An: HERE WE GO! Another Game on! This time we have the debut of Cinder! Jaune meets his wife! Raven and Jaune have their moment and Coco gives the bunny a pep talk! All this and more in this edition of Game on!


Anger. Anger was an emotion Cinder was all too familiar with. Fear, hatred, cruelty. All of these feelings where emotions she experienced on an almost daily rotation and where no stranger to her and all of these emotions she understood very well. Cinder knew on a basic level why people felt them; she knew how people dealt with them, how they reacted to them. And she knew what the applications of such emotions where espically when applied with anger in one's heart, such an implication was playing out in front of her and it was not one that she cared nor, not in the least.
Whack!
"Why are you such a useless child!?"
The angry, sharp voice of Juniper Arc said as the sound of flesh smacking flesh filled the air as the woman raised a large hand.
Whack!
Once again flesh struck flesh and the hand came down on a quivering blonde form as Cinder grimaced.

"Why did I give birth to such a failure!?"

Juniper shouted as the quivering small mass of yellow curled up twin fear fueled blue orbs peeking out behind a bruised pair of arms that had lines of blood on them.
"I', sorry mother! I-
A hand was raised high in the air, a glittering frying pan stained bright red and leaking rose and slammed down as a slim arm shot out to intercept the attack. The attack was halted the crimson piece of metal barely stopped from striking its target as red robes fluttered and a pair of amber eyes narrowed into slits.

"Mother. I know that Jaune's actions were misguided, and I agree that he deserves a reprimand, but must you punish him more? He has surely has learned his lesson right?"

Cinder asked in a clam diplomatic tone easily and swiftly stepping in front of her new mother in law Juniper who still had a look of rage and hurt in her rich blue eyes as she smiled beatifically at the woman. The imposing furious figure of the Arc matriarch bore down on her with all of her considerable willpower as her cerulean blue eyes pierced Cinder's amber ones, that held her glare like she was a child. Juniper could glare at Cinder all she wanted, she was nothing compared to the glares Cinder was used to receiving in her home...

Over time Juniper relented as Cinder's unshakeable, implacable amber eyes held her glare with an impartial stare waring Juniper down before finally forcing her to look away as she snarled.

"Fine! I don't know what you see in him, but he's useless to me. Do what you will with him, I don't care."
Juniper said snarling once as she walked away from her son and leaving the kitchen as Cinder nodded.
"Thank you, mother."

Cinder said bowing to her mother-in-law curtseying her beautiful red dress respectfully before turning to her husband and frowning. If you could call, a scared, shaking, bleeding, sobbing blonde ball of bruised and broken flesh curled up in a fetal position in the corner of her kitchen a husband. The curled up sobbing ball of cloth and flesh barely looked human as Cinder sighed.
"Jaune."
She said calmly reaching out a slim hand to her twitching sobbing husband future husband touching an exposed part of his bruised flesh making him flinch in fear as he curled up, even more, his body shuddering as doubled up his fetal position. Curling even tighter in on himself acting like some kind of bruised bleeding armadillo minus the armor and four legs as Cinder sighed.

"Jaune. It's me you can calm down now. You are going to be ok."
Cinder cooed rubbing her hand on his exposed leg, the only not bruised part of his exposed skin that had escaped his mother's tender ministrations as Jaune trembled.
"Is she gone?"
"Yes, it's just you and me now. Now hurry and get up, you don't want to here when she get's back now do you?"
Cinder asked as a blue eye blackened to the point where it could hardly open, the result of an earlier strike nodded slowly as the bruised armadillo she would call a husband uncurled itself.

"No..."
Jaune said his voice barely a whisper, a pained cough escaped his lungs making Cinder grimace as he stood up wincing as he did.

Cinder was not a kind person, not at all. She had done things of such abject cruelty, and with such blatant callousness, to her fellow humans, it made what Jaune went through look like a plesant massage at a five-star resort. Cinder had in her admittedly short life fought, tortured, killed and done all manner of terrible acts to her fellow humans that would place her on the worlds most wanted list.

And if even a quarter of her acts came to the public she would be put on trial for several human rights violations and would be tried as an adult and she was not even out of her mid-teens. Yes, Cinder was no stranger to cruelty she was perhaps a friend to the action. Something more than a lover but less than a wife if that was possible, but this? What had happened in front of her was off in a way that not even Cinder could force down.

But this? This scared broken blonde boy, who she called her own, his eyes that were once bright blue now dark and ugly purple. One swollen so shut he could no longer see out of it, the other was halfway there. His once smooth face was now dotted in several swollen ugly purple bruises, as blood, the exact color of her gown trailed down a broken nose courtesy of one of the frying pan hits to his face from his mother earlier on. As still, fresh blood poured down his nose staining his white t-shirt crimson, his thing bruised arms with several welts on them wrapped around his chest like he was prepared for another strike to land as he sniffeled.
"Come with me Juane. Let's get you cleaned up."

Cinder said softly gently pulling the small child up to his shaking feet that barely held up his own weight, his thin legs almost collapsed on him twice as she grimaced. As bad as Jaune was he was not that bad. Cinder had seen worse injuries than his own, she had created worse injuries that his own to many more people.

His wounds were to be fair painful and agonizing, his mother had spent ten or so odd minutes beating him with a frying pan of all things. An effective weapon for the task if Cinder was being perfectly honest. It was blunt and dense it would break bones and bruised flesh making it hard for Jaune to bleed out from his wounds as long as she avoided fatal strikes.

Something that Cinder had frowned upon once she started to hit his eyes, and head at that point Cinder stepped in she needed Jaune alive.

And while his wounds were painful he would live. None of them were even close to fatal. Cinder had stepped in when his head was being damaged, and his wounds would heal them all in her care within a week. He would recover from them in a day with his aura unlocked, but his mother refused to allow that for some idiotic and archaic reasons of honor or tradition. Cinder didn't care if he had his unlocked at his wedding. Men that could have thier aura unlocked should have it unlocked!

Cinder thought sighing deeply as she helped Jaune walk to there room, besides his ability to have his aura unlocked and the supposed Arc family name she had no idea why she was marrying Jaune, but Salem herself told her the Arc's where a valuable ally to have and to acquire them so she did it. While she expected some hiccups in the process she did not expect this... She was not expecting to find a broken beaten husband that was apparently hated for one reason or another by his family and was abused frequently by them. That was unfortunate for her plans.

Cinder thought as she helped the weeping bleeding fiance of hers to thier room. Walking slowly with Jaune taking him step by step into thier room not letting him take too long a step and not letting him fall as she held him close as Jaune latched onto her side for dear life as he sniffeled into her dress making her sigh.

Cinder was not used to being so... nice. to another living creature. She was not a nice person far, far from it. She was not particularly cruel, but she was vindictive. She enjoyed a fair bit of revenge a notion that her mistress encouraged with all of her heart. Salme was not one fond of letting someone wrong you and walk free, and she had personally imparted her own teachings to Cinder for the majority of her life and Cinder took to them like gospel.

She was a firm believer in the teaching of her mistress. Specifically, the price of power philosophy that she was told every day and night by her mistress. Cinder knew for a fact that any respectable queen rules her kingdom with absolute power. At any time for any reason, she can take the noblest, most loyal and stalwart of her citizens and subject them to the most hideous torture possible and do so without fear of interjection or censure for she is their queen and that is her birthright as a queen.

It is her right as a leader and as a woman to do what she pleases whenever and wherever she liked. However. She should not do this. You are not born with the right to rule. A seemingly contradictory statement to what she was just told that at the time raised several questions in Cinders young mind before Salem smoothed them over.

Being a woman only gives you the option to rule. It does not mean you will rule. Leadership must be earned, and any ruler woman or not who punishes her loyal subjects for her amusement is no ruler at all. Loyalty must always be rewarded. Salem had stressed the importance to Cinder of the necessity of finding loyal pawns and going through great lengths to rewards there loyalty and see that their needs were well looked after. Secondly, while a queen might be able to whip her subjects, she must not let a single hair on the lowliest beggar of her rule be so much as touched by an outsider.

Rulership is not free, even at the top of the food chain you still had obligations to those beneath you. As a queen, you must protect your people from all foreign threats to there person no matter who or what they are. People submit to you because you are strong. If you can not protect them why would they submit to you? If you can not protect your own people, they have a right to rise up against you and cast you out. Even the lowliest of peasants have a right to live. Or at least to fight for their lives. And if you let other's threaten or harm your subjects you are no queen worthy of the title.

No being a queen meant being strong enough to annihilate any friend or foe, while also know when not to act. And that was where Cinder's problems with her mother began. Juniper beat Jaune, almost daily since she arrives to meet her husband he had been beaten. Bad beatings too that left bruised limbs, black eyes and an off gait.

Normally Cinder would not care for such things but these beatings... but they served no point. To Cinder, the attacks were pointless and wasteful. She did not know why this mother hated her son but it was not her business. Or it should not have been but for the fact that Jaune was hers. He was her fiance her man and her property. And no one, not even Salem herself would lay so much as a finger on what was hers. Even if Salem could annihilate her with a literal snap of her fingers Cinder knew she would do far worse to her if she learned she let another lay a finger on what was her own. A fact that put Cinder in an awkward position.

On one hand, Juniper had touched what was hers. For that, she will die. Cinder would kill Jaune's mother in a, particularly cruel and vindictive manner when she had the chance. She touched what was hers and for that, she would die. But that was also the problem. Salem herself said she needed the Arcs. And that meant that Cinder could not just kill her. Salem would not thank her and that was not acceptable. She needed to allow... her to touch what was hers in a direct defiance of what was he and Salem's code which irked her to no end.

She could not for the time attack Juniper for beating her fiance so instead, she decided to try the diplomatic route and talk to Juniper to see why she was so cruel to Jaune. Hopefully, she could find the route to said cruelty and excise that particular tumor.

Now Cinder knew that cruelty for the sake of cruelty was all well and good. Sometimes people needed to be aware of what you were capable of and to show your followers your power but this? It felt wrong.

There was no rhyme nor reason to Juniper beating her son. Cinder could not find a reason for the beatings, her daughters knew her strength so there was no need to show them that. Her son was clearly weaker than her. He was a child! Barley past ten with a locked aura and often unarmed and underfeed and worst of all it seemed that Juniper did not want to beat her son.

She had no joy in her eyes when she struck Jaune, in fact, she looked almost hurt by it? It seemed like the beating caused her more pain than anything a fact that sent Cinder's mind in a spiral of confusion. Jaune did not like being beat either, and he apparently did nothing to deserve such treatment but yet it still happened. Every day almost like clockwork and it showed no signs of stopping. It was cruel, needles, petty and worst of all. It was wasteful. And if there was one thing Cinder hated above all else, it was those who waste. And Juniper was inhumanly wasteful.
"Sit down."

Cinder said as they arrived in ther large dark bedroom as Cinder snapper her fingers as several candles where light illuminating thier shared queen sized bed as Jaune nodded.
"Yes, Cinder."

Jaune said obediently sitting down on her bed as he bowed his head to her submissively.
"Let me see your face.'
Cinder said stoking Jaune's swollen face with a wet cloth she procured from a bowl by thier bed. Jaune's beatings where so common that she had taken to keeping a bowl of aura infused water by there bed so she could tend to his wounds as he winced as Cinder applied the treatment to his face.

It was dark in their shared room; with almost no light to see by the queen-sized bed that his mother, made them sleep together in sank under thier weight as a dim candlelight illuminated the room.
"Is it bad?"

Jaune asked his bruised face already showing signs of improvement as Cinder tended to him.
"You will heal in time. You need to rest."
Cinder said calmly stroking the boy's short hair making him curl up inot her chest. He was like a dog, a broken, scared puppy desperate for warmth. As he borrowed onto her chest Cinder felt an odd pain in her chest.

