"How did a White Fang member see… Oh, there was the charity event where Pyrrha awakened the aura of that little girl with cancer," Weiss recalled.
"Hope is very important to healing," Pyrrha said firmly as they ate lunch.
"Did it work?" Ruby asked, really hoping it did.
Pyrrha smiled. "She made a complete recovery."
"I know attitude and mindset have an effect on your aura, so maybe how it's awakened does as well," Yang said thoughtfully. "Who else have you awoken?"
Everyone's eyes darted to Jaune.
"He has unusually large reserves for one who was just awakened," Weiss pointed out.
"He could just be packin'," Yang pointed out.
"There is no conclusive proof that larger… means larger," Ruby said, blushing brightly.
"No proper study has been done," Weiss agreed, "and anecdotal evidence proves nothing."
"It is what it is," Yang said smugly.
"Is this why you think you have more aura than me, because of chest size?" Ruby asked her older sister in disbelief.
Yang nodded. "Of course, I got larger tanks."
Weiss pinched the bridge of her nose. "We don't store aura in our chests."
"Yeah, but aura is health and these puppies are healthy," Yang said, hefting her breasts with a grin before turning to Weiss.
"I will freeze you solid!" Weiss hissed, eyes narrowed, ready to respond if her teammate said anything about her smaller chest and aura reserves.
Yang turned to look at Jaune and Pyrrha narrowed her eyes. "Just because one data point is true doesn't mean they all are," the gladiatrix said firmly.
"Oh, so Jaune…" Blake said in realization.
"Is packing in both terms, she's saying just because he is doesn't mean that's true of everyone," Yang confirmed while Jaune blushed and tried to sink under the table.
"Older hunters have bigger reserves because they grow over time," Ruby said. "If guys were getting … bigger, they'd brag about it." She tried not to blush and failed.
"So maybe reserves can grow independent of tank size, but it might indicate the base depth," Yang teased, not wanting to let her sister put the subject to bed this easily when it was still getting an amusing response from everyone.
"That…" Weiss looked thoughtful. "There may be some truth in that," she admitted, "but I seriously doubt we'd get enough honest reporting to form an accurate database on the matter."
"Look, Xander is doing something interesting!" Ruby exclaimed, wanting to distract everyone before Yang suggested taking measurements of their two teams.
Everyone grabbed their scrolls and used Ruby's link to watch as Xander performed another series of miracles on a small desert village before opening a portal which disgorged a flood of White Fang members.
"Why does the tall redhead have the Schnee Company logo branded over his left eye?" Nora asked quietly.
"Because some people are bigger monsters than the grimm," Weiss said. "You should have realized that when you saw all the slaves that were rescued. All it takes is one monster with power to spawn or maybe attract others like themselves."
"Xander is healing him and giving him a blue ring," Ruby noted. "The blue ring makes you fly or learn fast, right?"
"More than just learn fast," Ren said, "it helps with every bit of the mind, so it might help with trauma."
"I'm going to guess it does," Yang said, "he looked hella pissed but he's relaxing now and just looks a little lost."
Blake looked teary-eyes for a second, but just blinked a few times and tried to remain stoic.
"If you took over the company, do you think that you could have changed things?" Nora asked Weiss.
"The only way to change things in the company is with a great amount of force or four strategic assassinations using no less than seven assassins and a vial of scorpion poison," the white haired girl replied absently, causing that everyone at the table had turned to stare at her, wide-eyed.
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"One use a day, but it really helps to clear your head and prevent telepathic nymphos from peering into your memories for answers to the questions about previous girlfriends," Xander said.
Adam just stared at him in confusion for a moment, losing the lost look he's been sporting.
"Okay, that was probably just a me problem," Xander admitted.
"It's really not," a fox faunus said as she shook her head. "Had a fling with a hunter who had a mind reading semblance. Man, what I would have given for a ring like that back then."
"Hey, it's not just me then," Xander said cheerily.
"I feel like… an asshole," Adam said with a heavy sigh.
