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Destiny, when people say that word they would tell you that you are destined to do great things in the future. That applies to anything in your daily life like for example somebody wants to be a great chef, or somebody wants to run a successful business, or somebody wants to be a hero.

However regardless in life sometimes in life, people goals change or they are altered a bit. Sometimes those things have happened that are beyond their control.

That would be the case for these two individuals, two individuals that are from different worlds, will soon have their life and destiny altered due to some actions that are beyond their control.

Lets begin right now in the place called the clover kingdom with a boy name Asta. Asta is a boy who was born in the outskirts of the clover kingdom and was raised at an orphanage in Hage Village.

Asta dream was to become the wizard king in the clover kingdom and prove that anybody could achieve their goals weather they are a royal or a peasant.

Asta was laughed at and ridiculed for most of his life. However it wasn't until he gain the power of anti magic, an ability that can negate magic itself that Asta had realized that he can achieve his dream.

Eventually Asta was able to join the Black Bulls under their captain Yami Sukihero becoming a magic knight and being a step closer in achieving his dream of becoming the wizard king.

As a magic knight Asta had protected and was a key figure in saving the clover kingdom numerous times, weather that was against the eye of the midnight sun, the reincarnated elves, Zagred the word magic devil, the dark triad and recently he was able to defeat Lucifero the king of the devils himself.

It was because of those deeds that Asta had moved up in the ranks as a magic knight. About a year and a half later Asta had a ceremony with the captains and some of his friends in attendance

It was for Asta promotion as a senior magic knight and Asta couldn't be even more excited even though Yuno is ahead of him.

Now that he was a senior magic there was only one last thing he needed to do especially since he was 18 now and that was to propose to sister Lily and ask her to marry him.

After the ceremony Asta had brought Sister Lily with him in order to propose to her one last time.

"Sister Lily please marry me" Asta said to sister Lily.

"Now that I'm eighteen this is going to be the last time I'll propose to you" Asta said before continuing.

"I swear that I will always make you the happiest woman in the world so please marry me" Asta said.

Sister Lily was shocked normally over the years she just reject Asta and sometimes hit him with her fist of love when he keeps asking her.

But this time is different Asta was asking her as a man, as a grown up as someone who went through many trials in his life which he has.

Asta no doubt will make her the happiest woman in the world especially if she stopped being a nun althoughter.

But besides that she just cant see Asta in a romantic way because she sees him as a family, as a little brother she practically raised him.

Lily knows that Asta will make a woman happy someday but that woman is not her.

"Thank you Asta" Sister Lily said.

"You really have become a splendid and dashing young man" Sister Lily thought.

"But I'm sorry your like family to me, your my dashing and cute little brother so I can't really marry you" Sister Lily said.

Asta was crushed he wanted to cry however the young man put on a brave face despite being rejected.

"Yeah, I knew deep down that would be your answer but I couldn't just give up" Asta said before he gave sister lily a painful smile.

"I knew that there are some people out there that cant change the way they feel though so please watch over this unchanging vow of mine" Asta said.

"I will become the wizard king" Asta declared.

"Asta you really are amazing and Im sorry that I didn't tell you this until now" Sister Lily thought.

"I know you can do it" Sister Lily said as she smiled at Asta.

Asta then heard some clapping and he turned around and saw a man with short black hair man that was wearing a brown robe and he had a dark cape and white fur like mantle drape over his shoulders.

"Congratulations however this will be your final battle" the man said.

"The Wizard King" Noelle said.

"The Wizard King...no your not him who are you?" Asta asked.

The man brought out his grimoire and it was exactly the same as Julius coverless grimoire and he activated his chrono statis spell freezing time around everybody in the area expect himself.

The man had walked up to Asta and tried to touch him however the man teleported away when Asta had transformed into his devil form otherwise know as his Black Asta form and broke free of the time spell.

"So this is anti magic the power that flies in the face of natural law" the man said.

Asta looked at Sister Lily and saw that time was stopped for her and everyone around the area expect for him.

"Time has stopped for everybody but us" Asta said.

"This is the wizard king magic" Asta thought.

"But this spell is huge!!" Asta said.

"Well it’s only natural my magic power would increase since I absorbed Lucifero" the man said.

"So that ki, its his" Asta thought.

"You're Julius but you're not, you're human and yet you're not...just who are you and what have you done to the Wizard King" Asta asked.

The man just smiled and said "I'm Lucius Zogratis the savior of this world and Julius is dead" the man now known as Lucius said.

"The Wizard King dead" Asta said shocked someone as strong as Julius being dead was unthinkable in his eyes.

"He completed his mission in the service of our ideal for the sake of true peace, a peace without sadness or hatred nor of war and discrimination" Lucius said.

"True peace" Asta said wanting to know what exactly Lucius was planning.

"We'll repair all humans, my siblings and I will destroy them and then use our magic to recreate them" Lucius said as he continued.

"We'll make them into fortunate people who are equal in every respect" Lucius said.

"Then to prevent any further mistakes I will rule over everything as the final wizard king" Lucius said.

"What are you talking about?" Asta asked however Lucius ignored his question and continued explaining his plans.

"Its fine everything is I foresaw it expect for one thing" Lucius said as he pointed at Asta.

"You, by no means should a person be born without magic you are the flaw of this world, for the sake of a just future flaws must be eliminated" Lucius said.

"Hmmm mm-hm oh yeah I see now" Asta said.

"Who the heck are you calling a flaw you jerk!!! In other words your a bad guy who hijacked the Wizard King body!!" Asta said.

"Destroy all humans don't be ridiculous the Wizard King put his life on the line to save everybody, thats the wizard king i looked up to everybody did" Asta said.

"And there no way he would die that easily so Im going to stop you and save him" Asta said as Lucius smiled at him.

I'm stronger than Julius, you know" Lucius said.

"In that case" Asta said as he opened his grimiore and pulled off the demon destroyer sword to destroy the chrono statis spell and he pulled out his demon slasher katana.

"Right here, right now I'll surpass the wizard king" Asta said.

Asta quickly went up to Lucius and tried to slash him with his katana but Lucius dodged it by teleporting away from Asta using his time magic.

"Sister get out of here please!!" Asta said as he flew to where Lucius was at.

Lucius then went ahead and attacked Asta with multiple Chrono Stasis ball like spells at Asta however Asta weave around and slash through the time ball like spells.

Lucius then created a giant ball and slam it on a building destroying it as he was charging at Asta however Asta used the demon destroyer sword to destroy the spell.

"What in the" a man in the building said as he looked up and saw Asta.

"Everyone you have to run away" Asta said as Lucius teleported behind him.

"You two really are quite an annoyance" Lucius said as he touched Asta but Asta quickly turned around and did an upward slash at Lucius but Lucius teleported away from the slash.

Lucius landed on the building "I touched him and he didn't change...as I thought" Lucius thought.

"It seems the only way around anti magic is to use physical attacks" Lucius said as he tried to attack Asta with his gravity enchanced fist but Asta dodged the attack.

This guy he trying to turn this fight into hand to hand combat like the king of the devils" Asta thought remembering his battle with Lucifero.

"But we're stronger then back then" Asta thought as he dodged the punches as he did Lucius flew back and Asta launched another slash but Lucius was about to teleport but Asta used the demon destroyer sword to negate Lucius time magic to keep him from teleporting.

He then slash at Lucius making a direct hit.

"I can do this" Asta thought.

As expected your a force that threatens to destroy the peace of this world however" Lucius said as he begin to use his devil transformation however his transformation was changing.

"As long as I’m around I wont let you do so" Lucius said.
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"I was born into a family of devil hosts but by purifying the devils power, I learned magic that brings sacred power onto man" Lucius said

Lucius entire appearance was angelic his entire outfit was white and he had a magical circle behind his back with three angel like wings on each side and his deer like horns was white as well.

"This is humanity true form" Lucius said

"What is with this ki its not human but its not like a devils either" Asta thought as he saw Lucius teleporting again.

"Shit I lost track of his teleportation" Asta said as he turned around Asta worst nightmare came into existence.

Lucius has taken Sister Lily hostage.

"Sister" Asta said

"As..ta" Sister Lily said with a horrified look on her face.

"My magic is soul magic it transforms the soul of anyone I touch the soul is the source of any human life" Lucius said.

"What the hell are you doing?" Asta asked.

"If I use the demon dweller it would cut sister too and I wouldn't draw demon slasher wont make it in time-"

Lucius had then interrupted Asta thoughts.

"Let me show you what a truly happy human looks like" Lucius said as he transformed Sister Lily.

“No don’t!!!” Asta yelled.

"Asta for the sake of world peace please die" Sister Lily said as she had her nun outfit turned white like Lucius and she had two wings and a halo on top of her head.

Asta was so shocked that he didnt have time to react as Lucius slash Asta across his chest with his hand.

Oh you fragile soul you can't beat like that" Lucius said as he mocked Asta with a salute

"Farewell flaw of the world" Lucius said.

Asta then landed hard on top of a building roof"

"N-not done yet" Asta said as he barely lifted his head up and he was coughing up a lot of blood.

Quit bluffing, you don't even have the strength to move in a few minutes you'll be dead" Lucius said.

"Astaaaaa!!!" Noelle yelled as she Mimosa and Secre tried to help Asta and Noelle used her sea dragon roar spell to attack Lucius but Sister Lily turned around and created a spacial box and dissolved the sea dragon roar completely.

"Spatial Magic" Noelle thought.

"You're, why..." Noelle asked puzzled why Sister Lily would side with somebody that just hurt somebody she considers family.

"Its Beelzebub power" Lucius said.

"I used my soul magic to incarnate and purify a devil" Lucius said.

"Soul Magic" Noelle said "so he isn't the wizard king after all" she thought.

"What is going on here" the young Silva thought.

"What are you...What do you intend to do?" Noelle asked.

I've taken control of the remaining supreme devils in the underworld and the devils on all other levels" Lucius said.

"Humans who uses devil to become new higher life forms, they gain wisdom and nearly immortal bodies and she will be one of the first" Lucius said as he looked at Sister Lily.

"I'll call them Paladins Warriors who will fight for the sake of the world and I shall rule it the Wizard King will be nothing compared to me, lets see..." Lucius said.

“Yes I will become the Wizard Emperor" Lucius said as Asta glared at him.

"Asta I'll heal you!!" Mimosa said as she went into her princess healing flower robe form as she and Secre tried to go to Asta.

But Sister Lily teleported between them and open her grimoire and casted a spell.

Spatial Magic: Sacred Devil Control

Sister Lily created a box like prison trapping the girls and Noelle noticed her lance was disappearing.

"My spell it's dissolving" Noelle thought.

"It’s a cage of severed space,who would have thought I could use a spell like that, master Lucius power is truly splendid" Sister Lily said with a smile.

"Don't worry it’s going to be fine before long you'll understand that master Lucius is right" Sister Lily said.

"Stop you can't you're Asta-!!!" Noelle screamed.

"I'm sorry Asta but your death...will surely bring true peace in this world" Sister Lily said

"Sister I swear I'll save y-" Asta started to say however for Asta this is where fate as other plans for him as Sister Lily had teleported him not to a different continent but to a world that was beyond his own. Lucius has successfully gotten rid of the flaw of the world but unknown to him he will have to deal with a different threat.

Another person that has a heavy burden in protecting their world. A girl who also had dreams to save people, a girl that was born to combat and fight the creatures of darkness itself, a girl with silver eyes.

Let's us then go to another world, another world that is called Remnant that was dealing with its on crisis.

Ruby Rose was a young girl who dream was to become a become a huntress and save people just like her dad, like her uncle and especially her late mother Summer Rose.

For Ruby due to some circumstances one night in Vale she was able to be enrolled at Beacon two years earlier.

For Ruby her first year was eventful if you were to describe it. At first her and her partner Weiss Schnee didn't really see eye to eye as partners however overtime their relationship has improved.

But also Ruby had to deal with her other teammate Blake being a faunus and a former white fang member and later on dealing with the white fang and Torchwick during their mission in Mountain Glenn and stopping them with whatever they had planned.

It seems like things were looking up for Ruby and her team as they prepared for the vytal festival and finish their first year at Beacon.

However things took a turn for the worst for Ruby as Beacon was attacked by a lot of Grimm and Cinder was responsible for not only for the attack at Beacon and she serves under a master name Salem.

Determined to find answers and to prevent what happened to Beacon happened to the other schools and kingdoms.

She was separated from her team but she had Jaune, Ren and Nora with her the remaining members of team JNPR. Sadly Pyrrha had died during her battle against Cinder.

It was a long journey and the group went through many battles especially aganist Tyrian one of Salem servants. But the group had finally made it to Haven Academy in Mistral.

During that time the group had met Oscar who was the next incarnation of Ozpin. During that time they reunited with Yang and Weiss and the group did some training.

After that later on they found out that Lionheart had betrayed them and they were lead to a trap by Cinder, the White Fang and their forces it was a though battle but they managed to keep Mistral from falling and they were able to get the relic of knowledge and reunite with Blake.

After that Ozpin said they needed to get the relic to Atlas and that was the group destination. It was during the group journey that they found out a lot of things about how Ozpin was a legendary hero name Ozma and how he had saved Salem from her imprisonment and how the two of them fell in love and Ozma got sick and died.

They also knew that humanity wielded magic at one point and how Salem had trick the gods in reviving Ozma and they killed him in realizing they were trick.

The gods then cursed Salem with immortality and once they did that.Salem then lead a revolt against the gods causing the gods mostly the god of darkness to wipe out the first wave of humanity.

The god of light then reincarnated Ozma tasking him to unite humanity together by creating the four relics of knowledge, creation, destruction and choice sadly that was also stopping Salem the woman he loved. During the years Ozma had reunited with Salem and they have started a family and they even built a kingdom together where people worship them as gods.

However over time Ozma had saw that the woman he fell in love with was gone and after he tried to escape with their children however their children died during their battle and it was the beginning of a feud that lasted for centuries.

The group was not in a good state after hearing Salem was immortal after all how was they suppose to kill a person that can't die.

Regardless the group pressed on to Atlas and they delt with many foes such as Adam, Cordorvin at first and a Leviathan. After that the group made it to Atlas.

During their time at Atlas the group had done missions with the ace ops and train together with them and they eventually got their license as huntsmen. However things took a turn for the worst when Watts and Tyrian snuck into Atlas.

Due to that and them figuring out Cinder was here and that Salem was going to arrive at Atlas. Ironwood put the whole kingdom into Martial Law.

Desperate to save Atlas and get helped Ruby group split into two teams one for them to send a message and tell them about Salem and how Atlas was under attack and the other was to try to save the people of Mantle.

It took some time but Ruby was able to get her message across about Salem existence. Later the group reunited and had a plan. To escape Salem and Ironwood the group decided to open the vault get the relic of creation and create a gateway to Vacuo so everyone could escape.
However due to Cinder using the relic last

However due to Cinder using the relic last wish to figure out the group plan which resulted in another battle.

For Ruby it was a though especially against Neo since she was trying to kill her however Ruby managed to outsmart Neo using her semblance to go around the road like bridge and pushed Neo causing her to fall and hold onto to the ledge.

As Ruby was about to catch the relic of creation Cinder blasted her with a stream of fire and lightning hitting Ruby and causing her to fall and hold onto Neo's leg.

"You shouldn't have never threatened me" Cinder said as she used her Grimm arm to grab the relic of knowledge from Neo.

"And you" Cinder said to Ruby as her eyes glowed.

"Should have never been born" Cinder said as she use the staff to knock Neo and Ruby off the ledge causing them to fall to the void.

"Ruby!!!" Blake and Penny said as they jump down to help Ruby as Cinder had hit Penny with a fireball attack.

Black grabbed Ruby and used the grappling hook of her weapon and swung it with her rope and the hook was able to land on the bridge but Cinder burned the rope and Blake and Ruby fell into the void.

However for Ruby Rose her destiny as well as been altered and changed as well.

Asta and Ruby Rose two young heroes that was destined to lead, destined to do great things have had their fates altered and now they are destined to fight and try to save their worlds that isn't their own.

We go to Asta he appears he landed unconscious in a beach like area somewhere on the ground as he was bleeding out along with Liebe and there was multiple trees in front of the beach like area and one giant tree in the middle.

Ryuya Ryudo also known as Ryu was currently walking to a beach like area. His eye was telling him that she was going to appear on the beach and honestly it was a bit unreal at what he seen. A girl from another world appearing here in the land of the sun as they have to deal with Lucius talk about perfect timing.

As Ryu was walking on the beach he looked and he saw that Ruby was on the ground unconscious and her weapon Crescent Rose was right next to her stuck in the sand.

 

"Ah there she is" Ryu said as he rubbed the back of his head and he sighed a bit.

"It looks like we got quite a unquie and messy situation on our hands" Ryu said.

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Blake gasp as she opened her eyes, the cat faunus quickly got up from her back and she looked around. From where she was looking it looks like she was in a beach like area, it was more obvious as she could hear the waves of an ocean behind her.

"Just where exactly am I?" Blake said before she could gather her thoughts and call out to Ruby, Weiss and Yang to see if she was in the area.The cat faunus has felt something wet on her left hand.

Blake lifted her right arm so that she could look at her hand. Blake widen her eyes in shocked as she saw that the wetness in her hands wasn't water but it was blood.

"Blood!!" Blake said she then turned around and looked and she saw that a boy and a small creature next to him. Pushing whatever questions she made have Black turned the boy and the little creature over and she noticed they both have a large slash like injury coming from their stomach.

"Who is he and how did he get this injury is he from Atlas or Mantle and got attacked by Cinder or is he from this place and got attacked by an animal?" Blake said to herself.

Those questions she will have to put to the side later, she grabbed the boy arm and checked his pulse along with the little creature as well.

"There's a pulse they are both alive but barely" Blake said.

Blake then clinch her fist what was she susppose to do she doesn't have any medical equipment and if she carried the boy and the creature (she assumes it could be pet) and try to find some help they would both be dead in a few minutes.

Time was on the essence for Blake, she wished Jaune was here if he has aura then maybe he can use his semblance to boost his aura and he heals the both of them.

"But it’s possible that the both of them don't have aura at all" Blake thought.

That is also a possibility, if Blake can unlock their aura then their aura could heal them with the injury that they sustained.

It was the only option that she really has.

Blake sighed a bit as she grabbed the boy's hand and she slowly grabbed the creature and picked it up.

It's been a long time probably been a couple of years since she unlocked somebody aura. But for Blake she knew she has to do this two lives were on the line after all. Not to mention she is a huntress and it was her job to save people and besides she knew that Ruby wouldn't even hesitate to try to save them if she was in her position right now.

"Ok here goes" Blake said as she begun the chant.

"For it is through determination that we strive for change, through this we become a become that symbolizes hope and change, Infinite in our determination and our resolve, and unbound by our struggles, I release thy soul and mine shoulder help thee"

When Blake said the chant her aura which was purple in color appeared around her and once she was finished she the boys green eyes shot open and his bright red aura shot up and appeared around his body causing Blake to be pushed back a bit.

The boy quickly sat up and took a gasp of fresh air and he coughed a bit.

"What’s going on, what's happening to me" the boy said he then looked at his shirt and quickly unbutton it and he was shocked to see what was happening.

"The wound that Lucius inflicted on me it's healing all by itself but who-" the boy thought as he looked at Blake.

"Did she do that was she the one who healed me and gave me this red glowly stuff?" the boy wondered.

Before the boy could think of any more questions about his current situation, he heard a moan and he looked and saw that the creature he was in was awake.

"Liebe!!" the boy said as he picked up the creature who he called Liebe up.

Liebe groaned as he sat up and he slowly opened up his bright eyes and looked at the boy.

"Asta...you're alive and healed up" Liebe said to the boy now named Asta.

"Yeah I am I'm happy to see your ok buddy I was really worried about you for a second" Asta said as he grinned at Liebe.

"Yeah same here" Liebe said.

Asta and Liebe then looked up and they saw Blake walking up to them and although it looked like she was panting a bit probably due to what she just did to Asta and Liebe.

I'm glad that you and...your little friend are ok you were injured so badly that I didn't have any options but to unlock your aura and let it heal yourself" Blake said.

Asta titled his head for a bit "aura what the heck is that, you mean this red energy thing that's around me" Asta said.

Blake nodded her head he doesn't know what aura, she wonders if he’s from...where ever this place is. Those are questions for later right now she needs to teach him how to control his aura.

"Try to close your eyes and relax try to let your aura develop around your body instead of letting it out all at once" Blake said.

Asta nodded what Blake suggested is what the magic knight does when they use mana skin, or whenever he envelopes himself with his anti magic.

Asta closed his eyes and relaxed trying to clear his mind and once that happens. Asta's aura started to shrink and slowly develop around him and it wasn't long until Asta aura was not visible and it was around his body.

Asta opened his eyes "holy crap this is awesome it's almost like I'm using mana skin I wonder if I can do magic now" Asta said.

"If I had this maybe I could have save sister-" Asta said as he realized that everything was coming back to him and he had a sad and horrifying look on his face.

Blake and Liebe noticed this as they also noticed the skies were darkened a bit.

"Hey are you ok is something wrong?"

"Asta" Liebe said.

Asta shook his head and he looked at Blake and gave her a smile. He then stood up and gave Blake a grateful smile.

"Thank you, you saved our lives I'm really grateful for that...it’s just things have just turned for the worst for me recently" Asta said.

Now that Asta was standing up Blake took a good look at Asta.

Asta was on the shorter side, he stood a few inches shoter then Blake and if Blake had to guess he was about Ruby's height. Asta had bright green eyes that to Blake carry an innocence but yet fierce determination that she usually sees in Ruby but there is also sadness in his eyes.

Asta had ash blonde spiky hair with bangs at the front and a single strand that was on top of his head. He was wearing a black bull symbol and a red painted star at the top.

He was wearing a white dress shirt that was bloody up due to his injury aganist his battle with Lucius. He was also wearing black pants and brown high boots along with a brown belt with a pouch that Blake assumed was meant for his book that was on the ground. He was also wearing a brown glove like gauntlet around his arm.

If Blake had to guess the boy had to be around her age or a year younger maybe eighteen.But Blake has to admit that the boy was handsome and very attractive especially with his muscular built.

Blake then gave the boy sympathetic and yet understanding smile. “I understand my situation...its been pretty bad for me recently as well" Blake said she then held out her hand for Asta to shake.

"I'm Blake" Blake said.

"I'm Asta and this little guy here is Liebe its nice to meet you Blake I'm glad we aren't alone here in this place" Asta said as he took Blake hand and shook it.

"Likewise Asta, actually some of my friends might also be here do you think you could help me look for them and maybe also try to find a way out of this place" Blake said.

Asta grinned at Blake "sure Blake its no problem at all you saved our lives back there it's only right that I get to help you out as well" Asta said.

Blake giggled the way he carries himself it really does remind her of Ruby.

"Alright then we should probably start by going through that jungle first maybe some of my friends landed in that area as well" Blake said.

"Got it" Asta said he then looked down at his bloody shirt.

"Well I guess I can't wear this anymore" Asta said he then unstrapped his brown gauntlet and took it off and showed off devil arm and Blake widen her eyes a bit in surprise.

"His arm, it looks almost like a grimm arm that the one Cinder has" Blake thought wondering what could have happened to Asta to make his arm look like that.

Asta then took off his shirt and left it on the ground once he did that he simply out back on his gauntlet and strapped his black bulls squad robe back on his left side. For Asta he looked like when he first finished his training in the heart kingdom over a year ago.

Asta then went ahead and grabbed his grimiore and put it back into his pouch. He then looked at Blake and Asta noticed that Blake was staring at him.

"Hey Blake are you alright?" Asta said causing Blake to blink bringing her back to reality. Blake blushed in embarrassment realizing she wasnt be subtle.

She did say Asta was attractive that part was true but she also did noticed the multiple scars on his body.

Blake guessed that Asta gotten those scars due to some rigorous training.

"But why would he push himself and his body to the limit like that?" Blake thought.

"Yeah I'm alright, c'mom we should get going" Blake said as she started to walk to the jungle area.

"Right" Asta said as he ran until he was besides Blake and the two of them were making their way into the jungle area they both looked and saw the giant tree.

The duo kept walking and suddenly they realized that they were back to where they started from.

"What the heck we're back from where we started from what kind of crazy place is this!!!" Asta yelled.

"There has to be way for us to go through" Blake said.

"We could try to fly over there?" Liebe suggested causing Blake to look up at the duo.

"You two can fly?" Blake asked.

"Yeah we can and that's an option but with how weird this place is we’re probably going to be flying in circles" Asta said.

"Asta just who are you exactly, because I don't know I have the feeling that your not exactly from Remnant" Blake said.

"Remnant?" before Asta could say anything he looked down and saw a mouse trying to grab some food from the ground and Asta went ahead and placed his right hand down allowing the mouse to climb on his hand as he grabbed the cheese from the ground.

Blake walked up to Asta as he handed the cheese to the mice and he started to eat it and Asta chuckled a bit.

"Man if you only you can help us" Asta said as the mouse turned back to look at them.

"I can try" the mouse said.

Asta and Blake widen their eyes and they looked at each other and they looked back at the mouse.

"Holy crap you can actually talk!!" Asta said.

