FiMFiction DEATH BATTLE

by TheShadowKnight

S1; Ep6: Ruby Rose vs Rainbow Dash (EqG)

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Wiz is standing in the room, waiting impatiently for Boomstick to arrive so that the show could start. Until he felt two metallic hands cover up his eyes from behind him. Then he heard a familiar voice behind him as well.

"Hello, Wiz. Did ya miss me?" The co-host turns around and sees Kiryu smiling towards him.

"Oh, Kiryu. You're back from your trip; How was it?" He asked her.

"Oh, it was normal as always," Kiryu replied. 'If you count fighting your daughter on a daily basis. He said in her mind. "And what about you and Boomstick? What's it like to spend a single day without me?" she asked.

"Well, besides Boomstick's long-lasting habit of making puns, not much." Wiz replied.

"Awwww, so you miss me." Kiryu responded while booping Wiz on the nose with her finger and giggle afterwards.

Boomstick walks into the room and sees Wiz and Kiryu. "Oh hey, Kiryu. You're back." He said.

"And unfortunately, you're still here." Kiryu replied.

Boomstick notices the shock look on Wiz's face. "Hey Wiz... you good." He said.

"Why... does she keep... booping my nose?" Wiz responded while he kept his paralyzed expression.

"Ok.... let's get on with the show." Boomstick stated.

“Speed is the rate of motion that humanity has longed studied on for years. While on our work time, we try to decipher it; while during our free time, we try to see if we can go faster.” Wiz stated.

“And in Death Battle, we covered a lot of combatants who are the masters of speed. And today we’re pitting two speedsters of two iconic web series.” Boomstick mentioned.

“Ruby Rose. The silver-eyed huntress and leader of team RWBY.” Wiz introduces the first combatant.

“And Rainbow Dash. The speedy, rainbow-haired, high schooler of Equestria Girls.” Boomstick.

“They’re Wiz and Boomstick; and I’m Kiryu,” Kiryu introduces herself.

“And it’s our job to analyze their weapons, armor, and skills, to find out who would win a Death Battle." Wiz said.

RUBY ROSE

”The world of Remnant is a world of many mysteries, including many things like the dark creatures of Grimm, Huntsman/Huntresses, and possibly racial violence and discrimination.” Wiz said.

“A world that one huntress was forced to grow up in; and her name is Ruby Rose.” Kiryu stated.

“Yeah, it was terrible place, but Ruby had a good life before she faced the dark future ahead of her.”

BACKGROUND

“Born to Taiyang Xiao Long and Summer Rose, who passed shortly after, Ruby grew up in Patch, outside Vale, where she spent her childhood training with her uncle Qrow and father at Signal, and playing with her half-sister, Yang. She is a positive and friendly girl. With a unique desire to help others.” Wiz explained.

“But don’t let her childish demeanor fool you, cause she isn’t no ordinary girl.” Kiryu stated.

“She’s a freakin’ natural when it come to combat; she’s even skilled with her most prized possession, Crescent Rose. Which is a giant scythe that is also a sniper rifle! Where do I get one of those?!” Boomstick added, while excited about Crescent Rose.

“Actually Boomstick, Crimson Rose was customized and designed by Ruby herself, so you’re not gonna find it in any local store.” Wiz pointed out.

"AWWWW! Oh well, you can't get everything nowadays." Boomstick replied.

CRESCENT ROSE

"Crimson Rose, is Ruby's main-to-go weapon in combat." Kiryu stated. "Its own size is large enough to support her own weight and it can transform into 3 different forms; the scythe form for melee combat, sniper form which can hold up to 30 rounds, and inactive form in case she's not using it. And surprisingly -- for a second time -- It can even fire while its in scythe form. The rounds she uses in her weapon are all composed of Dust, an energy in which all huntsman and huntresses use. Ruby uses several types of elemental dust ammunition: such as Ice, Fire, Lightning, and Gravity."

