(Discontinued) RWBY Watches Deathbattle

Episode 45 Guts vs Nightmare

Guts VS Nightmare

Ruby, Blake and Yang idly sat/ layer on their beds. Idly waiting for Weiss to finish her method of releasing all the tension she had from seeing the things Chuck Norris and Segata Sanshiro were capable of. It was very hard to believe how those two were just able to do the impossible like it's an everyday occurrence.

Ruby was drawing on her sketch pad. The past four drawing she made were about certain things learned from watching the Death Battles. One was a sketch of her wielding the BFG 9000 and incinerating a group of stampeding Goliaths, another was her red cloak being possessed by her mother's spirit. Being able to shield her from most dangers like with Gaara's sand and Spawn's cape. Another drawing was of her and her favorite white hair, red jacket and big sword and scythe wielding character battling some evil and dark things and lastly all of our favorite instant healing mercenary getting shot by White Fang grunts but of course the gun wounds will heal fast and the White Fang become completely wide eyed with how their weapons had little to no affect. Ruby wasn't much of an artist so drawings were of a chibi style.

Yang was on her scroll reading a story someone made up on the internet about four friends watching a series that pit two characters from different universes to-uhp, no wait she immediately changes to a gaming app when she noticed us watching how she's passing the time and is now pretending that is what she was on the entire time. The app is a mobile gaming version of the four kingdoms that allows you to play with other people from different areas around the world.

Blake of course was just reading a book. That's pretty much all you need to know. No surprise their. However, all three girls have headphones on. Why? To drown out the faint moans and panting coming from the locked bathroom. It would've been very uncomfortable to hear your roommate giving pleasure to herself. Blake however had a special set of headphones designed for faunus with an extra set of ears.

Soon Weiss exited the bathroom, holding her candles that still had some melted wax flowing on top. As she went to put them back where she kept them, Blake spoke "You done yet?" She asked with a hint of annoyance as she removed her headphones from her ears.

"Yes, I am. Thanks for waiting, now we can all resume the next episode. Ruby, if you will." Weiss said while gesturing to the tv. Ruby happily obliged and grabbed the remote. Everyone now sat down on the couch like they have before.

"Did you really have to do that just now?" Yang asked with a small smirk.

"It was either that or slam the door on my head." Weiss responded. "Now lets just continue watching." Ruby nodded and pressed play. Weiss hopes this one isn't too over the top like the last battle. She isn't sure if she can handle two in one night.

(*Cues: Invader - Jim Johnston*)

The intro for this episode shows various characters. Including one character that was already featured in a previous Death Battle which was Cloud riding a motorcycle while carrying his buster sword; and one man who had a big muscular build but also seemed a bit corpsy and has something that resembled a pyramid covering his head. He also carried a huge sword. RWBY admitted he seemed a bit frightening enough to haunt you in your dreams.

Wiz: For untold decades, scientists have searched for a legitimate method of measuring a person's level of badassness... completely missing the obvious answer.

Boomstick: Just check out the size of his sword!

"Looks like this is gonna be a big sword themed battle." Blake said while trying to shake off the sight of the pyramid headed man.

"Oh boy I can't wait to see cool giant swords!" Ruby said with excitement.

Boomstick: Like Guts, the brutal black swordsman from Berserk.

Wiz: And Nightmare, the demonic scourge from Soul Calibur.

"Technically this is the third or fifth episode we've seen that featured swordsman versus a swordsman depending on how you look at it." Weiss said.

"I bet any swordsman here on Remnant wouldn't measure up to these two guys." Yang said.

"We'll just have to wait and see." Blake said.

Boomstick: He's Wiz and I'm Boomstick.

Wiz: And it's our job to analyze their weapons, armor, and skills to find out who would win... a Death Battle.

The first combatant is a young adult with short black hair in a style that's both messy and spiked. His body was all muscle. But they weren't the type of muscles that were meant to attract. They were meant for fighting. No doubt he is very strong. He had numerous scars on his body. In a later depiction, part of his hair is grey and his right eye seems to have been lost. He even has even more scars. His clothing usually consists of a black cape. Metal plating armor on his torso, shoulders and legs. The girls blushed at how handsome and muscular he is. Compared to the average man, it would seem he towers over people. His physic is not the bulky muscle type. More of a lean trimmed figure yet you can still tell he is stronger than the average man.

Guts

(*Cues: Berserk - Et Voici Guts*)

Wiz: In the realm of Midland, rumors run rampant of a man wielding a humongous blade slaying any that get in his way, but before his legend grew, this black swordsman was known simply as Guts.

"That's it? Just Guts? No last name or suffix or a title? Just Guts?" Weiss questioned.

"I guess so. At least it's not a mouth full to say." Yang said with a shrug. "And damn, look at that jaw line. It's like a freakin sledgehammer." Yang said with a with a smirk.

"Also that look in his eyes, or eye. You can see it tells a story of pain and controlled rage." Blake said.

"Really? Then that means he must have a sad story too." Ruby said with worry. Hopefully that aspect doesn't show too much to her.

BACKGROUND

Height: 6'3" / 190.5 cm

Weight: 230 lbs / 104.3 kg

AKA The Black Swordsman

Occupation: Mercenary (Some Huntsmen choose to be mercenaries as well)

Mentors: Gambino, Griffith, Godo

Branded scrifice to Femto

Former Hawk's Raiders commander

Trained to fight since the age of 6 (This shocked the girls since they believe that is too young)

Hates the weak (That made RWBY wonder if Guts would consider them weak)

Boomstick: Oh ho, man, I'm so excited. Guts is one of the most badass and hardcore characters ever.

The huntresses see Guts fighting a large brute like opponent who is swinging a ball and chain at Guts. Guts is using a smaller sword to deflect each swing from a big man. To the girl's surprise, Guts was able to shatter the chained ball with a well timed strike while he let out a yell that made them shiver in awe.

"Seeing that and hearing what Boomstick just said, no doubt this guy is gonna be awesome." Yang said with anticipation. "Now I'm excited."

"I can't wait to hear all about him, his story, his abilities, his weapon!" Ruby excitedly said. Last episode was cool and all but it lacked weapons. Hopefully this one will make up for it. Weiss and Blake also felt anticipated with who Guts is and what he's capable of.

(*Cues: Berserk - Boscorn 2*)

Wiz: But the story of Guts is not for the faint of heart.

Boomstick: Yeah, it's... kind of dark. You've been warned.

"Uh oh, I don't think I like where this is going." Blake somberly said with worry.

"It can't really be that bad from the other stories we've seen so far….can it?" Weiss said hesitatingly.

Wiz: After a brutal massacre, Guts was born from the corpse of his mother, who had been hanged from a tree.

"Oh my god!" Weiss gasped in horror with her voice trembling. The other girls of course went silent and held the same gapping facial reaction. This had to be the most horrendous thing they have seen. It would have been sad enough for Guts to be born into a shitty life. But no baby should be brought into the world that way. No matter what he grows up to become. RWBY now felt so much sorrow at this, Ruby was already on the verge of tears.

Boomstick: And we're just getting started.

Ruby immediately paused the video as she was struggling to take in the way Guts was born. She looked down having her bangs covering her eyes. Her team turned their heads to her with worry and but still contained the sadness.

"Sis, you alright?" Yang asked in concern. All she got was the sound of sobbing and a whimper from her little sister, followed by a full on choking sound.

Ruby's heart felt like it weighed a ton all of a sudden. Her sister and friends watched as the dam broke and tears rolled down her cheeks and dropped onto her lap. "I-I can…*sniff*…hear it…h-h-happen-happening….*sniff**sniff*.." She then covered her ears hoping it would help somehow. Closing her eyes shut but the tears still seeping out. "…..him….fa-falling….*sniff*…onto the ground *sniff*…crying….on the ground..*sniff*…with…n-no one there to care for him." Ruby stammered between sobs. "He was…*sniff*…literally born alone!" She finished with her eyes now puffy and red.

Weiss, Yang and Blake all had an intense look of melancholy. They almost felt as much grief for Guts as their leader. Seeing a new born infant get dealt with the worst hand like this is heart wrenching enough but as how the story was able to make Ruby when she was energetic, upbeat, and cheerful during the whole day do a complete one-eighty and have an emotional breakdown like this made it even more a grief moment for them. They fought the urge to cry themselves. Blake took a glance at the paused screen and grimaced at the bodies hanging from the tree. What kind of evil people would do such a thing? Adam and his White Fang wouldn't dare take it that far.

"There, there sis. It's okay." Yang said in a tone of comfort as she placed one hand around Ruby's head and another on her back. Ruby responded by gently pressing her head on Yang's bosom. This made the young leader's crying soften to silent tears. Yang had a stray tear roll down on both cheeks but still fought down the tears welling up. "Guts went through things we probably not be able to handle and he'll definitely have our sympathy."

"Yeah Ruby, I don't like saying it but there isn't much we can do for Guts." Blake said with a forlorn look. "We you've said it yourself, in the end things always turns out okay for the hero in the end." Blake assured.

'Not always…' Ruby thought. Thinking of a certain character risking his happy ending for everyone else.

"I know this is something that words wouldn't begin to describe how sorry we should feel for Guts but…" Weiss let out a trembling exhale in sadness before continuing "*sniff* but breaking down over it is just gonna be a waste of energy." The heiress said in the most polite way possible. "So would you please pull yourself together so we can continue the show? Plus you're making me cry too with that look."

Ruby mustered as much of her resolve as she could and wiped away the tears with a tissue that Blake handed her. RWBY cleaned themselves off of the wetness caused by the dramatic tragedy and continued the episode. They still had a bit of a sad expression. The experience was still too horrid to shrug off.

Boomstick: Baby Guts was discovered by a traveling band of mercenaries and was adopted by the camp whore.

Wiz: Who... died of the plague three years later.

The huntresses tried not to say anything to this. They just sighed in sorrow for poor little Guts. Yang winced hard as she was mostly impacted by this but they moved on. At least the mercenaries were kind enough to take him in instead of leaving him to die.

Wiz: With no one left to turn to, Guts was mentored by the mercenary leader Gambino, who began training him in swordsmanship when he was just six years old.

The girls see Guts as a little kid training in swordsmanship with a sword he is struggling to wield but is using it anyway. They also figured the man train him must be Gambino.

?: Hey Guts! Why don't you use a smaller sword? One right for your size?

Guts attempts a downward lunge only for Gambino to counter with a knee to the stomach causing the boy to fall down in a heap. This gave Ruby bit of a flash back from her dream. Causing her to glare at Gambino for a brief second.

Gambino: We don't carry any baby-sized swords for kids here anyway.

"Training at six years old? That's so young." Weiss said with concern.

"Hope his training sessions weren't too demanding for his age." Blake said.

"Sometimes my dad would beat me for making a slip up when we train." Yang said "Same with Ruby and uncle Qrow. Before you ask they don't get too carried away. They're still loving caring adults."

"Plus our dad and uncle wouldn't want us to start our training at that age. Most they would do is teach us about aura." Ruby added.

(*Cues: Unknown Theme*)

Wiz: An extremely determined student of war, Guts was soon brought on to the battlefield and killed his first man at the age of nine.

This actually brought some shock to the girls when seeing Guts at that age fight in a war. Disbelief was brought on how they allowed a kid to fight a bloody war. Child soldiers (ages 12 and below) is an illegal concept on Remnant. Though RWBY and their classmates are sent out on missions to kill grimm, it is still considered training while the staff do everything in their power to make sure no student lives are lost.

Boomstick: Despite his skill, life wasn't all murder sunshine and rainbows. Young Guts was constantly abused in many ways that I don't really want to go into.

"I think it's best we don't see for ourselves all the abuse he's went through." Blake sadly said. She figured going into more detail would scar their minds.

"I don't think I would wanna imagine either." Weiss said as she is starting to feel awful about how she looked down on people who weren't born and raised in the life of the high society like her. This might make her lament over how she was towards others later on.

"I don't know how much more of this I can take." Ruby said with tears seeping down her face.

"Is this getting too dark for you sis, we can stop if you want." Yang said. She is starting to not being able to stand seeing Ruby like this.

"N-No, it's okay." Ruby answered while wiping her eyes. "I wanna do this." The leader spoke with growing determination. It has to get better for Guts at some point.

Boomstick: But these awful things he had to endure kickstarted the long and excruciating process of grooming Guts into the scariest man in the world.