"Well yeah I can talk is that really such a big deal" the mouse said.

"Well...where I come from mouses don’t really talk" Blake said as the mouse looked at her.

"AHHH!! a cat!!!" the mouse said as it ran behind the cheese to hide.

"Hey, hey its ok this person here is a friend of mine she not going to hurt you" Asta said.

"Oh ok then" the mouse said as it stopped hiding and went back to the front of the cheese.

"But Blake does have a point I have a friend that can talk while she in her bird form but meeting a talking mouse is a new experience for me" Asta said.

"I see I guess its a new experience for me since I never met whatever you two are...what are you besides your cat friend over there?" the mouse asked.

Both Asta and Blake noticed that the mouse never seen a human before does that mean that humans doesn't exist in this place.

"Well I'm not exactly sure what Blake is but I'm a human and Liebe a devil" Asta said confusing the mice.

"Thats a lot of things" the mouse said

"Ok lets start with this I'm Asta, and this is Blake and the other little guy thats on my shoulder is Liebe" Asta said.

"Asta, Blake and Liebe" the mouse said as he looked at the three of them.

"Are they your purpose" the mouse asked.

No those are our names" Blake said as she smiled a little bit at the mouse.

"Do you have a name?" Asta asked.

"I'm still young so not yet" the mouse said.

"You don't have a name huh hmmm how about I call you Little for now, you think you would be cool with that" Asta said.

"Hmmm how does one "Little"" the mouse now know as Little said.

"Little have you seen people that look exactly like us?" Blake asked as Asta set him down on the ground with his Cheese.

"Exactly like you guys?" Little asked.

"No not exactly like us we may look similar but we are different" Blake said.

"I'm sure it will make sense eventually" Little said.

"One would have short and spiky black and red hair and the other would have long blonde hair" Blake said.

"Hmm well I haven't seen anybody that does or doesn't look like you guys" Little said

"But maybe someone from my village has they are always out foraging, you know since we need food and stuff" Little said.

"Speaking of which a few more of these wouldn't hurt" Little said.

"Sure Little and Blake as we help Little out that gives us some time to get to know each other" Asta said.

"Good point" Blake said.

Blake and Asta begin to pick up a few cheese from the ground as they started to talk about a few things about each other.

"Earlier you said that if I'm from Remnant I’m not I’m actually from Earth and I'm from the Clover Kingdom Hage Village specifically and I'm a magic knight" Asta said.

"So your from another world entirely and your world can use magic?" Blake ask.

"Yeah in my world magic is pretty much the norm where I'm from everyone from the royals back home to the peasants can use magic expect for me I don't have any magic at all" Asta simply said

"Oh Asta..." Blake said as she figured that Asta was being discriminated and looked down upon for not having magic in his world she could relate she has experienced the same thing for being a faunus.

"I’ve been mocked and looked down upon but I try to not let their insults get to me, despite my lack of magic I tried to train my body everyday to make up for my shortcomings but its thanks to Liebe here that I had the chance to become a magic knight and try to become the wizard king" Asta said.

"Heh" Liebe said.

"Wow that actually sounds cool so what is a magic knight is that your purpose?" Little asked as he saw Asta pick up another cheese from the ground.

"Yeah basically we are apart of the kingdom’s military, we get picked by a captain to join their squad and we go out on missions and protect the kingdom from various threats and the Wizard King he the leader of all of the squads" Asta said.

"That sounds like basically what we do as huntsman and huntresses, in our world as huntsmen we also fight and protect people from various threats however before we can become huntsmen we would have to attend four years at one of the academies before we officially become huntsmen" Blake said.

"I think we gotten enough don't you agree Asta?" Blake said.

"Yeah, lead the way Little" Asta said.

"Sure my village is not that far from here" Little said he then gave Asta and Blake directions and the two of them continued their conversation while Little talked with Liebe.

"So Asta how did you become a magic knight anyway if you don't have any magic at all?" Blake asked.

"Well it's basically because of Liebe its thanks to him I'm able to wield Anti Magic basically I can negate and cut through magic itself" Asta said.

"Thats pretty amazing Asta you should be proud of yourself for being a magic knight but I am curious why do you want to be the wizard king in the first place?" Blake asked.

"Well part of the reason is that I made a vow to my best friend and adopted brother...that the two of us will complete on who will be the Wizard King" Asta said.

"The other reason is that I want to prove everyone that you can achieve your goals no matter what your status or your race is. People should be able to understand each other and help each other if I can help end the prejudice that the clover kingdom has. Then I know our kingdom will become stronger and better then ever" Asta said.

Blake widen her eyes Asta goals was the same goals she has with the faunus. It was why she joined the white fang and over time it became why she is a huntress in the first place.

She then smiled at Asta because not only does she see Ruby but she also sees herself in him a kindred sprit.

"But...right now I don't think I can even become the Wizard King now not after what just happened" Asta said.

Blake was concerned now Asta for the couple of minutes she know him was a pretty upbeat and optimistic guy she wonders if those doubts are from what just happened before he came here.

Before she could press further and ask him why he doesn't think he could become the Wizard King. Asta started to pick up something.

"Hey Blake I'm starting to pick up multiple Ki's and one of them is human" Asta said.

Blake widen her eyes "that has to be one of my friends, Asta we need to get over there" Blake said.

"Right" Asta said as the two made their way across the jungle as they did they looked up and Blake saw Weiss much to her shock and the looked and saw that their was a tower of vines and on top of it was Blake weapon Gambol Shroud.

"Weiss!!" Blake yelled as she went up to Weiss.

"Blake!!" Weiss said Blake ran up to her and gave her a big hug.

"I'm happy that your alright, Blake have you seen Ruby or Yang anywhere?" Weiss asked.

Blake shook her head "no I haven't seen them but I managed to meet somebody after I arrived here and I saved his life" Blake said as she waved to Asta to come over here.

"Weiss this is Asta he actually from another world, a world that still has magic and he is a Magic Knight" Blake said.

"A magic knight are you telling me that your actually a knight and can use magic?" Weiss said as she looked at Asta.

Asta looked at Weiss when he looks at her Weiss reminds him of Noelle and honestly if Weiss didn't have blue eyes and her hair was white instead of silver then Asta would have thought Weiss was another sister or relative to Noelle and her family.

"No I cant use magic but I do have anti magic" Asta said.

"Anti magic?" Weiss said.

"I'll explain a bit later we should probably get Gambol Shroud out of those vines first then we can try to see if Ruby or Yang are here in this place as well" Blake said.

"I think I can cut it down" Asta said.

"By yourself?" Weiss asked a bit skeptical that Asta could cut down multiple vines by himself.

Yeah you two should probably stay back" Asta sa

Little who was sleeping on Asta left shoulder woke up, after talking to Liebe he actually fell asleep pretty quickly

"What's going on?" Little asked he then looked and saw Weiss.

"Oh is that one of your friends?" Little asked.

"Did that mouse just talk?" Weiss asked as she was a bit shocked that an animal like a mouse is actually talking.

"Yeah trust me I was a bit supurised as well" Blake said.

"Little you might want to over to Blake I have to get her weapon for her" Asta said.

Oh ok" Little said as they got off of Asta's shoulder and quickly climbed up to Blake shoulder

Asta then went ahead and got his grimoire out and he took out his demon slasher katana.

"Alright Liebe lets do this" Asta said

"Got it" Liebe said after that a surge of anti magic energy appeared around Asta and soon Asta entered his devil union mode and the sky had darkened if you can look closely some of the tree leaves were staring to turn brown. It was as if Asta power was effecting the area itself.

Blake and Weiss widen their eyes in shocked and they were starting to sweat a bit as well and even Little was shaking a bit as he saw Asta appearance.

"This is what Asta looks like when he using anti magic...his power it's suffocating and its almost chilling..." Blake thought.

If this is Asta when he is using Liebe power how much stronger will he get when he is using his own power, his aura. If was then that Blake thought she made friends with an actual monster.

Blake and Weiss then saw that Asta hair was completely black and he has four horns on top of his head. Both of his arms were completely black almost like he was partially wearing armor.

Asta has two bat like wings on his back and he had a long tail and he had two stripes running across sides of his face and his eyes were red and both had two slits on it.

Asta then swung his katana downward and he created a crescent black slash cutting the vines in half and freeing Gambol Shroud from it.

Asta then went back to normal and he then went ahead and picked it up. He then looked at Blake and threw it to her.

"Here you go Blake" Asta said as he threw Gambol Shroud at Blake and she caught it.

"T-thanks Asta" Blake said despite being a bit unnerved by what just happened she knows that Asta is still a good person she of all people knows she shouldn't judge someone based on their appearance and what their power is.

J-just wha-" Weiss started to say but before she could say anything else they heard a voice.

"Our trap has been...destroyed!" a black and white mouse said as he and multiple mouse appeared.

The mouse looked at everyone and once they saw Blake with Little.

"Our new adversaries have capture one of our kin we must liberate them!!" the leader said as they yelled.

"Little" Blake said.

"Oh right" Little as he got off from Blake shoulder and started to talk to his fellow mouse a few minutes later.

"Even though one of them was a cat they were really nice and understanding and not only that they were able to pull multiple cheeses’ out of the ground for us to eat" Little said as the mouse were shocked at the story and the fact they got a lot of cheese that can last them for quite awhile.

The leader then went up to Blake Asta and Weiss.

"You have our sincerest apologies please you have to understand that our kind is a bit skeptical of cats...and snakes...and cats" the leader said.

"We understand if we could ask have you seen two more people who looks like us one has short and spiky black and red hair and the other has long blonde hair" Blake said.

"The first one is pretty kind and upbeat and the other one is kind of scary" Blake said.

"But could be if she wanted to" Weiss said.

The leader mouse merely shook his head as Blake sighed.

"Thanks anyway" Blake said as she stood up and looked at Asta and Weiss.

"Well since we found you Weiss I think our next course of action should be for us to go to the top of that cliff if we could go to higher ground we might get a better view of the area and to see where do we go from here" Blake said.

"That sounds like the best option for now" Weiss said.

"If you want to go to the cliff I can help with that" Little said as he climb on top of Asta as he landed on his left shoulder.

"I don't really have anything to do yet" Little said

"Yet?,you mean your going to help us?” Liebe said he then saw that Weiss was looking at him and was blushing.

So cute" Weiss thought.

"Whats her deal?" Liebe thought.

"Yep I can be your trusty guide" Little said and a couple of minutes later he was asleep as they was walking up towards the cliff.

"Some guide you are!!" Liebe said annoyed that Little fell asleep so quickly.

"Look at the bright side at least they got us to this path" Blake said.

"Well at least during this time I learned some things about Asta, but another world where everybody could still use magic expect for you and what we just saw was you using anti magic I wouldn't have believe it if I didnt see it for myself" Weiss said.

"Yeah I never expected to meet people from another world either but I'm glad I did Blake saved my life I really owe her big time" Asta said.

"You don't have to thank me Asta and besides you helped me get Gambol Shroud back and avoiding us from getting caught in the mouse trap so I say we're even" Blake said as she smiled.

The cat faunus then looked at Weiss"Weiss if you fell are there anybody else that fell what happened?" Blake asked.

"I don't know if anybody else fell no we should probably find Yang and Ruby if they are even down here" Weiss said.

"She avoiding the question and I can sense the sadness from her ki, whatever happened must have been bad" Asta frowned he hated that Blake and her friends were dealing with something so terrible and awful back in their world. If he wasn't focused on what just happened to him with Lucius and his plans. He would try to go Blake's world and helped them with whatever they are dealing with.

"I just" Blake said as the three of them heard a noise and they ran until they saw what made that noise.

"Seeking, searching, stalking, detecting" the creature which was purple in color and it had four horns which was white with purple stripes and it had the same stripes on its arms and parts of its legs and it has a long purple tail.

It then turned around and saw Weiss, Blake and Asta and Weiss and Blake got out their weapons and Asta brought out his grimoire and took out the demon dweller sword as they both slowly went up to the creature.

"What is that thing, is that a devil?" Liebe asked.

"No, his ki feel different from a devil but his ki feels sinister" Asta said.

"Danger" the creature said as it ran towards the group.

No you don't!!" Asta yelled as he transformed into his Black Asta form as he went ahead and launch at the creature and the creature swipe his claws at Asta but Asta blocked the attack.

"The creator...no not him...but danger" before the creature could do anything a voice shouted.

"I said I'm not done with you" as the creature was hit by a bolder and Asta looked and saw it was a long blonde haired young woman and Asta realized that this was one of Blake's friends that she was looking for.

"Proceed...retreat...retreat..." the creature said as it ran away by jumping from a tree and onto a cliff and ran.

Blake and Asta ran to see where the creature went and Weiss went up to Yang.

"Yang!!" Weiss said as she ran up to her.

"Damn it you weren't suppose to be here" Yang said.

"Hmph it sounds like your not happy to see us, what happened to your arm" Weiss asked.

"I don't think you believe me if I told you" Yang said before Weiss said.

Before Weiss could ask anything else Blake immediately tackled Yang and hugged her.

"Yang" Blake said happy that Yang was alive.

"Awesome Blake it looks like you found your friend" Asta said as he smiled at them.

"Uh Blake, Weiss who is this?" Yang asked as she and Blake got up from the ground.

"Yang, this is Asta I found him unconscious and badly injured when I arrived here and saved him by unlocking his aura don't worry he a really good person in fact he a lot like Ruby in that regard" Blake said.

Speaking of Ruby, Yang have you seen Ruby?" Weiss asked.

"No I haven't seen her since I've been down here are you telling me you guys haven't ran into her" Yang said as she was worried about her sister.

"Lets find a spot first, and try to get to know each other and talk about what happened after we fell" Blake said.

Everyone nodded and they found a spot where they could talk.

"Ok Asta the floor is yours tell us about yourself and your world I know you told me a little about yourself but its time for us to hear everything if we are going to be together we need to learn about each other first" Blake said.

"Ok well I'll start from the beginning" Asta said he then told Blake Weiss and Yang everything and he meant everything about him and his adventures.

About how he was raised at a church in Hage Villege, how he was born as a peasant with no magic and how much he tried to keep up by pushing and training his body to the absolute limit. To him first gaining Anti Magic and how Licht old grimoire chose him and how he wielded anti magic and defeated that chain thief.

He then told him how he took the magic knight exams and how he joined the black bulls and talked about the missions and threats he faced from the diamond kingdom to the eye of the midnight sun, the elves, the spade kingdom, the devils Naahmah and Lilith Megicula and Lucifero.

Asta started to tear up as he talked about Lucius and how he was another soul inside the wizard king and took over his body and his recent battle against him.

"I...He took Sister Lily and he changed her into a Paladin using her soul magic...I couldn't save her...after that Lucius attacked me and injured me badly and Sister Lily she send me to this place and...I couldn't do anything at all to save her and now the clover kingdom and my world is in danger and I feel so powerless..." Asta said as he started to cry.

It was also starting to rain a little bit and Blake had went up to Asta and sat down next to him and gave him a hug.

"Your not powerless Asta, if you were powerless Lucius wouldn't have consider you a threat at all" Blake said.

"Yeah if anything he nothing more then a dirty coward, he knows that you can beat him so he resorting to dirty tricks so he could mess with you and get rid of you" Yang said.

"I completely agree if anything you have done a remarkable job from starting at the bottom and getting to wear you are now. I mean your getting really close in achieving your dream" Weiss said.

"Remember what you told me Asta about how you to end discrimination between the royals and the common folk in your homeland...you said Lucius is trying to achieve the same thing and I don't think he is" Blake said.

"If anything it seems like he just trying to rule the world by controlling people and forcing him that is way is right and if it's anything I learn is that you can't achieve peace by force or force your views on everyone" Blake said as Asta looked at her.

"I believe in you Asta and even though I haven't known you that long I believe with your methods, with how kind noble and how pure your soul is I know you will become the Wizard King and change your kingdom for the better" Blake said.

"Don't forget I unlocked your aura if you want the three of us can teach you how to use your aura once you can do that if you see Lucius again you will defeat him and save Sister Lily" Blake said.

Asta rubbed his eyes and smiled at Blake "thanks Blake and thank you Weiss and Yang you giving me a new power I can use to take down Lucius and protect everyone" he said.

Weiss sighed "I guess its time to tell Asta about ourselves" Weiss said.

 

"Yeah it looks like Blake filled you in on a few details but lets give you the run down on everything that's happened in our world" Yang said.

It was then the girls had told Asta everything about their past, about their time at Beacon and how Cinder was the one that caused Beacon to fell and about their journey throughout mistral and going to Atlas finding out about Salem and Ozpin and their past. Also the fact that Salem was immortal. They explained what happened in Argus and Atlas and what happened with Ironwood and Ruby plan in warning everyone about Salem and how they plan to evacuate the people of Atlas and Mantle and send them to Vacuo.

"But everything happened so fast and now Salem gotten two relics and Penny scarficed herself...Ruby is going to be devastated when she finds out what happened to Penny" Weiss said.

"That's Salem so many of her choices lead to her wiping out a lot of lives and she thinks so low of humanity she going to wipe them out and along with herself by trying to summon the gods of your world thats so selfish!!!" Asta said.

"If I can get back to your world I can help you guys kill Salem" Asta said shocking everyone.

"I'm sorry did you just say kill Salem didn't you just hear us that she immortal" Yang said.

"Yeah but she probably immortal due to the gods magic if I could use the demon destroyer I can take away her immortality and end her for good its the least I could do since you guys are helping me" Asta said.

Weiss, Yang and Blake were shocked Asta was offering to kill the most powerful being currently on Remnant and he was confident he could kill her.

But Weiss and Blake saw Asta power first hand they knew he was very powerful with his anti magic not to mention he still has his aura. Who knows what his semblance could be.

Asta that actually sounds awesome you might actually be the key in us stopping Salem" Yang said.

"But it would be unfair to you Asta, you have so much on your plate already if would be selfish of us to ask you to help us and deal with our problems back in our own world" Blake said.

Asta wanted to argue but Blake continued.

"Ok now that we gotten to know each other lets go over the sutuation. Ruby she might be here in this world somewhere if not... she might be in another world possibly Asta world" Blake said.

"I hope she here because if thats the case we have no idea how we can bring her back home...oh Ruby" Yang said as she was worried about her sister.

"Yang is missing her arm, first we need to find it and after that is figure out a way out of here wherever here is" Blake said.

"We also got to deal with the possibly of Neo being here too" Blake said.

"But what if we can't leave wha-" Weiss started.

"What if we're dead until you all found me I thought for sure I was" Yang said.

"No I don't think we're dead that much is true since I unlocked Asta's aura and his aura healed his injuries...I know how this sounds but I think we are in a fairy tail" Blake said.

"A fairy tail" Asta said he was in a world based on children books like the ones Sister Lily and Father Orfai read to him as kid.

"It doesn't matter we need to get out of here because if we dont both of our worlds are finished" Asta thought.

Chapter Text

Ruby opened her eyes and let out a large gasp of air. The silver eye girl quickly got up as she rubbed her neck as she was huffing and puffing trying to catch her breathe.

Ruby calmed down and was able to get her breathing under control. Even though she was able to do that Ruby remembers everything that just recently happened to her.

With her falling through the void and as they were falling Neo was doing everything she can in trying to kill her.

Ruby is concerned now Cinder has the staff now which isn't good and now she has no idea if everybody was able to get to Vacuo safely or if they were able to fend off Cinder and get the relics back.

Ruby sighed a bit she going to have to put her concerns about what happened after she fell away for now. Right now she needs to figure out where she was exactly.

Ruby looked around and she saw that she was in a room and an Eastern style looking room from the looks of it. Not only that Ruby looked and saw that she was currently sitting on a futon.

She also noticed that she wasn’t wearing her regular clothes anymore. Ruby was wearing w red kimono with a white undershirt underneath it, along with black hakama pants.

Somebody must have found her and brought her here.

"But who exactly did that and where am I, am I back in Mistral?" Ruby wondered.

She looked towards her left and saw one of the sliding doors open and Ruby saw some sort of doll carrying a cup.

"Is that a robotic doll?" Ruby asked in confusion as the figure opened its mouth and poured some tea into the cup and gave it to Ruby as it left the room.

"Haw Haw Haw!!" Ruby looked to the side and saw two people that were in the room with her as well.

One of them was a man, he looked young despite the stubble on his face. If Ruby had to guess he looked to be about in his late twenties or he might be even thirty years old. He was wearing a red kimono like Ruby was and he was also wearing a black undergarment and a blue belt. He had long black hair that was tied into a man-bun ponytail and he was wearing a eyepatch where his left was suppose to be.

Next to him was a young woman who was wearing a similar outfit as Ruby. Expect she was wearing a black kimono with a white shirt underneath and grey hakama pants and she was carrying a katana on her left side. She also had long black hair that was tied into a pony tail.

"You were correct in that being a doll in fact she a tea-servin' ocha-ami doll" the man said.

"That accent of his it sounds like how the people of Mistral use to sound like before the great war" Ruby thought. But that would be strange because nobody hardly spoke old Mistraean anymore" Ruby thought.

"So how're ya feeling Ruby?" the man asked the leader of team RWBY.

Ruby was on guard and she narrowed her eyes at the man.

"Who are you and how do you know my name?" Ruby asked the man.

"Easy now I am not yer enemy, you can relax around me if I have to say you earned it after what you been through trying to fight that Salem woman and what recently happened to Atlas" the man said.

"He knows about Salem and what just happened back in Atlas?" Ruby thought. She was even more suspicious now but Ruby could tell that this man wasn't a bad person. He has to be a good guy since he found her and let her rest up in this room after she fell through the void.

"How do you know about that, and where am I exactly am I back in Mistral?" Ruby wondered.

"Well to answer yer question I just see stuff that's all and no I don't have any aura and my ability is not a semblance and I have feeling I know what yer' going to ask me next" the man said.

"While our countries are similar yer not on Mistral Ruby, in fact yer not even on Remnant at all yer currently on the planet called Earth and yer in my country pretty much" the man said.

Ruby widen her eyes in complete shocked she was in another world...no that can't be right...

"But the man he not lying at all...is this what Ambrosius meant by not to fall" Ruby thought.

So many emotions were going through Ruby's head right now but she had to calm down and finish her questions with the man.

"Ok well I landed in another world so am I really the only one you saw and rescued?" Ruby asked.

"Fraid so, yer sister and yer little faunus friend didn't land here it was just you" Ryu said.

"To be honest Ruby you came here at pretty bad time in fact from what my eye telling me we are about to face a guy name Lucius and our world is in major trouble" the man said.

"Really your world is in trouble by this Lucius guy" Ruby said.

"Yeah I know its asking a lot but I have feeling that you might be the key in bringing down Lucius but as yer are right now you won't be able to beat him or be able to beat Salem if yer did find a way back home" the man said.

Ruby looked down a bit dejected at what the man said.

From what he just said if she wanted to get home she would have to beat this Lucius guy and she not even strong enough to take him down.

"As of the moment yer can't get home at least not by yerself" the man said as the woman was walking towards the doors and opened them.

Ruby saw multiple eastern like buildings and one giant tower in the back and Ruby saw multiple people walking going about their day.

To Ruby this place was exactly like Mistral but even she could admit that this place was beautiful.

"This is the Land of the Sun, as I told yer, yer in a different land in a different world but I believe yer best in getting home is by going to the Clover Kingdom and stopping Lucius" the man said.

"My name is Ryuya Ryudo I'm the Shogan that's in charge of this place, since yer here get yerself some more power right here, right now" the man now know as Ryu said.

Ruby got up from her futon and walked until she was outside the room and she leaned into the ledge of the building.

"The Land of the Sun..I'm actually in another world" Ruby said.

She was worried because now it's possible that Salem has two relics now. That means she now half way of completing her goal on summoning the gods, and from them wiping out Remnant in its entirety.

"But if I'm alive that means Blake and Yang should be alive...and Neo too but Ryu told me they weren't here, does that mean they are also somewhere else in this world...but if they aren't in this world then where are they" Ruby thought.

Whatever the case is she hopes Blake and Yang are ok and is having a bit of better luck then she is right now.

"As of right now it doesn't look like Lucius won't make a move right now so you can relax" Ryu said to Ruby.

Ruby turned to look at Ryu "Mr.Ryudo-" Ruby started to say but Ryu laughed at Ruby.

"There no need to be so formal Ruby just call me Ryu" Ryu said.

Ruby smiled a bit she could tell Ryu was a pretty easy going person, its almost like being around him had eased her doubts and it allow her to let her guard down as well, because based on everything that has happened she could say that Ryu wasn't an enemy.

"Ok then Ryu, I know what a Shogun is based on the books I read back in my world does that mean your the leader of your country?" Ruby asked.

"Yer right on the nose Ruby, yeah I'm the leader of this country we don't have a council like the kingdoms in yer world but I do have people that help me out haw haw haw!!!" Ryu said.

"I see then you must be pretty strong huh I can definitely tell your a fighter" Ruby said.

"You can tell just by looking at me, yer got good eyes Ruby and yer instincts are sharp but however I'm not really that strong anymore" Ryu said as he laughed again.

"Really" Ruby said she wonders why Ryu said that does it mean due to bring the Shogan he not that much of an active fighter anymore.

