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Qrow walked toward the river bank, hearing sniffing near the river bank. The moonlight reflected off of the river to show that Ruby was sitting there in a fetal position. Qrow walked over to his niece and then sat next to her, both of them saying nothing.

"Nice night, isn't it?" Qrow asked after a few minutes of silence.

"Yeah… I guess…"

"Something on your mind?"

"…I want to go home… be with dad and Zwei… just shut myself away from everything…"

"And give up on trying to save DK Isle from a deranged crocodile?"

"At least I won't have a freakin' shotgun that shoots cannonballs aimed at my face!"

"Come on, Ruby… you're tougher than that. Something else has to be troubling you."

"…Okay… it's about… her."

"Your doppleganger?"

"Yeah…"

"So, what did happen when you first met her? I don't think you told me… all I know is that she can stop time with her semblance."

"When we first battled… she tormented me, she was getting to my head, cutting me up, she… she was nasty… she actually defeated me and dropped me over a spike pit… I… I would have died if Dark Pit didn't save me…" She sniffed a bit. "I got back at her at the Lunar Sanctum and cut out her own eyes… but I feel like that was a mistake…"

"Why do you feel that was a mistake?"

"Because she got new eyes! And now she's demanding blood! My blood!" Ruby cried. "She's not going to stop until I'm dead! And let's not forget that if Palutena didn't turn me into stone, that damned Chaos Kin would've killed me! I would've been dead!" She planted her hands in her face, groaning. "I'm so stupid…"

"Ruby, you're not stupid."

"Yes, I am!" Ruby looked at her uncle. "I should've killed Dark Ruby! I should have defended myself over the Chaos Kin… and… I… I should probably be dead after all that has happened!"

"Now now, kiddo… don't say it like that. You're a skilled huntress, believe me. A huntress would never-"

"At least you never dealt with any of this crap! At least you don't push away your nightmares and pretend like they never happened!" She yelled.

Qrow's eyes widened. "Ruby…"

BGM: Riku (Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 ReMix)

"…I'm sorry… I… I shouldn't have yelled…" Ruby sniffed, wiping her tears.

"No, no… it's fine." Qrow looked at her. "You've been pushing away your fears?"

"Yes… I've been trying to ignore them… pushing them away so I wouldn't think about it… but they always creep up all the time… the last attack I had… I was having a sleepover with Rise, Chie and Yukiko when it happened. I didn't wake anyone up but… I couldn't sleep the rest of the night…"

"You ever thought of a therapist?"

"No, I haven't."

"Why haven't you then?"

"Because I don't think therapists have been gutted by the Chaos Kin or tormented by a doppleganger! I can't connect with them, they won't even relate to me!"

Qrow sweatdropped. "I think you missed the point on therapists, kiddo… they're not meant to relate to you, but to help you. Besides, it'd be impossible to find the right therapist with… your issues."

"Well, what am I supposed to do?! Go to Dr. Toadley? He creeps me out!"

"Something tells me you've been to him."

"Yes… and he wasn't helpful. He was all 'Will you get rid of this fear? You most certainly will!' and he was just… so… ugh…"

"He means well."

"I want to find the right therapist… but I don't know who'd be the one!"

"I'm sure they'll be one out there for ya… but this isn't healthy. You shouldn't bottle up your fears like this."

"Well, what do you want me to do, suffer and let those two win?"

"No! Of course not… besides, the Chaos Kin is dead."

"I know… but it's still haunting me…"

"You probably have survivor's guilt. You survived after getting gutted, but you don't feel like you should have survived… and then there's your fight with Dark Ruby."

"Survivor's guilt plus I probably have PTSD in there somewhere…"

"More than likely, yes." Qrow nodded, and then side hugged Ruby who leaned into his chest. "Kiddo, there's nothing wrong with being afraid of something. If you're afraid of Dark Ruby and the Chaos Kin, that's fine. It's not wrong to have PTSD. However… it is wrong to bottle them up and hide them, not to mention not seeking out a therapist."

"I'm sorry, uncle Qrow…"

"It's fine, kiddo… maybe we're done with K. Rool, you go and find a therapist."

"Yeah…"

"Tep Tep!"

"Hmm?" Ruby looked over to see Dàhuô approaching.

