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"So quick question, green 'stache." Bowser said as they were flying.
"What is it?" Luigi asked.
"Since when did you know how to fly?" He asked. "Like, I've never seen you control an airship and there you were killing it. What's your secret?"
Luigi shrugged. "I dunno, it just felt like second nature."
Bowser raised an eyebrow. "Second nature? You Mario Bros are weird…" He shook his head. "Doesn't really make sense either! Second nature… ha! I've never seen you fly anything."
"Not even when he was Mr. L, papa? What about when he was piloting that Brobot?" Junior asked.
Way back then…
"WATCH OUT!" Bowser yelled, pushing Peach out of the way and got hit in the head by Brobot's fist. "OOOOF!"
"Bowser!" Peach exclaimed.
"Mama mia!"
"Oh dear!" Tippi exclaimed. "Is he okay?!"
Back in the present…
"…I don't even know what you're talking about!" Bowser said. "I would have at least remembered something like that."
"Probably got hit in the head." Marisa said, snickering a bit.
"Most likely." Reimu nodded.
"So let me get this straight. There is a dragon that is protecting Garreg Mach with a fire barrier? If we destroy it, then the barrier will fall?" Dimitri asked.
"That's what we're guessing." Luminary said.
"I see." Dimitri folded his arms. "Then we will do what we must to destroy this dark sky."
"You know, since we're all together, we might as well talk it out." Byleth said. "Specifically between you and Edelgard."
"Oh, this is gonna go well." Hilda muttered.
BGM: The 13th Discretion (Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories)
"We have nothing to say to each other." Dimitri said.
"Dimitri, I think it is time we cleared the air between us." Edelgard said. "Professor Byleth is right, we need to talk it out."
"Why would I talk to a murderer?" Dimitri glared at her. "You were the one who took part of the fall of Duscur! You were the Flame Emperor after all! Give me one good reason why I shouldn't-"
"Because that wasn't me! I didn't take any part of that!" Edelgard yelled.
"Then why was I told that you were a conspirator?! Cornelia-"
"Cornelia told you that for her own personal gain." Edelgard said. "My uncle Volkhard was the one responsible for the Tragedy of Duscur. It was only used to destabilize Faerghus and make it easier for Cornelia to gain a foothold in the kingdom's affairs. As for what happened with me, I was not aware of what caused this to happen, nor was I the one who caused it."
"No… you lie…" Dimitri growled. "You-"
"'Fraid she's tellin' the truth." Claude said. "I've done digging on my own on what actually caused the Fall of Duscur, and let me tell you, it's not who you think it is."
"Oh tell me Claude… who was responsible for it?" Dimitri asked.
"Glad you asked. You see, it was Cornelia this whole time. While Edelgard was next in line for the throne, Cornelia goaded Patricia into becoming a willing conspirator in the Tragedy, as she persistently inserted herself between her and Lambert in order to avoid them ever being alone together, which came to a head shortly after Volkhard and Edelgard's departure from Fhirdiad, when Cornelia apparently revealed to Patricia that her daughter had been in the city, and manipulated her into thinking that Lambert had concealed that fact from her, turning Patricia against her husband." Claude explained. "So, long story short, El's innocent… and good ol' Cornelia was the one who caused that chaos to happen."
Dimitri's eye widened. "What?!"
"You mean…" Edelgard's eyes widened in shock. "Cornelia-…"
"Oh, you didn't know? That's a shame…" Claude shrugged. "Oh well, thought it'd be a good time to mention it before one of you slit each other's throats or something."
Dimitri clenched his fists and turned to Edelgard. "…I need a moment." He said and then walked off.
"Dimitri…" Edelgard whispered.
"Where did you learn that?" Lystihea asked.
"Oh, asked around, read some books in the library… all that fun stuff." Claude grinned.
"Huh… I see…"
"Is he going to be okay?" Sakura asked, looking at Dimitri who had sat down on a pile of boxes.
"He just needs some space." Dedue said, towering over the Hoshidan. "He'll come around."
"O-oh… okay." Sakura nodded.