"Then you probably were one," Xander said, "but the important thing is since you can look back and see you were one, then you no longer are one or are at least a smaller one now."
Adam chuckled. "Yeah, I suppose so."
"And when you no longer get huge moments of clarity about how you fucked up in the past you can use the ring to give yourself flight," Xander said.
Adam smiled wryly. "Something to look forward to."
"They've got a request," Leo told Xander.
"Yeah?" Xander asked.
Leo nodded, "They want a massive inland freshwater lake. They've always dreamed of never worrying about water again, so that's what they've requested."
Xander grinned. "Massive lake it is. Something big enough to require a boat to cross."
They watched Xander fly off.
"It all feels like a dream," Adam said, reaching up to feel his left eye where he'd been scarred and mutilated.
"Then I hope we don't wake up," Leo said with a smile.
"Are we sure he's not the Animal god in disguise?" Adam asked.
"He says he's not, but when no one is paying attention he occasionally flicks his hand and creates groups of animals that vanish into the trees," Leo admitted. "Some I don't even recognize."
"The forests he made would be empty or nearly so without them," Adam said, smiling slightly. "What's the grimm situation like?"
"A ninja by the name of Gai has probably cleared all of the grimm for miles around on his way to Kuo Kuanna," Leo replied. "He complained that beowolves come apart in a single punch, so I don't expect we'll see any."
"Too bad, fighting grimm is a good way to clear your head," Adam said, "and I could use the distraction right now."
Leo flew straight up to see over the walls and then came back down. "Well, water is never going to be a problem again. I'd say I hope he doesn't over do it, but it's Xander."
"Benevolent but not wise," Adam quoted, having seen the meme.
"And very, very honest," the lion faunus said.
"I have no idea what I'm going to do with my life," Adam admitted.
"Most people don't, they just stumble around until they find something that pays well," Leo said, "Find a job that gives you time to figure things out, but don't worry about finding a true calling. Find something that interests you and you can make that your true calling. The last thing you want is to be stuck in a job you hate."
"Had some experience with those?" Adam asked and then groaned and buried his face in his hands. "I can't believe I forgot about that."
Leo laughed. "Had some jobs before that I didn't like as well, though that was the worst of the lot."
Xander floated down. "Okay, one massive lake with one island in the center that has a castle because, why not? Oh, and a couple of more mountains filled with veins of various metals because that sort of thing comes in handy. Anything else you think they might need?"
"I've still got three bars on my scroll and they don't even have a signal tower here," Leo said. "How good are the towers the drivers make?"
"Very," Xander said. "I'll give them some rings and have them throw up one here before we get moving again."
"Going to push through and see if we can reach Kuo Kuana faster?" Leo guessed.
"Yeah, the faster we get to the last couple of stops the faster I can help them," Xander said.
"We have been driving the buses at speeds designed for maximum fuel efficiency," A T800 said, "we can double that without significant risk."
"And it looks like we'll get to Kuo Kuana a lot sooner than I thought," Xander said, creating a handful of clear rings and charging them before passing them to the T800s. "This should allow you to refill the tank when it gets low."
Noon the next day
"Huh, it kinda reminds me of Konoha," Xander said as they slowed down, flicking his fingers absently and creating a flock of ducks on the side of the road.
"Large cities do share common traits," Ryu said as they slowed to a stop so everyone could get out.
A good sized group of faunus came out of the city to greet them, a tall muscular faunus with thick, black hair and beard, and yellow eyes in the forefront.
"Welcome to Kuo Kuana, I'm Ghira Belladonna, chieftain of this place," the panther faunus introduced himself.
"Xander Harris, planeswalker," Xander greeted him with a grin and clasped his hand. "Mind if I do a bit of tidying up on the place?"
"I've seen you create mountains but can you really improve a major city the same way as a village?" Ghira asked.
"I have a legendary city upgrade in my back pocket I've been waiting to use," Xander replied. "Now, I'm going to be sticking four faces on one of the mountains that comes with it, so do you have pictures of your family?"
