Disclaimer: I do not own Persona 4 or RWBY they are the property of their respective owners, any resemblance to any other Persona 4 or RWBY fan fiction is coincidental and plagiarism is not intended. No flames please constructive criticism only.

AN: Ok so this was the winner of the poll and I decided to bring it back. I have however rewritten parts, so those read its last incarnation will most likely notice the differences between that version and this version.

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As Yu Narukami took his seat on the train, he looked out the window to his friends who were all shouting goodbyes at him as they ran alongside the train which began pulling out of the station. He smiled gave them a wave back as they shrank from view.

The Fool felt his foot tap against something hard in his duffle bag which contained some supplies for the journey to where he'd be staying next. Most of his luggage had been sent ahead leaving only some small supplies that he would have to carry himself. He unzipped it and his eyes widened as he saw Totsuka-No-Tsurugi, the sword he had gotten after managing to defeat the Reaper after a long and gruelling battle, was in there resting in its sheath. He silently cursed and moved some clothes around to cover the sword and then quickly zipped the bag back up.

'I must have put in by mistake.' He thought to himself. 'I'll have to find an opportunity to send it to Yukiko.'

Indeed, being caught with a real weapon would be bad. He'd just have to hide it and have Yukiko keep it, after all, it wasn't odd to see decorative swords at an inn like hers.

Yu stared out at the scenery after putting away the picture he and all his friends had taken with Marie at the end of his stay in Inaba. All suddenly went dark as the train entered a tunnel. The Fool decided to rest his eyes for a moment and waited for the train to exit the tunnel. However, when he opened his eyes, he was most surprised to find that the passenger's in the train car were all mysteriously absent. Also, the appearance of the train itself had changed, almost as if he was in….

"Hello and welcome back to the Velvet Room" a familiar voice greeted his ears.

Yu looked and saw on one of the seats opposite him holding a tome was Margaret. Igor was not present but instead, there was another, a man wearing a black turtleneck shirt and black trousers fastened by a belt. A helmet-like mask that had a fearsome design. The mask covers the man's entire face as well as the top of his head and had two pairs of eyeslits through top pair of which, his eyes were visible. Its overall shape was more rounded and tapered to a sharp point, somewhat resembling a bird's skull.

Despite the ominous look of the mask, Yu he felt a sense of completion and purpose that humanity had long been searching for from the man, which didn't make much sense even to Yu but that was the best he could describe the feeling.

"Greetings Yu Narukami my name is Philemon and I have been watching you ever since your journey began," Philemon said introducing himself and extending a hand to Yu which he shook.

He abruptly released the hand when light suddenly came streaming through the windows. Yu stood up and walked over to the window. He gasped when saw an endless beautiful scene with fields full of flowers and great blue sky that stretch on forever.

"This is…"

"The world inside the hearts of humankind in its true form," Philemon said now standing next to Yu "It was you who helped lift the fog and now the hearts of man has never been clearer. Now there is a reason I called you here."

Yu sat back down and turned his attention back to Philemon who had also taken his seat.

"As I said I am Philemon and you may think of me as Igor's master. My purpose is to guide humanity to evolve beyond its base impulses and towards enlightenment." Philemon said "And I find myself in need of your assistance. You see there is another world separate from your own where a great many lives are in danger and unlike all the other the wielders of the Wild Card, Who have paid a high price to save humanity, you found a better path one that not even Igor nor the Velvet Room itself could initially foresee."

"Alright, but what is it you need me to do exactly?" Yu asked curiously, wondering where this conversation was going.

"The other world I mentioned is called Remnant. It houses another version of humanity alongside a people with animal features such as ears or tails amongst other traits called Faunus. On that world, humanity is besieged by soulless creatures known as Grimm. These creatures are drawn to feelings of negativity; such as envy, sadness, loneliness, and hatred; and will congregate towards the source of these emotions. Grimm only have the instinct to kill Humans and Faunus on sight." Philemon explained "However while humanity currently enjoys a time of peace due to the power of an element called Dust. A storm is coming for which I wish to help them prepare. However, due to circumstances, I am unable to interfere directly. An ordeal lies in their future. A battle for the very fate of Remnant which has been going on for centuries is about to reach a climax and I wish to aid them."

"If this war has been going on for so long then why now do you only want to help?" Yu asked suspiciously.

"This war could mean the end for humanity on Remnant however that is where you come in." Philemon continued "I have a friend who runs a school known as Beacon Academy; he's something of a wizard when it comes to teaching the children to become Hunters of the Grimm. Even if his hair is going grey he's still got a lot of fire and wisdom in him. I wish to send you to Remnant to become a teacher, more specifically I want you to help raise a generation of Hunters and Huntresses who will have the power of Persona, giving them a greater chance to fight back against the darkness."

"If it means I can save lives, I'll do it" Yu agreed readily. "But I don't know how to awaken their Persona's without having them face their shadows like we did."

"Well I can help with that" Philemon then withdrew a familiar looking crystal. The Orb of Truth that Yu had used to reveal Izanami no Okami's true form "I've given the orb a modification that will allow it to draw out the shadow of the person whom you chose to shine its light upon. However you must will it to shine the light first, that way there'll no accidents caused by curious students if you leave the orb lying around."