Ruby then looked at the woman and for a moment she sweated a bit. Not only from the woman intense gaze but from some reason she could sense something from her...it could be her power and it's a bit overwhelming for Ruby.

"Not only that" Ruby thought unknown to Ruby her Silver Eyes were glowing meaning they were activated. Ruby could some type of energy that was inside the woman, it wasn't aura but what is it.

"Outsider" the woman said causing Ruby to blink and in turn causing her silver eyes to deactivate.

"Do you have something you want to say if so I suggest you quit staring at me" the woman said

"R-right sorry about that" Ruby said.

"Best not to get her angry not only I could sense her power increasing I can sense she was pretty angry" Ruby thought.

"Now now Ichika try to be nice to Ruby here" Ryu said as Ichika calmed down.

"Listen Ruby I know landin' in a different world is probably mind blowing, do you want to a little sight seeing to take yer mind off of things" Ryu asked.

It has been awhile since she has had a proper break the past few days, it was mostly about fighting trying to warn everybody about Salem and evacuate the people of Atlas to Vacuo.

Between that worrying about whats going on back home and worrying about Yang and Blake, and now having fight another world ending threat. Ruby felt that it would be good to take her mind off of those things just for a little bit.

"Sure l don't mind getting a tour, but before we go Ryu have you seen Crescent Rose?" Ruby asked the Shogan.

"Ah you mean yer scythe, it's right behind me I got to say its impressive a girl yer age is able to build a weapon like that it seems like yer world is a bit more advanced and unique then ours" Ryu said.

Ruby looked behind Ryu and the Shogan was right Crescent Rose was currently laying against the wall next to that katana that was being displayed.

The young silver eyed huntress walked up and grab Crescent Rose. She smile slightly, she was relieved that her weapon was with her so she wouldn't be defenseless in this world. Although its possible Ryu might would have taught her some swordsmanship if she didn't have Crescent Rose with her.

Regardless though Ruby has her "baby" back and she has taken one step in her journey of getting back home to Remnant. Ruby then placed Crescent Rose back into its storage mode and placed it under her kimono.

She then looked at Ryu and Ichika and smiled at them.

"Alright lead the way Ryu" Ruby said to the Shogun.

Ryu had showed Ruby around the Land of the Sun and she has to admit the place was lively as she saw many people go about their day.

It really reminded Ruby of Mistral but the country was still a very beautiful sight to see.

"Well what do you think about the Land of the Sun?" Ryu asked Ruby.

"Its a really nice place it really reminds me of Mistral but maybe less modern" Ruby said she then sense something and turned her head and she saw some men opening up some scrolls.

 

What came out of the scrolls was what shocked her it was birds that was made out of fire and water what they were doing was what Cinder and Penny were doing when they were using their maiden powers which means.

"Come on step right up" one man said.

"Come witness a dance performed by magnificent birds made of fire and water" the other man.

"Ryu are they using..." Ruby started to ask the Shogun.

"Yep they are using magic, unlike in yer world where only Ozpin Salem and the maidens can use magic due to what Salem actions, our magic is still a part of our everyday life here in our world" Ryu said.

"But here instead of magic we call it Yojustu and we perform our Yojustu using scrolls and instead of magical powerful we call it Yoryoku" Ryu said.

"Ruby earlier yer was able to sense Ichika power and just now yer was able to sense the power coming from the scrolls, that was their Yoryoku that yer was sensing" Ryu said.

"Really I was able to sense their Yoryoku but...don't tell me.." Ruby widen her eyes in shock.

"Yep, Ruby you have some Yoryoku within yer now and once we are able to get yer a scroll, yer going to be performing Yojustu in no time, mastering yer Yojustu will be a part of yer training" Ryu said.

Ruby couldn't believe it, she actually has magic r Yojustu as they call it here. This really changes everything now with her having Yojustu she can use this power to turn the tide against Salem.

But thats going to have to come later right now Ruby has to focus on taking down Lucius first.

"But wait if you guys use scrolls to preform your Yojustu what does the clover kingdom use to perform their magic?" Ruby asked.

"Ah they basically use books calls Grimoires" Ryu said.

"I see" Ruby looked and saw Ryu expression turn serious for a moment.

"Hey you two" Ryu running towards a mother and her child.

"Huh" the woman said as Ryu was guiding them away.

"This way c'mom look at that for a second, I'm nobody weird alright" Ryu said.

Ruby silver eyes glowed she could sense some hostility coming at Ryu's way. Before she could sense anything the wooden wall was broken through and somebody screamed.

"Oh no Ryu!!" Ruby said,

"Ha ha ha Bad News Bangers coming trough donate your food and valuables unless you want to die!!" the large ball headed bandit said who Ruby assumed was the leader.

"Bandits!!!" one citizen said.

"Run for it!!" another citizen said.

"I guess even in other world there bad guys everywhere" Ruby said as she quickly took out Crescent Rose and activated it placing it in its Scythe mode and she spun it around for a bit before placing the bladed end of Crescent Rose on the ground.

"Ryu!!" Ruby said trying to search for Ryu until she saw him.

"Wow that was a shock huh, there g'wan get on home" Ryu said.

"Ok" the woman said.

"Did it missed them by chance..." Ruby thought

"No he moved them to a spot where they would be safe...he mentioned his eye can he predict the future?" Ruby said.

"Huh hmmm who're you?" the bald bandit said as he looked at Ryu.

"Hm? I don't think there anything to worry about here" Ryu said as he looked at the leader.

"As ya can tell I ain't got no Yoruoku" Ryu said as he smiled as multiple rose petal appeared in front of him.

"Hey isn't that..." one citizen said.

"Yeah but who is that other person with her"

"Yer pretty fast Ruby, so that's yer semblance I can tell your going to be strong with yer Yojustu but right now I want you to watch, Ichika their all yers" Ryu said.

As Ichika and Ruby with their speed was able to appear in front of him.

"Yes sir" Ichika said.

"You sure you don't want me to help her out I can tell she strong but she currently out numbered?" Ruby asked the Shogun.

"It's fine these guys don't stand a chance especially against Ichika, sides' I want yer to watch and observe how she fight" Ryu said

"You're sending this skinny little girl instead hahaha that's pathetic guy well you'd better entertain us real good" the bald man said.

As if you fools" Ichika said.

Ruby narrowed her eyes as they glowed again

"She gathering the energy through her arms" Ruby thought

As she saw Ichika get into a stance and with her blazing speed mp quickly gave each bandit a palm strike and they were all sent crashing into the wall.

Ruby was shocked she was amazed to see Ichika move that fast. It’s possible she could almost match her speed as well.

"When she was gathering that energy it gotten bigger and her Yoyorku increased and her Yojustu is she using Dark Yojustu?" Ruby thought.

"Bravo one of the Ryuzen Seven" one of the citizen said.

"Well done Lady Yami" another citizen said.

"The Ryuzen Seven what's that?" Ruby asked.

"They are one of the strongest mages here in the Land of the Sun and Ichika is a part of that group she also a dear friend of mine little sister if yer want to get stronger have the Ryuzen Seven train yer" Ryu said.

"I see" Ruby said and she then smiled.

"Hey Ichika I'm looking forward to you training me!!" Ruby said as he waved at her.

Ichika looked at her "don't get comfortable outsider with our training your going to experience hell" Ichika said but Ruby response surprised her.

"I'm not concerned I been through the ringer training with my sister Yang I can handle anything you throw at me especially since I need to get stronger to beat Lucius and Salem" Ruby said with a determined look on her face.

Ichika was then reminded of the memories of her brothers the happy times until she remembered that night and she clinch her fist.

"Haw haw that's the sprit Ruby, now then we should probably go on ahead and get yer a scroll yer going to need to get the hang of your Yojustu if yer want to take down Lucius" Ryu said.

Ruby then retracted Crescent Rose and placed it back into her Kimono.

"Ok let's get going Ryu" Ruby said.

It wasn't long until Ichika, Ryu and Ruby went inside a building where they have stored multiple scrolls.

"Wow there are a lot of scrolls but how exactly do I pick one?" Ruby asked as she rubbed her chin however Ryu just laughed at her.

"Oh yer don't choose a scroll Ruby the scroll chooses you" Ryu said.

"The scroll chooses me how is-" before Ruby could finish asking her question. She looked up at a top self and saw that a scroll was moving and glowing. It then left the self and it went ahead and floated towards Ruby.

Ruby then grabbed her scroll was red in color and Ruby could also feel a new well of strength awakening in her and she also knows what Yojustu she was using.

"Rose Yojustu" Ruby said.

"I think that's pretty fitting for yer Ruby I think with yer training yer going to get use to yer Yojustu quite easily"

“Yeah you're right...hey Ryu back there you said that you didn't have any Yoryoku" Ruby said.

Ichika narrowed her eyes but Ryu remained easy going as always.

"Yeah as of right now I don't have any Yoryoku meaning I can't use Yojustu" Ryu said.

Ruby wonders if him having that ability with his eye had something to do with having Yojustu.

"I see if that's the case that means you can't fight anymore huh" Ruby said.

"Just what are you applying outsider, are you saying that our lord is weak?" Ichika said offended at the idea that Ruby would call Ryu weak after everything he done for this country.

"Of course not I said it before that Ryu looks strong, he must have been really powerful when he had Yoryoku...since Ryu is giving me a chance to get stronger. I want to give him the chance to fight again.

Ruby looked at Ryu and smiled at him "so how about Ryu, how about I unlock your aura that way it won't be just the Ryuzen Seven training me but you as well. I can also teach you about to use your aura so what do you say?" Ruby asked the Shogun.

Ryu didn't know what to say at first, he was content and really had no regrets in giving up his Yojustu and getting the Tengentsu. After all he did the deal to save the people of the Goshu and Koshu region.

"But to be able to fight again, to be able to wield a sword again to protect those close to him. It was really a dream come true.

Ryu smiled at Ruby "thank yer Ruby, yer really gave me a chance to fight alongside everyone and to protect my country I will never forget that" Ryu said as he held out his hands.

Ruby nodded as she grabbed Ryu's hand and she closed her eyes and sighed a bit.

It’s been awhile since she had to unlock somebody aura but she still remembers the chant luckily.

"For it is through bravery that we achieve immortality, through this we become a beacon of hope and light to cut through the darkness, Bound by duty and infinite in kindness, I release thy soul and by mine shoulder help tee" Ruby chanted.

Ryu and Ichika couldn't help but saw Ruby aura flared up and once she finished the chant she step back as Ryu aura shot up so much that the entire room shook a bit.

Ruby huffed and puffed trying to catch her breath but after she composed herself she smiled at Ryu.

"There Ryu now you can fight again and man you have a lot of aura you might have more aura then Jaune does" Ruby said as Ryu had a dark red aura around himself.

"Alright then Ryu just try to concentrate and let your aura develop around you" Ruby said.

Ryu closed his eye and it wasn't long until Ryu's aura was beginning to form around him and once that Ryu's aura disappeared once his aura was around his entire body.

"This isn't bad at all its almost my entire body is being protected by mana" Ryu said.

"Yeah I noticed how Yojustu and aura are similar to each other" Ruby said.

"So how do you feel?" Ruby asked.

"I feel pretty good actually I'm dying to see what I can do with my aura Yosuga is going to be excited when he finds out I can fight again haw haw" Ryu laughed.

He then gave Ruby a smile and held out his hand for her.

"Thank yer Ruby thanks to yer I get to be able to fight with everyone" Ryu said.

Ruby smiled as she took and shook his head "you're welcome and thank you for giving me a sense of hope, despite what happened I feel like I still have a chance to stop Salem but first its time to kick this Lucius guy butt and save this world" Ruby said.

Although Ruby is stuck in this world, she going to make the most of this opportunity to get stronger. She going to defeat Lucius and once she do that she going to go back home and defeat Salem.

Chapter Text

After Blake had mentioned that they were in a fairy tail, the group then stood up to get a view of the Ever After.

"So are we going to stand around thinking about this silence or-" Yang said.

"So we're in a fairy tail like world that's actually cool if you think about it" Asta said.

"You're taking this shockingly well Asta" Weiss said to the wielder of Anti Magic.

Asta gave Weiss a sheepish smile.

"Honestly, Weiss after everything I've been through I don't think anything would shock me too much" Asta replied.

Weiss sighed "honestly I wouldn't be even entertaining this but after hearing your story Asta and seeing what you can do, being in a fairy tail sounds reasonable" Weiss said.

"Yeah even hearing Yangs' story about how her arm got stolen, is pretty crazy" Asta said.

"If not hilarious kekeke" Liebe said laughing at Yang's misfortune of her arm getting stolen.

Yang crossed her arms and rolled her arms "well I'm glad you find my story so amusing Liebe" Yang said.

"As far fetched as this sounds there is something about this place that seems familiar" Blake said.

She then widen her eyes in realization as she knew where they were.

"I think we're in the Ever After" Blake said.

Asta then walked up to Blake and stood next to her.

"It sounds like you know this place" Asta said.

Blake then turned to look at Asta.

"In our world, it was a make believe world that was a part of a story that we read as kids...although I guess it’s not make believe, it's actually real" Blake said.

"Yep and it's also where I live" Little said.

"Can you tell us more about it, have you heard of a girl name Alyx?" Blake asked Little.

"An Alyx, is that a purpose?" Little asked not knowing who or what Alyx is.

"In the story Alyx fell from the sky and met with the hunter mice and got trapped in vines fought a Jabberwalker and got her knife stolen by...a talken raccoon" Blake said.

"It sounds some of that stuff happened to you guys already expect for me" Asta said.

"Hmm that's true if it wasn't for Asta Blake and I would have certainly gotten trapped in those vines" Weiss said.

"Alright, it sounds like we have something here what else happened in the story?" Asta asked.

"Well she then beat the Red King at a board game, met the Curious Cat, the Rusted Knight and finally got out through...the tree" Yang said as everyone looked at the tree.

"So what now do we go to the tree, look for Alyx and Ruby if she even down here or look for Yang's arm?" Weiss asked.

"Hmm well I think we should try to find Yang's arm first, that way all of us will be back into fighting form in case we run into trouble like that Neo chick and I guess that Jabbathing from earlier" Asta said as he had a confuse look on his face.

"It's called the Jabbawalker Asta" Blake said as she giggled a bit.

"I bet the Jinxy Peddler has it" Little said.

"Who?" Yang and Weiss said scaring Little as they went ahead and hid behind Liebe.

"The Jinxy Peddler thats the only talking raccoon I know" Little said.

“Do you know where he might be?" Blake asked.

"Of course I'll lead the way right to-" Little said but only a few minutes later he fell asleep on top of Asta's head as the group was walking.

"Are you shitting me right now!!" Liebe said frustrated that Little fell asleep again as he promised he was going to get where they are suppose to go.

"So the town just up ahead right?" Blake asked but got no response as he was asleep.

"Uh it looks like we're on our own for now" Asta said.

"I figured...I've been thinking though if we're going to this town we need to be careful" Blake said.

"Any reason why did something bad happened in the story?" Asta asked as he was a bit curious.

"Well Alyx didn't know there customs and started a war among the townsfolk, trouble followed her everywhere she went" Blake said.

"Well yeah but she was kind of a mean person right, she might have cheated her way through most of the book" Yang said.

"She was trying to survive, the morals of those old stories are incredibly simplistic" Weiss said.

"Either way we need to tread lightly" Blake said

Little have started to wake up, he then got up as he was still standing up on top of Asta's head.

"The town just up ahead, the Jinxy Peddler always stops by our village before going into town" Little said.

Yang turned to look at Little.

"Do they still from you guys too?" Yang asked the talking mouse.

"Steal? Never!! They just take the things we're not looking at fair is fair" Little said as they went back to sleep.

"Sounds like a legitimate business person" Weiss said.

"Yang you told me you lost your regular arm to that Adam guy and you got like a replacement arm right?" Asta said as he asked Yang another question.

"How did they managed to take your replacement arm anyway?" Asta asked.

"I was knocked out from the fall, when I came to that sneaky raccoon grab my arm before I could stop them" Yang said.

Blake laughed as she went up to Yang as Weiss and Asta was watching them.

"So would you say they caught you unarmed" Blake laughed as Yang lightly pushed her.

"How disarming" Blake said.

"Seems like they like each other a lot" Asta said with a small smile

"They do and honestly it's about time" Weiss said.

"I'm happy for them at least they were able to find love with each other" Asta said.

"Asta...you shouldn't feel dejected about Sister Lily not accepting your feelings I’m sure you know some people just don't see certain individuals beyond just friends or as family" Weiss said.

"I believe that you're going to find love one day Asta with the qualities you have a girl will no doubt pursue you in a romantic way" Weiss said.

Asta gave Weiss a small smile "thanks Weiss you really do remind me of my friend Noelle you may act cold but your really a nice person honestly with how similar you two are I think you two would be good friends" Asta said.

"Really I wish I could meet her, if you be nice to meet a kindred sprit" Weiss said.

"Weiss how are you holding up when you were talking about what happened to Atlas with Blake you avoided the question...and based on your ki you were sad" Asta said.

"It's all gone Asta, there nothing for me to go back to...just like Beacon" Weiss said.

"I know that you're home is gone Weiss but you and your friends...you saved a lot of lives back there, Atlas still lives on with you and the rest of the citizens" Asta said.

Weiss couldn't help but let out a small smile.

Even though Asta was going through his own troubles he is still going out of his way to reassure her that she has done a lot of good despite what happened.

"Thank you Asta regardless I still feel like it wasn't enough, we hatch a whole plan that put a whole kingdom at risk and we don't know if-" Weiss stopped herself and grabbed Myrtenaster.

Asta sighed "I think at this moment in time we need to have faith in our friends back home" Asta said.

Weiss then looked up at Asta "we have to trust them that they will have everything under control until we come back I think my friends and especially Yuno will handle Lucius, and Jaune your sister and everybody else can handle Salem" Asta said.

"Until then we need to keep going...I'm not the type to quit and I'm not starting now...I may not have any magic but my magic is never giving up" Asta said.

"Asta" Weiss said.

Weiss was in awe, despite everything he was trying to stay upbeat and that they haven't lost their battles yet, Weiss can see it Asta has the qualities of a natural born leader.

"Just like Ruby" Weiss thought as she is imagining Ruby right next to Asta both of them having that fierce and unwavering determination look on their faces.

Weiss chuckled "you sure have a way with words Asta, I can tell your a bit of a handful and foolish...but sometimes the biggest fools have the biggest hearts" Weiss said as she smiled at Asta.

"You're right though all we can do now is try to rely on our friends and believe in them as we try to find a way out of here...not to mention you also need to get stronger as well, I hope you can pay attention to my lessons" Weiss said.

"Don't worry I tend to pick up things pretty quickly" Asta said as he grinned at Weiss.

The two of them started to walk "Weiss" Asta said.

"Yes Asta" Weiss said.

"If there a chance I couldn't go home...don't forget you guys still have Liebe and I" Asta said.

"Oh Asta..." Weiss said.

"I mean it Weiss I know that Blake means well and I appreciate her looking out for me, but she saved my life and gave me a chance to become stronger the least I can do is to help you guys stop Salem for good" Asta said.

"Another thing they both have in common they both have a certain stubbornness when it comes to helping people in general" Weiss thought.

"Thank you Asta, its good to know you're willing to be a part of our war with Salem" Weiss said.

"Now let’s start with aura, Aura is basically a manifestation of our soul we use our aura for all types of abilities" Weiss said.

"So you guys have been using your own soul to fight off the Grimm in your world wow that's actually amazing" Asta said.

"Yes, we rely on our aura mainly to protect ourselves in battle however we can also use our aura for offensive purposes as well for instance Asta you can use your aura to imbune it around your katana to increase your offensive capabilities" Weiss said.

"I see thats sounds like what I do with my anti magic and what everyone does when they use mana skin and mana zone" Asta said.

Asta then opened up his Grimiore and the anti magic user pulled out the demon dweller sword out of his Grimiore. He then started to inbune it with aura and Asta could also feel the demon dweller sword absorbing his aura causing it to glow red.

"Asta does your sword always do that?" Weiss asked.

"I haven't fully mastered it yet but the demon dweller sword can absorb magic from my enemies and allies and now I guess it can absorb aura as well" Asta said.

"Interesting your sword has really powerful abilities hmmm..." Weiss thought.

"I do but we can get that later, right now try to use your aura for an attack" Weiss said to Asta.

"Got you" Asta said he then placed Little on his shoulder and once he did that. He swung the demon dweller upwards creating a large red slash up in the air scaring a lot of birds in the process

"Holy crap your actually starting to get the hang of using your aura already that's amazing!!!" Yang said.

Asta and Weiss looked and saw Yang and Blake staring at them and they were in disbelief at not only in the power Asta was showing. But they was shocked he instantly knew how to use his aura.

"Oh right sorry about that guys I'm holding everybody up" Asta said as he rubbed the back of his head.

"No,no its alright Asta this is the perfect time for you to get stronger, if you want to take down Lucius then you need to master on using your aura in battle" Blake said.

"With how you’re starting, you'll going to be a natural in no time" Yang said as she grinned at Asta.

"This is only the first step though" Weiss said.

"Come on we should keep going in the meantime I'll continue to help Asta with his training" Weiss said.

"Ok sounds like a plan we'll go on ahead" Yang said.

After that Blake and Yang started to walk ahead and Weiss and Asta followed them.

As they were continuing walking Weiss also explained what else he could do with his aura.

"Also Asta with your aura your senses are heighten and with more training you might be able to sense other people aura...no in fact I think you'll be able to do it" Weiss said.

"You're talking about how I used my Ki" Asta said.

"Exactly from what you told me Ki is life energy that is within every living, if you can combine ki senses with aura sensing, you would be even more prepared in avoiding Lucius' assaults" Weiss said.

She then looked and smiled at Asta "meaning that you can react faster and deliver a deciding blow".

"I get it now, thanks Weiss your amazing!!!" Asta said as he grinned at Weiss.

Weiss blushed a bit and looked away for a bit "thank you Asta".

She then calmed down a bit and looked at him "its nice to know I have such a tentative student" Weiss said.

"Well Im glad that I have some new teachers with me, I won't waste this opportunity you guys gave me" Asta said.

Weiss smiled "I know you won't"

About a few minutes later it wasn't long untl the group was able to reach a bridge.

"So this is the entrance to the other acre you called it?" Blake said to Little.

Little yawned as they got as he was on Asta's hand.

"Yep, all we have to do is cross the bridge and we'll be well wherever over there is" Little said as he jumped off of Asta's hand and landed on the ground.

"Blake and Yang looked at each other before looking back at Little.

"You don't know?" Yang asked.

"Nope never been this far from home" Little said.

Asta then walked up to Little and knelt down.

"Hey Little I appreciate you helping us, if you want I could take you back home...or maybe would you like to come with us?" Asta asked.

"Well I do like you guys a lot, and perhaps helping you guys might be my purpose or might lead me to it" Little said.

"Then welcome aboard Little" Asta smile as he reached out his hand. Little smiled as he then climbed up to Asta arm and went over to his left shoulder.

Asta then turned to look at Yang Weiss and Blake

"I can carry you ladies across the bridge while I can fly us over there, especially since the first part of the bridge looks pretty old" Asta said.

"Are you going to use your devil from?" Weiss asked.

"Nah watch this" Asta said as he took out his demon slayer he then extended the edges and the tip of the blade making the demon slayer sword much bigger. Once Asta did that he dropped the sword and to the shock of Yang, Weiss and Blake the sword was floating in mid air.

"You're just full of surprises aren't you Asta, you can actually fly around using your sword" Yang said with a grin on her face.

"I'll say if Ruby were here she would marvel at not only at your sword but how you can use it to fly" Weiss said.

After that everyone then got on the Demon Slayer Sword and after that Asta hovered it upwards and directed it across the bridge. Once they were across everyone got off of the Demon Slayer Sword.

Asta then stored the sword back in his grimiore and the group continued on their path and it wasn't long until they made it to town.

As they were making their way into town Asta noticed that the citizens were just toys and dolls.

"Wow this is pretty bizarre" Liebe said.

"Just act like you belong everybody" Blake said.

"I always wanted to be long but I'm still just small" Little said.

As they were walking up they saw a huge crowd gathering around towards a stage.

"There it is so what's the strategy, just to rough them up or what" Yang said.

Asta and Blake noticed the guards and Blake went up to Yang and placed a hand on her shoulder.

"In the book Alyx had to bargain with Jinxy to get her dagger" Blake said.

"Yeah I think I rather hit him" Yang said earning a chuckle from Liebe.

The curtains then fell down turning it into a stage and they saw the Jinxy Peddler greeting the crowd.

"Welcome one and all" the Jinxy Peddler said.

"Oh he adorable" Weiss said.

"And a lot older then from I remember from the book" Blake said.

"I am Jinxy and these-" Jinxy said as he was twirling his cane.

"Are the finest treasure in the Acre" Jinxy said as he tapped his cane on the table and a cane, a rabbit like figure and a green action figure.

"I don't see my arm" Yang said.

"Jinxy treasures are just other items in disguise so that people think they are buying something valuable" Blake said.

"Sounds like its transformation magic" Asta said he could use the demon destroyer sword but he wants to follow the path of the story first.

"Sounds like you could take down the disguise with your anti magic" Weiss said she sighed a bit.

