Hey everyone! I'm back with the first battle of the Tournament, Corrupted Weiss vs. Canderous. Sorry I couldn't get this out quicker, but Graduation is approaching, and I had a Senior trip that took me away from my computer for a few days. But you don't want to hear all that stuff so I'll be brief. I have 4 new guests that will be included into the Tournament, 2 which will appear here today and 2 that will appear in the next Chapter. Also, I thought I'd do something different for interludes. I set up a poll on my profile for a 'non-canon' fight. I chose my favorite person from Vin's and Arch's story's: DUst Yang and Candy. I asked each which three people would they like to see them fight, with some conditions. Vin said he'd like to see Candy face Cinder, Cheshire or RWBY Ruby; and Arch said he'd like to see Dust Yang fight Corrupted Ruby, Corrupted Blake and Candy. So those are your choices, i gave you all two picks. I'll end the poll after 2 weeks or so. And now, let's get to the story!

Back in the teleporter room that the group of 10 entered, two new people had just been exited the room and were asking their way to the auditorium. The first was a woman, probably around her early 30's and stood 5'7. She had on an outfit that looked almost exactly like Winter's Specialist clothing. She stood in officer like stance, but her black hair falling freely behind her back. Her eyes were a shade of aqua-green, which just gave off a warm feeling. Strapped to her sides looked to be two Escrima Sticks, with one of them being attached to some type of handle. She seemed to be a part of the same universe as Universe 3, if it weren't for the person she was standing next to her.

It was another Ruby, similar to Corrupted Ruby and Angel Ruby, but there was a few differences. This Ruby wore a long-sleeve, light gray shirt with black belted cuffs near the ends of the sleeves. Over top of the gray shirt was a black pinafore with two vertical lines of red stitching that resemble the lacing on a corset. She wore a red skirt with a large black-colored print of her rose emblem on the side of it, and the inside of her skirt is black. She still had the same pitch black stockings, but with a different pair of black-and-red boots. A few pieces of metal arranged in an abstract shape are attached to her sleeve on her left shoulder, likely as a form of armor such as a spaulder. She still had her red cloak around her neck, which was fixed a bit since she grew from 5'2" to 5'8, just an inch under M.I.T. Yang, her half sister. Behind her back was her weapon in its compacted form, Lunar Rose, an upgraded version of Crescent Rose.

They both were from the same universe, Universe 7. They had gotten an invitation to watch 'Raven, the Summer Maiden; Yang, Maiden in Training; Canderous Sevar, the Crystal Bodyguard; Neo, Silent Striker; and HK-47 the Assassin Droid' in some sort of tournament between universes. Naturally curious, and a bit eager to see their friends (and reluctant acquaintance for Ruby), they accepted and were brought onto the Explorer, much to the surprise of Alex, who was working on the teleporter when they appeared. After some explanation, he directed them to where the others were most likely waiting from.

"I must say, this is... Extraordinary. I never thought I'd actually be in space on day." The woman said as she looked around on the ship. "Or in a space ship for that matter... Or meeting more than one of you."

"Yeah, it's pretty strange isn't it?" Ruby said as she chuckled a small bit. "I'm actually excited to seeing Yang again. When I heard they disappeared from the Headmaster's office, I was worried what happened to all of them..."

"Even my brother?" She asked as Ruby frowned a bit. "Ruby, you know he's trying his hardest just to be on good terms with you. Why are you making it harder for both of you-"

"Lilith?" A voice said as both paused to look in front of them, to find a rock man in a suit being accompanied by a Weiss with Grimm markings and a large maniacal smile at the sight of Ruby and Canderous, who looked surprised. "What are you doing here?"

"We have to get moving, Mr. Sevar, so if you pleas-" D'yan said as Canderous turned his head to him. "And I'm trying to have a talk with my sister, who I haven't seen for a week. You fellas go on without me, I'll find my way."

D'yan reluctantly nodded as Weiss gave an amused chuckled, causing Canderous to glare at her. She followed him, but not before looking over a shocked Ruby and Lilith.

"Meet Weiss Schnee, the Grimm General of Universe 10..." Canderous said as he walked up to the two. "'Apparently, their Universe's RWBY was captured by Salem and... Well, let's just say they were put through my torment and some more."

Lilith nodded as Canderous and Ruby both stared at each other for a moment.

"Sevar."

"Rose."

They both greeted each other, one neutrally, one more forced than anything.

"So... Please tell me you two aren't actually fighting in this tourney. I rather not lose my sister after being with her for a year." He said as Lilith chuckled.

"No need to worry, little brother, we are just here to watch." She said as Canderous smiled. "So, where are you going with that Weiss?"

"Teleporter. She and I are the starting fighters." He said as Ruby frowned. "And yes, if she did what I think she did in her Universe, I'm going to take her down hard."

"Is death your first solution to everything?" Ruby said with a near growl.

"Only in the case of sociopaths and mass murderers. And with her, it might be both." He said as he started moving down the hall. "Just keep moving forward and take a left at the end of the hall. The second door to your left will be where everyone is."

Ruby watched as he kept walking before walking away from him. Lilith followed as she looked at the Rose in disappointment.

"Right there, he was trying to strike a conversation, but you automatically go to the wrongs." Lilith said as Ruby turned her head away.

"He's a cold blooded murder, Professor Sevar. I know that some people deserve death, like Cinder and Adam, but the lesser grunts? The people that he killed going after them?" Ruby went off as Lilith sighed. "He killed them without any regrets, and even has a tally sheet to keep track. He's no better than the Grimm. I just wish Raven and Yang would see that."

"Or maybe you're so focused on the wrongs, you don't see the rights?" Lilith countered. "My brother has a lot of red in the ledger, and he recognizes that. But he still risks his life to protect your sister and your stepmother from any threats. And though he may not like you nor you like him, he still took a bullet to the back for you." Ruby was silent as she just kept walking. Lilith was going to say more, but they reached their destination, and had the door opened already, so she would save that for later.

The room went silent as most of the heads were turned to look at the newest arrivals. They were surprised to see another Ruby, and a bit confused at who Lilith was, until M.I.T. Yang saw her sister. "RUBY!" She yelled as she turned her head towards her elder sister and gained a huge grin. "YAAAAAAANG!" She shot out in a plethora of roses at Yang as both gave the other a hug, with Yang's being near bone crushing.

"So, this is Universe 7's Ruby?" Holy Jaune commented to Rwby Ruby as they digressed into conversations as Lilith moved towards the table. "So she might be from the same group than."

"Maybe their guests like the Headmaster Ruby and Other Nice Raven?" Nora suggested as Ren nodded in agreement.

"Raven, it's nice to see you again." Lilith said as she stood next to the Maiden. "You gave most of Beacon a scare when you all disappeared."

"It was not our intention, but nothing that can be fixed now." Maiden Raven said as she watched her daughter and stepdaughter catch up. "If you're looking for Canderous, he just left to go for the first round."

"Yes, Ruby and I ran into him and that... Corrupted version of Weiss... Is there more of them her?" She asked as Maiden Raven nodded. "I see... And who would they be?"

"Well, there's my daughters' team, which had been corrupted by Salem; a group with Adam Taurus, Velvet, and Blake, who are all in the White Fang, with Blake having the Fall Maiden's power and leading them; and Salem with Cinder and another me, who is in a relationship with Salem..." Maiden Raven said as she stared over to where her masked counterpart was. She wasn't overly affectionate with Salem, thankfully, but they were still too close for comfort. Not to mention the look that she was giving her was slightly unnerving.

"... I... Okay." Lilith said a bit weirded out as Universe 12 made their way over. "None the less, I still wished that Penny could be here to watch."

"You know Penny?" Angel Ruby asked as Lilith turned her head to see them and gave them all a curious look over.

"Well, yes, Ms. Rose, I'm her legal guardian." Lilith said as Penny gave a small unnoticed gasp, from all, except Ironwood. "It's a pleasure to meet you all. Former Specialist of the Atlasian Army, now Teacher at Beacon to mend relations between Vale and Atlas, Lilith Sevar."