End BGM
"We're coming up on Garreg Mach, darlings!" Sylvando said.
"We got a dragon fight ahead of us." Akira said. "You guys ready?"
"We got some Dragon Slayers! We'll be fine." Ann smiled.
"Heck yeah! We'll knock that dragon into next week just like how we did with that other dragon! Let's do it, Happy!" Natsu smirked, his hands bursting into flames.
"Aye sir!"
"Let's do this!" Gajeel smirked as Lily went into his Edolas form and held his sword.
"We got this!" Wendy said with Carla nodding as the airships landed near the woods again and then they all hopped off and charged at Garreg Mach, but they heard a roar as Gloomtail slammed into the ground before them, roaring once more.
BGM: Danger! There's Trouble! (Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX)
"Well well well, it looks like we have some tasty little morsels before me!" Gloomtail licked his chops. "I am Gloomtail, the Shadow Queen's second most powerful dragon… and I will avenge my sister that you have slain!"
"Heh, well guess what, pal?" Bowser smirked. "We're gonna knock you out like what we did to your sister!" He said, getting into a battle stance as did the others.
"Hmhmhmhm… we shall see. Prepare to DIIIIIE!"
End BGM
BGM: Hooktail (Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door)
Gloomtail roared and breathed fire, forcing them to get out of the way while Natsu had himself a meal. He then jumped up, his fist bursting into flames. "FIRE DRAGON'S IRON FIST!" He yelled, punching him directly in the snout. Gloomtail was then riddled with bullets from Scout's Pretty Boy's Pocket Pistol, Heavy's Minigun, Engi and Torb's Sentry and Bastion's Sentry Mode. Gloomtail slammed into the ground to catch some of them off balance and then tried to chomp down on Byleth, but she rolled out of the way and slashed at the dragon while Robin and Dorothea unleashed Thoron on him.
"Hmhmhmhm… let's see if you can fly!" Gloomtail said, flapping his wings and flew high into the air. He was soon met with Zero.
"You're not getting away!" Zero said, summoning two blood swords as he flew over and slashed at him as Gloomtail tried to swipe at him, but he teleported away and slashed at him from the side as Gloomtail let out a snarl and breathed fire, but Zero flew up and axe kicked him on the head. Zero was soon joined by Meta Knight. "Oh, you decided to join me? That's cool, I was already taking care of him."
"You need some help regardless." Meta Knight said, flying over and slashing at him before using Mach Tornado, then were joined by Echo, Erza, D. Va, the Gensokyo gals, Claude, Ingrid and Mercy. However, Marisa had Bernadetta on her broom.
"Think you can take the shot?" Marisa asked.
"It'll be worth a try!" Bernadetta said, aiming her bow at him as he chomped down at D. Va but she moved out of the way and fired missiles at him. Bernadetta took a deep breath and fired the arrow, piercing Gloomtail on the neck as he let out a roar. "Bullseye!" She smiled, and then Gloomtail glared at Marisa and Bernadetta. "…Uh oh!"
"Hang on!" Marisa said as she flew off while firing a Master Spark at Gloomtail as he breathed fire at her. Claude used this chance and aimed Failnaught at Gloomtail, aiming carefully at him.
"Steady… steady…" He charged up a shot as it started to glow and then released the string, causing the arrow to go flying and pierce through Gloomtail. "Gotcha!" He smirked as Erza flew up high and then flew back down.
"Out of the way, Meiling!" Erza yelled as Meiling flew back as Erza summoned the Holy Hammer and swung it down hard enough for Gloomtail to go crashing into the ground.
"You have a hammer?!" Meiling yelled.
"Ha ha! She has good taste in weapons!" Reinhardt said as he swung his hammer down on the dazed Gloomtail as Brigitte swung her flail and Dedede charged up his Jet Hammer along with Kirby's Hammer Flip and they both swung at his head. Gloomtail got back up with a roar.
"Alright, you leave me with no choice!" He said as he flew up in the air again and started charging up, smirking devilishly. "Time to unleash a new upgrade that Shadow Queen has given me!" He declared. "ATOMIC MEGABREATH!" He breathed fire down on the ground, surrounding the gang in a ring. Fire shot out from the four corners of the ring and then lit up, causing a massive explosion that resulted in a mushroom cloud.
