And here I am with another commission. A Rose Too Many is in progress. Slow progress. This story is for Ultrahero74. Original story by him/her (them).

It was a clear and sunny day in Remnant. Well, in some parts of it. As lovely as it might sound sunny all over a planet would be beyond the realm of possibility, even if Remnant was indeed a very strange world.

And at the current moment, it was also a world frozen in a chronostasis. Nothing too dangerous, of course. It would simply stop the flowing of time for a few seconds.

The trick of using a chronostasis was to then use those seconds to bring people from one world to another where time flew differently. So that those few seconds would become few days, or even months or years in the other universe.

Some Writers referred to that process as FF, as in "Freeze and Free", while others preferred a clearer, more straightforward word.

Kidnapping.

Both were correct, as a bunch of clueless victims were about to find out.

The first to realize this was Headmaster Ozpin of Beacon Academy and his so-called Inner Circle, without counting the three other Headmasters as they were not noteworthy enough to be retrieved. They were not all in the same room when the chronostasis took effect, with the exception of General James Ironwood, Headmaster and General of Atlas, who was in his flagship.

All of them mysteriously disappeared, leaving only a single blue crystal where they once stood.

The next ones to be 'frozen and freed' were eight teenagers, ages seventeen and one fifteen, all students of the prestigious Beacon Academy, located outside the city of Vale. They were all in class at the time, though different classes as Beacon worked similarly to a university – each student had to choose the classes they would like to attend, and not all chose the same classes.

The final being to be taken was not a human one, or not physically at least. Instead, it was a gynoid by the name of P. E. N. N. Y., commonly referred to as Penny Polendina. She was several months old, but she had the mental capabilities of a teenager, despite not having the social experience of one. She was at her temporary home in Vale at the moment of the removal.

All of them left a small blue crystal behind, an anchor that would replace them where they last stood as soon as the chronostasis wore off, even if they had moved onto the Afterlife. A small safety measure in case things went awry during the removal.

Kidnapping might've been a more straightforward word for it, but 'Freeze and Free' was more professional, and something like that had to be done with care and skill to be pulled off, so the second was eventually the best word, officially-wise.

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Somewhere in another universe, a custom-made universe created for the sole purpose of housing those displaced individuals unlucky enough to be chosen by Writers to be 'freed', thirteen large blue crystals tore out of the ground before they shattered, revealing the people inside them.

Waiting for them, there was a man.

An odd man with deep violent dragon wings, small horns, draconic eyes and amethyst crystals embedded into his skin. Other than that, he had long brown hair tied in a ponytail and greenish-brown eyes, and his beard was shaved short. The crystals appeared on his forehead, in a line, on his cheeks, looking like large freckles, on the back of his neck, on the back of his hands and on his wings. The skin of his hands and around his eyes had delicate purple scales covering it, though he had no claws.

He was dressed with black shoes and black pants, a white long-sleeved shirt and a black sleeveless jacket over it. To be completely honest, without the draconic and mineral traits he showed, he could've easily been mistaken for a waiter of a respectable restaurant.

As the thirteen people groaned and got back on their feet, the man silently observed them. They were exactly as he remembered. He should know. He'd kidnapped different versions of them several times already.

Sorry, 'freed', not kidnapped.

"Ozpin, where are we?" asked James Ironwood, the General and Headmaster of Atlas, as mentioned above.

"James, I have no idea," replied Headmaster Ozpin, looking around.

They appeared to be in a cave of some kind. Or maybe a mineshaft. A myriad of differently-coloured crystals, some as tiny as a fingernail and some as large as full-grown men, laid scattered around on the floor, walls and even ceiling. Some stalactites and stalagmites were encrusted with gems, and a few were even entirely made of crystal. Topazes, sapphires, amethysts, rubies, emeralds and diamonds were mixed with aquamarines, jaspers, garnets, opals, agates and moonstones. Where the crystals didn't cover the walls, veins of metals ranging from gold and silver to iron and copper filled the stone surface with swirls and lines of shiny minerals. The cave themselves seemed to be made of volcanic rocks, from tuff to obsidian. It did make sense as gems sometimes were found near or inside volcanoes due to their high temperatures.

"Let's get out of here," Qrow stated, for once putting away his flask, before he noticed the rest of the cave's occupants. "Ruby? Yang? And… weird guy staring at us?"

