Chapter Eleven
Jumping from each of the crystalized pillars, Neptune and Pupul both wanted to get to Polygon Man as quick as possible. "This is for Noire… No one else, not even for my own gain!" The giant head stared down at the two girls, scanning their bodies. They weren't sure what he would do since he was a wild card.
He created clones of them, with an unusual purple aura around the doppelgangers' body. "How do you like this then? I created little clones in your exact image! See if you can fight yourself!" Neptune didn't waste any time, rushing at her copy. Pupul was more hesitant, afraid it would mimic her every move.
Although Polygon Man thought he had an upper-hand(despite lacking them) and would be able to do actions that would slow the girls down, he had forgotten about the other All-Stars. They had enough of his foolishness, wanting to end the trouble he caused and make sure it didn't happen again. Kratos launched himself at the head, trying to get him to fall while Radec aimed his rifle. Sir Daniel charged at him, smashing the shards with the giant hammer.
Pupul's predictions were right, every time they attempted to strike, the same one was used to block it. "They're just using our own moves against us Nepnep!" She began panting, turning to her rival, who was also having trouble. It was hard, since there were no items on the floor to use. "Wait! I think I got an idea!" Neptune looked at the sorceress, ignoring her copy. "We should ignore our own copies, and they'll ignore us! And instead, fight the other one... I'll take on yours, you take on mine!"
"Sounds like a plan to me!" Neptune chirped, using the Crossing Combo on Pupul's copy, already gaining some AP from her own despite barely making enough hits. "Alright! Here comes Level One! Charge shot, go!" With a single blast, one of the two were eliminated. And Kuu had already rammed into the clone of Purple Heart.
Running to give her a high-five, Pupul was laughing along with her rival. "That was easier than I thought! Guess working together is the best way through this!" Nodding in agreement, Neptune saw the Polygon Man, actually managing to use the power that belonged to Noire to hold back everyone else. "That gives me more ideas now! Neptune…" After going over another trick, Nepnep ran up to him, nothing standing in her way anymore.
At the top of her lungs, she yelled. "Hey! You… Big stupid head!" Polygon Man didn't take the child-like insult very well, but it did grab his attention. "Give up Noire's powers now! Those puny clones didn't do anything! You gotta do better than that!" He growled, throwing Kratos and Sly off of himself. "You can't even use Noire's power properly!" Neptune started taunting him. "Even my little sister can do better than you! I bet that's why you were never released to public, you're P-A-T-H-E-T-I-C!"
Gritting his teeth as Neptune was in a giggle fit, Polygon Man tried to smash her with his own head... And actually did almost crush her, not realizing that Pupul had snuck around him. "Polygon Man, was it?" He averted his eyes into the magic-girl's direction. "I know Royale's are usually four characters fighting but… Has anyone tried over that number?" With Kratos and Sly getting up and joining her, PaRappa skating over, Kat floating in the air, Daniel raising his sword, Toro balling up his paws, along with the others...
They all wailed onto the Polygon Man, as an attempt to rid of his dominance finally. "Argh! No! I've been beaten by all of you as it is! I don't need a gang-up plus two puny girls!" He felt the white glow come out of his body as the glass pieces were falling. "Luckily, the power that belonged to Noire… It can help reform myself easily!" The shards came back onto him. "Why don't you all play the role of a pinata for now?" He proceeded to box them all inside a casing made of his material.
PaRappa turned to the heroine, pointing at her grimoire, Pupul had to find a way to get rid of Polygon Man's power before they could do anything it seemed, and the answer must have been inside the book. "Guess I need to believe that I can find something in here, huh?" She grinned, turning the pages. "I only hope I can find something in here that will… Ah! 'The Sorcery Drain'! You think that will work?" Her head turned to Kuu, who nodded in hope.
Depths of Hell fade away
Emotions see more than eyes
Anger is dyed in the mind
Tears filling the soul
Love taking over the heart
Come hither and be together with me!
Cases went away instant, and were absorbed by Pupul's staff. She had a twisted grin on her face, which Polygon Man instantly feared for. "That's impossible! One doesn't break through that sort of thing! But that book you have!…!" The other All-Stars stood still, looking at him. "What are you all staring at?! Is there something on my face? The shards double as mirrors for me, so I doubt that."
"Oh, you'll have something on your face now, punk!" Sweet Tooth cackled, Polygon Man froze, feeling the yellow light hit him. He yelled out in pain, feeling himself grow more and more weak. Onto the ground finally, he realized the powers that were Noire's were taken from him now, allowing the other All-Stars to attack him at full charge. They all smashed at his face.
Neither Pupul nor Nepnep felt the need to do anything more. "As much as it would be nice for myself, I know it's only right to give this back to Noire, right?" Removing the glow from her staff, it turned into an orb. Neptune held onto it carefully. "I have this grimoire, hopefully Saffron is satisfied with that! Because I'm not going to be able to have the power Polygon Man has… Otherwise, he'll die, huh?" She nodded.
Turning back into her goddess form, Purple Heart opened up a portal. "I shall return it to her as soon as possible... But Pupul; thank you." They both smiled. "If I didn't run into you, I think I wouldn't be able to take down my own doppelganger, Polygon Man, and get what was Noire's back. I still must greatly apologize for attacking you and Zeus the first time though..." Shrugging it off, Pupul instantly forgave her. "Perhaps we should meet again, sometime, okay?" With those last words, she was gone with a 'goodbye'.
"So she's leaving for now?" PaRappa frowned. "That's too bad ya know? She was actually nicer than we thought! Just a tad hasty at first… But Neptune was just attacking and doing all that to save her friend! Who happens to be the real creator of us All-Stars!" He was smiling again, Kat and Spike instantly joining him. "Don't worry, Zeus is making sure Polygon Man won't bother anyone ever again, and hopefully rid of this 'Child's Plaything' place in his words."
All of them laughed. "It does get bad on your eyes, doesn't it? I just wonder though…" Pupul looked around again, Kuu instantly became annoyed, knowing what she was thinking. "Where did he go this time? Rade-!" The glass around them began to shatter, Zeus has successfully sealed Polygon Man away, only for to make the area they were on collapse.
It was all black from there on.
((I'm REALLY sorry for the delay guys! I've been working on a play, and possibly a new fic! And I've been replaying Majora's Mask! Good game from my childhood… Hopefully next chapter WILL be the epilogue! And I'm sorry again if you didn't like the way this chapter was written, it's been a while since I've played PSASBR as well... Since my dad owns a PS3, so I would have to go over to his work-place.))