RWBY mad mixed feelings of all these tough and tragic things is what made Guts into the fighter that he is now. It is awesome seeing Guts being able to badass things but still feel sad for him that he endured so much pain and hate.

(*Cues: Berserk - More Death and Silence 2*)

Wiz : After killing his crazed adopted father in self-defense, Guts became a lone mercenary and a damn good one.

The huntresses see how Guts has killed Gambino. It mostly brought another grim reaction out of them. Though Gambino took in Guts in his time of need, it doesn't mean Guts can consider him a close father figure. Gambino must've been mistreating him badly throughout his childhood. Weiss felt even more ashamed how she thought she was mistreated by her father despite growing up in a mansion and having everything handed to her. Blake realized even humans can endure hate and ridicule as much as a faunus. Ruby and Yang wished he could've been taken in by someone like their father. Maybe he could've turned out different if he was raised by the right people. They then moved on to what he is now.

"Sounds like he would be an awesome Huntsman if he was on Remnant." Ruby said trying to sound cheerful from her recent emotional outbreak.

However the girls see Guts slash down his sword right through a knight's head causing brain matter and even his right eye to pop out. It was pretty graphic. It made them cringe. Mostly Weiss. "Oh great, no doubt we'll be seeing more gory deaths in this analysis." The princess said with a nervous and painful look.

Wiz: Recognized for his skill, he was recruited by a mercenary group called the Band of the Hawk. Lead by an ambitious man named Griffith.

"Band of the Hawk, sounds cool." Yang said with Ruby agreeing. Blake could've swore she's seen a book at a glance called 'The Band of the Hawk' when she was in the school library. She would check on that maybe tomorrow. Weiss couldn't help but blush with a daydreamer expression at seeing Griffith, handsome face complemented with his long flowing white hair.

(*Cues: Unknown Theme*)

Wiz: The Hawk's raiders would be Guts's first taste of comradery and friendship.

Boomstick : Over the next three years, they single-handedly ended a one-hundred year war.

RWBY, especially Ruby felt glad that Guts was finally able to find people he can call his friends. Guts actually seemed he found his place amongst the Hawks.

"So, Guts' world also had a hundred year war going on." Weiss said a bit surprised.

"The Hawks must have been a force to be reckoned." Ruby said.

"And whoever hired them led to shifting the scales in their favor." Blake added.

Boomstick: Things were looking up for Guts, aaaand then Griffith summoned a horde of demons, transformed into a bat monster, and murdered all of Guts' friends, and claimed ownership of Guts' soul by branding his neck.

The huntresses were once completely caught off guard and watched it all in unadulterated horror before their somewhat untampered innocent (to some extent) minds. "He's ….joking…..right?" Yang asked incredulously with shrunken pupils despite clearly seeing all the blood spill, flesh flying and human heads dropping on the ground with terror in their eyes.

Boomstick: If that wasn't dramatic enough, Griffith then raped Guts' girlfriend in the pool of his friends' blood as he watched, pinned down with his eye gouged out and forced to cut of his own arm.

Wiz: Definitely not his best day.

After witnessing all of that, RWBY couldn't speak. How could they speak? It was horrible! It was DISGUSTING! How could Griffith go so far as to doom the Hawks to be slaughtered like animals and stab Guts in the back like that? Don't they mean anything to him after all they've done together? Those poor men. Poor Guts. The girls couldn't fathom how much he was emotionally scarred.

(*Cues: Berserk - Monster*)

Wiz : After all that, Guts dedicated his entire life to murdering Griffith as painfully and brutally as possible...

The huntresses glared furiously as the tears poured. For whatever reason Griffith did all those abhorrent things for, they refuse to forgive. They wish Guts would succeed in finding his justice, even if he takes it into his own hands.

"I'm gonna be honest, if that happened to me, I would not stop until I've taken down that bastard." Yang snarled with her eyes red. "He deserves whatever hell Guts is gonna give him."

"To think I was actually falling for him but now he is nothing but trash." Weiss coldly seethed. "He doesn't even deserve those looks. In fact, he's a hideous creature in my eyes now."

Seeing how Griffith just threw away the lives of his followers and threw his best friend under the bus made her shutter of a memory she didn't want to relive. She left her former group because they were being guided by malicious leaders all for a lie. Of course she can't say she had it just as bad as Guts had. Ruby felt sad at how Guts after being a loner for his entire life finally had a friend he thought he could trust with his life. But now after what he's done, even she believed the betrayal that Guts must feel was truly incomprehensible.

"How can such a world be this cruel to one man?" Ruby whispered solemnly. If Guts was standing in front of her, she would dash over to hug him. (Of course she would most likely get tossed back a few feet…or punched….or something else that would seem out of line….depending what mood he's in.)

Wiz: …while fighting demons on a daily basis as they are drawn to his brand like moths to a flame.

"And now he has a brand that attracts demons. It's like he is destined to never find piece." Blake said.

"It's like the grimm are attracted to you no matter what." Weiss said. "So you are always fighting for your life."

(*Cues: Berserk - Blood and Guts (Passionate)*)

Boomstick: But to do this, he needs the right tools for the job.

"*Deep exhale* Finally, I just couldn't take it any longer." Ruby said

"Yeah, we were seeing too much of the dark messed up aspect of Guts." Yang said while rubbing her sisters back. Ruby attempted to put on a smile and now tries to focus on the weapons Guts will have on this fight.

ARSENAL

Mechanical Hand

- Cannon Arm

- Repeeater Crossbow

- Flame Gun

- Magnetized to better grip sword

Miniature Bombs (Similar to dust bombs that are available for Huntsmen to use if they want)

- Explosive radius: 15 ft / 4.6 m

- Approx. the size of a golf ball

- Spiked for sticking to foes

Throwing Knives (5)

Short Dagger

Boomstick: He carries a belt of throwing knifes and a pouch of mini bombs even demons can't take.

Wiz: He also received a new mechanical hand, which houses a flamethrower, repeater crossbow, and a hidden single shot cannon... perfect for blasting a demon's face off.

"Looks like that new metal hand really comes in handy." Ruby said slightly upbeat from her downful emotion earlier. "No pun intended."

"That arm seems pretty state of the art for its time." Weiss said.

Boomstick: Surprise, bitch!

"Ahahaha. Yeah, I surprise people like that too." Yang said with a cocky grin.

Wiz: But none of that compares to Guts' primary tool of destruction, the giant blade known as Dragonslayer.

(*Cues: Berserk - Forces (God Hand Mix)*)

A scene is shown of a blade being swung down. What came next was a crash and blood splatter and the sound of a man making a blood curdling cry. The girls jumped in fright when they saw an upper half of a man sent flying until it hit the ground. The ominous atmosphere of the background song wasn't helping with the mood either. The blade was revealed to Guts prized weapon. RWBY's were caught in their mouths. They just couldn't believe the size of Guts massive sword. The sword has a double edged blade that is tinted black and the edges silver. The long handle is wrapped in white bandage cloth. The handle and blade is held together by a single bolt.

Boomstick: Massive, thick, heavy, and far too rough, it's too big to be called a sword. More like a heap of raw iron. And it might just be the most beautiful thing I've ever seen.

The huntresses couldn't agree more on every single word from Boomstick. Even though the sword's design seems plain if it was a reasonable size, it would still stand out. As for its size, the girls were completely awed by how big it is.

DRAGONSLAYER

Length: 6'6" / 198 cm (Taller than Yatsuhashi)

Weight: Approx. 400 lbs / 180 kg (Almost as heavy as all of RWBY combined)

Forged by Godo

Made of steel, yet somehow stronger than steel

Resides in both the physical & astral planes of existence simultaneously (This sounded amazing)

Wiz: Forged by the legendary hermit Godo, Dragonslayer was made to... well... slay a dragon. Unfortunately, it was laughed off as impossible to use by anyone.

Boomstick: ...except for Guts.

Wiz: Standing six and a half feet long and weighing over 400 pounds, the Dragonslayer is enormous. Though not unfeasible.

The girls were shocked at the oversized swords' weight yet Guts seems like he can fight with it no problem. He must be VERY strong.

"Dang, I don't think I can swing that around without getting sore." Yang said. She seems to be getting impressed (and attracted) towards Guts' supposed strength.

"I don't think anyone on Remnant can." Blake said.

Weiss imagined having Myrternaster and Dragonslayer side by side to compare. Obviously it would make Weiss rapier look like someone can just snap it in half with ease but she didn't mind how her sword looked like a toothpick in comparison. It is what she preferred and it has done its job fine so far. Having an oversized sword like Guts' definitely would not contemplate her style of swordsmanship. However, there is a good chance a certain knight living next door would feel inadequate when he tries to compare his sword with Guts'.

Ruby seemed liked she was now coming around from her state depression. Her eyes were still a bit puffy but she just had to marvel at the sight and purpose of the Dragonslayer. Especially after seeing Guts slay various creatures of the dark with it. "Wow, that's a cool sword. And it slays dragons! How awesome it that?" She jumped.

Wiz: In real life, the largest sword ever used in battle belonged to a Frisian freedom fighter and stood seven feet tall. Though it wasn't nearly as heavy: only 14 pounds.

Even Yatsuhashi's sword is no where near as heavy as Dragonslayer. And his sword is the biggest RWBY has seen so far. Heck, Ruby or Weiss would be able to hind behind it if they wanted to.

Boomstick: With a single swing of Dragonslayer, Guts can cleave through a man wearing heavy armor... along with his weapon, his horse, and any other people, animals, or demons that happen to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.

"It would definitely be a bad day to be a grimm if someone on Remnant has a sword like that." Yang said.

"I don't think there is a single grimm with armor thick enough to be protected by a giant over weight sword meant to kill dragons." Blake said.

"Where did Guts even get the strength to wield that sword?" Weiss said a bit baffled how a seemingly ordinary man can even fight with it.

Wiz: And after killing over a thousand demons... no, I did not stutter...

RWBY became a bit beyond impressed with that information.

"He said..a thousand demons, right?" Weiss asked with her jaw hanging low.

"He really has been fighting demons non-stop since that faitful day." Blake said. Guts almost makes Blake think of another certain dark knight that also faught an entire army of demons from a very rare book that she has.

"And that's probably not even half of what he's been through, isn't it?" Ruby said.

"Killing a thousand grimm would take forever for a team of Huntsmen to accomplish." Yang said, impresssed with the Blackswordsman's kill count.

Wiz: Dragonslayer has bathed in so much demonic blood that it now resides in both the physical and astral planes of existence... somehow. Meaning it is capable of harming any supernatural beings.

Boomstick: Even ghooooosts.

"I'm just gonna say, that is one badass sword." Blake commented.

"Whelp, I know who I'm calling for a ghost problem." Yang quipped.

Ruby became breathless that a weapon like that even has the ability to hurt non-physical entities. "Oh man I really want Crescent Rose be able to hurt ghosts too."

"Wait a minute." Weiss spoke up. "Speaking of ghost, if that sword has the ability to hurt and kill beings that reside in the astral plane where ordinary weapons are unable to even come into contact with, that means it can cut the entity as if it was flesh and blood like us living beings are right now right?"

"That's pretty much what he said I guess." Yang replied and RB nodded.

"And us huntresses can use aura that is generated from our souls that we can manifest to protect us from external harm which we should be well aware that souls reside on the spiritual plane like the spirited beings that Guts fights."

"Yes we now Weiss, we've learned this a hundred times!" Yang said in annoyance. She isn't fond of hearing the same thing over and over again.

"So if we were to fight Guts, would his sword be able to cleave right through our aura as if it was nothing but thin cloth since it has the ability to eviscerate not only the body but also the soul of the living?"

"Yikes! That is actually a scary thing to think about." Ruby said. First she looked at the Dragonslayer with appreciation. But now thinking about what Weiss theorized made the weapon something to be feared by the young leader.

"I'd hate to admit it but, if what you just said is true, then I wouldn't feel like a badass if I can't survive a singal hit from that." Yang said. She is supposed to be the tank of the team but she might as well be a glass cannon if that sword can ignore aura and cut right into her making her semblance utterly meaningless. She hated having thoughts of her semblance being useless under certain circumstances.

"Yeah, sounds like it might be too dangerous for us to try and take on if it can do that." Blake said. "You think we should add him to your list for that then?"

