Resonance: The Spiralling Rose

A/N: Welcome, one and all, to...wait, something that isn't Reactsverse? What IS this? Well, for those of you who actually READ the last Resonance, congratulations, you might have a little sense of what this is. For those who didn't read it- unsurprising- Resonance is one of my various, vague concepts involving crossing over RWBY with other series to create crappy Elsewhere fics where the cast of RWBY gets thrown into one universe and the cast of another gets chucked into RWBY. Last time, it was done for Persona 3, in the previous installment 'The Arcana In Bloom'.

As you might have guessed from the title, the thing we're crossing this over with is Gurren Lagann. So...yeah, enjoy my insanity! I guess...

DISCLAIMER: RWBY belongs to Rooster Teeth, otherwise Coco would be mai waifu.

Gurren Lagann belongs to Studio Gainax, otherwise there would be more episodes pre-time skip.

Explosions riddled the space around them, stars going supernova with the sheer power being hurled around. The bridge was alive with chatter between the command staff as they were rushing to provide status updates to the Captain.

The Captain herself stood upon the top of her beloved ship, her crimson-tipped black hair tinged with green and orange from the guns of the ship and cannons. She scoffed.

"So...all the lights in the heavens are our enemies." She rubbed her chin, her cape- embroidered with her symbol, a stylized rose, trailing behind her as she watched the explosions. Her aide, a blonde man with a monkey's tail and orange shades, muttered out a little 'No...', as if disbelieving what had happened, what had lead up to this point.

The Captain didn't notice, and went on. "They are worthy opponents." She whipped out a small key, embossed with the rose symbol, looking at it. She smiled- at last, a worthy challenge.

"...I'll just use the fabric of space time to wring them out of existence!" Sliding her cape behind her she moved underneath the flag of her team, a rose rising from a flame. She looked upon the battle, giddy with the prospect of challenge. Her aide looked to the rest of the bridge below.

"Alright, prepare the Neptune Cannon!"

The Captain, Ruby, crossed her arms. "Crescent Rose, spin on!"

She declared her ultimatum to the stars with confidence. "Who the HELL do you think I am?!"

'...the day's the same kinda day it's always been.' Ruby the Digger contemplated calmly, digging a tunnel through the tough rock.

It was a hard life she had, Ruby. Ever since her parents were killed in a landslide, nothing much had changed. All that had is now she went to sleep in her small hole by herself and did her tasks as she was told in exchange for Boarbartusk steaks.

She herself was unremarkable; clothed in a small black tunic covered by a tattered red hood and cloak, with thin, wiry limbs. The only remarkable features about herself were her bright, silver eyes and her short red-tipped black hair.

One might assume she dug for nothing but food- after all, she was doing the village a service by helping them expand. It, however, was more than that.

Ruby also wanted treasure. Of course; the girl had not a thing in the world to her name, except what little she could find in the rock. Today, however...

"Huh?" Her drill caught on something. The crimsonette tugged it out of the rock to find a small key with a stylized rose as its bow, strung on a worn string. She tilted her head, looking at it.

"What...is it?" The key pulsed red in her hand. Ruby pocketed it and began to make her way back, drilling quickly past the rest of the diggers. As she walked past them, Ruby examined her treasure.

'...what is that...thing on top? Is it a...rose? Wait, how do I know it's a rose?' Indeed, she didn't know what a 'rose' even was, or why this key had the stylized symbol of one, but somehow, instinctively, she knew what it was.

As she walked out into the village centre, several boys were gathered, laughing at her.

"Ooooh, it's little Ruby!"
"What's she got there?"
"Is that a key? What a weirdo, digging up random crap!"
"She smells!"

Ruby felt tears well in her eyes, but sucked it up. There was no point in hurting them, she thought, as she weathered the insults.

"Wait, she's looking at us!" One of the boys stopped for a moment.

"Pfft, she won't do anything."
"Oooh, what if she drills a hole in one of us?" Another boy cruelly laughed, before they walked off, leaving Ruby all alone. She sighed and looked down, pulling her red hood over her head. The crimsonette just examined the key, trying to discern what it could be for, before colliding, head first, into a very large chest- she hadn't even looked up to see who it was.

"Walk with your head held high, Ruby!", a voice advised from above. Ruby looked up.

The girl's chest was bound with brown cloth, baring her midriff. On her arms, a tattoo depicting a stylized creature- she called it a 'dragon', whatever that was- was spread. Her wrists and lower abdomen were wrapped in bandages, and she wore a pair of black shorts, barely extending beyond her thighs. Her luscious, blonde hair was splayed behind her and over her shoulders and her large, purple eyes were hidden behind triangular orange sunglasses.

"Yang?" Ruby called out, confused, pulling herself away from Yang's chest. What was Yang Xiao Long, considered one of the coolest kids in the village, doing, talking to her?

"Hey." Yang chuckled. "Don't call me Yang. Call me sis!"

"...b-but we aren't...related..."
"It's not about blood, silly! You and I, we're soul sisters." The blonde declared. "We're siblings in soul!" Patting Ruby on the back comfortingly, she chuckled, before taking the rose key from her hands. "Don't worry about what those ugly boys say, Ruby! They're stupid."

Ruby could only nod as Yang examined the key, before the latter slung it around the crimsonette's neck. "This looks good on you."

"Roses are your soul, got it?"

"Uh..." Ruby could only remain speechless as Yang dragged her off to a chained off area; she punched the chains off, turning to the people inside. "You guys ready?"

"Yeah, Yang!"
"Ready!"

"Uh..." Ruby couldn't still believe what was going on.

"You see, Rubes...this rose...this doesn't belong to anyone but you! This is who you are." Wrapping her arm around Ruby, Yang pointed at the ceiling of rock, far above.

