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BGM: Crystal Caves (Donkey Kong 64)
"I'll show him what I can do." Weiss said as she wandered around, watching several Kremlings go about their day while some of them were on the hunt, looking for the ice queen. By now, they've probably figured out I've escaped… just need to go about it carefully. She thought.
She hopped down on a small cliff and walked ahead, her orbitars ready to fire at a moment's notice. She was on her guard, looking both ways to make sure she wasn't being followed. As soon as she turned the corner, she saw a Kremling going about his day, completely unaware of her nearby.
Perfect. She thought and walked up to him carefully, sneaking up on him with a smirk. When she got close, she aimed her hand at him, pointing toward him as her Orbitars glowed. This was too good to be true! With a flick of her wrist, the orbitars fired a charged shot right at him.
"OOOF!" The Kremling yelled, falling over as she pressed her foot onto his back.
"Gotcha." Weiss smirked.
"Nnngh… that the best you can do?" The Kremling glared at her and then whistled, and then a group of Kremlings suddenly surrounded Weiss.
"Oh… hello." Weiss sweatdropped as she reached for Myrtenaster, only to remember that her rapier was taken. Shoot! She thought and then looked at her surroundings, quickly aiming her orbitars at them. "Come on, I can take you on!" She said cockily. Agh, Yang… you're a bad influence! She thought to herself.
"It's you against seven of us. What'ya gonna do?" A Kremling smirked.
"Well… this is completely unladylike of me, but… I'm gonna do what Coco tends to do." Weiss said, and with a deep breath, she quickly kicked a Kremling in the crotch.
"MMMPH!" The Kremling went down, covering his crotch with a groan, as Weiss smirked… but her smirk disappeared when the Kremling got back up, legs wobbling. "Th-that… that wasn't… hard enough!" He said, tears rolling down his cheeks.
What?! How does Coco do that?! Weiss thought.
"Then perhaps this will be hard enough." A voice said as another foot came up from behind the Kremling, hitting him in the same spot.
"YAAAAAAAAAAGH!" The Kremling fell down as the Kremlings looked up to see who was responsible… and saw that it was Candy Kong.
"You boys ganging up on a girl… it makes me sick." Candy spat. "Now how about you boys skedaddle before it gets ugly?"
"Pfft, like you would take on all of us!" A Kremling smirked. "We can take you on easily!"
"Oh dear… it seems you have chosen poorly." Candy said.
"Okay, new plan! We take her out and then we deal with the ice queen!"
"YEAH!" The Kremlings yelled and charged at her.
"Look out!" Weiss yelled.
Pause BGM
BGM: Rowdy Rumble (Kingdom Hearts II)
Candy chuckled a bit, as she got into position and punched a Kremling right in the throat, knocking him down as she then sweep kicked two Kremlings and then delivered an uppercut on another. She then grabbed one of their tails and swung them down on another Kremling, Luigi's Mansion 3 style. She then did a front flip and scissor kicked a Kremling down to the ground, then punched him in the gut. She then got back up and elbowed a Kremling charging at her with a club, and then did a round house kick to knock a Kremling to a wall.
A Kremling charged at her from behind, but she swung up her fist without even looking, knocking him silly as he fell to the ground. She then karate kicked the last Kremling into the chest and then flip kicked him to the ground. She then looked around and saw all the Kremlings she fought were all KO'd.
End BGM
Resume Crystal Caves BGM
"Now, you boys better run along now." She said and turned to Weiss, who jawdropped at the whole thing.
"You have got to teach me that. Why didn't they pick you for Smash?"
"Oh believe me, they did give me an invitation… I politely refused. I didn't want to hurt anybody. I just usually cheer on my beloved DK."
"With you on his side, I can definitely see why he likes you…"
Candy chuckled. "Thank you. Now, about your weapon of choice…" She looked at the Orbitars in question. "No… no, this will not do at all. Come on, I'm taking you to Funky." She said, walking off and then turned around. "You coming, or what?"
"O-oh! Coming!" Weiss followed her where they wound up in Funky's Armory.
"Well well well, if it isn't the ice queen! How are ya!" Funky exclaimed.
"I'm not an ice queen!"
