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[SharkCultist]

Jaune just becomes Doomslayer then and Remnant his hell. How would he fight off everyone? His semblance has a secondary effect thats only triggered due to all of Remnant being after his ass? Or he triggers an amplification loop?

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If assume he'd have to go off grid. Maybe to the place from the Grimm eclipse game?

Fighting the entire world isn't a race. It's a marathon.

 

[ThunderBasilisk]

If assume he'd have to go off grid. Maybe to the place from the Grimm eclipse game?

Fighting the entire world isn't a race. It's a marathon.

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Yeah but the first few months are gonna be a hassle. Baby supplies and all that. Wonder how he escapes with the kid? Heavily drug everyone and then skedaddle? Cause I would assume at this point every member of team RWBY is a Maiden.

 

[SharkCultist]

Wonder how he escapes with the kid?

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In my head I essentially see him blasting his aura up as high as he can and grabbing the kid before literally shooting out of there like a comet.

 

[mgl1206]

Story idea

Jaune Arc enemy of the world.

Ozpin, RWBY, and JNPR managed to kill Salem for good.
Then they when to her castle destroying whatever fucked up experiments they could find or looking for prisoners to free.

Instead they found a crib with a bone white skinned red eyed baby.

And to Jaunes horror everyone around him was in agreement that they should probably kill this baby.

Yeah no Jaune ain't letting that happen, because you know. It's a baby.

So Jaune grabs the kid and hauls ass.

Now everyone on the planet knows his face and he's been framed for so many crimes that he's basically got a worldwide KOS order.

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I don't think Ren, Nora, or Ruby will agree.

 

[SharkCultist]

I don't think Ren, Nora, or Ruby will agree.

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I can make arguments for Ren and Nora being pragmatic because orphans or still kinda butthurt over their village.

As for Ruby? I mean she was going through some shit near the end of the series. Shiny optimism and hope definitely faded. Give it a decade more? I could see it.

 

[Reader548]

I don't think Ren, Nora, or Ruby will agree

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I think it depends exactly how long the war against Salem has been going on for this generation, if its like ten years after the fall of Beacon and they've all been through actual hell I can see most of them being willing to ice the baby. If its only been a couple of years is when the issue would be more divisive I think

 

[mgl1206]

I can make arguments for Ren and Nora being pragmatic because orphans or still kinda butthurt over their village.

As for Ruby? I mean she was going through some shit near the end of the series. Shiny optimism and hope definitely faded. Give it a decade more? I could see it.

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I mean, wouldn't Jaune be just as worse off?

 

[mgl1206]

Ren and Jaune brother bonding idea.

Due to being orphaned at a young age, Ren never had that much time to relax, and being with Nora meant he never had touch of an opportunity to interact with boys his age.

Seeing the issue, Jaune's big brother instincts kick in and he invites his brother in all but blood to the arcade and introduces him to world of games.

Oh and dancing too.

 

[SharkCultist]

I mean, wouldn't Jaune be just as worse off?

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Slightly less funnily enough because of the everafter.

He's better at recognizing PTSD and making coping mechanisms than his friends, they aren't always the best but they help.

 

[ThunderBasilisk]

Slightly less funnily enough because of the everafter.

He's better at recognizing PTSD and making coping mechanisms than his friends, they aren't always the best but they help.

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Jaune: I cant believe you all want to kill a child!
Yang: its Salems brat who would care?
Jaune: In not letting you kill a child regardless of who its mother is!
Weiss: Your really gonna fight us over this?!
Jaune: If i must. But no. I dont need to fight you. (Blasts everyone away with an aura burst)
Jaune: I just gotta out fly you(grabs baby and zooms out of there)

 

[AndrewJTalon]

Spoiler

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Courtesy of RxgueSensei on X, here are Nick and Isabel Arc.

 

[TheFabulousCustodes]

Isabelle's greatest enemy is inadequately wide door frames......

 

[Dracomaser]

No wonder Nick has had seven children with her. Dayum

 

[AndrewJTalon]

No wonder Nick has had seven children with her. Dayum

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She is basically the Mega MILF.

 

[cavalal386]

Jaune: I cant believe you all want to kill a child!
Yang: its Salems brat who would care?
Jaune: In not letting you kill a child regardless of who its mother is!
Weiss: Your really gonna fight us over this?!
Jaune: If i must. But no. I dont need to fight you. (Blasts everyone away with an aura burst)
Jaune: I just gotta out fly you(grabs baby and zooms out of there)

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Jaune: So we're killing the children of Jacques Schnee and the daughter of Raven when?
Weiss & Yang: That's different!
Jaune: How?

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This reminds me of an old story I once read about a paladin being sent to stop a god of destruction from resurrecting, she had manage to kill all the cultist, but was too late to stop the resurrection. The god was reborn as a baby with no memories of past life, so the paladin won't kill a baby, took the baby with her to her temple to ask what she should do. Head priestess said to kill the baby, paladin refuse, paladin's god abandons her, paladin raise the baby as her own by herself, baby grows up to be a force of good, not nice but good.

 

[SharkCultist]

Hmmm so I was snowballing a idea for a RWBY mix up (just rolling a idea around in my head and naturally letting it grow) and one part popped into my head along with a bit of a explanation.

So everyone is expecting team RWBY to be their generations STRQ because they're the strongest rookie team and two of the kids are former members.

Unfortunately for everyone the Actual successors to team STRQ is JNPR.

You have the blonde goofball manwhore.
(Jaune and tai)

You have the one who's abilities make them miserable.
(Pyrrha and her skill frightening off all friends before beacon and Qrow and his bad luck)

You have the optimistic shorty. (unfortunately for this idea to snowball as it should that unfortunately means that Nora has to die like summer)

And you have the dark haired one with emotional issues. (Who eventually runs off to be a bandit. Yep I'm making Ren the Raven of his generation. And yes Nora dying is the reason he peaced out)

 

[Gur40]

You have the optimistic shorty. (unfortunately for this idea to snowball as it should that unfortunately means that Nora has to die like summer)

And you have the dark haired one with emotional issues. (Who eventually runs off to be a bandit. Yep I'm making Ren the Raven of his generation. And yes Nora dying is the reason he peaced out)

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Well "luckly' Pyrrha ends up dying instead of Nora and Jaune ends up 'missing' like Summer

thought Nora and Ren might have a past as thieves or pick pockets

 

[cavalal386]

Unfortunately for everyone the Actual successors to team STRQ is JNPR.

