Heartwarming / Super RWBY Gaiden

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All of the heartwarming moments that have appeared in Gaiden stories, read them below:

• Yang and K. Rool's interactions with one another are more akin to friends and the complete opposite of everything prior to the finale of Isle of Armor.
• Ibuki plays with Doom Guy's toys. Unfortunately, Doom Guy doesn't find this amusing.
• Doom Guy finally relents and gives Ibuki a fist bump. He immediately regrets it later.
• After Winter and Esdeath talk it out with Ironwood that he nearly went off the deep end, Ironwood thanks Winter for having him show that he nearly went down a dark path.
• A young Ironwood takes a young Esdeath under his wing and helps raise her.
  • Having explained her time under Ironwood's guidance to Winter, Esdeath then reiterates that she laughs at the claptrap of her wanting to overthrow the general; after everything he's done for her, she'd never repay him with such malicious actions.
• A week after the events of Galaxy, Bowser is completely out of it after having a nightmare over the incident and losing his son, not to mention Dream!Cinder was rubbing salt in the wound. The Mario Bros, Peach, Daisy, and RWBY cheer the poor guy up.
• Ruby, Blake, and Yang go out of their way to cheer Weiss up.
• While Weiss and Blake are busy training, Marnie and Neo's friendship is shown off in a cute way.
• Despite Bowsette's fears about being a completely different person, the Koopa Troop still accepts her for who she is, which brings her to tears.
• Tai comforts a frustrated and saddened Summer over the fact that she was taken away from all of them, especially when Ruby and Yang were very little.
• Yang asks Samus for advice on how to be a good mother for her Cosmog and not end up like her mother Raven.
• Gloria's reunion with her mother after the events of Super RWBY Galaxy was truly special after the former was worried she truly lost her mother after the universe fell apart, unaware that her mother went grocery shopping.
• Esdeath comforts Weiss and even relates to her over her traumatic experience, even pulling her into a gentle hug.
• Even though Emerald attempts to steal from her, Esdeath lets Emerald keep her sub and even gives her some advice. Emerald ends up crying Tears of Joy.
• Goro Akechi gave Raven advice and offered support when she was sad. This is very heartwarming as Raven has gained an unlikely friend who is offering to help fix things with her family. Then, during Chapter 75, when Sea5ons is playing, we see Akechi living with Raven and the tribe as Raven looks a little better and well-rested.
• After running away in fear and tearfully opening up to Chelsea about the reason why she only sings when it doesn't matter along with her abusive past with her widowed mother in Vacuo, Chelsea gives Kokoro the warmest and comforting Cooldown Hug she could give her while assuring the little ocelot Faunus that she isn't mad at her for what happened earlier.
  • Adding to that, the moment after Kokoro runs away in fear and panic at the thought of performing in front of a large audience, the first thing that the rest of Sea5ons does is chase after her and make sure that she's okay.
  • Heck, Whitley even offered to postpone the group's debut live for her sake!
• As soon as she learns how much Blake has been suffering, Weiss is ready to go straight to the BLS Station to help her friend, and Yang and Ruby aren't far behind. The only reason they don't is that the other characters talk them out of it by pointing out that their going will only make things worse.
• Umber and the Xenas (dubbed Lunartics) have their First Kiss.
  • When Umber and the Xenas unleash their Pokémon on the people who were spying on them, Strutter gently moves Lillie out of the way, given that she was basically dragged along to witness Umber and the Xenas' date.
• Hala gently tells Umber that it's time to step back and take a vacation after many of his friends notice that Umber's putting a lot of pressure on himself due to being the Champion of Alola. Afterward, when Umber prepares to leave, he says goodbye to his mom and Meowth with his mom revealing that she had a feeling it was due to him being champion but she didn't want to pry. Professor Kukui, Hala, Mallow, Kiawe, Lana, Lusamine, Acerola, and Olivia then watch Umber set off on Nebby.
• Umber takes care of Seryu, who has a twisted ankle, which in turn, causes her to see that not all humans are as bad as she thought.
  • Not only that, but he also scratches behind one of her dog ears, which it's implied that it helps her feel calmer.
    • Adding on to that, he also hugs her.
• Bowsette helps Cinder win over the Koopa Troop by showing off her surprisingly amazing cooking skills. Even if she doesn't want to admit it, Cinder is slowly inching closer to a Heel–Face Turn.
• Chapter 121 reveals that Junko was able to discover that, much like her and Chiaki, the Universe Reset managed to revive the other dead Ultimates. While they only manage to find Celeste, Mondo, and Sakura, there are plenty of heartwarming moments to spare.
  • In spite of them not being classmates, the members of Class 77-B still agreed to help find them.
  • While Celeste is still completely unrepentant about what she did during the Killing Game, it's still heartwarming to learn that in her revival, she got everything she wanted: a fancy castle and a hot vampire, who even turns her into one.
  • Mondo, upon meeting Chihiro again, wastes no time apologizing for his Accidental Murder. Chihiro forgives him instantly.
  • Once Aoi finally finds Sakura, she wastes no time glomping her. Sakura happily returns the hug.
