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"Can you believe it? All of that for a freaking Toad." Weiss said.

"On the bright side, we did rescue him!" Ruby grinned.

"So true." Yang nodded as they proceeded to walk forward and then noticed a sign as they looked at it.

"You are now entering Drybake Desert. Be aware of Pokeys, quicksand, Fire Snakes, a few Chain Chomps, and one very angry sun. Dark clothing strongly discouraged… just trust us on this one." Ruby said as all eyes went to Blake.

"…I just hope it wouldn't be too hot." Blake hoped.

"Well, I just hope there's some shade." Ruby said as they went into the desert, unaware of some bushes rustling and out came a certain purple rabbit wearing a bandana over his mouth and carrying a bag over his chest, spotting the team and seeing all of those wonderful… glorious weapons!

Hearts appeared over his eyes and then immediately took off, unaware of a couple of the Koopa Bros behind him.

"Hey, was that Nabbit?" Yellow wondered.

"Who cares about him?" Red asked. "I want some revenge against those color stealing dirtbags."

"Right." Black nodded.

"So, they went into the desert." Green pointed out the obvious.

"Let's go!" Red said as they all took off.

World 2-1: It's so hot…

BGM: Desert (New Super Mario Bros)

"You know, for a desert… it's not actually that bad." Yang said.

"Easy for you to say!" Weiss said. "How is it possible to go to mildly cool to freaking hot in a matter of seconds just like that?!"

"I have no idea." Ruby said as they kept on walking through the hot desert with no shade in sight.

"Had I known we were going to a desert, I would've gotten some water bottles…" Blake said, wiping the sweat off of her forehead as they noticed a few Beowolves dying in the blasted hellish heat and an Ursa was trying to crawl to them but it then died from heat exhaustion.

It was then that they noticed a few cacti in the distance… but this wasn't any ordinary cactus.

Oh no, they were none other than the Pokeys, and they were getting closer by the second as Ruby and Yang ran over and slashed/punched the Pokeys bodies… but to their surprise, the Pokeys were not defeated for they grew their body parts again, much to their shock.

"How…?!" Yang asked.

"Um… Oh!" Ruby aimed Crescent Rose at the Pokey's head before shooting it, immediately killing it. This gave Yang an idea and shot the other Pokey's head to kill it.

"So, they grow their body parts back… but not their head?" Weiss asked.

"It's simple. You can't grow another head." Blake replied as they went through the desert once more, and through the heat, they wiped the sweat off of their forehead as they noticed a ? block as Weiss went over and hit it… and four ice cold refreshing bottles of water came out, and they immediately drank it all before finding a bottomless pit for them to toss them in.

"Yo, Blake… how are you holding up?" Ruby asked.

"Dying of heat…" Blake muttered.

"So am I… I feel like I'm melting!" Weiss complained.

"Well, the flag pole is up ahead." Yang said as they pointed out to the distance as they made their way to the first flag pole in what seemed like forever in the blasted heat, and then Weiss took it.

"The sooner we get out of this heat, the better." Weiss said as they proceeded to the next area.

World 2-2: Is the sun getting closer or is it just me?

As they went through the area and finding a lot of dead Grimm before they evaporated into nothingness, they seemed to notice it was getting hotter by the second… and of course, there was no shade.

"Ugh… ever heard of growing trees out here?!" Yang asked in annoyance as they made their way through, as they then noticed some Fire Snakes minding their own business but one looked at them in curiosity and decided to follow them as they tried to take it out, but the Fire Snake didn't seem to bother too much.

That is until… Weiss made some glyphs and launched icicles at the little creature, which immediately took it out and they proceeded to go forward.

"…You ever feel as if you're being followed?" Ruby asked as they walked in silence for a few minutes while taking care of a few Pokeys.

"…Yes." Yang said as they slowly looked behind to see the sun RIGHT in front of their faces.

And it was really bright.

And quite… angry.

"…Guys… do you recall the sign warning us about an angry sun…" Ruby said.

"Yep." Yang nodded.

"Aaaand we're seeing the sun right in front of us?"

"Yeeeep." Weiss nodded.

"And the fact that's it's quite angry…"

"Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep…" Blake nodded.

The four looked at each other, then at the Angry Sun who just stared at them... and they could only do one thing.

Run. Like. Hell.

The four of them quickly took off as the Angry Sun quickly followed after them, spitting out a few Fire Snakes in the process and a few fireballs, but they were quickly high tailing it out of there.

And just as things couldn't get any worse… there was a sandstorm quickly approaching them. "Ah geez, what do we do?!" Weiss asked.

"It's either getting sand in your face or being burned by the sun!" Yang said.

"Frankly, I'd rather get sand in my face!" Blake said as she quickly took off and disappeared into the sandstorm and so, the trio went in and the Angry Sun came to a screeching halt as it flew up above the sandstorm to look around, wondering where the four could be.

A few minutes later…

The four emerged from the sandstorm, all of them panting and coughing. "W-We made it…" Ruby panted.

"Yeah… and the flagpole is right over there." Yang said as they made their way to the flagpole and Ruby quickly took it, and they proceeded to go through the desert.

However… the heat was slowly starting to get to them as Blake was the first one to fall, and then Weiss… then Yang…

"G-guys… w-we're al-almost… Th-there…" Ruby said before falling on her knees and falling on her back, looking at the sky in front of her eyes and seeing the sun too.

She weakly turned her head to see something approaching her… but it was slowly becoming a blur. "Z-Zwei…" She quietly said before her eyes closed.

End BGM

At Beacon…

"Ah… what a day…" Jaune muttered as he hopped into his bed. "Now for some relaxation…" He said and closed his eyes along with the rest of the team… but Zwei woke up… feeling incredibly lonely.

Not that he didn't mind the company of Team JNPR since they were taking care of him since RWBY went on a mission… but he missed them.

Specifically, Ruby.

In fact he could feel something wrong with her and looked out the window, his ears lowered and looking completely sad.

He slowly whined…

And then let out a howl.

He missed Ruby terribly.

"Zwei…?"

He turned his head to see Pyrrha looking at him. "You miss them, don't you?" She asked as Zwei sadly nodded. "Come here." She requested, opening her arms as he walked over and hopped into Pyrrha's arms. "We'll see them all soon." She said, keeping him calm.

Zwei nodded a little and whined as he cuddled into Pyrrha's arms as both of them slept soundly… but Zwei would wake up a few times into the night and look at the window, hoping that Ruby would return.

This actually seemed a bit longer in my head as I was writing... Oh well.

Also, has anyone read the latest Fairy Tail chapter?