A/N: Here's a one-shot birthed by the chibi skits of Nora drinking coffee and breaking the space-time continuum and glimpsing into other worlds and timelines. I got the idea from an image of Death Wish Coffee, supposedly the strongest coffee ever, and wondered what Nora could do if she drank that and more.
Also, two one-shots in two days? To quote Wesley Snipes: "Damn, I must be possessed! Wonder if I could play the accordion too!"
Nora Breaks Time and Space for Arkos
"Nora, are you really sure this would work?" Jaune asked as he stared at the row of ground coffee and energy drinks before her and Ren. "I mean, I know you get super hyper when you drink caffeine, but it sounds absurd that you could travel across time and space if you get hyper enough. I mean, that's some Space Trek levels of crazy."
"I know it sounds strange, but I've seen it happen once before," Ren remarked. "Once, Nora needed a jolt for late-night studying and she mixed an energy drink with coffee and next thing I knew, she just…blinked out of existence, like she just disappeared, then reappeared a few seconds later."
"Yeah! It was insane!" Nora exclaimed as she began adding three different coffee grounds into the coffee maker. "I'm not sure where I went to, but it looked like our world, but the big difference was that in that world, Grimm are actually friendly and docile, and can be domesticated. The Nora I saw in that world had a pet Ursa she named Dante, it was so cool! Plus, I was there for a couple hours before I suddenly came back! So weird!"
"But Nora, you don't need to do this, even for me…"
Ren and Nora stopped for a moment to look at him. "I'm not doing this just for you, Jaune, I'm doing this for all three of us."
"Jaune, we know you and Pyrrha were close, and we know that you lost someone you truly loved that night, but we lost our sister that night in Vale," continued Ren. "You and Pyrrha are like family to us, so if we can fix things by doing this, then we have to at least try." Ren went back to mixing the energy drinks together.
"Now, if my theory is correct, by having Nora ingest enough caffeine and receiving a electrical energy charge with some Dust, she should become hyper enough to be able to travel to multiple worlds, assuming she goes to the wrong one the first time, and so on, but she'll have to ingest more caffeine after about thirty minutes to refuel her systems to do more jumps, especially if she finds a Pyrrha. We don't want to separate a Pyrrha from her Jaune, so we're hoping that she'll come across a world where Pyrrha lived, but you died, Jaune, that way, we can convince her to come to our world instead."
"I'm sure the you and me of that world won't mind if we take their Pyrrha. I mean, I think they'd rather see our two lovebirds reunite than have her be sad forever," Nora interjected.
"That's what I'm hoping for, anyway. I don't know how long this may take, or even if it'll work, but given how the first time Nora traveled to that domesticated Grimm world the Nora there was the same age as her, I imagine at least half of the possible worlds out there might operate on the same time spectrum as ours, so the Pyrrha we're looking for will be the same age as we are living in the same date and time, especially if we're looking for one in a world where she lives instead of you, Jaune." With that, Ren finished mixing the energy drinks while the coffee took a while longer to finish brewing, which was all poured together into a gallon-sized pitcher, which Nora gleefully eyed.
"I hope this works…" Jaune mumbled, fearing that they might lose Nora in this crazy mess about to unfold.
"You and me both, Jaune." went Ren. "Ready, Nora?
"Ready, Ren!"
"Remember, you gotta chug it all at once, Nora." Ren fished out a lightning Dust crystal and readied himself to stab it into her arm.
"You got it!" With that, Nora grabbed the pitcher and the two boys watched as it disappeared down her throat within seconds. Jaune stood frozen, fearful of what's to come, but Ren was ready; he stabbed the lightning crystal into Nora's arm and her body became covered in electricity while she made a "RRRRGFFFHHHH" sound. She began twitching like crazy and a huge smile spread across her face. "I HAVE THE POWER!" she screamed before there was a flash of light and she disappeared into thin air.
"Holy crap, I didn't think it would actually work," said a surprised Jaune.
"Now we wait…wanna play Cribbage while we wait?" said Ren. Jaune nodded and they sat down at the table with the game board and a deck of cards.
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Nora appeared out of thin air in front of Beacon, but it was completely intact, but the strange thing was all the little people walking around. Nora thought they were dwarves, but she recognized Team RWBY out of the bunch, who noticed her and gave her a strange look, like she looked out of place there. "This must be that chibi universe Ruby once told me about," she remarked before she suddenly fizzled out of thin air.
"Was that Nora?" went the Chibi Ruby.
"I think so…" answered the Chibi Yang.
"Whatever, let's just go back to comedy skits," said the Chibi Weiss, to which everyone agreed.
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Nora flopped out of thin air onto a field of grass. Upon looking up, she found herself staring upon a massive Ursa, but it made no attempt to devour her, especially given the girl riding him.
"Hello again, Nora!" called Other Nora. "I see you're traveling across worlds again!"
"Hello, Other Nora! Hello, Dante!" Nora gave the beast a scratch under the chin, which made him softly growl with delight.
"Aww, he remembers you!"
"I'd like to stay, but I gotta go. I gotta find a world where Pyrrha lived, but Jaune died."