"Sevar? You're related to Canderous?" Equal Jaune said with a bit of surprise. "I don't see the resemblance, personality wise."

"Ah, well, my little brother and I had different upbringings due a... Separation." Lilith stated. "He lived in a small town for his young years, and I lived in Atlas, to become a specialist."

"By the way, Ruby, how are Blake and Weiss?" Maiden Raven asked as she turned to her stepdaughter. "I would have thought they would have accompanied you."

"They wanted to, Mother, but they had to do some things back home." The new Ruby said as Angel Ruby and Dust Yang looked surprised at how Ruby viewed Raven. "Penny also needed to get a tune up with her arm, so it was just me and Lilith."

"So, you're the me who is dating both Weiss and Blake?" Angel Ruby said as the other Ruby looked at her. "I'm Angel Ruby.

"Oh, uh, nice to meet you... Me. I'm Ruby, but I guess you can call me Senior Ruby, since I'm almost done with my last Year at Beacon." Senior Ruby said as she rubbed the back of her head. "So, I'm guessing you can also use our 'gift'?" Angel Ruby nodded as her eyes took white glow, much to Senior Ruby's... Disappointment?

"Is something wrong?" Angel Ruby asked as Senior Ruby snapped out of it.

"Oh, it's just that I was hoping it was something like mine; guess it's different for everyone." She said as she activated her own, but it was much different. Her eyes took its silvery glow, but her skin, clothing, and even her weapon started taking on different shades of both silver and white. Around her body was thin smoke of white. The room grew quiet as they all looked towards the new Ruby and her appearance. Dust Yang took a look at her Aura and found that it was different. Instead of being a nexus around her eyes, her whole body was flowing naturally with the body, with the nexus centered on her heart.

"It seems that this Little Ruby has a different power than ours, Master Salem." Cinder Fall said to her boss, as she watched carefully at the Rose. "It's a shame that we won't get to see what she has for the tournament."

"She'd probably overwhelm you." Masked Raven stated coldly, as Cinder glared momentarily at her before gesturing her to continue. "She has that other me as a mother, who is a Maiden. Add that to the fact that she's in her senior year and that means she's experienced in it. I might not be able to beat her in a straight forward fight."

"My, my, are you suggesting that even my Hand cannot defeat her?" Salem teased as Masked Raven huffed, with a small blush behind her mask.

"I said a straight forward fight. All I need is to get a good grasp on her head and I could kill her quickly." She commented as Salem smirked.

"Relax, Raven. I would save talks about my gifts away from prying ears." She said as Masked Raven nodded. "For now, I am interested in seeking the group Ms. Schnee was apart of."

Back with Canderous and Corrupted Weiss,

Canderous had caught up with Weiss and D'yan as they entered the room. Inside were a pair of teleporters as well as a few computer terminals and monitors of different locations on Remnant.

"Okay, this here is where we'll be teleporting you two to your designated battleground." D'yan said as two small, round, floating robots appeared behind him. "Before we start, these two droid will inject a device into your bloodstream. Nothing harmful, it's just so you can keep track of your own Aura and that of your opponent. If you could raise up your sleeves."

Weiss rolled up her right sleeve as Canderous took off his right jacket sleeve and rolled up his short sleeve. The two robots then moved to each person and stuck a needle into them as Weiss flinch inwardly slightly and Canderous simply said 'Ow'.

"There, now that's done, we'll be teleporting you two into a random area in Remnant. There you can do battle as you please." D'yan said as Canderous and Weiss each nodded and stepped onto a separate teleporter. "And remember; only way to win is by complete knockout, a forfeit, or killing your opponent. Just because their Aura is at zero doesn't mean a lost!"

And with that the two were teleported as D'yan grabbed his headset.

"Attention, the battle between Weiss Schnee, the Grimm General, and Canderous Sevar, the Crystal Guardian, is underway!" He announced around the ship. "Please head to the Auditorium if you aren't already there to watch the battle, and enjoy!"

Remnant

Underground

Judgment Hall

The teleporters felt... Weird to Canderous, to say the least. Somewhere between the good and bad kind of weird...

'Alright, where the hell am I?' He thought, seemingly to himself, taking a look around, and he had to admit, they sure know how to pick their battlegrounds.

It was a great big hall, with stone pillars going up to the roof. There were a few cathedral windows to my right letting in sun light. Very roomy and open.

'If I had to take a guess, I have to say this is some type of Judgment Hall.' A voice in his head, different than his own, thought. 'Well, time to pass some judgment, I suppose.'

'Whatever you say, June.' Canderous replied inwardly to his mental companion.

He started walking, trying to get a feel for the environment, and gathering my thoughts about this Weiss... Grimm General. 'Gee, I wonder what special trick she has in her pockets. Though, she's still creepy as a person could inhumanly be. Still, I can help but feel sorry for her. If she went through anything we went through at Salem's home, it must have been hell.' He thought, refusing to complete the full thought of what that witch pulled on these girls...

He took a few more steps forward, taking in the sights of the area, when he heard a snarl from his left. Reacting on instincts, Canderous took a step back right as a Beowolf decided to crash into where he was standing. He slide back for a few feet, before noticing what exactly was happening.

Weiss was standing between an Alpha Beowolf and an Ursa Major, both towering menacingly as she gave him a smile that would have sent a chill down a poor saps spine. In front of them were 4 Beowolfs and 2 Ursas.

'So that's how you want to play, huh?' Canderous thought chuckling.

"So, these are your... pets, I'm guessing?" He questioned as he pointed to the 8 Grimm in front of him, causing her to nod. "Thought so. Now..." He moved my fingers up, as the three Fire Dust Crystals that he dropped when he jumped back started to hum a bit. The 6 'inconveniences', as Canderous would call them, took a look at them as Weiss looked puzzled by what he was planning. "Burn."

Canderous snapped his fingers, remotely detonating the crystals as the 6 Grimm starts be enveloped in fire, burning their skin and fur. Weiss looked a bit horrified and angered all in one as the Grimm slowed their moves to a complete halt and started dissolving into ash. Canderous gave a humorless chuckle as his attention was turned to the last three.

"What an irresponsible owner, letting your pets die like that?" He said, 'tsk'-ing as he moved my finger back and forth. "Unless you want Bigby and Winnie to die, I'd suggest you get put them away."

Weiss growled at him. 'She actually growled at you! Wow, she is pissed.' She gave a command as the Alpha Beo charged at him from the left and the Ursa from the right. He sighed as he drew one of his pistols and aimed.

"Such a shame." He said as he fired a bullet, lodging it in the head of the Beo, before exited the back of its skull. It lost control of its legs, sliding on the ground past him as the Ursa stopped to look at its fallen companion. "There goes Bigby." Canderous fired another bullet at the Ursa, only for it to hit ice wall, though it didn't help much, it still went through and into the bear. "And there goes Winnie."

He turned his head to see Weiss, visibly fuming as she held a weapon in her hands, one that wasn't that rapier. One that he remembers very clearly from tangling with a certain specialist.

"Nice weapon you got there, Princess." Canderous said, holstering his gun entirely. "Saber, right? It reminds me of your sister's weapon." At the mention of Winter, she scowled harder, as he turned his head to look a the window. "In fact, I'm willing to bet that is Winter's weapon, isn't it?" He turned his head back, showing that one of his eyes was covered by his hair as he glared at her. "Just take out that Dust Cylinder out and it's a perfect match, wouldn't you say?"

She didn't say anything, which slightly put him off, but living with Neo's selective-mutism helped a bit. She continued to give him the murderous look in her eyes as she started that grin all over again.

"... Mute, huh?" Canderous said looking around to get the feel of the environment. "That's alright; I could do without the talking. Well, not really, I was going to ask why you were working with the Wicked Witch of the West, but I don't think you can answer th-"

Several glyphs appear around him, except these were a hell of a lot different than the usual glyphs he's seen from Weiss. It was same symbol from before, except dead center was a symbol which looks like an eye for sorts. And it was darker, taking a more dark grey color. I raised my brow up before people in different shades of grey and black stepped through the glyphs. 'Ah, summons, well this wasn't unexc-'

His eyes widened a bit when he saw who exactly was coming out of the glyphs: Coco, Pyrrha, Winter, Scarlet, Banesaw, and Port. All with some Grimm Markings and Beady Red Eyes.

