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"You want to do what?" Bowser asked in surprise.
"You heard me." Cinder said. "You had a turn against them, your minions had a turn, so now it's our turn." She smirked.
"Hmm… so you, Emerald and Mercury want a turn with those kids?" Eggman asked.
"Yes."
"Well, I suppose that can work." Bowser mused. "Just be careful, those kids aren't to be taken lightly."
Cinder smirked. "Just who do you think you're talking to, Bowser?" She said, a fireball conjuring in the palm of her hand. "I'm perfectly capable of such a task."
"Alright, your funeral." Bowser said as he walked off.
"Heh. Ye of little faith." Cinder smirked, then she closed her eyes. "What are you doing out of your room? You should be under castle arrest."
"Yeah no, it's my castle. I can walk around if I feel like it." Peach said. "Besides, I need the exercise anyway. I was having a little bit of cabin fever in my room."
"Hmph. Princesses like you should be locked in cages." Cinder said as she walked off. "If you'll excuse me, I must be off."
"Princesses like you should be locked in cages." Peach repeated in a mocking tone. "Hmph. I'm so glad Bowser started treating me like a human being a long time ago and gave me my own room in his castle." She said as she walked off. "The nerve of some people, I swear."
Meanwhile, back at the Observatory…
BGM: Rosalina in the Observatory 2 (Super Mario Galaxy)
Rosalina reappeared at the Observatory, now holding six Power Stars in her hands. "There we go. Six additional Power Stars." She said.
"Dang, that fast?" Nora asked.
"Yup." Rosalina nodded. "Now then, back to business as usual." She said as she walked off.
"So, what did you guys do?" Sonic asked. "You all look so beat up."
"Gensokyo… is not for the faint of heart." Luigi said.
"Yup, you got that right." Mario nodded.
"Ooof, that bad, huh?" Sonic chuckled.
"It wasn't bad. It was actually fun." Yang said. "But wow, those fights were brutal."
"Time stopping maids, vampires, half phantom swordswomen, a celestial that wanted to ruin Gensokyo out of boredom… take your pick." Blake said.
"Oh my…" Tails said. "Sounds like you guys have been through the thick of it."
"Tell me about it." Gloria rubbed the back of her head. "Especially that phoenix lass…" She shuddered.
"Wait wait wait… did I just see the Scot shudder?" Church asked. "You actually got scared of something? And here I thought you were fearless!"
"You want to take on a phoenix that could wipe the floor with everyone in a few seconds? Be my fockin' guest!"
"I do have to agree… Mokou did knock us all out pretty quickly. I'd say about… fifteen seconds tops?" Penny said. "And that was before a massive fiery phoenix appeared behind her."
"Ooooh, that'd explain it. Phoenixes can be terrifying!" Donut said.
"I can be fearless, but even I have my limits." Gloria said as she walked off. "…That reminds me." She elbowed Nora in the back before walking off.
"Ooof! Oh come on, we all lived!" Nora told her before sighing. "Ah well…"
"So, what did you guys do when we were getting our butts kicked?" Jaune asked.
"Heh, glad you asked." Hiyoko said and then pulled out two Power Stars. "I pulled double duty. You see, while you guys headed off to Gensokyo, I decided to take a look around the Bedroom to see what I could do instead of twiddling my thumbs-"
Pause BGM
Earlier…
"Hmm, hello, what's this?" Hiyoko wondered, staring at a galaxy. "Honeyclimb, eh?" She wondered to herself as she decided to launch herself over to the galaxy.
BGM: Blue Sky Athletic (Super Mario Galaxy)
Hiyoko gracefully landed on the platform and saw the climbable honeycomb in front of her. Her eyes immediately looked down and spotted a Bee Mushroom. "Ooooh!" She said as she walked over to it and picked it up. She then popped it in her mouth and then jumped up to front flip in the air. Hiyoko had on what looked to be a yellow and orange striped vest over a brown bodysuit as a base layer. The vest had slightly larger than normal wings. A pair of stingers were on the tops of her hands. She also had on a poofy skirt with the same yellow and orange stripe pattern, and had an antennae headband firmly attached to her head with honeycombs on the ends. Her hairstyle had changed from a ponytail to a honeycomb shaped bun.
"Ah, I just love these front flips I do." Hiyoko giggled and then looked at herself. "Hey, I look cute in this!" She said as she flapped her wings and then flew up in the air, using the honeycombs as landing pads to rest every once in a while, but she would continue to fly up to the Launch Star and flew off to the next planet. She was immediately greeted by meteors falling through the planet. "Oh wow, a meteor shower." She said as she gracefully flew around the meteors until she got to the Launch Star and flew off to the last planet.
