"Awaken, son of man."

He heard a voice. He opened his eyes. There was nothing. He knew where he was, the place is called the Expanse where he floated in the vast space of what is, what was, and what will be the end. A part of the expanse where humans would refer the entities that lived there as gods. This was also the final rest for humans after making an important choice.

"Do you remember, son of man?" The voice asked.

I do. He thought.

"Then you remember your choices?" Another voice said

The two voices took form in front of him and he sees one figure in the humanoid form of light with a dark crest in the center of his chest and the other at the same form but with a contrasting color from the previous one. The twin gods of remnant. The gods of his world.

Vitam, the creator of life

And Mortem, harbinger of destruction

My choices

The twins nodded

"Look behind you." The two said.

He looked behind and saw two blurry figures that has reached the end such as he whom existed now.

The first one took form. Donning a full plate armor, white and pure as the snow his eyes glowed with blue under his helm.

"Jaune." The figure speaks in his familiar voice. "Don't forget, this is the true path. The world need not any chaos."

Then the second figure revealed himself. A Grimm mask hides half of his face, he wore dark clothing accentuated with orange and yellow, his hood further hid any sense of identification to who this person is. Beneath his mask two dots glowed a crimson dread that spread fear into his entire being.

"Jaune." The dark figure speaks. "Remember, we can change the world if everyone is free. Let the strong reign."

And the third figure was that of a woman. He looked away before she could say anything else. But she didn't. The two figures vanished and was replaced by the twin gods.

"Do you know who they are?" Vitam asked.

Of course, he does. He knows the two of them. Every day of his lives he's always looked in the mirror to see those two.

"Yes, Jaune Arc. The two were the choices you made."

"The two are lives you once lead as our candidate for the gift of choice."

I know

The twins converged and turned into one being. "So, I ask you, Jaune Arc. Are you satisfied with your choices?"

His first choice was to bring peace throughout Remnant. And he knew it can't be done with the White Fang insurgencies bringing chaos and making Grimm powerful with all the negativity. So, with his friends he sets off to annihilate the Fang. With the council leading Remnant everyone, be it humans or Faunus prospered and lived a life of peace. Only in the end did they realize that the council had used them and his friends to be a weapon against those who would go against the law they set out. Humanity survived in the long run, but the cost was their freedom. And the world ended as was the choice of the gods who deemed humanity deviating from their plans.

He wasn't satisfied.

His second choice was siding with the White Fang and bring true freedom through Remnant. Relinquishing the council and having Remnant go through a life where the strong protects everyone against the Grimm. Everyone had a chance to be strong but those who were weak were made to do nothing but serve the ones in power. The strong oppressed the weak and the weak were not able to do anything against them. And in the end of it all it was humanity that destroyed themselves in their struggle for power.

He wasn't satisfied

He grits his teeth. "No, I'm not."

The sole figure smiled. "Then you shall be given one more chance, Jaune Arc. Let this be the last. Think well on your actions."

Then the world shifted, and he sees eight unknown yet familiar figures that spoke together with varying voices.

"Choose well, Jaune."

And he wakes up without the knowledge he had from the expanse and only hazy pieces of his past.

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Jaune woke up from his vague dream through the beep of his scroll indicating a notification of a message. He swiped it open and he opens the message.

"Congratulations upon being chosen as a candidate for god's gift to man as such you have been given Demon summoning app 'Nicaea ver. 2.5.' The application has already been installed and the mark has been bestowed on the back of your right hand. Please open the app to start your introduction and be given the demon pair you have been bestowed upon."

Jaune blinked and looked at the back of his right hand to see a weird pentagram on it. He felt nostalgic about it, hopefully his parents won't see it as a sign of rebellion. Gods know what happened when Joan had a tattoo on her back. He's never feared his parents more than ever during that day.

He returned his attention to his scroll and looked for the newly installed app and touched it.

