King: Time to have a little... Fun~ I don't feel like hold you guys up from this one. Let's do this!
Inspiration: Team Four Star's Dragon Ball Z Abridged
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King didn't make an appearance in this chapter. And when the King is away, his screen will play~
The world opened to a wasteland in an unknown location. Standing in the center of a large crater was a version of Jaune, stretching his limbs and throwing test punches. He seemed to be dressed in some form of gold chitinous armor, complete with black wings on his back and two-pointed crown-like form on the top of his head. The 'armor' was actually part of his body. His Perfect Form~
Sun laughed, "So, bug Jaune?"
Ruby shivered in her chair, "Ew! Ew! Ew!"
Yang shrugged, "I mean… He's kind of handsome. Minus the buggy parts, obviously. But he seems human, you know?"
Jaune swung a kick into the air as one last test of his new body. He stood before the world, finally whole. He smirked and looked around at the scene before him. In front of him, and slightly upward, was Raven Branwen with her arms crossed. She was dressed in her signature black bodysuit with red chest armor, gloves, and boots. Her dark hair was a glowing gold, a signal of her utilizing the Super Saiyan form.
Qrow chuckled a little, "The resemblance was uncanny before."
To his side and against a cliff was the damaged form of Penny, designated Android 16. A piece of her cranium was blown off, exposing the wiring and mechanical skull beneath.
Penny felt sick. It would be similar to a human seeing someone with their brain exposed.
Behind him was Yang, dressed similarly to her mother and with her golden hair standing on end. Next to her was Neptune, dressed in an orange gi. The group all looked toward Jaune with a sense of fear, the only exception being Raven.
Jaune smirked, "So… Who's first?"
Neptune threw his hand back and created a disk of energy. It should slice clean through anything in its way. "Distructo Disk!" He tossed the disk straight toward Jaune.
Sun grinned and elbowed his friend, "A bit quick to the trigger, eh?"
Neptune shrugged, "I get the feeling there's more going on here we don't know yet."
The disked landed clean on Jaune's neck, only to shatter apart and fly passed him. Jaune's smirk spread further, "Ah~ A volunteer." Jaune was suddenly in front of Neptune and kicked him in the jaw, sending him flying across the ground and creating a column of dust.
Tai jumped seeing that, "Holy shit! How strong is he?"
Yang spun around toward Neptune, "Neptune! Are you alright?!"
The screen moved to show a prone Neptune squeaking out a sound of pain.
"Do you need a senzu bean?!"
Pained groan.
"You're right, that is a stupid question." She flew off to attend to Neptune's injured state, kicking up a cloud of dirt that flew toward Jaune.
Jaune punched at the cloud, dissipating it. He looked behind him toward Penny, "Hey."
"Hello."
"So… Are we cool?"
Penny glared, "You ate my family…"
Yang almost threw up, "Okay… That's just nasty."
Jaune chuckled, "Hey! Don't lose your head. They were my family too." A reference to both Jaune and Penny being mechanized androids created by Dr. Merlot, Jaune being purely bio-mechanical as opposed to Penny's pure metal form.
Ruby's head tilted, "Who's Dr. Merlot?"
Port growled a bit, "A very annoying thorn in the side of the huntsmen trying to keep people safe."
"So… Not a good guy."
"That's the idea, yes."
Raven returned to solid ground beside Jaune. "So, you broke blue boy's neck. Bravo, I hope you're not too proud of yourself."
Jaune smirked again, "Oh Princess… I am proud."
"Princess?" Raven raised an eyebrow. "I hope for his sake I actually am royalty and that wasn't a dismissive insult."
"Not of that, no. But of you. It takes a big man, or woman in this case, to do what you did." Jaune continued to stretch, getting used to his body. "Sticking to your guns and just throwing everyone's lives away! And to that, I tip my…" He looked up slightly, "Huh… What is that on my head? Would you call it a crown?" Jaune turned back toward Penny, "16, would you call this a crown?"