Once Hiyoko landed, she flapped her wings and flew around, landing on some honeycomb as she heard a screech as she turned around and saw a Mandibug charging at her. She immediately jumped up to avoid getting bitten by the Mandibug… but she turned around and clenched her fist. "You want to play like that? Well, I STING YOUR FACE!" She yelled, punching the Mandibug in the head as it let out a loud pained cry before disappearing into Star Bits. "Good riddance." She said as she hopped off the honey and flew toward the Power Star, avoiding the Mandibugs while doing so as she grabbed a hold of it.
"Got ya!" She said as she flew off back to the Observatory.
End BGM
Hiyoko landed back in the Bedroom with a Power Star in her hands, as she walked out with a hum as she walked back to the main area, but then heard a siren go off. She would immediately turn and see that a Prankster Comet was in orbit. She would immediately head over to see where it was. "Freezeflame, got it." She said as she flew back to the Bedroom and then launched herself over to Freezeflame Galaxy. She would immediately land on a frozen platform and would spot an Ice Flower next to her. She flew over and grabbed a hold of it, then absorbed it as she flew up in the air and frontflipped.
With her eye color changing to a pale teal, Hiyoko's kimono changes to an icy blue trim kimono that looked like a masterfully painted mural - the bottom half had a snowy beach scene with an iceberg filled scene, and separated by a snow white obi, the top half had a northern lights illuminated starry sky. Underneath her kimono was a cobalt blue bodysuit covering her from the neck down. Her hairstyle changes to a pair of pigtails shaped like icicles.
"Heh, never get tired of it."
"Yah ha ha ha ha!" A voice cackled as Hiyoko would see a Cosmic version of herself appearing in front of her.
BGM: Cosmic Comet (Super Mario Galaxy)
"Oh great, another clone." Hiyoko rolled her eyes as she prepared for a fight, but the cosmic clone halted her and then pointed to the Power Star in the distance. "Oh? You just want to race?" She asked as the Cosmic Clone nodded. "Well alright then. Let's get it on!" She said as they readied themselves and then they both started running. However, Hiyoko immediately started to gracefully ice skate. She would notice her clone doing the same. Hiyoko would spot a gap as she gracefully jumped while also doing a 360 spin as she landed on the platform and did another jump, gracefully landing on the ice platforms and continued ice skating, looking behind and seeing her clone going the long way around.
Hiyoko would see platforms above her as she would jump, as the gravity would kick in and flipped her around as she landed gracefully and proceeded to ice skate toward the finish after jumping up to let the gravity take over from the platform above as she ice skated her way to the Power Star. She would turn her head to see the Cosmic Clone not too far from her. An idea popped into her head as she smirked, as she flipped around and fired ice at the platform in front of her, making a wall of ice to block her cosmic clone. The Cosmic Clone came to a halt and glared at Hiyoko who did a figure 8 in victory as she playfully stuck her tongue out at the clone before nabbing the Power Star.
"See ya!" Hiyoko waved and flew off with it.
End BGM
Back in the present…
"Piece of cake, really." Hiyoko let out a chuckle, letting the Power Stars fly up and flew into the core.
"I went to a galaxy as well." Byleth spoke up. "Though, I did have some help from Tails."
Earlier, at Bigmouth Galaxy…
BGM: Deep Dark Galaxy (Super Mario Galaxy)
Byleth landed on the fish planet. "Wonder why there was already a Launch Star…" She wondered as she spotted a golden chest. She walked over to it and rubbed her chin. She snapped her fingers and then swung her Amyr Replica into it, but it bounced off. "Mmph! Nope, that won't work." She said as she walked over to the water. "I guess my answer is down there." She said, when she heard something land behind her as she saw the X-Tornado behind her.
"Oh! Hey Byleth." Tails greeted as he hopped out.
"Tails? You fed that Hungry Luma?"
"Yeah. It was 800 Starbits. It was a bit steep but nothing we can't handle." He said. "Anyway, I called up the X-Tornado to go back to get something. I hadn't expected you to come over."
"So, what did you go back for?"
"These." Tails would pull out a Bubble Shield and a mask.
"A mask?"
"It's a Rebreather." He explained. "Perfect for long underwater trips. I gave this to Sonic a long time ago, but he wasn't interested. Wanna try it?"
"Mmm, sure." Byleth nodded, putting it on her face as Tails broke the monitor as a Bubble Shield surrounded Tails.
"Let's go!" Tails said as they dove underwater and swam around where they would see a Brick Block wall in front of them, but Byleth would destroy it with her Areadbhar replica as they would swim through a cavern and both of them would swim up to find a pocket of air, but would also see water above them. Tails would fly out of the water and grab Byleth as they went toward the other side, then swam over and found a Golden Shell. Byleth would grab a hold of it and would herself moving with it.