"..." He stayed silent for a moment as he stared at the six summons one by one. "... So, I take it you and your teammates have made quite the name for yourself, huh?" He said chuckling darkly for a moment. "You know, I thought I was going to feel a bit bad for killing one of Little Rose's love interest... But, now? Well, I can live with myself just fine and dandy."

Coco turned her purse into her mini gun and started revving it up. The others soon followed, drawing out their respected weapons as Canderous shook his head.

"Alright, then." He said as he got into his usual stance, which could just be seen as jogging in place (Jak's stepping thing from Jak and Daxter).

"Let's get this over with." Canderous finished as Coco fired at him, setting him off.

He took off running, fast. Not enough to make him a blur, but fast enough to make him disappear from sight.

"You know, there's a small part of me that hopes that there's some part of your old life, you past self, in you somewhere in there." Canderous said standing behind a column, causing all of the occupants to look where they heard the voice. He was holding a grayish blue crystal in each hand. "But that part of you died long ago, didn't it?"

He tossed both of the crystals on each side of the column and triggered them, causing a cloud of steam to hide his remote area. The Grim Summon Coco turned her gun at the area and started a spray around ground level.

"I don't know how many people you four have killed, and who knows how many more you'll kill after this is all done." Canderous said through the smoke field. "So, to keep things simple and short..."

A blur came out from above where Coco was firing and slammed into her, knocking her onto the ground.

"You're going to have a bad time, Weiss." Canderous said as he sat on the summon, with his knees on either side of her stomach and both pistols trained on her head. He alternated three shots to her face, before getting off her and aiming towards the other five summons as she dissipated. 'Five.' June said.

Pyrrha and Banesaw were up front, using their shield and swords-spear/chainsaw-buster blade to block any of the bullets coming, while Port and Scarlet were firing back at him. Canderous kept moving calmly to his left, moving his body to avoid the shots as he fired his eighth shot of each pistol. After attempting to shoot again, he only heard a clicking sound from each pistol, signifying he was out of ammo. Groaning slightly, he took out one of the cartridges as Banesaw went on the offensive with his chainsaw out. Taking out the other cartridge in the other pistol, he loaded his left pistol with one of the spare cartridges he kept inside his jacket and ducked as he swung for my head. He fired a couple of times at Banesaws chest, while reloading his other pistol. He staggered back a few steps before Canderous fired a shot directly at his head, causing Banesaw to dissipate similarly to Coco. 'Four.' June said. 'Behind you, by the way.'

He turned his head to look behind him for anyone, only to nearly get his throat slit by Scarlet's blade. He dodge a few swipes of his blade and bullets, before taking aim with his pistol at his right knee cap and firing, tearing through the 'muscle' and 'bone'. He feel onto his knees, only to meet the end of the pistol barrel, right between his eyes.

'Three.' June continued as the Grimm Summon evaporated and he turned his attention to whoever was coming the closest. In this case, Pyrrha and her shield. He took a sidestep to his left, Akoúo̱ passing him by as she tried to strike him with an aerial downward strike. He moved his body to the right of the swing and relied to go for a body shot, only to hear another click of an empty magazine.

The shield bounced back towards Pyrrha, who quickly used it to block the unloaded cartridge and bullet that was sent her way. Canderous loaded up another clip and continued on with his offensive when Port tried to decapitate him with his axe. He ducked under it, nearly losing a few hairs on the front of his head, and was sandwiched between Pyrrha and Port.

He got hit multiple times, a few by Miló, a few by the blunderbuss axe. Having enough of the sandwich, he turned his pistol back to Port and aimed it somewhere that made him cringed inwardly at when he fired. Port held his damaged area while Canderous got rid of the shield by knocking it aside with his pistol when Pyrrha tossed it at him in an attempt to disorient him. With the shield out of the way, he got in close when Pyrrha tried to shish-kabob him with her spear and unloaded four shots into her chest.

'Two.' June counted off as Canderous fired back at the downed Port. 'Aaaaaand, one.' He stared at the Grim Summon Winter as both Pyrrha and Port dissipated into nothingness. "So are you done hiding behind copies and fight, or are you just going to keep on hiding?"

Weiss, a bit nervous, had an idea and opened up another glyph as Canderous shook his head. He removed both clips, regardless if they were empty or not, and tossed them high into the air. "Alright then." He reached into his jacket and pulled out two cartridges, though very different as two Red Dust Crystals appear on his hands. He put them into the cartridges and grabbed the pistols before they could fall. "Whose up this time? Nora? Fox? Or is it-"

The Grimm Summon stepped forward out of the glyph as Canderous completely stopped his sentence and paused everything. The summon kept moving forward as she drew her katana out of its sheath and turned her different red shaded eyes to her opponent. Raven Branwen and Winter stood before him ready to battle.

"..." Canderous didn't say anything, only he loaded both cartridges into the pistol. The pistol seemed to hum a bit as the barrel gave a thin fiery mist around it. '... Alright, Mercy is now off the table, right?' June questioned as she looked at one of her oldest friends.

'Oh, you better believe it.' Canderous thought privately to his mental passenger.

He took aim at the older Huntresses and started firing when Weiss expression changed from confident, to surprised with a bit of fear traced behind it. Three things were noticeably different about the pistol as it shot its ammo: it was more rapid than the previous times, it didn't seem to have limited ammo, and it was a literal FIRE bullet. The Summons took of in different directions as Canderous aimed one pistol to each of them and continued track them with both. Eventually, Winter was getting close, holding both of her blades as Canderous disengaged on Raven and concentrated on Winter.

She nimbly evaded the bullets and tried striking him, only for him to dodge while moving back. They keep this game of dodging, striking and moving going for a while as Raven moved towards where Canderous was heading. Noticing he was about to be sandwiched again, he wiling jumped back away from Winter and was standing between the two of them.

Canderous pressed a button on both pistols, causing both to suddenly transform, twisting the barrel upwards until it appeared to be two very small escrima sticks. Taking the opportunity to strike while he's momentarily weak, the two women charged at him, playing into his gambit. He smirked as he swung both 'sticks' at the swords whole pressing a button.

*SHESH!* *SHESH!*

*Clang!*

*Clang!* *Clang!*

"You two looked surprised." Canderous remarked as he stared at the two summons faces. "You never seen a lightsword before?"

True to his word, the pistol turned into the handle of a lightsword, using the Dust Crystal inside it to power them up. A long blade of red erupted from the former barrel, with the occasional fire popping out every now and then as he held back Raven's sword on one side, and both of Winter's on the other. He pushed back on them, returning them back to the battle as they started blocking the attacks that as he started taking an offense on them.

He knocked Ravens sword up with her arms and kicked her a few feet back, before settling against Winter for the meantime. He kept dodging left and right and striking at Winters swords, trying to create an opening when he noticed Raven charging back at him. Holding back both of Winters blades with one of his weapons, he used the other one to slash at the air where Raven was, creating an air slash like beam of fire. Startled, she jumped back a few feet.

With Raven distracted for the moment, he brought that lightsword upwards at the clash blades, causing Winter to somewhat lose her stance. Seeing the opening, he plunged one of the 'swords into her chest, causing her eyes to widen as the area around it began to burn. He pulled out as she began to fade and started his offensive on Raven.

"You really think that I'll just hold back just because this is Raven, Weiss?" Canderous remarked as he started to half heartedly block and attack. "I mean, yes this is Raven, no doubt about it, but it's not really her, is it? It's just a fake that you can call upon because you or one of your friends probably killed." His swings started quickening as Raven stopped attacking and got more on the defensive. "You think you were just being clever using a familiar face to try and weaken me. Hehe, no. All you did..." A powerful strike cut through Raven's sword and herself. "... Is just piss me off."