[Welcome to Nicaea Ver. 2.5

'A dead face delivery site']

The app transitioned and revealed a touch button

[Click here to register]

Jaune tapped it and was told to enter his name to which he did 'Jaune Arc'

Then the app asked for the navigator's gender.

A calm and collected male

An energetic female

Immediately Jaune chose female caused by his male hormones to choose for him.

Then a girl with light purple hair and a hairband that looks like a rabbit's started jumping up and down in the form of a sprite and appeared in a more clear version near the screen "Hey-a master! Welcome to Nicaea! Your one stop shop for demons and death! Oooh~ scary" She said with a positive smile. "I'm Tico-Tico your adorable guide! But you can call me Tico"

Her presence on the screen may be insufferable but it's a refreshing positivity if you think about it.

"Here in this app you can summon demons and get them in auctions by paying in macca! How do you get macca you ask? Simple! You beat down those Grimm beasties! Every time you kill one you earn macca based on what you kill! Awesome right!?" She said. "Oh, and you also get videos of the people you're tied to by fate, and not just some random shmoes you meet but people you've met and will meet and get to like, know really, really well. We'll show you ahead of time how they die and stuff, total drag if you ask me. You get to see how they hit the bucket from the vids we send you! How that works is a mystery to me though. I'll tell you if there's a new video sent so you better check it out!" She said gleefully

"Oh right! Before I forget, since your scroll us too underpowered we've restricted some functions that the app can do. Get a better gear boss!" She pouted

"You can do the things I've already said but you can't access the demon compendium, but you can access the cathedral of shadows for demon fusions!" Tico said with a proud grin.

"If you need me just holler! With that said have a nice wheeeee~!" And she disappeared.

Then a notification appeared above the screen. 'You can now summon Jack Frost and Pyro Jack.'

Jaune gulped and his heart beat fast. The names sound so awfully familiar and important. His hands shook as he went to the demon summoning option and tapped on Jack Frost and Pyro Jack's profile. And with a blinding light like data of 1's and 0's the form of the snow fairy and the will o' wisp spirit came forth.

"Hee-how've you been master?" The snow fairy with a cute blue hat said.

"Ho! Master I missed you!" The flame spirit with a pumpkin head stated.

Jaune suddenly started shedding tears and laughing at them. He didn't know why but he felt so nostalgic upon seeing them

Then there was a knock on the door. "Oh, shit. Hide!" Jaune whispered and his demons nodded and vanished. The door opened and revealed his fourth born older sister, Guinevere Arc, with her long ponytail swishing behind her.

"Hey, I didn't say you can open it already." Jaune said.

"You also didn't say I couldn't" She said with a smirk.

"What do you want?" He asked.

"Mom wants you downstairs. She needs help with lunch."

He sighed out of all the Arc children the only ones who know how to cook without burning the house is the eldest daughter and him, the only son. And at the moment it was the few times the whole family would be together for the summer and their eldest sister will come home late therefore he's the only one his mother can rely on.

"Tell her I'll just get changed out of my pyjamas." He said

His sister nodded. "Alright" and left downstairs.

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Lunch has ended, and everyone went on to do things on their own. Jaune already finished his chores so he can spend the afternoon as he sees fit. His elder sisters decided to go shopping in Vale and meet with the eldest while the younger ones are playing outside in the nearby park. His mom is watching t.v. in the living room.

"I'm going out for a bit." Jaune told his dad who was reading the newspaper while sitting on his favorite chair. The arc patriarch gave an acknowledging nod at him.

Jaune set out for the forest near their town and there he looked around to confirm he was alone and he summoned Jack frost and Pyro Jack with his scroll.

"Hee-ho! Howdy Jaune!" Jack frost greeted then did a backflip.

"Ho! Hey Jaune!" Pyro jack greeted whilst floating mischievously in the air.

"Hey there you two." He chuckled from their greeting. He looked at his scroll and called out Tico.

"Hey what's up, Mr. J?" She said.

