Adam: Well, looks like we've finally arrived at the fight with Gilgamesh.
OOH Ruby: I feel bad for Tronmaster.
Jenkins: How so?
Melody: My guess, it has something to do with the fourth wall.
Hector: Oh God, Deadpool's gonna show up, ain't he?
"Alright Weiss, it's your turn." Ruby said, handing the book to Weiss, as Gilgamesh appeared in the room.
"I'm back!" Gilgamesh said, "And I brought snacks!"
"I'll just start reading." Weiss said.
"Good, cause it looks like Tronmaster's about ready to go berserk." Alicia said as Weiss began reading.
[No P.O.V.]
"Considering that this entire chapter is a fight scene, I'm not too upset that there's no proper point of view." Winter said.
"Yeah, same here." Summer said.
Team RWBY stared at the giant, red cloaked man that had destroyed Roman's Paladin in confusion.
The GF's on the other hand recognized the man.
"Yes, yes we do." Shiva said.
"Obviously, anyone who fought against him recognizes him." Alicia
"Gilgamesh! Buddy hoy ya been?" Diablos asked as he appeared fully, along with the other GF's
"I will be honest and say this first, I remember my opponents better than my allies, as this story will explain." Gilgamesh said, "In fact, when I went to a version of Remnant, I encountered a young elf lad who managed to thoroughly defeat me."
"You mean Gyro?" Tronmaster asked.
"Yep! That's him!" Gilgamesh said.
"Gyro?" Ruby asked.
"Long story short, he's a main character in a story written by my buddy Swift." Tronmaster said.
"You know this guy?" Blake asked.
"Oh yeah, he actually took over for Odin after he was cut in half." Ifrit said, "Some times even coming around during the middle of the fight to steal our kills."
"Believe me, this guy hates it when I steal his kills." Said a new voice that suddenly appeared in the room.
"GAH!" Ruby yelled in shock.
"Fucking hell Deadpool, really?!" Tronmaster said to the now-named Deadpool.
"Um, who is this man?" Winter asked.
"Well, sexy snowflake, my name is-" Deadpool said before Tronmaster cut him in half.
"Monty Oum!" Summer shouted.
"Relax, he'll be fine." Alicia said, turning to the intercom, "Jenkins, can you transport Deadpool back to his universe?"
"And block his teleporter?" Jenkins asked.
"Yep." Alicia said, Deapool's now reformed body beginning to be transported.
"Wait, I never got to-!" Deadpool said before being teleported.
"Thank you Jenkins!" Alicia said.
"Not a problem boss lady." Jenkins said, Weiss continuing to read.
Gilgamesh lowered the Zantetsuken, his cloak covering his arms once again, "Who are you?" Gilgamesh asked tilting his head ever so slightly.
This caused Diablos to stumble mid-air... somehow, "Come on! It's me, Diablos, the guy who slept away most of his power." Diablos said, "You helped us in our fights alongside a group of people known as SeeD. Remember?"
"How, exactly DID you stumble mid-air?" Neptune asked.
"Anime logic?" Diablos asked, shrugging.
One of Gilgamesh's arms came out of his cloak and rubbed his covered chin, "Hmm... Nope, don't remember." Gilgamesh said.
Now all the GF's stumbled in surprise.
"And anime logic strikes again." Yang said.
"How could you not remember us!?" Alexander cried out, "I mean you showed up often enough, especially after you sent Seifer flying."
"Seifer... You mean the guy who had the tattered white jacket and the Barretta model Gunblade?" Gilgamesh asked.
"That's the same jerkbag." Tronmaster said.
"I don't feel bad about what happened to him." Shiva said.
"How could you remember Seifer more than us!?" Shiva asked incredulously.
"I remember all of my opponent's vividly, not so much my allies aside from my faithful companion Enkidu... I wonder where he is now?" Gilgamesh mused.
"Are you kidding me?" Ifrit groaned.
"Speaking of which, where IS Enkidu?" Gilgamesh asked.
"Hell if I know dude." Alicia said.
"But now let us end this idle chatter!" Gilgamesh declared, taking an open stance without opening his cloak, "I have found myself in several different versions of Remnant and have seen and done battle with different versions of you four girls!"
