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The Audience have another intermission. They sleep, they eat, they talk and they get a couple of bombshells dropped on their laps.
Thirty minutes later. . .
"YOU'LL NEVER BEAT ME, OLD MAN!"
"Ha! You're nothing but talk, kiddo."
Robyn chuckled as she leaned against the door of Qrow's room watching the man play a video game with his niece. And win as the TV says, "Soaring ninja wins! Total annihilation!"
Qrow glared at Ruby playfully as she slumped in defeat. "By the way, never call me old." he said. Robyn chuckled to herself in amusement. Ruby then yawned. Qrow patted her head. "You should call it a night, Rubes and hit the hay." he told her softly. "We're going to have a long day of watching more universes."
"I know," Ruby rubbed her eyes. "But I'm stilled worried about Oscar." She sees Qrow giving her a teasing look. "Not like that, Uncle Qrow! I mean, maybe a little, but he saw himself die onscreen! And he had told us that he was kidnapped by the White Fang and they hurt him."
"Okay, that's a fair point." Qrow conceded and he glanced over to Robyn. "But the kid looks tougher than he seems to be. He's a lot like you."
"Oh, I don't know about that," Ruby said bashfully. Then she yawned again. "Good night, Uncle Qrow."
"Good night, Pipesqueak." Qrow replied.
Robyn hid out of view as Ruby walked out the door and towards her own room. Robyn then walked into Qrow's as he took off his cloak and his coat.
"These past viewing have been interesting," Robyn stated.
"That's one way to say it." Qrow remarked. Robyn rose an eyebrow. "How would you describe it?"
Qrow took out his flask and placed it on a counter. "Eye opening." he replied. Robyn's eyes flicked to Qrow's flask and him before walking forward.
"Do you want to talk about?" she asked as she sat on the bed. Qrow shrugged. "The first interaction of my counterpart with his butler just made me think of how long I've been a Huntsman." he replied. "Thinking about it, I am passed the point of dying young as a Huntsman."
"And then the other interaction before the gala." Qrow went on. "Well," he leaned forward and whispered to her ear.
Robyn's eyes widened and she looks up at him with a heavy blush. "Really?"
Qrow chuckled, rubbing the back of his neck. "I'd need to speak with Ozpin, but I know it'd be a bad time to ask back in our world. I'm sure things will cool down in, say three months."
They will certainly NOT cool down as Oscar and Future Ozpin know. In fact, the Host knows that everything goes from tense as shit to a massive gas fire igniting and expanding.
"But on the other hand, I'd like to introduce you to my family." Qrow went on. Robyn smiled and took his hand. "I'd love to meet them."
There was a knock at the door. Amber poked her head in. "Qrow? Can I talk to you?" she asked.
Qrow nodded his head. "Sure." he replied. Amber went back out. The veteran Huntsman leaned down to Robyn who looked at him with wide eyes. Qrow briefly debated his next action before undoing her hair. "Hey!" she said indignantly. He shrugged. "Just wanted to see how you would look with your hair down." he chuckled and brushed her hair to the side. They ended up staring at each other for a while before Qrow muttered, "Looks pretty great in my book." Then he pulled back and walked out of the room. Robyn watched him walk out with wide eyes. She smiled and shook her head.
"What's up, Autumn Leaf?" Qrow asked Amber. The young woman shuffled. "I've just been thinking after the ending of the last viewing." she started. Raising an eyebrow, Qrow nodded, urging her to continue.
"And I realized that other than you as a father figure, I don't have a lot of people in life." Amber went on. "I don't have friends, or a partner, you know? So I'm thinking of taking a chance to change that and, uh, asking the Host if he can help me with that. Like he took me out of my. . . coma and even brought your teammate back from the dead."
Qrow's eyes widen in surprise. "I was going to say that you don't need much special help to make friends or meet someone. Even if your options are limited to the people in this place." he shrugged. "But as for talking to our host, sure. Oz and the others probably would think otherwise but I do want you want to be alive and happy. If the Host can bring you back in this theater, I think talking to him about when he sends us all back is okay in my book. Just be prepared for when he says no. And Amber? I'm sorry. I am so sorry for what happened."
Amber smiled and hugged the veteran Huntsman who returned the hug. "Thank you," she whispered. "And I don't hold it against you. I never will."
"Anytime, kid." Qrow replied. "And thank you. Now go get some rest. Going to need it."
Amber chuckled as Qrow ruffled her hair affectionately. "Just don't cause trouble with my nieces," he said. "I got enough gray hair as it is with them."