"Is Mr. J supposed to be my nickname?"

"Sure is! Like, ain't it cool and catchy?"

"So, these two are my demons?"

"uh-huh! And you can like, even talk to them! I took a sneak peek at your profile and it looks like your mark gave you 'demonlingual' which allows you to understand demons who use different languages and an additional ability as well." She put a finger to her chin. "I think it's called possession"

"Eh? A profile? What's that?" Jaune asked.

"Here, at the upper right of the screen can you see your picture?" She said. Jaune nodded. "Tap it and you'll see your status profile!" Jaune tapped his picture.

[Name:

Jaune Arc

Skills equipped:

Mark blessings:

Demonlingual

Possession

Demons:

Jack Frost

Pyro Jack]

"What does this 'skills equipped' mean?"

"Oh! Once you're close enough with the demons you buy in auctions or fuse they'd be willing to teach you the skills they know. And through the Nicaea app you can equip it and use it! Be very careful though because the skills you use will take a toll on your body and mind! Bummer if you can't take it then you'd die! And that's just sad." She said with a pout. "But cheer up! The demons you have seem willing to teach you the skills they know!"

"Wait, you do!?" He asked the pair of jack brothers.

"hee-ho yeah! I can teach you sonic punch and bufu! An ice magic skill!" Jack frost said.

"And I can teach you agi a basic fire magic. Ho! I could teach agilao but you can't really handle it yet." Pyro jack floated excitedly with a smug face.

"I can also teach mabufu but like Pyro said, yer too weak boss! Hee!"

"Why? I thought you have to be close to me?"

The two laughed. "Boss, we've been close since the very beginning of your first choice." Frost said.

"You may not remember, but we do. We'll always be following you no matter where you choose to go!"

Jaune tilted his head in confusion. Their words felt familiar but at the same time, as much as Jaune tries to dig any memories in his head he comes up with a blank. As if it exists but can't be found. He shook his head and stopped himself from getting confused any longer.

"Wait, what about this possession."

"Oh, now that's a new and nifty skill. Its basically letting a demon possess your body and use the skills they can't teach you. But unless you have this weird thingie called an 'Aura' its either you die or stay in a comatose state."

"eh, what?"

"Oh, don't be a stick-in-the-mud! It's not like you'd need it soon.

"Well, okay then" He paused "But, I wanna' learn skills!" Jaune said. His 13-year-old mind excited for what to come. His father was against training him for who knows why. He was never against letting his sisters choose the path of the huntress and, yet his father was always against it.

"Goodluck Mr. J!" Tico said before disappearing again.

First came Jack Frost. He approached Jaune and put his mouth near his ear. Frost then mumbled words of power that allowed Jaune to understand the concept of the magic, 'bufu' and the physical skill 'sonic punch' it was a rather weird experience as if there was an weird flow of water entering his nose and instead of being able to shoot it out it just stayed in his head until he doesn't feel it again. Same with Pyro Jack as he taught him agi.

"Well, that about does it hee-ho!" Jack frost said

Jaune felt it. From the tips of his fingers he stared at a tree trunk and pointed his right palm at it. [Agi]! He shouted. And a small flame appeared on the trunk before it exploded causing the part to burn to a crisp.

"This. Is. AWESOME!" he shouted! But then he remembered that using magic would mentally drain him.

Wait, remembered?! Remembered from what!? From when?! He thought of it more but was cut off from it by a beeping sound from his phone.

"There's a new video!" Tico said, "Do you want to see?" She asked.

Jaune nodded. The video buffered and loaded, and he sees three familiar young blondes and a few corpses around them the three were being cornered by a pack of Beowolves. Jaune's chest beat loud and his eyes widened. The three blondes were his younger siblings. Esther, and the twins Julienne and Juniper. With Esther was hugging the twins trying to calm them down as a beowolf lunged at them and mutilated them. Then the video ended with the camera zooming in at the mangled corpse of his siblings.

