SCENE: SATORU GOJO VS TOJI FUSHIGURO (ROUND 1)

Cast:

SATORU GOJO: QROW BRANWEN

TOJI FUSHIGURO: ADAM TAURUS

SUGURU GETO: SUMMER ROSE

RIKO AMANAI: AMBER

Adam was still in shock at what just happened to him, 'A Schnee actually...helped me?' that was the only thing running through his mind.

Now he wasn't gonna act like he wasn't thankful, after all he wasn't really sure what the ice-cream girl was gonna do to him. But still he was expecting her to hate him just like he hated her family.

"Is he okay?" Sun whispered to Blake.

"I think he's still in shock that Weiss helped him." She suggested.

"Not surprised, out of all of us, he had the most bad blood with the Schnees." Ilia said.

Agnus then popped back up right in the middle of the theater startling poor Tai making him lose down his hotdog.

"Aw man, I was enjoying that." He muttered with a pout while Summer gently patted his back.

"Whoops sorry bout that." The watcher apologized and used his magic to conjure up another hotdog for the papa dragon.

"So what are we looking at now?" Surprisingly Raven asked.

"Well, this is actually one of my favorite universes to view." Agnus said with a grin, which caused the audience to become very intrigued.

"So what's this world about?" Oz questioned.

"This universe is actually quite similar to yours you know." Their host stated, "Instead of huntsman and huntresses, there are sorcerers."

"Sorcerers? You mean like magic and shit?" Merc asked, while Oz and Salem were even more interested in this world.

"Sort of...similar to how you guys have aura, these versions of you have something called cursed energy." The watcher explained, "And using that cursed energy allows them to perform cursed techniques. That's basically their version of a semblance."

"This world seems very intriguing." Salem muttered.

"It sounds awesome!" Ruby and Nora exclaimed with stars in their eyes.

"I feel like there's a catch." Qrow said and Agnus sighed.

"Well, just like you guys have Grimm, this world has creatures called cursed spirits. They're monsters born from the negative emotions of humans." Agnus said and the audience were either shocked or horrified.

"Monsters born from the negative energy of humans..." Oz repeated with a cold sweat.

Salem wanted to laugh, that was ironic as hell. Humanity's own hatred created their downfall.

"But things weren't all bad when the strongest Jujutsu Sorcerer was born." Agnus grinned, "From what I've seen, his mere birth was enough to either send these curses into hiding or force them to get stronger to keep the balance of the world."

Jaws were dropped, someone's mere birth was enough to change the balance of the world?! Compared to everything else they've heard this was probably the most insane.

"So who's the strongest?" Cinder asked, apart of her hoped it was her...but she figured that it wasn't true.

Agnus grinned and snapped his fingers and a spotlight fell on a certain drunkard in the crowd.

"QROW?!" Most of the theater exclaimed.

"ME?!" The Branwen questioned in shock.

"Nuh uh! No way! I refuse to believe that my baby brother is the strongest!" Raven growled, she would've taken Tai or Summer...BUT QROW!

"WE'RE THE SAME AGE!"

"I was born six minutes before!"

"Well you best believe sister! Cause he is the strongest! When Qrow was just a little baby he had million Lien bounties placed on him for simply just existing!" Agnus exclaimed.

Everyone looked on in horror, who would put a bounty on a baby!

"Ok, maybe being the strongest isn't as cool as I thought it would be." Sun muttered if being targeted at that young an age was a thing then he was fine just the way he was.

"Well enough chit chat, what I'm going to show is a mission that Qrow went on which inadvertently changed the fate of the world as people knew it." Agnus said in a foreboding tone, which sent shivers down the younger members spines.

He then pulled out the remote and pressed play as the screen began to light up.

The scene opened up to show a younger version of Qrow, Summer and Amber. There was also a maid that nobody in the audience knew. Qrow didn't really change much except now, his eyes were blue instead of red and they appeared to be glowing.

