Alright so I want to thank The Incredible Muffin for allowing me to use Ben 10: Unlimited as a base for this story. I hope I do this justice, pun not intended. I do not own Justice League or RWBY.

Chapter 1- The Last One.

It shouldn't be me here right now.

I should have been the first one to die, instead I'm the last one alive.

Pyrrha was the first, she died fighting an enemy she couldn't beat. She went walking towards her death with open arms.

But not before saving my life and professing her love.

After Ruby woke up from her mini-coma she joined Nora, Ren and I and we started seeking answers about Cinder. It was during this time I got my new armor alongside having Crocea Mors upgraded with metal from the remains of Pyrrha's weapons.

Ren was next to leave us.

After Pyrrha's death I was in a bad place. I focused too much on revenge and when we ended up confronting Mercury and Emerald I got sloppy.

Ren paid the price for my carelessness. He shoved me out of the way of an attack.

His skull caved in from the force of Mercury's kick.

He knew he would die and yet he still saved me. Mercury laughed at what he dubbed "the ninja's stupidity."

I drove my blade through Mercury's heart for that. Nora would have killed him herself but she was incoherent. Emerald fled after her partner's death.

Nora just faded away after that. She was only her old self once more after that.

She took Tyrian, a crazy bastard that was hunting Ruby down, with her. All that was left of him was a charred corpse.

Ozpin shouldn't have picked me to be leader.

A leader should die before his subordinates, not the other way around.

Ruby's uncle showed up a month later and told us about Salem and her plans.

How Ruby's silver aura power might be our best chance of winning.

After learning about that Ruby and I rejoined the rest of her team.

I kept to myself once we meet up with them. At first it was to give the girls some space but soon it was because I found the silence inviting.

They tried to include me and we shared some good times but no one could ever replace or fill the void my team's deaths left.

Then the news about my family came in.

My whole town wiped out. No survivors.

I became the last Arc overnight.

I sank into myself even more after that.

Training, eating, fighting, and sleeping was all I did after that.

The latter was plagued by nightmares.

Blake was next.

We separated to search for clues that could lead us to Salem through the White Fang.

The Fang found Blake first.

We heard through the underground about how the Fang were going to execute a traitor. We planned a rescue mission.

We were too late.

I won't go into the details but what we found wasn't pretty. The image is one of my top 5 in the haunt-me-forever images I have gained over the years.

Every member of those terrorists in that base died that day. Adam and Sienna Khan were among the dead, both by Yang's hand.

A period of heavy grieving followed but didn't last.

Soon a large-scale battle with Salem's forces began sometime during the battle Ruby and I were separated from Yang and Weiss.

It was the last time we saw them alive.

From what I understand Yang overclocked her semblance and used it to immolate one of Salem's generals. The big one named Hazel.

We only found the scorched remains of Ember Celica.

Weiss took out another of Salem's generals, a man named Watts, during that battle.

A tower of ice formed on the battlefield, easily seen from anywhere on the battlefield

Weiss had trapped both Watts and herself in the thing.

Then it shattered and only Myrtenaster remained.

And despite the fact it was a victory for our side both Ruby and I felt it was a loss.

We grew closer after that. Finding comfort in each other's presence. Though the voids in our hearts never closed we were able to fill them ever so slightly.

I can't remember exactly when we became lovers on a physical level, sometime after her eighteenth birthday yet before my twentieth. The emotional side of things had started long before that.

A part of my heart will always belong to Pyrrha, she's simply too important to me.

But Ruby holds claim to the rest of it.

Ozpin came back somehow, I still don't understand how he did it to this day.

I punched him in the face for what happened with Pyrrha but he admitted he deserved more then that.

Soon it came down to one last stand.

All of our sides forces rallied and stormed Salem's fortress.

Ruby, Ozpin, and I were to sneak in and go straight for Salem.

I had made up my mind before that battle that I would protect Ruby at all costs.

I swore to myself if we both survived this I was asking Ruby to marry me the second the fighting was done.

We managed to infiltrate the fortress and started to head to where Salem's darkness emanated. Cinder and Emerald got in our way however. Emerald made the mistake of showing me an illusion of my fallen friends' rotting corpses.

That didn't even make me twitch after the nightmares my mind had conjured up alongside seeing the horrors of war up close and personal.

I cut them both down in the following battle.

The three of us then found Salem and tried to defeat her.

Tried being the key word.

It was a one-sided massacre.