"That's my dream weapon right there." Boomstick proclaimed.

"Weapons talk aside, Ruby had been trained under the tutelage of her father and uncle, learning all the skills and lessons of being a huntress. Although she had a small beginning to becoming a warrior, life decided to give her a shortcut." Wiz stated.

"After stopping a dust-store robbery, facing off against Roman Torchwick and his gang, Ruby was then accepted and transferred into Beacon Academy the age of 15. Apparently being a badass gets ya a one-way ticket into college." Kiryu explained.

"And after going through a few tests and being thrown off a cliff, Ruby was then assigned to and became the leader of her very own team; going by the name: RWBY." Boomstick added. "Get it... cause that's the title name of the show and kinda like her name... uh, never mind."

"Even though she may sound and look like she's over her head, but she has shown that she's a much capable fighter." Wiz mentioned. "All thanks to her semblance."

SEMBLANCE

"Her semblance allows her to move at great speeds, and as she runs, she transforms into a wisp of rose petals which further increases her speed. Also her semblance can allow her to duplicate herself, confusing her opponent. And she's fast enough to create tornados, ones powerful enough to slam Team JNPR against a stone wall and lift large Grimm in the air." Kiryu explained Ruby's semblance.

"Indeed Kiryu, so to make this fact true, we needed to find out what was Ruby's speed is. Luckily, an outside source had give us the information needed to determine Ruby's speed. In order to create the tornado in the food fight with Team JNPR, Ruby must have been moving at 121 MPH. But her speed doesn't stop there, Ruby's speed can also be compared to her sister Yang, who can move at Mach 6. Which is more than enough to create the tornado that is capable of lifting a Grimm," Wiz stated.

"Damn that's fast! And speed isn't the only thing she does. She's also strong too, like the time she lifted a Nevermore up a cliff. And from information we collected, the Nevermore’s weight would be around 642 tons!" Boomstick mentioned. "And in volume 3, she once kicked a griffon which penetrated through the steel hull of a ship. To do that, Ruby's kick must have exerted 1.42 tons of TNT."

"And also while Ruby isn't used to hand-to-hand combat, but after the fall of Beacon and during her journey to defeat Salem, Ruby has gotten better to fighting hand-to-hand, without needing her weapon." Kiryu added. "And she's also proven to be durable, like how she survived an explosion in her battle against Cordovin's Colossus, by measuring the size and fragmentation of the blast, the explosion must be equivalent to 12 Tons of TNT."

"But that wasn't the only thing, after the fall of Beacon, Ruby has gained a powerful ability: her Silver Eyes." Wiz said. "A blinding flash of god-like light that emits from her eyes, which when used, can petrify or disintegrate Grimm in a matter of seconds. And can even cripple the power of Maidens."

"That's so freaken awesome!" Boomstick shouted in delight.

"But there's one thing about it that ruins it's purpose." Wiz mentioned. "The power of the Silver Eyes can only work on Grimm and Maidens as it was stated in the series. And Ruby can only use it when she feels a great sense of loss or the need to protect others."

"Awww damn it! Oh well, at least Ruby doesn't need her silver eyes in her battles," Boomstick responded. "After all, she's so skilled that she can hold her own against way more experienced huntsman and huntresses on the regular. And cut down hordes of Grimm in seconds."

FEATS

"Throughout the series, Ruby Rose has proven time and time again that she's a threat that you should never take lightly. She's slain many creatures of Grimm without tiring out, went toe-to-toe with Roman Torchwick and Cinder a couple of times, petrified a giant Grimm with her Silver Eyes, and she's even taken blows from many heavy hitters." Kiryu stated.

"Not only that, she's also a clever strategist; able to planned her battles and come up with tactics while during a fight. Also she's also very determine to fight for her friends, like the time when Crimson made fun of Weiss's scar, Ruby instantly grabbed Crescent Rose and threatened to fight the guy. You seriously do not want to get on her bad side." Boomstick proclaimed.

