[Beacon Academy: Rooftop of the first year dorm rooms]
The sounds of grunts could be heard on the rooftop of the first year dorm rooms for Beacon Academy. The person making those grunts while swinging his sword was none other than the leader of team JNPR, Jaune Arc.
The 17-year-old young man was busy getting ready for the upcoming Vytal Festival tournament that was supposed to commence in a few weeks. The tournament would help decide who would be the best potential huntsman in all of Remnant!
Currently, Jaune Arc was working on his sword slashes in order to make himself more useful for his team for the upcoming tournament. He knew he wasn't going to be the one picked to represent team JNPR in the singles rounds, that honor had long ago been given to his partner, Pyrrha Nikos. The least he could do was represent his team for the team rounds and maybe the doubles rounds... After all, he was the team leader. That meant he needed to show everyone on the face of Remnant that he was worthy of being on his team and, at the very least, the leader!
With individuals like Pyrrha Nikos, Nora Valkyrie, and Lie Ren on his team, Jaune had a lot to prove and a lot to lose, and he was determined not to lose!
"One hundred seventy one... One hundred seventy-two... One hundred seventy three... One hundred seventy four... One hundred seventy-five!"said Jaune, counting every sorts when he managed to do before he grew tired and decided to take a break.
"Phew... I can do twenty-five more the last time. I'm definitely improving, but I'm going to need to improve more if I ever hope to represent my team and my friends for the Vytal Festival tournament."said Jaune while he was walking over to a nearby bottle of water.
He quickly picked it up and opened it. Once it was open, he placed in your his mouth and took a swig. A few moments of chugging later, he let go of the water bottle and let out of satisfied sigh. All this training by himself was making him thirsty after all.
"I see you're doing well for yourself."said someone who approached Jaune from behind.
He quickly recognized the voice and turned around to see his partner, arguably the strongest first-year student in all of Beacon Academy, Pyrrha Nikos.
"Pyrrha. Please don't sneak up on me like that."said Jaune, wondering how long his partner had been watching him.
"Sorry... It's almost curfew time and I decided to come and get you. How's the training going along? Are you doing everything I taught you?"inquire the invincible girl.
"It's going great... I'm already improving my last record from yesterday. I can do twenty-five more sword swings than I could yesterday.. by the time of the tournament, I should be able to go to distance for team JNPR, Beacon Academy, and the Kingdom of Vale."said Jaune with confidence, making his partner chuckle.
"Well, you're a fast learner. I told you months ago that you had a lot of talent. It just never had a chance to be properly educated."said Pyrrha, who's one of the handful of people who knows of Jaune's secret.
His secret was that he didn't enter the school through legal means. All his life, he wanted nothing more than to be a huntsman, but because he was the only boy of his generation, his parents refused to send him to combat school. So Jaune ran away from home with nothing but the clothes on his back and some transcripts and managed to get into Beacon Academy through sheer luck.
He told Pyrrha about this, and at first, she didn't accept, but eventually, she saw that he had a good heart. So she decided to give him the benefit of the doubt and has been secretly training him ever since.
"You are certainly doing better every day. I'm confident that by the time we graduate, you will be a full-fledged huntsman."said Pyrrha, who honestly believes that.
"Thanks, Pyrrha. You really are a good friend."said Jaune, glad you have a friend like Pyrrha on his corner.
"Yes... A friend."said Pyrrha, who secretly had a crush on her team leader and partner.
He was the first individual to ever treat her like a normal girl, something she has wanted all her life. Pyrrha was blessed with Fame and talent, and because of that, she never really had real friends. Jaune was her first real friend, and that friendship eventually turned into a secret crush he had on the natural blonde dork knight. Unfortunately for her, he's so oblivious to this that he still hasn't realized that she has a crush on him.
"So what are you planning to do tomorrow?"inquired Pyrrha, knowing that tomorrow was Saturday and that the students had the day off.
"I don't know yet... I think I'm going to write a letter to my sister, Saffron. She's the only relative I still talk to after I did what I did."said Jaune, with his partner understanding what he meant by that.
She was one of them few people who accepted and knew of his secret after all.
"Well, when you're done with that, perhaps we can go out into town to grab some lunch. I hear there's this new trendy restaurant in town that I've been wanting to see for a while."said Pyrrha, who was essentially asking Jaune on a date, only she wasn't specifically asking him on a date.
She was hoping they could at least spend time together alone.
"Sure. I got nothing better to do. But you should really go to some place with someone you consider a significant other."said Jaune, who thought that his partner and friend was way out of his League.
That's one of the reasons why he was so oblivious to her feelings.
