Alright time for the final chapter of the Beacon Arc, hope you all enjoy this one and I'm sorry it took so long, College applications, Football and Senior year in general all piled up together. I do not own RWBY or Familiar of Zero.

Chapter 15- A Witch and a Bull Fall.

Louise's POV

So this is Jaune's other form, it's more humanoid then I expected. Jaune's shirt and hoodie were torn to shreds when two Nevermore wings burst from between his shoulder blades, his left hand changed and shifted to something reminiscent of a Beowolf's paw with large claws, a white King Taijitu burst out of Jaune's midback, his skin has turned pure black while his hair pure white, and a white bone mask now adorns his face. At least I thought it was a mask until the mouth opened. Jaune then lets out a chilling laugh as he looks to the sky, his voice sounds like another is mixed into it.

"So this is what it feels like to be a Grimm around people. I can feel it, your fear, your anger, your sorrow, your despair, your greed, and your lust. All of those emotions feeding me. No wonder the Grimm will always win. Grimm will always triumph when humans and Faunus tear at each other's throats all the time and provide more of these emotions!" Jaune then stares at the woman called Cinder.

"And you, Witch. I can sense that other soul inside of you, you'll burn for what you've done." Cinder stares at Jaune with in shock before a snarl appears on her face and she launches fireball at Jaune only for it to be batted away by the Beowolf hand. Jaune then plants Derf in the ground and a gauntlet of bone surrounds his right hand.

"If you want to play Witch then let's play." Jaune then takes to the sky and begins circling around the Red-haired man and Cinder, dodging shots from the two all the while. Roman and the girl that rescued me, Neo I believe, are currently fighting the two younger people that are following Cinder. The boy is trying to hit Neo but she darts around each of his kicks while dealing blows with that umbrella of hers. Roman is in complete control of his fight, the girl who held a blade to my throat can't even touch him.

"Come on girlie, where's all that fight you had in you before?" Roman seems to be enjoying this, Jaune owes me an explanation about why the thief now works with him. I turn back to Jaune's fight and see he's now firing back with feathers from his wings, they're not doing much good though as both his opponents are cutting them to shreds.

The audience for these fights are shocked, I suppose I could understand. Jaune has taken on a form that is probably a literal nightmare for them, Roman is a well-known thief, and Neo is one of the ones that interrupted the tournament. Fear is prevalent however, I can see their hands reach for weapons and I point my wand at them.

"Attack Jaune or his allies and I will make sure it's your last act." Their hands return to their sides, I've made demonstrations on what I can do using a few of the terrorists, I didn't have time for the proper explosion spell so I merely pushed magic out and aimed. A cry of pain brings my attention back to Jaune's fight. One of his feathers made it through and pierced Cinder's leg.

"Now it's your turn Taurus!" Jaune drops in front of the Faunus and slashes with his claws. Sparks fly when they meet the blade of the terrorist and Jaune's snake attachment goes above Jaune's head and strikes at Taurus only to be blocked by his sheath. Jaune punches the Faunus in the gut, pushing him back before taking to the air once more as a fireball hits where he once stood. Soon bullets, fireballs, and feathers are being exchanged once more, each side taking damage.

"What the hell is he?!" I turn to see that the blue haired flirt was the one to speak. "Halfling." Everyone turns to look at me upon my answer. "What? You heard what Jaune said, he calls himself a Halfling." My blood boils at the next question.

"And you actually trust him?" I shoot a small explosion a few inches from the girl that spoke's feet. "Say something like that again and I'll end you. I trust Jaune with my life." A cracking sound draws everyone's attention back to Jaune's fight. The King Taijitu's head is shaking around and shifting. White turns black, the head's structure changes to a more draconic shape, feelers emerge from the face, and soon a new creature is formed. Jaune gets on all fours and the head points straight at his opponents with electricity crackling from its mouth.

"Coming up, one steak well-done and a crispy witch on the side." A beam of electricity fires from the creature's mouth shoots straight forward. I know something is wrong when Taurus smirks. He gets in front of Cinder and gets in a stance as though he's about to draw and ABSORBS the beam!