"Hmm, still thinking about it, let's see what else he can do." Weiss responded.

(*Cues: Unknown Theme*)

Wiz: Guts is an absolute monster in combat.

FEATS

Slew 100 men by himself in 1 night

Survived combat with Nosferatu Zodd (Zodd seemed very threatening to RWBY)

Shattered Grunbeld's shield (Yang was impressed with that)

Caught Grubeld's dragon tail swing (Yang was also impressed with that)

Has killed well over 1'000 enemies (Higher kill count than any Huntsman on Remnant)

Survived countless wounds

Killed the "Sea God" from within (RWBY was amazed)

Once killed a demon disguised as a woman while banging her...no joke (This brought a very uncomfortable moment for RWBY)

Wiz: He can move faster than the eye can track,

The huntresses were quite surprised that Guts can not only swing around Dragonslayer like it's a normal sized sword but also move fast enough to be a blur WHILE he is holding it. It would seem amazing but also at the same time when they thought of the sword's size, weight and possibility of cutting through aura like it's not even there added with that kind of speed, it actually became a frightening combo to them.

Wiz: killed one hundred soldiers on his own in a single night, and once jumped into the mouth of a giant sea god, cut his way through it while fighting a swarm of parasitic creatures, and killed it from within.

The "Sea God" was shown to be a creature the size so immense, if it existed on Remnant, it could spell disaster more dire than the grimm. The huntresses couldn't describe what it looked like or what it resembled.

"You think anyone on Remnant would be able to accomplish that?" Ruby asked with a small voice with some drool hanging from her mouth. She was so amazed at this feat that she wasn't keeping her mouth capacity in check. The answer should be obvious but she wanted to see what her roommates think.

"….." Weiss was silent. She didn't know what was more unbelievable, an existence of a monster that was big enough to swallow entire Atlas ships whole or someone like Guts being able to slay it. Before any one could answer, Wiz added a surprising detail about the Sea God.

Wiz: It is so big that its heart can act as a sonic weapon powerful enough to distort a person's internal organs and kill them who is within an acre close to it.

The girls had their jaws dropped at hearing that. They didn't wanna imagine Remnant having grimm that is anything like this Sea God. And to hear Guts being able to kill it, then the grimm would probably be nothing to him. They couldn't help but be amazed.

"To answer your question, any Huntsman sent after something like that might as well be walking straight into death's doorway." Blake said fearfully. The others couldn't help but nodding in agreement. Hopefully this doesn't cause them to be paranoid about being in Remnant's oceans.

"Guess this Sea God didn't get the memo of be careful with what you eat." Yang said.

Wiz: He even survived a fight with Nosferatu Zodd the Immortal, something that might even be more impossible than wielding Dragonslayer.

Guts is seen having a showdown with Zodd who is a humanoid being that dwarfs the black swordsman in size and has yellowish brownish skin and blood red eyes.

Nosferatu Zodd: You intent to gamble your life on a single strike?

Later on in the fight, Zodd then transforms into a larger grotesque creature with thicker muscle mass covered in black fur, a head that resembles a demonic feline, hoofs for legs, large horns on his head and large wings on his back that are also demonic in style. The huntresses couldn't help but shudder at the transformation. The beast lets out a roar as he then charges at Guts and the anti-hero is barely able to stand on equal footing against the beast.

"Looks like fighting that thing is definitely not a walk in the park." Ruby said. Zodd seemed like someone that shouldn't be underestimated.

"Well, I kinda actually would wanna go a round with him." Yang said. "He seems like a good challenge."

"Careful Yang, Taking him head on, just throwing punches and hoping for the best might not cut it with him." Blake warned.

"And if you think we're just gonna let you fight that thing on your own, then you've got another thing coming." Weiss said with arms crossed. "He just might be too much for one of us."

"Yeah, we're a team of course. We'll always have each other's backs." Ruby said. The girls could take down Zodd as long as they don't hold back with their blades.

(*Cues: Berserk - Des Cambrioleurs!*)

Boomstick: Guts will do ANYTHING to defeat his foes, including jumping into fire or allowing himself to be impaled just to gain an advantage. And... somehow he always survives.

"Sounds like he is pretty tenacious when he fights." Blake said. Tenacity is a trait RWBY finds admirable. That makes them like Guts some more.

Boomstick: He's fallen hundreds of feet, gotten stabbed through the face,

Ruby gasped at that while Blake placed her fingers on her mouth. Weiss had a disturbed look. "Ouch." Yang said while making a hurting sound. They can't guarantee they can shrug off a stab to the face and they never wanna find out if they can. Yet Guts, someone without aura was able to take it like a champ.

Boomstick: taken one thousand supernatural punches at once,

RWBY went wide eyed at that. "How much punishment can this guy take?" Blake asked with an amazed look.

"Just to be clear, he doesn't have aura, right?" Weiss asked after a few blinks. Incredulous how he can take more damage than a hunter or huntress and still keep going.

"I don't think I can soak up that much damage." Yang said. Some reason she was feeling more aroused than worry for Guts. Taking that many punches would make someone worry for that person being alright or not but Yang was also giving a look of approval from how much pain he can power through.

"Yeah, I wouldn't even last the first hundred punches." Ruby said.

Boomstick: and even been run over by an... elf, fairy Mothra going supersonic speeds.

"To think such crazy monsters could exist and how Guts has to fight them almost every day." Ruby said a bit mournfully of how Guts can rarely enjoy life unlike them.

"I can agree we don't have it as bad. The grimm can resemble any possible animal but these monsters can take the form of things we can't even imagine." Weiss said.

"It's kinda sad how he has to deal with both demons and humanity at its lowest his entire life." Blake said.

Wiz: But his disregard for his own safety can be costly. Honestly, the only reason he's still alive is sheer dumb luck and unstoppable willpower.

"I don't think there's anything wrong with having luck on your side in a fight." Ruby said.

"Yeah, and since when do warriors have to worry about safety." Yang said.

"Guess that explains how Guts hasn't gone insane after everything he's been through." Blake said.

"I figured he became numb to all he has experienced." Weiss said.

"Guts is another person who doesn't give up no matter what." Ruby said in admiration.

Boomstick: And if Guts isn't tough enough on his own, he wears the Berserker Armor, the most insane battlegear you've ever seen.

The Berserker Armor is revealed to the huntresses. The armor is entirely consisted of black plated armor leaving little to no openings for attacks.

BERSERKER ARMOR

Forged by Dwarves and imbued with OD (Magic)

Formerly owned by the Skull Knight

Grants its wearer strength and speed far beyond their limits

Completely shuts down the body's pain receptors and fatigue toxins

Causes Guts to go Berserk...obviously

Wiz: Activating the Berserker Armor seals off the wearer's nervous system, making him immune to pain and its natural inhibitions. This allows Guts to fight at his fullest potential, boosting his power and speed at the risk of damaging his own body.

This sounded very interesting to RWBY. The armor sounded like it is very beneficial for people in combat.

"Oh cool! Its like if aura can nullify pain." Ruby said joyfuly.

"Sounds like that might be helpful for Guts if he needs it." Yang said.

"No doubt it will be his last resort." Blake added.

Boomstick: With this armor, Guts' sword swing is more powerful than a cannonball, though the force can break his own arm.

"That might be a problem for Guts if he's not careful." Ruby said.

"Kinda like how some Huntsman can hurt themselves with their own semblence if they're not careful." Weiss said.

Boomstick: But don't worry: the cursed berserker armor will literally rip and pierce his body to pin the bones and muscles back in place.

This gets demonstrated and the huntresses see Guts with an arm bent backwards at an unnatural angle. But now the arm is relocating and repairing itself almost instantly which is a bit of an amazement.

"Wow, the armor also heals him just like that." Yang said

However the sounds of bone snapping and gore gushing brought a bit of a creepy disturbed reaction to the huntresses.

"Wait a minute, the armor will rip and pierce his body? How exactly is that healing him?" Weiss pointed out. Hoping it will be explained

Wiz: Now don't get the wrong idea. The armor does not actually heal Guts; it just holds him together.

"Holds him together?" Blake asked as she puts on a scanning look at what Wiz and Boomstick explained about the Berserker Armor.

"Oh okay, I take back what I said then." Yang said.

"Sounds a little, not...umm..." Ruby took a pause as she was trying to think of the right phrase to say. "...I guess you can say its a bootleg version of healing, right?"

"So if he breaks his arm or leg or both, the damage stays but he is still able to function like he is not injured at all then." Weiss rephrased to make it easier to understand.

Wiz: However when Guts disperses the armor, any wounds he has sustained from both his enemies and the cursed armor will take its affect and Guts will likely be in critical condition. This is dangerous because, well, even though Guts won't feel pain, that doesn't make him invincible.

Images begin to show what happens to Guts after he releases the armor. The Black Swordsman seems to have succumbed to the fatal injuries that the armor rendered numb for him until now and his skin seemed to have lose some life complexion and his muscle mass shrunk due to the loss of blood. The revelation brought shock and worry from the girls when they are witnessing what the consequences of using the Berserker Armor brings to a person's body. The site of Guts really creeped them out.

"Is he out of his mind?" Weiss asked with an astonished look. "Why would he even keep that armor if it's gonna take that much of a toll on his body. I know he's been through WAY more than any of us will have before we retire ourselves but still."

"I agree, that looks too much of a risk if you're not as tough as Guts." Blake said in slight recoil.

"That might be even worse than the sword and aura thing." Ruby said in slight fear. All that damage that the armor does looks painful. Even for someone with aura.

"Okay seriously, how is Guts able to take so much more then an aura enhanced huntsman?" Yang asked. "That takes a lot of Guts to wear that thing." The bombshell said with a grin slowly growing.

Boomstick: Plus, the berserker armor also kinda forces Guts to give in to his inner demons and lose all sense of morality and restraint... making him the most violent demon-killer ever.

Wiz: Violent and completely uncontrollable.

The huntresses notice when Guts uses the Berserker Armor, it warps itself to create a helmet to cover Guts' head as if it was alive. It seemed unnatural for an armor to do that but then the girls realized the armor was cursed. The helmet forms into a shape that resembles a carnivorous demonic wolf with a row of dagger like teeth. What made it even more supernatural is the eye sockets of the helm glow red. When the transformation is completed. The man covered in the dark armor shrieked that made Ruby jump, Weiss gulp in fear and Blake to slowly reach for Gambol Shroud with a shaky arm to defend herself. She truly felt like it was gonna jump through the screen and attack them while they were not combat ready. It reminded them of the very thing they were trained to fight and protect people from. RWBY couldn't help but admit that it was pretty frightening.

"I'd hate to be Nightmare if he can't stand up to that." Yang said.

Wiz: Not only does Guts become more ferocious and deadly at the cost of his health, he gets possessed by his unparalleled negative emotions that manifested itself into the beast of darkness…somehow. If Guts loses control the Beast of Darkness will take over his mind and goes on a blind rage and blood lusted killing spree.

Guts in this state screams like a banshee, perhaps even a war cry as he viciously cuts through a horde of demons much faster than a Huntsman can when fighting grimm. Maybe even faster than a whole team of Huntsmen can. The way he ruthlessly dispatches the hellish creatures was in a way of an amazement but when the huntresses remembered that he loses control, they can't help but imagine how much of a slaughter it would be if he went all out against human enemies or even human allies. They shuddered at the thought of them being killed in the most brutal way. They couldn't imagine the terrified looks on their faces at the site of Guts coming at them at a speed no human could possibly move at.

Boomstick: Guts is the embodiment of rage and the epitome of badassery. Believe me, the last thing you wanna do is get in this guy's way.

"I think it's safe to say we wouldn't wanna get on his bad side." Blake said.

"I actually agree with you and Boomstick after what we've seen him do." Weiss said.

"Well, lets see how Nightmare measures up." Ruby said.

The analysis ends with a scene of Guts approaches some men in metal plated armor who looked at him with intimidation. He stands over a slayed knight with his previous sword dripping with blood. He gives the rest of the soldiers a bit of a dialogue meant to break their spirits before their inevitable deaths.

Guts: My sword has gotten very dull. However, it's three times as thick and does three times the damage of a normal sword. You'd better pray you die quickly or this could be painful.

