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Ruby sat next to Summer, her eyes looking down on the ground. "So… you came back just to help out defeat Dark Ruby?"
"Yes." Summer nodded. "The moment I saw her nearly killing you and destroying your mind to the point where you ran away… I couldn't just sit there and do nothing. I wanted to do something. I wanted to help… so I decided to do something about it and came back. Unfortunately, Maya didn't take it too well and thought I was haunting her."
"What'd she do?"
"Swung a folding chair at me. She claimed it was an accident when she realized it was me."
Ruby winced. "How do you accidentally swing a folding chair at someone?"
"I asked her the same thing." Summer shrugged.
"So… what happened after I used my silver eyes?" Ruby asked.
"Dark Ruby was shot into the void by the Blue Typhoon's cannon."
Ruby's eyes sparkled. "There's a cannon?! Oh, I wanna see that!"
"Easy there, kiddo…" Summer said, gently holding her in place.
Ruby blushed. "Sorry… couldn't help it."
Summer giggled. "It's fine."
"So… is Dark Ruby dead?"
"As far as I'm concerned, she isn't." Summer said. "Sure, I helped out and cut off her arm and leg and watched her blast out of a cannon, but knowing how Dark Ruby works, I don't think she's dead."
"So, you just incapacitated her?"
"Pretty much." Summer nodded. "Grif thinks I wanted to make her suffer, but I disagree."
Ruby chuckled but then sighed again. "So… after Dark Ruby's gone for good, you're going back…"
"Afraid so." Summer solemnly nodded, but then patted her on the head. "But don't worry, my main focus isn't going to be just on Dark Ruby… I'm going to take this opportunity and spend time with my family." She smiled, hugging Ruby as the latter teared up and hugged her back. "Also, considering you just used your Silver Eyes, I'm definitely going to help you work on using it effectively on Grimm."
"That's fine with me." Ruby smiled.
"Although… there's something that I need to get off my chest first." Summer said.
"And what's that?" Ruby asked, as she earned a smack upside the head from Summer. "Ow!"
"Oh!" Pit and Tai winced.
"You ran away without even telling anyone first?! You could've been killed by Dark Ruby in Galar! You gave everyone heart attacks, especially your father and your sister! What would've happened if they found you but they didn't find you alive?! I don't think anyone would live with the fact that they didn't get to you in time!"
Ruby whimpered. "This again? I'm sorry…"
Summer hugged Ruby tightly. "They were all worried about you… I don't know what they would do with themselves if you had gotten hurt… or worse." She said. "Heck, I wouldn't know what I would've done…" She then pulled away and kissed her on the forehead. "We all love you… and if there's something that's bothering you, just tell us, okay?"
"Okay…"
Summer ruffled her hair. "I just needed to say something if I was there in Galar with you." She said. "…Now speaking of getting stuff off my chest, I need to go tell off your sister." She said as she got up and walked off.
"You okay?" Tai asked.
"Yeah… I'm just not used to mom scolding me." Ruby said, rubbing the back of her head.
"Yeah, she was… a whole different person." Pit admitted.
Tai let out a chuckle. "Your mother can be quite scary when she's mad. Trust me, her mood swings when she was pregnant with you was… definitely an experience. In my opinion, she was worse than Raven when she was pregnant with Yang." He then looked at Ruby. "But can you blame your mother? I could tell that even she was worried about that stunt you pulled."
"Yeah I… definitely deserved that." Ruby looked to her father. "You think she's gonna be hard on Yang?"
"Yang's a big girl, she can handle it." Tai said and then sweatdropped. "I hope."
Outside of the Blue Typhoon…
BGM: Rosalina in the Observatory 2 (Super Mario Galaxy)
"Wooooow!" Penny said as she was looking at the Seregios. "This is amazing! Oh, the stuff that I miss when I go to look at the Sonic Power Cannon!"
"I swear, this is a running gag with you." Grif said.
"We defeated a mole and ice queen over here defeats a dragon!" Sarge said. "…Wanna trade?"
"No." Weiss responded.
"Drat!"
"But why did you bring it back?" Weiss wondered.
"Because it can make some really good armor!" Palutena responded. "After all, you were the one who killed it, so I believe you oughta be the one to wear it."
"Hmm, you sure?"
"Absolutely!"
"Okay then." Weiss nodded.
"Ohohoho man, you're gonna look sick with this armor!" Yang said.
"YANG XIAO LONG!"
Yang flinched. "Oh geez… I know that tone of voice…" She said as she turned around to see Summer approaching her. "Uh… aheheh… hey mom!" She waved nervously.
"You have some nerve…" Summer said as she kept approaching her… and then grabbed her by the ear and dragged her away. "Come on, we need to talk!"
"OW! Ow ow ow ow! Watch the ear! OW!"
Blake winced. "Oooh… she's gonna get an earful."
"Considering what she's done… she deserves it." Palutena said. "…So! What color of the armor do you want?"
"White, obviously. Gold doesn't suit me."
"I had a feeling!"
"Oh wow! That is so cool!" A voice said as they turned to see Ruby, Tai and Pit approached them.
"Feeling better?" Weiss asked.
"Yeah." Ruby nodded. "So what's this?"
"A Seregios. Weiss killed it." Qrow said. "Yang called her up and told her this bad boy had killed Azure's mother, so she and Travis helped take it down and she dealt the final blow."
"Oh wow! That's cool!" Pit said as she noticed Palutena was busy extracting the skin off of the Seregios. "Lady Palutena, what are you doing?"
"Making some armor for Weiss."
"Oooh, cool!"
"I wonder if I could make some cool designs with my Tessans…" Hiyoko mused. "Or cool designs with Ibuki's guitar."
"Hmm, a Monster Hunter guitar…" Ibuki rubbed her head, picturing it. "That sounds too good to pass up!" Her eyes sparkled. "All of the yes!"
"Knew she'd like it." Hiyoko chuckled.