The figure dissipated as Weiss held onto her weapon more closely. She opened up another glyph as some Atlesian Guards came out and took aim to Canderous. He simple did another slash of fire to kill them as he continued moving towards Weiss. Growling, grabbed both her rapier and saber and took them out, causing him to grin.

*Cue It Has Begun by Starset if you're rooting for Canderous/Megalovania Underfell Version if rooting for Weiss*

"So, it's just me and you now, huh?" Canderous said as Weiss nodded. "It's about time."

He studied her for a few moments, looking at her weapon, the type of dust she's using, any surprises that she may try to use. Meanwhile, Weiss was trying to locate any holes in his stance that she can break through.

'You're at 73% on aura, C, and she hasn't even lost a single percent yet.' June commented. 'Plan of attack?'

'Do you really have to ask?'

'Noted: alright, so if you're going for taunting, she glared at you harder when you mention Winter.' Jun offered as Canderous nodded mentally. 'Also, I think I saw her Blake show some sort of affection when she was announced to fight.'

'Let's try Blake first, then.' Canderous said smirking as he relaxed his stance for a moment, confusing Weiss before he spoke. "So, dirty sister killer, before we start, I have to ask, you and Blake, huh?" She froze for a moment before glaring full on at him as he chuckled. "Can't say I'm disgusted or anything of the sort. My versions of you, Blake and Ruby have the same relationship as that other nicer Raven and her two lovers."

"Still, can't see how you manage to get into her pants. I'd say that she is as emotionless as a rock, but that would just be insulting, wouldn't it?" He continued as Weiss fumed a bit. "Yeah, I wouldn't degrade rocks that harshly; she's much more heartless than-"

He moved his head to right slightly to avoid the saber almost pierced through his neck, before ducking as Weiss swiped at his neck again. "I rather keep my head on, thank you very much." He said as he combined both lightswords at their ends, making one single lightsword with two blades. He used it to block both of Weiss weapons, the rapier from above and the saber that came from below, as they glared at each other for a moment. That stopped when Canderous smirked, deactivating the lower portion as he raised his foot enough so that the rapier would just miss him. He cocked it back enough before implanting the foot firmly into her stomach, sending her slightly surprised look into a pained one as she was lifted off the ground an inch. She was knocked back into the ground by the single blade, leaving a scorch mark on her clothing from where Canderous hit her.

She internally groaned as she raised herself up slightly, before rolling out of the way of the red blade coming down where she was. She got on her and took a swipe at his knees with the saber, which he quickly blocked with his blade, leaving him open above the waist. She tried to take a stab at him with her rapier, only to be blocked again as Canderous activated his second blade and spun it 360 degrees, knocking the saber to one side of Weiss and deflecting the rapier as he jumped back with another air slash. The fire wave hit Weiss, knocking her down to 84% aura as she flinched back a few feet, but kept on her feet. She had another scorch mark going diagonally across her stomach.

"If you haven't figured it out yet, you aren't going to win against me you know with speed and swordplay, alone." Canderous said as he pointed at her with his weapon. "So you might as well give up while you still have a chance."

Weiss growled as two summoning glyphs popped up next to her as Yatsuhashi and Taiyang, armed with a large greatsword and gauntlets respectively.

"Tai and Yatsu? Well, at least it isn't that bloody war-hammer." Canderous commented as he disconnected the two lightswords, and spun each weapon about once. "Alright, let's see what you got."

Yatsuhashi was the first to attack, coming from the front as Canderous changed one of his lightswords into the pistol form and started firing at the summoned gentle giant. He used the greatsword as a shield as he charged closer to him, Tai coming up from his side with his gauntlets his primed and fired a shot towards Canderous. But instead of a round of a shotgun or sniper, a cylindrical tube shot out towards him. A cylindrical tube that was smoking at the top with a black flame... 'That's a grenade, isn't it?' June commented as Canderous mental nodded. 'This is going to hurt...'

He braced himself when the grenade landed behind him and detonated, launching him towards Yatsu, who plucked him out of the air and slammed him down to the ground hard, dropping him to 62% aura. Yatsu raised his blade to crush him with his sword, but was stopped when Canderous swiped at his legs with the lightsword, and was surprised slightly when it cut through cleanly. 'Well, they don't have an aura, so it's not surprising that your cutting through them.' June commented. 'By the way, more grenades inbound.' He took off with a start as more explosions occurred behind him, and more coming as Tai kept the pressure going by launch more by the seconds.

Looking to his left, he noticed Weiss watching with a smirk, and took off at her after changing his pistol back to the lightsword. She stepped back a bit and readied herself as Canderous got closer. But he didn't attack straight away, nor defended as Weiss tried cut across his chest. He simple ducked backwards under the sword, sliding on his knees past Weiss, as it cut a strand or two of hair and swung both blades at Weiss's unprotected backside as she was launched forward a few steps. She growled a bit as she turned to face him, only to see him grin and give a two finger salute. Moments later, she figured out why as one of the grenades that Summoned Tai launched landed in front of her and exploded, sending her back while Canderous did two air slash vertically and diagonally. Tai dodge the vertical one, but was cut in half by the diagonal.

'So, how we doing on aura, June?' Canderous asked his companion as he unloaded the clips out of the lightswords, deactivating the blade as the red crystals faded away. Above the hilts, two more crystals were created, a light blue and purple one.

'Well, you're standing at 62%, so I'd advise against using the big guns for now.' June replied as he loaded both crystals in neatly pushed the clips back in. 'Weiss is at 76% now. Let's change that.'

He changed one of the 'swords into its pistol form as he activated the other lightsword. The lightsword was a purple color, obviously, as the hilt of the blade gave of a purple wave of electricity around the top. The pistols barrel, however, was giving a light blue mist as oppose to the last two styles.

Weiss had just finished adjusting herself after the blow her Tai accidentally gave her, and found that she was once again alone against Canderous, but this time, his weapons were of different colors and effect. On guard, she summon two large glyphs as Canderous chuckled. 'Only two?' June said humorously.

Just as he expected, two of the Knights came out, sword brandished and gazing menacingly at him. One of them lowered down to get Weiss onto its hand, raising her up to his shoulder when she did.

"Alright, I'll admit... Their certainly taller then the one my Weiss usual summons." Canderous said chuckling. "But you know the old saying: bigger they are, harder they fall."

In the audience hall, the crowd was roaring with excitement and enthusiasm, to see the epic-ness that unfolded before them. Amongst the crowd, in the combatants area, the other fighters in the tournament were given a wide space, and a great vantage view, to watch the showdown between Canderous and Corrupt Weiss.

So far, Knight Weiss was sitting on the edge of her seat, looking angry. If anything, SHE wanted to have the honors of being able to kill those other, miserable, versions of herself, especially THAT one. For any version of herself to have such weak force of will to fall to the hands of Salem was despicable. Angel Ruby, all the while, kept holding her hand, trying to calm her down a bit.

"So... You're Angel Ruby's partner..." rWby Ruby spoke out loud, watching the two.

"What of it? Also, why does you tone remind me of myself so much...?" Angel Ruby quickly debriefed her of RWBY Ruby's condition. "Fascinating, in anything else..." Knight Weiss remarked.

"..." Yang looked at RWBY Ruby, seeing the four auras that mingled inside of her, and yet, couldn't say anything. So far, the bizarre cases of auras would have fascinated her, if not for the battle that happened right before them. Wherever it occurred, she could still see their auras, and while Canderous' aura was more depleted then the Weiss he faced, something told her he was showing little of what he was truly capable of.

"Something on your mind, Yang?" Army Blake came close to her, and leaned on her back.

Yang didn't say anything, and simply kept watch. If anything, there was a solid chance she or anyone else on her team would have to face either of them later on in the tournament, so she did her best to study their auras to the smallest degree. If anyone she cared about was going to face one of those monsters, she was going to make sure they were going to survive, no matter what. Equal Jaune, sitting next to her, was studying their movements as well, but only their most basic physical ones. No matter what happened, he was NOT going to let any of them trump him over and claim what they possibly thought would be a quick, easy victory.

"SO! How do like Candy's combat style?" M.I.T Yang jumped Dust Yang from behind as well, startling her a bit.