"Looks like we can take things a bit easier now." Summer said, "Since we're in Beacon Academy's barrier."

"Phew." The maid breathed out a sigh, "What a relief!" The young Amber said stretching out her arms.

Qrow and Oz looked on guilty at the young girl, both failing to protect her and in the end her death was for nothing as Salem got the fall Maiden powers anyway.

Cinder smirked, 'Unlucky girl, your fate was sealed the moment you decided to work for Ozpin.'

"Hey your eyes are blue in this one." Tai pointed out to Qrow.

"And are they...glowing?" Raven added on.

"That's Qrow's cursed technique. It's known as the six eyes." Agnus stated, "They allow Qrow to be able to perceive everything around him even the slightest of sounds." Their host explained.

"That sounds like a major headache." The drunkard muttered.

"That's why this one wears glasses. They prevent him from having a sensory overload." The watcher explained.

'They're also a shit ton of other abilities this guy has...but I'll explain them later.'

"Qrow." Summer called out to him, "Thanks for your hard work." She smiled at him. Qrow scoffed and his eyes stopped glowing.

"No more. No more babysitting!" He grumbled in annoyance.

"Hey!" Amber pouted at him, this earned some laughs from Summer and The maid. The strongest couldn't help but smile, yep things were going to be okay...

*STAB*

He winced, there was a pain in his stomach, 'Did the little brat actually hit me?' He thought when he noticed the laughing stopped.

Instead everyone was looking at him in shock and horror. Qrow then looked down at his stomach and saw that there was the sharp end of a blade sticking out.

'Shit...'

"Qrow!" His family and friends called out in worry, even Raven was filled with dread.

"Hmph! So much for being the strongest." Cinder grinned and Ruby turned to glare at her.

"It was a cheap shot!" The red reaper shouted in defense for her uncle.

"What I'm more confused about is how my other self didn't react to it in time?" Summer questioned.

Winter looked on in worry, 'You better not die you idiot!'

'Impossible! We're inside Beacon Academy's barrier!' Summer thought to herself in a panic.

Qrow after coming to terms with the fact that he was impaled slowly began to turn his head to face the attacker. "Do I know you from somewhere?" He joked with a small smirk on his face.

Qrow was greeted by the face of one...Adam Taurus, "Don't sweat it." The bull said returning a smirk of his own, "I'm not one to remember some dude's face either."

"ADAM?!" The Belladonna's and Ilia exclaimed in shock.

"Damn Bull boy is here and no Arc. I thought that was gonna be a theme with those two." Mercury muttered.

"What's he up to now?" Ghira muttered tiredly.

"In this universe, Adam is a mercenary who was tasked with killing Amber." Agnus said, 'He's also broke, unemployed, homeless, petty and a deadbeat dad but they don't need to know that...not yet anyway.'

Neo held up a flag with Adam's face on it, Roman didn't bother to ask where she got it from.

'Oooh back to back viewings of my darling! This must be heaven!' The voice inside Weiss' head exclaimed causing the girl in question to grumble.

"You know for someone who is currently face-to-face with the strongest...he seems pretty calm." Jaune said.

The screen changed to show the Branwen estate where Adam was, he was wearing a white robe with a flower pattern on it. 'I once went to see the six-eyed brat, to see what all the fuss was about.' Adam narrated as it showed a six year old Qrow walking with a woman.

Adam watched the boy curiously, however it quickly turned to shock as the Faunus' eyes widened. Qrow had turned his head to look back at Adam and their eyes met, 'That was the first and last time anyone was ever aware of my presence.' He narrated.

The scene changed back to the present, 'That's why I waited till you dropped your guard.'

"Okay that makes more sense." Jaune stated, "Adam's so calm cause he most likely spent ten years planning for this moment."

"You've gotta have an insane amount of patience to spend ten years planning to fight a kid you don't know if you would ever see again." Roman said.

"This version of Adam has a lot of issues." Agnus muttered.

"More than ours?" Merc asked, which caused the bull to growl at him.

