Hey everyone! Chapter 36 is finally here! Also Happy New Year! Here's to a good 2016 for everyone! Been busy with work and life, so glad as usual to finally get another chapter out. As usual, I will address the reviews from the previous chapters before moving on.

First off thank you to cgstrykerz for your good luck for the story and for real life. I'm very appreciative of that.

Next I will like to address oddfuturelives who asked me if I can include Wario in the future, and involved? Possibly. Those ideas you brought up are ones I'll consider for the future possibly. No promises though, and not guaranteed but maybe. I hope you continue to enjoy the story in general

To the guest who asked for my reaction regarding Cloud being in Smash Bros now... I was pretty speechless. I was not expecting Cloud at all. As for helping him out of his zone, or for other Final Fantasy characters showing up, I can't promise anything but maybe. No guarantees. I hope you also continue to enjoy the story in general as well.

From edboy4926m, thank you for enjoying it. As for Bayonetta... well Corrin as well I should bring up... I'll address those two at the notes at the end of this chapter. As for Master Hand, we'll get there when we get there eventually and see what happens, which we will at some point.

From the guest who brought up the random thought, regarding Naoto and the police officer thing, yeah. It is very reasonable from her position regarding the use of Evokers, compared to the other characters. Better safe, then sorry and all. I will also continue writing as well, and hope you and everyone else continue to enjoy.

With that said, I hope you're all enjoying the story so far and future chapters as well. I will also address the Final Video Super Smash Bros Presentation, shown in December 2015 at the end of the chapter as well. Also a music track I recommend to be played, later in this chapter, to note. With that said, I hope you all enjoy this chapter as well.

Despite seeing what Bowser and Pit were up to at the previous night before, let's rewind to the late afternoon of that same day. The Investigation Team, had surprised expressions on their faces, while Theodore had one with sweat running down his normally calm demeanor, while Elizabeth simply had a smirk on their face, as they saw SEES return to them, along with a certain girl they were all familiar with. Yu had informed the rest of the Investigation Team, along with Elizabeth and Theodore about her coming.

"Marie-chan!" the members of the Investigation Team all exclaimed, as they went up to her. Many questions were had, and many things were said between them all, but the only conclusion they could come up with, that a certain someone was involved in some way, for why she was now here.

"Why is Marie here though?" Rise said out loud, as that was the one big question they all had.

"I wouldn't be surprised if The Master was involved in Marie appearing in this world now." Yukiko suggested, in a puzzled state.

"Yeah but why would he do that to Marie-chan? Just for giggles?" Teddie said in response, confused as well. They all shrugged, not understanding the situation, while Marie looked confused.

"Who's The Master?" Marie asked. "Sounds like whoever he is, he's in charge,"

"It's a long story Marie. We'll all do our best to fill you in." Yu stated as he then turned to face the SEES members. "Thank you all for bringing her here. We'll take care of her,"

"No problem Yu. If anything else happens, we'll let you guys know as soon as possible," Minato stated, as both SEES and the Investigation Team nodded towards each other. The SEES members bid farewell, as they left the area, and soon Marie was back with the Investigation Team and with Elizabeth and Theodore.

"It seems the surprises never cease," Elizabeth mused, while Theodore had a somewhat nervous expression on his face. He recalled how Marie got along during the labyrinths incident. Not so great all things considering, with her constantly ordering him to get stuff for her.

"Hey Theo! Do you and Elizabeth have a spare bed in your room?" Marie shouted, as Theodore reluctantly nodded with a somewhat paled expression. "Alright. I guess I'll stay with you two. But first I want all of you to let me know, what exactly is going on here. I'm still really confused,"

"As Yu sempai stated, we'll do our best to inform you all the details of the current situation," Naoto stated, as they all decided to go to the makeshift Velvet Room, and inform her of the situation. We now go back to focus on SEES as it was now evening, as they were eating at a diner, having dinner, before heading back to Smash Tower. They were all currently sitting at a table, with the boys on one booth (with Koromaru resting on Minato's lap), and with the girls sitting on the other side. They had each already placed an order for food and were discussing why Marie was now here in this world.

"Man, this gets weirder and weirder," Junpei stated out loud.

"I don't see a logical reason for bringing Marie to this world, as far as we know so far," Mitsuru stated, as she was wondering, if this was really the work of The Master.

"Well who else besides The Master can do something like that Mitsuru?" Akihiko asked.

"I kind of doubt those chairmen punks can do something like that, even if they are second in command, unless The Master allows them," Shinjiro added, to backup Akihiko. Mitsuru went into a thinking position while the rest of the SEES members thought about it as well. Yukari suddenly remembered something as she spoke next.

"You know… when we were all in that movie theater… didn't all of us hear a second voice laughing with The Master at some point?"

"Oh yeah! I remember that now!" Junpei exclaimed, as they were all recalling what Yukari stated.

"Yeah. It was when Fuuka-san called the treatment we were getting, like if we were play toys," Ken stated, as Fuuka recalled exactly what Ken said.

"Yes. We all did hear a second voice laughing along with The Master. Maybe… he's not the only one?" Fuuka said, as they all thought about this.