End BGM
Meanwhile, with Summer and Yang…
BGM: Just Wondering (Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories)
"Alright, young lady…" Summer had dragged her between the kitchen and the bedroom. "You mind explaining to me what the HELL you were doing all this time?"
"What are you talking about?" Yang asked, rubbing her ear.
"Oh, don't give me that. You know exactly what I'm talking about. Killing Ruby's boyfriend, dismissing it in front of Palutena, killing a bunch of Cataquacks in Delfino-"
"Hey, those Cataquacks deserved it! They destroyed that watermelon too many ti-"
"ZIP IT." Summer yelled, causing Yang to flinch. "Bragging about what you did to Pit in front of your father, no, not just your father, but in front of EVERYONE. Making fun of K. Rool to the point where he went past his breaking point… don't get me STARTED on what you did to that night club. And then there's the fact that you weren't even THERE for Ruby. You didn't even bother to check on her after Dark Ruby beat her up or filled her head with nightmares! No, you were busy with something else like giving K. Rool a hard time even AFTER he did all that to you at DK Isle. What did you do when you got back? You thought Ruby needed therapy so you asked Byleth to watch over Ruby, a complete stranger no less!"
"Well, it worked, didn't it? Ruby was back to normal until Dark Ruby had to make herself known!"
"And while I do appreciate Byleth working with Ruby… honestly, Byleth would have made a better sister than you."
"Huh?! What are you-"
"Oh, you know exactly what I mean. You didn't even think about Ruby, all you cared about was being selfish and thinking of ways to tormenting K. Rool. I'm surprised that people still want to hang out with you after all you did, especially with that temper of yours and your psychotic tendencies. And even if you finally apologized to Pit and Palutena, one of them still hasn't forgiven you yet! But honestly, Yang… Ruby is your sister. You're the only family she has when you guys are at Beacon or you're doing a fun adventure with the Mario Bros, but Ruby couldn't rely on you anymore… she was desperate. She had to find someone else to be there for her, and so Byleth found her and Ruby stuck with her! She's lucky Byleth is such a nice person, because what would happen if Ruby found someone that wasn't as nice? They would've used her desperation to their advantage to the point where she wouldn't be the same girl anymore!"
"Mom, I-"
"I'm not finished! There were plenty of times that you could have been there for Ruby, but no. You didn't even give her the time of day. And when you finally DID notice something was wrong with Ruby, it was far too late. She ran away so she could train! She clung to Gloria and Bea because she couldn't rely on you. It got to the point where you and Ruby had a falling out once you reunited! She couldn't rely on you because frankly, you are a terrible TERRIBLE sister and honestly… I'm just very disappointed in you."
End BGM
Yang stood there, her head looking down as tears filled her eyes. Her fists clenched as her body trembled. "You're right… I am…" She whispered.
Summer's face softened, opening up her arms. "Come here." She said as Yang hugged her mother tightly while Summer hugged her gently, as Yang was crying into her shoulder.
"I'm… I'm such an idiot…" She quietly sobbed. "After all I've done… how can Ruby even stand to look at me?"
"Because she still loves you." Summer said.
"How can she? I'm… I'm a mess…"
"Yes, but… we can work through this." Summer said as she pulled away and looked at Yang's misty eyes. "We've got a lot of time before Dark Ruby is dead and I'll be damned if I don't help you work through this problem of yours. You may be a wreck, but you are my daughter. And by golly, I'm gonna make sure we're going to get through with this no matter what."
"You… you sure?"
"Absolutely. We're family, and that's what we do." Summer said, kissing Yang on the head. "Now come on, let's head back." She said as she gently took Yang's hand and took her back to the others, where they would see Palutena measuring Weiss.
"Mhm… uh-huh… okay… I see." She mused and then nodded. "Just what I needed to figure out." She then conjured up a table with a sewing machine attached to it. "Now let's get to work on this. You can go to a galaxy if you want to. It's gonna be a while."
"Oooh, mind if Ibuki helps? She's an excellent seamstress!" Ibuki said.
"Sure! The more the merrier!"
"Sweet!"
"So what's this Galaxy that popped up on the screen?" Sonic asked as he looked at the map.
"I'm not sure." Rosalina mused. "I've never even heard of Gensokyo."
"Gensokyo?" Jade perked up as she and her team turned to her. "You mean where Reimu and Marisa are from?"
"Huh?" Rosalina turned to her. "You know them?"
"Yeah, Reimu helped us out when we were traveling the cosmos and fighting those Jambastion guys." Nyx explained. "Marisa came in way later after we were abducted by Shroobs, but yeah, those two are cool."
"Interesting… have you been to Gensokyo though?" Rosalina asked.
"Not… really." Xena rubbed her head. "I wanted to but, Ruby went missing so we had to find her first… but of course, I had to deal with my dark self and then we wound up in Beach Bowl."
"We've been to Gensokyo!" A voice said as they turned to see Nora and Ren.
"You have?" Iris asked.
"Yeah! Jaune and Pyrrha were looking for Ruby in Dreamland while Ren and I went to Gensokyo! It was actually quite nice!" Nora said.
"So like on a date?" Washington asked, causing the two to blush deeply.
"Whaaaaat? No, of course not! Sure, we were together… but not together together. We were just looking for Ruby and… and… uh… Ren, help me out here!"
"What she said."
"Yeah!" Nora nodded.
"Those two are so in denial." Jaune whispered to Pyrrha.
"Yup." Pyrrha giggled.
"We can hear you!" Nora said.
"So if this Gensokyo is on the map, that would mean there are Power Stars to find there." Penny guessed.
"Oooh, good thinking!" Ruby said. "We can definitely go there and collect them!"
"Sounds good to me." Rosalina agreed. "Now then, let's go collect them." She said as they nodded where RWBY, JNPR, JINX, STQ, Penny, Mario, Luigi, Daisy, Rosalina, Pit, the Blood Gulch Crew, Gloria, Carolina, Washington and Travis headed off for Gensokyo, where they all launched away from the Bedroom.
