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BGM: Desert (Super Mario 3D Land)
"Mmm…" Ruby groaned as she woke up and looked to see that she was in a room, complete with an air conditioner, fans, water bottles… you name it! "Huh…? How did I get here…?" She wondered as she noticed Weiss, Blake and Yang all in beds as well. "Correction, how did we get in here?"
"You've awakened." A voice said as she turned to see a Toad dressed in a dark turban inside the room.
"Wh-who are you…?"
"I am Mr. E… a Dryite."
"…What's a Dryite?"
"Basically, we're a race of Toads."
"Oh, I see… did you save us?"
"I did. You were very brave to run away from the Angry Sun, but foolish enough to not pack extra water bottles for Dry Dry Desert, especially when one of you is wearing dark clothing."
"Dry Dry Desert? I thought this was Drybake Desert."
Mr. E raised an eyebrow before sighing. "You probably don't realize this, but there's a lot of controversy involving this desert."
"What do you mean?"
"This desert was originally called Dry Dry Desert, but everyone keeps renaming it constantly… one day it's Dry Dry Desert… next day it's Drybake Desert… and a few days later, it's Gritzy Desert."
"I don't get it."
"It's controversial because no one can make up their minds on what to name this desert. Dry Dry Desert, Drybake Desert, Gritzy Desert, Kalimari Desert… not even the Princess can make up her mind about it either. It's quite the headache but we Dryites know that it's actually Dry Dry Desert.
"Oh… I'm so sorry."
"It's fine… I just wish they'd make up their minds eventually."
"We have to get back out there and save the princess and the Mario Bros." Ruby said.
"I understand your determination, but I recommend you travel at night. It's less of a hassle that way. You can stay here and check out the town, re-hydrate yourselves… stay as long as you like until you feel like you want to go back out there."
"Thank you."
"You're welcome, Miss…"
"Ruby. Ruby Rose."
"Miss Rose." Mr. E said before heading back outside.
Ruby got out of bed and drank from the water bottle before deciding to check out the town where she noticed a stand, seeing a few items like a Fire Flower and Super Mushroom, but there were two that caught her eye.
"What are these?" She asked a Dryite.
"Oh, these two? This flower is called the Boomerang Flower, it basically lets you throw Boomerangs. And this is the Hammer Bros suit, lets you throw hammers while protecting you from projectiles from the likes of Venus Fire Traps, Fire Chomps, Fire Bros, Hammer Bros and… anything else that throws projectiles at you.
"Sweet… how much do they cost?"
"Ten coins each."
"Ten coins? Well lucky for me, I caught all these coins while taking out baddies and destroying ? blocks, bricks, finding them on the grou-"
"Just give 'em to me."
"Here you go!" She said, giving him forty coins and taking the Super Mushroom, Fire Flower, Boomerang Flower and Hammer Bro Suit as she looked around the town some more while drinking out of a water bottle.
A few hours later…
"Mmm…" Yang woke up along with the others. "Where are we?"
"In a town in Dry Dry Desert." Ruby replied, sitting down on her bed and admiring the Boomerang Flower in front of her.
"Dry Dry Desert? I thought this was-"
"Long story." Ruby interrupted Weiss as Mr. E walked in.
"Ah, I see you're all ready to go in the desert." He said.
"Yep!" Ruby nodded, tossing the others the power ups while not getting rid of the Boomerang Flower.
"Be careful, even at night, the desert is always full of surprises… and the Pokeys are more active at night." Mr. E warned.
"We'll be careful." Yang said, holding the Super Mushroom and Weiss holding the Fire Flower, while Blake is holding the Hammer Bro's suit.
"Let's go team!" Ruby exclaimed, as she absorbed the Boomerang Flower.
Ruby is now wearing a red helmet, and shell reminiscent of the Boomerang Bros. with a pair of knee high boots with silver soles the same red color. Under the shell, she's wearing a skintight black jumpsuit. (Think of Rosalina absorbing the Boomerang Flower in Super Mario 3D World) On her hands are a pair of silver gloves that go half way up to her elbow with her rose emblem on the back of the hands in red.
"Oh nice, I look sweet!" Ruby exclaimed.
