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BGM: Hades' Infernal Theme (Kid Icarus: Uprising)
"Time! Space! Reality! It's more than just a boring ol' linear path! It's a prism of boundless entertainment! A single choice can branch out into infinite realities and infinite amusement from yours truly! Alternate universes created from the ones that we know and love! I am Lord Hades, your handsome guide to these wonderful and boundless fun of opportunities! Follow me, if you dare… and bask in the neverending torturous question of:"
SUPER RWBY: WHAT IF?
"What If!"
End BGM
"Now that was a cold one. I sure hope we can warm up after that chilling experience. Makes you glad Esdeath is on the hero side!"
Hades looked around for another universe. "That being said. I sure hope I don't get on Esdeath's bad side. I'd rather not be a Hades-cicle. That and… I don't want the Underworld to have a miniature ice age. Do you know how much snow tends to get everywhere? It'd be a pain to get it all out… not to mention the heating bill will be astronomical!"
He paused. "Oh. Wait. We don't have heating bills. Hahahaha!" He kept looking until he found one.
"Ooooh, what is this? A small cluster of universes clumped together? Let's see what this entails…"
As he looked, a wide grin crept up on his face. "I just got a grin so wide, it'd make the Grinch blush!"
He then smirked. "We all know what happened to Dark Ruby. Red riding hood finally destroyed her once and for all… but let's say Ruby was a little slow on the draw. Ladies and gentlemen… I give you…!"
What If… Someone Else Killed Dark Ruby?
"Some of you might say "But Hades, it won't feel right if someone else did the deed!" and to which I say: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Good! I'll enjoy watching you squirm~!"
He grinned. "Now let's get to the carnage!"
"I can care less about your high and mighty bullshit, in fact, I ran out of fucks to give with you! Why won't you just accept your death gracefully, I will never understand!" Umber said as he slashed Grimm Ruby, but she blocked and parried him, slicing him in the chest. "Aaagh!"
"Umber!" Chiaki yelled as she tried to use Raijingeki, but Grimm Ruby shadow stepped out of the way and slashed her from the side as Pit lunged at her, but Grimm Ruby shoved her arm into his gut and impaled him.
"Nnngh!" He grunted as Grimm Ruby kicked him down, and then she raised her arm up as Grimm Tentacles wrapped around WBY… but just before she could drag them down…
"HAAAAAAH!"
Grimm Ruby turned her head, only to get slugged in the cheek and was punched away. When she recovered, she looked up to see who had dared to punch her.
A dusty, old crow.
"You!" Grimm Ruby snarled.
BGM: Bad Luck Charm (RWBY) (Start at 0:40)
"I should've done this back at Delfino." He said, readying Harbinger as Grimm Ruby growled.
"And I should have killed you there too!" She shot back.
"I guess we're both disappointments, aren't we?"
"One of us won't be any longer!" Grimm Ruby lunged at him as Qrow did the same, both of them clashing their weapons against each other as Qrow sweep kicked her and slashed her repeatedly, but Grimm Ruby was able to keep up with him.
"Rrrgh, face it, old man! You're nothing!"
"True… but this old dog has a few tricks up his sleeve!"
He pulled out his flask and opened it up, only to splash some of it in her eyes. "AGH!" She yelped, backing up from the alcohol in her eyes as Qrow took a swig, pulled out a Fire Flower and spat into it, where the Fire Flower became a flamethrower and covered her in flames.
"AAAAAAAAH!" She shrieked as Qrow shoved the Fire Flower into his flask, where he felt it heat up and threw it, where it became a molotov cocktail and covered Grimm Ruby in flames and shrapnel. She continued screaming as Qrow leapt forward and socked her in the face, then had Harbinger go into its scythe form and slashed her repeatedly as Grimm Ruby cried in agony as she desperately tried to fight back, but Qrow slashed up to cut her arm off and kicked her to a cliff wall.
Qrow smirked, slashing at her but she ducked. The scythe struck the cliff wall as he continued to slash at her as she kept dodging while trying her best not to keel over from the flames.
"That scythe should have chipped by now with the amount of times you hit that cliff! You couldn't even hit-" A small pebble hit her on the head as she slowly looked up… to see the cliff about to fall on top of her.
"I wasn't really trying to hit you."
Grimm Ruby's eyes widened as the cliff started to cave and fall on her. She immediately brought her flaming Grimm arms up, making them get bigger as she tried to catch the falling boulders. However, Qrow smirked and proceeded to shoot at her knees and elbows. "AAAAAAGH!" She cried as the pain was too much… and she was crushed by the boulders.
"Nnngh… no… no…! I… refuse… to…!" Grimm Ruby tried to reach out for Qrow, but he brought Harbinger back to sword form and impaled her in the head to finish her off.
End BGM
Qrow dusted his hands. "I guess you're the bigger disappointment."
"And that's the end of Dark Ruby! …But you know what? It feels a bit too short. Remember when I said there were a cluster of universes? Hahahahahaha… and do you also remember that montage of the many MANY deaths of Damian?"
Hades smirked. "Boys and girls, welcome to the montage of Dark Ruby dying a lot! Let's get through these universes of her suffering for our amusement! HIT IT!"
BGM: Battle! Gym Leader (Pokemon Sword/Shield)
What If… Bea killed Dark Ruby?
Grimm Ruby felt her arm pulled back and was thrown to the ground. "Nnngh!" She grunted as she looked up to see a foot coming down to try and crush her neck, but Grimm Ruby rolled out of the way to avoid getting hit.
She got up to see Bea glaring at her. "Ha! You can't do anything to me without your Machamp this ti-"
Bea shoved her palm into her gut, making her hunch over. "Who said I can't do anything without Machamp?" She asked, kicking her in the chin as Grimm Ruby was knocked back, only for Bea to grab her by the ankle and swung her down to the ground, stomping on her ankle to shatter it upon impact.
"Aaaagh!" She cried as Bea got on top of her and punched her in the face repeatedly. Every punch she threw, Grimm blood splattered everywhere as Bea pulled her up and German Suplexed her right after.
Grimm Ruby got up, growling. "That all you got, bitch!"
"Bea! I just got confirmation from Hades! He did away with that "No Pokemon" rule!" Palutena called out to her.
"WHAT?!" Grimm Ruby yelled.