"Time to die freak. THIS IS FOR MY FALLEN BROTHERS AND SISTERS!" He then draws his blade and slashes forward sending a beam of red energy rushing towards Jaune with a beam of fire right behind it. Jaune can't even move before both attacks slam into him and send him flying into the building behind him which them collapses in on him while bursting into flames.

"JAUNE!" I rush towards the flaming inferno only to be stopped by Neo grabbing ahold of me along with Roman.

"Lady hold on, he wouldn't want you rushing to your death." I stop struggling but can't look away from the raging inferno that is consuming the area Jaune must be in.

"Heh, so you decide to betray us Roman. Such a bad boy must be punished." I look back at the woman that caused this. She and that bastard are looking so pleased with themselves. I draw my wand and point it at them only to stop. Taurus would simply absorb the energy from my explosion. Roman pushes me to Neo and plops his hat on her head.

"Neo get the Boss's girl out of here. Run and don't look back!" He readies that cane of his but Neo merely draws her blade and stands beside him. That's good I wouldn't run even if I could. Roman looks at Neo with a scowl. "I said run Neo, I taught you better than this." Neo glares at him and then opens her mouth.

"M…y pla...ce wi..t..h yo..u." Her voice is rough and scratchy, I heard a friend of my mother sound like that. He got his throat cut from shrapnel during battle. Roman stares at her for a second before looking away, I swear I see a tear in his eye.

"What did an old scoundrel like me do to deserve someone like you." I look around and see more Grimm, wild ones, have appeared and engaged the others. Cinder seems amused and smirks.

"Touching, I'll give you one chance Roman. Kill the pink-haired brat and I'll let you come back to my side." I ready myself to dodge when I hear a click from Roman's cane only for shock to fill me when he shoots at Cinder, she easily blocks it but it clearly surprised her as well.

"I may break a lot of deals but that kid stuck his neck out for us. He offered me a choice rather than threaten us into compliance. He may have had contingencies to deal with us running but that's just how it works. Besides can't you feel it, that pressure in the air. I think you guys should be the ones worried."

Now that I'm not worried Roman will kill me I can feel it, that warmth from when Mott threatened me. Shadows then run under us and start piling together in front of us. Jaune soon emerges, shirtless, burned, scuffed, and bruised but most certainly alive and with Derf in hand. He then looks back and sends me a smile, his eyes still those of a Grimm but filled with love. I shouldn't have worried.

After all he's my Dark Knight.

Jaune's POV

Damn that stung, if I hadn't been in my Halfling form I would have been done for. "We'll need to work on combat with that form later human. If it hadn't been for that Bull's semblance we would have roasted them though." I nod and start walking forward towards them. I could end this so easily, just a simple thought and the shadows in their bodies tear them to pieces but I don't want to. I want them to hurt for the lives they've taken and for that poor soul trapped inside Cinder.

"Ready Derf." Derf gives me his version of a nod and gains a rare aura of seriousness. "Aye Partner. Let's put them down." I pump aura into my legs and charge at Taurus once more and meet him in a dance of blades once more. I haven't fought someone this skilled in a while. We give each other nicks and cuts. No words are exchanged between us only blows. Sparks fly as Derf grinds against his katana. Cinder tries to interfere sending fireball at me but my shadows smother them each time, every time she tries to run a shadow spike stops her.

I once heard you can tell a lot by the way someone fights, I'm a believer in that idea. RWBY, NPR, Guiche, Adam, and everyone else I've seen fight is readable through their fighting styles. Their personalities ingrained into it. When someone looks at me they see a machine, my runes pumping the best fighting style for the weapon I wield into my head and muscles. Adam is a predator in both personality and fighting style. He can wait to pounce, deliver a fury of blows, or launch an attack right for the jugular. However, I can see his weakness. The more we fight the more he gives into his bloodlust. His attacks become wilder and more ferocious but also without thought. Then he oversteps once in his zealousness to kill me and falls forward slightly.

"I did promise a well-done steak." I slam my left fist into his chest and tap into one of my newest abilities. Black flames shoot from my left hand and pierce out Adam's back. His mouth drops open and blood spills from his lips, his blade slips from his grip and I swallow it into my shadows.

"Damn you." With those words, he falls back and hits the ground dead. A hole burned clean through his chest, I'm amazed he was even able to speak. I turn to Cinder and Pecus begins to whisper into my ear an idea. A perfect, painful little way to kill her. I will never get on his bad side again that's for sure.