End BGM
At the cathedral…
"That's right, my pet, singe them alive!" Yukari cackled, looking through some binoculars. "Well now, it looks like their quest is over!"
Back at ground zero…
"Hmhmhm." Gloomtail landed on the ground, panting. "Checkmate." He said.
"…Hey pal… you call that an explosion?"
"What?!"
The smoke cleared and saw Natsu radiating with a green aura around him. Everyone else was unharmed. "Man… that's some nasty stuff you conjured up… I feel all tingly." Natsu chuckled.
"How did you…? That wasn't supposed to…!"
"You didn't pay attention the first time. I ate your fire the moment you started this fight." Natsu smirked. "And now that I got a massive fire in my belly, I'm gonna give it back to ya full strength!" He smirked as his hands burst into flame, his fire suddenly turning green.
BGM: Natsu's Theme (Fairy Tail)
"Natsu? Why is your fire green?" Lucy asked, but Natsu seemed to ignore her as he jumped high into the air.
"FIRE DRAGON'S SUB-ATOMIC IRON FIST!" He yelled, punching Gloomtail in the face, where the punch exploded on contact.
"Aaargh!" Gloomtail was knocked back from this, and then Natsu enveloped his whole body in the green fire.
"FIRE DRAGON'S ATOMIC HORN!" He yelled, slamming into Gloomtail's body and exploding once more.
"Gaaaargh!"
"What's with him?" Elfman asked. "Is this some kind of new form that he's unlocked?"
"I'm not sure… that explosion was filled with radiation." Mercy said. "Mmm… I do not like this one bit."
"FIRE DRAGON'S RADIATION ROOOOOOAR!"
Gloomtail was enveloped by the radiating roar. "Nnngh! I feel… tingly!" He groaned as he tried to slam his foot on Natsu, but he caught his foot with just one arm.
"Nice try… FIRE DRAGON'S NUCLEAR UPPERCUT!" Natsu threw his fist high into the air, complete with a mini nuclear explosion that knocked Gloomtail on his side. "Now for the grand finale… FIRE DRAGON ATOMIC-" Suddenly the green aura around Natsu disappeared and he fell limp to the ground.
End BGM
"NATSU!" Lucy yelled as they ran over to the downed Dragon Slayer. "Natsu! Natsu, wake up!"
"Come on, you bonehead! You had that dragon on the ropes! What's with ya?!" Gajeel yelled.
"Hang on, step aside!" Mercy said as she did a complete scan on his body. "Just as I had feared… the Atomic Megabreath he ate gave him radiation poisoning. As such, it powered him up but it wore him out quickly. If we don't treat him right away, I'm afraid Natsu will die."
"WHAT?!" Lucy yelled.
"Can't you do something?!" Juvia said.
"Oh, I will. I'm not going to let another friend die." Mercy said and picked up the unconscious Dragon Slayer. "To anyone who is a medic or has healing magic, come with me. The more healers the better." She said and then went to the airships as Serena, Sakura, Elise, Wendy, Mercedes, Morgana and Queen ran off to help Mercy.
Marisa turned to face Gloomtail who was slowly getting up, but looked incredibly weak. "Now… let's finish this!" She said as they charged at Gloomtail as he exhaustively tried to swing his claws at the gang but with the power of the Atomic Megabreath and Natsu beating the crap out of him, it exhausted him as Luminary unleashed Blade of Ultimate Power on Gloomtail, throwing down a massive sword on top of him to finish him off, making him roar in agony.
"Shadow Queen… I've failed you…" He groaned before falling limp, and the barrier fell.
"Alright, we did it!" Tracer cheered.
"Take that, you nuke breathing dragon! You can't take down America!" Soldier declared.
"Come on, we need to move." Byleth said and turned her head. "Natsu has done all he could. We shouldn't wait for him to recover in a moment like this. Let's go."
"She's right. We need to move." Edelgard said as they ran toward Garreg Mach.
