general james ironwood believed in the power of the guardian, he believed so much that he gave away the relic of creation to the guardian, and now he was going to meet the man again, when miss belladonna returned to remnant he was in shock, do to his semblance he was one of the few who remembered the timeline before the guardian altered it, and to learn the guardian was jaune arc was shocking
but that just made his trust and resolve for the guardian all the more firm as he remembered the young jaune arc, and by what he heard even in the twenty years of the ever after he hadn't changed, so he doubted he'd changed now
"we are nearing the fleet, i would recommend paying jaune respect, not because he expects it but because the people around him expects it" blake said, as she was cleared to land at the castle, she was greeted by the archon himself and to blake's surprise the hanger was empty
"welcome back, miss belladonna, i will be speaking with you later about your potentially fatal mistake, to the rest of you, welcome to castle sanctum" i said
"jaune is that you" ruby asked
"it is, i have changed much, general ironwood, you have my eternal respect, as i have learned what it means to truly be a leader, and the hard choices one has to make" i said
"where are the guards" blake asked
"i've dismissed them, i am well aware what a reunion like this would be like and there are those among you. who may not be able to control yourselves" i said, looking a the rest of team RWBY, and then at nora
"FEARLESS LEADER" nora shouted as his eyes landed on her as she attempted to tackle him to the ground keyword attempted
"not this time thunderjack" i said
"thunderjack" pyrrha asked
"she gets jacked up by lightning, so thunderjack, it made me laugh in times which i desperately needed it" i said
"guardian" james said giving a salute
"general" i said bowing in turn
"the relic" he asked
"not anywhere near here, i have buried it in a place of which only i know it's location, the best protection is not knowing where the thing is to begin with" i said, he nodded
"Mr. arc, it is good to see you again" ozpin said
"it's arcadeus now, naruto ulysses pendragon arcadeus, long story, that i am sure team RWBY has explained the beginnings of" i said
"the ever after" weiss said, i nodded
"i ascended, i will be honest there are times in which i wish i hadn't, but i ascended and became naruto uzumaki, i regained my memories as jaune arc later when i regained my blade, but that is what led me to where i am now" i said
"that fleet is impressive" james said
"indeed, i am grateful to the people who have put their trust in me, and i try to do right by them" i said
"jaune you have to come back to remnant" ruby said
"do you have a solution" i asked, ruby stopped
"what" ruby asked
"it's a simple and fair question unless i am mistaken you have all regained your memories yes" i asked, they nodded
"then you all know, that salem is immortal, i have found in my travels many weapons many powers hell, i have even managed to recruit not one but two goddesses into my service, i still have no way of killing her though, remnant is not their domain so they only have the powers of essentially supercharged unkillable maidens, i have yet to find a way to kill salem, and i have made weapons to kill gods" i said
"so why not take on the brothers themselves, force them to comply" yang asked
"there is no way of hiding a battle of that scale, yang, what will people do when they learn that gods exist and then are being bested and even killed" i asked
"there'd be panic, no one would know who you are, and there would be those jealous for your power, you'd be exiled" weiss said
"they couldn't exile someone who killed gods weiss" yang said
"they wouldn't have to, weiss, it seems remembers me better then you do yang, think for a moment about who i am, now think about the publics reaction to a literal slayer of gods" i said, she looked frustrated but took a moment to actually think about it and her eyes widened
"you have seen what people are like now, it would be so much worse, i would have no choice but to become a tyrant for my own well being or exile myself, and i still don't have a solution for the grimm" i said
"because if the grimm are taken out of the picture many huntsman and huntresses would lose their livelihoods" ozpin said
"exactly, i am stuck between a rock and a hard place, but i can force an indefinite stalemate which i have, salem's goal is collecting the relics and summoning the gods, i have the relic of creation hidden in my own vault that isn't even on remnant or in the same dimension, it's in a completely different reality on a different world, protected by some of the most dangerous weapons ever created, or it would be indefinite if someone didn't take such stupid pointless risks all for your own self-righteousness" i said turning and glaring at blake
"hey leave her alone" yang said her eyes turning a red a moment later a bullet flew mere millimeters from her face, as they saw jaune glowing a golden light, hold a golden gun
"you do not get to speak xiao-long, belladonna not only nearly ended remnant but she also could have nearly ended all life in the multiverse, i have protected countless lives i will not see all of it waisted because you two decided to be childish fools" i said darkly
"Mr. arcadeus calm yourself" ozpin said a moment later the room was overflowing with guards who felt their lords power spike, all of the guard pointed their weapons at the group
"naruto, what happened" allura asked
"nothing, simply a childish fool who made me lose my temper is all, your all dismissed return to your posts" i said
"but my lord" a guard said
"i said your dismissed if i need you i will call you lieutenant" i said, in a tone that left no room for argument, which got them all to leave except for allura
"i believe we should retire to a much more comfortable climate, like naruto's office" allura said, i sheathed my gun and sighed
"that sounds like a good idea, allura" i said
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the rusted guardian of the universe
Fanfictionwhen the five young huntsmen attempted to leave the ever after, jaune was granted an opportunity, he wanted to be a hero, the blacksmith would give him more then he ever asked for, both in the best and the worst ways but team RWBY remembers their fr...