"Ok then which one of these is Yang's arm?" Weiss asked.

"What does your heart tell you, that's how Alyx knew" Blake said as Weiss gagged at such a childish concept.

"I mean that one looks roughly arm sizeish" Yang said.
Asta saw Weiss looking at that green action figure.

"You see something Weiss?" Asta asked the white hair Schnee.

"I don't know...its just something about that one" Weiss said.

"First item the diamond studded rabbit" Jinxy said.

A woman like figure raised his hand.

"You" Jinxy said as he appeared on the person shoulder.

"Jinxy" Jinxy said as the man laughed.

"How are we going to bet without any money?" Weiss asked.

"I don't think there any money in the Ever After Jinxy would just name any price he wants" Blake said.

"What did Jinxy want from Alyx?" Weiss asked.

"Her saddest memory and her happiest" Blake said

"Sold for...a hug" Jinxy said as he hugged the woman like figure.

"A hug...hugs are very valuable" Little said as he hugged Asta.

"Maybe this won't be so bad after all" Yang said.

"Second item a golden specter" Jinxy said.

Yang and one of the guards raised their hands.

"The bidding starts-" Jinxy said.

"No I was the first one-" Yang started to say but Jinxy kept talking.

"Knowing what it is to feel loved" Jinxy said as Yang gasp in shocked.

"A fair price from some I say" Jinxy said.

Yang didn't have any response while the guards wrote something.

The guards showed Jinxy a paper that said "whatever Jinxy wants”.

"Knowing what it’s like to feel love by royal decree" the guard said.

"Sold" Jinxy said.

"Wait that's my arm" Yang said.

"Whatever it is, it's royal property now no price his high for his majesty's birthday" one of the guards said as they took Yang arm.

"We tried it your way Blake" Yang said.

As the Jinxy was naming the next prize Weiss raised her hand.

"Me" Weiss said.

"Weiss what are you doing?" Blake asked.

"The bidding starts at enough hope to fill just jar" Jinxy said.

Weiss gasp she looked said for a moment but she then looked at Asta and remembered their conversation from earlier.

She then clinch her fist but before she could say anything.

Jinxy saw that the doll was gone and he looked and saw Little and Liebe grabbing the doll.

"Why you little's-" Jinxy said as he jumped after Liebe and Little but the mouse and the devil merely ran to dodge Jinxy.

"Leave that alone you can't touch it until the deal is done" Jinxy said as the doll changed into one of Penny swords from her final battle with Cinder.

Weiss gasp as she recognized the sword suddenly the rabbit was changed into a mouse with cheese.

"It's a fake" the woman said.

The guard turned and they saw Yang's arm return to normal and they yelled, they then threw the arm as it was up in the air.

"I'm going forward it" Yang as she ran to get her arm as she did that one of the guards had a hold of her arm as well.

The two of them were trying to pull it away from the other but Yang used the Ember Cecila part of the arm to shoot the guard blowing him back in the process.

Weiss and Asta ran until they were in front of the stage and Weiss had a sad look on her face.

"Fair is fair right Liebe" Little said.

"Hell yeah it is" Liebe said as he and Little high five each other.

Asta picked up the sword "it like a sword but made of Earth you know who sword this is?" Asta asked.

"I do it's Penny's" Weiss said as she wiped some tears from her eyes she then looked at Liebe and Little.

"Little, Liebe thank you" Weiss said as she gave the mouse and the devil a small smile.

"I got it" Yang said as she ran.

"Weiss, Asta come on" Blake said as Liebe and Little jumped on Asta and the two ran away as Jinxy growled in anger but not before giving a hug back to the person he conned.

Yang laughed as everyone ran into the forest area.

"Those people take auctions way to serious high five" Yang said as Blake just walked pass her.

"We're doing the same thing Aleyx did we're ruining everything" Blake said.

"Yeah things got out of control but we are kind following her path right" Asta said as Blake sighed as she sat down and Weiss did as well. Yang then attached her right arm to herself.

"You have a point Asta...but I've read so many stories I never thought I would be the moral of one" Blake said.

"Weiss..." Yang said as she recognized the sword she was holding it.

"I don't know why but...I wasn't as close to Penny as Ruby or Winter was but I was still drawn to it" Weiss sadly said.

"So what now we got my arm but we still don't know out to get out" Yang said.

"We can't just walk up to the tree or else we would just be going in circles" Asta said there was a storm brewing.

"Somebody sad" one guard said.

"I would be sad too if I ruin the royal birthday" another guard said.

Weiss then calmed down a bit and looked up as Asta began to say something.

"Ok, for better or worse we are on the right track" Asta said as he then looked at Blake.

"Blake what did Alyx do next?" Asta asked the cat faunus.

"She went to the Crimson Castle and beat the Red King at his own game" Blake said.

"So we have to beat the king in a game?" Asta said after that the guards came out of the bushes.

"Hazaw you treasonous birthday ruiners" the guard said.

"Ok" Yang said as she was preparing to fight scaring the guards.

Weiss and Asta looked at each other it was then they both made a decision.

"We want to go to the birthday party" Weiss said.

"We want to go to the birthday party" Weiss said again.

"Well too bad ok because we're going to-well yes that's where we're we taking you as prisoners for stealing royal property" the guard said.

"What if I offered something better the weapon of a powerful warrior" Weiss said surprising the guards.

"Oooh go on" the guard said.

"Not just a powerful warrior but the most powerful warrior who ever lived, she was touch by magic she gave her life for thousands, she took her message to the stars and saw the world through better eyes" Weiss said.

Asta noticed Weiss and Blake sad faces they told him about Penny and being some sort of robot or something sounded pretty cool until she turned human.

Asta could tell that based on what they told him that Penny was an amazing person especially since she cared a lot about people. No doubt they would have been amazing friends.

"Take us to the royal birthday and allow us to present this most precious gift" Weiss said as she handed the sword to the guard.

The guards cried at hearing Weiss words "yes by royal decree c'mom man we got a birthday to celebrate" the guard said as he grabbed the sword and left.

"That must have been hard Weiss" Asta said as Weiss sighed.

"I wasn't as close to Penny as Ruby was but I think it was a sign from her that we need to keep going" Weiss said.

"We don't know what exactly is going on but it looks like this place is putting in a similar path as a book we read as kids, expect for Asta here" Weiss said.

"I say we follow it because the sooner we get out of this place the sooner we can all go home" Weiss said.

"Well then it's settled lets go beat this Red King guy at his own game" Asta said. Once it was decided the group went on the same way as the guards. Making their way towards the Crimson Castle to challenge the Red King to a game.

Chapter Text

"Hey Ryu, what exactly is this place?" Ruby asked the Shogan.

After Ryu and Ichika had taken Ruby to get her scroll in order to learn and master her Yojustu.

They took her deep within this forest like area where within the area was a small eastern style house.

"Well I figured yer must be hungry so I had a friend of mine prepare us dinner" Ryu said.

"Really well that was nice of you Ryu" Ruby said as she looked at Ryu and smiled at him.

Ruby then proceeded to slide the door open and what she saw surprised her.

What she saw was multiple fish made out of water and Ruby eyes sparkled in amazement as she smiled in child like glee.

"Woah are those fish made out of water thats so cool!!!" Ruby said.

"Oh you're looking good I'm glad" Ruby looked up and saw a man with short black hair and Ruby figured he was the one that was using this yojustu.

"Ruby this here is Fumito Mikuriya he a recovery yojustu genius" Ryu said.

"Really that means that you must be an awesome healer then" Ruby said as she smiled at Fumito but Fumito merely chuckled.

"Well I try my best you must be hungry dinner is just about ready" Fumito said as he guided Ryu Ruby and Ichika to the eating area.

After about a few minutes Fumito had brought out the food which was rice potato and soup.

Ruby was eating the food and she has to say the food was actually pretty good it had the feeling and the taste of a home cooked meal.

"Wow this food is really good" Ruby said.

"Fumito a cooking genius too haw haw haw!!" Ryu said.

"Thank you sir" Fumito said.

"So Ruby are yer ready to start yer training soon" Ryu asked the leader of team RWBY.

"I am but.." Ruby said.

"Yer still have some doubts?" Ryu asked.

Ruby only nodded.

"It's normal to have some doubts Ruby it shows yer still human yer bound to make some mistakes especially as a leader I know that better then anyone" Ryu said.

"How do you overcome your doubts?" Ruby asked.

"I just remember what I'm fighting for, for me I'm fighting to protect and look after my people here in the land of the sun" Ryu said.

"Yer goal as a huntress was to always save people right Ruby, then just keep doing yer best in doing exactly that and don't forget you still have yer friends to help yer out" Ryu said.

Ruby smiled not only was Ryu a pretty great guy but he was a pretty wise leader as well.

"Thanks Ryu, I feel a lot better" Ruby said as she smiled at Ryu.

"That's good to hear because if yer going to beat Lucius" Ryu said.

A couple of minutes later it wasn't long until Ruby Ryu Ichika and Fumito were out in the forest area and Ryu shocked Fumito when he saw the Shogan was actually carrying a sword strapped to his left waist.

"That guy got overwhealming physical strength, yoryoku, and yojustu. If yer take him on, he'll have yer back against the wall in no time" Ryu said.

"Yer semblance will be a key factor along with learning Yojustu yer going to be much faster and I think yer silver eyes along with Zetten will be the key in defeating Lucius" Ryu said.

"Zetten, you mean the technique that Ichika used earlier.

"Yep look at Ichika and I and try sensin' both of our ki" Ryu said.

Ruby eyes narrowed as her silver eyes glowed and she could see Ichika ki and magical power along with Ryu ki and aura.

"Ki is very much like aura in that its a flow of life energy, everybody manipulate its turning it into yoryoku and you can probably turn ki into aura as well" Ryu said.

"Ya do a super precise version of that on purpose" Ryu said as he and Ichika gather the ki around their right arm.

"They are focusing all of their aura and yoryoku into their arm and making it erupt all at once" Ruby said.

"Zetten" both Ichika and Ryu thought as they chop their arms down slashing the bamboo tree expect with Ryu the bamboo tree was chopped completely in half causing both parts to fall into the ground.

"Ryu, you just used Zetten just now but that's impossible you don't have any Yoryoku anymore" Fumito said.

"That's because I used aura instead it's and it's all thanks to Ruby over there, she gave me the opportunity to fight and wield a katana again" Ryu said as he smiled at Ruby.

"I see thats amazing, Yosuga and the others are going to be thrilled about that" Fumito said.

"I bet" Ryu said as he laughed.

"So do you think you can do that Ruby?" Ryu asked Ruby.

"Huh, but that won't work experience Yojustu users can spent years training and never manage to do it, the only ones who can do it are you Ryu and the Ryuzen Seven" Fumito said.

"Well you never know unless you try right go ahead Ruby, yer silver eyes are also the key here" Ryu said.

"My silver eyes what do you mean by that?" Ruby asked.

"Yer may not know it but yer silver eyes are always active and glowing whenever yer sensing and seeing out Ki, if I have to guess one of its power is to maybe see ki and I bet yer can also enhance the power of yer silver eyes onto your weapon and make it into a Zetten as well" Ryu said.

"Really?" Ruby said she was getting the hang of using her silver eye powers she never thought she could use that ability in different ways.

"Yep so go on ahead Ruby" Ryu said.

Ruby nodded and she closed her eyes a bit before she lifted her left arm. She opened her silver eyes and they once again blinked and glowed.

Ruby gathered the ki and thanks to her silver eyes she was able to gather more ki around her arm then usual.

"Zetten" Ruby said as she made a chopping motion with her left arm and much to the shock of Ichika and Fumito she was able to cut the baboon tree clean in half.

"Atta girl Ruby you got it down in one try that baboon tree was growing in yoryoku and you managed to cut it in half in one try" Ryu said as he laughed again.

"Ya already have a solid foundation, ya just didn't know how it was done" Ryu said.

"Now get out there and get more experience" Ryu said.

"Thanks Ryu and I guess I need to thank you as well Ichika" Ruby said as she looked at Ichika.

"I can get a whole lot stronger" Ruby said.

Ichika didn't say anything at first but she merely nodded at Ruby.

"Alright then Ruby try to do that a couple more times for us" Ryu said.

"Ok, I got you" Ruby said as she gotten to w stance again and prepared to use Zetten again by using her left arm in a chopping motion.

Ruby was able to cut the bamboo trees down clean in half after a couple of tries and Ryu was impressed. In a short amount of time Ruby was able to get the basics of how she was using Zetten. Now she needs a better understanding on using her Yojustu as well.

"Well, yer got the basics down pretty easily if I may add" Ryu said.

"Wow" Fumito said impressed that Ruby was able to get the hang of using Zetten so quickly.

"But that right there was nothin' more then the basic though" Ryu said before continuing speaking to Ruby.

"What matters is being able to shove it out right when ya want to" Ryu said.

"Ya also need to create an openin' so it'll hit home, the fastest way to get a feel for it is fightin' an expert go a round with Ichika'" Ryu said.

"This is also a good opportunity for yer Ruby, yer need to get an understanding on using yer Yojustu as well" Ryu said.

"So go a round with Ichika" Ryu said.

"He wants me to fight Ichika" Ruby thought.

"She a part of the Ryuzen Seven one of the strongest mages in this country and I sensed and saw her power first hand..." Ruby thought as she took Crescent Rose out of her kimono along with her scroll.

"I doubt when she was fighting those bandits or when she demonstrated her Zetten for me, she never showcased her true power" Ruby thought.

"Even so I'm going to back out now" Ruby said as she activated the scythe mode of Crescent Rose as she twirled it around over her head before she pointed it at Ichika and her scroll was glowing red as it was floating up in the air beside her.

"I'm not going to back down just because you’re really strong" Ruby said as she slowly started to flare up her yoryoku.

"Ruby she has a lot of Yoryoku it might be on par with the Ryuzen Seven in terms of having a high amount if Yoryoku" Fumito thought.

"You talk big, but words won't be enough in this battle" Ichika said.

"This may be real training but this is real combat so if you can't back up your own words and take this seriously you'll die" Ichika said.

In blazing speed Ichika launched a palm strike at Ruby. However Ruby instantly disappeared leaving behind rose petals but what Ryu noticed she wasn't using her semblance but she was using her Yojustu.

Ruby teleported behind Ichika and she infused her ki and yoyorku into the bladed area of Crescent Rose.

Ruby slashed at Ichika with a Zetten infused strike but the Ryuzen Seven member managed to block it the attack using her forearms but she was still sent flying in the area.

"Haw haw haw!!" Ryu laughed as he was impressed with Ruby.

"She was able to dodge Ichika strike so quickly and she wasnt using her semblance just now but her Yojustu instead" Ryu thought.

Ruby disappeared as she went after Ichika as she went after Ichika and she went ahead and used her first spell.

Rose Yojustu: Rose Clones

Ruby created five clones of herself and they all went after Ichika but the Ryuzen Seven member was ready. She flip through the air and drew her sword.

Ichika using her ki was dodging slashes from Ruby clones. Ichika then with her speed managed to easily cut down Ruby's clones.

"She managed to evade the clones attacks so easily and not to mention she got rid of them so quickly" Ruby said.

Ichika with her speed flew up to Ruby and tried to slash her with her sword but Ruby parried and block the strike with Crescent Rose and it wasn't long until the two began striking and clashing their weapons together.

Ichika did an upward slash knocking Ruby back and the Ryuzen Seven member.

"Yer pretty fast Ruby once yer master yer Yojustu combine that with yer semblance yer going to be one of the fastest people l I ever seen" Ryu said.

"Legend says that Zetten got its name because its creator gave out enough Yojustu to split the sky in one attack" Ryu said.

Ichika then appeared behind Ruby and kicked her up in the air.

"In just one hit I think she took out about half of my aura" Ruby thought as her aura was blinking red as her aura reserves took a major hit.

"Having Aura is pretty useful for the most part it can protect yer from some critical damage by although it does have its limits" Ryu said as Ichika jumped side to side from the Bamboo trees to go after Ruby.

"But I'm even more impressed on how quickly your adapting Ruby" Ryu said as Ruby recovered and did another spell.

Rose Magic: Rose Deception

Ruby created a bunch of rose petals around the area and when Ichika went to slash at her. Ichika ended up swiping a rose petal instead.

Ichika looked and she saw Ruby was switching locations rapidly with herself and the roses she was basically using another form of teleportation.

"Yer can't loose focus even for a moment otherwise Ichika will get ya" Ryu said.

Ichika tried to focus on Ruby ki and once she did she turned around and blocked a Zetten charged strike from Ruby but the impact had send Ichika crashing to the river area.

"The same applies for Salem and Lucius too" Ryu said as images of Salem and Lucius appeared in his head.

"Salem probably has all sorts of magic and she can control and create all sorts of Grimm due to having thousands of years of experience" Ryu said.

"Lucius also has time and soul magic so he also as strong as they come so don't face either of them head on"

"keep on evadin' find that opening line up yer biggest attack and nail'im" Ryu thought

Ruby was quickly flying towards the waterfall area.

"Where is she" Ruby said she then sensed Ichika coming out of the water fall behind her and the younger sister of Yami slashed at Ruby.

But Ruby swung Crescent Rose and deflected Ichika attack causing multiple bamboo trees to be cut in half in the process.

However Ichika had another opening and she went ahead and kicked Ruby sending her flying through the forest area.

"Wow you two really went to town there" Ryu said.

"Even with my speed and Yojustu it still wasn't enough she has a crazy amount of strength she probably stronger then Yang physically" Ruby said as she was huffing and puffing as she had a bunch of scratches and chest was bleeding a bit.

"My body is getting weaker I think in a few more hits I could pass out at any moment but I can't give up" Ruby said as her scroll glowed brighter and her silver eyes was shining bright white.

"I have to learn more about Zetten and my Yojustu" Ruby said.

Ichika was shocked that Ruby was still standing at the moment.

"I'm not done yet...let's keep going" Ruby said.

"R-"

Before Ruby could use another spell Ichika was quickly in front of her and she punched Ruby in the gut and that resulted in knocking her out. Ichika then caught Ruby and gently laid her down on the ground.

"Well well I have to say Ruby was pretty impressive wouldn't yer agree Ichika" Ryu asked.

"I will admit...she has a lot of potential her speed even caught me off guard" Ichika said.

"Yeah not to mention she is easily getting the hang of using her Yojustu and she slowly getting use to using those eyes of hers that Maria woman did a solid job teaching her" Ryu said.

"Her aura helped but she took yer attack head on without blacking out and not many people can do that so she got a lil bit of promise don't yer think" Ryu said.

Ichika looked at Ruby "I do...but she still has a ways to go" Ichika said.

"Haw haw haw I'm glad that yer seeing Ruby's potential c'mom let’s heal her up and get her to be bed she got a big day tomorrow as well" Ryu said.

After that Fumito had picked Ruby up and healed her using his recovery magic and he took her to bed.

The next day Ruby was able to meet three more members of the Ryuzen Seven.

One of them was a young girl called Komari Imari and she was actually ninja although what she was wearing was too colorful for a ninja outfit to say the least.

Komari was a dark skinned woman that had blonde hair that was actually dyed and it was in pigtails and she was wearing a floral one piece suit that ends with shorts. She is also wearing a light color slash wrap around her waist. Under the suit she wearing a fishnet shirt.

Jozo Hanegatsuji to Ruby dressed like a regular ninja expect he was wearing a creepy mask.

Daizaemon O'oka was a large man that wore a kimono similar to Ruby and he was wearing some beads around his neck.

Ruby trained with them and they easily overwhelmed and knocked her out cold.

"So you're the girl from another world the one Ryuya was talking about" Daizaemon said.

"Welcome the land of the sun little lady!!" Daizaemon said.

"She's unconscious" Jozo simply said.

"I'd better heal her" Fumito said.

"Wow is that your actual hair color" Komari said.

It wasn't long until Ruby woken up and she was getting healed, it felt weird that she was being healed inside of a water fish but she wasn't complaining it helps that her aura was recovering as well.

"Hey your hair is like black and red does everybody from your world have your hair color I dye mine" Komari said.

Ruby smiled at Komari her cheerful and bubbly personality reminded her a lot of Nora.

"No not really back in my world everybody has all kinds of hair color blonde, black, white, gray, red etc" Ruby said.

"Get out for real" Komari said.

"Imari what is with those bizarre gaudy clothes and cosmetics?, you are a ninja albeit not much of one practice stealth" Jozo said.

"You're such a stick in the mud Jozocchi, that mask of yours is even more bizarre" Komari said.

"Quit stressing about stuff c'mom be happy" Komari said.

"Just stop talking it's embarrassing you'll give the girl the wrong idea about our national character" Jozo said.

"Harsh much" Komari said.

"C'mom this country needs more energy bad I'm going to pep the whole place right up so help me out" Komari said.

Fumito laughed "well your fashion sense might catch on as well" Fumito said.

"That must not happen what a vile notion" Jozo said.

"Aww its cute right, right?" Komari said

"The way it doesn't leave much to the imagination is arosuing" Daizaemon said.

"Um, ew" Komari said.

"Haw, haw, haw fun people aren't they?" Ryu said.

Ruby chuckled "well they aren't pretty lively thats for sure" she replied.

"Thanks for coming ya three, I mean it I know yer busy" Ryu said.

"Lord Ryudo" Jozo said.

"Ryuya" Daizaemon said

"Ryu-Ryu" Komari said

"Anything for you" all three said.

"But you got to tell us why are you holding a sword again?" Komari said.

"I'll tell yer guys about that later" Ryu said he then looked at Ruby who got out of the fish and landed on the ground.

"So yer still up for more?" Ryu asked Ruby.

"Of course I am lets get back to work!!" Ruby said.

Later on it was night time and Ruby was laying down by the water fall area.

"Man these guys are really strong they just kept beating the daylights out of me" Ruby said.

"What's crazy that they didn't even use Yojustu at all, and still they were all super strong Zetten really is an amazing ability" Ruby thought.

"For example I've learned after sparing with the four of them that there are different types of Zetten or they're different ways of doing it" Ruby thought.

"Everybody has their own style, like some split their yoryoku over two strikes at fifty percent while others use five strikes at twenty percent each" Ruby thought.

"With my speed I can supurise my opponents leaving them vulnerable and open but I have to get faster at striking them down before they can defend themselves" Ruby said.

"Not to mention I need to develop the control to use Zetten perfectly and I have to continue to develop and master my Rose Yujustu...to do all of this in a short of amount of time is insane" Ruby thought.

Ruby sighed as she looked up at the cloudy sky "I wonder how everyone back on Remnant is doing were the people back at Atlas made it to Vacuo and did they hear my message" Ruby thought.

"Not to mention Blake and Yang, if I'm alive then so are they I hope they are ok in whatever world they landed in" Ruby thought.

"You know it seems like it's always cloudy here" Ruby said she turned her head and she saw Ichika approach her.

"Oh Ichika" Ruby said as she smiled at Ichika.

"You know I was wondering how old you are, I'm seventeen but you look about my age and yet your this strong and one of the most powerful mages in the country" Ruby said.

"I'm twenty-four" Ichika said.

"Oh ok so your older then me that's cool, you can totally pass off as a teenager and thats a good thing" Ruby said as she giggled.

"So Ryu not here with you?" Ruby asked.

"No in fact it was Lord Ryuya himself who asked me to look after you" Ichika said.

"I guess that make sense, he can't focus all of his time by keeping an eye on me he does have a country to run" Ruby said.

"Exactly although he may not look it, Lord Ryuya is terribly busy, he working to stabilize the government of the land of the sun" Ichika said.

"He assisted by his Tengentsu his right eye can see everything that's happening at any given moment" Ichika said.

"Tengentsu" Ruby said "so that's the name of his ability of his right eye so he can see the future and look at the memories of other people thats why he knows so much about my life" Ruby thought.

"I see with a power like that Ryu won't have too much of a problem leading a nation, especially with how he is as a leader, its no wonder you guys follow him" Ruby said.

"Indeed even with no Yoryoku Lord Ryuya managed to unite the warring fragmented Land of the Sun he really is magnificent" Ichika said as Ruby saw just how lively and excited she was in talking about the Shogan.

"I had my doubts about you but Lord Ryuya is telling me to train you and out of respect for him I will do it" Ichika said.

"You said you had doubts about me what changed?" Ruby asked.

"You gave my lord a chance to fight again, a chance to protect the Land of the Sun directly and for that I thank you" Ichika said.

"Hey after everything he doing for me its only right I help him out in return, seems like you look up to Ryu a lot" Ruby said as she smiled at Ichika.

"Yes I do...he is not just my shogan but he also my benefactor he saved me" Ichika said.

"Oh yeah Ryu said you had an older brother Yami right what-"

"Don’t mention him" Ichika said.

"What but why he your brother right is your relationship with him that bad" Ruby said.

The way Ryu talked about Yami or mentioned him Ryu still thinks of him as an old friend so why does Ichika hate him so much.

"He massacred our entire clan" Ichika said shocking Ruby as Ichika can remember those days the days of where she loved and looked up to her older brother

Chapter Text

Asta and the others were currently walking with the guards of the Red King. One of the guards was playing a drum and Asta and the others are slowly approaching a giant red castle.

