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"Mmm…" Ruby moaned in her sleep. "Ow…" She groaned and looked up. "Where am I… and why do I smell… bananas?" She wondered as she heard shuffling.

"Hmm?" She turned her head. "Mr. E, is that you?" She asked as she got out of the bed and saw a chair rocking back and forth and looked at a book and looked at the title.

"1000 kinds of… bananas?" She wondered as she picked it up and began reading it. "Oh, just a bunch of pictures." She said. "I didn't realize there were all kinds of different-" She looked up to see a big hairy ape wearing a red tie with the letters "DK" on it. "-Ba…nan…as…"

The ape, known as Donkey Kong, smiled and did a friendly wave.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAH! WHAT'S WITH THE GORILLA?!" Ruby screamed as she backed up to a wall as Donkey Kong winced at the yelling but approached Ruby as she closed her eyes. "Bad dream… this is just a bad dream!" She said as Donkey Kong sniffed her… and sniffed her hair before examining her more closely.

Ruby looked at Donkey Kong. "What… are you doing?"

Doneky Kong smiled and talked in his own ape language.

"Um… you're hungry?"

He shook his head.

"You have cookies?"

Nope.

"Um, you're just checking me out?"

Donkey Kong smiled and nodded. "Um… my name is… Ruby Rose… and what's yours?" She asked, seeming to warm up to the friendly ape.

Donkey Kong talked once again and then Ruby saw the letters on his tie. "DK…" She said and rubbed her chin in thought. "Um… Dead Kane?"

Donkey Kong shook his head.

"Dastardly King?"

Nope.

"Dumb… Krumbs? Oh! I know, Deadly Kandy Cane!"

Donkey Kong facepalmed and grabbed her arm as he took her outside and pointed to the top of his hut which said "Donkey Kong".

"Donkey Kong? …Funny, you don't look like a donkey." Ruby said. "Anyway, thanks for saving me but I gotta go find my frie-" She nearly fell, realizing she was on top of a tree. "WHOOOOA!" She yelled as Donkey Kong grabbed her.

"Thanks." She smiled as Donkey Kong nodded. "So um… I suppose you don't know where my friends are, right?" She asked. "Do you know who my friends are? They're Weiss, Blake and Yang."

Donkey Kong shook his head no, but he did have an idea and did a 'follow me' hand signal. "Oh, so you do know where they are!" She smiled. "Take me there!"

BGM: DK Island Swing (Donkey Kong Country Returns)

Donkey Kong nodded as he grabbed a vine and proceeded to swing down to the ground. "Um… okay…" Ruby said as she grabbed the vine and proceeded to swing… and didn't let go. "WAIT WAIT, HOW DO YOU TURN ON THE BRAAAAAAAAAAAKES?!" She yelled as she slammed into a tree and fell on the ground as Donkey Kong winced and ran towards her.

World 4-1: It's a Jungle Out There…

"Ooogh…" Ruby groaned as she was then helped up by Donkey Kong. "Thanks…" She said as Donkey Kong nodded and they proceeded to go through the jungle where they noticed a few Shy Guys scouting the area.

"Have you seen that red head?" A Shy Guy asked.

"Nope, I see nothing but bananas." Another said as Donkey Kong jumped in the trees and then landed behind them and smacked their heads together to knock them out.

"Cool!" Ruby exclaimed as they kept going, but Ruby looked at the KO'd Shy Guy. "Hmm… I wonder what's behind that mask?" She wondered and then pulled it off out of curiosity as her eyes widened and there was a shiver up her spine. "Okaaaay, I didn't need to see that!" She said as she put it back. "I…have been… scarred for life…" She groaned as Donkey Kong raised an eyebrow at this before shrugging it off.

As they kept going, Donkey Kong swung on some vines and Ruby did the same thing, and this time she knew to let go to grab on another vine… but unfortunately, she did it too early and landed on an unsuspecting Beowolf who yelped in agony.

"Thanks… I guess." Ruby said and then walked away as the Beowolf tried to get up but couldn't get up as another Beowolf saw the crushed Beowolf and poked it with a stick, wondering if its fellow Beowolf was still breathing.

Ruby tried to do it again, and this time, she was successful. "WAHOO! LOOK AT ME GO! I'M SWINGING!" She exclaimed happily and then landed near Donkey Kong who smiled as they went forward as they noticed some crocodiles walking around. "Um… are those crocodiles walking on two legs?" She asked.

Donkey Kong growled as he ran straight for them before jumping in the trees… and then coming down and knocking out the Kritters easily. "Friends of yours?" Ruby asked but Donkey Kong shook his head no and tried to explain.

"They… took your childhood friend away?"

Nope.

"They… took away your lunch money!"

Not even close.

"Took away your cookies?"

Nope…

Donkey Kong sighed as he crawled up and gave Ruby a banana and then had another one for himself and showed it to her. "…They took away your bananas?"

He nodded with a smile.

