Chapter 9 - Reborn

"Jaune wake up… it's time to get ready. Ren said to the blonde who was still on his bed resting. He got up and prepared to get ready for the upcoming meeting that was about to begin on sunset. Both teams met in the rooftop to discuss the plan and go over it once more. Jay's task is to eliminate the soldiers that are keeping watch to allow Qrow and the others to enter the area. Once he has completed his task, Ruby, Yang, and Nora are going to stand outside and make sure that there will not be any enemies passing by. Qrow, Blake, Jaune, Ren, and Jay will enter the big cabin home once they are 100 percent sure that the people inside are the only ones responsible for the attack. Once they got the intel they need, they will force their way in and eliminate any enemy forces that are inside.

"I'm going to the location now and check if there isn't anything out of the ordinary there." Jay said as he got up and began walking towards the exit.

"I'm going with you." Yang said, approaching the student in blue.

"No you aren't. You're staying here with us Yang." Qrow said .

"He's right Yang. I can't have you come along when you have no idea how stealth works."

"But…"

"Listen… you don't have to worry. I'm going to back as soon as I can." Jay exited the rooftop and headed towards the location. The rest of the teams trained for a bit and got something to eat before they arrived to the meeting. After hours of waiting for Jay, he returned with information regarding the meeting.

"The meeting seems normal. There are about 15 White Fang soldiers and regular thugs surrounding the premises, but I can't say how many are inside the home. Eight of them are walking around the woods, the rest of them are standing outside the home. I can take out every one of them with no problem and should take me at least 30 minutes." Jay said.

"So the plan stays the same. We should get going then, I want to make sure there aren't any other people who will make a special appearance for this meeting." Qrow said. The teams grabbed their weapons and headed towards the woods. On their way over there, Jaune and Jay began to talk about their life stories. Jaune told him what had happened to Pyrrha and explained why he did what he did back in Beacon. Jay told him about his team and what became of them, however Jaune already knew this and acted as if it were the first time hearing it.

"The only way I can truly apologize is by giving you this." Jaune said. He pulled out a ring from his pocket and held it towards Jay.

"What's this?" Jay asked placing his hand underneath Jaune's hand.

"It's a ring. I got it at an old shop in Victorville."

"Victorville? I never told you this but my ancestors were once royalty and actually had a small kingdom there. My parents told me about it when I was seven before they passed away years later."

"What happened to your parents?"

"I rather not talk about it, but in any case you should keep the ring. I can't take something that belongs to you."

"But… it isn't mine. It's yours. The old shopkeeper told me that this ring was created by Victor Von Vanquisher centuries ago. This ring is rightfully yours." Jaune placed the ring on Jay's hand and began to put on the ring.

"The shopkeeper also told me that this ring would increase your strength, but when I tried testing it, it didn't even increase my strength."

"Well, I hope you didn't pay a lot for this ring." Jay and Jaune laughed at the comment together, even though Jaune did pay quite a hefty fee for the ring.

The teams finally reached their destination and took cover underneath the brush to avoid detection. There was a trail leading to the large home and along the trail, multiple people appeared. The first group consisted of 3 thugs and the one leading them was the infamous Roman Torchwick who was smoking a cigar. They entered the cabin and minutes later another group arrived to the scene. This group also consisted of thugs but more. The one leading the group had medium long hair that looked as if it were dyed using wine. He had scars all over his face, as if he were a torture survivor. He also wore a blood red unbuttoned trench coat with black stained Khakis. The group entered the building and later Adam had joined them with his soldiers.

"Alright, it seems as though that's everyone. Jay you're up." Qrow said.

"Alright… you ladies might want to look the other way around." Jay said as he got up from cover and slowly walked towards his first victim. Jay's blue aura was seen on his feet and with every foot step, there was absolutely no noise. As he got close, he quickly placed his hand over his victim's mouth to prevent him from calling help and sliced his neck. Jaune had place his hand over Ruby's eyes before the bloody scene had occurred. Yang and the others couldn't believe what they were witnessing.

"He doesn't have to kill them." Blake said.

