Remember how I said there were sixteen episodes? I lied. I added this one to make seventeen. Since Yui and Asuna had their own episode, it's only fair that Kirito and Leafa had theirs. This one is plenty more comical, and it was made from an anime short I enjoyed. If you read the title, you are bound to know which one. Anyways, just enjoy what you read.


(I do not own Kingdom Hearts or Sword Art Online. All I do is form my imagination from both stories, and share it with the world!)

Part 1

(While Asuna & Yui went to the Pretty Cure world)

"…So anyway, that's where I'm going right now." Asuna told Kirito over the video phone, "I'll take Yui with me. I'm sure she would want to meet Hummy, Hibiki, Kanade and Ellen again." "I gotcha." Kirito understood, "I guess Gretinal has her reasons for having you go to the Pretty Cure world. Wish she'd ask me to join along." "Sorry. Girls only. Tell Leafa I said hi, okay?" "Sure." Kirito replied, "Have fun, okay?" Asuna smiled and nodded, then turned off her phone.

Kirito placed his phone away, then heard Leafa sigh as she came down the stair, adjusting her long hair into its' ponytail. "Man, its' so weird not having my short, black hair again in this house." she moaned. "It's not like you're not use to dealing with it before." Kirito replied, reminding her she was her avatar during the time in Sora's dimension and during the time they were traveling the worlds in their's."

"Look who's talking, Kazuto?" Leafa implied, "You're avatar looks the same as your real life person! But me…" "Yours does, too." Kirito replied, "Since you have your old avatar back, you look exactly the same as you do in real life now." Leafa looked at her brother discouragingly for her lack of sympathy.

"If you want to go back to your old look, maybe you should try cutting it." Kirito suggested. "No way!" Leafa replied, "I like my hair in this form. It'll just takes some time getting use to, that's all." Kirito smiled at Leafa. He didn't really understand Leafa's predicament, but he believed she can make it through it.

Just then, something started to glow in Kirito's pocket. The crystal, similar to the one Asuna had, started to glow. Leafa noticed it when Kirito pulled it out of his pocket. "Is that from Mistress Gretinal?" Leafa asked. "Only one way to find out." Kirito replied, and he activated the crystal. Sure enough, Gretinal's face appeared from the crystal.

"Hello there, Kirito, Leafa." Gretinal greeted them. "Hi, Mrs. Gretinal." Leafa greeted her. "Hey, Gretinal." Kirito replied, not caring for formalities, "So, what's up? I heard you sent Asuna and Yui to a different world." "Yes, and you two will be doing the same for me." Gretinal responded, "And it is the upmost important mission." At this, Leafa and Kirito were surprised and serious at this. They listened intently for the mission Gretinal was gonna send them on.

(Cue 'Let's Wondering' opening)

"…What?!" Leafa exclaimed after hearing their mission. "You want us to go to a dinner party with Palutena?!" Kirito asked, not sure why this was considered an IMPORTANT mission, let alone a mission. "You see, it's summer time in Skyworld." Palutena sighed, "At that time, she goes to her summer-palace and I come to have dinner with her." "She has a summer-palace?" Leafa asked incredulously. "She's the Goddess of Light. What do you expect?" Kirito retorted.

"However, what with the dangers that lie ahead, and my preparation of the Mark of Mastery for the two of you and Asuna, I'm afraid I can't leave the Realm of Arrival to meet her." Gretinal sighed, "Palutena is a dear friend of mine, and I don't want to disappoint her. That is why I believe the two of you would be perfect for going in my place, so please do this for me."

"Why should we go to a dinner party that you couldn't even make it to?" Kirito asked, "Besides, it's just one dinner. Surely, you can reschedule it for another time." "Oh, Kazuto!" Leafa moaned, "Why don't we just go and have ourselves a good time in Skyworld? Besides, you can fully introduce me to Pit and Palutena. I've never met them outside of that battle with Oberon. Come on, it'll be fun!"

Kirito looked to Leafa with a 'Do I really have to?' kind of look. She nodded at him, then Kirito sighed, "Okay, fine. I'll go." "All right!" cheered Leafa. "Thank you, Kirito." Gretinal thanked him, "I'll inform Palutena that you are coming."

