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BGM: Rosalina in the Observatory 2 (Super Mario Galaxy)
"Okay, take a deep breath." Byleth requested. "In… out… in… out…"
"What's gotten into her?" Church asked, watching Ruby doing some deep breathing exercises.
"Her Lingering Fear kicked in hard after that light show." Byleth explained.
"Ooooh, that explains it." Church nodded as he glanced at what Tucker was doing. "Oh son of a bitch, not again!" He said as he walked off. "Hey Tucker… Tucker! Would you stop being a casanova for five minutes? TUCKER!"
End BGM
BGM: Laughter and Merriment (Kingdom Hearts II)
"Soooo, your name is Mercedes~!" Tucker said.
"Yes, that's right."
"So, how about we both ride on to the sunset together? We can find a good hill and make out!"
"Oh, uh… sorry, I'm taken." Mercedes said, motioning her head to Ilia who was chatting with Blake.
"Oh, that's a shame. Does she ride you?"
"Huh? What do you mean by that?"
"Well, I mean, you're named after a car and I have to say, you have some pretty good wheels on you! Bow chicka bow wow!"
"What exactly do you-" Mercedes blushed a deep red, finally getting what Tucker said.
"Heck, we could ride you together! Bow chicka bow-"
"YOU PERV!" Mercedes shot a Fire attack, sending him flying toward a couch.
"-oooooow…"
"Hmph!" Mercedes walked off in a huff.
"Dude, I thought you would have learned your lesson after Esdeath froze you solid." Church said with his arms folded.
"You kiddin'? She may have froze my moves, but she hasn't frozen my charm! Can't get rid of this tiger that easily!"
"Oh for cryin'…" Church pinched the bridge of his helmet.
"Besides, my options are limited here. I'm not gonna go and flirt with someone like Weiss or Yang, even if the latter is top heavy!"
"Do you even HEAR yourself?!" Church grumbled. "Just be glad the firecracker didn't hear that."
"Now then… let's see… oh, I know!" He walked over to Rosalina. "Heeeey, Guitar Hero Queen, got a sec?"
"Ooooh no." Church groaned as he decided to sit on the edge of the Blue Typhoon.
"What's going on?" Grif asked.
"Tucker shenanigans."
"And how'd it go?"
"Basically, he said he wanted to ride Mercedes and then asked if her girlfriend tends to ride her."
"Huh? Where did Tucker get that id-… oooooh, now I get it. So he's trying the space chick?"
"Yuuuup…"
"Heeeey, Rosalina! You gorgeously hot intergalactic space queen!"
"Huh, so far so good." Grif said.
"Wait for it…"
"So, you know how Star Bits taste like honey? Well, I see two big Star Bits in front of me that's just dyin' to be tasted! Bow chicka bow wow!"
"Aaaand there it is." Grif said.
"GAAAAAAAAH!"
"Oooh, and Palutena just warped in and kicked him in the crotch. Yowch!" Grif said. "…Better him than me though!"
"What is that dirty blue doing?" Sarge wondered.
"Tucker shenanigans." Both of them said.
"Again?"
"Ya know, theoretically, the chances of him successfully getting a girl with those kinds of moves are next to impossible." Simmons said.
"He doesn't have that charming swagger like I do. Yow!" Donut said, doing a fabulous pose.
"Riiiight…" Grif shook his head as Tucker shook it off and walked toward Dorothea. "Oh, now he's going for the fire lesbian."
"Heeey Dorothea~! How about you, me and Byleth go find a spot and we can have a threesome because I was thinking-"
"BACK OFF, PERVERT!"
"YAAAAGH! YOU'RE BURNING MY CHESTNUTS! BOW CHICKA BOW-"
"THORON!"
Tucker was launched toward the group. "Hello!" Caboose said with a wave.
"Tucker, you know there are better ways to flirt than doing that bow chicka bow wow thing, right? You gotta be smooth with the ladies!" Sarge advised. "Now where's Carolina? I'm sure she'd be willing to help out."
"I think she's training with Pyrrha." Church said.
"Really? Drat!"
"There's one girl I haven't tried… and it's that dancer girl." Tucker said, getting up.
"How are you even still standing?" Church wondered.
"You cannot be serious…" Hiyoko said, watching Tucker trying and failing at flirting with all the older women. She then saw Tucker approach her. "Oooooh hell no." She groaned.
"She's really going for the dancer. Great." Church muttered.
"Diez dólares que las arranca." (Ten bucks that she rips them off.) Lopez said.
"No thanks, I already had a smoothie." Caboose said.
"What do you want Tucker…" Hiyoko asked with her arms folded.
"Soooo, how about you take me inside the Blue Typhoon and do an exotic dance for me~?" Tucker asked.
"And why should I do that?"
"Well, there are two very big reasons for it!"
"…Oh, of course you would go for the tits!" Hiyoko groaned as she walked off. "Piss off, go bother someone else!"
"Ooooh, we got a fighter!" Tucker said as he walked over. "Okay, then how about a strip tease? A pole dance!"
"The only pole you're gonna get is one stuck up your ass!" Hiyoko said, her patience running thin with him.
"I think I'm seeing steam coming out of her ears." Simmons said.
"Hoo boy…" Church muttered.
"Ohohoho, feisty! Mrow!" Tucker said. "Then how about a strip tease with a lap dance! Ooooh, maybe you can do a little bit of-"
"AAAAAAAAGH! I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!" Hiyoko yelled, turning around as she pulled out the Rock Mushroom and after absorbing it, she Rock Punched Tucker in the crotch.
End BGM
"Ooooooh!" The Reds and Blues, minus Caboose, flinched.
"Lo estoy cambiando a quince dólares." (I'm changing it to fifteen bucks.)
"I want to go home!" She complained. "I want to be away from YOU shitheads!" She yelled, referring to the Blood Gulch crew.
"P-please… have mercy on me…! I was only playing…!" Tucker raised his arm up painfully.
"Shitheads? What did we ever do to you?!" Church said.