"It's... Interesting." She replied absent-mindedly. Canderous' aura was erratic, and all over the place. Whatever that dark strand did to him, it made Canderous seem almost like he's holding his own aura back, as though only horror would happen if he unleashed it. This kept her glued to the fight, completely ignoring the people around her, and M.I.T Yang, seeing the lack of any meaningful response, shuffled back to her universe's table, seating back with her mother, sister and companions.

"He's being lazy again, isn't he?" Lilith chuckled as Raven nodded. "Well, I have to agree with him on this one. Compared to some fights between him and Ruby, not to mention the things I've seen him tank personally, this Weiss seems to be nothing special."

"True, but there still could be a few surprises left for him." Raven said, still on guard for her friend. "I do however wish he could wrap it up quicker though."

Meanwhile, at U10's table, the rest of Corrupt Ruby, as well as Salem herself, were sitting down, talking. So far, none of the others wanted to bother any of them, and so, while taking a peak at the battle every once in a while, Salem was mostly impressed with her alternate self's handiwork.

"It would appear that each of you have become my perfect peons..." Salem whispered in her usual ominous tone. "Color me quite impressed."

"Ah... Master Salem..." Corrupt Ruby seemed way too ecstatic over the praise. Her previous maliciousness and tone changed completely, and in the face of her master, she changed almost completely, becoming no short of what other could call a religious fanatic, throwing constant praises and complements for her master's grace and loveliness. Corrupt Blake, keeping her usual silence, kept her eyes on the screen, while Corrupt Yang looked all around, giving angry glares to any alternate versions of herself and her mother, including Salem's Raven.

"YANG..." Salem, having noticed the killing intent in Corrupt Yang's eyes, gave her a simple stare, which managed to send Corrupt Yang cowering in fear.

"I-I'm sorry, master..." She mumbled, and soon, resumed to look at the fight with her teammates.

The Knight without Weiss moved forward with a fist cocked back, before he threw it quick at where Canderous was. He jumped back a few inches behind him, pistol drawn as he fired several times at the fist, coating each area in a fresh coat of ice, before it was effectively frozen to the ground. With a quick jump, he landed on the Knights arm, just above where it was frozen and hit the frozen hand with the lightsword hard enough to shatter its hand as it stood up.

"Well, that's on way to disarm a knight." Canderous joked as the knight tried to shake him off, only for him to stay on thanks to the boots he had on keeping him in place. "I gotta hand it to Freddy though, he still makes one hell of a inventor."

He looked to his right and saw that the Knight that Weiss was on was trying to swipe at him with his sword, so he quickly jumped off the arm as the sword continued to run its course, straight through the chest of the first Knight. It started dissipating as Canderous gave a chuckle.

"Whoa, slow your roll, Princess, you don't need to kill your friends like that." He said before stopping to think. "Wait, something in there isn't right... Oh yeah, you don't have any friends, now do you?"

Weiss gave voiceless yell as her knight slammed his sword down where Canderous was, who holstered his weapon and raised his lightsword up to block the attack. When the sword connected with his weapon, it caused a small crater below Canderous's feet, but otherwise, he was still standing. Of anything, his lightsword started glowing brighter.

"Thanks for the boost, Weiss, needed that for a moment." Canderous said as he pushed the sword up for a moment and did an air slash that sliced clean through the blade... And the knight... And the pillar a few feet behind him... And left a scar from the air slash he shot out on the opposite wall.

Weiss was falling onto the ground as the Knight was dissipating. But before she could adjust herself to land on her feet, Canderous shot up to the air and quickly started to hit her multiple times with the sword, sending her to a pillar at 47% Aura against his 62%.

"Any other tricks you like to try against me before I start the blood bath again?" He said cockily as Weiss glared up at him, and tossed her saber to one side, confusing Canderous for a moment. Below her she summoned a glyph as he gave another chuckle. "You realize I can take out whoever you send against me, correct?"

She grinned widely as the glyph started rising with Weiss, as her body started changing its form as well, much to his surprise. Similar to her knights, she was encased in black heavy armor, which had Grimm bone plating on her shoulders, kneecaps, and chest plate. Her helmet was in the shape of a Beowolf, with bone on the upper portion of the face. Behind her were two dragon-like wings that measured, when fully expanded, 4 feet long each. Where she held her rapier was now a Great Sword that had Grimm Markings on it and an eye on the hilt.

"... Grimm Knight Weiss... I did not see that one coming." Canderous commented as she walked up to him and towered slightly above him. They glared at each other before Canderous smirked. "Last chance to surrender Weiss."

Her response was to grab him by the shirt and toss him up into the air. Slightly dazed he fixed himself and drew out his lightsword when Weiss started blitzing him in the air using her wings to give her an added speed boost. She brought him down to 42% before slamming him down to the ground, where he narrowly landed on his feet. He raised his lightsword high to block the sword crashing into him, and took a swipe at where she was, only to hit air.

"Hu-" Was all he managed to get before Weiss slammed into him, grabbing him by his throat and slamming him a into multiple pillars, before throwing him ahead of her and hitting him one last time with her sword, causing him to hit one last pillar and sending it crumbling down on him.

Weiss seemed statisfied as she noted that his aura was down in the red, almost to the 10% level. Thinking that he was knocked out, she proceeded to leave the area when the pile of rubble shook a bit. She turned her head to see what happened, only to find some of the pieces falling to the side as Canderous pushed off some of it off him as he stared where it once stood.

"What is it with people and dropping buildings on me?" He mumbled to himself as he dusted himself off. "First, it was Qrow, then the invisible Faunus at Beacon, and now her."

'Well, you should be more careful, you're at 12% aura now, and she's just at 47%.' June commented. 'At this rate you're going to die so you better... You're going to use that aren't you?'

Canderous gave a low chuckle, causing Weiss to look at him on guard as he raised his eyes.

"Well, I'd say this has been a swell time." He said as he closed his eyes. "But I'm afraid you out of time. See... All this time, I haven't been fighting seriously, I mean, why should I? If the most you could do is just summon people and Grimm, then I don't need to be serious... But this, Grimm Knight form?" He gestured to the black armor, the dragon wings, the giant sword, etc. "Now, I could have fought serious and still won, but looks like I need to step it up a notch."

His eyes opened, and Weiss stepped back a bit. His eyes were baby blue anymore... No instead, the white and blue were gone, instead replaced with a rainbow of colors. Looking at her indicator, she was surprised to find that his aura was rising from 12% to 20% and counting.

"I was hoping I could save this trick for later in the tourney, but now that's not possible is it?" He said as his aura started brightening up the room in a rainbow similar to his eyes. "So now, you're not only going to have a bad time, Weiss... I am going to have... LOTS. OF. FUN." His aura flared out, forcing Weiss to cover her eyes, as the room was completely covered in a bright light of colors while Canderous's Aura rose all the way up to 70%. When she could see again, she stared at wonderment at Canderous.

He didn't really change much in look like Weiss did with her armor, but he did went through a major change. His whole body was in a crystallized state, even his clothing was crystallized. His eyes were pupil-less, but he was staring clearly at Weiss. His body was constantly changing colors as it changed to different colors from the rainbow.

"Well, you four wanted to know what Salem did to me in my universe... Well, here it is." Canderous said, holding a lot more of a menacing voice then before. "She basically boosted my semblance to parts I didn't think we're possible. I'd like it, if she didn't torture me for six months to get this out. So, you ready, Weiss?" His left hand started glowing in a red light. "Because in about 10 minutes, I'm going to break you."

"IMPOSSIBLE!" Dust Yang jumped back a bit, her voice managing to startle most of the people in the room. "He should be dead!"

"Why?" Maiden Raven approached her and asked. "This is not the first time Canderous has done this."

"You don't understand!" Dust Yang shouted in a small state of panic. "This is just what happened during the war with Atlas!" The mentioning of his kingdom got James interested in the conversation. "They tried this multiple times, and each soldier they infused with dust died on the spot!"

"Yang, please, calm down." Maiden Raven beseeched her, and sat down next to Dust Yang. "Now, tell me: What do you mean died?"

