjoy the best mining conditions on Remnant. Better than any other dust mining corporations. To do this, we need resources. We need people who can supply us with them, and one such part happens to be in Menagerie with a daughter of marrying age like Whitely and-

"But he doesn't even know her! How can you be ok with marrying him to someone who doesn't even care for him? What if she abuses him or-

"Weiss. Do you take me for a fool?"

"What? Of course not!"

"Then do not think I would have given any marriage partner a signal thought if they did not pass my specific background test. I know this girl might not be perfect, but she will treat him well. This I have made sure of."

"How?"

"I may or may not have given her a thorough interview about this. That may or may not have access several implied threats if she laid a finger on his head."

Winter said making Weiss smirk at the memory of her sibling's talks entered her mind.

"Well, that nice. I just want him to be happy."

"As do I. He's our only brother after all."

Winter said as the two finished the tea cleaning of their faces before standing up.

"So this is goodbye for now sister."

"Will you be head back to Atlas?"

"No. I will be staying at Beacon for the duration of the Vytal festival."

Winter said as Weiss began to shine.

"Then if you are here then where is-

"Your uncle is... somewhere...

Winter said shaking her head as Weiss frowned.

"Oh... He didn't come to see me?"

Weiss asked a hurt tone in her novice as Winter sighed.

"Weiss you know how he is. He' just out... being himself. He loves you very much surely you know this right?"

"Yes. I know. I just wish he was here."

Weiss said before hugging her sister as they bid farewell and she walked back to her dorms alone...


"I just want you to be here."

Weiss said aloud walking alone down the Beacon courtyard, on her way back to her dorm as a shadow fell over her.

"Why the long face ice princess? Who up and died?"

A rough gravely voice asked as Weiss sighed.

"It's nothing Uncle Qrow. I just wished you were here to meet me."

"Hell. I wish I was here too."

The voice said as Weiss smirked.

"Uncle Qrow you are here-

Weiss froze as she snapped around to see a pair of red eyes staring kindly down at her.

"Uncle Qrow!?"

Weiss squealed as the man grinned.

"Hey, there snow princess! I-

He never finished his words as the girl leaped into his arms forcing him back as she wrapped her arms around his neck burry her face into his open chest.

"Uncle Qrow! You're back! You're back!"

Weiss squealed happily as two strong arms wrapped around her back as the man swung the giddy girl around in low circles.

"Sure am! You didn't think I'd miss spending time with my favorite niece now did you?"

Qrow asked his harsh gravely voice full of mirth as he rubbed a rough, calloused hand over Weiss's head shaking her tiara and fluffing her hair a making her giggle like a child. As she held her favorite and only uncle.

"Where were you!?"

Weiss asked her face taking on a brief moment of hostility as Qrow grinned.

"Off buying you a-

"You got me a present!? Where!? Where!? You always get the best presents!"

Weiss gushed her previous anger extinguished in a moment as Qrow grinned at the girls quickly shifting moods. As he reached behind his back, revealing a small blue box wrapped in a light maroon wrapping.

"Here you go snow princess! Just for you!"

Qrow said as Weiss's hands shot into the box forgetting her tentative grip on Qrow's shoulder as she slipped.

"Whoa there!"

Qrow said arresting the girls fall and supporting her in his arms.

As she ripped apart the box's blue wrapping paper the same color of her dress as she ripped open the box and squealed.

"I love it! I love it so much! Thank you!"

Weiss gushed as she pulled out the gift. It was a small necklace. Made of pure silver with several large teardrops crafted onto it. Each the shape of a long human tear and each one a deep aqua blue that shone in the Vale sun as she threw it over her neck.

"It's perfect! Thank you so much Qrow!'

Weiss gushed already fawning over her gift, as her legs kicked freely in his arms as he grinned.

"Anything for my favorite niece!"

"I'm your only Niece! Remember?"

Weiss asked poking his open chest giggling in a decisive un Weiss like way. As the man laughed raucously

"That also means you are my least favorite niece. You do know that right?"

"Hey! Take that back!"

"Nope! You said it! You are my least favorite Neice!"

"Hey! Uncle Qrow! Take that back right this instant-

"You really do behave like a child when he comes around you know that?"

Winter asked arriving behind the two shaking her head, with a look Qrow knew to mean angry but happy.

As she eyed the two with a mixture of emotions For one her loving husband was late to the lunch date with his sister and had apparently snuck in to win favors with her to escape her wrath. A foolish notion.

Then two! He thought he could simply buy back her sisters love, and it worked!

And three! Whenever Qrow was around Weiss became like a child!

Gushing and clinging to him like he was her source of life as Weiss blushed bright wrapping her hands around him and burying her face to his chest and hiding behind his neck! It was like she was a toddler all over again and Qrow indulged her!

"Uncle Qrow! She's mad at us!"

Weiss said laughing at his ear giggle as Qrow smiled at his wife.

"Oh no! The snow queen is mad! She's going to have our heads!"

Qrow declared as Winter rolled her eyes and sighed heavily crossing her arms and glaring at them.

"Stop being so dramatic. I'm not going to take your head. Just your left arms."

Winter said grinning a wicked glare as she decided that well Weiss was still young. And if Qrow was spending time with her making her smile? That was what mattered. After all these years Qrow was still an enigma.

A hunter with amnesia. Missing the majority of his life's memories, with his earliest starting just five years ago. And even then he kept some most of them secret. Even to her. Winter had no idea who Qrow was before that except that he had saved Weiss and had a hunting license that was so worn down that tracking its point of origin was near impossible. Not that Qrow wanted her to track him down...

"You hear that!? She's going to take our arms!"

"Run uncle Qrow! Get us away from the witch!"

"Witch!? Oh, that does it! Now I'm going to take a leg from each of you!"

"Youll have to catch us first!'

Qrow said wrapping Weiss up in his arms, in a bridal style carry.

"You'll never take us alive!"

"Never!"

Weiss yelled as the two ran way give giving Winter a small pause before she smiled as grinned at her family.

"I wouldn't bet on it!"'

She yelled before taking off in a dead sprint after them laughing all the way freely. As she chased her sister and husband across the grass fields of Beacon...


"Ok, Jaune! You and Ren are working the floor! Today is a simple hosting gig. Nothing major. Try to get some tips and some drinks, but otherwise, it should be easy."

Melanie said as she finished her explanation of the new Juniors. After the fiasco with Beacon, and attempting to distance itself from any so-called negative press the club was now promoting a new type of service.

Turning a large part of their normally shut down daytime to a type of host service, that would merely cater drinks and food to clients. As Melanie finished her explanation planting a kiss on his cheeks as Jaune nodded.

"Sure thing Mel. I'm on it."
Jaune said stretching as he got used to his new host uniform. It was similar to his Beacon one. But is showed off much more of his crotch and backside, much to his chagrin.

"Good. Just remember to look cute. Not that that'll be a problem for you."

Melanie said as Jaune nodded.

Jaune was starting his new job as a host now, he and Ren the now sole host's of the club began to cover the daytime aspect of the clubs usually less seedy parts. As Jaune made his way past the now empty dance room floor.

Ding!

The door to the club opened revealing the first customers of the day and-

"Trench coats?"

Jaune thoughts the door opened as ten figures walked in wearing large trench coats? Of all things as Jaune shrugged.