"All of your idiocy has driven me up the wall! First off… YOU, Tucker! Your flirting isSO bad, a baby can do better than you! In fact, he'd win all the ladies compared to you!"
"Oooow…"
"YOU, CHURCH!" Hiyoko pointed at Church. "Your aiming is fucking terrible, you have to aim lower just to hit something and even then, that's questionable! Oh, and then there's this whole ghost thing going on with you. What the FUCK is that about? Are you trying to haunt somebody, because you can't haunt shit!"
"Ouch…"
"Grif! You are so fucking lazy, that you would go out of your way and let someone else do your dirty work! Not to mention that your complaining makes me wonder why you're in the army in the first place… IF YOU CAN CALL IT THAT!"
"Hey, I resemble that remark!"
"Lopez! Seriously, someone fix you up! I can't fucking understand you and everyone is doing all the shitty translating that I bet is one hundred percent wrong to begin with!"
"Predícalo hermana!" (Preach it, sister!)
"YOU! SIMMONS! Would it kill you to be your own voice and not be some yes man that agrees to Sarge all the damn time! WOULD IT KILL YOU TO NOT BE THAT WAY OR IS THAT TOO FUCKING HARD FOR YOU?!"
"Meep…"
"Donut! You aren't even that fabulous! You're like… pathetically dull when it comes to your dance moves! No seriously, what even was that?!"
Earlier…
"Yow! Everyday I'm shufflin'!" Donut said, and then doing some randomly bad dance moves while the group was off fighting Bowser and Eggman.
"What the hell…"
"Heeeeey, sexy laday!"
"NOPE! I'm done!"
Back in the present…
"You're just jealous because I got the moves!"
"SHUT UP! YOU! CABOOSE! …Getting mad at you is like… getting mad at a puppy. I can't bring myself to yell at you."
"Yay, puppies!"
"Hey!" Sarge walked over to her. "You can yell at those damn dirty Blues all you want, but when you yell at my men, even if they deserve it… it's personal!"
"OHO, DON'T GET ME STARTED WITH YOU!" Hiyoko glared at him. "First off, is Sarge even your name at all?!"
"Sarge. Just Sarge. That is my full name!"
"UGH! What kind of name is that! Second of all, your disregard your teammates, especially Grif… not to mention you shoot at him constantly. You berate anyone who wears blue-"
"That's because blue is the natural enemy!"
"And yet you hang out with a few blue guys all the time! And then there's your intelligence, which from my understanding, you literally have NO brains in there!"
"Hey! I'll have you know that-"
"I'M NOT FINISHED! You disregard anyone who disagrees with you, you're all shotgun first, ask questions WAY later and to top it all off, you are a big fat IDIOT who has no idea what to do, and I'm not even sure you even know what you're doing half the time, and oh, by the way, your shotgun? There are better weapons and you fucking know it!"
"There's no way I'm going to trade ol' reliable. You watch it, missy!"
"NO! You watch it, buster! I will not be surprised if you are the first to die in a war that you cannot win because of your no-brained strategy, YOU NINE MONTH WASTE OF A WOMAN'S LIFE!" She yelled, as it was enough for Sarge to drop his shotgun in shock.
"…Holy." Church said in shock.
"Fucking…" Grif said.
"Shit!" Simmons exclaimed.
"…Okay… damn." Yang said. "That… that was probably way better than what you had written down for them."
"Well, there goes that roast…" Weiss muttered, making a mental note to crumple it up into a ball later.
"AGH! I've had it with you assholes!" Hiyoko yelled, stomping off in annoyance.
"Uh… Sarge… you okay?" Simmons asked.
"Boys… I'm gonna need a moment." Sarge said as he walked off.
"I'm… gonna go… check on her." Byleth said. "Babe, can you help Ruby out?"
"Of course!" Dorothea said as Byleth walked over where she would see Hiyoko sitting on the edge of the Observatory just near the kitchen. She would notice Ibuki looking at her from afar.
"She okay?" Byleth asked.
"Nope." Ibuki said quietly. "Usually Ibuki leaves her along to give her space… mmm… she's not sure what to do…"
Byleth put her hand on Ibuki's shoulder. "I'll go talk to her." She said as she walked over to Hiyoko, as she looked like she was trying to hold back her tears. "Hey…"
"Hmm? …Oh… hey Byleth…"
Byleth sat down next to her. "You… you okay?"
"I...I just can't anymore, Byleth…" These tears were genuine as Hiyoko slumped down on the ground of the Observatory. "Hell, I didn't even originally WANT to be here in the first place! Let's go to this Star Carnival after repaying a favor, I said! It'll be fun, I said! If I had known that this would've happened by some big boned reptile who can't decide whether or not he wants to be buddy buddy with this portly plumber or fuck his wife, I would've just gone back to Jabberwock Island! And don't get me wrong, I really want to kick his ass for putting me through this, but...these people, ugh...I can handle Gundam's dark lord schtick. I can handle Akane and her 'unga bunga meat lover smash' antics with Nekomaru. I can even handle Teruteru and his creepy behavior with the obvious insults and smacking him! But, I just can't with these idiotic soldiers who must've had some form of America's No Child Left Behind because there's no way these people can function as units! I have had it up to here with their crap and I just...I just…" She shook her head, looking at the ground and trying to finish the sentence. It was very clear the Reds and Blues have not only struck a nerve, but really got to her.
"Hmm…" Byleth would look down on the ground. "I know those guys can be a handful… believe me, I wanted to say something too, but I couldn't figure out how to say it."
"Just… just what do I do?!" Hiyoko asked.
"I think… the only thing you can do, in Sylvain's words, is raise your chin up. We all have our breaking points… believe me, I've had my fair share of breaking points… but other than that, we shouldn't let that get to us. I know those guys really got to you, and yeah, I know Caboose said you oughta give them a chance… maybe you still should. I'm not forcing you, but it's a start. After all, you said you wanted to help Ruby take out her dark self, didn't you?"
"Yeah, but we haven't seen her yet… I'm wondering if it was all made up."