"Their auras just, "Dust Yang paused for a short while "STOPPED. Unable to move, unable to feel. It was a fate even worse than death..." She started to sob a little, and Maiden Raven, sensing her anger and grief at all the lives that were lost, gave her a small hug, comforting her.

"Now now, my little sunshine... Canderous is a lot tougher than that. I promise you he'll be fine, alright?" After a short minute, Dust Yang managed to calm down, and resumed watching the fight, Raven staying next to her just in case.

"Winter, make a mental note when we get back to our Remnant:" Ironwood said to his subordinate as he got both their attention and that of the group. "Make sure that none of our researchers are doing anything with relating to Dust infusion with live subjects."

"I'm surprised to hear you say this, General. I thought you would have supported something like that." Winter said while she did make a note to disband any research concerning that.

"While the implications could be fascinating for use against the Grimm, the thoughts of losing some of our men to conditions that Ms. Xiao Long stated is too much of a risk." He stated, surprising the group from Universe 12. "And from what Mr. Sevar said, I assume he only achieved this because of Salem correct?" He directed this question to Lilith, who nodded.

"Yes, she did something with his semblance, and this was the product of the results." She stated respectfully.

"I see, well, then I hope that we are not too late then..." Ironwood stated as he noted the surprised looks from Universe 12. "... Am I not doing the right thing here or is there a problem with my solution?"

Canderous started stepping alternately between his left and right legs, getting into a sort of boxer stance as Weiss held her sword in a defensive stance. "Hey Weiss..." He said lowly, before getting a large smile on his face. A large, menacing smile. "Don't. Blink."

He shot forward and implanted his right fist deep into her stomach, leaving a bulge on her back from the implantation. It happened too quick for Weiss to react and as quick as it happened, she was kicked upwards into the air. Just as she was adjusting herself, Canderous hopped from pillar to pillar, using them as stepping stones to get higher than Weiss. When she fully adjusted herself, it was only to get a stomp to the back of her head, sending her tumbling back down to the ground with a thud. With his left fist still glowing, he aimed it down below to where Weiss was and fired a sort of beam directly at her, setting the immediate area around her on fire after it hit.

'How we doing, June?' Canderous asked as he landed a few feet away from the fire.

'Well, you've dropped her at 23%, and you're still comfortable at 70%.' She stated as Weiss got up from the small crater, burns all over her armor and left with a single wing that was half burnt.

"You seem a bit peeved off." He stated as she gripped her sword harder. "Don't worry; I have that affect with a lot of people."

She gave a growl again as she charged at him with his sword. Even without her wings, she still was going at her fastest speed. Though it didn't seem to matter much to Canderous as he kept dodging the blows left and right, ducking and jumping. "Can you swing a little harder? I could use the breeze to cool me down a bit." His constant taunting also pushed her to try to hit him before he jumped far enough back to put some space between them. "Here, I'll make this easy for you. I'll stand perfectly still right here. I won't move from this spot."

He waited patiently there, eyes closed as Weiss's anger reached her peak. With a voiceless yell, she charged at him, putting every last inch of strength into her swing, attempting to cut the man down where he stood. But before the blade could hit his chest, it was stopped. Weiss looked confused, until she noticed that Canderous's body, which was moved a few inched to his left, and clothing were brightening up a bit. Looking at her left where her sword was, she found his hand, which was completely purple, stopping the blade in its place.

"What? I said I'd stay still, not that I wouldn't block it." Canderous said as the hand turned red as he pulled the blade forward and with his other hand, which went to multi-colored to purple, he placed it on her stomach and fired a point blank beam. It was definitely stronger looking then the first, knocking pieces of her armor off and sending her crashing into the wall, leaving behind an 'afterimage' of sorts on the wall.

'Aura is at 5%, and fading. She can't keep that form up for much long.' June said.

True to her word, the armor, which was left at half of her helmet, chest piece and leggings, was dissipating leaving behind a Corrupted Weiss on her last legs against a powered up Dust Man at 68%. He slowly walked up to her as she struggled to stay up.

"7 minutes... And 52 seconds." He mused to himself as he melted some of the rapier, which had changed back from the greatsword, using his left red hand. It tossed to one side as it melted into a liquid state much to Weiss's terror. "Off by about two minutes, I suppose." His hands, which were red and purple respectively, turned to a light blue as he stopped in front of her. With one last glance he plucked her off the ground by the throat, as her eyes went wide as his other hand went to just below her chest. Suddenly, cold feeling swept through Weiss that she couldn't explain. At least, up until she couldn't feel her throat or stomach, when she realized that he was freezing her whole. She started struggling, but that only caused him to tighten his grip as he froze ever part of her being, to the point that you could have mistaken it for an ice statute.

"Don't you remember, Princess?" Canderous said as he cocked the hand that was on her stomach back into a fist, changing it from light blue to multi-colored. "I was going to break you." He slammed it down hard on her chest, shattering the once whole being into multiple pieces, except her head, which was still in his hands. "Consider yourself broken." He tossed the head behind him, uncaringly as the head shattered.

'Fatality.' June joked as D'yan said. "And the victor of the first round goes to Canderous Sevar, the Crystal Bodyguard of Universe 7!"

Canderous shook his head, chuckling at June's timing. "Yup... Fatality." He said out loud before he was teleported back to the Explorer.

Back on the Explorer,

Canderous was back in the room that D'yan used to teleport him and Corrupted Weiss. It was there that he noticed some things: he didn't have any injuries on him, his aura was back at 100%, he had his weapons back, and he wasn't in his Crystal Form. The second and fourth things were pretty high on the concerns.

'Isn't this the part where I'm supposed to be on my hands and knees, spitting out a bit of blood and with 10% aura left?' He thought to himself and June, who was also mildly confused.

"Welcome back, Mr. Sevar. I'll be honest, when I saw you I wasn't expecting much, but ho-ly shit was that a surprise." D'yan said as he noticed the confused look on his face. "Oh yes, the teleport will make sure to heal any injuries or wounds that you may suffer during you matchup, as well as bring your aura up to its normal level."

"Handy. I'll show myself out." Canderous said simply, as he started making his way back to his group. "I know the way."

He was silent on the way there; making sure no one was coming up behind or next to him before speaking to his mental companion. 'Alright, so that was a thing.'

'So, what are the chances we go in there and we get swarmed with questions?' June asked as he chuckled. 'I'm thinking at least 3 or 4 universes.'

'Better yet, how do you think that Weiss's friends will react?' Canderous added. 'I basically broke their teammate, friend, and/or lover to tiny pieces.'

'Well, we'll cross that bridge soon enough... Right now in fact.' June said as they stood in front of the door. 'Show time.'

He pushed opened the doors to find, quieting down the room as a lot of heads were turned towards his direction. He couldn't see Universe 10 yet, but he did see some disbelieving looks and fearful glances. He gave an internal shrug as he moved his neck around a few times before a loud pop was heard.

"Well, that was fun. Cross off one name off the hit list." He commented lazily. "Little disappointed from the fight though, was hoping she'd be more of a challenge than that, but oh well."

He took a few stops into the room, before he noticed Corrupted RBY making their way towards him, and they did not look happy. Oh no, they looked mad. And Blake? She looked furious.

"You killed Weiss, one of our associates." Ruby said glaring at him.

"That I did. May she rot wherever in hell she's at." He said simply as Angel Ruby nodded. "Though, if you're looking for a one on one, sorry. Work hours are from nine to five on weekdays except on vacations days, which I'm currently on. Please take all your complaints to direct them to the customer service representative in hell. I'm pretty sure your Weiss is at the front of the line though."

"Master Salem may have given you that gift, but it won't be enough to beat us, you know." Corrupted Yang said as her eyes turned red.

"Is that a fact? Well, here's another for you..." Canderous said as he gave them a simple smirk, as he closed his eyes. "I was holding back that whole round. Even at the end I was holding back. So trust me when I say," He opened his eyes to show his pupils were rainbow colored. "I'll be glad to show you true hell if we do end up fighting."

He walked past them, crashing his shoulder against Ruby, who didn't move except to watch him.