"In any case, her speed and tenacity are almost unrivalled, and her never say die attitude means this young huntress is always prepared to carry on fighting to the very end." Wiz added.

"I don't care what you say. We will stop them, and I will stop you. Bet on that!" Ruby Rose stated.

RAINBOW DASH

“Living in a mirror world that is similar to our world, but with a MLP atmosphere to it; Rainbow Dash is a high school student at Canterlot High and the member of the Human 7.” Wiz explained.

“Basically, she’s the human counterpart of the Rainbow Dash from pony world; Although, while she looks different, she still has the same personality like her pony counterpart.” Boomstick stated.

"Perhaps, too much of her pony counterpart's personality." Kiryu added.

BACKGROUND

"Back in her freshman year, Rainbow was good friends with the other human Mane 5, until that friendship was severed by a certain red & yellowed hair girl." Wiz explains Rainbow's earlier life.

"We'll get to that soon in the future. After her fallout with her friends, Rainbow continued on with her life in CHS. You know like, participating in sports and stuff" Boomstick stated.
“While Rainbow Dash may be a your average high school student; but one day that all changed when Twilight Sparkle – the pony, not the human – arrived to CHS” Wiz stated.

"After playing in a one-on-one soccer match and winning in the end, Rainbow willingly agreed to help Twilight in winning Fall Formal Princess, in order to get her Element of Magic back." Kiryu said.

"And so after helping Twilight winning her crown back and later get into a tussle with a She-Demon, the pony princess invoked the magic of her element, which is passed onto the humane 5. Rainbow briefly channels the element of loyalty and gains pony-like attributes; as in the ears and wings. But after Twilight left the the human world, Rainbow's wings and pony ears vanished." Boomstick explained.

"But even without Twilight's crown and presence, along the way, Rainbow Dash had discovered a few ways to unlock her magic." Wiz stated.

SKILLS & ABILITIES

“Rainbow is also a very skilled athlete, being the captain of all the school's sports teams. And is the lead vocalist and electric guitarist of the band, the Rainbooms.” Kiryu mentioned.

"And speaking of music, as Rainbow shreds some of her guitar skills, she regains her pony ears and wings and harness her magic again, but only for a brief moment. And while during the Friendship Games, she can tap into her magic again if she shows signs of loyalty. But again, only for a brief moment." Boomstick added. "But luckily for her, she doesn't need to rely on playing the guitar to use her magic."

"Right you are, Boomstick. After a wild trip at Camp Everfree and defeating another She-Demon for a third time, Rainbow gained a magical artifact, which the EqG fandom dubbed, the Geode of Loyalty. Which allows her to harness and call upon her magic whenever she likes." Wiz explains.

"But that's not all it does for her, it also grants her super speed and fast reflexes! Like her pony counterpart, Rainbow Dash can run up to 3,800 MPH, about Mach 5 speed. And she can also do a Sonic Rainboom, like the one she did in her singing video; which can double her speed." Boomstick said.

"Rainbow is no slouch when it comes to power in her attacks, like the time she kicked a soccer ball at mach speeds, that it catches fire. By averaging the weight of the soccer ball and combine it with the speed of the object in order to burst it into flames; Rainbow's kick must have yielded 661 kilojoules of energy." Kiryu stated.

"Not only is Rainbow fast and strong, she's also tough. Like when multiply times she and her friends had taken magic blasts from powerful enemies; however, they're usually blocked by a magic shield and it's not something Rainbow posses alone. So we're not counting that. But luckily, in a newest EqG song video "Cheer You On", gave us Rainbow's durability feat alone when she was tossed through a brick wall by an evil toaster-head machine. By measuring the size of the hole in the wall and to Rainbow's height and the robot's; Rainbow must have been taken a force of 0.25 tons of TNT." Wiz explains Rainbow's durability feat.

"And got up like it was nothing." Boomstick added.