"Thank you," Yu said taking the orb and pocketing it. "But you didn't answer my question, why now?"

"Truthfully, I tried sending a Wild Card to have her Journey in Remnant before you, however, it is a bloody and harsh world and she perished before h could truly make a difference." Philemon finally answered with a sad sigh. "I figured that sending you who have reached the end of your Journey and have attained The World, you would stand a greater chance than she did."

"If these people are in trouble then I'll help, after all the worst thing that can happen is death right?" Yu joked slightly anxious.

"Thank you," Philemon handed Yu a deck of Tarot cards similar to his Persona's Arcana. "Take these, they can be used to detect whether someone has the potential for Persona or not. Your prospects need only to touch the cards and if one reacts, then they have a strong potential, this should help make your job easier."

Yu took the deck and examined the Arcana silently for a few seconds before pocketing the deck.

"A couple more things before you go take this so my friend will know who you are." Philemon handed Yu a business card with a blue butterfly on it. "And take this."

Philemon extended what Yu recognised as a Persona tarot card under the Judgement Arcana.

"This Persona is Zeus; he really wanted to see you again. You made quite the impression on him, which isn't easy for a mortal. Don't worry about not remembering him; I'm sure you'll understand in time."

Yu took the Arcana, as he did so it dissolved into a blue glow which flowed into him and he felt the Persona's presence settle within his soul.

"One more thing, don't worry about people thinking you're missing when you return you'll be back here in the same moment you left."

"Attention passengers this is your driver speaking, we have arrived at our destination," a familiar voice said through the PA.

"Igor?" Yu asked looking up at the speakers, during the pause Yu could practically hear the grin the on his face.

"We have now arrived at the Headmaster's office, in Beacon Academy on the world of Remnant please enjoy your stay and while you no longer require the services of the Velvet Room it will nevertheless be open to you."

Yu stepped out of the train doors and into the light he found himself in an office that resembled the inside of a giant clock! The desk, the chairs, a few pillars here were all transparent and revealed an intricate set of gears and metalwork all moving together perfect harmony. Looking behind him he saw the closing doors of an elevator.

"Ah" Yu's attention was on a silver-haired man wearing shaded spectacles and a dark-green scarf with a small, purple, cross-shaped emblem on it. He wore an unzipped black suit over a black-buttoned vest, with a green undershirt underneath. He was also wearing black shoes and long, dark-green trousers and was drinking from a mug of what Yu assumed to be coffee "You must be the one the old butterfly Philemon sent am I correct?"

" Yes, I'm Yu Narukami, are you the wizard?" Yu asked hesitantly holding out the card with a blue butterfly on it that Philemon had given him.

"That card proves it and as does you calling me 'The Wizard'." the man said "You see the movie The Wizard of Oz does not exist on Remnant and it is only because of Philemon that I have seen it, hence the codename Wizard. My name is Ozpin, Professor Ozpin. I am the headmaster here at Beacon Academy where the Hunters and Huntresses of the future are trained, and with your aid, the power of Persona will be of great aid to preserving this era of peace. I am thankful for your assistance Mr Narukami."

"I'm glad to help Professor Ozpin," Yu said taking Ozpin's hand and shaking it.

"Come with me, I'll introduce you to some of our staff." Ozpin said heading towards the elevator "Now it's still a few weeks before the school year begins so only a few are actually at the academy at the moment."

"No problem let's meet them," Yu said stepping into the elevator and standing next to Ozpin as the doors closed.

As the elevator began moving slowly downwards Ozpin handed Yu what appeared to be a history textbook.

"Here I assume Philemon told you the basics of our world and the Grimm, but I think it is wise for you to read up on some our recent history before we reach the staff room," Ozpin suggested as Yu opened the book and began reading up on an even simply referred to as The War and another conflict called The Faunus Rights Revolution. "Hopefully knowledge of our world and your own observations should ease any worries the staff might have about your age, well some of them anyway."

As Yu kept reading the book he couldn't help but wonder where Ozpin had gotten the book from in the first place. The boy was certain the headmaster hadn't been holding it before.

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When Yu and Ozpin arrived outside of what he presumed to be the staff room the Fool found his history text book being taken away by Ozpin who stowed it away somewhere Yu couldn't see.

"Alright they're in here, be ready," Ozpin said receiving a nod from Yu. "Also there is one final thing I forgot to mention, in order to anchor your presence here in this world, you will need to sign a contract between you and me. Without it you will begin drifting back to Earth. I will have it ready for you tomorrow."

Yu nodded in agreement and Ozpin waved a device called a scroll across what looked to be ID reader near the doors which parted allowing them to enter. When they went inside there were three people waiting for them.

The first was a bespectacled man wearing a dishevelled white shirt partially tucked into his dark-green trousers and its collar raised, a slack yellow tie, hung loosely around his neck and one his feet were a pair of mismatched brown and black shoes. He also wore round glasses that appeared to be opaque.