Whoa! Byleth thought as she went back down with Tails accompanying her as she guided the Gold Shell back to the starting area after getting used to moving around with it. Once they surfaced, Byleth and Tails walked over to the gold chest as Byleth threw it at the gold chest to have the lid fly open, and then Captain Toad came out.
"FREEDOOOOOM!"
"TOAD?!" Byleth and Tails yelled.
"Hmm? Oh hi! Found this Power Star in the treasure chest, but unfortunately, the darn thing closed on me and knocked me out. By the time I woke up, I was trying to figure out a way to get out when suddenly it flew open!" Captain Toad chuckled. "That's the last time I stick my head in a comically large treasure chest." He said with a sweatdrop. "Here ya go!" He gave them the Power Star.
"Thanks." Tails said and then looked at the X-Tornado. "You two want a ride back?"
"Sure!" Captain Toad nodded.
"Yeah." Byleth said as they hopped in while Tails got in the cockpit as the X-Tornado flew off.
End BGM
Back in the present…
"How did you let the treasure chest close on you?" Mario asked.
"I'm still wondering that myself." Captain Toad shrugged.
"Alright, well… I don't know about you, but I'm gonna rest up for a bit." Yang said as she walked off.
"Agreed." Blake said as they all dispersed.
With Yang…
Yang sat down at the edge of the Blue Typhoon, staring off into the vacuum of space. She leaned back and placed her hands behind her. "Aaah…"
"Admiring the cosmos, are we?" A voice asked as Yang turned her head to see Palutena approach her.
"Oh, hey." Yang said as Palutena sat down next to her. "Yeah, just resting after a chaotic world like Gensokyo." She chuckled.
"I thought so." Palutena said.
"Aren't you supposed to be finishing up Weiss' armor?"
"Ah, Ibuki's doing the finishing touches on it." Palutena said. "She suggested I take a break."
"Wow, taking a suggestion from a human, are we?" Yang teased.
Palutena chuckled. "I wouldn't say that. I just volunteered to take a break."
"Liar."
Palutena rolled her eyes. "Oh, whatever." She said as both girls chuckled. "…So, listen… about what I said to you in Galar…"
"Hmm?"
"I… I'm still a bit mad at you for what you did to Pit, but… I can tell that you're trying to change."
"Oh, yeah, well, it's not exactly easy. I guess Ruby just gave me a wake up call… though I couldn't get past her running away like that so we just… you know, beat each other up until she finally asked for help."
"Yeah, Ruby needed it." Palutena agreed. "Though I am surprised. You honestly look chipper considering your mom yelled at you."
"…How did you…?"
"I have an all hearing ear."
Yang sweatdropped. "Riiiiight… well, yeah, it did sting and it brought me to tears, but I know she was venting because she wasn't there at the time and she just needed to get it off her chest. I know she didn't mean Byleth would make a better sister. It was a heat of the moment thing and to be honest, we don't really mean what we say during those moments."
Palutena looked at her in surprise. "You knew she didn't mean-… but she said you were a horrible sister and-"
"I know. I've been doing some reflecting and yeah, I have been doing dumb things like neglecting Ruby and tormenting the heck out of K. Rool. Mom telling me that I was a horrible sister… that didn't sting at all. But what did sting was her saying Byleth would have made a better sister. That actually brought me to tears compared to the other… but I don't really blame her for saying that. She clung on to Byleth and… she couldn't rely on me… but you know what? I'm planning on changing that."
"Re-refle-… reflecting?! You?" Palutena said in surprise.
"I mean, we are in space. It does give you time to think when we're not busting our butts collecting Power Stars."
"I mean… yeah… but, I never thought I'd hear that from you! Then again, I never thought you'd apologize to K. Rool so… you are continuing to surprise me."
Yang let out a chuckle and looked out at the stars. "Ya know… I don't blame you for not forgiving me. Chances are, you're still not ready to apologize yet."
"Honestly… I've been trying to work on that, but… I think I'm still stuck in the past." Palutena admitted.
"Guess even goddesses have stuff to work on too, huh?"
Palutena closed her eyes, letting out a chuckle. "I suppose you're right." She said.
Unbeknownst to the two, Summer was watching the duo along with Tai. "I have to say, she handled that better than expected." Tai said.
"I'm… actually surprised myself." Summer said. "She saw right through that…"
Tai put a hand on Summer's shoulder. "Yeah, she's heard enough of that to the point where she doesn't seem all fazed by that anymore. I do have to say though… Byleth?"