"Oh, isn't that just a shame…" Bea smirked, calling out her Pokemon. "Falinks! Pangoro! Sirfetch'd! Hitmontop! Machamp!" She got in her stance. "Let's have some fun with her!"
Hitmontop got on his head and spun while Machamp picked up Falinks and threw them at Grimm Ruby hard enough to the point where she couldn't react quick enough as the Falinks smacked into her. "Ow! Ooof! Agh!"
"HITMOOOONTOOOOOP!" Her Hitmontop reached her while spinning, using Triple Kick to strike her repeatedly and kicked her away as Pangoro flanked Grimm Ruby. Grimm Ruby turned around and then slashed at Pangoro, only for him to clap his hands to block the attack, and then used Vital Throw to slam her to the ground.
Grimm Ruby, now dazed, got up only for Sirfetch'd to jump in and thrusted his leek into her. She tried to fight back, but he parried her and swung his leek into her neck, cutting it open as she gasped for air, where he used Meteor Assault right after, shoving her into a cliff wall as she coughed out blood, then found herself pinned by Sirfetch'd's leek as Bea came in and unleashed a Palm Strike that shoved her head into the cliff wall.
End BGM
Bea pulled her hand out, holding Grimm Ruby's head as the rest of her body went limp and faded away. Bea crushed the head in her hand. "Good riddance."
BGM: Melty Monster Galaxy (Super Mario Galaxy 2)
What If… Rosalina killed Dark Ruby?
Grimm Ruby felt herself get lifted off the ground. "Huh?!"
"I will only be a moment." Rosalina said as she launched off the ground and telekinetically took Grimm Ruby with her.
"LET ME GO! LET! ME! GO!" She yelled, trying to break herself free and try to impale Rosalina, but she couldn't do a thing.
Rosalina turned herself and Grimm Ruby into a comet as she flew high into the sky, and then to the heroes on the ground, the sky shattered as Rosalina burst her way out of the Grimm World.
"You can't take me out of my world!"
"You're in my world now." Rosalina said as she continued to ascend until they were out of Remnant's orbit.
"Nnngh! So you took me to space! So what!"
Rosalina chuckled. "Let me tell you something…"
"This should be good!"
"In space…" Rosalina's eyes glowed. "No one can hear you scream."
Grimm Ruby started to asphyxiate. She held onto her throat as she was gasping. "Wh-wh-... wha-..."
"You didn't think I could take away someone's oxygen, could you~?"
Grimm Ruby started to crystalize as she desperately reached out for Rosalina as she folded her arms with a smirk. "Normally, no one can survive in deep space due to no oxygen. However, my friends unknowingly get an invisible cosmic aura so they can survive deep space… provided that I am around them."
Grimm Ruby stopped struggling as she floated there in front of Rosalina, lifeless. She snapped her fingers as the ice shattered alongside Grimm Ruby.
End BGM
What If… Chiaki killed Dark Ruby?
Grimm Ruby slashed Chiaki on the side, knocking her down. "I should've killed you the first time we fought!" She said, kicking Chiaki to the side. "Now… SUFFER!" She aimed her hand at Chiaki and shot a Grimm Tentacle at her.
However… Before Chiaki could get impaled, Hajime quickly jumped in and took the blow instead. "Agh!" He grunted.
BGM: Tetris: Type A (Super Smash Bros Brawl)
"Hajime…? HAJIME!" Chiaki screamed in horror as Hajime coughed out blood as the Grimm tentacle was removed as he fell over.
"Heh… hahahaha… HAHAHAHAHAHA! YOU SACRIFICED YOURSELF FOR NOTHING! You really are pathetic!"
Chiaki growled, a fiery aura surrounding her. "You… just earned yourself a bad time." She said, going into her screens.
"Hahahaha! Do what you will, but there's nothing you can-" Grimm Ruby found herself surrounded in a black box. "Huh?"
Immediately, Gaster Blasters surrounded the black box and then fired deadly lasers into her. "AAAAAAAAAAAGH!" She screamed as Chiaki snapped her fingers as bones rose up from the ground and impaled Grimm Ruby.
The black box disappeared as Chiaki then summoned Smough and Ornstein, where the two lunged at Grimm Ruby. She tried to fight them off, but Ornstein flanked her, his spear crackling with electricity and thrusting it into her gut while Smough swung his hammer down to crush her.
Chiaki then dismissed the two as she lunged, donning Falcon's helmet and Nanami Punched her straight to a wall.
"Nnnngh!" Grimm Ruby growled as she staggered. "I… I can still…!" She looked down and spotted a Tonberry on the ground. "Pffft! Really? You're gonna kill me with this little thing!"
She picked it up. "Such a cute little thing! You can't even-"
Poke.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!" Grimm Ruby faded away as the Tonberry landed on its butt.
End BGM
"Game over." Chiaki turned around as Mikan healed Hajime with the help of Aerith using a Phoenix Down on him. She smiled, breathing a sigh of relief.
BGM: Dragon Force (Fairy Tail)
What If… Laxus and Nora killed Dark Ruby?
Grimm Ruby grunted, having fallen on one knee after Laxus took care of her giant Beowolf form. She snarled and then lunged at Laxus, but then Nora jumped in and hammered her away.
"Ready, big guy?" Nora smirked.
Laxus smirked, his body crackling with electricity. "Try to keep up."
"Do you even know who you're talking to, buddy boy?" Nora asked as the two of them charged at Grimm Ruby, converting themselves into electricity as Grimm Ruby got up, only for both of them to flank her as Laxus threw an uppercut to knock her into the air and then Nora shot herself up and hammered her in the right leg to slam her into the ground, where Laxus waited for her and threw a Breakdown Fist into her skull.
Nora landed on the ground as they converted themselves into electricity and combined into one as the massive lightning bolt struck Grimm Ruby. "Nnnngh! What…? Where'd you go…?" She wondered.
At that moment, Grimm Ruby's body crackled with electricity as she screamed in agony and exploded as the electricity reverted back into Nora and Laxus.
End BGM
"Atta girl." Laxus said, both of them high fiving.
BGM: I'm the One (RWBY)
What If… Cinder, Emerald and Mercury killed Dark Ruby?
Grimm Ruby got up. "Alright… is that all you-"
Suddenly, everyone disappeared from her sight and was replaced by millions of Rubys. "What…? When did you multiply?!" She demanded.