"I hate you…"
"We'll call it a crown~"
Nora chuckled, "That was kind of funny."
Raven grinned, "Enough of this. Now, Perfect Jaune…"
He knew it was in an insulting tone but, "Love the ring to that~"
Raven clenched her fists in front of her, "I'm going to enjoy wearing down the knuckles on these gloves."
The innocent minds in the audience didn't think anything of that statement. Okay, maybe 'innocent' is not the right word given Cinder, Mercury, Emerald, and Raven were part of that list. But for the dirtiest of the minds in the seats: Blake, Kali (she got it from somewhere, people), Gira (two somewheres~), Neo, and Roman all stalled a moment.
Jaune snickered, "Okay… I know that wasn't supposed to sound sexual, but…~"
Raven didn't care about his joke, cracking her knuckles, "So, it's about time to turn this little coming out party into a funeral."
"And, time's up. Princess, while I'd love nothing more than to listen to you bluster at me until the heat death of the universe… I literally have a million better things to do. So here's the deal~ I want you to hit me as hard as you can."
Raven smirked in the audience.
Matching her screen counterpart. "Oh? Is that right?"
"Now hold on! You might have misheard me. Not half as hard. Not some arbitrary percentage. I want you… to hit me… As hard as you can!"
"And if I don't play along with your little game?"
"Well, then I guess your father was right about you~"
Qrow, for the first time in his life, actually couldn't hold his liquor in. The very mention of their father was a touchy enough subject, given they were taken in by the Branwen tribe's leader. If that is who this was talking about, it was even worse, given Raven previously had a seething hatred for their leader/father figure.
It seemed the Raven on screen agreed. She flew up and landed a kick to his neck that had previously sent him flying into the nearby stone. Now, however, it did nothing.
Jaune grinned, "Ooh… Consider that nerve touched~"
Raven jumped back in shock. "Wha- HOW?!"
Jaune's smirk formed into a grin, "Because, princess, as a soon to be broken woman once said: 'you're either perfect, or you're not me.'" Jaune flew forward and landed a kick to Raven's gut.
The force of the attack sent her flying through several solid stone plateaus. Raven was able to stop herself after a moment, "I'm okay! I'm o- I'm…" She fell from the sky and into the water below her.
Raven ground her teeth together. She was furious seeing that. Was this version truly so weak?
In the background, the crowd could see Neptune and Yang having a conversation in the distance as Jaune waited for Raven to return. Return she did, and very pissed off. She pulled herself out of the water and stumbled slightly.
Jaune looked down toward her, "See princess? That's what you get for not listening. But since I know you have trouble following directions, I'm going to give you one last chance. You. Me. Hard as you can. Are we clear?"
Raven growled, "Crystal…" She started to float upward a moment.
The screen returned to Neptune, "Maybe you should tell her before she does something reckless."
Qrow snickered, "Doubt it would stop her."
Raven glared toward her brother but got no reaction.
Yang shook her head, "There is literally nothing she could do to make the situation worse. Save blowing up the planet…"
Raven blinked, I can do that?
Raven snapped her arms outward and began to channel energy, letting out a yell as she did, her body surrounded by a golden energy.
"She is going to blow up the planet…"
Neptune panicked, "But I live here!"
This got a couple laughs from the good natured.
As Raven charged her attack, a powerful score swelled in the background. Lightning started to flow out of her body. She crashed her hands together and a ball of energy formed between her fingers. One bolt flew along the ground and beside Jaune.
Jaune smirked, "That's much better! I can actually feel that!"
Raven strained under the amount of power she was exerting. "In mere moments… All you'll be feeling, is oblivion!"
Raven grinned. She just knew this would put that brat in his place.
"That, or disappointment. Go ahead. Flip that coin."
Roman laughed in his seat, "This is one hell of a version, that's for sure. Hard to tell if its just being cocky or if he really can back it up. Can't help but get the feeling we're just scratching the surface here."