At Gensokyo…
BGM: Argue For and Against (Touhou 10.5: Scarlet Weather Rhapsody)
"Zzzz…" Reimu snored away on the roof of the shrine while Marisa was sitting on the porch, playing some game with Suika.
"Checkmate!" Suika smiled.
"Huh?! No no no, there's no way you could've-" Marisa glanced at something in the corner of her eye. "Hmm?"
"What is it?" Suika asked.
Marisa walked out of the porch and saw the group flying toward them. "What the…" She whispered as the group landed on the ground with a thud.
"Zzz… wha…?" Reimu wondered as she looked at the group while rubbing her eyes. "What the…" She hopped down and landed on the ground.
"Who are you people?" Marisa wondered.
"Wait a minute…" Reimu walked over to them to get a closer look. "…Guys?" She wondered as she then noticed JINX and Penny. "JINX? Penny?"
"Hey, been a while." Nyx waved.
"Salutations Reimu and Marisa!" Penny waved.
"Oh wow! I almost forgot about you guys." Marisa said, earning an elbow from Reimu. "Mmph! What?"
"Man, what brings you guys here?" Reimu asked.
"It's a long story." Rosalina said.
"Oh really? We have all the time in the world." Reimu said.
One explanation later…
"Hmm… so that Bowser guy invaded the Mushroom Kingdom along with this Eggman guy, where they stole Peach's Castle and hauled it up to space and unwittingly took you guys along for the ride, and you wound up in Rosie girl's Observatory and collecting these Power Stars and these Chaos Emerald things?" Marisa asked.
"That's pretty much it, yes." Yang nodded.
"Huh, and so they brought you over here." Marisa said and then folded her arms. "Hmm, come to think of it, I did see some shooting stars a few nights ago. Didn't really think much of it though."
"Well… I guess if the Power Stars came to Gensokyo, then that probably means we have a massive incident on our hands." Reimu said.
"Incident?" Mario asked.
"Basically when something happens in Gensokyo, we call it an incident." Reimu said.
"Really? That's what you guys call it?" Nora asked. "No "Imminent Danger", no "Catastrophe", no "Major Situation", just… "incident"?"
"Pretty much."
"Man, that's boring!" Nora complained.
"Eh, I think it fits." Iris shrugged.
"Alright, so let's go find these Stars then!" Marisa said. "…The problem is, I have no idea where they are."
"Allow me to find them for you!" Penny said as she scanned the area. "Found them."
"Where are they at?" Qrow asked.
"Two are in a mansion, one is near a big tree, one is in a mountain, another is in some sort of forest, and one is in the sky." Penny reported.
Reimu folded her arms. "Okay, so two Power Stars are in the Scarlet Devil Mansion, the one near a big tree… that definitely sounds like the Netherworld. Youkai Mountain, Bamboo Forest of the Lost and… Heaven."
"Heaven?" Ruby blinked and looked at Summer. "Mom, were you-"
"Nope."
"Oh…"
"The only way to get to Heaven is if you go to Youkai Mountain." Reimu explained. "So, yeah… that's gonna be fun when we get up there."
"You've seen us where we've been weakened when we're out of our world." Marisa said and holding her Mini-Hakkero. "Now you get to see us at full strength! Let's go!"
"Now hold on just a second here." A voice said as a gap opened up as Yukari walked out.
"Gah! Where did she come from?!" Washington yelled.
"You guys are strong, but you get weaker when you leave Gensokyo. Considering you're at full strength, these guys over here won't even stand a chance." Yukari said as she turned to the group. "They'd be knocked out easily."
"So what do you propose?" Reimu asked.
"Simple." Yukari snapped her fingers as suddenly everyone felt a boost of power. "I've given them a boost of power and defense, so that they may stand more of a chance here in Gensokyo. They're going to need it." She then turned to the others. "It's only applicable only to Gensokyo, so as soon as you leave, it will go away. However, it will come back should you decide to visit us. You're welcome."
"Uh… thanks lass… whoever you are." Gloria said.
"Yukari Yakumo. Remember it well." She said and then hopped in a gap. "Have fun~!" She waved and then disappeared into a gap.
"…Who the HELL was that?!" Church asked.
"A friend." Reimu responded. "Now come on, let's go get those Stars."
"Why do I feel like we're gonna be in for a wild ride here?" Pit asked.
"You too, huh?" Weiss responded as they walked down the stairs.
End BGM
Gensokyo Star 1 - A Date With a Vampire - Reimu, RWBY, JNPR, JINX, STQ, Pit, Washington, Carolina, Blood Gulch Crew
"Uh…" Ruby stared at the gatekeeper once they made it to the Scarlet Devil Mansion. "Is she sleeping?"
"Yup. Lazy bones…" Reimu said.
"Hello? Hellooooo!" Nora snapped her fingers at her. "Wake up! Yoohoo!" She started shaking her. "Hey! Hey! Wake up!" She said, slapping her face.
"Zzzz…" Meiling snored.
"Nothing?" Jaune asked, waving his hand in front of her face.
"Nothing seems to wake her up, huh?" Qrow mused and then smirked. "Anyone got a permanent marker? I can easily draw a monacle on her."
"Qrow!" Summer scolded.
"What?"
"…You gotta add a mustache too!"
"Ah, I knew I was forgetting something." Qrow chuckled.
"Still a prankster, I see." Tai rolled his eyes, causing Summer to giggle.
"Hehehehe!" Nora activated her Thunder Hand, a little bit of electricity came out of her index finger.
"Nora, NO!" Ren yelled as Nora did so anyway, as Meiling's hair stood straight up.
"Zzzzz…"
"What…" Ren blinked.
"Wish I could sleep through all that." Grif said.
"How is that even possible?" Carolina wondered.