As Melanie said, what customers wore was their business. As long as they paid and followed the rules they were welcome. Jaune thought as he went to go greet his customers.

"Welcome to Juniors!"

Jaune said as he walked up o the first and oddly familiar figure awaiting him.

It was clearly a woman, that was much obvious by her height and what curves passed through her large trench coat. She was tall, at preaching if not seven feet and she had emerald eyes partially hidden by a large pair of glasses and what looked like a long red band of hair tied in a bun. As she stuttered out a greeting.

"Umm hello! Jau-
"Er, I mean host! I would like a table for three! Please!"

Pyrrha?

Jaune thought as he looked at the trench coat figure as she shuffled uncomfortably as the woman behind her followed. The tall woman sighed while the man shook his head.

"Ok, mam follow me and-

"Hello! Welcome to Juniors! My name is Ren! Lie Ren! And I will be your host along with my coworker Jaune! We are positively thrilled to meet you, and we will be taking care of you today!"

Ren said happily. In his best showman voice as he gripped Jaune's hand before interlocking their fingers, as he pressed their faces together locking their hands and greeting them.

"I'd like a table please."

A calm, cool voice said as another trench coated figure came out. Looking at her Jaune could easily tell she was a faunus. That grace and easy walk were something far too elegant for a human to achieve. She was probably a cat faunus. Jaune thought as Ren walked up to her.

"Right away miss! Jaune take our guest to their table while I take her! This way mam! Follow me!"

Ren said leading the probable cat faunus away as Jaune nodded.

"With me mams. And sir."

Jaune said as the first figure the tall emerald eye woman, who was for some reason hid most of her face a large scarf as she followed Jaune along with her two others.

"This way. You will be seated here. My name is Jaune Arc! And I will be your server for the day! If you need anything, I will be your man!"

Jaune said seating the three at a low circular couch table as he handed out menus to them as the first one who he was getting a definite Pyrrha vibe from her as she shook uncomfortably.

"Ummm! Excuse me! Jaune? Was it?'

The woman asked as Jaune was no convinced that she was either his partner wearing a horrible disguise or she was her twin. As Jaune nodded.

"Yes. That's my name. Is there something I can get you miss?"

Jaune asked the woman whom he was now sure was his partner in disguise gulped.

"It's Pyr! And... Ummm yes! I'll have a cup of ice tea!"

"Comming up soon."

Jaune said taking her menu as a hand shot out.
"Jaune! "

The woman sked stopping him as he cocked his head as her glasses fell to reveal a pair of starkly familiar green eyes.

"Umm? Yes, Pyr?"

"How long have you been working here?"

The woman asked as she lowered her emerald eyes to him as her voice too on steely one.

"Umm... this is my second-day miss. Why do you ask?"

"How is it here? Are they treating you well? Are you fairly compensated? Are you ever harassed?"

The teen asked her voice like a warriors attack as Jaune flushed not sure how to-

"Excuse me! Please, refrain from asking our employees any personal questions!"

Melanie said walking around Jaune tossing her arm over his shoulder making the "not" Pyrrha growl.

"If you continue to harass our employee I will have to ask you to leave."

Melanie said her aura flashing as "not" Pyrrha growled.

"Why you-

"I have to go see the guest!"

Jaune said leaving Melanie to glare at "not" Pyrrha as he went back to the waiting guest who seemed to have lost some of their numbers as he got out the front.

"Hello! I will be your server! My name I jaune Arc! Please follow me!"

Jaune said as the for some, a younger one with sharp silver eyes who was practically swimming in her trench coat as she eeped! In a strong familiar voice as a voice coughed out.

"Get out there Ruby! Make me proud!"

A voice hissed as an older figure pushed "Ruby" out.

"Table for four-

"Tabel for one. We will be sitting separately."

An older woman with silver eyes said giggling in her trench coat as her two companions sighed.

"This is ridiculous."

A woman said shaking her head as masculine tone laughed.

"Man! This place hasn't changed a bit!"

The man said as he led the four to two separate tables.

"Well I am your server, what can I get you-

"Soda! Please!"

"What type of soda miss?"

"Oh! It's... Red! My name's Red!"

"Like the color?"

"Yeah! My parents really bought into the whole name your kid after a color thing right?"

"Yeah? I guess? So what type of soda do you want? Red?"

"Umm... Pep-Schnee Please!"

The girl stepped far to shrilly in a voice Jaune definitely recognized.

"Ruby? Is that you?"

"N- nO! I am not Ruby! Who's Ruby!? I don't know Ruby!? Do you know a Ruby?! Cause I sure don't! Whose Ruby Rose!? No Ruby Rose's around here! No sir! No sir! No one here but me! Red! Yeah, that's me Red! That's my name! Not Ruby! No Ruby's as far as the eye can see! No way no how!"

Ruby said as Jaune stared at her.

"Ruby? Why are you-

"Jaune! Customer!"

Ren said as Jaune left the now panicking Ruby to go back where a familiar face awaited him.

"Hey, there Goldilocks! How are you?'

Yang asked hanging up a grey coat as Jaune smiled as he greeted his friend.

"Yang? Why are you here?"

Jaune asked as the girl flashed him a Chesire grin.

"What can I say? I heard you got some new gig and wanted to check it out for myself!"

Yang asked cracking her neck as Jaune smiled.

"Sure! Did you come here alone? I think Ruby is-

"Nope! I came here all by my lonesome! Ruby would never-

"Traitor! Stupid sister, with her stupid waste of space for a chest! Traitor!"

Ruby. That was one without a shadow of a doubt, Ruby, as Jaune heard a woman hush her as Yang grinned.

"So Goldilocks can I get a table or what?"

Yang asked as Jaune nodded and led her to her seat.


"There you go! Anything else?"

Ren asked the amber-eyed woman in her trench coat as she drank her tea.

"What meat's do you have?"

"We have pork! Chicken, fish-
"Tuna. Do you have tuna?"

The woman asked as her eyes glowed yellow.

"We do! Would you like some?"

"Yes. Give me the tuna sandwich. With a side of tuna."

The woman asked as Ren bowed before backing up to greet the last member at the door.

"Hello! Welcome to-

"Nora?"

Rena asked as the woman shuffled in her grey coat as her teal eyes locked on him.

"Er... No? I'm not Nora.?"

She asked as Ren blinked owlishly at her before nodding his head.

"Ok "not" Nora! Follow me!"

Ren said leading her to her table.

"Sit here! Here's a menu take your time!"

Ren said as the woman nodded as he skipped away to get the tuna for his first customer.


"More soda!"

"Coming!"

"What kind of liquor do you got?"

"We have-

"I need more tea!"

Jaune' three tables yelled at Jaune conflicting him and pulling him in three different directions as he was forced to cater to Ruby, in her ridiculous disguises, "Not" Pyrrha and Yang.

As he was catering back and forth but the tables.

It was a brutal schedule. Ping-ponging between Ruby pretending not to be Ruby. But still becoming adorably flushed and not muttering out a coherent sentence beside Traitor! To her sister.

Or "Not" Pyrrha. Who was currently hell-bent on drilling him on every last aspect of his job.

How long he worked, what were his average weekly hours of employment. How many people did her serve a day? How much was he compensated? Eventually, Melanie threatened to kick her out if she kept bothering him.

The two almost came to blows when Pyrrha gripped his arm causing Melanie to slam her gauntlet on the table declaring-

"Don't touch the workers!"

