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AN: Please don't be too harsh with me, I had deleted most of my stories and this is the first time I have written in a LONG time… And the first one I had the guts to post. I hope you guys don't flame me. A lot of helpful criticism would really help. Thanks.

"Talking"

'Thinking'

Chapter 1: Mysterious Reactor

Gaia: Midgar (1 Year before start of Dirge of Cerberus)

The busy streets of Midgar were bustling with activity as usual. After their recovery from the recent catastrophe brought by Kaddaj and his crew, the recovery of the city came slowly but the effects could already be observed. Shops started reopening, buildings repairs were almost finished and the children's laughter as they played in the streets could brighten up the day. Among the crowd of the people were two figures, clearly built for adventuring as they were garbed in travel robes and weapons out for the world to see.

The first figure had black hair and was dressed in a dark gray armor, clearly Asian in design, with only one shoulder guard and a light brown tattered cloak running off the other shoulder reaching down to the legs (think Wutai). He wore a dark interior and black combat pants with metal knee guards, and a pair of rugged combat boots that matched his pants. He had a facemask covering half his face and he had a scar running down from above the right eye across his face. His weapon was a large glaive that gleamed in the light. It was similar to the standard weapons of the Wutai military only slightly bigger. It had a sleek design and an image of a dragon engraved on the blade, with a Materia slot laid on the upper part of the back of the blade.

The second figure was blonde, and was less armored compared to his companion. He wore a white long sleeve shirt with a black vest with a high collar. He had black fingerless combat gloves and elbow pads. He wore similar combat pants as his companion and had a pair of steel toed combat boots. He had a gun blade holstered to his back along two white cross-belts (Squall FFVIII). The gun had revolver that functioned as material slots. The gun blade was obsidian in color and had a complex silver lion engraved on the side of the blade. His cerulean eyes scanned his surroundings before turning to his companion.

"Man its really good to be back here. Say, you want to explore for a bit? I haven't been here in a long time." He asked his companion.

"Jaune, you know we're here on business right? We should focus on the job for the WRO (World Regenesis Organization). We're tight on money as it is." The other replied.

"You're such a kill-joy Kyoshiro! You don't know how to have fun." Jaune replied in an exasperated manner and playfully pouted at his partner.

Kyoshiro looks at Jaune with a blank expression. Jaune relents and throws his arms in the air.

"Fine! Ugh you're no fun… where are we supposed to meet with this Reeve guy anyway?" Jaune asked.

"He told us to meet him in the town square. We can start there." Kyoshiro replied

Midgar: Town Square 10 minutes later.

The town was busy as ever, people walking, children playing and the vendors calling out for people to buy their wares. Amongst the busy people are a group of lightly armed individuals in white combat gear with the acronym 'WRO' on their arms, surrounding the fountain. In the group was a man wearing a long blue overcoat with a peculiar black cat with a small yellow crown, in his hands.

Jaune and Kyoshiro assumed that he was their contact. They cautiously approached the area and were quickly approached by one of the armed personnel.

"Hold it right there" one of the armed guards said as they surrounded the pair.

Jaune and Kyoshiro stiffen and prepared to draw their weapons, as the tension started to rise between him and the guards.

"Stop, they're with me." Reeve said.

The guards all visibly relax and moved away. They kept a respectable distance as they guarded their boss who had begun speaking with the two mercenaries.

"Jaune Arc and Kyoshiro Kusanagi, it's a pleasure to meet the both of you. I'm Reeve Tuesti, as you know, I am also the current head of the WRO. I'm guessing you know why I called you here?" The man named Reeve said.

"You are hiring us for a job. With the recent events happening around recently, I am guessing this job is related to your problems with Deepground?" Jaune said, somehow very serious, in contrast to how he acted before.

Reeve raised an eyebrow and replied, "Yes, you are well informed I see."

"Its mostly common knowledge, villages are getting attacked and villagers being killed and abducted. Being a pair of travelling mercenaries, we had a few run-ins with them as well." Kyoshiro cut in. "Now lets get down to business Mr. Tuesti."