Jaune vomited and the Jack brothers started tapping his back.

"I have to find them." He wheezed. "I HAVE TO FIND THEM!"

He fiddled with his contacts and called his dad. But to his dismay he was greeted by an answering machine. He clicked his tongue. If he remembered right they were supposed to be in the park.

"Guys, will you help me save my sisters?" He asked.

"you don't need to ask Jaune! We-ho will fight with you anytime!" Jack frost said.

"What he said. Ho!" Pyro Jack exclaimed.

"Then lets go." Jaune nodded and ran towards the park, away from the forest. Pyro Jack floating beside him with jack frost riding his back. Jaune thought it was cute but he didn't have time to think about that now. He must save his sisters.

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Jaune arrived easily at the park, following the direction of where people were running from. It wasn't easy because the town was overrun by Grimm. Which doesn't explain why his parents weren't coming to the rescue of his siblings.

He finally found them but there were no corpses around them, instead the kids were standing behind Esther who was proudly standing up to the Grimm. Jaune grit his teeth in anger. Get away from my sister! He pointed his right palm at the Beowolf nearest and shouted "[Agi]!" a small flame erupted on the monster's body until it exploded. The damage wasn't enough to kill it, but his shout was enough to gather the attention of the Grimm. The pack consisted of 10 beowolves.

"Jaune!" Esther shouted.

"Big brother!" The twins called in unison.

Jaune wasn't sure if it was his mind on adrenaline or perhaps instinct but he called out to his demons and gave started giving orders.

"Frost! Use [mabufu] on the surrounding Grimm and Pyro use [agilao] on any Beowolf that comes close to my sisters!"

"Hee-HOH! [Mabufu]!" Frost shouted and the six Beowolves were hit by spires of ice that came from the ground. Three were stabbed and killed while the remaining three jumped to avoid it. Jack Frost jumped off Pyro Jack to stand on Jaune's back.

Pyro Jack raised his lamp and started casting [Agilao] on the 3 nearest Beowolves after Frost Jack's cast.

The Beowolf Jaune burned lunged at him and he clenched his fist, feeling the power and all the blood pumping "[Sonic Punch]!" he punched the Beowolf square in the snout sending it away into the air.

Jaune caught up to his siblings and held them "Are you guys okay." Esther nodded while the twins cried.

"Shhh, big brother is here. I'm here, it's gonna be okay"

"Trust in your big Brother Hee-ho!" Jack frost gave a thumb up before jumping from Jaune's back and casting ice on the remaining Beowolves.

"What was that!?" Esther asked.

"I'll explain later." He chuckled and fought with his demons. Using [sonic punch] to finish any frozen Beowolf and casting [Agi] on with Pyro Jacks' [Agilao] on any beowolf getting closer to the kids.

He went back to his sisters while

"It looks cute." Julienne said gesturing to Jack frost.

"Really? I think that pumpkin one is cuter." Juniper stated.

Jaune laughed at the twins, their attention quickly shifting from scared to bickering about who's cuter. He loved his sisters in that weird way they always interact.

"Jaune, we may have a problem." Esther said looking scared

Jaune looked back to see that Beowolves with increased number approaching and they brought with them Creepers as well.

"No way." He trailed off.

"Jaune, I don't think I can cast [agilao] anymore." Pyro jack said with a troubled expression whilst floating back to him.

"Hee-Ho I can still go" Jack frost said with exasperated breath.

"Dammit'" Jaune cursed as he felt his own fatigue kicking in.

His scroll vibrated and there appeared Tico. "Wow, seems like you're in a bind Mr. J! Why not use possession?"

"But won't I-" He didn't dare continue as he didn't want to let his siblings hear.

"Well, its up to you ya' know! At this rate its either you die or let your sisters die with you!" She said with a mischievous grin.

"Dammit, you have a point." He gave a scared smile. "how do I do this? And make it fast." He said.