"What?" Ruby asked tilting her head.
"In short, Gilgamesh here has had at least three encounters with different Remnants." Tronmaster explained, "Two actually being in other stories by Phoenix Champion."
"Ah, multiverse theory." Alicia, "It's been both a massive boon for us, as well as a damn headache."
"In my travels in the void I have come across yet another version of Remnant." Gilgamesh continued, "And I wish to test the mettle of this worlds inhabitants! So enough mindless conversation!"
Gilgamesh threw his cloak open, revealing all 8 of his arms, each one holding a different sword.
"Time to see some of the different swords that Gilgamesh has acquired." Winter said.
"It's gotta be a lot." Penny said.
First was Odin's Zantetsuken, which put the GF's on edge, the Zantetsuken technique and weapon, along with the Zantetsuken Reverse technique, were the only known ways to actually kill a GF.
"Yeah, it's not exactly comfortable." Diablos said.
Next was an unusually long Katana known as the Masamune, which was capable of ignoring any and all defenses with every swing.
"A couple of things." Tronmaster said, "Technically, Masamune is an Odachi. And this weapon is also known as the iconic weapon of Sephiroth."
"Sephiroth?" Blake asked.
"The main antagonist of Final Fantasy VII." Alicia clarified.
Next was a regal looking sword with a blue bland hilt, this was the legendary sword known universally as Excalibur.
"The ancient weapon belonging to King Arthur of Camelot." Tronmaster said.
Next was another regal looking sword, but with a red blade and hilt, this was no more than a knockoff of Excalibur, known universally as Excalipoor.
"In layman's terms, it sucks MAJOR ass." Tronmaster said.
"Blegh! I hate that sword." Gilgamesh said.
After that was a much larger sword with a long two edged blade, it's blade was orange and red with a grey hilt and a guard reminiscent of open wings and a ruby in the middle of the guard. This was a greatsword known as the Wyrmhero Blade, yet Gilgamesh had the strength to hold it in a single hand.
"Damn. Talk about never skipping arm day." Sun said.
Next was another katana, albeit a much more reasonably length one. It was a katana known as the Muramasa.
"Fun fact, both this and Masamune were named after two of Japan's greatest swordsmiths." Tronmaster said.
"Masamune being known for making blades of superior blades and quality." Alicia continued, "While Muramasa was also a skilled smith, if a little violent, and perhaps a little crazy."
"Wow, that's actually kind of interesting." Glynda said.
"Yep." Tronmaster said, "Although, Muramasa's blades were said to be as bloodthirsty as the smith that crafted them. Compelling their wielder to commit murder or suicide." He finished, adding a small, sinister chuckle at the end freaking even Gilgamesh out.
Next was a Gunblade, one with a similar blade model to the one held by Slate, but a Barretta model pistol as the grip. This was Hyperion, more specifically Seifer's Gunblade, taken by Gilgamesh after he defeated the Gunblade user.
"And from what I hear, he's an arrogant little prick." Melody said over the intercom.
Last was a large golden bladed sword that held purple metal in the middle of said blade, a guard that bend back toward the grip of the sword that was purple and held a blue jewel inside it, with four prongs on the grip that turned red near the ends, this was a sword known as the Ultima Weapon.
"This is actually one of, if not the most powerful weapons in the entire Final Fantasy series." Tronmaster said.
"Really?" Ruby said, stars in her eyes.
"Haha! I love that sword." Gilgamesh said, "Although, as far as powerful weapons across the multiverse goes, it doesn't even crack the top ten."
"What does?" Yang said.
"Small little rocks known as the Infinity Stones. Or sometimes known as the Infinity Gems." Tronmaster said, "Long story short, each stone represents a different characteristic of existence. They are the Mind Stone, the Soul Stone, the Space Stone, the Power Stone, the Time Stone, and the Reality Stone."
"Now let us fight like men!" Gilgamesh declared, "And ladies! And Cat ladies!" He finished as the GF's returned to a translucent state, waiting to be summoned as they did not want to risk standing by idly and be hit by the Zantetsuken.
"Yeah, that wouldn't be good." Shiva said.
"No thank you." Pandemona said.