She did not know why or she did. But she did not know how this boy made her feel sympathy for him to such a degree that she had not thought possible. Why did she want to protect him? Besides the obvious fact that Jaune was hers that is.

Why was it that every time he flushed his face and smiled at her it would make her heart skip several beats? And cause her breathing to come out in short raspy gasp as she felt a fluttering feeling in her gut.

How come whenever he was happy which was rare Cinder of all people felt content?
Like her life's work was done, and she had achieved her destiny? Why did she want to see Jaune happy? Why did she care?

"Cinder... why does my mom hate me?"
The boy asked as she froze. He had asked her this before, many times really and Cinder still despite her best efforts had no good answer for him and she refused to lie to him. "She does not hate you Jaune. She loves you and is just... bad at showing it." The excuse felt hollow even for her as Jaune frowned.
"Ok."

Jaune said accepting the half-truth as a whole as he dipped his head making Cinder stroke it carefully, not wanting to exasperate his wounds as she pulled him close to her.

"Get some rest Jaune. You need to sleep."
Cinder said as Jaune nodded curling up int her chest far more close to her than most ever dared to be. As she ran a hand over his head.
"Cinder?"
"Yes?"
"Don't leave me... please..."
"I will never leave your side. Of this, you have my word."
She said as she kissed her fiance on the forehead before blowing out the candle and covering the room in the darkness...


Pyrrha was not having a very good day. She was irritated, hungry and worst of all pissed. She had been in her hospital bed for only half a day and even with her wounds about to be fully healed as Pyrrha was still, much to her displeasure unable to send her partner off.

The fact that Jaune left on his very first mission without her seeing him off irritated the spartan to no end. Making her grind her teeth as she turned in her hospital bed, her irritation only spiked as images of him being alone with Blake filled her mind.
The faunus girl was not high on Pyrrha's list of people she liked. Mainly because she was poaching on her man. She was Jaune's girlfriend not the damn cat in heat.
Pyrrha grimaced at the thought of the woman seducing her lover and-
"Friend Pyrrha! I'm glad to see you are awake!"
A sharp far, far too happy and chipper voice said as Pyrrha's other source of torment came inside the room.

"Penny... a pleasure to see you, as always," Pyrrha said in a harsh, clipped tone as the sharp emerald eyes that just seemed wrong. In her opinion that rested under a mop of unruly curly red hair as Penny waved happily at her.
'It is always a pleasure to see you to friend Pyrrha! I am glad that you are recovering well! Your loss was quite a decisive and humiliating one! And I would not have been surprised if you were out for a week!"

Penny said with a smile so plastic and fake it could have been labeled with a chocking warning for small children.
"I am quite strong Penny, you should not worry about me."

"So strong that you got beat down in less than two minutes by an opponent that you outnumbered five to one? That does not seem very strong to me!"

Penny said with that thin plastic smile that Pyrrha knew held a shit eating grin behind it as she gripped her bed sheets.

"Thank you for your concern Penny. Now, why don't you find a nice ledge and take a jump?"
Pyrrha said grinding her teet while the girl smiled in her usual perpetually happy manner. Making Pyrrha fell like putting Milo in her right eye.
"Pyrrha... don't."

Nora said from the other side of the infirmary. The ginger already saw what was going through her best friends mind. As her teal eyes tired and fatigued rolled in thier sockets.

"Friend Nora! I am also glad to see you recovering!"
"Thank you, Penny. That means a lot."

Nora said grimacing to the ginger girl her relationship with her new teammate was strained to put it mildly. She did not know what to think of Penny other than Pyrrha wanted to put her through a wall. And Jaune seemed to be curious of her, although Penny seemed to be on of the only people that Ren actively did not like. A fact that the redhead did not miss.
"Did they-

"Yes! Jaune along with his team have left on thier missions safely! I saw the ship leave the Beacon airspace and they have now officially embarked on thier mission! I hope for thier safe return!"

Penny said smiling so wide that Pyrrha was sure that her face would be split in two.
"Jaune will be back in Beacon within the day! And Ren shall accompany him I am sure of it!"

"Thank you, Penny, me and Pyrrha appreciate what you did."

"No problem friend! But you should get ready! You are both set to be discharged soon! And we will be boarding the Atlas fleet to go on our own missions! This is my first mission on my new team! And as temporary as our relationship is I do hope for our success!"

Penny said smiling and tilting her head in an awkward manner that did not look comfortable let alone physically possible.
"We also hope for that. Thank you Penny me and Pyrrha are going to rest for a bit alright?"

"As you say, friend! I will see you on the ship!"
Penny said saluting sharply slammign her feet together before glaring at Pyrrha catching her off guard and turning away without a word.


'Dammit! I can't believe I got my ass beat!"
Yang growled out loud smashing her fists together as she stood on the briefing deck on the Atlas battleship. Yang was beyond furious. She had always thought of herself as the strongest of her friends. Maybe not in the realm of Pyrrha levels of skill but in terms of brute strength? Yang was the easily in her opinion the undisputed champion. Or so she thoguht, Yang's lilac eyes burned crimson as images of that woman filled her mind.
Those calm patient brown eyes that Yang saw through her fang mask. That smooth unfeeling surface and that stupid! Patronizing voice that asked Yang to stop.

It was like she was looking down on her! Like she was in full control of the damn fight, and Yang was a bug to be crunced underfoot!

"I'm not a bug you bastard!"
Yang snarled as she ground her teeth. Cursing internally just how weak she really was. That woman had held her hand like it was nothing, catching her attack like she was made of paper and cracking her arm breaking it in a second.

Yang had never felt so helpless in her life, let alone in a fight. Something that she was good at. When she fought that woman if felt like she was about to die in a moments notice. And as much as she would like to say it, Yang lived because that woman did not want her to die. That Fang soldier could have killed her at will, but she didn't.
She spared Yang; she didn't think Yang was worth killing, she pitied her and Yang hated being pitied. The very fact that someone looked down on her made her eyes burn as she ground her teeth.
"You ok blondie? You got a little fire thing going on there."

A calm cocky voice from her left said as Yang turned her head ignoring the sea of Beacon students around her all gathered in the meeting hall of the battleship where a pair of brown eyes that hid behind a pair of designer shades caught her face.

"Coco?"
Yang asked in surprise to the older woman as she flashed her a playful smirk pulling down her designer shades and grinning smugly at her.
"That's my name! And you look like someone seriously pissed in your coffee. Mind telling a girlfriend what's up?"
Coco asked falling into Yangs side with an easy gait making Yang sigh.
"I... I'm just tired."

"I can see. Heard you got rocked on the last mission. You and most of your team got put into the ground and not in the fun way. How's your sister by the way? I heard she got out pretty unscathed."
"She's fine, she took a grenade to her gut, but she's fine. She's on her mission with Jaune and Ren."
"Good to know! Although most people don't just take a grenade to there gut and walk off."

"Ruby's special."

"I can tell! Don't worry about her and the boys' too much, Velvet's with them, and she would die before she let something happen to anyone else."
Coco said with an easy smile that made Yang's heart calm.
"You think they are ok?"
"I know it! Velvet may not look it bus she's a good leader. She's my second in command for a reason you know?"
"She's your second? What about the rest of your team? Where are they anyway? I've never seen your teammates now that you mention it."

Yang asked lilac eyes scanning the battleship for students probably women who would be on Coco's team as the fashionista laughed. "Who Fox and Yat's? They are back in Vale. Fox didn't want to come, and I got Yat's going on a shopping spree for me! Gotta keep up on the latest trends right?"
Coco asked as Yang smiled back easily.
"I know the feeling. I gotta keep this hair up every day. It doesn't look this good by itself. Even if it is pretty close."
"Girl I know the feeling! That's why I send the guys out to do the important missions!"
"Boys? You teammates are guys? Aren't you lucky!"
Yang said grinned wolfishly as Coco let out a raucous laugh.

"Hold up! You think? Hah! Don't get me wrong! I love my boy's and in any other situation I'd make sure the never walked straight again but not in that way you know?"
"Really I've never seen them but if they are your teammates then I know they look good. Or at least are well dressed."
"One of them is, Yat's is what you may call designer challenged."

Coco said wincing as if suppressing a painful memory as Yang grinned.
"So you never tried to take them for a ride? Why go after Jaune when you have two studs in your room?"
"For one. Fox is a taken man. He has a beautiful fiance waiting for him."
"He's getting married? Really?"

Yang asked not knowing who Fox was but curious at such a young marriage. She hoped it was not arranged but judging Coco by her personality she did not think that Coco would ever allow that let alone be happy about it.
"Sure is! He has a woman, so I keep my hands to myself. Rather keep your hands down your pants than have her take them off right?"
"Ouch. She sounds tough."
"She is."
"Alright, what about the other guy, Yat's? He sounds like a looker."
"Ah Yat's, good ole mountain in my life! He's good-looking, but he's asexual and isn't really interested in relationships let alone sex thing."
"What?! An asexual guy? What a waste!"

Yang said grimacing at the criminal waste of the potential of an asexual man.
"I know! But that's his choice! And I respect it, even if I have to talk to some other girls who don't seem to get that when a guy says no he means it."
Coco said as her brown eyes flashed a warning as Yang nodded.

"No, I get it. Mom always told me to ask double the amount of times you think is necessary. Then ask again."
Yang said rolling her eyes, she got why her mother wanted her to respect men but jeez! Did she think she was going to abuse one? Did she look like she was going to go around beating her boyfriend? No way! Despite what that green fuck said-

"Yang. Are you even paying attention?"
"Ice queen! Nice to see you not being a stick in the mud for once!"

Yang said as Weiss made her presence known to the two. Weiss was not taking well to her loss with the Fang. She was taking it better than Pyrrha which was not saying much as that girl looked ready to put someone mainly Penny through a wall.

"Hey, there princess! How's it going? Gotta say dig the cast! It suits you!"
"It's a splint! Not a cast! My arm is not broken just sprung, and I'm healing."

Weiss puffed tuning away from Coco making her laugh as-
"Students. I am glad to see you all assembled before me today." A loud, charismatic voice said as Yang grinned.

"Now that's a man! I wouldn't mind dragging him back to a dorm and seeing if Ironwood is just a name."
Yang said licking her lips in a hungry manner as Weiss looked ready to go ballistic her cheeks puffin red as Coco laughed.

"Damn straight! Blondie can't be here all the time right? That guy looks like he could take a rough ride on the Adel Express."
Coco said licking her lips as several shouts and wolf whistle rang out from the cord as Weiss snarled.

"Watch your tongues! He is a general! He is the general of Atlas! How dare they!"
Weiss growled reaching for her rapier only for Yang to calm her down.

"Easy there, princess. These girls are just teasing you know? They don't mean anything by it and besides! Look at how he's taking it."
Yang said pointing to the man with his arms held high enduring the wolf whistle and advances of the crowd with practiced ease.

"Yes, yes I know I'm ugly! You don't have to rub it in so hard now do you?"

The man asked earing a wave of laughter from the students as he smiled out to them.
"If that's ugly I want to see beautiful!"
A voice calmed them as the crowd, and the general laughed.
"Well as much as I would love to take you lovely ladies out to the town I am rather busy running an academy and a military it might be smart to put a raincheck on that candle lite dinner."

He said diplomatically playing to the crowd as several boos where heard along with calls for his number.
"As you all know! Today we will all embark on a joint mission of Vale and Atlas! This will show a unity fo our two schools and our nations as well!"
The man said before a woman came from behind me.
"Fuck me, if I was ever going to bat for the away team."