The next man also appeared to be slightly overweight, and was wearing a double-breasted burgundy suit with gold piping and buttons. The trousers he wore were tucked into olive coloured boots, similar in appearance to cavalry boots. He had grey hair and a grey moustache which gave Yu the impression that he was maybe in his early fifties.

The woman of the group had very light-blonde hair tied back in a bun with a curl hanging down the right side of her stern face. Her eyes were bright green and she wore thin rectangular glasses.

Her clothing consisted of a white long-sleeved suit that exposed part of her chest; it had puffy sleeves that tighten near the wrist before spreading back out near her hands. Her lower body had a black business skirt with buttons running in a vertical line up the front of it and lighter black-brown stockings. On her feet were a pair of black boots with brown heels, and wears a tattered cape that is purple inside and black on the outside, decorated by a row of diamond-shaped brown beads going horizontally across her cape. She had in her right hand what appeared to be a riding crop.

"Everyone I'm glad you're all here I'd like to introduce you to a new member of staff I mentioned," Ozpin announced.

"I'm Yu Narukami" Yu introduced himself politely bowing his head. "It's a pleasure to meet you."

"It's a pleasure to meet you, young man, my name is Peter Port and I teach Grimm Studies here at Beacon." The portly moustached man introduced himself.

"Nice to meet you I am Doctor Oobleck and I teach History here." the green haired man was in front of Yu and shaking his hand in a blur of motion. He couldn't help but wonder how the man moved so fast.

"Glynda Goodwitch I am Beacon's combat instructor." Glynda introduced herself with her arms crossed and a stern look on her face.

'Uh oh, hard ass alert' Pixie commented with a snicker.

"Headmaster, with respect how do we know he's qualified to teach here?" Professor Goodwitch asked eyeing Yu "He seems a bit young don't you think?"

"I can personally assure you that he has the knowledge and skill to be amongst our staff despite his youth." Ozpin reassured her "Doctor Oobleck why don't ask him something? I'm sure his answer will surprise you."

"Very well young man, what can you tell me about War on Remnant?" Doctor Oobleck asked quickly sipping his coffee.

"Well wars on Remnant while bloody don't have a tendency to last very long" Yu said pausing and taking a deep breath before continuing "Because war breeds suffering which in turn leads to Fear, Fear leads to anger, anger becomes to hate and hate becomes a beacon to the Grimm who are drawn to negative emotions. As such many battle tactics are meant to end conflicts quickly. The Grimm then swarm and can even become hordes in wartime."

Yu paused and took a breath before continuing.

"They swarm towards battlefields where anger and hate most dominant and slaughter everything in their path. Then they'll target undefended towns and cities whose soldiers are out fighting. This is why the kingdoms try their hardest to maintain a peace with each other, not really out of any fondness for each other but out of fear of the Grimm. It's a common misconception that Grimm are all just mindless monsters, when in reality as time goes on and they get older, they become smarter learning from their experiences with humans and even becoming capable of strategic moves that make them seem Sapient."

"An excellent and well thought out answer young man." Professor Port praised "You gave an answer covered both history and Grimm studies at the same time well done."

"Indeed you have my confidence as well." Doctor Oobleck said sipping his coffee again.

"But not mine" Professor Goodwitch stated bluntly with an unimpressed tone. "Knowing is one thing but being able to do is another entirely. I'd like to see his battle skills myself before I give my confidence in this decision."

'She definitely needs to get laid.' Incubus jeered.

Yu wasn't angry, he wasn't even annoyed. Even he'd be sceptical at allowing someone his age being called in to teach future warriors at an academy as prestigious as Beacon apparently was.

"And you'll get to see his skill." Ozpin said, "I am so confident in his ability to fight that I will have him take the S-class hunter qualification exam."

Both Oobleck and Port gasped in shock and even Glynda looked surprised.

"Headmaster the S-class qualification exam is reserved for fourth-year students who have skill years beyond their peers." Professor Port objected loudly "Few even survive that exam! Never mind actually pass it. The last one to do so was 'your' team when you were a student! For Oum's sake Team STRQ was the best team we've had in twenty years and they barely survived to retreat when they attempted it!"

"And you're demanding he does it alone no less!" Doctor Oobleck yelled with alarm.

"Ozpin I didn't mean…"

"I accept your terms." Yu cut Professor Goodwitch off getting shocked looks from the three teachers and a small smirk from Ozpin. "What do I have to do for this exam?"

"Just follow me," Ozpin said walking out of the room with the three teachers and Yu in tow.

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Eventually, the five arrived at a cliff that overlooked place called the Emerald Forest. As its name suggested it was indeed a forest, that not only stretched as far from the cliffs as the eye could see but Yu assumed it was also infested with Grimm.

"Mr Narukami there is no shame in backing out and taking an easier combat test." Glynda pressed clearly trying to dissuade him. "Teams of highly talented hunters have died attempting this exam, doing it on your own is borderline suicide."

"I'll be fine" Yu stated confidently. "If there's one thing I've learnt it's that no matter where you are you're never alone."