"Well, I was venting… just needed to get it off my chest." Summer admitted. "So yeah, I know I said it but I didn't actually mean it. I never thought that would be the one to sting her." She let out a sigh.
"You just had a lot of pent up frustration beyond the grave. I know I would've said something similar if our roles were reversed."
"I suppose…" Summer quietly said as she heard him let out a chuckle. "What's so funny?"
"Oh, I just pictured Byleth entering the family as a third sister." He chuckled.
"Oh suuuuure, have her enter the family as a sister considering you flirted with her at the Isle of Armor." Summer sarcastically said, causing Tai to stiffen. "Totally not awkward at all."
"Y-you know?"
"Oooh yeah." Summer smirked as Tai started sweating. "Oh relax, hon… I'm just messing with you." She giggled, winking at him.
"Phew…"
"Hmm…" Summer would look at the Kitchen nearby. "I'll be right back." She said as she walked off.
"Where you headed off to?"
"Gonna try something. I won't be long!"
"Oookay then." Tai shrugged.
"Dodged a bullet there." Qrow said as he walked by.
"Oh hush."
With Blake…
"Eevai!" Luna gushed, her eyes sparkling at the book that Blake was reading with her
"Hmm…" Marisa leaned in to get a closer look at Blake's ears.
"Uh… can I help you?" Blake asked.
"Oh, I'm just taking a look at your cat ears." Marisa said as she reached for them and tugged at them gently.
"Ow!"
"Yup, those aren't fake." She said. "Reminds me of Velvet in all honesty."
"Yeah well, that's what we Faunus are like. We're just born with a certain animal trait."
"I thought so." Marisa chuckled. "I've got nothing against you Faunus folk. You're honestly pretty cool in my book."
"Oh really?"
"Yup!" Marisa nodded. "Heck, you Faunus type could fit right into Gensokyo. Velvet would make good friends with the Moon Rabbits and you'd probably make a few new friends consisting of Chen and Orin. They're cats too… though the latter is a bit of a hell cat." She shrugged. "Ah well, I'm sure you three would get along."
"You think we'd blend in?" Blake asked.
"Yup! I'm pretty sure your race could fit right in. Plus, there's not really any discrimination, so heck, it's practically paradise if you don't mind the danmaku being flown around every so often." Marisa would turn to Reimu who was taking a nap on the top of the library. "What do you think, Reimu?"
"Eh... Sure, I guess…" Reimu said, waving her hand as she turned on her side and falling asleep. "Zzzz…"
"Odd place to take a nap." Blake said.
"Eh. She takes naps on the roof of her shrine. Doesn't faze me too much." Marisa chuckled.
"That does sound intriguing… though I think I prefer staying in Remnant."
"That's fine, I'm not rushing ya." She chuckled as she sat down next to Blake and rubbed Luna's head.
"Vai~!" The Eevee nuzzled into her hand, causing Marisa to giggle.
"Cute!"
With Rosalina…
"Alright, let's take a look here… oh! We're locating a Grand Star!" She said. "Alright, anyone willing to go with me?"
"We'll go." Jade said as her team walked ahead.
"You're all rested?"
"Yeah." Jade nodded.
"Well, except for Xena." Dark Xena said. "Apparently Flan wore her out more than we thought."
"Zzzz…"
"Can't even wake her up." Dark Xena shrugged. "Ah well, I'll stick around for a while longer." She chuckled.
"Alright, then let's go." Rosalina said as they took off for the Dark Matter Plant.
BGM: The Fiery Stronghold (Super Mario Galaxy)
Rosalina and JINX landed on the ground, but Rosalina saw the dark matter in front of her and gasped. "Guys, stay close. You do not want to touch that."
"What is it?" Nyx asked.
"That is dark matter… and if you touch it-" She immediately spotted a Dry Bones walking around on a moving platform. The Dry Bones attempted to cross over, but the platform moved faster than it had expected as it let out a yelp and it fell into the dark matter, where they watched the Dry Bones disintegrate in front of them as it let out pained screeches before disintegrating completely. "That will happen." She said as JINX looked absolutely horrified.
"…Holy shit…" Iris whispered.
"Did… did that just…?!" Jade looked horrified while Nyx had nothing to say.
"Ooookay, that's horrible… even for me." Dark Xena had paled at the sight. "Okay, we're sticking with you!"
"What she said!" Nyx said after finding her words.
"Space is not for the faint of heart." Rosalina told them as they carefully walked across the moving platforms while dodging the Dry Bones and the Egg Robos. As they made their way through the area and making sure none of them would fall into the Dark Matter, they would come across two gravity changing areas with different shaped platforms, with them being careful not to fall off the platforms and falling to their doom.
