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Reader: Glade you liked that last chapter and I hope you enjoy this one and enjoy the rest of the Arc!
X3runner: Bleach is one of my all-time favorite Anime! It literally inspired me a lot! Also, Sun being a bro is what I always wanted from the Character, Sun is one of my favorite characters and I always like the idea of Jaune, Ren, Sun, and Neptune being awesome guy friend groups kinda like they are in chibi. Also, Jaune x Arslan is one of my favorite Jaune ships on my list of Ships, I really want to make more stories with certain Jaune ships.
lightkirinhuruname: I'm siked you love it and here's MORE!
Zero: Zero, I am glad you like the story, and thank you for the reviews! I hope you enjoy this chapter as well!
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Today we begin the P.3.N.N.Y Arc! I hope you're all ready for this part of the story because this Arc is gonna go crazy, as Jaune and his friends fight their toughest opponent yet, and not to mention we got the return of a certain faunus~!
The OP for this Arc is "Gurenge"
Anyway, let's get right into the Chapter!
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The winter season had hit the kingdom of Vale, which signaled Winter break for most students. Some returned to their home kingdoms while some stayed at Beacon. Jaune along with Velvet and Fox stayed at Beacon, Coco went on Vacation with her family to Vacuo, and Yatsuhashi went back to his hometown. Some other students from the other academies like Neptune, Penny, and her teammate Ciel, and Neptune stayed at Beacon. Sun went to go visit his cousin in Vacuo, and both Sage and Scarlet went back home to Mistral with team ABRN. Marceline at her team also went to the city for the break as did team NDGO.
Currently, Penny and Ciel are outside in Beacon's courtyard enjoying the snowy landscape of Beacon academy.
"Isn't Wonderful Ciel!" Penny cried, "It reminds me of Mantle!"
Ciel, who was wearing a coat and freezing looked at how Penny appeared not to be cold or fazed by the weather. "Yes, though Mantle had heating," Ciel said through her chattering teeth.
Penny giggled, "True, but snow in vale just looks more beautiful!" Penny said with glee.
Ciel couldn't help but agree with her, the snow landscape of Vale looked like something out of a calendar, while Atlas and Mantle were surrounded by large mountains and machinery, very unpleasant sights to grow up around.
"Watch out!" cried a feminine voice
Both girls turned to see a snowball flying toward them and they quickly ducked and then followed the snowball and saw it hit Jaune right in the face and sending him stumbling backward and making him fall onto his butt. Penny quickly made her way over to the boy to see if he was ok and Ciel followed her. Jaune wiped the snow off his face with a smile and saw Penny and Ciel approach him and gave them a small wave.
"Hey Pen, Hey Ciel!" Jaune said with a cheerful tone.
Penny held out her hand for him to take and she helped him up and greeted him back in the process, "Hello Jaune!" Penny said.
Ciel returned his wave, "Hello, Mr. Arc," Ciel greeted.
Penny looked at Jaune with a raised brow, "Jaune? What was that?"
Jaune looked at her, "Oh that?" He asked, "Me, Neptune, Velvet, and Fox are having a free for all snowball fight!" Jaune said proudly.
"Snowball fight?" Penny asked, "How do you play?"
'She really doesn't know?' Ciel and Jaune thought at the same time.
"Uh... well you just ball up snow, and just snow, rocks in the snow is a no-go, and once the snow is packed and balled up, all you gotta do is throw it at the persona or people you're playing with!" Jaune told her.
Penny smiled brightly, "That sounds like so much Fun!" Penny cried, "Can I and Ciel play!?" Penny asked.
Jaune smiled and nodded, "Sure, just let me-"
But in the blink of an eye, Jaune was cut off from continuing the conversation due to the kick to his stomach, and then flying backward into Beacon and crashing through three walls.
Penny and Ciel were stunned as they saw Jaune in an instant talking to them to then being flung back into and through Beacon, and now in Jaune's place was an older man, with dark grey short hair and a white beard, his face definitely showed him to be around 50 or 60, his eyes were a dull green, and his skin was pale, like a ghost. draped along his shoulders he wore an old Atlas General jacket, and underneath that was a long-sleeved dark purple sweater, and his pants were a worn-out white, which also resembled the old general look, but his shoes were biker boots with the heals and the toes plated with shiny purple metal.