"Take this scroll," Ozpin said handing Yu some sort of holographic tablet device "This will lead you a clearing in the forest where three Ursa Major and a King Taijitu await. Slay them a Giant Nevermore and then complete the further instructions I shall provide you and the exam is complete. But do be careful, this may seem straightforward but I assure you it is dangerous so do not hesitate or you will die."

'This sounds far too easy, this old fool is hiding something' Nidhogg grumbled.

Yu nodded and placed his duffle bag which he had been carrying with him, onto the ground before withdrawing the sword kept within. He then put the scroll the headmaster had given to him in his pocket and backed up a bit before taking a running leap off the cliff, plunging into the forest below.

"Ozpin are you sure that boy can handle this?" Glynda asked warily when Yu was out of earshot.

"I think that man has earned my confidence" Ozpin replied taking a sip of some coffee which Doctor Oobleck had given him.

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After reaching the ground using his sword still in its sheath to snag branches in order to slow his fall, Yu took out the scroll and began following the directions it gave him to the letter. Eventually, he found the clearing that Professor Ozpin had mentioned and saw the Grimm. They had bony spines and a skull mask with red markings, but they also possessed many bony plates on their back and limbs. Judging by their bear-like appearance he assumed that those three were the Ursa Major he was supposed to kill. All three spotting him and snarled at him with an unnatural hatred.

A hissing drew Yu's attention and turned to see on his left was a giant serpent creature that had many fangs in its jaws, with a long, black forked tongue to boot. It had two halves, a black one and a white one, that appeared to be joined in the centre.

'That snake is probably the King Taijitu I was told about. It'll be trouble if joins in the fight but I think I can keep it occupied while I deal with the Ursa'. Yu thought to himself.

"Yamata no Orochi" Yu summoned the Arcana and crushed the card summoning the eight-headed serpent which let out its own battle cry.

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"What is that?" Doctor Oobleck asked with astonishment as he watched an eight-headed serpent appear out of a swirl of blue flames.

"Some sort of summoning Semblance perhaps?" Goodwitch suggested. "They are extremely rare but not impossible."

"His Aura has not been unlocked," Ozpin told them.

"Semblance is fuelled by Aura, so without it, he can't possibly be using semblance," Port said nonchalantly.

A couple of seconds ticked by when the three teachers suddenly processed what Ozpin had just told them.

"What?!" "Ozpin!" "Have you gone insane?!"

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The Ursa's and the King Taijitu all gave their own roars and got ready to fight. Yu drew Totsuka no Tsurugi and equipped Siegfried to borrow his skill with a sword.

"Go" Yu commanded and the eight-headed serpent lunged for the King Taijitu which tried to defend itself by biting at Orochi only to find both of its heads wrapped up in Orochi's grip. It desperately bit at Orochi to try and break free but the eight-headed serpent refused to release its grip and didn't budge.

Yu flinched a bit at the pain that was being transmitted from Orochi but was able to compose himself and ignore it, instead he focused on the three Ursa Major's which had decided now was a good time to strike. One particularly bold one was already above Yu with its claws outstretched hoping to kill him from above.

Yu bent over backwards allowing the Grimms claws to just miss him and causing the creature sail over him, as it did so he quickly unsheathed his sword and plunged it's the bear's neck and drew it down its body and between its legs, his sword came out of the bear sending it crashing into a tree behind him where it quickly turned to smoke as it died.

Enraged by what had happened another Ursa charged only to be met with a Garula from one of the heads of Orochi who was still wrestling with the King Taijitu. The Ursa was sent flying and crashed head first into a tree where it sat on it's behind rubbing its head. However, before it could recover it was promptly bashed on the head by six pineapple looking fruit in rapid succession, one after another knocking the Ursa unconscious. Yu knew they could not be pineapples no matter how much they looked like them, for one pineapples did not grow on trees and secondly they weren't blue.

Yu did not see the third and final Ursa until it was too late, by the time he spotted the creature it had already closed in on him. Giving out a victorious roar it clamped its jaws down on Yu's right shoulder caused a sharp pain to shoot through him.

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"It looks like that's it" Glynda sighed glaring at the headmaster. "He let his guard down and now he will lose his arm."

"Are you sure Glynda?" Ozpin asked sipping his coffee with a smirk.

"What are you saying?" Glynda asked, "The Ursa has him, and he has no aura!"

"Then why has the Ursa not simply torn his arm off yet?" Ozpin asked sipping from his mug again.

"He's right, it looks like the Ursa can't sink its teeth in for some reason." Port pointed out in disbelief.

Glynda looked at her scroll and sure enough, the Ursa was there clamped onto Yu's shoulder struggling to sink its teeth into his flesh.

"How on earth is that possible?" Glynda asked, "It should tear his arm off effortlessly."

"I believe that this is the power of Persona," Ozpin said with a knowing smirk that annoyed Glynda.

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"Sadly for you, the Persona I've equipped is called Siegfried and he can nullify physical attacks," Yu smirked before plunging a finger into the eyehole of the Grimms mask as hard as he could.

The Ursa howled in pain and stumbled back with both its paws covering its mask, Yu took the time to strike and slashed its exposed throat. The Grimm gurgled and before falling over as its body dissolved into black smoke signalling its death.

