Clawing his way to the top as the dark sky swallowed the world of remnant, orange fires, and the broken moon only let out the remaining light.

Aj: HURRY! HURRY! HURRY!

The hellspawn tallons began to dull, causing it to bleed due to the friction of the concrete academy.

Large debris was in the ground, a large beast of darkness flies around the the area, other beasts of darkness prey on those running in fear and panic.

Aj: PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE!!!

Pleading in the hellspawn mind. But why?

As the hellspawn plead in his thoughts

Aj: PLEASE LIVE! PLEASE WIN THIS FIGHT!

Closer and closer to the top a bright blinding light shines as it closes the distance between Aj.

...

Eyes slowly cracks at the brink of the sun going through the clear glass window.

As Aj sat up he looked at his hand as it shook slightly, as his vision went blurry in a moment, and as he felt the cells in his hand being excited through his body, including the desperate breaths through his nostrils.

Aj: "..."

Aj clenched his hands, and his eyes as he pressed his back against the bed frame; trying to control his breathing throughout his nose, and mouth he clenched the sheets of the mattress.

Aj: "..."

Slowly but steadily Aj relaxes his grip in the mattress, letting out shakey exhales as his eyes were directly up to the ceiling.

Suddenly a blue light shines on the ceiling.

Reaching for his scroll from the table next to him Aj, he activates as he sees the recant notification.

Ruby (Message): "Where are you! The vytal festival already started."

Blake (Message): "Aj have you seen my novel anywhere?"

Jaune (Message): "Aj help me get warmed up for my match."

Glynda (Message): "Aj are you getting enough sleep?"

Ozpin (Message): "Meet me in my office, after the festival."

Weiss (Message): "Where are you dumbass!"

Aj rolled his eyes as he groans in annoyance as he gets off of his bed and began walking as his bare body slowly gets consumed by the symbiote as it forms into the clothing he recently bought.

...

Aj: "Ruby, Weiss wait!"

Aj chased the two friends as he pulled out two necklaces. One rose similar to rubys emblem and a snowflake similar to the one on Weiss's back.

Aj: "I just remembered that I bought these yesterday. For some reason?"

Aj: That's a lie I made them in my sleep.

Ruby: "Thanks Aj."

Ruby says as she grabs the chained necklace, Weiss also grabs the necklace as for a moment showing some sort of warmth in her expression suddenly changes cold as she scoffed.

Weiss: "For some reason?"

Aj: "Y-yeah."

The blonde suddenly puts Aj on a armlock.

Yang: "And where's our gift? Huh?"

Suddenly a fan was on Aj's throat

Blake: "Yeah Aj?"

Aj chuckled nervously as he left his face of somewhat terrified.

...

Sitting in the velvet red seat as the floating coliseum was flooded by people excited to see the tournament of huntsman and huntresses in training about to fight for the top!

Nothing could go wrong... right?

Though he could see ruby scared shitless Aj calms her down with the power of the magical chained necklace laced with non lethal necroplasm: Telepathy.

But he uses the scroll to calm her down.

Aj: "Calm down rose... it's just you and the opponents."

Aj said through the scroll in a soft tone.

Ruby: "B-but it's not just the stadium; ITS LIVE! Plus one of their weapons are a hoverboard!"

Aj: A hoverboard? Thats cool!

Aj: "Look you loose you loose, you win you win. Nothing is gonna happen; just win this for your team."

Aj: "Forget about the audience; focus on your team and the opponents."

Ruby hangs up on the scroll as she looks at aj with a nervous smirk as she puts up a thumbs up though her body is trembling.

Aj nods as he softens his smile.

Aj: What's up with these seats?! These are way too fancy; makes me miss the alleyways.

Aj: Never mind.

Aj sighs as he looks at the arena as he analyses the opposing team weapons other than the hoverboard: staff, rope behind a sleeve, a rifle.

Aj thought as suddenly he looks aside to him, as if he was expecting the unexpected visit.

Aj: "Uhh... Can I help you... on the nearest hospital?"

Aj looked at the bandages and orangish coat of the amber eyed girl with her hair covering the other eye.

Aj: "Or is that a new fashion trend..."

Aj: She doesn't look like good news.

But the girl chuckled as Aj's tensed expression didn't fade away.

???: "Aren't you funny. But to answer your question, no I don't need help and I had nothing to wear."

Aj shrugged.

Aj: "A t shirt and pants would've work."

Aj: "Sorry have we met?"

Suddenly sitting up as Aj put his arm on the armrest.

Cinder: "Cinder fall."

Cinder put out her hand towards Aj, but hesitantly Aj accepted the gesture.

Aj: "Aj... Aj Simmons."

