A/N: This is it. The last part of the Season 2 finale story arc that also marks the conclusion to the Sociality Arc, as well as the final chapter of Season 2 in which acts as closure to the season's arc. I'm so glad that this story finally made the milestone to chapter 100, so here's to another 100 chapters because I already have plans for Seasons 3 and 4 after this.
P.S.: The season finale's climatic result will change everything in the Critique Universe forever. More to follow. Announcements at the end.
In memory of Chadwick Boseman.
RWBY'S NOSTALGIA COMMENTARY COLLECTION
SEASON 2 FINALE ARC
ACT II
LEGENDS OF THE SAMURAI
PART VI
(FINAL PART)
Salvation
Team RWBY's Commentary of Avengers: Endgame (Part 3 - Final)
Ruby Rose found herself floating in a shallow pool of water, still wearing the red samurai armor with kabuto helmet and menpo mask like her other seven friends earlier that day.
When she came to, the leader of team RWBY finds herself embracing her friend Natsume.
Noticing the environment around her, Ruby slowly got up, while her teammates and their other friends slowly regained consciousness before they witnessed their surroundings.
They were now in a yellow-orange realm, where they saw many people standing far from the group.
"Where...are we...?", muttered Miria.
Yang said, "We're not sure... It does look so familiar to the Soul World from Infinity War..."
"Looks like it. Pretty belter if you ask me.", noticed Cameron in her Scottish accent.
Ibuki stood up as she felt her bare feet and ninja outfit soaking wet, looking down and seeing the shallow watery floor-like surface beneath her feet, "The water is shallow here."
"Now that you mention it, it does feel surreal.", examined Celty.
Baiken said, "We made it..."
"I think the Black Cocoon is destroyed thanks to our friend Maki...", Blake and Weiss presumed, with Maki nodding with a smile.
Yume wondered, "Is our friends...here?"
"I think it's time we found out.", Ruby planned.
The group then took steps across the watery surface in the yellow-orange void, walking towards the people standing far from them.
Coming closer and closer, Ruby then asked, "Uh, hey-"
Approaching them, one of the people who turned around...
...was Ty Lee.
"Ruby?"
"Ty Lee?"
Others turned around, revealing themselves to be the ones that had vanished the day before.
Penny. Pyrrha. Nora. Sinon. Kasuga. Akane. Faye. Fuu. Iki. Ohana. Tamaki. Iris. Futaba. Emi. Sarge. Church. Noelle.
Trucy. Mai. Leafa. Asuna. Blair. Nice. Jacuzzi. Julian. Miranda. Yasamin. Valentina. Kazu. Shihoru. Merry. Anemone. Sukuno. Shion. Rina. Nohime.
They were alive.
"Girls...", recognized Akane in surprise.
Team RWBY said in unison, "You're...alive...", graceful smiles forming on their mouths when they realized they were okay after the disappearances earlier.
In a moment, Ty Lee then teared up emotionally, having missed team RWBY and the rest of the group after she and the others had vanished earlier. She then walked over to hug Ruby.
"I missed you... We all missed you.", Ty Lee said before silently crying during her hug.
Penny sniffled tearfully and happily, "Salutations."
A series of reunions happens between the ones that have travelled through to this realm and the ones that have disappeared and have seemingly been brought there.
"You're here...", Pyrrha and Nora rejoiced as they hugged the four members of team RWBY along with Penny and Ty Lee.
Maka sees Blair there and her chain scythe transformed back into Tsubaki, both saying, "Blair!", coming over to hug the feline witch.
"Nice! Jacuzzi!", Miria cheerfully said before hugging them, with Rachel joining in as Celty and Anri see the heartwarming reunion, smiling happily for their friends.
Sinon, Leafa and Asuna all greeted, "Hey, Alice.", proudly as it made the integrity knight cry tears of joy, coming over to hug the three.
"I missed you so...", sobbed Alice.
Sinon comforted, "It's alright, Alice... We're alright...", as she, Leafa and Asuna hug her back.
Saika in the meantime hugged Kasuga and Nohime, trying to hold in tears.
"Don't cry, Saika...", Kasuga confided as she and Nohime hugged back too, "We're all safe."
At the same time, Baiken noticed her four friends Inori Yuzuriha, Millia Rage, May and Kuradoberi Jam walking towards her in happiness, all saying, "Baiken!"
"Friends!", relieved Baiken as the pink-haired samurai embraced the four of them, Inori, Millia, May and Jam all crying when reuniting with their samurai lord.
Cammie happily greeted, "My friends!", hugging Julian, Miranda, Yasamin, Valentina and Kazu altogether, "You're here!"
"You're okay!", cheered Yume as she embraced Shihoru and Merry.
Ann cheerfully said as she also hugged Futaba, "You're alive!"
"We're still alive, don't worry...", said Futaba in a heartwarming tone.
Eureka delighted, "Anemone!", coming over to hug her.
"Eureka!", Anemone said back, returning the hug.
Natsume teared up, "Ohana!"
"Natsume!", Ohana Matsumae replied, the two besties embracing in happiness.
Maki Oze also cried after saying, "Girls!", hugging Tamaki and Iris as the three Fire Force characters reunited, asking, "Where did you go?"
"We're not sure. The first thing we remember is that we've disappeared and then the next thing we know, we're here in this strange realm.", Tamaki recounted.
Iris thought, "We were only here for a few hours and now we saw you guys..."
"A few hours?", Maki, Ruby, Yang, Blake and Weiss all asked, "That long?!"
Athena said, "Seriously, for us, it's been barely a day since you vanished!"
"I feel like we're getting a quantum realm reference here.", Sinon told Kasuga.
Kasuga said to Sinon, "Feels like it."
"I got a feeling you guys reviewed something on the way here.", presumed Penny, "What was it?"
Ruby recounted again, "Oh, we were wanting to review Infinity War and Endgame just for the fun of it all after we unknowingly had to cover up the 1998 spy film The Avengers."
"And how come you're wearing that?", curiously wondered Nora.
Yang, Ruby, Blake, Weiss, Cameron, Baiken, Athena and Yume look at their samurai armor and then took off their kabuto helmet and menpo mask, with Yang answering, "Baiken had these sets of armor back in her place to protect ourselves from danger on our journey. They actually look great on us, don't you think, guys?"
Pyrrha nodded with the others, "We can see that. Just wish there was more for us to wear. But alas, I wasn't even there with you guys at Edo Island since we had the sleepover and such. More importantly, what happened?"
"You see, we travelled to Edo Island for some clues and answers on the disappearances. Justice was the true mastermind behind this, and she is most likely the one that caused you all to vanish and find yourselves in this place. There was this strange island we've heard and seen called The Black Cocoon, or Kuroi Mayu, what Baiken seems to call it. And we found out that the wyvern we battled on the day the social event started came from that island. Though we spent R and R the night before, today we travelled to said island to stop Justice and rescue you guys.", Blake explained, "We even came up with our own team name inspired by the Avengers, known as the Criticals, or alternatively Critiques."
Faye understood, "We can see the reference, yeah.", just before she remembered in realization, "Wait. The wyvern... You mean the monster we fought was from Earth, on the island you just said?"
"Yes.", Weiss reminded, "Plus, we came to save you all because if we didn't survive due to this villainous exploit by this Justice, our worlds would be doomed unless we stop her. So we ventured into The Black Cocoon to pre, and let us tell you, it was scary due to giant insects and beasts trying to kill us! We even killed a giant spider on the way here!"
"Gee, that really does sound scary!", Ohana shuddered in fright, "A giant spider?! I'm gonna faint!"
Fuu and Iki asked, "So did you destroy The Black Cocoon on the way here?"
"Well, we happened to bring explosives just in case in order to destroy The Black Cocoon, and thanks to me, I've sorta caused the island to collapse. Probably, because the place was crumbling before we entered this realm.", Maki smiled.
Athena then introduced, "By the way, this is Jack-O'.", as the white-haired assassin with red highlights walked over slowly.
"Hey, isn't that the same assassin that tried to kill me, Baiken, Millia and May, and who she also happened to wreck my restaurant a few days ago?", Kuradoberi Jam noticed suspiciously, glaring.
May disgruntled, "You brought her? After what happened?"
"She's a criminal.", Millia told Baiken, "Why would you bring her along? There's no telling if she's going to double-cross us!"
Before Baiken could say anything, Ruby filled in for her by explaining, "We all went to the kingdom's prison to interrogate Jack-O' for answers when we arrived back to the Samurai Kingdom, so after she explained what was going on, we made a deal that she would help take us to this place unless if she turned her back on us. And honestly thus far, she never went back on her word. None of us wouldn't have survived if she wasn't with us. Plus, she's on parole."
"What I wanted to say to you guys that I am so...so sorry...for harming you guys. I solemnly swear that I no longer plan or will have allegiance to Justice. I was just following orders. And I truly regret it.", apologized Jack-O', "I know you guys might not forgive me for my actions earlier, but I'm ready to make a change."
Millia, May and Kuradoberi Jam looked away for a few moments, while the assassin nervously waits for their answer; the three girls then answered hesitantly, "We...forgive you."
"What?", Jack-O' tried to reply, but is interrupted by Millia, May and Jam's embrace.
The three said, "You promise you're turning over a new leaf?"
"I will change into a better person.", replied the white-haired assassin, the four hugging.
Baiken understood, "We know you will.", noticing thereafter, "Although you do look so familiar...a friend that went missing many years ago...", seeing the strange similarities on Jack-O'.
"Sorry to burst your bubbles, guys, but who's that?", Noelle said, pointing over to a person walking closer to the group for the heroes to see.
Ruby alerted, "Be careful, it might be Justice, the one who caused all of this..."
The mysterious person comes into clear view.
And it was a young woman with short spiky red hair and red eyes, while wearing a two-piece black suit and boots. She also happens to be the person Miria talked about.
Ennis.
Miria gasped in surprise.
"Is that...really you?", the blonde immortal uttered.
The redhead said, "Miria...", reaching her hand out to her.
Tearful, Miria lets her joyous sadness run free as she ran towards her long-lost close friend, crying.
"I've haven't seen you, Ennis...", cried Miria.
Ennis was a bit surprised when she heard this during her friend's embrace, saying, "Miria? What's wrong?"
"I'm just so glad...you're finally here...", the blonde immortal said.
The red-haired girl looked at the rest of the group, asking, "Who are those guys?"
"It's a long story, Ennis.", excused Miria as she looked into Ennis' eyes, before bringing her left hand to the latter's forehead while her friend closed her eyes.
Yume wondered, "What is she doing?"
"She's transmitting information about you guys to save time on introductions.", says Nice Holystone.