Yang said mouth dropping as Coco nodded. The woman was drop-dead gorgeous dress in a form-fitting silver uniform with burning amber eyes and long flowing raven hair. She looked like Blake. But less introverted and more like lust took a physical form and dressed in Atlas battle gear.
"This is my most accomplished current student! Cinder Fall, she is the one who organized this joint action! She will take the stage for a moment. Cinder? If you will."
Ironwood said backing up form the mic as Cinder took it with grace.
"Thank you, sir, I owe you everything."
Cinder said taking the mic as Ironwood batted her comment aside as she took the microphone.

"Students of Vale. I am Cinder Fall, and I am the reason you are standing here today. Today is a day of unity! Of strength! Today you will all embark on your custom missions as both operatives of Vale and Atlas! Today you will all truly begin your journey to be huntresses and hunters of tomorrow!"
Cinder said in a soothing voice as a low clap came from the crowd.

"It's better than Opal's."

Yang reasoned calmly as the beautiful woman who was totally not making her question her sexuality continued to speak.

"Today you will all see what being a huntress is really about. After today you will know what it is like to kill Grimm, and save people. Before you go on this mission, let me show you what you are fighting for."

Cinder said as she waved her hands. As she did the large window behind her turned into a shimmering image of Vale. As the image shifted over to downtown Vale. As the word VNN for Vale's new's network pop up at the bottom of the screen.
"This is Vale. The city you all live in. This is a thriving city, a statement of our power and resilience, in the face of the Grimm! It is a veritable beacon of light in the dark!" Cinder said as the crowd ate her up.

"A fitting name for the school that looks above it. Now we-
Cinder was interrupted as the screen suddenly shifted and turned to static, as the woman's face fell a truly confused expression coming over her flawless face. Like the rug was suddenly pulled out from under her feet. The woman's face fell as her glowing amber eyes widened in shock as the screen shifted and blurred-
"Hello!? Hello!? This is Lisa Lavender reporting from the Vale Nightly news!"

A panicked feminine voice said as Yangs along with every other pair of eyes locked onto the screen. As the static turned itno a clear picture as a woman with pale snow skin and silver hair appeared on the monitor. She had long silver hair and grey eyes. And looked panicked as a mumbled murmur came over the assorted students.

"What the hell?"
Yang asked as her eyes narrowed onto the screen, as every other pair of eyes glared at the screen.
"I have been recently captured by members of the White Fang while on a reconnaissance mission."
"White Fang?!"
Weiss nearly fainted as a worried look came over her ace as Yang felt her gauntlets flex and-
"We were recently rescued by members of a Beacon assault team! And we are proceeding onboard a White Fang train en route to what we believe to be Vale!"
The woman said as Ironwood stomped to the stage.
"Where is the broadcast coming from!? Someone find me a signal!"
he yelled as-
"Ruby!?"
Yang shouted as her sister appeared on the screen as the camera zoomed in on her. Her face was bloodied, and wrapped in a large white bandage that went over her forehead and right eye. The bandage was stained with bright crimson dots of blood as her sister had a steely expression in her face. She held Crescent Rose in her hands as-
"Ruby! No more solo attacks! We breach as one ok!?"
The irritated voice of Velvet carried over the speakers as Ruby tilted her head as the camera swiveled.

"Honeybuns!?"
Coco asked as Velvet appeared on the screen. Her brown eyes sharp and pointed as Jaune and Ren came into the screen. Both armed with guns and thier faces covered in dust and dirt Jaune with his assault rifle Ren with his dual pistols. The boys walked forward as the Beacon students gathered around Velvet.
"Velvet? What's the plan?"
Jaune asked as the rabbit faunus looked down to him and frowned.

"We need to keep moving! Lisa, what can you tell us about the Fang here?"
"Not much we were taking prisoner early on."
"Rookies."
"Blake!"
"Fine."
"Anything will be helpful."
"The Fang has a top car next to us!"
"Got it. We breach the door as one! Ruby and Blake take the front! Jaune Ren behind us. Protect the civilians!"
Velvet ordered as the other students took up positions Ruby and Blake sliding to the door guns drawn as Ruby nodded.
"Now!"
She yelled as Blake cut down the door and the screen exploded into a wave of gunfire and twisted metal.

"Ruby!"
Yang shouted as her sister hit the floor. Sliding into cover in a wall of roses behind a metal barrier as the news drone covered her Jaune, Velvet, and Ren ducking behind it as a hail of bullets flew around them as the students ducked their faces, covering thier heads as-
"Velvet!? What do we do!?"
Jaune shouted ducking his head keeping his head low to avoid the bullets tearing apart the air as the faunus woman gained a panicked look on her face. Her hands gripping her legs as a thin line of sweat filled her face.
"Come on Honeybuns! I know you can do this!"

Coco said clenching her fist her eyes boring holes into the screen as Velvet gripped her knuckles.

"Velvet!"
Ruby yelled ducking her head as a bullet pinged off her aura making her flinch.
"Attack! We need to attack!" Velvet finally decided their plan of attack as her team nodded.
"Here! I have these!"
Jaune said reaching into a satchel on his back and pulling out-
"Grenades?"
Weiss asked a confused worried look in her crystal eyes as Jaune pulled out several black avocado shaped item as-
"Where did you get these!?" Ruby asked her eyes narrowing on Jaune and-
"Doesn't matter! Everyone take a grenade and get ready!"

Velvet yelled as more and more bullets rained down and chipped away at thier metal barricade. The bullets chipping away at there cover. Making it vanish bit by bit as Velvet gave a brief lesson on how to properly arm and toss a grenade as-
"On three! We toss and shoot! One! Two! Three!"
Velvet yelled as all five of them pulled the pins on thier bombs. Hurling them over the barricade as the bullets kept firing before a dull whump crack!
Filled the air as Velvet shouted.
"Now!"
The rabbit faunus yelled as she pulled out a blue minigun?! Firing it at the Fang as the other students rose up firing on the fang. The audience grimaced as the ruined bodies of the Fang where shown. Those that were not pulps of flesh by the grenade which was few. Where blown apart as Velvet's minigun tore them to bits as Ruby's own fun yanked faunus off their feet as-
Bang!
"Ren!?"
"NO!"
A voice Yang instantly knew as Nora shouted as she saw the ginger gripping her hammer as Pyrrha and Penny put a firm hand on her shoulder. The Ginger looked ready to break into the screen as the small boy was blown back his aura popping!
As he was hurled back into the waiting civilians. The drone whirred over to him showing the medium sized red hole in his chest as the boy cried out in pain.

"Oh, my goddess! Ren?! Are you ok!?"

Lisa asked placing her palms on his chest. Doing rudimentary chest compressions on his bleeding breast.
"Are you ok!? What can I do?"
"I'm ok! I really am!"
Ren said grimacing through his teet as-
BANG!
His chest exploded. As the bullet in his chest detonate filled the drone's camera with blood-
"NO!"
Nora yelled as Ren gave a pained cry as a near softball sized hole opened up in his chest.
Nora looked ready to snap her hammer in two as-
"Ren's down!"
Jaune yelled firing his assault rifle into the diminished Fang soldiers. Bursting out a line of fire as the boy dipped and dived to avoid a hail of bullets.
"Dammit! Ruby-
Fit! Fit! Bang!
Velvet screamed as three bullets slammed into her aura popping it before-
Her cheeks exploded as a bullet struck home. Impacting her face and ripping off half of her cheek, turning open a bloody hole-
"Velvet!"
Coco shouted her brown eyes wide with fear-
Bang!
There a sudden gasp in the room as Velvet's face exploded.
"AHHH!"
The bunny girls screamed in agony her weapon disintegrating into nothing as her face burst into fire as she dropped her exotic weapon that disintegrated into nothingness. The girls face exploded into a ball of yellow fire as she screamed. The scream that was ripped from Velvet's mouth would haunt Yang's dreams it was so shrill so loud so in pain.
"Velvet! Fuckers!"
Coco snarled as Velvet cried her hand falling to her face-
"Get down!"
Jaune yelled tackling the screaming faunus earning three bullets to his back for his troubles. Three large red spots appear neared his spine as his armor was breached.

"Jaune!"

Pyrrha yelled as Yang sure she saw Pennys' eyes glow red as Jaune tackled Velvet to the ground. The boy began to try to smother the fire on Velvet's face to no avail. The fire seemed to have a mind of its own.
The girl's skin bubbled and popped! As the fire ate into her flesh. Making the girl scream.
"AHHH! It hurts! It hurts! It hurts! It hurts! It hurts! Help me! Please!"
Velvet screamed as Jaune tried to put out her face.

"Napalm! Get me an extinguisher!"
Jaune yelled putting his hand on her face burning his hands in the process.
"AH! Fox! Yatsu! Mom! Coco! It hurts! Help!"
Velvet yelled as Coco's knuckles went white with rage as she whined-
FISSHHTT!
A wave of white came over the girl as Blake appeared as Blake came into the moment spraying the girl with white foam as she screamed as the fire was put out on her the girls, pained screams finally died off as the room felt an uneasy silence as Velvet moaned, as the camera zoomed in on her popped ruined skin and-

"Medic! We need to get some supplies!"
Jaune yelled sprinting off as Lisa dragged Ren's bleeding body onto the screen. The boy's face was ashen, the blood loss easily catching up to him and-
"He's not going to make it."
Weiss said in a hushed voice. Her blue eyes locked onto Ren with a pained look.
"What do you mean he's not going to make it-
"Look Yang. Ren's lost to much blood."

Weiss stated a pained look on her face as Yang's felt her eyes go red.
"Jaune went to get help!"
"He can't heal him. That's too much blood even with aura... he's not going to make it. Ren will die, and Velvet will most likely follow him."

"Shut up! You don't know a fucking thing about her! She's stronger than almost anyone I know!"
Coco growled her eyes puffy with red marks as Weiss kept her firm indifferent glare.
"I'm not trying to upset you, but you should prepare yourself as barring a miracle Velvet will die."
Weiss said in her frim analytical voice as she glared at the screen.
"Then we will just get a fucking miracle!"
Coco snarled as-
"Here!"
Jaune said appearing on the camera as he had a strange spray bottle type of device in his hands.

"What the hell is that!?"
Blake asked as Jaune smiled.
"Watch!"
Jaune said as he sprayed Velvet's face with a strange blue mist?
"Blondie? The fuck!?"
Coco balked as Jaune sprayed Velvet and-
"She's getting better?"
Yang asked shocked as the mist healed Velvet. Her once charred bubbled flesh was reknit. Brough back together as her once ruined face was restored to its former pearly glory as Velvet was fully healed-
"I Love you, you blonde bastard!"

Coco shouted fist pumping as Jaune did the same process to Ren as the hunters where healed.


"What's the plan now?"
Ruby asked as the freshly healed hunters sat in a tight circle as Velvet frowned.
"The train splits in two. We don't where Oobleck is, and we have to stop it! This is what's going to happen. We are going to split up-
"NO!" Coco hissed grinding her teeth no doubt thinking to split up was to die.
"Work together!"
Coco growled her fist clenching into tight balls as she glared at her best friend.
"Me, Ruby and Blake will take the left car. Jaune, you and Ren, take a right. Protect the civilians ok?!"
"Yes, mam!"
Jaune and Ren said as Velvet nodded.
"Ok! Everyone knows ther jobs now get to it!"
She hissed as the hunters took their weapons and ran.
"This way!"
Jaune said as he an Ren led the civilians to a new train door.
"Ren!"
"On it!"
"The! Two! One! Now!"