The students all took a little longer to get to their feet. Aside from a few glances to check if everyone was okay, all eyes were fixated on the odd man standing not too far from them.

"Uhh… sir?" Ruby spoke up. "Are you okay?"

The man smiled, showing his sharp canines in what was probably supposed to be a comforting smile. "I am, thank you. In fact, I am perfectly fine. Now, I bet you must be wondering where you might be. Let me answer that question."

"Wait a second – you mean you know what's going on?" asked Yang, incredulous.

"I hope so, after all, how could I not know when I am the one who brought you here in the first place?" His tone and smile turned a bit sarcastic. "As for what this place is, we are in a natural cave, a few miles underground. There's a volcano nearby – if you were to walk in any direction and walk through tunnels and caves, you would reach it in an hour or so. Above us, there is an idyllic beach still untouched by human hands. And finally, this is not Remnant."

The students all looked at him flatly, while the adults exchanged glances. They've heard weirder things. Not only that, but they obviously weren't in Vale or Atlas any more, which meant that as far-fetched as that sounded, that man must have done something at the very least.

Penny had a slightly different reaction. She frowned a bit at the man. "I cannot pick up any sign of lies in your voice. Which should mean you are telling the truth and we are indeed on another planet. How is this possible?"

The man shrugged. "Nothing's impossible as long as you believe you can do it," he replied with a grin. "I could explain the exact actions behind this whole event but you wouldn't understand it – the concepts of timespace, universes, astrology would be completely foreign to you, not to mention the willpower, projections, dimension travelling and everything. So, we can say I used magic, and leave it at that."

"Magic exists? Sensational!" Penny exclaimed with a megawatt smile. In her case, it might've actually been a megawatt. "I was thought science destroyed the concept of magic a long time ago!"

Ironwood subtly coughed into his fist. Dr Polendina was a genius and a great man, but he had a bit too high an opinion of science, if one were to ask him. If something couldn't be explained with science, it either had to be studied until it could, or it just wasn't even worth thinking about.

Apparently his 'daughter' hadn't developed the same mindset.

"Magic is usually just a word used to describe something we still have no idea how it's happening," shrugged the winged man. "After all, once one studies the art of runes, it becomes clear how to use it. If one were to study it enough, who knows, maybe they'd find out why it works."

"That is scientifically correct," nodded Penny. "Despite the fact that we don't even have the tools to analyse everything, deep down there must be some kind of logic that connects it all. It is just something humans cannot understand."

"You hit the nail on the head."

"Look, pal, I don't want to interrupt your little chat with the lass but you've just admitted you kidnapped all of us against our will," Qrow cut in, putting a hand on his blade's hilt.

"Of course. Kidnapping, after all, implies it is not consensual," was the sarcastic reply, followed by a smirk.

"Don't you dare use my own snark against me, Mr Weird-and-Wings," threatened the old Hunter, even though everyone could see a bit of a smile on his face at the retort.

"Oh gods I must've left my manners back where I kidnapped you against your will," he mockingly despaired. "My shallowest apologies. My name is Khor Evik Vlakhavlakh."

"That sounds as weird as he looks," Yang commented to Weiss, who rolled her eyes, though she couldn't help but agree.

"Says the one whose name literally means Little Sun Dragon. My name is obviously foreign to any of you," snorted the newly named Khor, a little offended.

"It must mean something in a different language then," Weiss interjected. "Does it have anything to do with… you know, the crystals and wings and horns and everything else?"

"It has everything to do with those! Khor is the root word from which words like kheran, 'good', and khyor, 'truth', but by itself is means 'amethyst'. Evik is the root word for evik'hiin, the Moon, or evynik, 'purity', but it means 'silver'. Together they can mean Amethyst Silver, but they also hint to the owner of those names being good, truthful or pure for whatever the reason. On the other hand, Vlakhavlakh is a structure made of two words put together, which links them in a relative, possessive or adjective way. Vlakh means 'power', vlakha means 'dragon'. Literally, 'power of the dragon'. Which is a hint to my… peculiar aspect. Does that satisfy your curiosity?"

"Unneeded linguistic lesson aside, pretty cool name," Yang commented before Weiss could.

"Thanks. There's a reason why the native speakers of this language wait until adulthood before giving permanent names." He grimaced. "Some parents really have no shame. Take Blake for example. Think what would've happened had she been called 'Smith'. Blake Smith? Seriously?"

Yang snorted at the pun before Jaune spoke up. "H-How do you know her name?"

