Jaune had never been on a quote on quote "actual date" but this felt pretty close to it.

He sat down silently with Kara by his side as Weiss tried on a variety of outfits. This new world offered a huge variety as far as clothing came and Weiss was absolutely entranced with it. He had never taken her for the fashionista type of girl but in hindsight he wasn't surprised considering her rather affluent upbringing.

"What do you think?" she asked Jaune as she walked out of the dressing room dressed in a flowing blue dress, almost similar to her Atlas outfit.

"It looks beautiful mommy!" Kara squealed happily with starry eyes. Jaune echoed her sentiment "it looks beautiful on you Weiss".

Weiss blushed. She had heard that many times from potential suitors but she never thought they where genuine until Jaune said those words.

She walked over to a full body mirror, admiring herself in full attire. In the mirror she saw Kara getting off the bench and running into the store and Jaune following after her.

"Kara come back please" Jaune said as he chased after her into the store. He turned and saw they where now completely out of Weiss's line of sight and that the store was…eerily quiet. No nearby workers or other customers. He could've sworn the store was filled with other people not just a few minutes earlier.

When he caught up to Kara as she stood in front of a giant coatrack full of fake fur coats that easily towered over her, Jaune turned his head and looked around. The store felt almost like a ghost town due to the lack of people in there. He had read and seen enough horror movies to know that this kind of scenario was telling…

And considering how busy it had been not too long ago he felt a creeping and chilling sensation course through him. He moved slowly towards Kara, reaching his hand to her.

"Come on Kara let's…" his voice became muffled as a large hand was placed around it and he was pulled backwards into an iron grip. His eyes shot up and he saw an armored figure clad in a greyish silver armor adored with spiked shoulder blades and a face concealing mask hold him tightly into place.

"Daddy!" Kara screamed as she began to ran towards him, only for her feet to be lifted in the air by a purple flow of energy that held her into place. A seemingly middle-aged woman flew in with her small wings and a glowing star shaped staff in her hand emitting the energy holding the little girl into place. She tried to scream but no sound came out of her mouth.

"Kara!" Jaune said through mumbled screams as he tried to free himself from the iron grip of the armored figure but to no avail. His eyes darted all over the place, trying to find a way out, a way for him to get free and save his daughter.

Another man entered his field of vision. The same man he had encountered earlier stepped out of the rows of clothing lining the store and stood right in front of him. He looked at Jaune thoroughly. He gestured towards the armored figure holding him before saying to Jaune.

"Don't shout and no harm will come to you Mr. Arc."

He recognized the voice now that he heard it but he couldn't place it. The man had already seemed familiar but the rush and the crowded streets of Kyoto didn't make him think about the fact he had heard that voice before.

The armored figure removed his hand from Jaune and he immediately said "who are you and what do you want?"

The man responded by taking a napkin out of his pocket and starting to wipe the right side of his face, revealing part of it to be almost as good as disfigured, like the side of his face had been poisoned. And Jaune immediately recognized him now.

"Silco…" he growled.

"Indeed Mr. Arc. This is not a reunion I was expecting and I would love to introduce you to my accomplices but I'm afraid time is of the essence" Silco told him while crossing his arms.

Jaune looked around, he had Crocea Mors on hand but couldn't possibly activate it at the moment, if he made any wrong move at the moment it could spell disaster for him, his daughter…and Weiss.

"What do you want? Did Thanos send you" Jaune growled. Silco simply smiled at him and stepped closer to him "he did but we are not here for you. We are here for the child, to bring her back home."


Weiss hadn't heard Jaune and Kara for a good moment and she felt slightly concerned by the fact that almost no sound was being made. She turned away from the mirror and moved towards the rest of the store.

As she wanted to turn the corner another women appeared and stood in front of her.

The same girl that she had bumped in before.

"What a coincidence seeing you here" the girl said looking right in Weiss's eyes. She got an unsettling feeling that she hadn't felt before from her.

"Yeah you could say that. Are you alright?" Weiss asked.

The girl played with her pigtails for a bit "oh I'm just fine. I just wanted to apologize for earlier since I kind of froze up."

"Oh that's alright it happens" Weiss replied.

The young woman took a step forward, causing Weiss to take a step back. She eyed to Myrtenaster, hidden under a protective charm to make it look like an ordinary accessory, in this case a hairclip which she had placed right next to her bag on the bench a few inches from her.

"You know you remind me a bit of my sister?" the young woman said.

Weiss raised her eyebrow "I do?"

"Yeah," she stepped closer, her eyes focused completely on Weiss "you remind me a lot of her actually. You know how sisters are and all that. You actually look a lot like her…you know," she paused for a second as she reached for a nearby coat hanger "almost an exact double, minus the start."

Weiss' eyes widened and almost on instinct she stepped backwards and grabbed the hairclip which turned into Myrtenaster as behind her she heard "COAT HANGAR DAGGER!" and as she turned around armed with her sword and it clashed with the attack from the girl who now held a sharp dagger with a wooden end in her hand.

Weiss saw the change to her face, with horizontal scars now covering the side of it and an intense fury in her eyes.

"The other Weiss would have been faster" she yelled out mockingly as Weiss tried to force her backwards but she was unrelenting, an intense fury like fire clear in her eyes.

"Who are you!?" Weiss yelled out as she planted her feet firmly on the ground.

"I am the War Devil Yoru! Daughter of the Great Titan and I will destroy you here where you stand!"

Weiss jumped backwards, her back now to the mirror and Myrtenaster armed in her hand. She stared Yoru down, whose angrily almost hateful scowl seemed to burn straight through her. That outburst had told her all she needed to know.

The Collective was here…and Jaune and Kara where in trouble.