2,196Finally found some time to write this! Honestly it's been in my head for a while so I'm glad I finished.
darknessero: God I haven't scene berserk in so long. I even fell off of it. So that's a maybe.
Guest: I haven't thought of doing Goblin Slayer.
Jeong Ho Lee: Soon. I have a few ideas lined up first.
: That has actually crossed my mind.
dragonslayerahjahn: I don't have any of those. Any suggestions?
crimson guardian: I...have not seen that? What is that?
Zalthol: Currently only Penny Pyrrha and Ruby are in love with him. Summer has feelings for herversion.
Metalder Bunny: Ooh yeah the "Forbidden" games are fun. I'll put that into consideration.
WaqueKoala 2.0: Someone already did Bloodborne. So I won't be doing it.
And to everyone else, yes the Zodiac Weapons are based on the Talismans from Jackie Chan Adevntures but also the Zoodiac Archetype frok Yu-Gi-Oh!
Thanks again for the support.
Disclaimer: I do not own RWBY.
"Team ABLT again?" Qrow asked. "I remember not being in the theater for this one."
"Same," all the guys said at once.
"From what I remember hearing of it, these guys had a cool bromance," Sun said.
"I hear you," Mercury replied, sipping his drink.
"I wonder what we'll see," Tai mused.
It was the Vytal Festival, four months after their little death march through Sanus. Four months after their weapons and armor got wrecked. Four months after they returned to Beacon and swore REVENGE on teams RWBY and PRNC.
And team ABLT/ALBT will definitely get it!
"Heh, I too would still be angry for someone making me miss out on food," Sun grinned.
"After a torturous march like that? I agree," Roman nodded his head.
However, three months before the arrival of Amity Colosseum, the boys had gotten a visit from a friend that they made on the trip.
"I wonder who they met up with?" Neptune said to himself.
Early in the morning, Jaune was out running around the entirety of the cliffside that Beacon was on. After getting used to getting up at five in the morning, Jaune had been conditioned to train early, even before the sun rose.
"That is some dedication," Tai whistled. "I know a lot of hunters and huntresses that don't get up that early."
"Even us criminals don't like getting up that early," Mercury agreed. "Unless you're really dedicated."
Almost back to the main avenue of the school, Jaune heard something rather familiar. The blond skidded to a stop and turned to the right, towards the nearby landing docks. Was that...the sound of jet engines?
Blue eyes began to glow before widening.
"I wonder why he mentioned that?" Qrow asked.
Jaune opened his arms and used his Aura Amp to harden his body. A good thing too as something crashed into him, or rather someone. Pulling said person in close, he twirled himself around with the person in his arms. "Penny!" he laughed.
"Friend Jaune!" Penny giggled. The two hugged each other before Jaune had set the smaller girl down.
"Does this universe have something for redheads?" Neptune asked after he took note of some things.
"Whatever do you mean?" the Curator asked.
"The worlds seem to favor the red-haired women with Jaune. While yes we got a smattering of other women but it's a lot of people with red hair," the blue-haired boy pointed out.
"That has to do with this section of the multiverse. You should see the one where he's chased after by the yandere girls in all worlds." The men shuddered at the thought. After it was explained what that meant to those who didn't know that bit of Mistrali culture.
"I thought you'd be here with the rest of the Atlas contingent," Jaune said smiling at the android.
"I was supposed to but papa also asked me to deliver your team's new equipment. As thanks for stopping that rogue mechanical Beringel that the SDC asked him to make."
"That would explain the fight," Mercury hummed. "And of course the SDC would ask for something stupid."
Ah yes, the fight that broke all their weapons and armor. A place where they had met one professor Pietro Polendina and his daughter Penny. Honestly, the team came to like her very much. Her inquisitive nature and innocence endeared the tiny girl to them.
She became an honorary team member of ABLT when she showed off her skills and considered them friends.
"That's nice of them," Tai grinned.
Shame they couldn't get her to stop asking that old lady Maria about what certain terms mean. It was a dark day for the team when Penny told General Ironwood that she had intercourse with all team ABLT. The quartet had to run for their lives from an angry General and Specialist.
The entire room started laughing. Given the innocence of the girl, what she said would be easily misconstrued.
Meanwhile, Pietro and Maria were chuckling off to the side with Penny confused.
To pay the boys for stopping his rampaging creation and having their stuff destroyed, Pietro offered to reforge their stuff and make them better.
The boys accepted when Peter and Bart told them it would be foolish to say no.
"From what I remember, Polendina is some sort of cybernetics genius. I wonder what he'll do to the brats' stuff," Roman said.
"Thank you," Jaune told Penny, back in the present. The tiny girl grinned and nodded her head.
"Do I get a reward for doing that?" Penny asked, her cheeks reddening. Jaune blushed as well.