"Uh are we sure we should do this?" Yang asked.

"This is our only lead so far" Asta said at this point in time he will take anything he can to try to find a way back to his world.

"Plus the Red King did help Alyx" Blake said.

"We're not Alyx" Weiss said.

It wasn't long until the group made their way towards the enteance of the castle. They then saw multiple horns being played and they saw a short white figure wearing red crown and clothes royals would wear.

"So this dude is the red king?" Asta asked Blake as he pointed at the figure.

The figure heard Asta question to Blake and was not exactly happy with his question.

"Gah how dare you there is no king, I am the Red Prince" the figure now known as the Red Prince said.

"Red Prince?" Asta thought Blake and the others talked about a Red King, was there some sort of change or something?.

Asta didn't ponder those thoughts as he Red Prince continued talking.

"Why I never coming into someone castle without knowing who they are and on my birthday!!" the Red Prince stomped angrily.

"Happy Birthday your majesty" the guards said.

One guard was distracted as he was currently looking at a butterfly until the guard next to him punch him.

"Uh happy birthday your majesty!!" the guard said.

The Red Prince narrowed his eyes before smiling.

"Yes, yes a joyous occasion thank you" the Red Prince said.

"The King wasn't nearly as rude or small or loud" Yang said.

"I wonder if something happened that caused him to change then" Asta said.

"Well if it hadn't been for your kind the king would still be here" a guard said before the other guards shushed him.

Asta sighed as he walked up to the Red Prince.

"Happy Birthday your majesty" Asta said as he bowed a little bit towards the Red Prince.

"Happy Birthday/Happy Birthday I guess" Blake Weiss and Yang said to the Red Prince.

The Red Prince gasp in shocked "how do you know such privilege information?" he asked the group.

"You must be infiltrators" the Red Prince said as he quickly got on one of the guards and got off as the guard fell as he was in front of them again.

"Trying to steal my crown!!" the Red Prince said.

"Is this guy serious" Liebe said annoyed at how forgetful and stupid the Red Prince is.

"You literally just told us" Yang said.

"Also we saw advertisements for your party everywhere" Weiss said.

"Silence!!" the Red Prince said as he got in front of Weiss.

"You're in the presence of royalty that's me thank you very much" the Red Prince said as a guard kissed his hand.

"The air to the crimson castle!!" the Red Prince said as he was jumping on top of another guard.

"Eww did I use to be this pompous?" Weiss asked Blake.

Some guards pushed them out of the way.

"Your majesty we have brought you a magnificent gift befitting of your royal birthday" the guard said as he git on his knees as did the other guard.

"It is very rare the weapon of the greatest warrior that ever lived" the guard said.

"Acquired by us and only us with no help at all" the guard said.

"But we're the ones who gave it-" Weiss said as she was pushed to the ground by another guard.

"No help at all" the guard said.

The Red Prince raised his hand and he quickly ran up to unwrapped the gift and looked at Penny's sword.

"Green why is it Green!!" the Red Prince said as he kicked the sword but Asta quickly changed into his Black Asta form quickly flew and caught the sword. Once he did that he landed on the ground and looked at the king angrily.

"What the hell is wrong with you how can you discard a weapon that a person used to protect people!!" Asta angrily said.

"Asta" Blake said.

Asta may have not known Penny but he respected her for what she did and he'll be damned if some disrespected her.

"Silence I am royalty here and I decide weather a gift is worth sonething or worthless!!" the Prince said.

"Please forgive us your majesty" one guard said

"We didn't know it was green" the other guard said as the Red Prince was slowly walking away from them.

Asta rejoined the group as the Red Prince said this.

"Take them away" the Red Prince said as the guards took them away as the ones that gave them Penny weapon begged for their lives

The group were greeted with the sight of their heads cut off.

Everyone was shocked but Asta was livid he slowly turned and was about to walked towards the Red King. But Blake stopped causing Asta to turn and look at her.

"Asta I know that he’s an awful person but you can't beat him up or even kill him we need his help if we want to get to the tree" Blake said.

Asta sighed Blake was right as much as he hated the Red Prince he needs to push his disdain aside. Him getting back home and helping Blake Yang Weiss get back to Remnant was more important right now.

"Hold on a minute maybe we can cheer you up" Asta said as he ran after the king but was stopped by some guards.

"Hmm beheading people does cheer me up but go on" the Red Prince said.

"We've heard you like to play games" Asta said causing the Red Prince to turn his head and smile deviously at the group.

Later on it wasn't long until the group was in some sort of wacky red and white room and there was stairs all over the place and in the middle was a table that had chest pieces.

"So what is it that you desire from me in order to play my game?" The Red Prince said as he adjusted his crown and sat down.

"There always a catch" the Red Prince said.

"You're as wise as they say you are your majesty" Asta said.

"Thank you" the Red Prince said.

"If we win our only request is that you help us get to the tree" Asta said.

"The tree?" the Red Prince said.

"It's so far away" the Red Prince said.

"Yeah that's why we're asking you in the first place" Asta said.

"If you win I will help you with what you ask" the Red Prince said as he stood up from his chair and sat back down.

"Awesome so how do we play" Asta asked as he sat down.

The response he got was of laughter from the Red Prince and his guards.

"Rule one" the prince said as the guards got back into position.

"Each player would move every pawn one space each turn" the Red Prince said.

"Rule two" he continued as a white pawn fell from the ledge.

"Whoever moves the most pawns to the other side of the board wins" the Red Prince said.

"Rule three in order to move a space you must dispose whoever occupies it" the Red Prince said.

"Dispose of" Asta said he narrowed his eyes at the Red Prince.

Asta then looked down and he could feel and sense how exhausted the white chest pieces are and he becoming more livid at the Prince every second.

But Asta calmed down a bit not wanting to let his anger cloud their mission and that was to get back to their worlds.

"Ok then but it looks like we're missing a few pieces" Asta said.

"Ok then but it looks like we're missing a few pieces" Asta said.

"Hmm how perfect you brought along friends to play with" the Red King said.

"What" Liebe said and the Red King snapped his fingers and a trail of red smoke travel and wrapped around Weiss Yang and Blake turning them small.

"Hey what the hell are you doing Blake Weiss Yang!!" Asta said worried about his new friends.

"Now we're all little now" Little said.

"We're ok" Yang said.

"He has to be using magic If I can use the demon des-" Asta said.

"No Asta don't use your anti magic to turn us back to normal the most important thing is winning this game right now" Blake said.

"What's wrong with them" a chess piece said.

"I don't know but they look stupid" another piece said.

Weiss sighed "I guess these are our teammates" Weiss said as she drew Myrtneaster.

Fine then let’s do this!!" Asta said with s determined look on his face.

"My my you sure are determined aren't you well then since I am a gracious ruler the white team will go first begin!!" the Red Prince said.

The lights then went out around the room until it was just Asta and the Red Prince sitting across from one another playing their game.

"Hmm can you advance one space forward for me please" Asta said as to a chest piece at the front.

The White Chest piece sighed as he ran up and attacked a red chest piece but the red chest piece blocked the attack and pushed the white chest piece back.

The White Chest Piece looked at the Red Prince

And the Red Prince smirked at him and the White Chest Piece fell over.

The Red Prince laughed "ahaha a victory for me"

"Ok how about you three" Asta said as three more chest pieces went to attack but they were all knocked down.

"This isn't good they probably to worn down to fight looks like it might be up to Weiss Yang and Blake to help us win this" Asta thought.

"Weiss try to take that right space" Asta said.

Weiss got into her stance and smirked "with pleasure"

Weiss went up to the red chest piece and the red chess piece attacked but Weiss quickly disarmed him and struck his leg and face and did a final slash to knock him back.

The White Chess piece were shocked at what they just saw.

"Go Weiss" Little said.

"That was awesome way to show that chess piece who boss" Liebe said.

"Great job Weiss" Asta said as he smiled at Weiss with Weiss doing a bow.

"Ugh uh beginners luck doesn't bother me" the Red Prince said.

Asta knew he was lying based on his Ki and he has a terrible poker face he'll keep an eye on in case he does any more shady stuff.

"So tell me why do you want to go to the Great Tree?" the Red Prince asked.

"We all want to go home back to our worlds and we all believe the tree will get us there" Asta said.

"Alright Yang its your turn show me what you got" Asta said as he pointed at Yang.

"You got it Asta" Yang said as she shot forward using her shot gaunlets and she jumped and flipped through the air and landed on a red chest piece and punched him multiple times before landing a final punch knocking it out.

"Holy crap that was amazing Yang" Asta said as he had sparkle in his eyes.

"Meh it was alright" Liebe said he was joking he thought Yang was impressive as well.

The white chest pieces cheered as Yang pumped them up.

"Who are these people" a white chess piece said as Yang smirked at the Red Prince.

The Red Prince grunted in frustration "and how do you know this?" he asked.

"Well I don't know the whole story but according to my friends it worked with someone they are familiar with" Asta said.

"Blake its your turn to get on the action" Asta said

Blake reached for Gambol Shroud and when the red piece attacked her she use her semblance to create an after image of herself and she was up in the air.

She used the rope of Gambol Shroud and wrapped the blade around the red chest piece tripping it and after that she did multiple slashes before landing on the ground and place Gambol Shroud across her back.

"Hell yeah!! Way to go Blake!!" Asta yelled impressed by Blake the person who he gotten close with as a friend the person who saved his life.

Blake blushed in embarrassment due to everyone including Yang and Asta cheering her on.

"Someone your friends know" the Red Prince said

"Hey, hey what about us what do you want us to do?" a white chest piece asked.

"Well why not attacked that guy in front of you" Asta said as the white chest piece attacked knocking a red piece off the board.

"Enough its my turn!!!" the Red Prince angrily said.

"Attack full steam ahead" the Red Prince said as the red pieces attacked but they were being pushed back by the white chest pieces and Yang Weiss and Blake.

"No!! It was not how it's supposed to go this isn't right, this isn't fair you...you" the Red Prince said as he kicked the chair and bawled on the floor.

Is this guy seriously throwing a temper tantrum because he getting his ass kick talk about a sore looser" Liebe said.

"Wait what creatures you say you are again?" the Red Prince asked.

"Liebe a devil and Little is a mouse..a talking mouse" Asta said.

"Yep" Little said.

“Blake is a Faunus” Asta said.

"But the rest of us are human" Asta said he flinched and turn around but as he looked back there was nothing there.

"Thats odd I could have sworn I sensed someone ki behind me just now" Asta thought.

As Asta turned back he saw the white chess pieces gasp in shock and the red chest pieces pointing at Yang Blake and Weiss.

The Red Prince face cracked after what Asta just said.

"Human...HUMAN!!! I knew it you must have cheated all of you get them!!" the Red Prince said.

Every chess piece had started to attack Yang Weiss and Blake and the girls nodded. Weiss flipped in the air as Blake swung Yang around knocking the chess pieces down.

Weiss with her speed took down multiple chess pieces with one strike. She then flip up using Myrtneaster as a holding stand to dodge the attacks and she blew them back.

Once Weiss did that she used her glyphs to skid around the area knocking out once chess piece one at a time.Weiss used one of their swords as a spring board and jumped in the air while also knocking out some white chess pieces in the process.

Yang and Blake were taking out some pieces and Yang dodge a swipe but she punch muliple times leaving explosives on a chess piece and once they were exploded the chess piece was knocked back.

Blake took out multiple chess pieces but she flipped up in the air to dodge an attack and she ran and as she was running Blake got kick to a wall.

"Blake!!! What the hell are you doing hurting my friends like that!!!" Asta yelled at the Red Prince.

"Its my royal birthday and I can do whatever I like" the Red Prince said as he summoned more chess pieces to fly towards the board game area.

Blake dodge a sword that was thrown at her once she landed she used Gambol Shroud and threw it using its rope to take out more pieces while avoiding the flying chess pieces.

Yang took out another chess pieces but she got piled on by multiple other chess pieces.

Blake and Weiss both got to higher ground to avoid their numbers. Blake shot them down but she realized she was out of rounds.

"No guys" Asta said hating that his friends were in this situation.

"I won give up already" the Red Prince said.

"Hell no you don't who your talking to pal but let me tell you one thing I'm giving up and neither will the rest of my friends!!" Asta said.

"Ladies show me what a huntress and members of team RWBY is really capable of and kick their wooden asses!!!!" Asta said to Weiss Yang and Blake.

Weiss created a gravity glyph and Blake jumped from glyph to glyph.

Weiss jumped in the air and created nevermore wings and shot feathers knocking down multiple pieces as Blake took out one piece as she landed on the ground.

Yang using her semblance was able to knock the chess pieces off of her.She then flipped through the air and at the same time Blake was on a gravity glyph and threw Gambol Shroud at Weiss who caught it.

Yang used the rope of Gambol Shroud to pull herself back in the air and Weiss created a glyph and made a giant sword which Yang grabbed.

Asta was exclted not only he thought Yang Weiss and Blake were amazing but they showed some amazing team work. It showed how long they known and fought together that they were totally in synch with each other.

It really reminded him of the times he had to fight together with people to win certain fights. One of the earliest ones when he had to team up with Vanessa and Finral to fight Vetto.

Yang spun around like a wood-saw and slam the ice sword down knocking every chess piece back.

The three landed on the ground but before they could celebrate. The Red Prince flip the table down sending the chess pieces and Yang Weiss and Blake flying.

Asta quickly transformed into his Black Asta form and flew and he caught Yang Weiss and Blake just in time.

"If you won't concede I'll have you beheaded" the Red Prince said.

It was that moment Asta snapped and Liebe could see it and that moment both of them knew what they needed to do.

"THAT ITS I HAVE HAD ENOUGH!!!" Asta yelled as anti magic appeared around him as he enetered his devil union mode. The power he using was causing the entire castle to shake and the image of Liebe in his shadowy form appeared behind Asta.

"The guards were shaken in fear but Asta paid them no mine he easily speed blitz them knocking them out and he grabbed the Red Prince by the throat and held them in the air.

"Hey what are you doing unhand me at once do you know who I am!!" the Red Prince said.

"First you mistreat your own subjects and you don't play fair in your own game and you try to hurt my friends. I don't have time to listen to you throw a hissy fit because you loss. Take us to the tree or else" Asta said as he applied pressure to the Red Prince neck causing his face to crack more.

Yang Weiss and Blake were shocked and a bit scared they never expected Asta to loose his cool like that but at the same time when they got to know him. They realized Asta cared about his friends deeply and would do anything for them Blake Yang Weiss and Little were no different.

"Asta" Blake said before she could stop him from harming and killing the Red Prince somebody smoke.

"Now now there no need for violence"

Everyone turned and they saw a purople and blue stripe cat appeared.

"Now my dear boy will you be so kind and put his majesty down" the cat said.

Just who the hell are you?" Asta said still in his devil union mode as he put the Red Prince down.

"Oh just someone thats wants to settle this manner in a peaceful way" said the cat.

"Now your majesty you must be so distraught unable to do the one thing you were put on this acre to do I understand" the Cat said.

"Surely you don't want to behead them especially with what this young man has shown he could have easily ended your life" the Cat said.

"I-I almost d-died on my birthday but, they wouldn't let me" the Red Prince said still a bit shaken up at what happened.

"I know your majesty you just had a horrifying experience and it isn't fair you must play your game and win at any cost it must hurt your heart let me help" the Cat said as he used his magic to calm the Red Prince down.

"Fine I won't behead them b-but I never want to see them again especially t-that one!!!" the Red Prince said as he had a fearful look on his face as he pointed at Asta.

The Red Prince cried as the guards got up to attend him.

"Deals are like birds they taste great but they always escape you should go while he still very much afraid of you" the Cat said.

"Come quickly" the Cat said as he left and Asta flew after him going from random door to random door.

"Here this is the way out" the Cat said as he open the door for Asta.

Asta then exited out of his devil union form.

"How could have things went wrong so badly but anyway thank you for showing us the way out" Asta said.

"Good thing I stopped by the party when I did because you were that close to breaking him apart and I usually hate parties, how did you ended up in his game anyway" the cat asked.

"We wanted to speak to the Red King but he wasn't there and now we're back where we started" Blake said as they were sitting on top of Asta head.

"The king how do you know him?" the cat asked.

After no answer the Cat said this.

"Well times changed you know and so do we when its our time to change don't you" the cat said as he teleported the group out of the castle and on a trail.

"Did you hear that there was a Red King" Yang said.

"Yeah but something change since then" Blake said.

"Great so we're not in the stupid story we're in it's stupid sequel" Weiss said.

"First things first what are you and what did you need to talk to the king about and what is your favorite dessert" the Curious Cat said.

"That presence I sensed it was there if so then you probably know that we're human" Asta said.

"Really with that form you turned into, you have to be something else entirely- hold that thought" the Cat said as he chased after a butterfly.

"What's the deal with this Cat can't anyone here be normal" Weiss said.

"Thats not just any Cat, when Alyx was lost she met the Curious Cat who loved to ask questions" Blake said.

"And the Curious Cat helped Alyx find the tree" Yang said.

"Wait so the Cat is our ticket out of here" Weiss said.

The Curious Cat saw a flying bug and went after it.

"Asta don't let that Cat get away" Yang said.

"On it but first I need to help you guys" Asta said as he set Weiss Yang and Blake down and quickly took out the Demon Destroyer Sword.

"Causality Break" Asta said as anti magic tendrils appeared around Blake Yang and Weiss and it wasn't long until the three of them grew and was back to their regular sizes.

"Awesome we're back to normal thanks Asta" Yang said as Asta took out the demon slayer sword and made it big.

"No problem Yang now hop on we got a cat to go after" Asta said as he and everyone else got on the Demon Slayer Sword and after that Asta controlled the sword and flew after the Curious Cat.

Meanwhile back to the dark horn creature it was running until it was in a dark area it picked up a rock and threw it. A pink light appeared as Neo landed in the ever after.

She was angry she turned into Ruby and then Cinder the two people she was angry at the most.

"Fight" the creature said.

Neo used her semblance to change back but she was more shocked that she made clones of herself she couldn't do that before...her semblance must have evolved.

"Stop...it cease no no noooo!!" the creature yelled as Neo smirked. She may not have a clue where she is but she going to do what she does best and thats cause chaos and Neo goal hasn't changed and that's get revenge on Ruby for Roman death. But unknown to Neo her target was not even in the same world as her.

Chapter Text

Ruby began to listen to Ichika story she wanted to know why Ichika would hate her brother so much.

"The Yami Clan is descended from a group of assassins known as the Kijin" Ichika said as she explained her clan history.

"During the age of wars, our ancestors distinguished themselves on many battlefields" Ichika said.

"Then as warriors they were placed in charge of security of Goshu a territory at the far edge of the land of the sun ruled by the Ryudo clan" Ichika said.

"Thats probably one of the reasons Ichika part of the Ryuzen Seven she basically following her family tradition in guarding Ryu" Ruby thought

"According to the legend in the distant past a five headed dragon had rampaged throughout the land of the sun was quelled here by a heavenly maiden" Ichika said.

"It was said that the Yoryoku of that dragon seeped out turning the ocean black and stagnant twisting space and time and connecting it to hell" Ichika said as remembering her childhood with her brother.

"It just ain't right our ansectors were proud swordsmen" Ichika and Sukihero father said as he pushed a 13 year old Sukihero Yami back and knocked him into the ground.

"Now we're stuck here in the boonies guarding this territory this type of job is for the dogs" Yami and Ichika father complained.

"Our clan blood and yoryoku are boiling anit that right Sukihero" Sukihero and Ichika father said.

"Yer the only one that says that stuff pa" Sukihero said.

"Brother" Ichika said as she ran to check up on her brother. She then looked at her father and gave him a terrified look due to how abusive he was.

"Father" Ichika said.

"Huh what's with that look for, yer the splitting image of her giving birth to a lousy girl and then dying young on me" Ichika and Sukihero father said as he raised his kendo stick.

"The Yami clan don't need no dead weight who can't fight!!" he yelled as he swung his kendo stick at Ichika but Sukihero blocked the strike with his own kendo stick and he imbedded it with dark magic.

"Knock it off ya damn old fart" Sukihero said.

"Ha ha the lord son has a whole lot of Yoryoku but I bet yers top his" Ichika and Sukihero father laughed.

"The title of demon god our clan strongest fighter is going to be yers Sukihero" Ichika and Sukihero father said.

"Nobody cares I'm going fishing c'mom Ichika" Sukihero said as Ichika followed her brother.

"Once ya get back I'll train ya some more" their father said

Later on in the day it wasnt long until Sukihero had caught a rare fish.

"Hey its a demon tiger puffer fish its a whopper you don't see much of those" one villager said.

"Ya cant eat most of em its poison" another villager said.

"Yeah but the bits you can eat are real tasty" the first villager said.

"Ya got a real knack for fishing Sukihero" the villager said.

"Woow Brother" Ichika said impressed that her brother had caught such a rare fish.

"Whatcha doing let me in on that" as a young boy was hopping to where everyone was. That boy was actually a younger Ryu.

"Well,well young master Ryudo yer clothes'll get dirty if ya murk around here" the villager said

"Hey I like fishin' too" Ryu said.

"Yer minders are gonna bawl ya out again Ryu" Sukihero said.

Hello Master Ryuya" Ichika greeted Ryu said.

"Its fine Ichika just call me Ryu like Yami does" Ryu said.

"It don't matter how friendly ya act our ranks are way too different that ain't going to change" Sukihero said.

"C'mom Yami don't be like that, I want this country to be a place where we can all laugh and live together no matter what are rank or yoryoku looks like" Ryu said.

"Get a load of this known nothing he talking in his sleep" Sukihero said as Ichika smiled at Ryu.

Yami then smiled "well that dream of yers is pretty nice though"

We go back to the present timeline where Ichika is telling her story to Ruby.

"I thought it was too" Ichika said.

"But when he said that he was lying, it was just like our father said he was a demon god just like...no even worse then father" Ichika said.

"At the age of thirteen he massacred his own father and his entire clan, then he abandoned us and fled living an easy life overseas my brother is worse then scum" Ichika said.

Ruby was shocked at that information Ichika brother back then wiped out an entire clan when he was only two years younger then when she first started at Beacon.

But Ruby doesn't know how to explain but there has to be something more to the story because if Yami really wanted to kill all of the clan members why didn't he kill Ichika.

"Listen Ichika you may not like what I'm about to say but there has to be something more about what happened that night you might not realized" Ruby said.

"Are you actually defending my brother?" Ichika said growling a bit.

"If Yami did do all of that then I would hate him just as much as you do I don't like it when people kill each other for no reason" Ruby said.

"But I think there something more to the story have you asked Ryu what truly happened?" Ruby asked.

"Are you questioning me I saw exactly what happened that night!!" Ichika said.

"Maybe you were knocked out or weren't fully awake maybe somebody else killed your clan and your brother was blamed and he had to leave" Ruby said.

"Because if he really wanted to kill every member of the Yami Clan why didn't he kill you, the sister he protected from their abusive father" Ruby said.

Ichika was shocked by Ruby words as Ruby continues talking.

"Older siblings jobs are to look after and protect their younger siblings as annoying as it can be, but Yang as always looked after me and protected me, she basically raised me after my mom died and my dad was filled with grief after her death" Ruby said.

"I may not know Yami personally but before the clan incident it sounds like he was a great guy that cares about the people around him especially his little sister" Ruby said.

Ichika didn't say anything at first Ruby words were seeking in to her about her brother didn't kill her and she never did ask lord Ryuya the details on that night...what if her brother was innocent what if somebody else murder their clan...no she saw it with her own eyes her brother was a murder and that was that.

"Just when I was beginning to like you, you say such nonsense alright then, this is a chance to prove your theory if you can beat me I'll ask lord Ryuya about what truly happened that night" Ichika said as she brought out her scroll and opened it.

"This is the next phase of your training and this is where I'm getting serious" Ichika said as Ruby saw Ichika covering herself in dark magic.

Dark Yojustu: Dark Cloaked Black Warrior

Ruby could see Ichika cloaking her sword in darkness while also covering herself in a black samurai armor with a dark crescent moon like shape appearing behind her.

"Don’t blame me if you die" Ichika said.

Ruby has a serious expression on her face "fine if you want to do this then let's do this maybe this fight will get you to listen to my words"

Ruby then got out her scroll and opened it and it glowed brightly and she took out Crescent Rose and activated its scythe mode.

Much to Ichika shock Ruby magic powers increased and her silver eyes were glowing bright white as a whirl of roses wrapped around Ruby as she was undergoing a transformation as well.

Once the roses disappeared Ruby was wearing a red hooded cloak made out of roses similar to the one she always wear in her outfit. Her head was covered in the hoodie of the cloak and she was wearing a black mask that was covering her mouth.

She was wearing a red skirt made out of roses and a red corsett made out of roses and their was a black rose symbol at the middle of her chest. Ruby was also wearing some red gauntlets and gloves.

Rose Yujustu: Red Rose Assassin

Ichika wore off her shock for a bit she then glared at Ruby and put her hand out and created a mini dark hole pulling Ruby towards her.

"She pulling me in" Ruby thought but as Ichika was pulling her in Ruby teleported leaving a trail of roses and appeared behind Ichika and slashed at her with Crescent Rose but Ichika blocked the attack and she was sent flying towards the water fall.