Ozpin died, truly died, protecting me and Ruby.

I would have died not more than a minute later if not for Ruby.

Salem sent what could only be described as a jagged chunk of frozen darkness flying at me.

Ruby got in between me and the attack and took the brunt of it. It barely got me, only enough to draw a bit of blood.

Ruby was pierced straight through.

Salem walked off thinking we were both dead, I certainly felt that way inside watching my love's blood seep into the floor.

Ruby, always so strong, managed to hold on to life for a few more minutes.

Despite the pain all she did was complain about how we would never get to exchange vows together. I wanted to make her smile for those last few moments as I held her to my chest so we exchanged our vows right there and became husband and wife. It's not like we would have had a normal wedding anyway.

We were too socially awkward for that.

Ruby Rose-Arc.

I wish she could have gained that name under better circumstances.

Ruby already had a wedding present for me.

A possibility to stop Salem.

I'm amazed it worked, I suppose the universe decided to throw us a bone for once.

Ruby had me swap our right eyes. My healing factor made the eye usable and it granted me access to Ruby's silver aura. It truly was a damn miracle given the fact that I had little idea what I was doing. The pain my wife must have gone through. I suspect her wish for the transplant to work seeping into her aura was the only reason it worked

Again, I'm amazed it worked, I thought the eye was because of the aura not the other way around.

With that done Ruby gave me one last kiss before dying in my arms.

With my precious Rose dead, my world turned cold and grey.

I allowed myself one minute to cry and mourn before wiping my eyes, old and new, and picking myself up.

I picked up Crescent Rose and put it in compact mode and walked towards where Salem went.

I found Salem attempting some ritual, its purpose unknown to me. I didn't care anyway.

The battle was fierce, she had power and experience over me.

I had my semblance.

I wish I never gained it.

I call it Specter.

It allows me to bring forth pale, ghost-like images of those that I had a connection with that have died. They can still interact with the world though, Salem found that out quickly enough.

My limits are to summon a max of seven Specters at once. They have all of their skills, powers, and replicas of weapons from life.

Salem faced all of teams RWBY and JNPR.

Yet it still wasn't enough.

Then Specter's second power kicked in.

I can absorb one Specter temporarily to gain that person's skills and powers. The payment is I can't have any other Specters out while doing this.

Absorbing the Ruby-Specter allowed me to turn the tides for an instant. And in battle an instant is all one needs

I pierced her skull with Crocea Mors and then unfurled Crescent Rose to cut her into pieces. Not taking any chances I kept hacking away until you could barely tell one part of her from the other.

I limped back to Ruby after that, bleeding from two dozen deep cuts and one arm limp at my side. I collapsed next to Ruby and let darkness consume me.

I hate the medics that kept me alive.

I learned about all the other casualties after I woke up.

Team STRQ was reunited in death.

CFVY went down taking out another Dragon Grimm.

SSSN and CRDL died protecting the medical tents.

Ironwood finally took a blow that couldn't be fixed by replacing his parts.

So many deaths and the sad thing is I envy them.

I took up residence in Patch, what was left of it at least. At least once a week I make sure to visit my friends' graves and bring flowers for them, pancakes in Nora's case.

I'm one of the last surviving Hunters, and I use that term loosely, of my generation.

It's been two years since then.

The Grimm have been weakened by Salem's death but they're still around. Still waiting for us to slip up and pounce.

I've recovered, repaired, or made copies of my friends' weapons to use in coordination with my semblance.

I train to master my friend's skills, I go on missions to fight large hordes of Grimm, I rest the bare minimum and consume only as much as needed.

I try and keep in touch with other survivors of the war but it's hard nowadays, everyone's busy with rebuilding or settling down.

Speaking of survivors.

BUZZZ!

A message from Glynda. That's rare these days, she's usually too busy with the reconstruction and running of Beacon.

She tried to have me be a teacher there but I couldn't do it. Not for lack of trying but every time I stepped foot on campus I had panic attacks.

Hmm, dangerous mission, too dangerous for her students, lots of unknown variables, wouldn't be asking if not serious, high danger level.

I feel a smirk make its way onto my face, how long has it been since I even did that. I walk over to the mirror and put on my eyepatch. A red rose now hides Ruby's silver eye, I slip on Ruby's cloak and pull up the hood. Once all my supplies are gathered from various corners of my house I grab Crescent Rose from its stand on my way out the door.

Wait for me guys, with a little luck I might be joining you soon.