"Okay, but how do we get there?" Kirito asked. "Use the Keyholes of Bond." Gretinal answered, "Since you and Sora have locked the Keyhole there, you have the power to cross the dimension over to Skyworld with it." "Understood." Kirito replied. Gretinal smiled at Kirito before her face disappeared from the crystal.

"I wonder what kind of food they'll be serving at Skyworld?" Leafa asked. "Probably something we've never tasted before." Kirito replied, "Either way, we'd better get a move on. Let's grab our stuff and go."

It took them a few minutes for each of them to change into their special garments. Asuna had made a set of her own sandwiches during their training, and they still had some left, so they decided to bring it along. They left their mom a note saying they would be having dinner with their friends before they walked out to the front yard. Kirito produced his Elucidator Keyblade, waving it forward. He produced the Keyhole of Bond with his Keyblade, locking in the destination; Skyworld. Leafa and Kirito stepped through the Keyhole, and disappeared from sight.

When they appeared, they found themselves on a dirt road within a vast plain, with forests and mountains in the distance. "I thought this place would be set more in the sky?" Leafa asked, looking a bit disappointed. "Maybe her summer palace is in the Earthworld of this place." Kirito replied, "And that must be it."

He was pointing to a large castle right along the path. It was very tall tower in the center of it. It had white stone walls with gold and blue roofs and stones decorating it. There were many pillars that surrounded the pathway towards it. It was just as awe-inspiring as Palutena's temple. "This is her summer home?!" Leafa gasped. "I wonder why she would even want a summer palace in the first place?" Kirito thought out loud.

The two walked along the dirt road towards the long staircase that led to the entrance. It strangely reminded Kirito of when he walked up the steps towards the World Tree to take on the Grand Quest. At the front of the gates stood some Strong-arm Centurions, guarding the entrance. They looked suspiciously at the two, like how they did when they came to Palutena's temple. "We came here on invitation." Kirito informed them. "Mistress Gretinal sends her apology for not being able to come, so she asked us to come in her place." Leafa added.

The centurions looked at one another, then nodded in confirmation. "We've been expecting you two." One of the centurions told them, "Please, walk this way." They opened up the large door, and two smaller bowman centurions waited on the other side. Kirito and Leafa followed the two, looking all about the interior of the palace.

"Amazing…" Leafa gasped, "It's like it came straight out of ALFheim, and made even better!" Kirito had to admit that the architecture was similar, though since most of ALFheim Online was based on Norse Mythology and this world was more or less based on Greek Mythology, he doubt the two styles would mix.

After several minutes of walking, one of the centurions said, "The kitchens are over there." He was pointing to an area in the corner of the palace exterior, "Captain Pit and Lady Palutena should be in there." "Thanks a bunch!" Leafa replied. Kirito nodded in confirmation, then the centurions left them.

"Palutena, can you hear me?" Kirito called out, remembering he could speak to her telepathically, "It's me, Kirito. I've brought my sister with me, and we're just nearing the kitchens." "Oh, hello there, Kirito." Palutena responded to him, "Gretinal just informed me she was bringing you in her place. She promised to have dinner with me another time, so I'm not too upset. I'll have Pit welcome you in." Kirito smiled a bit. At least she wasn't taking it too badly.

When they arrived, the doors to the kitchen were open, and Pit was waiting at the entrance. "Kirito!" Pit greeted him, "I'm so glad I got to see you again." "Me, too, Pit." Kirito responded, then waving a hand to his sister, "I'm sure you met her in the battle against Oberon, but this is my sister, Suguha. She also goes by the name 'Leafa'. Pick either one." Although she already had these two names before, she still found it awkward to be referred to by two different names all the time, now."

"Okay, then I'll just call you Leafa." Pit decided, raising a hand, "Nice to meet ya. I'm Pit, captain of Palutena's guard." Leafa smiled and shook his hand in response. Pit then noticed the basket of sandwiches in her other hand. "Hey, are those for us?" he asked. "Yeah." Leafa replied, holding up the basket and revealing what was inside, "These are sandwiches made by Asuna." "Asuna's cooking is the best!" Kirito told Pit. "Oh, I can't wait!" Pit moaned, drooling a bit at the sight of the sandwiches, "Let's go inside so we can see what Palutena is making." "She can cook?" Kirito asked as Pit led him and Leafa inside.