"Huh?" Qrow said perking up. "What's this?"
"R-Right," he stutters. Jaune reached out and his hand glowed with Aura Amp activating. Placing his hand on Penny's head, he pushed his Aura into her. She closed her eyes and…
"MmaAH!" Penny moaned sensually, causing Jaune to stop.
The entire theater, save for the Curator, froze. Penny was eating ice cream when she heard that and nearly dropped her spoon. Even Cinder and Emerald were surprised that the innocent girl could make such a noise.
The two blushed and looked away from each other. Let it be known, that the first time Jaune used Aura Amp on the android, was the first time the redhead had done the same...in front of the General.
Qrow was shaken out of his shock and started to laugh. Followed by Tai and Roman. They had a good idea of why it was a bad thing. "That's like trying to have sex in front of the girlfriend's dad!" Qrow hollered.
That caused Sun, Mercury, and Neptune to laugh as well.
That was another dark day for team ABLT.
Two months before the tournament, Jaune had another interaction. The blond had just finished a class for leadership skills alongside the other first-year leaders. Ruby had left to speak to her team about the dance. He was too when he saw one person sulking away.
Jaune sighed and knew he shouldn't go and step in...but his dad had ingrained into his brain to help girls out.
"Oi! Nikos," Jaune called out to the sullen girl. The tall redhead stopped and looked at Jaune, and he could instantly tell she hadn't had any sleep from the bags on her eyes.
"Is it weird that he's calling her Nikos instead of Pyrrha?" Sun asked the others. "I mean it feels so damn freaky."
"I mean it is weird. We've heard the blond idiot call her that the entire time, so we're used to it," Mercury replied.
"Oh, Jaune. I'm sorry, did you need something?" Pyrrha asked almost distractedly.
"No, I don't but you seem like you do." The blond walked over to her and frowned. His Aura reached out and felt hers. It was an odd effect to feel how someone is doing when he tries to heal them.
And man Pyrrha's Aura felt so sickly.
"So he's like a super healer of a sort in this?" Neptune asked.
"Well, not as good as most other worlds since he focuses on combat but he can still heal with his Aura Amp," the Curator responded. "A smaller number of worlds are like that."
It felt so tired that he actually made a face. "I don't know what you mean," Pyrrha said as she looked away.
"You do." He looked around and sighed. "Are you getting enough sleep? You look like shit."
"Are we not friends with her here?" Nora asked from her spot in the training. She was doing bench presses with Yang as her spotter.
"You are but you are not close," the Curator replied. "Namely because Pyrrha is closed off. That and Cardin has been monopolizing her time to himself."
That made every one of Pyrrha's friends frown upon hearing that.
"I am." The blond didn't look convinced, which made Pyrrha flinch. "Look, it doesn't matter if I'm tired or not-"
"But it does," Jaune replied. The finality in his voice made Pyrrha's mouth shut with a click.
"Damn, he's got an aura of authority here," Roman whistled.
"You and I are leaders Pyrrha. Not only that, but we are also classmates. And while not on as good terms as my team and RWBY, I would at least like to consider you an acquaintance." There was a softness in his eyes that belied his stern voice, and that sent a shiver down Pyrrha's spine.
She wasn't the only one. The women who were into people in authority felt a shiver down their spine as he spoke. Winter, especially, was affected. "Oh my…"
"And as an acquaintance I'm worried. If there is something you can't tell your teammates, I'm more than willing to listen."
"Sometimes it's good enough to have a third party to interfere when you can't speak to people close to you," Tai sagely nodded. "But they have to be the right person. Because sometimes some people would just agitate it further."
"And how would you know that?" Mercury asked.
"I'm a teacher, and I've seen this multiple times."
Pyrrha stared at Jaune as if truly seeing him for the first time. And...from his nice physique beneath his uniform, his newly cut hair, and this aura of leadership, the champion couldn't help but blush.
"She must really like him if that was her reaction," Roman said.
"Almost all worlds have Pyrrhas like Jaunes. It's a constant. If she gets with him is the variable," the Curator informed them.
"Ah...I will think about it," she replied. The woman turned to leave as did Jaune but stopped. "Would you be free to talk on Friday afternoon?"
Jaune blinked and turned to Pyrrha with a kind smile. "Sure."
It was at that point that Jaune had private talks with Pyrrha who poured out her soul to him. And Jaune just listened, being a friend to her. Which let her relax and even open up to Nora and Ren.
"TEAM JNPR HAPPENS EVEN IF WE AREN'T A TEAM WOOO!" Nora yelled, catching anyone walking passed the training room by surprise.
Instead of being controlled by Cardin, her boyfriend, Pyrrha began to stand up to him.
"Ah, so she's finding herself once more after a semester out from under the thumb of the bully?" Qrow nodded. "Good for her."