After a moment or two, Miria lifts her left hand off her friend's forehead, having transmitted the acknowledgement of team RWBY and their other friends Miria, Celty and their friends met over the week.
Ennis replied, "I see.", looking over to team RWBY, "You must be Ruby Rose, Yang Xiao Long, Blake Belladonna and Weiss Schnee, right?"
"Yes, we are.", team RWBY said in unison.
The redhead immortal homunculus then said, "And you must be the others Miria, Celty and our friends talked about?", to the rest.
"We are as well.", Athena confirmed.
Ennis then smiled proudly, "Nice to meet you all.", giggling.
"And we're glad that you're here.", Miria said before she and Ennis shared a loving kiss.
Ruby and Yang looked surprised with the rest, the two sisters cheering, "Congratulations!"
"At last, a reunion for them to remember.", Blake and Weiss heartwarmingly told.
Celty said whilst still wearing her motorcycle helmet, "This is sweet...", before a thought came into her mind as she realized, "Wait. Where's Mika?"
"She's over there.", Jacuzzi said as he pointed to where Celty, team RWBY and the others looked.
Mika Harima was lying on the watery floor, unconscious.
"Mika!", yelled Celty, running over to her friend in aid.
While Celty checked Mika's pulse, Sarge and Church both ask, "Is she okay?"
"She's...she's still alive.", Celty said, before having the tendency to caress her friend's cheek while she was floating on the watery floor.
Natsume hoped, "Is she gonna wake up, or...?"
"Guys... I think...", Celty said, "...it's about time...I show my face."
Cameron and Baiken rose their eyebrows, "What do you mean?"
"Yeah, we haven't seen your face ever since we first met. You happened to eat elsewhere and you didn't take your helmet off. Out of curiosity, I'm interested to see what's underneath.", intrigued Ruby.
Without a word, and after looking at her friends and then back to Mika, she then put both hands to her yellow cat-eared motorcycle helmet...
...lifts it up for a few moments...
...team RWBY and the rest all witness...
...and Celty finally removes her helmet for the first time, revealing very familiar light-brown hair and her grey-green eyes is unveiled when turning to look at her friends.
She looked exactly like Mika.
The group but Miria, Ennis, Rachel, Anri, Nice and Jacuzzi were all shocked.
"Wait, what? Celty... You look exactly like Mika!", surprised Athena and Yume.
Blake and Weiss gasped, "What the?!"
"Are you a clone?!", Ruby and Yang exclaimed before saying, "Nah, we're just kidding, but...the identical similarities! I thought you were a headless dullahan like in the anime and manga!"
Celty told them, "I never lost my head, I still have magic and power invested within me, and yes, I look strikingly identical to Mika. As a matter of fact, we may have the same face, but...we are also tethered."
"Tethered? What's that supposed to mean?", confused Ty Lee.
The look-a-like friend of Mika explained, "I am linked to Mika. As if I am a part of her. That's why...I must reunite with her...literally."
"Well, she's safe now. At least we finally reunited with our friends at one pi- WHAT?", realized Blake and Weiss when they heard what Celty said.
Emi Yusa overheard this as she ranted, "Hold on, you're telling us that since you have the same appearance as her, you're merging with her?! WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON NOW!?"
"I feel like I've been separated from Mika for so long. It's not like she's in danger, but bonding with her in body and soul embraces my connection with her even further. But no need to worry, it happens to us from time to time, here and there. It's a spiritual process between the two of us as a gift of our established relationship.", Celty said.
Kasuga and Sinon questioned, "So what will you do now?"
"I am going to merge with her. I won't be gone, as my personality, my powers and my spirit will be within Mika. And whenever we want, I can leave her body and vice versa, like merging two things together and splitting them back.", said the look-a-like friend of Mika, holding her yellow motorcycle helmet before holding Mika's hand.
Yang pondered, "Oh. We see your point. It's like Ruby using her Petal Burst semblance to bring two or more people to dash across in streams of colorful rose petals."
"Celty... You're fading.", Miria said as most of the others in the group gasp.
Celty looks at her hand which was now fading due to her merging with Mika, "It's time."
"Will you be the same person you were before?", unsurely asked Ruby.
The look-a-like friend of Mika's looked at her and replied, "Yes, guys. Just remember that it doesn't mean I'm gone...but myself and Mika are bonded as one in the same body. I am not going to lose her again, or is she going to lose me..."
The girls watched (a few trying to hold tears) as they saw Celty fade while one of her hands was holding her yellow motorcycle helmet, before she proceeded to lie in the same position as the unconscious Mika.
Once her body merges into her immortal friend's unconsious body, the trusty motorcycle helmet she was holding falls out of place as it splashes softly on the water beside Mika on the left.
Miria then came over to Mika, picking up the yellow motorcycle helmet as well.
"Mika?"
The light-brown-haired immortal girl slowly regained consciousness, groaning quietly and sitting up. Opening her eyes and hearing Miria's voice, she said, "Miria...?"
"Yes, we're all here. We came to rescue you and the others. It's a long story...", the blonde immortal told.
Mika looked around and saw her friends, asking, "Where's Celty?"
"She had merged inside of you. Right now, she's a part of you within your spirit.", Miria explained, giving her the yellow motorcycle helmet Celty wears.
The light-brown-haired girl suddenly understood, "Yes, I know. That was our secret. Me and Celty are both identical, yet we share a spiritual connection. Thus we share the same body occassionally, so whenever we want, Celty can always split back from my body."
"We're surprised you acknowlege that-", Cameron and Baiken accepted.
Mika suddenly spoke in the serene personality and tone of voice Celty has, "That's right, you know. But for now, I think becoming one with Mika may be perfect for now. Even we both share the same memories together."
"Uh...?", surprised Sinon, Kasuga, Leafa and Nohime.
The light-brown-haired immortal said, reverting back to Mika's cheery personality, "Yeah, the personality changes are because of the spiritual merging process. It's like we're both united as one, Celty and I."
"Peculiar, but so sweet," Blake and Weiss dismissed.
Both Ruby and Yang planned, "Before we can find and confront the one who's responsible for bringing you guys here and causing this catastrophe, we must finish up Endgame."
"Alright, but we must hurry just in case.", Blake and Weiss allowed, "For the sake of perserverance."
Ruby nods, "Okay...", resuming the review where they left off, "Some of the Avengers are trapped underground after Thanos bombarded the facility, Clint is chased by the Xenomorph dogs with Goro arms again, and Thanos arrives, ordering Nebula to bring him the Infinity Stones.", with her and the other three seeing 2014 Thanos giving said order to 2014 Nebula as he sat down and rests his blade and helmet, telling his adopted daughter that he would wait for the Avengers to arrive, before the red-black-haired huntress mimicked, "Now if you'll excuse me, I'm gonna play with some regular skipping stones until they come.", summarizing next, "Nebula tells 2014 Gamora about their sisterly relationship and her future death, thus prompting her to join Nebula in thwarting Thanos' plan. Elsewhere, Stark, Rogers and Thor find Thanos waiting as we get a really cool scene of Thor gaining his armor and both of his weapons. Now you can see he's the true God of Thunder.", said scene shown before Thor in the film said 'Let's kill him properly this time.', which makes Ruby imagine, "This time I will not steal the moment and risk an R-rating by means of decapitations!"
"The three Avengers confront Thanos as the Mad Titan tells his reconsideration on destroying their universe and then create a new grateful one in his image, before the final fight begins.", Yang synopsizes while she and the other three watch Iron Man, Captain America and Thor fight against Thanos, "If only the Hulk, Hawkeye and Black Widow were there, but sadly Natasha's gone. That would've been perfect.", abstracting, "Clint escapes the Xenomorph dogs before Nebula confronts her past self before she could get the gauntlet.", whilst the following snippet has Nebula and 2014 Gamora trying to persuade 2014 Thanos into giving them the Gauntlet but Nebula kills her past self before she could shoot 2014 Gamora, "Wait, if her past self is killed, shouldn't Nebula be wiped from existence? But seeing that there's no Grandfather Paradox in the MCU, that will never happen. Same might...just might go for our timeline too...", spectating the continuing fight sequence between Tony, Steve and Thor afterwards, "I also love to admit how amazing the visual effects are. May be more exciting than Infinity War, but definitely worth the price of admission."
Blake prepared, "And if you thought Infinity War had just one amazing moment of Thor arriving at Wakanda, there's more than that in Endgame. Just wait until you get a load of what happens in this part!"
The next scene then showcased Thanos trying to push the axe Stormbreaker into Thor's chest, before getting hit by Mjolnir, being wielded by none other than Captain America himself. Team RWBY on the other hand imagined Morpheus from The Matrix uttering 'He is the one.'
"THERE WE GO! THAT IS THE BEST CAPTAIN AMERICA MOMENT RIGHT HERE!", the black-haired huntress gleefully shouted, "Other than him fighting with his shield or him saying his catchphrase...", putting on a clip from Captain America: Civil War with Rogers saying 'I can do this all day.', "...this is definitely the best we've ever gotten out of the MCU's Captain America! Hell, it's incredible to even see him use Mjolnir ever since he tried lifting it in Age of Ultron! Very incredible, indeed.", outlining, "Rogers is overpowered however, while Thanos' forces come to invade the battlefield and Cap is about to make his final stand. If you thought Cap holding Thor's hammer was epic, that is the tip of the iceberg for what the remainder of the film has to offer. Becayse what comes next is by far one of the greatest moments not just in the MCU, but in any film in cinematic history."
The scene started with Steve suddenly hearing Sam Wilson's voice before he said "On your left."
Team RWBY is amazed as they saw the portal appear, showing Black Panther arriving with Okoye and Shuri; this makes the four team members wipe tears happily to see Black Panther alive and well again.
It continues when more portals appear in the movie's best scene, where Falcon, Doctor Strange, Star-Lord/Peter Quill, Drax, Mantis and Spider-Man (Peter Parker) come on stage while team RWBY were beginning to feel very delighted to see the characters return.
With Black Panther and the Wakandans shouting their 'Yibambe!' war chant from Infinity War, more characters appeared including Groot, Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier, Korg, Valkyrie, Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch, Wong, Pepper Potts/Rescue and Hope van Dyne/Wasp (played by Evangeline Lilly).
The four girls all noticed, "WE CAN SEE HOWARD THE DUCK THERE TOO!", laughing happily after pointing where Howard was seen.
And after Ant-Man emerges from the ruins of the Avengers facility as Giant-Man with Hulk, Rocket and War Machine along with the aiding forces of the Wakandans, the sorcerers of the Mystic Arts, the Ravagers and the Asgardians altogether in preparation to fight Thanos and his army, Captain America then says the most iconic line, "AVENGERS! ...assemble."