"Your rose...will be the rose that blooms upon the vault of heaven!"

"But why-"
"I've got it all figured out! Don't ask questions!

After all, we're the invincible Team Sun Dragon! We got this!"

Needless to say, they were caught and hauled off to jail- in hindsight, Yang's plan involved a very loud stampede of Boarbartusks, which, clearly, wasn't going to work.

Several hours later...

Yang sighed, leaning back in her cell, her hands bound. A tiny Boarbartusk was lying, curled up in her lap. She didn't even look angry- indeed, she looked bored.

Suddenly, a rumbling occurred underneath her, and the girl looked down to see Ruby pop out through a hole, drill in her hand, goggles alight, waving at her.

"Hey, sis!"

"Ah. Rubes." Yang sighed. "What're you doing here? You'll get in trouble!"

"I'm sorry, but I've got to show you something!"

"What's so important that you need to break me to show me it?"
"You won't believe it. It's a...humongous face!"

"Well..." The blonde snapped her binds with minimal effort. "Alright, but we might get in trouble..."

Slowly, Yang crawled down into the hole Ruby dug, the small Boarbartusk scurrying after them.

"How'd you find this face?" Yang asked, her hands casually in her pockets, trotting along at a quick pace, as Ruby slinked behind her.

"I found while I was digging tunnels, like I always do!"

"And-" Suddenly, they were blinded by a unexpected bright light, and the pair recoiled away from them.

"What the hell do you think you're doing?" The village chief- a plump, stern looking man, stared down at them with the large lights shining behind him. Ruby cowered behind Yang, who was unfazed.

"You got SOME nerve breaking out of jail, Yang!"

"Ruby...is this the humongous face you wanted me to see?" Yang remarked. The chief growled at her.

"Don't you underestimate me, girly! I stand guard as WELL as being the chief! That's at you too, Ruby! I know all about those secret tunnels you've been digging!"

"Leave her." Yang declared, her face serene. "It's my fault. I'm guilty." She stood in front of the smaller girl, her arms extended to her sides to protect Ruby.

"I KNOW you're guilty, Yang!" The chief roared, before drawing his wooden sword and battering Yang's shoulders with it.

"Y-YANG!" Ruby cried out. The older girl, however, didn't seem to feel pain. She merely stared down the chief with a determined, furious expression.

"Now, let me dole out your punishment!" The chief prepared to batter her hard, before all three of them were knocked into the air, and it came from above.

The ceiling cracked, and a giant, black wolf-like metallic creature descended upon them, roaring. The upper half of its head was covered with a white plating, cracked with red lines, with two red eyes peering out of it. Its back was covered in the same white metal, formed into spikes. In its hand was a large metal club, decorated with sharp, sinister spikes.

The entire village was thrown into chaos, and Ruby and the chief cowered in fear of the giant beast.

Yang scoffed, staring at the giant metal beast. "So, chief. Who's protecting the village now?" Laughing, she grabbed the chief's sword and took it into her hand, chuckling, before turning to the beast, which spoke, much to Ruby's horror.

"Who the hell are you?!"

Yang adjusted her sunglasses with a flick of her fingers. "I'm going to tell you something important now, so you better dig the wax out of those huge ears of yours and listen! The reputation of Team Sun Dragon echoes far and wide! When they talk about its badass leader, the woman of indomitable spirit and awesomeness..." She whipped her thumb back and pointed at herself. "They're talking about me! The mighty Yang!" She drew the sword from its scabbard and pointed it at the giant beast.

"...Y-Yang?" Ruby tugged at her back plaintively, but there was no response. She stood, ready to beat the beast into submission with her sword.

The beast laughed in amusement and moved to smash her when something flashed on its right shoulder.

"Huh?" The pair said in unison. Another flash, this time making the beast look up.

Yang looked up to see a black-haired girl with golden eyes, in a black bra and short shorts, with golden shades obscuring her eyes, swinging down from a rope from the surface, slashing the beast with what looked to be a blade on a ribbon. She swung back towards the pair and jumped off the rope, sliding backwards towards the pair. She turned to them.

"Alright! You two, get back!"

Yang whistled appreciatively. "Something else from the surface?"

"Yeah," Ruby nodded, staring at the newcomer. "And it's a girl this time..."

The black haired girl continued slashing at it with her blade, pushing the giant beast down into the rocks. Flicking the ribbon to place the handle of the blade into her hand, she turned and began running. "Come on! I only knocked it backwards! It could still try and kill us!"

"Hey babe! Slugging it out, huh?" Yang asked playfully, her sword behind her head, as she ran past the girl. "How about I help you out?"
"How?" The girl sat behind a rock, uncoiling her weapon's ribbon. The brawler crouched with her.

"You come from the surface, right?"
"Yeah, so what?"
"That's awesome! That's a weapon they use on the surface?" Yang said excitedly, pointing at her blade.

The black-haired girl responded brusquely. "Not exactly."

"Daaaamn." Yang looked up and down the scantily dressed newcomer's body. "You've got a pretty fine body! Surface chicks are a bre-"
At this point, the newcomer lost it. Glaring at Yang, she scolded her. "How many times do I have to tell you to run? Do you have a death wish or something-"

They were both interrupted by a vast shadow appearing over them. Stopping, the newcomer looked up to see the beast's large, metal club smash down straight on to them, engulfing them completely.

END?

A/N: First episode was so awesome I have to split it into TWO parts to get it all done. I promise, eventually, we will end up transplanting the entire RWBY cast into Gurren Lagann. This includes Cardin. Even though nobody likes him. Except me, apparently. Long live Blackbird! And yes, we will skip episode four. Which doesn't exist anyway. Kamina said so.

So, I hope you enjoyed that, leave your reviews, comments, ideas, thoughts and suggestions, and I hope you have a great day! Until next time!