"Oh, hey there bacon breath." Qrow greeted with a smirk. "Couldn't sleep either?"

"Tep…" Dàhuô motioned his head behind him as they looked up to see Yang walking to the other side of the river bank, next to a mushroom.

"What's she doing?" Ruby asked.

Yang took a step back, getting in position and cupping her hands together. "Hadoken!" She yelled, shooting her arms out, but nothing came out. She clenched her fists and tried it again. "Hadoken! …Hadoken! HADOKEN! HADOKEN!" She yelled, but nothing was coming out.

"Oh, she's trying that." Ruby said.

"Tepig Tep…"

"How long has she been working on that?" Qrow asked.

"Ever since she's been training with Ryu… she got the Shoryuken down, but she can't get the Hadoken out."

"I'm sure she'll get it." Qrow said.

"HAAAADOOOOOKEEEEEN!" Yang yelled as loud as she could, shooting her arms out… but nothing. "Dammit!" She cursed, punching the mushroom in frustration. She could feel K. Rool mocking her for her failure. She clenched her fists and tried it again. "Hadoken!"

"Tepig…" Dàhuô sighed, his ears lowering.

"Yeah, we're worried about her too…" Ruby said, unaware of Blake and Tifa who had leaned on a mushroom and watched Yang, and then Ruby looked up at the night sky. "I wonder how Weiss is doing…"

End BGM

A few hours later…

Banjo was the first to wake up, stretching. "Mmmm! That was nice…" He said as Kazooie stretched out of the backpack, stretching her feathers.

"Mmm! Slept like a baby!" Kazooie grinned.

"Morning, you two!" Rotty smiled, happily munching on a brain.

"…You're not eating Shantae's brain, are you?"

"Nope! I'm eating a Kritter's." Rotty responded. "I have to say… crocodile brains are a little tough for my liking. I like 'em nice and chewy."

"Like salt water taffy?" Banjo asked.

"Bingo!" Rotty smiled as the DK crew started waking up as well, then RBY walked over to them with Dàhuô in Yang's arms and Tifa and Qrow walked over as well, then Shantae and her friends woke up as well.

"Mmm… that was a good na-" Shantae immediately saw what Rotty was heading and immediately felt her scalp in a panic. "…Oh thank goodness, nothing's empty!" She sighed with relief.

"I wouldn't relax just yet… your brain is next." Rotty teased with a wink.

"Noooo!"

"Oh, you two…" Sky shook her head with a sigh.

"We should probably have some breakfast before we leave." Bolo suggested.

"All I see are mushrooms…" Ruby said. "Wait… where's Donkey Kong?"

"Hoo hoo hoo!" He called out as they looked up to see him coming down from a tree and handed them bananas for each of them.

"Oh, thanks big guy!" Yang smiled, happily eating it while Donkey Kong offered a smaller banana to Dàhuô and Belle.

"Tep!"

"Purr!"

"Maybe if I eat a few bananas… I'll finally get this Hadoken down." Yang said.

"I think you just need to train more." Tifa said.

"Mmm… but what do I need? I feel like I got the technique down!"

"Maybe you're not ready?" Tiny wondered. "Nah… can't be it."

"Maybe it doesn't like you?" Rotty wondered.

"I don't know… it's frustrating!" Yang sighed. "Well… I suppose we'll just head on our way…"

"Right, let's go." Qrow said as they walked out of Fungi Forest and walked back to the beach, where they walked over to K. Lumsy's prison and unlocked the cell, causing him to bounce around happily and caused a nearby rock to shatter and revealing a cannon. They walked out of the prison shortly afterward and noticed said cannon.

"Oh? Where does that lead to?" Ruby wondered.

"Ugh… please tell me they're not like those barrel cannons…" Blake hoped.

"Squawk!" Squawks came flying down. "This cannon leads directly to a castle! Gruntilda's Castle, to be exact!"

"Gruntilda's Castle?" Tifa asked.

"Well, technically, it's Creepy Castle, but Gruntilda decorated it!"

"Well! Now we know where that ol' hag is hiding!" Kazooie exclaimed.

"Looks like we got a witch to knock out!" Banjo said.

"Maybe that's where we'll find Weiss!" Ruby grinned.

"Yeah!" Yang nodded.