You have the blonde goofball manwhore.
(Jaune and tai)

You have the one who's abilities make them miserable.
(Pyrrha and her skill frightening off all friends before beacon and Qrow and his bad luck)

You have the optimistic shorty. (unfortunately for this idea to snowball as it should that unfortunately means that Nora has to die like summer)

And you have the dark haired one with emotional issues. (Who eventually runs off to be a bandit. Yep I'm making Ren the Raven of his generation. And yes Nora dying is the reason he peaced out)

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i'll take two stories of length 40-50 chapters of this.
or
a show of 4 seasons worth instead.
please and thank you

 

[Eclipse Staro]

RWBY and Nier: Automata crossover.

A bit rush and I did take some from other fics to make this.

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He remembered.

He remembered falling.

Jaune remembered as he and Winter trying to escape to the portal. He tried to jump into the portal as the path was disappearing but he wasn't strong enough and instead fall down into the void.

He woke up at a forest. For days, he ate what he could found there. Deer, wild fruits and fish. It wasn't until an old human couple who seems to be animal hunters found him and decided to help him. They took him to their home, let him bath and gave him clothes.

It took some time, but he was finally able to communicate with them through one of the main language of the new world, English.

Through them, he discovered the name of this new world, Earth. A strange name, why would the human here named their world after a dirt though it would be a bit hypocrite of him since his world was named Remnant. He learned more about Earth. There was no faunus or dust here. Instead there was only human and mankind have evolved differently here. Oil is used to fuel their transport. Nuclear weapon capable of mass destruction.

A year later and Jaune was now a farmer at the farm belonging to Jacob and Jane, the old couple that helped him. Days after, he heard the news of portals appearing at Japan, he felt hope rising inside him. Perhaps his friends finally found him?

But that hope quickly snuffed out as the news reported sighting of White Giant and Red Dragon coming out of the portals and fighting each other. It was a battle between titans, building fallings and people screaming all around the two. Eventually the giant fell and the dragon hovered triumphantly in the air, only to be shot a minute later by missiles from Japanese jet fighters.

From the sky and from the corpse of the white giant, rain came. Rain of white motes. It wasn't long before reports coming in of people turning into pile of white salt after getting in touch with the what is now called the White Maso. The scientists called this phenomena the White Chlorination Syndrome and from the looks of it, the WCS will be infecting all around the world.

It wasn't long before WCS hit the village where they lived. Jacob and Jane died from WCS. Both turned into pile of salt. The same goes for everyone else that lived there except him. He build two grave for the two near their favorite apple tree.

Jaune theorizes that his aura protected him from WCS or perhaps his body have higher resistant to White Maso.

With the old couple gone, he decided to leave the house to find others that may yet still survive the WCS. He took Crocea Mors with him. The rest of his personal item he decided to left behind inside a small vault in the house.

He traveled all around the continent. The phone he was given by Jacob prove to be useful with the World Map App. Sometimes he met people that need help from monster attacking their villages. Slowly, more people heard of him. A knight that fights monsters and protecting people.

Unfortunately, not all good people heard about him.

He was kidnapped and brought into a lab.

The scientists there experimented with him. They always inject him with some sort of serum before telling him to attack targets.

He did met some kids. Emil and Halua. Both are siblings. He managed to chat with them with what little time he had before experimented again.

They put him inside a chamber. Something was done and he could feel that his strength slowly weakening. He could no longer move.

He never did get to say goodbye.

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He could hear alarms ringing all around him. How long has he been contained in here?

"WARNING: LOW POWER!"

A female robotic voice reached his ear.

"WARNING: LOW POWER!"

"WARNING: LOW POWER!"

'Come on, enough with the alarm already.' Jaune thought with a bit of irritation.

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Computer

CAUTION: INSUFFICIENT POWER.
ACTION: REDIRECTING BACKUP POWER.
BACKUP POWER: FAIL.
ANALYZATION: OCCUPANT WILL DIE WITHOUT POWER.
ACTION: OVERRIDING MANUAL CONTROL.
ACTION: UNLOCKING SEAL.
ACTION: RELEASING OCCUPANT.

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There was a sound of the chamber opening.

Jaune could feel it, his strength slowly returning to him, his senses gradually became less dull and his mind began to clear. After a few minutes, he began to walk out and checking rooms for information.

In another room, he saw a familiar sight on a table. There was Crocea Mors, rusty but still intact. With the weapon back with him, he walks to the entrance door and opens it. It was then he realized that the lab was built underground and he had to walk out.

As Jaune stepped outside, the blinding light enveloped him, momentarily disorienting him. Once his eyes adjusted, he found himself in a breathtaking scene that felt almost otherworldly.

The first thing that struck him was the overwhelming scent of earth and foliage. Sunlight filtered through a dense canopy of leaves, casting dappled shadows on the ground. It seems he has stepped into the edge of what appeared to be a forest, a vibrant tapestry of greens and browns that had reclaimed the remnants of civilization.

The air was fresh, filled with the sounds of rustling leaves and distant birdsong. Jaune took a cautious step forward, his senses awakening to the beauty around him. Vines draped over crumbling structures, and trees grew through the remnants of concrete, nature's tenacity evident in every inch of the landscape.

He felt a mix of awe and apprehension. How long had he been sealed? What had happened to the world while he was in stasis?

There was even a wild moose standing near the small waterfall, quenching its thirst from the source of water. Jaune suddenly felt thirsty.

It was also a little cold around here.

But that isn't the problem here.

"What had happened?! I swear there wasn't a forest here before!"

When Jaune was getting out from the lab, he wasn't expecting to be at a forest with trees bigger than the ones at Forever Fall or Emerald Forest.