After all of that, RWBY has a lot of thoughts and opinion on Guts, his skills and abilities, his sword and armor, and arguably most of all, his story. First off, he is no doubt one of the biggest badasses so far and they couldn't help but be amazed with his feats through his power and perseverance. And that sword. They just couldn't believe anyone could wield a sword that big with no problem. And the armor was interesting yet a bit disturbing at the same time. Weiss and Blake were impressed with how much he has gone through in terms of slaying demons compared to how much the four of them have slayed grimm. Ruby was completely awed by Guts' primary weapon and being able to kill things that are on a different plain of existence. Yang considers him the most badass non aura user. His story had to be the most heart wrenching thing they've seen so far. He literally was born with nothing and no one and his childhood was far from a happy one. It was something no child should go through. And when he finally found people he could call his close friends, it was all savagely torn away from him. All of that is what made him what he is now. The girls just felt so sad how he grew up in a harsh life with little to no joy. If it was anyone else, they would mentally break from trying to go through what he has.

Now the huntresses are eager to see what this Nightmare has to offer, no doubt he is someone that shouldn't be rooting for.

Nightmare

(*Cues: Soul Calibur V - Legends Unveiled*)

Wiz: Long, long ago, transcending history and the world, an enormous sword was forged, designed to be the deadliest weapon on the battlefield.

"So, lets see how this Nightmare came to exist." Blake said. She is actually curious to see how a being like Nightmare came to be.

"Since this is the same world as Ivy Valentine's, do you think we'll end up learning a bit more about her too?" Weiss asked. Even though the she lost her fight, Weiss still considers the alchemist a more interesting character...or maybe a more relatable one.

"I don't see how we wouldn't." Blake answered.

The introduction of the sword that will be the main current topic is shown. It is a giant single edged sword. The blade is kind of like a single side of a scissor. The sword contains flesh filling the blunt side of the blade as well as over the hilt and an actual eye on the side close to the base of his hilt.

Boomstick: It was called Soul Edge and it was a beast! Gigantic, powerful... sexy.

RWBY remembered seeing this sword back in the Ivy Valentine versus Black Orchid episode. Though they weren't exactly fond of cursed evil swords, they were still curious about its involvement with the Ivy since it was said she was driven to destroy it.

"So this is the sword that Ivy was trying to destroy." Weiss said with narrowed eyes feeling a bit unnerved by the sword's design. "Something tells me that sword brings nothing but trouble."

"Yeah, I wouldn't even wanna be in the same room with it." Blake said. "Much less have it be on Remnant." The faunus seemed to be the most disgusted. Still her curiosity along with the heiress' carried them forward to see what this weapon could possibly be capable of.

"I don't know what Boomstick is thinking calling it sexy." Yang said. "He must be desperate for a girlfriend or something." Yang said. "What do you think Rubes?"

Ruby was staring long and hard at the demonic weapon with an emotionless expression. More specifically the eye. She felt like it was staring right back at her. As if it was trying to…communicate with her. When her teammates were talking she was hearing indistinct paddle from them. She felt like an unknown force was pulling her towards the screen but she did not try to resist. Her right arm strayed forward as if she could reach through the screen and grab it. She slowly closed her eyes lightly and she continued to reach forward.

By some logic she felt her fingers wrap around the handle of the weapon. All this time she kept her eyes closed, ignoring the little voice in her head to stop only having her sense of awareness guide her actions. Or was it something else that was making her do this. She grasped the handle lightly then felt something was…trying to, assimilate it. She felt like it was covered in something organic, yet unnatural and aggressive as it was tightening its hold on her hand. When her hand was taken over, an azure energy began to gradually consume the rest if her arm.

The little rose finally registered what she was doing. She was holding the sword which was holding her as well and she was no longer in her dorm room with her sister and friends. She was in a place that was suppose to resemble her dorm room except there is blood splattered everywhere giving the room a deep dark red tint. It appears as everything is knocked over and/or destroyed. The room brings a completely disturbing and frightening touch to the once lively, well decorated comfortable, cozy, light hearted and safe room.

Abject fear and panic was present on Ruby as she was now trapped in a nightmare. She sword was feeding off of her terrified state as it has increased its rate of takeover on her. When it reached the edge of her face, she heard an ominous echoing in her mind 'Your world will fall into an endless reality of nightmares, and you will be its vanguard!'All that was left was her right eye that was filled with fright until it was-

"Ruby?" Yang said, "Ruby?" she repeated, "Ruuuuuubyyyyyy?" She waved her hand in Ruby's face. "C'mon sis, talk to me, please."

"WAAAHHH!" Ruby scream causing WBY to become startled from her sudden outburst. Ruby was back on the couch with her roommates. She placed her hands on different areas of her face only to feel soft smooth skin then held her arms out to see they are normal and not being turned into a hellish abomination. Then she looked around to see the room was normal and not in a zombified state and was safe with her friends. "Phew, it was just my imagination." Ruby said with a smile of relief.

"Ruby, what happened." Blake asked a bit astonished.

Ruby was taking deep breaths, she didn't want to think about it bit the voice and the image of being lost to the sword's influence and the room in a horrible image. But it was all fresh in her mind. Weiss, Blake and Yang noticed their leader had a frown.

"Ruby, are you feeling okay? First you zone out while staring at the screen and then you just, screamed out of nowhere." Weiss explained

"I did?"

"Yeah sis, did you just drift off into some crazy fantasy or something?" Yang asked in a comforting tone. "Hope you're not going coocoo on us.

"Uhh, well…call it a bad dream." Ruby answered with a morbid look.

"Do you wanna talk about it?"

Ruby looked at the screen before answering. "Lets just say that sword is something no one should have." She said with a shiver run down her spine.

"Well, I'm glad to see you know where to draw the line with weapons." Weiss said, though she is a bit surprised this was the first time Ruby, the crazy head over heels with any weapon would turned away from a weapon.

"Not a pretty sight, is it?" Blake asked in her usual monotone voice.

How fast Ruby shook her head to that question would've made Jaune dizzy trying to keep up. That horrid dream is even worse than the Roboenza dream.

"Was it too much for you? Is this a cookie emergency?" Yang asked sweetly. "Will that make you feel better?"

"….Yes please." The youngest huntress replied in an innocent voice and a slight raise of her brow.

Yang gestured her head to get her sister some cookies at Blake who rolled her eyes. The faunus almost instantly held three in front of her leader for her to take and she took the plate and chomped on the baked snack. Ruby humbed in delight and happily ate away the rest. When she finished, she made the highest pitched burp that was only a split second long and whipped her mouth. "All better now." She cheerfully said.

"Alright, let us continue on with the episode then." Weiss.

"This dark, malevolent, unforgiving episode." Yang said intimidation a monotone voice trying to sound spooky. This episode actually has been dark so far. The play button was pressed and continued where they left off about the weapon.

Wiz: At a daunting six feet, one inch in length, no ordinary soldier could wield it...

"Wow, that's taller than any of us." Ruby said. "Almost as tall as Crescent Rose." However, the sword still seemed it is heavier to weild than her scythe.

"I guess it doesn't weigh has much as Guts' sword though." Blake said.

"Looks like Guts beats him in having the bigger sword." Yang said.

"Its not about size Yang." Weiss muttered.

Wiz: but those who could proved unstoppable.

Boomstick: It left no survivors in its wake,

"Sounds like the sword has some pretty destructive capacity." Blake said.

"I still wouldn't use it." Weiss said. "With all that gross flesh and creepy eye, would it be too far of a stretch if it grew arms and legs and attacked you?" RBY giggled at the possibility. "Hey, I wasn't trying to be funny." The heiress retorted.

Boomstick: just like my ex-wife at an all-you-can-eat buffet.

"Wow, he must really hate his ex-wife don't he?" Blake said with a smirk.

"Maybe she took his favorite shotgun or his beer stash in the devorce or something." Yang said.

"Bet Boomstick is wishing she had left him at the altar instead." Weiss added.

Wiz: However, a great evil dwelled within the sword.

"Tell us something we don't know." Yang simply said. The girls already figured that detail out on their own. Still have yet to figure out what makes it so dangerous.

Wiz: After claiming victory upon victory and being bathed in the blood and hatred of countless foes,

Almost like with Guts' sword; both being big swords and slaying countless enemies should be the only similarities between the two though.

(*Cues: Soul Calibur II - Hellfire*)

Wiz: a fire was born inside of Soul Edge.

Boomtick: Literally, it's a demon made of freaking fire.

"A demon?!" Ruby asked in mild shock.

"What? A demon was created just like that?" Weiss said with a surprised look.

"But aren't demons supposed to come from….you know…..the same place that Spawn and Scorpion came from?" The young scythe wielder asked while she felt a little uncomfortable saying hell for some reason. Maybe it was the dark tone of the episode so far.

"Guess this is just another thing beyond our understanding." Blake admited. This kind of goes against the girls's fundamental understanding of the supernatural. The grimm are a close thing but nothing like what could spawn from hell like this Inferno or other hell based characters and creatures seen so far.

The demon named Inferno is shown to be have a humanoid form but is almost entirely composed of fire as if someone tries to touch him, they would get burned. Even if you could physically feel his body or not. The only things that do not seem like fire are his hands, feet, forearms, shins and scalp. They seen to be made out of hardened skin with the feet having only two skeletal-like toes. The forearms and shins contain cracks that glow blue.

"That is something you don't see everyday." Blake said.

"That guy looks like he could be serious trouble." Weiss said. She and Blake were trying to hide their fright of Inferno's appearance.

"That looks cool." Yang said with approval only visibly flinch from the glares Weiss and Blake are giving her. "What? I said he looks cool, that doesn't mean he is cool.

"How can he look cool when he's made of fire?" Ruby questioned, taking Yang's comment in the literal sense. "Wouldn't he look hot?"

"Rubes, it's a figure of speech."

"Oh."

Wiz: The demon Inferno had one purpose: to infect the world with evil and chaos,

This brought a negative reaction out of the young huntresses. In their eyes, this makes him no better than the grimm that seek nothing but humanity's destruction.

"Yep, we are definitely not rooting for this guy." Ruby declared. "…..right?"

"Of course Ruby. Why on Remnant would we?" Blake replied while glaring daggers at inferno. "He is with out a doubt the villain of this world."

"That explains why Ivy was trying to destroy the sword since it is possessed by an evil demon." Weiss said but has just thought of something. "But still, how does this Nightmare come into all of this? Is he supposed to be a pawn of Inferno or something?" The little heiress questioned. As if on que, the host explains further.

Wiz: but in order to do this, he needed a warrior capable of wielding the true power of Soul Edge. He planned to possess this warrior and transform them into the azure-clad knight of darkness, Nightmare.

The demonic Knight that is chosen to be Guts' opponent is now revealed. Like in his two brief appearances before now, Nightmare appears as a dark figure covered in dark blue armor that covers most of his body but almost seems like it is part of his skin in a grotesque way. His head is covered by a helmet with a glowing red horn. Other parts has a red glowing horn protrusions such as the shoulders and forearms. His entire right arm was horribly mutated into a hideous large arm with its hand containing three oversized claws. The only facial feature visible are the eyes which glow crimson red. The most frightening thing about his appearance is that his torso is completely separated from lower half of his body. In place of where his waist should be resembles a mouth with a single row of sharp teeth but no tongue though. The space between the set of teeth seems to be connected by some kind of void of evil energy that is the same color as its eyes.

Like his name entails, he would be something that could terrorize you in your dreams. His appearance made RWBY's stomachs sink. They had to admit that they would be frightened if they were in a dark remote place and Nightmare was standing a few feet from him.

"Who ever touches the sword gets turned into THAT?!" Ruby gasped with a shocked expression. This is what she was turning into?

"I'm glad we are not seeing its face." Weiss said with disgust. She didn't even wanna imagine what is behind the face plate. No doubt she would faint if it was as sick and twisted looking as its arm. She shuddered greatly.

(*Cues: Soul Calibur II - Eternal Struggle (Theme of Cervantes)*)

SOUL EDGE

Length: 6'1" / 185 cm

Vessel of Inferno

Fractured

Can take various forms based on the wielder

Malfestatuon Curse: Turns victims into mindless slaves of bloodlust (RWBY found this distasteful)

Wiz: Inferno's first victim came in the late 16th century when a pirate named Cervantes de León raided an English galleon and discovered the intriguing blade aboard, claiming it as his own.