"This is another thing we can look into," Aigis stated, as Koromaru barked some concerns. "Koromaru-san says, that the voice that laughed along with The Master sounded crazier in comparison,"

"I suppose that's another thing to ask the chairmen. Maybe someone else is working alongside him. Or maybe he just has the ability to laugh like a maniac, beside a regular laugh," Minato said. "But we can save that for tomorrow. Let's just head to dinner and head to bed. I think we did alright for today,"

The rest of SEES agreed with their leader, as they continued to wait for their dinner, they each ordered for themselves. Afterwards, they all headed back to Smash Tower together on a bus, as they soon retired for the day.

We now go back to focusing on Bowser, as we move the clock forward to midnight. We see the Koopa King, looking annoyed as he finally made it to the floor he stayed at, and walked to a black door that belonged to him. It had a golden name plaque that said his name. He opened it and went inside, and was ready to crash into his bed, ready to sleep, when he heard a familiar voice call out to him.

"King Bowser!" shouted the voice of a familiar Magikoopa. Bowser irritably turned around, as he saw Kamek walking into his room.

"What is it Kamek? I want to go to bed right now!" Bowser whined, as he felt tempted to punch the Magikoopa. Kamek slightly flinched, but kept walking in, as he had some news to tell the Koopa King.

"I wished to speak with you about something," Kamek said. Bowser rolled his eyes, as he was wondering if this was worth his time. "Before I do so, I heard you were busy earlier? Young master Junior informed me that you were doing some work."

"Yep. And it's done with, and I don't want to talk about it. Now out with it, before I sock you!' Bowser replied. Kamek just sighed, wondering why he bothered sometimes.

"Well… I was working on something you may find of use in the future. It's done, and I wish to give it to you," Kamek said, as he then showed Bowser something. It was what appeared to be a light green whistle with three air holes on it. Bowser stared curiously at the object before he said the following.

"Is that a Warp Whistle? Aren't they normally colored yellow?' Bowser asked curiously. Kamek smirked as he knew, he caught his king's attention.

"Yes it is one, and yes they are normally yellow. This one is special though. Instead of allowing you to warp somewhere else, I was making it, so that this green Warp Whistle can summon one of your minions to do your bidding," Kamek answered. Bowser smirked with his sharp teeth, as that sounded fun to him. "That minion being Petey Piranha,"

"Heh. That overgrown plant could cause some fun trouble if I wanted him too," Bowser said with a smirk, as he snatched the Warp Whistle from Kamek's hand. "But I don't really see a situation where I'll need that overgrown plant, but I'll keep it in mind. Thanks Kamek,"

"I live to serve you King Bowser. You always demanded new toys from me, ever since you were a baby. I figure it be nice to surprise you with one," Kamek stated. The Magikoopa began to walk away, and Bowser stared at his green gift with glee.

"I can cause some trouble without having to be directly involved. Not bad Kamek. Not bad at all. Anyway I should head to bed," Bowser grumbled maliciously with a yawn as he soon headed to bed, ready to sleep. The next morning, Bowser, who was now feeling much more refreshed (though he still felt a bit tired and restless, as he still had some bandages he planned on removing tomorrow) headed to Junior's room, which was also on the same floor, wanting to see his youngest son. Unknown to Bowser's knowledge (and to what happened to Junior yesterday), Dark Pit sneaked the young prince, back to his room to rest in his bed. When Bowser entered, he saw Junior drawing on his sketchbook with crayons. This time he noticed he seemed to be a bit mad.

"Good morning Junior. You okay?" Bowser asked nicely, as he was curious to see why Junior seemed to be coloring with such… angry emotion. Junior stopped as he saw his father, sighed, and smiled for his dad.

"Papa! Good to see you! I was just… drawing a picture of this meanie! This meanie girl I met yesterday!" Junior answered. Bowser blinked his eyes for a bit, unsure of how to react. He walked closer and saw that Junior was drawing a crude crayon like drawing of a girl with a blue hat, who wore white and black themed clothes, and a red skirt. Bowser blinked his eyes once more, as he had never seen this person before. Nonetheless he decided to calm his youngest son down.

"Relax Junior. That meanie girl isn't here. Why don't you get breakfast?" Bowser asked. Junior calmed down fully as he stopped crayoning the picture and nodded in response. Junior listened to his father, and soon left the room, to head to the cafeteria in Smash Tower. Bowser stared at the picture drawn, and wondered what to do with it.

"Better take it with me. Don't want Junior to focus on stuff like this, getting him down," Bowser mumbled as he took the picture, of the so called meanie girl. "Anyway… what am I going to do today, now that I'm off the hook?"

Bowser walked back into the hallway onto his floor, and pondered how he was going to spend the rest of his day. He then smirked as he came up with something he wanted to do.

"I still feel kind of tired after all that work yesterday. I don't want to nap all day in my room though. Maybe I'll find a nice place to take a long nap at instead. The weather is supposed to be really nice today." Bowser said to himself, as he liked the idea. He then recalled the times, he would have picnics with Dedede at Central Park, and the big penguin would bring a hammock to attach to two trees, to nap in, after eating. "Sleeping under the shade of a tree in Central Park sounds really nice right about now,"

With that, Bowser headed off to towards Central Park in New York City. We now reconvene with Minato as he had decided to walk towards the chairmen's office. Today he had some questions they had in mind they wanted to ask. The other members of SEES wanted to spend the day, learning about the many other fighters, arenas, items, and any other miscellaneous pieces of information they were allowed to know about now. The first question he had was regarding Marie's appearance, and why she was here. The second question he had, was what would be Minato's exact fate, if he had defeated The Master. He arrived at the chairmen's office and took a moment to take a deep breath, and to sigh.