"Awww, Pyrrha died in your world? Well, give your Ren my regards, and good luck!"
With a wave, Nora vanished with a lightning spark.
"I hope she visits again sometime," Other Nora said to herself as she spurred Dante along.
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When Nora appeared again, she found herself falling out of the sky, prompting her to scream in horror. She was soon joined by four skydivers dressed in assorted colors and gear.
Nora noticed that the four skydivers were Team JNPR, and the one in yellow––obviously Jaune––handed her a spare parachute. This must be some extreme sports-crazy universe. She handed the parachute back and concentrated, where she disappeared again.
"Nora, I think another you from another world just traveled to our location," Extreme Jaune said into his earpiece.
"Rats! I wish I got to say something to her!" grumbled Extreme Nora, who crossed her arms and huffed.
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Nora fell out of thin air again, but this time, she landed onto a soft bed, making her bounce in place. When she looked up, she was at Beacon and Team JNPR were in the room, but they were all Faunus. Jaune was a Golden Retriever with a massive tail, Pyrrha was an Owl with great bright eyes, Ren was a sloth, and the Faunus Nora was some kind of bird. "Got any coffee? I could use a recharge to hop between worlds," she asked her Faunus counterpart.
"Boop boop!" went Faunus Nora before she suddenly dashed off for the kitchen at high speed.
"Cool! I'm a road runner Faunus!"
So, why are you jumping between worlds, Human Nora?" asked Faunus Jaune.
"I'm looking for a Pyrrha who's Jaune died at Beacon to replace our Pyrrha that died at Beacon," she answered with a straight face.
"I died?!" Faunus Jaune and Pyrrha exclaimed.
"Yup, so I'm trying to find a new Pyrrha for our Jaune." Faunus Nora returned with a gallon of coffee.
"I made it extra strong for you," the Faunus Nora remarked, handing her Human counterpart the pitcher.
"Thanks. Also, not sure if I should tell you guys this, but whatever. Pyrrha, when Ozpin offers you an option to take some magic powers later on, decline it, but if you end up at Beacon when some fiery bitch ruins everything and kills Ozpin, DON'T go fight her, got it?" Pyrrha silently nodded. "And Jaune, Pyrrha is madly in love with you, so stop being an idiot and realize that you love her too before she potentially dies. Ciao!" With that, she chugged the pitcher and vanished.
"You…you love me, Pyrrha?" mumbled Faunus Jaune. Both he and Faunus Pyrrha blushed a deep red.
"…Yes…do you love me…?" she mumbled, refusing to look at him.
"…Um…uh…"
"OH, JUST KISS ALREADY!" yelled Faunus Nora, who slapped their heads together in a kiss.
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Nora zapped out of thin air and landed on her feet in another Beacon dorm room, but this time, she landed in a gender bent world, evident so by the female Jaune and Ren and the male Pyrrha and Nora.
"Oh, hey, its a me from a world where I'm a girl," Thor remarked as he pointed at Nora.
"Not again…" grumbled Lie Rin, rubbing her forehead.
"Wow, you look pretty, female Ren!" Nora remarked, making Rin blush. "You too, female Jaune!"
"Jaune, huh? What a wonderful name," Pyrrhus Nikos whispered as he stared at Jeanne Arc.
"Pyrrha! You look so cool!" Nora jumped with glee at her team's new appearances. "Anyway, since I'm here, I'll tell you the same thing I told the Faunus JNPR…"
(One quick future events foretelling later)
"…And that's what'll happened, to my knowledge, so avoid all of that and we'll be still together!" Jeanne and Pyrrhus were blushing like crazy, trying to avoid each other's gaze while Rin gave a long sigh, but Thor was excited as can be. "But before I go…" Nora went forward and gave Rin a long kiss on the lips, the two of them blushing while Thor was visible upset. "…Sorry, Thor! I needed to know what that felt like first! Ta-ta!" With that, she vanished.
Jeanne went over and wrapped her arms around Pyrrhus. "Um…I love you, Pyrrhus…"
"AWWWWW" squeed Thor. Rin was too busy blushing from Nora kissing her.
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Nora fell out of thin air yet again, but this time, she landed directly onto the coffee table in the Arc-Cotta house, breaking it from the suddenly impact. "Oof…ouch…" she groaned.
"NORA?!" cried multiple voices around her. She looked up and found Teams RWBY, JNPR, Qrow, Oscar, Saphron Arc, and Terra Cotta-Arc staring at her with disbelief, but the major difference was that Jaune was nowhere to be found and in his place was Pyrrha, dressed in new armor that incorporated white and bronze. On her round shield was a white metal trim with a pair of yellow crescent arcs upon it and on her hip was a gladius made of fine steel, but the hilt was clearly derived from Jaune's Crocea Mors.
"Let me guess, you came from another world?" asked the other Nora, who looked about the same as herself, but the hole in her white shirt was instead a crescent moon.
"I thought we were done with these antics…" grumbled Ren.
"So what's going on?" asked Saphron, who looked as if she was crying a while ago.
"I'm here to take you home with me, Pyrrha, back to Ren and Jaune."
"Jaune?! But he's…" Pyrrha stopped herself.