"Sure you aren't. However, I know just the thing for ya." He said, walking to a closet. "I've been working on this for a while now until I had it just right! It's perfect for ya!" He then handed over a Longsword for Weiss. "Here you are!"
The longsword in question has a double-bladed blade and was icy teal in color. The guard, handle and pommel are dark blue in color and themed after a FN Five-seveN and also has a short chain attached to the bottom with a charm that looks similar to Wiess' Glyphs, the chain is silver and the Glyph is a pale blue color.
"You like it? I call it the Eiskönigin."
"Mmph… it's certainly a bit… heavier than what I'm used to." Weiss mentioned.
"Try a few practice swings, you'll get the hang of it." Funky grinned.
"Um, okay." Weiss nodded, readying her sword and did a couple slashing attacks… which was unfortunately really clumsy and awkward.
"You're doing it with one hand. Try it with both." Funky suggested.
"Okay…" Weiss nodded, putting her free hand on the handle, gripping it tightly as she did a few slashing attacks, which were a lot better but was still awkward. "Mmm… I'm not sure how I feel about this."
"You're used to the rapier, that's completely understandable on how you feel… but give it a chance! You might find out you like it." Funky grinned.
"Hmm, okay, I'll give it a shot." Weiss nodded, strapping it to her back.
"Oh, and before you go… I have something for you." Candy walked away, and then came back with a cordless microphone. "DK told me that you usually tend to dominate karaoke night at the Smash Mansion with your beautiful singing voice, so why not bring this along? Your enemies will definitely freeze up on the spot." Candy giggled, winking at Weiss.
"Thanks." Weiss nodded, strapping the Microphone away. "I'll be heading off now."
"Take care!" Funky waved as Weiss walked out the door and went on her way, crossing a bridge and hopped down off a few ledges and walked around. She then got closer to the water and then knelt down.
"Mmm… I wonder where everyone is…" Weiss wondered to herself. "I hope they're okay… especially Yang. Hope they're not doing anything stupid." She said, kneeling over to drink the crystal clear water since she was thirsty. A Kremling spotted her and smirked, rubbing his hands together as he snuck up behind her, and got into position. He lined himself up and then delivered a hefty kick to knock her into the water. "Wah!" Weiss yelled.
SPLASH!
"Heheheh, too easy." The Kremling said as he walked off laughing.
Weiss emerged from the water, glaring at him… but then realized that the stream was carrying her, so she turned around and swam with the current, diving in the water so no Kremling would notice her. She came up for air and then climbed up on a ice platform. "Phew…" Weiss sighed and then saw an igloo. She immediately went inside and saw a small fire with fish roasting on top of a small grill above the fire. She walked over to it and stared at the fish, her stomach immediately growling. "Mmm… fish isn't even my thing, but… I can't ignore an empty stomach." She said, using Eiskönigin like a spatula and picking up the fish, dropping it on the icy floor.
She sat down, cutting the fish into pieces and then picked up a piece. "Oh! Oh! Hot! Hot!" Weiss winced and then blew on it, then ate the piece. She looked a bit disgusted but it was the only thing available right now so this was what she had to deal with for right now. She cut up the other fish and ate them up too before sighing. "Ahhh… that actually hit the spot." She said, and then heard something flopping nearby.
"Alright, time to check out on my- WHAT THE DEVIL?!"
End BGM
Weiss turned around to see a Sea Lion wearing a viking helmet, and it didn't look very happy. "O-Oh! This was your meal?"
"It was! And you ate it up!"
"Look, I didn't know! I found this igloo and I saw the fish and it's usually not what I eat, but I was really hungry and-"
"That's no excuse! No one lives to tell the tale of stealing from a viking!"
"You're a viking?"
"We disbanded the Snowmads after we invaded this island, but we're still vikings through and through! I, Pompy, the Presumptuous, will avenge my meal! Have at thee!"
"Whoa whoa whoa, aren't you overreacting? You could get more-" Pompy slid and tackled her, sending her outside and she landed on an ice platform.
BGM: Snakey Chantey (Super Smash Bros Ultimate)
"Nnngh… alright, I guess we'll just have to battle then!" Weiss said, unstrapping her Longsword and getting in her position like she did with Myrtenaster, also wielding it with one hand. Pompy breached out of the water and smacked Weiss with his tail, knocking her down. She got back up and quickly slashed at him, but he jumped back in the water. He would then hit the ice underneath her to try and make her lose her balance, but she quickly caught herself.
