It had all begun with a simple festival.
Celebrating the legend of the comet that passed over Misora every hundred years, the Misora Days Festival was supposed to be a time of joy and merriment.
However, Majotourbillon's interference had ruined everything.
Catapulted across the cosmos and separated from his best friends, Nick had journeyed across the universe in hopes of finding his friends and putting an end to Majotourbillon's madness.
Even unsure of the dark witch's plans, Nick had bravely set forth through journeys across countless galaxies, each more dangerous than the last.
But nothing would destroy his resolve to reunite with his friends and stop Majotourbillon from weaving her evil ways.
Many hardships had been faced and overcome.
Many tough battles had been fought and won.
Many revelations had been made.
Four months had passed since it all began.
And now, all that was left was to finish off Majotourbillon and end her madness.
Nick stood at the very edge of Majotourbillon's Galaxy Reactor, just waiting for the chance to end it.
Four months and countless conflicts...
It had all come down to this.
The final battle between good and evil.
Only one side could prevail...
(Footage: Nick hops into a Launch Star, aiming straight for Majotourbillon's fortress. As he blasts off, we pan up to the sun above the Observatory, where the Ojamajo Doremi Galaxy: The Tides of Time logo appears.)
Ugoki hajimeta arata no WAVE
Midare wo furikireru chikara to yuuki tamesu you ni
(A new wave has begun to move.
Shake off your uneasiness and test your strength and courage.)
(Footage: Doremi paces through the Ghostly Galaxy, waiting for someone to rescue her. Quickly cut to Hazuki right outside the building, planning a daring break-out.)
Sora no kanata ukabu basho no kioku ima
(The memories of that place floating on the other end of the sky...)
(Footage: Aiko can be seen backflipping away from a Mandibug on the Honeyhive Galaxy, eventually flipping right side up and shifting into fighting stance.)
shizuka ni tashika ni yomigaeru
(...are now quietly, surely, being revived!)
(Footage: Onpu can be seen singing along with the song to the delight of the Soundwave Galaxy's denizens. During the short instrumental, we see a still shot of Nick and Majotourbillon about to attack each other.)
Atsui kizuna (atsui kizuna)
Tsunagi awase (tsunagi awase)
(Passionate bonds (Passionate bonds)
Are linked together (are linked together))
(Footage: Hana does a forward front roll to avoid the bubble shooters of the Buoy Base Galaxy. When she faces the camera again, she flashes a thumbs up.)
O-PARTS motome (tobi dasu)
(As we seek the O-Parts (rushing towards them))
(Footage: Haruka faces down one of the missile launchers in the Battlerock Galaxy, ready to make her move.)
TRIBE ON ima ga sono toki
(Now is the time to Tribe-On!)
(Footage: Ichiyou ducks and weaves away from a Catepoid, using the giant leaves of the Greenleaves Galaxy as strategic cover.)
Katai kizuna (katai kizuna)
Tashikame ai (tashikame ai)
(Solid bonds (solid bonds)
Are tested together (are tested together))
(Footage: Yuki hops down from the roof of a house in the Good Egg Galaxy, then cut to Akemi taking a nap under a shady tree in the Dusty Dune Galaxy.)
Me wo tojiteite mo (kanjite)
(Even with your eyes closed (feel it))
(Footage: Kurumi continues to run away from Major Burrows in the Gusty Garden Galaxy, just wishing he would leave her alone.
Shinji susumu chikara wo kagiri mae e to...
(Believe as we move forward, towards the limits of our power!)
(Footage: Nick and Majotourbillon can be seen fighting at the Dark Matter Plant. Just as Nick is about to spin into Majotourbillon, the sequence ends with a still shot of all fifteen Ojamajos standing by Rosalina in the Comet Observatory.)
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(When you want to do something, don't just sit there and waste your precious time. Do something about it. Do it right away. It's the only way to live a life without regrets.)