The kitchen was large, with all the necessities needed for a kitchen, including several stoves that looked a bit different from the standard one. Palutena was at the center table, flipping through some sort of hologram cookbook, which looked like a touch pad, showing all of the different kinds of meals they could serve. There were a few bowls of different kinds of vegetables on the table as well.

"Hey there, Palutena." Kirito greeted her. "Oh, hello there, Kirito." Palutena greeted him, "And you must be Leafa. It's nice to meet you." "Nice to meet you as well, Lady Palutena." Leafa bowed back. "These guys brought some delicious-looking sandwiches with them!" Pit told Palutena, "I can't wait to find out what they taste like!" "You won't be disappointed." Kirito told him.

"So what are you making?" Leafa asked, looking at the cookbook Palutena was scanning through. "I'm just trying to figure that out." Palutena responded, "It has to be something healthy and delicious. Let's see here…" She scanned through the book a bit more, "Too sweet… Too spicy…" She then stopped on one meal, "Ah, here we go! Vegetable Surprise with a side of Skyworld Soup!" "Sounds good." Leafa stated. "I wonder what the surprise is?" Kirito asked.

"Veggies AGAIN, Lady Palutena?" Pit moaned. "What's wrong with eating your vegetables?" Kirito asked him. "Palutena's been a little veggie crazy for some time." Pit whispered, "I just want to have a burger or something." "Oh, Pit." Palutena giggled, "Keep eating hamburgers, and you'll turn into one." "What?" Pit said in surprise, "You're not serious about that, are you?" "Why? You've turned into a tempura shrimp before." Kirito reminded him. "Are YOU serious?" Leafa asked him. Kirito nodded.

"Don't worry, Pit. I was just joking." Palutena told the angel, tapping at the meal to get the instructions on how to make it all. "I can help you make the meal." Leafa told Palutena, "So what do we need?" "Let's see, here." Palutena muttered, "The secret ingredient is a drop of Rejuvenator, to make the carrots fantastically flavorful. To give them that extra zing."

Palutena went to a different shelf and pulled out a small, brown bottle. She brought the bowl of carrots to her, and very slowly placed one drop of the Rejuvenator onto the carrots. The carrots glowed slightly when the drop touched them. "Whoa…" Leafa gasped, wondering what kind of difference the potion would make.

"How about donuts? Or cake, Lady Palutena?" Pit asked, trying to add something he liked. "Can't you just be satisfied with the meal Lady Palutena is making for you?" Leafa asked, looking at Pit in a discouraging way. "Pit, leave cuisine to a Goddess." Palutena told him, "I know what I'm doing. Angels and humans cannot live by breadsticks alone."

Unfortunately, the Goddess was failing to notice that she was pouring a lot more than just one drop of Rejuvenator into the bowl of carrots, which continued to glow from the potion. She completely emptied the whole potion into the bowl.

Pit had his head dipped in despair, so he didn't notice. Leafa was still looking at Pit. Kirito saw the accident Palutena failed to notice, and was about to warn the two ladies when Palutena gasped, "Hold on, that reminds me. Pit, I need you to go out and gather the very ripest tomatoes for my Vegetable Surprise. Kirito, can you help Pit out, too?" "Back in a flash, Lady Palutena." Pit replied, "C'mon, Kirito!"

Kirito looked to the bowl of carrots, and saw them twitching. He wondered if that was suppose to happen. "Go on, Kazuto!" Leafa told him, "We got it covered in the kitchen!" Kirito looked to his sister, and decided to let her deal with the problem. He followed Pit out of the kitchen.

"So what's the next step?" Leafa asked Palutena, who scanned her finger across the pad to see the next instructions. "Here it is; Slice and dice the carrots, then sauté till they're nice and…" The two girls turned to where the carrots were at, but they discovered that the bowl was flipped on its' side, and the carrots gone. "What the?" Palutena asked. "Where did they go?" Leafa asked, picking up the bowl and looking into it.

