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BGM: DK Isle (Donkey Kong 64)
Ruby sat in a cold cell, sighing to herself. One minute, they were enjoying seeing Donkey Kong's home… and the next minute, they were locked up in these cells from some crazy witch! To make matters worse, she took all of their weapons so she couldn't bust out with her trusty scythe. All she had was her Rose Palm. She did have her Chibi Robo pal that Pit gave her back at Delfino, but he was charging up back at her dorm. She still remembered what it was like when the robot suddenly came to life.
"Ack! What is moving in my pocket?!" Ruby yelped and pulled out Chibi Robo who was stretching and then did a cute little wave. "Oh my goodness, it's alive!"
"It is?!" Pit exclaimed. "Oh wow! I thought it was just a collectible figurine!"
"Oh please… why would anyone want to collect something childish like that?" Weiss asked as Chibi Robo turned toward Weiss. "As a matter of fact, this thing is really childish that-…" She stared at his face. "That… that it is SO CUTE!" She yelled and then took it from Ruby. "Aww, who's a cute wittle robot! You are! You are! Yes you are!"
Chibi Robo put his hands behind its back and bashfully kicked its foot as if it was embarrassed.
"Wow, first Zwei and now that. That's amazing!" Yang grinned.
"I'll take that over Zwei…" Blake whispered.
"What in sam hill is going on here?" Sarge approached them. "That little thing doesn't look so tough. It doesn't even have a weapon!" He said and then Chibi Robo's arm turned into a mini blaster. "…If you'll excuse me, I'll be buying several thousands of these from stores to make an army!"
"Sorry, Sarge. That was the only one they had." Pit said.
"Drat!"
"And come to think of it, I don't think this "army" of yours will be enough to bully Grif." Pit added.
"Not with that attitude!" Sarge declared. "I wonder if I could tinker with Lopez to turn him into a Chibi Robo…"
"¡No! ¡Absolutamente no!"(No! Absolutely not!)
"He's giving me the go ahead! Yahoo!" Sarge cheered.
Ruby chuckled before sighing. "Well… how are we gonna get out of this one?" She wondered, searching for a way to get out.
"Squack! Squack! I found someone!"
"Huh?"Ruby looked up to see a green parrot.
"Over here, Donkey Kong!" The parrot called out as the large ape came over and saw Ruby. In his own ape language, he asked her if she was alright.
"Yeah, I'll be alright… get me out of here!" Ruby requested as Donkey Kong cracked his knuckles and then grabbed the bars. He let out a mighty grunt and pulled the bars off of the cell, freeing the teenager. "Whoa! They don't call you a heavy hitter for nothing!" Ruby exclaimed, walking out of the cell and hugging the gorilla who hugged her back. "So, who's your friend?"
"Squack! I'm Squawks the Parrot, nice to meet ya! I'm a good friend of Donkey Kong and his pals."
"Nice to meet you too! I'm Ruby Rose!" She smiled. "Soooo… how did you escape?"
"Squack! I busted Donkey Kong out. It was rather easy!"
Earlier…
"Hiyah!" Squawks threw a coconut at the cell door, but it bounced off. "…Okay, this time, for real! I can feel it in my wings!"
Donkey Kong tapped his foot impatiently and then noticed a button on a wall, as he pushed it and the cell opened up instantly right as Squawks threw another coconut.
"Squak! Oh, I… uh… I weakened it for you! Yeah!"
Back in the present…
Donkey Kong rolled his eyes and let out a few grunts. "Right! We just need to locate the others… wherever they may be!" Squawks nodded.
"We just need to look." Ruby suggested as they wandered around the jungle and then looked up, seeing DK's house. "Oh, did you move?"
"What makes you think he moved?" Squawks wondered.
"Oh, we ran into DK while we were saving the Mario Bros and Peach from Bowser for the first time and we got side tracked… mainly because General Guy blew us up with a Banzai Bill and… well, the rest is history."
"Ah! You must've been in DK's second home! He and Diddy visit there often… along with the Kremlings weirdly enough."
"Does K. Rool frequent there too?" Ruby wondered.
"Not all the time, thankfully!"
"That's good." Ruby nodded and then noticed a hut up ahead. "Hey, who lives there?"
"Squawk! That's Cranky Kong's lab. Perhaps he knows where everyone might be at!"
"Oh, good idea!" Ruby grinned and then they headed off to Cranky's lab.
End BGM
BGM: Professor E. Gadd (Mario and Luigi: Partners in Time)
"Hmm? What brings your ugly mug to my lab? Don't ya gotta save the day again or something!" Cranky yelled.
"Nice to see you too, Cranky." Squawks sweatdropped.
"Can it, bird brain! …Who's the damsel?"