S.P.D. Gold Ranger presents:
Ojamajo Doremi Galaxy: The Tides of Time
Story Created: February 28th, 2008
This Chapter: June 20th, 2010
Summary: When a mysterious new villain returns and steals the Stars of the Ancients, using their power to erase the Ojamajos from history, Nick must embark on a galaxy-hopping adventure in order to reunite with his friends and put an end to "the dark one's" evil ways...
On Today's Episode: At long last, the final battle with Majotourbillon has begun. Nick is ready to beat the stuffing out of the dark witch and take back the final Star of the Ancients, but Majotourbillon's definitely got a few tricks up her sleeves. Who will win this epic decisive battle?
Disclaimer: As always, I don't own Ojamajo Doremi or Super Mario Galaxy. They belong to Toei Animation and Nintendo.
Note: I'm only going to be covering the main galaxies (none of the mini-galaxies) and enemy bases in this story, with the exception of Buoy Base Galaxy, because there's going to be a big plot point in that galaxy when we get to it. I'm going to be keeping this author's note in, just in case someone joins the story later than usual. Also, there will be a few galaxies of my own creation later on.
Note 2: The Ojamajos created by YukiShinoya444 will make an appearance in this story. Before you even ask, I do have permission to use Yuki's team in my stories (so long as I don't make them look bad).
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Chapter 25: Battle For the Ancient Stars (final)
"Ready, Nick?" Momoko asked.
"Let's do this," Nick responded.
Yuki just flashed a peace sign to her two comrades.
With that, the trio began hopping up the steps.
"Such insolence," Oyajide growled. "GET THEM!"
Oyajide's airship began to open fire on the three witches as they continued to climb the final staircase.
But still, they endured, finally making it to the top of the tower where Majotourbillon was waiting.
The dark witch just grinned evilly, surveying her competition. "Finally!" she exclaimed. "You got here just in time to witness the creation of my galaxy in the center of the universe. Watch and weep!"
Nick looked out at the sun that Majotourbillon had created. It was pulsing ominously with power, a power Majotourbillon had come to love.
The dark one is toying with forces she can not comprehend, Rosalina had said before Nick and the Ojamajos had arrived. You must take the last Star back before it is too late.
"From this galaxy, I will rule a great galactic empire with Oyajide by my side," Majotourbillon explained. "It will last forever! Those puny, pathetic humans will all live under my iron-fisted rule!"
"Why are you still obsessed with something that's ancient freaking history?" Nick shot back. "Can't you just learn to leave the past where it belongs?"
"You understand nothing of my grand scheme, boy," Majotourbillon responded. "But as you can see, I've got big plans. And stomping you into space bits is at the top of my list!"
Majotourbillon shouted loudly before raising her hands into the air, the gravity fields fluctuating. Nick was immediately lifted off of his feet as Majotourbillon leapt towards a nearby planet, Nick having no choice but to follow.
"HEY! Don't leave us behind!" Yuki exclaimed.
"There's nothing we can do, Yuki-chan," Momoko answered. "This is Nick's fight now."
"Is he going to be okay?" Yuki asked, linking her hands with Momoko's and resting her head on the yellow witch's shoulder.
"I hope so," Momoko replied, obviously concerned about her boyfriend.
Once Nick and Majotourbillon landed, Nick noticed that this planet was completely different from the satellite he'd fought her on in the last two fights. This one was mostly silver with a few purple lines running around it.
Majotourbillon immediately started stomping on the ground and creating shockwaves, so Nick decided to fight the dark witch and ask questions later.
After Nick successfully jumped all three shockwaves, he expected Majotourbillon to come rushing at him to try and crush him underfoot.
So, Nick was pretty surprised to see Majotourbillon coat herself in rock and transform into a makeshift boulder.
"What the heck?"
"Surprised, boy?" Majotourbillon cackled as she began to roll towards Nick, who immediately started running away. "Run all you want, it won't help you!"
As Nick continued to run, he suddenly noticed something about the boulder: the only part of it that wasn't covered with rock was Majotourbillon's head.
