User blog comment:Varzan Deodinm Beldinm/Character Deaths 2: How will Team JNPR most likely Die?/@comment-85.86.142.140-20131201221906

Well, last week I wrote about Nora and Ren's deaths, and I'm happy that you liked the idea of Nora throwing herself of a cliff or something to reunite with Ren (evil cat grin :3).

So, anyway, as I like doing things the reverse way,and using some ideas from what you've written, this week I will write about Ruby's death :P

Team RWBY gets to know about Lie Ren's death and Nora's decision to make suicide and decide to investigate. From what the coroner said, Ren was attacked by the Grimm. Unable to understand how a competent Hunter could fall for the creatures of Grimm, or how he would be unable to escape from a horde, they search the area to look for strange Grimm activity. As they get far from the civilized world, they start to notice that the Grimm are more dangerous than usual, as they attack in quite an intelligent manner. After finishing off a group of Ursae, Ruby and Blake notice something...

"What's wrong, Ruby?" asks Yang.

"There's something in the air." she answers, looking at the sky.

"What, like a cloud?" Yang says laughingly.

"No, look!" Blake shouts.

A Nevermore appears in the sky. It's smaller than the one they beheaded in the Beacon cliffs, but there is something about it that is different. Instead of attacking them, it's circling again and again, crying.

"Is it...?" Weiss asks, with a note of worry in her voice.

"It is calling for others! Run!"

Grimm start to come from all directions in large quantities. Just barely taking their weapons, they all start running, following Blake, who can sense better than anyone the route that less Grimm are taking. The Nevermore is following them, crying to show the other Grimm the direction.

"We have to get rid of it!" Weiss points out, while running.

"That should be easier than in the initiation" Ruby shouts, opening Crescent Rose and firing to impulse herself up.

The rest follow her up, using the trees' branches for impulse. Once in the air, the Nevermore avoids their attacks, and fall down to the trees. Jumping from tree to tree, Ruby comes up with an idea.

"I'll behead it! You just try to make it down!"

Weiss helps Yang and Blake take impulse with her glyphs. Yang shoots the Nevermore, making it go towards Blake's side, and Blake manages to hook her katana to it. Pulling the ribbon, she makes it go down and, on that exact moment, Ruby goes up with her scythe wide open, beheading the monster nearly the same way they had done on the Initiation. They go down, and, once in the ground, they see that the Grimm have nearly caught up with them.

"We cannot escape anymore." Weiss states.

"You just run, I'll buy you some time."

"But Yang, what about you?"

"I'll not stay anymore than needed."

"Too late."

The Grimm stampide into the area, breaking through the forest. Weiss uses her dust to create a ring of fire around them, as big as she can make it. The lesser Grimm flee from the fire, but the others jump and attack them. Fighting the best they can, they finally manage to destroy or drive away all of the Grimm, whose numbers are higher than the hundreds, but it hasn't been without sacrifice.

"Ruby! You're injured!"

"Don't worry, it's just a scratch... I can go on. We must find the source of this phenomenom."

"We shouldn't" Blake says "I think we should return to Beacon and have you treated."

"But then we won't be able to locate the source, and there may be thousands of those attacking Vale"

They are all worried, but accept their leader's decision.

"Let me get a bandage on that" Weiss says.

"Where did most of the Grimm come from, Blake?"

"The southeast."

"Let's go."

They head in that direction, slower than before, trying not to exhaust Ruby. She tries to make herself keep the usual pace, but she is not capable of doing so. Slowly, they reach a mountain range where something is awaiting them.

"This is it."

Apart from the high number of Grimm that nestle the area, they notice a golden gemstone in a sort of pillar. It irradiates it's own light, much like the Deathstaalker's sting. But of course, such a thing couldn't be unguarded. A creature of Grimm that is new to them appears in front of the pillar. It has some green cloth attached to its claw - the same cloth that made up Lie Ren's clothes. They start fighting it, but it is more powerful than expected. It seems impossible to defeat, and Ruby is starting to lose her strength.

"You... You deal with it. I'm sorry" she gasps.

As quick as ever, she impulses herself up and, surprising even the monster, she destroys the gemstone with Crescent Rose. The Grimm in the area seem to be affected, some even scatter, destroyed. But the monster is still alive. As Ruby falls, Yang, Weiss and Blake launch one last attack, depleting their aura's and Dust.

With the monster destroyed, they all run towards Ruby. When they have embrace her, a mysterious figure appears next to the pilar, examining what is left of the gem.

"You may have defeated the Grimm forever, making it impossible for us to use them" he says "But we will still attack humanity, even if our force is so much smaller"

He disappears without leaving any trace.

"I'm sorry, Yang, Weiss and Blake" Ruby says with her last breath "I'm very, very sorry. Do your best to finish this job."

Crying, they all see how their leader, their friend, her sister, finally stops breathing. Forever.