With the Shadow Queen…
"They… they killed two of my pets…" She clenched her fists angrily, trembling with rage. "Those no good little…" She punched a wall in frustration. "I'll kill them most painfully when I'm done with them!"
"This is my domain." Rhea said. "You will kill them after I am done with them." She walked outside. "Attention soldiers of Garreg Mach, protect this church with your life and your archbishop! We are being invaded!" She called out. "Everyone must do their part to slay the outsiders!"
"YEEEEEAH!"
"…Screw this!" The Gatekeeper said as he took off running, quickly hiding inside a bush.
Yukari snarled. "Trying to one up me, hmm?" She clenched her fists and turned to Talon. "Well, don't just stand there! Kill them!" She ordered as Talon went running off to get into position. "Those fools will not get the Crystal Star so easily!" She said, snapping her fingers to add some Heartless into the mix.
Back with the others…
"Garreg Mach… I never thought I'd see this place once more." Edelgard said, taking out Amyr. "It seems surreal that we stand before this place… only to destroy it."
"Let's not destroy too much. It's our home." Dorothea said.
"Honey, we might have to relocate once this is over." Byleth said.
"You might be right…" Dorothea nodded as they heard soldiers running toward them. She instinctively reached for her wife's hand. "All of us may not be here… but we'll do this together."
"Right." Byleth nodded, holding Dorothea's hand. "Together."
Soldier brought out the Battalion's Backup and blew into the horn. "CHAAAAAAAARGE!" He ordered.
BGM: Between Heaven and Earth (Fire Emblem: Three Houses)
The whole group charged, as they would find the Heartless were joining in, then noticed the soldiers were flanking them on both sides, while the civilians hid inside their homes. Marisa pulled out her Light Tome and aimed at a group of soldiers. "Let's hope this works. Yah!" She yelled, as lightning magic shot down on the soldiers, immediately taking them out. "Hoo! Nice!" She smirked.
"Don't get in over your head!" Reimu warned.
"I won't!" Marisa said, firing danmaku at the soldiers, as some soldiers were picked up by Gloria's Espeon and then were tossed to the side as Bea punched one in the gut and then flip kicked him up in the air as Meiling jumped up and axe kicked him to the ground. Soldier Heartless surrounded the two, but were quickly destroyed by Chrom and Genji. Gajeel unleashed an Iron Dragon's Roar on a few Heartless that knocked into the soldiers and knocked them down, where Soldier blew them up easily with the help of Demoman.
A few Wyvern Heartless divebombed the group as they breathed fire along with some Tailbunkers while some Wavecrests came in and launched some water attacks. Ingrid came flying in and skewered a few Wyverns and then Winston jumped in the air and slammed the Wyverns to the ground, tossing one to the side where Luminary and Erik took care of it and then he got hit by some water based attacks from a Wavecrest as he turned around and backhanded a Wavecrest, making it easy prey for Genji. A few Tailbunkers were sucked up by Kirby and then he spat them out and hit some soldiers.
"Shite, we're surrounded!" Gloria yelled as soldiers and Heartless surrounded her, Hop, Marnie, Piers and Lysithea.
"You want a piece of us?!" Piers yelled, punching a soldier in the chest to knock him over. "Yah! Take that!"
"There's still too many of them!" Marnie said.
"Not for long." Lysithea said and closed her eyes, glowing a few seconds later and aimed her hands at the Heartless and soldiers. "You are all irrelevant!" She yelled, unleashing hell on them with Dark Spikes to make an opening, dealing massive damage to them all as they all stared at Lysithea in surprise. "Just because I'm small doesn't mean I know a few tricks!"
"…Can you teach me that?" Gloria asked, earning a slap upside the head from her Cinderace. "Ack! I was kiddin', lad!"
As the chaos was happening, Widowmaker got into position and aimed her Sniper Rifle into position. "Hmhmhm~ Time to pick them off~" She said and then looked into the scope, looking to see Sniper and Takumi in cover and shooting anyone that got close. "Hmm… too easy…" She looked to see Engi adding more bullets into his Sentry, she looked around for some more dangerous target and laid her eyes on Reimu. "Ah, the miko." She smirked and rested her finger on the trigger, smirking. "Au revoir."