"Let's get her!"
Grimm Ruby growled, quickly slashing at the Rubys. "As if one if you wasn't annoying! DIE ALREADY!"
However, in reality, Emerald was using her semblance to keep Grimm Ruby at bay as Mercury snuck up behind her and kicked her in the back, where Cinder flew overhead and launched a stream of fire into her. "Gragh!" Grimm Ruby turned around, thinking a Ruby did that and swung at nothing as Mercury jumped in and kicked Grimm Ruby in the gut as Cinder conjured up swords and slashed her from behind as she impaled her through the chest.
"Mmmph!"
Mercury aimed his arm at her, turning it into an arm cannon and shot her in the head while Cinder fired an arrow into her achilles tendon, making her scream as she fell to the ground as Cinder impaled her in the gut and Mercury kicked her in the chin to knock her down.
"Nnnngh…" She groaned as Emerald deactivated her semblance as she walked over to Grimm Ruby, and used the sickles from her weapons to slice her neck open as Cinder then burnt her alive to finish her off.
"What a pity." Cinder shook her head with a chuckle.
End BGM
BGM: Omega Metroid (Metroid: Samus Returns)
What If… Samus Killed Dark Ruby?
Grimm Ruby slashed at Samus, but she melee countered her and then turned herself into a ball and laid a Power Bomb, then she got up and shoved the Power Bomb into her throat.
"Ack! Ack…!"
Samus backed away. "Five. Four. Three. Two."
Grimm Ruby reached out to her… only for the Power Bomb to completely disintegrate her.
End BGM
"Mission complete."
BGM: Dimentio, Charming Magician (Super Paper Mario)
What If… Dimentio Killed Dark Ruby?
"My word… so this is the Dark Ruby I've heard so much about. Looks just as sinister as I've pictured her… and yet, she looks pretty pathetic if I say so myself. One arm? One leg? Ahahahaha, you nursed her back to health?"
"I did." Ghirahim nodded.
"Oh, it'd be such a shame if I were to… finish her off." Dimentio snapped his fingers and trapped Dark Ruby in a box.
"What are you doing?!" Dark Ruby yelled.
"You are of no use to Dry Bowser. There's no point in keeping you alive. Might as well end your miserable life here. Ciao!" Dimentio snapped his fingers as the box exploded as Dark Ruby screamed in agony as Dimentio kept snapping his fingers until nothing remained of her.
"Ahahahahahaha… huh…" Dimentio rubbed his chin in thought. "Why do I get the feeling I just spared everyone a headache?"
End BGM
BGM: Buoy Base Galaxy (Super Mario Galaxy)
What If… the Sonic Power Cannon Killed Dark Ruby?
"Tails! Knuckles! Let's send her out with a bang!" Sonic exclaimed.
"Good idea!" Tails nodded as he, Knuckles, Amy, Cream and Cheese ran into the Blue Typhoon while Dark Ruby screamed in agony. Sonic picked her up while Tails pressed a button on the bridge.
"Oh! Tails, I'm picking up on a nearby black hole!" Amy said.
"Oh? …Let's aim it at that!" Tails said as Amy punched in the coordinates while the Sonic Power Cannon rose from the deck.
"Rosie! You're gonna have to catch me when this thing fires!"
"Right!"
"AAAAAAGH! WHAT DID THIS BITCH DO TO ME!" Dark Ruby screamed as Sonic carried her into the cannon.
"We're in position!"
"Oh, Master Emerald, hear my plea! Use your power to charge up the cannon!" Knuckles chanted as Amy and Cream aimed the cannon, set to the coordinates of the black hole. Sonic proceeded to charge up the Spin Dash.
"I'M GONNA KILL HER! AAAAAGH! I'M GONNA END HER!"
"SONIC POWER CANNON… FIIIIIIRE!"
The Sonic Power Cannon fired as Rosalina caught Sonic while Dark Ruby was shot toward the black hole. "So long!" Sonic waved as Dark Ruby was immediately spaghettified as she made contact with the black hole.
End BGM
BGM: Fodlan Winds (Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes)
What If… Byleth Used Divine Pulse on Dark Ruby?
"Come on! Is that the best you can do? Face it, you're nothing but a pathetic wimp! You'll never surpass me!"
A deep throaty growl escaped Byleth's lips. "She's worse than I thought…"
"What do we do?" Dorothea asked.
"The only thing we can do." Byleth took Dorothea's hand, both of them nodding as Byleth immediately used Divine Pulse and rewound time. "You ready?"
"Let's go." Dorothea nodded.
Byleth resumed time as the two of them charged ahead as Dark Ruby appeared behind Ruby and was ready to cut her, but a Thoron hit her in the face. "AGH!" She cried as Byleth slashed her with the Sword of the Creator.
"Huh?" Ruby turned around. "I thought you told me to handle this!"
"Change of plans!" Byleth said as Dark Ruby got up and quickly flashed her eyes, getting behind Ruby but Byleth used another Divine Pulse, and then rewound time for a few seconds as she resumed time.
"Change of plans! Get down!"
"Huh? Oh!" Ruby ducked as Byleth swung the Sword of the Creator into Dark Ruby's gut.
"AAAGH!" She cried as Dorothea threw fireballs at her and then Byleth jumped over, switching to Amyr and swinging it down on her. "Nnngh!" She growled as she flashed her eyes, getting behind Dorothea.
8"Say goodbye, hot head!" She swung her scythe, but before she could behead Dorothea, Byleth rewound time again.
"Babe, behind you!"
Dorothea swiftly sweep kicked her to trip Dark Ruby up. "WHAT?!" Dark Ruby yelled as Byleth brought out Areadbhar and swung it around, stabbing her repeatedly until she thrusted into her gut, pulling it out.
Dark Ruby staggered, attempting to flash her eyes but Byleth swung the Sword of the Creator into her eyes. "AAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!" She screamed, covering her face as blood gushed out.
"Ruby! Now's your chance!"
"You got it!" Ruby used her semblance and then slashed through Dark Ruby's neck, cutting her head off as the young huntress was on one knee in a heroic fashion.
She immediately turned around. "Okay. How did you know about her attacks?"
Byleth chuckled. "It's a long story."