Jaune yelled as Ren slashed down the door. As the boys burst into an empty train car and-
The sound of shattering glass filled the air as a woman in a Fang mask appeared.
"Huntress!"
Weiss hissed as a clearly dangerous woman who not only had her aura unlocked but a semblance to boot appeared in the empty train car as-
"Run!"
Weiss hissed her eyes begging the two to flee and find the others as Jaune and Ren rushed forward as-
"What are you doing here?"
Jaune asked the small oddly familiar woman before-
Ren was out a moment later. Falling like a sack of bricks tot he floor.
The woman teleported into him in a blur of motion kneeing Ren in the neck. Knocking the boy out before Jaune backed up.
"Ren!?"
Jaune yelled as the woman suddenly stared at Jaune. As the two had a staredown for a moment as Yang begged him to run away, to pick up Ren and get him and the civilians away before Jaune snarled.
"Die!"
Jaune yelled raising his rifle and-
To call it a fight would have been a gross overstatement. The small woman slaughtered Jaune. Disarming him and bashing his face to the floor in a moment. Her blade stabbing him in his neck. Holding him close to her as Jaune froze.
"No."
Yang whisper as she saw the death of her friend came before-

"You want me to do what?"

Jaune asked the news drone hovering close to him catching how his face fell as his body went slack. As the woman bent down into his hear. Whispering into his ear as Jaune shuddered like he was going to vomit.
"The civilians?! You can't!"
Jaune yelled as she nodded pointing her saber at them as-
"Wait! I'll... I'll do it... please don't kill them."

Jaune said his body quacking as the woman nodded her head. Her face fully masked behind the Grimm mask on her face as she poked Jaune in the jugular.
"Just promise me you won't hurt them!"
"Hurt them? What's he talking about?"
Yang asked around, Jaune shaking as the woman placed her saber to his throat as walked up to him. Pulling down her pants-
Yang was not slow to anger. Never had been never would be. She wore her emotions on her sleeve, and she never hid how she felt.
Not that she could now as her eyes turned to flame as a gasp came from her right as Coco's mouth dropped.

Jaune was getting assaulted. The bitch with the saber had her hips right on Jaune's face as she forced him to eat her out. Yang saw red as her knuckles cracked the sheer audacity of that funt. Yang had never wanted to kill someone before but now? This was an exception-
"Cold?"
Yang asked as she sensed a chilling effect as ice crystals form into the air melting almost as soon as the came as Weiss had a glacial expression on her blue eyes as yang saw white-
It was over as soon as it began. Jaune apparently satisfied the bitch in all black as she teleported away. Leaving a blushing clustered puffy eyed boy gripping his arm as-
'Are... are you ok?"
The reporter asked as Jaune's face fell.

"What do you think!?"
Coco snarled as-
"I'm fine."
Jaune said picking up Ren by his shoulder as a man came to help him as he waved them forward.
Jaune took the civilians to an empty part of the train the others had yet to come through the next car as-
The wall of the cave they where in exploded as a ball of-
"Grimm?!"
Weiss shouted as a horde of Grimm fell in from the ceiling as Ursa, Beowulf and deathstalker cam into the tunnel as-
'We need to go."
Jaune said as he pushed the group forward-
"Jaune! Should we wait for back up?"
"Yes!"
Weiss glared tears in her eyes at the screen as-
"No. We push on.'
"Fucking idiot!"
Coco hissed as Jaune pushed to the train door.
"Jaune! What about your friends?! You just got r-
"I'm fine! Let's go."

Jaune said bursting down the door as a hail of gunfire.


Weiss almost vomited. Yang felt her bile rise as the bomb went off. She was almost made sick as the Fang were pulled apart by the metal coils of the bomb. The weapon ripping them apart and desecrating thier bodies into messy gore piles of broken limbs on the ground.
"Jaune-
"Keep moving."
"Jaune! You should wait for your friends! You are alone-
" I need to do this!"
Jaune hissed gripping his gun as he went to the next train door knocking it down as-
"NO!"
Weiss yelled as a fucking Paladin showed up in the next train car. The mech activated its weapon systems as-
Fish!
It vanished. Three-quarters of the robot turning into silver dust as a cheer went up in the students as-
Fit! Fit!
"Jaune?!"
Pyrrha finally yelled as twin cannon round impacted him as even Yang knew that he was dead as-
"Jaune?! Jaune?! How can I help!? Tell me what to do!"
"The goop.. spray me...'
Jaune said as Lisa scrambled picking up the miracle mist as she hosed Jaune down and-
"Impossible!"
Weiss yelled as Jaune was healed. The music restored his broken body as he jumped up.

"Come on! We are almost at the front of the train!"

"We need to wait! Jaune you are hurt! you need to wait for back up!"
"No, I don't! I can't wait!"
"Why are you being fucking retarded!?"
Weiss finally yelled as she lost her patience with Jaunes reckless decision making as the boy was being fucking stupid as he burst down the door and-
"Hey, ther kid! How's it going?"
Roman!? Asked as the master thief smirked to Jaune.
For the next few moments, a one-sided beatdown occurred. Roman beat Jaune half to death with relative ease, and even when Ruby came in the fight was laughably one-sided. In the end, Jaune was down, and Ruby was knocking on death's door as Roman raised his cane potting the barrel in her fallen mouth as Yang begged.
"Please. Don't"
She begged the man as he snarled at his sister his fingers gripping the trigger-
"It's not worth it."
Roman said taking his cane from Ruby's face a pained look in he emerald eyes as Yang breath a prayer of forgiveness a before the rest of Jaunes team came in fight Roman before the man vanished with the rapist form before she teleported him away before ther was screaming shouting and then shite. As the train broke out of nowhere. As twisting metal and broken concrete filled the air as the train hit its target and broke into Vale...


Pyrrha ran in record speed. Any animosity towards Penny long forgotten as there was an emergency scramble. Her friends were in danger. Jaune was severely hurt, Ren looked like he was going to die. And Blake and Ruby looked to be on thier last legs. Even Oobleck was fading as Pyrrha got on the bullhead.
"Get on! NOW!"

Glynda yelled as she Nora Penny followed close by Weiss, Yang and Coco and other slammed into the Atlas transport as it rocketed off towards Vale.
The bullhead flew forward as Pyrrha griped her scroll knuckles white. The broadcast that was being relayed showed a grim situation. Jaune was hurt.
Pyrrha could see that even in his walk. It was a low stooped gait that seemed to be wrong.
"His leg is not recovered. There is something wrong with the tendons."

Penny said speaking for the first time since the broadcast began as he eyes narrowed on the screen.
"How can you tell?"
Pyrrha demanded as Penny held her glare to the screen. Her eye looking on with an inhuman level of focus.

"I have a deep knowledge of medical expertise. I am well versed in human anatomy and there is something wrong with his leg."
Penny said as the hunters broke and a desperate defense began.
For the first few minutes, the defense was going well. The drone followed Jaune as he back up steadily. His assault rifle blazing as he picked off Grimm from range.
Pyrrha smiled as he kept a good distance from his enemy. His rifle keeping them back for a time until they closed the distance. The Grimm eventually cornered Jaune into a laundromat. Making him crash into the window the drone shaking as it followed him in keeping the action on him as he snarled.
"Well come at me!"

Jaune yelled as his rifle barked and went silent killing two Beoqufls before slashing one in two with his hatchet. As the Grimm died a wall exploded three Ursa barged in snarling at him s Jaune leaped itno them.
Killing one by stabbing it clean through the bast of its skull.
His knife popping out of its head before he yanked it free slicing off an arm of another Ursa making it howl in pain.
As Jaune dove into it stabbing it clean through the heart as-
"NO!"
Pyrrha screamed as cold hands gripped her heart as the Ursa fell on him. The monster crushing her partner fully suffocating his body. Before the other Ursa ripped ts dead comrade off slamming Jaune to the ground, its claws forcing him down its slathering jaw drooling over him-
Fit!
A blur of red came as the monsters head flew off with a dull thud! As-
"Get up."

A tall tanned faunus with red hair and armor said cleaning his red knives wiping the Ursa blood off on his red combat armor.
"Fox you beautiful son of a bitch! I'm buying ou whatever the hell you want!"
Coco yelled smiling ear to ear as tan fox faunus picked Jaune up.

"That's my partner!"
Coco shouted grinning ear to ear a Fox picked Jaune up.
As the two bickered Fox sighed.
"Listen. You are Coco's pet. Don't die ok? She'll never let me hear the end of it if you do."
"You are god damn right!"
Coco shouted as Jaune and Fox ran into the fray.

As they did, the drone zoomed out the next conflict it was was Velvet Blake. The tow fighitn back to back minigun and knife gun blazing as the two were pushed back into a corner before a monster roared.
A large ape Grimm appeared and charged them. As the massive monster raced toward them shaking the ground as it leaped up to crush them-
Only to be sliced in half as a massive mountain of a man came in-
"That's my fucking team!"
Coco shouted practically whooping in the air as a fountain of a man came in with a box of expensive looking bags behind him and a massive claymore in his hand's dressed in light green armor saving Velvet and Blake. The form looked over the moon her bandaged eye twitched.
As they pushed out the drone left them looking over the sprawling battlefield as-
"Zwei!?"

Yang shouted as a black and white corgi? Of all things was sent flying at the girmm in the back as the drone found Ruby who was busy being chased by a pack of Beowulfs in the back end of town-
"Behind you, you dolt!"

Weiss shout her voice shaking with fear as a Grimm tackled Ruby to the ground as-
"Uncle Qrow!?"
Both Yang and Weiss said as a tall man with a scythe saved Ruby. As the girl looked like she had seen a gohst.
Eventually, the hunters formed a unified defense of the city and Pyrrha smiled.

They were winning. They could win! The hunters pushed the Grimm back inch by inch. As Pyrrha felt a fierce pride for her partner. Jaune was fighting with Yatsuhasi. The big man cleaving through the Girmm like a hot knife through butter and Jaune butchering any who got close.
As he body glowed yelled his semblance whatever the hell it was kicking it. Pyrrha would force Jaune to tell her what it was later on as the battle went on the fight shifted.

It was not a quick shift but a subtle shift. Like water on rocks, the Grimm wore down the hunters. Yatsu and Jaune where slowly torn apart. Their flesh exposed as more and more claws and talons round their home in them.
As the battle turn against the hunters, the Grimm surged.

A massive horde of them came from the tunnel as the hunters were hard-pressed, for two minutes the hunter fought a bitter battle for survival one they won but not without heavy casualties.
"Ruby!?"
Yang shouted as she saw her sister ripped tp pieces. Twin Beowulfs tore into her small form blood flying everywhere before the man Qrow? Saved her life.
As the Grimm where beaten back, the hunters had taken severe wounds.
Jaune, Yatsu, and Fox looked like they had been smacked by a can opener. Flesh exposed blood pouting from a number of wounds as they grimaced.
"I'm going to buy them all new clothes! Then I'm going to beat their asses for making me worry!"

Coco hissed as the hunters gathered as-
"THE FUCK!?"
Yang shouted as a monster appeared in the drone as-
"Knuckelleve!? What is it doing out of Mistral!?"

Goodwitch yelled as monster horse Grimm came out of the tunnel and things fell apart.
The monster Grimm tore thier friends apart Jaune was flung around like a rag doll as the man Qrow and Oobleck darted in and out only to get knocked back. The worst was Ren. The boy lost it when the creature came. He screamed at the monster only to be cast aside by its hand and slammed him into the ground with a wet plop!
As part of his head popped open making Nora's breathing hitched as she went stiff as a board as Ren went down Fox came and dragged him away. The battle went downhill from there the monster Grimm devastating the students and hunters. Tearing apart both of them before Ren appeared back into the fight. Somehow back into the fight as he stabbed mercilessly into the back of the monster.