"It's worth a shot." Blake smiled.

"Then let's go." Qrow said as they went into the cannon one by one, blasting off to Gruntilda's Castle, with mixtures of "WAHOOOO!", "WHOOOOOA!", "AAAAAH!" and some monkey screaming from the Kongs.

BGM: Gruntilda's Lair (Banjo Kazooie)

The gang landed on the ground, and then looked up at the castle. They saw the Creepy Castle in front of them, but it had a Gruntilda touch to her, slapping her face on the castle walls, throwing in her minions prowling the grounds.. It was definitely Gruntilda written all over it.

"Alright, y'all ready?" Banjo asked as they nodded. "Let's roll!"

Yang cracked her knuckles. "Let's knock down the door!"

"That's what she'd expect." Banjo said.

"Yeah, she probably has a trap ready for us." Blake said. "Let's go up there!" She pointed to a climbable ledge. They walked to it and hopped up, moving to the right.

"What's with the dirt mounds on the walls?" Shantae wondered.

"Uh oh… watch out!" Banjo warned as several Snapdragons popped out to try and bite down, but Sky had Wrench to take them down. "Those are Snapdragons, they tend to be quite vicious."

"Good to know." Ruby said as they safely traversed until they climbed up on a platform and walked over, then came across a window. With a smirk, Yang punched the window to destroy it.

"She read our minds." Banjo chuckled.

"Aw, no fair, I wanted to do that!" Kazooie complained as they hopped into the building, where they immediately noticed that the front door had an axe ready to swing down the moment the door opened. They quickly hurried down a corridor when they noticed owl-like statues turning to them and launching fireballs at them. They quickly took cover.

"Owl statues are firing at us… that's a new one." Blake said.

"Those are Gobgoyles." Banjo said, taking Kazooie out and cocking her, aiming at the Gobgoyle and firing a Grenade Egg at it while Donkey Kong and Chunky shot the others down with their coconuts and pineapples. Once the corridor was cleared, they took off and got into a room.

"Intruders! Destroy those cretins before they make a mess of things!"

At that moment, a lot of Uggers and Guvnors charged at them as everyone got in a fighting stance. Ruby threw her boomerang at some Uggers to knock them down as Yang jumped up in the air and punched the ground to make a small crater and knocked some Guvnors away, then called out Dàhuô who used Flame Charge on a few of them and then used Ember while the others charged forward and knocked them over as Tifa dodged a Guvnor swinging his wrench at her and used an uppercut to knock him into the air.

A Guvnor smirked, sneaking past the carnage and then hit a button, where an electrical cage suddenly surrounded them. "Ha! Trapped ya!" He smirked.

"Oh really now?" Rotty smirked, detaching her head and throwing her head through a hole to the cage where it landed on the button, releasing them all as her head rolled off and landed on the ground, and then her body rose up from the ground. "Ah, much better!"

"WHAT?!" The Guvnor yelled as Rotty quickly detached her leg and swung it on top of him to knock him down.

"I wish I could do that…" Ruby said.

"Way to go, Rotty!" Shantae exclaimed, launching fireballs at the enemies where they quickly defeated the horde as they ran up the stairs to the next level.

"You may have gone through the first round, but round two will be your end! Ahahahahahahaha!"

"Ugh, that laughing is annoying…" Shantae complained.

"Trust me, you get used to it." Kazooie said as Donkey Kong and Diddy jumped ahead and took care of some Guvnors that charged right at them, and then they went into a room where the alarm sounded as several Tintops rose from a spawn while a Spy-I-Cam was sounding the alarm. Qrow quickly ran up to it and cut it down while Blake summoned her Belladonna Claws and slashed through a few of them while Banjo shot Grenade Eggs from Kazooie to destroy the rest of them.

They proceeded to go through a corridor when they came into another room that was filled with lava pits, crumbling platforms, and Hotheads flying around on carpets. They ran over to the other side, jumping over the platforms as Blake used her Shadow Whip to swing her away across while kicking the Hotheads away and landed on the other side easily, meeting up with Shantae who had turned into her Harpy form and high fived Blake as the others made it across. Ruby jumped over to the last platform where she nearly slipped and fell into the lava, but Yang and Tifa caught her and pulled her up.