Before asking if "Not" Pyrrha could read. Pointing to the sign as the two glared at one another. As Jaune brought Yang another bottle of liquor.

She polished off her first brandy bottle along with two strawberry sunrises as she grinned at him.

"What took you so long Goldilocks? I'm starting to think you don't appreciate your customer!'

Yang said drunkenly slurring her words as Jaune sighed.

"Sorry, Yang! I'm just swamped and-

"Excuse me. Yang was it?"

The calm voice of Militades asked as she stalked next to Jaune as she flashed a maniacal grin as a devious look popped over her face.

"That's my name! What's up Red! Still, in one piece I see! Sorry about last time I was here. Got a bit carried away."

Yang said making Militade's face twitch before she calmed down and let out a deep breath.

"That was the past. This is the future! Anyway, what I want to do now is to make your offer!"
Militades said as Jaune swore to our himself he saw Lien signs flash in her eyes, as she gained a maniacal grin.

"An offer?"

Yang slurred out as the girl grinned at her.

"Yes. Are you not satisfied with your servers, time? Well if you'd like you can buy Jaune's service exclusively! For a small fee that is."

Milita said as Yang's eyes flashed.

"Oh? I can have lover boy all to myself?"

"Sure can! For the low, low fee of two thousand Lien!"

Miltiades said as Jaune balked.

Two thousand!? That was an entire paycheck! Ther was no way Yang could afford that-
"Deal!'

Yang said as she smashed down a wad of Lien on the table as she paid cash in an instant.

"Yang! No fair!"

Ruby whined as Yang grinned as Militades took her bills.

"Jaune! You are now her private server."

"What about my other clients?"

"Ren will pick up the slack, right Ren!"

"Right Mil!"

"That's my man. God, I love that boy that cute face? Long hair? Just my type. Anyway! Jaune you listen to Yang."
Mil said as Yang grinned.


"Here you go! Pancakes on the house!"

Ren said serving his client her fourth plate of pancakes as she blinked owlishly.

"On the house? Why?"

"I would never change my girlfriend!"

Ren said as Nora blinked once before sighing as she took off her trench coat as she let out a tired sigh.

"How long did you know?"

"Since you came in! Why is everyone playing dress up? Did I miss something? AH! Don't tell me! It can't be! Did I miss trench coat day!? Why didn't you tell me?! Nora this is-

"Calm down Ren. It's fine. Pyrrha was worried you two where getting abused, being boys in the city, so she had the bright idea. And I use that word loosely to have us all come here to check up on you."

"Oh? Why would she think that? We get treated great here!'

"I see that. We were just worried."

Nora said as Ren smiled.

"Don't worry about me, Nora! I can take care of myself, and Jaune is strong!'

"I know Ren. I'm just worried."

Nora said as the boy ran up hugging her side make her rub his head as she flicked his nose.
"Boop."

"You two."
Ren said as they hugged.


"This is perfect!"

Militades said as she watcher her cash cow. Yang was a literal cash cow and was now on her sixth bottle of liquor! Not even the cheap stuff! This girl was ordering all top shelf! That was just the hard stuff! She had easily placed over double-digit numbers of cocktails and her bill was only rising!

The girl was not only drunk, but she was loaded! She had spent over ten thousand lien in less than an hour! Militades could barely stand! She was raking in so much money for the club it was a miracle!

And Jaune was her friend so she was loose with the no touching rule. As Melanie glared at the emerald-eyed client with her other trench coat-clad figures.

Yang had more than paid off the damages she caused over a week ago, as she held Jauen should drinking a bottle vodka making the boy blush as he was forced into her chest and-

"Ths is ridiculous! Where does she even get this amount of money!?

A voice yelled to her left as a woman took off her trench coat revealing an older edgier if that was word version of Yang. Possibly her mother?

As she glared at her daughter.

"I don't know. She's spent well over her monthly allowance. And she does not work. Where is she getting her money?"

A silver eyed woman asked taking off her coat as the edgier Yang glared at her daughter?

"Mom!"

The other silver eye girl now bereft of her horrible disguise whined as Militades swore that these girls where cloned.

As she did the man, a blonde began to whist to himself as the dark haired woman turned to him.

"Tai. Do you have any idea why our daughter is spending over three times her monthly allowance in one day?"

"What? I didn't' hear you the love of my life! Whos eyes shine brighter than the sun, and sparkle brighter than the most radiant of sapphires!'
The man said in the most over exaggerated manner in the worst attempt to diver a conversation that Miltiades had ever seen and-

"Tai...

"Who's beauty is second to none and who with every breath from her immaculate chest steals air straight from the heart right from my chest!"

"St-st - Stop it!"

The woman said blushing brightly as she twirled her hair in an oddly cute manner. As she turned away from him blushing like a school girl who just got a date. Before silver eyes sighed and tapped her foot.

"Tai! What did we say! We only give her three thousand a month max! And two for Ruby! You can't spoil her!"

"Oh, Summer Rose! My beautiful spring garden! My love who's eye-

"Up bup! Bup! That won't work on my TaiYang-Xiao-Long Rose Branwen! I'm not as easy as Raven!"

"Hey! I'm not easy!"
Raven? Snapped back as she glared at the other woman

"Yes, you are! You never discipline him! Every time he spoils the girls all he does is bat his eyes, and you forgive him!"

" I do not!"

"Yes, you do!"

"Yang is taking advantage of her father's good nature! it's what she does!"

"He lets her!"

"Ummm excuse me! I brought you your drinks! Friends?"

Ren said holding out a plate of drinks as he smiled nervously...


"Girl."

"Yes?"

Melani asked the absolute amazon of a woman with fiery red hair and red eyes who stood above her as she glared down at her.

"My name s Anetha Nikkos. My daughter, the one in that horrible trench coat, is interested in the blonde boy as a husband. She wishes to know if his work her place his life in any jeopardy. Does it?"

Anetha? Asked Melanie who felt a wave of dread radiate from the Amazon as she gulped and held her ground.

"What? Of course not! We take staff safety very seriously!"

Melanie said firmly as the woman nodded.

"Your aura is unlocked. And you are armed and trained. I see that we were wrong to worry and I personally apologize for the inconvenience. Now if you excuse me, I think my daughter is going to break your table."

The woman said calmly before walking away as Melanie blinked in confusion.
"The hell was that all about."
Melanie asked herself as she walked away.


"Jaune! I love you!"

Mil said wrapping the boy in a tight hug as he and Ren stood in the back room of Juniors waiting for their pay.

Ren and him were both always paid an annual pay of two thousand Lien a day. A more than generous sum in Jaune's opinion. Plus whatever they made in tips!

Which was usually in the low five hundred for Jaune and uppers six hundred for Ren. As tonight Ren made eight hundred in tips, and Jaune made three thousand!?

Yang dropped so much money that Jaune was beyond shocked as Militades hugged them both. Wrapping them in a bear hug and squealing.

"You two are the best! You have earned everything!"

Mil said as Jaune nodded before Ren spoke up.

"Is Roman here?"

"Not today but he will be here tomorrow and oh! Jaune! Roman said he has the first of your gun parts ready! So be ready to pick what you want!"

Militades said as Jaune and Ren both bowed as they took their pay and left...


Blake was tired. The fiasco of stalking Ren and Jane and Ren was pointless and time-consuming. As she expected they just worked an average host job and nothing more. No money laundering, no back door groping, and there was absolutely nothing illegal about their job either.