"Nope… it's not." Byleth said and then put her hand on Hiyoko's shoulder. "You're a good woman, Hiyoko. A good friend to Ibuki… and honestly, you have to admit, this whole space thing is pretty fun, isn't it?"
"Yeah… you're right on that." Hiyoko said with a chuckle. "What… what do you usually do when you want to let off some steam?"
"Well, I usually train until I get all my aggression out." Byleth said. "You want to try that? It's surprisingly theraputic."
"Sure, I'd love that." Hiyoko smiled and then hugged Byleth. "Thanks Byleth…"
Byleth smiled back and hugged her back. "You're welcome." She said as they stood up and walked off together.
"Heeeey! You're looking better!" Ibuki smiled. "That's great!"
"Yeah." Hiyoko nodded as they started walking to walk back to the main area… when suddenly the alarm started going off.
"Huh?" Rosalina turned toward the screen.
"We got something coming in hot!" Polari exclaimed. "I'm not sure what it is, but it's not pretty! It's coming from the west!" He said as they turned to the garage… when suddenly an airship came rushing in via light speed and crashed into the garage, where the Pelican slid off the airship and landed upside down on the garage.
"Wait… is that…?" Carolina wondered, when suddenly they heard heavy footsteps… and then Pyrrha let out a loud grunt, hunching down in pain and was suddenly launched up in the air.
"Pyrrha?!" Jaune turned to her as they all stared at Pyrrha landing on her back.
"Nnngh!" Pyrrha grunted, and then they heard growling as suddenly Meta deactivated his Active Camouflage.
BGM: When Your Middle Name is Danger
"META?!" The Blood Gulch gang yelled.
"No!" Jaune exclaimed.
"Maine!" Carolina exclaimed as Meta turned to Carolina, letting out a growl as she aimed her weapon at him. "Stand down!" She ordered, and then heard a gun cocked behind her.
"Hey…"
"Wash…" Carolina clenched her free fist.
Meta let out a growl as he suddenly picked up Pyrrha by the neck and started running toward the Kitchen dome. "PYRRHA!" Jaune yelled.
"Oh no you don't!" Carolina said, elbowing Washington as she started running after Meta, with JNR running after her as they launched off in a Launch Star. Washington would chase after them.
"What was Meta and Wash doing here?!" Yang asked.
"I don't know…" Blake whispered.
Ruby felt another chill up her spine, a cold sweat rolled down her head. Her legs trembled, her breathing quickened a bit, her heart raced and her eyes were shaking. Everything felt like a blur… she told herself that she was no longer afraid of Dark Ruby, but this feeling of dread, this lingering fear… it hit her like a truck. Her eyes shifted to the various places of the Observatory, even the Blue Typhoon.
"Ruby? Ruby!" Yang's voice called out to her, but was drowned out from the fear kicking in hard. She was close to hyperventilating… when a calm hand touched her shoulder to snap her out of it. She turned and saw Yang looking at her in concern. "Are you okay?"
"She… she's here… I… I can feel it."
"I was afraid of that." Yang said, cocking her gauntlets as everyone had their weapons drawn. They could hear laughter echoing throughout the Observatory. Pit thought he saw something and aimed his Palutena Bow at a wall, but nothing was there. Iris would look up into the darkness of the upper part of the Observatory, not seeing anyone there. A dark figure stood at the tip of the Observatory, where Ilia would take notice.
"Up there!" Ilia pointed as they would look up, but the figure was long gone. Ruby let out a soft gulp, trying to calm herself down as Penny scanned the area. Ruby closed her eyes, trying to slow her breathing.
Calm down… calm down… calm down. She told herself and relaxed her breathing. She slowly opened her eyes.
"HELLO!"
Ruby was launched away from the group, landing near the library but she used her scythe to catch herself. She would look up to see Dark Ruby in front of the group. "No!"
"Oh, I've been waiting for this." She said, her eyes glowing as she appeared in front of Ruby and slashed her back. "I can sense that you are no longer afraid of me, so why is your body saying otherwise?" She asked. "Oh, that's right… you're alone. Truly. Deeply. Alone. No one will save you… and your friends will watch you die right here!" She yelled, raising her scythe up in the air as Ruby's body refused to move, paralyzed by her Lingering Fear. "DIE!" She yelled, swinging her scythe down.
CLANG!
End BGM
"Not if… not if I have to say anything about it!" Pit said, as he had swiftly blocked the attack with his blades and slashed her away hard enough to make her go flying, but she stabbed the ground.
"Ah, the boyfriend!" Dark Ruby smirked.
"If you want to go through her… you're gonna have to go through me!" Pit said as Ruby's eyes widened.
Yang readied her gauntlets. "And me."
BGM: Hold the Line! - Enemy Keep Ver. (Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity)
Ruby couldn't believe her eyes, seeing that Pit and Yang would do this for her. She would then see Weiss pulling out Eiskönigin and stood her ground, as Blake would walk over and summoned her Belladonna Claws. Tai got in his fighting stance as Qrow readied his scythe, Zwei getting in his stance and growled at Dark Ruby. Mario and Luigi had their hammers ready and glared at Dark Ruby as Daisy pulled out a Crystal Flower and equipped it, ready to throw down. Gloria walked forward and pulled out her lead pipe. JINX readied their weapons while Byleth pulled out her Sword of the Creator as flames came out of Dorothea's fingertips. Ilia and Mercedes readied their weapons as the Blood Gulch crew pumped their weapons as Sarge picked up his shotgun and cocked it.
"What is this…" Dark Ruby whispered, watching Hiyoko get in a fighting stance, Ibuki had her battle axe resting on her shoulders as Palutena gripped her staff tightly as Rosalina readied her wand as Penny summoned her blades and Travis readying his Beam Katana. Sonic cracked his knuckles and got in his stance as Tails pulled out his ray gun, Knuckles pulling his fists up, Amy readied her hammer and Cream and Cheese were ready to roll. Even the Toad Brigade were ready to throw down as even the Wisps were ready to protect Ruby.