The remaining Ursa Major which until now had been unconscious was starting to get back to its feet and was rubbing its throbbing head, however before it could fully recover died instantly as a sword impaled it through the throat nailing it to the tree through the back of its head, and it too joined the other Ursa in death.

Yu retrieved his sword from the tree and turned to face Orochi which was still wrestling with the King Taijitu.

"Alright stop playing around and finish it off." Yu commanded, "We still have one more to take down and that final boss Ozpin talked about."

The eight-headed serpent gave him a disappointed look before complying and releasing the King Taijitu by tossing it into the air. All eight heads then let out a frosty breath, using mabufala to freeze the Grimm solid, when it fell towards them the eight-headed serpent smashed to pieces with a headbutt.

"Three Ursa Major's and a King Taijitu that just leaves…." Yu cover his eyes with his arm when the wind began to pick up.

When it died down a bit Yu saw that everything was cast into shadow, when he looked up he saw a gigantic black bird it has a mask-like, white bony structure overlaying the upper front of its head. It also has four glowing red eyes, two on each side of its head. It also had two clawed "fingers" extending forwards from the outermost wing joint, on each wing.

"The Nevermore" Yu finished before reaching out to Orochi "Change"

As the change began the Giant Nevermore screeched out a battle cry let hundreds of metallic spear like feathers fly at Yu. They kicked a large cloud of smoke when they impacted the ground.

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"Is he…."

Ozpin remained unworried and smirked.

"Just wait and see Glynda it's not over yet."

"It's flinching?" Oobleck pointed out with confusion.

Indeed the Nevermore appeared to spot something in the smoke and flew backwards a bit. As it did so a huge serpentine dragon emerged from the smoke staring down the Nevermore which appeared to have lost its confidence. The dragon had four claws and held an orb of a different colour in each, Red, blue, white and black presumably representing Suzaku, Seiryu, Byakko and Genbu respectively.

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"Kohryu" Yu said standing atop the dragons head.

The Nevermore decided to try its luck again and launched another feather volley at Kohryu. The golden dragon simply took the attack without flinching and let out a growl at the Nevermore which decided to try and cut its losses by attempting to fly away.

"Don't let it get away" Yu ordered. "Ziodyne!"

The golden dragon complied and flew after the Nevermore, Yu steadied himself by gripping onto one of the golden dragon's horns. It easily caught up the fleeing Grimm which tried flying faster when it realised it was being chased. Kohryu opened its mouth and let out a massive lightning bolt which consumed the Nevermore destroying it completely. Before impacting portion of the forest and obliterating it, leaving a large crater and more than a few burnt trees.

After the last Grimm on the list was killed Yu leapt off Kohryu's head and returned the dragon to the sea of souls.

"CAW" Yu pointed his sword at the source of the sound only to find a bird staring down at him from a tree branch.

'Just a Raven' Flauros snorted derisively. 'Irritating bird.'

'A sign of bad luck.' Apollo commented wistfully.

'You would know' Artemis snarked at her brother.

Yu ignored the squabble that began between siblings and put his sword back in its sheath as the bird was no threat to him. Then ground shuddered forcing him to steady himself in order to keep his balance.

'It appears that in our fighting, we have disturbed something.' Scathach the teacher of Cu Chulainn and the one who bestowed him with Gae Bolg, commented with interest.

Yu could feel it, the atmosphere in the forest had changed. If he had to describe it, well it was like the earth beneath him was angry while the trees and plants seemed to be holding their breath in anticipation.

"Congratulations on completing the warm-up, now the real test begins." Ozpin's voice said from the scroll.

Suddenly Yu jumped back as the earth before he exploded. The Fool began rapidly back peddling, dodging falling boulders as he did so. Eventually, he could see the forest…..standing up?

"What you looking at now is a very old, very powerful and very experienced creature of Grimm." Ozpin continued informing him.

'Does this bastard sound cheerful or is just me?' Belial asked grumpily.

'I will break his nose.' Ahriman also was known as Angra Mainyu in Zoroastrian mythology growled. 'Let's see him be cheerful then.'

When the dust settled down and Yu could truly see again, he saw just how massive the Grimm truly was, its main body was mostly earth but there were plants and rocks mixed in as well it, its legs and arms, for example, were solid stone, but its hands had to be the main attraction. Each finger was a tree, a whole tree which connected with four others to form a large cobble of roots which made up the palm connecting each finger and thumb. Each of the rocky limbs had red lines like cracks across them.

"That is a species of Geist known as a Silva Gigas which means…"

'Forest Giant' Saturnus finished impatiently although Ozpin could not hear him.

"Giests normally don't become this big and prefer sneak attacks, however, this one has had time to become proficient in killing huntsman, he is known as the King of the Emerald Forest." Ozpin continued unable to hear Saturnus interruption. "To pass you must dethrone him, in a word, kill it."

Yu suddenly sort of understand what Belial meant by Ozpin sounding cheerful. The Sea of Souls was roiling, Dragons and Heroes were demanding to be given a shot at it, while gods and demons argued and boasted about which of them could annihilate it in a single blow.