"Bah! You went and broke through my traps! This third round will surely do the trick! Ahahahahaha!"

"We'll see about that, witch!" Tiny yelled as they ran up to the third floor and came across an empty room.

End BGM

"I'm feeling a mid boss, how about you?" Banjo asked as they walked to the center.

"Yup!" Kazooie nodded.

"Wonder who we'll fight against…" Lanky mused, and a few seconds later, an ogre-like monster wearing a lab coat slammed into the ground and roared.

"Klungo?!" Banjo yelled.

"You know him?" Tifa asked.

"Yeah! He was Gruntilda's minion before he quit and started making games! I'm not sure how he's here…" Banjo mused.

"Has he always worn that machine on his head?" Lanky asked, pointing to a strange device on his head.

"Aha! He's brainwashed!" Banjo exclaimed.

"Then we'll just knock it off of him!" Yang smirked, squaring up as everyone else got in a stance.

"Desssstroy!" Klungo exclaimed.

BGM: Vs Klungo (Super Smash Bros Ultimate)

Klungo threw potions at them, forcing them to dodge as Yang and Tifa ran over to him as they both delivered a haymaker to the gut to knock him back. Ruby jumped up in the air and threw her boomerang, but Klungo summoned a force field to block the boomerang, then he ran over and punched Ruby but she used her semblance to get out of the way. He then threw explosive potions at them all. Shantae quickly shot them down with her fire magic while Blake grabbed one with her Whip and then threw it back at Klungo to knock him over, but he quickly got back up.

Donkey Kong rolled up his DK Punch, and then he charged at Klungo and swung his punch, but Klungo blocked this with his own fist, countering him and knocked Donkey Kong back while Diddy fired his Peanut Popguns, Tiny shooting feathers and Lanky firing grapes, covering himself in grapes, feathers and peanut shells as Chunky jumped up in the air and slapped Klungo silly. Sky and Bolo ran over as they brought out their scimitars and slashed at him until Klungo punched them away.

Rotty tore off one of her legs and bent it, then looked at Ruby with a nod as Ruby threw her boomerang and Rotty threw her leg boomerang right as Klungo ducked the first boomerang. "Ha! You missssed!" He laughed, and got hit in the face by the leg boomerang.

"Ha! Boot to the head!" Rotty grinned, high fiving Ruby as their boomerangs returned as Rotty reattached her leg.

"Grrr…" Klungo drank a potion as he got bigger and then he drank another potion to clone himself up as his clones charged at them but Banjo and Kazooie charged at the real Klungo and used Breegull Bash on him. "Argh!" He yelled, his clones disappearing.

"The trick for figuring this out is that the real one moves last!" Banjo explained.

"Doesn't that hurt Kazooie?" Ruby asked.

"Ha! Jokes on you, I actually enjoy it!" Kazooie said.

Oh great, she's one of those people… er… birds. Blake thought.

Klungo growled, throwing more explosive potions at Ruby and Yang where the sisters rolled out of the way as Yang jumped up in the air and punched him in the gut, and then delivered an uppercut to knock him in the air. With a smirk, she got in her stance and put her hands together. "HADOKEN!" She yelled, but nothing came out. An anime tic mark appeared on her forehead, looking visibly annoyed. "Dàhuô, roast his ass with Ember!"

"TEPIIIIIIG!"

"Aaaargh! It buuuurnsssss!"

"We'll get in on that action too!" Blake threw her Luxury Ball in the air. "Belle, Fury Swipes!" She ordered, while summoning her Belladonna Claws as the two of them ran together and slashed through him while Tifa ran over and used an uppercut with Donkey Kong to knock him high into the air as he fell toward the ground, KO'd. Shantae ran over and grabbed a hold of his device and threw it to the ground, before transforming into her elephant form and crushed it, then turned back to normal.

End BGM

"Ow… that hurtssss…" Klungo groaned, sitting up as Banjo helped him up.

"Easy, big guy." Banjo said.

"Mmm… Banjo?" He wondered and then turned to the others. "Who are these guyssss?"

"They're our friends." Banjo said.

"I sssssee." He said as they introduced themselves. "Nice to meet you."

"How did you get here?" Banjo asked.