"Straight to the point I see. Well then here you go." Reeve says as he hands the pair a folder with the details of their mission. "In that folder lies the location of your mission and the details as to what your objective is."

"The slums?" Asked Jaune. "This place… I used to play there as a kid. There's an old Shinra power plant there, according to some rumors I heard growing up. Is that the place you want us to go to?"

"Assuming that what we will be doing there will be involving the old Shinra site, what is it we are after?" added Kyoshiro.

'These two are quite sharp…' thought Reeve before replying. "We have suspect that this is an area that Deepground is operating from. We are doing our best to gather more information on the site, however our manpower is spread thin…"

"And you want us" Jaune cut in, gesturing to themselves, "to go investigate for you."

"Yes, now do you accept the job?" Reeve asked them.

Jaune and Kyoshiro look at each other, a silent rapport, and then a quick nod assured their answer.

"Alright we accept. Now lets talk about money…" Kyoshiro says as Jaune gives him an incredulous look. "What? We're mercenaries Jaune, we need to earn to eat."

Reeve chuckles and says "Don't worry about the payment, you will be paid in full once you return from the mission. Now do take care of yourselves. I have to go. I've attracted too much attention."

Jaune smiles and says, "Yeah… walking around with a bunch of body guards can do that."

With that Reeve and his entourage leave in an armored truck and left the two to their own devices. Without anything else left to do, Jaune turns to his partner, grinning wildly. "Well business is over. Lets have some FUN!" He shouts as he drags his partner around town to see the different sights he remembers as a kid. Maybe he would visit an old friend in town, if he was around. 'I wonder if Cloud's around here right now'. Jaune thought to himself.

A few hours of random store hopping, they crash at a familiar bar, well familiar to Jaune at least. The sign said: Seventh Heaven. Jaune smiles and drags his partner inside.

Kyo is distraught and starts struggling. "Why a bar?! You want to drink at this time in the afternoon?!" Kyo manages to wrestle himself free.

Jaune smiles and says "Nope, I just know the owner! C'mon! Let's head inside you can meet her, she's a good friend and an awesome fighter. She can punch like a bus hit you!"

The two enter the establishment, although one did so reluctantly.

"Tifa! Guess whose back in town!" Jaune bursts in with a wide grin on his face.

"Huh?" Tifa turns around to the sound of the voice, once she layed eyes on Jaune she gives him a wide smile and walks over to give him a friendly hug which he returns. "Jaune! You should call ahead of time! We didn't know you were coming!" she says as she pulls away.

"But that would ruin the surprise! Hahaha! Its great to be back!"

"Calling ahead would require a phone… which Jaune doesn't have right now." Kyo cuts in "That's what you get for playing with it while we're speeding on rough terrain." Kyo says looking at Jaune in a reprimanding manner.

"I didn't mean to do it…" Jaune mutters to himself as he sulked.

Tifa gave an amused smile and asked "Jaune, who's this?"

"AHA! I knew I forgot something!" Kyo looks at him incredulously as he says this. "This- is KYO! My new best friend and comrade-in-arms as I travel the wonders of our wonderful world!" Jaune says dramatically.

"I'm his new partner. We're wandering mercenaries." Kyo deadpans.

"You're no fun Kyo…" Jaune sighs dejected.

Tifa gives a hearty laugh. She watches their antics and decides to offer them a place to stay.

"So you guys have a place to stay or are you looking for an inn of some kind?"

Kyo immediately snaps away from Jaune and replies, "Actually, we were looking for an inn to stay in. Would you happen to know one nearby? We'll need a few days to re-supply and rest. We have a job here and if it is what I think it is then we'll need as much rest as we can get."

"You can stay here, we have a few extra rooms." Tiffa says with a smile. "Its free and besides, what's the job?"

"Its from the WRO" Jaune replies, a serious expression now on his face.

Tifa's expression gets serious as well. "Then does it have something to do with Deepground?"