FEATS

"Ever since she got her magic, Rainbow had went through a wild ride over the years in CHS. She faced off with power-hungry villains on a monthly basis, competed in the Friendship Games and a musical showcase, and has saved her school and her classmates; time and time again." Kiryu said.

"Dang, when does she ever get a break? Though Rainbow may have some awesome feats; however her biggest weakness is that oversized ego of hers, which got her into trouble; multiple times. And if she ever gets too caught up with her emotions, she tends to lose her loyal spirit. Like the time she and the other human 5 ditched Sunset when they though she was posting their secrets on the web." Boomstick explained.

"Yeah, the MLP fandom weren't too happy about that." Wiz added. "But even with her faults and bashfulness, Rainbow Dash would always stand with her friends and fight by their side, no matter what."

"Of course you lost. I'm awesome! But I'm not gonna help just anybody try and beat Sunset Shimmer. The Fall Formal Princess should be someone with heart and determination. You've proved that you've got 'em both!" Rainbow said to Twilight after beating her in soccer and helping her up.

"Alright the combatants are set, let's end this debate once and for all." Wiz said.

"And if you like to see more Death Battles in the future. Be sure to follow us and give a like for more." Kiryu added.

"But right now, its time for a DEATH BATTLLLLLLLLLLEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!" Boomstick shouted.

At Canterlot High, all the students were at the track field, all itching to watch an exciting event go down. At the starting line, was CHS's star athlete, Rainbow Dash; who was stretching out her limbs. And beside her was Ruby Rose, who was also limbering up. Both speedsters were getting ready for their biggest debut; a race around the city.

Rainbow's friends and everyone in her school, came to watch her compete against the huntress. Her friends were sitting on the stands, cheering her on.

"YOU GOT THIS DASHIE!!!!!" Pinkie cheered.

"You can do it!" Sunset cheered as well.

"Show her what yer made of." Applejack stated.

"Well be right here cheering you on, darling." Rarity proclaimed.

"Do your absolute best," Twilight said.

"Yay." Fluttershy cheered quietly.

"Course I do! Cause I'm awesome!" Rainbow replied back.

As for Ruby, her team and also Team JNPR were also there to watch her race and give her support.

"Kick her ass, Ruby!" Yang shouted.

"Yeah! Crush her!" Nora shouted as well.

"You can do it!" Jaune yelled.

"Try not to lose focus!" Weiss stated loudly.

"Give it you're all!" Pyrrha cheered.

Ruby gave a wave and smile to her team and friends for giving her a lot of support. Soon both racers placed themselves at the starting line, with the huntress looking at the rainbow-haired teen and raising her hand up to shake her hand.

"May the best fastest girl win." Ruby said.

"Yeah, let's see who's the fastest." Rainbow replied.

Ruby and Rainbow get into their stances as a CHS student stood in front of them with a flag in her hand. She raised the flag up in the air as she gets ready to send the racers off. "Ready... Set... GO!" She shouted, waving the flag down. In an instant, both Rainbow and Ruby ran past the student with their unnatural speed.

They sped away from the field area and we running across town in a matter of seconds. The two were keeping pace with one another; neck-and-neck as they run, and they're not even at the finish line yet. But of course, while Ruby was giving her efforts, Rainbow got a little too competitive and determined to leave her opponent in the dust.

The athlete notices a small tree on the sidewalk they were racing on, in front of them. As they drew closer to it, Rainbow pulls a fast one and grabs onto the tree's branches. As she pulled on it, she released it which smacks into Ruby's face, causing the huntress to fall onto her back.

"Sorry, kid. See you at the finish line!" Rainbow smirked and runs off. After she did, Ruby got onto her feet and had an angered expression on her face.

"So that's how you want to play," She said as she pulls out her weapon, Crescent Rose, from her back. "Fine by me." In a quick sprint, Ruby rushes after Rainbow Dash. And in seconds, she finally caught up with the rainbow-haired athlete and then forms Crescent Rose into rifle mode and then fires an Ice dust shot in front of Rainbow, which forms a small wall of ice, which halted the CHS Wondercolt in front of it.