"I kidnapped all of you in a split second and you think knowing your names is beyond me?" Khor chuckled lightly. "So naive. Anyway, let's get to the reason why I've brought you all here, shall we?"

"Yes, we shall," Goodwitch scowled. Everyone was suddenly reminded that, despite how seemingly harmless their kidnapper was, they had still been taken against their will.

"Well, it has something to do with a hero. An ultra hero from another world, one you shall never meet. Probably. Honestly, I hope you don't because that would cause some teeny-weeny problems. Anyway." He waved his hands around as if to dispel the thought. "You've been chosen to watch another universe. A projection will show you what happens in that universe. Don't ask why you were chosen, because I don't know. I'm the employee, not the employer. Even if I was, there is no solid reason. So! Any question before we start?"

"Yes, one," Pyrrha spoke up. "How is this possible?"

"Magic?" guessed Penny.

"And the prize for the correct answers goes to Penny Polendina." A golden trophy in the form of a thumbs-up appeared in Penny's hands, much to everyone's shock. "Yes, magic. It can do a lot of things. Now, everyone's ready, goodbye and enjoy your time here. I'll be back soon. Probably."

Khor began to briskly walk away as one by one, all the crystals lit up and began to project images on the walls. "Oh, one more thing," he called out to them as he disappeared from view. "If the volcano erupts, pray, because you're on your own!"

"What?!" everyone shouted, running after him, but he was long gone.

"Everyone, please calm down," Ozpin immediately took control of the situation. "He has no reason to harm us. He was probably just making fun of us."

"Ozpin's right. He does look the type to do that," Qrow nodded grumpily. "So… anybody has any ideas on how to get out, or do we just sit down and watch this movie?"

"It's an alternative universe," Ironwood corrected him before all the adults turned to the children, who were already sitting down to watch. "And I believe they made that choice for us."

All the adults subtly groaned in sync before slowly walking back to the teenagers and sitting down behind them.

Space. a vast and infinite place, filled with countless worlds and and endless civilizations. the whole universe itself is filled with vast wonders and many threats alike. but none are more incredible, more fantastic, and more legendary than the world that resides in Nebula M78.

"Remnant's better," Nora stated adamantly.

"Yeah, no booing our world in our presence!" Yang immediately backed her up.

"Are they seriously accepting that there are other universes so easily?!" Ironwood asked to anyone who was listening. "Because I'm honestly shocked to hear that."

Qrow shrugged and passed him his flask. "One of these and you won't be shocked any more."

The world of M78, which has come to be known as The Land of Light, has a rich and deep history. long ago the Land of Light was home to a race of people who looked exactly like humans. they lived in a beautiful paradise, that knew no war, hunger, or strife and the people of M78 lived in true peace and happiness.

"Booooooring," Yang grumbled. "No fights, no combat, no spars, no thrill? Come on! What kind of a planet is that?"

Ironwood quickly took Qrow up on his offer.

However, tragedy soon struck the people of M78.

Yang felt bad for what she'd just said.

For you see, the sun that the planet orbited around suddenly withered and died. and the Land of Light soon began to fall victim to the bitter cold of space, the planet began to freeze and it seemed that the once beautiful world and its inhabitants were doomed. however not all hope was lost, and the people of M78 never gave up on saving their home and its people.

"Huh, honestly I don't understand why's that," Nora admitted, scratching her head.

"It's advanced astrology," explained Penny, cheerful as ever. "Despite Dust not working past the stratosphere, we can still use it to create telescopes to watch the universe from afar. The sun is what warms the planet. It's an immense mass of scalding gases that are constantly burning."

"How long until that burns out?" Jaune asked, feeling a little nervous.

Ironwood chuckled. "Our scientists can only make hypothesises, but even the most dramatic of them would say millions of years at the very least. Humanity might very well not even exist any more when the sun finally dies."

All the students sighed in relief at that.

The best and Brightest minds of the Land of Light came together and came up with a plan to save their world And its people. and after many years of trial, error, and development they had finally created that which Would save their home.

And they called it, The Plasma Spark.

The Plasma Spark was created to act as an artificial sun, that generates incredible power and light. with it the people of M78 were saved and the once cold and dark world was once again bathed in light once again.

"Is that possible?" asked Ren. "To be able to produce such energy, I mean."