The two girls looked around till they noticed where the carrots were, and it was something Leafa didn't believe at first. The carrots were literally jumping onto the cupboard near them, walking along next to where the dishes were at, and jumping down to the crates next to the cupboard. How were they doing this? They had grown hands, legs and one green eye.

"Is this the kind of 'zing' you were looking for?" Leafa asked Palutena in a puzzled manner. "Not exactly…" Palutena replied, but then smiled as she approached them, "Aren't you all just the cutest?" Leafa was surprised she could be so calm about this. The carrots all stopped and turned to Palutena. "You are on the menu, so slicey-dicey, and then it'll be time for a nice, hot oil bath."

Leafa wondered if the carrots would actually obey this. Sure enough, they did not, but instead retaliated by throwing a plate at Palutena. She ducked to avoid it. Leafa quickly produced her Sylphwing Keyblade to block a few more plates, then saw they were throwing knives and other sharp objects as well. Both she and Palutena ran behind one of the ovens and ducked to avoid getting hit.

"This is a vegetable revolution, and they want my head on the chopping block." Palutena moaned. Leafa had grabbed ahold of the Rejuvenation bottle before, and looked into it. "Lady Palutena, how much potion was there left in the Rejuvenation bottle?" she asked. "It was completely full." Palutena replied. "Then here's your problem." Leafa scolded her, waving the bottle in her face, "You placed the entire bottle of potion into the bowl of carrots!" "Oops…" Was all Palutena could say. "I'm no expert, but shouldn't a Goddess keep an eye out for how much of an ingredient they put into a recipe?!" Leafa barked.

The two stopped and looked to see one of the carrots reach the dial on the oven they were right behind, and turned it onto max heat. The siren sounded as the oven overheated, and exploded, with Leafa and Palutena still close to it. They came out of the smoke, covered in burns and soot, both of their hair frizzy and afro-like from the burning heat. "It seems they've grown some brains, as well." Leafa muttered. "This is a case of too many cooks in the kitchen." Palutena growled.

They both shook their heads of the soot, straightening their hair at the same time. They glared at the live carrots, who looked panicked at angering the two of them and ran away from them. "Let me remind you who eats who!" Palutena barked at them, and she chased after the carrots. "These carrots are gonna pay for that!" Leafa added, following Palutena.

They chased the carrots out of the kitchen, onto a different pathway than where the two came in. By examination, there must've been about three dozen carrots or so that were alive. "Get back here! You're my dinner!" Palutena barked at them. "Usually, this situation wouldn't be as weird if it was in the virtual world!" Leafa stated, her Keyblade ready to strike the carrots.

They turned along the marble road and saw a row of statues on either side of the pathway, but no sign of the carrots. "Where did they go?" Leafa asked, looking about as they ran. "First my dinner fights, then it hides?" Palutena asked, "Maybe they finally understood the food chain."

The moment they said that, they her something heavy fall from behind. They turned to see one of the statues fall on the marble road, which was unfortunately at an incline. It started rolling down the path, chasing after the two girls, who had no way of getting around it in time. "You gotta be kidding me?!" Leafa exclaimed as she and Palutena ran with all their might, screaming as they were being pursued by the runaway statue.

They saw further down the pathway a large and long rope bridge, with a large column holding it up halfway. Leafa felt it would not stop the large statue, but break it, with the two falling along with half the bridge. "Lady Palutena, please tell me you can fly?!" she begged. "Not without time and preparation!" Palutena replied, "And I don't think this statue will let us have that time!" "Ugh!" Leafa moaned, finding Palutena more and more useless by the second. Leafa produced her Sylph fairy wings, grabbed Palutena by her waist, and carried the two upwards just as they reached the suspension bridge.

The two flew over the bridge as the statue caught the poles holding the bridge to the ledge, and it flew upwards to meet them. "Pull up! Pull up!" Palutena cried. "I'm trying!" Leafa moaned, carrying the two up just enough to avoid getting hit by the statue. The statue bounced off the suspension bridge, about to meet them again.

"Can't you go any faster?!" Palutena asked. "I'm trying!" Leafa moaned, narrowly avoiding the statue, "It's not easy to fly at high speeds when you are carrying something heavy." "Excuse me?!" Palutena snarled, a blood vessel appearing on her head, "Are you trying to imply something?" "I didn't mean it that way!" Leafa barked back.