"No promises," Amber said mischievously as she walked away. Qrow chuckled fondly as he went back into his room. "So, who was she?" Robyn asked curiously. She had taken off her scarf and jacket. "Especially since if she sees you as a father figure."
Qrow paused and briefly considered what to say before remembering what he had said earlier. "She's one of the current Maidens. Fall." he said. He sighed as he moved to sit on the bed. "She didn't have anyone after she got the powers and I was assigned to be her guardian."
He frowns sadly. "And I failed." he admitted. Robyn rose an eyebrow and frowned. She shifted to be by his side. "What happened?"
"I was too slow." Qrow said, looking at his hands. "She was attacked and then one of Salem's agents managed to steal half of her magic by the time I arrived. And they also took half of her Aura, leaving her on the brink of death."
He holds his head and his shoulders shook. Robyn wrapped her arms around him. "You did your best," she whispered softly.
"I'm going to better," he vowed. "When we get back to our world, when she gets another chance, I'm going to do better for her. For everyone. Including you." He pulled away to look at her.
"And I'll be there," Robyn promised. "Always." She then smirked. "So, going to give me back my hair band?"
Qrow chuckled. "Hehe-ha! Nope." He said, popping on the 'p' with a smirk. Robyn smirked and wrinkled her nose at him. Qrow stared before pulling her close. He leaned back before rolling them over. Robyn let out a noise of surprise before Qrow kissed her on the lips. Robyn's eyes widened in surprise before closing and wrapping her arms around his neck.
"Are you sure about this?" Darth Anarchus asked Amber. The Fall Maiden nodded with a pleading look. The Sith Lord rubbed his chin in thought before shrugging. "Well, I'm already interfering with your timeline." he stated. "Might as well keep going."
"Really?" she asked in disbelief at his willingness. "Shouldn't you be worried by the consequences?"
"I would, if I was in charge of your timeline." Darth Anarchus replied. "But I'm not. I'm just a host for this Multiversal theater. That is a concern for my superior."
"You have a superior?" Amber asked in surprise. The Host looked like he regretted saying that. "I shouldn't've said that." he muttered.
"DA!" shouted Nora as she ran over to him. He turned around to face her and was instantly grabbed his shoulders and was shaking by the hammer wielder. "What happened to my baby?!" she demanded. "Isheokay?I'msoworried!Whereishe?Whereishe?Whereishe?"
Darth Anarchus grabbed her by the face with his robotic arm and picked her up off the ground. "First of all, don't call me that." he said sternly. "Second of all, don't ever do that again. Third of all, he's resting. You'll see him when he wakes up. He's had a rough day before he came here and believe me, that's putting it lightly."
Nora looked a bit worried by that as did Amber and he sighed. "Get some rest." he told them both. He turned to Amber. "And I'll see what I can do that won't have too much consequences for your timeline."
Amber nodded. "Thank you, Darth." she smiled and walked away.
The Host smiled at her before realizing what she had said and then he facepalmed when he was alone. "Great, back to people thinking my first name is Darth." he muttered.
Four hours later
"James is what my friends call me. To you, it's General."
BANG!
"My long lost Ozma, found at last."
Burning white pain shot through his chest and he screamed in pain and agony.
"Like minded souls indeed."
Gasping, Oscar snapped open his eyes and saw the ceiling with lights. He sat up and instantly regretted it as pain shot through his torso. He looked down and saw that his chest wound was back. Along with all his other injuries.
"I guess our Host's spell wore off," he muttered. It appears so. Ozpin replied. The former farm hand sighed as he leaned back. "Lord Anarchus deemed it so that your Aura can recover." said the Clone Doc from beside the boy's bed. "We've also given you Aura amplifiers to speed up the process."
"Oh, thank you." Oscar replied, surprised and grateful. "Wait, I thought he said that they'd return when I went back to my time."
Doc shrugged in response. "He might have changed his mind."
Just then the Host entered the room. "Oh, you're awake earlier than I thought." he said in surprise.
"How long was I out?" Oscar asked as he shifted to sit up. Darth Anarchus held him down. "Only a four and a half hours." he replied. "Everyone else is asleep still."
"What happened?" Oscar asked next. "Only Ruby and Whitley were greatly concerned. At least until everyone else got wind of what happened. They were all too focused on the viewing. Ozpin, the other Ozpin, may have felt something between the two of you when your fear and anxiety rose to great levels." The Host explained. "Nora is also worried for you, as your newly adopted mother."