"I know, but he has to do what he thinks what would be best." Qrow said. Jay continued his pattern for every person who was keeping watch till none were left standing. He signaled the others that the area was clear and they proceeded to move. Jay had begun moving the bodies to a secluded location so that they could not be found.

"Jay you didn't have to kill them." Blake said angrily.

"I can't risk any of them getting back up and calling for help. If something were to go wrong, all of you would be in danger." Blake simply stared at the student angrily and proceeded to join up with Qrow's team. Jaune still had his hand placed over Ruby's face which she was trying to remove without making a single noise. Jay had finally hidden all the bodies and Jaune released his hand from Ruby and gathered with Ren, Qrow, and Blake. They laid beside the window where they could still be able to listen to the conversation they were having.

"YOU'RE STILL KIDNAPPING PEOPLE!?" a familiar voice was heard yelling. A maniacal laughter was heard after the question was asked.

Of course. I got carried away with the last few, but the red head was a success. No applause needed, all I needed to do was some psychological torture and some physical torture of course." Rhett said.

"Adam! Why don't we simply get rid of this crazy psychopath and find a different person who knows how to do these things with at least some self-control." Rhett laughed at the man's comment about him.

"Unfortunately he is the only one who knows how to control aura and transfer aura onto different hosts." Adam said.

"I am the only one who can as far as I know and I come real cheap. Besides, if you continue to argue whether my way of doing these things are wrong, our sweet innocent princess Cinder would continue to absorb these Maiden powers and who knows what she would do to us after she gets them. Maybe give us a hug?"

"He is right though. It's only a matter of time till she disposes us if we no longer are needed. I suggest we use this Dark power that Rhett managed to get a hold of and put it on that girl that he mentioned. He did say it was a success and maybe we can use here to kill Cinder before she is able to retrieve the other Maiden powers."

"How do they know about the Dark?" Jaune asked Qrow.

"I don't know, but it seems they already have control over the 2nd one already. If they do manage to use it, it could cost a lot of lives. We need to get in there now." Right when they were about to go in, a woman in red with black hair was walking towards the front door of the home. The teams manage to hide before she was able to see them.

"What is she doing here?" Qrow asked. Cinder walked towards the door and blasted it open. Two of the soldiers charged at the woman, but she used her fireballs to scorch them.

"Who invited the princess?" Rhett said, staring at the princess.

"So all of you were planning to betray me were you?" Cinder said placing her hand towards the three.

"How the hell did you know we were here Cinder!?" Adam asked. He placed his hand on his katana, ready to unsheathe it at any given moment.

"Unfortunately for the three of you, there are still some who are loyal to me." Before Cinder could have finished the three off, the thugs who were still there in the same room attacked Cinder.

"Change in plans, we aren't killing them. We need them alive!" Qrow said.

"WAIT QROW!" Jaune yelled as his teacher went in the home. Both teams ran inside along with Qrow to join his side.

"It looks like we have more guests!" Rhett yelled as he hid underneath the table.

"NEO!" Torchwick yelled as the Neapolitan girl appeared to his side.

"SHE IS MINE!" Yelled Yang, as she ran towards the girl.

"YANG WAIT!" Jay yelled. Yang didn't listen and launched herself towards Neo who sent her back by swinging her umbrella like a bat.

"JAY! I'LL GET ADAM AND MAKE SURE TORCHWICK DOESN'T GET AWAY!" Jaune yelled.

"FINE!" Jay ran towards Torchwick to prevent him from leaving.

"JAUNE! MAKE SURE NOTHING HAPPENS TO YANG OR RUBY! I'M GOING FOR CINDER!" Qrow yelled as he transformed his greatsword to a scythe and headed outside where the woman tried to escape. Jay ran towards Torchwick who quickly blew a hole through the home and tried to make an immediate escape. Ren joined Yang and attacked Neo together, whereas Weiss and Nora took on the soldiers that were inside the home. Ruby joined Jaune and Blake to help fight Adam in the wide living room.

Teamwork

"Hello my darling. Care to introduce me to your friends?" Adam asked as he placed his hand on his weapon that was in its sheath.

"Surrender Adam! There is no way for you to escape." Blake said as she held on to Gambol Shroud.