Now a few minutes before the start of the first event of King of the Hill, everyone was getting ready in their own little waiting room. Everyone save for the team already at the top of the hill who was waiting at the throne.
Jaune Arc was sitting on the throne with a white cape that hid his figure. Standing around him was Russel with a blue cape, Sky in a deep purple cape, and Dove in a light brown number.
Summer and Ruby perked up. "We have cape friends now!" they both cheered.
"You guys, you don't have to defend me, we are a team after all," Jaune said calmly as he rested himself on the throne on the hill. All around the hill were various types of terrain. From forest to mountain, to seaside, to magma, all of them gave different ways to get to the top and attack the leader on the throne.
"Interesting way to do this, I wonder what is the point of it all," Ozpin said as he sipped his coffee next to James. He too was intrigued.
"Boss, one of us has to stay on the throne," Russel reminded him.
"And despite you being originally the weakest amongst us," Sky grinned. "I am scared to admit that you've actually gotten far stronger than any of us."
"And you're our leader, it only fits that you stay on the chair," Dove said nodding his head happily.
"Ugh...I wish I didn't draw that damn first on the seat," Jaune groaned.
"That does paint a target on your back," Roman pointed.
"And at a big disadvantage," Mercury frowned. Being an assassin, he knew that having people focused on you makes things hard. Having multiple teams makes it even harder.
Ozpin's voice went over the speakers as everyone was finally ready. "Welcome everyone. This is our first event of the Vytal Tournament, king of the hill. The team who stays longest within twenty-five feet of the throne gets to advance to the second round of battles automatically. They will not have to go through the preliminaries. There will be a total of thirty minutes. You may team up against one another for this. At the sound of the horn, the game will start."
"A chance to avoid the usual team fights and straight into the doubles fights?" Sun said sipping another soda. "That's actually pretty big."
"Being able to watch the other teams fight and capitalize on that," Neptune shook his head. "That is a big boon."
A horn blared and the doors opened.
"Let's make it harder for them to get here then," Jaune said. Standing up, he drew his new version of Crocea Mors...or rather what he dubbed Aurum Mors. It was a sleek black bastard sword with the Arc family symbol as the guard in gold.
"Okay, that looks pretty freaking cool," Mercury said as he appreciated the sword.
"I wonder how much that costs," Roman appreciated the sword in a different capacity.
Everyone else drew their new weapons as well.
Sky pulled out a double-sided spear. Both ends had various jagged parts with a pair of wings as the guards. The center also seemed to glow.
Dove pulled out a saber with a golden guard in the shape of a Dove and silver handle, with a Dust crystal at the bottom, currently Earth.
Russel pulled out two daggers that he spun in his hands. Both had slots in the middle with rainbow-colored Dust. They had a dark blue handle like his cape and the oddest feature was the guards were a little bigger than the blades itself.
"What do they do!?" Tai and Qrow groaned as they heard Ruby shout.
"I'm surprised they can still be this loud," Mercury said to them.
"I'm surprised they can keep it quiet long enough to do so," Neptune commented.
All of them glowed brown before they all stabbed the ground.
Teams RWBY, SSSN, PRNC, BRNZ, CVFY, and everyone else felt the entire mountain began to shake.
"What the-" Yang managed to say as the entire hill started changing shape. Various walls from the earth shot up, making traversal harder. And it wasn't just for them. It went all around the mountain, numerous earthen walls shot up, making narrow pathways that had to be crossed, or some that were even just blocked off.
And at the top of the mountain?
A small building with a circular wall was erected.
"Oh, that's just bullshit!" Sun shouted. "How did they do that?"
"They used Earth Dust in conjunction with Jaune's Semblance which helped them to create what they needed," the Curator replied.
"And how does Aura Amp help do something like that!?"
"Would you believe me if I said four minds thinking together using a butt load of Aura to cover the mountain did this?"
Safe to say he wasn't believed.
"I can't believe they managed to do that," Weiss dropped her jaw.
Up in the stands, Ozpin nearly choked on his coffee, Glynda nearly dropped her glasses, and all the while Port and Oobleck were clapping their hands at their proteges.
"Huh, I've never seen them so happy before," Tai laughed.
"Me neither man," Qrow chuckled.
"We've sat in a few classes with them and they always seem so energetic about someone else," Sun said. Neptune and Mercury nodded their heads.
"Are they really that bad?" Roman asked. Everyone nodded their heads once more.
"I think that explains the soft rumblings we've had for a couple of months now," Ozpin said upon finally getting his bearings.
"So they've been practicing," Tai hummed. "At least they mention that they actually practiced the move before doing it at the tournament."
"How did they know to do this though? Did you two tell them?" Glynda asked.