It wasn't long before he met people. To be exact, a tall robot wearing a knight armor with spear. Too bad they weren't friendly because the moment they saw him, the yellow eyes turns red and

"TRESSPASSERS!" A tall robot points a spear at him. "FOR THE CRIMES OF TRESSPASSING INTO THE FOREST KINGDOM, YOUR PUNISHMENT IS DEATH!"

The tall robot then began to charge at him.

"FOR THE FOREST KING!"

He managed to dodge the spear that aimed at his body. The tall robot was no slouch and began attacking again.

He stab the robot right on its eye. It seems to work as the robot began to malfunction and falls down.

"F-FOR...GIVE...ME...MY...KING."

The robot eyes stops glowing and Jaune pulls back his sword.

He looks around and saw a road. He choose a direction and walks away.

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Eventually he arrived at what appears to be a ruined city. The buildings already worn out, most no longer have windows. Of course, that's also where he met another robot who wants to kill him.

"Kill." A small robot, its eyes a menacing blood red, says as it hops in his direction. It was then he notices it has a crudely made sword.

"Come on then."

His body was still weak, the fight with the tall robot left him exhausted but that didn't mean he is out of ways to win.

There was a bucket of oil and he used it on the head of the small robot.

"Can't see." The small robot states as it slashes blindly in the air. "Can't see."

Wasting no time, Jaune use his sword and slice the robot in half. Unfortunately, he was also bleeding from the injuries he got from the fight. He decided to rest at one of the building nearby.

[Time lapse]

He woke up to sound of people arguing. Females judging by the tone.

"...pretty sure there's nothing sis."

"...can't be, we heard the sound coming from here."

Peeking a bit, he saw two women looking around. But what made him watch was their hair.

Red hair. It reminded him of someone important. But he couldn't remember who. He decided to approach them.

"Hello?" He speak to the two.

The two turned to look at him.

"You are human." The female with the red straight hair was the first to speak. Her tone filled with hope yet there was fear in her voice.

"Yes." Jaune replied.

"What are you doing here?" The one with the red wavy hair asked. She speaks more confidently than the first one but there was fear when she speaks to him.

"I-"

"I don't know."

Perhaps they saw how he looks and decided to change the topic.

"I'm Popola and this is my sister Devola." The one with the red straight hair said.

"I'm Jaune Arc. Just call me Jaune."

He feels like there was another line he should add but he couldn't remember what.

"Well Jaune, do you require medical assistance?"

"I don't know?" He was healing thanks to Aura. Another minute or two more and his wound would no longer be there.

"I just woke up and everything is so different."

"Why don't you come with us?"

"Where to?"

"We have a camp not too far from here. We can check if you're healthy or not with our medical equipment there." Popola said.

"And let's get you some food as well." Devola said.

"Alright." He agreed.

Jaune followed them.

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[Abramus5250]

Comedic prompt: Isabel realizes in horror that for all she and her husband did to protect Jaune, they forgot to give him 'the talk' when it came to safe sex. Knowing fully what kind of women could be at Beacon, having had to fend them off while her then-future husband remained oblivious, she makes a mad dash to Beacon to the point people think she's on a warpath. All the while she's worrying her baby boy will be a father several times over before his next birthday.

She arrives to find no horde of expecting mothers or angry parents. Instead, she finds Jaune is doing just fine and isn't even dating yet, though Isabel immediately realizes the number of girls/women taking an interest in him, some more than others. Knowing the danger of her son being unleashed on these unsuspecting women (he is half Nick and half her, a terrifying combo), she and her husband sit him down to discuss safe sex. She does this partly because while she does want grandkids, she wants her baby boy to do things 'the right way', aka marriage before baby carriage.

She also doesn't want the 'wrong kind of woman' taking advantage of his good nature and locking him into a bad relationship. Too bad for her that Jaune's Jaune-ness attracts bad girls just as much it does good girls.

 

[AndrewJTalon]

Comedic prompt: Isabel realizes in horror that for all she and her husband did to protect Jaune, they forgot to give him 'the talk' when it came to safe sex. Knowing fully what kind of women could be at Beacon, having had to fend them off while her then-future husband remained oblivious, she makes a mad dash to Beacon to the point people think she's on a warpath. All the while she's worrying her baby boy will be a father several times over before his next birthday.

She arrives to find no horde of expecting mothers or angry parents. Instead, she finds Jaune is doing just fine and isn't even dating yet, though Isabel immediately realizes the number of girls/women taking an interest in him, some more than others. Knowing the danger of her son being unleashed on these unsuspecting women (he is half Nick and half her, a terrifying combo), she and her husband sit him down to discuss safe sex. She does this partly because while she does want grandkids, she wants her baby boy to do things 'the right way', aka marriage before baby carriage.

She also doesn't want the 'wrong kind of woman' taking advantage of his good nature and locking him into a bad relationship. Too bad for her that Jaune's Jaune-ness attracts bad girls just as much it does good girls.

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I love it!

 

[AndrewJTalon]

All right. Here is the revised Hot Springs chapter. What do you think?

All right. Here is the revised Hot Springs chapter. What do you think?

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The sun was setting as the group of Hunters-in-Training made their way to the Arc Farmhouse. The wagon wheels creaking was the loudest sound as they went up the driveway. The front doors opened and Isabel Arc came out with a broad smile, looking fully rested, as the yard lights came on.

"Hey! How did... You... Do...?"

Jaune stepped out of the wagon, first, covered in blue feathers, grass and dirt. The rest of the teens looked similarly disheveled and exhausted-Save for Nora, who wore a crown of blue feathers around her head.

Isabel stared in silence for a moment before she slowly nodded.

"... Choux birds?" Isabel guessed, and even with her Semblance of Total Body Control, it was clear she was trying not to giggle.

"Yup," Jaune stated flatly.

Isabel sighed.

"Well, it could have been worse," she said. She beamed.

"And I think you've all earned a reward!"

"Do we get to fry the little bastards up with oil?" Neptune growled.

"No, but even better!" Isabel cheered. "Hot springs!"

"Hot springs?" Everyone not an Arc echoed in confusion.

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Isabel got them a few piles of soap and towels and led them into the nearest stand of trees by the farmhouse. They walked down a dirty path lined with stone lanterns, which Isabel lit with a Fire Dust lighter as they passed each one.