She pulled the trigger and the bullet went flying toward Reimu… but a soldier got hit with the bullet instead who was knocked back by Noir. "Oh!" Noir yelped as she saw the soldier go down, and then she instinctively looked up to see Widow who just looked bewildered. "We have a sniper!" She called out. "The same blue lady who took out Medic!"
"What?!" Reimu yelled and looked up, scowling. She then had an idea and quickly flew off into the crowd, finding Marisa who used Aura on a couple of Heartless.
"Hell yeah!" Marisa smirked.
"Marisa!" Reimu said as she turned around. "We got a sniper. The same one who killed Medic and was about to take me out in Galar."
"Oh hell, her again? What do you propose we do?" Marisa asked and then heard a manly yell and saw Heavy punching a soldier in the face. "…You thinking what I'm thinking?"
"Yes. We need to get him some cover, just in case."
"Got it!"
Widowmaker scowled. "Fine… I'll kill someone else then." She said as she looked around before spotting Bernadetta. "Yes, she'll do nicely." She said, aiming directly at her, completely unaware of a Pegasus flying above her.
SLAM!
"What?" Widowmaker turned around to see Heavy on the rooftop with her, and Brigitte was with him.
"You!" Heavy snarled, revving up Natasha.
"Hmm! Well well… it looks like I'll have you as target practice." Widowmaker said, aiming her Sniper Rifle at Heavy and firing but Brigitte activated her shield and blocked the attacks. The two of them nodded and walked together at her. She let out a scowl. "I can break that shield easily!" She said, changing Widow's Kiss into automatic mode and started firing at the shield as they got closer. The shield started to crack as Widowmaker smirked devillishly. Brigitte was determined to get Heavy across safely. She wasn't going to let this lady destroy her shields for nothing. She got closer and closer as the shield started to crack further… and when they got closer, the shield shattered as Widow smirked wickedly and pulled the trigger, but heard a click instead. "…Ugh… merde…" Widow groaned.
"Now!"
"RAAAAAAAH!" Heavy yelled, shoulder tackling Widow to knock her down. He then raised his fists to crush her but she rolled out of the way… but thanks to his strength, it caused the roof to cave in and caused both of them to fall.
"Heavy!" Brigitte exclaimed.
End BGM
Heavy slammed into the ground as Widowmaker landed on a balcony, both of them groaning but they got up. "Well, this is the perfect place for you to die." Widowmaker said.
"Heavy will avenge his fallen comrade!" Heavy snarled. "I promise you… you do not mess with doktor."
"Hmmhmmhmm… just how long can you keep up with me, I wonder?" Widowmaker smirked.
BGM: Takin' on the Shagohod (Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater)
Heavy revved up Natasha and shot Widowmaker, forcing her to use her grappling hook and quickly went over to an upper ledge, but Heavy shot underneath her, weakening the ledge and toppling it over and forcing Widowmaker to hop to a different side, which Heavy did the same thing. So that's his plan, making me lose the high ground. Hmm, this calls for a distraction. She thought and tapped into her ear piece. "Sombra, do you read me? I need backup! I'm facing an angry two ton sack of croissants with a machine gun! Requesting back up!"
"On my way… hermana."
Widowmaker raised an eyebrow, wondering why Sombra said 'hermana' so differently and in a different tone, but she shouldn't be worrying about that as she went over to the balcony, where one of Heavy's bullets managed to sever the grappling hook, her eyes widened in surprise and fell just underneath the balcony, landing on Heavy's level. "Good!" Heavy smirked.
"Fine then!" Widowmaker glared at Heavy and threw a Venom Mine at the ground, activating it as Heavy quickly held his breath as Widowmaker ran in and kicked Heavy in the gut and then did a flip kick. Heavy shook it off and punched Widowmaker in the face, sending her crashing to a wall as he aimed Natasha at her and shot her as she front flipped out of the way and aimed Widow's Kiss at her and shot him, forcing him to take cover behind some rubble as Widowmaker smirked and then ran over to Heavy as he got up, only to get socked in the face and then jumped on top of him and tried to snap his neck, but Heavy grabbed her legs and threw her to the ground and shot her, but she rolled out of the way just barely and kicked him, but Heavy grabbed her leg and punched it hard enough to make a snapping sound.