"You have to go through all of us if you want a piece of Ruby!" Pit declared as Ruby's Pokemon popped out of their Pokeballs and joined the group, all of them ready to throw down. Overwhelmed tears came over Ruby as she put her hand over her mouth, deeply moved that everyone would risk their life to protect her… to stand up against this horrid doppelganger once and for all.
"Rise, Ruby! You can put an end to her once and for all!"
"Mother?" Ruby whispered, feeling warm gentle hands against her back and pushed her up. She would look back and see Summer smiling at her as Ruby smiled back. "Thanks mom." She said as she stood up, feeling her body cooperate as she picked up Crescent Rose and approached the group, determined to finish this.
"Heheheh… AHAHAHAHAHA! Oh, this is just priceless! You're all going to risk your lives to protect one bitch? Oh, that is just so adorable!" Dark Ruby cackled. "Let's see how well you can protect her!" She said, snapping her fingers as they heard howling, and then several Beowolves came running out of the airship, joined by a few Ursa and even a Beringel. "I came prepared!" She said as the Grimm slammed into them and started attacking them.
"Guys!" Ruby exclaimed.
"Let's settle this one on one!" Dark Ruby grabbed her and threw her to the Blue Typhoon.
End BGM
Meanwhile, at Ghostly Galaxy…
Pyrrha was thrown into Bouldergeist's arena. "Nnngh!" Pyrrha groaned as Meta landed in front of her. "So… you came back." She said.
"And ready to end this." Meta growled.
"Just so you know, Meta…" Pyrrha readied herself as her hand caught ablaze and her eyes glowed. "I've gotten stronger since we've last met."
"So have I."
Pyrrha and Meta readied themselves, both of them not making a sudden move… until both of them rushed at each other.
BGM: Boss Battle (Red vs Blue Revelations)
Danger Is His Middle Name - Meta
Pyrrha and Meta pulled back their fists as their fists collided with each other, both of them knocking each other back as Meta rushed at Pyrrha and quickly delivered some punches but Pyrrha blocked these with her arms as she delivered a roundhouse kick to knock him back. Pyrrha unleashed a stream of fire that made Meta flinch when it hit him. Meta growled as he ran through the fire and punched Pyrrha in the face to knock her down, but Pyrrha got back up as she swung her blade and slashed at him, where Meta brought out his Brute Shot and clashed with her blade.
Meta parried the attack and would attempt to impale her, but she used her polarity to push him back as she rushed at him and jumped up, fire punching him in the head to knock him back. Meta growled and shot her point blank with the Brute Shot, knocking her back but she impaled the ground to stop her from falling off the planet. She saw Meta running at her as he punched her when he got close, but she rolled out of the way as she delivered a swift kick to his chest and then a roundhouse kick soon after.
Meta grabbed her leg and then punched her in the gut to make her slam into the ground. She let out a groan as she saw Meta rotate his Brute Shot as the blade was pointed to her chest and thrusted it down, but Pyrrha used her polarity to stop it, but Meta kept at it, pushing down while Pyrrha was trying to push up… the blade dangerously close to her chest.
POW!
End BGM
Meta was punched away, as the punch came from none other than Carolina herself. "Maine! Stand down." Carolina ordered as Meta got back up and growled at her, while Carolina helped Pyrrha up.
"The two of you won't stop me." Meta said. "I will-"
"Maine, I know you want all the AI, but it's affecting your mind." Carolina said. "Sigma plagued your mind… if you come quietly, we can fix-"
It was then that Sigma appeared before them. "And how will you do that?" He asked as Pyrrha let out a small gasp.
"We're going to put him down… and we will will extract all the AI from him. We can stop this." Carolina said. "All I'm asking is for you to stand down. No one needs to die."
"Hmph, how naive of you, Carolina." Sigma mocked as Meta let out a growl, readying his Brute Shot.
"That didn't work." Pyrrha said.
"Yeah, I had a feeling it wouldn't." Carolina said.
"At least now it's two against one."
"That is where you are wrong." A voice said as Washington joined Meta. "I hate to do this to the both of you…including you, Pyrrha… you're the nicest woman I've ever met. This is gonna hurt me more than it's gonna hurt you." He said, loading his Battle Rifle.
"Dammit Wash!" Carolina growled.
Pyrrha closed her eyes, both of her hands catching aflame. "So it has to come to this…" She quietly said as a tear rolled down her cheek. "I'm sorry, Wash…"
"Yeah, I'm sorry too." Washington said.
"Agent Maine… kill them." Sigma ordered, as Jaune, Nora and Ren arrived at the platform.
"Shoot, we're too late!" Nora said. "How did he get ahead of us?!"
"We oughta-" Jaune put his hand out in front of Ren.
"No. This is their fight." Jaune said. "If they need us… we'll fight."
BGM: Genesong (Halo 2 Anniversary)
The girls rushed at the men, as they did the same as Pyrrha delivered a fiery punch to Washington's head, but he dodged as he aimed his Battle Rifle at Pyrrha, having to look away to pull the trigger but Pyrrha saw this opportunity to kick him in the chest. Meta punched at Pyrrha but she ducked as she did a sweep kick to knock him on his back as Carolina punched Meta in the head to knock him to the ground.
Meta sprang back up as he swung his Brute Shot at Pyrrha, only for it to get blocked by her spear as Carolina pulled out her Battle Rifle and started shooting at Meta. Meta would turn to her and backhanded the Battle Rifle off of her as he punched her in the face to knock her on her back. Pyrrha would go for a fiery uppercut to his chin to knock him in the air as Pyrrha switched to her rifle and shot him in the air. Meta landed on the ground right as Washington got back up.
Washington ran at Pyrrha and slugged her but she blocked with her arms as Meta rushed at her and punched her in the gut to make her hunch over, but Carolina would run over and did a roundhouse kick to kick the both of them down. Carolina helped Pyrrha up where Carolina rushed at Meta and punched him as Pyrrha put her hands together and launched a stream of fire at Meta, but Meta punched the ground to form a Bubble Shield to block the fire. Meta would then turn on active camouflage and rush out of the shield.
