Note: There will be no shipping. Also this story has language, blood/gore, and adult themes due to being Death Battle itself. Be Advised when reading this. The ratings will depend on the episode they watch. And without further information let's get started.
Mistral. Atlas. Vacuo. Vale. The four kingdoms of Remnant. Four continents destined to bring mankind to a greater future in harmony. But the Grimm and White Fang are two things that forces the four kingdoms to train Man and Faunus alike to combat these threats.
Two weeks ago, four, destined, young huntresses named Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee, Blake Belladonna and Yang Xiao Long did one of the most dangerous missions they assigned (with a bit of Ozpin's 'bending the rules' help) themselves that nearly costed them their lives. Their mission was tasked Search and Destroy. The mission they were assigned to was to search and destroy possible criminal hideouts and to be accompanied by a veteran hunter to support them who turned to be none other than the coffee drinking, hyperactive, history of Remnant obsessed, Doctor Oobleck. Ruby also brought along her and her sister's black corgi, Zwei .The four young heroes, their teacher and the dog headed to the once expansion city of Vale that grimmly got overrunned by the Grimm and is now a haunted ruin that will dreadfully remind anyone what this place once was and will forever be called Mountain Glenn.
Turns out, the abandoned city is the hideout where the evil and cunning criminal overlord named Roman Torchwick and the White Fang are residing at. They are putting together their latest plan: A train filled with bombs that will be used to attract the Grimm and lead them to the city of Vale.
RWBY, Oobleck and Zwei were able to get on the train and attempted to stop the train with no brakes. Despite their training, RWBY have underestimated what they were up against which nearly costed them their lives but were thankfully lucky to survive and reached Vale.
After reaching Vale, Team RWBY were able to hold off the Grimm until their friends Team JNPR (Jaune Arc, Pyrrha Nikos, Nora Valkyrie and Lie Ren) were able to make it in time and give RWBY some backup. Not long after, General Ironwood's robotic forces, Team CFVY (Coco, Fox, Velvet and Yatsuhashi), The Beacon Staff which consists of Oobleck himself, along with Glynda Goodwitch and Peter Port, and Cinder with her two teammates Mercury and Emerald, were all able to arrive to Vale and turned the tides to their favor.
They did it. They won. The Grimm that came to Vale were all eradicated and removed (they just dissolve shortly after they die) from Vale. The ones the did survive retreated back into the tunnels from where they came from. Despite a few civilians getting injured, not a single life was lost and only a few million Lien in property damage. And to make bigger and greater news, Roman is finally captured and put into custody. All students of Beacon returned to Beacon to celebrate. Everything seemed good and started going back to normal.
However, this is just the beginning.
Despite killing off the Grimm in Vale, Ruby, Weiss, Blake and Yang are beginning to feel that it's not over just yet. Roman is in prison, but they all agree they feel there are other villains hiding behind the curtain that are waiting to reveal themselves. And they never truly solved everything they tried to figure out. A typical Pyrrhic victor. But not a bad one.
That was two weeks ago.
Now is the time to focus on the present and prepare for the future that lies ahead of them.
(Friday)
It's a beautiful day at Beacon. Students were hustling and bustling around Beacon to get to their classes without being late. Inside one of the classes was none other than RWBY and JNPR, along with other students, doing yet anotherboring class that involves (yet again) listening to their teacher's, Peter Port, boring stories that are only about him and his "Prey". Even Weiss and Pyrrha, despite respecting the veteran huntsman, are starting to think he needs some help and possibly a retirement home for him to live when he does finally retire. Half of his tales recently for the past week are now starting to sound absurd and even downright made up if he hasn't made them all boring to begin with. Taking down an Ursa with one hand while grooming his mustache? Cracked a Death Stalker's armor with his fist? Killed a Beowulf just by staring at it!? Okay, this is starting to get ridiculous. At least Port is a wise man who knows what he's talking about that does not involve himself and the Grimm.
During Port's speech, RWBY and JNPR are trying to withstand his mind numbing tales and think to themselves about what they have done for the past two weeks since they stopped the Grimm invading Vale.
JNPR has been doing quite well.
