A/N: Here is another Xenoblade Chronicles: Xover Edition soundtrack number!
Xenoblade Chronicles: Xover Edition Soundtrack Number 5: Take A Chance by Savage Genius
Yaketsuku hizashi no moto kimi wa nani omou?
Urei no hitomi wa ima nani o utsusu?
Umareta yorokobi sae kumoridasu sekai de
Deaeta kiseki dake wa wasurenaide
Mayowazu ni irareru no nara
Step by step tayasui darou
Kaze no you ni
Ikusen no namida o koe akatsuki no kouya o yuku
Itsuka kizu wa ieru kara saa Trust myself
Don't be afraid. Kawaru koto wa osoreru koto ja nai
Kimi ga kimi de aru naraba Will be with you
Odayaka na hi o yumemite michinaki tabiji wa tsuzuku
Kawaita daichi o keri netsu o tokihanate
Sadame wa kirisakeba ii kokoro no mama
Harewataru sora ga konna ni mo
Day by day utsukushii no wa
Yami o shiru kara
Ikusen no namida o koe soukyuu no kouya o yuku
Samayou kinou ni shuumaku o sou Ray of light
Subete o aisuru ni wa amari ni mikansei sugite
Mogaku koto mo naku tachitsukusu 'sometimes wanna cry
Itoshiki hikari no yukue
Yorokobi no shirabe arasoi no nageki
Kanashiki kana futatsu de hitotsu
Sore de mo aa…inochi wa tsuzuku no
Ikusen no namida o koe omoi wa kouya o yuku
Itsuka kizu wa ieru kara saa Trust myself
Subete o aisuru ni wa amari ni mikansei dakedo
Kimi ga kimi de aru naraba Will be with you
Itoshiki hikari yumemite haruka na tabiji wa tsuzuku
Chapter 36: Gennai and the Swamp Minions Attacks! Enter Pastel Ink and Painkiller Kotone-chan!
"When we last left our hero, Shulk, he and his party befriended Ash Ketchum and his friends and they told Ash and his friends about their mission to defeat an evil Mechon named Metal Face who has killed Shulk's childhood friend, Fiora. But how can Shulk and his friends defeat an enemy that the legendary Monado cannot harm? Shulk and Bridget's visions showed them that the answers lie in Prison Island on the top of the Bionis' head. But first, our heroes will gain new friends and fight new enemies, three women who are annoying as Team Rocket and one of the Hom Hunters that Yomiko knows from her past." The Pokemon Narrator narrated.
The next day, the party were at Colony 6 after getting some materials for building the 1st nature theme level. Shulk was curious about Koyomi and her fear of men. So he took this time to chat with her about her fear of men. (A/N: Warning! I will make up Koyomi's past that will slightly be based on the anime. So be prepared!)
Shulk found Koyomi staring at the sky. Koyomi was in thought. 'Mother…' She thought sadly.
"Koyomi?" Shulk asked, Koyomi gasped as she turned around and saw Shulk, she whimpered and hid behind a barrel. "It's alright. I won't hurt you. Yukinari and Kirie told me about your fear of men. And I wanna know what made you afraid of men…" Shulk reassured her.
'Shulk… Should I trust him?' Koyomi thought to herself as she stared into Shulk's eyes. At first, she blushed at the Heir to the Monado, then she realized those eyes are ones she can trust.
"A-Alright…" Koyomi nodded as she and Shulk sat down on the steps. Shulk and Koyomi were staring at the sky.
"You know how me, Miharu and Tomoka were born on the planet Seiren, right?" Koyomi asked him. "Yeah, it's a planet run by women. But how exactly are women from Seiren born if it's run by women?" Shulk turned his head to face Koyomi and asked.
"A thousand years ago, a portal between Seiren and Yukinari's Earth. A man, my father came through that portal and fell in love with my mother. I was born after they got married. But then… When father took me on a walk and told me about the world he came from… He… He…" Koyomi closed her eyes and sniffled, tears began to fell out of her eyes.
Shulk was silent when Koyomi stopped in mid-sentence. "I see… I think your father wouldn't do something like that for a reason. I guess that is why you're afraid of men… But a fear like that can be overcome." Shulk placed his hand on Koyomi's shoulder.
Koyomi gasped for a minute, but for some strange reason, she feels relaxed. Normally, she would freak out at a male touching her, but Shulk is different somehow from the males and that demon man, Fukuyama.
"It'll take time, but that fear can be overcome. Your father wouldn't do a thing like that to you. I know parents loved their children and care for them no matter what. Remember that, Koyomi." Shulk smiled.
"T-Thank you, Shulk…" Koyomi blushed madly. "Oi! Shulk!" Reyn run up to Shulk and Koyomi. "Easy there, Reyn. What's up?" Shulk asked him.