It roared once tossing Ren to the ground, making him plop onto the concrete as Velvet ran to his defense the monster saw it's chance to kill two humans with one claw as it raised a hand up for a mighty hammer-like blow to smite the humans in one move-

Yatsu blocked the blow appearing in one motion with a cheer from the ship's occupants blocking the blow with his own claymore grunting in pain as he shielded them from the danger-
"That's my-
Coco froze as the monster slammed down its fist on Yatsu the man held the monsters attack for a moment before it tore him asunder. Coco's scream tore through the craft as Yatsu was shredded into meat chunks as she felt her blood run cold.
"No!"

She screamed as her teammate was ripped apart in front of her. Yatsu fell in a shower of blood and gore. His armor and chest torn into bloody ribbons. The man gasped as he fell to the ground his shattered claymore falling into the broken ground-
"NO! NO! NO! NO!
"Velvet?"
Coco's voice was low, as her best friend screamed. Her hand clutched her face as the monster raised its hand for another strike.
"Run!"
Coco yelled into her scroll as the unthinkable happened, Velvet snapped. Something went wrong as Velvet changed her weapon into a blue pair of Yang's gauntlets as she attacked Ren. Her hands formed Yang's Ember Celica as she punched him.
The sound of the boy's leg being almost shorn off filled her ears. As Velvet punched him in the leg before punching him in the gut. The boy flew back in a shower of gore the man Qrow tackled her. Taking her down before the monster's one remaining long arm slammed them back into a storefront. As the two flew back the loud cracks of Ruby's weapon fired. The small girl and Fox came back on the scene where his nose sniffed as the boy saw his downed teammates and made the smart choice.

"Red we got to go!"
Fox yelled as Coco nodded.
"Good boy! Get the hell out of there!"
Coco willed her hands almost cracking her scroll as Fox fought!? With Ruby as she and he wrestled for a moment-
Crack!
Coco's legs went weak. Ruby shot Fox. Her weapon firing point-blank into his chest. The high powered round left a softball-sized hole in his body as her partner fell without a whisper. Tears fell from the usually strong girl's eyes as her legs buckled.
"Fox? No..."
Coco said as her team fell apart. The blooded still body of her partner on the front of the screen as-
"Ruby!"
The Grimm impaled Jaune. Coco couldn't make her hands move as the boy took a fatal hit for Ruby. The boy grimaced as the Grimm pulled him close, glaring down into his face before-
Jaune slit its neck in an instant. His blade biting deep and killing the monster just as the doors opened.
Coco was running before she could even think. She ran full speed to Fox's downed body. Sliding down to his form tossing her designer shades to the floor like they were nothing. Her hands shot to his neck as a choked sob left her throat. There was a pulse! Fox was alive! He was alive! Her partner was alive! "Thank you, Oum."
Coco whispered before sprinting Yatsu was a mess. A barely breathing mess with a shredded chest and legs as medics ran to him she was already yelling at him as she screamed at the medics to save her team as Pyrrha ran past her Jaune's bleeding body in arms as the breach was sealed permanently by another air strike as Coco moaned.


"Cinder. Please."
Jaune begged stepping in front of the woman arms raised in a T as Cinder felt her breathing hilt as a hand reached out to her fiance's face.
"Your face... what happened?"
Cinder asked her voice low and unsteady, like a boat in a hurricane as Jaune grimaced.
"I... it's a long story."
"You have scars."
"I... I'll tell you later, I promise! But please, don't do this. Not now."
Jaune said looking at his defensive partner about to make a serious mistake. Or Yang getting out of the wall her eyes burning and her fist slamming together.
"Please. For me."
Jaune begged as Cinder froze.
"I... Ok. I will call for you later. Emerald. Mercury. With me."

Cinder said turning away before she could let her emotions get the better of her, as she called her minions to her as Emerald gave Jaune a mortified look as Merucy gulped. Bidding his friend goodbye as Yang got out of the wall.
"Why'd you send her away!? I was going to take her down a peg or three!"
"And lose your head in the process."
Jaune thought as a lump appeared in his throat as his body went slack with sweat.
"Jaune, who was that?"
Pyrrha asked a worried look in her soft? Emerald eyes as Jaune gulped.
"She's my fiance."


"When can I fight?"
Ruby asked the nurse, her eyes low and sunken. Her once bright silver eyes where now dull and heavy in her face. As she coudl barley life her head up let alone make eye contact with the nurse.
The raccoon faunus nurse was busy checking over her notes as she sighed. Rubbing her short brown hair as her blue eyes shined.
"You have several broken ribs. Sever puncture wounds to her neck, and breasts. Your left lung was punctured in many places, and your right arm and left were almost torn from there sockets."
The nurse deadpanned as Ruby sighed.

"So I'm not going to fight again huh?"
"What? Of course, you will. You will be back in time for Vytal."
The nurse said checking off boxes on her clipboard while Ruby moaned.

"Why me?"
The girl asked falling back into her bed her white cloak wrapping her. Her hospital gown now replaced her trademarked hood as she wrapped it close as-
The sound of reality tearing itself open filled the air as Ruby moaned.
"Not now."
Ruby thought looking over to see the red tear in reality that was soon replaced by a silver blur as a white comet slammed into her.

"Ruby?! Oh my god! Oh my god! Oh my god! I was so worried! Are you ok!? Are you hurt?! Do you need a hug!?"
Summer Rose asked even if she was already hugging her daughter tears falling from her eyes as she wrapped Ruby up in a bear hug.
"Mom! You are crushing me!"

Ruby gasped as her mother crushed her body into her chest. Making Ruby grimace her mother ample chest that rivaled yarns crushing her face fueling Ruby with a sense of envy-
"Ruby!?"
"Aunt Raven."

Ruby said in a bored tone that was neither happy nor sad. As Summer let go of her daughter's dead face. The woman instantly noted Ruby's changed appearance. Her eyes were dull and low and had a sunken feeling to them.

"Ruby?"
Summer asked instantly seeing a problem with her daughter as Raven walked up hugging her daughter close. The woman pulling Ruby into her body as she stroked her hair.
"I was worried."
"I'm sorry Aunt Raven."
Ruby said her voice low and monotone. Comply bereft of her usual chipper sounds to it as Raven noticed it and pulled back.
"Ruby?"
Raven asked stroking her nieces face gently as Ruby looked up for a moment before her eyes darted back down fearful and worried-

"Ruby!"
Tai yelled practically leaping out of the portal rushing to his daughter's bed and hugging her tight.
"Oh my god! I was so worried about you!"
The man said as Ruby sighed latching her arms around her dad's back.

"Hi, dad."
Ruby said her voice not changing tone or pitch in the slightest making her dad flinch.
"Rosebud? Is something wrong? If it is you can tell me you know right?"

Tai said instantly going into dad mode as he met his daughter silver eyes as she held his for the briefest of moments before darting them away. Not being able to hold her fathers gaze.
"Rosebud? What's wrong?" Tai asked noticing how his daughter gripped her white bed sheets and looked away.
"Nothing."
Ruby lied blatantly to her dad making him flinch.

"Ruby you know if anything is wrong you can tell me right?"
"Nothing is wrong!"
Ruby shouted at her dad for what might be the only time in her life. Making the man flinch back.

"Ruby! Don't yell at your father! If something is wrong tell me-"
"Maybe something is wrong mom! Maybe I'm jsut scared! Sacre cause of how pointless this is!"

The girl shouted surprising her mother and father with her outburst as Raven frowned at her.
"Pointless?"
"Yes, mom pointless! Why are we fighting Grimm?! We all die anyways!? Why risk our lives to save people who are already dead!? It's pointless!" Ruby said flowing tears in her face-

"Hey, there kid! I heard you got a beating! I just came in to check on you! I brought my niece! I heard you and here are the best of friends."
Qrow said walking into the room limping from the pain of being tossed through a damn widow again as the four faces turned to him as-

The room broke. It was like time itself shattered, as Qrow swore he heard air tear as the women looked like they had seen a gohst. As the beautiful and oddly familiar for some reason black haired woman's mouth fell and gaped like a bass, looking like she had seen a gohst while the man looked like he was going to faint and-
"Whoa, there little lady! No need to cry white!"

Qrow said walking to the woman with silver eyes and smiling.

"No one cries when Qrow-
"QROW!?"
Silver shouted as she leaped inot his arms gripping him in a bone crushing hug as the man gaped.
"Hey there! I know I'm attractive, but you don't have to choke me do you!?"

"Oh my god! Oh my god! Oh my god! You are alive! You are alive! What happened to you!? Where have you been!?"
The woman asked balling onto his chest as-
"Uncle Qrow! What did you do?"
Weiss asked glaring at her uncle as he gulped.

"Nothing! I swear I-
'I knew you lived."
The black hair woman said wrapping him in a gentle hug as the other one cried into his chest.

"Whow there red, I gotta admit you are cute. But if you want a shot at Qrow you need to wait in line."
He said winking at the wm who looked like she was going to be violently ill at the prospect as she covered her mouth.
"Hey! I'm not that ugly! Am I?"
Qrow asked looking at his niece as Weiss fumed.
"Uncle Qrow you are married!"
"Married?! To who!?"
Silver eyes asked her face twisted into a snarl-

"He is married to me. And while I can sympathize with your emotions, I must ask you to take your hands off of my husband."
Winter said walking itno the room with a basket of flowers and glaring at the scene in front of her.


"Do you remember anything about the woman who attacked you?"
Sera asked Jaune as he sat in the familiar uncomfortable chair in the VPD as Coco's sister asked him questions about his assault. As Pyrrha sat by his side gripping his shoulder her smile was one of pure love and support. He had no idea when Pyrrha became this... loving but it was off...

"Not much, I'm sorry. I don't know or remember much about her."
"Except her name, face, street address, apartment number and how she likes her meat cooked."

Jaune thought as Sera frowned. "You don't remember anything? Please, Jaune any knowledge will help us find her. I promise you we will find her."
"Unlikely."
"I"m sorry it's all fuzzy and I don't really want to think about it right now."
Jaune said feigning trauma as Pyrrha put a hand on his shoulder.

"It's ok Jaune. You are doing wonderfully. Just so you know I'm here for you ok?"
Pyrrha asked rubbing his shoulder as pure warmth flooded from her mind with gratitude of all things.

"What happened to her?"
"Maybe she hit her head?"
His reflection asked in his mug as Jaune nodded.

"I... she was thin with pale skin."
"Good. Anything else? The color of her genitals maybe. Did she have any distinguishing features that you might recall? Hairs? Moles anything will help."
Sera said jotting down notes in her pad.
"No, I'm sorry. That's all I remember."

"That's fine, thanks for coming in today. I know its hard on you with the stress the media attention, but we do appreciate it. I appreciate it. And we will find who did this to you and bring them to justice. You have my word."
"I highly doubt it."
"Thank you."

Jaune said bowing politely as he got up from his chair as Pyrrha helped him up and the two walked outside.


"Well, that went well."
"Define well."
"We didn't get arrested."
"We had to give a rape report. Do you know how awkward that was?"
"Espically when we did not get raped right?"

His reflection asked in his hatchet as Pyrrha helped Jaune along. The Spartan girl aided his walk into Beacon proper as Jaune signed.
"Thanks for the help Pyrrha. I'm glad you came with me."
"It was nothing Jaune. And if you ever need anything, I am here for you always. Remember that."
"What about-
"If you say training I will personally tie you to a bed."

Pyrrha said with a playful smirk as Jaune grinned.
"You sound worse than Nora. Do you think she's still mad at me?"
"For saying Ren can fight in Vytal? Most definitely. Why clear him?"