"My name's Ruby Rose and I-"
"Ruby Rose?! Now we're naming kids after jewelry and flowers?! Back in my day, we put some thought into our child's names and not the first blasted thing we see in front of our eyes!"
Ruby folded her arms in annoyance. "Oh, so like when your parents named you after a literal mood? Real imaginative there!"
"Hey! Respect your elders, missy!" He yelled, smacking her upside the head with his cane.
"OW!"
"Hmph! Kids these days… so what can I do for ya?" Cranky asked as DK explained what was going on. "I see! K. Rool is back at it again… and brought that Gruntilda along, huh? Bah, I'd say Gruntilda needs to check into a beauty salon, but she'd be a beauty salon reject in an instant! No one would want to take in that wart faced blabbermouth!"
"Who is this… Gruntilda anyway? Was she that ugly witch flying around?" Ruby asked.
"You don't know Gruntilda? Something tells me you need to play some Banjo-Kazooie! I don't recommend Nuts and Bolts, that's where the whole series fell apart! Dag blasted Microsoft… they ruined everything! I swear, if they suddenly team up with Nintendo, I'm gonna blow a gasket!"
"Eh?" Ruby tilted her head.
"Oh, I'll tell you when you're older!" Cranky yelled. "So, you look like you have some fight in you! Tell me, what weapon do you have?"
"Well, I had Cresent Rose on me."
"Oh joy, you had a rose for a weapon… how's that going to work?"
"It's not a rose! It's a scythe that I built myself… that also turns into a gun!"
"A scythe gun? Now I've heard everything! Back in MY day, scythes were simple gardening tools… now people are attaching guns to them?! Glory be, it truly is the end times…" Cranky grumbled. "What else do you got?"
"Well, I have the Rose Palm!" Ruby activated it and showed it to Cranky. "See?"
"…You can't be serious. What, are you gonna high five your enemies? Ah yes, I'll just high five my enemies to death, that'll show 'em!" Cranky mocked.
"No, see… I can fire blasts of wind with these rose petals. The rose petals actually hit the target."
"Rose petals! Truly, I have heard everything! Killing my enemies with flowers? Good grief… no one's really trying anymore!"
Ruby was really annoyed by this point. "Are you always this crabby?"
"Hmph! I don't remember the last time I ever smiled, does that answer your question?" Cranky grumbled. "Grrr… do you have anything else on you?"
"No, that's about it. Although, I did have a Boomerang Flower on me that would have me throw my scythe… but I don't have it on me either."
"Urgh! All I hear is nothing but disappointment from you! Do you know hand to hand combat?"
"Well… I… uh… I know a little…" Ruby rubbed her cheek. "I'm just not that good at it."
"Hmph! You will not last two seconds in this place! Dreadful… simply dreadful!"
"Well, what do you think I should do then!" Ruby snapped. "In case if you hadn't noticed, all of my friends have been captured and I lost my freakin' scythe! So you tell me what I should do because apparently, my Rose Palm isn't good enough for you!"
"Hmm! I see a fiery spirit inside of you! Never fear, Ruby Rose… I'm sure I can cook something up for you!" He said and pushed a button. "Just outside are four training barrels for you to complete. I will have something for you after you completed these."
"And so will I!" A voice said as they turned over to see Funky Kong walking in.
"Squawk! Funky, you got out!" Squawks exclaimed.
"Pah! As if some measly bars will hold me down! Besides, I know how to tinker with stuff, so breaking out was easy." He chuckled. "So, you need a weapon?"
"Yeah! Give me something good!" Ruby pleaded.
"Ohohoho, I'm sure I can cook something up for ya, little lady! Just leave it to me! And don't worry, Donkey! I'll whip something up for you too."
Donkey Kong nodded and gave his trademark grin and gave him a thumbs up. "Alright, that's good enough for me!" Funky grinned.
End BGM
"Alright, how bad can these training barrels be? This should be easy!" Ruby grinned as she walked outside and spotted four barrels nearby. "Oh, is this what he meant? So what, do I just go in one?" She wondered and curiously touched it, and then was warped into it. "WAAAAH!"
The first barrel that she went into was a simple swimming test… all she had to do was grab the DK coin that was on the bottom of the barrel which she easily got. As for the second barrel, she saw a few oranges surrounding a palm tree with a few targets on the walls.
"What am I supposed to do here?" Ruby wondered and then picked up an orange. "What, do I just throw this at a target? …Okay… sounds boring, but whatever Cranky wants me to do." She said and then threw the orange at the target, and said orange exploded on contact, destroying the target instantly. Ruby's eyes widened in surprise as a result. "They're… they're exploding oranges?! Oh baby!" She eyes sparkled and quickly threw the orange grenades at the targets, destroying them on contact. "Wahoo! Give me more! I can't wait to destroy Grimm with these bad boys!" She grinned and then the barrel spat her out once she was done. "Aww, come on!" She complained, before going into the next barrel which had her throw barrels at a wall… which was easier said than done.
