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"I had a feeling you would come down here! I will not allow you to undo what I have begun. One way or the other I will unit the world!" Lana said.

"Lana... Why cant you understand? This is not unity! This is invasion!" Ruby said.

"Same diffrence. My goal is to put an end to this endless war against the grimm. For so many years, the people of Renmant has fought an endless battle against the grimm, and so many innocent people has died becuse of it. I am trying to put an end to all this bloodshed, and destroy the grimm once and for all!" Lana explained.

"You are killing millions of people!" Ruby argued.

"Have you not learned anything from your time at my side? Sometimes if you want to achieve your goals, sacrifices necessary. I kill millions to save billions!" Lana all but shouted "I still love you Ruby. All the times we kissed, we even had sex!" Weiss almost threw up at that "Join me! And we can rule this world together! A world of peace. Under us!".

Ruby closed her eyes before looking at Lana again with a hard glare "No! Your are a monster Lana! You have caused nothing but pain and suffering and you tried to make me in to a monster just like you! I will never be a part of this sick world you have in mind. I am stopping you here!"

Lana sighed "Then so be it. If you insist on getting in my way, then you are just another enemy for me now".

"Hey Ruby. I got something for you! You are gonna need it!" Weiss said as she handed Ruby something.

Ruby gasped when she saw what it was. An highly upgraded Crescent Rose! Ruby turned it in to it's Scythe form and smiled at the familiar feel of her belowed weapon. The lightsaber was cool and all, but nothing beats her baby.

"Let's do this Weiss!" Ruby said as she got ready to fight.

"I'm with you Ruby!" Weiss said and got ready as well.

Lana said nothing as she took out her lightsaber and after a brief pause, she turned it on and the red energy came out. She spun the blade around before getting ready to end this nuisance once and for all.

The final fight was about to begin. A clash between two ideals. And the fate of Vale will be decided.

Final battle.

The time had come. Ruby Rose and Weiss Schnee were facing off with Lana Beniko one last time. This war had gone on long enough, and had claimed alot of lives. All because of Lana's miss guided strive for peace. But her peace was a lie, she only wanted to rule the world and almost dragged Ruby in to her sick goal. But Ruby finally broke free of the chains her love for Lana held on her. And now it was time to end this, once and for all.

"Ready Weiss?" Ruby asked getting her new Crescent Rose ready for action.

"Always! Let's put this witch in her place!" Weiss said, getting ready as well.

Lana glared "I will not be denied my destiny!".

With that, all 3 fighter charged in for the final duel. Ruby and Weiss attacked first, both unleashed a barrage of attacks against the insane sith. But Lana managed to hold them both of with a Makashi styled defence.

Form II, also known as Makashi, The Way of the Ysalamiri, or The Contention Form, was the second of the seven classic forms of lightsaber combat. Developed for the purpose of lightsaber-to-lightsaber combat, to address the failings of Form I, Makashi was the most dueling-centric of the seven classical forms. Relying on precision and efficiency over Shii-Cho's wild, sweeping motions, Form II allowed an initiate to defend themself against an opponent with minimal effort, while placing a heavy focus on avoiding disarmament.

Makashi was described as elegant and focused, and was based on balance and footwork to outmaneuver opponents. Fluidity, precision, and economy of motion were relied on, rather than strength, with Form II bladework heavily utilizing jabs and light cuts rather than hack and slash movements.

Lana showed to have mastered this style quite well. Even though the style was meant for one on one combat, she had managed to take her own spin at it and turned it in to her own special style, allowing her to take on both Ruby and Weiss at the same time. And Ruby took a swiped at Lana's legs with her lovible weapon, Lana simply jumped over it and kicked Ruby away, then she leaned back to avoid a stab from Weiss and punched her in the face, sending her back as well.

Lana laughed a little "I was expecting alot more from the two of you. Especially you Ruby. I thought I taught you better than this!".

Just as she finished her words, Ruby attacked again, only for Lana to grabb Ruby's weapon and forced it in to Ruby's face, making her stumble back. Then when Weiss went in for another attack, Lana simply spun around her attack and elbowed Weiss in the back of her head. Weiss struggled to hold her balance but managed to stay up right.

The two young girls looked at Lana who spun her lightsaber around in her hand before pointing it at them "I'm getting bored of this. I will end you both here!".

Weiss growled "This is hopeless! An direct attack is not going to work on her. We need a plan!".

Ruby thought for a moment until she got it "I know how to fight her! Keep her busy for just a few seconds!".

