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All for Nothing

Genre: Humor/Tragedy/Horror

Pairs: -Not Important-

Parody: RWBY

AU-Type: Canon-eqsue AU

Tags: Salem gets the last laugh, The Good Guys Technically Win, Ribbing on Cinder, Mentions with Mercury and Emerald, Neo is ice cold

They expected Salem's castle in the Grimmlands to be lively and full of Grimm and people ready to kill them. But instead…they got silence. Even Cinder was concerned for this development. The former false maiden was forced to spill the location of Salem's hideout after Neo had the nerve to betray her to use as a bargaining chip. Now she was being led around on a leash by the faunus of the team.

"I hope you're enjoying leading me around like a fucking animal!" Cinder yelled as Blake gave the leash a rougher tug. "Bitch."

"I'm not sensing anyone." Ren said concerned.

"That's impossible. Emerald and Mercury will come out and save me!" Cinder boasted only for nothing to happen. "Where the hell are those two?!"

"Uhh…guys. I think I found some of Salem's guys, but I don't think they're a problem." Nora said.

Everyone (except Cinder) came with their weapons drawn only to find corpses. Cinder recognized them. Triyan, Arthur, and Hazel were all slumped over and dead. Nora noticed three cups filled with a purple liquid half-drunk.

"So…they're dead." Jaune said confused and upset. "Then someone got here before us."

"But that's impossible…no one else knows about this place!" Cinder beckoned. "Where's Salem?"

They searched the castle before finding Salem…or rather her corpse that sat on the throne. They thought she was alive at first, and Jaune blindly charged to attack her. It was upon coming closer, he found no response. What they found was a dead woman…gone out with a smile on her face.

"No….no…no!" Ozpin screamed out. "That can't be possible!"

Ruby froze, Weiss's jaw hit the floor, Blake fell over, and Yang twitched. Jaune was screaming words so foul in anger, Ren also froze, and Nora was in denial. Qrow noticed she had a glass of wine in her last moments and took up the bottle. Oscar and Maria were in shock. Then Neo noticed a letter in Salem's lap and took it up giving to Ruby to read.

"Dear Ozpin, I want to apologize for bringing you back to life. I should have moved on because bringing you back was the greatest regret of my life. My selfishness made me blind to realize that I should have let you go because you and I were terrible for each other. I let my innocent love blind me to how awful of a person you were. You should have listened to the Gods and left me alone. You, me, bringing kids into this word was a mistake. I do take a bit pleasure knowing that by the time your allies come here, you'd realize it was all for nothing. No final battle, no getting to whip out those mastery of silver eyes, no settling old grudge. No, you get nothing from the fact that I could have my epiphany if I didn't have my head up my own ass. Seeing that you did not defeat me, you're stuck living as an unfeeling ghost for the rest of your lives. Funny that you and all your allies will live on with the fact that it was all for naught. Goodbye and good riddance, Salem."

Cinder's right eye twitched as she fell to her knees. All the people she hurt, all the suffering, amassing all that power was all for nothing. Ruby dropped the letter letting it hit the floor and Yang exploded.

"Are you fucking shitting me?! I lost an arm, Ruby and I lost Summer, and my mother became a cowardly cunt for nothing! Salem just escapes punishment, just like that!" Yang screamed completely ballistic.

"I mean…at least the world is safe." Weiss said trying to cheer Ruby up on to get slapped for it.

"NO! I was training my ass off to learn to use theese Silver Eyes! I come and not only to do I see no Grimm, but no Salem! You realize all what we went through was all for nothing!" Ruby screamed. "Penny…my mom…Pyrrha…Ironwood."

Sure, Penny was rebuilt, but still.

"FUCK!" Jaune screamed kicking over a table. "She died for nothing!"

"My plans! My beautiful plans!" Cinder wailed as Jaune tackled her with his hands on her throat.

"I need ratification, damn it! Someone give a gun so I can blow out her brains on the wall!" Jaune said tightening his grip on Cinder's throat.