Jauna Arc has been improving his skills much better than Beacon has earlier expected; his grades are improving, he's controlling his aura much better and thanks to Pyrrha's training, his skills with his sword and shield have greatly improved. Pyrrha has started to develop feelings that are more than just being best friends with Jaune and she might have to tell him sooner or later how she feels to him. Ren and Nora are still the same, except the signs that they really do have affections to each other, despite claiming they are not "together" together, are slowly peeling away. It's only a matter of time.
RWBY hasn't changed one bit.
Ruby is still the same, naive, adorkable leader. Weiss is still the same heiress to the Schnee Dust Company. Blake is still the same girl who was once a member of the White Fang and is now trying to make the world a better place. Yang is still that adventure thrilling blonde who has the enjoyment to kick ass and going with the flow.
After class was dismissed, RWBY and JNPR went their separate ways. JNPR went to the training grounds to improve their skills while RWBY has their free time for the night. Even on weekends they still have to train. Ruby was walking alongside her teammates and planning what the weekend will be about, Weiss is polishing her nails, Blake had her nose in a book like usual and Yang was walking beside them and being her usual self.
As they headed to their dorm, Yang decided to break the silence
"So, what are our plans this weekend?" she asked
Before anyone one could answer, they were halted by something at the door to their dorm.
A brown package box sitting near the door with tape shutting the top and on top of the box, strapped to it, appears to be an envelope.
That's odd. The mailman usually delivers the mail and packages on Sunday. Which is in two days.
RWBY approached the box and examined it closely. The box was medium sized, and had an odd logo that doesn't exist on Remnant: a badge like shape with three letters that says "UPS".
"should we open it?" asked Ruby who shows slight concern but is curious what's inside "Could it be another awesome weapon!" she asked which changed her tone to excitement.
"I don't know." answered Blake with concern as well, "The envelope has no address so we don't know if it's a weapon or some kind of trap that could be a danger to us."
"I'm agreeing with Blake here." said Weiss, "We are examining a box with a logo that even I can't recognize. It could be something we haven't dealt with before".
"Well." Yang said straightforwardly "At least we can go out with a bang or, in my case, a yang, as sisters in arms together."
RWB stared at Yang with a "Really?" expression. Yang needs to quit making those lame puns and rhymes that would make even Ozpin, who is essentially one the nicest guys around, shake his head at. Yang is not stupid or anything, she just likes to bring up puns at certain moments and didn't Yang make that rhyme right before the food fight not too long ago?
For now, they need to bring it in their dorm and avoid suspicion. They entered their dorm with Yang carrying the box to settle down and discover where the box came from. As they entered their dorm room, It looks the same since they decorated it from the start many months ago; the bunk beds are still the same as before. Many books and shelves are in the same positions. And that fancy painting along with the poster were all in recognized where they belong. The only slight change they got is now they have a 60 inch HD TV screen hanging on their wall with the latest DVD player they got just last week and the final decoration was a couch that's small enough to have space but big enough for the four students to sit in comfortably with enough space. Zwei is laying in his doggy bed in the corner of the room which they bought him last week so he can sleep without sleeping with RWBY, especially Blake.
Zwei notices them coming in and barks happily towards them. Ruby can't resist catching Zwei jumping into her arms and petting him with love and affection. Yang and Weiss joined in and were also giving the little canine some attention as well. Blake may dislike dogs due to her cat faunus heritage, but she has gotten used to Zwei and even got the courage to scratch his belly which she admitted it wasn't that bad.
After everything has settled down, Yang put the box on one of the desks and they again examined it's strange logo. They decided to take a picture of the logo by using their scrolls and then try to match any known logo on Remnant… not a single one matches the mysterious symbol. This really brought concern, uncertainty and curiosity.
"I can't wait any longer. I wanna know what's in it now!" Ruby shouted with impatience. The other three are also full of curiosity what's inside this present.
"Ruby's right." Yang agrees, "I'm also starting to wonder what's inside a box that's possibly not even from this world." RWB looked at Yang as if they are believing she's losing it.
"Yang." Said Weiss with a hint of annoyance, "There is no way a box with no address can link to it being from a another dimension."