"FUUUUUUUUUCK YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!", gloriously yelled team RWBY when reacting to the iconic line, seeing the Avengers and their forces as well as Thanos and his forces all charge into battle, also screaming when seeing the Avengers charge in another epic shot, "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHH!"
Weiss slapped her armor, "The fucking best scene in the movie. This is also by far the biggest blockbuster battle sequence in movie history! Forget the battle of Pandora in Avatar, forget the battle of Hogwarts in Harry Potter, forget the battles of Endor and Exegol in the Star Wars movies, and forget the battles of Helm's Deep and Mordor in fucking Lord of the Rings! This one definitely takes the cake! Imagine every beloved or iconic Avenger, despite the absences of Black Widow, Vision and a few other characters, all came together for the greatest battle the world has ever known. That is the greatest way to cap off a 22-movie buildup. And we've gotta say, it is epic up the ass.", explaining, "Audiences were screaming with joy and bombarded with excitement when this was shown for the first time, and millions of moviegoers had the same reaction. People were hoping to see all of the Avengers unite as one, and they finally got it. It's like everything was thrown at us like the kitchen sink in the best way possible."
"There were spectacular moments like the Avengers fighting together, Spider-Man and Ant-Man saving Iron Man by killing off one of the Black Order members leading to a heartfelt reunion between Peter and Tony, Quill reuniting with 2014 Gamora, a funny moment with this sound effect.", the leader of team RWBY told as she, Yang, Blake and Weiss hear and saw the part with Ant-Man pressing the van alarm with the tune of La Cucaracha, "We swear, this battle sequence should have an extended version with other extended scenes judging by the amount of deleted scenes made for the film, because we'd really want to watch a 4 hour version of Endgame in the future!", observing the next snippet of Iron Man meeting up with Doctor Strange and asks if this was the one in 14,000,605 he talked about in the previous film with the latter replying it wouldn't happen if he tells him, "Strange should've added by saying, 'We have to wait for the opportunity for it to happen. In the meantime, let's keep fighting!'", continuing, "Black Panther helps Hawkeye with carrying the Infinity Gauntlet just before we get an awesome fight between Thanos and Scarlet Witch.
The elder sister of Ruby Rose imitated after Scarlet Witch angrily said to Thanos 'You took...everything from me...!', "You made me kill Vision and watch him die, so now you're gonna die!", reacting to the scene where Spider-Man retrieves the Infinity Gauntlet after Black Panther passes it to him before activating Instant Kill to slay some Outriders, "Wow, the Instant Kill feature really has paid off after Spider-Man: Homecoming.", outlining, "In a badass moment, Scarlet Witch overpowers Thanos but he commands his Sanctuary II ship to rain fire on his enemies, leading to another epic moment."
The next excerpt has the ship now aiming and shooting at the sky with Tony asking his AI F.R.I.D.A.Y what was happening as she replied that something entered from the upper atmosphere, revealing none other than Captain Marvel who soon flies down and destroys the ship, sending it crashing into the lake, much to team RWBY's amazement.
"AW YEAAAAAAAH! BOOSH! CAPTAIN MARVEL'S HERE!", Yang cheered, "Now we know that Carol Danvers wasn't in the movie very much seeing how she was taking care of the other worlds after the Snap, but...this single-handedly redeems Captain Marvel after the divisive audience response her movie's been given. And in fact a great entrance for her character too.", just as they saw a scene with Peter Parker meeting Carol Danvers, "Then again, 2019 Marvel movies in a nutshell!", also noting, "Also if you think Infinity War had a great girl power fight scene, this one is a lot better!"
The girls saw a scene with Captain Marvel joined by other female Avengers including Scarlet Witch, Valkyrie, Okoye, Rescue, Mantis, Shuri, The Wasp, Gamora and Nebula altogether against Thanos' forces.
Blake and Weiss cheered, "There it is! This is better than the last girl power scene in Infinity War, a hundred times better! Excluding Black Widow sadly, all of the female Avengers all come together for an even bigger fight scene this time! Just like us girls, we're really strong fighters! Girls rule yet again, and it's definitely the ladies' time to shine!"
"And now, it is our time to shine. Because there's someone we have to deal with.", Ruby said before she called out, "Justice! Come out wherever you are, we're not afraid! What you did to our friends was unacceptable! Now show yourself and you will pay for this!"
Seconds later, the familiar figure of who the girls saw outside the gateway from earlier was seen, presumably Justice, as she said;
"Well..."
The figure came into view, revealing her appearance to the heroes.
Justice's appearance was indeed robotic, yet a bit intimidating by the sight. Her body was armored with a white battle suit and sporting a long white tail, with her pectoral plates, the borders of her massive shoulder pauldrons, ischium, and forehead components colored blue while her sabatons resembled heels and her joints were colored black. She also had a reptilian-like visage and slit-pupilled golden-red eyes, as well as waist-length wild red hair.
But what team RWBY and the others saw was a strange blue medallion on Justice's chestpiece that has a white symbol with a skull and angel wings.
"It looks like you've come all this way to rescue your friends. And I suppose your main objective is to stop me, after I sent Jack-O' to kill you?", Justice spoke.
Jack-O' looks at Justice and felt regret when hearing these words.
Ruby confronted, "What have you done to snap our friends to this place? Why are you sabotaging our way of peace and prosperity?!", as she, Yang, Blake, Weiss, Athena, Cameron, Yume and Baiken put on their kabuto helmets with menpo masks while Tsubaki transforms back into her chain scythe death weapon form for Maka to use.
"I have used the immense power of my medallion to bring your friends to this place, just to lead you guys here at the right place.", said Justice, sinisterly.
Cameron told, "Jack-O' told us everything about you. You plan to kill us and destroy both our worlds...? Well, we won't let you win!"
"I've created The Black Cocoon... And now, you all survived... I planned to strike at the right time. I wanted my mission to go as planned."
Baiken argued with anger, "Then what kind of mission do you think you're doing?!"
"My mission...is genocide. Although mankind has spirit, strength and courage, I see the human race as a pathetic disdain to the universe. And therefore, I must kill everyone that stands in my way."
Athena berated, "Not if we have anything to say about it..."
"I like to see you all try."
Ruby, enraged, then said, "DESTROY HER!", as she and most of the heroes charged.
But all of a sudden, a small flash engulfed Justice, confusing the heroes...
...and then Justice appeared on their left, revealing her teleportation ability.
"Hey! How did you-", growled Yang in a rage before the heroes charge again.
Just then, Justice teleported again.
Ruby yelled, "Where did she go?!"
Behind them, Justice reappeared.
"Damn you... You're gonna pay!", Cameron shouted, charging.
At last, Justice then charged forward, before suddenly shooting out missiles from her big shoulder armor. The missiles made small explosions near and around Cammie, which causes some of the other heroes to avert the explosions. More missiles shot out targetted the other armored girls but they averted them successfully.
Slamming into Justice's body with her green samurai armor, Cameron tried as fast as she could to remove her samurai sword from her sheath to attack the cybernetic villainess, but Justice activated her boosters to propel herself forward and swipe with her claws to knock Cameron to the ground!
Yume said, "Cameron!", worryingly as she shoots arrows at Justice, which hits her from behind.
Quickly turning around and noticing Yume shooting at her with arrows, the latter tries shooting more at her but suddenly felt bullets hitting her armor from behind.
As it turns out, Ruby, Yang, Sarge and Church were now strategically taking turns using their weapons while the former two members of team RWBY wear their samurai armor, distracting Justice from getting to Yume.
Using her boosters to propel herself up in the air and taking flight, the medallion in her chest started activating while glowing a bright light...
"What's happening?", Yang questioned.
Ruby warned, "Avert! Avert!", as the heroes move in order not to get affected by Justice's next attack.
The medallion then blasted out a massive beam of red gamma radiation out from the medallion and her shoulder armor, moving around and trying to strike the heroes.
Her gamma ray attack stops as Ibuki threw kunai at her while Maka uses her chain scythe to grapple her, forcing Justice to swoop down and strike Mika, Ann, Sinon, Kasuga, Alice and Saika before she can land, but fortunately not wounding them.
Dealing some damage to Justice due to the chain scythe that grappled onto her, Maka and Ibuki tried to strike back, but Justice knocks them down first with a slash of her claws, not injuring them in the process.
Ruby tries to strike Justice with her Crescent Rose scythe but Justice blocks it, while Yang uses her Ember Cecilia to deal damage yet Justice pushes them back and then teleports to a different direction just before Blake and Weiss could hit her with their weapons Gambol Shroud and Myrtenaster.
With Julian and Kazu using their fists to fight Justice, the cyberkinetic villainess quickly shapeshifts her claws into swords, forcing the heroes to dodge.
Swiftly, Nora and Pyrrha cooperate by slashing off Justice's sword-like claws with their weapons Magnhild and Miló javelin, moving away for Sinon and Kasuga to attack just in case, but as Justice's claws regenerate and grabs Sinon and Kasuga's arms...
...she throws them to the watery ground...
...propels forward...
STAB!
Miria gasped in pain.
Team RWBY and the others looked in horror.
Justice had stabbed Miria in the abdomen with her tail right through her body.
Blood seeped from Miria's wound and covered Justice's sharp tail.
When Justice removes her tail out of the blonde immortal's wound, the latter collapsed and splashed onto the watery floor, lifeless.
"MIRIA!", Ennis shouted as she came to her friend's aid.
Team RWBY and the others were devastated when seeing this.
As Miria's blood dripped from Justice's tail, Eureka's fist gripped tighter.
"Why...? Why...did you hurt Miria like that?!", exclaimed Eureka.
Justice then was about to finish the green-haired girl off too by shapeshifting her claws into blades too...
...but Eureka quickly grabbed the blades, blood escaping her hand from the sharp cuts.
Growling in anger and retaliation, Eureka gritted their teeth while she used her strength to move Justice's arms to the sides.
That moment, Emi even came in and grabbed Justice by her wild red hair, while holding her tail as the red-haired girl shouted in anger, "THAT! DOESN'T! WORK THAT WAY! Now let's see how you like it after hurting our friend!", trying to pull harder as a means of attempting to tear Justice's cybernetic head off.
But as Eureka pull off her claw-like blades, Justice kicks her away while she flipped back, tossing Emi away and causing her girlfriend Sukuno to come to her aid.
Unbeknownst to Justice however, the blood from Miria that was on Justice's tail blade had disappearanced by the time Emi grabbed it and tried to tug her head off earlier.
"EUREKA!", Anemone worried as she also came over to her girlfriend Eureka's aid at the same time Sukuno aided Emi.