The man looked at them with a blank expression, "Now with the pest gone, I can talk to you, Ms. Polendina," The man said.
For some odd reason, Penny felt frozen, it was like her joints didn't want to move, and her core began to spin more and more, she wanted to run away from the man and see if Jaune was ok, but she just stood there, frozen.
The man smiled at her, "So it seems you can feel fear," He said with a chuckle.
Ciel was taken out of her shock and quickly activated her weapon, which was an orange hard light looking blade that formed from her watch. She quickly lunged at the man and pulled her bade back, but the man quickly grabbed her by the throat, much to her shock.
the man turned to her, now back to his blank face, "Stay out of this, girl," he told her.
Suddenly, two dust blasts shot toward the man from his left side and he turned and raised his hand and created an Aura shield which blocked the blasts, and once that was over, he lowered the shield and looked at who shot him, and it was none other than Neptune himself.
Neptune smiled at the man as he lowered his gun. "Didn't your mother tell you not to lay hands on a lady?" Neptune asked.
The man turned to him and smiled once more, "A nice attempt to get me to let your friend go, but useless in the end,"
"Who said I was trying to get you to let her go?" Neptune asked, with a smirk.
The man appeared confused, but he was then kicked in the chin by a certain rabbit Faunus, which caused him to let go of Ciel and stumble backward. Ciel dropped to her knees and went for Penny and made her back away as Velvet stood in front of them as protection.
The man regained his composure and looked at Velvet, "Quite a kick, but I've been struck far harder than that, child," he said. "Now, out of my way, and let me... converse with Ms. Polendina," He said.
Velvet glared at him, "You just kicked my boyfriend through a wall, do you really think I'm gonna do what you asked?" Velvet said with a furious tone.
Hades looked at her and let out a sigh, "Very well then, just know you brought this upon yourself," he said.
The man was about to charge and attack Velvet, but before he could Fox suddenly appeared in front of the man with his clawed gauntlets pulled back ready to stab the man, but when he thrust forward, the man backed away and dodged the attack, but despite his obvious failed attempt to hurt the man, Fox smiled.
The man was confused for a moment, but the confusion died when an Arcus Mortis shot down atop of him and then blew up. A few seconds after the explosion, Jaune landed on the ground and joined Fox and Velvet, as did Neptune, all four standing in front of Penny and Ciel.
Fox turned to Jaune, "Did we get him?" he asked
Jaune shook his head, as he used aura sight to see through the smoke "No, his Aura's still up," Jaune replied.
Velvet glared as she saw his form become visible as the smoke cleared, "Who the hell is this guy!?" Velvet asked.
"Whoever he is, he's tough and tanked most of our attacks as if they were nothing," Neptune cried.
The man looked at them and sighed, "Children these days, don't even recognize their superiors when they see them," He said, "I'll give you one last warning, step away from Ms. Polendia or I'll have to take her by force," He said.
Jaune's eyes widened when he heard he was after Penny and he glared at the older man, "What do you want with Penny?"
The man looked at Jaune, "That's none of your concern, boy," he said.
"It is my concern!" Jaune cried, "Penny's my friend, and the last thing I'll let anyone do is hurt one of my friends," Jaune told him.
The man then chuckled, "I see, she's that's convincing that she's fooled you all?"
Everyone was confused but Penny looked more afraid and worried because she quickly figured out what the man was talking about.
"What the hell do you mean she's fooled us?" Fox asked.
The man stepped forward slowly as he still smiled, "Penny Polendina was not born, she was created by Professor Pietro Polendina of the AMR," He told them "The girl you think is real, is nothing more than nuts and bolts,"
Ciel was shocked and turned to her partner, "Penny...?" Ciel asked.
Penny backed away with a fearful look when she saw the confused and shocked expression of her friend, "I... I-"
"I don't believe you!" Jaune cried out. "There's no way she's a machine!" Jaune cried.