Cinder sits down next to Aj as she continues.

Cinder: "Aj... I'm curious... does your semblance revolves around... chains and... green projectiles?"

Cinder asked in a low voice though it could be mistaken for seductiveness.

Aj: How-... probably from the train incident.

Aj: "It's complicated than that... I can..."

Aj: think.

Aj: "I can use my aura... to blast said projectiles and manipulate said chains ."

Cinder smirks slightly as she rests her head on the palm of her hand as he planted her elbow on the arm rest.

Cinder: "And that black suit? With the red cape?"

Cinder slowly let her fingers walk on top of Aj's shoulder.

But suddenly Aj grabs her wrist; not firmly but not loose.

Aj: "I don't like it when people touch me."

Aj said somewhat sternly as he lets go of her wrist.

Aj: "The suit are nanobots."

Cinder: "Nanobots?"

Aj nods

Aj: "Small robots you can't see without a microscope. They're controlled through a nurolink chip inside my brain allowing me to control the microbots within my bloodstream to control. They also leave my body in order to make any non living matter..."

Aj keeps muttering on about nanotechnology trying his best to bore her.

Cinder: "My... aren't you smart~"

Aj: Definitely not working.

Aj let out an unamused expression thinking what to do next.

Aj: She doesn't look like she believes me...

Suddenly the speakers boom out as aj covered his ears.

But cinder smirks as Aj was faced away from her.

Port: "And that's the match! Team RWBY is victorious!"

As the ringing left Aj's ear he turns to cinder to see her gone.

...

Ruby: "...is anyone else starving?"

Ruby said as she hunched over; but Aj was disconnected as his pupils were on the ground.

Weiss: "Aj?"

Yang: "You doing ok bud?"

Aj: "Huh? Yeah just... tired..."

Suddenly holding his gut.

Aj: "And hungry."

Aj chuckled as he heard a loud growl, looking at Blake as she held her gut.

Aj: "Heh."

Blake: "Ha ha..."

Yang: "Come on! I know a place."

Aj sighed as he followed yang.

Aj: "Yang if it's the bar again-"

Yang: "It's not. It's here in one of the vendors."

Aj: Did I forget something?

Aj thought to himself as yang chuckles. Aj checks his pockets as he pat them one by one.

???: "Looking for this?"

Aj felt is shoulder being tapped, he spun around as he saw a green haired and dark skin person holding his scroll.

Aj: Who is...

Yang: "Hey em"

Snapping back to reality Aj grabbed back his scroll from the girl in front of him.

Aj: W-what's happening?

Pictures was... unfocus... his thought... distorted... what's happening? Why is everything so deafening?

Ajs feet were placed one by one, his body, and bottom on a stool, as his arms rest before he snapped back to reality.

Aj rubbed his face before he felt a warm, comforting presence.

Weiss: "Aj?"

Aj: "Yeah?"

Weiss: "You-"

Aj: "Yep!"

Immediately cutting off Weiss as Aj knocks the table a few times and looks at Weiss with a synthetic smile.

Aj: "Peachy!"

But Weiss can't help to see through his bullshit, his smile, tone, and his eyes were not natural. As Weiss looks at Aj's forearms, always covered up with long sleeves... no matter the temperature.

Yang: "I'll have a bowl of regular please?"

Erupting the silence between the two as the rest were at the vendor, and the large bowl of noodles slides towards her.

Ruby: "Oohhh... I'll take the same."

The young huntresses says, looking at her sisters meal as the same large bowl slides towards ruby.

Ruby: "Weiss? Aj?"

Weiss suddenly shot up to the team, then to the vendor.

Weiss: "Something with low salt..."

Aj: "Regular."

Aj said quietly. Two bowls slide towards them as Aj toss a stack of lien.

Team RWBY: "..."

Aj: "Sh-"

Aj: "Man I gotta say these masks are cool!"

Aj said as he took off a white fangs members mask.

Wf member: "Ugghhh..."

Aj: "Interesting name for a store."

Looking around as his eye catches a cubic paper with bands holding the stacks of cash

Aj: "I got a small loan..."

Muttered out as Aj took the chopsticks as he stir around the noodles as his senses blend in with the mist.

Not noticing the presence of new people sitting down at the seats of the vendor.

???: Let me out... LET ME OUT!!

The inside of his head screeched out as Aj stood up and off the stool.

Ruby: "Aj?-"

Aj: "Not hungry I'm just gonna go to sleep."

Weiss: "Wait."

Aj ignored the word of his friend as puts his hands in his jackets pocket as he began walking.

Yang: "Aj it's your last chance to lick the plates-"

As yangs failed attempt for a quip... well failed, yang stood up and began to follow Aj.