"AAAAGH!" Widowmaker cried as Heavy picked her up and punched her, slamming her into some rubble. She used the rubble near her to stand up on her good leg. She aimed Widow's Kiss at Heavy… right as Sombra showed up near her.
"I'm here, hermana."
"Hmhmhm. Good… you're just in time to see him die." Widowmaker said, shooting Heavy in the knee as he cried out in pain and fell to the ground. "There, now we both have bad legs. Now to seal the deal." She said, aiming directly at Heavy's head. "Au revoir." She smirked… when she suddenly felt something sharp entering her back. She let out a loud scream and fell on her knees. She looked up to see Sombra standing before her. "Sombra… did you… why did you…"
End BGM
"Hmhmhm… Sombra is long gone." She said, smoke appearing out of thin air as it turned out to be none other than Spy. "Your precious friend turned tail the moment I encountered her in battle. She said that she had other things to do than waste time in battle and threw her voice com at me."
"No… you… that… traitor!"
Spy chuckled. "She had plans to take out that witch, but she could not get to her in a large war setting such as this. I'm afraid… that she's no longer a part of Talon." He then looked up. "And I believe someone is ready to finish what he started." He said, watching Heavy get up, fighting the pain in his knee and stomped his foot into the ground to get Widow's attention.
BGM: Art of War (Team Fortress 2)
"I promise you… pain without end." Heavy said, cracking his knuckles as he limped over to Widowmaker, but his limping soon ceased as he walked normally over to Widowmaker and towered over her. He wasn't going to let some bullet in his knee stop him! He picked up Widowmaker by the throat and punched her face repeatedly, then he picked her up and slammed her spine into his knee a la Bane. She let out a pained gasp of air and then he threw her to the ground and picked up Natasha… but he wasn't going to riddle her with bullets. Oh no, he decided to bash her skull in with it, slamming it into her face repeatedly. Her body was twitching at this point as she was gargling for air… then he picked her up one last time, grabbing her by the arms and legs and basically tore her in two before tossing both sides to the ground, and then finally raised his foot and crushed her head until nothing remained.
End BGM
"That. Was. FOR DOKTOR!" Heavy yelled as Spy let out a chuckle and patted Heavy on the back while Reimu and Marisa, who had watched this from the hole in the roof along with Brigitte, fist bumped each other.
"Whew… I do not want to get on his bad side." Brigitte said.
"Widow, come in. Do you read me?" Reaper's voice echoed from the ear piece. "Amélie, do you copy!"
Spy picked up the ear piece and let out a chuckle. "Widowmaker is no more. She isn't as half the assassin she turned out to be."
"Grrrr… you'll pay for this!"
"Try us." Spy smirked, crushing the ear piece with his fingers.
At the monastery…
"Grrr… they're leaving me with no other choice." Rhea said. "I must fight!" She quickly transformed into The Immaculate One and flew off, landing in the middle of the battlefield on top of her own soldiers and roared.
"Well, it looks like she's turned her ugly head!" Gajeel smirked.
"This has gone on long enough! I will protect this monastery!"
"Well, you're sure doing a bang up good job if you landed on your own soldiers!" Gray called out.
"SILENCE! This is where it ends for all of you!"
"No… we won't fall to the likes of you." Edelgard said, standing before her alongside Dimitri and Claude. "We'll take you out together!"
"Edelgard… I should have taken you out from the start, but Byleth had to interfere. No matter, I will do it MYSELF!" She let out a roar as everyone stood their ground as the trio looked at each other with a nod.
"Let's finish this." Dimitri said.
"Ready to knock her down!" Claude smirked.