Natsume yelled in a rage as she lunged on top of Justice, wrapping her legs around her neck and trying to slam her metallic armored visage and head, whilst saying in her Australian accent, "You bloody bastard!", while Justice used her boosters to send them flying in the air and then grabbed and thrown Natsume off, saved by Ohana before she could hit the ground.
Maki, Tamaki and Iris then worked together to use their pyrokinetic powers against Justice and try to burn her which sends her back to the ground again, but was undeterred by the flames and was slowly coming closer to them.
This was prevented when Cameron comes in and tries to slash her with her samurai sword while wearing her green samurai armor, but she is suddenly grabbed by the throat by Justice.
Justice questioned, "Do you really think you and your friends can defeat me?", before she threw Cameron a few feet and causing her to splash onto the watery floor, almost causing her samurai helmet to come off of her.
"CAMMIE!", Baiken shouted, feeling worry for her friend as she clutches onto her samurai sword with her sole arm.
Noticing the cybernetic villainess approaching and her green eyes reflecting Justice's tall appearance, Cammie was kicked in the abdomen by Justice although her armor protected her, before rolling her right side up and forcibly taking off Cameron's green samurai helmet.
As Cammie's head was almost underwater, her eyes widen in horror as Justice's medallion and gamma ray starts to charge up for the finishing move...
...but Baiken comes in and pulls Justice upwards by the visage with her only arm, causing the villainess to lean up as her gamma ray shoots upwards in the air, saving Cameron!
While Cammie recovers by sitting up from the watery floor, she looks up in astonishment to see her friend Baiken come to the rescue at the last second, as she then grabbed her samurai helmet with menpo mask from the water again.
In a short while after Justice shuts off her gamma ray for the time being, her tail instantaneously swiped her sole arm, causing her to fall onto the watery floor as well.
About to strike with her shapeshifting claw, Justice suddenly felt Cameron quickly grab her arm before she could do so, preventing her attack while the Scottish gen:LOCK recruit yelled, "We're gonna kill you, ya fucking weapon!"
"What she said!", roared Baiken when she also comes to grab Justice's other arm.
Athena and Ibuki, seeing the cooperation of Cameron and Baiken working together against the enemy, nod together before they charge and kick Justice from behind, knocking her down.
Breaking Baiken's hold on her arm, Justice tries to attack Cameron by shapeshifting her claw into another blade, yet Baiken manages to grab her arm again and this time kicking her in the face with one of her feet, also causing one of her shoulder armor to activate missiles again.
Though this distracted Cameron into ducking and dodging the missiles as it explodes and makes huge splashes on the watery ground, Justice's arm broke free of Cameron's hold, with the cybernetic villainess then topples Baiken over to the ground and punches Cammie.
Sinon and Kasuga both work together again by holding her tail and arms, preventing her to attack for a few moments.
Watching the battle happen until their next opportunity soon enough, Ruby gasps as she realized something.
The medallion on Justice's chest.
"Guys!", Ruby told Yang, Blake, Weiss and a few of their other friends, "The medallion! It must be the source of Justice's power!"
"How do we take it off of her?!", The three other teammates asked, with Athena and Yume listening.
The leader of team RWBY smiled, "I have a strategic plan."
With Justice continuing to fight Cameron by punching and then using her boosters again to kick her in the abdomen with her knee, the former prepares to stab the latter with her tail...
...but Baiken was just in time to grab Justice's tail and slash her with her samurai sword in order to protect Cammie.
Getting damage and dodging some of Baiken's expertise samurai skills, she slashed her leg and causes Justice to fall to the ground while preparing her next strike, but Justice swung her tail and disorients the pink-haired samurai for a second which gave the enemy enough time to kick her and try to strike with her tail.
Instantly, Baiken grabs her tail enough, but tries to tighten her grip as the sharp tail draws closer and closer to endangering her scarred closed left eye with an eyepatch through her pink samurai helmet.
And in this intensifying moment, Justice's metallic tail was almost near her left eye...
SLASH!
...then miraculously, Ruby slashes Justice's tail with her Crescent Rose, with the cybernetic villainess screaming in pain.
"No time to explain! Cameron, Baiken, get her arms! Athena, Yume, get her legs! We'll get her power source!", Ruby strategized.
Yang, Blake, Weiss, Athena, Yume, Cameron and Baiken all said in unison, "On it!"
And just like that, both Cameron and Baiken take hold of Justice's arms, Athena and Yume take hold of her legs, and as the four of them toppled Justice down as the others watch, team RWBY then came close as Ruby grabs the blue medallion on Justice's chest.
"Okay, girls? Pull! Now!", Ruby yelled out after Yang grabbed onto her younger sister's back, Blake grabbed onto Yang's, and Weiss grabbed onto her girlfriend Blake's.
With Ruby struggling to remove the medallion from Justice's chest as she, Yang, Blake and Weiss pulled back and grunted, they try to pull harder as Justice was suddenly preparing her gamma ray again on her chest and shoulder armor pieces.
While it was charging up, Athena and Yume yelled, "GUYS! SHE'S CHARGING UP!"
"HURRY!", shouted Cameron and Baiken.
The four members of team RWBY pull harder and harder to remove the medallion...
...Justice's gamma ray was about to reach full capacity...
...Yang screamed at the top of her lungs in a rage as she helped Ruby pull with all her might intensely...
...and Ruby completely rips the medallion off of Justice's chest, tearing out pieces of metal and components and shutting down her gamma ray just before it could be shot at her and her teammates, as the four members of team RWBY stumble onto the ground with the medallion in Ruby's hand.
Although Justice hasn't shut down, her booster energy and gamma radiation were deactivated.
With Cameron, Baiken, Athena and Yume getting off of her and joining the others (along with Maka's chain scythe transforming back into Tsubaki as she was beside Maka), they watch Justice slowly stand up while she looks at them with Ruby holding the medallion.
Ruby simply said, "You don't deserve...to have this power."
Justice then watched Ruby clutch the medallion with the latter's grip tightening harder and harder, causing audible and visual cracks when she squeezed her grip...
...and then when she crushes it, it causes a huge shockwave that engulfs the entire environment in a few seconds.
BOOOOM!
Loosening her grip, all that remains of the medallion was tiny shards.
"What... What did you do?!", Justice exclaimed in venomous anger.
Maka Albarn and Maki Oze both said, "We've destroyed your power source since you won't be able to use your gamma rays to kill us."
"It is our revolution now. Our unity will never be broken. You have indeed messed with the wrong family. And you will not win.", said Sinon and Kasuga.
Justice enraged, "Who do you think you're dealing wi-"
"SHUT UP! JUST. SHUT. UP!", Cameron hushed angrily.
Natsume reasoned, "You had kidnapped our friends for the last time."
Miria finally got up, much to the surprise of our heroes. Surprisingly her wound had vanished as if it was not there, confirming her immortality.
Faye, Fuu and Iki said, "You're alright! Guess you weren't lying when you said you're immortal."
"It truly does give me and my friends an unlimited amount of winds after getting mortally wounded.", told Miria.
Ruby and Yang explained, "You've fulfilled your old order, and now it's time for our new order.", Ruby spoken.
"New order?", disgruntled Justice.
Blake and Weiss nods, "Yes, one that's coming to you this instant.", while Mika nodded.
"Your reign has come to an end, Justice. And in the name of justice itself, you will pay.", Baiken told.
Athena and Yume look at each other and said, "You see, a new age lies before us."
"An age of victory, honor and peace in our worlds...", Miria, Mika, Ann, Ohana and Natsume all said.
Cameron also said to Justice, "You've had your fun taking our friends from us before, Justice. But now it's our turn. And the first rule of our new order, is getting an old-fashioned ass-kicking of our enemy. All in favor?"
"Aye!", team RWBY, Athena, Cameron, Yume, Baiken and all the other heroes (but Jack-O') confirm.
The Scottish gen:LOCK recruit asked also, "All oppose?!"
"I DARE YOU! I WILL NOT SUBMIT TO A GROUP OF HEROES LIKE YOU!", solely answered Justice as she prepares to fight them one last time.
Cameron excites, "Motion passes! Have fun, everybody!", as the group of heroes prepared to fight against Justice with their fists.
"No!"
The voice they heard stops them from fighting, as everyone then turned to see a girl with long dark-blue hair and red eyes, wearing a tight provocative suit with a buttoned shirt-like panel added for a more conservative look, two belts crossed over barely covering her chest area with her midriff exposed, white feather-like plates that cover her arms and leggings with white-black boots.
As Baiken saw her, her only eye widened in surprise and belief.
"Stop fighting...", the dark-blue-haired girl said to both the group of heroes and Justice.
The pink-haired samurai then uttered when recognizing her, "Dizzy...?"
"Wait, Dizzy? She's the one?", Ruby surprised.
Cameron, Yume and Inori confused, "Wait a second. Who is Dizzy?"
"Baiken told us that was one of her close friends we think have been gone missing for around 35 years or so...", explains Yang.
Athena also mentioned, "Dizzy had a growth spurt by the way. Just thinking about that name reminds me of a forgotten video game from the early 90s, which I'll get to that in the future."
"Baiken?", Dizzy recognized tearfully, as she came over to hug Baiken.
Justice, on the other hand, felt very surprised and speechless when she saw Dizzy.
Baiken cried softly, "I... I thought I've lost you..."
"I'm glad I'm here...", said Dizzy through her tears.
Just then, Millia, May and Jam all came over to hug the dark-blue-haired girl while crying out, "Dizzy! We've missed you!", all sobbing.
Team RWBY watched this in happiness with her other friends, before Ruby asked, "Um, Dizzy?", getting her attention, "You might not know us, but we're close friends of Baiken's and her companions. We were wondering, where did you come from?"
"The last thing I remember was that I was wandering through the jungle back in Edo Island at night, and all of a sudden, I passed out and lost consciousness.", Dizzy recounted.
Athena then realized what she remembered from the Guilty Gear games, "Wait... Does that mean you were in that medallion the whole time, Dizzy?! I just realized it from the character in the games. Now you may not know what the games are since they were made long after what happened, but if I may ask, how long were you in there for?"
"I don't know for how long, but the next thing I know, I'm here in this realm to see Baiken, Millia, May, Kuradoberi...", said Dizzy, before her eyes examined before seeing Jack-O' and Justice before recognizing, "...and Aria."
Team RWBY and the group of heroes but Jack-O' and Justice all questioned, "Aria...?"
Looking at both Jack-O' and Justice, the latter was so grief-stricken to see Dizzy again as she said, "Dizzy...", recognizing her melancholically, "I'm... I'm sorry..."
Jack-O' came to Justice as she said, "What I wanted to do now at this point was to make amends. I don't want to follow your orders anymore, Justice. I want us to become whole. To redeem ourselves, you know? I know it may be difficult after what you did or harm the heroes...but you need to make a change. We both do..."