"Alright, had my fun~!" Nora smiled, pulling away from Meiling. "There's no waking up Snoring Beauty over here."
"Welp! We can just waltz right in." Yang said as she walked toward the gate, pulling her hand out.
"Yang, WAIT!" Reimu yelled.
"Huh?" Yang turned her head, only for a fist to enter her gut as she hunched over with a surprised expression on her face as she was launched away.
"YANG!" RBY, Qrow, JNPR, JINX, Pit, Tai and Summer yelled.
"What the hell?!" Church yelled as they turned to see that Meiling had just woken up, and was already in a fighting stance.
"No one goes through the gate." Meiling said.
BGM: Shanghai Teahouse ~ Chinese Tea (Touhou 12.3: Unthinkable Natural Law)
The Rainbow Dragon - Hong Meiling
"Yay, she's awake!" Caboose said.
"No, not yay! How is she so fast?!" Tucker yelled.
"Meiling, just calm down, we-"
"YAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" A voice cried as Yang rushed at her as she jumped high into the air and punched Meiling, but she blocked with her arms and delivered a flip kick to knock her up in the air, but Yang recovered and cocked her gauntlets. She immediately fired at Meiling, but instead of bullets coming out of her gauntlets, danmaku shot out instead. "Huh?!"
Meiling easily avoided the danmaku as she and Yang rushed at each other as both of them punched each other, then Meiling knee'd Yang in the gut to send her sliding. "Well, don't just stand there… help me out here!"
"You got it!" Tai said.
"Guys, hold on a second!" Reimu yelled as Tai and Qrow rushed at her and punched/slashed her but Meiling ducked and swiftly sweep kicked to knock the two on their back as Ruby and Summer looked at each other and with a nod, Ruby rushed at Meiling as white aura surrounded Summer's hands as a white scythe appeared and they both slashed at Meiling, but Meiling weaved through the cuts as Meiling did a spin kick and unleashed Vivid Chaotic Dance to knock the Roses to the ground.
JNPR, Pit, Weiss and Blake ran at him as they swung their weapons but Meiling gracefully dodged their attacks as she backed up, only to back into a gravity glyph that Weiss had made. "Hmm?" Meiling would look behind her as she looked over to see Weiss rushing at her and stabbing her a few times with Myrtenaster and she dismissed the gravity glyph as Meiling slid a few feet. She then put her hands together and fired colorful danmaku shots at them, while also keeping an eye on the Blood Gulch Crew where they were shooting at her.
"What is this colorful stuff coming out of my rifle?!" Church asked.
"I don't know. Just keep shooting!" Sarge yelled as Meiling gracefully avoided the danmaku as she was able to punch them down easily as she looked up and saw Carolina punching her, but she blocked with her fist and then flipped her over, then dodged a few danmaku arrows and bombs from Nyx and Xena, where she threw a Blossoming Light Orb at JINX, then was punched in the back by Yang as she slid a few feet as she turned to Yang and did a 'come at me' gesture.
"Rrrrgh!" Yang put her hands together as blue fire was formed in her hands as Meiling got into a stance as well, a more colorful aura surrounding her hands. "HADOKEN!"
"Flower-Adorned Morning Star!"
Both of these projectiles collided into each other, creating an explosion as Meiling and Yang rushed into the smoke and punched each other in the face and then the gut, knocking them both out as Meiling clapped her hands together. "Fierce Tiger Energy Release." She said as Yang's eyes turned red and her hair caught on fire as both of them rushed at each other… but two danmaku barriers blocked them from doing so.
"STOP!" Reimu yelled as she got between the two.
End BGM
"Reimu, what are you doing?" Meiling asked.
"They're with me! We were investigating something!" Reimu said.
"…Oh!" Meiling got rid of the aura. "Why didn't you say something?"
Reimu sweatdropped. "I tried."
"Ugh… so this is the "Welcome to Gensokyo" committee, huh?" Qrow asked.
"Welp… we're in for a bumpy ride." Blake said.
"Totally." Weiss agreed.
"You alright?" Ruby asked, helping her mom up.
"I will admit, I'm a bit rusty." Summer admitted. "Either that or we're definitely way out of out league here."
"You know in those video games where they add in an extra challenge in a New Game Plus mode? I feel like we're in that." Pit said. "I also feel sorry for all those characters in the games…"
"You're lucky I'm here." Reimu said as Meiling opened up the gates after having a chat with Reimu.
"In you go." Meiling said as everyone walked through. "Hey… blondie." She said as Yang turned around.
"I have a name, you know. It's Yang."
"I have to say, you're definitely quite strong." Meiling admitted. "You have a sparring partner?"
"Yeah, her name's Tifa."
Meiling smirked. "Then why not have another?" She said as Yang stared at her before chuckling.
"Sure, why not?" She said as she walked off.
"So, what's with this whole colorful stuff coming out of our weapons?" Simmons asked.
"Danmaku. If I have to take a guess, Yukari also modified your weapons so you don't kill us all with your otherworldly bullets, so they've been replaced with danmaku."
"So I can't do this to Grif in this world?" Sarge asked, proceeding to shoot him in the head.
"OW!" Grif yelled as he was knocked down, but sprang back up. "That stung like hell!"
"Drat!"
"…Why on earth would you do that?!" Reimu asked.
"It's their thing." Church said, causing Reimu to sweatdrop.
"Of course it is…" She sighed as they walked into the mansion. "Okay, so… I believe if we ask Remilia, she'll point us in the right direction." She said as they guided them toward their destination, but Xena turned her head toward the right.
"What's up?"
"I wonder…" Xena walked toward the right. "Penny mentioned there were two Power Stars here. Wouldn't hurt to scout around, would it?"
"You have a point. But considering that Meiling girl kicked our ass, we have to be careful."
"Right."
Back with the group…
"Ah, here we are." Reimu said as they walked in a huge throne room where they saw a Power Star floating above the throne.