"I really wonder what the future holds. After I see these guys, I should really see Shulk, Pit, or Palutena and Rosalina," Minato said to himself, as he slowly knocked on the door. A part of him wondered if they were even in that room. Slowly but surely, the door opened as Minato saw the purple wearing chairman, Fuchsia wear an annoyed scowl on his face. Behind the purple wearing chairman was the rest of the chairman brothers, with the orange chairman Sunset, showing a little frustration on his face, as he recalled the night he saw Minato alone, involving his handheld gaming system.

"Mr. Arisato. What brings you here?" Fuchsia said with annoyance present in his voice.

"I have some questions I want to ask you guys." Minato said. The chairman all smirked towards Minato, which only made him glare back. "I get the feeling you guys don't want to answer them at the moment,"

"We don't feel like dealing with you at the moment Mr. Arisato." Jade the green chairman taunted.

"We have way more pressing matters we are currently dealing with. Matters concerning future announcements that The Master discussed with us recently," Ash the gray chairman explained.

"So if you would be so kind, to exit the vicinity, we would appreciate that, so we can continue our conversation with each other," Golden the yellow chairman added with a chipper smile. Minato stood his ground, glaring at them.

"Heh. Playing the tough guy at the moment huh? We can play at that game," Sunset said, as he pulled out what appeared to be a black remote control, with a big white button on it, that was imprinted with the word "Mii," on it. Minato felt his frustration increase as he had a strong feeling what that remote was. Sunset handed it to his blue chairman brother, Azure who now held the remote.

"We had this remote made, to instantly alert Brawler, Sword-Fighter, and Gunner to this office if needed. Technology is very convenient isn't it?" Azure stated calmly. "I'm sure you're fully aware what those three are capable of, as your previous meeting with them has showed,"

"With that said Mr. Arisato, I believe it's time you leave this room. When we're eventually… free of our current tasks, we will answer you in the future. But for now, we all suggest you leave," Crimson, the red chairman stated with both a smirk and look of anger. Minato did not look happy, as he slowly left the room, and closed the doors. They chairman resumed their conversation as they began to discuss something, The Master recently informed them. "Good. Now that Mr. Arisato is gone, let's get back to discussing how we'll prepare for the next three newcomers joining, that The Master plans to have joining this tournament in the future…"

Minato was in the elevator heading as he pondered his current thoughts on the situation. He sighed with frustration, and wondered what his next move is going to be.

"Guess I'll try to find Shulk, Pit, Palutena, or Rosalina." Minato said to himself. He then decided to head to the floor that Pit stayed at. He learned during his time here, that fighters who stayed at the same floor with each other, tended to be from the same universe for the most part, with some exceptions. He decided to see if Pit or Palutena was available to talk too. He arrived at the floor that belonged to Pit, Dark Pit, and Palutena. He walked up the room that belonged to Pit, as it also had a golden plaque that labelled his name. He knocked on it, expecting Pit to open it. He waited a few moments, and heard nothing. Minato knocked on it once more, wondering if Pit was in his room at the moment. The blue haired teen sighed, and was about to walk over to the room, that belonged to Palutena, as the green haired goddess had wanted to speak to him and Fuuka, along with Rosalina about something. But the door just opened, as Minato saw Pit, and noticed he had some bandages on him.

"Hey Minato! How are you?" Pit asked, sounding a bit groggy and tired. Minato raised his eyebrows, and wondered why Pit looked a bit beat up.

"What's with the bandages? They come from confronting Bowser, the other day?" Minato asked. Pit nodded feeling embarrassed, with a sheepish grin, while Minato sighed. "I appreciate the sentiment, but don't get into any fights that aren't necessary like that,"

"That bully Bowser burned your Evoker to a crisp. Didn't feel right to let that go," Pit responded. "How are you doing without an Evoker? I know you need that to summon your Personas and all,"

"It's fine now. I got a replacement," Minato said with a smile, as Pit smiled back from hearing that. "Anyway, you said to me that night, you wanted to talk to me about something?"

Pit nodded, but had a pained sigh come out, as he placed a hand on his head. Minato now looked concerned as he saw Pit like this. Pit shook it off, and sighed.

"Still feeling sore. Bowser can hit really hard and I was also busy working all day on something yesterday, so I'm still feeling tired and exhausted. Maybe in the future we can talk Minato." Pit said.

"I understand Pit. We'll talk to each other about whatever it is you wanted, later then." Minato said, which Pit smiled back at. "Well good seeing you Pit. I'm going to go see Palutena right now."

"Oh wait!" Pit exclaimed, catching Minato's attention. "Lady Palutena is actually not in Smash Tower at the moment!"

"Is that so? Where's Palutena then?" Minato asked curiously.