Mom! Your pride isn't worth destroying the planet! Come on!" Yang tried to reason with her mother, but to no avail.
Neptune shielded his eyes from the dust flying up at them, "Way passed the bargaining stage here."
Raven's attack was more than ready now. "FINAL FLASH!" A beam of golden energy shot out from her hands and toward the awaiting Jaune.
Jaune chuckled, "Oh how cute. She named it- Oh shit!"
The beam tore through stone like it was nothing. It had the output to destroy the entire world beneath them. The beam traveled onward and out beyond the atmosphere. The island was destroyed, leaving an unnatural trench behind.
Qrow blinked, "That… might be the scariest part about this…"
Neptune sighed, "Oh good… She missed the planet."
Yang nodded, "Thank God she'd not completely insane. Completely being the operative word."
Raven was taking a few deep breaths as she floated in place. "Hard enough for you?"
Jaune's shocked face came into view again. The camera pulled back to show he'd lost his right arm and chunk of his torso.
Yang jumped a bit. "Yikes. The way he was talking, I have expected him to just tank it without getting hurt."
Neptune grinned, "Bonus! It actually did something."
Yang followed up, "See? Everything's alright! I mean, he's not dead. But it's a start."
In the background, Raven was laughing as Jaune clutched his shoulder. Jaune roared out, "You think this is funny? YOU THINK THIS IS FUNNY?!" Raven ignored him, continuing to laugh.
Roman held up three fingers, counting down over time.
"It's not… as funny… as your face~"
Raven stopped laughing.
Roman finished his count and pointed toward the screen.
Jaune's arm reformed, suddenly growing back into form with his light green blood flying along it.
Neptune and Yang, who had yet to see this technique from anyone other than Oscar, were shaking both in shock and fear.
"Holy…"
"Shit…"
The scene they saw left a few in the audience feeling grossed out, the process of events not helping their situation. One in the audience, Oscar, was a little bit concerned since he apparently had a similar power in this reality.
Jaune flexed his regrown arm, "You know, it might sound weird, but I kinda liked the old arm better. Oh well. Guess I'll just have to break it in~"
Raven launched a flurry of energy bolts toward Jaune. "Why won't you die?!"
Jaune just walked through the dust and bolts, "Princess? Has this ever worked?" He delivered a quick punch to Raven and sent her flying back. "Don't need to answer that!"
Neptune was frozen in fear, "Okay. No more excuses Yang, he's going to kill your mom."
"You don't know that! He could just knock her unconscious, and then I'll…"
"We don't have the Dragon Balls, Yang! No coming back from the dead!"
Nora gasped, "Coming back from the dead?! That sounds awesome!"
Yang raised a brow with a smirk, "But what the heck are Dragon Balls?"
King appeared for a moment, "Seven crystal orbs that, when collected in one place, allow the person to summon the great dragon Shenlong. With this, the gatherer can make any wish to the dragon, even resurrection of the dead, within the dragon's power."
Nora was starry eyed, "Anything?!"
"Within his power to grant." King disappeared, and the screen continued.
Raven stood back up, wiping blood from her lip.
Jaune kept walking until he was directly in front of her, "Some advice princess. For the future. Next time, why don't you remember your place like the rest of them…"
Raven glared, more than aware of where this going.
"And wait for Summer."
Ruby, Yang, Tai, and Qrow all snapped to attention at Summer's name. Raven's eye twitched. When she was on that damned team at Beacon, Summer had always been a step ahead of her in everything. A part of her despised her former teammate for making it look so damn easy.
Jaune kicked Raven a good hundred feet into the air. He was just as suddenly flying above her and slammed his elbow into her lower back, likely breaking her spine, and sending her falling back down to the earth.
Everyone in the audience cringed the moment they heard the spine crack on Jaune's assault. The very visceral moment was painful to watch, and hear.