"Phew… I think we're in the clear." Jade said.
"Yeah." Nyx nodded as they turned to see two capsules nearby. They would walk over and see a Black Wisp and a Purple Wisp as Nyx and Dark Xena would free the two, though the Purple Wisp would hiss at Dark Xena.
"Easy there, little guy… I'm not gonna hurt ya." Dark Xena said, gently reaching her hand out toward it as it continued to snap at her, but slowly examined her hand and then floated up toward Dark Xena curiously as did the Black Wisp that circled around Nyx.
"Hmm…" Nyx mused, looking at the Black Wisp and then looked at Dark Xena. "She still sleeping?"
"Let me ask her. Hey, you awake yet?" She asked.
"Zzzz…"
"Still out. Then again, we're both heavy sleepers."
"I think I might know how to wake her up." Nyx said, nodding at the Black Wisp as it went inside of her. A black aura surrounded her as her eyes turned black. She immediately pulled out her crossbow with a smirk.
"BOMB!"
"Up and at 'em!" Nyx would fire off a massive bomb arrow that exploded.
"Zzz-HUH WHA?! WHERE AM I?!"
"Hey, it worked!" Dark Xena grinned. Morning, sleepy head! You've taken a long rest.
"Is… is Flandre okay?"
Yeah, she's fine. She's feeling a lot better after we took the Ztar off of her.
"The… what?"
I'll tell you later. Right now, we're about to get a Grand Star.
"Oh wow… Flan must've worn me out more than I thought."
Dark Xena let out a chuckle. It happens. Wanna take over?
"Sure."
Dark Xena closed her eyes, letting Xena take over as she opened them and looked at her team. "Hey guys!"
"Hey sleepy head. How are ya?" Jade smiled.
"Well rested. At least my wounds are healed." Xena said.
"Interesting… letting the other take over not only has you rest, but also heal your wounds." Rosalina mused. "Fascinating!"
"Yeah." Xena giggled.
"She told you about what we're doing, right?" Iris asked.
"Of course." Xena nodded as she looked off in the distance. "What's that dark substance ov-… oh god…" She backed up in horror.
"Hmm?" Nyx looked at her. "You okay?"
"Y-yeah, I just flashbacked to what Dark Xena saw earlier."
"Makes sense. Both of you share a body, it'd make sense that you'd share the same brain." Jade said.
Thanks for horrifying me.
"You're welcome~!"
Xena let out a sigh, turning around. "Let's go." She said as they walked along the path until they reached the final platform.
End BGM
"Why hello there." A voice said as Cinder, Emerald and Mercury approached them. Cinder was in her Stealth outfit complete with her mask, while Emerald and Mercury had similar outfits and masks, them being their own colors respectively.
"Really, we're not fighting Bowser?" Jade asked. "Well, alright, I guess we can fight his lackey."
"Who are you? Newbies?" Nyx asked.
Cinder scowled at the "Newbie" comment. "No… we're not." She said. "And for the record, our names are Jessica, Katie, and Yuri."
"Yuri? Sounds more like a girl's name if you ask me." Xena said.
Mercury frowned. "I'll have you know that Yuri can be a guy's name too. And for the record, I happen to be a very handsome Yuri at that."
The girls sweatdropped. "Oooookay then." Jade said.
"Enough talk." Cinder said. "Let's begin our battle. If you win, which I doubt you will, the Grand Star is yours."
"Sounds good." Rosalina said as Cinder snapped her fingers, as the gravity from the planet above them pulled them toward it as they all landed on the planet. "You four handle Katie and Yuri." Rosalina told them as she turned to Cinder, summoning her wand. "Jessica's mine."
"Sounds good to me." Nyx said as they all got ready to fight.
BGM: I'm The One (RWBY)
Mysterious Masked Trio - Cinder, Emerald, Mercury
Mercury ran over to JINX as he swiftly jumped over them and landed between them, swiftly kicking the four of them on different sides. "Let's make it even." Mercury said as he rushed at Jade and Xena while Emerald pulled out her guns and aimed them at Iris and Nyx, then started shooting at the two, but the two of them dodged these as Iris aimed and fired at Emerald, their bullets clashing into each other as Nyx ran over and shot her with a flurry of arrows. Emerald rolled out of the way and shot at Nyx, which she flipped around and shot at Emerald.
Mercury rushed at Jade, quickly kicking at her and shooting her with his boot to knock her down. Xena would slash at him but Mercury would kick it off of her and smirked, as he swiftly axe kicked her but she held him in place with her telekinesis and then swiftly shot at him with a psychic wave. Mercury was knocked away as Xena switched her sword to its bow form and then she fired explosives at him, but he was able to kick at them to make them explode in mid-air. He ran through the dust and then delivered a spin kick at Xena, but then got hit by an ice blast from Jade's Poltergust.