In the end, he had already chosen the one perfect for the job, a Persona who while not able to destroy it in one blow, would also not destroy most of the forest while doing so, which Ozpin would most likely not appreciate.

'It would serve him right.' Pazuzu commented.

"Persona." Yu cried out crushing the Arcana in his hand, creating a massive swirl of blue flames around him which leapt into the air as the Persona began to manifest.

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"There he is, the King of the Forest." Doctor Oobleck said with awe.

"Indeed, I haven't seen him since STRQ tried to take him on," Port recalled staring at the giant giest with narrowed eyes.

"We've lost many foolish, yet promising teams of huntsman and huntresses to him." Glynda sighed still giving a sideways glare to Ozpin who was casually sipping his coffee.

"Here it comes," Ozpin stated.

Then a large blue flame erupted from beneath the treeline, expanding upwards and outwards. Finally, the flames vanished revealed huge white humanoid figure with strange tribal markings over its body that was just a head, larger than the gigas itself wielding a club in its hand.

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The King roared angrily at the challenger who did not respond with sound but with action, it raised its club high, the Grimm responded by quickly shielding its head where its Grimm mask was, with its arms.

This didn't stop the Persona or Yu who stood on the left shoulder of the giant, as it brought the club down, letting out a loud boom as it impacted. The King looked bewildered as suddenly its right arm was in three pieces on the forest floor.

Yu couldn't help the smirk which crossed his face. Albion had been the right choice for this. Albion was a mythical giant who was a son of the Sea god Poseidon and his wife Amphitrite who apparently founded Albion the country which would become Britain until he was slain by the hero Heracles during his tenth labour, his death caused him to split into the four Zoas.

The bewilderment of the King didn't last long however as he knelt, Yu could see vines wriggling to life around his shoulder where its arm was now gone. Then quickly they stretched down towards the shattered arm and grasped onto the pieces and pulled them back into the place. However only the shoulder piece was actually re-attached, the remaining pieces simply floated as if they were still attached to each other despite the obvious gap between pieces. The fist clenched a couple of times before the Gigas threw it at Albion. Literally, now that the appendage was not constrained by the rocky arm it was able to go much further away from the Grimm's main body.

The fist impacted Albions face causing the giant to stagger back a few steps. Yu almost fell but was able to keep his balance. Albion let out an angry growl, furious at having been struck like that and so began taking more steps backwards, creating more and more distance between its adversary and himself. Eventually, the Grimm looked quite small, and Yu clutched tightly to Albion as the giant began sprinting at the Silva Gigas a fist raised ready to smash its opponent to pieces.

The Grimm, however, saw this and was not idle, it knew it needed to change tactics and so with its right fist smashed the rocky left arm to bits causing the fist and bits of the arm to float just like the right. It's raised its now free hands into the air, putting them in full view of the sun and began rubbing them vigorously together. It did not take long before both wooden fists had ignited, and by the time Albion almost there, they were now completely wreathed in flames.

'Its fists are on fire!' Rakshasa yelled though he needn't have Yu could see that despite how fast Albion was going.

'I believe its even taking a defensive stance.' Hanuman observed with interest in his tone.

When Albion was finally within striking distance the Silva Gigas threw one fist forwards, his fist met Albion's and there was loud kaboom. Yu felt himself flying through the air only to stop as he was caught in the hand of Albion who had flown backwards and landed on his back, dropping his club.

Albion began to stand up again only to be pinned down as the Gigas jumped and pinned him to ground. One flaming hand was on Albion's chest and the was began punching his face repeatedly, clearly hoping that either Albion's face would cave or burn off. Sadly for the Grimm however, Albion was immune to the four elements, due to the nature of the Zoa which comprised him.

So the son of the Earthshaker, unable to open his hand to retaliate with a punch of his own and risk Yu, opened his mouth just as the next punch came and bit down hard on the flaming fist, causing it become stuck. With the Gigas caught off guard and trying to free its hand Albion with all his might headbutted the Grimm in its face causing to fly off him and also screech in pain.

The Persona now on its feet again spat out the hand which he had chewed up, the flames having been put out from being in the giants mouth. It opened the hand Yu had been standing in allowing him to see again. The King of the Emerald Forest meanwhile was screeching and flailing about in pain with its remaining hand covering its face.

Yu realised what it meant and commanded the Persona.

"Finish it!"

Albion needed no further motivation and charged again. The Silva Gigas through its pain saw what was coming and desperately tried to defend itself. It threw a punch at Albion, however, the giant moved swiftly allowing the fist to simply go by him and then punched the Gigas squarely in the face, causing it to crumble to pieces.

The rest of the Gigas suddenly froze for a few seconds before falling to the ground lifelessly. The crack-like red lines vanishing from it. However, Yu saw something in the dust, a black figure that has bone-like spikes on its back and ribs on its upper body, with long, skeleton-like forearms and sharp fingernails and a face mask with a single red eye floating there. He thought fast and decided to use Heat Riser one of Adachi's favourite skills, to enhance his abilities and quickly leapt from Albion's hand, jumping across the few rocks still in the air.

