This is our final episode for the Final Fantasy VII Remake plotline. I will be bringing in new residents this episode. For reviews we have one from LiamTheYoshi.
"Sephiroth?! In the words of Knuckles, oh no...
Though it makes me wonder, how did you react when Sephiroth got into Smash Bros?"
I started freaking out the second I realized who it was. Sephiroth was literally one of the last characters I was expecting, heck I think I expected him less than I expected Steve. Next one is from UltimateCCC.
"If I were Joker before he goes into the Velvet Room, he must be prepared for Lavenza on account of her being quite demanding of hugs and talks of wanting to go out."
Well the whole point of what I have planned is to pair Joker and Kasumi, so that may not happen though I may hint towards Lavenza's slight feelings for him. And to respond to Generic Smash Bros. Fan and Charmander17. It's great to be back!
Now... enjoy.
Season 6 episode 4: One-Winged Angel
(January 26th, 2021)
Things have gotten far too hectic for everyone's liking. After finding Kamui, Azura, Rayman, Henry, and Lucario near death just last week Master Hand decided it was all hands on deck. It was clear Sephiroth was out there, but where was unknown. Despite all the trouble this had caused them there were some things in the schedule Master Hand couldn't quite change. Despite Sephiroth being a threat he still had new residents coming to the mansion today.
And once again waiting for their arrival was Mario and Cappy. The two were on the porch waiting for Kapp'n's bus to return. "So how many do we have coming this time Mario," Cappy had asked from on top of Mario's head.
"More than-a last time I think. We have-a Wolf's crew, more ARMS fighters, Dribble & Spitz, Henry who-a ended up getting here early, and-a then someone named Maruki," Mario said, giving a questionable glance at that last name. He never saw that one before. Before the red plumber could question it more the portal opened up and the bus came on through. "Okay-a Cappy let's get to-a work."
Cappy then went back into his normal form as he came off Mario's head. The resident of Bonneton then pulled out maps of the mansion and room keys. Kapp'n was the first one out as the bus doors opened. "Okay you two, I got the new batch of residents here."
"Yes, of-a course Kapp'n bring them-a out," Mario said. The bus driver nodded and made the motion for the others to come out as they're called. "So first up is-a Mythra from-a Alrest?"
"Yeah that sounds about right," Mythra said walking out of the bus. Due to her coming here it was made as a regulation for her to cover up some of her skin.(1) Her chest was now covered entirely and she was wearing black spandex on her legs and back. "Did I really have to put these on though? I've worn them before but still not quite used to it."
"We have-a lot of young ones here Mythra, it is-a necessity," Mario replied. Mythra simply rolled her eyes before walking into the mansion. "Okay after-a her we have Mechanica and Ninjara?"
"Right here Mario," Ninjara said, having appeared by Mario's side moments before. Causing the plumber to jump in shock. "Mechanica will be out shortly." Moments later they could see Mechanica attempting to get her mech out through the back door of the bus. "I don't even know how she got that on in the first place."
"Almost got it," Mechanica stated. With one final ram she got the suit out the back. The weight it ad caused the bus's suspension to jerk forward a bit once it was off. This caused the remaining residents on the bus to slam into the seats they were close to. "Sorry about that!"
"Mechanica, I'll-a have to request that-a your suit stays in the workshop. Is-a that okay," Mario said. Mechanica nodded as she hopped into the suit and powered it on. The red plumber handed the two the maps and the fighters walked inside.
Spring Man (The Bouncer)(2): Alright we have more friends here now. This'll be great. We should totally get together and spend a night out in the city.
Min Min (Ramen Bomber): I suppose that's not too terrible of an idea.
"Okay after-a them we have Dribble and Spitz," Mario said, and the dog n' cat taxi duo from Diamond City came off the bus. "It is-a great to see you two again!"
"You two Mario, and we get to be permanent residents now. How about that Spitz," Dribble asked his companion.
"Well, I'm gonna spend some time trying to remember where my normal napping spot was around here," Spitz said as he walked into the mansion. Dribble was close behind, he was likely going to search for Wario or Ashley.
Wario (Greedy Microgamer): No I didn't request anyone to come, Master Hand invited them personally since they were temporary residents in the past. If I did request for anyone it would've been Mona.
"Then we have Takuto Maruki," Mario asked since the name was unfamiliar to him. He then saw a man walk off the bus. Immediate impression that this was as sorta casual. He was wearing a lab coat over a light blue button shirt with a blue checkered tie. He was wearing khakis and sandals. "Nice to meet you, you're-a from Shibuya correct."