"That same warning goes to anyone from Universes 5 and 6, just to be clear." He announced out loud as he looked between the tables. "I'm not as friendly as the others in my Universe."

Canderous turned his head away from the two tables and moved towards his groups table, when he saw the two new people.

"Seriously, little brother, what was the point of all that?" Lilith questioned with an eyebrow raised.

"Just some harmless messing around." He somewhat lied. "Wanted to get a feel of her skills, might have gotten an idea on what the others can do."

"And how did that work for you, Sevar?" Senior Ruby asked as Canderous narrowed his eyes at her as the table sighed all around.

"About as well as you think, Rose." He said simply. "Probably should have figured that out sooner, but what's done is done I suppose."

"Just like everything else you-" Ruby started as Canderous held up his hand. "How about we both shut up and go on to a different subject, like where our Blake and Weiss are? I would have thought they'd accepted this sort of thing."

"Weiss didn't want to miss any school work, so Blake stayed to keep her company." She said simply, and kept quiet afterwards looking away from him as he gave a short sigh.

'Sometimes, June... I hate trying to make nice with your kid.' He told his companion as he continued to try to make small talk with her.

While he was talking, Knight Weiss was staring at him with in anger. It should have been her to wipe the existence of that pathetic corrupted version of herself, not this cocky, lazy man. It should have been her, and yet he was chosen. And not only did he won, he went ahead to say he was holding back the whole fight? She remember what his droid told her when they were alone: 'Conclusion: If it were you or Ms. Belladonna that faced him in your Universe, I would not doubt that he would have won.'

She looked at Dust Yang, as though to seek out advice from her. If anyone, SHE was the most likely to have already studied Canderous' and his little schtick. Alas, it appeared that Dust Yang was not in the talking mood, simply and quietly gazing at and through Canderous, studying his aura for further details. That dark strand was beginning to worry her, even if her mother and herself trust him wholeheartedly. And if anyone on her team was going to face him in combat, she was going to make sure they were ready.

"-ow you don't like me, hell a lot of people don't but throw me a bone here!" Canderous said a little peeved off as Ruby glared. "I'm trying to be nice here and be on your good side, but you keep giving me the cold shoulder."

Ruby was silent before he frowned. "Forget it then. Don't know why I made that promise in the first place..." He mumbled out, confusing those who heard him, as he stood up and moved away from the table. "I'll see you all back in the room, I'm done trying to play nice with Rose for today."

He left to go clear his head as RWBY Ruby looked at herself and the bodyguard in slight surprise. 'Wow, she does not like him at all.' Yang said in her head. 'I haven't seen Ruby ignore someone that long since dad broke Crescent Rose.'

'Maybe we should investigate?' Blake suggested. 'We'd get an understanding of him, since out of all the people here, him and his droid are one of the few that don't fit in with this crowd.'

'Now that's an idea Blakey.' Yang said as Blake internally blushed a bit. 'Lets get going!'

'Hold on, maybe we should ask Jaune to talk to that Ruby.' Weiss interrupted as Ruby thought about it. 'To get both sides of the story.'

'Maybe, but I think it's better if we confront each of them tomorrow, separately.' Ruby said. 'Tensions are little high between the two of them, so it's better to let them cool down a bit before we try anything.'

'I guess that's true.' Yang said as she used Ruby to look around. 'Hey, Rocko's back!'

'D'yan.' Weiss corrected as he made his way back to the stage.

"Alright, now was that a match or what! I haven't seen an outcome that surprising since the Fairy Guy beat that Dragon." D'yan commented, confusing the people around. "Anyhow... Wait where's Universe 10? And Mr. Sevar?"

"Both of them left. To where, it doesn't concern me." Masked Raven said simply as she crossed her arms.

"Alright, well, inform them that we will have Ms. Schnee back by tomorrow morning." He told them, once again surprising everyone. "Now, tomorrow we have three matches set up, one after breakfast, one after lunch and one after dinner. Penny Poledina, the Synthetic Specialist?"

"Yes?" Penny said waving a bit.

"You and Raven Branwen, the Nevermore, will be the first competitors of the day. After that it's Yang Xiao Long the Army Breaker and Blake Belladonna, the Nekojin, and ending with Yang Xiao Long, the Summer Maiden and Dustmaster Yang Xiao Long. I think we're going for a family theme tomorrow."

The three pairs glance at each other as each gave the other a different glance. Penny was glaring at her opponent with the intent of bringing her down. Corrupted Yang had a predatory grin directed towards hers. Maiden Yang was looking at hers with excitement in her eyes. Masked Raven was unreadable with her mask, though Salem knew she was grinning at the thought of taking her down. Nekojin Blake looked a bit uneasy as she was being looked at like whenever she looked at a fish. And Dust Yang looked at her counterpart, in interest with what she may bring to the table.

But before D'yan could continue, Knight Weiss stood up and excused herself as she left through the same door Canderous left through. Though not many notice. None except Dust Yang and Maiden Raven.

Patio

Knight Weiss was calmly, but carefully observing, walking to the Patio on the upper deck. She found a note placed inside her jacket pocket telling her if she wanted some information on one of the competitors, head to the patio as soon as possible. Though it could have been a trap, she couldn't help but go in the off chance that it wasn't.

"Glad to see that you came, Weiss." A voice behind her said as she turned to see Canderous leaning against a tree. "I knew I picked the right person."

"... You." She said as she glared at him.

"So, you're probably wondering why we're here and maybe how I snuck that note in your jacket." Canderous commented as he looked around in the sky. "Well, trade secret for the second one, but the first is that I need some help, and you looked like the best person to help me, outside of my group."

"Explain." She said crossing her arms.

"On the way to the teleporters, I asked D'yan a question about what the Server Room was. He said that's where they kept all the information on each fighter in this Tournament." He stated, looking straight into Weiss's eyes. "I want to break in there."

"You want to get all their information to exploit their weaknesses?" Weiss questioned, angered that he'd tried something that low, until he started chuckling.

"Now where's the fun in that? I like a challenge, not some easy win." He said, confusing her. "I want to break in there to find out the kill list of Universes 5, 6, and 10. I need to know if any of them killed Penny, Neo, Ruby, Yang or Raven."

"And why only those five?" Weiss said, not caring about any of the names, except for one.

"Same reason why you slightly twitched when I said Ruby's name. They're important to me. Penny is my technical niece; Raven and Yang are people who I would give my life for; Neo is dating Yang, so she gets the same treatment; and Ruby? Well, she might not like me, but I got my own reasons to protect her." He stated, while mentally adding 'And that reason is June.' "Besides, you'd probably want to find out who here exactly killed Ruby, too."

"I wouldn't say that idea isn't appealing." Weiss admitted. "And if we're caught?"

"If I'm caught, you get away free, and I get slight punishment considering I just want the kill list." He stated. "Either way, I'll tell you something about my crystal form as payment for helping me out."

That interested Weiss. Not only would she find out if anyone killed Ruby in those Universes, but she'd find out something about his crystal form. "Say if I do agree to do this. What exactly do I have to do?"

"Remember Alex? He's the guy who works there most of the time." Canderous explained. "Tomorrow afternoon, during Lunch, you're going to go to the training room and practice against a rigged fighting dummy. Don't worry, I'm rigging it to just repetitively hit the wall and shoot the gun upwards. You'll call Alex down, since he stated that he's the mechanic, and he'll leave room. All I need you to do is keep me posted on where he is and what he's doing."

"And you are sure I won't get into any trouble?" Weiss asked as he nodded. "Very well, you have a deal Sevar."

"Good. Now, you should head back." He said as he motioned forward. "I'll come back to the room in a little while. Need to think to myself for a little while."

Universe 2 & 11's dorm

"Well, that was a thing." Tifa said as she sat with Toph on their bed.

"Yeah, no kidding." Clint said as he crossed his arms. "Who knew the guy could be so terrifying?"

"Well, I wouldn't call him 'terrifying', but more of... Alright, a bit terrifying." Jaune tried to defend.

"He's the same as me." Guts said as he leaned against the wall, getting their attention. "A warrior, with an objective that he won't let anyone get in the way off."