Through their argument, they failed to notice the statue coming up from underneath. It struck the two in midair, and sent them flailing in the air, falling back down as the bridge started to collapse and break apart. Leafa grabbed ahold of one of the side ropes while Palutena's foot got caught on a different piece of rope, and she was hung upside down as they were carried along with the swing of the bridge, screaming. Afterwards, the two girls moaned at the situation they were in.

"Lady Palutena, can you hear me?" Pit asked Palutena through telepathy. "Wh-what is it, Pit?" Palutena asked, trying to act normal. "How's that Vegetable Surprise coming along?" Pit asked, "I'm starting to look forward to it." "Yeah, me too." Kirito agreed, "Is it almost done?" "Oh, its' coming. Chop-chop-chop! Sauté until tender! Couldn't be better!" Palutena responded. "Is Sugu helping you out?" Kirito asked. "Oh, she's hanging in there." Palutena responded, looking up to see Leafa doing just that; Holding on for dear life on the rope.

"Well, the tomatoes are on the way." Pit informed her, "We've gotten the ripest ones, just like you asked. And my stomach is really grumbling." Palutena panicked a bit at this. "Wait, don't come back yet!" Palutena told them, and this got Leafa's attention. "Why not?" Kirito asked. "I need another ingredient." Palutena answered, "Something with a little dazzle, sizzle, pizazz! Like a…" "A squash!" Leafa suggested. "Yeah, a squash!" Palutena agreed, "Get me one of those!"

"Squash? I swear I saw some in your kitchen." Pit recalled. "I see all, and I don't see any squash here!" Palutena retorted. "If you saw all, we wouldn't be in this mess." Leafa muttered to herself without Palutena hearing. "Okay, okay!" Pit replied as the rope bridge reached the peak of its' swing, and swung back the other way again, giving Leafa a foothold on the flying bridge. "We'll be back in a second." Kirito told them, and their communication cut off.

"How'd it go?" Leafa asked Palutena. "I bought us a little more time." Palutena responded, "Now its' time for a quick trip down the produce isle." "The instructions said we needed to slice and dice those carrots." Leafa stated, "And I got a knack for cutting things up. Let's get to work!"

As soon as the broken bridge was within range, Palutena untangled her leg from the rope as Leafa jumped off and produced her fairy wings, grabbing ahold of Palutena's arms, and the two landed at the start of the bridge, where all the carrots were at, shocked to see them still alive.

Leafa readied her Keyblade as Palutena produced her magic staff. "Aeroga!" Leafa shouted, and she blasted some of the carrots into the air with a ball of wind. She did this several more times until all the carrots were airborne. Palutena used her magical powers to produce several bubbles all around her. "Power of Caging!" she shouted, and she sent those bubbles forward, each striking the carrots, placing all of them in bird cages.

"Yes!" cheered Leafa, making a fist pump. The two walked to all the caged carrots, Palutena grabbing one of them and holding it to her face. "Now remember your place, friends; On my dinner table." she told them. "Well, that's one problem solved." Leafa told her, "And just before things got a lot worse." Palutena and Leafa looked to one another, smiling.

Suddenly, they felt some rumbling, and looked around. "What now?!" Leafa asked. "Oh, no!" Palutena cried. What was happening was that some of the carrots turned the remaining ovens in the kitchen to max level as well, and were about to overheat. There was a few seconds when the two girls looked towards the kitchen, then at one another, and panicked as the kitchen exploded, with them once again being hit by it as well.

From a distance, Pit and Kirito were shocked to see the explosion coming from the palace. Pit dropped the tomatoes while Kirito dropped the squash. "Lady Palutena…?" Pit muttered. "Sugu!" Kirito called out. The two gathered their produce, and raced towards the palace.

It took them some time before they found both Leafa and Palutena, sprawled on their backs, covered in soot and burns. The cages with the carrots have vanished, and the carrots also vanished, too. Based on the moans, they were still alive. "Are you okay, Suguha?" Kirito asked. Leafa coughed up some smoke, then replied, "This was clearly a recipe for disaster."