BGM: The Apex of the World (Fire Emblem: Three Houses)
Rhea breathed fire at the gang, forcing them all to dodge the fire as Gajeel quickly used Iron Dragon's Club on the head of the beast as Edelgard swung Amyr down, Dimitri stabbed Rhea with Areadbhar and Claude quickly fired arrows from Failnaught. Byleth came running in and slashed at The Immaculate One, then noticed her raising her foot up as she jumped back as the others did as well. "Oh crap oh crap oh crap! That thing is huge!" Bernadetta yelled.
"We don't have a choice! We have to take that thing down!" Takumi said, firing arrows while Kamui went into her dragon form and breathed a torrent of water that slammed into Rhea while Dedue and Hilda swung their axes down while Lysithea unleashed Dark Spikes on her again. Rhea swung her body around, swinging her tail to send Winston, Soldier, Scout, Pyro, Alice, Nitori and Erik crashing into a wall, then she breathed fire in the air and caused meteors to rain down from the sky, forcing them to dodge the incoming flaming balls of death.
Bowser roared and got into his shell, rolling over to Rhea and slamming into her as Dorothea unleashed Ragnarok on Rhea and tossed a tome to Zelda after she used Din's Fire. "Here, use this!" Dorothea said. "I already have a spare!"
"Uh… okay… uh… Ragnarok!" Zelda yelled, as Ragnarok was unleashed on Rhea. "Whoa!"
"You're a natural!" Dorothea winked at her as Link aimed his bow at Rhea and fired an Ancient Arrow at her, striking her in the neck while Impa and Genji slashed at the beast while Tracer and Lucio shot her up. Reinhardt came flying past with his Charge and slammed his hammer into Rhea as she growled and roared loudly before unleashing more hellfire on them and swinging her head like a battering ram to send Elfman and Cana flying, while Erza stabbed the ground with her sword to stop her from flying, but her tail managed to knock Erza into a wall.
Genji got back up and his sword started to glow. "Ryujin no ken wo kurae!" He yelled, charging ahead and slashing at Rhea with sheer ferocity… but Rhea simply kicked Genji into a wall as she towered over him and was about to breathe fire right on top of him.
"Ryū ga waga teki wo kurau!" A voice suddenly yelled as twin blue dragons suddenly appeared and slammed into Rhea as she let out a scream and then saw rockets in the corner of her eye and slammed into her.
"Justice rains from above!"
"Wait, those voices!" Tracer said as they saw Hanzo and Pharah arriving at the scene, then saw Jack, AKA Soldier 76 running on top of a roof and firing Helix Rockets at Rhea, then jumping off and landing on the ground. "YES! The calvary is here!"
"A bit of a small calvary though!" Demoman said as Hanzo walked over and extended his arm to his brother.
"Need some help?"
"Mmm…" Genji took his arm. "It seems like you finally got it through your head?"
"Still working on it." Hanzo said, pulling him up before turning around and facing Rhea. "Let's take this dragon down together, brother."
"Yes, let's do it, brother."
"I do not care how many come to fight, you will still perish!" Rhea roared and breathed fire, but they avoided the fire breath and kept up their attacks on the Immaculate One.
"Alright, let's kick it up a notch!" Bowser said as he roared before transforming into Giga Bowser. He then ran toward the dragon, jumped over and slammed into her as she roared in agony and he grabbed on to her neck, his claws digging into her neck, giving his son some free hits with a few cannonballs and Luigi used his Thunderhand to create a massive storm and fired down lightning bolts at her, making her roar in agony as she fell limp to the ground.
"No… NO! I will not… lose to you…!" Rhea roared, trying to get Bowser off of her, noticing Edelgard running over to her as she violently kicked her.
"Nnngh!" Edelgard grunted, as the force of the kick somehow managed to knock her crown off of her as Rhea crushed it with her foot, still managing to attack despite Giga Bowser having a firm grip on her and clawing into her skin.
"Lady Edelgard! You alright?" Hubert asked as he unleashed Mire B on Rhea while Lysithea unleashed another Dark Spikes on her.
"Nnngh…" Edelgard shook it off, ignoring the blood coming down her forehead as her hair had been undone and was down to her back. "I'll be fine! Let's end this! Dimitri, Claude! Professor!"