Raven hit the ground and her golden hair faded back to black. Jaune floated down next to her, "K-O! I win." He held a hand down her, ready to blast her to ashes, "Perfect~" A scream distracted him. He turned to find Yang above him, straining her body as her power swelled further, beyond what Raven had shown in their fight. "Oh~? Here comes a new challenger."
Yang grinned. Not only was she stronger than her mother but, "So, we get to see me fight, too~?"
Yang's charging continued as her body's muscle mass expanded. It took a bit, but her power increased exponentially with each second. After a moment, the energy surrounding her stabilized as she ceased her yell.
Neptune was all too used to this from everyone he knew, so he had to ask, "You done?"
"Yeah… Sorry about the scream, it's just… my power was rising and…"
"No! No. I get it! Go kill him!"
"It wasn't because you spared the android."
"Well, obviously! Right…?"
Yang didn't say anything. One of the androids he spared, which was now absorbed into Jaune's body, was responsible for mass atrocities in her future. But her mother made it worse by letting Jaune absorb the android… Lesser of the evils, I guess…
Yang got caught up on that. "Wait. My future?"
Jaune yelled up to them, "You know! If I had a watch, I'd be looking at it really condescendingly right now!"
Yang tossed Neptune a senzu beam, "Take this and give it to my mother."
Neptune caught the healing bean, "You… sure you won't need it?"
"No… This battle was over before it began."
Neptune watched as she descended toward Jaune, "Badass…"
Those not of villainous persuasion agreed.
Jaune called up toward them, "Also accurate!"
Penny, who had collapsed from the attack earlier, was getting back up. "Yang! Senzu beans heal physical damage! Only therapy will aid emotional trauma!"
This got a snicker or two at Raven's expense.
Jaune chuckled, "Oh please… There's not a shrink qualified enough to deal with that hot mess."
Cue snickers turning into laughter.
Jaune cracked his neck and stepped away from Raven. "Neptune, go take care of the princess's injuries. The big boys need to talk."
Neptune flew over and picked up Raven. With her placed over his shoulder, he flew off to find somewhere safe.
Jaune and Yang approached, ready to begin their fight. Yang glared toward Jaune, "I'm going to make you pay in blood for what you did to her."
Jaune smirked, "Oh! Don't lie girl scout! That must have been catharsis by proxy!"
Yang shrugged, "Kinda… yeah."
Tai turned toward her, "Wow… Not even subtle about it…"
Jaune continued with a chuckle, "She's going to be waking up in a cold sweat for the next five years remembering today."
"I'm not a psychopath like…"
"Kind of like you~"
"Like me?"
"Does Ruby know?"
"Know what?"
Ruby blinked, "Yeah! Know what?!"
Jaune smirked, "That you let her die~" A wave crashed beside them, as if to emphasize the moment.
Ruby screamed out, "Wait! I'm dead?!"
Yang clenched her fist tighter. This version of Yang was from a future where two androids destroyed most of the human population. Ruby had done everything to try and stop them, but to no avail. She taught Yang how to fight. She was like an older sister to Yang… But she died trying to save the lives of everyone.
Tai crossed his arms, "So you're not actually sisters and Ruby is older in this world?"
Nora jumped up and spoke over his shoulder, "Yeah! There're worlds like that all the time! One world had Jaune and Yang being siblings!"
"Huh…"
Yang tensed remembering that world. It remained a touchy subject…
Yang's confusion over his question turned to a quiet rage. "I'm going to power up now."
Yang blinked, "I can still get stronger?"
Jaune grinned, "I'd be disappointed if you didn't~"
Yang suddenly tensed, and the world began to break beneath her. Lightning crackled across the sky, and up to a pair standing over a sheer drop: Oscar, dressed in a long white cape and turban, next to Ren, dressed in a green, over the shoulder gi.
Nora snickered and tapped Ren's shoulder.
Oscar was a little surprised, but not sure why.
Ren was wide eyed, sensing the power being thrown around him, "That's Yang?!"
