*Atlas Academy, Remnant; August 8, 2018; 2:49 PM*

"I am Ultimus Crux, rival to the Emphas Family and second-in-command of Cinder Fall's organization. And you're all in my way." Ultimus had said

"In your way of what?" Flurry demanded.

"Yeah, and what's your deal with Alex!" Yang added.

Ultimus let out a low, quasi-mechanical laugh.

"Ah, the bride and offspring of Saigo Emphas. Think of it this way. he and his family are the Montagues to my Capulet, the Hatfields to my McCoy. The Emphas and Crux families have been at war for generations, and now that there is only one legitimate Emphas left in this timeline, This feud will end, forever." Ultimus raised his sword.

"Flurry, Blake, help Delirious and the others get the survivors out of this damned city. This is personal." Cade scowled.

"Like Tartarus we're abandoning you here!" Flurry demanded.

"You all want to die that badly. I suppose it is best to crush Saigo's spirit before his body when he sees his weakling girlfriend begging for death at my feet." Ultimus grinned underneath his helmet.

"That won't happen!" Yang screamed, leaping at Ultimus.

"Yang, wait!" Cade yelled, drawing his sickle.

"Stop!" Blake sped towards the fighters.

Yang ducked to evade Ultimus' sword as she hit him in the chest. He barely flinched as he recovered almost instantly and raised his sword for another strike.

Cade swept in, blocking Ultimus' blade with his sickle and forcing it up, reaching for his sword and smashing Ultimus across the gut. Ultimus shoved the sickle out of Cade's hands, kicking him in the head and crushing his skull with a heavy boot.

"Cade!!" Flurry hit Ultimus with several combat spells, which were just enough to get Ultimus off of Cade.

"Thanks..!" Cade gasped as Blake helped him up.

Blake then sped towards the Adenienite Warrior, dodging each attack as Ultimus merely hit dozens of shadow clones.

Yang and Cade used this opportunity to attack Ultimus at once, charging at him from either side and punching him in the head and side, respectively.

Flurry flew at about chest-level to Ultimus, firing combat spells rapidly and barreling into him horn-first.

Ultimus grabbed Flurry by the horn, pelting her at Cade, who had leapt up to deal a potential killing blow.

Yang punched Ultimus as soon as his back was turned, and then punched his side repeatedly until Ultimus rammed Yang in the chest with the sword's pommel and raised his blade to finish her off.

Blake shoved Yang out of the way, her Gambol Shroud taking the full force of Ultimus' attack as Cade slid between Ultimus' legs and hacked him in the same spot Flurry had stabbed.

Ultimus grabbed Cade's sword, ripping it out of his hands and hacking at him with both swords.

Flurry and Blake flew in from above, Blake trying to tear through his armor while Flurry charged massive combat spells and firing them, creating decent-sized explosions.

"Y'know, this whole 'eternal family rivalry' thing's a massive load of shit anyways, right?" Cade asked.

"I don't care." Ultimus kicked Cade across the room.

"Don't kick the damn baby!!" Yang punched Ultimus in the face.

"You're a bit old for this game, but I can make exceptions!" Ultimus dodged another one of Yang's punches before sharply kicking her directly at Cade.

Cade and Yang staggered up from the ground. Yang leapt at Ultimus while Cade charged an attack.

Electricity streamed from the outlets and desks, even the board as Cade clasped his hands together, his left side facing Ultimus as he kept charging his attack.

Slowly he pulled his hands apart, letting the electricity form a condensed ball in his hands as he screamed loudly.

Ultimus tossed Blake aside to see just what Cade was going, only to find his attack ready for use.

"BERSERKER PULSE!!!" Cade screamed, throwing the condensed ball of lightning, which blew up the entirety of the room, at Ultimus.

"Is that really all you've got?!" Ultimus yelled, obviously quite bloodthirsty.

"Ugh, you really want me to try?" Cade retorted.

Enraged, Ultimus swung at Cade, Yang, and Flurry. Hitting all three with the blunt side of his sword and blowing them to the other side of the room as he slashed upwards, sending Blake's weapons across the room.

Ultimus kicked Blake in the spine as she fell to the ground.

Blake struggled to get up, Ultimus' attacks were far too powerful for even a huntress to withstand.

Ultimus let out a low, mechanical cackle as he kicked Blake in the side, causing the already-weakened huntress to fall to the ground.

"Now you all see. No matter how powerful or how quickly you attack. You still can't hurt me. As far as I'm concerned, the Faunus is already dead. If I were any of you, I would focus on getting out of here safely or begging for mercy. Not that it would matter anyways." He scoffed callously, keeping Blake in place with his boot.