"That's what she wants you to believe, but all she's done is fooled you all," The man said, "The reason she was created was to study human behavior and blend in with us to fool us, so she could spy on all of you,"
Penny shook her head rapidly, "NO! That's not true!" Penny cried.
"That's not what Ironwood and your father told you, but that is your true purpose," The man said.
Penny was in shock and she fell to her knees due to her disbelief, "No... M-My father wouldn't lie to me..." Penny muttered to herself sadly.
Hearing Penny in distraught, Jaune grew angry and Crocea Mors glowed white and he quickly launched an Arcus Mortis toward the man. Still, the man easily dodge it like it was nothing. When he saw his attack fail, Jaune used Aura step to vanish and then appear right in front of the man with his sword charged up with aura, however, the man quickly grabbed Jaune by the face and pushed him back, and then slammed him down into the ground, breaking the ground underneath Jaune, and the young Arc's Aura flickered.
"Jaune!" Velvet cried as she charged at the man.
"Velvet Wait!" Fox cried.
Velvet quickly tried to kick the man again but the man moved his head to the right and dodged the kick, Velvet quickly pulled her foot back and then quickly activated Anesidora, and a hard light dust replica of Yatsuhashi's Fulcrum, formed in her hands and she quickly swung it at the man but only managed to break the ground in front of her as the man jumped back. Velvet quickly rushed forward and swung the replica with her blinding speed. It was as if she knew how to use that forever, but the man kept easily dodging the attacks.
Velvet quickly changed weapons was now a replica of Fox's claw gauntlets and still using her amazing speed, charged at the man, but he was still dodging her attacks.
'Damn it! How the hell is he dodging all these attacks!?' Velvet asked herself.
The man groaned, "I grow tired of this," He said.
He then quickly grabbed both of Velvet's wrists and stopped her from attacking, much to her shock, and then he pulled her in and kneed her in the gut, knocking the wind out of her, Her Aura flickered and then broke as she fell to her knees and tried to breathe.
The man looked at her and his eyes glowed purple for a second before he looked at her with a raised brow, "Curious, your Semblance is similar to mine... maybe in the future your's could evolve into mine," He told her before he began to walk away.
Fox growled as he saw Velvet's Aura shatter, "Damn!" Fox cried as he charge in.
"Fox!" Neptune cried following after him.
Fox tried to attack the man as he walked toward them, but when he was close, a sudden force of gravity struck Fo and sent him hard into the ground, unable to move due to the intense amount of weight he felt atop him.
'What the... hell!?' Fox thought, 'W-Why can't I-I move!?'
Neptune saw the sudden attack of Fox and quickly aimed his gun at the man, 'Fox must have gotten hit by that guy's Semblance! I just need to try and keep a distance!' Neptune told himself.
Neptune fired at the man multiple times but he dodged all of them, and then he made a fist and formed around it was a ball of light and then he disappeared in an instant but then reappeared right in front of Neptune with his fist pulled back.
Neptune's eyes widened in shock, 'What!? But I thought that Gravity attack was his Semblance!' Neptune thought.
The man then punched Neptune in the face and when the attack met Neptune, he felt like his entire world shook, and he flew back and crashed into one of the stone statues in Beacon's courtyard, his aura also shattered.
Seeing their four protectors fall quickly shocked the two Atlas students, but both quickly prepared to fight him, even if they didn't stand a chance.
'Do I even stand a chance?' Ciel asked herself, 'If I used my semblance I could, but I need time to build it up and I don't have that,'
However, before they had to defend themselves from the man, coming from seemingly all sides, Jaune, Velvet, and Fox appeared, all three were ready to strike him down. However, the man was seemingly aware of their presence and suddenly, the dirt shot out from the ground and struck Jaune and Velvet, knocking them back and causing Velvet to go unconscious while the attack broke Jaune's aura and he fell to the ground hard. The man then grabbed Fox by the shirt and slammed him into the ground and quickly put his foot down on the boy's chest.
Penny didn't wait and activated the boosters in her feet and charged at the man, but the man grabbed Penny by the arm and with incredible force and strength, tore her arm off, much to the shock of Ciel, Fox, and Jaune.