"Yep, we're investigating the Slums. Theres a rumor of a Reactor, one not recorded among the 7 reactors we have."

"Then Reeve should know about this. Would you guys need any help?"

"Nah, we're good. Its just reconnaissance, and if we do run into trouble, we can call for help. By the way… where's Cloud?"

"Cloud's out on another delivery. He should be back later this afternoon. You can catch up with him then." Tifa says with a smile.

"That settles it then, we'll rest up here for a few days, re-supply and head on out to the slums." Kyo says with finality.

Tifa introduces them both to Denzel and Marlene then shows them to their room two beds, (the one Cloud was in after fighting Kadaj). Kyo immediately collapses on a bed with a sigh of relief. Soon enough he fell asleep. Jaune continued to animatedly talk with Tifa while he waits for Cloud to get back.

Midgar, Slums, near Reactor 0 (3 days later, Midnight)

The night air was chilly, the unused trains littered the rails and the area as the two mercenaries carefully walked the narrow passages. It was relatively quiet, no monsters and no Deepground soldiers. It seemed like a cake-walk for the duo. Jaune scanned the roofs of the trains for any hostiles, now donning a pair of Black tactical goggles covering his eyes, while Kyoshiro kept a sharp eye on the ground. Still, both couldn't shake off an eerie feeling. Jaune decides to break the silence, striking up a conversation with Kyoshiro.

"Kyo, don't you think that it's a little too quiet. I mean if there was a secret base around here, then they could have at least sent a few scouts to throw us off?" Jaune asked.

Kyo gave him a blank look and said, "I know its quiet, but we can't do anything about that right now can we? All we can do is keep investigating, if we run into trouble then we do what we do best: improvise. (Guess the reference :P)"

Right at that moment they hear a rumbling sound and clattering boots and weapons. Both tense up and draw both of their weapons and got ready for a fight. Soon enough they were surrounded by a variety of automatons, and Deepground soldiers. Both scanned their surroundings and weighed their options. Weapons gleaming in the light, with a sudden burst of speed, both charged in opposite directions and chaos ensued.

Jaune cut through the front line of Deepground soldiers with quick slash with his gunblade in a forward arcing motion. He quickly jumps from opponent to opponent, with quick stabs and slashes from his Gunblade. He rolls to his side avoiding the gunshots aimed in his direction, he continuously slashes at the oncoming soldiers cutting through their bullets and gracefully dodges them like an acrobat. He finishes off the few remaining soldiers but notices a large figure on top of one of the train cars. 'Woah, that is one scary looking robot' Jaune thought as he started to run towards it.

He dashed towards the robot. The spider like robot aimed its canons at Jaune and fired rapid bursts. Jaune rolls to the side, avoiding the shots and charged fire material in his arm. He Jumps, dodging another burst from the robot, and fires a Fira on the head of the robot, temporarily dazing it. Charging in, he clicks the trigger on his Gunblade as it lights on fire. A red flame cuts through the robots legs and he finishes it off by slicing the upper half of its body in two. As the robots explodes, two animal like Deepground soldiers jumped at him. He dodges and swung his blade in a wide arc, cutting them across the chest. Jaune feels a presence behind him and as he turns, a Deepground soldier was shot right in the head as he was about to strike at Jaune. He sees Kyo aiming his Glave-rifle in his direction, smoke rising from the barrel.

A few minutes earlier.

Kyo did not waste any time engaging the enemy. He quickly dispatched a group of Deepground soldiers with a wide swing of his Glaive. Not wanting to give them a chance to recover, he relentlessly swings his glaive at the awaiting soldiers. Gunshots were ringing and bullets were whizzing through the air as none of them hit their targets. Kyo's skill with the glaive put all the soldiers on the run as he attacked. Kyo fires a Fire Materia charged shot at a waiting bazooka soldier who was also firing his weapon. The shell explodes and the radius takes out a few soldiers, including the one firing. He notices only a few soldiers remained around him and quickly cut them down.