They finally came to a small clearing where a small Fuujin-style building stood. It was boxy and made of dark wood timbers which framed white walls. The faint aroma of sulfur in hot water drifted over their noses.

"A bathhouse?" Neptune asked in immediate interest. Isabel nodded with a nostalgic smile on her face.

"Yes. This was my father Jonathan's wedding present to my mother, Elizabeth, when they built the farmhouse. The Arcs have a lot of relatives from Fuujin thanks to my great-grandfather Kiritsugu Arc. This is just one of many bathhouses they built across the valley thanks to the hot springs in the area."

"Wow," Ruby murmured, "I've only seen these in Mistralian animes!"

Yang opened her mouth but Isabel gave her a smile.

"It's all right. Your arm's waterproofing just had to set. You'll be alright."

"YEAH!" Nora cheered. "This'll be like that time we rested in those hot springs with those monkeys who used tools! Remember that, Renny?"

"Unfortunately," Ren deadpanned.

"Um," May flushed, "Will it... I mean... Will we all be... Uh...?"

Neptune was practically chomping at the bit. Cardin flushed and tried not to look Velvet's way. The rabbit Faunus also blushed but was smiling softly at her boyfriend. Arslan was glaring death at Neptune, while Yang moved closer to Ruby. Jaune was carefully covering his mouth with his hand and coughing.

"It's small but very comfortable," Isabel went on. She then gave Neptune a knowing look. "And segregated by sex."

"Wha-Oh," Neptune drooped in disappointment. Arslan held up a hand to strike him. "N-No! No! That's cool! That's-Totally cool, Mrs. Arc!"

Jaune choked back a little laugh. Ruby and Yang snorted as well. Ren smirked very slightly. Arslan lowered her hand as Neptune sulked a bit.

"Now, girls to the right, boys to the left," Isabel ordered, as she pressed some Lightning Dust into an electrical receptacle and the entire bathhouse lit up, "Get washed up, grab your towels, and dive in! Once you're all done, we'll have dinner ready at the house!"

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On the men's side, Jaune slid into the hot water with a soft sigh. The warm waters of the hot springs just seemed to ease his stress away as he sank down and sat on the cement bench. It wasn't a huge bath-The female side out of necessity took up about two-thirds of the available space, as evident by the tall wooden wall separating them-But it was roomy enough for about ten men to not get uncomfortable. It was also open air for the moment, and he looked up at the stars as they shone down through the gaps in the trees.

"As much as I appreciate this, Jaune," Neptune grumbled, sitting down near the lone rock in the center of the bath, "Your mom is no fun. I mean, Mistralian hot springs are all about appreciating the beauty of the female form in its natural glory!"

"You do realize those girls can and will all kill you, right?" Cardin asked, sitting down in one of the deeper parts of the bath as he scowled at the blue haired young man, "And I would too, since my girlfriend's over there?"

"I wouldn't peep at her!" Neptune protested with his hands up, "Intentionally, anyway. I mean, not much!"

Cardin glared and lifted a fist. Neptune waved his hands.

"I mean... I'm only joking! Really!"

"Yeah, it's fine," Jaune said with a nod, "But can you tone it down a little, Neptune?"

Neptune frowned. Ren slid into the bath and began to meditate in silence. Neptune sighed.

"Yeah. Sure," he mumbled. "Just... I dunno... I miss my team, ya know? I don't know if they're alive or dead and-"

He immediately looked over at Jaune, his eyes wide in realization.

"Shit, Jaune, I didn't mean-"

"I get it," Jaune grunted, his eyes downcast. His neck was tense and his fists clenched. Ren too became tense. Cardin grit his teeth and glared at Neptune. The blue haired young man opened his mouth, closed it, opened it again, then looked down at his hands in the hot water. He sighed.

"I'm sorry," he mumbled.

"It's hard on all of us," Ren said calmly. "It will... Take time to heal."

"I just... It's so unreal," Neptune continued, unable to meet anyone's eyes, "One minute, everything's fine. We lost the tournament but... Ya know... We did our best. Then everything... Everything... It all falls apart."

He gripped his knees tightly.

"... I thought I knew where I stood with my team," he muttered, "Sure, Sun would always run off to do his own goddamned thing, but in a fight? There was no one more dependable... Until now."

Neptune glared at the water. It began to swirl around him in a small whirlpool.

"My best friend ran off on me. All just for a girl. In the middle of a fucking war. That's the kind of shit even I wouldn't do," Neptune growled, "Not in the middle of a disaster! Okay, I'm a horndog! I admit it! But you don't just... Just abandon your friends in a fight for pussy!"

The water churned angrily, becoming frothy. Neptune shut his eyes.

"Now I don't know if that bastard's alive or dead! I don't know about anyone else! I don't know and it's pissing me off and I can't do SHIT ABOUT IT! I can't even joke and lighten the fucking mood properly! I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, ALL RIGHT?!"

The waters surged up around him, before falling away. Neptune panted hard with his eyes shut tightly. He tried to regain his calm.

He felt a hand touch his shoulder. He started and looked up. Jaune stood there with his towel tied securely around his waist. His face was stony but he was forcing his calm calm.

"I know," he said quietly. "I know."

Cardin sucked in a breath, and let it out as a growl.

"Least you know they're still alive," Cardin stated, the big guy sagging in the hot water.

Neptune grimaced then looked away. He let Jaune's hand linger for a few moments longer, before brushing it off.

"Come on. Despite what Scarlet says, I'm not interested in anything involving men in a bathhouse," he muttered.

He looked back up.Cardin stared at the far wall, his fists clenched deeply. Jaune sighed and shrugged.

"You do try a little too hard," he observed.

"Like you're compensating for something," Ren said in his usual deadpan, though it was clear his heart wasn't in it. Neptune gamely tried to make something of it anyway.

"Oh fuck off, I'll have you know I've gotten more women than any of you combined!" Neptune shot back with a scowl, but on the inside there was a smile. "Beacon was just a rough patch for me!"

"Sure it was," Jaune said as he walked back, "That why you couldn't dance with Weiss until I made you?"