Part 2

After explaining the situation to Pit and Kirito, the two gathered up all the centurions to find the vile carrots. Meanwhile, Palutena and Leafa decided to wash themselves off by going into Palutena's hot spring. It was just the thing Leafa needed after everything they were put through. "Ah! There's nothing like a soak in a hot spring after a hot day." Palutena stated. "I'll agree to that." Leafa added, "I haven't been to a hot spring in ages!"

"Lady Palutena, I rounded up the troops." Pit informed Palutena. "We're ready to go, anytime." Kirito added. Their voices was coming from a small hologram screen Palutena produced next to her, showing Pit, Kirito and the centurions lined up at the front of the palace. Thankfully, it was a one-way view, so they couldn't see either girl.

Palutena and Leafa turned their heads to the hologram. "That revolt. Those darn carrots are such a pain." Palutena moaned. "Kazuto, you'd better get rid of them as soon as you can." Leafa told him, "I want to personally put them under the chopping block." "We're on it!" Pit replied. "Don't worry about a thing." Kirito added.

Pit and Kirito turned to the centurion army. "Men, we've faced the worst carrot-astrophe of our time." Pit informed them, "Catch them, now!" As the centurions started to walk of, Kirito turned to Pit. "Carrot-astrophe?" he asked, "You had to add that kind of pun." "It wasn't a pun. That's exactly what took place here." Pit replied. "Well, either way, we'd better take care of this as soon as possible." Kirito told him, "Those carrots destroyed not only the kitchen, but Asuna's sandwiches along with it. They're gonna pay for that!" And with that, the two boys ran off to hunt down the carrots.

The two girls watched as the centurions started chasing down the carrots, which were scattered about all around the outside of the palace. "They'll skewer them just in time for dinner." Palutena sighed while she rested her head on the side while watching the troops in action. "In the meantime, we'll just relax here and take it easy." Leafa added, sitting back and watching them as well.

As they watched Pit and Kirito look around the plains for more carrots, they noticed an oversized carrot approach pit from behind. At first, they were surprised, then they discovered it was actually a regular sized walking carrot, stepping through the hologram and confronting the two. It picked up a couple of shampoo bottles near them and tossed it at the girls, ricocheting them off of their heads, before racing off. "What was…?!" Palutena started. "Looks like they missed one!" Leafa growled.

Using Palutena's magic, they quickly changed into their clothes again, and hurriedly chased after the runaway carrot. "Get back here!" barked Palutena. "Thankfully, it's only one." Leafa stated. They stepped out of the bath house and stopped, stunned at the sight in front of them.

Palutena's bath house was located in another part of the palace, with the outside have a stone pathway surrounded by canals. There was a tower in the middle of the open area, with curved decorative paths connecting the wall in multiple directions. On each of these pathways stood a row of multiple kinds of vegetables. It wasn't just carrots, but onions, squash, peppers, eggplants, and all other kinds. They even saw some carrots pouring a brown bottle of Rejuvenator onto the basket of tomatoes the boys recently got, bringing them to life. All vegetables (with tomatoes as fruit) glared down at the two girls. "You just had to say something, didn't you?" Palutena asked Leafa. "My bad." Leafa sighed.

All at once, the vegetables jumped high, merging together into something. It had legs made of carrots, with a radish and squash body, eggplant shoulders, zucchini and pepper arms and hands, and an onion face with carrot horns and one eye. It was like a gigantic cyclops, and it towered over the two girls as they stood in horror of what they saw.

"Looks like they're getting serious!" Leafa shouted as she produced her Keyblade. "Back off, you overgrown salad!" barked Palutena as the vegetable giant raised a fist back. It brought its' fist down, and the two girls narrowly avoided the attack. Leafa then raced up the fist as Palutena ran along the side, trying to get behind it.

As Leafa raced up the arm, the giant saw her and made random vegetables appear from its' shoulders, diving at her. Leafa sliced her way through the attack, but several eggplants caught her off guard, and knocked her off his shoulder. She landed to the ground next to Palutena, who stopped next to her. "You okay?" she asked. "This had better be the last food fight I'd ever deal with!" Leafa moaned, then the two saw the veggie giant eye them, and attempted to stomp on them. They hurriedly ran away before they got smashed.