He looks around, seeing Jaune already finishing off the rest of his opponents, but fails to notice the soldier waiting to strike him from behind. Shifting his glaive into a firing position for his rifle, he fires a single shot at the head of the poor soldier. Jaune gives him a thankful look but no words were uttered as a new wave was coming their way, even bigger than the last one. Thinking quickly, he changes the materia on his glaive to a Gravira material and fires it at the oncoming wave.

Present Time

He wasn't able to thank him though, as another wave of robots and soldiers were coming their way. Kyo quickly fires a Gravira charged round at the incoming wave, slowing them down.

"Lets go! We'll be overrun if we stay here!" Kyo shouts as he runs deeper into the slums. Jaune soon follows after. They cut through some more soldiers as they ran deeper into the slums.

In a secluded area, they were able to find some refuge in an abandoned train car.

"Well that was a thing… I guess we're on the right track." Said Jaune in a bemused manner as they rested. Kyo looks at him and smirks under his mask. "Maybe, but we have to be more careful now, they're onto us."

"Yeah, now were do you think we should look now?" Jaune asks his companion.

"You said there was a reactor somewhere in the area?"

"Yeah, I think there is one, come to think of it I don't really know." Jaune shakes his head.

"Well if there is, then that would be one reactor too many, if the known count was only seven." Kyo looks at Jaune.

"Then… that means if there was a reactor, then it could be the sight for the Deepground HQ!" Jaune says realizing what his partner was getting on to.

"Then Mr. Reeve should have known about this reactor… given he was rather high up when he was in Shinra." Kyo adds

"Well, we'll have to ask him about it when we get back eh?" Jaune cheerfully replies.

Kyo smiles at his friend and both get up and started to move again. They carefully trekked along the narrow passages and eventually found a tunnel, guarded by some Deepground soldiers. They take them out as quickly and as quietly as they could, so that they don't raise any alarms. Deciding they were moving in the right direction, they both walk towards the unknown.

Soon enough they found themselves among the ruins of an abandoned Shinra Plant. The tunnel was littered with enemy guards that they had to sneak behind. It was no easy task. However they managed to sneak past all the guards stationed in the area.

"Well what do you know, there is a reactor." Jaune says with a slightly amused tone.

"We'll question Reeve about it when we get back, now we just have to investigate the place a bit and we'll be on our way. Lets look for anything that would give this place away as their main HQ." Kyo said while eying the reactor and the door.

"Aren't the guards enough proof that this is a base?"

"We're looking for their HQ. It could just be one of their outposts or back-up bases for all we know."

"But it's a SECRET Reactor that NO ONE knows about." Jaune said emphasizing his words.

"Just shut up and follow my lead." Kyo says with finality as he starts towards the door of the Reactor. Jaune follows quickly behind him.

The inside was also just as destroyed, years of wear and tear and natural corrosion did a great number on the place. Soon enough Deepground soldiers started coming out of the door ways into the main hall to investigate. They spotted the two of them and opened fire.

"Well there goes the quiet approach!" Jaune says as bullets whizz past his head. The both of them get behind a wall and drew their weapons. "On my mark." Kyo nods

"Ready…. mark!"

The both of them run out of the cover towards the Deepground soldiers. Kyo stops halfway and begins firing the rifle on his glaive on the soldiers positioned on the high ground. They were dropping of the balconies and falling down stairs as he picked them of with precision. Jaune dashes forward and slashes at a soldier in front of him. He dodges to the right as another tries hit him with a rifle butt. Weaving and slashing his way through them he reaches the bottom of the stairs and makes his way up. The remaining soldiers on the balcony started focusing on Juane and gave Kyo a chance to catch up with him. The last few soldiers were dispatched and the two made their way deeper into the building.

The elaborate traps and various defenses were quite a hassle to get through. Both tired and almost out of energy, they decide to take a breather.

"We should probably leave now. We can walk back the way we came from." Jaune says.

"Yeah, that's probably a good idea. We won't get far just by ourselves. Lets call Tifa and have her pick us up."