"Hmm…" Blake absorbed the Hammer Bros suit. She is now wearing a black helmet (Thin enough that her cat ears would be poking though) and shell reminiscent of that of a Hammer Bro. Underneath this shell, she's wearing a skintight purple jumpsuit. She's also wearing a set of knee high white boots with purple soles and a pair of white gloves that go half way up the elbow with her symbol on the back of the hands. Her hair comes out of the back of the helmet as a ponytail since her hair is long enough for it to happen.
(And even though this is basically the Hammer Bros suit, think of the outfit as the modern day Boomerang Bros outfit.)
"Sweet." Blake said and then noticed Gambol Shroud is replaced by a hammer attached to a ribbon the same length of Gambol Shroud. "Nice." She grinned as Weiss absorbed the Fire Flower as Yang ate the Super Mushroom.
"I feel… stronger!" Yang said.
"Good luck out there." Mr. E said as they nodded and they took off. "…Ooops, I forgot to mention that they're going to be facing a few Chain Chomps in that area. Oh well, I'm sure they'll figure it out."
"Hey! We got the four Koopas waking up!" A Dryite spoke up.
"Good, I was wondering when they'd wake up… and what about that bandit?"
"Disappeared."
"…Hmm, interesting… hope he doesn't cause too much trouble for those four."
World 2-3: Chomp Territory
"Ah, now this is what I'm talking about! We should've done this a long time ago!" Weiss said.
"So true." Yang said as they proceeded to walk around as they noticed several Pokeys coming straight for them.
"Pokeys!" Ruby exclaimed as they got in fighting positions… until Ruby had a wild idea and basically threw Crescent Rose at the Pokeys like a boomerang, hitting all of them while cutting off their heads while WBY looked at Ruby as if Nora rubbed off on her or something.
"What." Yang.
"The." Blake.
"HELL?!" Weiss yelled.
"What?" Ruby asked as there was a glow above them and a 1-Up Mushroom landed in Ruby's hand. "…A green Polka dotted Mushroom." She said. "…I'm gonna eat it!"
"No! That's probably going to be poison-" Ruby ate it, much to Weiss's dismay. "-Ous…"
"Mmm! I feel healthy!" Ruby grinned.
"So the Red mushrooms increase our semblances while green mushrooms restore our health?" Blake asked.
"I guess." Ruby smiled.
"While that's great and all, what are we going to do about that scythe? It's far away from here." Yang pointed out.
"Oh, I can retrieve it back." Ruby said, extending her hand and then, much to their surprise, Crescent Rose appeared in her hands again. "Ta-da!"
"…Okay, I think Ruby just turned into some kind of wizard if she could summon it…" Weiss said as Blake and Yang seemed to agree while Ruby looked at them with a smile and proceeded to walk away from them as they caught up.
As they were traveling the desert, they noticed a few sleeping big ball of chains sleeping soundly… as they were none other than Chain Chomps. "What are those things?" Weiss asked.
"Sleeping ball of chains." Ruby simply said which made Weiss give her a 'Thank you, captain obvious' look as they saw a sign as Yang read it.
"Beware of Dogs. Yes, Chain Chomps are dogs… and they're quite vicious and very territorial." Yang read.
Blake paled. "Dogs…?!"
"Oh, let's just get through this quietly. Besides, they're sleeping." Ruby said as they proceeded to go through the area quietly as Blake was trembling in fear… most likely because there would be a slight chance of the Chain Chomps waking up and going ballistic.
And just when things were going okay… Weiss's nose tickled as her eyes widened as she tried to hold it in, but it was no good… she was going to let it out.
"Ah… ah…" Weiss said as Yang and Ruby took a look and they paled up as they desperately tried to find something to cover Weiss's sneeze… but there was nothing to be found.
"Meep." Ruby said.
"AAAACHOOOOO!" Weiss sneezed very loudly, as everyone stiffened… looking around to see if there were any movement… but to their amazement, the Chain Chomps were sleeping peacefully.
"Phew…" Blake sighed with relief as they proceeded to walk.
SNAP!
End BGM
Someone had stepped on a random stick as they looked down to see that it wasn't them, but they turned to see Nabbit stepping on a stick who sweatdropped, and then they heard growling and they slowly turned to see a Chain Chomp growling at them.
"Um… hello…" Ruby greeted while being afraid of the beast.
BGM: Danger! (Mario and Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story)
The Chain Chomp continued to growl… before barking at all of them as they screamed before running away as the Chain Chomp followed them while waking up the other Chain Chomps as they started chasing them too as they started barking too as they saw a huge castle in front of them as Blake grabbed the flagpole and they quickly ran inside the castle and closed the door.