"Around there use," Maruki answered as he shook Mario's hand. "I'm a counselor at Shujin Academy, a school some of your residents here went to in fact. I need to be honest, I don't know why I'm here."
"I'll be honest, I don't know why either. Master Hand makes the decisions not me," Mario said. Maruki gave a laugh at that as the plumber handed him the envelope. Kapp'n walked up next to Mario at this point as Maruki walked into the mansion. "Last up, Wolf's crew?"
The next thing Mario, Kapp'n, and Cappy knew was that they heard music coming from the bus. They then watched as the four members of Starwolf walked off the bus and into a horizontal line, all wearing sunglasses. The one holding the radio playing the music was Pigma. Before Mario could question anything the camera went into a slow-mo effect as the bus exploded into pieces behind the crew. No one looked back at all. The camera sped up again as a piece of the bus hit Leon in the back. "Oh so that's why you look back at the explosion," he said.(3)
Mario and Kapp'n just looked on in shock at what they had witnessed, Cappy however gave the crew a deadpanned look. As if he expected this the whole time out of those four. Before anyone could say a word though Master Hand teleported onto the scene. "I heard an explosion, did Sephiroth get here," Master Hand asked in concern.
"No, those four just thought it was a good idea to try and be cool. And now we don't have a bus," Cappy explained pointing right at the four. Wolf's crew then slightly cowered as Master Hand gave them a very withering glare.
Wolf (Leader of Starwolf): This is partially the reason why I contemplated requesting my team to come here as residents… The rest of the reason? Mostly because of what they could say behind my back when I'm with the kid.
Trucy Wright (2028)(Child of Magic): Oh come on Wolf! I don't think it's that bad.
Wolf: Trust me, I'll never hear the end of it if they learn that I'm an honorary uncle in the future. Now if you excuse me… *grabs wand prop* your younger self asked if I could help with her magic tricks. *leaves*
Trucy Wright (2028): *snickering*
"Do you morons have any idea how much that bus cost me," Master Hand roared at the four, making them cower more. "I don't care if I'm essentially the president or whatever on this island it was still of 50000 smash coins because of the raygun add-on. And now as a punishment, you four are going to rebuild that bus. Make it good as new or better I don't care!" Master Hand teleported blueprints of the bus and laid them out in front of the crew before teleporting away.
Mario exhaled deeply with a facepalm before saying, "You boys are-a lucky that's-a all he's giving you. If we didn't have-a the Sephiroth situation right now you four would-a be doing a lot-a worse." With that said Cappy placed himself back on Mario's head as the red plumber turned around and walked back inside the mansion. Meanwhile Kapp'n walked over and sat down on the porch chair. He was the supervisor of this project.
Speaking of the Sephiroth situation Wii Fit Trainer was currently looking over the group that ended up in the infirmary because of the one-winged angel. Kamui, Rayman, and Henry were all still out cold due to the injuries they had received. Lucario was awake though while Azura was well enough to sit up.
Cloud and Aerith were currently in the infirmary as well, the former hoping to get some answers out of them based on what happened. "So what exactly did you all see when you took on Sephiroth," Cloud had asked Lucario and Azura.
"Well for one he could manipulate gravity itself in the alternate reality, sent us all over the place because of it," Lucario replied. "I personally ran through a building."
"I had to dodge a lot of concrete," Azura stated. "When Sephiroth attacked he was faster than any of us had expected. Before we knew it Henry was opening another portal to get us out of there. I was supporting Kamui as we left."
"I see, I think it's safe to say Sephiroth might have followed you through that portal and entered the real reality," Cloud said. He then walked over to the wall and placed his buster sword on his back. "Which means he's ready to attack, and we need to stop him."
"We should talk to Master Hand about this," Aerith said the ex-SOLDIER. With a quick nod the two left the infirmary.
Lucario then slowly managed to sit up himself. "You think they can take him. He appeared to be stronger than what Cloud had originally described him as?"
"If there's anyone that can take out Sephiroth. It's him," Wii Fit Trainer. She then noticed that Henry was beginning to open his eyes. The trainer walked over to them as he completely regained consciousness and said, "Welcome back Henry."
"This isn't heaven right," Henry joked, causing Azura to roll his eyes. The mage was fine. "Oh is this hell?"