Nick grinned widely. I wonder...
Nick quickly skidded to a stop, then turned around and dashed right back at Majotourbillon.
"Wha-what the...?"
Majotourbillon tried to reorient herself, but it was too late. Nick spun right into her head, broke the rock shield, and sent her spinning helplessly on her back. Nick quickly intercepted her as she came around with another spin attack.
Majotourbillon crashed to the floor after being struck, slowly recovering herself.
"Stupid brat!" the dark witch yelled, stamping the floor three times in quick succession. Nick easily jumped all three shockwaves.
"Think you're clever, don't you, boy?" Majotourbillon growled. "Well, I won't fall for that twice!"
Majotourbillon again coated herself in rock and started rolling around the planet at a faster pace.
This seemed to make it harder for Nick to actually hit his opponent, but a clever idea formed in his head at that point. Okay, just gotta wait for my chance...
Nick steadied himself, dodging the rolling Majotourbillon when she got close. Sure enough, as she came around again, her head wasn't exposed, but Nick knew it would be in a few seconds.
So he waited for his chance. The instant Majotourbillon's head came into view, Nick charged.
Majotourbillon couldn't see Nick in time, and was socked in the head by another spin attack, sending her careening around the planet again.
Nick spun her again as she came close, sending her spinning off even faster. Nick quickly came back with a third spin attack, this one knocking Majotourbillon out of the planet's gravity field.
Nick quickly pursued, the two opponents landing on a brown planet covered with springy green plants and spiked flowers.
"All right, let's try something new, then," Majotourbillon growled, aiming her hand straight at Nick. Three fireballs shot from her hand and roared towards Nick.
Nick quickly backflipped over them, knowing he couldn't deflect those without getting burned.
"Could I maybe use those springy plants?" Nick wondered, rushing over to a plant that was close to Majotourbillon and spinning it towards her, only to have her deflect it.
"All right, maybe not when her guard's up," Nick noted, backflipping over another set of three fireballs.
"Okay, smart-aleck, see how you like this!" Majotourbillon shouted, curling up inside a magical orb that sprouted spikes and zooming off at high speeds around the planet.
Nick suddenly saw a good use for the springy plants as Majotourbillon continued her rolling. Waiting for the dark witch to get close enough, Nick positioned himself at a springy plant.
When Majotourbillon rolled by, Nick spun into the plant's green bulb, pinging it into Majotourbillon and sending her spinning around the planet again.
Nick quickly spun her again as she came around, knocking her flat on her back.
"You wanna play rough, huh?" Majotourbillon growled. "Okay, smart guy, we'll play rough!"
Majotourbillon shot five rapid fireballs at Nick, who dodge-rolled away from all five of them, knowing a backflip wouldn't work this time.
Majotourbillon wasted no time in curling up and zooming off, much faster this time.
Nick ran to a springy plant and waited for the dark witch to come by.
When she did, he spun the plant at her...
...only for her to uncurl, jump into the air, and dodge it.
"Nice try, boy!" Majotourbillon laughed when she landed. However, Nick was still grinning.
"What is that grin for?"
Nick pointed ahead of him. Majotourbillon looked behind her just in time for the plant Nick had spun to come rocketing back into her, sending her around the planet.
Nick spun into her, then spun into her again when she came back around, and that knocked Majotourbillon off of the planet.
When this happened, however, both Nick and Majotourbillon were encased in bubbles and sent off into the gigantic sun that had been formed.
"They're going into the sun?" Yuki exclaimed.
"All we can do is hope, Yuki-chan," Momoko responded. "It's gotten us this far. I know Nick's gonna pull through."
Majotourbillon grinned evilly. "What better place to destroy you than at the center of my galactic empire?"
"Don't count your chickens just yet, freak," Nick shot back. "I've been through so much worse than this."
"Still shooting your mouth off, huh?"