End BGM
BGM: World 8 Bowser (Super Mario 3D World)
What If… Bowser killed Dark Ruby?
Grimm Ruby grabbed a hold of Junior who had tried to whack her with the paintbrush. "Ha! You think you can take me on with that paintbrush! I can easily-"
POW!
"Hands off of my son!"
Bowser approached Grimm Ruby, pounding his fist into his palm as she growled, trying to wrap him up in Grimm tentacles but he pulled them apart and breathed fire into Grimm Ruby. "AAARGH!" She grunted as Bowser leapt up in the air and ground pounded her into the ground.
"Go papa!" Junior smiled with a smug look.
"...You did that on purpose, didn't you?" Marnie asked.
"Yup!"
Marnie chuckled. "Atta boy."
Bowser pummeled Grimm Ruby into the ground, getting on top of her and biting down on her shoulder and tore her whole arm off as Bowser then picked her up, holding her by the legs and head. "RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" Bowser roared as Grimm Ruby screamed before she was pulled apart in half.
"G-gaaaah…! I can't… feel my legs!"
"You won't feel this either!" Bowser threw the torso down and roasted her alive until she was nothing but ash. "I RULE!"
He then turned around and walked to Junior. "You did that on purpose, didn't you?"
"Yup!"
"You did that just so I could step up and beat the tar out of her so she wouldn't lay a finger on you."
"Yuuuuup!"
"Junior… that was the most diabolical, most evil thing that you could have done! I am so proud of you, my boy! You make your old man proud!"
What If… Sephiroth killed Dark Ruby?
Grimm Ruby noticed Aerith using Curaga on Cloud. "Aha!" She disappeared into the ground, only to reappear and grab Aerith by the throat.
"Nnnngh!"
"Aerith!" Cloud exclaimed as Grimm Ruby fired a dark ball of energy to knock Cloud away.
"Hahahaha! You think this White Mage will do you any good? I'll just obliterate her!" She cackled, while from above, Sephiroth descended toward the ground and then impaled her in the chest. "Graaaaagh!"
"Sorry, only I may kill Aerith." Sephiroth said, and then slowly moved his sword up as she screamed in agony before her head was split in two, and then she fell to the ground and disappeared.
"...Thank you…?" Aerith blinked.
What If… Kazuya killed Dark Ruby?
Kazuya grabbed Grimm Ruby, throwing her to the side. "Nnngh! …What…? I thought you-"
"Your toy was useless." Kazuya said as he leapt into action and proceeded to obliterate her with combos that gave her no time to counter, especially with him down a 10 Hit Combo and then threw her up into the air with Heaven's Door, making her bounce as he then went into his devil form.
"Koko ga kisama no hakaba da!" (This will be your burial ground!) He declared, unleashing Final Blaster.
"AAAAAAAGH!" She cried as she fell to the ground. He then picked her up and then flew off toward a volcano where he threw her into the lava to finish her.
What If… Akuma killed Dark Ruby?
"I… won't die… I won't die… I WON'T DIIIIIIIE!" Grimm Ruby healed herself up and lunged at the group, only for Akuma to intervene.
"Die a thousand deaths!"
He proceeded to unleash Wrath of the Raging Demon as she screamed through each hit. By the time he was finished, she was already fading away while his Kanji glowed brightly behind him.
What If… Damian killed Dark Ruby?
Grimm Ruby laughed. "At least make this interesting for me!" She mocked, unaware of a hand reaching out of the ground as Damian pulled himself out of the ground and saw Dark Ruby in front of him.
"You might want to see what's behind you!" Laxus said.
"What are you talking abou-" Damian slashed through her neck, instantly beheading her as he picked up her skull.
"That's one skull for my collection. Now for-"
Marnie threw her swallowtail sword into his chest. "Nnngh!" He grunted as Neo then shot him in the head to finish him off.
"...Shit, I could've easily done two birds with one stone with that blade. Oh well." Marnie shrugged it off while high fiving Neo.
What If… Amon Followed Them?
They all heard a roar as Iris turned her head. "AMON FOLLOWED US?!" Iris yelled.
"Well, that sounds good enough for me! We can team up and-" Amon jumped over the heroes and landed in front of Grimm Ruby, picking her up. "What! Hey! Put me down! Put me down! I DEMAND THAT YOU PUT ME-... why are you opening your mouth?! Oh no… no! NOT LIKE THIS! NOT LIKE THIIIIIIS!" She screamed as Amon swallowed her up.
"...Thanks big guy…?" Yang asked as Amon turned around.
"Aaaand we're out of here." Palutena said, using her Heavenly Light to get them the hell out of there.
End BGM
What If… Spider-Man Showed Up?
"I'll destroy all of you!" Grimm Ruby yelled as she charged at them, but then suddenly, webbing got caught on her feet. "Huh?!"
Spider-Man landed on the ground. "Sup?" He greeted.
"Hey Spidey!" Chiaki smiled.
"Yo, fangirl!" He waved as he proceeded to web her up.
"WHO THE HELL ARE YOU?!" Grimm Ruby yelled.
"Just your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man!"
"...Hold on a second…" Mercury blinked. "...He sounds familiar."
"He's you, genius!" Emerald said.
"Nah, I don't hear it. He has the voice of a stud though."
Spider-Man turned around. "You too!" He said to Mercury, putting Grimm Ruby over his shoulder. "I'll take it from here!" He leapt into a portal, where he would proceed to throw her in jail.
He then looked at the screen. "What? I don't kill people!"
A few days later, in New York…
Spider-Man sat on a rooftop, pulling out a newspaper. "Alright, what do we have here…"
Rhino breaks out of prison. Tramples an edgy goth teenager that was in his way and killed her instantly!
"Welp. Guess I'll have to take care of him again."
What If… Grif killed Dark Ruby?
"I'll just kill the biggest loser here! Like that guy!" Grimm Ruby fired dark energy balls at Sarge.
"Sarge!" Simmons lunged, pushing Sarge out of the way as he took the hit. "Gah!"
"Ha! You call that a sacrifice? I've seen the yellow guy sacrifice his intestines because he eats too many cookies! As a matter of fact, he should-... hey, where did he go?"
"Yaaaah!" Grif tackled him to the ground. "YOU DO NOT GET TO HURT SIMMONS! ONLY I CAN DO THAT!" He yelled as he punched her in the face repeatedly.