"We're not even part of that committee," Oobleck replied calmly.
"And if we did know, we wouldn't be able to tell them now would we?" Port chuckled. "This..this is all them. And I couldn't be more proud."
"They showed their improvement. Any teacher would be proud," Qrow said to them happily.
The first two teams to get to the building were PRNC and RWBY. Some of the other teams were fighting within the walls that lead up to the top of the hill. While it was suggested teams worked together, it seems like this little bump on the road had them fighting one another.
"Makes sense," Roman nodded. "If anything like that happens in the field during a competition, of course, they'd fight even if they were suggested to team up."
At that time, seven minutes had passed.
"Look, we don't need to fight each other right now," Pyrrha said. RWBY couldn't help but notice that she looked healthier these past two months. And less submissive to her boyfriend Cardin.
Who, for one, looked rather agitated.
"Yeah, having a good friend listen to you would help out a lot," Sun grinned. "He's always a good friend from what I noticed. Even if he was evil."
"Right...we can kick each other's butts then," Ruby nodded.
"You guys sure about that?" Everyone aimed their weapons as they saw Sky standing there. He still had his cloak on but they could see some of his armor peeking out and it was colored a dark purple.
"So we get to see their new duds?" Neptune asked ready to take notes on how to look cool in armor.
Before they could understand, two figures landed behind them. Dove and Russel had their weapons drawn and they glowed green with Wind Dust. Sky picked up his new spear and it glowed as well. The trio blasted them away with a strong gale.
"Team attacks," Sun mumbled to his friend. "We need to make more team attacks."
The only two that weren't blown away were Ruby and Pyrrha. Everyone else was forced down the hill. The reaper and the champion looked at them nervously. "We're not here for you," Russel replied.
"What's this?" Tai asked surprised.
"Boss actually wants to face you girls," Dove said as they looked over.
"So we're going to get out of his way and handle the other people," Sky finished for them. He moved out of the way. There was a small hole in the wall for them to enter in.
"Ah Jaune wants to test his mettle against his friends," Qrow smiled.
"Uh...why?" Pyrrha asked. Although she felt a thrill learning that Jaune wanted to fight her. It was thanks to his talks that she opened up to both Ren and Nora and had noticed that Cardin is not actually boyfriend material...but she knew someone who was.
"Man, two months of knowing each other, and he's gotten her to like him," Mercury whistled. "That's pretty good."
"Because he'd like to test himself against his best friend and the champion, duh," Russel replied.
"I was wondering what Jaune was up to!" Ruby cheered.
"Yeah, go do that, we'll be going to keep your friends busy," Sky grinned. The trio removed their capes which seemed to vanish into their armor.
"Wow…" Ruby said with her eyes glistening.
"I want to see!" Ruby shouted once more.
"We...may have to tone down her sugar," Qrow whispered to his friend.
"We've tried and failed so many times," Tai sighed.
Russel had a slim armor with a white undersuit and a gold trim. There was a white chest plate with blue parts around the shoulder blades and back. The pauldrons extended just a bit beyond the shoulders to give him protection but also a full range of motion. He had on blue gauntlets that ended shy of his elbows. Black gloves adorned his hands. Finishing off his new look were white shin guards.
"That's...pretty fucking cool," Mercury dropped his jaw.
Dove had a black gambeson with a white front. The sleeves closing around his arms with some buttons, with the fabric covering a pair of silver gauntlets. Light brown pants were on his legs, covered with parts of the torso armor on the front and back. He had steel-toed boots that were a darker shade of brown with shin guards.
"That looks like some Atlasean uniform but sturdier," Roman replied.
Sky has a set of heavy armor that still allows for quick movement. A purple undersuit covers his whole body, except the hands. There were gloves with the same color but they went over the sleeves of his undersuit. A metallic collar protects his neck on all sides, slightly lower in front to account for his chin. Pauldrons are disconnected from the breastplate, covering his shoulders. They also cover enough of the upper arm that the thicker vambraces only need to cover from the elbow down. A bit of material extends from the front and back, protecting his hands but not keeping them from reaching around. Vambraces also connect to gloves for another point of locking down. Legs are covered by armored pants that have a paint job which makes it look like they're segmented. Boots are disconnected and go under the pants. The weirdest thing of all was that it seemed to float off the armor.
"He looks like a fucking tank," Sun said in awe.
All three of them gave the two ladies a nod before helmets extended from the back of the armors and covered their faces, coming forming piece by piece. Russel's was a blue helmet that looked draconic, Dove's was brown and looked like a leopard, and Sky's was a skull.
"That was amazing," Tai said grinning. It was rare to see people in full armor. And the sleek look was great.
The trio then ran off to keep other students busy.
"So cool," Ruby gasped. Pyrrha could only think the same.