Oscar sighed and rolled his eyes fondly at the last bit but then he frowned. "They're going to ask questions, aren't they?" he asked.
"You could play it off as just a reaction to seeing your counterpart's death," Darth Anarchus replied. "I told them that to dissuade them. Or you can tell them truth."
"Really, how can I just tell people that I met when they were a few months older than they are now that I'm from the future?" Oscar asked. "A future where their school is overrun with Grimm, their headmaster is in my head, one of their friends is dead?"
"Well, I happen to have an answer to that." Darth Anarchus said.
Oscar narrowed his eyes at him. ". . . But what about the consequences of me interacting with them?"
"We'll deal with those when we cross that bridge." Darth Anarchus replied. "Now what's your choice, Oscar Aaron Pine?"
Three hours later, everyone was having breakfast. The students were talking among themselves when Penny saw Oscar enter the cafeteria. "Friend Oscar!" she called out. This caused everyone at the students' table to look at her before looking over to Oscar as he walked towards them. "OSCAR!" This got the attention of some of the adults before most turned back to their meals or conversation.
Oscar smiled at them with a wave before his eyes widened when all members of Team RWBY and JNPR jumped towards him.
Deja vu, Ozpin muttered in his head as they gave him a group hug. And he felt the same. Along his spine creaking under their hug. "Guys, air." he wheezed before they released him.
"We got worried when we heard what happened during the viewing!" Weiss exclaimed.
"Are you okay?" Ruby asked, holding her face in her hands with a concerned expression. Similar to when she did when he was in Argus with her after he came back with his new outfit. He honestly found it downright adorable.
"You didn't have nightmares about dying right?" Nora asked.
No, those nightmares stopped when I realized they were memories of someone else, Oscar replied mentally. "It's. . . ." he trailed off before releasing a sigh. "It's complicated, okay?" he asked.
"Oh please. How complicated can it be?" Nora asked confidently. Most of the Audience around them nodded in agreement.
Suffice to say, no one was expecting the farm hands eyes to suddenly glow and change his posture to look as if he was holding a cane. And quite a familiar pose now that they think about it.
It only gets weirder with how he spoke next. "I can assure you, Ms. Valkyrie, it's quite complicated." It sounded like he was speaking with three or more different voices.
Cue the wide eyes of confused surprise on all the young ones' faces as they try and understand what just happened, same with most adults Though Jacques and Willow first dismissed it as the boy just having a similar thing to Klein. Meanwhile for certain others in the room, they start to get a bit of an idea here. As for Ozpin, he was silent for a moment. ". . .Well, my future's not looking too good now, isn't it?" He just ignores the looks some of the adults are giving him when he said that.
"Indeed it isn't." Ozcar replied to his last incarnation.
"O-Ozpin?" Jaune asked in shock.
"In a sense, Mr. Arc," Ozcar stated. "From the future, really."
"So, you decided to hide behind a child's face now?" Hazel growled. Ozcar stared to him before closing his eyes. "He had no choice in matter, Hazel." Oscar replied. "He can't do anything about it, despite what you want to believe." He looks to the larger man. "You don't know me, but I know you. And I feel sorry for you. A grieving brother manipulated and blinded by his pain."
"You don't know me," Hazel denied. "And don't act like you do-urk!" He grabbed at his throat and started choking for air. The people around looked to the other side of the room and see the Host walking in with his hand raise in a clawing/cup like gesture.
"I don't really need your blind and stupid anger, Rainart." Darth Anarchus stated coldly. "And I do not like it when you do raise your fists at a child that is no older than your sister." Many looked confused while Ozpin and Oscar looked down sadly. The Host then looked over to Oscar when the boy looked up to him. Oscar shook his head silently. Darth Anarchus lowered his hand and Hazel started breathing again. "Now sit down and behave or I'll send you to a room where all you see is 12 billion ways of how your sister is killed in the multiverse." he told the man who sat down silently.
"You have the floor, Ozcar." The Host declared to the boy with two souls. Oscar nodded and turned to the students closest to him.
"So, wait, the headmaster, he's inside your head or something?" Coco asked. "How? Why?"
"Oscar?" Ruby asked. Oscar sighed, closing his eyes and they open up again, glowing. "Ruby, I've told you that I made more mistakes than any man, woman, child, human or Faunus on this planet." Ozcar spoke to her.
"That wasn't an exaggeration," Ozpin spoke as he stood up. He stares to Ozcar's eyes before they look to the Host. Darth Anarchus stared back before turning to other members in the Audience.