"Otharon has a job for us. He wants us to elimate some monsters so Colony 6's restoration will continue working without a hitch. He wants us to hunt down Armus near the colony. Good exercise, eh?" Reyn smiled.
"Right. Let's gather everyone and we'll start monster hunting." Shulk nodded as he, Reyn and Koyomi went to get the others.
(Meanwhile, with Team Rocket)
Team Rocket were starving and walking down the path of the Bionis' Leg.
"That's the last time I'm stealing food from those two!" Jessie moaned. "Well, let's carefully rethink our strategy and review what we have so far on those twerps." James stated.
"Well, two of them have swords called the Monado and Dark Monado and they are said to be legendary except for the Dark Monado which is a mysterious sword. I say we swipe those swords and sell them for profit!" Meowth suggested.
"And how do we do that?" Jessie started at the cat Pokemon. "With our super robot, we can!" Meowth smirked.
"What super robot?" Jessie and James asked, confused. Meowth began to tell them his plan.
Meanwhile, with two children…
"Aughhhhhhhhhhh!" A pink haired 10 year old girl screamed, actually, she's really 18 years old. She wore a white dress with frills and a big button at the bottom, and a short brown jacket with yellow ends. On her arms she has forearm-length sleeves, and on her legs she has white thigh-highs and brown shoes. Next to her is a girl about 14 years old, has black hair, a stylized version of a nurse hat, with the base part being white and having pink ends. She has a part of a white shirt on, with a pink tie and and a pink extended collar. She has small see-through sleeves, with black and white bands with silver crosses. She has two belts, a big white one with a grey holster and black loops and a big silver cross, and a smaller black belt. On her legs she has pink thigh-highs with pink bands with small black belt and silver crosses, and white and pink boots. They were chased by Armus. Next to the two girls is a dock with a professor's hat, also running for his life.
"What should we do, Ink? Those monsters are gonna eat us!" The nurse girl panicked. "D-Don't look at me! Look at the duck next to me!" Ink panicked as well. "Well, can you at least transform?" Ah-Kun, the duck guardian of Ink suggested.
Ink was silent for a moment then she exclaimed "Of course! Why didn't I think of it sooner!" Ink was about to whip out her flip-phone to transform but then, gunshots and paper were hurled at the Armus, then two mighty energy blades slam down on the Armus, killing them. Ink, the nurse girl and Ak-Kun stopped and saw the monsters' corpses. They sweat dropped.
"Nice shot, Sharla and Forte!" Reyn commented as the party appeared and rush towards Ink and her friends.
"Now what are a bunch of kids doing here, hm?" Nanael placed her hands on her hips and gave Ink and her friends the stern look. "I'm not a kid!" Ink steamed. "I'm actually 18 years old!" She added.
"R-Really? Max gawked. "But why do you…" "It's a long story, kid…" Ink sighed in exhaustion. "Forgive our winged friend. Mind introducing yourselves?" Dunban asked. "Oh that's right!" Ink remembered. "My name is Ink Nijihara." Ink bowed politely. "I am very smart and good at English."
"Hello, my name is Kotone-chan. But I go by the title Painkiller Kotone-chan, a title given to a experienced Hyper Nurse. If you're injured, let me treat you up!" Kotone-chan smiled.
"Ahem!" Ah-Kun cleared his throat, turns out he was ignored. "Oh, and this is my guardian, Ah-Kun." Ink remembered and introduced him to the party.
"Nice to meet you, Ah-Kun." Yomiko closed her eyes and smiled. "We meet again, Readman…" A elderly and cold voice stated. Yomiko opened her eyes in shock and they and Ink and her companions turned to see Gennai with soldier Mechon a few feet near our heroes.
"Ge-Gennai Hiraga!" Yomiko snarled. "Wait! The Gennai Hiraga! The one who founded the elekiter!" Ink gasped. "But… I thought he died a long time ago!" Ink added with a stammer.
"The Gennai you know from history is a clone, but only for evil." Yomiko got out her briefcase and got out two sets of paper and turned them into swords. "It is my duty as an agent of the British Library to protect the world's books from being misused for evil!" Yomiko shouted.
"Hmph, you're still fighting for the weaklings, Readman? I have joined forces with the Mechon to find a way back to our world." Gennai stated dryly. "You're with the Mechon! Then you must be a Homs Hunter!" Naruto got into a battle stance.
"Why hello Reina!" A voice mocked, Reina, Nanael, Cute and Ymir's eyes widen in shock as they, along with the party and Gennai turned to see three women.