[FF8 OST: Force your way}
"Fight time!" Nora shouted.
Suddenly the whole world entered a grey-scale save for Gilgamesh, everyone but the red swordsman frozen in time.
"The hell?" Qrow asked.
"Just give it a moment." Alicia said.
"Hey writer! What the heck is with the music?" Gilgamesh declared suddenly, "Come on, I get the joke you were going for in RWBY Dragoons and all, seeing as I fought in two phases that time! But this is a single phase fight here. Play my theme!"
"Um, what the hell is going on?" Tai asked.
"This is a common trope called 'Breaking the Fourth Wall.'" Tronmaster answered, "When a character, or set of characters interacts directly with the target audience of a specific medium, or in the case of Gilgamesh here, the creators. That red-clad ninja wannabe Deadpool being notorious for breaking the fourth wall."
"Ah, gotcha." Weiss said, continuing to read.
[FF5: Battle on the Big Bridge]
Suddenly, the music changed to Gilgamesh's theme.
"Eh, not bad." Yang said.
"Much better!" Gilgamesh declared.
[Time is restored as is the color]
"Good to know." Blake said.
Team RWBY almost instantly vast Protect and Haste on themselves at the start of the battle before Yang ran forward.
"This is what I'm talking about!" Gilgamesh shouted charging toward Yang and stabbing forward with the Wyrmhero Blade.
"Alright, time to get this started." Qrow said.
"Yep." Tai said.
Weiss quickly sent out a Glyph that pulled Yang back just as the sword sunk half a foot deep into the ground Yang was about to walk on.
"That was close." Weiss said.
"Yeah, too close." Yang said.
Yang threw two punches toward Gilgamesh, firing her gauntlets as she did, however the shots were easily cut in half by the Muramasa as he swing the sword with ease like he was swinging a pencil around.
"Wow, he's good." Neptune said.
'Thank you!" Gilgamesh said.
"Bah, fire arms!" Gilgamesh spat, "Where's the fun in long ranged combat?" With that he jumped forward both Excalipoor and Excalibur and stabbed at Weiss with the two swords.
Weiss stumbled toward the left, into the stab off the red sword, Excalipoor, not expecting Gilgamesh to easily make such a massive leap.
"Shit." Winter said.
Luckily for Weiss Excalipoor was known universally for one thing.
"And that is?" Summer asked.
Being unable to do anymore than 1 point of damage to anything, so Weiss got off feeling like someone tried and failed to give her a paper cut.
"As I said earlier, it sucks MAJOR ass." Tronmaster said.
"Also, I hate getting a paper cut." Alicia added.
"Blast this cheap knockoff!" Gilgamesh shouted before swinging the Ultima Weapon and Hyperion at Blake and Ruby.
"Seriously, it must've been terrifying for anyone who's had to fight you in the past." Tai said.
"Bah, some people actually come in with an arrogant sense of bravado." Gilgamesh said, "Although, I vaguely remember someone beating me by cutting off one of my arms."
"Damn, whoever he was, he must've been strong." Tai said.
The Red and Black duo quickly jumped out of the way of the two attack, "Ladybug!" Ruby shouted.
Blake nodded and the two faster members of Team RWBY quickly made their way to opposite sides of the massive swordsman and quickly began to dash past him and each other, slashing Gilgamesh's legs as they did.
They got about four hits in before Gilgamesh stomped the ground, cracking it and throwing the two members of the team off balance, causing them to not only miss their attack on Gilgamesh, but also crash head first into each other.
"Ow." Ruby said rubbing her head.
"Oh, and it actually was going somewhat well." Raven said, cringing.
"Now, stop." Tronmaster said.
"Hammertime." Alicia finished with a chuckle.
"Impressive." Gilgamesh said with a smirk, "But not enough!" He added before swinging both Masamune and Muramasa at Ruby.
"Not good." Summer said.
"Don't even try it!" Weiss shouted as she began to cast Blue Magic, a new spell she got thanks to Nora modding some of the cards she won in Triple Triad, "Gatling Gun!" She shouted thrusting her open hand forward causing bullets to magically form and fired from the palm of her hand into Gilgamesh's back, causing him to stumble forward with each shot, allowing Ruby and Blake time to get away.