"PEEEENNNNYYYYY!" Ciel cried in horror.
However, no blood seeped out of the girl's arm, all that was exposed was fake muscles, wires, and electricity, revealing the truth that Jaune and Ciel refused to have believed before.
Penny was shocked and stood there in shock and fear, meanwhile, the man then waved Penny's arm like it was a pool noodle and smiled wickedly at Ciel.
"See? I told the truth, did I not?" He said.
"B-Bastard!" Jaune seethed out as he tried to get back to his feet, but then he felt a large amount of invisible force on top of him.
"You won't be getting in the way, boy," The man said. He then looked at Penny and smiled, and waved his hand in front of her, "Now sleep," He told Penny.
Penny's eyes rolled to the back of her head and she fell to the ground.
Ciel saw her friend drop to the ground and she glared at the man, her Hardlight sword changed form into a bow and a hard light arrow appeared along with it, and Ciel quickly pulled it back and fired at the man, but the man's eyes glowed red and laser beams shot out of his eyes, destroying the arrow and hitting Ciel in the head, knocking her onto her back and causing her to black out.
Jaune saw Ciel fall to the ground and he was in shock, and then he turned to the man with a furious look, And he still tried to get up, but the weight he was feeling wasn't letting him move an inch. "D-Damn it!" Jaune cried.
The man turned to Jaune and smiled, "How does it feel to not be able to do anything, young man? To feel so helpless?" The man asked, he then pointed his pointer finger down at Fox and a red glow appeared at the point of his finger, but his head was still turned to Jaune with a smile, "To know that your friend is about to die, and you can't do anything to stop me?"
Jaune's expression morphed into fear as he tried to get up and stop the man, but he still couldn't move. "D-DAMN IT! COME ON! MOVE!" Jaune yelled to himself, but he still didn't budge.
Fox looked up at the man and glared at him and tried to free himself but he once again felt an invisible force on his body, but this time, much harder, and he cried in pain as his Aura shattered.
Jaune still tried to free himself and tried pushing past the pain, "STOP! DAMN IT!" Jaune cried, his anger growing and he heard Favnear in the back of his mind.
"The force is too strong! We can't escape it!" Favnear cried.
Jaune grits his teeth in anger, but fear began to take over, "NEPTUNE! VELVET! CIEL! SOMEONE! ANYONE! HELP!" Jaune cried in desperation as he saw the man still aiming his attack at his friend. "DAMN IT! SOMEBODY HELP!"
The man smiled as he looked down at Fox and the red ball of light in his finger glowed brighter, but before he could shoot it at Fox, his hand was grabbed by the arm and it was forced to aim at the sky, and he fired his attack into the air, and after it shot a good distance into the air, it exploded and the size of the explosion was just as big at the one at Merlot's base, and the shockwave broke many windows of Beacon academy as well as the ones of the Bullheads.
Jaune and Fox were shocked by how big the explosion was, but the man looked unfazed as he turned his head toward the person who had stopped his attack, and his expression went from blank to surprised, as he saw who it was that stopped him.
"My, my, my, what a pleasant surprise to see you after so many years... Betty," The man said with a bit of amusement in his tone.
Betty Arc gripped the man's arm as hard as she could, and the look on her face told the man just how furious she was. "Hades... What the hell are you doing here?" She asked, her tone full of malice.
The man, now finally known as Hades, looked at her and smiled, "I'm here for the Penny girl," he told her, "She's what I need to complete my goal," He told her.
Betty peered at him, "And what goal would that be?" she asked.
He kept smiling at her, "Wouldn't you like to know?" He asked.
Betty growled and with blinding speed, pulled out Gramandel and swung at him, but Hades backed up and pulled his fist back, ready to deliver a devastating attack, and Betty quickly swung Gramandel at him again. Fist and Saber collided, and a burst of black and lilac aura spread all across the courtyard, and the force of it all was blowing wind through the trees and causing dust to blow away.
Fo got to his knees but the force of the colliding attack nearly blew him away, "W-What power!" he cried.