Pompy breached out of the water in front of her where she quickly made a glyph and had a few icicles hit Pompy to knock him on the ice platform. She then smirked and slashed him, where he yelped and then smacked her into the water. With a smirk, he swam toward the Schnee and headbutted her out of the water. "Argh!" Weiss grunted and landed near the igloo. She let out a scowl as Pompy breached out of the water to attempt to tackle her, but Weiss awkwardly slashed him, barely getting him in the chest that knocked him in the water.
I gotta get him out of the water… but how do I do that? She thought to herself.
"Your enemies will definitely freeze up on the spot." Candy's words echoed in her mind.
Of course! Weiss thought, pulling out her microphone. "Here goes." She said, closing her eyes and then heard Pompy breach out of the water. She quickly summoned a black glyph to protect herself and he smacked into it, falling into the water and then with a smirk, she immediately started singing, knowing exactly what to sing.
Mirror Mirror, what's behind you?
Save me from the things I see
I can keep it from the world
Why won't you let me
Hide from me?
Pompy launched himself out of the ice from the side, smacking into Weiss and knocking her down as he landed in the water… or at least, he tried.
"OOOOF!" Pompy grunted, landing on thick ice. "What gives?!"
Weiss' eyes widened. She was expecting Pompy to freeze up, but instead the lake and the stream that she was on froze up, even the water falls! Her shock quickly changed into a smirk. Perfect. Now the playing field is even!
She quickly got on the new ice and ice skated toward Pompy. The sea lion turned around with a snarl and slid toward the ice queen. The two of them clashed, the Longsword meeting the horns on Pompy's helmet. The two of them struggled for a bit until Weiss jumped back. Pompy slid over to her and attempted to body slam into her, but Weiss rolled out of the way and quickly slashed him after he landed, although it was an awkward slash, she quickly slashed him repeatedly.
"Uuurgh!" Pompy snarled and attempted to smack her with his tail, she quickly blocked the attack, but she did slide a bit due to the brunt of the attack. Pompy moved toward her and then attempted to tackle her, but Weiss blocked the attack again and then slashed upward to knock the viking helmet off of the sea lion, and then quickly delivered several heavy, yet awkward, hitting blows on him that knocked him high into the air and had him fall to the ground in defeat.
End BGM
Weiss panted, standing there for a few moments to catch her breath. "I… I can't believe I just did that." She said as she walked over to the KO'd sea lion and then noticed blue prints pouring out of his helmet. "What's all this?" She wondered to herself and picked them up. "Hmm, I'll save these for later." She said, putting them away as she walked off, strapping the Longsword to her back and walked up some steps, then climbed up a cliff before pulling herself up on a ledge.
With a deep breath, she decided to follow the frozen stream that she had frozen over. It may have been frozen, but she had a feeling she knew she was going upstream anyway. She wondered where it'll take her as she saw some Kremlings down below doing some figure skating. She decided to hop down and get in some practice with her new sword. "Hello boys."
"Ack! It's the escapee!"
"Quick! Get her! She has no weapon on her!"
Weiss smirked, quickly unstrapping her sword. "Oh really now?"
"Wait, where did she get a new toy?!"
"Uh… are we screwed?"
"I'm not sure. Get her anyway!"
Weiss chuckled and would awkwardly cut them down, getting a little better in her stance and swordplay, but still needed a bit of work. Still, she got the job done and strapped it on her back. "Piece of cake." She said and walked off.
"Oooogh… we were screwed…"
"I think she broke my ribcage…"
Weiss hummed to herself, following the frozen river as she climbed another small cliff, then walked along the stream when she noticed up ahead a small opening. Her eyes lit up, this must be the way outside! She hurried over to the opening and went inside, but instead of finding herself outside, she saw that she was in a frozen arena, filled with frozen water. She walked into the icy arena, looking around and on guard. She got to the middle and stood there. "This must be that boss battle that Cranky was talking about… but I'm totally not seeing it."