"Fall, Sustrai, Black, you three can stay." He spoke to the half Maiden-thief-assassin trio. "Salem, you can stay but send your players and pieces back to their quarters." he said to the Grimm Queen. "If any of them try anything, my men have orders to shoot to kill or stun and send them into the garbage chute depending on who it is they see."
Salem frowned at the young man's tone but she understood that he was more powerful than he looked. She waved her hand dismissively to her followers. Watts and Tyrian did not look that pleased as did Hazel but did as they were told. Cinder, Emerald and Mercury didn't move from their seats as told.
"Klein, Mr. and Mrs. Belladonna," Darth Anarchus said next. "Go to your rooms as well, the same is with Mr. and Mrs. Schnee. Whitley, you are free to choose. Penny, I suggest you and your father to stay. The same goes for Roman, Neo and the White Fang members in the room. Dr. Oobleck and Professor Port, you are free to choose. Terra and Saphron, take your son to your room. I'll have a nurse droid tend to him."
"Summer, you, your husband, Amber Glynda can stay to help explain things." the Host said next. "Robyn, you can stay with Qrow. Ironwood, your soldiers can stay if you want them to." He turns to Raven. "Unless you have something positive to add to where you know this is going, leave. Or don't. Your choice."
"Students, you have to option to leave but I ask that you all stay," Ozcar said to the students. "Your future changes within a few days if not weeks."
It was then that both Ozpin and Salem and their respective followers realized fully where this was going.
"The future?" Ruby repeated. "You're from the future?"
"Almost three years or less," Ozcar replied. "Our Host had brought us here when we were in a unpleasant situation."
"So, wait, you weren't really kidnapped by the White Fang?" Blake asked. Adam frowned remembering that the food fight was caused because of that.
"Forgive us for the lie, Ms. Belladonna, but we were reluctant to say anything that could change the world for the worst at first." Ozcar replied. "It wasn't until earlier this morning that we had changed our minds."
"To understand our situation, however," they went on. "You need to know everything. Now, what is your favorite fairy tale?" he asked.
"Seriously? That's what you're starting with?" Roman asked incredulously. "What does that have to do with anything?"
Neo elbowed him lightly. Don't interrupt, Dum-dum. she signed.
"Because you are about to learn that there is some truth to the fairy tales you've all grown up hearing, Mr. Torchwick." Ozpin replied.
"Indeed," Ozcar nodded in agreement. "For example, the story of the Seasons is true. There are four women in our world, each capable using elemental magic." he gestures to Amber and Cinder. "Amber and Ms. Fall are currently dividing the power of Fall."
"Dividing?" Sienna repeated. Both Ozpin and Ozcar sighed sadly, Glynda looked away while Ironwood remained stoic and Qrow frowned.
"I was attacked less than half a year ago," Amber said, glaring at Cinder. "She used a small Grimm to drain half of the powers along with half of my Aura. I've been in a coma, barely clinging to life since then."
"That. . . would explain when she attacked my camp," Adam stated. He saw Blake's expression. "It was after you left, Blake. She showed up again, attacked everyone and by the time I showed up, the camp was burning. Unlike our last meeting, she force me to work for her and my faction of the White Fang have been stealing Dust and Atlas Military weapons like the Paladins for since."
Blake and Ilia looked to him with wide eyes while Sienna frowns and glares at Cinder.
"Another story that is true is the Tale of Two Brothers," Ozpin spoke next. "You may know them as the Brother gods of Light and Darkness. And their four gifts to mankind, Knowledge, Creation, Destruction and Choice exist in a physical form and are hidden in each of the four primary Huntsman Academies."
"The Man with Two Souls is true, in a sense." Ozcar stated. "It was written as a half true story. What the story doesn't tell you is where the second soul really comes from."
"My name, my first name was Ozma." Ozpin said. "I am cursed, by the Brother of Light. Living, dying and reincarnating into the body of a like minded soul." He holds an arm up. "This is not my first form," he looks to Ozcar. "And clearly not my last."
"Unfortunately," Ozcar remarked.
"Okay, so the Maidens, Brother gods exist and so do the Relics," Harriet said, listing them off her hand. "Anything else that was in a fairy tale?"
"The Girl in the Tower." Ozcar stated. "But what the author had not written was the story did not have a happy ending." This caught the attention of everyone, including Ozpin's Inner Circle. They looks to Salem when they spoke next. "It ends with what is essentially the worst divorce in all of history. . ."