"Hrrgh! Mmph! Nnngh!" Ruby tried to pick it up but couldn't. "Uuurgh… where's… Yang or Tifa when you need them?!" Ruby complained and then sighed, before a lightbulb appeared above her head. "Aha!" She grinned, aiming her palm at the barrels and then used her Rose Palm to send them flying toward the walls. "Ha! Take that!"
"Squawk! That's one way to do it, I suppose…" Squawks mused as he was watching the whole thing as Ruby went into the last barrel, which was swinging from vines to grab the DK coin, which she climbed up the palm tree and grabbed onto a vine.
"Alright… easy does it… YAH!" Ruby jumped toward the next vine… but fell short and fell to the ground. "Ow…" She groaned but got back up and tried again, only to fall in the same spot as before… and a few failed attempts later, she finally figured out the pattern and then grabbed the DK coin. "Phew! Finally!" She grinned and then busted out. "So, how'd I do?"
"I think you need to save the vine swinging to the professionals…" Squawks responded.
Ruby sighed. "I knew it… I stunk." She said and then walked off back to Cranky's lab. "Well, I did it!"
"I saw the whole thing." Cranky said. "You're really clumsy on those vines. I say leave them to the professionals because you're just only gonna get hurt from that."
"Gee… thanks…"
"Which is why this lovely potion will fix that!" Cranky handed her a potion. "Go on, try it!"
"…This isn't going to turn me into a Ukiki, right?"
"Good heavens, child! You won't turn into that! Just humor me!"
"Oh, alright." Ruby nodded and started drinking the potion, downing it in a few seconds and giving it back. "I… don't feel any different."
"Ah, but what you just drank will give you a firmer grip on those vines so you don't slip like some maniac!" Cranky chuckled. "Now, don't expect another potion from me any time soon! Oh, and by the way, Funky Kong is ready with your weapons."
"Yup! Introducing… the Crescent Boomerang!" Funky pulled out a metal boomerang filled with rose petals. "You press this button underneath and a blade comes out like your very own Crescent Rose!"
"Oooh! Is it also a gun?" Ruby grinned.
"Ahahaha… no… I couldn't seem to figure that part out. Couldn't find any of that dust you keep hogging around."
"I'm sorry, DUST?! You need DUST in order to shoot your weapons?!" Cranky yelled. "Clearly, I need to have a word with your home town because shooting dust in your eyes is foul play! Foul play, I say!" Cranky Kong yelled, causing everyone to sweatdrop.
"Aaaanyway, here's your weapon, Donkey dude!" Funky Kong gave Donkey Kong a gun made entirely out of a tree trunk. "This right here, is the Coconut Gun! It can fire in spurts and well, if you shoot someone with it, it's gonna hurt. Obviously."
"Oh my goodness, that is so cool!" Ruby fangirled as Donkey Kong took the Coconut Gun with a grin.
"Well, I say we should head out!" Squawks informed as DK and Ruby nodded.
"Funky, do you want to come with?"
"Oh goodness no! Fighting isn't my style… but I have workshops all over the place in DK Isle. If you see one of 'em, give me a holler!"
"Will do!" Ruby nodded as the trio walked (Or flew, in Squawks' case) out. "Alright, let's go kick K. Rool and Gruntilda's butt and rescue our friends!" Ruby exclaimed.
Donkey Kong gave her a thumbs up. "Yeah!" He grunted as they took off, soon finding themselves out on the beach.
"Oh wow… K Rool is already there! We can knock him out right now!" Ruby said.
"Squawk! Not in this condition!" Squawks protested. "You'd be mince meat within five seconds!"
"Oh, alright… can't help a girl from trying." Ruby shrugged and then noticed a dome near the Blast-o-Matic. "Hey, what's that over there?"
"Hmm, wonder what that's all about?" Squawks wondered as they wandered over to the dome and headed inside, where they saw a huge cage holding a gigantic Kremling in it.
BGM: Have a Nice Talk (Mario and Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story)
"Whoa! That's a big fella…" Ruby exclaimed.
"Hmm? Who's there?" The big Kremling asked. "Oh! Some cute friends!"
"Who are you?" Squawks asked.
"I am K. Lumsy. I was thrown into this cell because K. Rool wanted me to trash this place after his Blast-O-Matic failed… but I couldn't! Everyone in here is so cute, I couldn't bring myself to kill anyone… so he threw me in here instead!"
"Oh my goodness… that's awful." Ruby frowned and looked around the cage. "Eight locks? That's a bit overkill!"