"Talk about a close call." Blake said.
"Yeah, no kidding." Ruby said.
"Blue Magic eh?" Gilgamesh said smirking, "You are not the only one capable of such magic!"
"What?!" Weiss said
"What!?" Weiss cried out as Gilgamesh planted two of his swords in the ground behind him as the same energy that once enveloped Weiss now enveloped him.
"Not good." Winter said.
"Meep." Ruby said.
"Magic Missile!" Gilgamesh declared pulling out a large missile from out behind him and letting it fly toward Weiss, who was too shocked by this to be able to avoid it and was sent flying.
"Like a deer in the headlights." Tronmaster said.
"To be fair, I don't blame her." Gilgamesh said.
"Weiss!" Yang shouted, "Firaga!" she then called out.
A glowing light formed in front of Gilgamesh before exploding in a large burst of flames, completely engulfing him.
Yang smirked as she took a step back.
"It didn't work." Raven said.
"Obviously." Summer said.
"Hahahahaha!" Gilgamesh shouted leaping out of the flames with all 8 swords held high, causing Yang's smirk to melt.
"Yeah, this is gonna get brutal." Sun said.
"Oh jeez, thanks for the support Sun." Yang said.
"Tornado!" Ruby shouted casting her spell.
A large burst of wind caught Gilgamesh in mid air and threw him even higher into the air, taking chunks of the ground with him.
"Talk about a strong wind." Jaune said.
"Yes, that's quite impressive." Ren added.
"Whoa-ho!" Gilgamesh shouted as he crashed back down to the ground, landing on his feet, but was still hit in the head by the debris of the Tornado.
"How much punishment can this guy take?" Blake asked as she slashed at Gilgamesh's back, only to get sent flying by the flat of Zantetsuken.
"I'd much rather NOT get sliced in half, thank you very much." Blake said.
"Good, cause the Zantetsuken technique alone is capable of bypassing Aura." Tronmaster said, making all the people from Remnant pale.
Yang then ran in and slid under a swing from the Wyrmhero blade, and his legs and threw a punch as she did.
This caused all the males in the room to cringe and cross their legs.
"AH, jeez. No worse feeling for a guy than being hit in the nads." Neptune said, as the roaring laughter of Tronmaster was heard.
"Gooho!"Gilgamesh cried out as he dropped Hyperion and Ultima Weapon to grab his privates and hopped around for a moment before falling to his knee's.
Ruby then jumped into the air with Crescent Rose raised, aiming to strike at Gilgamesh to knock him out.
"Yeah, that's gonna backfire, ain't it?" Ruby asked.
"Probably." Pyrrha answered.
"PSYCHE!" Gilgamesh shouted, jumping up suddenly, grabbing his two dropped swords and hit Ruby with all 8 Weapons (The back half of the blade with Zantetsuken to avoid cutting her in half), which sent Ruby flying.
"Yeah, I'd also like to avoid being cut in half." Ruby said.
"Considering that the Zantetsuken technique is easily capable of bypassing Aura, that's definitely a good thing." Jaune said.
"Hahahahaha!" Gilgamesh laughed before he cast both Protect and Shell on himself.
"Ah man, that's cheap!" Jaune yelled.
'Yeah, I hate it when a boss spontaneously decides to use buffs on him." Tronmaster grumbled.
"I'm not going to let that fly!" Weiss declared casting Dispel.
"To hell with your buffs!" Weiss declared.
A purple energy formed around Gilgamesh before collapsing inward before bursting outward in rings, destroying his Protect and Shell.
"Eh, I don't need those." Gilgamesh said.
"Bah, who needs protection magic?" Gilgamesh groaned before swinging the Wyrmhero Blade at Yang.
Yang quickly backflipped out of the swing before jumping back.
"Talk about a close shave." Yang punned.
"I've just learned to accept this as my life now." Tronmaster mumbled.
"Alright, lets see if I can get these right." Yang said taking a deep breath, "I hope those Combat King magazines didn't overplay these techniques."
"Yeah, I'd like to know if these magazines are total BS or not." Yang said.
"Spoiler alert, they aren't bullshit." Alicia said.