The Spartan girl asked smiling at her boyfriend in a way that could only be called proud.
"Because he can fight. That's why."
"But he's wounded."
"He will get better I will prove it. And yes I will not strain myself when you are gone."
"Hmmm now, why do I not believe that?"
Pyrrha said making Jaune sigh.

"Pyr-
"You will have one person watching you are Ren while we are in class. Probably Blake."
"I see. Thanks."
Jaune said as he and his partner walked into there dorm.


"You know I got to be honest here. I never thought I would see this place again. Or at least not while I was alive and it was not burning."
Roman said as he walked in the slim empyBeacon classroom, the thief wandered around the room looking at desks he had not seen in almost a decade as a faint smile filled his lips. Of all the things that could go wrong having Opal herself transfer his prison sentence from a battleship to Beacon was not what he planned off.
He had no idea what his old headmistress wanted from him, but he knew Cinder would be pissed. She was always pissed.
"I guess I can just sit back relax and-
A door slammed open as green eyes met green as Roman gagged.
"Bary?"
"Roman?"
Oobleck ask as the two adults saw each other and became frozen.


"Are you sure you know where we are going?"
Roman asked a curious look in her emerald eyes as he twirled his cane looking up at the cavern that he decisively did not want to call a home. And he espically did not want to call a tomb.
"Yes I know where we are going, I have the map remember?"

The calm voice of his partner and the official love of his life Bary Oobleck said as she sashayed her hips forward. Her scroll light illuminating the dim gloom of the cavern. Showing off chunks of rocks surrounded be babbling streams that had not seen direct sunlight in who knows how many years.
Along with Oum know how many stalagmites, and stalactites. Whichever one of those fuckers pointed up or down.
"You know I gotta be honest here Bear."

Roman said twirling his can making extra sure to not so much as getting a smudge of dirt on his tux as Oobleck hummed.
"And that is?"
"This isn't some ritual sacrifice bs, is it? You aren't here to take a young innocent virgin to sacrifice to the elder gods to get some arcane power are you?"
Roman asked as his girlfriend sighed.

"Roman. For one I am a woman of science. I do not believe in such things as gods or magic. Second, even if I did believe in such nonsense, you are far from the ideal sacrifice, espically if purity is a requirement."
Oobleck said turning around her pale almond shaped face smirking as Roman grinned.

"What are you trying to say, babe? Am I not an innocent doe-eyed virgin?"
"Unless you have somehow manage to restore your virginity I am quite certain you are not a how do you say a doe-eyed virgin. I have been more than thorough of relieving you of any virginity that you might have left. Also, when have you ever been doe-eyed? I've seen you beat a man to death with his own show because he scuffed your tux."

Oobleck said smirking at her lover before going to look over a patch of moss.

"Well, what can I say? I was just a young man! Taken in by the wiles of a strong woman! Seduced and robbed of my innocence!"
"Poor you, whatever will Roman Torchiwck do without his innocence?"

"He was such a young man! Handsome too! He went with that dastardly and sexy partner of his never to be seen again!"
"Oh, the humanity."

"What do you think they'll do about me? Put me on Remnant most wanted or slap my mug on the back of a milk carton. Personally, I've always thought of me as more of a mild carton kind of guy. What do you think?"
Roman asked as his girlfriend sighed shaking her long green hair before blipping in front of him closing the distance between them in a heartbeat.
"I think someone needs to shut his mouth and let his girlfriend study before she finds a more productive use for his tongue."
Oobleck said as Roman took her bait.
"Make me."

Roman said smugly as his lover smirk as she blurred her face to his and the distance between their lips became none.


"Oobleck?"
Roman asked his cane falling to the ground as his heart thumped! In his chest. His mouth became drier than the Vacuo wastes as his tongue began to tie knots as his stomach began to churn-
In a moment she was in front of him. Oobleck blurred to him in a wave of green taking her glass off running a hand over his cheek.
"Roman..."
"Bary I-

Roman was interrupted by a pair of soft lips that tasted of rich coffee placed on his own. It was a shot sweet thing when Bary touched their lips together, but Roman melted. As the quick, chaste kiss was replaced by another and another. As in a moment, Oobleck had the man pinned on a desk. Barry growled as her finger intertwined with Romans tripping her hand in his as she forced him down onto the table Roman melted. She always knew how to take the normally stoic man turn into butter, and this was just her latest victory.

As she kissed him soon, they were off the table on onto the wooden Beacon floors. As Ooblece planted a hungry kiss on his mouth making Roman's back arc. The thief was soon bereft of his tuxedo and undershirt. Oobleck knew how Roman dressed and she knew more importantly how to undress him.
In a moment both of them were undressed and naked as the day they were born as a shudder left Oobleck as she was filled in a way that she had been yearning for.
Oobleck was not a very romantic person. She needed a special kind of lover to push her buttons. Or more accurately to let her push thier own and Roman was that.
Although his exterior was that of a fim dominant Roman had no real preference in the bedroom. Preferring to go with the flow so to speak Although he would never admit Oobleck had his number. Roman lived his life on pragmatism. Cold hard pragmatism. Roman was always in control from the moment he woke up to the moment he closed his eyes. He was always in control of his life. He did not want others to be able to choose his fate, Romans destiny was his alone, and no one would change that.
But all that control left him tired. He wanted to unwind in the bedroom and let another he could trust take the lead, and that was what Oobleck was. The extremely rare human that Roman could trust. In the thiefs life, he only had met four people he could trust with his life, and she was one of them. As the man let out a mona as lips crashed into his and flesh ground into flesh, a barricade fell as a flame was rekindled and a bond was remade.


"Explain. Now."
Opal seethed at Ironwood as she stood in the Beacon infirmary a glare on the woman's face as Ironwood sighed. Standing next to Qrow and Winter both looking very confused as to why people knew Qrow who he did not know. And why one of them called her his sister.
"Opal. Meet Qrow Schnee. He is one of my best agents."
James said bowing.

"Nice to meet you, Opal! The big man seems to like you, so I guess you are ok."
Qrow said extending his hand as Opal froze.
"Qrow do you not know who I am?"
"Should I?"

Qrow asked not knowing how the hell the elder woman with silver hair grey eyes a B cups looked at him like he was a zombie.
"Yes. I was your teacher."

"Really? What did I learn?"
Qrow asked in an honest tone making Opal wince.
"Do... do you really not know who anyone in this room is Qrow?"
Glynda asked he purp eyes watering at the fact that her former student and friend was back from the dead.

"Besides my wife and my boss no. I mean I recognize red on the bed because I saved her ass from some Grimm. You welcome by the way kid, but besides that who the hell are you people? No offense."
"I am your sister!"
Raven shouted taking a step forward as Winter glared at her.

"Sister? Sorry, lade I don't have a sister. I am a Branwen! The last Branwen really and since I was born an only child so you can take the sibling schtick and toss it K?"

The man said blowing the attractive woman with d cup breasts wide hips and eyes that were disturbingly like his own.

"Qrow?! I am your sister! I am your twin! How can you not know me?"
"Qrow is suffering from high-grade amnesia. He does not anything beyond a certain point."
Winter said as the room gasped.
"Qrow... you don't know me? It's me! Sum sum! Your partner..."
Summer said as Qrow bent over looking at her than the girl on the bed, then back to her then to the girl as-
"I am not the father!"
"What?!"

Summer asked her cheeks turning the color of her daughters cloak.
"Nope! I'm not the dad! You can't prove it!"
" I know that you dumb bird!"

Summer? Yelled calling out Qrow's ability making him balk.

"Dumb bird!? How the hell do you know I can become a bird!?"
"Becuase you use to spy on me in the shower like that! That's how we got caught in the public bathhouse together-
Summer paused her cheeks tung red as-
"Ah! I see! You fell for the ole Branwen charm! Sorry girl but I already got the most beautiful woman on Remnant for a wife. I don't need a harem. But you are cute."
Qrow said winking as Summer flushed.
"Qrow!"
"Dear. Do not tease the woman."

Winter said stepping forward and swallowing.
"Raven was it?"
"That is my name... Winter..."
Raven said eying Winter like she was ready to cut the woman in half at a seconds notice.
"Well if you are my husband's sister you are my sister as well. I... Nice to meet you?"
Winter asked extending her hand a Raven tentatively took it.
"We need to talk Winget, alone."
"I see... Dear, I will be back."
"Don't stab her honey! We don't have that much lawyer money."
Qrow said smugly as Raven and Winter left the room.

"James."
"Opal."
"You knew I had an agent called Qrow Branwen."
"I did."
"You knew what he looked like."
"I did."
"You knew I thought he was dead."
"I did."
"And now he stands here alive and in your employ."

The woman said her voice short and clipped as a green energy flowed onimously from her hands. As her grey eyes narrowed on James as only the fact that Glynda was right beside her and would restrain her in a heartbeat if she did what she felt like and make the other part of James metallic.

"Ummm hello? Right here! You can talk to me and not about me. FYI."
Qrow said tiredly as he felt a small presence.
"Uncle Qrow?"
A small voice asked as all eyes turned to Weiss who had left to use the bathroom now returned back in the room as she blushed.
"Hey, there kiddo! How's my favorite Niece doing?"
Qrow asked shuffling her hair making the young girl blush.
"Uncle Qrow! Not in front of the headmistress!"
Weiss whined cutely pouting her foot.

"Awww! You are too cute when you get all pouty you know?"
"I am not cute!"
"You are cute. More so that Jaune that blonde punk. He alive or did he bleed out? I got money on him bleeding out."
"Mister Vesperax is alive Qrow."
Opal said her voice tinged with anger. "I don't think that we are all friendly now..."
Qrow said as he sensed an incoming attack.
"Qrow. I know that you might not have all of your faculties back, but you are my student. You were my agent. You are my responsibility. And I thought you were dead." "And as you can see I am alive! All is well in the world! Right?"
"No Qrow. For one your existence was kept a secret from me. And despite your saving of Mister Arc-
"Vesperax."
"Do not press me, James! You are on thin enough ice as it is! You save Miss Rose and Mister Vesperax along with thier friends. And you even brought back Roman into my fold for that I am grateful. But James and I are not on talking terms."
Opal said in a cold tone as Qrow gulped as the woman in green narrowed her grey eyes to his boss as Ironwood sighed.


"So, you are my husband's sister?"
Winter asked grimacing not knowing how to interact with her new sister in law. Only that she had to put her best foot forward! Or Raven might but her own foot in Winter. As the tall woman with raven hair and blood eyes looked ready to annihilate the Schnee.
"And you are his wife?"
Raven asked narrowing her blood red eyes that were the exact same as her husbands. Her crimson orbs narrowing into slits as Winter shuffled awkwardly in the Beacon infirmary side room.

"Yes. I married Qrow almost half a year ago."
"So you married him recently?"
"Yes. We are married, and we are very happy."
Winter added narrowing her own blue eyes to the woman her new sister in law. This Raven person was a dangerous woman and Winter was on her toes. She was strong, very strong stronger than Winter. The woman freely thought.
Winter could not when if it came to blows with this Raven. And she did not want to, she was apparently Qrow's family, and that made her Winter's family. And she wanted a working relationship with her.
"I'm assuming your relationship is consensual?"
Raven asked in a calm tone as Winter's eye twitched angrily.

"Our relationship is built on consent. What are you insinuating Raven?" Winter asked her eye's narrowing as frost flowed out from her face.
"I am saying I don't want my brother to be forced into a marriage he does not want."
Raven added bluntly as Winter's temper shot.

"I did not force your brother into anything! He is with me because we love each other! Who do you think I am?"
"I think you are a Schnee. A firm, determined woman who gets's what she want's even if others are not so inclined. Think of your father-
"You know nothing about that!"