The huntresses remembered Cervantes mentioned in Ivy Valentine's analysis. He was said to be the alchemist's real father. Despite this, he didn't seem to show that he had a caring and close father figure attitude to his daughter as they were briefly seen battling each other like they were sworn enemies. Kind of tells RWBY what kind of man he is.

Boomstick: But as we know, this was no ordinary, flesh-covered sword with an eyeball.

"Really? Cause I find it hard to believe that swords forming living tissue and a real sentient eyeball that can stare right at you like a stalker on them is a common occurrence." Blake said with sarcasm.

"I don't know what world Boomstick thinks he's living in for it to be okay to say that." Ruby remarked. She would've giggled at the notion but the episode was having too many dark aspects to progress from the mood that it brings for now.

Bommstick: Inferno seized this opportunity and possessed the pirate,

"Ivy's father ended up becoming a Nightmare?!" Weiss asked in shock at this kind of connection.

"Guess that explains a lot about Ivy." Blake said. She as well as the other girls did give some sympathy to Ivy when they learned that her life was tied to the vile blade. If it gets destroyed, she will cease to exist and she was willing to accept that fate. (Fortunately that didn't turn out to be the case for our favorite white haired and big breasted girl in fighting games…..sorry Viola, sorry Christie, sorry Angel, sorry Bullet, sorry Elphelt, sorry Jack-O…..) "And now she is a daughter of a pirate turned evil demon."

"At least she was raised by a rich and noble family that cared and treated her like she was their own daughter." Ruby said. Indeed the young leader was glad that the femme fatale got to enjoy a normal childhood before her time as a warrior. Unlike some of the characters seen so far.

"Well, Boomstick did say that Cervs would've been a terrible father." Yang said with a shrug as she created a nickname for Cervantes (or is it an abbreviation?) "And I have a feeling he is right. She was way better off with that Valentine family."

"Yeah….not everyone can be as fortunate as people like…" Weiss muttered with her head tilted down.

(*Cues: Soul Calibur II - Hubris*)

Boomstick: testing his body by slaughtering the entire population of a Spanish port town. Talk about a test drive!

The analysis now show a port community seemed like it was raided pretty badly as dead bodies lay scattered around and fire was cast in different spots. The whole town now seemed lifeless like a ghost town. Almost like what happened to Mount Glenn. They could've sworn they even saw a little girl on her news, and hands in her face lamenting over the death of someone close to her.

This brought great shock to the girls at how all those people were all killed in cold blood. All just to test the strength of its current host. They are starting to really hate the cursed sword.

"I'm really hoping Guts would kick his ass in this fight." Yang said with red tinted eyes. The others couldn't agree more. This is just another reason why RWBY is hoping to see Guts win.

Wiz: Unfortunately, while powerful, Cervantes was not the ideal vessel Inferno had sought.

Boomstick: So he made him sit in that town until two chicks showed up, killed his ass, and somebody more powerful picked up the sword.

This actually surprised the huntresses at how the sword had no problem disposing its current possessed body in hopes of finding someone even stronger to wield it.

"Sucks to be Cervantes." Yang said before donning a smirk. "Looks like the pirate got out-pirated."

"Uhh, why couldn't Soul Edge just release Cervantes from his curse then have him drop the sword and go away? Why would he need to go through the trouble of having him killed?" Ruby questioned.

"Just another reason why you shouldn't pick up the sword." Blake said while shaking her head. "Kind of curious how he was able to come back as an undead pirate."

"You know, about one of those two woman that came to kill Ivy's father, doesn't she look like she has a similar combat style as Pyrrha?" Weiss pointed out. The others couldn't help but notice as well. Maybe this girl is that world's version of Pyrrha.

Wiz: That someone was a knight named Siegfried and this was the body Inferno was looking for.

Siegfried was a young man in a medieval armor and a large sword as big as Yatsuhashi's. He has long flowing blonde hair, a handsome face and a noticeable scar similar to Weiss'. He gives off being an example of a knight in shining armor. Weiss couldn't help but blush at his eye candy features. She along with Ruby believe he resembles the strong, humble and heroic knight that went on the dangerous quest to battle enemies and creatures such as bandits, orcs and occasionally a dragon to rescue the princess and save the kingdom in the fairy tale stories they've read as a little girl. Yang thought he looked cool in that armor and Blake though he seemed interesting.

Wiz: Once Siegfried's hand touched Soul Edge, Inferno began eating away at his soul, torturing him endlessly and feeding on his fear and anger, transforming him into Nightmare.

It was actually a bit of a surprise to hear how the sword can feed off a person's negative emotions thus increasing its influence on the person even more. Similar to how the grimm are attracted to negative emotions.

The girls actually felt great worry and slight sadness for Siegfried's fate losing his will and becoming a tool for evil threatening to bring never ending darkness and terror to the world. Ruby couldn't help but shiver at the dream again but was able to push the bad memory out before continuing to watch. Weiss felt it was too heart breaking seeing Siegfried go from a man with dashing charming looks to a demonic abomination that would haunt your dreams.

"If Cervantes' body could wipe out a whole town in a short time, what can the devil sword using Siegfried's body do?' Yang asked.

"No doubt the heroes of this world would be in serious trouble." Blake said. "If our nightmarish foes are the grimm, theirs would be him."

"Makes sense since they both want nothing more than the destruction of humanity." Weiss said with a hard gaze.

(*Cues: Soul Calibur V - Chaos and Cosmos*)

BACKGROUND

Height: 5'10" / 178 cm

Weight: 336 lbs / 152 kg

AKA the Azure Knight

The personification of Soul Edge and Inferno

Weapon style: Zweihander (Ruby chuckled at how Zwei's name was in it)

Known hosts: Arcturus, Zasalamel, Cervantes, Siegfried, Pyrrha

Remembers the fighting style of all previous Nightmares

Wiz: Nightmare was strong enough to threaten all of Europe, conquering whole armies and devouring thousands of innocent souls.

The huntresses assumed Europe must be a body of land large enough to be considered a continent or maybe a large continuous land unified under one kingdom. Either way, it speaks volumes of how much of a threat he is considered. They watch as an entire army of foot soldiers mobilize to combat him but Nightmare is able to slay dozens of them with a single blow for a brief time but the girls figured who would be the victor in that battle.

The girls became shocked with disbelief of hearing Nightmare devouring thousands of souls. They are now even more hateful and fearful of this evil being. "Could such a thing even exist on Remnant?" Weiss aaked. The question brought a bit of concern to the others.

"This guy really is evil." Ruby said with a hard glare.

"Devouring thousands of souls all for himself. I'm surprised we've been seeing a good amount of evil characters being able to take people's souls for themselves with no remorse." Weiss said

"I'm glad there's no such thing as a dark magic capable of taking people's souls. Only a fiend like Nightmare or Shao Kahn would be this malicious." Blake said.

"How do you think the heroes of this world are able to take him down?" Yang asked curiously.

"Hopefully whoever they are, there is a way for them." Ruby said hopefully.

Boomstick: If you haven't figured it out by now, Soul Edge is kind of like the Ring from Lord of the Rings... if it can cut people and hungered for souls.

RWBY figured this ring was a cursed object from a complete separate series where it needed to be destroyed to defeat the evil that plagues the world as well. Though when Coco saw this, she had some interest in the accessory with how the ring is having strange markings appearing around it. She thought about getting something that does the same.

Wiz: However, Soul Edge's power was incomplete. At some point, it had been broken and shards of the demon sword had been scattered across the world. To unlock Soul Edge's true power, Nightmare set off to find the lost pieces of his sword and repair it.

"Bet that brought quite a hinder on his goal." Blake said with a growing smirk.

"Hehe, guess even villains have to work hard to get what they want. Just like anyone else." Yang said with a chuckle.

"Can only imagine the look on his face when that happened." Ruby smugly said, not that she would want to see what he looks like behind that helmet though.

Boomstick: As Nightmare discovered each shard, the power of Soul Edge grew, and so did Nightmare's.

When Nightmare acquires a shard, the sword changes its design. One includes it being completely covered in a grotesque slab of meat with multiple eyes giving it an even creepier image for the girls to bare.

"I wouldn't even touch that thing with a ten foot pole." Weiss said with a grossed out look.

"I'd rather walk around with a vibrating briefcase than that." Yang said only to get odds looks from Blake and Weiss. Ruby wouldn't know what is wrong with it of course. "What? Was that too much?"

"I wouldn't even try to...umm…well…." Ruby was trying to come up with her own phrase to declare how creeped out she is. "I got nothing "

(*Cues: Soul Calibur V - Lord Of Terror*)

SIGNATURE MOVES

Grim Stride

Soul Wave (This move intimidated RWBY)

Dark Reconquista (Yang actually considered this one cool (figuratively that is))

Death Lord's Vengeance (Nora should be able to feed off of this move with her semblance)

Death Lord's Annihilation

Bloody Lord's Invasion (Yang actually liked this one)

Grim Lord's Auto-da-fe

Boomstick: He can fight with numerous stances, channel fire and lightning through Soul Edge,

Nightmare is seen doing certain moves such as the Dark Reconquista and Death Lord's Vengeance which generate elemental attacks to deal more damage to whoever he's fighting. Despite the sword being evil that will turn whoever touches it into its mindless puppet, RWBY especially Weiss found it interesting how the sword offers this kind of versatility in battle. Similar to how some huntsmen can ignite their weapons with a dust element. Ruby was leaning forward in anticipation of what else the sword can do (that isn't too dark for her liking)

Boomstick: and devour the souls of hundreds at once with Soul Wave.

Nightmare stands in the center of an army of knights in an open field. The demonic knight lifts his sword into the air.

Nightmare: Watch this!

He channels Soul Wave as the army of knights nearby are ensnared by the shockwave and their souls become absorbed by the sword.. From above, the devastation is massive.

This caused quite a shock and awe from the huntresses as they couldn't believe Nightmare was able to not only render the army useless against his power, but also absorb all of their souls at ounce. This proved that he could be even more of an immediate threat than the grimm itself.

"I don't even wanna imagine him being here on Remnant taking other people's souls for power." Ruby said with a look of dread.

"This guy is just as bad as Shao Kahn." Blake said with a piercing gaze. Sometimes she can't shake the thought of how the evil emperor absorbed Bison's powers making him twice as deadly as he already was.

"Well, I believe an army of atlesian knights could give him a bit of a struggle. They don't have souls for him to take." Weiss said.

"Yeah, I guess you're right." Ruby said. 'This means Penny would be in less danger than us fighting Nightmare.' She said in her mind. However, she believes Penny is human enough to have a soul. This means even a robotic being created in a lab can have more soul can a living cold blooded killer like Nightmare.

"Yeah, but I'm not gonna just sit back and let them robots do our work." Yang boasted. "We're not going to this school to become badasses only for some ~dark soul sucking knight ~ to scare us into our holes."

"Yang is right, he may be dangerous but he would still have to go through us if he wants to bring destruction and terror on Remnant." Ruby said with optimism. If he makes Remnant look anything like her vision of their zombified dorm room, she would do anything in her power to not let that happen.

"I like your optimism, but I'm not sure if conventional attacks would work against him." Blake said slightly doubtful. "We still don't know a good way on how to go about approaching him. Let alone defeat him. We don't know if weaponized dust will be effective against him."

"Well, the best way to do that is to analyze him and see if there is any way to beat him." Ruby said.

"Isn't that what the show is doing for us?" Weiss pointed out. "They should get to a weakness that we or Guts can take advantage of."

"Oh, right. Of course." Ruby said.

(*Cues: Soul Calibur IV - Destiny Will Tell*)

Wiz: Despite Nightmare's evergrowing power, Siegfried constantly battled to free himself from Soul Edge's curse and eventually he succeeded.

The girls couldn't help but show how glad they were for Siegfried to be able to free himself from being Soul Edge's vessel. Aura or not, having a soul can be a powerful thing for a human…..and faunus.

Wiz: The two did battle atop of Ostrheinsburg Castle,

The said castle was built seemed like it was an impenetrable fortress that would last for centuries and the structures entire occupied area including the outer walls seemed as much as the premises that Beacon holds. Though its ancient architectural design is fascinating, the huntresses couldn't help but feel that the place is not safe for anyone to venture into as a great darkness dwells within the castle.

Wiz: but Nightmare's power was so great the entire structure was obliterated by a single swing of his vile blade.

RWBY couldn't help but stare incredulously with shrunken pupils how Nightmare was able to reduce the great castle to ruin in an instant.