The first woman has pink hair with bunny ears, she is scantly-clad, wearing only a very small pink transparent jacket that only covers her shoulders featuring eye-like pauldrons and a collar bound by a heart-shaped emblem with wings and a pink dress. She wears an equally revealing blouse of the same color and density and wears a pair of pink shoes with a pair of eyes. The bangs of her hair that frame her face form into a pair of hands that cover her otherwise fully-exposed breasts. The hands are called goo hands.
The second woman looked like an Egyptian princess, she has black hair, adorned with an elegant golden headpiece with a cobra at its center. She wears a jeweled breast plate that reaches only midway through her bust along with striped panties below an opaque cloth at her front. Her arms are also wrapped with a white cloth, but do not be fooled by the benign appearance - the white cloth are actually bandages with which Menace can perform some of her attacks. She is wielding a scepter that looks alive.
The final woman looks like a maid with black and white maid clothes, a maid hairband and she is wielding a dangerous looking scythe.
"Ugh, not those three…" Cute face faulted. "You know these scantily dressed women?" Sharla asked. "Yes, they're Melona, Menace and Airi, servants to an evil woman named the Swamp Witch… They want to disrupt the Queen's Blade so their master can rule." Reina frowned, gripping her sword.
"Silence, pheasant." Menace glared. "We like some answers… Where are we?" She added. "Like we would tell you! We have enough problems of our own right now!" Ymir shouted angrily as she readies her axe.
"We knew you would say that… Knowing you." Airi stated as she readies her scythe. Suddenly, the party and their enemies fell the ground began to shake as if something big was coming. All eyes including the enemies turned to see a giant… robot that looked like a Gundam or something and it was all red.
"Whoa! That is sooo cool!" Keroro exclaimed like a school girl. "This isn't the time to be impressed, you moron!" Natsumi growled. "Prepare for trouble!" "And make it double!"
"Will you two shut up about that motto already! It's getting annoying!" Reyn growled.
"That was rude of you, interrupting our little speech…" Jessie frowned. "What is that thing?" Kotone-chan gawked. "It's our new super robot!" Meowth shouted proudly.
"But where in Bionis did you get the money and materials to build such a thing?" Shulk demanded.
"If the author doesn't know, then I don't know either!" Meowth said. (A/N: Meowth does make a point…)
"Don't you wanna know what our plan is?" Jessie asked the party.
"No and we don't care… We have bigger problems than you three!" Yusuke growled. Team Rocket anime fell. "Does this happen a lot?" Sharla asked. "All the time…" May sighed. "Well, we're gonna tell you anyway…" Jessie muttered.
"Our plan is to swipe those two swords, the Monado and Dark Monado and sell them for profit!" James beamed. "That's your plan…? It's really stupid!" Serena frowned.
"You're not taking our swords without a fight!" Bridget shouted as she and Shulk got their Monados ready.
"Bridget, you and Yomiko take on Gennai. Reyn, Inuyasha, Reina, Nowa, Alleyne, Riki! You and I will take on Melona and her allies! Ash, you and your friends take on Team Rocket!" Dunban ordered. "Roger!" Everyone nodded as almost everyone charged to face the enemies.
Yomiko and Bridget charged at Gennai. Gennai whipped out lightning lightsabers and slashed Bridget with them. Bridget screamed in pain as Mechon soldiers charged at her. She managed to recover and slashed them to pieces. Yomiko and Gennai clashed.
Gennai fired lightning blasts at her, but Yomiko was quick and used her paper swords to slash Gennai three times with them. "Gauh!" Gennai snarled as slight blood appear on his face due to the paper cuts. "You gotten stronger, Readman. I admired that. But it won't help you defeat the Mechon!" Gennai shouted as he fired lightning blasts at Yomiko and Bridget, they leaped out of the way.
"Dark Monado… Buster!" Bridget shouted as she slams the mighty blade down on the remaining Mechon soldiers, destroying them. "Water Blade!" She added a attack at Gennai, giving him some damage. Yomiko and Gennai continue clashing weapons, each hitting the other.
Meanwhile, Reyn, Inuyasha, Reina, Nowa, Alleyne and Riki were holding their own against the Swamp Three with Louie and Sharla helping the heroes out. Menace punched and kicked Reyn who blocked her attacks with his shield.
"Engageeeee!" Reyn shouted, releasing a powerful aura. Suddenly, Airi who was fighting Louie focuses her attacks on Reyn. "W-What? I can't control my body!" Airi gawked as she continued fighting Reyn who hit her with his gunlance three times.
"I see. The power of Reyn's Engage. Such a useful technique." Alleyne commented with a smile. "Hehehe! Let's see if you can handle this!" Melona grinned wickedly as she began to shape shift into Nowa.
"W-What in Bionis?" Dunban gasped. "Melona has the power to shape shift into anyone, including using their weapons." Reina frowned. She tried to figure out which Nowa is the real one.
