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BGM: Gruntilda's Lair (Banjo Kazooie)
The gang walked up to the fourth floor, where they would see flamethrowers shooting out of the walls while Hotheads flew around the area, also some fire arrows were shooting out into holes. "Okay, we gotta do this carefully." Shantae said.
"Ready, Kazooie?" Banjo asked.
"Ready!" Kazooie nodded, covering Banjo's body as they did Wonderwing to get through the chaos unfolding and made it to the other side, hitting the switch… but they noticed two switches. Kazooie popped out of the backpack and landed on the second switch, but it didn't go down. "Wha…?"
"Ahahahaha! Nice try, bird brain! That switch you stepped on won't work! I made it so that you and that dumb bear won't split up like you did all the time! Next time, gain a few pounds!"
"And go back to those horrid days where we raced in stupid go karts? No way, sister!" Kazooie spat out.
"Oh! I got an idea!" Rotty grinned and detached her head. "Shantae! Throw my head like a bowling ball!"
"Why can't you do it?" Ruby asked.
"Unfortunately, I'm not a straight shot…"
Rotty pulled off her head at the bowling alley, and then threw herself into the bowling lane… only for her head to curve and go straight into the gutter while not knocking down any pins. "Ow! I'm okay!"
"You would do a lot better if you looked at the pins and not at your body." Sky pointed out.
"Well yeah, but then I wouldn't able to see myself preparing to throw my head!" Rotty argued.
"I do have to admit, that would be a good excuse." Shantae said.
Blake facepalmed. "Oh good grief…"
Shantae picked up Rotty's head and aimed at the center, getting into position and threw the head across the floor, rolling through arrows, flamethrowers, and even some spikes protruding through the ground a little late. Rotty's head stopped near Banjo and then her body sprang up from the ground. She then walked over and stepped on the switch, deactivating the traps.
"Ack! I call foul! That's cheating!"
"No, that's called using your head." Yang smirked.
"…Note to self, kill the blonde bimbo for that horrid joke."
"I'll do it for ya!" Kazooie said.
"Kazooie!" Banjo scolded.
"What?"
"It wasn't that bad…" Yang pouted a bit as they went through the hallway and took down any Hothead that stood in their way and then regrouped with the bear, bird and zombie before continuing on to the fifth floor, where they saw a huge pool of water, complete with Swellbellies and Shrapnel. On the other side of the pool was a locked door.
"Ahahaha! Let's see if you have strong enough lungs to go get the key at the bottom of the pool! Can you do it while avoiding the Swellbellies and Shrapnel? I bet you can't!"
"Oh, this is easy." Shantae dove in the water, transforming in her mermaid form and swam down and grabbed the key, swimming back up and quickly flipped around to smack the Swellbellies into the Shrapnel and exploding them as she breached out of the water and unlocked the door, turning back to her genie form. "Ta-dah!"
"And here I thought mermaids were a myth." Kazooie said.
"Apparently not!" Banjo chuckled as they pressed on to the sixth floor, where they saw some boulders rolling around, where they saw boulder shaped holes in the wall.
"Alright, you cheaters! Punch these boulders into the slots and you will go through. Break them and you will receive a nasty surprise! AHAHAHAHAHA!"
"This one seems like it'll be perfect for the strong ones." Qrow mused as Tifa, Yang, Donkey Kong and Chunky walked forward.
Tifa was the first one up, as she quickly delivered a strong punch to the first boulder, sending it flying and going into the hole. Tifa grinned and dusted her hands off. Yang attempted to do the same thing, but a few tears ran down her cheeks and she pulled away, her fist throbbing. "Ow…" She winced, waving her hand. "How do you do that?"
"More experience?" Tifa shrugged.
Yang sweatdropped. "Ouch…" She said as she put her hands on the boulder and pushed it, where it slowly rolled into the hole. "That'll work." She chuckled… and then Donkey Kong picked his up and threw the boulder, slamming it into the hole and even cracking the wall a bit. "Show off!" Yang muttered as DK let out a smug grin.
"Chunky's next!" Chunky said, using his strength to punch the boulder to the hole… only he was off by just a few inches and the boulder broke.
"AHAHAHAHAHAHA! BRILLIANT!" Gruntilda yelled as they were all hit by lightning as they all screamed. "I bet that REALLY hurt for the blondie! Ahahahaha!"