Rosalina clashed with Cinder as Rosalina jumped back, conjuring a shield to block the arrows shot at her as Cinder rushed at her, using her semblance to conjure up a sword as she slashed at her but Rosalina would block each attack as she swung her wand to block the attack. "You think you can fool me with that disguise of yours, 'Jessica'?" Rosalina grunted. "If that's even your real name!"
"Guess there's no fooling you." Cinder smirked as she would deliver a hard kick to Rosalina to push her back as Cinder would rush over and slash at her, but Rosalina would teleport to the side and then aimed her wand and fired a laser from it, but Cinder would conjure up a shield and blocked the attack. "Surely you can do better than that."
Rosalina reached into her dress, pulling out an Ice Flower. "Mario's not the only one who keeps a stash of Power Ups." She said, absorbing it in her hand as snowflakes appeared on her dress and her hair turned into a ponytail with blue highlights appearing on her bangs.
"Big mistake." Cinder said, aiming her hand at her and shooting out fire as Rosalina shot out ice, both of them clashing as a misty explosion covered the two as they rushed into the mist.
Emerald would kick Iris down and then shot at Nyx to keep her at bay. She then smirked as she stared directly at Nyx as she got up… and then saw a bunch of Emeralds surrounding her. "What the…?!" Nyx wondered as the Emeralds smirked and charged at her. Nyx closed her eyes and used her Semblance. She detected movement to her left as she put electric dust into her arrow and shot at Emerald.
"AAAGH!" Emerald yelped as she fell on one knee, convulsing from the electricity. "How… how were you able to see through my semblance?!"
Nyx smirked. "Screw you, that's how." She said, letting the Black Wisp get into her body.
"BOMB!"
Nyx quickly shot a bomb arrow at the twitching Emerald, hitting her head on as she let out a loud scream as Iris ran over and slashed at her to knock her to the ground to defeat her.
Mercury would see Emerald down as he let out a growl. He quickly did a break dance as his shots formed a tornado to surround Xena and Jade. He then went through an opening and rushed toward Iris and Nyx. "Alright, let's see what you can do." Xena said as the Purple Wisp went inside of her, as a purple aura surrounded her and her eyes turned purple.
"FRENZY!"
"RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" She roared, as her whole body turned purple and her eyes turned a creepy yellow as she went through the shots and absorbed some of it where she felt her power increasing from it as she dove for Mercury, tackling him to the ground as Mercury turned around.
"The hell?!" He yelled as he tried to kick her off, but the shots were absorbed into her body as she picked him up and slammed him into the ground a few times before suplexing him to the ground. She then jumped up and landed on his gut with her elbow. She then picked him up and let out a monstrous roar before slamming him into the ground once more to defeat him.
End BGM
Once Xena was done, the Purple Wisp came out of her as she was panting. "Holy… hell… did I do all that?"
"Daaaaaaamn girl! You just went crazy without needing my help! Though I could tell you were holding back."
"Really?"
"Yeah. I mean, it's understandable since you don't want to go completely overboard. But imagine if you didn't hold back…"
"That's… unsettling."
"Don't worry, I'll teach you everything I know… once I use the Frenzy for myself to see what I can truly do! I'd be the life of the party!" Xena sweatdropped and then lightly slapped herself upside the head. "Ow! Too much?"
"A little."
"Pffft, you don't know what you're missing."
With Rosalina and Cinder…
BGM: Sacrifice (RWBY) (Start at 1:04)
Rosalina was launched back but she immediately recovered as Cinder rushed at her and slashed at her, but Rosalina conjured up an ice sword and blocked the attack, as she parried Cinder's attack and then swiftly waved her hand as icicles were shot out as Cinder would blast the icicles with fire blasts, where they exploded in mist. Rosalina teleported behind Cinder as she conjured up a snowflake and blew into it, creating a blizzard to blind Cinder.
Cinder crossed her arms and unleashed a fiery shockwave that canceled out the blizzard as she rushed at Rosalina, jumping up in the air and conjuring up a few arrows as she fired a few at her but Rosalina clapped her hands together as the arrows pierced through her with an explosion as Cinder smirked, but when the smoke settled, she noticed that an ice clone was in place. "Huh?!" She said as Rosalina grabbed her by the shoulder and then threw her across the planet while also throwing down a small comet at her.