"There it is!" Ruby said.
"Who are you?" A voice asked as they looked up to see a vampire floating above them.
"Is that… is that a vampire?" Jaune asked.
"Uh… I think we should let the Belmonts handle her." Ruby said when suddenly a barrier blocked their own escape.
"Too late…" Summer grimaced.
"Oooh… I think I made a mistake coming here…" Washington groaned.
"Remilia, we just need the Power Star." Reimu said. "We don't need to fight."
"No need to fight? You entered my room… and you want this beautiful star? Sorry, but I can't let you do that." Remilia said.
"Ah great…" Reimu groaned and then noticed something different in Remilia's eyes. Your eyes… they're completely different. She thought. "Hey, is it possible to get drunk on power over a Power Star?"
"Not that we're were aware of." Ruby said.
"Remilia might be affected by it." Reimu said.
"I don't have time for this." Remilia said. "I'll let you play around with my maid." She said, and then right on cue, Sakuya appeared before them. "Sakuya, dispose of them."
"Pffft, a maid?" Church taunted. "Please, what good will she-" They were all surrounded by knives. "Oh. Well shit."
Sakuya snapped her fingers, as the knives launched at them… but Pyrrha swiftly sent them all flying back, much to Sakuya's surprise. "What?!"
"You guys handle Remilia. We'll take the maid on!" Pyrrha said as JNPR, Carolina, a reluctant Washington, Pit, Qrow and Summer got ready to fight.
"Right!" Ruby nodded as they rushed at Remilia.
BGM: Flowering Night (Touhou 10.5: Scarlet Weather Rhapsody)
Time Stopping Maiden - Sakuya Izayoi
Sakuya quickly pulled out knives and then threw them at the group, but Pyrrha, Jaune and Pit would block them with their shields to protect the others as Carolina rushed at Sakuya and punched her, but she jumped to the side as Carolina then pulled out her Plasma Rifles, shooting at her but Sakuya would block these shots with her knives and then threw them at Carolina, but she stepped out of the way as Washington shot at her, but Sakuya would side step out of the way as she rushed at the group and slashed at them with her knives, but Qrow would block the attack as he would swiftly parry the attack and struck her chest. "Nnngh!" Sakuya jumped back as she noticed Summer rushing at her with a few of her knives in hand as she swiftly slashed at Sakuya, but she blocked the attack as she threw a few knives at Summer.
Summer swiftly jumped to the side and threw the knives at her, to which Sakuya blocked the attack as Qrow and Jaune slashed at Sakuya but she jumped back. A massive bolt of lightning struck Sakuya as she let out a yelp as Nora rushed at her while Ren ran from the side, shooting at Sakuya but she jumped up in the air and flipped upside down, throwing her knives at Nora and Ren but they jumped back as Pit fired a few arrows as Sakuya disappeared.
"Huh?!" Pit looked around as Sakuya appeared behind Pit and then surrounded him with knives. His eyes widened as he called upon his Guardian Orbitars to reflect the knives back as Pyrrha got into position and shot at Sakuya. Sakuya would turn to Pyrrha and dodge the danmaku and then threw the knives at Pyrrha, but she held her hand out to stop it with her polarity and shot it back at Sakuya. Sakuya dodged this and rushed at her, slashing at Pyrrha but she blocked with her blade.
"How are you able to deflect my knives like that?"
"I'm not telling you anything!" Pyrrha said, parrying Sakuya's knives as her fist caught ablaze and then she punched Sakuya in the gut and then delivered an uppercut to knock her up in the air, but Sakuya swiftly disappeared. "What?!" She wondered before feeling a knife at her throat as Sakuya was behind her. How is she…?! She wondered as she manipulated the flames to her elbow and then elbowed Sakuya in the chest, making her grunt as Pyrrha turned around and roundhouse kicked Sakuya away.
Sakuya shook it off and then jumped into the air, unleashing Jack the Ludo Bile and sent them flying everywhere. Qrow and Jaune would block these as Summer deflected them with her scythe while Nora had an idea, aiming her hand at Sakuya right as she summoned a knife. "Got ya!" She said, firing a bolt of lightning at the knife as it had conducted her electricity and electrocuted Sakuya.
"GAAAAAAH!" She yelled as Washington and Carolina shot at her.
Nora smirked as she jumped up in the air and hammered Sakuya to the ground where Pit got in position and slashed at Sakuya as Jaune and Qrow would slash at her to finish her off. "AAAAAGH!" She screamed before falling to the ground in defeat.
End BGM
"That was actually smart!" Pit said.
"Aww, thanks!" Nora grinned.
"So when did you get so skilled with knives?" Qrow asked.
"Remember that time when we used to throw knives up in the mountains?" Summer asked.
"Oh right… Raven bought throwing knives for all of us when we were camping out." He chuckled. "You, her and Tai were quite skilled… me, I was a terrible shot."
"But we had fun!" Summer smiled.
"Yeah, I suppose." Qrow chuckled.
"What was that teleporting she was doing?" Jaune wondered. "Not to mention the knives she kept summoning."
"Well, we'll just have to wait for Reimu to tell us." Washington said. "…Speaking of which…"
With the other group…
BGM: Septette for the Dead Princess (Touhou 10.5: Scarlet Weather Rhapsody)
Vampire of Fate - Remilia Scarlet
"Scarlet Gensokyo!"
"Ugh, you gotta be kidding me!" Weiss complained as they dodged the incoming danmaku that was shooting at them. "How much of this stuff does she have?!"
"A lot!" Reimu said, firing Yin Yang Orbs at her.
"I was afraid of that." Weiss grumbled as Ruby used her semblance to rush at Remilia and slashed at her, but she dodged the attack as Ruby kept slashing at her as she then summoned her Rose Palm, quickly firing a blast at her that knocked her to a wall but she flapped her wings to recover. A spear was then summoned in Remilia's hand and she threw the Gungnir at Ruby.