Ruby then went ahead and created three other clones of herself.

Rose Yojustu: Clone of Roses

The four Ruby's then swung crescent rose creating four slashes but Ichika in just a nick of time dodged the slashes.

"Got you" Ruby said as she commanded her clones to go after Ichika and they all went up to slash her but Ichika teleported and Ruby notices the black balls in the air and Ichika teleported from ball to ball and in an instant she took down the clones with multiple slashes.

Dark Yojustu Black Star

"My Dark Yojustu works best with martial arts and sword fighting black star uses its pull to create vulnerability with my opponents"

"Right now I'm using on myself to contend with her speed and having an irregular trajectory makes it easier to strike her she will never catch me" Ichika said.

But Ruby was prepared as her eyes glowed as she held Crescent Rose up in the air and spun it around creating a bunch of rose petals surrounding the entire area of them.

Rose Yojustu: Haze of Roses

Ichika was being cut up by the sharpness of the rose petals.

"She trying to obstruct my vision but-" Ichika then created a dark hole in front of her and the dark hole absorbed all of the roses in the area.

Ichika tried to sense Ruby ki and she was able to do so and she looked and saw that Ruby was already in the air.

Ruby went downward at Ichika and Ichika went up to Ruby.

"In terms of speed I have her beat but Yojustu and Yoryoku we are equal but the real test is how well we can use Zetten" Ruby said as her silver eyes glowed brightly

Ruby pulled the bladed end of Crescent Rose back and she she swung at Ichika but ichika barely ducked out of the way. But Ichika kicked Ruby in the stomach sending her back.

Ichika landed on the ground and she looked and saw she had a scratch on her forehead and she started to bleed a bit.

"Don't get cocky just because you got a lucky hit in" Ichika said.

"In order to get back home you need to defeat Lucius and once you get back home you need to defeat Salem an immortal being who has terrorized your planet for thousands of years" Ichika said.

"How can someone like you with limit skills can hopefully match up to them" Ichika said.

"Insult me all you want but I did get a scratch on you, but more importantly in your ki I can sense it your angry but their also hesitation and your hurting" Ruby said as she stood up as her aura was flicking a bit.

"Deep down you’re considering what I said and you still miss your brother and you’re upset that he left you behind without a good explanation" Ruby said.

Ichika didn't say anything at first but she just glared at Ruby.

"Don't talk to me as if you know me you ignorant fool" Ichika said

Ruby silver eyes were glowing brightly as she got into a stance.

"I got it I think I got the form of my Zetten down" Ruby said as her Crescent Rose was glowing white due to infusing the power of her silver eyes and yoryoku into a single point in her blade.

"If I can fire this perfected Zetten I can win this" Ruby said.

"Zetten!!" both Ichika and Ruby said however Ryu appeared and grabbed the bladed end of Crescent Rose and grab Ichika hand stopping the attack.

That's enough you two" Ryu said as both Ruby and Ichika had both undid their transformations

"I beg your pardon lord Ryuya I'll slash open my stomach in apology!!" Ichika said.

"Woah scary lets skip that alright" Ryu said as he then turned to look at Ruby said.

"Are you ok Ruby, you look fine but Ichika took out a lot of your aura there" Ryu said.

"I had it I think I perfected my Zetten there I might have won...possibly" Ruby thought.

"Regardless I'm getting the hang of it and I think I'm getting better at using my silver eye powers just a little more" Ruby thought.

Ruby then looked up at Ryu and she noticed he wasn't hurt during their exchange.

"Seems like your getting use to using your aura Ryu you really are amazing" Ruby said.

Ryu laughed "well it took some time but I'm getting the hang of it, c'mom let's head over to Fumito he will heal and check up on us for some injuries and fix us some grub" Ryu said.

Ryu then sense something was amiss and he turned his head to the left.

"Looks like they are already here" Ryu said.

Above the Land of the Sun three figures were floating through the air looking down at the small country.

"I'd only heard of it in stories but it really does exist" a female voice said.

"So this is the Land of the Sun" Sister Lily said as she brought Heath who was revived by Lucius and a long haired man with a beast like appearance with her and they were all in their paladin forms.

Chapter Text

"Well Asta do you sense the cat presence at all?" Weiss asked the anti magic wielder.

The group was flying in the air on Asta's demon slayer sword and they were looking for the Curious Cat.

Asta was trying to sense the Curious Cat ki and after about a minute or so the anti magic wielder was able to pick up on the Cat's key.

"I got it" Asta said.

They kept flying until Asta and the others had noticed the Curious Cat and he was in the grass at two different sides.

The group then got off of the demon slayer sword and put it back in his grimoire.

"Hey Curious Cat" Asta said.

"Yes" the Curious Cat said as he appeared out of the bushes on the left side and his back end appeared on the right and the Curious Cat went to reattach himself.

"Woah that kind of cool" Asta said.

"Hmmm do you have another name besides the Curious Cat?" Asta asked.

"Oh my dear boy I don't have a name but I do wonder what kind of name would I like, but you can just refer me as the Curious Cat" Curious Cat said.

"Ok thats simple enough, look we need your help my friends and I are trying to get to that giant tree and nothing we try seems to be working and we haven't gotten any further" Asta said.

"It looks to me that we are even farther" Weiss said.

"The tree, tree, tree,tree,tree,tree ah of course that is most definitely impossible you do not go to the tree, the tree goes to you unless of course your me, you see" the Curious Cat said.

"Not even a little bit" Yang said.

"Well that's your problem it's a matter of perspective I'm afraid" the Curious Cat said.

"Couldn't you take us to the damn tree then you been there before" Liebe said.

"So why would I want to go back my little friend,I'm glad we understand each other" the Curious Cat said before continuing saying

"No sense in seeing a sight seen"

"Grrgh!!" Liebe said this Cat was starting to piss him off already and it's hasn't been five minutes since they started talking to him.

"Its alright Liebe just try to calm down" Weiss said to the devil.

Liebe calmed down he doesn't want to ruin everyone chances of going back home can't have a repeat of what happened with the Red Prince.

The Curious Cat jumped and chased after a Butterfly.

"Please you helped Alyx when she-" before Blake could speak further the Curious Cat head popped up from the grass.

"Alyx?, Alyx Alyx how do you know her?" the Curious Cat asked.

"Are you friends of hers, life long nemesis wait don't tell me...ok no tell me" the Curious Cat said as he grabbed Asta face.

"We don't know her personally but my friends-" Asta said.

"She wrote a book, describing her entire adventures in the Ever After" Weiss said.

"A book? Is it well liked?" The Curious Cat asked.

"It's kind of a childhood favorite of everyones where Yang Weiss and I are from" Blake said.

"Yes oh please I simply must know more what did she write about, how was I portrayed and do I smell a mouse" the Curious Cat said as Little hid inside of Asta hair above his head.

"From one cat to another could you give us a minute please" Blake said.

"Oh so they're spoken for but please hurry I have so many many questions" the Curious Cat said as he was chasing after a butterfly.

"Are we sure they're not call the constantly annoying cat" Weiss said.

"Got him totally roasted" Yang said.

"Nice going Weiss" Liebe snickered

"Thank you" Weiss said.

"Guys the Curious Cat was describe as an ally with an appetite for information just because they don't want to go back to the tree doesn't mean we can't lure them there" Blake said.

"You want to trick them, I don't know I don't like to lead people on like that" Asta said.

"I know Asta but it's like you said before nothing we tried as worked and we need the Curious Cat help to get us back to our worlds" Blake said.

Asta sighed "ok well we all know sorts of stories from both of our worlds" Asta said.

"Hey Asta the Cat is gone" Yang said.

"Oh crap" Asta said he then try to locate the Curious Cat ki and he found it after he did, he and the others ran after the Cat.

"Hey wait up, you said you had questions right well we will be happy to answer them" Asta said.

"I sense a but approaching" the Curious Cat said as his back side appeared out of the bushes and attached itself to its front side.

"No it's fine we can still go to the tree but that can wait a bit we can tell you stories of our worlds, you ever seen a Grimoire before" Asta said as he went ahead and showed the Curious Cat his Grimoire.

"Or a scroll" Blake said as she showed the Curious Cat her scroll.

"A Grimoire is it some sort book" the Curious Cat opened it.

"I can't understand the words is it in another language and the rectangle what does this button do" the Curious Cat took pictures of itself

"Why is taking tiny versions of myself in it, is that what I looked like smiling" the Curious Cat said.

"Hook line and sinker" Weiss said.

A couple of minutes later the group was walking with the Curious Cat.

"So these creatures calls devils exist in your world and you and Liebe managed to stop him despite having no magic thats most impressive especially you teaming up with that Licht fellow and the first wizard king was it" the Curious Cat said.

"But also back in Remnant the boy and the old man share a body is interesting but uncomfortable implications but a clever way to reincarnate they are the same people who put a city in the sky" Curious Cat.

"I was wondering Asta have you heard anything from that Mars fellow you battled in the duegon in one of your first missions?"

"Also did that Ciel girl from the vytal festival come back in a notable way" the Cat said.

"There just so many characters its so hard to keep track of- wait what was my original question" the Curious Cat said.

Asta was getting a sleepy the cat was asking so many questions its a miracle he hasn't passed out by now and he could say the same for his friends as well.

Blake its your turn" Yang said to the Cat Faunus

"You asked about the origins of remnant and I think you asked about the underworld in Asta world" Blake said.

"That's right those two brothers talk about a god complex am I right and those high ranking devils they are even just as arrogant as the royals back in Asta world" the Curious Cat said as he floated along with the group.

"A rather entertaining summary but some of the character voices was a bit uninspired" the Curious Cat said.

"Looking at you Wise Huntress" the Curious Cat said as he started Weiss.

"Again its Weiss, just Weiss" Weiss said to the Curious Cat who only chuckled.

"Apologies Asta world is pretty interesting and I must say you all know more about the beginnings of Remnant then Alyx did, that girl could barely see pass her own nose" the Curious Cat said.

What do you mean by that?" Asta asked.

"Oh you know just hilariously concerned with trivial things" the Curious Cat said.

"Yeah but she learned her lesson in the end right?" Blake asked.

"I certainly say so, oh would you look at that the edge of the garden acre" the Curious Cat said.

Asta smile as he looked at the leaves that means they were getting close to the tree. Everyone continue walking as the Curious Cat was playing with a leaf.

“This entire world is put together like mixed up puzzle pieces how does anyone makes of it" Yang said.

"Yeah even if the underworld is such a crappy place to live at, it makes a hell of a lot more sense then this place" Liebe said.

"Each Acre is made specifically for it's inhabitants is it not like that on Remnant and what's the planet your from Asta ah yes Earth" the Curious Cat said.

"No" both Asta and Yang said at the same time.

"How strange it never occurred to me to ask that before regardless the garden is just up ahead don't go talking to anyone without me if your not careful" the Curious Cat said.

"We might get our heads cut off" Blake said but honestly for Blake she even doubts that would happen because they have Asta with them. What she saw with Asta at how quickly he could use aura and what he can do with his Anti Magic and how much strength he has.

It's not out of the question for Blake that Asta is the most powerful person she seen personally and she has confidence just like she does with Ruby that he can overcome anything he faces and that includes besting Lucius and defeating Salem if he did somehow managed to come to Remnant with them.

"Oh yes that is how we met isn't it, not to mention Asta almost killing the Red Prince, you Remnant and Earthling folk are such trouble makers" the Curious Cat said.

"Well I'm sure we will cause much less trouble from now on after all we are simply just passing by and trying to find a way back to our worlds" Weiss said.

"I don't see what the fuss is about it seems like you lot can handle yourselves just fine for you guys I would be worried about Lucius and that other sorcress in Remnant Selene, Salem?" The Curious Cat said.

"So he turned Sister Lily into a paladin if so he could turn more of your friends into Paladins to do his bidden and start to rule the world and how many relics does Salem need to end the world again" the Curious Cat said.

"I wonder Asta how are you suppose to beat Lucius if you couldn't beat him before and how are you guys supposed to stop her while Atlas is gone" the Curious Cat said as he walked away from the group.

Asta stopped a bit and he clinched his fist and gritted his teeth in frustration.

"Hey Asta" Yang said.

"Asta remember what we talked about before about believing in everybody right now we have to face our own problems here" Blake said.

"Right sorry-" before Asta could say anything Yang spoke up.

"The Cat" Yang said as everyone looked and saw that the Curious Cat was gone.

"Shit!! I wasn't paying attention" Asta said.

"Can't you sense his ki anywhere?" Weiss asked.

"I think so I think he just up ahead" Asta said.

"You're right Asta he went just up ahead chasing after a bug" Little said.

"Why the hell didnt you say anything?" Liebe growled at Little.

"Uh because it was a very interesting bug" Little said.

"Of all the characters in the book why did it have to be the Cat why couldn't we got help from the lively carpenter or the Rusted Knight one was sweet, one was handsome and neither of them have the attention span of a gold fish" Weiss said in frustration.

"You know I think you can find a goldfish in one of these ponds" Little said causing Weiss to slap her forehead.

"Hey do you hear that?" Yang asked.

 

"Yeah I do and I sense someone key over there come on maybe they can help us since the Cat not here and if they aren't friendly just prepare yourselves" Asta said as they were walking through the garden.

"This must be the garden" Asta said.

"Well it certainly looks like a garden but where that humming coming from?"

"I have a pretty good idea something is hiding behind those leaves" Asta said.

Three eye's appeared behind the leaves.

"What are you?" the creature Asta was assuming because he definitely wasn't human asked.

"This question again" Asta said as Liebe sighed the devil was getting annoyed because of all of he questions they had to answer from the stupid cat he doesn't want to play a hundred questions with this three eyed caterpillar.

"What question" the caterpillar said as he rose up from the bushes and everyone expect for Asta and Liebe screamed a bit.

"What are you!!?" Yang asked.

"Oh that question, isn't it obvious I am a herbalist, the herbalist at least well until I'm not anymore" the Herbalist said as he was raking some leaves.

"Oh good well all questions answer then" Yang said.

"Sorry to bother you but my friends and I could use some help see we're trying to get to the giant tree" Asta said.

"Getting to the tree ah yes everyone needs help these days everyone" the Herbalist said as he grabbed the bag of leaves and went inside the Blue Mushroom and everyone just stared.

"Is this his home?" Asta asked.

"Well aren't you guys coming in or aren't you?" the Herbalist asked.

"Yeah, you can help us right?" Asta said as the Herbalist sighed.

Asta went into the home and he looked and saw some jars and some fruit on the table.

"I must say you are all seem a bit hesitant and unsure of yourselves what did you say you guys were" the Herbalist asked.

Yang Weiss and Blake are huntresses and I'm a magic knight" Asta said.

"And what exactly does a huntress and a magic knight does" the Herbalist asked.

"But why the hell does all of that matter" Liebe asked.

"I'm confused why you lot don't understand I am a Herablist I make medicine and remedies to help others on their journeys so I know what I am so tell me do you all know what a huntress or do you guess" the Herbalist asked.

"Huntressness and Magic Knights are hero's we protect others who can't protect themselves just like what Asta said" Blake said.

"Thank you, now would you say your good huntresses and magic knights" the Herbalist asked.

Memories of what happened to Sister Lily and the fight with Lucius flashed in Asta mind and he had a distressed look on his face.

"Look can you help us or not?" Yang asked as she crossed her arms

"I am trying but you are all making it more complicated then it needs to be, we all have our titles, our roles to play but in order to become whatever you need to become, you should really have a better understanding of what you are now" the Herbalist said.

"What we are now" Asta said.

"Ok how do we open mushroom door?" Weiss said wanting to get far away from here as possible.

The Herbalist sighed "this is how a king whines up a prince"

"Follow me my work is never done" the Herbalist said as he went through some bead curtains and everyone followed him.

Once they did they saw the Herbalist smoking something.

"Please take a seat" the Herbalist said.

"Actually I think we should be going right Asta" Blake said.

"This won't take long just answer the question what are you" the Herbalist said as he blew the smoke at everyone and Asta coughed as everyone fell on the floor.

"You have to be sure of what you are and what your goals are" the Herbalist said.

"Asta, Liebe, Blake" Yang said as she coughed up smoke and the smoke formed was herself from two years back when she was at Beacon during her time at Beacon.

"What" Yang said

"You don't have to go forward you know you can go back, back to before" Past Yang said.

"What are you talking about" Yang asked.

"Its simple really you can be human or just a cat if you wanted its up to you really"past Blake said.

"Why would I do that?" Blake asked horrfied at what this version of her is saying

"Like I said its simple you can do that then being a bridge between human and faunus why struggle with that responsibility" past Blake said.

"The Schnee name why bother with it anymore you can be something else, a nobody just imagine not a single thing upon your shoulders isn't that what you wanted to be free" past Weiss said.

"To be something simpler" past Blake said.

"To be whole again" past Yang said.

"No my loses my failures those are worth more then anything, it's part of who I am and it shows me how I can grow" Yang said.

"If I'm missing something its not because I lost it, it's because I haven't found it the only way to do that is to keep going and to never give up" Yang said.

"Isn't that right Asta" Yang thought thinking about her friend.

"A simple life wouldn't be my life, my family, my friends, my culture I belong to them just as they belong to me to give that all away it wouldn't be simplicity it would be betrayal and an insult to a dear friend who despite his hardships he still tries to keep up with those who are blessed with magic and is striving to make his dream a reality" Blake said.

"I don't know who you think you are but let me tell you who I am, I am the granddaughter of a hero and the child of villainI am a citizen of a fallen kingdom and a air to nothing I will not be defined by a name because I will be the one to define it I am Weiss Schnee and I am a huntress" Weiss said.

"I am a Huntress" Weiss said.

"I am a Huntress" Blake said

"I am a Huntress" Yang said.

"So do you want to be a Magic Knight?" Past Asta who was wearing the outfit he wore before he joined the Magic Knight and joined the Black Bulls about three years ago.

"Like what you and Yuno always wanted to do, in order to be Wizard King you need to be a Magic Knight

"Of course I do my goal hasn't changed even now" Asta said.

"But you don't have any magic, your too weak to do anything, you couldn't even protect sister Lily the only ones deserve to be Magic Knights are Yuno, Captain Yami and the others they can stop Lucius why you can just lead a simple life just like what Liebe did with our mother" past Asta said.

"Yeah your right I am weak and I could live a simple life" Asta said but past Asta looked at Asta and was shocked to see Asta had a determined look on his face.

"I don't have any talent and I'm behind the others that's why I need to get stronger, to do more then the geniuses who already have what it takes" Asta said as images of Yuno Mereolena Yami Nozel Fuegoleon Blake Yang and Weiss appeared in his mind.

"I don't have any talent I don't have time to hesitate, I don't have time to be afraid and doubt myself I have to get stronger so I can protect, so I can save" Asta said.

"If you loose to somebody or if there is a powerful force out there you just need to get stronger then them and never loose to them again and show them they will never hurt anyone again soon" Asta said as images of Salem and Lucius appeared in his mind

Asta has made up his mind, he is coming for Salem and make her pay for what the misery she has caused her friends and once he finishes her off Lucius is next.

"Sister...just wait for me a bit longer my the people of Remnant...Yang Weiss Blake they need me right now to end that mightmare on Remnant" Asta thought.

"I am a Magic Knight, and I will become the Wizard King by doing that I will be the strongest that people can rely on and have the feeling that everything will be ok" Asta said.

After that moment the smoke cleared and the Herbalist coughed.

"Oh my that was a bit much" the Herbalist said the Curious Cat then appeared.

"Oh Herb you was supposed to help people but it appears you lost your own way let me help" the Curious Cat said said as he used his magic on the Herbalist and he turned back to normal.

"I apologize I always was a bit of a workaholic huntresses and magic knights quite interesting things indeed" the Herbalist said as he fell towards a hole in the ground and everyone was shocked expect for Little who just woke up.

Little yawned as he looked and saw the Curious Cat.

"Oh I found the Cat" Little said.

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Back at his personal headquarters Lucius was smiling, he was smiling because recently he just defeated Asta and disposed of him.

Asta was a threat and a flaw of his vision, and he had to kill him or else the boy could ruin his plans. The next step was getting rid of Yuno, the other person who has the potential of stopping him and his plans.

"Hello, there how are you doing Morris?" Lucius looked at the former head of magical research from the Diamond Kingdom.

"When Lucifero manifested I was dragged into his vessel it's thanks to you that I'm still alive Lucius" Morris said as he was bound to a wheelchair.

"Why have you called me here?" Morris asked the eldest of the Zogratis siblings.

"I would like to give you as much salvation as much as I'm currently capable of" Lucius said.

Lucius was sitting on a chair and connected to the chair was branches and inside the three orbs made of those branches was Lucius younger siblings, Dante Vancia and Zenon.

Lucius then went ahead and touch Morris chest and his hand glowed and with the power of his and his siblings combined magic. Lucius was able to heal Morris body completely.

Morris just laughed at what Lucius had done.

"Splendid you even restored my seight this is beyond mere recovery you've created a human body!" Morris said in a excited tone.

"Your magic is really god like now I'll be able to experiment-" before Morris could finish his sentence Lucius touched his forehead and used his soul magic to alter his soul and force him to work under him.

"Use your sorcery studies and modification magic as much as you like in the service of true world peace" Lucius said to Morris.

"Yes, of course" Morris simply said.

"Sister Lily" Lucius said as he turned his head to look at Sister Lily.

"What is it Master Lucius?" Sister Lily asked the so-called savior of the world.

"Far from here there is an island nation known as The Land of the Sun its future begun to destabilize as far as we're concern its an inconvenient future one that can threaten world peace" Lucius said.

"Will you take the Paladins and cut that bad future short" Lucius said.

"Of course, sir" Sister Lily said as she smiled at Lucius.

Unknown to Lucius he will soon face a threat that not even he had foreseen.

We fast forward to the Paladins they are currently floating above the Land of the Sun looking at the country.

"Master Lucius is tied down right now so even if its a small worry and probably nothing let's get rid of it ourselves" Sister Lily said.

"Right we can't even allow a few moments of his time be stolen" Heath said.

The group continued to fly through the town, but they noticed that there weren't any people in the area.

"Strange town I don't sense any humans here" Heath said as Sister Lily looked and saw a seal on top of the black like ocean.

"That must be it" Sister Lily said as Heath casually held out his hand and easily destroyed the seal with ice magic.

"Yrul if you would" Sister Lily said to the shaggy hair man with beastlike figures who name was Yrul.

Yrul brought out his Grimoire and turned the pages as he found the spell he was looking for.

Beast Magic: Holy Howling

Yrul used his beast magic to awaken the legendary five headed dragon as the beast rose from its slumber in the ocean and let out a huge roar.

"With the power of the wicked-no the sacred dragon we'll make the land of the sun the sacrifice for world peace" Sister Lily said.

"Who would have thought we'd end up facing off against the legendary five headed dragon" Jozou said as he and the rest of the Ryuzen Seven stared down at the five headed dragon.

"As long as the Ryuzen Seven are here we won't let it lay a finger on the Land of the Sun" Ichika said as she drew her sword.

Meanwhile we go back to Ruby, the silver eyed girl was being pushed back, and she then got down on one knee as she was huffing and puffing and rightfully so because she was facing the two strongest swordsmen in the Land of the Sun.

"I'm excited Ryu it's been a while since we worked together and since you wielded a blade but that means it's bad news for the little lady over here" a man who hair was slicked back expect for the three long strands of hair in the front.

"Hey now let's not underestimate Ruby Yosuga, she has been picking up on Zetten quickly and I feel like she really getting close" Ryu said to Yosuga.

"Well then the little lady is going to have to try harder because right now she facing the strongest swordsmen in the Land of the Sun c'mon show us what you got" Yosuga said as he rested his sword across his shoulder and Ryu had his sword drawn as well.

We go back to a few moments ago after Ruby and Ichika fight Ryu had sense that the Paladins were already here.

"The enemy is here, Ichika come with me and I'll tell you about the enemy" Ryu said to Ichika.

"Yes sir" Ichika said.

"Hey wait a second an enemy, is it Lucius!" Ruby said if Lucius was here then that's bad news because she hasn't mastered Zetten yet. The thought of Lucius being here reminded her of Salem arriving in Atlas and Ruby knows how well that went. She clinched her fist.

"Even if Lucius is here I will protect this country especially after everything they done for me" Ruby thought.

"No it's not Lucius himself but he has brought some of his people and they summoned a whopper that might just destroy this country" Ryu said

"What, then I'm coming too I can't let you guys fight Lucius' people by yourselves" Ruby said.

"But Ruby yer not finished with your training and I need to get back into fighting shape and get a better handle of using my aura, we need to get those things polished up and then we can head over there besides" Ryu said.

"Yer probably going to have to fight the strongest swordsmen in the Land of the Sun together and thats including me if yer not focused when fighting us we might accidently kill ya" Ryu said.

"Ryu wasn't kidding at all!" Ruby thought.

We are at the present right now and Ruby was swinging Crescent Rose around blocking the swings from Yosuga and Ryu. Ruby was in her Red Rose Assassin form but even while in the form it, hardly made much of a difference. Yosuga and Ryu pushed Ruby back up the stairs but Ruby flip through the air and her silver eyes glowed.