"I'd say they're both 50-50 though this one has a better way of hiding it." The watcher explained.

Meanwhile Summer, Ruby and Yang were cooing over how cute little Qrow was, "Oh! He's so adorable!" Summer exclaimed.

Qrow put his hands on his face to cover up the blush that was forming, though thanks to that he missed Winter pulling out her scroll and taking a few pictures of the child Qrow.

Qrow then pushes Adam off of him and immediately Summer summons a large hookworm curse which swallows the assassin whole. "Qrow!" Summer called out rushing over to him, only for her partner to put a hand out, "It's fine." He reassured her with a smile. "My cursed technique didn't make it in time, but he missed my vital organs. And I reinforced my cursed energy to make sure the sword didn't do further damage." Qrow explained.

"'Missed my vital organs' My ass!" Ironwood exclaimed, "He stabbed you straight through the torso! The odds of him missing ANY vital organs are extremely slim!" James ranted.

"Qrow used to do the same back in Beacon." Summer said staring intently at the man, "He always used to hide his injuries or downplay the ones we saw." She explained.

"Did you ever believe him?" Winter asked worriedly

"PFFT! No! I'd make sure his ass went to the nurse immediately." The Rose matriarch laughed.

"I just didn't want to be a burden." Qrow muttered and Tai pat his back.

Raven remembered back when they were in the tribe, Qrow's bad luck semblance made him a target of a lot of unjustified anger. She would try her best to patch up his wounds or stop the abuse as best as she could but she was just a kid to.

Qrow then began to stand up, "It was kid of like a safety pin going through a needle. Really I'm fine." He insisted, though Summer still looked at him worriedly, "Besides Amber is the priority. You should hurry on to Master Tengen's place." Qrow said and Summer reluctantly agreed with him.

"Alright fine! But make sure and keep your guard up!" She shouted as Amber and the maid both ran off into the school. Qrow scoffed taking off his glasses, "Who do ya think you're taking too?" He asked rhetorically with a small smirk.

Suddenly the Worm started convulsing, before a sword pierced through it's stomach, slicing it in half. Adam was revealed to be standing there, covered in purple blood with a menacing smile and a weird purple worm wrapped around his body.

"It's about to go down." Nora grinned excitedly for this fight.

Adam was eager to see what this version of him could do, especially against the strongest sorcerer in the world.

"Go Uncle Qrow!" Ruby cheered to the screen.

Yang cheered with her sister, but noticed that Blake seemed to be a bit nervous. "What's wrong?" She asked.

"Dunno just a bad feeling." Blake responded.

Neo was now wearing a shirt with Adam's face on it while having multiple signs cheering him on.

'Go on darling! Crush that drunkard!' Bleiss (The voice inside Weiss' head) Exclaimed, 'Once again, why are you cheering for the bad guy?!' Weiss questioned.

'That's not the sword he stabbed me with. And where'd that cursed spirit wrapped around his body come from?' Qrow questioned, 'Dammit! What the hell's going on?!' Qrow thought frantically.

Adam then hopped onto a rock as the big worm faded away, "Where'd the star plasma vessel go?" He asked looking around for Amber, "I intended to take you out in that strike. I must be getting rusty." Adam muttered to himself.

"Amber's bounty has already been lifted you idiot." Qrow grinned, "Yeah cause I'm the one who took it down you arrogant bastard." Adam replied with a similar grin, "For guys like you with no openings, I took the advantage of creating an illusion of achieving goals." He explained. "It's unfortunate none of the sorcerers with you died, but if there wasn't a time limit on the bounty...you probably wouldn't have released your technique till the end."

The audience were slack jawed that such a well thought out plan came from Adam of all people. Hell even Adam himself was shocked at that, during his days in the White Fang Blake used to be the one making the plans, Ilia was used for stealth and he was mostly used for brute force.