"Damn. This guy takes 'breaching the castle' thing way too far." Yang said.

"I know this guy is supposed to be evil," Ruby said wide eyed. "But I gotta admit that was awesome." She said while keeping most of her maturity.

"If he can do that to a castle that big, then I greatly fear for our famous landmarks that Remnant treasures." Weiss said with a gulp. "Who's to say he won't do the same to the Vytal Parliament building or the Amity Coliseum." The heiress couldn't help but picture the azure knight using his power to destroy the building's foundations, leaving them in shambles. It was a scary thing to think about

"Agreed, losing those alone would be devastating enough for us as it is. That is something we really don't need." Blake said with a morbid tone. "After seeing what he's capable of so far, I'm starting to wonder if our world could handle this guy without suffering major casualties."

Hearing the possibility of the destruction of the Amity Coliseum made Yang riled up since that sort of tragedy would lead to a certain event that she and the rest of RWBY and mostly likely everyone else in Beacon have been waiting for most likely canceled. "Oh he better not do that." The brawler hissed. "If he thinks he can just come here and trample our chances to compete in the tournament and get away with it, then I'll make sure he faces his own nightmare!" Yang threatened with her eyes red and the ends of her hair were starting to light up.

"Yang calm down before you burn the room you brute!" Weiss ordered. "It was just a thought."

Yang's episode died down and she let out an exhale. "Sorry."

Boomstick: Just like a crazy ex-girlfriend, he figured if he couldn't have that body, no one can.

Wiz: Soul Edge cannot be defeated by an ordinary blade. In fact, only one weapon has ever been able to harm it: a supposedly holy blade called Soul Calibur.

The weapon that is being shown to the adolescent huntresses couldn't help but widen their eyes with the leader gazing at its beauty. They truly believe this is what a holy weapon should look like. The beautiful holy weapon is a large two handed sword with the blade having a crystalline and ice like texture with a glowing blue orb jewel connecting where the sword's blade and hilt meet. Ruby and Weiss couldn't help but become completely mesmerized by the shining weapon.

"I gotta admit, that sword definitely looks like it came from heaven." Blake said as her cat instincts are making her stare in curiosity of the blade.

Wiz: Unknown to most, Soul Calibur is actually the final shard of Soul Edge, reforged into a second sword made specifically to combat its demonic counterpart.

"That's really impressive for them to be able to find a way to use Nightmare's own power against him." Weiss beamed.

"By using a piece Soul Edge to create a weapon meant to destroy Soul Edge." Yang said.

"Wait a minute, if Soul Calibur was created from a piece of Soul Edge which just spells demonic, then how can it be considered a holy weapon? It can't be holy if it is made from a shard of a weaponized demon, can it?" Blake said questioning the logic of calling it a holy weapon.

"Ah don't worry Blake, all that matters is these people now have a way to defeat Nightmare." Ruby beamed as she shaked in joy at the weapon being used to slay Nightmare and Soul Edge.

Boomstick: Poor guy. How would you feel if some asshole decided to make a weapon specifically designed to murder you?

"Hmm, well….I wouldn't know. Even though aura enhances us to superhuman levels, we can still die in a lot of ways." Weiss said.

"Maybe a better question would if someone had a weapon that can nullify aura." Blake rephrased.

"That would just mean for us." Yang said.

(*Cues: Soul Calibur IV - Regin of Doom*)

Boomstick: And it kept showing up everywhere.

FEATS

Defeated entire armies single-handedly (This made him quite intimidating to the girls)

Obliterated Ostrheinsburg Castle in a single blow (RWBY actually jaw dropped at that)

As Dumas, thrust Europe into a continent-wide war (That didn't sound pretty to RWBY)

Killed Tira, his most loyal servant

Ripped a hole between dimensions with Soul Edge

Has devoured thousands of souls (RWBY was utterly shocked and made them hateful at the evil knight)

Wiz: Nightmare has come close to conquering the world on numerous occasions, yet a warrior wielding Soul Calibur always seems to show up and hold him at bay.

"Looks like it was clear Ivy wasn't the only one seeking to destroy Soul Edge." Blake figured.

"Not that I wish it isn't the case, but how is it a regular thing for the villain to be defeated when they are on the verge of achieving world domination or whatever?" Weiss asked. "Was there ever a time where the villain actually wins for once?"

"It's just how it is Weiss." Ruby chimed. "Any world where the villain wins would probably not be a world we would want to live in."

Wiz: While Soul Edge seems indestructible...

Boomstick: ...apart from that pesky holy sword...

Wiz: Inferno does require a mortal body to create Nightmare. Should Nightmare fall, Inferno can risk his own life by manifesting himself to protect Soul Edge, as his very existence is tied to the sword.

"Well, guess I was kind of right on the sword being able to kill you by itself." Weiss said

"I was starting to have a feeling you would be. There are a lot variables that can happen when it comes to this demon sort of thing. Maybe too many for us to understand." Blake said.

"Correct, our plain of existence is based on scientific laws and principles. Their plain of existence just goes against those things entirely." Weiss deemed.

"You mean like with those other hell based characters that we've seen?" Ruby asked. Some how she had no problem saying hell this time.

"I guess so." Blake shrugged.

Boomstick: As Inferno, the guy can control fire…if it wasn't obvious enough.

Inferno demonstrates this by creating huge fire balls and release a devastating fire storm on his enemies. The girls couldn't help but cringe seeing the man scream in agony as his flesh gets incinerated.

"Well, those fire moves are awesome but I still agree he needs to be taken down after all he's done." Yang said.

Wiz: He can also copy the fighting moves of people he has possessed through Soul Edge as well as his opponents as he is fighting them and even summon weapons to compliment the fighting styles he chooses to use.

The girls couldn't help but snarl at that. Another evil being that not only possess people to do his nefarious bidding against their will, but also takes their abilities and skills to further his quest for global destruction and corruption. It's like this demon has no boundaries. There is a good chance that this will be frowned upon by Velvet when she sees how this vile being has an ability almost exactly like her semblance but is being used for evil instead of good.

Wiz: But his most dangerous ability is being able to transport himself and his enemy into the Astral Chaos. A realm that reflects the nature of Soul Edge and what it seeks to bring upon the world of the living.

"I don't think I like the sound of that." Ruby nervously said.

"Definitely not a good thing for anyone being sent to that place." Blake said with her bow twitching.

"As if fighting Nightmare on a normal plain of existence wasn't bad enough." Weiss said thinking this realm is a place no good natured soul should venture into and experience the horrors it could contain.

"Yep, I wouldn't go to my friends and say to them, 'Hey guys, lets go to the Astral Chaos to have some fun.'" Yang sarcastically said in a fake cheerful manner.

"What? Who else do you hang with besides us?" Blake called out. But the question ends up becoming one that she doesn't get an answer.

Boomstick: But if Nightmare manages to absorb that final shard, Soul Edge and Nightmare will merge into their final form: Night Terror

The demonic knight reveals to have an ultimate form. His size is slightly more than twice as big and bulky. He appears more of a hulking beast than a demonic knight. What was once azure armor and flesh has become a combination of armor and bone with a red and orange sheen. The helmet area has grown and developed a large crest-like shape and the muzzle-covering area has been removed to reveal a lipless mouth with long teeth shown and its eyes are a beady yellow. At the center of its chest is a glowing core of energy which spreads throughout its upper body. In place of hands are a pair of giant claws and in the "palms" are fully functional mandibles making RWBY even more creeped out by his appearance. Lastly, a slightly long tail has sprouted from the base of the spine area. Flowing from its back side are a pair of large, fiery wings.

The sword has also transformed as it now takes on an entirely new design, with a giant crystalline structure with a red hue covering the blade and a blue core while having formed a proper handguard. The eye is now situated on the handguard instead of it sitting on the side of the blade.

The huntresses had to admit that this form was even more terrifying than his first form. Mainly due to his size and face.

Boomstick: A larger, deadlier, fly-ier Nightmare.

Wiz: Fly-ier?

Boomstick: Yeah, when one gains the power of flying-ness? Duh.

NIGHT TERROR

Dramatically increased strength and speed

Energy Stealing

Flight

Lasers

Energy Waves

Shockwaves

Wiz: Night Terror is by far the most powerful adversary in the Soul Calibur world. Not only does he become far stronger and faster, but he can even killed a powerful immortal magic users in a single blow. Even godly reality warpers fear going up against him.

RWBY figured how that speaks volumes of how powerful Night Terror is. He truly lives up to that title. They even see some of the other Soul Calibur characters who try to fight him not last ten seconds against him. It was actually frightening to see those heroes get massacred by that behemoth.

"I think he might be out of our league too." Blake said in a trembled voice with her cat ears folded down in fright.

"I can vouch for that. I'm willing to agree that a team of professional huntsmen would get decimated by that monster." Weiss said with her brow forming sweat out of fear.

"If I was a little girl and I saw that in real life, I would be traumatized." Ruby said.

Boomstick:…And incase it wasn't clear, you might as well just give up being up against him.

The girls know that it is safe to say that is far from the first action Guts would take in this fight. And when it comes to defending Remnant, it is the same with them.

Wiz: No matter the time, place, or vessel, few can match the vile trio of Soul Edge, Inferno, and Nightmare.

Nightmare: Blood! Darkness! I shall drown the world in both!

The girls had some interesting thoughts about Nightmare to say the least. They were actually at awe with his raw power that he was able to display and found his story to be well told. But they don't like how he seeks nothing but death and pain to the world and he doesn't just slaughter anyone in his path of carnage but also takes their souls for himself. He obviously should be more hated and feared than liked. RWBY are afraid if he just strode in and brought his quest for Chaos here on Remnant, everybody would be in big trouble. He has proven to be enough of a threat to cause more fear than the grimm could bring and can also jeopardize the unity of the four kingdoms. What's even worse is that it is not even counting his Night Terror form. All of Remnant would need to consider his defeat a main priority if they want to save the peace. Nightmare is clearly not to be taken likely at all.

The huntresses were really excited for this fight. Yang couldn't wait to see Guts fight with all of his badassary. As for who they think who would win. RWBY likes Guts but they are not sure about his chances. Nightmare seemed pretty powerful. Even in his base form. But that doesn't mean Guts is undersoled in this fight. He does have his Berserker armor. That seems like it could help a lot in this fight. But if is gonna have to fight not just Nightmare but also Night Terror and even Inferno, then they had a feeling Guts would be overwhelmed. He may be pretty strong as a fighter but he is still human. This made them both nervous and conflicted on who to think would win. The girls just have to cross their fingers and watch the fight.

Wiz: Alright. the combatants are set, Lets end this debate ounce and for all.

Boomstick: It's time for a Death Battllllle GIANT SWORDS YEAH!

Death Battle

(*Cues: Tales of Souls And Swords - Soul Calibur II*)

The scene is set in in a forest. But unlike some forest like the beautiful (and grimm infested) Forever Fall, this forest showed nothing but dead trees. The ground had no grass and gray boulders also lay around the area. Not even a single bird of any kind rested on a branch. To add to the depressive and unforgiving scene was the dark night with a bit of fog. It all made the atmosphere foreboding and negative to RWBY. As if it fits the theme most of the episode has been.

"That is one spooky forest." Yang said with a bit of a frown.

"If Nightmare wins, is it okay if we watch Kirby vs Majin Buu, Yoshi vs Riptor or Starscream vs Rainbow Dash again?" Ruby pleaded. She is gonna need a dose of cheerfulness if the episode ends with the villain beating the hero after everything seen in this episode.

WBY exchanged looks until Yang answered on their behalf. "Of course sis."

"I'm pretty sure JNPR has the Kirby vs Majin Buu right now so it will have to be Starscream vs Rainbow Dash or Yoshi vs Riptor." Weiss answered. Seeing Yoshi and Rainbow Dash' adorable appearances is what is making her consider the idea. They figured Ruby didn't not include Pikachu vs Blanka because of how that ended.

Nightmare is then spotted in a little opening with Soul Edge in his claw has gathered the broken pieces of the accursed sword.

(*Cues: Slave of Desire - Soul Calibur II*)

Nightmare raises his sword and it starts to envelop red demonic energy with lighting sparking off making the broken shards attach themselves to the weapon, transforming the blade into its true form.

Nightmare: At last! At last the time has come!