Cinder recovered as she rushed at Rosalina, quickly conjuring up another blade and swung down, but Rosalina held her there with her telekinesis and threw her to the side, but that didn't stop Cinder as she rushed at her again, this time throwing a fireball as Rosalina would throw an ice ball, both of them colliding into each other and creating a misty explosion as both of them went inside the mist. Cinder was launched out as Rosalina raised her right leg and thrusted into the ground as icy stalagmites rushed out at Cinder and struck her.
"Rrrgh!" She growled as Rosalina rushed at her as her wand turned into an icicle as she swung the icicle but Cinder would jump back… however, it would cut up her collar as Rosalina's eyes widened, letting out a small gasp as she saw something on her neck.
"What horrors did you witness that set you on this foolish path?"
"Shut up!" Cinder snapped back. "You don't know a damn thing about me!" She said, conjuring up crystals and shooting them at Rosalina but she blocked with an ice shield.
Guess I struck a nerve. Rosalina thought as Cinder angrily rushed at Rosalina and quickly slashed at her repeatedly but Rosalina would gracefully dodge these swings as she swiftly kicked her up in the air as she then teleported to Cinder's location as she conjured up an ice hammer and swung it down to send her crashing to the ground as Rosalina gracefully landed near her. Cinder got up and grabbed Rosalina by the collar, using her hand to grasp her neck.
"Let's see how you like it!" She snarled as her hand started singing Rosalina's neck as she let out a pained cry, but Rosalina would grab on to her arm, using her ice to freeze Cinder's arm as she let out a yelp and let go of Rosalina as she then conjured up an ice ring and threw them at Cinder to hold her in place where she snapped her finger as the ice rings exploded on her. "AAAAAAAAAAGH!" She screamed as the mist disappeared as Cinder's aura flickered and dissipated.
End BGM
Rosalina aimed her wand at Cinder. "Stand down." She said.
"Rrrgh… fine… you can have that damn Grand Star…" Cinder glared at her. "But you won't be so damn lucky the next time we meet!" She said. "Katie! Yuri! Let's go!" She ordered as Emerald and Mercury regrouped as Cinder gave Rosalina a hard glare before throwing a fireball down to create a makeshift smoke bomb. Once the smoke disappeared, the three were gone as a Grand Star shot out of the planet and greeted the five.
"You alright?" Xena asked.
"Yeah, I'll be fine." Rosalina said as she took the Grand Star. "Shall we?" She asked as the team nodded, then they flew off together.
Meanwhile, back at Peach's Castle…
"Hey mama Peach!" A voice said as Peach turned around and saw Junior approaching her.
"Oh hi Junior… you do know I'm not actually your mama right?"
"I know, but you're so caring and so sweet… it just makes you a mama to me."
"Aww…" Peach knelt down and hugged Junior. "You are just the sweetest, most precious Koopa I've ever met!"
Junior chuckled and hugged her back. "Thank you, mama Peach!"
Suddenly, the doors slammed open as Cinder stormed in as Mercury and Emerald walked in, but were calmer than Cinder. Though, Emerald was a bit miffed over her semblance being cancelled out by Nyx. "Of all the NERVE."
"Oh, looks like someone had a bad day." Peach smiled.
"Zip it!" Cinder snapped.
"Oh no, seeing you completely frazzled gives me such joy." She said. "So, who knocked you senseless? Was it Mario? Luigi? Ooooh, was it Daisy? Oh no, wait… was it Ruby? It was probably Ruby wasn't it? Oooor maybe it was Nora! Or Yang! Maybe even Pyrr-"
BGM: Face It! (Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories)
"I SAID SHUT UP!" Cinder yelled, launching a fire attack at Peach who immediately pulled out her frying pan and blocked the attack.
"Maybe it was a combination of all of them." Peach smirked.
"Do you want to die? Because I'm damn sure I'll give you that!"
"Oh please, with your frazzled state, you wouldn't do too much damage." Peach taunted as Cinder rushed at Peach and slashed at her, but Peach calmly blocked the attack with her frying pan as she kicked Cinder in the knee and then delivered a Peach Bomber to knock her back. Cinder launched fireballs at Peach but she quickly dodged them as Cinder rushed at her and swung the sword down, but Peach pulled out a Toad doll as Cinder hit the doll, which caused her to be sent back by the counterattack.
"Works every time." Peach smirked, putting the Toad doll back.
"Rrrgh…!" Cinder growled.
"Cinder, calm down!" Emerald pleaded, but Cinder refused to listen as she fired arrows at Peach but she was able to gracefully avoid these. Cinder would conjure up a fireball when she felt something on her shoe. She would look down to see a Ralts trying to stop her from attacking her mother, something that made Peach gasp.
"Aphrodite?" She whispered.
"Get off of me!" Cinder said, removing her boot from the Ralts and delivered a swift kick to send her flying to a wall.