Everyone sat in silence, well sort of. Pyrrha had cried a little and so did Nora at the mention of the champion's future death. Yang was holding her right arm with a fearful look since hearing that she would have it cut off. Neo was clinging to Roman, the man himself both frustrated and admittedly shaken after hearing he died because of a Grimm.
Qrow took a drink to his lips. ". . . So, anything else we need to know?" he asked Ozcar.
"Things are not looking good for Atlas," the boy with two souls says. "We were too cautious of making things worse when they started to escalate and now. . . we are fighting two fronts."
"Two fronts?" Glynda repeated. Ozcar sighed as he glanced to General Ironwood. "James' Semblance had started take control after Watts' capture combined with his growing fear of Salem. He believes that the only way to keep the two Relics out of Salem's reach is to take Atlas high into the sky where the Grimm cannot reach. He's willing to leave Mantle behind and Salem is bringing the largest army of Grimm. That has led to a division between our forces, even further that we split up to help the people of Mantle find shelter from the Grimm Army and use Amity Arena to send a call for help to the outside world."
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"Fuck." Qrow declared.
Ozcar nodded. "That's one way of saying it."
"Oz," The General looked between the headmaster and his future incarnation. He looked remorseful over his future actions. "I-I'm sorry."
Ozpin just silently placed a hand on his shoulder and looked to Ozcar who closed his eyes.
"I should say sorry. For I have given you all a lot of information to take in." Oscar said after opening his eyes and looking to Ironwood. "But I cannot really apologize to you, General, because I look at you and I still see the man who shot me in the chest."
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"WHAT?!" Ruby exclaimed. Everyone in the room had that same reaction.
"You shot the runt when he's on your side?" Roman asked the General angrily.
"Is that what happened to your chest?!" Nora asked in horror.
"No, no, no," Oscar said, frantic to not have everyone get in a frenzy. Especially Ruby and Nora. "That was all her." he points to Salem who had stayed silent for the most part save for making a few remarks during the talk.
"I'm going to break her legs!" Nora declared but was held by Jaune, Pyrrha and Ren.
Oscar turned to Salem. "And don't think that I haven't forgotten what else you've done." he said steely. "I may be terrified of being in the same room as you more than the General, but you're still the biggest threat to all my friends."
Salem rose an eyebrow and moved to reply but the Host spoke up again. "Okay, we have four hours left of our intermission." he stated. "For those of you who want to be trained by the Batman, follow Commander Raptor." he gestured to a Clone Trooper that had a black and red pad on his left shoulder. "The rest can either go to their quarters or help me explain the situation to the newcomers."
"Newcomers?" Summer repeated. Darth Anarchus nodded. "Yes, new comers. I'm going to expand our Audience before we start viewing again. They're going to be a few familiar faces."
". . . Well, I'd like to be part of the welcome wagon," Tai said. The Host nodded and waved his hand to follow him.
What was going through the minds of the Audience as they walked through the hall?
Salem can't be killed, through most of Ozpin's Inner Circle as well most of the students, though some of them were more like along the line of There's a Queen of Grimm and she can't be killed.
Salem wants to destroy the world just so she can die, was what Cinder, Emerald and Mercury thought. They were told that Salem was going to use the four Relics to change the world. They didn't know that the four Relics being brought together would bring back the Brother gods of Light and Darkness and they would destroy humanity if it wasn't united.
Oscar and Ozpin had lowered their gazes to the floor as they walked.
"Oscar," Ruby suddenly spoke. The former farm hand turned around to face her. "What you told us is a lot to take in," Ruby admitted. "But thank you for telling us now. I'm sure that our time here in this place can allow us to process more."
"Is that really all you're going to say?" Roman asked incredulously. "You just learned that this is humanity's second time around Remnant, there's a secret war between a reincarnating wizard and immortal witch because they had a bad divorce that even your whole family except your sister and mutt knew about." Cue a bark from the mentioned corgi who did not like being called a mutt. "And all you're saying is thank you for telling me?!"
"Well, how about you Roman?" Cinder asked. "You just learned that you're going to die by the end of next week. Shouldn't you focus on that?"
"Yes, let's focus on that!" Velvet said. "We can prevent it all from happening."
"Or time could fix itself." Roman shot down. "Isn't there some theory that time is unchangeable? A river that always keeps moving forward?"
"Only if it's for the best!" Weiss said. "I'm sure something would have happened the moment we came here if we weren't suppose to!"