"Lady Palutena asked The Master if she could take some time off and was allowed to. She wanted to go back and check on Skyworld and see if everything was alright. She said to me and Pittoo, she's not sure how long she'll be gone, as she wants to do a thorough inspection and status update on everything," Pit explained.

"I figure The Master would want her to stay, for matches," Minato replied, a bit surprised.

"Well apparently Lady Palutena's schedule for the recent future is pretty free of matches with the other fighters. That's one of the main reasons she's allowed to do this. The other is that she had some recent matches already, and The Master allows us fighters to take breaks sometimes in general." Pit said.

"I see. Well thanks for the info Pit. I guess I'll see if Rosalina or Shulk is available to talk too," Minato answered. Pit upon hearing this, however caught Minato's attention again, as he said another thing.

"Huh. Bad timing Minato. Rosalina went back to her home, from her universe. Said she wanted to pay a visit to see her children. Shulk took a break recently to see his family and friends from the universe he's from as well." Pit explained, while Minato just sighed. The people he had to see were all currently unavailable (that and Rosalina was apparently a mother apparently? He have to clear that up later).

"Well thanks for saving me the trip Pit. Guess I'll head back to my floor for now... see you later," Minato said as he headed out of the floor, while Pit himself sighed, wondering how their future one on one conversation, was going to go.

We now focus on the Investigation Team and go back to last night once more. Everyone was in their respective rooms. Kanji was knitting with red, blue, and white yarn and wool, as he was determined to get Teddie's bear costume done, as he was growing tired of his fellow companion's whining. Yosuke, Teddie, and Yu were all sleeping in their respective beds instead, while Kanji who was wearing purple pajamas, slaved away at making Teddie's bear outfit. We now fast-forward and see Kanji, sleeping tiredly, as he drooled on top of what appeared to be a new uniform for Teddie that he finally got done. It was now morning as everyone was sleeping (especially Kanji who was snoring and needing it the most). Yu slowly woke up as he didn't feel so great and sneezed. He felt his throat was a bit sore, and he fumbled around looking for a tissue box in the room.

"This is not a good start to this morning," Yu whispered to himself as he finally found a box of tissues. He then went back to his bed and found himself sneezing and coughing profusely, which ended up waking up Yosuke, Kanji, and Teddie who were now also awake as they saw Yu like this.

"You don't look so good. Better stay in today sempai and get some rest," Kanji said tiredly, as he rubbed his eyes. The others also now noticed that Kanji, made Teddie's bear suit as well. Teddie was ecstatic as he jumped up and down, while Yosuke rolled his eyes.

"Thank you Kanji! While I love being my pretty boy self for the ladies, it's been a while since I can be a bear!" Teddie shouted with glee.

"Yeah. Too bad you're just as annoying as a bear, as well," Yosuke whined, as he turned his attention to Yu, who was sniffling. "You should stay in today Yu. We can get you some over the counter medicine to fix you up,"

"It's alright Yosuke. Also thanks for making Teddie's suit Kanji." Yu said as he coughed for a bit. "Man I don't feel well. I planned for us to leave and get our weapons today for each of us today as well,"

"It's alright Yu. We can pick up our weapons by ourselves. I'll lead today!" Yosuke suggested. Teddie and Kanji looked at each other with uncertainty, while Yu nodded back to Yosuke with a friendly smile, acknowledging his friend's request. "Alright Yu! Leave it to me!"

"Are you sure Yosuke is a good leader, sensei?" Teddie questioned, as Yosuke felt annoyed by what he just heard.

"Hey! I can be a good leader! I can!" Yosuke said with annoyance.

"Yeah but Yosuke sempai, you've had a lot of moments that kind of make you look… really bad," Kanji stated. Yosuke looked annoyed while Yu just laughed very softly.

"Don't worry guys. Yosuke can lead. It's not a big deal, what you guys have to get anyway," Yu said. Yosuke smiled once more.

"I'll do you proud partner! I'll be the best leader I can be, when you're not being the leader!" Yosuke said excitedly.

We now see all the Investigation Team Members in the city of Manhattan as they went out. They all wore a small backpack now as well, to carry their Evokers in. They split into two groups as the male Investigation Team members went to look for items pertaining to them (Yosuke also made an effort to pick up some medicine from a pharmacy for Yu), while the girls did the same as they also took Marie along as the girls wanted to find more clothes for her, and to show her around the city in general. They all also did some shopping in general, picking up any groceries and such needed. They agreed to meet up at Central Park, when they were done. We now see the Investigation Team at Central Park, as each person carried a shopping bag, and were at a grassy area with some trees nearby. The Investigation Team got some weird looks from others as they went around today (especially as Teddie was now wearing his bear costume, as they walked around, as many people were unfamiliar with the group of teens for the most part). The weather was very nice, as various people, were doing various activities around, in Central Park.

"Got myself some monkey wrenches! Look out world, Yosuke Hanumura won't be afraid to wrench anyone who tries to get at him!" Yosuke said happily.

"Got myself a nice folding chair! Also something nice to sit on, when I just want to relax," Kanji said as he carried a large bag containing a large metal chair.

"I got the stuff Junpei said! When we get back, I'll start taping it all together for some bear claws!" Teddie said with a huge grin.