Oscar nodded, "I know. It's pretty astonishing, isn't it?"
"It's infuriating!"
"Why? Because the gap keeps getting wider?" A reference to the fact that no one of non-Saiyan blood seems to be able to handle these world-threatening monsters.
"Because she could have a) killed android 18! B) Killed Jaune! Or c) killed Raven!"
"Why Raven?"
"Because I deserve something today!"
Qrow slow clapped. "Damn… Raven pisses off people in multiple dimensions. I'm actually kind of impressed."
The scene returned to Yang as she roared out, her muscles expanding to their maximum limits and beyond. Soon, her whole body seemed to grow by about 50 percent and her power spiked. This, however, just got Jaune excited. "That's it! Keep it coming! I want a real fight this time!"
"Don't worry… I'll show you just how much stronger I am than my mother!"
"You mother-? Oh! No. Sorry, I wasn't being specific. I mean since the last time we met. Of course, you wouldn't remember, because you weren't there. I mean, you were, but…"
"Get to the point!"
"Alright, kiddo. Tell me. What do you know about time travel?"
Yang paused a moment, "Less than I should…"
Weiss sighed, "Considering you apparently traveled through time! Yes. You should know more."
"Well, how do you suppose I got here?"
"My time machine, obviously." Yang remembered finding a copy of her own time machine not too long ago, just before they met Jaune.
"And how do you suppose I got that time machine?"
Yang didn't like where this was going, "I don't want to answer that…"
"Here's the thing. Multi-verse theory's a bitch."
Nora raised her hand, "Hold up! So, this Jaune is from another reality to Yang?"
King reappeared, "Technically, they're both from branching futures to this version. Time travel is a web of weirdness and seriously not worth the effort."
Ruby looked up toward the fire ball, "But didn't you kind of do that with Oscar and Jaune's sword?"
"Technically, this place is outside of your time stream, so not really… Best I can give you… Back to the action!"
"You see, you, or at least another you, went back in time, saved the world, returned to your time, and defeated the androids. Congratulations, you won."
"But… when did you…"
"So, you decided to go back to past to celebrate! Maybe get some recognition from mommy dearest. Unfortunately for you, you made one fatal mistake. You took away, what was mine! The rest… is history." He smirked, letting her mind fill in the gaps.
Yang felt a shiver run up her spine. "That's seriously unnerving."
"Then… you're here…"
"Because of you~ But, don't beat yourself up. You're just a child, playing hero. Complete with spandex."
Yang grit her teeth, "And you're just another mistake I have to correct." A moment later and Yang charged forward, punching Jaune clear across the island. Jaune spun around and kicked off a rock. He suddenly returned behind her and smacked her back downward. Yang followed suit in a golden streak across the darkened sky. She kicked him back to the earth below, flying passed him and punching him clean in the jaw midair.
Yang slammed her fist into her open palm, "Yeah! This is what I'm talking about!"
Tai, however, seemed to be in thought, "Something's not right here…"
The two traded punches for a few seconds back and forth until one blow force the two apart. Jaune chuckled, "I'm impressed~ Under all that angst and ridiculous hair is a real fighter!"
Yang's eye twitched, "Oh no you don't! Kick his ass, me! No one insults my hair!"
Yang scowled, "And behind all that insufferable smarm is a dead man!"
Sun smirked, "Good line. Got to remember that one."
Jaune let out a breath, "Yang, dear Yang… You couldn't fathom the amount of 'dead men' behind me."
Ruby shrunk in her chair, "What does he mean by that?"
Yang flew forward, both her punches caught by Jaune. The two fists opened, and their hands interlocked together, energy flying between them. The two were using the position to try to over power the other. Neither budging as electricity flew out from their hands. Jaune broke the stalemate by headbutting Yang before kicking her back. Yang halted her descent and flew back up to respond in kind. Yang unleashed a flurry of punches into Jaune before forcing him back down to earth with an energy blast. Jaune picked himself up in the crater as Yang floated down again.