Eventually, the two opponents landed on the familiar magma-powered satellite Nick had seen in his last two fights with Majotourbillon.
"Make no mistake, boy, I won't fall for the same tricks I did in our last battle," Majotourbillon proclaimed. "Now you shall die!"
Majotourbillon immediately pounded the satellite three times, Nick easily avoiding the shockwaves.
"Your shockwaves are pathetic, little lady," Nick taunted. "You can do better than that!"
Majotourbillon growled angrily before disappearing in a flash. Nick ran onto one of the blue pads and waited.
The instant Majotourbillon appeared in front of Nick, he flipped away just as Majotourbillon's hands slammed onto the pad, breaking it and causing Majotourbillon to run around the satellite in agony.
Nick ran the opposite direction, ready to intercept Majotourbillon.
The instant she turned around to run the other way, Nick spun into her back, sending her careening. Nick spun into her again as she came around.
After picking herself up, she clenched her fists, which were brimming with dark energy. Now she was pissed off.
"That's it! I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF YOU!" Majotourbillon screamed, leaping into the air and slamming her glowing hands onto the satellite when she landed. Pools of darkness appeared all over the satellite, erupting into geysers of dark energy.
Nick dodged the geysers as best he could, managing a few very close calls. When the geysers receded, Majotourbillon curled into her orb and started spinning rapidly.
After a few repetitions around the planet, Majotourbillon uncurled and rushed straight at Nick, intent on shredding him to pieces.
So she was very surprised to see Nick holding an emerald ball of energy in his hands.
"Gotcha."
Majotourbillon turned around to run, but it was too late.
"The bow and string of a determined boy, take this! Ojamajo Arrow of Light!"
The emerald ball in Nick's hands erupted into a massive beam of emerald energy, striking Majotourbillon in the back and sending her spinning around the planet one last time.
When she came around, Nick actually spun into Majotourbillon so hard that he punched her right out of the satellite's gravity.
Trying in a vain attempt to return to the satellite, Majotourbillon stretched her hands towards the satellite, but then yielded, her body falling into the sun with a largely unimpressive thump.
Nick smiled brightly, proud of his victory. Before he could react, however, the satellite began to quake and rumble.
A few seconds later, the purple Star of the Ancients broke out of one of the satellite's blue pads, slowly floating down to the satellite.
Nick stepped forward to collect his prize...
...only for Majotourbillon to appear and smash her fist into his stomach, causing him to crash to the floor of the satellite and drop the other six Stars of the Ancients.
"You humans think you're so smart," Majotourbillon growled. "Always thinking I'm defeated after something so simple."
"Wha... what the...?" Nick shouted. "How did you survive that?"
"Never you mind, boy," the dark witch growled, all seven Stars of the Ancients floating around her. "I've waited countless eons for my chance to take my revenge on these puny humans, and no hand-me-down uppity little brat is going to mess it up for me now!"
Eventually, Majotourbillon absorbed all seven Stars into her body, and this made her undergo a terrifying transformation. She grew sharp horns, her violet hair grew to twice its length and flailed wildly around her, spikes erupted from her back, her hands became claws, her violet eyes became a menacing shade of red, and she grew to about three times the size of the satellite.
"Holy..." Nick gasped.
"How do you like me NOW?" Nega Majotourbillon exclaimed in a deep, booming voice. "I'm not done with you yet, worthless snot!"
Nega Majotourbillon snatched Nick in her right claw and tossed him out of the sun, where he eventually landed on a circular walkway.
Before he could get his bearings, Nega Majotourbillon floated down from the sky and situated herself in the middle of the walkway, easily towering over Nick.
"Time to put an end to you once and for all!" Nega Majotourbillon boomed.
Nick immediately started dashing across the walkway, noticing that there didn't seem to be a way to damage this hulking beast.
Nick stopped dead in his tracks when he noticed Nega Majotourbillon charging a purple energy sphere about twice her size. He knew there would be no way to dodge it in time.