"Sorry, but that's not going to happen darling." Adam unsheathed his weapon and had a red bladed katana. He ran towards the Faunus and swung his sword down on her, but was stopped by Jaune who had his sword drawn. Sparks were flying as their weapons were making contact and Ruby swung Crecent Rose at the unsuspecting Faunus. Adam took notice and back stepped to avoid the attack, but her weapon made contact and hit Adam across the shoulders. He maintained his footing from the attack and swung his katana again at Jaune who managed to stop it with his shield, leaving Adam defenseless. Adam kicked Jaune in the stomach and sheathed his katana, ready to unleash a barrage of attacks. He unsheathed it again and swung quickly at the blonde knight, but was stopped again by Ruby's scythe. Blake was in the back and began to shoot several shots from the distance at him. He was able overpower Ruby and slice the rounds in half, stopping them from hitting their mark. He focused all of his attention on Blake who was at a distance taking her aim at him. He quickly passed Jaune and Ruby who missed their attacks and unsheathed his katana to attack Blake. Blake pulled out her katana and stopped the incoming attack, but she was no match for the man's fast attacks. He managed to land several attacks on her and kick her away, causing her to slide across the room and begin to bleed out.

"BLAKE!" yelled Ruby and Jaune. Both attacked Adam at the same time, but Adam managed to avoid both attacks. He unsheathed his katana and blocked several hits from both Ruby and Jaune and back stepped away to sheathe his weapon.

"RUBY GET TO BLAKE AND HELP HER!" Jaune yelled, as his black aura begun to glow and transfer onto his sword.

"Jaune…" Ruby said silently as she ran back to Blake and watched what was transpiring.

"NOW!" Jaune yelled. He then slashed towards the direction of Adam and a crescent shaped black aura was sent flying. The attack managed to hit its mark, and Adam got down to one knee. This crescent dark aura causes the target to lose some of his or her aura and have minor physical damage, depending how large the attack was. In this case, it was a fairly sized attack.

"What the hell… was that?" Adam asked as he tried to get back to his feet. Jaune unleashed another and Adam unsheathed his katana midway and absorbed the attack. He sheathed his weapon and his aura began to glow red which startled Jaune. Adam ran towards Jaune unsheathed his sword and swung at the knight who had his shield up.

Qrow and Cinder

Cinder turned around and created a bow which she used to shoot an arrow towards Qrow's feet, causing the small area to explode. Qrow managed to roll out of the way and ran quickly towards Cinder. He swung his scythe, but Cinder managed to block his attack with her dual wielding obsidian glass blades. Qrow overpowered her and sent the woman sliding away. She conjured up explosions again from underneath Qrow's feet, but he knew she would do something like that again and managed to move out the way. From the debris, Cinder molded all of it together to create a giant pointed obsidian rock that was aimed at Qrow. Qrow transformed his scythe back to a greatsword and was ready for the attack to arrive. Cinder launched the glass rock towards Qrow, but with all his might, he managed to split the obsidian rock in two. Cinder did not stop there, she shot several fireballs at Qrow and unleashed more explosions underneath his feet, but Qrow continued to dodge the explosions and the fireballs but was seared slightly. He transformed his greatsword to its shotgun form and took several shots at Cinder, but Cinder hand no problem stopping the projectiles with her hands. Qrow reverted back to a scythe and sped his way to Cinder and swung his scythe at her. Cinder managed to stop the attack with her blades and now was in a tight spot. She needed a distraction that would drop Qrow's guard for at least a second so that she can make an immediate escape.

Bone Crushing

Jay ran towards the cigar smoking man and went for a devastating straight punch that was redirected by Neo's umbrella handle. She pulled his arm slightly making him completely miss. Torchwick aimed his cane at Jay's head, but as he was falling, he used the momentum to kick Torchwick's cane using the heel of his foot. Jay rolled to his feet and was ready to attack again. Yang and Ren joined the attack and went for Neo who focused on the two students. They both shot several rounds at Neo who simply used her umbrella to stop the incoming projectiles. Yang and Ren decided it would be best to try a different method and use their hand to hand combat skills. Although the both of them were skilled in it, Neo managed to avoid nearly all their attacks by redirecting their attacks at each other using the handle of her umbrella. Neo is very skillful when it comes to hand to hand combat and showed it by being able to stop the attack as well as strike back without trouble. Her umbrella revealed a sharp blade which managed to scratch Ren's cheek. Even in combat, the girl's grin never faded away and the look she had on her face made it seem as though she was enjoying the fight.