"CUBE!"
An ice wall blocked the attack. "You're welcome!" Weiss said as Yang jumped on the cube.
"DRILL!"
Yang rushed at Remilia, drilling into her but Remilia held her there and threw her back on the ground while Church aimed at Remilia. "Aaagh, I can't fucking see with all this colorful shit!" He cursed, shooting at Remilia but missed. "Dammit!" He cursed as Remilia snapped her fingers as chains suddenly grabbed a hold of Tucker, Tai and Nyx as she swung them around and then slammed them into the ground as Iris aimed her rifle and shot at Remilia, her danmaku hitting her as Ruby and Blake did the same thing while Weiss called up white glyphs and shot out icicles at Remilia.
Remilia smirked as she flew toward a wall and clung to it, smirking while activating Bad Lady Scramble, dive bombing at RWBY and slamming into the ground to knock the four away as Nyx got back up and shot a few arrows at Remilia, but she was able to dodge them as she turned around and lunged at Nyx, but then got hit by a stream of ice from Jade's Poltergust to knock her back as Tucker rushed at Remilia and slashed at her, but she turned around and swiped at him where Sarge and Simmons shot at Remilia from behind as she turned around and quickly swiped at them where Weiss and Blake rushed at the vampire as they both slashed at her, but Remilia turned around and grabbed Weiss by the throat and slammed her in the ground where she then fired danmaku at Blake, but she disappeared only to kick her in the side.
Ruby pulled out her Crescent Boomerang and then threw it at Remilia, but she turned around and grabbed the scythe. "What… you thought you could hit me with this pathetic thing?"
"Nope!" Ruby smirked. "That was just to distract ya!"
"Huh?" Remilia wondered as she was suddenly punched in the face by Yang as she was knocked back, but then Yang then punched her in the stomach to make her hunch over.
"SHORYUKEN!" She yelled, punching Remilia high into the air as Ruby got on one knee and aimed at Remilia, then pulled the trigger.
"LASER!"
Ruby shot a powerful laser directly at Remilia as pierced through her as she let out a scream as Reimu crossed her arms as she unleashed Fantasy Seal on Remilia, where the Fantasy Seal exploded on her as Remilia fell to the ground in defeat.
End BGM
"Ugh…" Yang fell on her butt as did the others while Reimu landed gracefully.
"For your first time here, you did rather well." Reimu said.
"Ugh… yeah… but… mom's right, we're way out of our league here…" Yang panted. "You guys okay?"
"I just had a vampire slam me into the ground! What do you think?!" Weiss yelled as the Power Star floated down toward them where Ruby took a hold of it.
"That's one down…"
"Out of what, like… six?" Yang guessed. "Gah, we're gonna get ourselves killed before we get all of them!"
"I wouldn't worry about that." Reimu said.
"Ugh…" Remilia rubbed her head. "What happened…?" She wondered as she turned to the Power Star. "That thing… I remember seeing this crash on the roof and when I went to examine it… everything went dark after that."
"Strange…" Reimu mused as Remilia walked over to it and grabbed a hold of it, looking at it.
"Mmm, I feel a sense of power coming through this… maybe it was just me not being used to its power…"
"Maybe we should ask Rosalina?" Ruby guessed as Reimu rubbed her chin in thought as she looked at it, but then noticed something that caught her attention as she started picking at it before peeling off the yellow to reveal a black color.
"A Black Power Star?" Reimu asked.
"What's with that black color?" Jaune wondered as the others approached.
"I'm not sure, but this surge of power I'm feeling from this… it's something dangerous, I'm betting." Reimu said. "Wait a minute, didn't Penny say there were two Power Stars?"
BOOM!
Everyone turned to see Xena rolling through the ground as she got up while holding her arm as two other Youkai landed near her. "You two alright?" Xena asked.
"I've been through worse…" Patchouli winced as she looked over at Koakuma who was KO'd.
"Aww, what's the matter? I thought we were still playing!"
"Shit…" Xena groaned.
"Oh no…" Reimu whispered.
Earlier…
Gensokyo Star 4 - In The Basement - Xena
Xena would walk around the hallway with a hum before she spotted a stairway that led downstairs. "Hello, what do we have here?" She wondered as she walked over to the stairs and looked down. "Hey, you getting some sort of crazy vibes from these?"
"Yup…"
"Let's go take a look." Xena said as she walked downstairs. She would slowly open the door and would see a Power Star on a shelf. "There it is!"
"Awesome! …Wait, this feels too easy."
"You think so?" Xena wondered as she aimed her hand at it and brought it over.
"Who… who are you?" A voice asked as Xena turned her head to see someone approach her.
"Is that… a vampire? I've never seen a vampire with such wings… kind of reminds me of Marx."
You thought the same, huh?
"You smell… human. Who are you?"
"Xena Ayami, and what's yours?"
"Flandre Scarlet, but everyone calls me Flan." She said.
"Well, nice to meet you."
"Holy shit… Xena, look at the ground!"
Xena glanced down, seeing a bunch of destroyed teddy bears on the ground. Ripped off heads, arms, feet… it was a mess. "Are these… yours?" Xena asked.
BGM: Scent of Silence (Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories)
"Yes… well, they were… until I destroyed them." She said. "I've been locked away in this room for such a long time… all because of my… ability. My ability to destroy things easily. They say I'm crazy… mentally unstable. Lock me in here like I'm sort of pest. They say it's to protect everyone… but no matter how hard I try, they won't listen. It's like they won't listen to some crazy person like me!"
"…Xena, does she… remind you of anyone?"
Yeah… us. I think we can relate.
"Yeah."
"Flan… I know what that's like." Xena said.
"Hmm?"
"Locked away in some room to protect others from harm… I know what that's like. I've been down that road before."
"You have?"