"Wow, what a bunch of low lives." Ruby said as they walked away as they both ate the bananas… but Donkey Kong ate it in one gulp while Ruby was happily eating it until they came across a clearing where Donkey Kong proceeded to destroy a barrel and getting several bananas, as he cried out in happiness and proceeded to eat them all.

Ruby sweatdropped. "You sure like bananas…"

Donkey Kong smiled and then he motioned her to follow him and they took off again.

World 2-2: Piranha Plant Infested Forest

"Hey, Ruby!" A voice caught their attention as they looked up and saw Blake coming down from a tree… and accompanying her was a little familiar monkey.

"Blake!" Ruby exclaimed as the two girls hugged. "Um… who is this next to you?"

"I honestly have no idea." Blake replied. "He found me when I was wandering around the place looking for you guys."

"I see." Ruby nodded and looked at the hat on the monkey known as Diddy Kong. "…Um, Blake… do you know what 'Nintendo' means?"

"No… do you?"

"I don't, but I have a slight feeling it could be a hat or shoe company." Ruby said. "Or maybe a clothing store… maybe a company that makes Dust… or maybe…" Her eyes lit up. "A weapons depot!"

"Well, whatever 'Nintendo' is, this little guy sure likes it." Blake said as Donkey Kong hugged his little buddy. "So, who's the big guy?"

"Donkey Kong."

"Interesting. Now, shall we look for the others."

Ruby nodded. "Yeah." She said as the four of them took off as they noticed some Grimm in front of them as they proceeded to take them down as a Ursa ran over from behind them, but Diddy Kong aimed his peanut popgun and shot it, knocking it back as Donkey Kong jumped up and slammed it into the ground, burying it in the process.

"That's impressive." Blake said as they went forward, as they noticed that this part of the jungle was infested with tons of Piranha Plants as Ruby pulled out Crescent Rose and cut the Piranha Plants in half as they proceeded to go forward.

"So, do you think we'll be seeing even more of these apes?" Ruby asked.

"I don't know… maybe… why do you ask?"

"I dunno, just wondering." Ruby said as they walked around, taking out more Piranha Plants as they proceeded to go forward while dealing with more critters while Donkey Kong and Diddy took a little banana break in the process as Ruby and Blake ate a few before heading forward until they got in front of a lake.

End BGM

"Hmm, that's an interesting lake." Ruby said as they walked around it, until they heard some cackling as they saw Kamek flying down.

"So, you're the ones that were causing trouble for King Bowser!"

"I'm sorry, but who are you?" Blake asked.

"I am Kamek, King Bowser's loyal magician and I will not have you stooping around any lo-… hey, by any chance… were there more of you?"

"We're looking for them."

"I see… in any case, prepare to meet your demise!"

"…No offense, but how are you going to fight us?" Ruby asked.

"Oh, I know a way to get rid of you, red head." He smirked and then looked at the lake and fired some magic into it. "Come on out… Naval Piranha!"

"Naval… what?" Blake wondered and then her question was answered by a humongous spiky Piranha Plant emerging out of the water as it roared directly at them as Donkey Kong and Diddy prepared for battle.

"Oh my goodness, that's the biggest plant I've ever seen!" Ruby said.

"And it will be the last one you see!" Kamek smirked and then had an idea. "…Wait, I have a better idea." He said and then fired magic at it again, and then the next thing they knew, Naval Piranha was breathing fire.

BGM: Apprehension (Kingdom Hearts 1.5 HD Remix)

"A fire breathing plant?!" Blake exclaimed.

"Heheheh… indeed!" Kamek grinned. "Take care of 'em, Naval Piranha!" He said and then he disappeared as Naval Piranha roared.

"What do we do?" Ruby asked.

Blake pulled out a Hammer Bros suit and a Boomerang Flower. "I found these when I was looking for you guys." She said as she tossed the Boomerang Flower.

"Aw yeah!" Ruby grinned as the two absorbed the power-ups as they got ready for battle.

End BGM

BGM: Never Let Up! (Mario and Luigi: Dream Team)

Naval Piranha roared and breathed fire at them, forcing them to dodge as Ruby threw her scythe and Blake threw her hammer, but Naval Piranha swatted them away easily and then tried to slap them, but they rolled away as Diddy Kong had his jetpack equipped and fired peanuts at the massive Piranha Plant.

Donkey Kong noticed a barrel and smirked as he picked it up and noticed a certain belly button with a bandage on it as he aimed directly at that and threw it as it roared in agony before breathing fire at Donkey Kong as he flipped into the air and landed next to Ruby.

"Oh, I see… that belly button is the weak point!" Blake said.

"Hehehe! Nice obvious weak spot!" Ruby laughed as she aimed her scythe at the belly button while they also avoided the vines while Diddy Kong was flying around and distracting the huge plant as Ruby threw it, hitting the belly button directly and summoned the scythe.

Naval Piranha growled and then looked up into the sky and breathed fire up there, as they looked up to see fire raining down from the sky, forcing them to run to cover… the only problem was that Naval Piranha was shooting fireballs at them and his vines were slamming on the ground and leaving a fiery trail in its wake, making it more difficult until the fire cleared and Diddy proceeded to fly again, but his foot was grabbed on by Blake's hammer.