"I calculate that even if we could convert all types of Dust into a type we could use to produce pure energy, it would still take several times more than the Dust the planet can produce in centuries," Penny guessed, and correctly so. "I suppose they must've had another type of energy to use."

"Maybe. Atlas has been looking into other sources but thus far, Dust is by far the best option," Ironwood added.

Everyone not from Atlas rolled their eyes. Whenever it came to science, Atlas stepped forward with more than a little arrogance.

However none of the inhabitants of the Land of Light could've expected what happened the moment they activated the plasm spark. As the energy of Plasma Spark showered the Land of Light with its energy, the power of the Artificial sun had an unforeseen affect on the people who lived on it.

The energy of the Plasma Spark and Transformed the people of M78, and they were gifted with incredible powers the likes of which no one has ever seen before.

"Like Semblances?" Ruby wondered. "I mean, for us they're normal, but for people without them it might not be."

Blake blinked, surprised. "I didn't think of that. I guess that maybe, not all universes have found a way to unlock the soul via Aura."

"That's a scary thought," Jaune commented, frowning. "I mean, without Aura, humanity would've been doomed long ago. Or… maybe they don't have Grimm? It did say they had no wars…"

And so a new dawn had come. And with it came the Birth of a new kind of hero.

This, was the birth of the Ultras.

"Down with superheroes, yay for ultraheroes!" Nora exclaimed excitedly.

"Nora, ultraheroes isn't a word," Ren tiredly reminded her.

"And so?"

With their newfound powers and abilities the newly born Ultras decided to use their powers to defend the universe from the forces of darkness. to better do this the Ultras created the Space Garrison, an intergalactic force that patrolled the universe and helped anyone in need from the various threats that sought to destroy them.

"That's cool," commented Yang. "I wonder if they've ever reached our planet."

Ironwood sighed and drank more of the alcohol before passing to Ozpin, who had his hand outstretched. "Ultra warriors patrolling the universe and destroying evil. I'll believe that when the Grimm are wiped out."

"It does sound quite unbelievable, but perhaps we are too far away to be reached." Goodwitch frowned. "Though… we have been somehow brought here. Maybe it's not as impossible as it seems."

"I still think this is just me in a drunken stupor." Qrow then grumbled something about wishing there were chicks instead of kids, making her suppress a growl.

And so the heroic acts of the Ultras of M78 were made known throughout the cosmos. from battling Various and Destructive monsters known as Kaiju, to thwarting Alien invasions From aliens such as the likes of the Alien Temperor on other worlds. and so peace set itself upon the galaxy and beyond.

However even the most heroic souls can be tempted by power. for you see one day long ago in The Land of Light a young and promising Ultraman, who had been tempted by its incredible power, had entered the chamber of the Plasma Spark and had attempted to take its power for himself.

"Of course there had to be someone who wanted more power," Weiss sighed and face-palmed. Most Atlasians were power-hungry one way or the other so it wasn't really new to her.

"But isn't this 'Plasma Spark' a bit too strong for anyone to handle?" wondered Pyrrha. "I mean, if they received immense powers just because of its presence…"

However the power was too much for him, and had burned his body from its intensity. And so, for attempting to take the power of the Plasma Spark he was exiled from the Land of Light and cast out from his home planet.

"So it's without war but not without conflicts," noted Goodwitch. "I wonder if this was a one-time thing, or if they resolved wars by exiling all the contenders."

However what would happen next would be forever remembered as one of the Land of Lights darkest hours.

"And of course exiling the power-hungry guy would come back to bite them in the butt later," Jaune sighed sarcastically, with Ruby nodding as well. Both of them liked comics, so that was a clear red flag for them.

"Well, keeping them close to that source of power would've probably been even worse," Weiss countered, trying to bring some logic into it.

"Not necessarily," Penny replied. "After all, if they hadn't they would've still been able to keep him under surveillance. While in exile, he might be able to find another source of energy and use it to get revenge."

Both comics readers solemnly nodded. That was very true.

The sound of a flashing colour was all that could be heard throughout the asteroid that drifted through space. and laying on this asteroid was as wounded and exiled Ultraman.

He laid there, as his body burned and singed. pain shooting throughout his body because he had tried to take a power that was to much for him. and because of his selfish desire for power, he was cast out from his home and banished from it, never to return.

And so he laid there, wounded and alone. or so he thought.

"So this is how they treat their best?" A sudden and dark voice spoked, making the Ultra look up at the owner.