Jay ran towards the man who got his cane back. Torchwick aimed his cane towards Jay and shot several times, but his shots missed and Jay unleashed a powerful punch. Torchwick used his cane to block his attack, but the cane broke in half as the punch went through it and made its mark towards his chest. Torchwick was sent soaring to a tree from the force behind the punch. Jay was surprised by how powerful the attack was and couldn't figure out where that power came from. Neo saw what had happened and had no choice but to quickly take down the two she had in front of her. She teleported behind Ren and used him as a shield as she took aim at Yang using his Stormflower. Yang couldn't shoot at her and possibly hit Ren so she ended up getting hit with the rounds. Neo quickly let go of Ren and kicked him on the temple which knocked him out cold. She teleported behind Yang and used her umbrella's handle to trip Yang and make her fall to the floor. Yang couldn't see the attack coming and now that she was on the floor, Neo was able to get a hold of her arm. With a grin on her face, Neo broke Yang's arm and she let out a scream of pain.

"YANG!" yelled Jay who ran towards them.

"LET HER GO!" Jay pulled out his pistols and shot at the Neapolitan colored girl who simply used her umbrella to stop the projectiles. Neo smirked at the incoming attacker and placed her foot onto Yang's head. Jay immediately stopped and looked at the girl who had her high heels on Yang's head. Although she did not talk, it was clear to Jay that if he took another step, she would jam her high heels straight down to Yang's skull, possibly killing her.

"Stop it! It's just between you and me. You've already beaten her, you don't have to do this." Jay yelled. Neo looked down at Yang who was in pain from her broken arm and the heel pressing hard on her head and was smirking at the sight of her pain. She looked back at Jay and pressed harder on to Yang's head making her scream even more.

"STOP IT DAMMIT! I'LL LET YOU AND YOUR BOSS GO IF YOU LEAVE HER ALONE!" yelled Jay. She motioned him to throw his guns over to her. He followed her order and threw both pistols to her in which she picked both pistols up and pointed one of them at Yang's head.

"NOOOOO!" Jay yelled.

The Black Knight Returns

Adam's blade cut through Jaune's shield and struck him from the right side of his shoulder, all the way to his left ribs. Although the blade didn't split him two, the wound was enough to cause him to bleed a great deal of blood.

"JAUNE!" Ruby screamed. Without hesitation, she grabbed Crescent Rose and rushed towards the Faunus screaming in anger and not caring what would happen to her. She swung her weapon and missed the Faunus who ducked to avoid the attack. He unsheathed his katana and stabbed Ruby through her stomach.

"RUBY!" Jaune yelled as he reached his arm out towards her. Adam stared at the girl as she coughed blood out of her mouth and used his foot to push the girl away from his blade. Ruby fell to the floor and placed both hands on her wound to stop the bleeding. Jaune began to crawl towards the girl with all his might and as he was, Adam walked over to him and began to speak to him.

"This is what happens when you stupid humans try to get in my way. This is how I felt when you humans were trying to wipe us out from the face of Remnant. Do you know how it feels to witness someone close to you slowly die? What you are witnessing now is what I had to endure many years because of your kind, humans who looked down on us Faunus as if we were the same thing as Grimm!" Adam yelled. He walked back towards Ruby and unsheathed his katana.

"Don't… please… I-I'm… begging you." Jaune said as he reached out his bloody arm towards Adam. His blonde hair was stained with his own blood, his body, laid in his own pool of blood, but even with his wound, he still had the will power to raise his arm and try to move towards Adam and place his hand on the handle of his blade.

"You are going to feel what all of you humans will soon have to endure." Adam walked over to Ruby and held his katana pointed towards Ruby's heart.

"Jaune… help me." Ruby said. Jaune's eyes began to water and his body began to shiver. Time has stopped for him, the same scene played over and over his head and felt like a never ending loop that he would have to endure for the end of time.