Yang puts up her fingerless gloved hands in protest, "Don't look at me, I was just guessing because we've never even seen a symbol like this that doesn't match any of the logos on Remnant. It doesn't even resemble the White Fang's by a long shot."
"She may be right". the other three turn and look at Blake with raised eyebrows. At least Yang had some support from her partner and close friend.
"I don't know if it's true or not" Blake said with uncertainty, "But what chances are there if this box is just some sort of prank or what Yang says is also true? We can't just jump to conclusions because of what we see and I have the feeling the envelope can answer our questions."
The four came to the conclusion that the envelope would bring the answer. Ruby yanks the envelope off the box, opens it, pulls the note out, unfolds it and begins to read out loud. Though, the note strangely doesn't have the introduction who the note is introducing too specifically.
"If anybody finds my package reading the note on this very moment, I don't have much time to explain. Whoever finds this package, contains all the episodes I have recorded and edited. They will be sent to whoever and wherever I cannot predict. The world that I live on (or will once be) called Earth will eventually perish due to our ignorance in ignoring using alternate fuel sources for better environmental safeties. Now we pay the price. The end is coming soon and I dreadfully predict at this very moment. I wish for my favorite series from an internet show will forever live on being watched. Please take good care of them. If you don't believe me and think this is some kind of prank, I don't blame you. Who else would believe me? May we all shall rest in peace when our time have come.
P.S, I want you to skip episode 14 and get rid of it. Even I questioned why I recorded it and placed it in the box. It's a lame episode, trust me.
After Ruby finished reading the note, there was complete silence. No one said a word as they tried to process what they just heard. Ruby already looked like she was about to cry that someone and everyone this person lived with and loved will eventually or even at this moment, perished. Weiss snatched the paper out of Ruby's hand and read it herself. She made a face of disbelief and dread. Blake and Yang read it as well and showed similar expressions. They are actually starting to believe this is not a prank and reality is slowly getting a hold of them.
An entire world of innocent and other lifeforms on a planet... have perished... in the blink of an eye.
And now, they are slowly started to plan to do a favor to this poor unfortunate soul who sacrificed his/her final moments.
Watch the series he/she worked hard on he/she recorded and edited.
After another long moment of silence. The four girls all calmed down and eventually accepted that there was nothing they could have done. They had to accept reality and move on with their lives. Death is naturally part of life. Ruby decided to speak.
"Well, for the honor and respect of the person who gave up his collection of his shows then we should at least watch some of them tonight."
The Four agreed and focused on the box. Blake unsheathed Gambol Shroud and easily cut the top with speed and precision. Yang opened the lid and the four peeked inside. Inside the box appeared to be dozens and dozens, perhaps even at least over 50, black dvd movie casings that were all colored black with numbers on them that were colored red. They were neatly lined in order from 1 to the last one. RWBY decides to watch five tonight since it is past 5 PM right now. They first need to do their homework for an upcoming test and need to grab something to eat as well. They left the box open and decided to study for a little while. Yang was not really good at math and hates Algebra, Not to mention they also have a history assignment from Oobleck that they need to work on… again.
After two good hours of studying and a decent meal for supper, It was 7:50 PM and they decide to get ready for the show. After getting into their pajamas, Weiss went to get the popcorn, Yang went to get the sodas, Blake pulled five of DVDs out of the box and Ruby waited on the couch and turning the TV on with the remote and changed the setting to the DVD player.
After the girls all gathered on the couch with popcorn and soda, Ruby went to the DVD player, pulled the disc of the first episode and put it in. Shortly after, the screen shows a text that says a message about "Rules to the show"
Rules
Combatants possess no non-canon knowledge of each other.
To ensure a fair fight, character personality restraints from killing are ignored.
All other character traits & tactics are ignored and largely to be represented faithfully.
Research source prerequisites are generally determined equally unless specified.
No outside help.
This caught the attention of the girls, especially Yang who loves the thrill to fight. It sounds like some kind of competition with a set of rules in the arena. Only one way to find out.
Ruby hits the play button and the four huntresses will see a whole new adventure of fighting and learning.