"And that objective would be?" Nora asked, tilting her head a bit as Headmaster Rose chuckled.

"Isn't it already obvious?" She said. "He's protective of Raven and Yang. His official job is being the Bodyguard of the Summer Maiden, which both share the power to. Even if they didn't have the power, I have the feeling he's willing to put his life on the line for them."

"I was thinking the same thing, but if that was so, I don't know why their Ruby doesn't like him at all." Ren added.

"I was thinking on talking to the both of them tomorrow, separately." Rwby Ruby said as they turned to look at the multi-minded Ruby. "To get both sides of the problem."

"An excellent idea." Headmaster Rose said, nodding. "Though, I think I should be the one to talk to our alternate self."

"Well, if you want to talk to her, then we'll take Canderous." rwBy Ruby said as she nodded.

Universe 5 & 10

"It seems that I was not the only Salem to think of enhancing my knights." Salem mused to herself as she recalled the meeting of the jacket wearing bodyguard. "If all goes well tomorrow, my knight, you'll be facing him in the next rounds."

"He will fall, just like Summer, like Qrow, and like everyone who stood in our way." Raven said as she crossed her arms.

"I have little doubts, darling. But for now, you have to deal with the android tomorrow." She said as Cinder looked thoughtful for a moment. "Is there something on your mind Cinder?"

"It's nothing... Well, nothing yet, Master Salem." She responded. "But for now, you may want to tend to them."

She pointed towards the angered and enraged RBY, who were on their respected beds. Ruby was silent hands near her face as she was thinking on how to deal with Canderous should they face each other. Yang had her fingers nearly into her hands, close to drawing blood. And Blake was the worst as portions of her skin was turning black with the use of Salem's gift.

"I don't believe I have to." Salem said as she gained a menacing smirk. "With any luck, they'll see that they need to take this more seriously. Ms. Schnee went in thinking Mr. Sevar was an easy kill. This is a lesson to them, not to underestimate your opponent."

Hallway

'You're going to be the death of me, you know this right?' Canderous thought to his companion as he walked into the elevator and press the 7th Floor button.

"Well, I would do it myself, but I'm currently an entity in your head." A ghostly person said as she materialized next to him. She looked similarly to most of the Ruby's present on the ship, excluding Senior, Corrupt and Headmaster Ruby, but there were a few differences. The first was that she was almost see-through, which gave her the ghostly image. The next was that her cloak was grey instead of red. And finally was the mask on her face, which Canderous described as looking a death to an average man (A/N: Corvo Attano's Mask from Dishonored). Strapped to her back was a Sniper Rifle that could be converted into a pair of short swords, which could be adjusted to fit her needs. Her name was Summer Rose, but she prefers to go by June, after going through some of the torment of Salem, the same that Canderous once went through, only she succeeded with Summer.

'Alright, I'll do it, just stop with the ghosting.' Canderous said rolling his eyes.

"Does it matter? It's not like anyone can see me, unless I want them to." June said with her own roll of the eyes. "Now, will you do it?"

'Remind me again what they all were? I tuned you out for a moment.' Canderous joked as June shook her head.

"Talk with some of my daughters around this ship during our stay here. It doesn't have to be all of them, like the Corrupted ones, but I'd like to see how my daughters are doing in the different universes." June said. "And yes, I mean both Ruby and Yang. Also, if you can spare the time, I want to see myself, Tai and the other Raven, the ones from Universe 8."

'That's a lot on my plate… Alright, let's get the check list out of the way first: we have Armored Yang and Ruby, that multi-minded Ruby, Wolf Ruby and Hybrid Yang, Young Yang and Ruby, Maidens Yang and Ruby, Headmaster Rose, and finally, Angel Ruby and Dust Yang.' He listed off as he exited the elevator and made his way to his dorm, with his ghost buddy floating behind him. 'Sometimes I question why I do half the shit you ask me to do.'

"It's because you love me." She said with a sing-song tone as Canderous rolled his eyes. "In all seriousness, I question it, too."

'Good, then there's proof I'm going crazy then. Even the voice in my head sees it.' He joked again, getting a laugh out of her as he reached the door. He opened it to find the others had gotten into their sleeping cloths, minus Raven and HK. "So, I'm guessing Lilith and Rosey aren't bunking with us?" He asked as he closed the door with June coming in as well and floating around.

"They have their own guest rooms since they came late." Blake responded as she laid on her bed with a copy of her book next to Dust Yang, who seemed curious at something in the air.

"Alright, I guess. You give them the rules yet, Rav?" Canderous asked as she shook her head. "Alright, listen up kiddos, few ground rules I want to establish… Well, only one. No horseplay in the bed, whether it be fucking, fighting or something in between I don't care, but It can wait until you're alone in the room. Yang, Neo, I'm looking at you two." Said pair blushed as they were called out. "I already have my room in our universe next to the room everyone likes to use to screw each other with, I'd like to have a rather nice nap."

"Interjection: Maker, do you not only sleep 6 hours every night?" HK-47 asked as Canderous chuckled.

"Why do you think that is, everyone is loud and vocal in that room, and the walls are paper thin! I swear the worse are either Rosey and her 2 girls or Arc and Nikos… Maybe Nora and Ren." He recalled to himself as Neo threw a pillow at his head. "Alright, I'll shut up now. But seriously, none of that while we're sleeping. But if you happen to find a gag or some-". Five sets of pillows were launched at him while Raven simply chuckled.

He tossed the pillows back towards their respective owners before he laid down on his bed, hands behind his head while he stared at the ceiling.

"So, it looks like you up next tomorrow, Yang with the Dust arm." Canderous commented as Dust Yang turned from looking around the room in question to face him. "Looks like you'll have to face yourself twice in a row if you win against the Maiden you."

"You think that the Corrupted Yang will win tomorrow?" Angel Ruby said as he chuckled.

"I'm expecting a gruesome death in all honesty." He replied, getting some questionable looks from all of them. "That Yang's title is literally 'Army Breaker'. Not only that, but she created a small shockwave just by pounding her fists together. Blake might have a chance with her speed, but only if Yang can't keep up with her or something like that."

"And with your luck you'll be facing Raven next round." June commented as Dust Yang turned her attention again to something else, only she was facing June's general direction.

"Well, I'm going to turn in for the night. It's been a long-ish 24 hours for me." Canderous said as he laid back. "See ya in the morning."

And with that June went back into his consciousness as he went to sleep. Dust Yang was looking curiously at him, wondering one thing: What was that gray aura she was sensing when he entered the room and why did it insert itself into him?

Aaaaand cut! Another long chapter, but that's the direction that I'm hoping for. Anyways, I don't have much to say other then two things: pairings and the line up. First up is pairings:

Universe 1: Enabler (Ruby x Yang, Non-incest), Iceberg (Weiss x NEptune) and Black SUn (Blake x Sun)

Universe 2: Pollination (Ruby x Weiss x Blake x Yang, with platonic RY), Renora (Ren x Nora) and Arkos (Jaune x Pyrrha).

Universe 3: Winter Solider (Ironwood x WInter)

Universe 4: None

Universe 5: Nevermore (Raven x Salem), Wildfire (Yang x Cinder)

Universe 6: Adam x Blake x Velvet

Universe 7: Newspaper (Ruby x Blake x Weiss), Baked Alaska (Neo x Yang), and Domestic Dispuse (Raven x Taiyang)

Universe 8: Family Ties (Tai x Raven x Summer) and Whips & Sips (Glynda x Ozpin)

Universe 9: Freezerburn (Yang x Weiss) and Ladybug (Blake x RUby)

Universe 10: Monochrome (Weiss x Blake)

Universe 11: White Rose (Weiss x Ruby) and Bumblebee (Yang x Blake)

Universe 12: White Rose and Bumblebee.

And the Line-up for the next three fights are:

Penny (U3) vs Masked Raven (U5)

Corrupted Yang (U10) vs. Nekojin Blake (U4)

Maiden Yang (U9) vs Dust Yang (U12)

I'll see you all in the next chapter.