Neo simply shot Cinder through the head for him and began to leave. Jaune followed as well as Ozpin asked where he was going.

"Home after I go to a bar and get smashed. Probably more to get in her pants." Jaune said boldly referring to Neo.

"But you can't just leave." Weiss remarked.

"The hell I can't…and you know what." Jaune said pointing to Oscar. "Fuck you."

His finger moved to Weiss. "Fuck You!"

Moved to Blake. "Fuck You!"

Moved to Yang. "Fuck You!"

Moved to Qrow. "Fuck You!"

Moved to Maria and Ruby. "You cool."

All before he stomped on his Cinder's skull crushing it and screaming, "And fuck this, I'm out!"

Qrow shook his head and followed behind in leaving. One by one, they would leave as all who was left was Oscar and Ruby.

"So, what do we do?" Oscar asked.

"No idea." Ruby said before the two left. "Wait a second, where's Mercury and Emerald?"

Those two were long gone, both far away with enough to make a life for themselves fully dedicated to leaving it all behind.

-[Cues: Simple Minds- Don't You (Forget About Me)]-

Everyone had gone their separate ways…with Team RWBY each holding one of the relics.

Ruby went on to become her generation's Summer Rose going on to inspire a new generation of scythe wielders. That innocent smile and dramatic speeches are a mask to hide her cynicism and the realization she's becoming more like her Uncle Qrow.

Weiss went on to take over company by throwing her father and brother off of Atlas to their deaths. She runs the company to a new golden age. Despite her success, Salem's last act haunts her to nearly taking up drinking. But instead, she got a new hobby. Voice acting for a hit new animated show.

Blake ended up going on to start a new rights groups for the poor and the underprivileged, the Remnant Association for Minorities. She along with Sun are gaining plenty of success in their endeavor. Sun and his team even help take down any remaining remnants of the White Fang and human supremacy groups. Blake, humbled by experience, wrote a book detailing her regrets and adventures with Team RWBY.

Yang dismantled the Branwen Tribe and forcibly beat Raven into submission. She's living the dream of having of a loving pair of parents. Taiyang had no idea that Yang will break Raven's spine if she doesn't comply with Yang's demand for a family. After seeing Yang bludgeon several of her bandits to death with a relic, Raven decided retirement wasn't a bad idea. Yang is still salty of the loss of her arm.

Jaune swore off being a huntsman and retired to Vale keeping a bit of distance from his family. He got away with his fake transcripts due to his records being lost in the Fall of Beacon and everyone else who knew about it being dead. Jaune still misses Pyrrha and spends his time, when he's not drowning his losses in the pancake house, wondering what could have been. Of course, he hooked up with Neo.

Ren and Nora opened a pancake house in Vale making good money. They have a son.

Oscar returned to find out his aunt passed while he left. He inherited the farm and with Ozpin's help made it a success. Eventually, Ozpin had ended up taking over Oscar's body. Ozpin used the wealth to help drown his sorrows bemoaning the fact he's stuck among the living forever.

Neo retired from her criminal life becoming a writer under the name, Monica Oasis. Her smash hit, the animated show: SPHR and SPHR Chibi, made her a household name. Team RBY was not amused by this or the fact that Weiss voice acts for the show.

Qrow retired to be a voice actor for SPHR and SPHR Chibi. Ruby and Yang were still not amused.

Emerald and Mercury had gotten a pardon for their crimes and now work as writers for SPHR and SPHR Chibi. Emerald immortalized Cinder with a character on the show just as vapid and stupid as her. Mercury was able to put his past behind and move on. He voices one of the male leads.

(A/N: The idea of a Pyrrhic Victory has recently gotten into my head, and well this idea was spawned. Let's be honest, everyone would be at a loss to have this happen. I ask of you, the viewer, what do you think will happen to our heroes. Should this get a sequel?) |Edited because of errors and V7|