Weiss nodded and attacked Lana head on, this time using her glyphs to give herself a boost and make it a little harder for Lana to keep up. But the sith managed to hold of her assault and the look on her face showed she had some hate for Weiss.

"You! It was always you! You always tried to keep Ruby away from me! You helped her escape me the first time we met. And now you have stolen her from me!" Lana said, her rage growing by the moment "YOU TOOK HER FROM ME!"

With a powerful slice, Lana disarmed Weiss of her weapon and was about to cut her in half, only to see Ruby speed towards her. Lana only managed to defend against the slice from Ruby's weapon, before the young Rose delivered a strong kick to Lana's face. Stunned by the force of the kick, Ruby then quickly raised both her hands forward and unleashed a powerful force push that sent Lana flying in to the power core, though not on to the energy.

Lana fell to a knee before looking at Ruby, her eyes blazing red from her rage "You ungrateful little brat!" She suddenly blasted Weiss away with force lightning, sending her over the edge of the platform they were fighting on. She then attacked Ruby with vicious power blows "All I did! Was to make the world safe!" Ruby was pushed back by the attacks "I built all this so we could share it together!" Lana's anger was nearing it's max as let out a angry scream "And after all this you turned your back on me! WHY!?" Ruby had to jump away to avoid a strike that shattered the ground "I wanted to make a perfect world that we could share together, I wanted you to rule it at my side as my wife! What was wrong with that, was it to much to ask?".

"What was wrong with that?" Ruby asked before they clashed in to a power struggle "You are insane! This perfect world you dream of is nothing but a lie!".

"SHUT UP!" Lana screamed and kicked Ruby in the gut, sending her sliding across the floor "I never wanted it to end this way Ruby! I will make you see the truth, even if I have to cripple you and force you to see!".

"You are the one who is blind here!" Lana looked to see Weiss standing by the reactor "You are the one who lost!" With that Weiss threw her weapon in to the core, making it overload.

"NO!" Lana screamed as the whole base was starting to come down.

Weiss hurried to help Ruby up as they ran out of the base. On the outside the republic armies cheered as the empire base was coming down. Alot of explosions could be seen through out the building.

Finally the whole thing crumpled to the ground, creating a massive dust cloud... it was over. The empires main base was destroyed. The republic won.

With Ruby and Weiss, they were both coughing from the dust until Ruby spoke "Wow Weiss... what you did was almost as crazy as my plans".

Weiss smiled "Hate to admit it, but your reckless nature can be effective sometimes".

Ruby giggled before she relised something "Weiss... I'm sorry... for everything...".

"It's ok Ruby, you were in a very dark place. But you still need to make up for it!" Weiss said in a scolding tone.

Rubys smiled "I'll do anything Weiss. Just say the word"

Weiss smiled back "I'll hold you to that".

But then the two girls heard something, they looked and got wide eyes at what they saw. It was Lana, she was on her knees staring at the ground. She looked crushed. Like her whole life was over. But other than that and some torn clothes, she did not look seriously injured.

"No way! She's still alive" Weiss said in disbelief as Lana slowly raised her head before holding up her hand, which had a small dust pile in it.

"Look at this... this is all that is left, of the perfect world I was trying to build" Lana said before tipping her hand, making the dust fall out of it "I trained for years... mastering the force... mastering my blade and planned out every single detail, all to unite the world... all I did was for my people... but now... I have nothing... not people... no family... no love" Her eyes began to glow in rage once again "My soul!" She raised her hand and pointed right at Ruby "That... is what you have taken from me!".

Then Lana suddenly used the force to pull Weiss towards her. Ruby cired out just as Lana's lightsaber impaled Weiss through her chest.

"WEISS!" Ruby screamed as Lana threw her best friend to the ground, Ruby rushed over to her "Weiss! WEISS!".

Weiss looked at her weakly "Ruby...I...I...I".

"Don't talk Weiss! Save your strength, I will get you some help... just hold on!" Ruby begged with tears in her eyes.

"I'm...sorry...Ruby...finish...her of... I love..." But after that, Weiss' body went limb. Ruby put her ear to Weiss' chest... there was no heart beat, she was gone.

"Weiss..." Ruby whispered before she began to sob "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!".

Lana was watching the whole thing with no emotions in her face "You took everything from me. I gave you my life. And all you gave me was pain... for that I will kill you and then I will destroy everything and everyone you have ever loved".

Ruby gently placed Weiss' dead body down and then got up and glared at Lana "Every decision you have ever made only ends with suffering and death. I will stop you! Even if I have to kill you!".