"Zetten"

Ruby swung Crescent Rose and made a horizontal slash made out of pure magical energy from her silver eyes but Ryu and Yosuga with their speed they was able to dodge the attack with Ryu going to the left and Yosuga to the right. They both tried to grab Ruby turned into Rose Petals as she used her semblance to dodge the attack she then spund Crescent Rose forward.

Rose Yojustu: Rose Tornado

Ruby created a giant Tornado made of roses and it engulfed both Yosuga and Ryu

"This is my chance to use Zetten right now but can I really master Zetten in time" Ruby thought as she was about to use another Zetten Ruby saw two giant slashes coming right at her and she was force to dodge the attack using her semblance. But as soon as Ruby appeared both Yosuga and Ryu appeared before her and grabbed her and slammed her into the wall.

"I really want to go over there and back them up but since that jerk over there asked me to help train you and help him get into fighting shape, I have to take this seriously" Yosuga said.

"Hey now Yosuga I'm right here ya know" Ryu said to his former rival.

"Ryu and Yosuga fighting these guys together its insane, and Ryu is so strong he quickly getting the hang of using his aura I don't stand a chance against these two in a Zetten exchange but-" Ruby said as she was looking at a man that had shaggy black hair and was wearing a straw-hat.

"Thanks to Fujio Yojustu I'm Arua and Yoryoku keeps on recharging" Ruby thought.

"Thanks for the help Fujio!" Ruby called out to the man.

"Of course Ruby, Ryu wants to help you get stronger after all so at his request I will help you out" Fujio said.

Ruby turned into rose petals shocking Ryu and Yosuga as they step back a couple of feet and Ruby put herself back together and rapidly swung Crescent Rose and with her strength, she was able to push both Ryu and Yosuga back.,

"Now I get it Ryu I understand why you're so interested in our little Rosebud over here and why you wanted her to train under me" Yosuga said.

Rose Yojustu: Rose Slash

Ruby swung Crescent Rose twice and fired two slashes made out of roses at Ryu and Yosuga, Ryu then infused his sword with his aura and Ruby his sword was turning red and it was covered in fire and he went ahead and slashed through Ruby attack with his sword with the rose petals being on fire. Yosuga had managed to slash through the attack as well.

"Ruby is so close Yosuga" Ryu said.

"Yeah, little lady you still have some doubts don't you" Yosuga said.

"Doubts, no I..don't have any doubts at all" Ruby said.

"You fool the katana does not lie, there is hesitation in the way you fight and your convictions aren't solid enough unlike you there nothing my blade can't cut" Yosuga said.

"I can cut everything I see" Yosuga and Ryu appeared in front of Ruby so fast she didn't have time to react as they both slashed at her. Ruby tried to block it, but it was too late as her aura shattered, and both of her shoulders were cut.

"And that's why I'm the strong because I believe that and that's why Ryu is the Shogan because no matter what happens he never hesitates regarding his decisions" Yosuga said.

"He not wrong, despite the training and learning Yojustu I still have doubts whether those are going to be enough to beat Lucius save this world and go home, even if I did can I really be a Huntress can I really be able to stop a powerful immortal being that even an ancient hero hasn't stop and he been fighting her for centuries" Ruby thought.

Images on what happened in Atlas appeared in her mind and images of Salem and Lucius appeared in her head.

"You're up against the strongest duo around, who the hell do you think you are navel gazing like that" Yosuga said.

"Ruby you don't have to worry or hesitate I believe in yer, yer have the power to save not just yer world but our world as well so go on ahead and unleash the true power of yer Zetten,Yosuga and I can take it." Ryu said as he gave Ruby an encouraging smile.

"Ryu even though I still have some doubts he still believes in me, but do I still believe in myself can I still do this" Ruby said as she started to sweat and breathe heavily.

During Ruby training the rest of the Ryuzen Seven was preparing to take on the Paladins and The Five Headed Dragon.

"Eeeep what are we supposed to do about that thing, it's over we're all done for today is the last day of my wretched foolish self" the tall and slender woman said.

"Goodness that poor girl, I'll at least give her a painless death" Sister Lily said.

"Quit whining and draw your sword Lady Kezokaku" Ichika simply said to Kezokaku.

"Ahhh Ichika you ogre" Kezokaku said regardless she drew her sword and with blazing speed and cut Lily cheek and horn, shocking the paladin.

"Hahahaha I'm going to make the battlefield rain in your blood!" Kezokaku said as she had a crazy expression on her face.

"Dear me she quite vulgar isn't she" Sister Lily said shocked by Kezokaku sudden personality shift.

As the Ryuzen Seven we're fighting, the people of the Land of the Sun was watching the battle outside of the town.

"So that's the Five Headed Dragon it's gigantic!" one citizen said.

"So the legends were true" another citizen said.

"If we hadn't followed the Shogan orders and evacuated to the main island, things would have been really ugly" one citizen said.

"But what can they do about a monster like that" another citizen said

"The Shogun and the Ryuzen Seven they'll handle it somehow" an old man said.

Meanwhile back at the battlefield Lily quickly lifted up her hand and created a small cage of spatial magic to try to trap Kezokaku but Kezokaku was able to escape thanks to Ichika creating a dark orb and put it around her back, dragging her fellow Ryuzen Seven member away.

"Kezokaku you're going too far in without a plan" Ichika said.

"Goodness what incredible magic you have but are you sure you should be fighting me though" Sister Lily said.

On cue one of the heads of the five headed dragon attacked Kezokaku and Ichika pulled her out of the way using her dark magic and one of the heads fire a blast which was able to destroy a mountain.

"You'd better do something, or the Five Headed Dragon will destroy everything" Sister Lily said with a smile on her face as the three other heads were preparing to attack.

"No it won't we have an all seeing lord on our side" Ichika said having faith that Ryu will guide them to victory.

We go in a flashback to last night about Ryu telling the Ryuzen Seven about the Land of Sun getting attacked.

"We're under attack the Land of the Sun about to become a battlefield" Ryu said.

"What!" Daizaemon said shocked at the news.

"Not cool" Komari said.

"That doesn't sound good" Kezoukaku said.

"We'll be fighting Lucius henchmen three strong mages that are called Paladins" Ryu said.

"The Ryuzen Seven are the only ones that can take them on" Ryu said as he began to describe the magic the Paladins have.

"One a Water and Space Yojustu user she trouble, another uses Ice Yojustu" Ryu said talking about Sister Lily and Heath

"I bet the last one has Yojustu that lets him controls magical creatures" Ryu said talking about Yrul

"They're planning to release the five headed dragon; they should be here by morning" Ryu said.

"Then let's go settle their hash now" Daizaemon said.

"Nah we'll save the people first" Ryu said as he furthered explained.

"If we fight them without laying any groundwork no matter where or how we do, there's going to be victims" Ryu said.

"These people can even raise the dead so some of those folks might get turned into Paladins so what we should be thinking about are the lives of the people" Ryu said.

"So lets clear everybody out of Goshu, then tackle the enemy here, them and the Five Headed Dragon both" Ryu said.

'Uh but it's a legendary monster that pretty much destroyed the Land of the Sun right, like yikes" Komari said

"Can we handle an opponent like that" Kezoukaku said

"Haw, Haw, Haw sure it's the biggest baddest enemy ever but...I believe in ya if anyone can take it down it's you guys" Ryu said to the Ryuzen Seven.

"And so we can win this besides if he going to put it like that" the Ryuzen Seven thought as they charged into battle.

Kezokaku charged at one of the heads and one of the heads ate her but she broke and slashed it's head through using her sword and coming out with a new transformation her hair was white and she had white fox ears and white tails.

Snow Yojustu: Silver Fox in Blood Dyed Robes

Daizaemon covered himself with a massive amount of dirt on the ground and created a giant body made of earth and used it to punch and shattered a head of the Five Headed Dragon.

Earth Yojustu: Giant King of Wisdom

Jozou spead past the dragon head and did a hand sign and he casted his spell,

Wind Yojustu: Killing Kakara Blade

Wind Slashes were created slashing and cutting a head of the Five Headed Dragon in multiple directions and at the same time Komari was dashing and zagging through a dragon head while slashing it's head with lighting style kunai.

Lightning Yojustu: Diamond Yasha Princess Fivefold Dance

Ichika covered her blade in dark magic and she wasted little time and slashed a head cleaned off with a giant slash.

Dark Yojustu: Black Crescent Moon

"Amazing so these are the country's strongest mages" Sister Lily said as she was impressed that they were able to take down the Five Headed Dragon so easily.

"Lord Ryuya believes in us so the Ryuzen Seven will never yield" Ichika declared.

Ichika narrowed her eyes as she remembered that Ryu told Ruby they were going to need her to master Zetten so that she can help against the Paladins and the Five Headed Dragon.

"I used a lot of my Yoryoku but..." Ichika thought.

"We do not need that dolt we'll settle this ourselves" Ichika said but as she said this Sister Lily teleported beside her.

"My,my will your group be able to evade this" Sister Lily said as she put her fingers together as multiple spatial portals appeared among the Ryuzen Seven.

"It's time" Heath said

Ice x Spatial Magic: Endless Ice Fang

Heath created multiple ice spikes from the portal and thanks to the combo spell he managed to heavily injure and knock out Jozou Daizaemon and Komari.

"An inescapable attack from all sides that's the most efficient method" Heath said

Ichika and Kezokaku while injured was able to withstand the attack and continue fighting.

"Rgh these people their Yoryoku is extraordinary" Ichika said

"Now you are worth slashing" Kezokaku excitingly said.

She then turned her head and saw Yrul appear before her.

"What's next hm" Kezokaku said

"Beast Magic: Boogyman" Yrul as he summoned a frog

"AHHHHHHHH!" Kezokaku screamed

"Scary, not Frogs, not Frogs" Kezokaku said she was kneeling on the ground

"Lady Kezokaku" Ichika said worried about her fellow Ryuzen Seven member

B-Bogeyman awakens its opponents' memories of terror and gives them physical form" Yrul said as a black beast like creature appeared before him.

"J-Just like this" Yrul said said the Bogeyman creature then transformed into Ichika father.

"Ichikaaa" Ichika "father" said.

"Father" Ichika said as memories of her father abusing her came flashing up in her head.

"He treated me cruelly when I was a child so yes he does frighten me but-" Ichika thought.

"An illusion like that won't-" Ichika started to say but stopped herself as memories she had forgotten had arose

"What is this" Ichika thought.

"Dammit how long do we have to live like this give me a war" Ichika and Sukihero father said.

"They're all useless all this peace has addled them all this ain't the Yami Clan" Sukihero and Ichika father said.

"Are these my memories" Ichika thought.

"Sukihero we're gonna bring back the Yami clan pride" Ichika and Sukihero father said.

"Huh what're ya talking about ya damn geezer" Sukihero said.

"Demon Soul Pills take this thing it'll spike yer urge to kill and draw out all of yer latent Yoryoku" Ichika and Sukihero father said.

"No don't-" Ichika said as her father then turned to look at his daughter.

"Ya want one too? even a lil good fer nothing could maybe help out a bit" Sukihero and Ichkia said.

After that Ichika had seen the flashes and those were the flashes of her going out of control and killing her own clan.

"No don't do it!" a woman yelled

"Ichi-" another man said unable to finish as Ichika cut him down.

"Ichika" Sukihero said as he was sweating at seeing Ichika killing a lot of people

Ichika was horrified at she was seeing a lot of dead bodies and her past self-look up at the sword she was using to kill her clan.

"Ha ha ha well look at that ya got power and then some yer my kid all right Ichika" her father said which was his last words as Ichika struck him down.

"Telling her the truth would be too cruel" Ryu said.

Ichika was shaken in shocked at what she just saw and was distraught "what was that memory...I'm the one who killed our entire clan" Ichika said.

"That can't be true but if it is all those days I spent hating him what were they for" Ichika said as the illusion of her father struck her sending her back.

Komari Daizaemon and Jozou all stood heavily injured but was still willing to fight.

"We are the guardians of this land we cannot fall yet!" Daizaemon said.

"It's all right master Lucius will give you true happiness and peace later on and so for now rest in peace" Sister Lily said as all five heads of the Five Headed Dragon regenerated.

"Don't let this unsettle you keep your mind clear, focus and move, I've grown stronger I thought...I had at least but is this really what I am" Ichika thought as the illusion of her father was preparing to strike her.

"Am I really this weak" Ichika thought as rose petals appeared around her at her she thought she saw her brother protecting her once again but as it turned out it was Ruby who blocked the attack, and she was in her Red Rose Assassin form and blocked the attack by holding Crescent Rose horizontally.

"Hey, just what do you think you're doing to one of the people who help saved me and a fellow younger sibling" Ruby said as her silver eyes started to shine bright white and white energy was forming around her eyes as well. Ruby Rose the girl from Remnant, a girl from a world beyond this one, the Huntress has entered the battlefield the first of many battles she will face in order to get home.

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Not long after the encounter with the Herbalist the group had went and ran as far away from his home as possible and everybody was gathering their breaths.

"Is everybody ok?" Asta asked everyone.

"Yeah we're fine for the most part Asta" Blake said to the anti-magic user.

"I'm so glad that the four of you are still the four" the Curious Cat said as they was jumping from mushroom to mushroom.

"That's not always the case in the Ever After" they continue saying.

"Are you really serious right now!!" Liebe said.

"You're the one who ditched us in the first place, which by the way is how we ended up in that mushroom house to begin with" Weiss said as she crossed her arms.

"You know where that delirious caterpillar guy that tried to drug us and was swallowed by a whole in the freaking ground" Weiss said.

"Ah, yes yes Alyx had a similar reaction the first time she saw something return to the Ever After but it's not how it seems, but I suppose it is, but not the way you think if you think like Alyx" the Curious Cat said as they started to walk away and jump on another mushroom.

"Which it seems like you do" the Curious Cat said as they was jumping from mushroom to mushroom, and everyone looked at each other on confusion.

"Ah ha we're here" the Curious Cat said.

After that the group walked until they saw they were right in center of the Garden Acre and in the middle of a giant lotus flower.

As everyone was looking the Curious Cat had got on a giant toad pad and they looked at the group.

"You lot better run" the Curious Cat said to the group.

The group then ran and got on the toad pad with the Curious Cat.

"By the way Curious Cat what did you mean back there when the Caterpillar guy went into that hole in the ground isn't what it seems?" Asta asked the Curious Cat.

"I was wondering the exact same thing actually" Yang said.

"When we break or wear out or we simply finish what we are made to do, we're called back" the Curious Cat explained.

"Herb heart was too weak to ascend, so I gave him a little bit of mine" the Curious Cat said.

"They can give the citizens here a piece of his heart" Asta thought he then remembers what happened with the Red Prince he saw the Cat do the same thing to convince him and let him go.

"So his goal or purpose is to help the citizens of the Ever After then" Asta thought.

Asta got out of his thoughts as he heard Blake asked this question.

"Is he dead?"

The Curious Cat merely chuckled at her question.

"Oh, no, no...well maybe a little bit but not at all" the Curious Cat said.

Yang just grunted in frustration tired of the Cat speaking in riddles.

"Which is it!?" Yang asked.

The Curious Cat coughed and continued their explanation.

"Now that Herb has properly returned, he will be fixed up nice and made into the Herb he wanted to be when he was still Herb and then he'll come back and find his purpose it could be the same as before or maybe not".

"It sounds like after you guys go through a process and become something different entirely...it's almost like with what happened with the elves and them reincarnated in other people body and Lucius with his Soul Magic" Asta said he then clinch his fist thinking about his enemy.

"Why yes I do believe Lucius abilities, along with the Elves magic are similar to the ascension" the Curious Cat said.

"So if Herb comes back as a different person will even remember anything about who he was before?" Asta asked.

The Curious Cat merely laughed as they laid down on the toad pad.

"What would be the point of that?" they said as he started to stretch.

"Just like Alyx you lot, I know, I know where your from and from where Asta is from things...die but we're just not like you at all" the Curious Cat said.

"We ascend, Herb will have a purpose again" the Curious Cat said.

"That's impossible things have to die someday...right" Weiss said although she then remembers Jinn vision of the god of darkness bringing Ozma back to life and she heard Asta stroy. About Conrad and how he used his magic to bring past wizard kings back to life.

The Curious Cat floated back up.

"Goodness no although I suppose there is a creature...no no that's not the sort of thing you talk about in polite company" the Curious Cat said.

Everyone then heard a lot growl and they all looked at Asta and the boy laughed and rubbed the back of his head.

"Seriously Asta" Weiss said.

"Sorry about that Weiss I haven't really eaten anything since I've been here" Asta said.

"Well now that you mention it, we been so busy with what happened with Ironwood, Salem and Atlas we haven't eaten anything either" Blake said.

"Wonderful well we are heading to the marketplace, and you can get all sorts of food" the Curious Cat said.

A couple of minutes later the group got off of the toad pad and was entering the marketplace.

"Wait so what happened with Herb that's what happened to the King?" Blake asked.

"I was wondering that too, so the King went through ascension and became a Prince?" Asta said.

"Aww it was all very sad the Red King couldn't cope when he lost to Alyx, a crying mess" the Curious Cat said as they got behind and appeared at the middle part of the tree.

"Thankfully he was called back and fixed up and is now the prince you met" the Curious Cat said as they appeared on top of the tree branch.

"Fixed up so the prince became more of an asshole?" Liebe said.

"Well, the Prince isn't supposed to be nice, he meant to play the game and win no matter what" the Curious Cat said as they were walking on a long branch.

"So that's why he cheats, where the Red King didn't but that still doesn't explain why the Red Prince was so much meaner" Blake said as the group continued walking while keeping an eye on the Curious Cat.

"While the Prince may not remember Alyx's deception after ascended the heart rarely forgets" the Curious Cat said.

"But there was nothing about ascension in the story" Blake said.

"Of course not expedition is entirely boring even though this conversation is rather tedious" the Curious Cat said as he was riding on a stuff lion.

"That's kind of weird if Alyx wanted to write the whole story about her adventures why did she leave the ascension stuff out?" Asta said as he rubbed his head.

"That what I was wondering too" Blake said.

A couple of minutes later the group had managed to get some food, Yang Blake and Weiss had managed to get some fruit and Asta he was overjoyed to be able to get his favorite food.

"This is so awesome they actually got nomotatotes here!!" Asta said as he begun eating the potatoes.

"Nomotatoes, I'm assuming that's its Potatoes that come from your village?" Weiss asked.

"You batcha Weiss its a Hadge Village specialty you want one?" Asta asked.

"I'll pass thank you" Weiss said.

Blake giggled "Potatoes are a pretty simple meal although I shouldn't be shocked that it's Asta favorite meal" Blake said to Yang.

"That's true he did say that his village was small and he grew up in an Orphanage, I bet food was hard to come by with him and the other kids he grew up with" Yang said.

"Despite the rough hand he delt with in life, he didn't let that deterred him from his goal in becoming a magic knight and trying to become the Wizard King especially since he has no magic, He really is remarkable" Blake said as he and Yang are watching Asta still trying to convince Weiss to eat the Potato.

"Yeah he really is I mean he has to be after he defeated the king of the devils" Yang said now that she mentions it Asta and Blake had a lot in common it is possible that over time.

"Nah they only just recently met each other and why am I talking about possibly of Asta and Blake being a couple" Yang thought.

"Alright now that we gotten some food maybe we should look around and ask around about how to get to the tree" Asta said.

"This place is pretty big it might be a good idea that we should split up" Blake said as everyone looked and they saw the Curious Cat being distracted by a yellow tree like figure that was wielded by a star shape figure.

Yang sighed "I guess in the meantime I'll keep an eye on the cat so that they won't get distracted by a shiny door nob and never comeback" the blonde huntress said.

"I'll go with you" Blake said.

"Then I guess then that leaves us, Liebe if you want you can be on my shoulder if you want" Weiss said silently hoping that the devil would accept her offer.

Liebe shrugged "sure why not and besides I could use the extra space for a bit" Liebe said as he hopped off of Asta and jumped of Weiss shoulder.

"So cute" Weiss thought as she rubbed Liebe's head causing the devil to blush "hey cut it out damn it!!".

"Little what about you buddy you want to stick with us or go with Yang and Blake?" Asta asked the mouse.

"I'll go with you Asta since ya know...I don't want the Cat to eat me" Little said causing Asta to chuckle.

"That's fair" Asta said as Yang and Blake went up to the Curious Cat.

"Alright kitty you're coming along with us" Blake said.

After that Yang, Blake and the Curious Cat went one way while Asta, Weiss Liebe and Little went another way.

"Onward!!" Little said after that he yawned.

"There he goes again with his yawning it won't be long until they falls asleep again" Liebe said.

"Well Little does have his cute moments as well I guess it's ok that he rests once in awhile" Weiss said while Asta could only chuckle at Little. The mouse would totally fit right in with the Black Bulls and would get along with everyone especially the girls and mainly Noelle.

Weiss and Asta had went to a lot of booths, to the ones that people can speak too at least trying to find some information on how to get to the tree, but so far they didn't have any luck.

"We have asked a everybody in the area and none of them knew how to get to the stupid tree" Weiss sighed.

"I know it is frustrating Weiss but we can't give up not when everybody is waiting for us back in our worlds" Asta said.

Weiss nodded and slightly smile Asta really was a lot like Ruby both of them are reckless and simple minded, but they both have that determination of doing everything they can to help and save a lot of people, and they both have that aura that draws people to them, and that makes people want to follow them.

"By the way Asta I never said this but thank you for keeping Penny sword and not letting the prince's guard throw it away like that" Weiss said.

Asta's Grimoire then floated into the air and when he did, he went ahead and took out Penny's sword expect that looked different. Instead of the usual green the sword was black and rusted like all of Asta's swords which means that the sword was now a anti magic weapon.

"Of course, I just couldn't let those guys disrespect a hero like that someone who gave up her life to save and protect many lives" Asta said as he looked at Weiss.

"I never met Penny but from what you guys told me she was really amazing despite not being human in the first place honestly she would have fit right in with the Black Bulls" Asta said.

"She really was amazing, but gods Asta how am I going to tell Ruby that she didn't make it and she sacrificed herself she was the closest to Penny out of all of us" Weiss said.

"I think you just tell her the truth Weiss Ruby would be upset no doubt but she will understand why Penny did what she had to do" Asta said.

"Penny she gave up her life to protect the people of Atlas and Mantle and it's only fitting that I give this sword the name that it deserves" Asta said.

"Really and what name would that be?" Weiss asked as he was curious what Asta would name Penny new sword.

"The Demon Protector Sword with this sword I'm going to carry on Penny legacy and use this weapon to fight and protect those who can't protect themselves" Asta said.

Weiss blinked despite how simple minded Asta is there are moment where is strong sense of justice shows.

"He determined he has the qualities of Ruby and Blake and he can be ferocious like Yang but he also have similarities to grandfather" Weiss thought.

To be honest Asta had the qualities that she found attractive in a man and he wasn't bad looking either in a way Asta reminded her of the Rusted Knight as well.

That thought caused Weiss to blushed and Asta caught on this.

"Hey Weiss you're alright your face is all red" Asta said.

Weiss left her thoughts and looked at Asta she then composed herself by taking a deep breath.

"I-it's nothing Asta and I think that's a great name for the sword and I think Penny would have been happy that you're honoring her sacrifice" Weiss said.

Asta nodded and smile before he could say anything he and Weiss noticed that the area was getting darker.

"The area is getting darker what's going on here?" Weiss said as she placed her hand on the handle of Myrtenaster.

"Is somebody using dark magic" Asta thought.

"Weiss stay alert alright let's just walk slowly the duo then noticed that there was a glow and they turned their heads to the right and they looked and saw a weapon shop. The duo then went inside the shop.

"Woah look at all of the weapons here" Asta said.

"Do any of these weapons interest you two?" Asta and Weiss looked and saw a tall metal lady standing in front of the fire wielding a hammer.

"Well while the weapons are cool we already have some" Asta said as he and Weiss had walked up to the Blacksmith.

"Excuse me ma'am we were wondering if you can help us with something" Weiss said.

"I see are you two lost perhaps" the Blacksmith said.

Asta and Weiss looked at each other before Asta answered "well I guess we are lost, my friends and I are trying to get to the tree in hope that we can get home" Asta said.

"The tree hmmm it is difficult to get to the tree, in order to do that you would need a guide" the Blacksmith.

"A guide but all we have is that stupid Cat and he is almost useless" Weiss said.

Liebe looked at the Blacksmith "there something weird about this chick"

"Uh Asta, Weiss I don't think we're supposed to be here" Little said.

"Are you their guide little one?" the Blacksmith asked.

"Yes Asta Liebe and the others are my friends and I want to help them get back to their homes even though I don't know where those places are and how to get there" Little said.

The Blacksmith slammed her weapon into a hot metal plate.

"You are quite an interesting one young man, you are carrying a large burden but you are willing to carry another one" the Blacksmith said.

"Carrying another burden just what do you mean by that?" Weiss asked she was starting to get annoyed this was starting to turn into their time with the Herbalist.

"Yeah it's nothing that I can't handle besides I am a magic knight and it's my job to protect and save everyone and that includes my new friends" Asta said as he looked at Weiss.