"In that case, there are eight keys to find in this island. I'm sure we can find them." Squawks mused.
"Well, we'll help you out!" Ruby smiled. "We'll help you get out of here!"
"You will! Oh thank you thank you thank you THANK YOU!" K. Lumsy cheered, jumping up and down in excitement, unaware that he was shaking the place as Ruby and DK were knocked on their butts while outside, a boulder that sealed up Jungle Japes rolled into the ocean.
"Eheheh… you might want to control your excitement…" Ruby sweatdropped and then got back up with DK.
"Glad I was flying, squawk!" Squawks grinned.
"Lucky…" Ruby grumbled as they walked outside. "So, where should we go first?"
"I suggest we look into Jungle Japes first. Perhaps we'll find an answer on how to beat K. Rool and Gruntilda!"
"Good idea!" Ruby nodded. "Let's go!" She exclaimed and took off, following Donkey Kong and Squawks to Jungle Japes.
End BGM
Meanwhile…
"Sire! Sire!" A Kritter came running up to K. Rool. "Donkey Kong has broken out of his cell along with that Ruby Rose gal!"
"HA! I knew Donkey Kong would've busted out. I shouldn't be surprised." K. Rool chuckled and turned to Gruntilda. "I have to hand it to you… you were wise to steal their weapons."
"Hehehehahahaha! I am the brains of this operation, am I not?"
"…Brains?! Are you calling me stupid?!"
"Your words, not mine, you reptilian dinglebrain!"
"Hmph! Well, I have a question for you. Why are you back to your green complexion? You looked better as a skeleton!"
"Nothing like a little magic would fix me up! You can thank Mumbo Jumbo for involuntarily fixing me up!"
"I heard rumors that you were in a mech. Is that true?"
"Hush now! We do not speak of that horrid event! I forced that freaky Mumbo Jumbo to turn me back to normal… and here I am!"
"I see…" K. Rool mused. "Well, we can relax. It's not like they'll rescue their friends so easily! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
With JNPR…
"Hmm…" Knuckles folded his arms. "So, Master Hand wants me to be an Assist Trophy?"
"That's correct." Pyrrha nodded.
"Hmm, I dunno… someone's gonna have to watch the Master Emerald. I don't want a repeat like last time."
"What happened last time?" Jaune asked.
"Sonic and his friends stole it right under my nose just so we could fight the Metarex… and before that, Chaos happened!"
"The Metawhonow?" Nora asked.
"Long story." Knuckles chuckled. "I dunno… can't you find someone like Tails? I think he'll do a better job as an Assist Trophy."
"He specifically chose you." Ren reminded. "I don't see why you don't want to be an Assist Trophy."
"As much as I want to help fight, I don't want to leave the Master Emerald out of my sights." He said. "It is my duty to watch it no matter what."
Pyrrha noticed something. "Um… Knuckles?"
"I shouldn't leave the Master Emerald out of my sights-"
Ren and Jaune noticed too. "Knuckles…"
"-So therefore, I'm sorry… but I will not be joining the Assist Trophy line up."
Finally, Nora saw this. "Hey Knucklehead!"
"What! What is it?!"
"You might want to look behind you…" Pyrrha pointed behind him as Knuckles turned around to see the Master Emerald gone.
"WHAT THE?!" Knuckles yelled. "Who stole the Master Emerald behind my back?!" He exclaimed and then the ground underneath them started to shake. "Oh no!"
"What's gonna happen?" Nora asked… aaaand then Angel Island started falling. "AAAAAAH!" They all screamed… unaware that just above a cliff that oversaw Angel Island, stood Nabbit and Sableye who had quietly stolen the Master Emerald without no one noticing.
"Sable! Sable!" Sableye cried, watching Angel Island slam into the ocean and causing a massive tidal wave.
Nabbit giggled, high fiving his partner in crime and then sealed up his bag, then they took off.
Down below, the five of them were groaning as Knuckles got up. "Grrr… fine… you want me to join the Assist Trophies?! I'll join the Assist Trophies… and I'll find the thief who's responsible for it!"
"Great…" Jaune groaned while having swirly eyes. "That was easy…"
"One down… a lot more to go…" Nora groaned.
I despise Eagle Tower with a passion... Yes, I got Link's Awakening for my birthday.
Also this:
RWBY Chibi - Nabbit and Sableye have trouble stealing the Master Emerald
RWBY: DK 64 - Nabbit and Sableye have no trouble at all!
*chuckles* Funny how it works.
Also, RWBY will be getting new weapons in this story! Kinda came up with the idea on the fly while writing this chapter, so WBY might be getting weapons too! ...Just need to figure out what'll work for them. I'll think of something!