"Way ahead of you."

Kyo looks around the room and notices that the room was rather empty, no computers no gear or any sign of use unlike the other rooms they were in that was filled with different computers and boxes of unused supplies. He notices the scars on the ground and the different lines painted on the floor. 'Strange, now that I think about it, this room is kinda bigger than the rest.' He takes a better look around and a realization dawns on him. "Jaune this is their training room."

"Wha-" Jaune says while he's on the phone. As soon as he says it, a bullet decides to come by and say hello to his new phone. Rendering it useless. "Aww man! I just bought that! Now who did it!" Jaune says anger and frustration evident on his face.

A smoking barrel could be seen on a Deepground soldier's hand, and he wasn't alone. Five other soldiers flanked him and behind them was something menacing. It stood much taller than any of the soldiers they fought so far. He had long blue hair that was quite spiky going down to his back. His Eyes were the same Cerulean only brighter with to glowing lines running down his cheeks connecting to his eyes. On his back was a rather large cannon. It looked like it should be on a tank. He looks at them with a bloodthirsty smile. It was Azul, one of the Sviets.

"Looks like we have a few pests here. Lets see how long you last against me! Azul the Cerulean!" He shouts, mocking the both of them, power emanating from his figure.

"We are so fucked…" Jaune says out loud. "Any ideas"

"We improvise!" Kyo says as he readies his glaive. Jaune does the same and charge in. The soldiers were dispatched easily but before they reached Azul, he pulls out the cannon and fires it. Forcing the two of them to retreat, avoiding the blast.

"We can't take him, not in our state!" Jaune shouts.

'We're out of potions too! Damn we have to fight our way out… We need a distraction!"

"Coming right up!"

Jaune immediately charges a Fire Materia and fires it on an explosive barrel causing a large explosion. Kyo casts Wall and moves in front of Jaune shielding them from the blast. Azul shields himself but is pushed back giving them time to rush past him. They both start backtracking back out of the building. Azul chases after them close behind.

Azul fires his cannon on the exit of the hallway collapsing it. Jaune and Kyo look at each other and a silent message was passed. 'Split-up'. They moved in opposite directions, Jaune taking the path on the right and Kyo on the left. Azul growls and is undecided who to follow. He heard a voice behind him.

"I'll take the Wutai boy, you take the blonde, they can't leave here alive." The voice says.

"Rosso, so you decide to show up? Well it doesn't matter, lets get these pests."

The figure had a slender build, clearly female. Her long read hair reached her back and had glowing crimson eyes, she held a dual-blade with a gun in the handle. She had a pair of gauntlets on with sharp fingers. It gave her a rather feral look. She smiled at Azul.

"Don't mess up~" She tells him as she runs in the direction that Kyo went.

Azul growls and runs after Jaune.

With Jaune…

Jaune was running, frantically whipping his head left and right at any room he could find, looking for a way out of the facility. When he heard Azuls loud battle cry behind him, he grimaced and looked back. Azul was close and on his tail. 'I hope Kyo is fairing better than I am right now, we have to get out of here or we're dead.' Jaune thought to himself.

He eventually found himself at the entrance of the main reactor room. He enters, knowing there was no way out of here and decided to take a stand and hopefully win, then find his way out. He looks around the large platform and looked down the railings. 'The Lifestream'he thought. The captivating green, glowing light had his attention for the most part until he heard Azul burst in. "There you are! Time to crush you like the pest you are!" He says with a sadistic grin on his face.

"Aww man… Well gotta hand it to 'ya, you're persistent!" Jaune tries to keep himself positive. He draws his gun blade and clicks the trigger; his blade starts to crackle with lightning.