"I can't spin that thing back, can I?" Nick admitted, though the Luma he'd absorbed, the one that had given him the ability to spin attack, chirped loudly.
"You sure you wanna give it a shot?" Nick asked. "If we're wrong, we're both getting fried."
Another chirp. Apparently the Luma wasn't too worried.
"Now taste your judgment!" Nega Majotourbillon snarled, launching the energy ball.
Steeling his courage, Nick performed a spin attack just as the sphere was about to touch him. Amazingly, his spin reflected the sphere and sent it flying back into Nega Majotourbillon's body, the impact from the shot knocking her upside down for a few seconds.
When she regained her balance, she expressed surprise at being damaged. "What the hell? How could I have been damaged?"
Nega Majotourbillon just shook it off and raised her hand. "You will pay for that!"
At Nega Majotourbillon's unspoken command, several bolts of lightning arced across the walkway. Nick sidestepped the ones he could while throwing out quick santen kesshun shields to block the rest.
"Stubborn, aren't you?" Nega Majotourbillon growled, charging another energy sphere. "Try and spin your way through this one!"
Nega Majotourbillon chucked the sphere at Nick much faster than she had before, giving Nick less time to react. He still managed to spin it back at her hips, forcing her back in her spot upon impact.
"ARGH! You will not dominate me!" Nega Majotourbillon screamed, flexing her arms and punching the walkway a few times, each strike bouncing Nick along the walkway.
"How does it feel being manhandled like I was?" Nega Majotourbillon laughed. "Now prepare to feel your demise!"
Nick slowly got to his feet only to see Nega Majotourbillon charging a third energy sphere, this one MUCH larger than before, about as big as she was.
"I KNOW I can't spin that back myself," Nick noted.
"Unless you have our help," Yuki's voice rang out. Nick turned around and noticed that Yuki and Momoko had joined him on the walkway.
Nick, immediately getting the message, joined hands with Yuki and Momoko. Apparently, Nega Majotourbillon couldn't see them behind the massive sphere of energy she was charging.
Once the sphere was launched, Nick twirled into a spin attack, and the added power of having his girlfriend and best friend included in the attack easily deflected the much larger sphere of energy.
Instead of knocking Nega Majotourbillon back, this final energy sphere consumed her. She struggled within it for a few seconds until the sphere shined yellow, quickly draining away all of her power and reverting her back to her normal self.
The sphere disappeared, revealing a helpless Majotourbillon.
"No... my power!" Majotourbillon exclaimed.
Just then, the seven Stars of the Ancients popped out of her, floating over to the three witches.
"Sorry, Majotourbillon. You lose," Nick proclaimed. Majotourbillon stopped trying to fight it and just fell down into deep space, eventually disappearing into a void.
"Can we go home now? PLEASE?" Yuki asked.
"I thought you'd never ask, Yuki-chan," Nick answered, letting the Stars of the Ancients take them out of the arena.
After a while of flying, they eventually landed right back at the start of the Galaxy Reactor, where the bridge Rosalina had created was still there.
"Let's go home," Yuki stated.
Just then, a rumbling caught everyone's attention. Nick was the first to notice, turning back towards Majotourbillon's sun, which was beginning to shimmer and wobble.
On a piece of land dotting the sun, Majotourbillon herself wearily stepped across it, forced in her weakened state to watch her galactic empire crumble to pieces before her very eyes.
After a few steps, she fell to her knees, horrified at her empire collapsing.
"No... my galaxy... my empire!" Majotourbillon exclaimed. "This can't be happening!"
With those words, the sun collapsed into itself, forming a supermassive black hole that began consuming everything in its grasp, the Galaxy Reactor, the airships, everything in its reach.
"What the... what happened? Why did that sun become a black hole?" Yuki exclaimed, fighting the gravity pull.
"Without the Star to keep it under control, Majotourbillon's sun just went supernova," Nick explained. "I hate to say it, but if we don't get some help soon, we're all royally screwed."