"Chunky's sorry…" Chunky groaned after they were fried a bit.
"Don't worry about it." Blake said. "No one's perfect."
"Yeah, try it again." Tifa encouraged while Yang had her hair sticking up.
"Oh, I'm gonna kill her…" Yang grumbled, brushing her hair down with the help of Sky and Tifa while Chunky did it again, this time the boulder going through the hole.
"Bah! Alright, you can go ahead…" Gruntilda grumbled as they went on ahead to the seventh floor… where they entered an auditorium.
End BGM
"Welcome… to your DOOOOOOM!" A voice yelled as Gruntilda appeared on the stage.
"Oh good, we get to knock your block off right here!" Yang smirked.
"Ah ah ah! We're not at the boss battle yet! Have a seat!" Gruntilda smirked, as suddenly mechanical hands grabbed everyone and shoved them into seats. "Welcome… to Gruntilda's Pop Quiz Show!"
"Another one of these? REALLY?" Kazooie yelled. "As if the last couple of times didn't slow down our games, now you're gonna slow down the story? You're mad!"
"The readers will have to suffer through these questions too. It's all fair! Ahahahaha!" Gruntilda laughed.
"Oh, you diabolical, wart faced… hope they enjoy your demise!"
"Welp, we might as well humor her." Banjo said.
"Answer as many questions as possible within 120 seconds! If you manage to get most of them right, you will be rewarded… and if you get most of them wrong…" Gruntilda pointed up as they saw a giant grand piano hanging above them.
"Oh, how original…" Blake sarcastically said.
"That giant piano is filled with bowling balls, concrete and even some anvils!" Gruntilda said. "Oh, and it'll rain dynamite on you after that piano crushes you all… just for good measure!"
"Wow, she's wanting to go out with a bang…" Yang said.
"Alright, let the quiz begin!" Gruntilda exclaimed.
BGM: Treasure Trove Cove (Super Smash Bros Ultimate)
"First question! What have I stolen from Team RWBY? Is it A: Their hair, B: Their shoes, C: Their weapons, or D: Their skeletons?"
"Our weapons, obviously!" Ruby said.
"Correct! That was an easy one."
"How does one steal skeletons?" Bolo asked.
"No idea, but I think you'd lose your medical license if your skeleton ended up missing." Shantae mused.
"Next question: Where was Weiss this whole time? Was she A: In Crystal Caverns, B: Relaxing in a hot tub, C: Sent back to Atlas, or D: Somewhere in my castle?"
"She's somewhere in your castle!" Blake responded.
"EH! WRONG! Ohohohoho! Your taste of defeat is nigh!"
"Wait, what? Then where is she?" Tifa asked.
"I hope she's not in Atlas…" Ruby hoped.
"Come to think of it, have we ever been to Crystal Caverns yet?" Tiny wondered.
"Next question: What does Blake tend to read? Is it A: Comedy, B: Erotica, C: Japanese Literature, or D: Horror?" Gruntilda smirked, as Blake's face immediately went red. "I need an answer from the kitty cat!"
"E-Erotica…" Blake blushed, her cat ears lowering in shame.
"Correct! Ahahahahaha!"
"Huh, I thought that book of yours looked suspicious…" Yang mused.
"Didn't know you were that kind of girl, Blake!" Banjo said. "Well, we're not gonna hold it against ya. There's nothin' wrong with that!"
"Might be a bit creepy though…" Kazooie said, earning an elbow from Banjo. "Ooof!"
"Yeah, we're not going to shame you for it." Tifa smiled.
"Thanks guys…"
"I find it amusing! Ahahaha! Next question: What was the thing that K. Rool stole from Yang? Was it A: Her personality, B: Her Semblance, C: Her hair or D: Her aura?"
"My aura." Yang said in annoyance.
"Ahaha! Correct! Next Question: What was the last story before this one? Was it A: Super RWBY Sunshine, B: Paper RWBY: The Thousand Year Door, C: Both, or D: None of the above."
"…Uh… what?" Ruby blinked.
"I'm not sure I understand the question." Qrow said.
"Can ya keep your fourth wall breaks to yourself?" Kazooie grumbled.
"Story?" Tifa raised an eyebrow.
"What is she talking about?" Shantae asked as her friends shrugged at this.
"None of the above! Final answer!" Ruby guessed.