"Well, this isn't a bet I'm willing to take," Roman said. This gained some confused looks from the others. Is the master thief serious? He wasn't going to try and stop his death? But then Neo whacked Roman on the head. When he cried out in pain, it turned to surprise as he was hugged by the mute shorter woman. Roman looked down at his partner in crime/surrogate daughter and sighed as he understood her actions instantly. She didn't want him to die at all. The feeling was mutual which was why he worked for Cinder when she came to Vale. He didn't anything to happen to Neo.
"Roman, I know we've had our differences," Ruby said, "but I don't want you dead. If you're not going to do anything to change your fate, I will."
Roman just sighed. "Forget it, Red. I'll just leave Vale and not look back." he looked to Cinder defiantly. "And I mean it."
"Now hold on, Torchwick," General Ironwood began but Ozpin cut him off. "Let him go, James." the headmaster said. "If he is forced into this as our Host and Mr. Pine have said. then we should let him go."
"Fine, but he should tell us what he knows," Ironwood relented.
"Or, I don't know," Oscar spoke up, shrugging his shoulders. "Let Darth Anarchus show you on the screen when he decides."
"Seriously? He's going to show us?" Whitley asked. "But what about the butterfly effect? What if him changing our future could destroy everything?"
"We'll deal with that when we get to that bridge," Oscar replied. "That's what he said. You don't have to trust him, but I think we need to wait and see." He sighed. "My timeline is honestly a dumpster fire full of dumpster fires. If there's a chance to make it better, than I want to take it."
"You may not succeed," Salem finally spoke up. "Unless our Host undo's my curse of immortality, I will just come back eventually. Perhaps when you have a new face, Oz," she said to both Ozpin and Oscar.
Oscar rolled his eyes. "We shall see, Sally." he snarked, getting some people to look at him in surprise and awe for speaking to the Grimm Queen like so. Salem blinked in surprise before frowning.
"Now, please excuse me," Oscar said to everyone. "I'm going to have some breakfast." With that he walked away. "Have fun training with Bat-Qrow if he shows up."
After a moment of watching him walk away, Whitley followed after him.
". . . Okay," Sun spoke up. "We have a kid from the future with two souls, Headmaster Ozpin is a reincarnating wizard, Salem is unkillable, the Maidens exist and so do the Brother gods. The Relics can bring them back and they can decide to destroy humanity and Faunus for good if we're not united and that's what Salem wants. Anything else we need to have on our plate?"
It was meant to be rhetorical, but he nor anyone else really, expected Qrow to raise his hand. ". . . My sister and I have the ability to turn into birds." He admitted.
"Hold on!"
"Wait, WHAT?!"
The barrage of exclamations hit Raven and Qrow's ears at once, before everyone turned to them, save for those who already knew, staring at him and Raven in nothing short of shock.
"You can turn into a bird?" Ruby asked in awe, everything else seemingly forgotten.
"Yep." Was Raven and Qrow's short and simple responses.
"That sounds awesome!" Yang shouted in glee. She turned to her uncle. "Why didn't you tell us?"
"Because~" Qrow started with a grin and suddenly Yang felt a chill go up her spine at his tone. "It was easy to watch out for you and Ruby and make sure you don't cause too much trouble."
". . . Oh. . ." Yang said, suddenly depressed that almost made her sister, uncle and friends laugh at her expression. "So that's how Dad always knew if I was doing something I wasn't supposed to. . ."
"Yup," Qrow replied, popping on the 'p' and then the dam broke. Ruby and her uncle shared a nice long laugh with her friends as Yang slumped, rethinking all her life choices.
Summer snickered, happy that her daughters were laughing in joy after what they were told.
"How?" Coco asked.
"Magic." Qrow replied as if that explained everything. Coco supposed it did.
"OH!" Nora suddenly exclaimed loud enough to get everyone's attention. "Raven? Qrow?" she grinned and pointed to the mentioned Branwen Twins. "You're birds!" She crossed her arms proudly. "Cracked it."
"HehehHAHAHAHAHA!" Roman laughed loudly, Neo stood next to him, silently laughing for she is mute. "Birdbrain Twins!" Roman declared pointing at them. And this caused everyone to laugh.
Raven glared at her younger brother. "I hate you." Her reputation as a badass bandit queen is ruined because these people are laughing at her ability to turn into a bird.
Qrow chuckled at Raven's expression.
Ruby sighed after laughing before she looked to the direction where Oscar had walked. She gained a thoughtful look, glancing at her friends before using her Semblance to speed down the hall.