The Geist saw him coming and made to flee, but it was too late as Totsuka-no-Surugi was driven through its face mask. It flailed and screeched in pain which only made things worse as the blade fatally sliced its mask in half, it let out a death screech before vanishing into motes of black smoke.

It was then that gravity decided to remind Yu of its existence, he began falling from the air but was caught by Albion. Who began stomping back to the cliffs where the staff awaited.

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"Incredible!" Port cried jovially. "Simply magnificent."

"To think, a man the age of a first-year slew the King of the Emerald Forest and passed the S-class exam," Oobleck said in awe.

"Indeed, he's the youngest to ever take the exam and survive never mind pass." Glynda breathed with shock at what she had just witnessed.

"I trust he has your confidence now Glynda," Ozpin asked with a smug smirk.

"Y-yes, quite," Glynda said composing herself as Albion came to halt and lowered his hand, allowing Yu to step off onto the cliff before the staff members before returning to the Sea of Souls.

"So did I pass?" Yu asked

"With flying colours," Ozpin said, "I trust this satisfies any reservations the rest of you may have had?"

"Indeed it does an excellent show" Professor Port exclaimed

"You are one of the few who have survived that exam, and one of even fewer who passed it." Glynda stated "Congratulations Professor."

"Indeed, welcome to Beacons staff," Doctor Oobleck said quickly "I can hardly wait to see how you do here at Beacon."

"That's not all, you see while I'm going to assign him to aid certain classes, he will also be my protégé, my successor as headmaster of Beacon Academy," Ozpin announced with a small smirk.

'Wait? What?!' Belial yelled surprised.

"You see, the position of headmaster of a huntsman academy comes with a certain amount of political power and influence over the next generation of huntsman and huntresses." Ozpin began explaining. "It's the reason for the difficulty of the exam, it's not just a way to show who's the best, but also is a safeguard to make sure that not just anyone may become the headmaster of an academy, to prevent the abuse of the position. In other preparatory academies and civilian schools, the deputy would typically take up the mantle of headmaster however due to the aforementioned safeguard, the political and influential powers of the position remain out of reach, just in case."

Yu wasn't sure what to say. His head began to ache, and the world was spinning. He had overexerted himself and so without a word he passed out.

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As he entered the room Yu set down his duffel bag on the floor. It was spacious but plain, with a desk, a chair, an empty bookshelf and TV opposite the bed which was in the corner of the room and a large window allowing the dying sunlight to flood into the room, with a pair of thick curtains either side.

"This place feels like home, almost like I'd never left," Yu commented wistfully indeed, the similarities to the layout of his room back in the Dojima household were eerie, it only lacked a sofa and a standing shelf unit to look the same. Abliet with a bed instead of a futon and it was much larger.

"It may look that way," Izanagi commented appearing in a transparent form with no real substance as he sat on the bed looking out of the window.

"But things have changed," Yu said as he took a seat next to the Persona, joining him in watching the sun go down. he felt rather nervous, was he ready to be a teacher? He'd only just finished his journey by defeating Izanami.

"Remember no matter how this place looks, we are in a different world, and things are changing especially in the Sea of Souls," Izanagi stated causing Yu to pay more attention. "Ever since that man unlocked our Aura, the Sea has started to change with Potential bubbling to the surface and forming new Persona's on its own, make no mistake ever since you attained The World this has been happening, but unlocking our Aura has expedited the process greatly."

"Then Igor was right, after all, I don't need the services of the Velvet Room anymore."

"Indeed, I'm sure you can sense them, forming and those that have formed have already formed. Albion was one of them."

Summoning Albion had caught Yu off guard too. He hadn't remembered fusing the silent giant within the Velvet Room. But when he'd been forced to fight the King of the Forest, he knew he needed a Persona to fight it and Albion had answered the call and thanks to him he passed and Ozpin had said he would give him his Hunter License tomorrow along with making the necessary arrangements to have him employed at Beacon which of course required him to sign a contract.

The Cover story for the Council and public was that Yu had been chosen to be Ozpin's successor as Headmaster and now he was to start his training to take over should anything happen to Ozpin. His main purpose, of course, was to teach a small class to manifest and use their Persona's.

Teaching, Yu would be lying if he told anyone he wasn't nervous. The closest experience he had to teaching experience was when he tutored Shu. But this was a whole other ball game. His actions and words with these students would shape the future of a world. What if he said the wrong thing? What if one of them wound up dead or abused their power?

Teaching seemed hard, he wasn't sure if he could do this.

"You worry too much." A cocky voice remarked. The voice belonged to a new persona which appeared leaning against the wall next to the desk, he had a young roguishly handsome face with blonde hair that almost looked like it was green his eyes were that of a Raptor constantly in search of prey. This was Achilles one of the greatest heroes of the Trojan war famed for his speed, his rage and most of all his invulnerability which came from his mother washing him in the River Styx.

Save for his heel, his famous weak point which was shot by Paris who had poisoned an arrow and had his bow guided by Apollo. Hence the modern term, 'Achilles heel'. "Teaching is easy, all you have to do is get the brats to pay attention and do a few laps when they piss you off and you'll be fine."