Like Pyrrha swore there was. In the end, it was just two boys who worked a job ins skimpy outfits serving drink and food to women who eyed them from a distance. Nothing unusual.

Balk though walking out of her dorm taking great care to close the door silently as to not alert her teammates; she so loved moonlight walks. And it would be a shame if-

"Jaune?"
Blake asked as she saw the boy walk out of his room stealthily closing the door his blue bag in hand as he snuck out of his room and started to stalk down the hallway alone. In the middle of the night? As he closed his door dingy blue bag in hand as he began creeping down the hallway.

"Where are you going?" Blake asked as she cocked her head. It was one Am far past the time when any sensible students would be up, let alone stalking around in the corridors of Beacon alone.
Let's find out. Blake thought as she blended into the shadows as she began to stalk the boy.

Blake had meant to talk to Jaune for some time. After the battle at the doc, she needs to adequately thank him. He risked his life and almost lost it for her. A near perfect stranger.

He fought and bled for her, and that was a bond she took seriously. Good comrades her hard to find. And as much as she liked her team. None had almost died for her. And none had come to fight with her.

Not that Blake gave them a chance to, but that was beside the point. As Blake followed Jaune in the shadows of Beacon, she was impressed.

Jaune moved with a stealth and quickness that belied his natural forward gait. He made little to no sound as she followed him for well over two minutes. Up and down numerous staircases through the tight Beacon corridors and finally into the far end of the school. As their journey ended as they got to the training rooms? The fourth-year training rooms of all things.

"Why here? Are you trying to do alone?"

Blake asked taking a position far above him in the rafters of the advanced training halls as she watched him activate the beacon combat drones with his scroll.

The hell? Ther's no way that he should be able to do that! The Beacon drones are locked tot he scrolls of fourth years alone, he could get hurt!

Blake thought drawing Gambol Shroud ready to intervene in a seconds notice as several white bipedal combat automatons appeared out of the walls and floors of the training arena as they approached him. Jaune reached into his bag taking something out and placing on his sword. Twirling it once as he approached the drones with a slight swagger in his hips.

"What are you-

KErSHTT!

Blake gasped as Jaune flung out his sword as she saw a wall of arc lighting!? Flashed out from its tip. As the world turned a light blue, as the dazzling electric lightning struck the robots head on. Slamming into them short-circuiting them and making them pop! As they exploded in bright, sizzling messes.

"He has elemental attacks?"

Blake thought as Jaune smiled to himself. As he allowed the cleaner drones to take care of the destroyed ones, as he went back to his back swinging his sword casually in the process.

He then repeated the same task over and over. As Blake saw him shoot walls of fire, shards of ice and even gravity itself! As he trained in near silence. The only sounds coming from him where the sounds of elemental attacks and the breaking of metal.

As she watched him stick drone making the float in mid-air as he hacked them to pieces in such controlled burst of speed and precision. "He uses elemental attacks? Interesting. Why has he never used them before?"

She thought as Jaune completed the attacks. Using several more elements, wind void even some in combination. As she watched wind laced with lightning and burning wells of gravitational singularities engulf the drones.

"You're hiding this from us because you don't want us to know what you can do. "

Blake reasoned as Jaune finished his training, as he did she saw him remove and add several small silver discs to his sword. In what she knew to be the source of his elemental powers.

"You just became interesting Jaune Arc."
Blake thought as the boy left the arena, as she stalked him back to the dorms. The boy was good. She'd give him that, but she was the expert.

Blake thought grinning to herself as she bled in and out of the shadows of Beacon as she followed Jaune back to his room. Still expert or not, even after Blake made sure Jaune got back to his dorm safely she never did notice the pair of bright emerald eyes watching the arena display.

Nor did she notice the small, enigmatic smile along with the sipping of a beverage from a mug the pervaded the arena...


Biology. Jaune thought as he sat in front of professor Peach. The small raccoon faunus zipping back and forth, the middle of Parents week heard and classes were heavily modified, and now it was time for something she called-

"Aura theory!"

The small raccoon faunus said as she stood proudly in the form of the class. Her five-foot elven height accentuated by three-inch heels. As she wore a pure white lab coat that highlighted her brown eyes and hair as she began to talk.

"Today's lesson is aura theory! More specifically what is a semblance!

Peach said as she began writing on the chalkboard.

"Now as you already know! Aura is you! Your soul made real! If you can have your aura unlocked which is rare by the way. With only thirty percent of all woman and only ten percent of all men able to do so!"

"But! If you can, you can harness your power to fight the evils of Grimm! Although even without aura you can still fight Grimm! That's what the army is for! Anyways! What we will be talking about today is not aura in general, but the rare ability called a semblance! Now if you do not know a semblance is an incredibly rare trait!"

"Only people with unlocked aura can use a semblance, but not everyone with their aura unlocked can get one! To have and use a semblance one thing must be true! Both of your parents must have their aura unlocked for you to have a chance! Not guaranteed a semblance!"

The powers of a semblance are as rare and myriad as humans themselves! Ranging from super speed to punishing strength the ability to heal from nearly any wounds-

"Telepathy."

His reflection said as Jaune hushed it as it nodded and Velvet took his notes.

"Now! As you know, semblances are powerful today we will be talking about a highly controversial topic! Today we will be talking about men who have their semblances unlocked! More specifically the mental degradation theory!"

The woman said as Jaune felt his heart pause.

Did she say...

Jaune thought as he swore he heard her say the worlds-

"Mental degradation!"

That's what I thought.

Jaune grimaced as she went on. "Now! Mental degradation theory is this! It is a well documented that a woman with her semblance unlocked can use her power freely as she may choose, but for a man, it is slightly different! Men with their semblance unlocked must walk a careful line of power and balance. For if a man uses his semblance to often, it can lead to disastrous consequences for his mental well being!"

The woman claimed as gaps came from the students as Jaune went ramrod straight in his chair. As the woman gained his full undivided attention.

"Now! This might seem scary but, please listen to me! If a man uses his semblance to much, there is a chance that it will start to negatively affect his mental health! Leading to erratic behavior, manic episodes, memory loss, increased aggressive behavior and eventually homicidal urges."

The teacher said making Jaune's heat freeze as she went on.

"Luckily this is rare! As the only way for male semblance users to even come close! To experiencing these symptoms is if he uses his semblance constantly! I mean he must use it almost every second of every day for years! Before the first symptoms even begin to show up!"

"So as long as they don't' always use their semblance they are ok?'

"Yes, Miss Rose! And while I do like you participating plead do raise your hand next time ok? '
The professor asked as Ruby blushed as she shrunk in herself as she went on.

"Now! As it is known! For any male semblance user can suffer mental degradation he must use his semblance consistently and often! Also, there are stages of the mental degradation, and unfortunately there is no cure. Once the degradation has started, there is no cure. The only way to help is to slow the process but once the first symptoms start to manifest it is far too late."

Peach said as Jaune began to jot down notes fairly as Velvet, Blake, Pyrrha, and Raven. Noticed him writing.

"Now luckily this is a studied occurrence, and it is known that all mental degradation starts with one common symptom. Evey male who is suffering from the negative effect of aura will always without fail will suffer from hallucinations."

Crack!