"Whether you're Alicorn bullet-fodder or an over-confident brat, or a Remnant-Born hothead. None of you have what it takes to defeat me. And fact of the matter is, Cinder will make me even more powerful than even I dare to hope. Perhaps powerful enough to defeat even the mighty Captain Walker. No less this pathetic Faunus riff-raff. I guess the lesson here is whatever kind of trash is trying to fruitlessly defeat you, it's still trash." Ultimus' sword folded into a high-caliber rifle as he planted the barrel on the back of Blake's head.

"No... We are strong enough to take you down... Get out of the way.." Yang seethed, her golden Aura now appearing around her body. Her aura had flecks of red and even some purple as it spiraled around her body. Yang kept her eyes glued shut.

"Hmm.." Ultimus even took notice of this change.

Yang opened her eyes as her aura exploded around her, white light enveloped the room as she screamed enraged at Ultimus. Once she was visible, her appearance had changed dramatically. The whites of her eyes now black and her irises pure red. Her hair stood on end as it changed from golden to flickering red. Even her skin had changed into a deep, violet color.

"I SAID GET OUT OF THE WAY!!!" Yang screamed, cannon balling into Ultimus with enough force to punch him out of the building.

"What the f**k?!" Cade gasped.

Ultimus was just barely out of view when he was punched back into the building, no less 2 stories above them before being slammed back into the ground, Yang flying down from above to punch him into the ground and back out. This punch happened to have enough force to crumble the walls of the school apart.

Ultimus had blown through several walls before he had finally been embedded into the wall.

Yang let out a roar of pure, unadulterated fury as she fired Ember Celica fully automatic at the Inquisitor.

'What the hell just happened?! Mom's aura just... Skyrocketed..!' Cade thought to himself as Yang continued blowing Ultimus to kingdom come.

"Holy..." Flurry gasped, eyes glued to the carnage.

'I knew Mom was powerful, but this?! She surpassed the Enlightened Warrior form already ?!' Cade gaped.

Yang reared back, red flame circling around one of her gauntlets as she threw one final shot at Ultimus, powerful enough to incinerate the wing of the school Ultimus had been blown into.

"Y-Y-Yang..?" Blake gasped.

"Blake, are you okay?" Yang asked, helping her up.

"What in Tartarus just happened?! She's reached the Inflamed Warrior form already?!" Flurry gaped.

"No wonder this feels different from the form I got when Alex transferred that ability to me.." Yang realized.

"He what?!" Flurry sweatdropped.

"Yeah! He caught me 'clubbing' when he asked me to take us somewhere quiet, transferred his power using some kind of weird magic, and he told me to train as much as possible. I guess I know why."

'Weird magic... She must be talking about that damn Prometheus Charge. Not only did Dad absorb enough power to decimate Omega, but he absorbed the artifact's essence when it shattered on his suit!' Cade realized.

Ultimus staggered out of the hole, clutching the sword and letting out another mechanical laugh.

"Most impressive, Xiao Long. I guess you'll provide me with more entertainment than I once thought. But it still doesn't matter." Ultimus laughed.

"W-What?!" Yang gasped.

"But still, with the Inflamed Warrior state, it should be borderline impossible to control yourself as well as you are right now.. It seems you're much more powerful than your... Significant other.."

Yang smirked confidently.

"And yet, you still don't see the weakness in that form." Ultimus added.

"And that would be..?" Yang confidently asked.

"The Inflamed Warrior form expels far too much energy to be remotely healthy even in a battle situation, you'll tire out quicker, and if you don't get your fights over with, you'll be too tired to even stand up." Cade answered.

"Smart kid, he deserves a prize, but not before dear old mommy." Ultimus laughed, charging at Yang.

He swept underneath her before Yang had time to react, missing her punch entirely as Ultimus slammed the pommel at the base of her spine, kneeing her hard in the side, and putting her in a lock that dislocated her shoulders as she let out an agonized scream.

And that's when the firecracker realized that her Super Saiyan 2 form was as impractical...

Ultimus let her loose before slamming her face against the pommel of his sword...

...As using Internet Explorer to watch Netflix.

...And side-kicking her into another wing of the Academy.

Cade let out a battle cry, charging towards Ultimus with everything he had.

"Cade, wait!" Flurry yelled.

Ultimus evaded Cade's attack before charging an electricity ball and pelting it against Cade's back, blowing him to the other side of the room and skidding against the ground.

"I expected so much more from the spawn of Saigo Emphas and the Inflamed Warrior, but that's what I get for raising my expectations on your generation." Ultimus dismissively scoffed as he aimed the sword at Cade and converted the sword into it's rifle mode.

Two purple-hued explosions blew Ultimus across the room before several dozen more pelted him relentlessly from the side.

'Who is that?!' Cade thought, picking himself up.

Tyrian walked into the room, with Ruby at his side.

"Stay the f**k away from my future wife and son, you gutless bastard." Tyrian scowled.