"Is that right?!" Qrow explained before using cursed technique lapse: blue to try and send Adam flying, but the bull's reflexes are too fast and Adam lands on the roof behind him. 'He's not just fast. I knew there was something weird about this guy.' Qrow thought as the wormed opened it's mouth and Adam pulled out a much shorter knife, while shoving his blade in the cursed spirit's mouth.

'He has ZERO cursed energy. It's all innate physical prowess!' Qrow realized, 'Shit! I can't read his moves at all!" The strongest thought in a panic as he began to sweat a bit. Adam grinned as he disappeared catching Qrow off guard, it was then shown that he was in the forest jumping from tree to tree getting faster each time. Eventually Adam become to fast that he was just a blur to Qrow who couldn't keep up with his movements. The Sorcerer killer then appeared a few feet behind Qrow and charged him, knife in hand ready to strike whoever Qrow activated his curse technique Blue and started to push Adam back. Both opponents' eyes met again as right before Adam was sent flying a wicked grin appeared on his face.

Adam was crashing through multiple buildings, but even as that happened he never lost that damn smile. Eventually Qrow put his hands in his pockets and lazily followed suit.

"He's enjoying this." Adam muttered to his other self.

"Well from what we've seen, this version of you does seem to be prepared. So it would make sense that he's confident." Raven added.

"This Adam is really fast." Ruby stated, it had taken a lot for her to be able to keep up with him.

"And Qrow still isn't taking this fight seriously." Winter said with annoyance and worry clear in her voice.

'He knows about my cursed technique, that why he laid low. It's obvious he came here with a plan and I bet it has something to do with that cursed tool.' Qrow thought as he walked through the multiple holes Adam's body created. "Is that tool your treasure? Too bad you won't get to use it!" The teen grinned cockily, before noticing that Adam was gone, 'Wha? Where did he go?' Qrow thought frantically.

It then cut to Adam who was in the forest, who was once again jumping around the trees though this time he was going even faster. Qrow looked around the place, he was hearing the noises Adam was making, but he couldn't tell where the assassin would come from. 'Damn! I can't sense him since he doesn't have cursed energy. Should I rely on instinct? No, I'll focus on that cursed spirit wrapped around him.' Qrow decided as he closed his eyes and focused on the energy coming from the worm.

Only to realize that Adam was...all around him?! 'He's too damn fast!' Qrow panicked before holding his arms out. "I got no choice!" The strongest exclaimed as a small blue ball of energy appeared in his hands. The ball then started to grow in size, 'Cursed Technique Amplification, Maximum Output Blue!' The ball became massive as Qrow launched it around the surrounding area destroying all the buildings it came across, leaving only a crater with Qrow in the middle.

The younger members of that audience were utterly entranced by that technique Qrow used. It looked so beautiful yet destructive.

Meanwhile with the adults, "Smart. He destroyed the surrounding area to avoid the attempt of another sneak attack." Oz commented taking a sip from his mug.

"Still, did you see how fast Adam was moving? Even without the buildings to hide behind, that speed could still prove to be a problem." Summer added on the others agreed with her.

'Hmph now there's nothing blocking my view. No more surprise attacks for you asshole.' That cocky look was back on Qrow's face, "Hiding in the forest are we?" He called out to the assassin, only for buzzing to be heard. Qrow looked on confused as a bunch of flyheads.

'The hell? Are these Flyheads?!' He questioned as the grotesque insects surrounded him blocking his view. 'He must've had these stuffed inside that cursed spirit.' Qrow couldn't help but give a small chuckle, "I see using them like a chaff grenade. Well played." he complimented. 'Him these things are blocking my view...should I just use blue and blow them away?' Qrow pondered as he raised his hand.

"This is bad, now he can get the jump on Qrow again." Yang said worriedly.

"But is he though?" Ren questioned and everyone looked to him, "Remember Adam's target is Amber, he necessarily doesn't have to bother dealing with Qrow." The quiet boy suggested.

Everyone's eyes widened, "Crap! Ren's right! Uncle Qrow needs to get to mom and Amber fast!" Ruby exclaimed in a panic..