Jaune's pencils napped in two as his mouth dropped as Velvet Pyrhra, Blake and now Yang turned their heads to him.

"Jaune? Are you ok?"

Velvet asked as Jaune glared at the woman eyes glued to her.

"Now all symptoms start as such. The men all report first of all seeing their reflection, and while that may not appear wrong, their reflection will being to talk to them. There are confirmed reports of all semblance user who begin to talk to their reflections as they enter the first stage. After that, depending on how long they use their semblance they will advance to the later stages of mania, paranoia, isolation and eventual homicidal tendencies."

The teacher said as Jaune shot his hand up.

"Yes, mister Arc?"
"What if they have their aura locked!?"

Jaune asked big his hand on the table as the teacher gave him a worried look.

"Umm... Then nothing would happen! The symptoms can only appear after their semblance is active which only happens after their aura is unlocked-

"What if they did it before?"
"Before?"
"What if they spoke to themselves beforehand?"
"Then you would be just hallucinating... and would need anti hallucinogenic drugs. Why do you ask?"
She asked as Jaune tired to play it off.

"It's fine... It's fine...

Jaune said as the teacher looked curiously at him as his friends gave him a worried look.

"Are there any more question you have Mister Arc? Or are you done?"
Peach asked nervously as Jaune swallowed.

"What are the other symptoms if there are any?"
"Well, it's like I said. First, come to the hallucinations. While they always start out as passive, they will become increasingly violent and hostile as it progresses. After that the afflicted males will start acting erratically manically, making rash decisions and often commit acts of sadomasochistic tendencies. Usually, they will cut themselves."

"Umm mam?"

"Yes miss Valkyrie! Go on!'

"How would you find out if someone is cutting themselves?"

"Ah! A good question! If a man has reached that point in the degradation it is almost impossible to tell! As he has his aura unlocked and any nonlife-threatening injury he might inflict on himself will most likely heal completely before anyone notices! So almost nothing short of catching him in the act will suffice!"

Peach said as Jaune saw Blake's mood drop. As he swore he heard her mumble the name, Adam? Under her breath, as her face took on a crestfallen look as her eyes began watering for a moment as Peach went on.

"After that, there is the approach the final stage. Where they will not only become increasingly unstable but will still seek out and enjoy violence against others. Often becoming pointlessly cruel in the process. But like I said! That is only if they use their semblance constantly! Day in and day out for years, so most men have nothing to fear! As long as they keep their semblance use to below manic and keep a low level of stress there is nothing to fear from your semblance!" The teacher said as Jaune gulped.


Jaune could not concentrate. As he sat in the Beacon auditorium. All the first years had gathered for the choosing. In which specific teachers would pick out four first years students that they thought showed exceptional promise to go on a Grimm killing expedition with them.

As Jaune sat with his team, he missed completely the worried, nervous looks form his friend and parents. As his eyes shook back and forth as he balled his knuckles.

Several times Pyrrha had asked him politely what was wrong only to get dead silence in return making the spartan worry as Oobleck stepped onto the stage.

"For my team! I will be choosing Jaune Arc! Lie Ren! Ruby Rose! And Blake Belladonna! To accompany me to Mount Gleen for a Grimm extermination mission. Our second-year liaison for the operation will be Velvet Scarletina!"

The doctor said bowing once as Opal approved her choices before Oobleck walked off the stage. His friends seemed somewhere between elated and indifferent to the news as he barely registered his own name.
"That's me!"
Ren said happily as Ruby smiled.

"You hear that Jaune! We get to go on a mission together isn't' that great? Jaune! Jaune?"

Ruby asked happly as she turned to the boy who had a dead and a far-off look in his eyes that made her and those around him with the sole exception of his sister who merely shrugged her shoulders as their hearts sank.


"Hey! Hey! Remnant to Jaune! Hey! You little shit! Are you alive goldilocks?"

Roman asked the boy as he blinked dumbly at him.

"What? I said are you alive! Jeeze kid, we got work to do!"

Roman said as he smoked a cigar in the back room of Juniors. Jaune had a day shift with Ren today as Jaune sat alone with Roman in the back of the club. In the room used to pay the employees and do other transactions. Things that as Roman would call them polite society would look down upon. Like the illegal weaponry, Roman placed on the table in front of him as he and Jaune went over what kind of pistole he would be getting.

Roman insisted that he get an illegal gauss model, refusing to let any protege of his walk around with some run of the mill dust powder pea shooter. His word's not Jaunes. As the boy blinked barely hearing a word of their talk as his mind raced.

"Sorry. I just have a lot on my mind today is all."

"No shit Sherlock! You haven' been paying attention to a damned word I've been saying!"

"Sorry I-

"Look kid. You had a rough day I get it. I remember taking Peach myself back in the day so trust me I know how it is k?'

Roman said puff deeply form his cigar before sighing.

"Look your in no shape to talk. Take a jog. Walk around the block. Do something! Get your head back on straight k? Be back in two hours, not a second before alright?"

"I'm fine! I just need-

"No buts! I can't talk with someone who's distracted. Not if I want to help them that is. Now take a break! Be back in two hours or else."

Roman said Emerald eyes shining dangerously promising painful retaliation if he failed as Jaune sighed as he walked outside.


Why me?

The boy thought as he exited Juniors and walked into Vale proper. I was already stressed out at being in Beacon ut now I might be going crazy too? What er the-

Whump!

"Oww!"

Jaune said as something soft bumped into him knocking him to his back as he groaned.

"That hurt-
"Neo?"

Jaune asked as the woman from over a week ago gasped as her multi-colored eyes shimmered as Jauen saw she had bumped not him spill some brightly colored boxes on the pavement. "Neo! It's been-

Jaune pause as the woman shot out and touching his skin as he screamed.

Jaune screamed louder than he had his enter life as he was crushed. His enter form was crushed squashed too an impossibly tiny degree, before being stretched out further than humanly possible. As his entire reality was compressed and broken into itself as he was ripped out of reality and squeezed through a dark lightless void.

He gave a scream that transcended space and time before being pressed out of an impossibly small hotel and slammed face first onto a familiar hardwood floor.

"AHH!"

Jaune gasped as he was now on the floor Neo's apartment gasping heavily as the woman stood in front of him tapping her foot in irritation and planting her hands on his cheeks as he multi-colored eyes glared at him.
"Jaune!? What the hell happened to you!? Where did you go!?"

Neo thought taking full advantage of his semblance to communicate directly to him as her thoughts reached into him.

"Where did I go? When?"

"After I left! I go to work expecting to have a loving boyfriend waiting for me when I get home only to find nothing!?"

"I left a note!"

"Without a number! How the hell was I supposed to get into contact with you without your scroll number!?"

"I'm sorry!"

"Not yet! But you will be!"
The girl thought gripping her tiny and impossibly strong hands across his neck as she began to choke him.

"Neo, please! I'll do anything to make it up to you!"

"Anything?"

The woman thought as Jaune nodded as she wrapped her tiny but inhumanly strong hands around his neck.

"Yes, anything! Just name it and stop choking me!"

Jaune said as Neo let go of his throat and grinned.

"Well then. Since you insist on paying me back and you did say anything. Get on your knees."

Neo thought running her hand over his face as he gulped.


Neo had a rough life. She had to balance an insane amount of things every day that no woman should! She had to A. Make sure her best and well only friend was alive well taken care of, not being molested by their boss and in good health. And while she was good at this she still had three obstacles that stood against her.