"BOOM! Evil overlord or entity that offers them power or straight-out corrupts them," Ruby stated matter-of-factly, not even flinching at the sudden voice.

"Ruby, this is not one of your comics," Weiss sighed, frustrated.

"Well, watch and you'll see!"

Who's there?" the Ultra asked as he looked up, and what he saw made his blood freeze.

The being in question couldn't even be called natural in any way. his whole body glowed an evil shade of blood red, that had a dark and powerful aura roaring around him like a tsunami of raw and evil power.

Hovering over him was without a Doubt one of the single and most evil beings in all the Multiverse. who's dark and evil spirit radiated an evil power around it. and as the Ultraman gazed upon this terrible evil, he knew who he was.

Everyone fell silent for a few moments.

"Well, called it," Ruby shrugged.

"Are they forgetting this is supposed to be an actually existing universe?" Ironwood whispered to Ozpin.

The man shrugged as well. "I can only guess they didn't really believe that, and they are just having fun watching a movie," he replied. "Honestly, I can't blame them. For as long as I've lived, never I've been through something so weird."

Alien Reiblood. the Shepherd of Monsters.

"Uh, how powerful is this guy?" asked Yang.

"Probably the most powerful being in the universe," Pyrrha replied, kinda nervous.

"Well, that's not certain," Jaune interjected. "It said it was the most evil, not the strongest. Otherwise I think it would've done something already, no?"

"Maybe he was waiting for the right time to strike?" Ruby offered.

"Perhaps, though it looks like he was waiting for something to happen first…"

"I am Reiblood. I reign the universe." the evil spirit declared, as the Ultraman steadily got to his feet. And even though Reiblood lacked a mouth, the Ultra somehow knew he was smiling evilly with what he said next "I will give you the power you seek."

And before the Ultra could even react, Reiblood suddenly shot forward and slammed into the Ultraman head first and slowly began to sink into his body, causing the exiled Ultraman to cry out in pain as Reibloods spirit and dark power began to flow into him.

"Yeah, totally waiting for something to happen, in this case, someone to be exiled," nodded Jaune. "What confuses me is something else. Why would they exile someone if they knew something like this could happen?"

"Maybe they didn't know he was out there?" Pyrrha tried to answer, but the blonde shook his head.

Penny replied for him. "No, the 'Ultraman' recognized him. And they are capable of travelling the universe. They must be aware of his existence. Maybe he's not very powerful and they don't fear him."

"He's stronger than an Ultraman, by far," Yang pointed out. "He took over like nothing."

"No, Stop!" he cried out as Reiblood chuckled darkly. and then, as the last of Reibloods essence entered the screaming Ultraman, the transformation had finished.

Gone was the warrior of light. And in his place was a being of pure darkness and unrelenting hatred that burned with the intensity of a thousand stars.

And so this was the Birth of a new and terrible evil. a dark warrior who only sought out to destroy the land of light, all of its people, and claim the universe and all other universes for himself, drown them in eternal chaos under his tyrannical rule.

and so the multiverse would hear his name, and know fear.

"Sorry to say, but it's a typical format for comics. Either a fallen hero or a normal person happens to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, a villain long believed defeated or whatever takes control of them, and there the peace goes," Jaune yawned.

"Yes, Friend Jaune, but Mr Khor said this world exists in the universe," Penny countered his claim. "Which means it's all actually happening somewhere in the universe."

"Again, I'm not gonna believe that until one of those guys show up in Remnant," snorted Qrow.

Belial.

Blake gave an involuntary whimper. "Blake, are you okay?" asked her partner, concerned.

"I'm fine. Belial is just a name from a book I've read. It's basically a god demon, extremely powerful and extremely evil," she replied, shrugging off her worry. "I'm sure that even if it's not a coincidence, it's just a name to show it's strong and evil."

And so gifted with Reibloods power the newly born dark Ultra was gifted with a terrible weapon, aptly named the Giga Battlenizer. with it Belial could summon over a hundred Monsters, all under his control, and with it he returned to the land of light and brought upon a catastrophe that brought only destruction the M78. And as Belial brought his terrible wrath on his home world, Reibloods voice whispered to him, saying only one thing to him.

"Belial! Destroy it all! Terminate the Ultramen and destroy the Land of Light!"

And it would seem as though Belial would succeed in annihilating his old home and bring chaos to all in the universe and beyond.