"Well, let's attack both of them till one of them turned into that scantily wearing bitch!" Inuyasha suggested. "Riki doesn't want to hurt Nowa…" Riki shivered. "Ugh! What about the rest of you! Will you go through with my plan or not!" Inuyasha barked. Dunban's party were silent for about 60 seconds. "Ugh! Damn it… You humans of other worlds are weaker than I thought… Fine, we'll figure it out somehow.
"A vision…" Shulk gasped as he sees a vision of the Nowa of the right attacking Dunban and his chosen group. The vision ended. "There! The Nowa to your right! She's Melona!" Shulk shouted out to Dunban and his group.
"I see… Thanks for the heads up, Shulk!" Dunban smiled as he slashed the Nowa to the right, reverting her into Melona. "W-What the hell!" Melona gawked. "You saw right through me? But how!" She demanded.
"No one can fool Shulk and his ability to see into the future!" Nowa cheered. "Mercury Ice Bubble Blast!" Mercury used her attack to hit Melona for big damage. Now, Merrill charged at Airi and they began to clash. Nanael told her about Airi's ability to steal the life force of humans she touches, so Merrill carefully waitied for a chance to strike. That is where Airi let her guard down and Merrill punched her in the gut, knocking Airi into Menace who was fighting Reina and Alleyne, the two warriors saw their chance and knocked Menace into Airi.
Melona tried to hit Dunban with her breast milk, Dunban was quick and used Tempest Kick to knock Melona into her two buddies.
"Noiw!" Dunban used his katana to slash the Swamp 3. "Born into a world of stifle!" Dunban shouted, adding his first slash. "Against the odds!" Dunban added a second slash. "We choose to fight!" Dunban added a third slash, then he shouted "Blossom Dance!" Dunban used a final slash to give Melona and her gang some massive damage. He sheathed his katana and blossom flowers fell out of nowhere and a explosion occurred. Melona and her gang were screaming as they disappeared, Team Rocket style, a star appeared in a twinkle as they disappeared.
Now, Ash and the gang with Mellissa helping out were fighting Team Rocket's giant robot. "Swellow! I choose you!" Ash choose Swellow. Swellow shouted "Swellow!" As it used Wing Attack on the robot, but it did nothing.
"Your little birdy's no match for our super robot! And it's electric proof too!" Meowth taunted. "Mudkip, use Water Gun!" "That won't be nessary, Brock… Allow me." Mellissa stepped forward. "Oooooh, Mellissa! I love it when you think of something!" Brock was in love again.
Mellissa concentrated and a huge energy ball appeared above her hands. "What's she doing?" James asked. "Never mind that! Grab the swords and Pikachu!" Before Team Rocket can act, Mellissa yelled and hurled the energy ball at Team Rocket's super robot, destroying it.
Team Rocket was flying off again. "Whose bright idea was it again?" Jessie asked. "If I remember correctly, it was Meowth's…" James stated. "Yeah that's right…" Meowth pouted. "Wobbufet!" Wobbufet said "I remember too."
"It's all Meowth's fault!" Jessie growled. "Team Rocket's blasting off again!" The idiot trio shouted as they did the same thing when they're blasted off.
Meanwhile, Ink and Kotone-chan said Yomiko was overpowered by Gennai's lightsabers. "We got to help her!" Kotone-chan shouted. "Right!" Ink nodded as she got out her flip-phone and she shouted "Transform!"
Ink transformed, she now has blue hair and she wears a big blue sailor's collar over her white swimsuit. Her shoes become white and blue, and she has a yellow bow behind her and yellow ribbons attached to her wrist.
Kotone-chan whipped out a chainsaw like sword and both of them charged at Gennai. Gennai was about to strike Yomiko down till Ink shouted "Mega Gloves!" Ink used her flip-phone to give her big red boxing gloves and she hit Gennai in the chin really hard. Gennai growled as he was going to hit her, but Kotone-chan blocked his lightsabers with her chainsaw sword.
"Grrrrr!" Gennai gritted his teeth as he sees the entire party aiming their weapons and attacks at the Homs Hunter.
Gennai sighed as he dismissed his lightsabers. "You won this round, Readman, but the war is far from over!" Gennai shouted as a Mechon Carrier appeared and Gennai leaped really high and grabbed one of its claws and it flew off.
"Wow, Ink, Kotone-chan! I didn't know you two can fight!" Bridget asked, amazed. Ink and Kotone-chan turned to face each other and smiled.
To be continued…
Next chapter: One More Errand! A Girl From Hei's Past and the Himes Have Arrived!
A/N: Sorry it took so long to finish this chapter. I have to watch out for my internet since I have Verizon as my Internet Provider. Anyway, it's the final chapter of this first filler arc. Then we'll go to the Prison Island Arc which will feature more characters and more Homs Hunters, so stay tune!