"The rest of us manage to procure our respective weapons as well," Naoto stated calmly.

"We should head back to Langham Place to drop off all this stuff. Kind of tiring to be carrying it all around," Rise said, as she held a suit case, holding a mic stand.

"Plus Marie-chan has a lot of bags filled with clothes. We should probably head back." Yukiko stated. Marie nodded as she carried various amount of bags. Chie however said something that caught all their attention.

"Wait! I was hoping to try these new shoes out!" Chie exclaimed. She took out a pair of green colored sneakers from her shopping bag, along with a soccer ball she purchased from the same store. "Today is such a nice day. It be nice for all of us to relax and have some fun,"

"I don't know Chie. I have to get Yu his medicine and all." Yosuke questioned. "Did you get Yu's golf clubs as well, at the sports store?"

"Yep! Thankfully with Elizabeth around, we pretty much have an unlimited supply of money," as she took out a golf club, that Yu was going to use. "That's a good point Yosuke. But we can have one quick game of soccer! It won't be too long?"

"No way! We're heading back to Langham Place now. I'm the leader for now, and what I say goes!" Yosuke argued back. Chie placed the soccer ball on the ground, along with her shopping bags, and Yosuke did the same with his shopping bag. The two did their arguing, that the rest of the team sighed at.

"Why don't we just play soccer after we drop off our belongings? That way, we satisfy everyone," Naoto suggested. Both Yosuke and Chie stopped arguing, and thought about it. Then they both nodded.

"Alright Naoto-kun. But I want to kick it once! I want to try out my new boots!" Chie said with excitement. With that said, Chie changed into the new pair of sneakers, and with a running kick, she slammed the soccer ball high into the air. They all watched the soccer ball go flying, as it slowly descended. However… where the soccer ball was heading, was about to make them all gulp with fear, except Marie.

"Isn't that… the Bowser guy we saw the other night!?" Teddie said with a feared expression on his bear face, as they saw the soccer ball, heading towards the Koopa King, who was napping under a tree. They all desperately ran towards the Koopa King's direction, in some desperate attempt to somehow catch the soccer ball, before it would make contact with him. They were too late as they just stopped right nearby the Koopa King, as the soccer ball slammed into the Koopa King's face, who had a confused and pained expression on his face, as he now woke up.

"OWWW! What the heck!?" Bowser yelled out, as the soccer ball hit him in the face. The Koopa King stood up, and picked up the soccer ball, confused. He then saw nearby, the Investigation Team, who all had paled expressions, along with Marie who didn't have one. "Hey! You all look like some of the teenager punks who were with Blue Mint that night!"

"Sorry! That was a total accident! Can we have our soccer ball back?" Chie said, with a fearful expression on her face. Bowser with a smug and annoyed expression on his face, placed the soccer ball on the ground, and using his right foot, stomped on it fully till it resembled a deflated black and white pancake. He then tossed it at Chie, who just took a step back, as it landed in front of her. "Ummm… thank you?"

"Hey bull face! Why don't you treat other people's property with respect!?" Marie yelled out. The rest of the Investigation Team turned to face Marie with cringed expressions. Bowser then focused his attention on the girl, and suddenly blinked. He then suddenly went into his large spiky shell, confusing the teenagers, and when he came out, he held what appeared to be a white sketchbook page. Bowser stared at the sketchbook page, and then back at Marie, and then a light bulb figuratively lit up in his head. Bowser then began to stomp the ground with his right foot, and shook his right fist at them, as smoke and steam started to pop out of his head, causing the Investigation Team members and Marie to start backing away, as Bowser was throwing his own temper tantrum.

"You're the meanie that made Junior feel bad!" Bowser yelled out. Anybody nearby, who were enjoying the day in Central Park, thought it was now the best time to leave, as other people started to hurry away from the scene, as they knew the Koopa King was prone to getting mad easily.

"Marie, what is he talking about?" Yukiko asked, confused.

"Junior? Oh! That turtle kid I met yesterday must be related to this guy!" Marie answered back, as the others wondered what Marie did exactly at Smash Tower, yesterday.

"What did you do exactly yesterday?" Naoto questioned.

"We have time to learn about that later. Everyone, we should probably head back now! Have a nice day, Mr. Bowser!" Rise shouted in fear. The group all nodded, as they turned around and began to run. Bowser seeing this, immediately snapped his fingers, as a familiar helicopter like vehicle soon came nearby him. Like how Junior used a vehicle called the Junior Clown Car, Bowser had a similar one called the Koopa Clown Car, which was a much bigger version, accommodating the Koopa King's size. Bowser leaped into his personal vehicle, and then flew it right in front of the teens who stopped running, when they saw this, as they froze with fear.

"I personally deal with you punks myself, but I'm not feeling up for it. I'll leave you chumps with a fun playmate! Come out Petey Piranha!" Bowser shouted, as he took out his green Warp Whistle that Kamek gave him. He grinned viciously as he was determined to test his new toy out, as he soon blew on it. A melody from the whistle began to be played, as the Koopa King used it, confusing the teenagers as they heard it being played. "Have some trouble! GWAHAHAHAHA!"

* Big Bang!/Boss Battle - (Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam) *

Bowser flew off using his Koopa Clown Car, as he headed back to Smash Tower, while the ground began to shake for a bit, making them all nervous.