"Eh! WRONG! If we're going by the 3D Universe, then it was Sunshine, AKA when you were at Delfino. If we're speaking about the Paper Universe, than the Thousand Year Door would have been next. Trick question! Ahahahaha!"
"…What's a Thousand Year Door?" Ruby asked.
"Heck if I know!" Yang shrugged.
"Next question: What is the thing that Pit is never good at? Is it A: No intelligence, B: He can't read, C: Admits that he likes Ruby, or D: Eating healthy?"
"I know this one! He never learned how to read!" Ruby grinned.
"Correct…" Gruntilda grumbled. "Friggin' know-it-all girlfriend… next question: Which of these Zelda games are in chronological order, according to the timeline? A: Breath of the Wild, Twilight Princess, Skyward Sword, B: Ocarina of Time, Link to the Past, Spirit Tracks, C: The Adventure of Link, Four Swords, Minish Cap, or D: Twilight Princess, Breath of the Wild, Phantom Hourglass?"
"Oh come on! I'm still trying to figure out that timeline!" Ruby complained.
"Was it… Twilight Princess first…? No, that can't be it…" Shantae mused.
"I read about it once… can't remember which goes where." Sky muttered.
"The Adventure of Link! …Wait, no…" Banjo quietly said.
"I actually read up on this." Qrow said. "It's the second answer."
"Correct!"
"I was about to say that." Blake chuckled.
"Next Question: Which fandom is the most ungrateful? A: The Smash Community, B: The Pokemon community, C: The Sonic community or D: The Fire Emblem community?"
"Obviously, no one likes Sonic anymore for some reason, so it's gotta be Sonic." Yang said.
"Hmm, I think it's Pokemon… I could be wrong." Bolo mused.
"Honestly, all fandoms have their bad eggs… some of them are pretty tame." Kazooie said.
"The correct answer is… The Smash Community! You clearly do not go online much." Gruntilda laughed. "Last question: What Smash character hasn't made an appearance yet in this series? A: Rosalina, B: Hero, C: Wii Fit Trainer, D: Pac-Man, or E: All of the above?"
"I think I saw Pac-Man having an eating contest with Kirby one time…" Ruby said.
"I did yoga with Wii Fit Trainer… kind of awkward on how she does things." Yang shuddered.
Piranha Plant pulled out a sign that said: "I never met any of these people!"
"Eh… Rosalina…?" Blake asked.
"Hero could be anyone… like Mario." Shantae said.
"EH! WRONG!" Gruntilda yelled. "It's all of the above! Pac-Man and Wii Fit Trainer wasn't shown on screen!"
"Oh, that's bullcrap!" Yang yelled.
End BGM
"Ahahahaha! Well, look at that! It's a tie! Four right, four wrong… and I get to be the tie breaker!" She grinned as everyone looked nervous. "What to do… what to do…" Gruntilda mused, stroking her chin and then smirking. "So long!" She cackled, firing magic at the giant grand piano as it fell to all of them as their eyes widened in horror… well, most of them since Piranha Plants don't have eyes.
BOOM!
"AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I'VE DONE IT! I'VE DESTROYED THAT BEAR AND BIRD AND THEIR FRIENDS! There's nothing you have to worry about, K. Rool! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" She cackled. "Ahahahahaha… hahaha… haha… ha… hmm…?"
The smoke cleared, as she saw that everyone was unharmed. "WHAT?!"
"Huh…?" Ruby looked around. "Are we dead?" She wondered and then looked up to see a black glyph. "What the?!"
"Don't you dare drop an exploding piano on my friends!"
Everyone turned their heads to see Weiss aiming Eiskönigin at them, having used a black glyph at the right moment.
BGM: It's My Turn (RWBY)
"Weiss!" RBY exclaimed.
"What?! Where did you come from?!" Gruntilda yelled, as Weiss glared at Gruntilda, then she quickly ran over to the stunned Gruntilda, jumping on the stage and slashed her down. "ARGH!"
"That was for locking us up!" Weiss yelled, as Gruntilda growled, punching the ground as a smoke screen enveloped the entire stage as Gruntilda made a run for it.
"AHAHAHAHAHAHA! You'll never catch me!" She laughed as the smoke screen disappeared.
"Get back here, you coward!" Weiss yelled before sighing, putting Eiskönigin on her back once more and then turned to the others who got on stage with her.