"Aww, he does care about me." Simmons said as Grif punched Grimm Ruby in the crotch as she yelped in pain before aiming his Battle Rifle at her head and pulled the trigger, shooting her repeatedly until she faded away, but kept shooting her away.
"And don't come back, ya fuckin' bitch!"
What If… Sarge killed Dark Ruby?
"I won't die… I WON'T DIE!" Grimm Ruby got up, wiping her mouth. "I REFUSE TO DIE TO YOU… you… huh…?" She looked around. "Does anyone hear-"
BGM: Warthog Song (Red vs Blue)
"YEEEEEEEEEEEHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAW!"
Grimm Ruby turned around, her eyes widening as the Warthog ran her over as Sarge hit the brakes and hopped out of the Warthog, pumping his shotgun as Grimm Ruby let out a groan, weakly looking at Sarge.
"You just got Sarged." He said, shooting her in the face to finish her off.
End BGM
What If… Sonia Sent Dark Ruby to the Fog?
"You got it all ready to go?" Sonia asked.
"It's finished!" Gundham declared as Sonia stepped into the Occult circle, clapping her hands and started to chant some words.
"Hiyah!" Grimm Ruby knocked Ibuki and Hiyoko away, but then noticed a portal opening up. "Huh?"
Sonia giggled uncontrollably as she flashed a slasher smile. "We are going to have so much fun together~!" She smiled.
"Is that an invitation for me to kill you? Well, don't mind if I do!" Grimm Ruby lunged at Sonia, who casually side stepped as Grimm Ruby went into the portal.
"I will just be a moment~" She said and walked in with a hum.
"Destroy her and send her to the darkest depths of hell, my lady of darkness!" Gundham exclaimed.
Grimm Ruby found herself in a dark graveyard-like area. "Where am I…?" She wondered as she looked around, only for a hatchet to hit her in the shoulder. "AGH!" She yelped, looking to see the hatchet buried in her shoulder. "What…?"
She heard footsteps approaching her as she turned to see Huntress approaching her. "You think you can ambush me with that?! I don't think I'll let you do that twice!" She growled as she proceeded to try and throw Grimm orbs at Anna.
…Unfortunately, nothing could be done. "Huh? Why can't I…?!" She wondered.
"Yeah. That doesn't work here." A voice said as Grimm Ruby turned around to see a man with claws at his fingertips, also wearing a nice looking hat and fashionable clothes.
"Who are you? And why does your face look like swiss cheese?!"
"Hahahaha! I'm Freddy Krueger, girl. And we've faced people who tried to fight back but failed spectacularly! Seems like you're in for a world of hurt, goth girl!"
"I'm not goth… AND I WILL KILL YOU!" She yelled as she tried to morph her hand into a scythe, but no luck. "Huh?!"
"AHAHAHAHAHAHA! You have no power here! Oi! Leatherfoot! Michael! Let's give her a warm welcome!"
BGM: Myers Chase Theme (Dead by Daylight)
Grimm Ruby paled, turning her attention to the sound of a chainsaw revving up as Leatherface came charging in. She let out a shriek as she took off running as he chased after her. Anna pulled back her arm and threw another hatchet, striking her in the back. "GAH!" She yelped, falling on the ground.
She crawled, hissing in pain as she pulled the hatchet out of her back as she turned around to see Leatherface swinging his chainsaw down but she blocked with the hatchet and kicked him in the crotch as she got up and tried to run away, only to nearly have a machete chop her head off as she jumped to the side to see Michael Myers approaching her.
She tried to fight him off with the hatchet that Huntress gave her, but Michael parried her instantly and knocked the hatchet out of her hands. Grimm Ruby tried to get away and ran into the house, only for a bear trap to latch onto her ankle. "AAAAAAAGH!" She cried as she saw Trapper approach her, ready to slaughter her.
Grimm Ruby desperately tried to pry herself out, Trapper and Michael getting dangerously close to her as she managed to break free and limped away, attempting to run up the stairs and threw down a pallet to get them off her trail and continued to limp away, only for The Nurse to blink in and screamed at her.
Grimm Ruby shrieked, slowly backing away as The Nurse stalked her way forward, and was joined by Michael and Trapper as Grimm Ruby found a room and shut the door, locking the door and sighing with relief… unaware of a TV in the room.
In fact, the TV came on and flickered as Grimm Ruby slowly turned her head, watching Sadako come out of the TV. Grimm Ruby screamed as she quickly unlocked the door and ran out, only to step into another bear trap.
Grimm Ruby cried as she tried to break free, only for Sadako to snag her and pulled her away, her foot tearing off while doing so as Grimm Ruby cried out in agony as Sadako shoved her into a window, where a meat hook shot through the window as Caleb Quinn, AKA Deathslinger, reeled her out of the house and into the lawn.
Grimm Ruby pried the meat hook off of her before Caleb could continue as she hopped on one foot to try and get away, only for the Demogorgon to ambush her. "AAAAAAAAH!" She screamed as it tore into her as Grimm Ruby tried to fight him off with pained, scared tears as she managed to kick him off and crawled away, absolutely terrified.
She crawled, desperately trying to get away from this hell hole… until a giant chef's knife came down and sliced off her arm. "AAAAAAAAH!" She screamed in pain as she looked up to see who the cleaver belonged to.
Pyramid Head.
Pyramid Head walked around her, grabbing her by the ankle and dragged her away toward a pentagram that Sonia had created, who was sitting on a rock and drinking tea.
"I see you've met some of my friends~" Sonia smiled.
"Who… who… who the hell are you?!"
"Oh me? I'm the queen of the fog, bitch." She said as she got into the circle, getting on top of her and straddling her so she wouldn't go away. She proceeded to cut Grimm Ruby's chest in quick enough slices to create a pentagram. She then clapped her hands as dark energy came out of said pentagram as it started burning Grimm Ruby, making her scream uncontrollably as she started turning into purple energy, bursting into flames as Sonia then stabbed her in the head to finish her off.
End BGM
Dark tentacles came from the sky, grabbing Grimm Ruby's remains and pulled her up. "Have fun with her, Entity~!"
BGM: Elite Four (Pokemon Sun/Moon)
What If… Umber Killed Dark Ruby?