"NO!" Peach screamed as she rush over and dove for her, catching her as she slammed into the wall, but kept Aphrodite safe. "Nnngh!"
"So you care for that little creature? I guess both of you will die together!" She said, and then noticed Junior getting in the way, spreading his arms out.
"I'm not letting you hurt mama!" Junior glared.
"Out of my way." Cinder ordered.
"No!"
"Then you're going to perish just like those two!" She yelled, aiming her bow at Junior and pulled the string… and then released the arrow. However, someone got in the way and grabbed the arrow, and then slugged her in the face to send her crashing to a wall. It was none other than Bowser himself.
End BGM
"Just what do you think you're doing?" Bowser glared.
"You…" Cinder glared back.
"Junior. Take Peach and Aphrodite back to her room."
"Sure thing, papa!" Junior said and took Peach's hand, then took her to the room with Peach holding on to the Ralts.
"What do you think you're doing?!" Cinder yelled.
"What do you think you're doing!" Bowser snapped back. "We don't harm our prisoners!"
"You've gotten soft!" Cinder said. "When I first heard of you, I thought of you as someone who can take care of business… but now that I've seen you for who you are, you've got no bark at all."
"Hmph! I at least treat Peach with respect!" Bowser said. "But you going out of your way to harm Peach just because you can't handle a loss is crossing the damn line! Especially since you almost harmed my son."
"Your son?" Cinder got up. "Your son couldn't even handle Mario and the others. What makes you so sure he can handle it?"
"Because I know he can handle them!"
"Hmph, clearly, you don't know your son that well." Cinder said. "If he was able to handle it, then he wouldn't have given up the Grand Star or the Chaos Emerald so easily!"
"My son is a capable fighter!"
Cinder smirked. "No, he's capable of losing so well because you are a terrible father. You call yourself a great dad, yet Junior loses all the time. What makes you so sure that you're a capable father? Sounds to me that you don't even know how to raise him right."
Bowser clenched his fists. "You don't know what you're talking about! You think it's easy raising a kid as a single father? Let me tell you something, I'm doing a pretty good job raising him right!"
"Heh, it definitely shows how incapable you are." Cinder said as she turned around. "I think Junior would be happier if he was raised by someone who's a more competent parent than you." She said and then walked away.
"THAT NO GOOD…" Bowser punched a wall in frustration as he walked off. "I'll show her…" He grumbled.
With Cinder…
"Cinder." A voice said as Cinder turned around and saw a Seer Grimm approach her.
"O-oh! M'lady!" She said and then bowed.
"How is it going over there? You seem… frazzled."
"Well, you see… this space bitch defeated me in battle and-"
"Spare me the details. I do not care if you had won a battle or lost. I need to know how it is going."
"Y-yes, of course. The galactic conquest is going smoothly. We are near completion of making our own galaxy at the center of the universe. With it, you can rule the universe as your own, my queen."
"At the center, you say?"
"Yes, although it might be fifty feet… give or take."
"I see. You are making progress."
"Indeed."
"Continue making this so-called galaxy… and maybe I will pay a visit." She said. "Oh, and Cinder… you best keep that anger of yours in check. There may be a time where you will fall due to your hot headed ego."
Cinder looked down and nodded. "I understand. Without you, I am nothing." She said, the two of them unaware of a certain egg-shaped man overhearing the conversation.
"Good. Farewell."
The Seer turned around and then floated away from Cinder. She would then hear footsteps approaching her as she would turn to see Eggman. "And what do you want?"
"I just want to have a friendly little chat." Eggman said.
"I see…"
"You know, I'm curious about something. What do you want the most? What do you crave?"
"Oh, it is quite simple. I want power. I want everyone to bow down to me."
"Ah, so you want to look down at people who are against you?"
"Yes. And nothing will stand in my way."
"And what kind of power do you want?"
"Don't tell anyone of this, but I want the Maiden powers. Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter. I want all of the power to myself… and nothing will stand in my way once I have all four of them."
"Maiden powers, hmm?" Eggman mused. "Sounds intriguing, but if it something that you want, I will not get in your way."
"Good, because you are a mere obstacle to my plans."
Eggman let out a chuckle. "Indeed I am. I am nothing more than an obstacle to your plans. However, may I offer some advice?"
"Hmm?"
"I suggest you watch your back. You never know who will stab you in the back." He said and then walked off.
"Tch… no one will do that." Cinder said and walked the opposite way as Eggman walked into his workshop and closed the door. He then let out a smirk and pulled out a recording device from his pocket.
"This should prove quite useful in the future."
Just what does Eggman have in mind? You'll just have to wait and see! ;)