Washington unleashed an uppercut on Carolina, but she blocked the attack as she kicked him in the knee and did a roundhouse kick to knock him to the ground where Pyrrha would turn around and fire punched Meta, but she hit nothing as Meta appeared behind her and impaled her in the back with the Brute Shot. "AGH!" She cried as Meta then shot her with the Brute Shot for good measure.
"PYRRHA!" Jaune yelled as Carolina turned to Meta, running at him and socked him in the head to knock him down.
End BGM
"Agent Maine. You have the Emerald with you. Use it." Sigma said as Meta stood back up, pulling out the White Chaos Emerald and gripped it tightly, feeling a wave of power coursing through him as Carolina let out a gasp.
"Maine, where did you-?!" Meta punched the ground, unleashing a powerful shockwave that knocked Pyrrha and Carolina to the ground, the shockwave was strong enough to knock Carolina's helmet off of her.
"Holy shit…" Washington whispered.
"Alright, that's it!" Jaune yelled as he hopped into the arena as Nora and Ren joined him as Meta walked directly to Pyrrha, but Jaune summoned the Rejuvenator as he swung his axe down right on Meta's back, as he let out a pained growl in response, then had an arrow hit him in the neck and then Nora swung her hammer to knock him down.
"Guys…?" Pyrrha wondered as Jaune was immediately by her side, healing up her wound.
"Like we would've left you here." Jaune said as Pyrrha stood up, as did Carolina… the latter not bothering to put her helmet back on.
"How are you guys still standing after that?!" Washington asked.
"It's quite simple, Wash." Carolina squared up. "We're Smash Sisters, bitch!"
"Smash Sis-…" It then dawned on Washington. "Wait, you're-… ooooh shit."
Meta got back up, glaring at the intruders as he let out a growl as Jaune, Nora and Ren rushed at him. Jaune swung his axe, but Meta blocked with his Brute Shot and parried the attack, but before he could stab Jaune, Nora came running in and smacked him in the head with the hammer while also blasting him with electricity. Ren would run around and shoot at him but Meta would turn around and grabbed Ren, then threw him to Nora to knock the both of them down as Jaune swung his axe repeatedly but Meta backhanded the Rejuvenator off of him as Jaune pulled out his sword and slashed at him, but Meta would easily parry the attack as he thrusted the Brute Shot's blade into his gut. "GAAAAH!"
Pyrrha saw this, her eyes widening in horror as Meta kicked Jaune down. "JAUNE!" She screamed, running toward him.
"…Okay fuck this." Washington said, aiming at Meta and shot the Chaos Emerald off of him, as it rolled on the ground and came to a stop. Meta would turn to Washington.
"You dare do that?"
"You know, I was reluctantly siding with you… but now this? All because you want to kill Pyrrha and Carolina? And now if you've gone too far." Washington said, aiming his Battle Rifle at Meta. "I should've done this a long time ago." He said, shooting at Meta as he walked over slowly to him, but Washington stood his ground… until he heard a click coming from the Battle Rifle. "Oh come on!" He grumbled as Meta grabbed him by the neck. "Hnnngh!"
Ren would pull out a Super Mushroom and gave it to Jaune. "Come on, Jaune… speak to us!" Nora said, gently shaking him as Pyrrha rose from the ground, looking directly at Meta. Something inside of her snapped as her body trembled, clenching her fists in anger. Ren would immediately notice this.
"Pyrrha?"
BGM: Breaking the Covenant (Halo 2 Anniversary)
"RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" Pyrrha screamed, her Fire Brand engulfing her entire body in flames as fire shot up into the sky. She immediately rushed at Meta and punched him hard enough to send him flying, but he quickly recovered.
"I'll uh… I'll just take a few… hundred steps back." Washington said as he backed up as Pyrrha's eyes glowed as she rushed at him, swiftly punching him in the gut and punching him in the air. Pyrrha would then launch herself into the air and punched Meta straight to the ground, then she flew down and slammed into his chest. She would then pick him up by the throat and punched him in the face repeatedly and threw him to the side.
Meta recovered as he shot at Pyrrha with the Brute Shot, but Pyrrha would launch fireballs at the grenades, where they exploded in midair as Meta charged at Pyrrha and punched her but Pyrrha grabbed his fist and twisted his arm where she swung her knee into his gut and flip kicked him in the air, then she launched a stream of fire into him as he fell to the ground, but Pyrrha pulled out her rifle and shot out explosive shots from her rifle, hitting Meta each time.
Meta shook it off and let out a growl as Pyrrha rushed at him when time started to slow down until it came to a complete stop. Meta would walk over to Ren and grabbed the Super Mushroom that he was giving Jaune and crushed it in his hands, feeling a lot better as he returned to his position and pulled back his fist… and when time resumed, he slugged her in the face to send her flying back, but Pyrrha was undettered as she rushed at him.
Pyrrha would let out a scream and punched him as Meta blocked this with his hand, however… it turned out to be an explosive punch as he was sent flying. Meta recovered and ran at Pyrrha where the both of them clashed. Carolina stood there in awe before snapping out of it. "Why does she get to have all the fun?" She asked, reaching into her pocket and pulled out a Smash Ball, crushing it in her hands as she glowed a rainbow aura as she got into position and rushed at him, shoulder bashing him to knock him away. Carolina and Pyrrha looked at each other and nodded, as they rushed directly at Meta.
Meta let out a growl, punching the ground and making a bubble shield and blocked fireballs from Pyrrha, but Carolina rushed in and pulled out a Gravity Hammer as she swung it, hitting Meta directly and knocked him flying into the air. Carolina would jump up and swing her Gravity Hammer down, she would then pull out two Plasma Rifles and start shooting around him to form a circle as she threw her Gravity Hammer down. Once the Gravity Hammer hit the ground, the circle lit up and made a plasma explosion that knocked Meta up into the air and once he fell to the ground, Carolina got into position and pulled back her fist, delivering a strong punch to send him flying back.