End BGM
Weiss panted. "I think… I saw my life… flashing before my eyes…"
"You're not the only one…" Ruby panted as they looked at Nabbit who looked like he was about to have a heart attack… before he fainted. "Poor guy couldn't handle it."
"How do you think I'm feeling?" Blake asked as they still heard the Chain Chomps barking at them.
"Come on, I think we're close." Ruby said.
World 2-4: Two Pokeys, Four Girls
BGM: Underground Cave Connection (Paper Mario: Sticker Star)
"Are you sure this is a castle? It's more of a tomb if anything." Yang said as they walked around, seeing various coffins. "Not to mention there's sand everywhere."
"Oh, maybe we'll be Tomb Raiders!" Ruby grinned.
"…No." Weiss said. "I'm not going to be touching any old and dirty coffins that might have been around for centuries."
"You're no fun." Ruby pouted as they walked around the area, as they saw a few coffins opening to reveal some Dry Bones, but they quickly disposed of them and walked around the area, walking up some steps.
As they were going through a sandy area, a geyser of sand erupted from them… and got all over Weiss. "Agh! I'm all filthy!" Weiss exclaimed in disgust.
"Oh well. It'd be best if you dealt with it." Yang said as they walked away.
"Hey!" Weiss exclaimed as they proceeded to walk around some more and seeing a few Buzzy Beetles who casually looked at them before going back to mind their own business as they saw a huge door and they proceeded to walk in.
And as they walked in, they saw two Pokeys standing before them… and one was a humongous Pokey and another was a little bit… papery and had a crown on its head. Also known as Tower Power Pokey.
End BGM
"...So, we defeat these and go forward?" Yang asked.
"Yep." Weiss nodded as the four got ready to fight as the two Pokeys got ready to fight as well.
BGM: Big Bang! (Mario and Luigi: Paper Jam)
Yang ran over and proceeded to punch the Big Pokey, dealing serious damage before jumping back as Blake aimed at the Tower Power Pokey and threw the hammer at the head, hitting it in the head and using the ribbon to call it back and then Ruby threw her scythe before summoning it back after it hit them.
Tower Power Pokey rolled up and proceeded to roll straight for Yang, who got ready to counter attack and punched it, knocking it away as it folded back to its normal self while the big Pokey proceeded to lob its body parts to Tower Power Pokey as it acted like a baseball bat and swung it, as it aimed for the girls as they swung their weapons to launch it back at it and then the Pokey's body regenerated, but they did lose a few segments.
Weiss ran over and jumped up and spun around, launching fireballs all around from Myrtenaster and then Yang jumped over and punched Tower Power Pokey in the head before coming back down as Blake managed to knock a couple segments off of the both of them with her hammer.
The Big Pokey attempted to roll towards them, but they quickly jumped over it as it got back up and was behind them, forcing Blake and Yang to turn their backs to Ruby and Weiss as they proceeded to attack them all before all of the segments disappeared, leaving their heads as they were then stunned.
"Weiss!" Ruby cued.
"Got it!" Weiss nodded as she quickly made glyphs surrounding the heads and then snapped her fingers, as fireballs were launched to the Pokeys, burning them alive and then Weiss made one more and then smirked, and a stream of fire came down from above until there was nothing left of them.
End BGM
"Can I just say that it was weird fighting a piece of paper?" Yang asked.
"Oh believe me; I was thinking the same thing." Ruby replied as they proceeded to go forward until they saw a bag and they opened it up, revealing another Toad.
"Thank you, Team RWBY! But the Princess and the Mario Bros are in another castle."
"Ugh, we heard that the first time." Weiss said.
"…Touchy." Toad muttered. "Welp, I'll be heading back to the Mushroom Kingdom!"
"Wait! There are Chain Chomps out there!" Blake said.
"…Really? Then I guess I'll use the shortcut then." He said, pointing to two warp pipes, and there was a sign on both of them and they read the both of them.
"This way to Toad Town!"
And the other said "This way to Cheep Cheep Lagoon!"
"See ya!" Toad hopped on in as the girls looked at the Warp Pipe, then each other.
"Shall we?" Yang asked as they nodded and hopped on in the Warp Pipe.