"Yes, I have. There was an incident from my childhood that made me… develop a split personality and caused me to be mentally unstable. I've had episodes where I thought I would never come back, but I've had the therapy I needed to get to being who I am right now. I've got past my mental instability, and can use my split personality to my advantage."
"Split… personality?"
"Mind if I take over?"
Go for it. She looked at Flandre. "There's someone who wants to speak with you." She said and then closed her eyes as Dark Xena took over as Flandre looked at her in awe.
"Did you just change your clothes?" Flandre asked.
"It's more to that. I'm her dark side. A more crazier version of her, but… I've mellowed out. Xena and I… we worked out our differences and we became one. We know what it's like to be mentally unstable, we've been down that road plenty of times. Yeah, there was a time where we were locked in some mental hospital to get the treatment we needed, and we both hated it. When we got out, we still had some episodes… some very bad ones at that." She shuddered at what she did at the Beanbean Kingdom and in the Shroob UFO. "But, like the other dork said-"
"Hey!"
"We worked past it. So we know what you're going through, Flan."
"Yeah… but I don't have a split personality. I'm just an ordinary unstable vampire… whoopie."
"You can be more than that." Dark Xena smiled and extended her hand. "We can help you out." She said. Switching back to you now.
"Okay!"
Xena switched out as she still extended her arm out to Flandre. "We can get through this… together." She said. "We crazy ones gotta stick together!"
Flandre smiled. "I would love that… but I do have a request."
"Hmm?"
"Can you… play with me for a while? It's been rather lonely being so isolated."
"Of course!" Xena smiled. "We would love to!"
Flandre smiled. "My only companion was that Star… and I've been feeling not as lonely, but seeing someone here… makes it all better." She said, when she suddenly activated her Lavatein.
End BGM
"Flan… what are you doing…?" Xena asked.
"Come on, let's play!" Flandre said, suddenly getting a crazy look in her eyes as she jumped up in the air.
"LOOK OUT!"
Xena quickly dove for cover as Flandre swung her Lavatein down, destroying a bookshelf.
BGM: UN Owen Was Her? (Touhou 6: Embodiment of Scarlet Devil)
Destroyer of Instability - Flandre Scarlet
"Okay, you got any ideas?" Xena asked.
"Well, I got two ideas. One, we run like hell… or two: We try to fight Flan to get her to snap out of it."
"I can't believe I'm saying this, but I'm loving that second idea!"
"So am I! Let's get crazy!"
Xena pulled out her sword and rushed at Flandre as the latter did the same, both of them swinging their blades and clashing against each other. Both of them jumped back as Flandre swung her Lavatein to send danmaku her way but Xena aimed her free hand at block the danmaku and sent it back to her. Flandre rushed at her and kept swinging at her as Xena was able to block these attacks as she parried the attack and hit her a few times before throwing a psychic blast at her.
Flandre aimed her hand at Xena and unleashed Clock That Ticks Away the Past as Xena's eyes widened as she quickly tried to dodge the spinning lasers that was thrown at her. She then slid underneath a few bullets as she slashed up to knock Flandre back as she would then hold Flandre with her telekinesis. "Rrrgh…!" Flandre grunted as she aimed her hand at her and fired a spinning laser that struck her. She let out a yelp as Flandre grabbed a hold of her as she dragged her across the ground and then threw her to her bed. She would then launch Kagome, Kagome at her but Xena conjured up a psychic shield to send them back. She then floated up and flew over to Flandre and summoned a psychic axe and swung it down on Flandre, but she deflected the axe and fired point blank danmaku that struck Xena, but she powered through it and then fired a psychic wave that knocked Flandre back.
"Aaah… I haven't had this much fun in a while!" Flandre grinned, snapping her fingers as suddenly she split herself up into four.
"What the…?!" Xena yelled as she was pelted by all kinds of danmaku thrown at her but she put her arms in a cross and unleashed a shockwave that knocked the Flandres back. However, one of the Flandres flew over and grabbed her before throwing her out of the room and into the hallway. Another Flandre would punch her hard enough to send her flying into the library. "Nnngh!" Xena grunted as she got back up.
"Who are you?" A voice asked as Xena turned around to see Patchouli approach her along with Koakuma.
"No time to explain!" Xena said.
"Ah, Patchouli! You and Koakuma are playing with Xena too?"
"Playing? I'm not-… oh no." Patchouli paled as the Flandres ran in as they all swung their Lavateins at them but they jumped back as Patchouli aimed her hand at the Flandres to try to trap them in a water bubble, as it trapped a Flandre… only for it to disappear as the three others flew over and swung their Lavateins at them, but Patchouli would block this as Koakuma flew up and fired danmaku at the Flandres while Xena switched her katana to its bow form and then fired a few explosive shots at Flandre.
The two Flandres disappeared as the real Flandre unleashed Maze of Love. "Xena, was it? You gotta run through the maze to get to her!" Patchouli said.
"Right!" Xena nodded as she found an opening and ran through the maze while Patchouli planted her hands together as a fiery geyser shot out from underneath Flandre to try to stop her as Xena found her way through and slashed at her, but Flandre grabbed her katana with a smirk, but Koakuma would dive bomb Flandre and axe kicked her to knock her down. Flandre would grab the two and threw them away while unleashing Starbow Break at them.
"Water Sign: Bury in Lake." Patchouli said, firing giant ball-like danmaku while also throwing in lasers as Xena decided to help out Patchouli by firing explosive dust at Flandre where the latter decided to mix things up with Catadioptric. "Careful, these things bounce off of walls!"
"Got it!" Xena said as she picked up a few books with her telekinesis and threw them at Flandre, but Flandre would swiftly cut them in half as Koakuma would fly over and fire danmaku at her but she backflipped and then punched Koakuma to the ground.
"Hahaha! I'm having so much fun!" Flandre giggled and then unleashed And Then Will There Be None?, disappearing before them.
"Where'd she go?!" Xena looked around.