Jaune watched the clash, but when he took a closer look at the attack, his eye's broadened out of astonishment. The attacks didn't touch at all, what Jaune saw was that there was a space between his grandmother's sword and Hades's fist, both appeared to be pushing their attacks forward, but it was like there was an invisible force keeping them apart.
Both finally pulled their attacks back and Hades quickly delivered a kick to Betty, but the bear Faunus blocked that attack with her arm and then pushed his leg away and then swung upward at him, but Hades backed away once more and then pulled his fist back and swung at her, though Betty ducked under him and then kicked him away, landing a clean hit and causing him to stumble to the right.
Betty quickly took the opportunity to swing at him again, but he caught her hand and stopped her attack, but the old matriarch, swung her fist at him, but he also caught that. Betty growled at him and then she pulled her head back and thrust it forward, headbutting him and causing him to go into a daze.
Betty didn't let up as she used her free hand to grab his arm and pulled him forward and kneed him in the stomach with such force he would have flown back if not for Betty still gripping his arm like a vice. Betty charged her Aura into her blade and pulled Hades back close to her and put the edge of her blade against the man's torso and then unleashed a point-blank black Arcus Mortis from it, sending Hades back with the attack, and eventually the attack cut through Hades's Aura, but only managed to give him a rather deep cut across the chest.
Hades fell to the ground and groaned in pain, as Betty sheathed her sword and walked toward him with a furious look. "Attacking Beacon is one thing, but you put your hands on my grandson, his girlfriend, and his friends... you've really pissed me off Hades, and I don't know if I'll be able to hold back," She seethed with a smile.
Hades got up and dusted himself off, he then looked back at Betty and a grin formed on his lips, "Good thing I have something to hold you then," he said.
Betty was confused but then quickly tried to jump away, but she was trapped in a white energy ball, and Betty quickly put everything she had in her sword and tried to cut the barrier but it didn't break.
"Don't bother, it's unbreakable for a whole hour, a time limit from the original semblance," Hades told her.
Betty growled at him, "You fucking coward!" she cried.
Hades ignored her and walked toward Penny, but Fox was still standing between him and her, and Hades kept walking forward and Fox prepared to strike even if he knew he had no chance. But in an instant, Hades disappeared but then reappeared behind Fox, and continued walking slowly toward Penny.
Fox quickly turned his head around and looked at Hades, "Bastard! When did he-!?"Fox began, but he didn't finish his sentence as a sudden deep cut across his chest appeared and he fell to the ground, his blood staining the snow.
Hades continued walking toward Penny, but Jaune appeared in front of him and swing at him, but Hades dodged it with ease and Jaune swung at him again, but Hades once again avoided the attack. The older man held out his hand and a hard light dark purple spear appeared in his hand, with one hand, he thrust his spear forward and stabbed Jaune deeply in the side.
Betty watched from inside the barrier and her eyes widened in fear before that fear turned into vengeful wrath. "HAAADDDEEEESSSS!" Betty cried as she slashed at the barrier, trying to free herself.
The spear disappeared and Jaune stumbled backward as blood leaked from his wound and some from his mouth, but he quickly tried to regain his composure and stood in front of Hades, and glared at him. "I... I won't let you touch her!" Jaune cried.
Hades looked at him with a raised brow, "Even when you know about what that thing is, you still care for it? even though it deceived you?" Hades asked.
Jaune continued to glare at Hades, "I don't care if she lied to me... She... she's my friend," Jaune told him.
"Hmph, stubborn and righteous," Hades said, "You must be Betty's Grandson,"
"I-I am," Jaune replied weakly and took a feeble fighting stance.
Hades looked at Jaune and smiled and continued walking forward, and Jaune prepared to swing at him, but Hades walked right up to him and then past him. Jaune was shocked and he turned around with an enraged expression and tried to swing at him, but pain shot through him and he fell to his knees as he coughed up blood.
Hades stopped and turned his head back to Jaune. "Remember this feeling, young Arc, because that despair you feel is what you'll be feeling while I take apart your little friend," Hades said with a chuckle and turned back to walk toward Penny.