Amber sat next to Oscar and Whitley. Oscar and Amber looked to each other before looking away with blushes dusting their cheeks. The three sat in silence at the cafeteria as they ate. Save for Ozpin. Don't tell me that you're feeling awkward with Amber. He said to Oscar. Shut it, Oz. The Farm hand snapped half heartedly. You weren't exactly like this earlier in the other viewings that showed you and Ms. Rose.
That's different. Oscar replied. Ruby and I weren't shown as much as the DC viewing.
I don't know, that DreamWorks AMV showed quiet a lot. Ozpin said in a mildly teasing tone.
Just let me eat in peace. Oscar sighed tiredly.
Well, keep in mind that we will most likely see more of that after the intermission, Ozpin replied.
"How are you doing?" Whitley asked after a moment. "I mean, with what you told us, uh. . ."
Oscar paused in eating before he sighed heavily. "I feel great." He forced a smile. "I finally let all that off my chest."
"But how are you doing?" Whitley asked. "Like really, how are you doing?" Amber asked next.
Oscar's smile drops and he sighs heavily. "Honestly? I want to go to my room and maybe scream my lungs out." he admitted and both Amber and Whitley grimaced in sympathy. "I blink and I think I'm still in that cell and this is all a big hallucination." Oscar admitted next. "I look at Ironwood and suddenly I see him pointing a gun at me. I-I-I was struggling to not show fear in front of Salem and Hazel because one of them burned my chest and the other spent almost more than five hours beating me black and blue. Resisted the urge to hide behind my friends and cry."
Amber and Whitley looked at each other before they got up and hugged Oscar after walking around the table. Oscar stiffened in surprise before sighing and hugging him back. His eyes began to water before he started crying. Let out, Oscar. Just let it all out.
That was when Ruby walked in. She gasped and sped over. Whitley glanced to her and pulled back slightly. Oscar opened his eyes, saw Ruby and hugged her instantly.
"It's going to be okay," Ruby whispered softly. "You're safe now, Oscar."
"I-I-I don't-I don't want to go back there," Oscar sobbed. "I-I don't."
"You won't." Ruby promised as she tightened her hug. "I promise."
"I'm not going to be falling in an infinite tunnel when he shows up, right?" Qrow asked, mildly worried to be falling through a portal again.
"I'm sure you'll be fine." Robyn said reassuringly as they walked into a large training room.
"Grab your weapons," said a familiar voice. They all looked forward and saw Bat-Qrow in the middle of the training room. "Be quick. We got less than four hours before you have to get back to viewing the Multiverse."
Most of the Audience were surprised, they didn't expect that Batman-Qrow to be already in the training room. But most of the eager ones who want to fight him shared eager grins. The walls next to them opened up to reveal their weapons.
Just as the Huntsmen and Huntresses grabbed their weapons, Commander Raptor spoke up. "I think I should give you all a heads up that he is aware of all your Semblances."
"Wait, you gave him prep time?" Yang asked.
"No, just knowledge of your Semblances," Raptor replied. "So please remember that he has no Aura like all of you."
Many nodded that they understood. Yang then noticed that they were down a member. "Where's Ruby?" she asked.
"She left approximately four minutes ago," Penny answered chirpily. Most of the students looked to her. "I believe she went to the cafeteria."
"You would be correct." Commander Raptor replied.
"Well, her loss that she misses this," Coco shrugged.
Bat-Qrow stood still before reaching to his belt. He pulled out a handful of smoke pellets before throwing them at the Huntsmen and Huntresses' feet. Clouds of smoke plumed before them.
Most of them tensed, despite how some (Yang, Cardin, Mercury and Harriet) wanted to charge in, they waited. Then the Faunus, good guys and bad guys heard the sound of metal moving through the air. "DUCK!" Blake, Velvet and Marrow shouted before Batarangs flew through the smoke cloud in front of them.
Jaune and Pyrrha held up their shields to block two of the Batarangs that flew at them while everyone ducked. Though Qrow used Harbinger to deflect a few. Then suddenly Bat-Qrow lunged out of the smoke and tackled Marrow. The Dog Faunus and Bat Vigilante rolled around but the latter managed wrap his grappling line around Marrow's waist before swinging him around into Velvet. He spun around to avoid the hook line from Clover's King Fisher before grabbing it and pulling it and the Ace-Op leader before throwing him over his shoulder.
He held the King Fisher in his hands. "Using a fishing pole as a weapon?" he asked in mild surprise. "Now I've actually seen everything."
Harriet then knocked the Bat of Mantle off his feet and took the King Fisher and gave it back to Clover. Bat-Qrow stood back up before Sun used his Semblance to send three clones of himself at the Dark Knight.