"So Nightmare and Soul Edge are at their full power for this fight huh." Blake said.

"It would kinda make sense to give him that right off the bat, though it wouldn't be good for Guts." Weiss said.

"Or anyone for that matter." Ruby said.

"So Nightmare is just minding his own business, trying to fix his sword and being his evily self….lets see how Guts comes in." Yang said.

While Nightmare is celebrating his long awaited time to be able to unleash chaos on the world, he was interrupted by a loud sound of a tree snapping.

CRASH!

Nightmare looks in the direction of the sudden noise and sees a tree begin to fall over until it hits the ground.

SLAM!

"Timber….sorry just had to say it." Ruby said with a goofy smile.

It is revealed that the Black Swordsman Guts was responsible for the interruption. He brings his sword over his shoulder and stares down at the azure knight.

(*Cues: Berserk - Et Voici Guts*)

Guts: You're in my way, stand aside.

The girls were impressed that Guts is not even phased by Nightmare's figure. The demonic scourge gives Guts his full attention and decides to make him his first kill of his coming apocalyptic scenario.

Nightmare: Fool! Tremble in my darkness!

"That sure got his attention." Blake said.

"So he's that kind of villain. Taunting his enemies like he thinks he's gonna win." Weiss said with a huff.

"I don't think he's fought anyone like Guts before." Ruby said.

Guts decides to take that challenge and gets into a sword stance, holding it in front ready for a fight. The girls are already feeling the intensity. After seeing what these two are capable of, they just know that this sword fight will be insane. Will Guts defeat the evil hell knight before his reign of terror can even start or will he become the first poor victim of Nightmare's blood and despair fueled genocide?

FIGHT!

(*Cues: Berserk - The Wrath of God (Part II)*)

In less than a second, Guts rushes towards Nightmare and swings down at him. Nightmare raises his sword in time and the swords create a booming clash that rang out as loud as gun shots. The two swordsman held their weapons in a lock for a second and continue to trade sword swings that sounded off more booming clashes. Each time the swords made contact with each other, clashes creating sparks on impact.

RWBY were visibly a bit stunned of how loud the sword fight was. They have never heard clashes that loud. It just added to the intensity of the fight between these two forces of nature. This made them forget almost all the dark and grittines of the episode in focus of this fight. The clashes on steroids had to have given the huntresses a good idea how much force there had to be behind those blows.

"Wow, so this is what a fight between two giant swords look like." Blake said.

"Now I can see why wielding a giant sword makes you a badass." Weiss commented outside of her usual etiquette. She couldn't help but be impressed with their form as instead of swinging wildly, they were using precision in their sword style somehow.

"Go Guts!" Ruby cheered.

After a couple of traded clashes, Guts manages to force Nightmare back into a large rock. Nightmare blocks another blow from Guts' sword before leaping out of the way making Guts cut through the rock like butter. Nightmare takes the opening and kicks Guts which knocks him back a few feet.

Nightmare: Pathetic!

Guts remains on his feet but before he can recover Nightmare shoulder bashed him before he charges up his sword with blue lightning and uses Death Lord's Vengeance and launches Guts straight up into the air. While Guts with in the air, Nightmare proceeds to raise his sword and charges its power and releases a large shockwave. The blast seemed like it was the same one that he used against that army and took their souls. And now he is using it on Guts, hoping to end the fight by taking his soul.

"Oh no, he's using Soul Wave!" Ruby said in with a worried expression.

"What? Come on, the fight can't end like that!" Yang ranted.

After the blast of energy, Guts was blown back by the force and is falling at an arc angle, eventually slamming into a tree. However, the black swordsman gets back up with seemingly no repercussions. The girls were surprised that the Soul Wave attack didn't have any affect on him.

"He's still going." Weiss pointed out. "How come his soul didn't get taken?"

"Maybe he has developed a strong resistance to soul attacks during those years of fighting demons who could do the same?" Blake thought out loud.

"Well that makes sense." Weiss responded. "That might explain how some of the heroes from the Soul Calibur world were able to fight Nightmare without having their souls taken as well."

"That means Guts can still win." Ruby said with hope in her eyes.

After his fall, Guts regains his bearings in time to see Nightmare leaping at him with his sword raised to strike him down. Guts jumps to avoid Nightmare's swing, which cuts down the tree in his stead. Guts tries to go in for another swing but Nightmare blocks it and the two find themselves in a deadlock; both trying to out muscle the other. But Nightmare was able to take a few steps forward, pushing Guts back whose stance still held though.

Nightmare: What's wrong? Weakling! Fear my wrath. Tremble in fe-

Nightmare didn't get to finish as Guts headbutts Nightmare mid-taunt, knocking him backward.

"Tremble that Nightmare." Yang hollered with a laugh.

"Way to shut that arrogant attitude!" Blake cheered while waving a hand held flag that said Guts.

This made Nightmare angry as he lifts Soul Edge in the air and charges it with fire blazing all around the blade like a living spirit. Yang and Ruby weren't gonna lie and enjoyed how it looked.

Nightmare: Soul Calibur!

Nightmare attempts to use Dark Reconquista and brings the fiery blade down as time slows. As the flaming sword is coming down in slow motion, Guts is moving to the side to avoid the strike and at the same time, raises his mechanical arm towards the demon knight's head.

RWBY's eyes were glued to the screen and the leader had her fingers crossed and her heart started to beat faster in nervousness. Everything became silent to them. Even Blake was hearing nothing as she waited to see what is gonna happen.

Guts was barely able to avoid the blade as he received a small cut on his cheek by the sword which for some reason made a loud sound of blood spilling from a wound.

"Okay there should be no reason why the cut was THAT loud." Weiss said.

"I know, did they really have to make that little cut THAT dramatic?" Blake said with a chuckle.

"Still, that was a close one for Guts." Ruby said with relief.

Nightmare missed, allowing Guts to finish aiming his mechanical arm in Nightmare's face. He then opens the chamber and prepares his arm cannon, to Nightmare's surprise. Yang was having a large grin knowing how this is gonna go and got out her scroll to record this next action.

Guts: Die!

The arm cannon fires in Nightmare's face at point blank range, leaving a cloud of smoke in front of his head.

"*Chuckling* Guess Guts must be a fan of Samus to aim his arm cannon right at his face." Weiss said with a smirk.

"I am so gonna make a meme out of this!" Yang said after she laughed while she recorded it.

Guts places his arm back but kept his guard up ready for an attack while Nightmare's body was still standing. The smoke cleared and Nightmare seemed like he was able to shrug off the blast. His glowing red eyes to RWBY's surprise were actually able to show he was impressed with Guts' valor so far.

Nightmare: Impressive...

"I'll say." Weiss responded. "That was."

"Even Nightmare realizes how badass Guts is." Blake said with a beamed look.

In an instant, Nightmare suddenly surrounds himself in a bright plume of intense fire as Guts braces himself. Nightmare rises out of the fire and into the air and his armor becomes bulkier and turns blood red and he grows fiery wings and has grown to the size of demonic gargoyle becoming: Night Terror.

"Night Terror." Blake announced with a serious look.

"I'm still waiting on Guts to use the Berserker Armor." Yang said with anticipation.

"I have a feeling he's gonna need it." Weiss said with a gulp. And so did Ruby. She is really hoping Guts would defeat him so he won't plague her dreams.

Night Terror remains floating a few feet off the ground thanks to his wings. Guts attempts another swing from where he stands but Night Terror blocks the blow from Guts' sword Because of his increased strength, the force of the counter caught Guts off guard and made him stumble a bit. Night Terror then charges and fires a powerful energy beam from his head that hits and knocks Guts far through the forest in seconds, eventually crashing into a tree. The girls couldn't help but wince at how much damage that beam could've dealt.

"Is he hurt?" Ruby worriedly asked.

"He should be, fine. We know he's very tough on his own." Weiss said who also adopted a worried look. She slightly believes no one should face that red flying monster on their own.

Night Terror hovers toward him and fires two more energy beams at the reeling Guts, hitting him up on the tree with each shot. Ruby and Weiss couldn't help but flinch each time Guts was assaulted by the lazers. Before Guts can even do anything, Night Terror stabs him right through the gut with Soul Edge, pinning him to the tree. Ruby gasped and her hand flew to her mouth at the sight of seeing Guts in pain.

Night Terror: Burn!

Night Terror ignites his sword and then unleashes a large flaming attack that blasts Guts straight through the tree. Guts shouts in pain as this occurs, afterward tumbling across the ground and crashing into a large rock, the impact was enough to create cracks on the stone. Then falls to the ground clutching his stomach where he got stabbed.

"Come on Guts, get up! The whole world is counting on you!" Ruby cheered with great worry.

"Why doesn't he use the Berserker Armor already?" Yang asked wanting to see it in action.

"Pretty sure he only uses it as a last resort." Blake answered. "The armor does have its fair share of risks, even for him."

"He really needs to take a different approach if he wants to win." Weiss said after she swallowed hard.

Guts looks up to see Night Terror methodically floating towards him with a look promising bloody murder to the crimson beastly knight. Night Terror points Soul Edge at Guts and charges it up with fire again.

Night Terror: Burn in darkness.

Guts fires his repeating crossbow at his opponent with his mechanical arm shouting with anger and determination. Showing he is not backing down. Yang couldn't help but smirk at how Guts just keeps fighting despite being at a disadvantage. Night Terror counters by summoning a pillar of fire to block them.

"Why can't my fire attacks be that awesome?" Yang muttered.

"Jumping through fire." Blake said as she had a look like she remembered something.

Immediately after Blake's statement, The girls witness Guts was able to jump through the wall of fire towards Night Terror. This sudden act of bravery managed to catch the red flying devil by surprise. Before Night Terror could react, Guts was able to cut off Night Terror's arm with Soul Edge in hand, howling in pain and sending them to the ground. The fact that Guts either used quick thinking to use Night Terror's own power to his advantage and catch him off guard or just got desperate and rushed in through the hellish flames, hoping for the best like a badass either way actually amazed RWBY a bit.

"Alright, that's what I'm talking about!" Yang hollered.

"Alright Guts!" Ruby yelled.

"Damn. He definitely didn't see that coming." Blake said.

The injured Night Terror stumbles back and falls into a crouched position as Guts shouts before swinging down his sword once more, and cleaving Night Terror's head in half. Weiss couldn't help but turn away from the gore. Blake was stunned.

"I can't believe he was able to turn it around like that." Blake said.

"He didn't even need the Berserker Armor." Weiss said

"Then that means Nightmare or Terror wouldn't have stood a chance." Ruby said.

"Well, what about the sword?" Yang pointed out. "Like Ice Queen said, the sword can attack on its own."

"He has to destroy the sword too?" Blake asked

"Then that means he has to fight Inferno now." Weiss said.

Guts removes his bloodied sword from the fallen Night Terror and starts walking away assuming he is victorious.

Guts: I told you to stay out of my way.

(*Cues: Berserk - Griffith's Dream*)

However, all of Night Terror's body except for his sliced off arm disappears into a shadowy smoke, to which Guts stops in his tracks. Soul Edge floats upward into the air and the shadowy smoke surrounds the cursed sword. This confirms the girl's assumption that the fight is not over yet slightly to Guts' surprise but he seems like he knows what's about to come as well.

"Yep, This fight is still going alright." Blake said.

"It's like two fights for the price of one." Yang said with a growing smile as the fight continues.

The shadow around Soul Edge starts to form into a silhouette in the shape of a human. Then it spontaneously ignites into the demon that was born inside of it and is now manifested out of its realm. Inferno. Intent on finishing off Guts for killing its vassal.

Inferno: Darkness will consume everything...

Guts: Whatever you are, I'm gonna cut you down too.

The Black Swordsman gets back into a battle stance and prepares for the final showdown.

"Come on Guts. If you can beat Night Terror, you can beat him too!" Ruby chanted.

Inferno forms a sword, similar to the one the huntresses seen Siegfried wield before he had the Soul Calibur sword. A big sword but Guts' is till bigger of course.

"Looks like it's still a giant sword battle." Blake said.

"Inferno probably knows any other weapon he has in his arsenal won't be able to stand up to the Dragonslayer." Weiss analyzed.

Guts charges at the flaming demon while Inferno respond by soaring towards him ready to strike. They clash creating a burst of flame yet Guts didn't seem affected by the heat. But the force was enough for even Inferno to stagger back a bit. Guts took the opportunity to use the momentum for another swing. One that that Inferno did not get ready to block in time as Guts swung horizontally. The demon tries leap back but the sword slashed a bit through where his stomach would be.