Pyrrha would rush at Meta and slammed into him, both of them sliding as Pyrrha was on top of him and punched him in the face repeatedly, then she used her polarity to pull the Brute Shot to her that he had dropped. She then grabbed it and then impaled him in the chest as he roared in agony, then she pulled it off of him as she kicked him away and started blasting him with the Brute Shot until he fell on his knees. Pyrrha would walk over to Meta and grabbed him by the throat, picking him up in the air.
"Pyrrha, wait!" Carolina yelled.
"GO TO HELL!" Pyrrha yelled, delivering one last punch to send him flying out of the arena as he let out a roar, as a Black Hole's gravitational pull would start pulling him in as he let out pained roars while getting spaghettified before disappearing into the dark void.
End BGM
"Maine…" Carolina whispered and let out a sigh as Pyrrha's flames disappeared. "I don't blame you for what you did… but you didn't have to go that far."
"It is for the best." Washington said as he approached the two. "I mean, I would've done the same thing if I was in Pyrrha's sho-hgrrrk!" Carolina would hold him by the throat.
"Alright you bastard… start talking." She said as JNR approached the trio, as Nora luckily had a backup Mushroom on her to patch Jaune up.
Back at the Observatory…
"Nnngh!" Yang grunted, falling on one knee as the Beringel roared, pounding his chest repeatedly as the Yellow Wisp went inside Yang. "Alright you damn dirty ape… now it's on like Donkey Kong!" She yelled.
"DRILL!"
Yang turned into a Drill, slamming right into the Beringel as it held her there, not caring that its hands and chest were being ripped to shreds as he slammed her into the ground to stop the Drill. Yang got back up and dodged a swing. "HADOKEN!"
"How many of these Grimm are there?!" Weiss asked.
"Too many to count!" Nyx said.
"We gotta take these down if we want to get to Ruby!" Taiyang jumped from a swipe from a Beowolve. "Rrrgh! The problem is, these guys won't let us!"
"We have to create an opening!" Qrow said.
Ruby was knocked on her back as Dark Ruby lunged at her, but she blocked with her scythe. Dark Ruby smirked as she kicked Ruby in the knee and kicked her away. "No matter how many times you rely on your friends to help you… you will always fall." She said. "And guess what? I have a brand new trick up my sleeve." She smirked.
"Of course you do…" Ruby groaned as Dark Ruby's eyes started to glow… when suddenly a few bullets hit her from behind.
"OW!" Dark Ruby yelled and turned around. "Who did that?!"
"Target hit." A robotic voice said.
"…Oh boy…" Ruby said as R3-B7 came flying in.
"Wait a minute… two Rubys? I was not aware of this." R3-B7 said and scanned the two of them. "Ruby Rose. Dark Ruby Rose… dark?"
"Who the hell are you?" Dark Ruby asked.
"I am R3-B7, a perfect robot made by Dr. Eggman to combat team RWBY. Anyone else is just optional. My directive is to destroy Team RWBY."
"Oho! That's good enough for me!" Dark Ruby smirked, aiming at Ruby, but R3-B7 shot at Dark Ruby. "OW! What was that for?!"
"You are not going to live much longer… Ruby Rose." She then turned to Ruby. "I will deal with you later, Dark Ruby."
Ruby and Dark Ruby stared blankly at the robot before pointing at each other. "YOU CONFUSED ME FOR HER?!" Both yelled.
"I am sorry, I am not used to clones." R3-B7 said.
"Shoot her! Not me!" Dark Ruby said. "I hate her too!"
"No no, shoot her!" Ruby said as R3-B7 decided to shoot at Dark Ruby.
"Gah!" Dark Ruby yelled, hearing laughing coming from Ruby. "It's not funny!" She yelled as R3-B7 landed in front of them.
"Eliminate Ruby. Both Rubys."
Dark Ruby let out a growl and looked at Ruby. "Hey. Bitch."
"Yeah?"
"I can't believe I'm saying this, but how about the two of us team up to take this robotic nuisance down?"
"Wait… you want me to team up with YOU?!"
"Only temporarily!" Dark Ruby said. "I don't need any interference."
Ruby let out a groan. "Alright… but just don't get in my way!"
"Bitch, I don't plan to!" Dark Ruby said as the two of them readied their scythes.
BGM: Fight the Knight (Sonic and the Black Knight)
Mechanically Advanced Huntress - R3-B7
The two Rubys rushed at R3-B7 as the robot did the same, the latter pulling out her weapon as they clashed their blades as R3-B7 pushed them away and cocked her gauntlet, shooting at the two as the duo dodged the shots as Ruby used her semblance to slam into R3-B7 and slammed her into a wall where Dark Ruby shot at the robot's face. R3-B7's scythe switched to a blue Gambol Shroud as she threw it at Dark Ruby and wrapped it around her, then yanked her close to her but Ruby tried to cut the ribbon but it bounced off, realizing it was metal. Dark Ruby took this opportunity to stop time while her Grimm eyes glowed. She then got out and got around R3-B7 and slashed her away, shooting her a few times before resuming time as R3-B7 was hit.
Ruby used a Rose Tornado to suck up R3-B7 as Dark Ruby went inside it and then slashed her down but R3-B7 recovered and shot at Dark Ruby, hitting her in the chest as she let out a growl and shot her back as Ruby pulled out her boomerang and threw it at R3-B7, as the sharp end hit her as she turned around and shot at her, but Dark Ruby got in the way and blocked the attack as Ruby jumped up and slashed at R3-B7, then turned around and shot her a few times.
R3-B7 switched to the Myrtenaster and summoned ice glyphs where she fired icicles as Ruby twirled her scythe to block it as Dark Ruby came up from behind and slashed her down, then shot at her a few times as R3-B7 turned around and went to stab Dark Ruby but she blocked with the scythe and parried the attack, slashing at her and shot her in the face but R3-B7 disappeared and reappeared next to Dark Ruby, slashing her from the side.
"Nnngh! How did she-"
"She has all our semblances." Ruby said.
"This Egghead did that? Someone's been busy…" Dark Ruby muttered as the two of them rushed at R3-B7 as she jumped back as she glowed a yellow aura, similar to how Yang glows.
"Uh oh!"