Yang then rushed forward and delivered a sharp kick to Gilgamesh's shin.
"Yow!" Gilgamesh cried out as he fell to his knee.
Tronmaster played 'On Your Knees" from Red Vs Blue Season 9 off his Scroll.
"What song is that?" Winter said.
"It's from Red Vs Blue. It's an awesome webseries." Tronmaster said cutting the music.
"Let's go!" Yang challenged as she threw two punches at Gilgamesh, followed by a much stronger third, "Punch Rush." Yang muttered.
Yang then swung her leg at an upward angle, pouring as much strength into it as possible, "Mach Kick." She muttered.
Yang then threw two more punches, followed once again by a third stronger punch, "Punch Rush." Yang muttered, her hair now starting to ignite ever so slightly as energy began to build up.
Yang then lifted her leg over her head before slamming her heel on Gilgamesh's head, "Heel Drop." Yang muttered before jumping back.
"And now the finisher..." Yang said taking an open stance and pouring all her built up energy into her arms, causing flames to shoot out from her shoulders and orange energy to burst up around her like an orb, then she took a more relax stance, letting her arms drop, "Burning Rave!" Yang shouted rearing her first back and punching the ground with all her might.
"Ladies and gentlemen, what we have here, is what's called a Limit Break." Tronmaster said.
"Although, it's not technically a Limit Break." Alicia added.
The force of the punch created a shockwave that blew Weiss and Blake back, as well as create a large crack in the ground that traveled toward Gilgamesh, orange flame like energy beginning to burst out as it reached Gilgamesh.
"Oh boy." Gilgamesh said just before the rift reached under his feet and exploded upward in a massive blast of flaming energy that threw Gilgamesh into the air.
"D-did we win?" Yang asked.
Yang huffed twice before blinking, "Holy shit I did it!" Yang cheered as Gilgamesh crashed onto the ground, his weapons scattering.
"I give..." Gilgamesh groaned holding up a white flag.
"Yes!" Team RWBY cheered.
"Congratulations team RWBY, you beat Gilgamesh." Tronmaster said, smiling.
[OST End]
Ruby stumbled over to the rest of her team, casting Cura on herself as she did.
"Talk about a brutal fight." Tai said.
"Still more tame than Tyrian having his tail cut off." Neptune said.
"Oh..." Gilgamesh groaned as he got up, "You kids are pretty tough."
"Why thank you." Weiss said.
"And I think I remember what that demon guy was talking about." Gilgamesh said, "Guy named Squall, I helped him out on occasion, when I feel like it."
"Freaking kill stealer." Diablos muttered.
With that, a blackish rip formed around Gilgamesh's weapons, causing them to sink once more into the Rift, but not out of reach of Gilgamesh.
"I think I'll help you all the same as I did him, that is, whenever I'm in the area and feeling like it." Gilgamesh said, "See ya!"
And with that Gilgamesh leapt away onto the bridge and off in the distance.
"And with that, I'll take my leave as well." Gilgamesh said, opening a rift and walking into it.
"He's gone." Tronmaster said as the rift closed, "Thank GOD!"
"What just happened?" Blake asked.
"A chapter that was both odd, and awesome." Jaune said.
"Chapter's not over yet, Vomit Boy." Alicia added.
"Ruby... I'm willing to talk about those upgrades." Weiss said.
"YES!" Ruby cheered throwing her fist into the air, only to suddenly reach to her sides, "Ow, ow, ow... Tomorrow though..." Ruby groaned.
The book closed, as Weiss passed the book to Blake.
'Alright, with the obligatory Gilgamesh fight out of the way, next stop, the dance!" Tronmaster said.
"And me acting like a complete ass." Blake said.
"Hey, none of us blame you Blake." Weiss said, comforting her teammate.
"Thanks Weiss." Blake said.
Adam: Alright, Gilgamesh is gone, and We NEED to restock our fridge.
OOH Ruby: Melody, Jenkins, you two are with us. Hector, you watch the security room.
Jenkins: You got it boss lady!
Melody: I need to pick up some supplies for the kids. Hector, you mind watching them?
Hector: Sure, you want me to guard the Holy Grail while I'm at it?