"I uh... Well..." Neptune shrugged, "Again. I was thrown off. She came on so aggressively! I'm not into that, which is why Arslan and I will only be friends... Unless she drops the tsundere act."

"I get the feeling she sees you as an annoying little brother," Jaune said, "And given how many siblings I have? It's a familiar sight."

"Ha!" Neptune laughed, "I'll win her over! And May! And Orchid-Okay maybe not her," he amended at Jaune's glare, "You can't begrudge me dreams of having a harem, bro! Not with your record!"

"I don't know what you're talking about," Jaune stated flatly. Neptune scoffed.

"Come on! Ruby's all over you! Weiss couldn't stop talking about you just before we broke up! Yang, I mean, she clings to you and Pyrrha..."

He trailed off at the angry look on Jaune's face. He bowed his head.

"Fuck," he muttered, "I'm sorry..."

Jaune grit his teeth and worked his jaw. Ren reached out to rest a hand on his forearm. Jaune stilled, but the fury was still in his eyes.

Cardin sighed. Jaune slowly shook his head slowly and looked away to the stars above.

"Yeah... Well..."

No one had anything more to say after that.

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Despite everything she had been through, despite her maiming... Yang still couldn't help a little smirk when she saw her little sister staring at the toweled bodies of May, Arslan, Nora and Velvet as they slipped into the hot springs. Ruby's pout was a common occurrence when the subject of 'development' came up. She was able to wrap her real arm around her little sister and squeezed her comfortingly.

"Someday," she said gently, even as Ruby glared enviously: Especially at May, who flushed under the scrutiny.

"Um... Is-Is something wrong, Ruby?" The shy sniper asked.

"No. Nothing," Ruby sighed. Yang patted her on the head again, and Ruby scowled. "Yang, knock it off."

"Just being a good supportive big sister," Yang said quietly, her smile soft. Ruby huffed and crossed her arms under her chest.

"Ahhh," Nora sighed happily, slipping into the hot water, "It's so relaxing~... Beats that little bathroom at the farmhouse any day~!"

"Agreed," Arslan said softly, adjusting her hair in its neat little bun. She laid back in the hot water against the concrete bench. May sat beside her, her arms tight around herself as she looked around in some anxiety. Arslan, noticing this, smiled and squeezed May's shoulder.

"Relax," she said.

"Trying to," May sighed. Velvet smiled across the baths.

"Are you afraid that Neptune will try to peep on us?"

"N-No, I'd see that coming in a heartbeat," May said quickly, her cheeks burning a brighter red. Nora grinned at her.

"Does that mean you'd be okay with it then?"

"N-NO!" May shook her head rapidly, "Not at all!"

"Besides," Arslan stated, "If he tried? I'd beat him black and blue."

"Same," Yang nodded.

Nora sighed dramatically and held a hand up to her forehead.

"I wouldn't mind if Ren peeped on me~! I'm right here, ready to be peeped at!"

Silence fell. Nora pouted.

"Maybe if Pyrrha was here we could have…"

Nora slapped a hand to her mouth as her eyes widened. Her shoulders began to shake. Everyone stared at her. Ruby sniffled. Velvet winced. Arslan bowed her head, while May looked away. Yang could see the tears in her eyes.

For her own part… Her heart clenched tightly. As tightly as her fists.

"Oh… I-I forgot," Nora mumbled softly, "Isn't… Isn't that funny? How… How could I forget something so horrible… I f-forgot that…"

She slowly looked up at everyone else. Tears spilled out of her aquamarine eyes.

"That she was dead."

That she was dead.

That she was dead.

That she was dead.

It echoed so loudly in Yang's thoughts she half-thought Nora was repeating the words. Her face twitched. A tear threatened to spill from her eyes as all the death, the suffering, the loss flashed through her mind again.

Everything she had gone through that day seemed to scream at her from inside, and she trembled as she clenched her synthetic fist.

Ruby, shaken and pale, still struggled up to her feet. She walked over and hugged Nora tightly.

Velvet stared back down at the water in silence for a time. She sucked in a deep breath. She tried to say something but nothing came. She closed her mouth and looked back down.

May just burst into quiet sobs as she bowed her head. Her soft whimpers filled the sudden silence.

Yang slowly got up and hugged Ruby and Nora. Nora clung to them both tightly, sniffling and sobbing quietly.

Arslan sighed softly. She closed her eyes. She she wrapped a supportive arm around May's shoulders. She held the crying sniper, then said a prayer in the old Tablebreaker Church language:

"Domine caelestis, audi quaeso meum clamor. Animas defunctorum in tuo amplexu amoris suscipe. Illos in regnum tuum aeternum admitte et solacium da iis qui remanent ut opus tuum persequantur. Ostende nobis viam ad lucem etiam in tenebris. Amen."

Yang blinked away tears as Ruby and Nora hugged her tightly for comfort. She hesitated… But years of instinct took control and she wrapped her arms around them.

It was all she could do. It was the right thing to do.

Yet she had never felt more lost.

- - -

Isabel Arc was working in the kitchen with Lilac on dinner. Having to feed a large family of nine had taught her much about managing the household while also being a doctor. The front door opened and her eyes widened. She enhanced her senses of scent and hearing and listened to the footsteps of the person entering the house. Her heart rate slowed and she relaxed as she recognized who it was in an instant.

She dashed out of the kitchen, the red light of the late afternoon sky shining through the windows. She rushed through the living room, every creak and pop comfortingly familiar, right to the front doors. She beamed broadly.

"Nick!"

Nick smiled at her happily.. He was filthy, his hair askew, his beard dusty, his clothing covered in dirt and leaves. A ragged messenger bag hung at his side.

She still hugged and kissed the heck out of him, one he returned eagerly.

"Mmm… Kisses and hugs are nice," Nick chuckled as she nuzzled him.

"Come on, sit, sit!" Isabel said eagerly. She led him through the living room right into the kitchen. Lilac's eyes lit up.

"DAD!"

Lilac hugged Nick next, one he gladly returned. He then let her down and sat down at the table. He sighed happily. He then set down a leather messenger bag on the table with care though-As though it held something precious.