To the demons surprise, he actually felt it. The demon clutched the wound and groaned but it wasn't fatal as he can still fight on.

Inferno: What?! How?!

Guts: So you bleed like all the others.

If you look closely, you can tell that Inferno narrowed his eyes at the man who has proven to be his adversary.

"So even a demon fears the possibility of death." Weiss said with a smug look.

"Well, Guts must be a different story compared to the other Soul Calibur characters." Blake said.

"If Inferno is worried now, just wait until he sees the Berserker Armor." Yang said.

The flaming demon decides to take a different approach. He brings his form to touch the ground and get in a stance similar to Guts'. This made him a bit surprised but did not show it.

Inferno: Let us finish this then.

With that, he runs at Guts and the two did battle. The two matched each over, similar blows and similar counters. The girls were really enjoying the fight as. They were still hoping Guts will win but still admit that Inferno is putting up a good fight. This does not go unnoticed by Guts.

Guts: *In his mind* His fighting, it is almost exactly like mine. Is he copying my moves? If he is, I need to end this quick.

"Oh come on, that's cheating!" Ruby whined with puffed cheeks.

"A demon hell bent on causing nothing but pain and destruction cheating in his fight against a hero, that's a shocker." Weiss said with an eye roll.

Inferno leaps in the air and makes a downward swing but Guts blocks the attack by raising his sword horizontally with his metal hand on the blunt side of his blade and his human hand on the hilt. Inferno was hoping to use this as a distraction to create another weapon. This one resembling a flaming Katana. With the Dragonslayer slayer already locked, Inferno uses the opening and slashes at Guts' abdomen. This actually caught Guts off guard as he took the hit across the already existing puncture that he received earlier. The cut was deep enough to draw blood from the wound which made RWBY cringe.

Guts grunted through gritted teeth but fortunately he shrugged it off as he immediately jumped back a few feet. The wound is shown to be smoking from the heat of the blade.

"I can't believe he is shrugging off all these fatal wounds, are we sure he doesn't have aura?" Weiss said wide eyed while pointing her finger at the black swordsman.

Fortunately, Guts doesn't seem like he is hurting which made the girls a bit amazed with how much pain tolerance he has. Even without the Berserker Armor.

Guts seems to be holding something and drops it to reveal a small pouch. Guts looks towards the feet of his enemy. Inferno looks down to see that Guts has threw his lit mini bombs at his feet.

"Mini bombs!" Ruby called out while pointing her finger.

Right when Inferno figures out that they are explosives, the demon is engulfed by the exploding devices

"Clever but I don't think that's those bombs will do any good since he's made of fire." Weiss said.

Guts keeps his guard up incase it wasn't enough. However, the flames appear to be circulating in a supernatural way as if some kind of sorcery is a foot. It turns out that Inferno is using his power over fire to gather the flame from the explosion into a condensing ball of fire the size as big as a goliath grimm while he doesn't seem to be affected by the blast of Guts' mini bombs.

"That can't be good for Guts" Ruby said.

"That defiantly is gonna back fire." Blake said.

The demon has the fire ball flying above him while he starts to levitate off the ground again. The area around becomes illuminated by the fire while Guts can feel the heat radiating from where he stands.

Inferno: Hahaha, burn!

Inferno hurls the charged up fire ball close to where Guts is standing. The Dragonslayer wielder tries to dash away but was still close enough to take the blast that sent him flying…..again along with some debre from the forest. About an acre of the dark forest was lit in flame despite the only thing there is that can burn are the trees. With the fire emitting smoke unto the sky and Inferno floating above the tree line, it was as if the scene was a reminiscent of hell.

"Guess there was really no hope for that forest." Yang said soberly while glaring daggers at Inferno.

"Can't imagine if the White Fang would stoop themselves low enough to set a forest on fire, dead or not." Blake said with a serious look.

Guts stood up covered in in soot and dirt. He had a gash above his right eye, a first degree burn from his left temple down along his cheek and his left shoulder was punctured by a piece of wood when he flew through another tree. Like the tough badass he is, he casually pulls out the wood which caused more blood to gush out which made RWBY cringe at the gory sound.

Guts: Hmph, is that all you got?

"There is just no way he is taking that like it was nothing." Weiss said in disbelief. "He has to be hurting if he has no aura."

However the wooden stake went through the bone which now made it useless and out of commission, leaving him with only one arm to fight with now.

"His arm is broken." Blake said. "That is definitely gonna hinder his fighting." Blake said with slight worry.

"I wouldn't be worried, still waiting for Guts' trump card to happen." Yang said.

With Dragonslayer in his only functional arm he rushes in at the evil demon to finish this, holding his oversized sword at arms length still with no trouble despite holding it with only one hand. Inferno began to conjure up more fireballs at the injured Guts who is to RWBY's disbelief still able run and maneuver around while closing the to the flaming entity face full of perseverance. Ruby and her team were now admiring Guts even more. Even in a severely injured state, he is not backing down in the face of evil.

Inferno: Hmph. Tenacious, but futile.

Inferno covers the battlefield in a raging fire. Trees are starting to become incinerated in burnt ash. Guts gets caught in it and it makes him falter in his advance as the burns are becoming severe. He starts to snarl in pain and falls to his knees. This brought slight sadness from the huntresses seeing the heroic Guts begin to fall from over exertion

"This has to be it, Guts doesn't seem to have any options left." Weiss said in anticipation.

"You mean Guts is gonna…" Ruby said getting what Weiss is hinting at.

Inferno: Yes, I can feel your pain and anger. Prepare yourself, all of that will stay to plague your soul in my realm.

RWBY scoffed in hatred how the demon is taking pleasure in Guts' suffering state.

"You just wait Inferno, Guts is about to show a world of pain." Yang said with a stern look.

Guts with his face stricken with rage seeing as though he is left with no option, the wolf like helmet creeped up on his back and enclosed around his head and the eyes glow as red as the eyes of the grimm.

"Yes! This is it now. This has to give Guts his chance." Ruby said with hope.

The Berserker Armor has been activated and the armor right away mends the broken shoulder which of course in its method caused some blood to spur out with a discomforting gory crack sound that made the girls cringe at and Weiss to have a squeemish look but regardless is ounce again functional. The Berserker Armor clad Guts makes a distinctive roar fueled by rage and hatred.

"Yep, remind me not to get on his bad side." Blake said with a look of intimidation. It doesn't help how the helmet resembles a crazed deranged wolf.

After making his war cry, he charges at Inferno before leaping towards him with the speed that shouldn't be possible for a severely wounded man carrying a massive sword that weighs four hundred pounds. To say that this caught Inferno off guard would be an understatement. He truly believed he had victory in his grasp so he failed to have his mind process in time to react to this dark armored swordsman that shouldn't be human with how fast he moved instantly close the distance enough to strike him down. By the time he realized it, it was too late. Guts swings his Dragonslayer at a wide eyed Inferno who's only option was to try to flinch with his arms raised defensively with a pathetically futile hope that it would protect him; it didn't. Guts strikes Inferno directly, resulting in Inferno and Soul Edge being cut in half. At its apex, Inferno ceases to be and all of the demonic energy has left Soul Edge. The fire caused by Inferno's destructive power was immediately snuffed out. The fully-armored Guts lands as the two halves of Soul Edge and a few shards fall to the ground as well. Nightmare and Inferno are no more.

KO!

"Oh my Oum he won." Weiss said amazed

"YAYYY he won!" Ruby cheered. "I knew he could do it.

"Yeah that is why you don't mess with Guts!" Yang pumped her fist.

Guts repeatedly fires arrows from his mechanical arm at the powerless remains of Soul Edge.

"Wow, he must have A LOT of hate for that sword right now." Blake said

"I wouldn't blame him." Weiss responded. "Nothing good would ever come out of that sword."

Results

(*Cues: Berserk - Sign-2*)

Boomstick: Hell yeah! Now that's what I call a swordfight!

The girls couldn't agree more on that

Boomstick: While Nightmare and Soul Edge wields more power than Guts, this is what Guts does EVERY SINGLE DAY. He gets the shit kicked out of him trying to defeat gods and demons leagues above his abilities and still prevails.

"Sounds like Guts has already taken on beings and monsters plenty of times to be numb for whatever Nightmare throws at him." Ruby said.

Wiz: It's true. All of his...

Boomstick: I mean this guy lives in a world where giant monsters are trying to kill you, eat you, rape you, or all three at the same time... and that's just Monday.

This made RWBY a bit uncomfortable as it made them think the idea of the Grimm not only try to maul you to death but also try to violate in the way Boomstick described. They shuddered at it and right away forced themselves to forget it. ("If you want to forget something, you can if you try hard enough." - Jeremy Jahns)

Wiz: ...it's true. All his life, Guts has had the odds stacked against him and yet he's still kicking while everything else is dead.

"I mean, is there anyone in Guts' world that can take him down? What would be his kryptonike." Weiss wondered.

"I'm pretty sure you would have to just simply out class him in strength, speed and durability." Blake said. "Which is easier said than done.

Boomstick: Ugh, but Wizard, I thought only Soul Calibur could destroy Soul Edge. Ergh...

Wiz: That's also true... in the Soulcalibur world. However, Inferno exists on an astral plane. If you recall, Guts' sword Dragonslayer also exists on such a plane, leaving no question that it could destroy Soul Edge.

"Guts is lucky to have had that sword than can kill him." Weiss said

"It wouldn't be fair for Guts if he had to fight someone he has no way of killing." Ruby said.

Boomstick: Even then, Soul Caliber characters were able to work around it like with those two chicks we've mentioned earlier. One of them had a weapon that was good for killing evil after all.

Wiz: Plus, his Berserker Armor bought him plenty of time to land the killing blow.

Boomstick: Yeah, because it will literally let you fight on until all of your bones are shattered and the last drop of your blood is spilled.

"Holy daisy cutters." Yang said with the others stunned at hearing how the Berserker Armor can make you fight until there is nothing left of you.

"That armor really helped him out there." Ruby said.

Wiz: And it's not like Soul Edge was gonna have any luck tempting Guts into picking it up and turning him into another Nightmare.

"Whoa, can you imagine if Soul Edge was able to use Guts' body as his host after what we've seen what he can do?" Yang said.

"I don't think anyone on his world, Soul Caliber or Remnant would be able to stop him." Blake said.

"But Guts should be able to resist and break free like how Siegfried did." Ruby said.

Wiz: Not only has Guts dealt with enough demonic shit to know that's a bad idea,

"Glad he had enough common sense through experience to know not to pick up that sword." Weiss beamed.

Wiz: he REALLY loves that Dragonslayer. He's not giving that up for anything.

"Yeah, only an IDIOT would give up that sword!" Ruby said.

Boomstick: Guts was just a whole nother caliber.

"Yep, cause Nightmare didn't have the GUTS to win in this fight." Yang said giggling. The others shook their heads at the boxer's antics.

Wiz: The winner is Guts.

RWBY cheered for the Guts beating Nightmare.

"Alright Guts!" Yang hollered.

"Good always triumphs over evil!" Ruby cheered with her arms raised.

"What crazy battle are we gonna see next?" Weiss asked curiously.

Boomstick: Next time on Death Battle.

(*Cues: Avengers (2012) – Performance Issues*)

A man is seen falling down a skyscraper towards the streets but he is being encased by what seems to be turning into some kind of high tech armor colored red and gold yellow. Complete with a HUD and before he hits the ground, the man in the armor stops himself with jet powered boots and gauntlets and flies right back to the top at high speeds.

"OH MY GOD THAT WAS SO COOL!" Ruby bursted with awe and excitement. "He just covered himself in cool advanced armor as he was falling then flew away like *rocket sound*!*"

?: It's like the old saying,

The man in the high tech armor's opponent is shown to be a man who is bald and is putting on his own advanced armor except his is colored green, more bulkier and lacks a helmet to cover his head.

?: if you want someone killed right, you have to kill him yourself.

"Oh my gosh, super advanced armor battle! I can't wait to watch this one!" Ruby said as she puts in the next disc.

"I'm glad she is feeling all better now." Yang said with a smile.

"Well I'm actually interested in this one too." Weiss said as she is interested in this next battle.