"Shit! Come one other me don't let her down too!" The drunkard called out for his other self, he still felt guilty over failing Amber of his world.

Meanwhile two other people were in deep thought, 'Why would he go for Amber now?' Jaune questioned, 'There were multiple chances in this fight to go after her. His speed obviously outmatches Qrow...so why wait till now?'

'He's planning something. My other self seems to have a personal grudge against this version of the old man. He wouldn't leave just like that.' Adam pondered as well.

'Wait...no...his target is...Amber!' Qrow realized in panic as he quickly turned his head and was getting ready to make a beeline for where Summer and Amber were. However...that one moment of distraction was all it took for Adam to appear right behind Qrow, his knife in hand.

Multiple gasps were heard around the theater. Just like the Qrow on screen they had all been duped as Adam's primary target was not Amber...but Qrow himself.

Jaune paled and Adam gave a small grin. They were both proven right, but only one of them was happy about it.

"Well...I fucked up didn't I." Qrow muttered.

Qrow slowly glanced behind him to see Adam and there eyes met, 'That sharp instinct that can detect me even when I'm unarmed. Your six eyes would let you see the foreign cursed energy flowing from this tool. You know not to let it get close.' Adam grinned, 'You're finally on the defensive.' He then thrusted the knife forward and it broke through the infinity surrounding Qrow...and stabbed him straight through the throat.

"QROW!" Team STR, Ruby, Yang, Winter, Ironwood and Oz all call out in alarm at the man.

Qrow himself held his throat in a bit of phantom pain, taking a big gulp of air.

Salem was now even more interested in trying to get Adam to join her side once again.

'Oof, given how your future turns out...yeah that ain't happen. If anything he's going to be your downfall.'

Yang's hair was on fire as she turned to glare at Adam and the bull simply glared back at her.

Qrow coughed up some blood, as he attempted to reach for the knife still in his neck, however Adam acts quicker and slices down Qrow's torso from his neck as blood is shown exploding from his body. Adam then aims for Qrow's left foot and repeated stabs it, causing Qrow to stumble. The sorcerer killer then reached in his back pocket and pulled out another more normal looking knife, he then swept Qrow's leg causing the teen to fall. As he was falling, Adam stabbed him in the head with his other knife and slammed the boy straight into the ground.

Exhaling a bit Adam got and looked down at the lifeless body of Qrow Branwen. "Special Grade Cursed Tool: The Inverted Spear of Heaven. It's effect...forced stoppage of a cursed Technique." Adam explained to the corpse before stretching, he wiped some of the blood off the regular knife and stared at the camera, "I think, I'm starting to remember how to do this." The bull commented as the screen went dark.

SCENE END

The theater was silent, save for the sobbing of one little reaper. Yang had wrapped her arms around her sister, but shed some tears herself.

Team JNOR and the W and B of Team RWBY all joined in to comfort the two sisters. Summer and Tai also moved into the group hug as well.

Raven tried to fight it, but she did in fact shed a few tears at watching her kid brother's apparent death on screen. Guilt and Regret flowed into her immediately and she wanted to go and join the hug too but decided against it.

Winter had unexpectedly latched onto Qrow's hand and was not letting it go anytime soon. Any other time the drunk would've teased her, but now he could feel her uneasiness, so he gave her a reassuring squeeze back.

Adam, watching how the actions of his other self affected the family, he began to feel some guilt pile up in his chest. He knew what it was like to lose a family member, especially in a brutal and horrific way. So he could sympathize with what they were going through.

'How many other orphans did you make in your quest for 'Justice'?'

Adam quickly turned around, his breathing heavy. He looked across the theater to find any sign of where that voice came from. The voice that sounded like himself when he was still a child...when he still wanted equality. 'What the hell is wrong with me?'

"Sorry bout that." Agnus apologized in front of the crying family, "Tell ya what, I'll look for a much more enjoyable world for you guys." Their host grinned and went off.

CHAPTER END