A snowball hit her from behind. "Ooof! What the?" She turned around, and then another snowball hit her on the face. "Mmmph!" She grunted, blinking through the snow and then shook it off. "Alright, show yourself!" She yelled, and then spotted a snowman walking toward her. "…You gotta be kidding me."
"No, I am not kidding you." The snowman chuckled. "I am your opponent, Bleak… and I'm going to turn you into a popsicle!"
Weiss prepared herself. "Well, this will be easy." She said as Bleak smirked, preparing another snowball… when suddenly, the ground shook and then heard a roar and then suddenly, a polar bear landed on top of the Snowman, breaking him apart and crushing him easily.
"How many times do I have to tell you… TO BUTT OUT!" The polar bear brought out his hammer and swung it to knock Bleak's remains toward a wall.
"Y-you killed him!" Weiss exclaimed.
"Killed him? He's a snowman, he can rebuild himself all the time. That snowball for brains always wants to pick a fight…" He grumbled. "So no, I didn't kill him. I just brutally maimed him but he can never die."
"Even in the summer?"
"Apparently his snow can never melt for some reason… but never mind that." The polar bear looked down at Weiss. "You have a name?"
"Weiss Schnee."
"Well, Weiss Schnee… I will be your opponent. I am Bashmaster, the Unbreakable!"
"Great… another viking…" Weiss muttered a bit before readying her sword and in her stance. Bashmaster immediately noticed her stance and what weapon she was holding. He let out a chuckle.
"This will be easy." He smirked.
"We'll see about that!" Weiss declared as the two of them readied their weapons.
BGM: Jungle Joust (Mario and Rabbids Kingdom Battle: Donkey Kong Adventure)
Weiss charged at Bashmaster, quickly slashing him repeatedly but he blocked easily, seeing how she was still holding the sword awkwardly. He quickly punched her in the gut to make her double over and then swung his hammer to send her flying. She quickly recovered and landed on the ice, then she ice skated toward the massive polar bear and quickly summoned a few glyphs, firing icicles at him which he immediately blocked and saw Weiss in range. He smirked and swung his hammer, but she jumped over and slashed his head, but she was in an awkward state and had missed the target.
Bashmaster, however, grabbed her ankle and slammed her into the ice. She let out a gasp of pain right after with a pained look in her eyes. He then raised his hammer and swung it down, but she quickly rolled over, getting up and slashing him on the side. He quickly elbowed her in the face in response, then he turned around and grabbed Weiss by the neck. He threw her up in the air as he jumped high into the air to meet her, and then slammed his hammer into her, sending her careening to the ice and she slammed into it, cracking the ice below her. She let out a groan, rubbing her head… and when she came to, the hammer was thrown right at her and slammed into her, crushing her and the ice below her, making her fall into the water below.
End BGM
Bashmaster picked up the hammer before it sunk into the watery depths, watching his opponent sink to the bottom. "You were weak." He said, turning around and walking off.
Weiss slowly sank to the bottom, her eyes up to the surface but her limbs refused to move. Am I… am I really that weak…? Was Cranky right… was I over my head? She thought. Maybe I deserve this…
"Weiss, you are pathetically weak. How will you even survive the outside world? It'd be best if I looked after you. There's no need to fight with such a silly weapon, you look like you can't even take a hit to save your life! What kind of father would I be if I let you get killed out there, unable to protect yourself with a rapier like this?" Jacques' voice echoed inside of her.
"Sister, you can't take a hit at all. It would be wise if you stayed here and inherit the mansion. You're better off not doing anything at all. To think you would fight with a disgusting weapon… it's appalling." Whitley's voice was heard.
"Weiss, the way you fight worries me. If you keep at it like this, you're going to get yourself killed, not to mention you're not known for your defense… if you keep falling in battle so easily, then there's nothing that can be done…" Winter was heard as well.
Winter… Weiss closed her eyes as her back hit the bottom.
"…But I believe in you."
Huh?
"Now, keep at it! You are a Schnee… if you value your life, you ought to stand up and fight! No sister of mine will fall to anyone so easily!"
In a brief moment, Weiss saw all of her friends of who had believed in her. Her eyes widening in surprise.
BGM: Departure to the Front Lines (Naruto Shippuden)
What… what is this?