"HEY! What gives?!" Rainbow shouted, turning towards the angry huntress behind her.

"Are you serious? You hit me with a tree branch!" Ruby replied back while forming Crescent Rose back to its scythe form.

"Well, its a competition, so I can sometimes get carried away." Rainbow responded, just as Ruby attempted to strike her with Crescent Rose. "Whoa!" Rainbow dodge the attack and Crescent Rose's blade was planted into the ground.

But that didn't stop Ruby from swinging on her weapon and deliver a kick into Rainbow's body, which sends her across the street. After the attack, Rainbow gets up and angrily faces the huntress. "All right, Red Riding Hood, you wanna go!" Rainbow said as she taps into the magic of her Geode of Loyalty and pony-ups, growing her wings and pony ears. Once she transformed, she gets into a fighting stance with a smile on her face. "Lets go."

F I G H T ! ! !

The two girls charge towards each other, with Ruby doing a spin attack with her scythe, trying to slice down her opponent. Rainbow immediately took to the skies to avoid the attack and then flies towards the huntress to deliver a punch to her face.

Ruby was taken back by Rainbow's punch, but she stood her ground and continuously, swipes Crescent Rose at the Wondercolt. Rainbow does her best to dodge her attacks and try to land a blow, but the huntress had kept her at a distance. Ruby then takes aim with her scythe and then fires rounds at Dash.

Rainbow sees the shots coming and quickly invades every single one of them. Ruby continues firing at her target before her clip finally runs out. Dash sees this chance and runs towards the huntress, then delivers a swift kick to the gut, which sends Ruby 20 yards away. Rainbow then takes off into the air again and chases after the huntress.

Ruby quickly recovers from the attack and later sees Rainbow Dash coming from the air. With quick thinking, Ruby then replaces the clip to her weapon, which contains gravity dust rounds, aims Crescent Rose at the ground and fires. Sending her straight into the air, right towards Rainbow.

Rainbow Dash sees the huntress actually coming towards her from the ground. Which initially shocks the athlete very much.

"What the? How did you did that?" She asked just when she was forced to maneuver when Ruby was inches away from slicing her with Crescent Rose. And every time the huntress was slowly falling, she uses her gravity dust rounds to keep her in the air and aiming at Dash.

The two combatants were locked in arial combat, and both were too fast for the other to land a blow. Rainbow tries to end the fight by tackling Ruby and then plummeting the two straight to the ground. The two landed in the dirt with intensive force, leaving both of them a bit bruised and scratches all over their bodies.

The force of the ground impact, made Ruby lose her hold on her weapon and drop it. The huntress slowly gets up from the small crater that was made from their fall; however, before she could retrieve her weapon, Rainbow Dash comes out of nowhere and socks her in the face.

Ruby staggers from the attack before Rainbow then knees her in the gut. As the CHS Wondercolt was going for another punch, the huntress catches it and then delivers a jab to Dash's face.

Soon the two went at it for minutes, punching, kicking, and dodging each other's blow. Ruby then takes control of the battle by using her semblance, she transforms into a wisp of roses speeding around Dash and suddenly duplicates another rose wisps. Rainbow is left confuse on which of the rose wisps were the huntress, and then in a desperate action, she then took off into the air and then flied in a circle, faster and faster, creating a tornado.

The strong winds of the tornado blew away the rose petals that were formed by Ruby's semblance, clearing away the fake duplicates. Soon after, Rainbow looks around to see if her bold move worked, and it did. Ruby was out in the open and she has regained Crescent Rose.

"Ha! Looks like your rose petal thing didn't work." Rainbow taunted the huntress.

"Or maybe that you ain't so smart." Ruby taunted back as she takes aim with Crescent Rose in rifle mode, and fires a bunch of rounds at the flying high schooler. Rainbow quickly maneuvers to avoid the bullets fired at her and after that she begins to dive bomb towards the huntress down below.