It was by this point that Nick noticed many little balls of light flying into the black hole, as if trying to stop it.
A confused Nick was about to ask what was going on, when the Luma he'd absorbed at the beginning appeared in front of him.
("Hajimari no Kiseki" by Atsuko Enomoto, Rie Tanaka, & Masayo Kurata plays)
When the Luma waved at him, Nick suddenly realized what was happening.
"Don't... don't go..." Nick pleaded.
The Luma just chirped and followed his fellow Lumas into the black hole, all of them chirping very loudly.
After they'd finished their jobs, the black hole and everything it had absorbed collapsed into a singularity and exploded into a supernova, the light blinding everyone present.
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When Nick could see again, he could hear the sounds of crying babies. Looking around, he noticed that he, Momoko, Yuki, and the rest of the Ojamajos had appeared in some sort of blue tunnel with comets streaking by.
Before anyone had a chance to wonder what had just happened, the Comet Observatory appeared in front of them. Rosalina, who was waiting on the deck, stepped off, seemingly walking on nothing as she walked up to the Ojamajos.
"Rosalina?" Nick asked.
Rosalina just giggled softly. "Do you hear the baby stars? These newborns will grow up to be galaxies of their own someday."
"But... they just sacrificed themselves to stop that black hole, right?" Onpu wondered.
Rosalina smiled. "When stars die, they turn to stardust and scatter across the cosmos. Eventually, that stardust reforms to create a new star. And so, the cycle of life continues. But the cycle never repeats itself in quite the same way... You'll see with your own eyes someday."
"This is trippin' me out," Aiko stated, to which Hana just laughed.
Rosalina took a few more steps towards the Ojamajos. "Nick... Momoko... everyone... mere words could never express how grateful I am to all of you for helping us. Together, we have prevailed over the dark one and saved the universe from a very grim fate. We are all indebted to you, my friends."
Nick smiled himself. "It's no problem at all, Rosalina. This is just what we do. We help people in need and we kick the bad guys' butts."
Rosalina took another couple seconds forward, leaning out to kiss Nick on the cheek. The green witch blushed madly at that.
"She's a bit of a rascal herself, huh?" Momoko giggled.
"Thank you... my friends," Rosalina stated before fading away. "May the stars shine down on you..."
The light again got too bright to see.
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The first thing Nick heard was a butterfly flapping by his nose. Slowly adjusting himself to his surroundings, he picked himself up.
"We're home," Doremi's voice rang out.
Nick looked around, and sure enough, everyone was back in Misora as if nothing had happened.
Indeed, the festival was bustling and teeming with life, as if Majotourbillon's interference had never occurred. All of the Ojamajos were present and accounted for, and even Oyajide was all right, appearing to have no memory of working for the dark witch.
In fact, he almost instantly ran up to Onpu and taking her hands, only to crumple to the ground when Aiko punched him in the stomach.
"Good job, guys."
Doremi spun around at that. "Akatsuki-kun?"
"Fujio no F!"
"Leon no L!"
"Akatsuki no A!"
"Tooru no T!"
"We are the superstars of the Wizard World, the FLAT4!"
"Glad you guys could make it," Nick stated. "You're just a little late to the party."
"Oh, we know about what happened," Akatsuki responded as Doremi rushed up to hug him. "I just wanted to say thanks for taking care of my dear otouto-chan for me."
"Don't call me that, nii-chan!" Saiki shot back, causing everyone nearby to laugh.
"Do you have any idea how much I missed you, Fujio-kun?" Hazuki asked.
"I can guess," Fujio responded. "I heard you conquered your fear of ghosts."
"Thanks to Kellysi-chan," Hazuki continued, pulling Fujio closer. "And that's not all he taught me."
"Oh?" the orange-haired wizard stated as Hazuki pulled him into a kiss.
"Hey there, little lady," Leon stated, draping his arm around Aiko and half-expecting her to sock him in the gut.
Instead, she gave him a quick kiss on the cheek.