Lilac thoughtfully poured her father a jug of beer, which he downed happily. While he did that, Isabel hugged him-Something he returned with one massive arm as he drank deep.

"Haaa... Beer, hugs, home: Best things ever," Nick chuckled as he finished. He kissed his wife, as Lilac thoughtfully took the mug and turned away in embarrassment at her parents' show of affection.

"Mmm... You all right?" Isabel asked urgently. Nick nodded.

"I'm fine. Had to take down a few Griffons."

Isabel's eyes shot wide open. Her jaw dropped. Lilac dropped her mug and gaped at her father in shock.

"Griffons?!" They both gasped. Nick nodded.

"Yup. They were pretty tough. Carolina was able to take out their wings with the 50 Cal and Caboose used the rocket launchers to keep them grounded. Damn hard to fight them until we got them on the ground." He brightened. "Then I just hacked them apart with Joxeuse here!"

He patted his trusty railgun sword as it hung off his back. Isabel groaned in exasperation.

"NICK! Why didn't you get me?!"

"Wasn't time," Nick grunted, "They were going to attack Spondel. You couldn't get there that fast and they weren't gonna wait. Sides, you needed your sleep!"

"Why were you in Spondel?!" Isabel demanded, "That's thirty minutes away!"

"Well, we've culled the majority of the Grimm around Radian," Nick said with a shrug, "They called for aid. I wasn't gonna ignore them, Izzy! Not with so many of our best fighters off in Vale!"

Isabel groaned. As much as she might call her husband an idiot, he was perfectly logical when it came to combat.

"Still... Griffons. We haven't seen those around Radian in almost a century," she shuddered.

"Are more of them coming, Dad?" Lilac asked urgently. Nick smiled at his daughter and reached out to squeeze her hand comfortingly.

"Nah. The National Guard's finally in place with their anti-Grimm batteries around the Valley. We should be all right."

Isabel sighed in relief.

"Still, I wish I was with you," she muttered, touching her forehead to Nick's.

"Me too," Nick said with a nod, "I could have thrown you at them, and you could have torn their wings off. Like when we fought that Garuda in Jaipur. Remember?"

"Which one?" Isabel deadpanned, recalling the several battles they had fought to liberate the kingdom of Pandu with their old teammates Prince Arjun and Saia, "We fought three, then the REALLY big one King Duryodhana summoned right in Hastinapur."

Nick hummed and nodded. A furious battle in the middle of a major metropolitan city against a gigantic flying demon Grimm under the control of a mad despot did tend to stick in one's memory.

"Good point. Man, was he a jerk. It wasn't even fun to fight him after a while." Nick held his hands up. "He was all like 'It is useless to resist my power! You have supported Arjun in vain! I am a god and you are mere insects!'"

Isabel managed a giggle at her husband's bad impression.

"He was quite the blowhard," she agreed, "No wonder his own Grimm ate him: Anything to shut him up."

"Yeah, but Arjun totally got the win," Nick nodded, "He hit him last. It's only fair."

Isabel sighed.

"Any word from them?"

Nick's good mood soured and he became a bit pensive. Lilac poured him another beer, which he nodded his thanks to before drinking.

"Radio's picking up some messages. CCT net gets some updates. I hope Orchid's work fixes it soon, cause what I've seen is bad."

Isabel steadied her nerves with her Semblance.

"How bad?" She asked.

Nick heaved a long sigh.

"Mistral's civil war went hot. Everything's going to hell," he said tiredly.

Isabel's eyes widened.

"Everyone?"

"Arjun's trying to keep Pandu out of it, but looks like certain factions are trying to draw them in," Nick said quietly.

"All of this happening at once…" Isabel shook her head, "It can't be a coincidence. It's like it was all set up."

"Has to be," Nick agreed, "But proving that is the hard part."

"We... Have some witnesses from the Vytal attack," Lilac said carefully.

Isabel and Nick looked at her. Lilac shrugged. Isabel nodded slowly.

"We do," she agreed, "But... How much weight will a few teenagers' words have when an entire continent is at war?"

"Arjun would listen," Nick said brightly. Isabel gave her husband a deadpan look.

"Arjun will need proof."

"We'll see what we can do," he said, "We just have to ask them, maybe get their Scrolls and look through the information, maybe go back and see-"

"Nick!" Isabel growled. "They have been fighting for their lives for weeks now! Fighting even though I told you not to put them in! Especially Jaune!"

Nick nodded.

"They needed the rest, I don't disagree," he said, "But we needed the help, Izzy." He brightened in pride.

"You should have seen Jaune! He led his people so well! They never hesitated to obey an order! He threw himself into the thick of it and kicked so much butt! It's amazing how far he's come-"

Isabel rose out of Nick's lap and glared angrily at him.

"He is our son!"

"And he's chosen his path," Nick said calmly. "I'm letting his friends rest and relax because they need it... But they're going to go back out into the fight eventually, Izzy. You know this. He lost too much to stay away."

The healer and the paladin stared at one another. Isabel's gaze was tight, anxious, and angry. Nick's was grave but serene.

Isabel sighed and looked out the windows. The group of young Hunters in Training emerged from the forest. All dressed, and all looking glum.

After a tense silence Isabel slowly shook her head.

"Maybe," she muttered, "But I don't have to like it."

Nick nodded, as Lilac turned away to mind her own business at the sink.

"I know."

- - -

 

[Fusion Blaster]

So I've kicked aroudn more ideas for the TMNT/RWBY idea... and if i did it i had a very very evil twist

One thing that would happen as I'd do it is that Pyrrha lets Jaune know she's intereated and it aacutally seems to be going well between them

Then we get to the Fall of Beacon.. and i'd borrow from the City Fall arc of TMNT..

Have the heros have encounters with the Foot and some of their elite but never Oroko Saki himself.

This would be his first appearance and it would be hellva entrance.

During the fight between Pyrrha and Cinder.

During the fighti when Cinder takes the upper hand suddnely Pyrrha's fighting style changes completely.

It's far more ruthless and ticky and Cinder starts getting angry so it's not enough.

Pyrrha: I'm sorry father.