"Way ahead of you!" Claude said.
"Let's finish this!" Byleth said.
"Together!" Dimitri yelled as the four of them ran toward the massive beast as she roared, breathing fire at the four while trying to ignore Giga Bowser clawing her on the back of her neck. One by one, the four of them started to glow a bright light.
"This battle is your last!"
"Strategy in motion!"
"On my honor!"
"Here is something to believe in!"
With all four of them yelling, Edelgard swung Amyr down, Dimitri thrusted Areadbhar, Claude fired a charged shot from Failnaught and Byleth swung the Sword of the Creator as all four struck at the same time. Rhea roared in agony before finally falling limp in defeat.
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Rhea turned back to the way she was, getting back and groaning. "Nnngh…" She groaned as she had seen everyone aiming their weapons and magic at them. She had seen the town was a complete mess but Garreg Mach was surprisingly still standing. "Wh-what…?" She wondered… and then a gap opened up and Yukari walked out of it.
"Well well well, it looks like you need my help after all." Yukari said and aimed her hand at them. "I thought for sure a dragon would do the trick but you are all still standing… but luckily you are all weak so this will make things easi-" She felt something sharp enter her gut as she had a look of surprise as she looked up to see Rhea plunging her own sword into her. "Wh-what…?!"
"You… you poisoned my mind." Rhea growled. "You made me not think clearly, making me think that visitors were heretics of the church, when in reality, it was you! You made me ruin the city and made me think friend was foe and foe was a friend! Now I know the truth."
"Nnngh! What are yo-AAAAAAGH!" Yukari yelled, feeling something entering her back, this time from a spear… and it belonged to the Gatekeeper himself!
"Looks like there was something to report… and it's time to get rid of this mess!" He said as everyone looked on in surprise as Yukari coughed out blood.
"C-Could use some help here…!" Yukari requested, and then suddenly Doomfist punched through Rhea and sent her flying… while the Gatekeeper was lifted up in the air by Sigma and tossed toward a wall.
"I got you." Moira said, putting her hand on Yukari's chest to heal her up while also removing the sword and the spear, then Reaper appeared in front of them.
"Never thought I'd see you again… Jack." Reaper said.
"Reyes…" Jack growled, aiming his gun at Reaper.
Yukari brushed herself off, snarling. "Tch… you can take the Crystal Star. I'll be waiting for you at my lair where I will properly destroy you!" She said and disappeared into the gap, as the others walked inside.
"Nnngh…" Rhea brushed herself off. "Care to explain what's going on? Who was that Shadow Queen?"
Marisa sighed. "Well, we got a lot of explaining to do."
Meanwhile, with the Pure Heart Hunters…
"Oh? It looks like we have something!" Shovel Knight said, feeling some energy go through the dirt as he dug it up to reveal the Pure Heart.
"Yes!" Kairi fist pumped. "We got it!" She said as Shovel Knight gave it to her. "Thank you."
"You are welcome. What is the meaning of this noble cause anyway?" Shovel Knight asked as they explained what was going on. "Hmm… I see! Well, I will join you on your adventures… but on one condition."
"What is it?" Ryoma asked.
"I bring my wife with me. We adventure together."
Kairi giggled. "Sure! She can come along."
"Splendid! Let us be off! FOR SHOVELRY!"
Meanwhile, in space…
"La la la la~!" A certain sassy little girl wearing a top hat was skipping around in her ship, holding a Pure Heart. "Man, I can't believe I found you floating in space, but I'm glad I found you!" She said as the Pure Heart started to glow and fired a beam of light at her window, showing a map of where she needed to go. "Hello, what's this?" She wondered as she took a look. "Something tells me this heart is showing me a fun place to go to!" She giggled and hopped on the driver's seat. "Let's go!" She exclaimed and took off.
Fun Fact! When Heavy was avenging Medic, I was originally gonna have Rage of Sparta from God of War 3 play instead... but I thought that would've been a bit TOO overkill...
Edit: Fixed an error that Ronan1511 pointed out. Thanks!