"Above us!" Patchouli said as a trail of danmaku rushed at them, forcing them to jump back. "There's nothing we can do about it. All we can do is dodge this!"
"Okay!" Xena nodded as they tried to dodge the attack when suddenly Flandre would slam into them individually and sent them flying out toward the hallway as they would try to recover but they would still get pelted by them.
Nnngh! This isn't how Flan usually does things with this spell! She's definitely tried out a new trick! Patchouli thought as she got into position. "Xena. Koakuma. On me!"
"Got it!" Koakuma nodded as she and Xena got into position as Patchouli would try to conjure up a shield… when she suddenly started coughing violently.
"Damn…! Not now!" Patchouli winced as Flandre slammed into them as they were thrown into a door, which just so happened to be where the others were at.
End BGM
"You two alright?" Xena asked while holding on to her arm.
"I've been through worse…" Patchouli winced as she looked over at Koakuma who was KO'd.
"Aww, what's the matter? I thought we were still playing!"
"Shit…" Xena groaned.
"Oh no…" Reimu whispered as Flandre walked through the smoke with a grin on her face.
"Ya know… you have a really skewed definition of playing…" Xena panted.
"Want me to take over?"
"Yes!"
"Alright!"
Xena closed her eyes as Dark Xena took over, as her injuries disappeared as Dark Xena stood up, ready to go. "Rest up, Xena… I'll take care of this." She said as Reimu joined Dark Xena, and was joined by Remilia as Sakuya let out a groan and looked up, seeing Flandre.
"Oh no…" Sakuya said as she flew over and landed near them.
Remilia would turn to the others. "The rest of you stay there! You're in no condition to fight my younger sister!" She said as she flew over and landed near them.
"I see you're in better shape than the last time we've met." Reimu said.
"Yeah… but right now, we gotta take down a vampire!" Dark Xena said as they heard heavy footsteps as Meiling came running in and tried to grab a hold of Flandre, but she elbowed her to knock her back.
"All of you came to play… hehehehe, this is going to be sweet!"
"Flandre, stop this! You're under the influence of the Black Power Star!" Reimu said.
"Black?" Dark Xena quietly mouthed.
"Hehehehahahaha! Oh, I never felt so alive! Let's see how long all of you will last!" She giggled.
BGM: UN Owen Was Her? (Touhou: Concealed the Conclusion)
"I hate to do this sis, but you're leaving us no choice." Remilia said as they got ready to fight her as Remilia flew up in the air as did Flandre. Both of them rushed at each other and punched each other as they flew back as Remilia would unleash Demon King Cradle while Flandre would swing her Lavatein at her. Meiling would fly up and axe kicked Flandre to the ground as she flew down and unleashed Intense Rainbow Fist, but Flandre rolled out of the way as Meiling punched a crater into the ground.
Sakuya and Dark Xena rushed at Flandre as Sakuya unleashed Soul Sculpture on her to knock the young vampire back as Dark Xena would teleport behind Flandre and slashed at her where Reimu would fly at her and unleashed a few Fantasy Orbs on her as she saw Flandre swat them away where Reimu then did a Sky Wind God Kick that would knock her up in the air as Patchouli would clap her hands and trap her in a watery prison. "That should hold her." Patchouli said, but suddenly Flandre aimed her hand inside her watery prison and clenched her fist, as the watery prison exploded. "WHAT?!"
"Hah!" Sakuya stopped time where she would then place knives everywhere to surround Flandre and time resumed for her. Flandre would swiftly dodge the knives and rushed at Sakuya and slashed at her, but Sakuya blocked with her knives and held her there as Meiling rushed at her and unleashed a Flower Adorned Morning Star to send her flying toward a wall, but Flandre recovered and rushed at them, where she would notice Reimu charging up a Fantasy Seal as she would throw a Kagome, Kagome at her but Dark Xena got in the way and blocked this with her telekinesis and sent it back where Remilia would snap her fingers and held Flandre in chains where Reimu finished charging and then unleashed Fantasy Seal that exploded on Flandre.
Flandre rushed through the smoke and would swing her Lavatein at Reimu, but Dark Xena blocked this with her katana. "Sorry Flan…" Dark Xena said solemnly, pushing her back with her telekinesis and then held her against a wall where she would throw a telekinetic explosion as she let out a pained cry before falling to the ground in defeat.
End BGM
However, Dark Xena would teleport to Flandre and catch her in her arms, gently cradling her. "Uuugh…" Flandre let out a groan. "My head… Xena…?"
"Shh, it's going to be okay." Dark Xena said as Reimu took the Power Star from Flandre and stripped off the yellow to reveal another Black Power Star.
"Just as I thought."
"What… what was that?!" Ruby asked.
"Flandre Scarlet. She's my sister." Remilia said. "She's mentally unstable, so we locked her in her room to protect herself and the others in Gensokyo…"
"We're mentally unstable too, or we used to be." Dark Xena looked to Remilia. "I'm just going to say this… isolation doesn't do any favors with mental instability."
"Yeah… I've noticed…" Remilia sighed.
"Wait a minute…" Nyx would look at the Black Power Star. "I know this design…"
"You do?" Weiss asked.
"Yes! I've seen this in a book once. These are corrupted Power Stars filled with corrupted energy… but there's a proper name for these kinds of Stars…"
"That being?" Summer asked.
"Ztars." She responded grimly.
"Corrupted energy… corrupted Power Stars known as Ztars…" Reimu said. "They corrupted the Scarlet Sisters and more than likely Sakuya…"
"What are you getting at?" Church asked.
"What I'm getting at… is that Marisa and her team are in serious trouble. Everyone in Gensokyo is in trouble."
Jaune let out an exhausted groan. "We're screwed…"
I was like "Surely, there's got to be an explanation on why Remilia is going crazy. Power Stars making them go wild? Hmm... oh, how about a Scarlet Power Star... no, there's already a Red Power Star... oh! Wait a minute, Ztars! That'll work!"