"I have to agree with my niece, that was cool," Qrow replied.
"I bet Jaune's would be just as good," the redhead told her classmate. The two shared one look before going into the tiny building.
Upon entering, they saw it was just a single twenty-foot radius room with no roof. In the center was the throne and Jaune sitting there. Like the rest of his group, he was covered in a cloak. "Oh! Hey girls," the blond greeted excitedly. Jaune held up his Scroll in his hand showing off a black gauntlet with gold lining and a black glove.
"He looks like a supervillain like that," Roman chuckled. "And my boss is basically one."
"You got that right," Mercury replied also with a laugh. The two of them shared a look. "She'd burn us for making that joke if she were here."
"It only took you guys ten minutes to get here. I've already spent a third of the time on this chair. So you-"
The two girls rushed forward and swung their weapons at where the blond was sitting. As they were about to hit though, Jaune lifted up the black blade resting to his side and managed to black both weapons at once.
"Just like a supervillain!" the two bad guys repeated once more, laughing.
"Wha?" Ruby blinked before she jumped back.
Pyrrha meanwhile looked thrilled. 'A CHANCE AT A GOOD FIGHT!'
"She seems a little more bloodthirsty this time," Tai said.
"Probably because she is still looking for someone to fight properly," Qrow responded.
Jaune then stood up and his cape fell to the chair, revealing his armor.
His armor was bulkier than either Dove or Russel's but not as large as Sky's. The color all around was black and gold. The under armor was all black with the trimmings were gold. The pauldrons were segmented in two parts, one that covered his top, and the part within a small space of it covered his arms. There were bracers on his arms and over them were bangles on his wrists. Alternating triangles adorned those bracers. The breastplate covered his entire chest, with a high metallic collar with a dip in the front like Sky's. A pair of grieves adorned his legs with metallic boots.
"He's is a supervillain!" Sun shouted. "What good guy dresses in black and gold!?"
As he stood up, his own helmet began to encase his head, much like the others. Jaune's looking like a cross between a rabbit and a dragon.
"I...may have to agree with my friend," Neptune looked at the entire armor. "He does look like a bad guy."
"Okay...first off...wow! How the heck did you do that!" Ruby demanded.
"Well, I'm glad you asked! I-" Jaune started to reply.
"Ruby not now!" Pyrrha shouted as she ran forward and began to try and stab him once more, but Jaune parried Milo with Aurum Mors. His left hand came up and blocked with the bracer.
"That is some sturdy armor to be able to block an attack at that strength and speed," Tai said.
Ruby used her speed and weight to drag his hand down. Pyrrha used this moment to try and kick Jaune in the chest. Jaune, however, did something neither girl expected. As he was about to be hit, the bracelet on his left hand began to glow. Suddenly, a beam shot out of his hand and caused the floor to explode.
"What the heck was that?" Roman asked in surprise.
This caught the girls by surprise, giving him a chance to take a step back and take a breath.
"As I said earlier, how did you do that!?" Ruby said, her eyes glowing with delight. Despite her words, she wasn't distracted this time. Instead, she switched Crescent Rose into sniper mode while Pyrrha turned her weapon into a javelin.
"One to fight Jaune close range and the other at long range, good plans," Qrow praised them.
This time Jaune initiated. His blade clashed with Pyrrha's spear, as he took a step to the right. Ruby cursed as her shot missed when he did. Pyrrha meanwhile tried to smack Jaune with Akouo, however, the knight in shining black armor raised his sheath to block it.
"Okay, this Jaune has skills," Sun grinned.
"He does seem cool," Neptune admitted.
Raising his arm up, he parried a second shot with his new armor. "This is fun! You girls are as good as I always thought you were!" Jaune cheered. "You don't know how excited this makes me."
"He must really be happy, to finally challenge his friends," Tai sighed. Brothers, he missed his childhood when he can do stuff like that.
"You've really improved over these past few months Jaune," Ruby grinned as she shifted her weapon back to scythe mode and used her Speed to get behind Jaune and slashed at him. Pyrrha saw Jaune turn to face off against Ruby and took this moment to attack him as well. She went to stab him once more with her spear.
Jaune saw this and dropped his Aurum Mors and blocked quicker by using his bracer.
"Smart," Roman clapped. "Sometimes it's faster to use your hands than rely on a weapon."
"I completely understand!" Sun sighed. He didn't understand why everyone was so caught up on using a weapon all the time. Sometimes hand to hand is fun.
Going by his teaching from Port, his hands went up to his face in a boxer's position.
After taking a deep breath to calm himself, he ducked a slash from Pyrrha and weaved closer to Ruby. As she went for an upward swing, Jaune lifted up his leg and stepped on the shaft of Crescent Rose and jabbed a surprised Ruby in the face.