"You beat me in that test, so I know that you are more than capable. Rise up and hit me again! I believe in you!" Lucina.
"Weiss, you shouldn't be so down. So you lost that fight against Marth. Get up and try again! You are capable of fighting and winning. You got this!" Palutena
"Come on, Weiss! Kick Cardin's ass! Knock him down with a Yang!" Yang.
"When you fight, I sense a strong spirit inside of you. Do not let go of that spirit. Your defense may be weak, but use that against your advantage." Meta Knight.
"You got this, Weiss! Fight for Team RWBY!" Ruby.
"You are not weak. You're a Schnee. Everyone has different weaknesses… use that weakness against the opponent. Make them think that they won." Lucario.
"If you can pull me out of my funk when we had first met, than you can get out of this yourself. Rise up!" Blake.
"When I take a good look at you, I see a fighter. A fighter who doesn't give up. Stay strong!" Pyrrha.
"Come on! I can break his legs multiple times in two minutes flat! You can turn him into a shish kebob! Now get off your butt and get moving!" Nora.
"Go on, Weiss! You got this! You didn't fall from Medusa OR Hades! You are a fighter! Take this opponent down with everything you got!" Pit.
"We gotta toughen you up! There's no way you can fall that easily. Yukiko and I will train ya hard! Now give us all you got! We're gonna make ya a fighter!" Chie.
"If I can get stronger with Link, then you can get stronger too. We're get stronger together!" Jaune.
"Be one with yourself. Be strong. Do not falter so easily. I sense something inside of you that's screaming to come out. Let it out and do not hold back!" Ryu.
"Inner peace. Inner focus. You got this." Ren.
Weiss clenched her fists, pounding the ground. No! I can't give up… I'm stronger than this! She thought, getting herself up and grabbed Eiskönigin. It's time to get serious! She thought to herself, summoning a black glyph, bending her legs. I… will… WIN! She declared, quickly launching herself out of the water.
Bashmaster heard a splash of water, his eyes widening and turning around, seeing Weiss in front of him. "Impossible! You should have drowned by now!"
"I am stronger than that!" Weiss said. "And this time… I'll take you down!" She declared, her free hand grabbing the hilt and changing her stance. "I am a Schnee! I do not lose so easily!"
Bashmaster chuckled. "Those are empty words. This time, I'll finish the job!"
End BGM
"No, this time… you won't."
BGM: This Life is Mine (RWBY) (Start at 1:32)
Bashmaster ran toward Weiss, swinging his hammer, but she quickly blocked and then parried the attack. She then slashed him repeatedly, her awkward slashing was far and in-between, this time being in sync with herself. She quickly slashed him across the chest as Bashmaster retained his footing and glared, punching her in the gut and sent her flying, but she stabbed the ground to catch herself from going in the water again. She then pulled the sword out of the ice and started ice skating to circle around him, summoning glyphs where icicles impaled him from all sides as he attempted to block them, as Weiss found herself an opening and slashed through him.
"Urgh!" Bashmaster was knocked back from this, but he let out a roar and jumped in the air, attempting to smash her with his hammer but she jumped back and fired more icicles from glyphs. He charged right at her, ready to slam into her. She quickly formed a black glyph for him to slam into to stun him, then she jumped up from another glyph and slashed down at him. She then jumped back right as he got back up and roared at her, then slammed his hammer into the ground, causing the ice below Weiss to tilt and make her go flying… but Bashmaster had miscalculated as she was flying right toward him! She quickly turned around and kicked him in the face to make him stumble, then she landed and slashed him in quick succession.
"ENOUGH!" Bashmaster grabbed her by the face and slammed her into the ground, raising his hammer up in the air but she summoned her Orbitars and fired shots at his face, making him grunt which was enough for her to roll out of the way and then she got back up, but Bashmaster swung his hammer to hit Weiss to the side and knocked her away, but she stabbed the ground again… and this time had an idea. Her aura sparkling in the process.
Please work! Weiss thought, closing her eyes and summoning a huge glyph behind her. Bashmaster snarled and charged at her, not caring if she was about to throw icicles at him again… but what came out of the glyph surprised him as he stopped and looked at it in awe. It was a giant frosty knight, ready to end this. He jawdropped as the knight quickly swung his sword, hitting Bashmaster and sent him flying toward a wall. Weiss opened her eyes and saw him struggling to get up and then looked up to see the knight before it disappeared on her. She then noticed Bashmaster had spilled Golden Bananas everywhere as he weakly looked up at her.