"Okay, how is a weapon supposed to summon monsters?" Yang asked, puzzled and a bit disgusted by the gore in the projection.

"Magic?" Penny offered, turning away as well, not having any other answers.

But once again a miracle had arrived.

For as Belial did battle with his old friend Ken, someone had heeded the call of the Ultramen, and his arrival could not have been more needed than. A bright light suddenly shine down onto the Land of Light and knocked Belial away, making him lose his grip on the Giga Battlenizer. And as The savior of the land of light descended, everyone knew who he was.

He was only whispered through legends and rumors, all of which claiming him to be a God of incredible power and wise beyond all others.

And his name, Ultraman King.

"Okay, honestly I was expecting a last minute comeback, not an ultra-powerful ally arriving in the nick of time," Jaune admitted, knowing comics only helped so far.

"Well, we still have to see if it's gonna be powerful enough to fight this 'Belial'," Pyrrha replied, worried. "If he destroyed an entire world of super warriors, maybe it won't be enough."

The Ultras could only stare in awe at the sight of Ultraman King, even if they have never seen him before they somehow knew just from his sheer presence alone, which shined and radiated power unlike anything anyone has ever seen before, that this was the legendary Ultra himself.

"I guess we can agree this guy's even stronger," commented Yang.

"Perhaps," Ozpin hummed thoughtfully. It certainly looked like that, but the battle had yet to start.

"Belial! He who dishonors the Land of Light!" the legendary Ultra said as Belial got to his feet, but as the dark Ultra managed to stand up king suddenly thrusted both his hands forward as they shined with a golden light, and then Belial became binded by golden energy and began to rise into the sky as king used his godly power to lift the struggling dark Ultra up higher and higher.

"Stop! Let me go!"Belial cried out as he continued to try to break lose from his binds, but it was all for naught as he was lifted up higher and higher and finally into orbit.

"You shall pay for your sins in the darkness!" king said as he closed his hands into fists, and the screaming Belial was engulfed by metal and stone, until his screams were silenced by his newly formed prison "forever!"

"I guess we can now say this 'Ultraman King' is far far stronger than Belial," Yang commented, amazed by his power.

It is to be said that Yang, despite not being an actual bully and being far from her mother's own personality, respected power a lot. So much that sometimes she disrespected those without it on default.

She was a good person. No one was perfect.

The other Ultras could only look on in shock and awe at the prison, amazed by how easily King had bested the seemingly unstoppable Belial.

And with Belial's defeat the monsters where easily bested not soon afterwards. and once again peace returned to the land of light.

With Belial now imprisoned and his Monsters defeated, King then sealed the Giga Battlenizer In the valley of flames where it would remained sealed for all of time.

And so peace had been restored to the land of light and the Ultramen continued to fight for peace across the cosmos.

"Peace again, end of story," Weiss sighed in slight disappointment. "Though I guess it's a happy ending, or at least a bittersweet one."

However despite all this the temptation for power still remained

For many eons later after Belials defeat, and after many battles and horrors stopped by the elite fighting force known as the Ultra Brothers, yet another Ultra had entered the chamber of the Plasma Spark, seeking to claim its power as Belial did so long ago.

He was Young; immature. Tempted by power. And was at risk of losing his soul to evil just like Belial. And quite possibly becoming a even worse monster than the dark Ultra himself.

However, there was one who would not allow him to fall into darkness.

The light within the chamber of the Plasma Spark shined like a Star, and the Glowing sphere that was the life source of the Land of Light radiated pure and vast energy unlike any other.

However there was someone drawing closer to the artificial sun, the sihlouette of a Ultraman could be seen through the Light as he stood before the Plasma Spark, and then began to reach out for it.

'This is it. This is where all of our training has lead us up to. And i'm more than ready for this, I know i Am!' the Ultra thought as he was just about to touch the life source of M78, however before he could…

"This looks really really familiar," Ruby said, referring to what happened to Belial prior his transformation.

"I guess that if people don't learn from history, they really are destined to repeat it…" Jaune quoted their history professor, Oobleck, rubbing the back of his head as he remembered just why the green-haired speedster had said those words.

"STOP!"

As he was about to make contact with the Plasma Spark, a hand suddenly grabbed his wrist and yanked back, causing him to fall to the ground.

Angry, the Ultra swiftly turned to look and yell at whoever had stopped him, only to feel utterly shocked at who it was.