"I...feel...bad...", Justice uttered until she felt Jack-O' embrace her in a tight hug.
The white-haired assassin spoke softly, "There's no need to fight anymore. Let us start anew with peace and prosperity. Just please accept this. Promise me."
Justice looks at team RWBY, Baiken, Dizzy, Cameron, Athena, Yume and the other heroes regretfully and peacefully as she finally made her decision.
"I...accept...peace.", finished Justice, finally embracing Jack-O' in an everlasting embrace.
The heroes but Baiken and Dizzy cry to this before they saw a wondrous sight.
Both Jack-O' and Justice are surrounded in a bright white light as they both lift in the air and engulf the whole environment with a bright light once again in a few moments.
As the light fades, a single figure appeared in the light.
The figure floats back down from the air, laying and floating on the watery ground softly as the light completely faded, revealing a beautiful woman with red hair. The woman had the same white outfit Jack-O' was wearing, this time without the Jack-O' pumpkin chain that she had with her.
"Aria?!", Baiken gasped in revelation, coming over to the red-haired woman and taking off her samurai helmet equipped with menpo mask in the process.
Cradling her head and body, she, team RWBY and the others watch Aria slowly waking up, revealing green eyes.
As Aria's eyes turn to see Baiken, she responded, "Baiken..."
The pink-haired samurai gasps in delight.
Surprisingly thereafter, both Baiken and Aria finally kiss once again, after Aria's 35 years of disappearance.
Ruby, Yang, Blake and Weiss' jaws drop when they saw this, along with Athena's cringed reaction, Cameron and Yume's surprised face, Maka, Maki Oze, Sinon and Kasuga's looks of delight, and the others' reactions of happiness or shock upon seeing this.
Parting from the kiss and touching their foreheads, the red-haired woman said, "I thought I never see you again..."
"What happened to you, Aria? We looked everywhere for you...", Baiken worried.
Aria remembered, "The last thing I remember was that I tried looking for Dizzy after she disappeared, but then I found a strange medallion...and then I couldn't remember anything afterwards...it's like I was having so many memories while possessing two different identities."
"Actually, it seems like you were split into two different identities. Jack-O' was presumably your pseudo good half while Justice your evil half, so the medallion was indeed holding Dizzy inside. Then you used the power of the medallion, and your own free will, to create The Black Cocoon and the beasts within, along with the accessibility to this plane of existence, up to this day... And all it needed to remerge was to come together again by making amends between the good and evil halves, along with destroying the medallion that frees Dizzy.", Ann Takamaki solved.
Everyone looked surprised by Ann's amazing explanation. Nora had the most surprised expression.
Ann looked confused and then asks, "What? Just wanted to make a reasonable explanation."
"Our friend is exactly right, Aria. But what matters is that you and Dizzy are finally safe.", Cameron said, smiling at her friend Baiken.
Blake also questioned, "By the way, are you and Aria in a relationship?"
"We're surprised that the two of you kissed, I mean, it feels like your romance had established 35 years ago-", Weiss imagined.
Baiken replied, "She's my wife."
"YOUR WIFE?!", exclaimed the others but Aria, Dizzy, Millia, May and Kuradoberi.
The pink-haired samurai also mentioned, "And Dizzy is our daughter."
"A DAUGHTER?! HOW IS THAT-", Ruby, Yang, Blake and Weiss exclaim before sighing with Ruby saying, "You know what? That's enough twists for today. We're very surprised to hear that. Maybe because of the sap's side effects, perhaps...?"
Cameron then said, "Hey, since we're all here, shouldn't we find a way out soon."
"In a bit. We're gonna conclude our Endgame review before we get to that. We're sure of making our grand escape after covering up the grand conclusion to the Infinity Saga.", Yang sorted out.
Ty Lee smiled, "Okay. So which part of the film are you at?"
"Already covered up almost 90% of the film. Almost done.", Blake estimated.
Weiss corrected, "So we're at the part where the final battle is almost finished and then the end."
"Got ya.", Athena and Yume winked in agreement.
The red-black-haired huntress nods, "We'll make it quick.", resuming, "Thanos destroys the van, leading to an intense fight with the Avengers against Thanos to prevent him from using the Stones.", watching the part with Captain Marvel holding Thanos' hand after putting on the Gauntlet as he tried to knock her on the head with his own but Carol was still after the attempt, "Oh-ho-ho, now that is like Superman does it in Batman v Superman!", also observing Captain Marvel about to defeat Thanos until the latter uses the Power Stone to punch her away, with Ruby mimicking her off-screen, "I'm okay!", climaxing, "Stark realizes this moment was is the one in 14,000,605 futures, and after a last desperate attempt, we get the last yet most epic Iron Man moment to cap it all off as well as in any movie in the MCU, ending his long-spanning and established story arc with a snap."
The moment showed Stark, now wielding the Infinity Stones, replies to Thanos' inevitable quote by saying "And I...am...Iron Man."
Ruby then said to her friends Yang, Blake, Weiss, Athena, Yume, Cameron and Baiken, "Okay, you guys really for this?", as the others reply, "Hell yeah!", with the eight saying in unison, "One! Two! Three!", and then snapping simultaneously to Tony Stark's snap.
"Stark snaps his fingers, and Thanos witnesses that his inevitable victory, as well as his entire army, is completely gone. Thanos accepts his fate, while Tony Stark shares his final...moments...", emotionally said the blonde-haired huntress as they saw Peter Parker tearfully told Tony that they won, in which Yang sadly imitating him, "I can do more Spider-Man movies again... I promise I will carry on your legacy, Mr. Stark...!"
The part where Potts comes by Stark's side in his last moments before his arc reactor shuts down, his body lifeless as the other Avengers watch in sadness.
Team RWBY and the others couldn't help but cry to this scene, Yang crying, "We'll never forget you, Tony Stark. You will forever be known as the true hero of the MCU. And the one...that started it all...", with her saying, "After 22 movies, 11 years and 3 phases, Iron Man's story has come to a close. They built up all his character development, all his awesome moments, all of his spectacular appearances, and they ended it in a great way. Audiences were crying hard when watching this for the first time, because there were many out there that chose Iron Man as their favorite Avenger."
"There was even a deleted scene that was supposed to have Tony meeting an older Morgan played by 13 Reasons Why's Katherine Langford, but since the scene for some reason wasn't added due to test audience responses, they would've had the guy from the Iron Man film who told not to waste his life. Why wasn't he in the movie instead?", explained the black-haired huntress, "But that scene doesn't stop there. No, it gets way more tearjerking.", then saying, "Clint returns to his family, Peter returns to high school, Scott and Hope spend time with Cassie, and to honor Chadwick, T'Challa, Shuri and their mother celebrate in Wakanda. The sadness scale goes up to 11 as we see Stark's hologram with his last pre-recorded message ending with the father-daughter line 'I love you 3000.' And when the heartfelt funeral was shown, this is where things really pay everything off."
The white-haired huntress described, "The arc reactor from the first Iron Man movie and the first MCU movie ever made was in this scene. You can tell by how nostalgic they all went when making this movie.", as the movie showed the many Avengers in attendance for Stark's funeral at the eco-compound, with others including Happy Hogan (played by Jon Favreau), May Parker (played by Marisa Tomei), Hank Pym (again played by Michael Douglas), Janet van Dyne (played by Michelle Pfeiffer) and Nick Fury (played by Samuel L. Jackson), "This is everything the fans wanted. They wanted to bring all of the best characters altogether, if not everyone, for this one sequence. You've got Steve, Thor, Hulk, Peter, Strange, T'Challa, Quill, Scott and all the others are there. They even got the boy from Iron Man 3 to return, we're serious! And to cap it off, we got Samuel L. Jackson himself, Nick Fury."
"That's the way to end a 22-movie-long saga and that turned into a legend. Even considering the fact that Nick Fury himself in all three 2019 Marvel movies, including this, Captain Marvel and Spider-Man: Far From Home.", thought Ruby before continuing, "Wanda and Clint discuss the sad deaths of Natasha and Vision which may be great setups for the Wandavision and Hawkeye Disney+ series, Happy has a sweet conversation with Morgan, Thor joins the Guardians of the Galaxy for the time being and appoints Valkyrie as the new king of New Asgard, and Steve prepares to bring the Stones back to its original timelines.", as the four saw Rogers being sent through the smaller version of the Quantum Tunnel outside the ruins of the facility but does not return, "And in this last scene coming up, it may be pretty hard to follow for some viewers. Here, you then see an elderly Steve Rogers, so many can be confused or presume there might be a Grandfather Paradox that the movie proved wrong."
Yang contemplated, "But here's our theory. In the film's final scene, it was revealed that after Steve returned the Infinity Stones, he decided to stay with Peggy back in the 40s and have the dance he promised her back in Captain America: The First Avenger after his other self was frozen in the Arctic, thus leading to him aging to that time in 2023 in a elderly state. Don't believe us? Because there's a possible connection in Civil War who looks like the elderly Steve Rogers seen from one of the church pews during Peggy's funeral. We are seriously speculating that! That could be the most logical explanation to that!", concluding, "And so, the movie ends with the old Steve Rogers giving Sam Wilson the iconic shield, passing the mantle onto him which sets the events of the upcoming The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Disney+ series.", the last scene before the flashback showing Rogers shaking Wilson's hand, revealing a wedding ring as the latter asks if he wants to tell him about Peggy, with the former replying 'No. I don't think I will.'.
"I don't think we will either, Rogers. Your legacy will be known as well.", Blake and Weiss tearfully replied and wiped their tears from their face after seeing the final scene, "That was the best Avengers yet..."
Ruby sniffled and then planned, "Now, let's all get the heck out of this place. Any suggestions? Aria, what do you know?"
"From what I remember when part of me was Justice, I... I had the power of immortality, so...it allowed me to enter and exit this plane of existence at any time as long as the gateway is still standing. But since you guys destroyed the Black Cocoon, the gateway is closed... A one-way portal out of here once and for all may take days or weeks, even longer, by one immortal individual. But...it you guys had the power of immortality, it would be able to get us all out of here almost instantly. Some of us are already immortal, but it would still take a short while even if we had the power to do so. Plus, the medallion is destroyed thankfully, but that boosted the creation of a portal along with my free will."
Miria then got an idea after she looked down at the watery floor.
"Hey, guys! Do you remember the Grand Panacea we talked about as well as the Cure-All Elixir? The immortality elixir I mentioned?", the immortal blonde girl queried her friends.
Team RWBY, Athena, Cameron, Yume, Maka, Maki, Natsume, Faye, Fuu, Iki, Ohana, Ann and all the others but Baiken and her friends, all answer, "Yes?"