Lana smiled evily before tossing Ruby the lightsaber she once gave her and then activated her own "Time to end this Ruby! Let's se if you have surpassed me".

Ruby activated her lightsaber and got ready. Ruby then lashes out at Lana, and they begin a ferocious sword fight. Lana throws a rock at her using the Force, but Ruby avoids it. They work their way over their battle ground and Ruby is forced back by Lana's own offence. Lana kicks Ruby, making her do a few flips and landed on her feet.

As the laser swords fly, bits of the gorund is cut up. The battle is extremely fast and furious. Ruby is on the defensive as he jumps up on to a destroyed ship. Lana jumped up as well and their blades clashed again.

"You're no match for the dark side!" Lana hissed.

"Even if that's true! I sure as hell will not give up!" Ruby said.

Ruby unleashes a ferocious assault on Lana, causing her to almost go over the edge. Ruby then kicked Lana's leg, making her fall of the ship, hitting the wing on the way down and rolled across the ground. She recovered quickly and blocked a strike from Ruby. Both glared at eachother as they were trying to push eachother back.

"Enough!" Lana shouted and forced Ruby back.

The young Rose was once again forced onto the defencive. Lana's assault was relentless. In the end Lana managed to force an opening in Ruby's defence and then with one swith strike... Ruby cired out in pain as her arm was severed from her body. She fell on to her knees, clutching her arm in pure agony.

"I am sorry Ruby... I did not want this... You left me no choice! And now I have to take the life of someone I loved with all my heart. Your death shall make me eve more powerful!" Lana raised her lightsaber and was about to deliver the final blow.

"Stop!" Came a voice behined her. Lana looked and saw non other than Luke Skywalker standing there "Enough people have died today. You will never rob anyone of anything, ever again".

Lana turned to him "Master Skywalker! I have been looking forward to this! Your death will cripple the jedi order!".

"I am but one of many Lana. You lost this war, surrender and face justice for what you have done" Luke said camly.

"I'll pass! I will kill you now!" Lana said.

Luke was silent as he took out his own green lightsaber. The two force users circled each other, going on to a lot of different stances. The tension was very thick, and Ruby almost found it hard to breath. The Lana lets out a angry scream and attacks Luke head on.

Luke blocks two of Lana's strikes and then with one swift motion... Luke sliced right through Lana's chest. The strike was so fast neither Lana or Ruby was able to keep up. Lana's eyes were wide and her lightsaber dropped to the gorund as she fell in to Luke's arms who gently placed her down.

Ruby slowly walked up to them, still clutching her wound. She looked down at Lana who was drawing her final breaths "We... could have been... beutiful".

Ruby said nothing as Lana died in Luke's arms. Luke closed Lana's eyes so it looked like she was simply sleeping. Ruby walked over to Weiss' dead body and began to cry again. The war was over, but it came with a heavy cost.

It took a few weeks. The war had taken it's toll on the kingdom. But life came back to Vale, the empire was gone and the Republic was helping out with the re-building. As for out heroes...

Yang had joined up with the Mandalorians. She had really found her place with that warrior clan.

Blake and jaina returned back to Blake's home in Menagerie to meet her parents and get married. Both having a bright future ahead of them.

Team JNPR stayed with the Republic to make sure the deaths of their friends was not invane. They would make sure a war like this never happens again.

And as for Ruby Rose? Her missing arm had been replaced with a cybernatic one. But she was far from healed. After war she felt she needed to exile herself and throw away the lightsaber that was previously given to her by Lana. She needed to find herself again.

After saying her goodbyes to her friends, Ruby now stood infront of her mother's grave.

"I'm sorry mom... I did so many bad things that you never would have wanted me to do... But I promise I will make things right! I will go out there and help as many as I can. The grimm are still a threat and I will find a way to stop them! But never again will I allow myself to fall in to darkness to do it!" Ruby said before going silent for several moments before looking at the grave again "I hope you will watch over me mom... I love you".

And with that Ruby began her long journey, no one knew when she would be back, if ever. But this is something she need to do on her own.

But over the grave, the spirit of Summer Rose appeared and smiled "I will always watch over you Ruby. And I will always love you. My sweet little flower!".

But she was not alone. Both Nora and Weiss spirits stood next to her aswell.

"Break some legs Ruby!" Nora cheered.

Weiss just smiled "Good luck... little dunce".

And so with the end of one epic tale. Another one began.

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Well, there you go people. This is the end of the story. I thank you all for sticking with it all the way to the end. I hope you enjoyed it. It was a joy to write and an interesting challenge. But now, it's finally over and I would love to hear your thoughts on this finale.

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