The Ultraman couldn't be seen fully from the intense light, but what could be made out from his silhouette was a pair of horns on the side of his head.

"WHY!?" the downed Ultra cried out, and the horned one couldn't stop Himself from wincing at the slightest hint of betrayal that cou be heard in his voice.

"Stay away from that! You can't handle that kind of power!" The horned Ultraman said trying to put some form of reasoning to the other Ultra, but it was all for naught as the other Ultraman angrily got to his feet to look the horned Ultra in the eye.

"Why not?! We're both more than strong enough to get this power!" he said as he yelled out, "this is what we both trained for! to be the best! to be the strongest!" he shouted.

"Yes i know that but i can't allow you to do this!" the Horned Ultra cried trying desperately to make the other see the fault of his actions "please! you have to understand, if you were to try and take that power now you would only lose yourself to it! you're not ready!"

And yet despite his friends warnings the other Ultra only scoffed, "don't underestimate me! i'm ready!" he said as he made another move for the Plasma Spark, however before he could…

"Arrogance, or pride. I can't tell, but I believe it's the former," said Weiss.

"What's the difference?" asked Jaune.

"Pride is rightfully knowing how powerful you are and acknowledging your strength," Weiss explained, gesturing to Yang, who grinned. "Arrogance is overestimating your own power, believing the power you do have is enough to let you do something you can't do, or simply being too proud of your strength to the point of being corrupted by it."

"Don't move!" a authoritative voice suddenly called out causing the two to look over at a group of new Ultramen. The one that spoke stood out the most, he was much older in appearance and had a pair of sideburns on the side of his face as well as a flowing mantle, the most notable thing of his appearance was the large pair of horns on his head. behind him was also four other Ultramen, while all different in appearance, all dressed in a flowing mantle.

"You're in violation of Ultra Law." the older horned Ultra said as he pointed at the first silhouette "come with us!" and with that the Ultras behind him rushed forward and apprehended the younger Ultra, and as he struggled in their grip He managed to look ov to the younger horned Ultra "You brought them here!" he cried out as he was dragged away.

"Ouch, I'm guessing we know where this is going," winced Nora.

"Maybe they've learned from their mistakes and they have changed the laws," Penny offered hopefully. "After all, if exiling someone resulted in total chaos and destruction last time, maybe they decided on a different, more efficient punishment."

"That would make sense," nodded Ironwood. "Unfortunately they probably just blamed it on who Belial once was, instead of blaming their own system. After all, once you start doubting your peace, it crumples."

"You didn't leave me any choice!" he cried back, meanwhile the older horned Ultraman could only look at the younger horned Ultra with pity. However he returned his attention to the struggling Ultraman and spoke, "you know longer qualify as a Ultra Warrior, and you shall be punished accordingly! Take him away!"

"LET ME GO! LET GO OF ME!" the Ultra yelled out as he was dragged out of the Plasma Sparks chamber, kicking and screaming all the way. And as this was happening the larger horned Ultra looked back to the other horned Ultraman, who could only look down and clench his hands tightly as a whirlwind of emotions roared within him. And seeing the younger Ultra like this, the older one could only feel pity for him.

Upon his arrest for trying to take the Plasma Sparks power, the younger Ultramam was exiled much like Belial so long ago. However his punishment wasn't as severe as the Dark Ultra Warrior. He was to be watched over by another Ultra named Ultraman Leo, and trained by him, only to return when he realized what it truly meant to be an Ultraman

"You were right Penny, they did change the laws!" Ruby cheered.

"Though maybe it's just because he didn't actually touch the Plasma Spark," Qrow was quick to burst her bubble.

"In any case, it's better that way," Pyrrha stated, and everyone agreed with her. It really was. For everyone involved, both good and bad.

However it would be these events that would eventually lead to many conflicts ahead. For within time the forces of light and darkness, and the entire fate of the Universe and beyond would rest in the balance.

And only time will tell, who would be victorious.

"And the cliffhanger ending," Jaune was quick to point out. "Another classic."

"Well, if it works, why change it?" Blake countered, knowing how important cliffhangers were in books or narrated stories.

"I never said it didn't work, I just said it's a classic," he defended himself. "By the way, are we just going to wait now?"

"Unless Mr Khor comes back, it seems there is no way out of here," Penny replied, looking around with her sensors, which were much better than a normal human's senses. "So waiting is the only option we have."

"Unless the volcano erupts, then it's praying," Qrow grumbled grouchily.