Upon their arrival in the cloud kingdom, they were met by two guards and a storm giant woman who greeted them.
"Queen Cumulus, I return so that we might ask for the Thundurous Bolt!" Lightning Rod said.
"Yes. About that...you see, Kaos's forces came by earlier, you see. He offered his protection to us and we were a little cautious. But see, Lord Stratosfear on the other hand is a bit more preservative and well…" she said.
Thunder and Lightning boomed.
"He joined Kaos and took the bolt, didnt he?" Hope said as a fat cloudman in armor was further way from then with the one Item they needed.
"Foolish Lowlanders! Only Kaos can preserve the safety of the Cloud Kingdom and you know, I agree with him. If you want this Thunderous Bolt, then come up here and take it!" he said.
Lord Stratosfear!
"And I thought this was gonna be easy." Rainbow said. "Now we got this windbag. Hehehe."
"You can clear the storm clouds with the storm horns on the top tower over yonder. But you must get the bolt back from Lord Stratosfear." Cumulus said.
"Dont worry, we have Lightning Rod with us. One strike, and he's out, as he says." Rarity said.
"That is my catchprase. Now let us hurry! Even with these clouds, I can still get you to the horns." Lightning Rod said.
As they ran into the fog, Stratosfear had two cohorts by his side.
"Good thing Lord Kaos had some extra help come up here. You!" he said pointing to the two figures by his side. The first to step out was a large muscular man in a tracksuit with a sort of lightning sparking from his very eyes.
"Do not fear, Lord Stratosfear. As long as I stand, no one shall take your castle!" he shouted.
'That voice...Nekomaru." Fuyuhiko said.
"Yup, I know that booming voice, gotta be him." Maruhi said.
"Nekomaru?" Hope asked.
"Nekomaru Nidai, the Ultimate Team Manager." Peko said.
"Team Manager? Like the guy who drills sports teams?" Rainbow said.
"Oh yeah. Nekumaru's one of the best when it comes to leading teams. And if he's here, then that means…" Mahiru said using her camera to scope out the scene as she saw a tanned woman with wild brown hair with short clothing. "Akane Owari, the Ultimate Gymnast."
"Those two were made for each other, Nekumaru's leadership and Akane's gymnastic and combat skills, they're a perfect duo." Peko said.
"So let me get this straight, were there also 15 of you in Hope's peack, but you didnt do any class trials?" Hope said.
"No, the 77th class were made into the Remnants of Despair before the mutual killing school life. We were never there for the riots." Fuyuhiko said.
"So you all made it out alive." Rainbow said.
"If you call being brainwashed by Enoshima being alive." Peko said.
"We only lost one person...Chiaki Nanami." Mahiru said.
"And she wanted me to get you all back. That and a guy name Izuru. But I think you may know him better as Hajime Hinata. Ring any bells?" Hope asked.
"That reserve corp student. I think I know him." Fuyuhiko said. "He used to hang out with her at the fountain after school. Then he just stopped coming at all one day. But, we don't know an Izuru."
"Lets just focus on getting these clouds cleared guys. We cant dogfight with Stratosfear, at least not yet. We have to get rid of his tech and forces though." Hope said.
"I'll handle the storm generator he has." Dive-Clops said. "But in place of me, you get her."
Rising out of a puddle of Darkness was a woman covered in blackness with long hair tendrils, wrist hooks, and a filter mask with a priated outdit.
"Let me guess, youre from the Dark Element. A dreadwalker." Hope said.
"I am called Nightfall. My appearance is frightening, I suppose, but I am a Supercharger. I'll take Dive-Clop's place." she said in a static voice from her mask.
"O-kay." Hope said as they moved on vehicles and on foot.
"If those two humans work so well together, we need to find a way to split them up." Bowser said.
"Thats gonne be a problem, we dont have anything on them to exploit." Sunset said.
"Hmm… hey, how good is Akane when it comes to food?" Hope asked.
"Well, she really likes to eat to get strength, but the thing that gets her most...its meat." Mahiru said.
"Protein huh? Lacy, got any spare meat on ya?" Hope asked.
"What? No. Like I would have some kind of steak hidden on my person for later. Hehehe...you guys are crazy." Lacy said.
"DOnt lie, i can smeel it." Hope said.
"And if im right, akane can too. Shes got a nose for it." Fuyuhiko said. "That reminds me, 3, 2, 1…"
"Meat!" shouted a voice as something crashed down before the group. It was Akane who was looking like a sort of beast as she saw Lacy. "Give it up or die!" she shouted charging in at Lacy.
Lacy sweated as she ran with the gymnast chasing after her.
"Oh no ya dont!" Hope said on their second pass and grabbed the meat and Akane and tossed the gymnast to the ground. "Y'wanna have this? Then see if you can beat us before we knock you out."
"Rah!" she shouted easily getting up as she grabbed Hope by his arms and twisted them back as he was put in some knot position.
"Give...now." she said.
"I don't feed the animals, one of my rules." Hope said reversing the grab and tossing Akane down.
"Wow, he lasted longer against Akane then i thought. No one got outta that except for Nekumaru." Fuyuhiko said.
"Now, lets teach you some manners." Hope said tossing the Steak into the air.