"You… you had beaten me… I am… impressed…" He fell limp, KO'd.
End BGM
Weiss stood there, panting. "Holy… crap… I did it…" She whispered, standing there for a few seconds before she lost her strength in her knees, collapsing on her back. Her eyes struggled to stay open as her eyes slowly closed… and then the ice underneath her suddenly cracked and shattered, sending her back into the water where she sank toward the bottom.
However, she did not hit the bottom… instead a pink aura surrounded her as she gently floated to the surface before she was floating in mid-air. She did not wake up, so she would not notice her rescuer behind her, holding a stick that was pointed at her.
"Ice girl no die here. Mumbo will take care of you."
Meanwhile…
Ruby found herself in an open field, happily sniffing the flower. "Ah, it's beautiful." She smiled and kept walking, but then noticed the sky got darker, as it was pitch red. "What the…?"
"Hey bitch, remember me?"
Ruby's eyes widened, quickly turning around and saw Dark Ruby approaching her. "You!"
"You and I have some unfinished business." She said, aiming her scythe at her.
Ruby growled, quickly pulling out her Crescent Rose… but it suddenly evaporated on her. "Huh?!" She quickly summoned her Rose Palm, but it would not come. She reached for her Crescent Boomerang… but it wasn't there either. "What… what's going on?!"
"You're in my world now, bitch. Suffer!" Dark Ruby cackled, shooting her with her own scythe. She let out a scream and ran off. "Oh, what's the matter? We were just getting started." She said and then turned to a creature near her. "Get her."
Ruby kept running, closing her eyes. "No… no… I can't let her win! Nooo!" She exclaimed. "Where are my weapons?! Where are my friends?! Yang! Weiss! Blake! HEEEELP!" She screamed.
"Ruby…?" A voice asked as Ruby turned around and saw Pit.
"Pit! Oh thank goodness that you're here!" Ruby exclaimed, but something suddenly impaled him and he shattered on impact. In his place… was a bug… a big grotesque bug that looked like it was ready to kill her. Her eyes widened, she knew exactly what this bug was… it was the Chaos Kin! She let out a scream and quickly ran off, but the Chaos Kin impaled her through the gut… but she did not turn to stone. She was paralyzed. "Wh-what…?!"
"You're quite the pesky bitch, ain't ya? At least accept your death with dignity." Dark Ruby said, appearing in front of her. She aimed her scythe right at her eyes. "You take my eyes… I take yours." She said, quickly taking a swing… and then once her scythe connected, the paralysis finally stopped.
"AAAAAAAAAAGH!" Ruby screamed, falling to the ground and holding on to her bloodied eyes. "Why… why are you doing this?! Why are the both of you doing this?!"
Dark Ruby laughed. "Who's laughing now!" She cackled and then turned to the Chaos Kin. "Finish her."
The Chaos Kin nodded, jumping up in the air and quickly going for her neck as Ruby was screaming loudly.
"AAAAH!" Ruby shot up awake, panting and looking both ways and seeing that she was back in camp. She quickly felt her face, grateful that her eyes were still there… but the thoughts of the Chaos Kin stealing her soul plagued her mind, not to mention Dark Ruby had tormented her before. Her eyes… those soulless eyes that took hers. No… she didn't take her eyes, she took her doppleganger's eyes… she knew this!
But why now… why did these images come back to haunt her? She pushed them out, they're not allowed to come back with a vengeance! There's no way they should do that! That should be a crime.
"Ruby?"
Ruby gasped, turning her head to the source of the voice to see that it came from Rotty. "Are you okay?"
"…I… I need a moment…" Ruby said, quickly getting up and walking off.
"Was it something I said?" Rotty wondered.
"I think I know what's troubling her…" A voice said, as she turned to see Qrow getting up, having been wakened up by Ruby's scream. "I'll go talk to her. You stay here."
"Okay." Rotty nodded as Qrow walked off, hoping to find her niece.
For all you Weiss fans out there, this one is for you!