"Because I've brought a vial with us just in case! I was hoping you'd come to the consideration of taking it since we're close friends, so this might be the right opportunity to do this! The water is key to our exit! You guys have to become immortal like us!", drastically told Miria, referring to herself, Mika, Rachel, Anri, Nice and Jacuzzi.
Team RWBY and some of their friends all gasp softly by this decision.
Becoming immortal was the only way out of the realm. Sure, there are some pros and cons that can happen with the power of immortality while not being able to age with the same appearance, but in this time of need, it was their only choice than to spend eternity in the realm. If they become immortal, they will surely never die from violent, natural and internal means.
Ruby thought over this for a minute, thinking of the advantages and disadvantages of being immortal for her, her teammates and the rest of their friends.
Akane then wondered, "How is this going to get us out?"
"We just have to try. I mean, the result of us becoming immortal should do the trick in summoning a one-way ticket back home.", says Miria.
While it may have been a tough decision for all of them, Ruby finally said, "We'll do it."
"What?", Blake and Weiss said as they looked at each other.
Yang tried to ask, "Ruby?"
"Baiken.", Cameron said, "Haven't you told us that the sap from the big tree at your island grants strength and immortality as well?"
Baiken answers, "Yes. I only have a bit of sake left after you guys splashed it onto the web earlier. But surely, the sap is anointed in the sake, Cammie."
"Good. Then we shall use it.", Athena confirms.
Ruby told Miria, "The vial."
The blonde immortal pulls out the vial which had a colorless water-like liquid inside it.
Taking off the cork, she pours the vial into the water, causing a yellow glow that spreads throughout the entire environment in the water.
"Sake?", signalled Athena.
The pink-haired samurai pulls out her jug, pouring it down as only a few drops of the sap-anointed sake falls into the water, causing a light blue-pinkish glow as well, mixing the sap with the Cure-All Elixir.
Faye, Fuu and Iki interested, "I think we just made the perfect immortal concoction."
Cameron thought, "Just in case other lads like us in the future may be interested, we must gather a lot of this if we want them to be immortal too. But we definitely don't share this in public."
"That's the plan.", Miria said as some start gathering the water that was now mixed with the sap and the immortality elixir, including Baiken gathering some with her jug, and others pulling out water bottles to fill it with the water.
And soon, everyone but Baiken, Miria and their friends were about to drink the immortality-enhanced water, as Ruby said after she, Yang, Blake, Weiss, Athena, Cameron, Yume and Baiken put their samurai helmets and menpo masks back on, "Okay, everyone... This is it. Just one sip, and we're out of here..."
But just before they could drink...
"Wait."
Ruby turns to her elder sister who was about to drink the water too, but is reluctant about their choice.
Yang said, "If we do this, there's no going back."
The younger sister sighed and thought about it once more.
"Well, if it's worth becoming immortal and living freely...then that's all we got. Here and now. We have to make the best of it.", Ruby said in which Yang, Blake and Weiss, "Everybody ready?"
Cameron sighs happily, "Everybody comes home."
And then, they resume in proceeding preparations to drink...
...and so, everyone all at once drank the water...
...and waiting for the result.
Silence happens besides the water splashing and rippling.
"Nothing happened.", Ruby noticed, "Nothing happened..."
Natsume questions, "How come nothing's going on?"
"This can't be a joke, there should be a portal coming right about now!", Athena expected.
Looking around, the girls then felt something rumbling more and more, feeling like an earthquake as the water splashes around.
Baiken held on to Aria while Dizzy, Inori, Millia, May and Kuradoberi all held on to the two of them in comfort.
Yume yelled, "What's happening?!"
"Is this it?!", Blake and Weiss exclaim, just as the latter noticed other figures from the distance (presumably ones that were also sent to the realm), "Are they...?"
Yang and Ruby thought, "At least we're all immortal now, so now what's going on!?"
Then, everyone saw a bright blue light growing more and more until it engulfs the entire realm in a white light, with the shocked expressions on team RWBY and the others' faces seen before this happened. A strange interdimensional whirring sound was heard growing louder during this event before fading away...
When the light faded, team RWBY tried to adjust their eyesight to see where she and their friends have went.
Luckily, everyone was still there as they were before, this time the other friends that had vanished earlier were there safe and sound at last.
"Did it work?", asked Pyrrha and Nora.
Ruby and Yang then looked around...
...and they were finally back at Beacon Academy.
It was already nighttime when they came back, with Ruby checking their Scroll as it said 8PM.
"We made it... We're here...", Ruby said as her happiness went up to extreme levels, "VICTORY!"
Everyone all cheered as they finally returned to Beacon with all their friends safely returned.
Maka Albarn then had the tendacity to rush inside Beacon and going back to the academy library where she meets with team CRDL members Cardin Winchester, Russel Thrush, Dove Bronzewing and Sky Lark, as they were reading for the time being as usual, yet they have seemed to finish their studies for the time being.
"REVOLUTION! A NEW DAWN OF VICTORY IS UPON US! THE CELEBRATION HAS BEGUN!", cheered Maka again to team CRDL before running off again.
Then again, the four CRDL members only responded, "Mm-hmm."
Maka came back to the group as she said, "We finally did it! Our friends are saved at last!"
"Rina.", Yayoi's voice was heard.
The blue-haired singer felt her heart skip a beat as she heard this.
Turning around, Rina saw Yayoi along with Oichi, Matsu, Caliban and Harley Quinn all delighted to see the group after their travels to Edo Island, yet were surprised to see Ruby, Yang, Blake, Weiss, Athena, Cameron, Yume and Baiken wearing their sets of samurai armor.
Rina said in happiness, "Yayoi!", rushing over to embrace her inspector girlfriend.
"Kasuga! Saika! Nohime!", Oichi and Matsu both came to hug the three during the reunion.
As Cameron and her gen:LOCK friends meet up with Caliban while Harley reunites with Sarge, Church and Noelle Silva, team RWBY and the others smiled as they felt that their mission had been accomplished.
"It looks like you saved the day."
The heroes all turned to see Raven Branwen, who had said this, present with Qrow Branwen.
Natsume delighted, "Raven! It's good to see you!", coming over to hug her before Ruby and Yang do the same, "Ruby and Yang told me all about you while we were coming to the rescue."
"Mom! You're here!", Yang said, "Why weren't you there earlier?"
Raven pondered, "The last thing we remember was when we suddenly vanished and then ended up in a strange realm with water on the floor."
"Yeah, same happened to some of our friends. It turns out it was because of a cybernetic being named Justice who was the one that enacted the whole thing, so she created this island called The Black Cocoon, or Kuroi Mayu if others want to call it, and the wyvern that attacked us back on the first day of our sociality event originated from this place, and on the way there, we destroyed The Black Cocoon, saved our friends from that plane of existence, fought off Justice, and...well...we also met with Jack-O' who helped guide us there...and let's say they merged back into Baiken's long-lost wife...Aria.", recounted Ruby.
Qrow imagined, "We see."
"Oh, and Mom... Celty merged into Mika, and now... It looks like they have two different personalities.", reported Yang, "You might not know some of our other new friends, since it's a long story-"
Then all of a sudden, they heard something rumble.
As team RWBY, Athena, Cameron, Yume, Baiken, their friends and the others all look up, they saw a massive hovering skybase, which had a big luminoscent design and shiny crystal-clear textures...
...and by size comparison, the spacecraft was twice as large and three times wider than Beacon Academy.
Arranging itself below team RWBY and the others, a beam shot down from the center underneath the ship, causing team RWBY, Athena, Cameron, Yume, Baiken, Maka, Maki Oze, Sinon, Kasuga, Miria, Mika, Ann, Ohana, Natsume, Faye, Fuu, Iki, Ibuki, Akane and Ty Lee to all float.
"Oh, what now?!", Ruby, Yang, Blake and Weiss exclaim before they and the others quickly ascend up to the ship.
Pyrrha and Nora yell out, "RUBY!"
"SINON!", Leafa shouted.
Raven yells, "YANG!"
"BAIKEN!", Aria screamed.
They watch their friends go up into the ship while it fortunately did not leave.
Julian Chase doubted, "What's happening now?"
"Are there...aliens?", Trucy Wright asked.
Inside the ship, Ruby, Yang, Blake, Weiss, Athena, Cameron, Yume, Baiken, Maka, Maki Oze, Sinon, Kasuga, Miria, Mika, Ann, Ohana, Natsume, Faye, Fuu, Iki, Ibuki, Akane and Ty Lee all find themselves in a large round white hub area with an open view of Remnant's atmosphere.
"What is this?", Akane questioned while Ruby, Yang, Blake, Weiss, Athena, Cameron, Yume and Baiken take off their samurai helmets with menpo masks.
What appeared in front of them were ten girls sitting on lounge chairs all aligned in a group.
The one in the middle was a girl with short ash silver hair and golden amber eyes, wearing a turquoise earring on her left ear, a light blue sleeved and navy color jacket over a school uniform, and brown shoes.
Beside her on the right was another girl with fair skin and black hair that extends beneath her chin with a short ohoge and dark grey eyes, wearing a white and pink-striped hoodie sweater with matching shorts that reach only until her upper thighs and shoes.
A young woman beside the ash-silver-haired one on her left had hip-length brown hair that has a single hair strand hanging on the right side and light blue eyes, also wearing a familiar formal duchess dress.
On the black-haired girl's right was another young woman with long blonde hair, wearing a blue ribbon in her hair as well as a white dress that partially reveals her chest and fully reveals her shoulders and legs.
Who was beside the brunette on the left was another girl with a slender yet curvaceous figure, fair-skinned with a perpetual blush on her cheeks, along with large and round eyes that have warm auburn-brown irises, and rather thick upper eyelashes with two longer and more prominent ones protruding outwards on either side and fewer but more individually pronounced lower eyelashes. Her brown hair was also bobbed and curved inwards at the ends, with two longer clumps taking the same shape on either side of her face and short bangs that reach roughly a quarter down her forehead. She also wore a familiar U.A. uniform, which consists of a gray dress jacket with green stripes: the thin one below the tick one, two pockets and gold buttons, a white dress shirt, a red tie, a black pleated skirt, black tights and brown slip-on shoes.
Beside the blonde girl on the right was another young woman with blue eyes and long silver hair that reaches her waist while her bangs completely cover her right eye yet leaves her left eye uncovered. She had a blue earring on her left ear, while wearing a purple buttoned shirt with a black ribbon that exposes her belly and belly button, a black stocking on her left leg, a dark mini skirt strapped with a pink belt, and mismatched heels with one black and one white.