"Yes... A significant other. Well, curfew is in a few minutes. So try not to be late."said Pyrrha before walking off and waving goodbye to her friend and secret crush.
"Man, that girl really needs to express her feelings more."said Jaune once he was sure his partner was out of earshot.
He then looked to the shattered moon in the sky and wondered if what he was doing was enough.
'I've been spending all this time trying to become stronger, but it's not working. I mean, I am getting stronger, but not at the pace I want. I know true effort takes time and energy, but that's simply a luxury I don't have. I'm way behind everyone else. Heck, I know for a fact that everyone thinks I'm the weakest first-year student at Beacon Academy. I even think they think I'm the weakest student at the school in general. I would be angry if there wasn't some truth to that fact... I've lost pretty much every fight I've ever been in... If it wasn't for Pyrrha and Ruby giving me support, I probably would have given up on my dreams a long time ago...Ahh, I wish there was a way I could become stronger without being a burden to my friends.' thought Jaune to himself.
"Perhaps I can help with that."said a mysterious voice that Jaune did not recognize that all.
He quickly turned around and saw what appeared to be a well-dressed man approaching him. He had light brown skin, slicked back dark hair, brown eyes, thick eyebrows, a thick mustache, and a fake beard. He was wearing what appeared to be a yellow suit that looked like he was made of the highest grade quality of material. It looks like it was handmade, from the yellow vest all the way to the yellow tie. The only pieces of his clothing that were not yellow were the black dress shirt underneath the vest, his black gloves, and his black leather shoes.
"Who are you?"inquired Jaune, wondering who was approaching him.
"My name is Chris... Or maybe it's not. You'll never know."said the individual, identifying himself as Chris.
"Well, Chris. I've never seen you before. Are you one of the students who came for the festival?"inquired Jaune as he pointed his sword at Chris.
Before he could do anything further, he suddenly felt his muscles become all stiff! Soon, he let go of his sword, and it fell on the ground. His shield fell down a second later. Jaune wondered why this was happening before he found himself floating in air with his muscles stiffened to put him in a soldier position.
"What are you doing to me?!"inquired Jaune, quickly figuring out that this Chris character was behind all of this.
"I'm simply flexing my power to make sure you don't try to use Crocea Mors against me. I don't want to hurt you accidentally."said Chris as he began pacing around Jaune, seemingly inspecting him.
"You're quite an interesting character, Jaune Arc. Not only are you what we would classify as an underdog, but you're the type of underdog we all love. You're kind, truly believe what you say, and do your best for everyone you love. The only problem is that things for your life are going to suck from here on out. I mean, first you lose that girl you were just talking to, then you become a depressive little piece of turd... Then when you finally get over and decide to move on, the universe decides to screw with you one more time by having you kill Ruby's friend Penny, which and you're the fence you did because she asked you to, and if that wasn't bad enough... You spend the next 20 and 30 years alone in a place called the Ever After... And you totally go insane... Well, mostly insane, I'll give you that."said Chris, causing his captive to look at him and wonder what the heck he was even talking about.
The Ever After? Killing Penny Polendina? Losing PYRRHA! Just one in the name of the brothers is this guy smoking?
"I can assure you, I am not smoking anything. Oh, and before you ask... I can read your mind, so don't try anything funny... Because I will know before you try."said Chris, revealing what he was doing.
"Ahhh! You're lying! I would never hurt a sweet girl like Penny, and I definitely won't lose Pyrrha."said Jaune, causing Chris to click his tongue.
"I knew you were a stubborn idiot, but this is ridiculous. Well, it's not like I wanted you to believe me anyway... Even though I'm telling the truth and nothing but the truth. Anyway, I don't like what the universe plans for you, so I decided to change it... At least in this universe. Anyway, I'm going to send you on a long journey after reading a book called Journey to the West. It's a really amazing story, and it inspired me to do this to you. Before I do what I'm about to do, I'm going to explain what I'm going to do. That way, you're not too confused. Since you're a fan of sci-fi and comic books, I assume you know what the multiverse is."said Chris, waiting for his captive to respond.
"The theory that for every possibility, there's a universe for it."said Jaune, who was familiar with the concept thanks to his love of comic books.
"Excellent! You saved me a lot of time! Anyway, I am a very powerful person who's going to send you into the Multiverse simply because I can! I already designated which world I'm going to send you to, and they're going to make you a lot stronger than you are now! You'll basically be strong enough to face even the greatest evil of this world, should you survive, that is."said Chris, making Jaune swallow a lump down his throat while sweating nervously.