• Byleth bonding with her new family while on vacation in Delfino.
• In Chapter 137, the Xiao Long-Rose family's home gets fully upgraded thanks to Ibuki to help accommodate their big family which is sweet. She even ensures Rosie's old home is brought over as well.
• In Chapter 160, Ruby and Chaos Ruby talk to each other for the first time. Chaos Ruby helps Ruby survive her torture and in turn, is given a brief spark of hope. This shows Chaos Ruby is not fully gone yet.
• In Chapter 164, despite losing her clan, Yor is able to adopt a daughter in the form of a thirteen-year-old Chelsea. After adopting Chelsea, she raised the girl really well as much as she gave her the love and kindness she never got from her neglectful birth parents. On a side note, she was also even able to reunite with her long-lost niece Akame five years later.
• In Chapter 165, Ruby finally helping Chaos Ruby. Granted Chaos Ruby still has a long way to go in terms of making things back to what they were, but now it makes Chapter 132 very Heartwarming in Hindsight on Chaos Ruby's end.
  • The first thing Chaos Ruby does after Ruby stops her? Repair all the damage she had done to Beacon and Remnant before vanishing.
• In Chapter 173, Bowser officially gives the Monster Community a name in honor of his late wife, Solana Town. He also ensures that humans, Faunus, and other creatures are allowed to live in the town.
• The Future Foundation decides that the Warriors of Hope (sans Monaca) have served them time and allows them to be released into foster families, with Junko additionally promising to be a much better role model.
• In Chapter 188, despite Marnie kidnapping Peach, the latter still puts a bandage on Marnie's cheek after Marnie's fight with Balthus despite Peach being in a cell.
• In Chapter 197, when Dr. Pietro comes to invite Miu to join him in the Mushroom Kingdom, she quickly takes a shine to Nagisa, even requesting he call her Aunt Miu. At the same time, it's hinted that Keebo and Penny might have a thing for each other.
• Chapter 209 has Hades, of all people, show a surprisingly wholesome as he brings Ruby to the Underworld...in order to cheer her up after everything that has happened. And most of the other villains (sans Dark Ruby and Dark Samus) are sympathetic as well.
• Chapter 211 has Team JIXY and MAJC offering to help Nyx find a Love Interest while Cordelia and Zoey do the same thing for Chloe later in the chapter.
• Chapter 214:
  • This conversation between Esdeath and Elsa after Olaf reveals what happened in the first film. This also ends up causing Anna to warm up to her.
  Esdeath: (takes a deep breath to calm herself down) Elsa… with all due respect, your ice powers aren't anything to be ashamed of.
  Anna: Yeah, she realized that. She kinda "let it go".
  Elsa: (groans) That's never going away anytime soon…
  Esdeath (takes Elsa's hands) Your power is a gift and ought to be treasured. Believe me, I felt the same way with my Semblance.
  Elsa:... Your what?
  Esdeath: Think of it like a special power.
  Elsa: Aaah, okay. You had problems with yours?
  Esdeath: Yeah, but thanks to my adoptive father- (Esdeath conjures up snowflakes) I was able to get it under control.
  Anna: (Jaw Drop) You have ice powers too?
  Esdeath: Yes.
  Anna: (looks at Esdeath and then at Elsa, and then back at Esdeath)
  Anna: Elsa…
  Elsa: Yes?
  Anna: Did we just meet your long-lost twin sister?
  Elsa: What? (gives Anna a weird look while Esdeath snickers)
  Anna: (grinning while grasping Esdeath's hands) Hiiii, new best friend!
  • During the events of Tangled Ever After, Yang pushes the cart with the wedding cake on it back into the wedding hall after Maximus sits down and accidentally bumps the cart out.
• Chapter 217 has Roman and Neo saving Bowser Jr. from a Clubberskull during the events of Uprising, resulting in the Bowser and Roman gaining mutual respect for each other and the story ends with Roman in the present day reminiscing on the events calling Bowser a brother in arms and even an actual brother.
• In Chapter 224, it's revealed that during Dry Bowser and his group's journey through the Lost Levels, Medusa ended up adopting a Psycho Piranha, complete with a baby carrier. While the image is also completely hilarious, the fact she genuinely seems to care for it is sweet, considering who she is and who's she working with.
• In Chapter 237, the Warriors of Hope genuinely seem to hit it off with Dipper and Mabel, which pleases Stan, who notes that it's good for Dipper to have more friends his own age.
• In Chapter 245, upon meeting Myra for the first time, Peach plans to fulfills her ancestor's wish and appoint her as her court mage.
• In Chapter 248, after Erza uppercuts Scout's clothes off his body and takes a bite of the strawberry shortcake he nabbed, she states she ought to go check on Pyhrra.
• Chapter 250, Culex's opinion of Mario:
  Culex: We fought and to my surprise, Mario had never given up, even when I had him on his knees. He had earned my respect and I consider him a brother in arms, in a way. I had hoped than when I came back, I would have a friendly rematch with him
• In Chapter 260, we have Doomguy patting Filo on the head when she climbs over his shoulder and then she talks with Isabelle, Zelda, Sakura, Azura and Elise.