"Neither, you are perfectly alive," Wii Fit Trainer said, "do not attempt to get up, your wounds would open."
"And about my feathered companion-"
"Tiki is currently watching over your crow as we speak," Lucario stated. Henry nodded the best he could, muttering something about how he could trust her.
Tiki (Naga's Voice): Well, he is currently bedridden. Looking after his pet is the least I could do for him. If only I knew what he fed the crow.
It was at that point Corrin walked into the room with a face of concern. "I'm glad I finally got the chance to see you two. I see sis is still out," he said as he approached Azura.
"Yes, Kamui got hit the worst. Mario, or well Dr. Mario I guess, said that she would be out for a week at most," Azura said looking over at the bed Kamui was stuck in.
"I wished I could've helped, but Master Hand only needed four."
"Well in a place like this I'm sure you still found something to keep you occupied," Azura said. She then looked away from the dragon prince for a second. "There's actuall something I want to talk to you about, regarding Valla."
Corrin then suddenly made a sound similar to his phone going off and pulled said phone out. "Oh, looks like Cloud wants my help with the whole Sephiroth drama. I better go, I'll be back later though." Corrin hastily left the room at that point with a dumbfounded Azura gawking in his wake.
"Why doesn't he want to talk about this. Kamui had no problem," Azura muttered to himself.
"His aura," Lucario said, causing Azura to look up. The pokemon had his eyes closed again. "The second you mentioned Valla his aura spiked in certain levels of fear and anxiety. Whatever is making him not want to talk about it, it might be related to that."
"What would make him so scared though," Azura said. She laid back down one the bed she was in with these thoughts stewing in her mind.
Spitz had learned that there was now a TV in the living room and was immediately checking it out. It took him a bit of fiddling with the remote but the taxi driving cat eventually got the TV on and laid back. It was on the news but he didn't care that much about that.
As he was watching the TV Link walked into the room and sat down on the adjacent couch. "Any reason you're here," Spitz asked.
"Master Hand wanted some of us to go around and see how the new residents were settling into the mansion," Link replied. He then looked away from Spitz and at the TV. "I can see you got back into the swing of things though."
"Yep, glad there's a TV in this room now, makes me want to stay in this room longer. It helps that not many people come in here during certain points of the day."
"I can agree with that." The news program at that point flashed the words "Breaking News" on the screen. "Well that's strange. Since when do we ever have breaking news here on the island?"
"Is crime not a thing here," Spitz asked Link. He would've thought breaking news segments would've happened more often.
Master Hand (Man of the Mansion): Oh crime is a thing here yes. There's are robberies, kidnappings, and sometime murder. We may be mostly peaceful but there is inside trouble. Some of that stuff though hardly makes it onto the news unless it gets taken to court.
"Whatever it is, it's most likely bad," Spitz said. He and Link then paid close attention to the oncoming headline. The cat felt his eyes widen as he read "Signs of the One-Winged Angel?" flash onto the screen. "That's not good is it."
"No that's the guy we're looking for," Link stated as he grabbed the remote. The champion then quickly turned up the volume so they could hear what was being said.
"Along with the mysterious portal that showed up on the island several days ago, multiple black feathers have been sighted raining onto some of the streets and even distinctive markings of a specific Masurame have been seen," said the newscaster. "We don't know where the One-Winged Angel is right now but we hope the Smash Mansion is looking into things."
"I need to get this report to Master Hand and Cloud, this proves that he's on the island," Link said as he darted out of the living room.
Mechanica had brought her mech to the workshop and already had it hooked up to a system so she could make any adjustments if necessary. Also in the workshop at the time was Coco Bandicoot, who had offered to help her set it up. "This thing's pretty hefty. How long did it take for you to make it," Coco asked as they two finished hooking up the suit.
"It took about maybe one or two years in total, I don't really remember," Mechanica answered as she turned on the laptop connected to the suit. She then pressed a couple of keys. "I need to run a quick diagnostics to make sure nothing got messed up in the drive over here."
Ninjara (Student of Stealth): Mechanica has persistence when it comes to competing in the ARMS grand prix. I actually met her once before she first entered. Ribbon Girl was there though too so I doubt she would remember me.
Ribbon Girl (The Airess): Ninjara and I were talking when Mechanica came up asking for my autograph. She didn't ask Ninjara for one but I noticed a certain penmanship on the other side of the paper I signed.
Ninjara: You have no proof.
"What inspired you to build such a thing anyway," Coco had asked once the progress bar on the laptop started.