The person on the left beside the bobbed-brown-haired girl was a short blue-haired girl with heterochromic eyes, her right eye being yellowish-amber while her left eye is blue. Her dark blue hair is fashioned in a fluffy bob cut with a long ahoge swooping towards her left side, and above her right eye has a yellow triangular hair clip while her left eye is naturally covered up by her bangs. Nevertheless, she wore a bright yellow hoodie with a sunflower design along with white-blue platform sneakers.
The girl on the right beside the silver-haired woman had short black hair fashioned in a traditional bob cut, purple eyes and fair skin, wearing a usual yet different academy uniform.
The one beside the short blue-haired girl was a woman with average height and a slender yet feminine figure, having large and round blue eyes, pale skin, thin lashes and chin-length blonde hair with a small piece of hair longer than the rest in the back. The bangs of her hair rest above her eyes, with some pieces of hair sticking out to the side. She wore a white petticoat and a green dress over said petticoat, which was ground length there is sliver embroidery on the hem of the dress, also sporting a deep brown belt with gold buckles and a white cloth around her waist.
And the last girl beside the black-haired one with purple eyes had pale skin, big dark blue eyes and long light-blonde hair that reaches her hips, with long bangs falling on the front and a fringe directed to the left while tied in a long ponytail. She also wore a beige jumpsuit that normally is down and adjusted to her waist that exposes a black tube top, along with brown gloves, a green kerchief that covers her fringe and her head, and common sandals since she was barefoot.
Seeing the ten girls, Ruby then remembered something as she pointed to the ash-silver-haired girl, the long-brown-haired woman and the long blonde-haired woman from the middle, "Hey, we know you three! You were on the front page from the newspaper back on Halloween!"
"Yes, we are.", the ash-silver-haired girl said.
The leader of team RWBY stated, "You must be Mitsugu Bamba!"
Mitsugu said, "Indeed I am."
"And she's Katarina Claes!", noticed Yang, pointing at and recognizing the brunette.
Katarina stood beside her friend Mitsugu, "Yeah, that's me."
"And that's Ristarte!", both Blake and Weiss thought while pointing to and recognizing the blonde.
Ristarte smiled, "Present."
"You've been going viral with skyrocketing subscriber rates, and there was even a rumor about this skybase in Tokyo!", Ruby mentioned.
Mitsugu explained, "Yes, what we're standing on is indeed the skybase from the news."
"Hold on, so you're all from Earth?", Yang presumed.
Katarina said, "Yep. This skybase can be able to travel through space with ease between Earth and Remnant."
"If you don't know who the rest are, we'll just introduce you guys our other friends.", Ristarte said.
Mitsugu said as she introduced the black-haired girl with the white and pink-striped hoodie sweater, "This is our friend Kaede Honjou, but you guys can call her Maple. We prefer her nickname."
"The brunette with the bob cut and the long-silver-haired girl here are our other close friends Ochako Uraraka and Elizabeth Liones. Usually, Ristarte, me and these two hang out together along with the others.", introduces Katarina.
Ristarte introduced next, "The blue-haired girl is my close friend Ai Ohto. She may be the youngest in the group, but she's getting a lot of love like the rest of us."
"She's actually pretty good!", Ty Lee blushed in happiness.
Ai Ohto said, "Thanks!"
"Who else?", questions Athena.
Mitsugu introduced, "The one wearing the demon mask and has purple eyes, her name is Rin Onigawara. Another one of our best friends."
"The blonde one on the far left, her name is Arte Spaletti.", continued Katarina.
Ristarte finished, "And the blonde on the far right is named Winry Rockbell."
"So, as you can see, all ten of us are a group for what we call ourselves... The Famous Anime Gamers.", Mitsugu said as the ten stood together.
Ruby and the others impressed with the leader of team RWBY responding, "Nice. For us, our team name is Criticals. But definitely not a ripoff, only an inspiration!"
"Okay, then.", the ash-silver-haired girl said, before saying, "So you may be wondering about what happened earlier. Just recently, a bright white flash has been reported in many parts across Earth and Remnant. Did anything happen?"
Yang excused, "Oh, we were just doing a mission to save some of our friends after they disappeared, and soon after there was a lot of stuff happening including the island The Black Cocoon-"
"The Black Cocoon? We looked at the map through satellites minutes ago. The island you mentioned that was near Edo Island...it's gone.", Katarina reported.
Baiken and Cameron surprised, "Gone?"
"Yeah. Around the time the flash happened, the island disappeared. But more importantly, how did the bright light happen?", says Ristarte.
Ruby scratched the back of his mind, "Well, it's complicated. We went through a plane of existence where our friends were transported in, and after a bizarre series of events, there was no way out. So the only way to get out of there is to become immortal thanks to the Cure-All Elixir our friend Miria brought as well as the sap from Edo Island that our friend Baiken brought. Thus we all become immortal and there was this...bright white light- Rhymes by the way. And then after that, we're back at Beacon Academy. I think...we might've caused some sort of...paradox? We don't know."
"So you decided to imbide the gift of immortality and then get out of there by breaking the fabric of reality?", Mitsugu said, "Do you know what this could mean?! The paradox you may have enacted could mean the possibility of alternate universes...! Interdimensional breaches. Parallel timelines! Branched realities! Who knows what could happen in the future from the paradox you guys caused?!"
Kasuga sighed, "At least the space-time continuum isn't broken."
"And if it was, we'd all be doomed.", Sinon scenarioed.
Ibuki said, "I mean, nothing bad happened just now, so we're good."
"Yet it sounds neat to meet people from other universes in the future.", Ty Lee said, with Ibuki, Sinon and Kasuga agreeing.
Maki Oze sought, "And when anything bad that threatens our universe comes here, we'll be ready for it."
"I'm sorry for the argument, guys.", apologized and sighed Bamba, "Just be aware that there may be other individuals from other universes that may arrive in the coming weeks, months or maybe years. Yukiko may have to think of something to back the living expenses for some of those that arrive from other worlds or universes, in case."
Ruby nods, "It's alright by us. We mean, on the other hand, all of us do have occupations normally, and we tend to review things in our spare time like movies, games, shows and whatnot. What do you girls usually do in your spare time?"
"We basically all spend time together and play various games, notably horror ones. Other times we tend to go on vacations and raise more fans for Starscraper and on YouTube...", the ash-silver-haired girl told.
Katarina also tells team RWBY and their friends, "Plus, we're not the only ones on this skybase. Our friends are here in different parts of the ship, and you might wonder about our close executive billionaire friend and entrepreneur that manages the entire place. Her name is Yukiko Shirato...and she owns this place as well as her own company Shirato Enterprises. The revenues she gets from her company is outrageous, it's like Mr. Beast but much more richer. We're not workers or anything, but we're rather more like...superstars. And sure, we have our own individual net worth as well outside of managing finances with Yukiko."
"Good to know.", Yang states, "So I figure you guys have Starscraper like us? The four of us have almost a million fans, Maka has over 1,500,000, Athena has 50,000 more than her, and Akane has over three million fans. How about you guys?"
Ristarte questions, "Me? I have 13,000,000 fans so far."
"Thirteen million?!", team RWBY and the others but the ten gamers ask.
Katarina said, "As for me, 15,000,000."
"Fifteen million?!", Ruby, Yang, Blake, Weiss and their other friends question.
Mitsugu prepared, "And my fan count is over 50,000,000."
"FIFTY MILLION?!", team RWBY shouted, Ruby exasperating, "How is that even possible?"
Akane thought, "Maybe, then again, memes and such?"
"Not only that...but since I did a lot of games, vlogs and other stuff like my friends, we get a lot of revenue from it.", explains Bamba.
Ruby then replied, "Okay, honestly, whoever started Starscraper is a freakin' genius."
"Yukiko is the one who founded Starscraper. And we're all thankful for how it changed many people's lives financially and entertainingly.", confirmed Mitsugu.
Blake and Weiss look at each other and said, "Well, we bet Yukiko has done a great job. And even for us, we have done a great job on our adventure that ended today. By the way, it is almost the end of our week-long social event, so tomorrow, our friends from Earth will return back home."
"We guess you guys had a great time.", agreed Katarina and Ristarte, with Ai, Maple, Rin, Elizabeth, Ochako, Arte and Winry all smile happily.
Yang reminded, "Oh, and by the way, we also reviewed Infinity War and Endgame along the way. Haven't even made our conclusion to our Endgame review yet, so this must be the perfect time to say our opinion."
"Fire when ready.", chuckled Mitsugu, "We're listening.", prompting the four members of team RWBY to share their opinion.
Team RWBY then make their overall opinion on Endgame;
Ruby verdicted, "There is absolutely no doubt that Avengers: Endgame remains as the greatest superhero movie of all time. Say what you love The Dark Knight since we also loved that film, or maybe even the Snyder Cut coming out, but not only it does remain as one of the best superhero movies, but also the greatest MCU movie to ever be made. Endgame spectacularly creates the MCU era known as The Infinity Saga, and by the old saying, a saga that ends begins another anew."
"It is definitely much bigger than Infinity War, both critically and financially, and hopefully this can really protect its title as the highest-grossing film ever made, beating James Cameron's Avatar. This blockbuster had everything a MCU fan dreamed off. All the characters came back, the many nods to previous Marvel movies, and the emotional conclusions to Iron Man and Captain America's story arcs.", consummated Yang.
Blake concluded, "Sure, it hasn't gotten a Best Picture nomination along with Infinity War despite Black Panther getting a Best Picture nomination and three other Oscars, but keep in mind in the future that we may hopefully see more Marvel movies get in. This is definitely worth watching as many times a die hard fan can."
"And thinking that Infinity War was, then again, the appetizer of the buffet for what Endgame had to offer, this had absolutely gotten our fill! This will once again and therefore, forever be a superhero movie legend as well as the most unprecendented Marvel movie event that ever come to play.", Weiss finished.
Ruby satisfyingly said, "And there we have it. Finally, we have wrapped up both of our Infinity War and Endgame reviews. What do you think?"
Mitsugu and her other nine gamer friends all were astonished by team RWBY's opinion, saying, "We'd say, congratulations, guys. We'd say the same, but they were utmost awesome in our point of view.", as she and the ten pull out several cheques, "By the way, Yukiko wanted to give these to you."
As team RWBY was given the cheque by Mitsugu while the others got theirs by the other nine girls, they read the cheque with Yukiko's signature on it, with an deposit amount of $3,000,000, "Three million dollars...?", as the others were amazed when they were given similar amounts, with Akane geting five million dollars and both Athena and Maka getting around $4,500,000, "Why does this feel like a jackpot?"
"We also came to give you our thanks. We understood that something bad was happening earlier during your mission and since you technically saved the world, we are grateful for your deeds.", Mitsugu, Katarina and Ristarte all praised.