Jaune glared at Hades and reached to try and stop him but fell forward and was now on his stomach, and more blood seeped out of his wound.
Hades picked up Penny and her torn-off arm and looked back at Jaune as he saw the young knight bleeding out of his mouth and sweating a storm, but he still had a furious look on his face, and Hades just smiled at him and then disappeared.
Jaune attempted to crawl forward and reached out where Penny was, "P... Pe-Penny..." he muttered out before falling on his stomach.
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Elsewhere, three Ex-Specialist awaited Hades in the Forever Fall Forest, two males, and one female. These three were Erick Greene, Brian Gin, and Bella Rogers.
Erick had lime green hair, light yellow eyes, and tan skin, his attire was very similar to the standard Atlas Military Uniform, but it mostly consisted of black and blue colors instead of the common white, blue, and red.
Brian had long dark pink curly hair that reached his shoulders, ocean blue eyes, and a fair skin tone, his attire was mostly a black jumpsuit, but over it was worn out and discolored Atlas Military armor, but the thing different about him was a pair of brown snakeskin boots.
Bella had orange hair tied up in a ponytail, bright brown eyes, and pale skin with a few freckles on her face. Her attire was much different than her teammate's as it resembled what could only be described as a Ballerina combined with the biker aesthetic, as she wore a pink leotard under a black leather jacket, a pink tutu, with a black leather spiked belt around her waist and a pair of pink platform shoes with black knee high socks.
The 3 waited with a stolen Bullhead, but appearing before them was none other than Hades himself, carrying Penny like a doll by the neck, and when he appeared, they all stood up straight with their hands behind their backs.
Erick smiled, "Looks like everything went well sir," He said.
Hades gave him a quick nod with a smile, "Indeed, though Betty arrived before I could retrieve the Unit, however, I managed," He replied, "How did your fights go?" He asked his followers.
Erick looked at his leader, "Headmaster Ozpin truly is something else, but I kept dodging his attacks and avoiding any devastating blows," He told Hades.
Bella looked at her boss with a toothy shark grin, "Ironwood and Goodwotch were easy," she replied.
Brian nodded in agreement, "You'd think the Headmaster of Atlas would be almost as strong as Black Betty or Headmaster Ozpin," Brian said.
Hades chuckled, "Ironwood is one of the weakest Headmaster-ranked Huntsmen, behind him is Lionheart, the only Headmaster-ranked Huntsmen that could give me trouble are Ozpin, Betty, Theodore, and Grimm Reaper," Hades said, "Now then, let's leave, we don't want them trying to catch up to us," he said.
They nodded in agreement with their leader and they quickly boarded the Bullhead. Erick and Bella sat in the Pilot seats, while Brian and Hades secured Penny in restraints that would restrict her movement when she woke up. Once she was secure, the Bullhead took off and made its way toward Atlas.
Hades looked at the unconscious female robot and smiled, "Once we're in Atlas, every secret your father had will be ours, and then... we can make more like you for the future and betterment, of our world," He said as the Bullhead continued to fly into the distance.
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Wow... Jaune and his friend got their fucking asses handed to them huh? That was the quickest loss I think Jaune and his friend ever experienced. Well, that's to be expected when you fight someone who's just as powerful as Betty and Ozpin! Also, Hade's semblance is a bit weird, eh? Wonder what it could be?
Also, the Hades fight was based on the fight between the Worst Generation and Kizaru! But the whole Arc is actually based on the Enies Lobby Arc of "One Piece" but also based on both the Phantom Lord Arc and Tenrou Island Arc from "Fairy Tail".
Hades is literally based on Hades/Precht from Fairy Tail! Yeah... couldn't come up with a bit of a more intimidating Villain name.
Anyway! Here's what to expect in Chapter 35!
Fox and Velvet are in the infirmary, and Jaune demands the truth from Ironwood about Penny. Jaune and Neptune plan to head to Atlas but they are stopped by Ciel, Neon, and Flynt! Hades realizes he needs something else in order to accomplish his goal. Ironwood informs Winter what has happened back in Vale and to expect visitors.