"That is completely inaccurate." Another Persona said with a sigh, appearing next to Achilles and giving him a smack on the head.

This one was a calm-looking middle-aged man with long brown hair, wearing a somewhat archaic style of dress, Yu took a moment to notice a tuft of hair like a horses tail coming out from just above his rear. This was Chiron, the trainer of Heroes and the one depicted in the constellation of Sagittarius.

"I made you run laps because in your early days you threw tantrums and punched trees." Chiron reprimanded him. "Teaching when you first start out is not easy. Especially when your students are demi-gods. In your case, you are dealing with peers who have been training to slay monsters for years. While your journey may have given you more battle experience make no mistake, they have more skill with their weapons than you, and they were trained while you had to learn on the fly with no teachers. My advice in your own class is to stick to your strengths and work on your weakness with either Ozpin or Glynda in private."

Achilles scoffed and returned to the Sea of Souls, Chiron following him.

"Speaking of Ozpin, I wouldn't put all your faith the old man." A woman wearing a black cloak materialized near the window. "He reminds me far too much of Merlin, always knowing more but only telling what he thinks you need to know."

She was Morgan le Fay, the sister of King Arthur. She was either a fairy or a human, but either way, she was a sorceress allegedly taught magic by Merlin. She was a constant antagonist to Arthur and Camelot, eventually, she birthed a son named Mordred by enchanting Arthur. Mordred rebelled under Morgan's guidance and ended up destroying the kingdom.

"Teaching you anything was the greatest mistake I ever made, but I got you back in the end." A rather youthful looking man appeared opposite Morgan. "I stripped you of your fairyhood and you died a bitter old woman."

"Yet I still destroyed the once and future king, and the future you worked so hard to protect."

"Hmph, Arthur will be back and that future will come to pass, you, on the other hand, will remain thankfully dead."

"It's a wonder you lived as long as you did, you hit on anything female. I distinctly remember during one our lessons you tried it with Vivian, the lady of the lake and she ended up nearly drowning you."

They were getting off track, they'd clearly come for a reason other than to argue.

"Yes, well as much as I hate to agree with her, Ozpin is hiding something, there is magic below us," Merlin stated becoming serious.

So there was something below the school, somewhere underground.

"Indeed, but the magic itself is not what's being hidden, rather the magic is hiding something," Morgan told him in a thoughtful manner. "I'd liken it to a doorway or magically sealed treasure chest."

"Ozpin is far more than he seems." Merlin stated seriously "While he's not hostile to us, he's definitely got something big to hide."

"Indeed, I know his type, the know-more-than-everyone and play-them-like-chess-pieces type. You'd know all about that, wouldn't you Merlin?" Though it was spoken as a question, it was clearly an accusation meant to prod at the Wizard.

Merlin didn't respond, instead returning to the Sea of Souls. Yu noted that he hadn't denied the accusation, Morgan smirked victoriously clearly having gotten the rise she had been looking for.

"I advise you to be wary, this is more than just a school, and that man is more than just a headmaster," Morgan told him before returning to the Sea of Souls, most likely to chase Merlin and prod at him more.

Before Yu knew it the sun had finally set. he stood up and placed the scroll he'd been given down onto the desk before doing his night-time routine and climbing into bed.

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In the throne room of her domain, Salem's eyes widened as she felt a wave of a power, of a kind she had not felt for decades. Then she chuckled to herself, her eyes fell to the table where a black butterfly waited patiently.

"So, the blue one has finally decided to try again has he?" She smirked resting her head on her hand.

"He has been waiting for this time to come, he does not accept defeat easily." the black butterfly responded with amusement. "Regardless, this one is not a rookie his last attempt, this one is experienced and very powerful. Underestimate him at your own peril."

"So my current subordinates will not suffice? Do you perhaps have a solution?"

"I can give you the ability to contact the one who opposed him, however persuading him to contract with you, like Ozpin has with the boy is going to be your problem." The black butterfly responded "There are still rules after all. My interference has its limits these days."

"You are giving me the one who he defeated?" Salem asked with disappointment.

"I think you will find his semblance will more than make up for it." The butterfly responded "Besides there is a better prospect however that one is not ready yet. So this one must suffice for now. He will do for your early plans at least."

"Very well, what is the name?"

"Tohru Adachi, he is currently in prison for the murders that Yu Narukami and his friends exposed were his doing. but it will not be easy, the Wild Card formed a bond with even him."

"I could do with a challenge, tempting humans to my side has become rather easy in the last few centuries." Salem chuckled "This time, I would like to experiment with Wild Card power. With it at my disposal I will be able to burn both Ozpin and everything he has cultivated to the ashes."

"With that, I wish you luck." The Black Butterfly chuckled before taking off and beginning to fly away.

'Have you grown arrogant old friend? I have won on Remnant before, I have many more pieces to here play than you, all in more powerful positions, this is not earth, and it is not game board that I will concede so easily, by the time I am done I will either win, or your victory will taste as bitter to you as defeat, this I promise you.'