A. Was her job that while she was happy to do was insanely stressful as her boss could easily kill them both.

B. She had to help out in a number of dust heists and the illegal activites that while she had no issue with hell, in fact, she liked! Where still stressful as getting shot at while exhilarating did tend to get tedious after a while.

And C-

"There!"

Neo thought as her eyes rolled to the back of her head as she felt the familiar electric currents wash over her mind as she moaned.

And C. She had no caring boyfriend to take care of her. She thought as she looked down at the tuff of blonde hair between her legs.

"There we go. A little to the right. No up! There! Yes there! Don't stop!'

Neo thought to her boyfriend. Loving the ability to communicate with him without signing or words. Running a hand through his hair encouragingly as she sat on her couch.

She needed this. After having sex for the first time in a while, she had been craving release. And unfortunately as skilled as her own fingers where it was nothing compared to the real thing.

Especially well since her boyfriend was this good at it. She gasped and moaned in ecstasy gripping his head with both of her hands. Takin from old of his blonde hair and pulling him deeper into her as she cried. "There! Altee deeper, harder! Now!"

She thought as she reached another climax at the hands of his insanely skilled tongue as her mind settled into a hazy cloud.

She was on cloud nine enjoying an amazing session of cunnilingus from her lover as she rubbed his blonde har affectionally.

Truth be told Neo was never really mad at Jaune. She just wanted to know where he was. And what he was doing.

She didn't care if he was dating other girls-

Well, that's not true. She did care. But! She knew that she was better than any of them and if Jaune had to choose he would pick her any day of the week!

And even if hs cost got in the ay of things Neo would just spirt him off to keep to herself. Forever.

Not that Jaune would mind. In judging by their past interactions showed anything it was that Jaune and her were compatible, to say the least. As she finally signed and with great relate pull his head away from her dripping snatch,

"Enough."

Neo thought as she reluctantly. With great remorse pulled his face away from her crotch.

"Did I do something wrong? If I did-

"No, you were perfect!"

She thought kissing him on his lips bend her head to his own to steal his breath in one go.

"But Roman needs us in seventeen minutes, and I'm not letting you go without fucking you until your eyes go cross so needs come."

Neo though making the boy stuttered once, back she signed stand to her full five feet ten-inch height stopping the boy up along with her pangs again. And carrying them to her bed.

Neo was happy as she briefly made out with her lover. He was apparently doing some weight training ash e usually one muscle looks even more defined as she bit a nipple making him very out.

Speaking of looking fine one look at his dick made her smile. His fibrous tissue was coming in well now, and he could finally start enjoying sex.

Which means!

"No more holding back."
Neo thought making Jaune blink in confusion.

"Holding back what?"

Jaune asked as Neo took no time lining him up with her dripping snatch. Giving him a sultry wink before slamming her hips down onto his with a wet plop! As she forced herself down on him slamming her hips to him without ceremony or hesitation as they both gasped.

This was it! Neo thought as her eyes rolled to the back of her head as she let out a silent moan. As her body gave a low temple as she hissed in ecstasy.

This was what she had been missing! That familiar feeling of being stretched and entered, as she slammed herself onto boy making him gasp.

Much to her satisfaction, as she slammed her hips to his. She wasted no time slamming her hips up and down. Making, the boy, gasp and cry and eventually much! To her pleasure beg her to go harder! As he finally let himself go and begged her for more, it was a request she wholeheartedly obliged as she placed his legs over her shoulders she did indeed fuck him until his eyes went cross and he passed out...


"So! As I was saying, we are in a position to act upon a rare opportunity!"
Roman said as he looked at the face of then now freshly fucked Jaune, who was sitting red-faced and panting by Neo. Who had an I just spent an hour getting ate out grin as she smiled contently swing to and for. A stark contrast to her just minutes before was after a brief and tense.

Reunion with Ren was finally put down as Neo was no longer easily and ambivalently fending off attacks by the boy, and Mil and Mel sat close to them both keeping the peace as Roman explained the plan.

"So! This is the goal! Jaune!"

"Yes?"

"You want to be a hero right? A real role model to men everywhere?"

"Yeah?"

Jaune asked as Roman grinned at him.

"Well Do I have a plan for you! Not only will this make you a hero it will make every last one of us filthy stinking rich!"

Roman said as he knocked his cane's handle on the bar as Mil raised an eyebrow. "Be honest Roman. What do you want?"
She asked as he grinned.

"Oh, madam! I want nothing but the best! And I will have it! Neo! Tell me what are the odds of a man winning the Vytal tournament?'

Roman asked as Neo flushed out her scroll and typed.

"One hundred thousand to one. Why?"
She asked showing the scroll to the others at the bar as Roman grinned.

"Becuase! We! And by we, I mean you Jaune! Are going to be the first male winner of the Vytal tournament!"

Roma aid as Jaune's along with everyone else even Neo's mouth fell open.

"What?! Me? How?"

Jaune balked as the thief tipped his hat to him grinning ear to ear as he lit a cigar and inhaled deeply.

"You see Jaune you are perfect for this little business opportunity! And we can all retire if this goes well!"

Roman said using his and Neo's code word for getting the ever living hell out of harm's way as she gasped.

"That right Jaune! You are our ticket to a better life! You just need some training and you will be golden!"

"Training?"

"Yes, training! And when I say training I mean real training, not that crap they give you at Beacon! From this moment onward Neo will be your official combat instructor! Neo please beat some sense into him! You can fuck him after all you want so long as he gets better."

Roman said as Neo flashed Jaune a manic grin that made his heart go cold.

"With Neo teaching you skills I'll teach you how to win! How to really strategize and beat any opponent! Now let me explain-

Roman never to a chance to explains as there was a loud BANG!

As the door to Juniors literally exploded open as the sound of rushing feet, followed by the barking of harsh orders, and the stink of ozone filled the air.

Right as the sound of guns cocking and firing filled the air as Jaune jumped from his seat. As he Ren, the twins and Neo dove behind the bar as a wave of bullets slammed into it.


RAT! TAT! TAT!

"What the fuck!?'

Jaune asked as he leaped over the bar as he Ren Roman, Neo, and the twins took cover from a hail of bullets. As the bar was suddenly and violently under attack from an unknown force. As the six of them huddled behind the bar as bullets crashed and zipped all around them Roman cursed.

"Girls! A little explanation here? Please!"

Roman asked taking cover as shards of glass and liquor rained down on him as bullets tore open the liquor cabinet.

"It's probably a rival club! They don't like us very much!"

Militades yelled back. Popping out of cover firing her pistol into the attacker as her sister and Ren joined her in return fire filling the air with the harsh bangs!

Of gunfire as Jaune desperately wished he had a ranged weapon.

" It's not that strange really! So don't worry about it! This happens about once a week! It's really nothing new!"
Melanie said falling back under the bar reloading her pistol as a fresh wall of bullets crashed over her head devasting the already shredded liquor cabinet driving them back and covering them in a fresh tsunami of liquor and shards of glass as Jaune gaked.

"Once a week?!"

Jaune balked as the girl nodded as Ren hit the floor ginning from ear to ear.

"This is awesome! I love work don't you Jaune? Not only do we get paid we get to fight the bad guys!"
Ren said popping out of cover firing Stormflower into the enemy blanketing the area with bullet fire laughing freely as Roman swore.