"Activating Wisp Power: Drill!" R3-B7 rushed at the two like a drill, though it was in a tornado-like fashion similar to Ruby's semblance but the two jumped back as the Rubys shot at her while Ruby called her Cyan Wisp as it went inside of her as Ruby got into position, kneeling on one knee.
"LASER!"
A laser bullet hit R3-B7 directly, piercing through her armor as she fell on one knee. "I don't know what you just did, but I'll take it!" Dark Ruby said as the two of them rushed at R3-B7 where she would get back up and shoot at the two, but they dodged the shots as both of them slashed at her, but R3-B7 did a roundhouse kick and knocked Ruby's scythe off of her. Dark Ruby grabbed Crescent Rose as she used both scythes to slash at R3-B7, as Ruby would watch Dark Ruby dance around with both scythes and slashed at R3-B7 viciously.
Ruby would rush at R3-B7 and unleash a Rose Tornado to suck R3-B7 up in the air as Ruby would take her scythe and go inside the tornado and slashed her away, then switched to its gun mode and pulled the trigger, as a massive laser bullet slammed into R3-B7, causing the robot to go flying and slammed into the ground near the kitchen, knocking over a few Grimm in the process. They would both see R3-B7 unable to move.
"System… critical…"
End BGM
"That takes care of that competition." Dark Ruby said. "Now then… where were we?"
"Killing each other?"
"Ah yes." Dark Ruby smirked as her eyes started glowing. Ruby readied herself… until her eyes widened and dropped her scythe in shock. What she saw before her was a bony helmet that had shapeshifted on her face. The helmet being the face of a Beowolf as her arm shifted into a scythe.
BGM: The Corrupted (Kingdom Hearts III)
"Wh-what the…?!"
"You like it? Since you cut my eyes off, I recently discovered I can shapeshift my body." Dark Ruby smirked. "I'm no longer Dark Ruby… I'm Grimm Ruby now!"
"Oh… oh my gosh…" Ruby whispered as Dark Ruby aimed her scythe hand as it formed into a spear as she extended and stabbed her in the gut. "NNNGH!"
"Hahahaha! The look on your eyes is oh so precious!" Dark Ruby chuckled darkly. "Who knew Grimm Eyes would be so effective?" She said, both of them unaware of Summer standing on the deck of the Blue Typhoon, a worried look was seen on her face as Dark Ruby slashed at her viciously and knocked her down. "What's the matter? Lost all the will to fight? HAHAHAHAHA! Not that I blame you… you are truly alone and you will die alone! No one will save you as long as those Grimm I control keep them at bay!"
She would kick Ruby to the side and chuckled. "Oh, I've longed for this moment." She said as she approached Ruby… when suddenly, a rock wall separated the two. "Nnngh! What?!"
End BGM
"Hey skank. She's not alone." A voice sad as they saw Hiyoko approach them. "New look for you? You don't scare me one bit, you bully." She said, picking up Crescent Rose and tossing it to Ruby. "Come on, Ruby. Let's take out the trash."
Ruby gripped her scythe. "Right!"
BGM: Ruby Mix - BBCTB Special (BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle)
Mutating Doppelganger - Dark Ruby
Dark Ruby thrusted her arm to Ruby but she blocked the attack with her scythe as Hiyoko rushed at her, doing a cartwheel to roll herself into a boulder as she slammed into Dark Ruby to push her back as Ruby used her semblance and slashed at Dark Ruby, but clashed with her arm blade. Ruby jumped back and aimed at her, shooting her a few times as Dark Ruby blocked with her scythe. She then saw Hiyoko rush at her as she aimed and fired at Hiyoko, but she used her tessans to reflect it back at her and struck her shoulder.
Ruby rushed at her doppelganger, using her semblance and went with a Rose Tornado, but Dark Ruby embedded herself in the ground to keep herself there, but Hiyoko Rock Punched her in the face to loosen her grip as she was launched up in the air as Ruby jumped into it and then slashed her down to the ground. Dark Ruby bounced off as she then recovered and slashed at Ruby, clashing her blades with her as Hiyoko stomped on the ground, causing a rock wall to shoot up from underneath Dark Ruby to send her flying in the air. Ruby used her semblance to fly up as she then summoned her Rose Palm and fired a charged shot at her, sending her crashing to the ground.
Dark Ruby got back up as she aimed her scythe and shot at Ruby, unaware of Hiyoko walking up behind her as she rubbed her hands together. Dark Ruby would try to lunge, but felt something tighten around her waist. "AAAAGH!" She yelped as Hiyoko was hanging her by the panties. "LET ME GO!"
"Oooh!" Ruby winced.
"I don't know how sickos get off on this. This is painful looking." Hiyoko said, grimacing a bit as she then decided to go for an atomic wedgie.
"GAAAAAAAH!"
"Ooof… this is way more painful." Hiyoko grimaced as Ruby rushed at Dark Ruby and slashed at her a few times before shooting her off of Hiyoko's hand.
"Is this what you did back then?"
"I'm not exactly proud of it!" Hiyoko said as Dark Ruby stopped time so she can readjust herself and then resumed it.
"You're gonna pay for that!" Dark Ruby said as she rushed at Hiyoko, shoving her Grimm arm into Hiyoko's gut but she used a rock wall to block the attack as she knelt down for Ruby to use her back as a springboard as she jumped up and then shot at Dark Ruby over the wall as she blocked it, as Ruby threw her boomerang at her but Dark Ruby deflected it, but Ruby used her semblance to rush toward her and slashed at her, but Dark Ruby blocked the attack.
"Little tender back there?" Ruby teased.
"Oh, don't YOU start!" Dark Ruby growled as her arm shapeshifted into a mace and then swung it, but Ruby blocked the attack as she jumped back and shot her as Dark Ruby did the same, both of their bullets colliding into each other as Hiyoko cartwheeled and slammed into Dark Ruby to knock her on her butt, which she winced when she landed. "Mmph!"
"I'll take that as a yes." Hiyoko said.