Yang had her arms crossed as she looked down on him, "That may not have done a lot of damage, but damn did it feel good."
"Oh? Am I sensing an iota of pride? Guess the apple doesn't fall far if you shake the tree hard enough!"
"That snark isn't going to save you while I'm taking you apart. Unless you haven't noticed, I literally have you back against the wall."
Tai's face sank, "She doesn't stand a chance…"
This confused the blonde brawler daughter, "What? Are you blind? I'm totally owning him!"
Ozpin shook his head, "Your strikes were far too obvious, easy to avoid for the trained. There's more going on here."
Jaune chuckled, "And don't think I don't appreciate the effort. By a wide margin, you're packing more of a wallop than your mother ever did. However. You will never beat me with that form."
Yang blinked. "The heck does he mean by that?"
Tai, a skill martial artist and a teacher, knew all too well, "The form is massive. You're muscle structure seemed to have expanded beyond where it should top out. Your body wouldn't be able to keep up with all that mass, drastically reducing mobility in combat… In other words…"
Jaune finished the statement through sheer lucky timing, "You can't hit me."
"Then what to you call the last five minutes?!"
Yang was arguing both with Jaune on screen and her father in the audience, "Yeah! What about all that?!"
Jaune closed his eyes and tilted his head forward slightly, "Pity…"
That was not the answer Yang wanted to hear. It just pissed her off more.
Penny was finally stable enough to stand, though clearly unsteady, "Yang! Don't fall for it! He's just playing you!"
Yang stormed forward, but every hit was dodged with ease. Always out of reach.
Penny paused a moment, "Correction: He's been playing you…"
Yang tried to punch him again, only to have dodge back toward the ground, "Why?! How?!"
"Because you're green!"
"Green? I don't follow."
Jaune groaned, pinching the bridge of his nose, "Why do I- It means you're a novice! An amateur! You're surrounded by fighters who've seen more action in a week than you have in your entire life! Hell! At your age, Summer had defeated an entire army, several demons, and sent a rabbit to the moon!"
Ruby giggled, "Mom is so awesome~!"
Velvet, however, wasn't so sure, "What was that last one?"
Yang agreed, "Did you make that last one up?"
"In fact, I did not. But the worst part of it is, that form isn't even new. Watch." Jaune was suddenly just as massive as Yang, adopting the expanded form, and mocking her through it, "Look at me! I'm Yang! Please love me mom!" He was just as suddenly back to normal. "See? Anyone can do it."
This got laughter at Yang's expense for once. But only from those who knew for certain that she wouldn't knock their teeth in.
Yang just floated in place, "That's a terrible impression."
They could hear Penny yelling up toward her, "But not inaccurate!"
"Why are you still here?!"
Jaune smirked, "For God's sake, I bet even your mother can do it! She's just not stupid enough to try! And as we've seen today, that threshold is vast. Now, why don't you come on down, stop using that useless form, and stop wasting everyone's time?"
Yang's fist shook before fading to stillness. She slowly descended back to the ground, head hanging in defeat. Her hair fell back into its normal place and her body returned to normal.
"Jeez. I can't tell which is more broken, your mother's spine or your spirit."
"Just get it over with and kill me already."
"Woah! Spirit it is, then! Seriously, way to bring down the mood."
"Is this all just a game to you?!"
A game? Hardly! If this were a game, I'd be having fun."
Yang clenched her teeth, but sighed, "Damn it that's a good line…"
Jaune continued, "Or killing Summer. Now that sounds like a good time."
Ruby was incredulous, "What the hell, Jaune?"
Penny shouted over toward him, "That still doesn't make us friends!"
"I'm trying 16!"
Ruby echoed, "What the hell, Penny?!"
Penny just jumped in her chair, "I'm not certain!"