Cinder is confused wondering why she's aplogzing to someone not htere when two blade are suddenly sticking threw her chest frrom her back.

Shredder: No my daughter. You have accomplished your misson. Now the complete maiden powers are yours.

Pyrrha: All in your name. All for the Clan.

So Shredder and the Foot take the city.

thinning in this the Turtles are split amongst various groups that escaped the chaos.

I'm thinning Donnie unfortunately becomes a target of opportunity by the SDC when team in the city that is there to 'officially' remove Weiss from it grabs him as Jaques wants a mutant to study.

Mikey thinning is with JNR and end up in Jaune's home.

Raph gets Ruby back to Yang after the dragon and they head to thier home.

Leo helps Blake with Adam and it turns into an even battle between them. To the point Leo acutaly has to fight more like a ninja ( fight dirty) to protect her. He dones't get maimed like Yang did but one of his swords gets broken and the attack of he foot is what prevents the fight come comeing to a true close. Acutally thining this maybe where Rocksteady and Bebop make thier first appearance. The Foot now have an army of mutant solders alongside thier ninja.

So Blake and Leo end up holding up in the Turtles lair with Master Splinter.

 

[Abramus5250]

Cowboy Halloween

Jaune wasn't quite sure why he'd agreed to go to the Halloween party. Well, actually, he knew exactly why he'd agreed to go, just not why he'd then dressed up. His friends had wanted to go, and despite the insistence that he wasn't one to dress up all fancy-like often, he'd been convinced that at least he could go to have some fun. Turns out a good deal of the people attending Beacon loved any excuse to get together, eat copious amounts of food and drink even more copious amounts of either sweet drinks or age-appropriate alcohol.

What he hadn't expected was to be one of the first to arrive, with Ren and Nora citing difficulties with Pyrrha's outfit in regards to her being late. Not that he minded, as his own outfit had taken a great deal of time to get right, designed after the man known as Löwe from the old Jaeger book series his great uncle had given him. The series, one of his favorites in his younger years, was about a young Huntsman turned bounty hunter after the death of his mentor, and who was often forced to work outside the law. Though the cowl across his face occasionally itched, and the cape was a bit flashier than what he would normally wear, when combined with the masking of his features, the rifle across his back and the pistol and sword on his hips, he thought it made him look mysterious and even intimidating when he glanced in a mirror.

Off near one of the more open areas of the large garden the party was being held in, yet near enough to the food and drinks tables to be freshly supplied, Jaune enjoyed himself with Ren and Nora. Ren, for some reason, was dressed a great deal like many of the barmen Jaune had seen in saloons while out on a cattle drive, complete with a respectable bowtie, bowler hat, and his apparent wizardry at making mixed drinks on the fly. Nora, correspondingly, was dressed as a saloon barmaid, though with her… generous figure, the outfit was only a good trip or spilled drink away from turning into a bawdy mess. Whether she'd normally dress this way for Halloween or had done so to match with Ren was anyone's guess, but Jaune had noticed more than one student glance at her, then do a double-take, before wisely casting their gaze elsewhere once they noticed his stare. He could almost hear her buttons screaming as they held her outfit together.

"Jaune!" a familiar voice cried, and he turned to find Ruby leading the rest of her team towards him. They'd really gone out for it this year, though he was beginning to notice a… theme amongst his friends and teammates. He wasn't going to say anything about it tonight, content with letting everyone enjoy themselves, but it was beginning to form a pattern he'd have had to been blind to ignore.

Ruby was dressed in an outfit he'd seen old Nell Goldstone use on occasion. A gunsmith's smock and gloves, high-tech goggles perched up her head, the signature Dust-infused overalls meant to protect against errant bits of machined scrap, and the high leather boots that completed the outfit. The only thing missing, other than the smudges from Dust and smelted parts were the variety of tools, both primitive and high tech, that he'd seen her use in the few times he'd met her. Knowing Ruby, she'd had to be convinced not add those to her outfit.

"Miss Rose, or should I say," Jaune drawled, putting some emphasis in his speech as he bowed, "Miss Goldstone?"

"You know it!" she replied cheerfully. "I had the hardest time figuring out how she infused Dust into her overalls, but that second year Miss Adel was a real help."

"I'm sure she was," he replied as the rest of her team drew close, their outfits continuing a pattern he was certain Nora and Ren had started.

"Howdy there stud," Yang said, leaning forward with the same confidence she always seemed to carry, save for when she was around Orleans for some reason. Her own outfit was nowhere near as intricate as her sister's, but the lack of detail was rather purposeful. A judge's uniform of office was, after all, not meant to be terribly gaudy, especially out where the justice of the frontier was quick and quiet compared to the pomp and media circus the big cities seemed to lap up. Yet, he couldn't recall the last time he'd seen a judge's robes hugging their wearer's frame so tight, accentuating a lot of things robes weren't meant to, and the way she'd done up her hair with curlers was… doing things to him.

"I still don't know why you'd dress like a judge of all things, Yang," Weiss said with a huff.

"Hey now, considering how easy I got off from trashing Junior's bar, why wouldn't I pay my respects?" her fellow Huntress replied.

"I doubt they would feel any sort of flattered."

"Shouldn't I be the judge of that?" Yang replied.

"Well, I think y'all look nice tonight," Jaune said replied with a snort, despite the groans of Yang's team. "I'm feelin' plain and cheap compared to y'all."

"Don't belittle yourself, Arc, there is nothing wrong with your own choice of costume, Löwe is a well-known semi-vigilante in literature," Weiss replied, giving the small parasol over her shoulder a little twirl. "Besides, it does feel nice getting to dress up without the pressure from my father's publicists to portray myself in one way or another."

Jaune thought that it was probably a good thing those people weren't here. Given that her dress was a combination of classy brothel madame's outfit and that of more than a few cotillion singers he'd seen while in the bigger towns at the end of a drive, he was sure her father would have a fit if he weren't busy off doing whatever it was he did. He suspected she was wearing a corset beneath it all, which seemed odd given her figure, though he'd never be the man brave enough to tell her she didn't need one.