Grimm Ruby kicked Ruby to the ground. "THIS IS FAREWELL!"
"I DON'T THINK SO!"
"Huh?!" Grimm Ruby turned around, only for Umber to slash her with his Keyblade materializing for the first time, clashing against her weapon. "What the hell is this…?!"
"Bitch!" He spat, kicking her in the knee and then slashed her away a few feet.
"Umber…?" Ruby wondered.
"Leave this to me." Umber said, closing his eyes and getting in a stance.
Command Style: Sea Storm
A green watery aura surrounded Umber as he lunged at Grimm Ruby, swinging Viridian Waves (The name of his Keyblade, by the way) with grace as Grimm Ruby grunted as Umber slashed her as water splashed around, kicking up in her face and blinding her as Umber sweep kicked her and used a Thundaga, and with the added water effect, it was enough to add extra damage to her.
Umber thrusted his Keyblade, shoving it into her gut as water kicked up, slashing up in the air as he jumped into the air and slashed her down, water splashing everywhere as he did.
"Drown in the depths of the ocean!" He declared after he landed, raising his Keyblade skyward as a massive whirlpool swirled around him, which sucked in Grimm Ruby. She desperately tried to get out, but the current sucked her in as she was also struck by a series of green lightning strikes.
Grimm Ruby sunk inside the whirlpool as Umber thrusted his Keyblade into the ground, dispersing the waves as Umber turned to see Grimm Ruby having drowned from the whirlpool as she faded away.
"Heh, waterlogged." He chuckled.
End BGM
BGM: Battle! Primal Groudon/Kyogre (Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire)
What If… Dark Ruby Was At the Right Place at the Right Time?
Bowser breathed fire into Grimm Bowser as he did the same, while Gloria, in her Primal form, unleashed Solar Beam into him, striking him in his chest as the Solar Beam was enough to push him away as Bowser added on to the Solar Beam.
Grimm Ruby climbed up a cliff wall. "Alright, I should be at a good distance from-"
Grimm Bowser was launched away from her from the Volcanic Beam that Fury Bowser and Primal Gloria had unleashed. "Huh?!" Grimm Ruby said in surprise as a massive explosion soon followed, the blast radius was enough to send Grimm Ruby flying.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!" She screamed.
"Hey uh, Scottish Girl! I think it's over! HEY!" Bowser yelled as Gloria looked up to see Grimm Ruby crashing down in front of her. "...Or not!"
"Well, look who it is." Gloria said as she walked over to Grimm Ruby.
"Uuungh… huh?!" She caught on fire as she screamed, and then Gloria shoved a Precipice Blade into her skull to silence her.
"Fock off!"
End BGM
One Thing (RWBY)
What If… The Schnees and Grimm Weiss Killed Dark Ruby?
Grimm Ruby snapped her fingers to stop them from intervening, but Grimm Weiss snapped her fingers to dispel the flames. "Huh?!"
"Fire manipulation, bitch." She said as Willow, Klein, Whitley and Winter joined the Weiss's.
"...Uh oh." Grimm Ruby whimpered as they surrounded her.
Weiss smirked. "You ready?"
"Let's do this." Grimm Weiss nodded as they lunged at her. Grimm Ruby tried to throw dark orbs at Willow, but she slid underneath and kicked her in the gut as Whitley slashed her from the side as Winter then stabbed the ground as a Boarbatusk came charging out and rolled into her to knock her into the Bullhead.
Grimm Weiss unleashed a stream of fire at her as she tried to counter, but Klein slugged her in the face as Grimm Ruby was consumed by the flames. "AAAAAGH!" She cried as Weiss stabbed the ground as a Magnamalo came out of the glyph and tore into Grimm Ruby.
Grimm Ruby disappeared into the ground and emerged away from the Magnamalo, but Whitley slid underneath her legs to trip her up as Willow stabbed Grimm Ruby a few times and then Winter stabbed the ground as icicles formed up and impaled Grimm Ruby as Weiss and her Grimm counterpart jumped on the icicles and both stabbed Grimm Ruby in the eyes, making her scream in agony.
"How does that feel!" Grimm Weiss growled as she proceeded to incinerate her shortly after. Once nothing remained, she turned to everyone else. "...Do what you want with me. I've got nothing left to live for anyway."
End BGM
What If… Carmen Killed Dark Ruby?
Carmen snuck up behind Grimm Ruby and impaled her from behind. "AAAGH!" She cried.
"Yeah, hi. Remember our first encounter?" She chuckled as she proceeded to slash her, surrounding herself with swords as she proceeded to slash her repeatedly and skewer her. Grimm Ruby tried to fight back but was overpowered in an instant.
"Bahamut! Have yourself a meal!" Carmen declared as she summoned Bahamut who proceeded to use Gigaflare on her, the explosion was enough to send her flying into the air… and then Bahamut flew over and snapped his mouth shut, eating her alive before disappearing.
She let out a chuckle and looked at Cloud who continued to look at her in disbelief. "And that's what happens when I don't hold back."
"...You're not even human."
"You should see me with a katana or a scythe!" She grinned nonchalantly.
What If… Summer killed Dark Ruby?
"GET OVER HERE!"
Another spear chain hit her in the shoulder, this time belonging to Summer.
"C'MERE!"
"Yagh!" Grimm Ruby was pulled away from Ruby as Summer grabbed her by the throat and shoved her into a wall while Aerith and Mikan ran inside to heal Ruby up. "Nnngh… hello… mother!"
Summer said nothing, pulling out her dagger and shoving it into her shoulder. "Gragh!"
"This time, I won't let you get away!" She growled as she kept stabbing her repeatedly, before pulling her away from the wall and throwing her on the ground as she got on top of her, cutting off her hands as she proceeded to shove the dagger into her throat.
"For all the times you've hurt Ruby… for all the times you've made her miserable… I'M GOING TO ENJOY THIS!" She yelled, proceeding to tear Grimm Ruby apart until she shoved it into her neck and sliced through her neck, picking the head up and throwing it across the hallway.
"Mom…?"
Summer turned her head to see Ruby holding onto Yang and Blake. "...Sorry you had to see that."
"No, that was cool." Ruby weakly chuckled with a smile.
BGM: Intense Battle Against the Molduga (Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity)
What If… Zelda and Urbosa killed Dark Ruby?