Azul grins and fires his cannon. Jaune dodges by jumping over him, bringing his blade in a downward slashing motion. Azul blocks him with his cannon and pushes him back. Jaune doesn't give up, he keeps charging in, slashing at Azuls legs and arms and later on his body. Azul gives an annoyed growl and fires his cannon upward the debris falling on the platform. Jaune dodges out of the way but fails to see that Azul was already on him. A punch throws him right into the railings, denting them. He groans as he gets up. He looks up to see Azul right in front of him, holding his cannon buy the barrel like a bat, raised above his head ready to swing. Jaune was too tired to keep fighting. His arms ached and legs wouldn't move. He resigned himself to his fate. 'Aw crap… Maybe we should have asked for help. Man I hope Kyo makes out of this.' Jaune thought. 'Well this is it… There was so much more I wanted to do… tch… I don't want to die yet!' He thought desperately, despair starting to overcome him.

"Goodebye pest!" Azul says as he swings his cannon hard right into the body of Jaune, breaking the railings and sending Jaune plummeting down the life-stream.

'AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH' Was all Jaune could say in his head, no life flashing, just a scream. He looks down at the life stream prepared to meet his end, tears prickling his eyes as he falls. As he makes contact, he feels lighter, like the world was taking him away. Slowly he begins to lose consciousness as he disintegrates into the life-stream darkness slowly taking over.

With Kyoshiro…

Kyo was Not having a good time. He kept running and running but couldn't find a way out. Frustrated he fires a Firaga charged bullet at a random wall, destroying it. He blinked as he looked at the destruction he caused. The hole showed the sky, the beautiful orange sky as he sees the sun rxising on the horizon. 'Ah, I made it' he thought. 'I wonder if Jaune made it out… no don't think like that, he WILL make it out.' He thought. He was shaken out of his thoughts though, as bullets grazed his head. He immediately dodges and looked at his pursuers. It was a woman with red hair. She was darting towards him at an incredible speed, like a red comet as red residual energy trails behind her as she moves.

He tries to fire a few rounds at her but she dodges them all. Her blade almost slices his head off but he ducked and rolled out of the way. Feeling the same as when he fought with Azul, he identified her as too strong to handle right now. So he quickly jumps out of the hole he made, not realizing that he was several stories up and was now falling to his death.

'Oh fuck! AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH' He thought. 'Quickly! THINK! What to do… what to do…'He panicked in his mind until a realization hit him. Changing the Materia on his blade while in mid-air he fires a Gravira round on the spot where he was supposed to land. HE gets caught in the spell and lands relatively safe if not for a few scratches and bruises. He gives a tired sigh of relief.

It didn't last because he suddenly realized that the woman who was chasing him was on her way down as well. A spiraling comet of energy was heading his direction at a fast rate. He make a run straight at her. His glaive now lit with a blue fire clashes with her blade. He looks right at her and saw her expression. She had a smile on her face.

"Hello~ I'm Rosso the Crimson!" She says, as the strength of her attack already pushing Kyo backwards.

"And. I. Don't. Care." He bit out. He decides to side step and dodge as he releases the weapon lock. Not stopping, Rosso sends a flurry of slashes and stabs in his direction. He parries them but not before getting a series of shallow cuts. He growls in frustration as he tries to counter attack. Slashing at her with his glaive he sends a small shockwave of energy forcing her to dodge by jumping backwards.

The battle was interrupted when an explosion is heard far off in the building. 'Jaune' he thought. Rosso was looking in that direction as well, an expression of confusion etched on her face. He takes the chance and fires a Firaga spell in her direction, at her feet. Rosso, distracted by the explosion, realized too late and braced for impact. It lifts her off her feet and sends her into some rocks. Pulling out a Haste materia, he casts it on himself and makes his way out of the area as quickly as he could, moving back where he and Juane came from. His head turns as he runs to the source of the explosion 'Jaune, you better be alright' He thought as he made his escape.

A few hours later… Midgar

After escaping from the slums. Kyo made it back to the bar with the help of Cloud and Tifa who he met as he was making his way out of the train yard in the slums.

"DAMMIT!" Kyo shouted. "I shouldn't have left Jaune behind!" He was frustrated and they could see it. "I wanted to keep the investigation going, We should have left when we had the chane!"