"Is this what my fate is? Is this what I am destined to witness over and over again? No matter how much I train, no matter how much effort I put in, I am still far too weak to save the people I care about and here I am now witnessing someone I love about to die before my eyes. I cannot bear the pain any longer, I cannot bear the burden of having someone else die to save me. I can't fight the temptations of the darkness any longer. If this power has the smallest chance of saving Ruby right now…then I will gladly LET…IT…TAKE…OVER!"

Jaune let out a scream of anger that could be heard miles away. Adam, Neo, Cinder, and Qrow looked at the direction from where the scream came from. Jay quickly seized the opportunity to knock Neo off of Yang and Cinder took the opportunity and stabbed the unsuspecting man in the leg and run. Black aura came rushing out of Jaune causing the home to collapse and the people in it to be blown away by the shear strength of the black aura. The black aura surrounded Jaune as it violently flailed about. Everyone could only watch Jaune, unable to speak or move due to the fear that was coursing through their bodies. Jaune's left eye turned black and black veins were connected to his eye whereas his right eye turned golden yellow. His black aura had begun to manifest itself into its dark armor set. First the black mask, then the black knight armor and lastly, his Crocea Mors. Although the black aura had manifested to the armor set, he still had a large amount of it still violently flailing. Adam's body began to tremble as he saw the knight get off from his knees and onto his feet. The black aura had stopped flailing and had begun to calmly drift around his body.

"W…what are you?" Adam asked as he shakenly sheathed his katana.

"That my friend… is a kid who possesses the Dark power." Rhett said. He was blown towards the same area as Adam and slowly got onto one knee and avoided staring at the black knight who stood emotionless.

"Jaune?" Jay said. Jaune stared towards the direction of Ruby. Weiss and Nora were there helping to stop the bleeding that was spilling out of Blake and Ruby. Cinder hid from the area and was observing at what was transpiring. Neo knew she had to get out of there as soon as possible. She ran towards Torchwick in order to use her last remaining aura to teleport away, but was stopped half way by the knight who swung his sword across the Neapolitan colored girl who was sent soaring into the air and came crashing down. The cut was so deep that the chances of her coming out alive were close to zero. Torchwick who had just witnessed the attack, screamed out the girl's name and had caught the attention of the black knight.

"JAUNE STOP!" Jay yelled. Hoping to catch the knight's attention… it worked. The black knight turned to the direction of Jay and stared at the student. Jay was still on his knees next to Yang who was heavily damaged during the fight. Jaune ran towards him and in seconds he was already in front of him, swinging his sword towards the boy's neck. The blade went through the student's neck as if it were a ghost without a solid body. Jay quickly got to his feet and punched the knight with all his strength away from him. The knight went flying towards a tree, but got up without a dent.

"ROMAN! Get Neo and get out from here!" Jay threw roman a see through flask full of aura.

"Tell Neo to drink this and it should completely heal her wounds no matter how devastating they may be!" Torchwick didn't ask questions and did what he was told. However, the black knight wouldn't allow it and charged towards the cigar smoking man. Jay predicted this and accurately placed an air punch that made contact with the speedy knight and sent him hurling away. Roman made it to Neo and gave her the flask to drink. She drunk the flask and her aura had begun to glow. Her horrific injury had begun to heal and in seconds her wound had become not as severe, enabling her to teleport herself and Torchwick out of there. Adam saw the opportunity to run and took it, but Jaune had already sensed this and sped towards the Faunus. Adam saw the incoming attack and unsheathed his katana, allowing him to be able to block the attack that could have killed him. Jaune overpowered Adam and completed his swing, sending Adam sliding towards a boulder. Adam got back to his feet and saw 6 black orbs coming towards him. Four of the orbs managed to hit him and this not only caused damage to his body, but some of his aura was depleted. Jaune then sent a very large crescent wave of black aura towards Adam which allowed him to absorb the attack with his katana. Adam's aura glowed red to the point of it sputtering around his body and ran toward the black knight with swift speed. Adam unsheathed his katana once he was in front of Jaune and swung it diagonally, hoping to slice the Dark power wielder in two. However, the knight managed to avoid the attack by back stepping, and Adam's attack only managed to slice off Jaune's mask. Jaune impaled his sword in Adam's ribs which caused the Faunus to quickly remove himself from Jaune's sword and back away. Although the injury was severe, he used what little aura he had left to heal the wound to reduce the damage. He quickly unsheathed his sword and went ahead and continued his barrage of attacks at Jaune.