"Alright, we've seen enough of you!" Zelda said, summoning the Triforce of Wisdom as it started to suck Grimm Ruby in.
"What…?! What is this?!" She growled as she tried to attack Zelda, but Urbosa snapped her fingers as lightning struck Grimm Ruby. "GRAAAAGH!"
"In you go!" Urbosa kicked her into the Triforce of Wisdom as Zelda clapped her hands, closing the Triforce of Wisdom and then snapped her fingers to teleport it away. "Where'd you take her?"
"Oh, I wouldn't worry about it~!" Zelda smiled.
At Gerudo Desert, the Triforce of Wisdom spat Grimm Ruby out and disappeared. "Ugh… where the hell am I?!" She wondered as the ground started to move. "Now what?" She wondered as she looked around, wondering where it could be coming from… until the ground underneath her exploded.
"Waaaaaah!" She yelped as Molduga chomped down and ate her up before disappearing into the sand, slithering away into the sandy depths.
End BGM
What If… Oran Killed Dark Ruby?
…Wait, what?
As everything around him was starting to erupt into chaos due to the lights having gone out in Bowser's castle, and then the arrival of the thing that everyone had been mentioning during the journey. Oran found himself getting overwhelmed with an immense amount of fear, and dropped to the ground due to the mere sight of the dark clone terrifying him so much.
Luckily he felt a comforting hand from his adoptive mother on his back, as Kala started to rub his back while making sure to keep an eye on what was going on. "Za... zarude" [Don't worry, I'm with you. Nothing is going to happen to you.]
But despite that reassurance Oran's breathing started to get heavier, until a voice that almost sounded familiar and very clown-like called out to him in the back of his mind. "Hey kid, what are you doing? Didn't you promise to help take out that dark mistake earlier?"
The question confused Oran for a bit, but he simply nodded as the voice was right. The voice then continued "Then stop being afraid, get up and make due on your promise. You made it this far, it would be a shame if you let fear take over."
Oran nodded as the voice vanished, and he got back up to the surprise of Kala, as he gave her a look and started sharing an idea with her.
Meanwhile back with the heroes, as they were dealing with Grimm Ruby
"I'd love to stay and chat, but I've got a little date with this faker." Grimm Ruby said, as she then spotted Dark Pit among the heroes.
"Don't even THINK about it!" Summer growled.
Grimm Ruby smirked as she replied, while not noticing a vine that was beginning to tie around her "Ta ta for now~" Grimm Ruby sang, only for her to get pulled away from the heroes by the vine that had been tied around and dropping Ruby to the ground. "Wait, what, noooooooo!" She yelled out, as she then came face to face with Kala and Oran, the former of which made sure to completely tie her up with vine whip.
"Zaru..." Kala growled. [So, you're the one causing all that trouble.]
Grimm Ruby then burst out laughing at the sight in front of her. "You're joking! You're joking right! A monkey and a child think they can stop me! Do you two have a death wish or something? I can kill you both within the blink of an eye, you saw how I was able to deal with the heavy hitters and you think, you actually think that you can stop me!"
Oran simply nodded, as he shoved his spear straight through Grimm Ruby's chest, impaling her and then taking out the spear. But Grimm Ruby wasn't very amused ."You stupid child, you really think that's going to do anything to me, I'm part Grimm, I'll just heal myself." She said, as Oran started placing fire dust crystals onto her, even going as far as to place some inside of her.
But, to Grimm Ruby's shock, the wound stayed the same and didn't heal at all. "What is this, what's going on here. IT SHOULD BE HEALING! And I have been trying to summon my Grimm tentacles, why isn't this working!" Grimm Ruby yelled as a familiar laugh was heard. "You!"
Dimentio appeared in front of the trio. "And so I arrive, like the Green Goblin right when the three Spider Men thought they had taken care of the villains."
"Oi, we're on the same side here, what is this! And what happened to my powers!"
"Ahahahahahaha, why would I tell you when I know that you already figured it out. I admit, we were on the same side here. But you were beginning to bore me, after all I'm an agent of chaos, not redundancy. So I gave the child some words of encouragement. I'm just here to see you off, so to speak. Speaking of which… Child, I think we can start the fireworks."
Oran nodded, and used his spear to stab one of the fire dust crystals, which began to set the dust crystal off, while the rest soon followed in a chain reaction.
All the while Grimm Ruby was struggling to get out of her binds. "No, no, I won't go out like this! Dimentio, I'll see you in hell you son of a..."
And so Grimm Ruby let out one final scream, as the fire dust crystals all exploded at the same time and blasted her to smithereens. Leaving absolutely nothing of her behind.
"Spectacular show of fireworks kid, shame I couldn't get the popcorn out." Said Dimentio, as he then noticed Oran aiming his spear at him. "Alright, alright I get the message, I'll be going now. Ciao." As he teleported away, and then several voices were heard coming from the other room.
"Did you guys hear that?"
"Pretty hard not to hear such an explosion."
"I hope it wasn't something too big... oh my." Said the voice belonging to Rosalina, as she spotted the pile of ash that used to be Grimm Ruby. "Sweetie, did you and Kala...?" She asked, as the duo nodded their heads.
"Well come on then, let's go give Rubes the good news." Said Yang patting Oran on the head, as Oran quickly nodded with a look of pride on his face. As the duo followed the group, leaving the ashes to stay there, getting picked up by Narrator Hades coming by with a vacuum.
What If… ChaosFlash912 Killed Dark Ruby?
"Hmm…" Ibuki mused as she looked at the pentagram that Gundham and Sonia were making. "Hey, Sonia-chan~!" She smiled and whispered in her ear.
"Really? Ooooh, I love that~!" She smiled as she clapped her hands, creating a portal where Grimm Ruby had knocked Peko and Hiyoko away, and then noticed the portal. "Huh?"
Sonia giggled uncontrollably as she flashed a slasher smile. "We are going to have so much fun together~!" She smiled.
"Is that an invitation for me to kill you? Well, don't mind if I do!" Grimm Ruby lunged at Sonia, who casually side stepped as Grimm Ruby went into the portal.
Ibuki strummed her guitar, lightning striking the portal as it flashed brightly. She let out a giggle. "Alrighty~! It's all up to him!"