End BGM
BGM: Here With You (Future Diary)
"Hey ice queen!" Shantae greeted.
"I'm not-… oh never mind…" Weiss sighed before smiling. "It's great to see you girls again!" She said, hugging her teammates as they hugged her back, all of them tearing up to be happily reunited. "Oh, I missed you…"
"We missed you too!" Ruby sniffed a bit.
Weiss smiled, pulling away. "So, I'm taking it that your weapons were stolen too?"
"Yeah…" Blake nodded, pulling out her Shadow Whip, Ruby took out her Crescent Boomerang and Yang had her Cestus equipped while Weiss unstrapped Eiskönigin.
"Same here." Weiss said with a nod and then turned around to hug Tifa, then Shantae and her friends, and then the Kongs. Qrow, meanwhile, gave her an awkward side hug. She then turned to Banjo and Kazooie. "Oh, who are you?"
"I'm Banjo and this is Kazooie!"
"Nice to meet ya, ice queen!" Kazooie greeted.
"Nice to meet you too." Weiss chuckled and then turned to Piranha Plant. "So, what's with the Piranha Plant?"
"It's a friendly one, and it's a mixed fighter… it's a unique one!" Yang grinned.
"Huh, I see. I'll believe it when I see it." Weiss said.
"Oh, and one other thing!" Yang called upon Dàhuô and Blake called upon Belle. "We have Pokemon!"
"Oh my goodness, aren't you two just the cutest!" Weiss gushed, happily patting their heads and then noticed Belle's bow. "Wait, Blake… isn't this your-?"
"It is. Belle took it off and it's now hers." Blake nodded.
"That would explain why I didn't see the bow…" Weiss mused and then chuckled. "Looks good on you, cutie."
"Purr!"
Weiss got back and put her hand on Yang's shoulder. "I heard about your aura… don't worry, we'll definitely get you through this. K. Rool will pay for that."
"Thanks…" Yang smiled, hugging Weiss where she hugged back in return.
"Ahem!" Qrow cleared his throat. "That old hag is getting away!"
End BGM
"Oh! Right! Let's go!" Banjo said as they nodded and they ran off to catch up with Gruntilda, where they eventually caught up to her on the roof.
"Ahahahaha! This is where you will meet your fate!" The witch pressed a button as a vehicle rose from the ground, as it looked like a tank with K. Rool's face on the front. "You like it? It's called the Krocodile Krusher… and this will be the last thing you'll ever see!" She cackled and then hopped inside.
"You guys ready?" Tifa asked as they all nodded.
"Let's rock and roll!" Yang exclaimed.
BGM: Final Battle (Banjo Kazooie)
The tank quickly fired missiles at them, forcing them to dodge the missiles being shot at them. Ruby threw her boomerang at it, but it bounced off of it. "No good, it won't cut through!" Ruby exclaimed as Shantae threw fireballs at it but they also bounced off, even when Piranha Plant threw a spiked ball at it. Gruntilda got out of the hatch after a few shots and fired some magic of her own, where Chunky Kong fired some pineapples at her. "Argh!" She growled as Blake threw her whip at her, smacking her a few times and then Qrow shot her with his scythe.
"Mmmph! Alright, let's see how you like this!" Gruntilda went back into the tank as it started firing missiles, but it also brought out a few Klaptraps, where they started running toward the others, forcing them to attack them whilst getting shot at. Diddy Kong knocked one Klaptrap unconscious and picked it up, using his barrel cannons to fly up right as Gruntilda opened the hatch to throw magic at them… and then Diddy dropped the Klaptrap where it started biting her. "YOOOOWCH!" She yelled, where Banjo cocked Kazooie and shot her with a few Grenade Eggs. Gruntilda pried the Klaptrap off of her and threw it away, then going back inside.
The Krocodile Krusher then brought out boxing gloves and began punching them a la Arms, hitting Bolo and Sky as they were knocked back while Shantae went into her elephant form and charged at the tank, slamming into it while Tifa delivered a solid punch to the boxing glove, sending it back and hitting the Krocodile Krusher in the face. Gruntilda came back out and started firing magic at them, and then got smacked in the head by Ruby's boomerang. Donkey Kong jumped in the air and did a forward aerial attack where she was spiked back into the tank. "Ooof! How dare you!" She growled as the eyes of the Krusher started firing lasers from its eyes, forcing them to avoid the lasers.