"Wait Asta don't tell me-" Weiss said as the Blacksmith continue to hammer the metal plate.

"Yes you quite the interesting one perhaps you might not need a weapon from me after all, all I can tell you is that you are on the right path to get home, I believe we will meet again soon" the Blacksmith said.

"Hey wait a minute just who the hell-" Liebe started to ask but before he could a bright light engulfed them and it wasn't long until Asta and Weiss were back in the area they were at.

"Asta, Weiss" the two teens turned to look and saw that the Curious Cat, Yang and Blake were looking at them.

"Who were you guys talking too?" the Curious Cat asked.

"She just disappeared and I can't sense her ki anywhere" Asta thought.

Asta and Weiss looked at each other and Weiss merely shook her head telling Asta explaining about their meeting with the Blacksmith would be pointless at this time.

"Ah sorry about that just thinking out loud, you guys had any luck?" Asta asked.

"Nope sadly Blake and I were lead to dead ends as well" Yang said.

Asta sighed the Blacksmith said they were on the right track so he just going to have to keep going and get to the tree no matter what.

Asta looked and saw that a bunch of fireworks was going off.

"Oooh a festival" Yang said and Asta narrowed his eyes and he then heard a scream and he saw that everyone was running. They even heard one person scream Jabberwalker.

"Huh what's going on" Yang said.

"Oh no this is bad" the Curious Cat said.

"What's a Jabberwalker?" Blake asked.

"It's a truly terrible creature the Jabberwalker eats one of us we do not ascend" the Curious Cat said.

"Then it looks like it's up to us to stop it" Asta said he then looked at Liebe.

"Liebe I won't use your power for this fight" Asta said as his Grimoire floated in the air and he took out the Demon Protector Sword.

"What why?" Liebe asked.

"This a good chance for me to use my aura in this fight if things get bad, I'll use your power" Asta said.

"Alright" Liebe said as he said that Little ran to safety with the Curious Cat as Asta saw the Jabberwalker get bigger.

"Alright ladies you ready for this" Asta said as he covered the Demon Protector sword with his aura.

"Hell yeah let's do this Asta!!" Yang said as the Jabberwalker ran at them and Asta Yang Blake and Weiss ran at the Jabberwalker.

The Jabberwalker went ahead and swung his tail but Asta easily knocked its tail back causing the Jaberwalker to loose its balance. Blake and Asta took advantage and the duo went ahead and each created an X-Shape slash causing the Jabberwalker to roar in pain as it was sent flying back into the ground.

As it was trying to stand back up Yang shot up in the air using her gaunlets and grab the Jabberwalker by the horns and started to punch it multiple times.

"I said that I wasn't done with you!!" Yang said she then jumped off the Jabberwalker and Weiss pushed it back up into the air and Asta got into a stance as he was surrounded by his red aura.He jumped up into the air leaving a red streak and once he did that he went ahead and slashed the Jabberwalker clean in half.

Red Meteorite!!

Asta then landed on the ground and he looked and saw that the Jabberwalker just shattered and disappeared into pink particles.

"What the was that thing not real" Asta said.

"Neo?" Blake said.

"Neo you mean that chick who was working with Cinder" Asta said.

He then looked and saw multiple Jabberwalkers and as they were coming they saw a figure wearing rusted armor and was riding a giant Jackalope.

"lt's the Rusted Knight" Blake said.

"Run!!, this way" the Rusted Knight said said he ran away from the area.

"You guys go with that knight guy I'll handle these things" Asta said.

"What Asta we're not leaving you to fight these things alone!!" Weiss said.

"Don't worry Weiss I'll catch up to you guys soon now get going" Asta said.

Weiss wanted to argue but Blake placed a hand on her shoulder and Weiss looked at Blake and Blake gave Weiss a look as if she was telling Weiss to believe in Asta. After all they know how powerful Asta is they knew that he wasn't going to die that easily.

"You better not die on us Asta" Blake said.

"Yeah, if you do die then I'm going to kick your ass" Yang said.

Asta just grinned that was something that Captain Yami would say after that Blake, Weiss and Yang went ahead followed the Rusted Knight.

"Well then guess what, you guys are going to be my training dummies let's see how much better I can get while using my aura" Asta said.

The Jabberwalkers went ahead and charged at Asta and Asta aura flared up and he started to spin around creating a giant Red Tornado and went after the Jabberwalkers.

Red Hurricane

Back with Weiss Yang and Blake they were running up the flower and Weiss looked down and she looked down.

"Asta" Weiss said.

Blake went ahead and wrapped her arm around Weiss.

"It's going to be ok Weiss, Asta not going to die" Blake said.

"Yeah I know but I just hate that he wants to sacrifice and do everything by himself" Weiss said.

"I know but that's just who Asta is Weiss willing to do everything he can to protect others but next time we will be right by his side" Blake said. The two of them continued to climb up the tower.

A few moments later Blake Weiss Yang and the Rusted Knight made it inside of the flower at the top. The Rusted Knight sheathed his sword across his back and went towards the Jackalope.

"I don't believe it; it's the Rusted Knight in person" Blake said.

The Rusted Knight then petted his Jacklaope and said "you did good Juniper" he then turned around and looked at Blake Yang and Weiss and what shocked the three of them that the Rusted Knight was Jaune and he looked much older he looked to be around his late thirties.

"Team RWBY, you finally made it" Jaune said but the man then noticed Yang, Weiss and Blake were here, but he doesn't see Ruby with them and instead they are with another guy he hasn't seen before.

"Where is Ruby and who was that guy that was with Yang Weiss and Blake" Jaune thought to himself having no idea that Ruby was in another world entirely and he was about to meet another hero that was from another world entirely.

Chapter Text

Sister Lily was shocked because Lucius had never mentioned this girl before when he gave them information about the Land of the Sun and it's powerful mages.

"What's going on here who is this girl?" Sister Lily said as she saw Ruby knocking "Ichika father" back with her Crescent Rose.

"I see so this is the enemies magic, and it transformed into Ichika dad" Ruby said as she had her eyes set on the Bogeyman and Yrul.

"So he showing us some type of illusion then, it's power is almost like Neo's" Ruby said as she frowned.

Ruby was wondering where the muted girl had gone since she was not in this world but at this moment, she doesn't have time to worry about that, right now the Land of the Sun is in danger, and she needs to focus on saving it and helping out her new friends.

"Talk about playing unfair you know Ichika can kick your butt so you have to use dirty tricks to win" Ruby said.

"The h-human heart is weak..." Yrul said.

" But y-you've turned that into a strength of yours is that right" Yrul said as he continued to mock and taunt Ichika.

"You were s-shaking the entire time couldn't even pull off your m-moves right, I heard you're all suppose to be the strongest in this country" Yrul said.

"That was p-pathetic, so uncool" Yrul said as Ichika didn't say anything.

"No matter who all humans fear something you too of course" Yrul said while Ruby merely gave him a serious and focus look with her silver eyes shining brightly.

It was then the Bogeyman had transformed into Ruby herself.

"I am not a Huntress, I can't save everyone and defeat Salem" the Bogeyman/Ruby said.

"Huh...you fear yourself, well then I'll set you f-free...die now and become one of Master Lucius blessed" Yrul said.

"Maybe I ignored it but with what happened back at Atlas those fears hit me like a ton of bricks" Ruby said.

"You will never be able to save anyone, you will end up as a failure just like mom" Bogeyman/Ruby said and a insant the Bogeyman was cut in half by a white horizontal slash by Ruby using her Crescent Rose and infusing it with her Zetten and with the power of her silver eyes.

"Looks like I cut down my weakness" Ruby said as she calmy placed Crescent Rose above her shoulder.

"Yo missy" Yosuga said as he was behind and then up to Ichika and standing next to her.

"Little Red, here had figured it out during his training with all of us and now she is more determined then ever" Yosuga said.

"I am afraid, that my decisions my mistakes could cost me everything, and that I'm not cut out to be a huntress" Ruby thought.

"But I don't have time to let those doubts and fears consume me, everyone is counting on me and for them to have faith in me I must face any enemy without any hesitation" Ruby said as she saw how much the Ryuzen Seven and Ryu rely and have faith in one another.

"As a kid I always wanted to help and save people and that goal hasn't stopped even if I'm in a different world" Ruby said.

Images of Cinder, Salem and Lucius appeared in Ruby mind.

"I don't care if my enemies are immortal and are powerful, I'll just keep getting stronger until I surpass them and stopped them you can bet on that" Ruby thought.

"Because that's what it means to be a Huntress, my resolve is to be strong so that I can fight protect and save people especially those that I care about" Ruby thought as Ruby eyes glowed briefly and Yrul couldn't move at all.

"What's going on why can't I move!!" Yrul said.

Those who are turned into Paladins are granted the power of purified devils...even so their essence itself is still devil power which is destructive and malicious in nature. The Silver Eyes have the power to destroy Grimm or any malicious being in general. Humans who were granted the power of devils are no different, Ruby with the power of her Silver Eyes is the perfect counter to those that are devil possessed and that includes the Paladins.

Ruby slowly walked up Yrul.

"No...stay back...stay back..." Yrul said said as he started to sweat and grew fearful of Ruby.

"Stay!" Yrul didn't finish as Ruby slashed Yrul across his chest drawing blood, the servant of Lucius then fell down on the ground as his transformation disappeared instantly.

Ichika was shocked at what she just witness

"The enemy Yoryoku changed...no it returned to normal" Ichika said.

"Seems like his Paladin power was cut off or something like that'" Yosuga said.

"Little Red was worrying too much that's all, due to her blood and her silver eyes it doesn't matter what second magic the Paladins her silver eyes will negate and destroy it without a doubt" Yosuga finished by saying this.

"Her Zetten infused with the power of her Silver Eyes wins any face off" Yosuga said.

Ruby then turned to look at Sister Lily she can sense it from her ki deep down Sister Lily doesn't really want to do this, if so that means that Lucius is influencing her decisions somehow.

"Please you don't have to do this, turn back I don't want to hurt an innocent person" Ruby said to Sister Lily

Heath looked at Ruby and even he was shocked at what he was seeing

"Who is this girl, Master Lucius never mentioned nor foresaw her, she reminds me of him... Heath said remembering his battle with Asta.

"Normally I wouldn't waste my time, but I'll be the one to take you on" Yosuga said as he appeared beside Heath as he was resting his katana over his shoulder.

"It's a pretty bad idea to get into a fight with two ladies after all" Yosuga said.

"W-who are you?" Sister Lily said.

"I'm Ruby Rose and I am a Huntress from another world" Ruby said.

"Another World" Sister Lady said.

"Please you don't have to do this, why attack and hurt so many innocent people" Ruby said as Sister Lily frowned because when she looks at Ruby an image of Asta appeared right in front of her..

"Because we are doing this for world peace" Sister Lily said.

"You call attack a country full of thousands of innocent people peace, that's insane there no way you really believe that I was right Lucius must have manipulated you somehow" Ruby said.

"I'm not being manipulated!!" Sister Lily yelled as she created a spatial portal spell but Ruby disappeared leaving a trail of rose petals.

Sister Lily did the spell multiple times but Ruby kept dodging the spells using her semblance..

"No please, Ruby Rose for the sake of world peace you must die!!" Sister Lily said.

"Water Magic: Holy Fist of Love"

Sister Lily send a giant fist of water at Ruby but the Silver Eye girl merely just went ahead and cut the Water Fist in half with her Crescent Rose.

"Enforce Spatial Travel is impossible she too fast I would have immobilize her and spatial mana domination it won't work those eyes of hers can negate and destroy devil power" Sister Lily thought.

"Stronger I need to attack with a stronger spell" Sister Lily thought.

"If you are from another world then why involve yourself in this battle why not go back home!!" Sister Lily said.

Water x Spatial Magic: Sachiel Flash

Sister Lily sent out a pressurized water beam at Ruby but Ruby used Rose Magic: Decption and switch herself with a rose petal instantly getting out of the way.

"I want to go home so badly but how can I ignore the people who gave me the strength to deal with the threats back in not only in my world but in this one too, how can I ignore a innocent woman who is suffering right now" Ruby said.

"You don't know what you're talking about I'm not suffering!!" Sister Lily said.

"Your face and Ki tells me otherwise, tell me is killing and hurting innocent people worth it!!' Ruby yelled.

Sister Lily had tears in her eyes "no..it's not I don't want to kill anybody and I didn't want to kill Asta at all!!" Sister Lily said as Ruby was shocked and then she narrowed her eyes in complete anger.

"In terms of personality and thoughts Sister Lily is still the same person however due to Lucius soul magic Sister Lily believes within her soul that Lucius ideals will lead to a better ideal world.

"But this is what everyone wants, truly you will agree you seem like the person who wants a idea world stop resisting!!" Sister Lily said as she summoned multiple Sachiel Flash and fired multiple beams but Ruby easily dodged the blast using her semblance.

"Please Ruby just die already!!" Sister Lily said as Ruby dodged the attacks Ruby then appeared in a swirl of rose petals and pulled the bladed end of Crescent Rose back.

"Forcing someone to kill someone important to them isn't righteous at all, it's down right evil...Lucius you're going to pay for this!!" Ruby thought.

Ruby then infused Crescent Rose with Zetten and also infused it with the power of her silver eyes and her silver eyes was glowing and she went and slashed Sister Lily across her chest.

"I'm sorry that you had to suffer and force to kill a loved one thanks to some egomaniac with a god complex" Ruby thought.

Ruby saw Sister Lily transformation disappearing and Ruby gently caught her and set her down to one of the destroyed buildings.

"Hey are you alright" Ruby said.

"Ruby, I'm sorry I said some horrible things to you" Sister Lily said.

"I've been terrible to many others...oh Asta" Sister Lily thought.

"Hey don't worry about it I've been called a lot of things by friend Weiss" Ruby said.

"I was troubled by how the noble realm discriminated over magic power that's why I became a nun for the sake of peace and equality among all people" Sister Lily said.

"But even within the church discrimination and classism remain and so I ran away to the forsaken realm...no matter how much I prayed to god nothing changed" Sister Lily thought.

"Even if I could only do so little I wanted to try saving anyone that I was capable of saving but...I managed to kill the one of the people I was trying to save" Sister Lily said as she started to break down.

"Asta is alive" Sister Lily and Ruby looked and they saw Ryu and he had his sword strapped to his side.

"Ryu" Ruby said.

"I really believe that you didn't kill him you sent him somewhere so that Lucius wouldn't suspect that you didn't actually kill him" Ryu said.

"I have a feeling that he might be far away even beyond our world like Ruby is far away from bryond her world as well, you saved him again and I bet he doing everything he can to return home" Ryu said.

Sister Lily smiled a bit hoping that Ryu was right and that Asta was alive somewhere and he was doing his best in trying to get home.

Sister Lily then looked at Ruby and she can see it, the ways she carries herself, the drive to protect and save everyone. She reminds Lily of so much of Asta.

If Asta not here then no doubt that Ruby was the next best bet in defeating Lucius.

"Ruby, Lucius is preparing for the final battle in the Clover Kingdom there only three days left until Judgement Day" Sister Lily said.

"Three Days!!" Ruby thought shocked that Lucius was moving forward in his plans in such a short amount of time.

"No I shouldn't say that I wouldn't be shocked if Lucius had planned this for years" Ruby thought as she continued to listen to Sister Lily plan and figure out Lucius plans.

"He plans to combine the Zogratias body blood and bone magic together with his own soul magic to gain unfathomable power" Sister Lily said as she continued.

"With that he can alter people's minds and bodies however he pleases, he could even create people from nothing his magic would truly be like that of a gods and then on Judgement Day he'll take control of all the magic in the world" Sister Lily said.

An image of Lucius appeared as his palm covered the entire world.

"All of the magic in the entire world" Ruby said as she sweated a bit. In order to get home she has to defeat a man who trying to attain god like powers and rule over humanity entirely.

"Lucius and Salems goals are different but Lucius is no better then Salem he is just using people, even his own siblings for his benefit and no one elses. He just a guy that's believes only he can save the world...and he will just kill everyone that doesnt agree with him" Ruby thought.

The more she hears about Lucius plans the more angry she is.

"That of course would inculde the Land of the Sun" Sister Lily said as she started to cry some more.

"I'm so ashamed of myself, I'm sorry, I'm so, so sorry" Sister Lily said.

"I joined Lucius and unleashed the five headed dragon and brought misfortune upon you all" Sister Lily said.

"No please don't blame yourself this is Lucius fault not yours and I don't know Asta but I'm postive that he wouldn't blame you either" Ruby said.

"Thank you, Ruby" Sister Lily said as she fell into unconsciousness.

"Hey-" Ruby started to say but Ryu spoke to reassure her.

"She ain't dead but the only way she'll open her eyes is if ya defeat Lucius" Ryu said.

Fumito use recovery yojustu on her just to be safe" Ryu said to the healing mage.

"Right" Fumito said as he envolped Sister Lily in his giant water fish.

"Your a life saver Fumito I'll leave her in your care" Ruby said.

"You can count on me" Fumito said.

"Everyone, just wait for me just a bit longer because right now I am going to kick Lucius butt and end his twisted plans once and for all!" Ruby said as she had a furious look on her face.

"But first things first" Ruby said as she brought out her scroll and rested Crescent Rose over her shoulder.

"I'm going to slay this stupid dragon, you mind helping me out Ryu" Ruby said as Ryu appeared next to her with his sword drawn.

Ruby wasted little time and instantly transformed into Red Rose Assassin form.

Rose Magic: Rose Deception

Ruby created a lot of Rose Petals around the dragon.

"Ryu" Ruby said.

"I understand yer got good instincts Ruby" Ryu said as Ruby and Ryu switch places with rose petals and it wasn't long until the two of them were on the side of the two heads on the five headed dragons.

"Zetten!!" both Ryu and Ruby said at the same time. With Ruby chopping the head of one of the dragons clean off with a circular slash from Crescent Rose. While Ryu slashed the other head of the dragon clean in half.

"Alright now to deal with the other three" Ruby thought.

"Zett-" before Ruby could launch another attack the head she just chopped off regenerated itself.

"What it can instantly heal it self!!" Ruby said as the dragon head launch and tried to attack her but she instantly switch herself with a rose petal and did the same for Ryu as the dragon head went to attack him and Ryu landed on the body of the dragon.

"This isn't good, Ryu and I can cut it easily especially since I'm using the power of my silver eyes. But it won't do us any good if that thing keeps regenerating" Ruby thought.

Heath was shocked he had thrown multiple ice spear attacks at Yosuga and the attacks hardly effected him at all.

"That all ya got, yer moves are flashy but that's all there is to'em" Yosuga said.

"I cannot afford to lose for the sake of Master Lucius righteous world" Heath said.

"Righteous world hah" Yosuga said as he laughed at Heath words.

"Well from yer point of view it's only natural that ya'd think you're in the right" Yosauga said as he continued by saying this.

"I don't know a thing about yer leader but I'm here to cut ya down for the sake of our Shogan" Yosuga said.

"As the heir to becoming the leader of Koushu I was the strongest from a very young age there wasn't anyone across the land who stood a chance against me" Yosuga said remembering the times him and Ryu competed when they were younger.

"The only person around who could fight me on equal terms was Ryu the heir to the neighboring island of Goshu" Yosuga said.

"The two of us had a friendly rivalry to see which one of us was more fit to become Shogan but when I turned seventeen..." Yosuga said.

An epidemic took place it spread throughout Koushu and Goshu those with weak Yoryoku were dying in droves" Yosuga said.

"At this rate the people of Koushu and Goshu will be annihilated the only possible cure is the living soul herb" a high ranking royal said.

"But I heard that it'd gone extinct, how are suppose to find a herb from some folklore?" another royal said.

Later on it wasn't long until all of the royals of this land had gathered both Ryu and Yogsuga.

"Within this land lies a special power...the Tengentsu it's an all seeing eye however the only ones with enough Yoryoku to obtain the eye are the two of you that said..." the lord said before he continued by saying this.

"The price to pay for obtaining the Tengentsu is losing all of your Yoryoku"

Yosuga was shocked at this.

"Wha-" Yosuga said.

"An all seeing eye is great and all but there only so much one can see there no point in having that power without Yoryoku, the only thing that I the strongest was afraid of is losing my Yoryoku" Yosuga thought.

"I would've rather let the weak die then risk losing my Yoryoku for something that might not exist" Yosuga said but he was shocked that Ryu said this.

"Got it, if that's all ya want then go ahead and take my Yoryoku" Ryu said as he then looked at Yosuga.

"That ok with ya Yosuga" Ryu asked.

"Uh sure" Yosuga said

"Losing his Yoryoku is he mental just what is he thinking doesn't he give a damn about becoming Shogan" Yosuga thought.

"Ryu obtained the Tengentsu found the living soul herb and saved the people" Yosuga said.

"I was selfishly angry at Ryu since I had lost my favorite opponent however even after that Ryu didn't change in the slightest he just kept saving people all over the Land of the Sun, people grew to like him more and more and before I knew it he'd garnered a heck of followers all of their own free will" Yosuga said.

"And when it came down to decide the next Shogan" Yosuga thought remembering the ceremony.

"It's true that Ryu achievements and popularity are impressive but he has no Yoryoku as such the most suitable choice is the one who possesses the most Yoryoku Mushougatake" a royal said.

"Hah Ryu you're the Shogan as for me I'll become the seventh Ryuzen" Yosuga said.

"At that moment I acknowledge him too" Yosuga thought.

"Damnit why he hasn't gone down after this many attacks" Heath said as his ice attacks couldn't pierce through Yosuga iron body spell.

Iron Yojustu: Iron God of War

Yosuga then raised his sword up and easily slashed and cut down Heath.

"Zetten" Yosuga said.

"Though luck pal but I'm the strongest there is" Yosuga said.

"Dammit Ryu and Ruby are fighting with everything they got even if we are injured, we must keep fighting" Daizaemon said.

"Everyone even if no one else knows I've watched over ya'll this whole time your fights your thoughts your efforts there ain't no way we're going to be defeated here so let's take down the five headed dragon!!!" Ryu yelled.

"You're the best Ryu" Yosuga thought.

"Yes sir!!" Daizaemon Komari Ginnojomorifuyu and Jozou said as Fujio was on top of a building.

"Ruby here is aiming for the same heights as Ryu shall me make a proper huntress out of her?" Yosuga said he then smiled.

"I also need to thank you Ruby because of you I get to cross swords with my rival once more" Yosuga thought.

"Ruby teleport me next to Fujio" Ryu said.

"Got it" Ruby said as Ryu was replaced with a Rose Petal and Ryu appeared next to Fumito.

"Ryu I'm assuming you have a plan?" Ruby asked.

'Yeah, Ruby I need ya to give it yer all with yer next attack the seven of us will set the stage for ya!!" Ryu said.

"You got it!!" Ruby said said as her eyes started to glow and her Crescent Rose was glowling white and the blade was starting to get bigger.

"The five headed dragon can regenerate even after taking lethal wounds to finish it off we'll need" Ryu said as he took off his eye patch and open his and multiple tomoe appeared from his eye.

"Tengentsu" Ryu said.

"The only way to put it down for good is to slay all five heads at once with the power of Ruby's silver eyes with my Tengentsu which sees everything happening in the now we'll guide everyone towards the future that favors us the most" Ryu thought.

"O Five Headed Dragon who has long polluted this land right here, right now we're going to cleanse and exterminate ya" Ryu said.

"Do it Fuji" Ryu said to Fujio

"Roger" Fujio said as he began playing his Biwa.

Sound Yojustu: Fighters Battle Song

"Everyone sprits bodies will be reinvigorated by the sound of Ryu voice" Fujio thought.

"Charge!!!" Ryu yelled

"Morifuyu go around the city centre, Jozo get out of its line of sight and around the main road" Ryu ordered the two.

"Yosuga one of the heads is coming fer ya knock it back northeast" Ryu said.

"Take this!!" Yosuga said as he knocked the head back with his katana.

"Daizaemon pushed the rightmost head up" Ryu said as Daizaemon pushed his head up using this mud statue.

"Komari run up one neck and shift its head back" Ryu

"yaaah!!!" Komari yelled with multiple punches she knocked a head back

"Morifuyu keep holdin' the head in front of ya position" Ryu said as Morifuyu slash at the head multiple times keeping the head in place as she laughed in glee.

"Jozo repel the head above ya upwards" Ryu said.

"Ad you wis-" Jozou said as he did a handsign and was about to use a spell but he stopped due to the amount of pain he was in.

"As I feared Jozo's wounds are deep" Ryu thought.

"Jozocchi" Imori said worried about her fellow Ryuzen Seven member.

"I've failed...the final head" Jozo said as the head was about to attack him.

"I won't let this be your end" Ichika thought.

"We ain't got time to be afraid little miss" Yosuga said.

Zetten!!! Ichika fired an attack at the head knocking it back.

"Please do it Ruby!!!!!" Ichika yelled at Ruby.

"Say no more Ichika" Ruby said as her Silver Eyes glowed bright white as small light wings appeared out of it and Crescent Rose blade was huge, and it was bright white as well.

"Zetten!!"

Ruby swung Crescent Rose to the side and with a giant white horizontal slash Ruby was able to slash all five heads of the five headed dragon at the same time.

Ryu smiled realizing that they did it "well done everyone".