As she dive bombs, Rainbow's speed kept getting faster and faster, until she made her Sonic Rainboom. Which both stunned and awed Ruby, which also distracts her as Rainbow slams into her full force of the Rainboom. Dust and dirt shoot out from the impact which creates a crater.

Rainbow slowly gets up from the impact and looks around the small crater to see if the huntress was still around. After a full minute, she starts felt prideful that her opponent was defeated.

"Huh, guess I was too cool for her." Rainbow said, just when she heard a few gunshots and soon felt her whole body covered in ice. "W-what!" She said in shock.

"Think again, Skittles." Ruby spoke out to the rainbow-haired teen; who had survived from Rainbow's full on collision. As Rainbow tries to break free of her icy prison, Ruby starts to run in circles around the Wondercolts. Possibly much faster than Rainbow had anticipated.

The huntress's speed soon creates a tornado, a very powerful one that it begins to lift the frozen teen up into the air.

Ruby soon reaches the top of the tornado and then ready Crescent Rose for its final attack. Soon the huntress begins to spin around and around, faster than she would have and then shot towards Rainbow who was caught in the vortex of the tornado.

As the distance between the two shorten and shorten each second, Ruby then delivers her final swing and cleaves the ice the high schooler was trapped in and Rainbow in half.

Ruby then touches the ground and the tornado she created had began to disperse. After the huntress takes a few deep breathes from her exhausting fight, Rainbow's two halves of her body fell to the ground behind Ruby. The huntress turn towards the amputated corpse of her opponent, with a angered yet sadden expression on her face.

"You made me do this," She said.

K O ! ! !

A scene is shown with Ruby Rose digging up a grave for Rainbow Dash, showing her one final act of respect. And another scene is shown with the 6 remaining Rainbooms, team WBY, JNPR and the entire crowd of students watch a news video on their phones ( or scrolls in RWBY case), which revealed the conflict between Rainbow and Ruby go down and the brutal ending to it, which made them all shocked.

"Whoa! That was a little brutal for Ruby. Looks like the Rainbooms are gonna need a new 7th member." Boomstick said.

"While Rainbow's skills and athleticism were enough to keep her in the fight, but Ruby's abilities and arsenal were far more effective and versatile than you might think." Wiz stated.

"Ruby's semblance was enough to overwhelm Rainbow, especially in a one-on-one fight. Also Ruby had way more combat experience than Rainbow and was a better strategist in the field." Kiryu explained.

"Also Ruby had a weapon and Rainbow didn't, so that was the obvious advantage." Boomstick added.

"But lets put weapons and strategies aside, and compare the power output of the two fighters. While Ruby could run up to Mach 6 speeds; however, when using the Sonic Rainboom as a boost, Rainbow can run up to Mach 10, which is twice faster than Ruby." Wiz explained.

"So when it came to speed, it looks like Rainbow actually had the advantage," Boomstick said.

"Except it hardly matters, Ruby's power output outdid Rainbow throughout the fight. Even when scaling Ruby kicking a griffon through a ship's hull and comparing it to Rainbow's soccer ball kick feat; Ruby is almost 8,875x stronger than Rainbow." Kiryu pointed out the fighter's strength. "Also Ruby was a lot tougher than Rainbow; like how Ruby survived an explosion that was worth 12 tons of TNT and Rainbow was survived a force of 0.25 tons of TNT."

"Damn! So it just goes to show that Rainbow just couldn't stand up to Ruby; she was just too strong, too tough, too experience, and 20% more cooler. Ruby was just a... Dash away to victory." Boomstick punned.

"The winner is Ruby Rose." Kiryu said.

Author's Note

Hey guys I hope you enjoyed the chapter, be sure to follow me on my user page if you want to see more Death Battles. And remember to keep Brony-ing on!

Next time on DEATH BATTLE! The Season 1 Finale!

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