"Who or what the hell is a Petey Piranha!?" Kanji shouted, feeling nervous. Soon from the ground in front of them, popped up a large plant like beast that made them all chatter their teeth. The creature called Petey Piranha had a large red head with white polka dots on it, that also had huge green lips and sharp teeth inside it, and a somewhat humanoid like body as well. On its head were yellow petals with a red tint to them on the ends, that somewhat resembled a lion's mane, except for a plant monster. It had two green leafy like appendages, two stubby green legs, and bizarrely enough, wore red underwear like briefs with white polka dots on them on it's main body. Petey Piranha roared at them all, as it stared hungrily at them.

"That's Petey Piranha?" Yukiko questioned, as they all stared worriedly at the bizarre plant monster. "Looks like something out of Little Shop of Horrors,"

"No time for movie references. Get Yu, his medicine!" Yosuke shouted, as he tossed Chie, one of his shopping bags. "Kanji, Teddie, and myself will take this thing down!"

"Are you crazy Yosuke!?" Chie shouted, with fear, while Teddie and Kanji looked very fearful, from what they just heard.

"As the current leader, that's what I'm ordering! You guys are all carrying too much stuff! You'll be too slow to fight this thing," Yosuke yelled out. "That's an order!"

"This is such a dumb idea, Yosuke sempai, but fine!" Rise shouted out in worry. The girls all made a run for it, back to Langham Place, while Kanji, Teddie, and Yosuke all pulled out their Evokers, and their newly bought weapons… except Teddie who couldn't pull out his weapons, on the account of them not being made yet.

"I really hope that thing doesn't eat us," Kanji said trying to sound tough, but ended up sounding nervous.

"But Yosuke! I can't fight without my makeshift bear claws! I didn't make them yet! I only have my Evoker to summon my Persona!" Teddie whined. Yosuke had a pained expression appear on his face, as he realized this mistake.

"Oh crap! Well... better than nothing! We can take down this overgrown plant!" Yosuke replied. Petey Piranha roared at them once more, while the three gulped. "Come on you overgrown plant! You're wearing red briefs for Pete's sake!"

Hearing the insult Yosuke shouted at it, Petey Piranha lowered its head as it then charged forward, intending to ram into the three teenagers. They immediately leaped out of the way, as the giant plant monster missed them. It then turned around as Yosuke decided to fight back.

"Jiraya! Garudyne Petey Piranha!" Yosuke shouted out, as he used his Evoker. His frog like Persona appeared and blasted wind at the plant creature. It seemed to do nothing, as Petey Piranha seemed to smirk through the windy assault, as it was too heavy to be pushed back. It began to stomp towards them till it was right in front of Teddie. Without warning, it grabbed the bear and bit at the lower half of his bear suit, as Teddie comically flailed his arms around, as it tried to chew on him.

"THIS IS BEARY BAD! GET ME OUT OF THIS THING!" Teddie screamed with extreme panic as Petey Piranha tried to chew on him. Kanji immediately ran up to the front of Petey Piranha, and slammed his metal folding chair onto the plant's big stomach. Petey spit Teddie forward, as the bear slammed into a tree nearby, with a very pained expression on his face. Petey Piranha turned his attention to Kanji, as the teen began to sweat bullets as the plant monster faced him, while Yosuke helped Teddie up.

"That was beary painful," Teddie whined with a bear pun, thankful he had his bear suit on, as he knew that hurt a lot more, if he wasn't in his bear form. Kanji ran back to where Teddie and Yosuke stood, as the huge plant licked its lips, hungrily at Teddie. "Oh no! That Petey guy thinks I taste good! I do not taste good Mr. Piranha!"

Petey Piranha roared at them once more, as it leaped at the three. The three jumped out of the way, as the huge plant almost stomped on them. Teddie who was angry at what happened to him before, pulled out his Evoker as he wanted to get payback at the plant.

"Kintoki-Douji! Show that Petey Piranha, that Winter came early, and it's ready to make all the plants go away!" Teddie shouted, as his spherical Persona appeared and used a Bufudyne to summon a large block of ice. Teddie's Persona picked up the large chunk of ice, and tossed it towards the plant. But it soon did something that surprised them. Petey Piranha rapidly flapped its leafy like appendages and quickly took to the sky, surprising the three Persona users, as it dodged the chunk of ice, that hit the ground below it.

"That damn plant can fly!?" Kanji whined in surprise. Petey Piranha then quickly pounded the ground, using its behind, causing a shock wave to appear, and it quickly knocked the three Persona users down. Petey Piranha slowly walked back to Teddie, menacingly intending to get a nice snack out of the bear.

"Hey petal face! Don't eat my bear pal!" Kanji yelled out as the teenager took out his Evoker and used it, as Petey Piranha turned to face Kanji. "Take-Mikazuchi! Kill Rush Petey Piranha!"

Kanji's large robotic skeletal like Persona appeared, as it charged forward and knocked Petey Piranha out of the way with a tackle, as Teddie quickly picked himself up. Kanji dismissed his Persona, as he regrouped with Yosuke and Teddie.

"Nice save!" Teddie said, grateful that just happened. "This thing is really tough!"