"Just as Ren predicted, this is a world where you lived and Jaune died instead." Saphron glanced downward at her cup of tea, to which Terra rested her hand on her wife's shoulder; Nora could tell that they just told her of Jaune's death.
"I can't leave, we have to stop Cinder and bring her to justice," Pyrrha remarked. "even if it means seeing Jaune again…"
"I think you should go with her," said Ruby. "I mean, Pyrrha, I think it would be best for you and the JNPR of her world anyway."
"But…" Pyrrha started.
"We'll be fine, Pyrrha," Other Nora interrupted. "Besides, you love Jaune, isn't this what you want?"
Pyrrha stayed silent. "We'll be happy knowing that you're with another JNPR, one that clearly wants you back so badly," went Ren, smiling at Nora.
"It's like that episode of Space Trek where they went to the evil universe…" Saphron mumbled before looking over at Pyrrha. "…I think it would be best if you go to that world, Pyrrha. I mean, you love my brother, and if he's alive in another world, then it would make me happy enough to know that he will reunite with the girl he loves and be happy with her, even if I will never see him again." She gave Pyrrha a warm smile.
Pyrrha looked among all her friends and back at Nora. "Okay…I'll go with you…"
"Yay! Now, I need to recharge my energy, so I need plenty of coffee and energy drinks," Nora informed everyone, who all went to work brewing coffee and mixing energy drinks in with them.
"I think you'll need this," said Other Nora, handing her counterpart a lightning Dust crystal that she uses to activate her Semblance.
"Thank you, Other Nora." Other Nora flashed her a thumbs up.
Everyone gathered together in the living room again while Nora held the pitcher of coffee-energy drink mix with Pyrrha beside her. "Now, Once I drink this and stab myself with the crystal, you gotta hold onto me for dear life, okay, Pyr?" Pyrrha nodded. "Well, so long, everyone! Good luck saving the world, and be sure to kill Cinder for us back home!" With that, Nora downed the pitcher and stabbed herself with the Dust crystal. "HERE WE GO!" Pyrrha latched onto her supercharged friend before there was a flash of light and they both vanished, shocking everyone.
"Now we gotta get a new coffee table," Terra grumbled at the broken mess of wood in front of her.
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Nora and Pyrrha appeared out of thin air back in Nora's world, where Pyrrha stumbled and fell over, only to be caught by a pair of arms. "Pyrrha?!" called a familiar voice.
Pyrrha gazed up and found herself staring at Jaune, but he was different: a little older, wiser, and stronger, far different than the Jaune she remembered from her world, who kissed her, threw her into a rocket locker, and ran off to fight Cinder and never came back, with only his sword and shield surviving the battle. "J-Jaune?"
Nora and Ren watched the two's reunion from afar, letting them enjoy the moment alone. Pyrrha viewed Jaune up and down, taking in his new appearance. "Um…you got new armor…" she started, refusing to meet his gaze again.
"Oh, yeah…" Jaune deployed his shield, showing her the new bronze trim and the circlet emblem below the crescent arcs. "…I, uh, got it upgraded using your gear after the…uh…"
"It suits you well." she smiled.
"I see you used my sword and shield to give yourself a touch up too."
"Oh, yes!" Pyrrha showed Jaune her shield and showed off her new gladius made from her xiphos and his sword, and with a button press, she transformed it into a javelin and into its rifle form. "It's mostly like my Milo, but the steel from your blade helps it pierce tougher defenses." The two fell completely silent, until Pyrrha finally looked Jaune in the eye. "Whatever the me of this world did…I'm sorry…"
"And I'm sorry for the me that died in your world, I dunno what he was doing, thinking that he could fight Cinder when he's weaker than you."
"No, actually, I was the weakest of the four of us…you were a Vale champion in my world, always praised by everyone and you were a celebrity in Vale too, but I was just this little woman thinking I could be a hero, and I was so close to becoming it, until you gave your life trying to save mine…I'm guessing the Pyrrha here was like you?" Jaune nodded. "Well, I hope she had a good life with you…"
Jaune pulled Pyrrha into a hug, catching her off guard. "I love you so much, Pyrrha…I'm sorry I didn't tell you sooner…I'm sorry I was so stupid and didn't realize how much I love you until it was too late…" He began to cry, making Pyrrha cry in return.
"It's okay…I'm sorry I was so stupid for not realizing how much you loved me too…"
They gazed upon each other for a moment before closing the gap in a loving kiss that reminded them both of their first kiss with the Jaune and Pyrrha of their worlds.
"Welcome back…" Jaune whispered, making Pyrrha smile.
"Hello again…" she answered back before kissing him again.
"Ahh…all's right in the world now, isn't it, Ren?" Nora told him as she hopped in place, still jittery from the caffeine.
"Yes, yes it is. Once your crash hits and is over, you should tell me about the other worlds you went to."
"Oh, it was amazing! I kissed a female you named Lie Rin, for starters, and I ran into Nora and Dante again!"
Nora prattled on and one until she finally fell over and crashed while Jaune and Pyrrha continued to hug and kiss each other, happy to have each other again, even if one had to cross worlds to do so.