Meanwhile, at Bowser's Castle…
BGM: Bowser's Castle (Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door)
"And so, I told Mario that if he wants to take me down, he'd have to break out of the cell… and it wasn't possible!" Bowser said as a few Goombas and Koopas laughed.
"YOUR NASTINESS!" Hammer Bro ran over to him.
"Yes? What is it?"
"The two Pokeys have been taken out!"
"WHAT?!" Bowser yelled. "You mean to tell me Team RWBY took out the two strong Pokeys?!"
"Yes!"
Bowser growled. "This means war… GET ME GENERAL GUY!"
"Yes sir!"
"They won't last under General Guy… I'm sure of it." Bowser smirked.
End BGM
At Beacon…
Jaune was sleeping soundly… and then he felt something on his leg as he looked over to see Zwei whining. "What? What is it…?"
Zwei whined and pointed over to the door, whining. "You want to go outside…?" He asked as Zwei nodded.
Jaune groaned. "Ask Pyrrha… or someone else…" He said, but after a few more seconds of whining and the fact that Pyrrha, Nora or Ren weren't waking up to his whining, he caved in and put on his shoes. "Alright, let's go."
Zwei smiled and Jaune put his leash on as Zwei pretty much dragged him outside.
Zwei continued to drag him around until he found the perfect tree that he was looking for and proceeded to do his business while Jaune whistled, looking around and looking at the stars before Zwei barked, signaling that he was done.
"Alright, let's go." Jaune said.
"Going somewhere, Arc?" A voice asked as he turned to see Cardin walking over to him.
"What do you want, Cardin?" Jaune asked.
"What do I want? Payback from earlier." Cardin replied. "You're going to pay for running me over from earlier!"
"It was an accident."
"Yeah right!" Cardin said, grabbing him on the shirt. "I am so going to mess you up for that." He growled, and then he heard growling and felt teeth on his ankle. "YOOOW!" He yelled and looked down to see Zwei trying to make Cardin go away. "Go away, you mutt!" He said, actually kicking him away as they both heard a painful whine from Zwei.
"HEY!" Jaune exclaimed. "You can't do that to him!"
"I can do whatever I want with him." Cardin said. "He's next after I'm through with you." He said, as Zwei shook it off and went to his ankle again. "Get off of me, you mangy animal!" He said, kicking him hard enough to a wall.
"Zwei!" Jaune exclaimed and then Cardin turned to Jaune.
"This is going to hurt…" Cardin said, raising his fist to punch him.
"I couldn't agree more." A voice said and then the next thing Cardin knew, he was suddenly pinned to a tree… and it looked like… a javelin by the looks of it.
"Agh…! What the…?!" Cardin wondered and then looked to see Pyrrha walking over to them, looking quite upset.
"Bullying Jaune and kicking a dog out of spite? Have you no heart?" Pyrrha asked, glaring at him.
"He ran me over!"
"Unintentionally… and I'm sure he didn't mean it."
"That's what I was trying to tell him!" Jaune said.
"Yeah right!" Cardin growled as Pyrrha used her polarity to bring Milo back to her hand, but then before Cardin could get away, Pyrrha pushed him into a tree and held him there, glaring at him.
"Listen to me very closely… if you ever harm Jaune or Zwei again, I WILL do something far worse than pinning you to a tree, and you better hope that I don't tell Ruby that you kicked her dog." She said in a threatening voice. "And you're lucky that it was ME who stopped you instead of Nora."
"Oh yeah? What are you going to do?" Cardin asked, but looking into Pyrrha's fierce eyes made him nervous and gulped a little as he growled in frustration and looked away, then looked at Jaune. "You got lucky, Arc." He said as he managed to push Pyrrha away and walked away.
"Hmph… what's his problem?" Jaune asked.
"You okay?" Pyrrha asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine." Jaune nodded.
"Good." She smiled, hugging him and he returned it, before they both remembered Zwei and they turned to him, who was lying on the ground.
"Zwei!" Jaune exclaimed as he ran over to him. "Come on, Zwei… don't die on me now!"
Zwei looked at him before licking him on the cheek before getting back up and shaking it off, going back to his happy-go-lucky self and barking before jumping up into his arms all happy while Jaune and Pyrrha sighed with relief.
"Come on, let's go back to bed." Pyrrha said as Jaune nodded and they walked back to their room.
Pyrrha: 1.
Cardin: 0.