"I wassss making my gamessss when Gruntilda kidnapped me… and brainwashed me. Next thing I know… I'm here with you."

"So you don't remember much…" Yang said. "That witch… she'll pay…" She said, clenching her fists. "She and K. Rool." She was unaware of a fiery blue aura surrounding her hands for a few seconds before it disappeared… but Dàhuô did notice.

"Tep?" He tilted his head.

"Why don't you go rest back on the isle? We'll take it from here." Banjo said.

"Yessss… that'sss a good idea." Klungo got up. "Take care of her for me."

"We will!" Banjo nodded as Klungo walked off, finding himself an exit teleporter and escaping.

"Come on, let's go!" Kazooie exclaimed. "We've got a witch to defeat!" She said as they took off.

Meanwhile…

BGM: Banana Fairy Isle (Donkey Kong 64)

"Mmm…" Weiss opened her eyes, finding herself on a couch. "…Wh-where am I?"

"You are safe on Banana Island."

"Huh?" Weiss looked over to see Mumbo on his chair, and a few Banana fairies flew around. "What the?! Who are you?!"

"I am Mumbo Jumbo, you may call me Mumbo. Mumbo is friends with Bear and Bird."

"I have no idea what you're talking about…"

"Bear and Bird are friends with gorillas, teenage girls and friends."

"Teena-… wait…" She immediately sat up. "You know them?!"

"Mumbo never met them. Only know bear and bird."

"Oh…"

"Mumbo saved you from watery grave. Mumbo and Banana Fairy Queen brought you back to health."

"Banana Fairy Queen?"

"That's me!" The Banana Fairy Queen waved over. "We nursed you back to health. You took quite a beating from earlier. We also took the Golden Bananas to add them to the horde and gave the blueprints to Snide. He's a weasel who formerly worked for K. Rool."

"…Why do I have a bad feeling about that last part?" Weiss asked, standing up but feeling a bit woozy. "Ugh…"

"Oh! Easy now…" The Queen quickly caught her. "Save your strength. You're still recovering!"

"Mumbo watch you fight. Mumbo thinks your defense stinks."

"Ugh… tell me about it…" Weiss sighed. "Everyone's right… I'm a glass cannon."

"Now now! Don't be all mopey. You can use that to your advantage." The queen said. "Make them think they beat you, but get back up and try again! Throw them off balance."

"But how do I do that? I train in Smash Bros and I still go down…"

"Perhaps this will help." The queen whistled as a few Banana Fairies came flying over and circled around Weiss, sprinkling some kind of dust on her as Weiss glowed a bit before she stopped glowing. "There! Now your defense has increased… that way, you won't go down quite as hard."

"Thanks… I guess." Weiss stood up.

"What are you going to do?"

"To go to Cranky's Lab. I need to tell him something."

"No need!" A voice said as they saw Cranky approaching them. "They invited me over… right in the middle of my potion making too!"

Weiss sighed. "You don't need to eat your cane… because you're technically right. I can't take a hit to save my life… but at least I've tried."

"Aye, that you did!" Cranky nodded. "And even if I did eat my cane, it'd be far healthier than what those kids in Smashville eat these days! Seriously, who goes and eats laundry detergent as if they were candy! It's as if they WANT a nasty hospital bill!"

"…I wasn't aware of this…"

"Good!" Cranky nodded. "Now, what are you going to do?"

"I'm going to find my friends." Weiss said and reached for Eiskönigin, but realized it was missing. "Huh? …I need a weapon."

"Here you are!" The queen handed her the longsword.

"Thank you." Weiss strapped it to her back. "Now, where are they?"

"We heard a cannon go off a while ago… we think they went to Creepy Castle." The queen responded. "…Though, I've heard rumors it's now called Gruntilda Castle."

"A cannon… thanks!" Weiss nodded and walked out the door, seeing that the isle she was on was nearby DK Isle, so she took a quick swim and ran to the cannon. She looked at it and took a deep breath. "Hang on guys, I'm coming." She said, hopping in the cannon and blasting off to Gruntilda's Castle.

RWBY is almost reunited, and this story is almost over! I hope y'all are ready for the finale soon... because i'm gonna drop a good one!

And no, the next chapter won't be the finale, but in a few chapters from now. Hehe, hope y'all like it!