"Can I still sing?" Tooru asked.
"Um, sweetie, you remember what happened the last time you sang?" Onpu responded. Tooru flinched, easily remembering that disaster.
"Oh."
"You can still dance, though, Tooru-kun."
"SWEET!"
Nick smiled at the lovely sights as Momoko walked up and draped her arms around him.
"All's well that ends well, right, Nick?"
"Sure does, sweetheart."
"Nick-kun! Look up there!" Yuki exclaimed, pointing to the skies. Nick looked up, and there was a conglomeration of some of the planets he'd journeyed through on his adventure.
"Yes... all new life carries the essence of stars... even all of you..." Rosalina's voice radiated.
"We did good, huh?" Momoko giggled.
"Well, I guess there's only thing left to say," Nick stated, gesturing to the new galaxy.
"Welcome, new galaxy!"
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A couple hours later...
"You're LEAVING?"
Nick knew everyone was going to react like this, and he hoped they'd let him explain.
"I don't have a choice, Yuki-chan," Nick stated. "Majotourbillon got away, and I don't want her wreaking any more havoc."
"But we just got back," Doremi responded. "And now you're leaving us behind?"
"I really wish I didn't have to leave," Nick continued, patting Doremi's shoulder. "But Majotourbillon is my responsibility, and I need to keep her in check."
A couple seconds of silence, then...
"All right, then."
Aiko was the one who said that. "If you need to go out there and kick her butt again, we trust your judgment. Just make sure you make some house calls every now an' then, 'kay?"
Nick had to stifle a laugh at that. "Thanks, Ai-chan. I'll keep that in mind."
"I'm coming with you, Nick," Momoko stated. "I'm not letting you do this alone anymore. You've been without me for so long, and I know you'd love to have me around."
Nick couldn't help but smile at that. The two lovers joined hands as they began to walk away.
"NICK-KUN!"
Nick immediately skidded to a stop as Yuki rushed up to him.
"What's up, Yuki-chan?" Nick asked.
A little confused, Yuki turned back to Saiki, who just nodded.
Looking back at Nick, Yuki shuffled her feet a couple times. "Um... Nick-kun... there's something I wanna say before you go..."
"You want to say that you love me, right?"
Yuki's eyes shot open instantly at this. "How... how'd you know that?"
"A guy knows these things."
Yuki immediately blushed at that. "I... it's true, Nick-kun. I really do love you. It's not like the love Saiki-kun and I share, but it's still love in its own special way. You two were the first people to treat me like a normal girl instead of the dark magic user everyone thought I was my whole life. You two mean a lot to me. And I only recently realized that I never told you that."
Yuki leaned closer to Nick, hugging him tightly.
"Nick-kun... I love you."
Nick smiled back.
"I love you, too, Yuki-chan."
With that, the two leaned in for a kiss.
When they pulled apart, Yuki was blushing like mad.
"I'll see you when I see you, Nick-kun."
"Truer words, Yuki-chan."
And with that, Nick and Momoko hopped into a very conspicuous Launch Star and blasted off.
As they soared through the cosmos, they passed by a very familiar planet, though they didn't notice it, being focused on going after Majotourbillon.
It was the Gateway Galaxy. And Rosalina was standing at the edge of the platform, gazing out at the planet she had once called home.
Rosalina smiled at the thought of her friends.
"Thank you," she said to nobody in particular. "I will watch over you from beyond the stars."
With that, she walked down the platform, jumping to the ground and crossing through the gate that led back to the Observatory.
Leaping into the air and flying to the top, she cast her spell, once again transforming the Observatory into a comet.
"Farewell, my friends. I'll never forget any of you..." Rosalina stated, smiling brightly as the Comet Observatory shot into the heavens, again soaring through the cosmos.
Meanwhile, back at the small planet Rosalina had left behind, a glow can be seen. Peeking out from behind a mushroom structure was the very Luma that had aided Nick. He chirped and waved twice.
~Fin~