Winter yelled stomping out of her chair her eyes glaring at Raven as she stomped forward.
"I don't know who you think you are, but I love your brother. And I will not stand here and let you insult me or him! Now-
"You'll do."
Raven said smiling as Winter froze.

"What?"

Winter asked not sure what Raven had just-
"I said that you'll do. I knew you did not force my brother from the beginning. You could not even if you tried. He is a Branwen after all."
"You-"
"I was just testing your will."

"My will?"
"Yes. I have raised my brother since he was born. I was responsible for his food, his well being, and his future. I spent years worrying about finding him a strong wife. Who was not only fair but strong."
"I don't-
"You meet my beauty standard; you are clearly going to deliver children well."
"Hey!"
"His first lover was Summer, and she was a miracle from the goddess! She was strong, fair and loving. She was the perfect woman for him. But then he vanished... And in my search for my brother, she fell into the arms of mine."
"What? She went for your husband when you were gone!?"

Winter asked nearly choking as Raven grimaced and nodded.
"It is a long story one I do not like to discuss but yes. I made mistakes that cost me, my sole husband. But! I Gained a wonderful niece out if it and I get to... share my man with my best friend. I am over it."
"She's not over it."
"You think I'm strong?"

"You yelled at me With no regard to your safety, you are strong, and you can marry my brother."
"I do not need your permission."
"Good. You are right for my family sister."
Raven said as Winter frowned.


"Kid? You ok? You look like you got hit by a sack of bricks."
Qrow said as the girl who was apparently his nice sat in her bed. Her sunken silver eyes flickered up to him as tears began to form.
"Hey! Hey! No crying! No crying! The adults are not that angry."

Qrow said ignoring the terrified Ironwood and the furious Opal woman who looked ready to rip his bosses head off his shoulders.
"I... I missed you."
The girl said her small body curling softly up as she brought her legs up to her chest in an adorable manner.
"Missed me..."
"Yeah... you... you are the reason I became a huntress... you trained me..."
Ruby said sniffling as Qrow froze. He hated seeing girls cry, years as Weiss's uncle had made him have a special weakness to crying woman.

"I trained you huh?"
"And you left me! When I needed you, you vanished!"
Ruby said as the arguing adult, and tittering Weiss turned to him as Qrow smiled before Opal went back to tearing James a new one. "Hey kid calm down! I know you are angry-

"You left me! You were everything to me! You left me! And it doesn't matter ... nothing matters... We are all going to die..."

Ruby said before Qrow nodded.
He knew what that look was in her eyes. He had no idea what was afflicting this girl, but he knew just the way to deal with it.
"Hey kid, how about me and you spend a night on the town? A little one on one time with an uncle and a niece? What do you say?"
The man asked as the girls tear streak eyes widened to saucers.
"You.. you mean that?"
"Hell yeah! Let's get out of here!"
"But the nurse said I can't leave."
"I can get us out of here."
"You know a way out?" "Sure do. Why don't me and you got out and get some drinks?"
Qrow asked a wide smile on his face as the got the girl to smile.


Jaune was scared. Not scratch that he was terrified. His breathing came out in rough judged patterns as he felt a cold hand grip his chest and squeeze as he coughed. He stood outside the door to Cinders dorm as he felt a wave of terror wash over him as he raised a hand-
The door opened before he could hit is as-
"Mercury?"

"Jaune! She's waiting for you..."
The boy said stepping out of the room quickly sidestepping as the girl from earlier gasped as her burning crimson eyes widen with what coudl only be called abject terror.
FEAR.
Came over her body as-
"Emerald, hold for a moment. Before you go you seem to know my fiance. How do you know Jaune?"
A burning voice that made Jaune's heart stop as he turned his head.
"Cinder."
Jaunes voice barely came out as he wheezed out his response. Cinder the most beautiful woman he had ever laid eyes on smiled beatifically. Flashing him a rare kind smile that was only left for him as she smirked her glowing yellow eyes locking onto his own.
"Tell me, Emerald, how do you know Jaune?"
"I!"
"We met at the docs! We had a... big meeting with each other and we decided to split!"
Jaune said as Emerald's mouth gaped as he defended her.

"Strong meeting? Define that word Jaune."
"It was explosive."
"Really?"
Cinder said tossing a withering glare to her minion as Emerald looked ready to faint.

"Yes! We had an intimate meeting-
"Intimate? Emerald, you were intimate with my fiance?"
Cinder asked raising an eyebrow as Emeralds face lost all color as she wheezed.

"So it appears that you are close with my aide?"
"Yes! We bonded over our meeting. We had one of the most intimate experiences possible!"

"Really? Emerald is that true? Did you and Jaune have an intimate encounter?"
Cinder as amber eyes flaring up with flam as she gulped.
"Yes, Mam! You could say we had an intimate encounter."

"So you are close to my fiance?"
"Yes."
"Wonderful! I am glad you two get along. Now leave us."

Cinder warned as Emerald nodded bowing to Jaune her eyes full of gratitude as she picked Mercury up and sprinted out of the room leaving Jaune and Cinder alone in a room together for the first time in years. "I-
"Are you hungry?"
Cinder asked her voice losing all forms of fire and intimidation as she let out a shy smile she used only for him. As her body sighed her skin-tight silver dress that was clearly of Atlas design clung to her body jealousy as she patted her side.
Jaune moved instant his body jumping to the bed as he clung to Cinder in a moment. A wave of stress fell off of him as he let out a sigh of relief as his guard dropped-
"Are you hungry?"
"Not really."
"Have you eaten today?"

Cinder asked in a soothing tone running a perfect porcelain hand over his hair. Running her fingers through his hair gently rubbing his scalp gently in a way she knew he loved.
"No, I haven't."

"Would you like me to make you something to eat? I can do that right now if you want, I know your favorite foods."
Cinder asked her hand never once stopping running through his hair as Jaune shuddered.

"No. I'm fine to thank you."
"If you say so if you need anything ask."
Cinder said pulling her fiance closer to her running his face as he clung to her side like a life preserver as a low sob left Jaune's mouth as he began to shake. "Jaune. You are shaking, why?"
Cinder asked her voice calm and measured. Her tone not changing once as she rubbed the shaking boy's head.'
"Why?"

Jaune finally managed to ask his fiance as she cocked her head.
"Why?"
"Why!?"
"Why what Jaune?"

"Why are you so nice?!"
Jaune finally shuddered his body shaking as Cinder wrapped an arm around him and held him.
"Why would I not be nice to my fiance? Is that a problem?"

"Yes! I... I dropped my house down on you!"
"I know, I was there. I admit I was quite shocked when the ceiling of Arc manner came down on my head. Lighting it on fire was an inspired decision if I do say so myself." Cinder said rubbing her hand over his hair, never stopping her slow, methodical petting as Jaune shook.
"Why!? Why aren't you mad!? I dropped my house on you! I almost killed you!"
"Jaune, do you really think I could be killed by something as a mere roof falling on my head?"
Cinder asked a smirk on her face as she giggled at her love.

"Besides it was my fault more than your own."
"Your fault?"

"Yes. Do you remember the price of power? A queen that cannot protect her people is no queen. I could not protect you from our mother and as such, you ran away to defend yourself. I do not hold that against you. In fact, you did the correct thing and any fault here lies solely with me."

"I...
"Surely you knew you were in more danger than me correct?"
"I was?"
"Your sister Bleu took a shot at you when you ran away. If not for me and Caitlin you would have taken a bullet to the back."

Cinder said smoothly as Jaune's face fell.

"She tried to kill me?!"
"Tried to. I obviously did not let that happen. No one lays a hand on you twice." Cinder said an edge of steel creeping back into her tone before she forced it away.

"I... thank you..."
"Do not thank me Jaune. It is the least I can do. Keeping you safe is my responsibility."
"But-
"And it is a responsibility I have been lacking. Tell me where did you get these scars? Who gave them to you?"
Cinder asked cupping his face making Jaune flush.
He forced his mind down; he would not read Cinder's thoughts. She deserved her privacy.

"Jaune. Who gave you these scars? Some are from our mother, but some are fresh."
"Cinder...
"Tell me Jaune. Now."
"I don't want to talk about it."
Jaune said winching as Cinders grip tightened on his side before she sighed.

"Fine. You don't have to speak if you are not ready. But know I am here for you the second you are ready to talk."
Cinder said as Jaune visibly relaxed.
"Thank you."
"I told you not to thank me but! If you want to make up for lost time I know what you can do to make me happy."
"What-
Jaune's voice was cut off as Cinder pulled his face to hers. Sealing thier lips together as Jaune went stiff then melted. His body turned to mush as his arms stuttered before slowing gripping around Cinders waist. His limbs wrapping around Cinder as she pulled Jaune close as he melted into her.


Coco was not happy. She was furious. Her team was down. Fox was just! Out of surgery and the fact that her partner would make a full recovery was a weight lifted off her chest as she felt she coudl almost breathe. If Fox had not made it out, she would not have forgiven herself. She might even have dropped out of Beacon.

If when she saw Jaune again, she would hug him till his back broke. He saved Velvet's life and she would never forget that. Velvet was... Coco wasted no time bursting into Velvet's hospital room. The bunny faunus and her best friend turned to her, the natural rich brown eyes that Coco loved to stare into were dull and unfocused.
Velvet woke up with a severe mental incident they called it.

They had flushed out her system with powerful antipsychotics, and Velvet looked like she had been drugged to hell and back. One of her long ears was flare on her face, hanging loosely over her right eye. The other was ramrod straight and bent to the back at a one twenty degrees angle. Her eyes were dull and unfocused; a hazy sheen glossed over them as her bottom jaw hung open.
"Coco?"

Velvet drawled a low viscous sound in her voice like she was talking in water made Coco winced.

"It's me Honeybuns. How are you doing today?"
Coco asked walking over to Velvet-
"The breach! Jaune! Ren-
"Safe. All of them."
"I'm-
"Stop."
Coco said seeing what Velvet was going for as she silenced her best friend.

"Coco I got them hurt!"
" You did nothing wrong."
"Yes, I did! I was in charge! They were my responsibility! And I let them down... I let everyone down... I let you down."

"No, you didn't. You did you best-
"And people got hurt! Jaune almost died! Ren almost died! Coco, what do I do? What do I say to them?"
"You say I'm glad that you are ok."
"But they got hurt!"
"And you know what?! You can't change that Vel! They got hurt! You made them get hurt! You made mistakes it happens."
"You could have done better than me."

Velvet drawled making Coco take a deep breath.
"Maybe, but I wasn't there. You were, and you did your best."
"People died Coco."

"I know. And I'm sorry."
"What?! Why are you-
"I split the team up. I could have stayed behind with Fox and Yats-
'Is-
"Yatsu is touch and go, but he'll pull through. He's tough."

"He was-
"I saw... I know..."

Coco fought to keep the image of Yats tied up to that damn heart-lung machine. Too many tubes, too many wires too much variables.

"I... I know I did my best... I want him to be ok... He's my partner and if anything happens to him-
"He was on a shopping trip for me. If I never asked him or Fox to go, they would never have gotten hurt."
"Coco it's not your fault-

"But if I had Fox go with me Jaune would be dead. The team might have failed, and it would have been worse. I make mistakes Velvet. You make mistakes that's just life. Don't let them drag you down into the mud. You are stronger than this. I know you are."

"I didn't want them to get hurt. It was like watching my own siblings get hurt. Get shot, stabbed and burned. I won't forget that."
"Your siblings are safe. Even if the Grimm broke out, they live outside of the city. And my mom wouldn't let anything happen to them if something happened to you. Not that it will, as long as I'm here you are safe."
Coco said as Velvet smiled before grimacing.