"Shut up!" Dark Ruby rushed at the two and slashed them but the two blocked the attack as Hiyoko sweep kicked Dark Ruby to the ground and Rock Punched her to the ground as Ruby then used a Rose Tornado to suck her up and then slashed her down, where Hiyoko tossed a rock up in the air as she gracefully danced around it before she did a roundhouse kick to kick the rock toward Dark Ruby. Ruby whistled to get the Cyan Wisp's attention as it went inside of her.
"LASER!"
Ruby rushed toward Dark Ruby, punching her in the face as she then slashed her away before delivering a few kicks and a right hook to her face. The sheer force was enough to drop her scythe as Ruby immediately scooped it up as she danced around with both scythes and sliced Dark Ruby up in the air, then she threw the scythe to the side as she aimed Crescent Rose at Dark Ruby, pulling the trigger as a laser struck Dark Ruby in the gut.
"GYAAAAAAAAAAAH!" Dark Ruby screamed as she fell to the ground in defeat, her Grimm helmet and her Grimm arm disappeared, turning back to normal.
End BGM
"That was very theraputic." Hiyoko said, dusting her hands off and high fiving Ruby.
"Nnngh… how… HOW?!" Dark Ruby got up. "Even when I have Grimm Powers, I still get destroyed by you?! How?!"
"Well, it's simple… I have friends. You don't have any." Ruby said. "Not to mention that you pushed your teammates away… if you can call them that. You said I'd die alone, but in reality… you'll die alone."
"Friends… is that why I lose… it's because of FRIENDS AND TEAMMATES?!"
"Yes."
"Rrrgh… then let's make it even." She said, her red eyes glowing as she disappeared as did her scythe. The next thing the girls heard was a scream from Weiss as they turned to see Dark Ruby impaling her.
"WEISS!" Ruby screamed as Weiss's aura dissipated as she fell on her knees, then before anyone could react, she went over to Blake and impaled her as well, her aura dissipating as well.
"Guys!" Yang exclaimed, and then felt Dark Ruby impaling her from the back. "GAH!"
"NO!"
Dark Ruby rounded up the three as all three of them were ready to be executed by her. "If I'm going to be alone… then maybe I should even the odds!" She yelled, readying her scythe as the Grimm were keeping everyone at bay to prevent them from interfering.
"No… no…!" Ruby whispered, tears swelling in her eyes. "NOOOOOOOOOOO!" She screamed as light suddenly shot out of her eyes.
"What the…?!" Dark Ruby yelped as she was enveloped in the light, all of them unaware of Summer jumping down and rushing toward the light and ran in. "Nnngh!" Dark Ruby grunted as she found herself in a white void. "Where am I?!" She demanded as she saw Summer appearing before her. "Is that you, bitch?" She wondered as Summer got into a stance, aura surrounding her hands as a white scythe appeared in her hands.
"No… I'm your worst nightmare." She said as she rushed and slashed her in two swings in the blink of an eye. In an instant, her right arm and her left leg was sliced clean off.
"AAAAAAAAAAAGH!"
The white void disappeared as did the white light. Ruby fell on her back as Dark Ruby let out blood curdling screams as blood shot out of her arm and leg. All the Grimm were immediately vaporized. "WHAT… WHAT DID YOU DO TO ME, YOU BITCH?! AAAAAGH!" She screamed.
"Summer?!" Tai yelled in shock as they all stared at her.
"No time to explain! Get her out of here!" Summer ordered, gently picking up Ruby.
"Tails! Knuckles!" Sonic said as they turned to him. "Let's send her out with a bang!"
"Oh! Good idea!" Tails said as Dark Ruby continued screaming as Tails, Amy, Cream & Cheese went to the bridge while Sonic picked up the screaming Dark Ruby. Knuckles had gone a different way as Tails punched a button as the runway split open to reveal a very large cannon.
Sonic would turn to Rosalina. "Rosalina, you're gonna have to catch me the moment this fires!"
"Right!" Rosalina nodded as Sonic ran inside the cannon as Dark Ruby continued to scream.
"WHAT DID THIS BITCH DO TO ME! AAAAAAAAAGH!"
"Alright, I'm in position!" Sonic said.
"Oh, Master Emerald, hear my plea! Use your power to charge up the cannon!" Knuckles chanted as Amy and Cream would aim the cannon as Sonic charged up his spin dash as Dark Ruby was also in position.
"I'M GONNA KILL HER! AAAAGH! I'M GONNA END HER!"
"SONIC POWER CANNON… FIIIIRE!"
The Sonic Power Cannon fired as Rosalina would immediately catch Sonic as Dark Ruby was shot out into the intergalactic abyss. "So long!" Sonic waved.
"I'LL GET YOU FOR THIIIIIIIIIIIIS!" Her screams faded away.
"What… what was that…?" Pit wondered, referring to Ruby.
Summer would turn to Pit. "She used her Silver Eyes." She said as she watched the cannon go back into the ship. She would immediately run into the infirmary right after.
"W-wait a minute!" Yang said as WBY, Pit, Qrow, Tai and Zwei would go after her, as did the rest. However, as Penny was about to join them, she would spot R3-B7 slowly rising as she would fly over to her.
"R3-B7, was it?"
"…Scanning… Penny Polendina." She said, her voice a bit staticy.
"Why are you following Eggman? He is an evil man."
"Because he built me. My directive, along with the rest of the machines that Dr. Eggman has built, is to follow his every order, or else he shuts us down."
"But what is your true purpose?" Penny asked. "Truely, there's got to be something else other than following that evil scientist."
"I… I do not have an answer to that." R3-B7 said as she flew up, her thrusters spurting a bit. "Next time we meet, Penny Polendina… we will fight." She said and then flew off.
Penny frowned. "I… I do not wish to fight a fellow robot." She whispered as she flew to the Blue Typhoon, not noticing JNPR flying back with Carolina and Washington.
"We're baaaaack!" Nora said, but was met with silence. "Uh… where is everyone?"
I got so excited that I decided to do another chapter! Hell yeah, silver eyes!
And before anyone asks about Dark Ruby... nope, she's not dead yet. I have some plans for her still. What those plans are... you're just gonna have to find out. ;)