As the fight progressed, Qrow saw his injured niece and took the opportunity to limp towards her. Jay decided to use this time to get Yang and take her to the others that were gathered. Yang had passed out from the pain so Jay had no choice but to pick her up and take her to the others.

"WHAT HAPPENED TO YANG!?" Weiss demanded to know, but had no time to explain as he still needed to go get Ren. Qrow had finally arrived towards the group and was shocked to see Ruby and Yang lay emotionless on the floor.

"WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM!? Qrow yelled as tears ran down his face.

"I-I don't know. When I looked over here, Ruby and Blake were already on the floor bleeding out and Jay… Jay had just passed by and dropped off Yang." Weiss said as she tried to control her emotions. Qrow got to his knees and gently picked up Ruby's head, trying desperately to wake her up. He saw the wound on her belly and had begun to press on it to stop the bleeding.

"WAKE UP! WAKE UP KID! DON'T LET THIS SMALL CUT GET TO YOU! PLEASE!" Qrow screamed. Jay came back with Ren and placed him on the ground next to Nora who then quickly looked at his condition.

"YOU! WHAT DID YOU DO TO YANG!?" Qrow yelled, as he gently placed her back down. Qrow grabbed Jay and threw him to the ground and began choking him out of anger. Qrow had stop thinking and had his emotion take the best of him. Jay tried to explain to Qrow what had happened, but Qrow's hand held tightly on Jay's neck. Qrow had his knees on Jay's hand to prevent him from hitting him or try to push him off.

"QROW! LET JAY GO!" Weiss yelled, trying to get the man to let his grip go.

"QROW! LISTEN TO US!" Nora screamed. The black knight looked at their direction, but took a hit from Adam who managed to cut through the knight's armor slightly. Their battle continued to rage on and Rhett saw the opportunity to escape this battlefield and avoid being captured or likely killed.

"Jay? Interesting." Rhett said. He ran to the woods and disappeared into the brush. Jay had begun to lose his eye sight and had begun to slowly pass out. He slowly stopped struggling but suddenly someone kicks Qrow off of him and grabs hold of Jay by the arms. It was Neo who teleported back to the battlefield and in an instant, had disappeared along with Jay in her arms. Qrow was dazed and looked around for the person who had kicked him, but saw no one and noticed that Jay was gone too.

"WHERE IS HE!?" Yelled Qrow as he slowly got up and continued to look around. From the corner of his eye, he saw a group of Beowolfs emerge from the woods. He turned around and then noticed that they were all surrounded by the creatures of Grimm. Jaune and Adam looked around them and saw the creatures emerge, as well as notice a Nevermore flying above their head.

"If I don't get out of here… I am going to die." Adam said. He sheathed his Katana and decided to run towards a group of Beowolfs. He unsheathed his katana and sliced through the creatures and got away. Jaune paid no attention to Adam and focused his attention towards the creatures of Grimm. He let out a loud growl and dropped his sword onto the floor, as he did that he absorbed the black aura that still lingered around his body and used it to enhance his speed. He ran towards the big Ursa and clamped his hand on its head, absorbing the Ursa till it disappeared. He continued this pattern to every creature that he laid his eyes on. Qrow was witnessing what was going on, but he ignored it and only paid attention to his niece who was dying. He placed his head on the ground and begun punching the floor in anger.

"DAMMIT! DAMMIT!"

"Uncle Qrow?" A voice was heard from the side of his ear and looked to see what it was. It was Ruby who had a slight smile on her face. Qrow looked at the deep wound she had and it was gone. Qrow held the young girl in his arms tightly and had begun to tear up even more.

"Why are you crying… uncle Qrow?" Ruby asked.