As Palutena ran on the water with her magic and Leafa ran on the road, the giant started shooting vegetables from its fingertips, like they were large bullets. The two girls started zig-zagging around the attacks, which became rapid fire. "I can fix this! I can fix this!" Palutena cried in a panicked tone. Leafa produced her fairy wings and took off, narrowly avoiding an attack. Leafa turned and fired several Aeroga spells at the beast, which had no affect. She attempted her 'Wind Needle' magic skill, but it, too, didn't do much. The beast swung its' fists at her, and she narrowly avoided it.

Another swing of its' fist nearly caught Leafa had she not used her Keyblade to block it. However, some of the vegetables on its' arm came out and yanked the Keyblade out of Leafa's hand. "Hey, give that back!" Leafa cried, but the giant's eye glowed, and Leafa narrowly avoided getting hit.

She ended up falling on one of the upper levels of the palace walkways, then turned to see something laying next to a wall. It looked like a gun, with a silver body and dark blue grip. It was almost sci-fi like. Leafa grabbed ahold of it. As she gripped it, green energy shot out of the barrel, forming a blade. It was light, and it reminded Leafa of the laser sword Kirito used in Gun Gale Online.

"She looked at the weapon, then down at the place where her Keyblade was at, which had disappeared under its' veggie arm. "I'll just have to make due with what I have." Leafa stated, and she took off into the sky again.

Palutena had her back to the wall as the giant looked down at her. Palutena seemed too scared to move. The giant was about to attack when Leafa flew in, slicing one of its' horns with her new weapon. "Hey, carrot-top!" Leafa taunted, "Come and get some!" Palutena looked up to see her flying to the side, holding the weapon. "Leafa, that's an Optical Blade!" Palutena told her, "Do you even know how to use it?!" "Dunno!" Leafa replied, "But its' never stopped me before!"

The beast shot more veggies at her, but she quickly avoided it. While trying to figure out how to get close, she felt a trigger on the weapon, and aiming at the giant, pulled it. It shot energy bullets, blasting at the body of the beast. "So it really is a gun-blade." Leafa noticed, "Just like Leon and Light's weapons. Okay, then. Let's give this thing a shot!"

She started firing at the giant, delivering as much damage as she could. The shots were quite powerful, and the range was very long. It seem to do more damage than melee attacks. Palutena tried attacking with her auto-retical, but it wasn't enough. So she decided to run to the opposite side of the tower she was standing at, remembering there were weapons in it.

She kept dodging its' swings, a few of them hitting the tower. It ended up starting to tilt backwards, towards Palutena. "Leafa!" she cried out, and Leafa stopped in mid-flight to see the tower falling towards her. "Lady Palutena!" Leafa cried as she flew down to catch her. She had barely got her out of the way as the tower fell, breaking the water along the path it made, and inadvertently activated the fountains as well.

Leafa's flight limit was up, and she almost fell into the water had Palutena cast her water-walking spell on her as well. She accidentally dropped the Optical Blade into the water as she and Palutena rose to their feet. "Stop wrecking my palace!" Palutena barked at the giant. "I'm more worried about our lives!" Leafa told her.

The giant hopped into the water, firing off more vegetables at them. "What now?!" Palutena asked as they came closer. There was no way they could avoid nor block the attack. The two girls hugged each other, closing their eyes, bracing for the impact. However, it never came. They opened their eyes to see that the vegetables were floating in the water. Not only that, but the Rejuvenation spell on them wore off, returning them back to normal veggies.

"What in the…?" Leafa started. "How did that happen?" Palutena asked. Suddenly, they heard the giant roar and they turn to see it sink into the water, the carrot legs touching the water turning back to normal vegetables. They suddenly came to realize what was happening.

They climbed onto the fallen tower, where they saw a few weapons had fallen out of the windows, landing onto the fallen tower's surface. "Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" Leafa asked. "The water must've washed off the Rejuvenation potion." Palutena responded, "So in that case…"

She produced her magic staff and called upon dark storm clouds from above them. "Power of Maelstrom!" she cried. Lightning bolts shot through the sky, followed by a large downpour. While it did get the two soaked, it was the giant that was affected more. All of the vegetables that made up the body started to lose their Rejuvenation magic, and it turned back into a pile of vegetables, floating along the water. Leafa's Keyblade was among the vegetables, and Leafa, seeing it, was able to recall the blade back to her hand. Palutena lowered her staff, and the storm stopped.