"Well, at least that Adel girl was kind enough to help us with all our outfits," Blake said, adjusting her Stetson so it didn't interfere with her bow. For a sheriff's uniform, she filled it out quite well, though he wasn't sure why she had a nightstick on one hip and… was that three sets of cuffs on the other? Also, the heels on those boots seemed a tad tall. "Playing dress up was never my forte when I was little, I was too busy helping my parents, and being an only child meant I didn't have siblings to play with. But this… this feels nice, I have to admit, almost like I'm taking on a persona."

"Jaune!" a voice called, one he recognized all too much, and he turned to find his partner swiftly approaching them…

"Pyrrha?" he asked, unsure if his voice cracked or that was his ears playing tricks on him.

"What do you guys think?" she asked, making an attempt to not show off while she did a little twirl. "I hope I got the buttons right, I only had so much time to make sure they were the right color…"

His partner had chosen the dress uniform of a militia cavalry officer, specifically the kind worn near where his family lived. A Dust-infused Hardee hat with communication equipment threaded in covered most of her ponytail, while a Valean blue coat with matching sky blue trousers and greatcoat finished the rest. Her boots were similar to Ruby's, though clearly meant for marching and riding rather than simply working, and to top it all off, though perhaps unintentionally, the uniform had been fitted well to her proportions.

Very well.

As well as Yang's judge robes.

Was this intentional? Was Miss Adel messing with him?

"You look… great!" he said, finding his words.

Her bright smile cut through the unsure look she'd been giving him in his stunned silence. "Thank you! I wasn't sure how it would turn out, but Miss Adel helped make sure it was fitted properly. The boots are comfortable enough, though the hat is heavier than I was expecting…"

"Yeah, she's been real helpful for all of us!" Ruby said, her smile a touch brittle for some reason. "I thought I was the only one going to see her for help with my costume!"

"Come to think of it, I mentioned asking for her help first for my outfit," Weiss said, eyes narrowing. "I didn't realize everyone else had the same idea."

"Well howdy!" Nora said, breaking into their gathering before anyone else could say anything. "Come on, better grab some of the good food before it's all gone. Renny'll be making some mixed drinks for us, but only nonalcoholic for you Ruby, Miss Goodwitch said so!"

 

[Abramus5250]

The List Grows

Pyrrha was not one to become envious, or at least not easily. Jaune was her friend, her partner, her team leader, and although the candle she held for him burned brightly, it was one she kept shaded, secret, hidden away, lest her feelings ruin what they currently had. Yet how she felt as Jaune looked after his nephew Adrian was growing almost too much to bear.

Not that she felt anything ill towards Jaune's nephew. In fact, she adored the little boy and how Jaune cared for him at most waking moments. He was exuding what Nora had called 'supreme dad energy' and for all that she was not ready to confess her feelings to Jaune, she was more than ready to begin a relationship with him should she manage to convince him that her helping take care of Adrian counted as dating.

He'd… yet to take the hint, but it was only a matter of time.

It was also only a matter of time before these harpies got their claws into him and took him away from her, age, professionalism or her prior 'claim' be damned!

All it had taken was a short trip to the ladies' washroom to overhear a pair of her own professors engaging in the kind of talk that she'd only ever heard Yang spout.

"Did you see Arc with his nephew this morning in the cafeteria?"

"How could I not? I could barely take my eyes off him as he fed the little darling. Kaede, don't you have him for tomorrow's mandatory civilian first aid course? Knowing how to tend to the injuries of those without Aura is important, but why make it mandatory all of a sudden?"

"Little Adrian is currently one of the only civilians in Beacon without an unlocked Aura, and besides, better the students know how to tend to injuries for children than to simply rescue them from the clutches of Grimm and hope they are fine. Just because you aren't bleeding much doesn't mean you aren't hurt."

"Did Arc volunteer?"

"I may have managed to convince him to let me use Adrian for instruction, with promises of extra credit in my class, Elberta, though he didn't notice my popped upper buttons on my nurse uniform when I did so, being so focused on his nephew's role in the demonstrations. Little Adrian did notice though, and made grabby hands when Arc wasn't looking."

"Kaede, you're lucky your flirting is as bad as your bedside manner, or else you could have gotten into serious trouble."

"Or is it that Arc is just like his dad, and completely ignorant of a woman's attention?"

"Hey, you and I were the only ones not trailing after his dad like a pack of Beowolves. Be glad that we never had to suffer the wrath of Isabel's defensive measures for her then-future husband."

"Well, Elberta, don't tell me you haven't been eyeing up the junior Arc. I've seen how you watch him tend to his nephew in your class. Brothers, girl, you were almost drooling on your desk when I walked by!"

The following frustrated sigh sounded personal. "I just… I want a family too, okay? But dating in Beacon is hard when you have the likes of Port to pick from, and a great deal of men I've met outside of the faculty don't want to date a professor. I can't just tell them about how easy Beacon's facilities are for childcare, I'd sound even more baby crazy right off the bat! Not to mention the competition I'd have with his friends, classmates and teammates, and don't forget even Glynda's eyes have wandered during combat class…"

"Oh, you saw that too? Brothers, when he nearly beat Mr. Winchester, only to forfeit to stop his nephew from crying, I thought she was going to drag him off into a closet after. Did she say anything to you on the matter?"

"No, but we'll no doubt hear about it soon enough on mixed drinks night. She may have gotten over her crush on the boy's father, but he's got the best of Isabel and Nick in him. Add in that dad energy the kids talk about these days? Wouldn't be surprised if Glynda contacts his mother to… 'arrange' things."

"Well, seeing as we didn't try for Nick, think she'd be more open to us asking for the same? Marriage would likely be out, but we both know she's gone into grandbaby-crazy mode by now."

Pyrrha exited the stall and moved to the sink, focusing on washing her hands as Nurse Tsune and Professor Peach left. Trying her hardest, she managed to not curl the sink heads in on themselves, but sadly the latches for the bathroom doors did not survive and would need replacing for, somehow, twisting into small ribbons. Miss Goodwitch, Nurse Tsune, and now Professor Peach? All ogling who would totally become her man once he realized they were totally dating whenever she helped with Adrian?

Why did her list of rivals for her partner keep growing?!?