"I… I had something in my eyes kid." Weiss managed to stop Blake's wounds from continuing to bleed and had bandaged her up. Ren had awoken from the kick to the head and had begun asking questions of what had happened. They all looked towards the knight who stood in front of the Nevermore that crashed to the ground after being attacked by the black knight. He was removing his blade from the Grimm's head and it slowly dissolved. The knight turned around and stared at the rest of the creatures of Grimm. The creatures slowly backed away from the knight. Jaune however didn't allow it. He sliced through the creatures and decapitated many of them as they attempted to escape his wrath. After he had wiped out the remaining creatures, he looked back at the group with his sword drawn. Ruby slowly rose up to her feet and looked at the black knight without fear in her eyes.

The Black Flame Caster and The Angel of Death

"JAUNE! You need to stop this right now!" Ruby yelled. The black knight kept her eyes on her, but didn't lower his sword.

"Jaune! I'm fine! There's no need for you to continue doing this! You can stop now." She slowly walked towards the black knight, but then he sped towards her with the intent to kill. He swung his sword, but it was stopped by Qrow's greatsword. Although, Qrow's leg was injured he still had the willpower to stop him from killing his niece. The two held their position and from the corner of their eye, a large fireball came hurling towards them. Qrow got out the way, but the black knight stood there and the attack made contact. The black knight was scorched by the flame and flew through a boulder, causing it to shatter into small pieces and landed against a tree. From the dark forest came Cinder who took the opportunity to take out the black knight. Jaune was at a sitting position dazed by the attack that managed to penetrate his armor. His eyes stared at the red dressed woman who sped towards him and placed her hand near the knight's face. A bug came crawling out from the middle of her hand and was about to stick itself to Jaune's face. In a quick motion, Jaune had his hand on her face and the two had begun absorbing each other's power. The area had begun radiate a bright light, Jaune's Dark aura had begun to flicker from white and dark wildly. Cinder's aura had begun to do the same, however hers was red and black. A force pushed them both apart and Cinder went gliding towards the collapse house, while Jaune had flown further into the woods.

"JAUNE!" yelled Ruby. A minute passed and the group saw the black golden eyed boy come out of the woods. A flailing black aura had pushed the debris out of Cinder's way and there she stood on both feet. On one arm, she had the orange bright sigils glowing intensely, on the other she had black sigils and black veins were leading towards the right side of her eye. She hovered over and created black fireballs in her hands as she was ready to attack the black knight.

"We need to get out of here right now." Qrow said silently to the other, trying to avoid Cinder from hearing them.

"No, I am not going without Jaune." Ruby said.

"No we are leaving now. If we stay here, we are going to die and the last thing that Jaune would ever want… is that." Qrow grabbed Ruby and Yang and told Ren to help carry Blake. Ruby struggled to get off, but Qrow wouldn't allow it and they all slowly disappeared to the woods.

"JAUNE! JAUNE!" Ruby yelled as she was taken away by her uncle. Cinder noticed this, but she didn't care. All she cared about now was her opponent who stood in front of her. Jaune's black aura had returned, stronger than ever and had manifested back to its original black armor set and mask. His eye returned to its golden state and the veins reduced in length, only reaching his cheeks. Cinder looked at the boy and saw a shadow appear behind him. The moonlight that shined toward the boy revealed a shadow of him with wings, wings that would resemble that of an angel of death. The wings were merely a shadow without a solid form and this intimated the dark pyromancer. Jaune had managed to regain consciousness and realized what had happened.

"So…that's what happened. Whatever aura I obtained from that woman allowed me to regain control over my body and mind. This… is perfect."

"Cinder… this is where it ends for you." Jaune pulled out Crocea Mors and had begun to transfer large amounts of power in it. Cinder had begun to hold a large black flame that would sure burn this whole area to the ground.

"Sorry, but the only thing that will end… is you Jaune."

Alright this took me a while to make and after you read it you might see why it did arrive so late or you might not see it. Either way I enjoyed making today's chapter and I hope you enjoyed reading it. Also, apparently someone says that I have been focusing too much on OC, well after reading this chapter, some might still think so while the others might say otherwise. If I do focus a little too much on Jay, it is for a reason. I also added a new character that is possibly be cheap, but I still hope you welcome him with open arms... well not really.