"Of course," Ghira said with a broad smile, whipping out his scroll. "Here's my wife Kali and my adorable daughter Blake."
Xander was shown dozens of photos of Ghira and his family, the chieftain proud of his daughter.
"Beautiful wife, gorgeous daughter," Xander agreed, "you have a great life. Now watch this." He slowly began gathering mana, and even those without aura began to shrink away, able to sense the sea of power once he'd tapped four lands. "Konoha," Xander intoned and a wave of mana swept through the city, massive walls springing up as mountains grew on one side of the city, four faces carved into it.
"Did you just put my face on a mountain?" Leo asked in disbelief.
"Not just yours," Xander said.
"That's my little girl," Ghira said proudly, seeing his daughters face next to his own and that of his wife.
"And I'm not done," Xander said. "Castle, Buttress," he added, the massive walls growing even larger and thicker.
"And I thought the creation of mountains was impressive," someone muttered.
"As long as the city exists, forests will spring up around it and spread out across the land," Xander said. "And now I'm done."
"I'm speechless," Ghira said numbly.
Xander tapped a couple of lands and created a pair of chests filled with gold and jewels. "Leo, these are yours."
"Heavy," he said absently, still staring at the city.
"Guys, listen to Ghira," Xander ordered.
"Yes, lord Xander," the ninjas chorused while the T800s simply nodded.
"Okay, now I'm off to cure an immortal and fix a damaged land," Xander said, tapping a blue mana and locating Ozpin before opening a gate. "Bye."
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"Blake," Yang said slowly, "why is your face on a mountain?"
Blake groaned and buried her face in her hands, before straightening back up and staring at Weiss. "Why are you suddenly so smug?" she asked, eyes narrowing.
"How many times have you called me Princess?" Weiss asked, smirking.
"Oh God!" Blake groaned again.
"You're the princess of Menagerie?!" Ruby asked excitedly.
"Yes, she is," Weiss said with a wide grin, "which I, as a humble daughter of a rich bast-*ahem* of a rich merchant, will acknowledge."
"You've got fluffy ears and have been hiding them?!" Nora demanded.
Yang reached over and Blake sighed and let her remove the ribbon in her hair, allowing her cat ears to pop up.
"They are fluffy!" Ruby squealed.
Pyrrah sighed. "Ruby, Nora," she said quickly, "asking to play with them would be the same as asking Yang to let you play with her breasts."
"I wasn't," Ruby said defensively.
"I was," Nora said, "I mean now that I know I can ask."
Blake turned to glare at Nora only to find her staring at Yang's chest.
"I mean look at how round and bouncy they are!" Nora said.
Yang opened her mouth, paused and said, "They are pretty epic."
"Can I?" Nora asked happily while half the table facepalmed.
"Yeah, but only for a minute," Yang said.
Blake began giggling, unable to stop herself until she was laughing so hard tears were coming from the corners of her eyes.
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"How am I going to find my house?" Ghira asked as everyone stared into the massive city that was at least five times as large as it had been previously.
"It's probably the castle in the center," Tsunade replied.
"Any idea how we can close the gates?" he asked, deciding to focus on something a bit closer.
"Ask me or Gai," Taunande suggested, "also make sure they're oiled properly and you can probably get it done with a couple dozen men."
"Lord Xander did say you were strong enough to lift one of the buses," Leo muttered.
"Afraid for your hips?" Tsunade teased.
"You break it, you bought it," Leo fired back, making her blush.
"I really thought he'd stick around longer," Ghira said, disappointed.
"He's getting impatient to find his way home," Leo offered. "His friends are still fighting demons without him and he's worried about them, but he did promise to visit if he ever gets the hang of planes walking."
"Huh, it's even in the name, you'd think it would be easier," Ghira said.
"I know," Leo agreed.
Typing By: Frog_22
Beta By: Mist of Shadows and Frog_22