"Don't freak out! Swing me around!" She requested as Diddy nodded and flew around while Ruby and Donkey Kong were trying to avoid the flames and then Diddy swung Blake hard enough to the naval, as Blake's hammer let go as she then threw it at the naval, as it was a direct hit as the Naval Piranha roared in agony as Diddy grabbed a hold of her and flew back as the Naval Piranha fell into the lake… and sunk.

End BGM

"Wahoo! We did it!" Ruby exclaimed, high fiving Blake as Diddy and Donkey Kong did the same thing. "Come on, let's get going!" She said as they nodded and they took off.

With General Guy…

"What in blazes?!" General Guy asked, seeing a lot of KO'd Shy Guys on the ground. "What in the world happened?!"

"D-Donkey… Kong's… little… buddy." One of the Shy Guys groaned.

"What?! I thought he was at DK Island trying to thaw it out from those Viking morons with Donkey Kong! What in blazes is he doing HERE?"

"We don't know… but… it was brutal… and… he had help with… a cat lady…"

General Guy growled. "Team RWBY is more clever than I thought… alright, that's it…" He radioed in the airships. "General Guy to airships, come in!"

"What is it, General?"

"Clear out this forest with Bullet Bills, Banzai Bills… ALL THE BULLET BILLS YOU GOT!"

"Wait, you want to get rid of the forest?"

"Of course… if it's to get rid of Team RWBY… and the fact that Donkey Kong might be in this forest too!"

"Alright, If you say so… but what about you?"

"I'll be fine!" General Guy said. "You destroy this forest now! That's what Lord Bowser would do!"

"Fair enough. Alright boys, lock and load!"

General Guy chuckled as he brought out an umbrella and whistled casually as he walked. "It's going to be a good day for rain…" He chuckled devilishly.

At Beacon…

Jaune sat down on a chair, watching Zwei being his usual self until he spotted a butterfly and proceeded to chase it around Jaune several times as he chuckled. "Oh, Zwei… you silly dog." He said as the butterfly quickly darted to the forest as Zwei chased after it.

"Zwei! Wait a minute! Hold up!" Jaune ran after him as they disappeared into the forest and Jaune went in a few seconds later.

"Zwei? Zwei! Where are you?" Jaune wandered around, looking for the small Corgi until there was a deep growl behind him as he froze up. "Um… Zwei…?" He turned around and saw an Ursa in front of him.

"Oh hey… big guy… um… you wouldn't happen to find a dog in this forest, would you?" He asked.

The Ursa growled in response.

"…Of course you didn't." He said as he gulped. "Fine time for me to leave my weapon behind…" He backed up. "HEEEEEEEEEEELP!" He yelled as he tried to run but accidentally tripped on a rock and fell as the Ursa towered above him, ready to kill its prey.

Suddenly, they both heard a bark and then Zwei headbutted the Ursa in the gut and then kicked it away, then landed next to Jaune, barking at the Ursa threateningly as the Ursa quickly hightailed it out of there, not wanting to mess with the little creature.

"Thanks… Zwei." Jaune said as Zwei turned around with his usual grin and barked, happily jumping in his lap and licking him as they both walked out of the forest and back to the academy… until the same butterfly was noticed by Zwei again as he started chasing after it.

"Hey, wait up!" Jaune exclaimed as he ran after Zwei.

Meanwhile…

BGM: Abyssal Ruins (Pokemon Black/White)

A diving team swam around the underwater castle. "So, what are we supposed to do again?" A Koopa asked.

"Simple, we're to take pictures and scan the area for clues so Bowser can learn more about this wannabe king." Hammer Bro said.

"So, basically… a reconnaissance mission." Another spoke up.

"Exactly." Hammer Bro nodded as they got into the room, where they saw the remains of Kingfin. "Yeesh, hate to be that guy." He said as they swam around, finding various things.

"Oh, this is interesting." A Koopa said, seeing an underwater casket and removing the lid, seeing Dry Bowser in front of him. "Hey guys! Come take a look at this!"

"Fascinating…" Boomerang Bro said, taking a picture of him. "That oughta be interesting for His Nastiness to see." He said as they did more investigating the place and taking pictures as the Koopa swam up and bonked his head on an invisible ? block.

"Ooof!" He rubbed his head and noticed a 1-Up Mushroom coming out and gently floating out of the block. "Uh, guys…? Should we be worried about this?"

"Hmm?" Hammer Bro looked at the 1-Up Mushroom. "Nah, let's not worry about it. What's it gonna revive anyway?"

"True."

"Anyway, we've seen enough. Let's report back to Bowser."

"Right."

The team took off in an open window and went back to Bowser's Castle as the 1-Up Mushroom floated around the castle and then landed on something, and that happened to be on the top of the casket… and then it floated down into the casket as it was absorbed.

End BGM

A glow shined throughout the room until it stopped glowing… and then… a bony arm shot out of the casket, as its hand formed into a fist.

Way to go, Koopa... you just unintentionally revived Dry Bowser.