Those related to her winced. "We should also teaxher some hand to hand," Tai said.
"We've failed that too," Qrow parroted Tai's words from earlier.
This was followed by a right hook, then a second jab, before ending with a straight. This left her head spinning.
"Decent combo," Yang complimented as she did some deadlifts with Nora.
As her head went backward, Jaune ripped Crescent Rose out of her hands and tossed it to the side.
"When Neo fought little red, she got the upper hand by doing that too," Roman said.
"Really need to drill that into her then," Mercury told the other adults in the room.
Jaune then ducked another strike from Pyrrha and barely had time to stop the redhead's shield.
She had a vicious grin on her face as the thrill of battle was coursing through her. She didn't stop her attacks though.
"Have to say, seeing this side of her is making me feel things," Mercury laughed. Sun and Neptune glared at him for the sake of their friends.
Pyrrha would alternate between trying to attack with the spear and then trying to bash him with her shield. Before stepping back, switching into rifle mode and taking potshots at him.
"She's skilled," Tai said. "I can see why she's a champion."
Jaune was relentless however and rushed forward. Crossing his arms over his chest, a shield made out of Aura expanded from his bracelets as he tanked the attacks. He grunted as he felt some of the blows.
"It seems like what Jaune lacks in skill, he makes up for with Aura," Neptune guessed.
Once he got to the girl, her weapon change was almost instantaneous. She was in xiphos mode as she fought him at close range. Her attacks were parried and he managed to push her shield out of the way and actually landed a punch to her gut.
She gritted her teeth before she used Milo to block his follow up attack.
"His first solid hit on Pyrrha," Sun cheered. He was rooting for both his friends after all.
Jaune tensed as he heard something. "Shit…" He pulled away from Pyrrha and twisted away from their exchange. As he did, he grabbed his weapon.
Just in time too, for someone had joined the fight.
Jaune used his sword to deflect the various blades that rained down on him. When that wasn't enough, his left hand went up and an Aura shield erupted from his left hand in a dome.
"Here comes Penny," Neptune stated.
Landing down was Penny. "Salu-"
Before she could finish her greetings, Jaune aimed both hands at her and blasted her with Aura sending her through the wall.
That got a snort of laughter from Mercury and a few others from the theater.
"Woah! Jaune how could you!?" Ruby shouted.
"We're fighting duh!" Jaune grinned. "And as I was saying this armor is-"
"Don't let him talk!" Pyrrha interrupted as the two of them began to fire at him once more with her rifle. Jaune used his shield to block it. "The more he talks the longer he's the king of the hill!"
"Oh! That's why she's been so quiet," Qrow said, smacking his forehead as he did. "I almost forgot about that."
"OH RIGHT!" Ruby rushed him and Penny came through the hall as well too. Her weapons lashing out on the other side of Jaune.
Jaune parried Crescent Rose with his sword and used his Aura shield to block Penny's swords. However, at this moment, Pyrrha saw it. She aimed her rifle and shot at Jaune.
The attack found its mark and Jaune was forced back.
"They've landed a hit!" Tai clapped his hands. He was cheering for his daughter here.
"Jaune has to use his hands to block!" Pyrrha shouted.
"More like it's harder for me to fight more than one person at a time at the-"
"Coming through!" a voice shouted. Jaune barely had time to block as a staff smacked into his helmet and staggered the young man.
One Sun Wukong had entered the fray, grinning like a loon.
"I have arrived!" Sun yelled as he stood up.
Jaune just got off his knees when a fist caught him by his helmet and pushed him off to the side once more. Followed by a blast of music.
"I see most of the gang's all here," he chuckled as he saw Flynt and Arslan standing there.
"Team leaders only huh?" Neptune laughed.
"How'd you know that?" Mercury asked.
"I'm an intellectual. And I looked up the other teams."
"You better just give up now," Arslan threatened. "And leave this building."
"Ah...you have to make me," Jaune countered. Putting his hand on to his ear he spoke.
"Built in comms device? Those would be useful," Tai said.
"They're already being used by armies," Qrow reminded him.
"But not Hunters. Then again not many use full on armor like that."
"True."
"Guys...I'm going to switch my Semblance. I need to get serious." The people looked as Jaune take a deep breath before the golden parts of the armor began to glow.
"He's looking more and more supervillain," Roman jokes again.
"Huh...father never told me about those specs," Penny blinked.
"The only thing your father's armor gives me is defense and fancy wrist shields and blasters. The glow?" Jaune's eyes glowed blue. "That's all me."
"Why do his eyes glow like that?" Sun asked the Curator.
"It's an indicator that his Semblance is in use," he replied.
"By why did the other's eyes glow as well?" Mercury asked this time.
Silence was his answer.
Even the black blade in his hand came to life with a white Aura.
"Here I come," he said.