Grimm Ruby fell to the ground with a large thud. "Mmmph!" She grunted as she looked around, seeing that she was in Ozpin's office. "What in…? Where the hell am I?"
In only a moment after landing, Grimm Ruby would hear a crashing noise as a man vaulted through the window, smashing the glass without a single care in the world. While one would think this was Albert Wesker, it was in fact not, but rather some author cosplaying as him and not bothering to dye his hair.
"Well well well, if it isn't the little rat who's lived for far too long..."
Grimm Ruby looked to the source of the voice, scowling. "Nice get up. Where'd you get those sunglasses, the "loser" store?"
"These are transistional lenses, first of all," Flash rolled his eyes. "And secondly..." A collection of rubber tubing would sprout from his left sleeve, a smirk forming on his face. "Seven minutes is all I wish to spare upon you. Start running."
"Seven? HA! I'll kill you in six!"
She brought out her scythe with a "Come at me" gesture.
While Grimm Ruby was certainly prepared in this sense, what she wasn't prepared for was what would happen next - Flash darting at her in lightning speed, the tubing wrapping around her neck in a stranglehold and being slammed into the wall! Another thing immediately noticeable? A burning sensation felt around her neck.
"Nnnngh! What the... hell? Agh... why is my neck burning?!"
"Is that all you have?" The tubing retracted back into Flash's sleeve, the author drawing a combat knife. "Now, what was that about killing me in six?"
BGM: The Mastermind Chase (Dead by Daylight)
I gotta keep my distance from him! She thought as she jumped away, quickly firing dark energy orbs at him.
The author was quick to avoid them, giving chase to Grimm Ruby with knife in hand. "C'MERE YOU!"
Grimm Ruby kept jumping back, summoning some Grimm. "Take him down for me!" She ordered as some Beowolves lunged at him.
"Awww, you're trying to have these guys block me, that's cute." The tubing came out of Flash's sleeve again, bounding into one of the Beowolves and grabbing it the same way he grabbed Grimm Ruby, throwing the monster at her!
During this time, Grimm Ruby tried to think of an escape plan. The moment she turned to look at Flash, the Beowolf smacked into her. "OOOOF!" She grunted, being pushed toward a wall.
"Like I said, that's cute," Flash snarked, slashing away the other Beowolf to resume chase.
Grimm Ruby was dazed, shaking it off as she tried to get away, aiming her scythe at Flash to try and shoot him in the knees to buy her some time. She would spot the elevators as she used a Grimm tentacle to activate the elevator.
Only problem was… the elevator was at the very bottom and the office was on the very top floor.
"Lemme see if I can cut her off..." Flash broke off for a moment, having opted to try and approach from a different angle, and once in position, those tubes came out again as he looked for something to throw her out of. Preferably another window. "Also note to self, remind me to thank Nan later for the rope ladder from the sky."
Grimm Ruby was caught and thrown out of another window. "YAAAAAAAAGH!" She cried, the glass shattering as she hit it…
Ding!
…Right as the elevator doors opened up.
"Thought you needed a ride!" Flash had called, taking a great leap of faith out after her.
Grimm Ruby slammed into the ground, groaning and in a daze. "What the hell is he...?" She moaned, her vision a bit blurry.
Landing with an action roll, Flash flicked his knife. "Just someone with a lot of time on his hands..."
"Oh... bite me..." Grimm Ruby grumbled as she staggered to her feet.
"Right..." Flash rolled his head with a frown. "I think it's high time we end this charade, yes?"
"Couldn't agree more!" Grimm Ruby shook her head and was ready for round two, snarling. "You dare toy with me, I'll make you into mince meat!"
"Oh, you thought this was toying with you? I'm JUST getting started!"
"BRING IT, ASSHOLE!"
Taking a fighting stance, it was Flash's turn to make the 'come at me' gesture.
Grimm Ruby lunged, slashing at him with ferocity as she tried to hit him with dark fire attacks as well.
Flash would be quick to step around these dark fire blasts, clashing with both hands with the combat knife to hold back her scythe.
Grimm Ruby grunted, looking for a way to find an opening while completely unaware that she was open herself.
This would be an opening Flash would take himself, breaking the clash and going for another bound, the tubing gripping around Grimm Ruby's neck again and throwing her a fair distance away.
"Graaagh!"
She hit some cinderblocks and hit the ground, giving herself a nasty concussion.
"AGH!" She winced, looking down to also see rebar impaling her from the side as well.
"Too bad you won't make it much further." Flash would slowly approach the downed Grimm Ruby, grabbing hold of the rebar and yanking it out of her side.
Dark Ruby screamed in pain, tears rolling down her cheeks as he pulled it out of her as she tried to heal herself up, but to her dismay, Flash wasn't having any of it.
"Time I put you out of your misery, no?" He went to pick her up, ready to put an end to this.
"F-fuck... you...!"
There was a hole nearby, complete with shovels and a wheelbarrow.
It seemed there was a project being made, given there was wet cement in said wheelbarrow too.
While Grimm Ruby did have the strength to get up and punch Flash in the face, it didn't seem to faze him, lifting her up by the throat. "Let's finish this." He reared up, and then rushed forwards towards the hole. "GET IN THE HOLE, JIMMY!" That was a thrown Grimm Ruby!
"Aaagh!" Grimm Ruby grunted, as she would see him about to dump the cement on her. "Rrrrgh! I hope you have dry sandpaper sex after you-" She was cut off after the cement was dumped on her.
With a hearty laugh, Flash would grab his glasses and put them back on. "Wouldn't be the first time someone's said that to me!"
End BGM
"Aww, that was the last one? Guess that's what happens when you have too much fun with Dark Ruby. Anywho, see you in the next alternate universe!"
Ibuki: *cackling* LOVE IT!
Yeah, when Dark Ruby was about to get killed in 3D Land, everyone was like "What if we did a What If on other heroes killing Dark Ruby?" and thus, this was created!
Shout outs to: Wyvern, for pitching in with Amon and Spider-Man. Yoshi, who wanted Umber's command style to be shown off. Log, for writing up Oran's scene. And Flash, for he took one look at this What If and went "I want in on killing Dark Ruby! It helps that Albert Wesker was confirmed for Dead by Daylight!", so with me and him writing that last one... it was a lot of fun! Plus a little inside joke at the end!
By the way: Yes, that was indeed Sonia's Mori.