"Who would've though a little rain could have such a big impact." Leafa stated, shaking the rain from her hair. "We should've known; Always wash your veggies." Palutena stated, lowering to the ground to pick up a pair of claw-weapons called Wolf Claws. She placed them on either hand while Leafa reproduced her Keyblade. "I hope you have some fire after that rainstorm." Palutena told her, making the claws of her weapon ignite in flames. "I've gotta spell for that." Leafa recalled, indicating her Firaga and her 'Orbital Drop' Finisher.

The two girls stood there, glaring at the pile of vegetables aways from them. "Pit, Kirito and the centurions will be starving after this." Palutena stated. "Then let's roast these veggies." Leafa declared, charging forward. "We'll slice up a vegetable surprise that Skyworld will never for-." However, she stopped in mid-sentence, and Leafa, hearing her stop, turned and saw why.

Three large squashes, still under the Rejuvenation spell, were standing around Palutena, having appeared from out of the tower. One of Palutena's flaming claws was stuck in the mouth of one of them. "There's still more?!" Leafa demanded, "I gotcha!"

Leafa activated her 'Orbital Drop' Finisher, rocketing into the air, with balls of smoking, then at the peak, she fused with them, and became a fiery blaze as she dove at the opponents. The other two squashes opened their mouthes, ready to attack. Palutena wasn't sure what to do in this situation, nor did she realized she charged up the heat on the claw inside of the squash. The squash was about to ignite as Leafa got close to Palutena, and the two were shocked at the sight.

Outside of the palace, Kirito and Pit had just gathered all of the carrots when they heard a boom. A massive, fiery explosion ignited all around the palace, sending flames and smoke rising in the air. "Oh, no…"Pit gasped. "What happened, now?!" Kirito asked. For a moment, they didn't move. Then they realized who was still there. "Lady Palutena!" Pit cried, racing towards the palace. "Sugu!" Kirito shouted, "Please, still be okay!"

Pit, Kirito and the centurions ran into the palace, racing to Palutena's bath house. When they found the exterior, it was smoking, not from flames, but from steam. All the water had evaporated from the area, with the walls burned. The tower was broken apart and charred as well.

Pit and Kirito were calling out to the girls, hoping for their safety. They were just running past a broken part of the fallen tower when they stopped and turned to see something. "What is that?!" Pit asked. "It looks like…" Kirito started to answer. Two familiar figures turned to them, with large squashes on their heads. They started dizzyingly walking towards the voices they heard.

"Pit?" Palutena asked. "Kazuto?" Leafa added, "Can…see…" "Gourd…on…head." Palutena moaned. Their two squashes bumped into one another, cracked, then crumbled apart, revealing the two faces of the two exhausted girls. Pieces of squash were still splattered on their faces and hair. smoke fumed from after the squashes broke apart. Kirito had to suppress the urge to laugh at this situation. Despite their ordeals, their faces looked so ridiculous.

For a moment, neither girl moved from the spot, but moaned from what they had just been through. Then as they straightened themselves, Palutena said, "Pit?" "Yeah?" Pit replied, "We are going out for dinner." Palutena decided.

As Kirito looked to Pit, Leafa stepped towards him. "Kazuto?" she spoke in a warning demeanor. "Y-Yes?" Kirito stammered. "If you laugh, or even mention this to anyone, you'll be next on the dinner table." The glare Leafa was giving told Kirito that he should be serious about this. "Okay, sure." he replied, waving his hands in defense, then thinking, And to think, this all started thanks to Gretinal.

"Achoo!" Gretinal sneezed. She had just finished with a letter to Yen Sid when she had the urge to sneeze. Latias, who was studying at a table nearby, looked up. "Do you have a cold?" she asked. "No." Gretinal replied, "Probably someone talking about me." She then paused as she looked up. "I wonder how Kirito and Leafa are doing with Palutena?" she wondered, "They must be having a really good time!" Oh, how she wish she knew…