"Ren... is he-
"He's critical, but they think he will live."
"I... I almost killed him...
"You were stress out. It happens."
"Coco! He almost died! I! His leg! Oh, goddess can they fix his leg?!"
"His leg is fine. And you were stressed out. It-

"It does not just happen! Coco-
"Ruby shot Fox."
Coco said her voice barely above a whisper as Velvet froze.

"She what?"
"She shot Fox point blank."
"Why!?"
"Same as you. Stress. She freaked out started crying. Dropped to her knees and sobbing in front of that monster. She collapsed and just lost it."
"No... Ruby, but how did that lead to her shooting Fox?"
"He tried to move her when he pulled her up she freaked out turned her gun on him and fired point blank in his chest."
"Is he ok!?"
"His left lung is liquidized. He will need a prosthetic form now one."
"But he will live?"
"Yes, Honey Buns. He will live.'

"Thank Oum. You are not going to be mad at Ruby are you?"
"She shot my partner. I am not OK with her. And I will probably never be ok with her again."

"Coco she-"
"Get some rest V. You need it."


"So am I a prisoner or a teacher?"
Roman asked in a curious tone as Opal grinned.
"Both Roman, you are going to be both of those things for me."

Opal said as she looked at the... shaken form of Roman Torchwick. The man was looking slightly off, the usual impeccable white tuxedo he usually wore was hastily put on as the thiefs blood red tie was askew, the reasoning why might have had something to do with Oobleck. Whose makeup was a mess, smeared all over her face and her bra clearly poking out of her hastily and incorrectly buttoned up shirt?

"So you want me to teach some munchkins? Got to say that's a helluva lot less than jail time."

Roman said twirling his freshly lit cigar as Opal nodded.

"I agree, and you are not simply escaping jail time Roman."
Ironwood grumbled standing next to Oppal a mollified look on the man's face.

"So what is happening to my jail time? I am a wanted criminal wanted for theft, murder, larceny, burglary, and a slew of other things. I know I had a trail kangaroo or not. And I'm assuming you found me guilty?"
"On all counts."

Opal said smiling beatifically as Roman sighed.
"So I got life?"

Roman asked wincing as Opal's grin only grew.

"No, just twenty."
Opal said making Roman groan.
"Twenty in the slammer? That's not good..."

"Not necessarily. Roman your jail time while not being denied is being transferred."
"Transferred?"

Roam asked blinking owlishly as Opal smirked.

"Yes. Instead of rotting away in a cell where you can do nothing to begin to repay your debt to society you are going to spend twenty years as a teacher."
Opal said a shit eating grin splitting her face as Roman whistled.

"Me? A teacher? Why and of what?"
"That's what I asked."

James grumbled as Opal ignored her.

"Of what? You will be teaching a secondary combat class.":
"Secondary? What is Glynda not cutting it?"
"No she is fine, but we need a more openminded combat instructor."
"Openminded?"

"Yes, you will be teaching a practical combat class."
"Practical combat?"
"Yes. While Glynda can teach students how to fight in rather controlled environments, they often lack some real-world exposure! Sometimes there are moments when the more... honorable path is not the smartest path. And the students need to know when to bend the rules of acceptable combat and when to improvise in a fight."

" You want me to teach them how to fight dirty?"

"And how to counter others who have a less than scrupulous combat style. As you well know there are no rules in field combat Roman. I would be remiss if I was not preparing my charges for each and everything life may throw at them."

"Fine! I accept!"
"You don't have a choice."
James snarled as Roman ignored him.

"But! I have one condition!"
"Oh? And what is that?"
"I will need a teaching assistant! I can't do it alone now can I?"

Roman asked making Opal nod her head.

"I suppose that is fair; I will have a list of the best-qualified instructors brought up for you to choose from."
"No need! I already have the best! Assistant a man could ever ask for!"

"Oh? And is she qualified to teach students?"
"She's more than qualified," Roman said as Opal nodded once.

"Fine but there are conditions to your stay in Beacon, this is not a free ride."
"Of course, what are they?"
"One. You will never leave the school grounds alone. You will only leave under the escort of at least one teacher."
"Fine."

"Two. You will teach all students to the best of your ability. And train them as if they were your own teammates."

"Got it."
"Three. You are now a teacher at Beacon. You will act and dress with a certain decorum."
"What's wrong with my outfit?"
"Besides wearing mascara at night?"
Ironwood asked as Opal sniggered.

"I look a helluva lot better than you Metaltwig!"
"Insults? Are you twelve?"
"I'm not even thirty!"

"We have that in common."

"About the only thing we do. So I'm stuck in this school?"
"Better here than a jail, espically if the lipstick on your neck is anything to go by you look like you are enjoying yourself."
Opal said as Oobleck and Roman flushed as Ironwood shook his head.


"Vexperax."
"Miss Raven?"
Jaune asked gulping loudly. Raven was in his hospital room and Jaune was a bit nervous... He was in for his weekly exam and as soon as the nurse left Raven entered the room. The tall woman still had her imposing glare that cut Jaune into his core. Even if she was intimidating no terrifying Jaune held her glare.

"Good. You look me in my eyes; I like that in a man."
Raven said smiling weakly as she sat by his bed.

"Ummm, mam? Why are you here?"
"Simple. Jaune you saved Ruby's life."
Raven said her face going still as-

LOVE.

Radiated from her as she gulped.
"I... You saved my niece's life, and I can not repay you for that."
"Mam you don't have to. Ruby is my friend, and I'd do it for her any day."
"No. I... let me explain. Ruby likes you romantically."

"I know..."
"Yang likes you in a similar way."
"I can tell. I still can't sit right."

"I do apologize for that. She is like me when I was young. But please listen. You are more than likely to be a part of my family one day."
"I can see that happening."
"As can I. And since you are going to be a part of my family, you should know I think that family is the most important thing in the world. It matters more than lien, dust or gold. And you are going to be a part of my family."

"Where are you going with this Mam? Not that I'm complaining I was just wondering."

"Jaune my semblance allows me to make portals with others. I can travel instantly to anywhere on the earth, to the position of someone that I have a bond to."
"That sounds... useful?"
"It is. I keep my family safe with it. I have uses it all my life, and I will use it again. But this now concerns you."
"How?"
"I am going to bond with you Jaune."
"Bond with me?"
Jaune asked the woman who nodded as she reached out an arm and gripped Jaune's shoulder. Causing him to gasp as he felt her aura shift and began to flow into him as Raven narrowed her eyes.

"Yes from this day onward you are a Branwen. You are part of my family, and I am glad to have you." Raven said smiling as Jaune's aura blended with her own as she grinned as Jaune and her became bonded.


Neo stifled a yawn as she left the warehouse. She waved a lazy goodbye to the twin before she popped out of reality. Appearing in her apartment in a shower of glass as-

Ding!

Her scroll rang as an unknown number popped up saying we need to meet.

Neo giggled putting down her scroll closing her eyes. She let her guard down as the world melted away around her as she gasped! Before she was yanked out of reality.

"Neo."

The smug voice of Mink said as Neo opened her eyes. She was in the room that was not a room as she smiled.

"Mink A pleasure? What do you need of me?"

"We have a problem. Jaune is missing and I need you to find him."

Mink said in a stern voice as Neo smirked.


AN: We! Are! Back! Another chapter of Game on done! In this, we saw Cinder get revealed! Our first mention of Salem! Qrow is back! And is confused why his own sister is rejecting him, and if you know Darkest dungeon, you know how to clean up an affliction.

And much more! Jaune is on the comeback! Pyrrha is patched and the story is coming to the end of season one! Season one of Game is ending soon! Roman is a teacher and he is bringing his assistant along with him! Shenagins will ensure and this first season will end with a bang!

Ps. I made a promise to make more gender role reversed stories some not Game on related and I will! After talking with another writer who is fucking around with me on my smut profile I got the plot for the first new gender role reverse story! "The Apprentice!" Coming in October to a site near you! Thank you for reading and-

OH! If you like Yandere harems I just put one up! it's slightly connected to Game on and if you want to see Jaune navigate the pitfalls of a Yandere harem as he refuses to read the directions check on Love Struck! Which is oddly enough what I'm working on now... So yeah! love Struck is next and until next time? Stats.


Contact added!

Contact name Raven Branwen.

Social Rank 49/100

Relationship rank 50/200

Title: Birb

Passive. All things come.

Warming! Sight beyond sight trait detected. All contact stats revealed!

Strength. 189+16

Agility. 79+9

Perception. 77+7

Intelligence. 87+6

Charm 34+2

Charisma. 99+8

Dexterity. 88+6

Will. 198+13

Deception. 4

Vitality. 79+9

Luck. 9

Quirks.

Ethereal. halves trust gain with others.

Hidden. Increase attack damage in low light areas by 20%

silent. Your footsteps do not generate noise.

Traits.

Vicious. Plus 20% attack damage.

Slayer. Take no stress penalty for killing sentient life.

Frenzied. Every attack increases attack speed by 3%. Stacks up to 20 hits.

Fearless. Cannot break due to stress. Will almost never reach one hundred stress.

Skills.

All things must die. On successful weapon attack. You take 50% increased damage from all sources. Weapon gains plus 100% aura and armor penetration. Gains 100% critical hit chance. plus 200% critical damage.

Blackout the sky. Lowers the light level of the surrounding area to pitch black.

Phase shift. Allows you to slip in and out of space-time to rapidly attack your enemies.

Don't fear demies. Reduces enemy will by half. And increase there damage taken by 28%

Abilities.

Bandit leader. You are able to lead people of all walks of life with no issue.

Crusher. All attacks sunder your enemies making them take 20% increased damage from all sources.

Inspiring Presence. Can rally allies to your cause.

Number one mom. Your daughter loves you.

Defining trait. Familial. Family first all else second.

Stress 12/100

Alignment. Progressive.


Omake. Darkest Remnant. Part twenty A brief respite.

"Courage in the face of adversity."

"Are you going to keep talking?"
Oscar asked as he sat alone in his room in the inn. The young noble was tired, the last quest into the Warrens was a success. The four of them had successfully slain the so-called Swine Prince.

He, Jaune, Ren, Ciel, and Wats brought down the towering abomination thankfully and now he was resting. Even after seven hot baths, the stench of rotted meat refused to leave his clothes.

"I heard tomato juice can take out the smell of rot."

Ozpin said the gohst as useless as always on his side drinking his ethereal mug,

"Oscar! We just got news! We were looking in the lot from the Warrens and it looks like we got some type of invitation!"
Jaune yelled from the bar as Oscar sighed.

"Invitation!? To where?! Who the hell is inviting us to anyplace?"
"It says from the Barren! He wants us to play a game! You know what that means?!"

"I do. Oscar gather your men. We must go back to the Courtyard."

"What?! Why? We stopped the hives what else is there to do?"
"Oscar there is evil in this world."

"I just saw three men and a woman take down a five-story demon pig carcass abomination that you made! I know there is evil!"
"This is different! Tell me Oscar do you know who Salem is?'

"Should I?"
"Oh dear. Let me tell you a story."

"Oscar! You ok in there? You are talking to yourself again!"

"I'm fine Ruby! Just fine!"
He said glaring at the gohst with naked anger.

"Ok! I'll be downstairs drinking with Jaune and Yang! Come join us! We killed the prince!"
"Sure thing Ruby! Who she's-

"Ten years your senior. Focus! Oscar, have you ever heard or seen a picture of Salem?"
"I've heard you say that name otherwise no. Why?"
"Oh dear, sit down child we have much to discuss..."