Rotty threw her head on top of the Krusher and then sprouted herself up, knocking on the hatchet door and pulling her leg off. "Yes, what is it?" Gruntilda asked as she got out… and then Rotty threw her leg down, hitting her on the head. "OOOOF!"
"Boot to the head!" Rotty exclaimed, reattaching her leg and then jumped off while Sky had Wrench fly over and scratch up Gruntilda, and then Piranha Plant flew up with his leaves, detracting his head and then lunging out, biting Gruntilda on the head as she let out a scream, then Piranha Plant jumped back as Lanky threw his arms at her and slapped her silly before pulling away.
"How dare you slap me!" Gruntilda yelled, unaware of Lanky's true intentions was that Tiny shrunk herself down and thanks to Lanky, she infiltrated the tank and proceeded to pull wires to shut it down. She then quickly climbed out and grew big again. "…Hey! Why is nothing working?!" She yelled and then let out a growl. "We'll see about that!" She yelled, throwing a magic spell on the ground as the entire ground turned into poisonous muck. "AHAHAHAHAHA! YOU SHALL BE WEAKENED!"
However, Piranha Plant changed colors, turning into a Putrid Piranha Plant and sucked up all the poison. He then jumped in the air and spat it out all over Gruntilda. "AAAAAAARGH!"
"Ooooh! Right back at ya!" Tiny laughed as Tifa jumped up on the tank with Yang as they proceeded to punch her a few times as Yang used a Shoryuken to knock her up in the air as Tifa jumped up and axe kicked the witch to the tank. Weiss let out a smirk and summoned her glyphs, where it rained icebergs on the tank right as Tifa and Yang jumped back.
Banjo aimed Kazooie up in the air and shot up a ton of Grenade Eggs, where they landed on the tank and some of them bounced off and landed on the ground, dealing massive damage to the tank and the ground… where it started crumbling underneath the Krusher. Gruntilda got back up and smirked. "I'm not done with you!" She yelled as she felt rumbling and looked down, seeing the roof starting to cave in from under her. "Ack!" She yelled as she tried to get out, but couldn't get out. "Ack! I'm stuck! I can't get out! Argh, where's the witch butter?!" She yelled.
"Have a nice fall!" Kazooie taunted.
"Argh! You haven't seen the last of me!" Gruntilda yelled and then the roof caved, sending the Krocodile Krusher into a free fall… along with Gruntilda. "AIYEEEEE! CURSE YOU BANJO AND KAZOOIIIIIIE! AND YOU TOO, YOU ROTTEN DO-GOODERS!"
End BGM
Once the tank slammed into the ground, a massive stream of fire launched out of the hole… and then the castle started rumbling. "Quick, we need to get off of this thing!" Qrow yelled.
"There's a moat down below us! Hurry!" Weiss yelled as they jumped off, where they dove into the moat below as the castle crumbled, leaving Gruntilda in debris.
"Is it over?" Ruby asked once they got out of the moat… and then they saw some movement in the rubble and saw Gruntilda bursting out, but she leaned on the bricks, groaning and covered in soot.
"Ugh… I'm gonna rest here a while…" Gruntilda groaned, waving a white flag.
"Good! You can stay there a while." Banjo said as they walked off.
"Now all that's left is K. Rool!" Yang grinned, as they saw Golden Bananas and blueprints scattered from the debris as they picked them up while walking off.
Meanwhile…
K. Rool sat in his throne, clasping his arms together. He got up from his chair and then picked up his boxing gloves, smirking. "Show time."
So, for those who don't know, before you fought Gruntilda in Banjo Kazooie and Tooie, you had to face her in her own quiz show... and since I watched that, I thought it ruined the pace of the game, but a friend of mine said that I had to include a quiz show or otherwise i'd get flak for it. (Though, I didn't really mind Tooie's quiz show...), i'm not sure if Gruntilda's Revenge or Nuts & Bolts had this because I didn't check those out...
Anyway, the K. Rool fight is next, and then the finale! I'm so excited to write up the next chapter, I might as well do that before writing up the next Chibi and Revenge of Shadow Queen! Who knows!
Take care, y'all!
EDIT: Apparently I subconsciously wrote "Crescent Rose" instead of Crescent Boomerang without even realizing it. Whoops!