"Ok! Here's the plan! We are pinned down and we need to make a break for it! Jaune! You are the one with a shield so I need you too-

BANG!

Roman hit the floor with a thud! As as a bullet whizzed past his head nearly taking off his head as a hard round blew a fist-sized hole in the floor.

"Sniper!"

Roman yelled out loud as Jaune peeked over the bar.

Ther were over a dozen women well armed and armored in light combat armor with jet black goggles advancing on the bar in a wedge formation firing on them, as-
BANG!

A bullet nearly took his eye as it passed within inches of his right eye slamming him painfully into the floor as the sniper fired again as Roman swore.

"Neo! Will you please! For all the ice cream you can eat! Kill that sniper?!"
Roman asked as Neo giggled once. Nodding her head as her previously ambivalent attitude became one of manic glee as she shattered into a thousand prices and popped! Out of existence.

"How does she do that?"

"Kid don't worry about it! Just start fighting!"

Roman yelled as the first black mask appeared over the counter. Three green googles stared down at Jaune as the first woman made it to the counter. He wasted no time bashing his shield up taking her in the nose. Making her cough as she snapped her head backward giving him enough time to stick out Crocea Mors into her neck, slicing open her jugular and making her gag.

Metal cut flesh, as Jaune sliced open her jugular. Making the woman freeze and convulse before he ripped his sword out with a wet sloshing sound. He grimaced as hot blood sprayed his face as her hands desperately shot to her neck futilely trying to contain the blood loss from her slit jugular before she collapsed to the floor and went still.

"Kill them!"

Ren said far too happily for Jaune's taste. As another woman reached the bar only for him to slash, her gun from her hands. And stabbing her palms into the wooden table with the bayonets from Stormflower.
Making her howl in agony before ripping out one bayonet and leveling his gun at her face and fired.

Bang!

The woman fell back as several knuckle sized holes appeared on her face. Cracking apart her visor and making her stagger the slump as Ren removed his other bayonet with wet a wet slicking noise.

As the rest of the bar group opened fire onto the now momentarily shocked, attackers like Roman swore.

"You heard the kid! Kill them all!"
Roman yelled as they leaped over the bar counter into a hail of bullets.

"Eyes! Cover your eyes!"
Roman yelled as Jaune shielded his eyes as Roman fires some type of yellow flare into the enemy. That exploded in a blinding yellow light disorienting the attackers for a moment as the bar defenders raced out. Those with guns fired one last desperate rounds of ammunition inot their enemies, hitting legs and arms making the hike cry and stagger as they rushed the attackers as the room descended into a bloody melee.


Jaune swung out diving forward stabbing a woman in her knee making her cry out as she glared at him, through hate filled goggles as she fired twice in his chest.

Bang! Bang!

Two bullets shot out as they broke past hitting armor and slamming his aura making him gag as they bruised his chest, bruising a lung, making him curse before he gritted his teeth and forced his arms down as she sliced off her leg in a torrent of blood.

As she cried out in pain. Collapsing on the ground hold her belling stump before Jaune silenced her cries as he stabbed her in the neck. Ending her in a moment as he yanked his sword out as the corpse collapsed, his mind yelled danger!

As he raised his shield on instinct alone as a flurry of gunfire slammed into him. As a woman unloaded her entire magazine into his shield to no avail, he gritted his teeth leaping forward shield bashing her arms knocking the rifle from her and as he ran her through with his sword. Eviscerating her as she coughed out onto the ground and expired with a tired sigh.

As the sound of battle rage around him, a woman with her eyes freshly gouged out slammed into the floor with a heavy wet thud! As Ren appeared laughing happily over her wiping his bloodied gun blades on his pants.

"You see Jaune! Isn't work fun?"
Ren asked with a truly disturbing manic smile as he flashed Jaune a set of pure white teeth, as-
"Ren look out!"

Jaune yelled as a woman raised her gun to shield to crack his skull open. Only for him to grin ducking under her attack and stabbing bayonet into the side of her left leg. The woman cried out in pain as the blade cut deeply inot her tendons as she halfway collapsed.

Not enough to hit the ground bet enough for Ren to force a blade into her throat slicing her cries as a wet line of blood popped from her lips as she struggled once before he yanked out his bayonet in an explosion of offal and gore.

Tearing out her throat as he delivered a punishing and wholly uncalled for swing to the back of her skull boring her to the ground. before he lurched out his blade ripping out most of the back of her head and most of her brain in a horrible popping sound that would haunt Jaune's dreams.

"See Jaune! We can't have fun like this in Beacon now can we?"
Ren asked now covered in blood and grinning a fool like he just got a gold star on a test.

"Sure Ren...

"Aww don't be so sad Jaune! We are having fun-

BANG!

The last thing Ren said was fun. As Jaune heard the sniper fire and as he stood and watched a bullet hit Ren in his chest, as it covered him in blood as his chest exploded...


AN: Welp! There it is! Ren's hurt, Jaune's making his money Cinder's putting the squeeze on Roman both figuratively and literally and Neo is off to hunt a sniper! The play is set the first major conflict of this story is coming so stay tuned! Also! Jaune might have gotten a major buff in this chapter but trust me! It's necessary. And it's not an easy buff either. Nothing is without a price and the gamer always takes its pound of flesh.

To answer some questions I think I said this before but I will repeat this. This game is meant to be unfair. Jaune is not supposed to win. I tried to make a gamer where the odds were actively against him and it is conspiring to make him fail. And I'm not sure if he will win! I'm thinking about it. And to Jaune's trust of Mink. Trust me. There is a good reason Jaune is listening to Mink and taking her at face value...

This game might be unfair but it dose like to give you a fighting chance. The game wants to drag out the gamer for as long as possible then kill him! It's more fun when you struggle anyway. And as always thanks for reading. Since there was not that much gamer have some stat cheks! And a slightly shorter Omake. Until then take care and enjoy.


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Inventory update!

New items!

Warning! Special item code name Bag obtained! You know have full access to the Branwen arsenal you have developed over the years!

Aura discs.

Rare illegal items handcrafted under the watchful eye of Vernal. Will work as long as dust is supplied. Without dust are just shiny discs.

Warning! First Illegal items obtained! These Items marked with the letters IL. Are illegal in some of the kingdoms. Should any law enforcement catch you with one it might lead to a confrontation!

IL. Lightning disc. 96% Full. Rare item. Applies electric elemental qualities to equipment. If applied to offensive weapons applies charged effect plus twelve damage and adds lightning damage. Plus 100% damage to mechanicals. If applied to melee weaponry grant's unique attack lightning leash.

40 damage ignores armor and aura. 90% chance to stun an organic target. Lightning does Plus 40% to mechanicals If applied to a shield or armor creates an electric shock when struck. For ten damage with 80% chance of stunning said target. Plus 40% damage to mechanicals. If applied to projectiles grants Shocker plus one hundred percent damage to aura and 50% chance of stunning target for three seconds. Stacks.

IL. Fire disc. 87% Full. Rare item. Applies fire elemental qualities to equipment. If applied to melee weaponry plus ten damage. Adds flame effects to weaponry. Plus ten damage. Adds unique attack fire whips. Plus 30 damage. Double damage to organics. Half to mechanicals.