"Well it's tougher than the average Shadow we've dealt with in the past, that's for sure. But we can definitely clip this plant," Yosuke said, as he then decided to taunt Petey Piranha. "Come on you overgrown weed! You didn't taste me yet! I taste way better then Teddie!"

"Hey… wait what!?" Teddie said, unsure how to feel about the comment he just heard. Petey Piranha lowered its head once more as it intended to ram into Yosuke with it. Yosuke smirked as the teen quickly stood in front of a tree. He gulped though, cause he knew if he messed up, what he was about to try, it was going to be painful to be rammed by that huge plant monster. Petey Piranha charged forward with its head down, intending to ram into Yosuke with it. Just as Petey Piranha was about to ram into Yosuke, the teen leaped into the air, and the plant monster ran into the tree hard. Petey Piranha comically saw stars for a bit, as it walked around dazed, before falling on its back, still seeing stars.

"Let's get him while he's down guys!" Yosuke shouted out, as he took out his monkey wrenches. Yosuke, Kanji, and Teddie walked over to the downed Petey Piranha, as they all began to hit the beast. Yosuke and Kanji were using their monkey wrenches and folding chair respectively to hit the plant, while Teddie decided to jump up and down on the plant's belly to contribute. This was short lived, as the plant finally shook off its dizziness and quickly stood up. Using its leaf like appendages, it smacked the three away, as they fell onto the ground. Petey Piranha jumped up and down as it roared with fury, and its whole being now had a shade of red on it, as steam popped out from its head, and a train like whistle sound came out of it, signifying and showcasing its anger.

"That thing is so pissed at us now!" Kanji screamed in fear, as the teenagers picked themselves up, and gulped. Petey Piranha now began to run after them, with surprising speed, as its stubby green legs chased after them.

"Oh crap, oh crap, oh crap!" Yosuke shouted, as the three were being chased. Yosuke looked around his surroundings, and noted the large lake nearby, that was part of Central Park. "Let's head over to that lake! Maybe we can find something there to stop this thing!"

"Whatever you say Yosuke! I don't want to be bear food for Petey Piranha!" Teddie whined with fear, as the angry hungry plant, chased after them. Anybody who was nearby or in the lake area of Central Park, vamoosed it out of there, as they saw the three being chased by Petey Piranha. That included all the guests, the workers, and people who were on boats in the lake, as they swam out of the area, not wanting to get involved. "What are we doing to do to stop this thing!?"

"Look Yosuke sempai! A hot dog cart!" Kanji shouted and pointed out, as it was now abandoned by its current owner. "Maybe we can feed him that?"

"I'll try anything to get this hungry plant to stop chasing us!" Yosuke shouted as the three got behind a hot dog cart, and pushed it towards the chasing plant. Petey Piranha crashed into the hot dog cart, and angrily roared in response. However its head began to do a sniffing like motion, as it soon began to bite out of the hot dog cart, hungrily and all, as its large teeth mashed through everything in its way.

"That bought us some time, before that Petey Piranha plant, gets us," Kanji said out of breath. "What are we going to do Yosuke sempai? That thing isn't going to stop till it turns us into his next meal!"

Yosuke quickly looked around as his teeth chattered. He desperately tried to think of a plan. He then looked at the lake, and then at himself and Kanji, and Teddie. He then suddenly came up with an idea that he hoped would work.

"Alright guys. I came up with something. Huddle up now!" Yosuke ordered, as Kanji and Teddie quickly came close to the teenager boy. He quickly whispered his idea to the other two. Teddie looked unsure, and especially considering his role in this plan.

"Why do I have to be the bait!?" Teddie whined angrily and with fear, as being chomped on earlier by Petey Piranha was something he wasn't ready to risk happening again.

"Because that plant got a taste of you and liked it! Quit your whining, unless you want us all to be eaten by that thing!" Kanji yelled at Teddie. Teddie sighed and reluctantly nodded. Petey Piranha had finally stopped biting the hot dog cart, as it barely remained. A loud whistle like sound was caused by a certain bear, as Petey Piranha looked toward the direction of the lake in Central Park. Teddie now stood on one of the abandoned boats, as Petey Piranha looked toward the bear's direction.

"Oh Mr. Petey Piranha! I'm right here! The beary delicious Teddie! I'm right here if you want another bite!" Teddie reluctantly taunted. Petey Piranha seeing this, licked its lips hungrily once more while Teddie gulped in fear. The plant began to flap its leaf like appendages once more, intending to devour its prey. It flapped above the boat where Teddie stood at and fell, headfirst, intending to swallow the bear. Teddie leaped out of the way screaming, as the plant monster almost swallowed him. Petey Piranha crashed into the boat hard, as the plant monster picked itself up and roared with more anger.

"Jiraya! Garudyne Petey Piranha like last time!" Yosuke shouted as he evoked his Evoker, as he hoped with what he had planned works. He summoned his frog ninja like Persona once more, and a huge blast of wind was being blown toward Petey Piranha. "Now Teddie!"