Tifa looked at him with a concerned expression. She looks at Cloud who had a solemn look on his face. Though to others he looked indifferent about it. Tifa decides to cut in.

"Its not your fault Kyoshiro. You guys were under stress and pressure. Niether of you knew that was going to happen. You just happened to move the right direction."

"That's the point! We should have stuck together; we're a team. If only-"

"Stop blaming yourself! You both knew the risks and decided on the job! Theres no use arguing about what's happened!" Tifa shouted back in a reprimanding manner.

Kyo recoils back, a guilty expression on his face biut decided to say nothing. Suddenly, Cloud decides to cut in, surprising the both of them.

"What's happened has happened. There's no changing it now. What you can do now is to continue to work with the WRO. Jaune can take care of himself, he's a strong individual and you know that. There's a chance you can still find him. Who knows, Deepground might not want to waste someone like him." Cloud said. This surprised them because the silent warrior just said a mouthful of words.

Kyo just sighs and lets a small smile appear on his face. "Yeah… I guess you're right." His expression changes to a serious one. "Besides, Reeve has some explaining to do. And if Jaune…" his expression changes to one of anger as he trails off. "They'd have made the biggest mistake by making an enemy out of me. Green Dragon (Pardon the reference) will devour their heads." He says with strength and resolve while brandishing his glaive.

Tifa and Cloud silently agreed with him and they all returned to the bar and turned in for the night. They have a lot of work to do and they sense that something big is going to happen in the future.

In a forest somewhere unknown…

Jaune's body lays unconscious in a clearing surrounded by large trees. The beautiful scenery around him was a sight to behold. As Jaune began to stir, he sits up, his arm supporting him while his still blurry vision confuses him. "Am I… still alive?" Jaune asks himself clearly remembering what happened before he lost consciousness. "No… I'm sure I died… Is this heaven?"

He looks around, his vision begins to clear as he takes in the view of the surrounding forest. 'Heaven is a forest?' He thought. 'They say people become one with the Lifestream when they die. Maybe this is where they go… strange, but beautiful.'

A growl shakes him from his thoughts. He looks behind him and finds a rather large, black wolf with a bone mask and glowing red eyes. It looked at him and growled once more and it began to approach slowly, stalking Jaune.

Jaune draws his gun blade and makes a ready stance. "You're not an angel, right?" He asked it.

It roars and charges at him. "Well, that's that I guess. Mr. Big Scary wolf, meet my buddy, Shadow Trigger!" He shouts as he pulls the trigger on his weapon, once again coating it with lightning. He dodges a swipe of its claw as it stands on its hind legs. He ducks under the swap while he slashes diagonally under the bear slicing it from beneath the right arm exiting through the left shoulder effectively slicing it in half. It falls to the ground with a thud and begins to disintegrate. 'That's new, well at least I know Shadow Trigger and my Materia still work.'He looked around and saw more wolves and made quick work of them. All the bodies began disintegrating.

He takes a look around him and decides to move on. "Well I'm not in heaven. So I guess I'm alive, assuming this isn't hell…" He starts to mumble incoherent things until he decides on finding civilization. 'Where on Gaia am I now, I guess I'll find out if I find a town or city. I really hope Kyo made it out alright.'He thought to himself as he began running through the forest.

Little did he know… he wasn't on Gaia anymore.

-Chapter End-

AN: Well, this is the end of the chapter. I'll try my best update this story monthly. I'm currently in the middle of my Second Semester in college and will be busy as finals will be approaching soon. Anyway I hope you guys enjoyed! Please review, (No Flaming), I just want to know how you thought about it. It'll motivate me to write more!

I'd also like to ask for advice, its about keeping it canon by making Jaune pretend to be weak, by hiding his material and real weapon as he investigates the world he's in after realizing he isn't in Gaia anymore… or have Ozpin find him and make him go to Beacon the invitation way. Would appreciate your input!

Next Time: Chapter 2: From Mercenary to Hunter (In-Traning)

PatMaster Signing out!