"Meat!" Akane said jumping into the air over hope.
"Heh. Lights out." Fuyuhiko said.
"Ah ah ah. Down girl!" Hope said jabbing her and disrupting the hypnosis. "Good girl." Hope said, a little surprised to still see her conscious as she ate the steak.
"Huh? You say something?" she asked with her mouthful.
"Huh. Youre way more durable than I thought. Get in a lot of fights?" Hope asked.
"Yeah. Its good for my training." she said finishing it off.
"Well, it's nice to see her back to normal." Peko said.
"So, where are we?" Akane asked.
"Long story short, you got brainwashed by Junko and Chiaki and Hajime wanted him to get us all back from their control." Mahiru said.
"Bad news is, Stratosfear still has Nekumaru." Peko said.
"That right? Well, that's a no brainer." Akane said getting up. "Nothing like a little sparring to knock some sense back into him." she said stretching.
"But.. uh, I looked into the school records and it said you never won against him." Sunset said.
"Dude, downer." Fuyuhikio said.
"It's true, but It''s not depressing. I just like doing it." Akane said. "I'll keep him busy while you show the fat guy your moves?"
"Sounds like a plan." Usagi said.
"Good." Akane said as she took off quickly as she climbed up the tall buildings.
"Hey!" said a voice as Makoto was with her. "Figured you'd need some help from a light force to knock the darkness out of him."
"The Sailor's Muscle? Why not?" Akane said.
They soon reached the top just as the Horn was blown.
"So much for my storms. But, I am still the ruler of this kingdom!" Stratosfear declared. "So, your friends want to challenge me in the air? Well then, so be it!"
He got into a flying vehicle and prepared to take off. "Nekumaru! Deal with your challengers, I have some invaders to deal with myself!"
Nekumaru looked to akane and Makoto.
"Think we can take this guy? Not that I could have any problem when I transform, but… you gonnna be okay?" Makoto asked.
"I'll be fine. Its like old times." Akane said as she charged in as two Ultimates clashed.
"Impressive! Your kick has gotten stronger! But you still lack certain points!" he shouted.
"Do you even have a volume below shout?" Makoto said. "Oh never mind, I'll just join in. Make up, Jupiter Power!"
A bright light enveloped Makoto as she then came out as Sailor Jupiter.
"Now here I come!" she shouted hitting Nekumaru with a kick.
"Nice. Your leg muscles are good. And your kick is on point. Its obvious you practice martial arts. You're very well grown." Nekumaru said.
"He's breaking out if he's complimenting you that way. Lets keep at it." Akane said.
"If he likes that kick, then I'll give him something that really shock him." Jupiter said. "Jupiter...Thunderbolt!" Jupiter shouted hitting him with a thunderbolt.
"A bolt of thunder launched with precision and accuracy. It feels exhilarating! You are...in top form!" he shouted. "I'm not a despair. I'M NEKOMARU NIDAI!" he shouted.
Darkness expelled from Nekomaru as soon as he shouted this.
"Whoa. Now that was kinda cool.' Akane said.
"Heh. So, even the process is no match for spirit. Thank you Akane, you too, Makoto." Nekomaru said.
They then heard crashing as Stratosfear was defeated.
"So with us now purified, that makes 7 of us free and 7 left." Akane said. "I gotta say, after this, we may end up helping this Hope guy. There's just something about him that makes people wanna follow him."
"Yeah, he has no actual normal people on his team, from what I see. Though what you have is anything but normal in our standards." Makoto said.
"We arent supernatural, nor are we otherworldly. We are simply those who excel at talents and are know for it." Nekumaru said. "And I know that boy can be the one who leads us."
"I think you should go with it, Hope. These guys are kind of fun to be around." Damien said.
"I hear ya, having the best in the world on my team sounds like a blast." Hope said.
Back at the Academy..
"Make way people! High Wattage materials coming though!" Mags shouted as she lifted the bold with her wrench. "Hey, open the pit hach, Kazuichi, and cover your peepers afterwards!"
"On it!" Kazuichi said opening the pit doors as the bolt blasted, hitting all of the vehicles inside several times before it died down. "Okay. All the engines are up to code!"
"We should be able to get to the land of the undead no problem now."Najenda said.
"So its time to hit Moneybone where it hurts." Hope said.
"Maybe you'd like someone to come with you with a debt to settle, amigo?" said a voice as a skeleton with a blue flaming head, back and red Mariachi gear and a gun with a horn on it clacked up.
"Fiesta! Just the Supercharger I wanted to see!" Buzz said.
"Wait, he was close to Money bone?" Hope said.
"How close we talkin here, body guard?" Leone asked.
"I played in a mariachi band in his court back in the realm of the undead. When I learned the truth of his actions as the Skylanders Attacked his mansion, I secretly led my bandmates to distract his armies while they stopped him. And so, Eon made me part of his own band. But to see him captured now, I must go with you. Spitfire, take a rest and let me lead them to stop Moneybone. My Crypt Crusher is finely tuned and I wish to lead!" Fiesta said.
"You wanna lead? You got it. I need to get some practice in anyway." Spitfire said.
"Well, then what are we waiting for?" Hope asked.