"Kintoki-Douji! Use Bufudyne!" Teddie quickly ordered. Petey Piranha tried to get off the boat, but found it shaking due to its weight, being above water, and the wind blasts that were pushing towards its direction, causing the ground to not be stable. Soon Kintoki-Douji threw a huge chunk of ice, into where Jiraya's blasts of wind using Garudyne was had. The ice flew straight into Petey Piranha, and knocked the plant monster into the lake. "Now Kanji!"

"But… all the fish and creatures living in the lake will be fried to a crisp," Kanji said worriedly, as he realized what his part of Yosuke's idea would end up doing.

"KANJI!" Both Yosuke and Teddie yelled at him. Kanji had an angry expression as he yelled the following.

"Alright already! I'll do it!" Kanji yelled out annoyed. He then took out his own Evoker, and played his role in the plan. "Take-Mikazuchi! Use Ziodyne on the lake now!"

Kanji summoned his Persona once more, as the being did with what it was ordered. Using the large lightning bolt it carried on its hands, it summoned a blast of lightning that shocked the entire lake. Soon Petey Piranha came flying out of the lake and crashed onto the ground on it's back, now seeing stars, as the huge plant beast was charred and had its huge mouth agape, as Petey Piranha was currently dazed.

"Teddie… you can do the honors," Yosuke said with a smirk and a nod, as Kanji smirked and nodded with him. Teddie took out his Evoker once more, as he planned to feed Petey Piranha one last gift.

"Mr. Petey Piranha! Time I give you dessert! Courtesy of Teddie!" Teddie angrily and excitedly shouted, as he summoned his Persona once more, which now held a white tomahawk missile. Kintoki-Douji shoved the large missile into Petey Piranha's mouth. Teddie dismissed his Persona, and along with Yosuke and Kanji, backed away, as a huge explosion soon occurred. The three then saw Petey Piranha flying into the sky due to the explosion, till the giant plant monster was nothing more than a twinkling star, that was now gone from sight.

"I can't believe we actually survived under Yosuke sempai's leadership," Kanji said, as he sat on the ground tired and sighed. Yosuke shot Kanji an annoyed look, and was about to argue, but felt too tired after what happened, and ended up sighing as he sat on the ground. "What a crazy day,"

"You can say that again Kanji. Being eaten by a giant plant monster is crazy," Teddie whined. "Maybe being a bear isn't worth it. Bear meat is too delicious tasting apparently,"

"At least we're alive. I didn't do too badly as a leader… right?" Yosuke said. They all then noticed the lake was now filled with dead fish, and various other dead creatures that lived in it, due to the electrical attack earlier. The three stared at each other with embarrassed expressions and sighed. "Let's just head back to Langham Place,"

The three nodded, and slowly walked out of the park. Yosuke, Kanji, and Teddie continued to discuss, argue, and talk in general as they left, but were thankful that situation ended alright, for the most part.

To Be Continued…

So what did you all think? Notes as always.

1. Petey Piranha was a boss in Super Smash Bros Brawl, during the Subspace Emissary. I figure it be appropriate for him to be the one Bowser summoned, as it's still keeping true to Smash Bros, as Petey Piranha played a role, in Brawl. I do want to note still, that Subspace Emissary is still not canon, within the context of this story, but this chapter was an example of a way to reference it. Like how some of the Koopalings showed up in some of the earlier chapters, I will do my best to adhere to characters or anything/anyone that appeared in Smash Bros in some way. Not always, but when I can.

2. Big Bang is the name of the Boss Battle theme in Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam, which is already out in Japan, Europe, and Australia, and will be coming to North America later in January 2015. Petey Piranha is a boss in that game, and so it fit. Plus some of Petey Piranha's attacks that he used in this chapter comes from that game.

3. Teddie's Persona using the tomahawk missile, is a move that Teddie can use in Persona 4 Arena and Persona 4 Arena Ultimax.

4. Warp Whistles are an item in Super Mario Bros 3, when used by the player can allow the player to select a world to go to. Kamek in this story, made one for Bowser to summon Petey Piranha.

5. This chapter in general, was to help give the Investigation Team to get more involved, and some of the spotlight as well. This will apply to the members, who weren't as active later on in the future as well.

6. Yukiko referencing the movie Little Shop of Horrors, is due to that movie having a plant monster named Audrey II as the antagonist. Petey Piranha is a plant monster, so it makes sense, why she reference such a thing.

7. Rosalina being referred to as a mother, refers to how she is motherly for the Luma, which she cares for, from her series.

8. Bowser using the Koopa Clown Car originates from his series in certain games, and was also a vehicle, Bowser used to get around in certain cutscenes in Subspace Emissary, from Super Smash Bros Brawl.

9. So yes. The Final Video Smash Bros Presentation shown in December 2015. Corrin from Fire Emblem Fates which will be coming out in the future, and Bayonetta will be joining as future DLC characters. If I decide to incorporate them into the story (significantly or not in general), I will wait till Corrin and Bayonetta are in the game properly, which isn't till some time in February 2016. And yes Cloud is now out, and I could incorporate him as well. Maybe I'll wait till Corrin and Bayonetta is out, before doing so, for Cloud as well.

So that's about it for now. As usual, if you have anything you want to say, go for it. I'm open to all thoughts, opinions, criticisms, and etc. I hope you all enjoyed this chapter as usual. Till the next chapter!