I reach into the shadows inside of Cinder and start stretching those little bits of darkness between her cells. She screams in agony and her body starts to fall apart. All that stolen power and now she's rolling on the ground like a worm. In the end despite her sturggles and random attacks that go nowhere near me all that's left is a small pile of Cinder. A brown orb floats in the air where she once was for a few second before rushing off somewhere, getting a better glance at the thing it felt like it was incomplete.

"Jaune!" I turn to have Louise tackle me in a hug. Ignoring the pain, I return it and then face Roman while sending a shadow over to where Mercury and Emerald have been dumped, unconscious but still alive, to copy their weapons. "I heard what you said Roman, thank you." He nods and then looks around. "So can we get out of here, I don't want to be around here when Jimmy shows up, even if you can kick his ass." I nod and look around.

"What about your supplies?" He waves my question off. "The White Fang took over the warehouse we had. I doubt they got past the safe with all our stuff but we would have blown our cover." I frown and ask for the address of the place. He gives it too me and I nod. Time to test something out.

I cover one eye and focus on a shadow in an area near the address Roman gave me. I begin to see out of that shadow and force it to move, it's clumsy but workable. Soon I find the warehouse Roman describes and force the shadow to engulf it. Slowly it the building is dragged into the shadow. I dump the few Fang inside into the Shadowlands, I need to give the pack a treat here and there. Once it's fully engulfed I leave and focus back on where I am. We're surrounded by students but that's no threat. I open a shadow beneath us and we drop into it.

"Next stop, Fouquet's."

Fouquet's/Matilda's POV

It's been a while since I escaped from Wardes and his ilk thanks to that deal I made with Jaune. I've rejoined Tiffania and have been helping at the orphanage. Occasionally I have to make a few trips to steal some funds but I've made sure to not use my own calling card. As far as anyone knows a random earth mage is doing these thefts. Right now, Tiffania has taken the children fishing at a nearby creek in the woods.

"So this is where you've been hiding out Fouquet." I turn to see Jaune standing near the main building along with Louise, a petite girl with multiple hair colors, and a man with a cane. He sees my shock and smirks.

"Maybe I should have mentioned I could always find you again." You think! "Any way I have a job offer for you." I tense and ready myself to summon a Golem until the cane wielding man comes over and examines me.

"Kid was right, I'm going to like you. Name's Roman Torchwick, Remnant's greatest thief. Jaune didn't tell me such a lovely lady was our prospective member." He takes my hand and kisses the back of it. I can feel my cheeks heat up but it leaves once the Parasol girl uses said object to whack the man on the shin. The two begin in a one-sided argument, I believe the girl must be mute, while Jaune approaches me.

"I'm sure you've heard about the war. I'm putting together a group to cause chaos behind enemy lines, you're the final member for this little trio. You're welcome to side jobs and to keep funds you find if there are no innocent casualties. I'll have you steal supplies, secrets, and info." It sounds good but I can see a problem.

"What about the whole being dead thing. I can't risk being discovered." Jaune nods and hands me what looks like a small cylinder with a red button on top while showing me a little device he has in his hand.

"I can't even begin to explain the science behind these things but just push that if you need help and this device in my hand will let me come running." I look at the device and think about Tiffania, she'd be a prize for both sides. Jaune has a large amount of strength, enough to protect her.

"I'll join this little group of ours. I expect your protection though." Jaune nods and gestures to the two newer people. "These two will be staying with you. As soon as I have a mission for you I'll come to you guys." He then forms one of those portals of his and out flies two bags which he hands to Roman and the girl.

"Here's some clothes and for a little extra…" Another hole opens and a large case slides out onto the ground with a snowflake symbol on it. Roman looks shocked as he opens it and examines a multitude of vials and crystals.

"Boss is this?!" Jaune nods and opens a hole behind him before going over and picking up Louise, I didn't even notice she fell asleep. "1st class Schnee dust taken straight from one of their facilities, let me know if you need more. I'll be taking Louise back to the academy now, I'll come back soon." With that he walks through the doors and I look back at my two new colleagues.

"So which one of you wants cooking duties for tonight?"

Hope you all like it, especially you stakler. As always thoughts and ideas are always welcome.