"Oh! Just give me the order to have any demon possess you!" She giggled. "I suggest Jack Frost!"

"Then do it!"

"Alrighty! Have good weeeeee~! Mr. J!" She said.

"Oh, we're doing this?! Hee-ho!" Jack frost said with excitement before vanishing.

"I hope you'll live, boss. Ho!" so did Pyro Jack.

Then the pentagram at the back of his hand started glowing a light blue. His eyes turned into an icy-blue color, his hair a frosted white then forming on his head is the blue bonnet that Jack Frost was wearing.

He felt it, the influx of magical energy inside of him. He closed his eyes and looked for the strongest ice magic he can muster with Jack Frost. Alone, the two can never cast it individually, but together their potential reached better heights and Jaune understood the price of his next actions.

But did he care? No. If it means saving the life of those that are dear to him, whether it be then, now, or in the future his answer will never waiver. He would do everything he can to hold onto to those who are dear to him.

He opened his eyes. He felt the cold devouring the inside of his body. He knew of the storm that is surrounding them. He looked back and smiled at his siblings before giving a cold glare at the dark beasts that wished to harm his kin. He heard the readied voice of Jack Frost inside of him he understood him clearly. His origins of a spirit from a place called England. The snow elf who brings cold weather and was believed to be the one who formed the frost on the windows and homes of buildings.

He smiled.

"[Mabufudyne]!" He shouted the most powerful ice-based magic that he could muster. Forming a ring of ice around the park that froze every Grimm that surrounded them, then snow started falling from the sky.

Jaune looked up and smiled, realizing that the hat he wore was slowly vanishing and his eyes returned to its former color. He felt a sudden rush of cold inside his body before feeling the warmth running down his lips. He started shaking like a mad man due to the cold and slowly touched his lips to see blood on his fingers.

His nose was bleeding. I bit more than I could chew. He heard his name called and looked to the source to see his parents running at him and upon seeing them he lost consciousness and let the darkness devour his sights.

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He heard it.

"For it is in our choices that we can make the first step

He felt it.

Through this, we decide our own fate upon our choosing

Unafraid of the reaper's scythe nor against fate's plans

Like water rippling through his body

The choices we make burdens our soul

I release your soul, and by our hands we write our destiny."

His Aura has returned to him.

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Jaune woke up to see himself back in his room. He felt his whole body bandaged with a bunch of heating packs underneath. He heard his Scroll beep for a notification.

He read the message and it said.

"Notification for new videos."

Jaune opened the Nicaea app and Tico greeted him quietly as she could.

"Mornin' Mr. J~ If you noticed, like, the word video is in plural form? So, you have a bunch of videos to see, let me bring up the list and choose what ya' wanna watch first oh by the way? It's totally different now, like, their death is on a different date or year, whichever comes first, rather than making it close like the one from before and these people here are listed in the order of when their deaths will come. Cool right? You get to prepare yourself!" Tico said, and the screen was filled with names

[Amber

Ruby Rose and Yang Xiao-Long

Weiss Schnee

Blake Belladonna

Pyrrha Nikos

Lie Ren & Nora Valkyrie]

"The first one won't come until 2 years later while the last one is at least 4 years? Wow, that's far off! Oh well! That's basically it, have a nice weeeeee~!" Tico said before disappearing.

With a relieved breath Jaune decided to sleep and check the videos after he wakes up. He locked his scroll and proceeded to go to dreamland, unaware of the macca he earned from his last fight.

/Chapter 1 end/

Oh boy, me and my SMT addiction brought me to making a fic about a crossover of two of my beloved things. RWBY and SMT! Also known as Shin Megami Tensei! I've recently played the fourth one and am currently playing SMT Devil survivor 2 (Hence the Nicaea) BUT there's a reason why the scroll isn't enough though *wink*

Wanna play nocturne tho but I have no money HAHAHAHA…. Sigh.

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