Jaune sped into the group, almost as fast as Ruby. In fact, it was that blur of movement that had given Jaune the opening needed to put his hand on Ruby's stomach and blasted her through the wall with his bracelet/blaster.
Tai and Qrow winced upon seeing that. Yeah they may have to up her training just a smidge.
When Sun tried to attack his staff got accidentally blocked by Arslan who tried to attack Jaune with her fist.
Using this time, he moved towards Arslan and stabbed his sword into the part of her kimono that was hanging off of her. Even without turning, he dodged the blades sent at him by Penny, before punching putting his hands on Sun's chest and blasted him away too.
"Uh...what just happened?" Neptune asked. "How the heck is he doing better all of a sudden?"
He ducked a wild swing from Arslan, before dodging away from an attack by Pyrrha. He then shot a beam at Penny who blocked the attack with her blades.
Two shots rang out and Jaune blocked one with his shield and the other was blocked by Arslan, who Jaune used as a shield by moving around her.
"Oh man. She's not going to be happy about that," Sun winced.
"You know her?" Mercury asked curiously.
"Yeah. We've hung out. She's a bit prideful so using her as a human shield would piss her off."
"Great," Ruby frowned. "Since there are so many of us in here, it's harder to hit him."
"Wait don't tell me, that was part of his plan?" Roman asked. The thief looked at the Curator who was grinning. "That's fucking smart."
Pyrrha kept taking shots at Jaune, who was now in a mess of people. "That's true, I'm surprised that he's this strong."
Penny began throwing more of her blades and Jaune finally grabbed his sword again and blocked all of them. "It's due to his mutated Semblance Aura Amp," she replied. "He has two forms to it."
"So we get to hear about why he's strong here," Tai said relaxing in his chair.
"Oh, and what's that?" Cinder asked as she sauntered into the building. Blue eyes saw her and they narrowed when she didn't start attacking.
"Of course she would show her hand so early," Mercury grinned. "Cinder is a smart lady after all."
"His first ability he calls Perfect Rhythm Tactics. It mixes his Aura with the others, which lets those connected make snap team decisions with just a glance at one another. That and it makes them far stronger than usual since Jaune is boosting their abilities. Like if they were all in a band and had to have the same rhythm."
"So you mean to tell me that's how they made that weird maze? I call bullshit!" Neptune shouted.
"That's not it completely," the Curator told the blue haired boy. "While yes that is how it is set up, but it's also because Jaune blanketed the hillside with massive Aura to set where the Dust they use could go. And by thinking of how they want their Earth Dust to shape itself, by using Jaune's Semblance to help make their decisions faster, they built their maze. Of course they had to practice for months to get it down."
"They were lucky it was some sort of king of the hill thing or they would have messed up," Qrow chuckled.
"Actually, regardless of stage, they would have done this. Separate the opponent team they face and fight them on their own terms in the maze."
"Again…fucking smart," Roman reiterated what he said earlier.
"That explains why the assholes outside were so hard to take down," Coco growled as she took her weapon and began to spray across the field, not caring who she shot at.
"I can see that," Sun laughed.
"What's the second?" Cinder hummed.
"He calls it Pinnacles. He assumes there are three steps to it. Hard Work, Great Wisdom and he doesn't know the last one yet," Penny informed them. "Hard Work lets him strengthen his body to an absurd degree. Now with the armor papa gave him, I think he might be even sturdier."
"Sounds interesting, it's like the normal application of Aura but stronger." Tai said.
"And Great Wisdom gives him precognition of future events up to a couple of seconds. They are not mutually exclusive and can be used in conjunction."
"What she doesn't mention is the caveat in that Jaune can only see the most likely occurrence of events and the future is not set in stone," the Curator told them.
"Ah no wonder he's doing better," Mercury said, snapping his fingers. "He's literally predicting how people are going to react."
"That would explain why he's handling all of us in a group so easily," Nebula stated as she took a moment to catch her breath. The black knight had used a shield encased fist to back hand her and it hurt a lot.
Jaune frowned as he saw all the people in the room and jumped out of the building, leaving everyone to blink and be confused.
"What? Why would he do that?" Qrow asked. "He was winning."
"With those numbers, I'm pretty sure he would have been overrun eventually," Tai told his friend.
"True. Forgot about that."
"He was only here for fourteen minutes, that means someone else can take a majority!" Sun shouted as it finally settled in what they needed to do. Once allies of convenience started to fight amongst themselves.
"And mass chaos ensues with his departure," Roman chuckles. "Smart kid."
Meanwhile, Jaune stood outside against the makeshift building before. The helmet he had on deconstructed itself, allowing the sweaty blond to close his eyes and take a deep breath.
"Must be tiring fighting so many people," Mercury said.