Port cleared his throat, "I might be. The Merlot in our world is known for being the type to hold grudges. If this Merlot is anything like that, he likely programmed them both with the sole purpose of exacting revenge on Summer Rose for whatever reason."
Yang put up a brave face, one that's seen far too much in life. "Fine. Go ahead. Fight Summer. But she wins, and when you die! No one… is going to remember you!"
Jaune was silent a second before his response finally hit, "Huh…" Jaune's face turned to a smile, "Alright! Change of plans! Turn that frown upside down, girl scout. You're not dying today."
This surprised Yang to no end, "What? Why?"
"Careful blondie, don't want that gift horse to bite you! You've just given me an idea is all. What would I accomplish killing you here? No… The whole world needs to see what its created."
"Oh, what the hell are you planning?!"
"My revolution~ Go take care of your mother. And be sure to watch the news~" Jaune flew off, leaving Yang in shock.
Then Penny chimed in after him, "What channel?!"
Despite it all, that got a few in the audience to laugh. The break from the tension was just what they needed after seeing that. The screen seemed to cut and turn to static.
Mercury raised an eyebrow, "The hell's going on?"
The static started to form lettering, [ZTV]. A man behind a news desk started talking, finishing a story of some kind. "And as you can see, every dog does indeed have his day."
Yang's eyes narrowed, "This must be the news he was talking about before."
Half the news desk shattered apart as Jaune emerged from under the floor, creating a hole that fell to the bottom of the station tower. The news caster screamed before having his throat grabbed by the intruder.
Jaune grinned up toward the man, "The following program has violence, course language, and adult situations not suitable for minors. Viewer discretion is advised~" He crushed the caster's neck in his hand and dropped him onto the floor.
Mercury chuckled, "Woah! Brutal!"
Jaune turned to the camera and smiled, "Ladies, gentlemen, boys and girls, and that technicolor rainbow in between! I am Jaune. You may remember me from the following cities." A list of numerous cities flew across the screen. "Of course, if you were there, you won't remember because I have absorbed you into my biomass and you are now dead."
Ruby felt a chill go up her spine, "So… when he said about the 'dead men'…"
Weiss winced, "He really meant it…"
"But that's not what I'm here to talk about today. Today, I have an announcement! I am leaving the planet forever!"
This made more than a few in the seats pause. Ruby raised a finger, as if to say something.
"After I blow it up~"
Ruby lowered her finger again. She had questions but felt there was more too this.
"Unless… One of your planet's champions can best me in one on one combat!"
Tai crossed his arms, understanding the situation well enough, "So, Summer, then?"
Raven angrily growled at him, "Shut up!"
Jaune continued, "I am officially hosting a once in your lifetime event! And, since its rather important that these champions defeat me if you all want to live, I hereby dub it, the Vytal Festival!"
Yang and Tai let out a little laugh at his joke. It was an okay pun, but the situation at hand was a little concerning.
"For those of you familiar with your adorable world martial arts tournament, I'll be borrowing the rules. No brackets this time, however. Yours truly will be your only opponent. The location of this marvelous event shall be R-16-B-318. If you don't know where that it, blame the cartographers. The tournament will begin at noon one week from today. That should give you plenty of time to prepare. Or, for those not participating, time to connect with loved ones, get your affairs in order, or just kill your boss! Let's get a purge going! Live a little. Because in one week's time… well, to give you an idea~" Jaune pointed his palm toward the wall behind him. After a moment, a ball of energy ripped through the concrete and and city behind it, killing many people on its path. "So! Keep that in mind. And I'll see you next Sunday. Also, feel free to pray to your God. But… spoilers… I won't be listening." Jaune flew out the hole he created and off toward a large marble arena. He landed and crossed his arms. "Seven days~ I need only be patient."
No one in the audience could speak. No one dared. How can you after seeing such overbearing power? What fresh hell will this Festival hold for this world?
(King popped up just for you readers, "Find out next time, on Dragon Ball Z! But not next chapter. I like to space these out a bit~)