Ruby stepped forward, "And you know what? We are happy to meet another group of friends like you guys.", reaching her hand out for a handshake.
"Same for us, girls. We are also glad to meet you guys. Will be looking forward to meeting again in the future.", gratitiously told Mitsugu, accepting by shaking Ruby's hand.
As both groups were delighted by the peaceful union, Mitsugu then complimented to team RWBY, Athena, Cameron, Yume and Baiken, "By the way, girls. You look great with those pieces of armor."
"We're thinking of either keeping it or returning it to Baiken, but... Thanks...for everything.", Cameron and Athena said.
Miria then said, "And as a token of our gratitude, we're giving you a special elixir that can grant eternal life. You won't regret it. It's completely safe.", as she gave the ten gamer girls a bottle of water (which was anointed with the immortality elixir).
"Thanks, guys.", they said delightfully, "We will send you back down right away."
Just then, team RWBY and their other friends soon left the skybase as the beam sends them back to where they were ascended earlier.
The girls descended by the same beam back to the Beacon Academy grounds at the same place where their friends were waiting.
Right after, the beam shuts off before they all saw the skybase leave and go off in the distance before going into space en route back to Earth.
Pyrrha and Nora both asked, "What was that all about?"
"Guys, we've just met the gamers from the newspaper article back on Halloween, they told us we should expect more to come in the future, and we just got our payday!", Ruby said to everyone.
"A payday, indeed."
Another voice was heard as everyone looked to see who said it...
Not only Glynda was present, but the other with her was none other than Professor Ozpin himself.
"A few of your friends told us about what happened yesterday. You girls tested your bravery and honor to go face the unknown and bring your friends back from certain doom. It seems that you are rewarded and congratulated for your line of duty.", Ozpin said.
Ruby respected, "We are hunters and huntresses after all, professor. The social event we arranged is ending today, so... Everything's fine now."
"What do you say you girls make the best of it and celebrate tonight for your heroism? You all earned it.", Ozpin said before making his leave.
Glynda commented, "Well said, Ozpin.", before telling the girls, "Now, you guys have some fun. I'll go on ahead with Ozpin.", as she then left.
Everything then cheered and talked to each other about their victory, harmonously.
Once more, Maka rushed back inside Beacon and into the library, seeing the four team CRDL members Cardin, Russel, Dove and Sky, still reading from earlier.
"FREEDOM! WONDROUS FREEDOM! SHINE AND BASK IN THE GLORY OF OUR EXPANDING UNIVERSE!", joyously laughed Maka before leaving.
Unlike the last two times, Dove had overheard Maka's remark as he asked, "Huh? You guys heard something?", due to focusing on the book he's reading.
Back with the group, Ruby then pulled out her Scroll as she got an idea, "Girls, you're thinking what song we're thinking?"
"Hell yeah!", Yang, Blake, Weiss, Athena, Cameron, Yume and Baiken agree.
The song that plays from Ruby's Scroll was Celebration from Kool and the Gang.
When the song plays and after the chorus, Ruby began singing.
Ruby: There's a party goin' on right here, a celebration to last throughout the years...
So bring your good times...and your laughter too! We gonna celebrate our party with you! Come on now,
All 8: Celebration... (Ruby: We're gonna celebrate and have a good time...)
Celebration... (We gonna celebrate and have a good time...)
Yang: It's time to come together, it's up to you, what's your pleasure?
Ruby, Yang, Blake, Weiss, Athena, Cameron, Yume and Baiken: Everyone around the world, COME ON!
Everyone then celebrated their victory soon before they can go back to the academy to have dinner after a long adventure.
When dinner was set in the cafeteria, the group spends the time together by talking about their adventure, any possibilities of future visits or opportunities for RWBY to visit them on Earth, and then some all while team RWBY, Athena, Cameron, Yume and Baiken bonded the most as friends.
Their last supper before the end of the social event was all worth it.
BEACON ACADEMY
9AM
And when the morning came, it was time for team RWBY's guests to go return home as it was the end of their social event.
Ruby, Yang, Blake, Weiss, Athena, Cameron and Yume had returned the samurai armor sets to their friend Baiken after the eight of them took it off for the previous night.
"Well, it's sad to say that this goodbye...for now.", Natsume saddened, "You know I'm really gonna miss you and the others when we leave."
Blake and Weiss smiled tearfully, "I know you will. We all will miss each other and one another... For another day.", before the two, Ruby, Yang and Natsume hug, with Ohana joining in.
"We'll see you around.", Maki Oze greeted as she was leaving with Tamaki and Iris.
Noelle greeted, "Thanks for having us over for the past several days.", while leaving with Sarge, Church and Harley.
"This is a visit we'll never forget.", Emi admitted to Eureka as she and Sukuno walked alongside her and Anemone.
Eureka replied, "Totally!"
After Natsume and Ohana head off into the transport hovercraft, Ruby then saw Cameron and her gen:LOCK friends who were about to leave alongside Yume, Shihoru and Merry, "Hey. Keep in touch with us, okay?"
"We sure will. We're at the Anvil base whenever. It's been fun spending time with you guys.", Cameron replied.
Yume smiled, "We'll be happy to see you guys again someday, okay?"
"And in fact, we had tons of fun earlier with our friends Akane, Faye, Fuu and Iki...", the Scottish gen:LOCK recruit said as they look over to the four who were packing up for the trip home by the hovercraft shuttle they're taking, "No joke, we had fun!"
Faye, Fuu and Iki said in unison, "We definitely enjoyed this event!"
"Same here.", Akane also stated.
Yang told Baiken as she and her teammates saw the female samurai lord prepare to leave with Aria, Inori, Dizzy, Millia, May and Kuradoberi, "You guys gonna be okay back at Edo Island?"
"Thanks to you guys and our friends, Aria and Dizzy are safe once more. And now since Kuroi Mayu has been destroyed and is now gone, there is finally peace on our island.", Baiken smiled with a stoic tone.
Aria said, "I cannot thank you enough for saving me."
"No problem.", Ruby giggled.
The red-haired wife of Baiken said, "And...girls? Did you know that Jack-O' is actually my nickname? It's because Halloween is my favorite holiday."
"Good to hear. Unlike in the games, but that's actually very cool.", Yang said.
Baiken simply said her farewell, "Until next time."
"Same to you.", Blake and Weiss greeted as they saw Sinon, Leafa, Kasuga, Nohime and their friends all prepare to leave, "Thanks for coming, guys!"
Sinon and Kasuga both answered, "We'll never forget this week-long event! We're sure to come back in the future!"
"Definitely!", Yang happily states again.
They also saw Miria, Mika, Anri and Rachel pass by as they were about to leave with Ennis, Nice and Jacuzzi.
Ruby got their attention, "Hey, guys! Thanks for the immortality elixir! I really hope it came in handy!"
"Yes, I think it's nice that we all have the power of immortality now... But just in case, here's a few more bottles of the elixir just in case if you want to share it with your friends closest to you. And maybe if we get to meet new friends in the future. Sure, we don't have to use it on every one of our friends, but...just be glad that you guys can live life to the fullest.", Miria instructed.
The leader of team RWBY replied, "We sure will, Miria."
"We had the best few days for a long while.", sweetened Mika before switching to Celty's tone of voice and expression, "Maybe we'll see each other again back on Earth or the next time we come here.", switching back to Mika's cheerful personality, "Anyways, thank you!"
Yang impressed, "You're welcome. Since you have Mika and Celty's personalities, maybe we can call you Mika-Celty Sturluson Harima?"
"I'm fine with it.", dismissed Mika-Celty.
Ruby and Yang then turned to Rachel, "Hey, we were also wondering if maybe you can become our friend? Maybe come over to our place and hang out? You have been a great friend after all."
"I sure will accept the honor.", the immortal dirty-blonde-haired freelancer accepted, "You're both great friends too after all, Ruby and Yang."
Athena came over to Anri, saying, "I'd say the same to Anri, in case if you're interested?"
"Sure!", the black-haired girl said before shaking her hand.
Maka, Tsubaki and Blair then met up with team RWBY as the former said, "We're grateful to say that this social event has been as much as fun since Halloween. See you guys around!", before leaving.
"Athena.", Ruby said as Athena and Trucy were about to go, "How was it? The whole social event?"
The orange-haired inspector turned around and replied, "I gotta say, it was one of the best times I ever had. Staying in Beacon, exploring Edo, going on an adventure together? Absolutely unforgettable. I am so glad to be on this journey with you...and I'd be happy to join more great adventures when the time comes."
"Well said, Athena... Well said.", Team RWBY said in unison emotionally.
Athena wipes a few tears as they join the others minutes before the three hovercraft shuttles were about to leave.
Team RWBY waves goodbye to their friends who all wave back, as Pyrrha, Nora, Penny and Raven all stood beside Ruby, Yang, Blake and Weiss.
The hovercraft shuttles' doors closed as they all lifted off the surface and head up into the air.
Ruby, Yang, Blake and Weiss smile as they looked up...
...and the hovercraft shuttles peacefully all went up into space, en route back to Earth.
END OF RWBY'S NOSTALGIA COMMENTARY COLLECTION SEASON 2 FINALE ARC
CREDITS (FOR SEASON 2) (I DON'T OWN ANYTHING)
Directed and Written by Christopher Spielberg
Based on the Nostalgia Critic
RWBY created by Monty Oum
Ladies Night, Cherish, Straight Ahead and Celebration songs written by Kool and the Gang
Spies in Disguise, Edge of Tomorrow, Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame review episodes originally written by Christopher Spielberg
CAST OF CHARACTERS (INCLUDING CROSSOVER CHARACTERS)
Ruby Rose
Yang Xiao Long
Blake Belladonna
Weiss Schnee
Athena Cykes
Cameron MacCloud
Yume
Baiken
Maka Albarn
Sinon
Kasuga
Ty Lee
Ibuki
Miria Harvent
Celty Sturluson
Mika Harima
Ann Takamaki
Ohana Matsumae
Natsume
Faye Valentine
Fuu Kasami
Iki Hiyori
Maki Oze
Tamaki
Iris
with Harley Quinn
with Akane Tsunemori
and Raven Branwen
OTHERS
Pyrrha Nikos
Nora Valkyrie
Penny Polendina
Jaune Arc
Lie Ren
Trucy Wright
Leafa
Asuna Yuuki
Alice Zuberg
Saika Magoichi
Aria
and more!
RWBY'S NOSTALGIA COMMENTARY COLLECTION
SEASON 2
RWBY will return.
Author's end note: More spinoff stories, including those with Sinon, Kasuga, Ty Lee, Ibuki and more are in development.