Bat-Qrow elbowed one clone in the face before grabbing the fist of another and threw it over his shoulder. He straightened up and caught Jaune's sword Crocea Mors in his hands before elbowing him in the stomach, just below his armored chest plate. Jaune wheezes as he feels the air driven out of him.
Cardin runs in and swings his mace at the back of the Dark Knight but the Bat dove out of the way and he ended up hitting Jaune in the chest. Cardin's eyes widened before Bat-Qrow picked him up and body slammed him on the ground. Then Bat-Qrow punched him in the face.
The Bat Vigilante of Mantle got up and began to backflip as Coco's weapon, Gianduja took its large rotary cannon form and fired at him. ". . . A designer handbag that transforms into a giant rotary gun," he said after dodging the bullets as he landed in a crouch. " . . . Fashionable and lethal. Impressive."
"Thanks," Coco grinned before firing again. Bat-Qrow used his grappling hook to dodge the heavy gunfire before he threw a smoke bomb at her feet. Coco waved her hand in front of her before Velvet gasped. "Coco, duck!" cried the Rabbit Faunus.
A grappling hook shot out and hooked onto Coco's Gianduja before pulling it out of her hand. Bat-Qrow then jumped towards Yatsuhashi and Elm. He tackled the seven foot tall Huntsman in Training and then used his grappling hook to swing across the arena.
"Damn it," Coco said when she couldn't find her weapon on the ground. Hardly a minute later, Yatsuhashi fell down from where the Bat took him and he landed on his front unconscious.
". . . Well time like the present," Coco muttered next before turning to Velvet. "Vel, show him what you can do."
"Really?" Velvet asked excitedly, getting a nod in response.
Velvet nodded when she looked ahead and saw Bat-Qrow trading blows with Ren and Yang. She walked forward and held out her hand. A Hard Light Dust copy of Crescent Rose appeared in her hand. Bat-Qrow leaned back and threw Ren into Yang and sent them both tumbling down in a tangle of limbs. He straightened up and saw Velvet. He smiled grimly before pulling out a few Batarangs from his belt. Both Bat and Rabbit Faunus and her friends, fellow Huntsmen and Huntresses all charged forward.
Two hours later and meanwhile. . .
"Alright, let me get this straight," May Marigold said as she, the Happy Huntresses, Vernal, Flynt Coal, Neon Katt, Junior Xiong, Melanie and Militia, Maria Calavera and Em Pine stood before Taiyang, Amber, Klein and Darth Anarchus.
"The Multiverse theory is real," Fiona Thyme stated for clarity.
"Yes." The Host nodded his head.
"And you've all been watching different universes?" Joana Greenleaf asked the members of the Audience.
Tai, Amber, Klein nodded as one to answer.
"My nephew is an alien from another universe with god like strength that can fly?" Em Pine asked.
Amber nodded at that, blushing again at thinking of Superman-Oscar and her counterpart's relationship with said person. "Yeah, and he's a superhero." she replied.
Vernal shrugged her shoulders after a moment of silence. "Sounds legit." she stated.
Maria also shrugged her shoulders. "Doesn't sound like he's lying."
"And I brought you to join us," Darth Anarchus explained to the new comers. "Of course you can choose to not join us."
"Is Oscar going to stay?" Em asked. The Host looked to her and nodded. "Then I'll stay and watch with him."
Darth Anarchus looked to the others for their answers.
"Sure, why not?"
"Anything to get away from Shay and his idiots."
""It's been a slow day in the bar, why not?""
"As long as I don't have to deal with Blondie, fine."
"I suppose it can be fun."
"I guess."
The Host nodded to them pleased and sensed someone moving close to them. He looked to the door. "Hey, Anarchus, we got a little turned around," Oscar said as he, Ruby and Whitley walked in. "Could you take us to the training-" he stopped when he saw his aunt.
"Oscar!"
"Aunt Em!"
Darth Anarchus chuckled in amusement. "Sorry, Oscar, but Intermission is almost up. Should just spend time with your aunt." he said as the former farm hand ran to his aunt and hugged her tightly.
Ruby and Whitley smiled as did Amber.
This should all be interesting now.
Coming up next the movie
"We have. . . Dragons."
Followed by two episodes of
"You have a sweet voice, but you bring DEATH with you!"
And then a trailer and clip of
"Manners. . . Maketh. . . Men."
And then the Audience will be watching a few familiar faces so to speak.
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