"What do you mean if I survive?"inquired Jaune nervously.
"Well, I'm not going to risk my life to save yours. Heck, I'm already in trouble with the other celestials with what I'm doing. So I'm just going to leave you on your own devices from here on out. But don't worry, the first world won't kill you... Hopefully. I'm just going to send you to a place filled with these really special creatures called Pokemon. Your job is to take on the league of the region I'm sending you to by defeating the 8th gym leaders, the elite four, the champion, and at least capture at least one legendary Pokemon I know none of this makes sense to you right now, but it will. For now, I'm going to remove your armor and take your sword and shield... Don't want you getting in trouble for carrying a weapon in the world of Pokemon."said Chris before snapping his fingers.
As soon as he did that, Jaune found that his sword and shield had been removed, along with his armor.
"Why are you doing this?!"inquired Jaune, wondering why Chris was doing all of this.
"Because you are a popular underdog, and my species is tired of the universe screwing you over. So we're going to give you a chance to properly get stronger! No more you taking a back seat when you have suffered the most."said Chris before snapping his fingers again.
As soon as he did that, Jaune found that he was wearing a different outfit which consisted of a black muscle shirt, black leather jacket, dark blue jeans, black running shoes, a brown belt, and yellow fingerless gloves.
"Ah, so much better. Well, good luck in the world of Pokemon. I'm just going to send you to a random region at random, but try your best to survive. Anyway, adios. I'll see you again when you complete your journey through the world of Pokemon."Chris said before creating what appeared to be a golden portal behind Jaune!
"No! You can't do this! Help! Pyrrha! Ruby! Anyone! Help me!"shouted Jaune at the top of his lungs, but for some reason, no one came to help him despite all the noisy was making.
"Yeah, I was mostly sure you would do that. So, I put up a soundproof barrier around us. No one is coming to your aid. I don't know why you're fighting me on this. After all, I'm going to be the reason you're going to be so strong and powerful at the end. But on the other hand I can understand why you don't want to go... After all everything you know is here, including your friends who have been more family to you than your actual family. Well, I guess we'll just have to see how things work out for you. Try not to die, and do your best to become stronger."said Chris before using his powers to fling Jaune into the portal!
"Noooooooo...!"shouted Jaune before he was sucked into the portal.
He tried his best desperately to get away, but the portal just kept absorbing his body little by little before the last run of his hair was sucked in. Once his body was completely through the portal, Chris used his powers to make the portal disappear. He then removed the soundproof barrier he had put on the rooftop.
"I wonder how everyone's going to react to him disappearing. Maybe I should send one of them on his journey with him... Or maybe not. Or maybe I'll do it later. Either way, this is going to be a lot of fun. In the meantime, I'll try to keep the peace here while he gets stronger."said Chris before teleporting to who knows where.
On the other hand, Jaune found himself free falling through ultra space at a rapid pace. He was screaming like a little girl while free falling through what appeared to be space and time. At first, he was hyperventilating because he believed he couldn't breathe since he was in space. Eventually, he realized that he was breathing just fine and calm down a little. That only lasted for a second before he realized that he had just been kidnapped by some kind of all-powerful being! He had been taken away from his friends and his dream all because of some selfish celestial whims!
He didn't know anything that Chris character was talking about, if that was even his real name! He didn't know anything about the future! Losing Pyrrha! Becoming all depressed! Killing Penny Polendina because she asked him to! Being trapped in a place called the Ever After for 30 years! None of it made any sense! None of it could make any sense!
But at the same time, Jaune wondered if there was some truth to that... Did Chris know something about the future that he did not know? And if so, what could he do about it? Why didn't he send people like team RWBY on this epic journey into the Multiverse! Why send nobody like him! These were the thoughts plaguing his mind as he fell into what appeared to be a white portal.
A few moments later, he completely passed out.
-=O=-
Hours later, Jaune Arc woke up in a grassy field that was clear of anything for miles. He looked around for a second and thought everything that had just happened to him was a dream until he looked up into the sky and realized it was not a dream. He quickly realized it wasn't a dream when he saw a whole Moon above his head. It wasn't the shattered Moon he had seen all his life, no... This was a complete moon!
Upon seeing that everything that had happened to him was real, Jaune Arc did the only logical thing he could think of at the time...
"Ahhhhhhhhh!"he screamed into the heavens... Realizing he was now playing the main character of a game of an all-powerful being who would not give him what he wanted unless he got what he wanted first.
This means that Jaune Arc ever wanted to see his friends again... He would have to go on this epic Quest this Chris character put him on!
Hopefully, he will survive this in one piece!
Hopefully!