If applied to projectiles grants Burn double projectile damage to non-aura organics. Chane to set non-shielded opponents on fire for 30 damage per second. minus 50% damage to mechanicals. If applied to armor or shield when struck will create a nova burst burning surroundings. Warning! Nova is an indiscriminate attack. Will harm both allies and enemies alike. Can self-harm!

Legal. Wind disc.90% Full. Rare item. Apples wind-elemental damage to equipment. If applied to weapon add eight damage. And 50% attack speed. Adds unique attack wind burst. 10 damage to organic half to mechanicals. 20% ChanCe to disorient organic targets. If applied to Armor grants a shield that deflects incoming damage pushing away projectiles and solid objects. If applied to shield, grants a wind burst attack pressing enemies back a short distance.

IL. Ice disc. 88% Full. Rare item. Applies ice qualities to equipment. If applied to weapons applied chilled status adds 10 damage. Unique ability. If applied to a sword or similar melee weapon can grow blades of ice for 10 damage each minus 10% attack speed per growth.

If applied to projectile weaponry adds freeze effect to bullets. Plus 10 damage and rounds have a 60% Chance of freezing opponents. If applied to shields or armor. Freezes any enemy that attacks. Rooting them to the ground with 50% chance of applying freeze. Plus 200% damage to enemies if frozen.

IL. Gravity disc. 97% Full. Rare item. When applied to swords other melee weaponry adds gravitational effects. Temporarily floating targets. If applied to projectiles similar effect but a lesser chance. If applied to armor any enemy that strikes said armor will levitate for ten seconds. If applied to a shield Can temporarily reverse gravity for user allowing them to float. Plus 50% damage to floating hostiles.

Misc items

Money. 7,000 Lien. Cash.

No money owed to self. No outstanding debt.

Magazines.

Guns and bullets monthly second edition. Collector's item.

Red heads of Mistal. Private magazine.

Ninjas of love, Menagerie edition omnibus. Contains volumes one through five of the Menagerie collection including Faunus on the prowl. Menagerie nights. Assassin of romance. Roars of passion and Neko Neko maid chan. Private magazines.

Huntresses in the mood. Private magazine.

Lighter. Basic lighter used to start fires.

Armor.

New!

Mask. 20 protection. Immunity to most air born toxins.

Consumables.

Tribe rations. Preserved meats and berries. A mainstay of tribe life. Plus 10 health. Staves of hunger affliction.

Water. The basic ingredient for life. Staves off dehydration affliction.

Cigarettes. Vacuoan slims. Minus 20 stress. Plus 3 Charm. Plus 3 Charisma. Plus 1 intelligence. 20% chance of taking 10 health loss when smoking. Warning. Habit forming.


Relationships stat change.

Velvet Scarletina insight level has reached fifty can now view stats, traits, and quirks.

Roman Torchwick. Insight level increased to 40.

Lie Ren. Insight level increased to fifty. Can now read all stats.

New quest!

Main quest added!

Win Vytal tournament. Mains story quest 6% Complete. Rewards story progression. Advance to Gamer level Two

Warning! Yang Xiao-Long Branwen crisis shift! Crisis evolved!

Crisis shifted from normal to Continual Crisis. Defeat Yang in your arena battles. Reward, unique trait evolution Martyry. Not one step backward. When facing an enemy with 20 plus strength difference, 50% of will is converted into strength.

Punishment. Game over.


Omake part seven. The darkest Remnant. Reunion part one.

This was not good. Oscar thought as he watched the heroes recuperate. News of the defeat of the Necromancers apprentice had spread far and wide and now the town was in high spirits. Or so they had been. With the first evil slain, the town had hope but they needed to have more. They were at a crucial part of the journey! If they stalled here then they risked losing all momentum and would lose all the precious ground that they had gained it reinvigorating the townsfolk.

But life was not kind. The heroes where hurt. The Necromancers unholy claws had severely rendered Velvet and Ciel. Making them bedridden for over a week. And with the death of the apprentice, the undead had been silenced but now? Now the undead were redoubling their efforts. Even appearing out of the ruins and coming t the outskirts farms. As new and horrify abominate lumber out the town needed heroes and they needed them now.

That was why it was with a heavy heart that Oscar stood behind Lie Ren and Jaune Arc. As the Highwayman and Crusader stood in front of the entrance of the ruins. This was a risky plan. Attacking the enemy without a dedicated healer or support? That was a dangerous gambit but one that needed to be made. The townsfolk needed their morale even if Oscar was just a Noble. An NPC he would not let them down. The heroes were armed and ready. Battle-weary still and nowhere near full health but they were awake and aware.

Velvet had blessed them all with her prayers. Refusing to let them leave without personally blessing each and every one of them. Though she had a small fit when she learned that Oscar was going into battle. The Vestal faunus almost got out of her bed. Ignoring her grievous chest wounds refusing to let Oscar go. The faunus hero had bonded with Oscar. And took on an elder sister role to him. A role he was not sure he was comfortable with as he had to convince her promise to Oum himself and the light that he would be safe. As he left the worried sick faunus the plague doctor bid them well. Giving them several tonics to take if they needed to camp.

Speaking of camping. Oscar carried the camp wood this time. Making himself useful as Jaune spoke.

"It's time. You ready Oscar?"

The crusader asked as he donned his helmet hiding his gaze under his helm as Oscar nodded.

"Yes. I'm ready. Let's go."

"You ready Ren?'

"Yes. We should hurry. If we get in and out we might not even need to camp."

Ren said as he flung his coat over his head as three walked into the depths of the cold slat filled crags.

As they enter the battle was near instantaneous. Bone lieutenants backed up by skeleton archers assaulted them as soon as they stepped foot in the cool stone. The battles were hard and fierce. Jaune was forced to use his bible to heal Ren and himself, as Ren was forced to attack any and all major threats. Having to focus on the back while Jaune was forced to be a full healer and a stunner. As the two battled their way forward.

After the first battle Ren and Jaune were scared but still battle ready and after some light healing from Jaune, they pressed onward and-

'It looks like this is our end. It was fun."

Ozpin asked as the specter sipped his mug as Oscar was back into to a corner. Both heroes where hard-pressed back into a corner. Twin archers raining death on them as the fought. Jaune tanked the damage as best as humanly possible but he was but one man.

And the twin shield beares protecting the archers made it all but impossible for Ren to damage them. As the clash of metal on metal became metal on flesh, Oscar saw the end. The heroes would die. Then he would die. And his family line would come to an end...

'Death comes to all men. Do not fear. I'm dead after all and I'm doing fine."

The specter said as Oscar glared at the enemy determined to stare his death down and-

VATHUM!

A knife appeared in one archer skull as the monster collapsed, stunning everyone. Heroes and monsters alike. As they stared at the corpse before another knife appeared in the monster before a pickax came to its skull killing it as a puff of smoke appear as the work Grave Robber appeared as a cat faunus appeared.

"Blake!?'

Jaune asked as the faunus killed the last archer and

"VITHUM!"

A massive arrow silence one of the shield bearer skeletons as a woman with silver eyes and a red hood appeared with the word Arbalest over her head as the reinforced heroes struck down the monster as Jaune and Ren froze.

"Ruby? Blake? What are you guys doing here?"

Jaune asked as he and Ren balked at the newcomers as Blake? the faunus glared at them.

"You are in so much trouble when Nora and Pyrrha get here."

She said in a deathly serious tone as both heroes suddenly began to tremble...