"It always is," Roman sighed. "Group vs one fights a lot."
When he opened his eyes, he could only grin at the sight before him. The mass chaos his team had created by holding back everyone but team leaders had caught everyone into its pace.
Yang was on a rampage since someone got something in her hair.
"Oh. The firecracker isn't going to be happy seeing that," Qrow winced.
Nora was happily throwing grenades everywhere.
"Yup. I can see that," Sun said popping the p in the word.
Velvet was using this time to copy weapons and using them against their owners.
"Huh so that's her ability, neat!" Neptune grinned. He was curious about the rabbit Faunus after seeing her. That and she seemed like a cool girl like Coco.
On and on it went, all across the hill was a mass free for all.
He heard three thumps next to him. Looking at either side of him, Jaune grinned at his team. "Good job guys," he complimented them.
All their helmets went away and showed very tired teens. "As much as that was fun, I'd rather not do it again," Sky groaned. "After the boost your Semblance gave us wore off, Yatsuhashi hit me hard enough I bounced on the ground."
"That's all you have to say about it?" Dove scoffed. "I took so many kicks to the chest from that Mercury dude."
That caused the assassin to puff of up his chest in pride.
Russell flipped them off. "I was used like a ragdoll by Valkyrie and Xiao-Long." All four boys shuddered.
After getting to know everyone, and a lot of the theater shuddered. The thought of two physically strong people utterly beating one person was an image they didn't want to think of.
"Okay, that is pretty bad," they all agreed.
They enjoyed the carnage before them before they all started to laugh. "How long do you think it will take them to notice the boss is still within the range of the throne?" Dove laughed.
"What!?" Sun shouted. "How!"
"The building they made had a twenty foot radius. They had to stay within twenty-five feet of the throne," the Curator reminded them.
"And since they looked tired and defeated, no one would have bothered them!" Neptune said as the info clicked.
Indeed, at the end of the first event, team ALBT stood with full points, letting them skip out on the first round of fights completely. This ended up putting a target on their backs. When Ozpin asked if Jaune had something to say, he couldn't help but smirk and look down at everyone.
"Ahem...thank you all, for being our stepping stones. We will use all this experience wisely," he said to the crowd, receiving some jeers.
"Ballsy, I approve," Roman grinned.
"Oh and teams Princess and Ruby?" His eyes narrow. "We're targeting you throughout this entire festival."
"What why!?" Ruby shouted.
"You know why!" he shouted back. "Your food fight cost us dearly. So we shall put you in the dirt for it."
That had the people in the theater laughing. "A petty reason for revenge, and a smart mind? I'm going to say it again, this version of the kid is going to be a supervillain."
"Didn't we enjoy that buffet?" Dove whispered to Russel, who elbowed him.
"Don't you want revenge too?" he whispered back.
"True…"
"So safe to say, we're going to be going for the top," Jaune finished up. "We'll be waiting in the second round." He gave them a smirk and walked off, causing everyone to want a piece of their team.
Screen Fades
"Well that was fun," Tai grinned as he and the boys left.
The ones who entered next were Salem, Cinder, Emerald, Raven and team RWBY.
The screen comes to life as a Bullhead arrives at Beacon. Several people walked out, all in Atlas Army Uniform.
But one stood out as he walked down the ramp. Black boots walked down the pristine metal ramp. Black pants followed, leading up to a white vest over a black shirt. Over that, was a white long coat and black gloves. A white tie completed the look.
Jaune Arc had his hair slicked back as he reached the bottom of the ramp. Turning to his side, he grunted. "I still don't understand why I'm doing this," he told Winter Schnee.
"You're here to fill out the team for Penny Polendina," she replied.
"I know that. Penny is a friend so I'd do anything for her. I'm asking why am I in a damn uniform?" he gestured to his look.
"You look good in it sir!" a peacock Faunus soldier said as he walked down the ramp.
"And it makes you seem intimidating," a snow leopard Faunus agreed as he followed.
"Besides, don't you like what Specialist Schnee chose for you?" a yak Faunus asked teasingly. That caused Winter to blush.
"I do and thank you for it," Jaune replied. "I don't like the hair though." He messed up his own hair revealing two horns. Once more Winter blushed at the look. "Shall we go?"
Not as long as my previous one but hey it was fun to write.
Their armies are actually based on Royal Knights from Digimon. Jaune is Alphamon, Sky is Craniamon X, Russel is UlforceVeedramon X, and Dove is Duftmon X.
For the idea of Perfect Rhythm Tactics is based on Kuroko no Basuket's Akashi Seijuro's Perfect Rhythm Plays.
And the Pinnacles are based off of, not Haki, Prince of Tennis's Muga no Kyōchi aka the Selfless State as well as the Pinnacle of Great Work/Great Wisdom/ and the last one.
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