"Well… you know how in my world there's the grand prix right," Mechanica asked. Coco nodded, indicating she knows. "Well I'm a HUGE fan of it. I would watch it every chance I got, personally I'm a big Ribbon Girl fan. It was also a dream of mine to be able to compete. There was just one small problem."
"You didn't have the ARMS ability," Coco said. "That's why you built the mech."
"With it I'd finally be able to compete in one. And I could even send a message that you don't have to have the ability to compete. I never actually won the grand prix, but I did send my message," Mechanica explained. The diagnostics then completed at that moment and the computer beeped. The mechanic took a quick look over the results. "Everything seems to be fine, though I might have to do a bit of recalibration on the arms of the suit."
"Well how about we get that out of the way then," Coco stated. The two then got to work.
Meanwhile, Link was running down the halls towards the open door to Master Hand's office and ridiculously fast speeds. "Master Hand, Cloud, anyone in there we have a big problem," Link shouted as he ran into the office and stopped to take a breather. Inside the office right now was Master Hand, Cloud, Tifa, Mario, and Marth. "You know that nickname Sephiroth had? The one-winged angel?"
"Yes the one-winged angel. That's what this whole chapter is about," Cloud said with a hint of annoyance.
"Okay let's stop breaking the fourth-wall here because we have a problem! There have been reported sightings of marks from Masurame according to the news today," Link said.
"Well it's a good thing we're discussing about how to deal with him right now," Marth stated. The hero-king then gestured to the map of the island. "As far as we know sightings of Sephiroth have been more focused around the old industrial area the octarian used as a base in 2018."
"We believe that may be where he is. He may be preparing himself with all the old equipment there; it's prime to be used as a substitute for dummies," Master Hand stated.
"At least he's not harming any civilians," Cloud stated. The ex-SOLDIER then crossed his arms. "I think it's about time we take him on. I would like to set up a team of sorts though."
"Of course, gather who you need. This won't be an easy fight that's for sure," Master Hand said. He then rolled up the map of the island and handed it to Tifa. "I suggest you all head out within the hour."
"Let's move this to another room," Tifa said as she began to walk out.
And that's what landed the group in the planning room. A place that had been scarcely used since World of Light. Upon walking in they were shocked to see Corrin messing with the controls of the holographic table. "Corrin what're you-a doing," Mario asked as Marth got the dragon prince off the controls.
"Finding the best place to hide from Azura," Corrin said as he continued to mess with the controls.
"Why do you want to hide from Azura," Tifa asked, suspicious of the dragon prince's intentions.
"Personal reasons," Corrin simply stated.
In response Cloud immediately hit the intercom button. "Raven, please come to the planning room to pick up Corrin. And if I call your name please report to the planning room. We'll be discussing our plan to take care of Sephiroth."
"First-a I want to understand exactly what kind of-a power we're-a up against. Think-a you two can-a explain your-a experiences with-a him," Mario asked.
"Okay," Tifa said, "so it was something like this."
In the residential building of the area were both Kasumi and Maruki. The gymnast felt like it would be a proper courtesy to greet the counselor as well of warn him of certain things ahead of time. "Really? I guess that explains why I got a strange look from Sakamoto when I waved," Maruki said. Having now been informed of the situation with Persona 5 Royal.
Ryuji (The Chariot)(4): I was just minding my own business when this guy just waves as he passes by me. Must've been a new resident of some sort… The school counselor? For real?!
"There you two are," Joker said as he approached the two. "I was advised by Isabelle to greet Maruki and explain the game situation to him."
"Kasumi already explained the game to me, Kurusu," Maruki said, holding out his hand. "It's good to see you though, even if you don't know me. Maruki Takuto is my name."
"Nice to meet you Maruki," Morgana piped up, poking his head out of the bag. This caused the counselor to recoil in shock a bit. "Yeah, I've seen that reaction before."
"An actual talking cat," Maruki said. "All my research on the effects of the heart and my mental training did not prepare me for this."
"Hey, I'm not a cat! I'm a human I can assure you," Morgana shouted in offense.
"Oh, my apologies then. I'm not the best at first impressions, Kasumi should definitely know about that in the timeline I do remember," Maruki said.
"He hit his head on the microphone during the assembly," Kasumi said, slightly giggling at the memory.(5)
"Well, personally I'm curious as to why you were invited here," Joker asked Maruki. "I don't remember any of us asking you specifically to come."
"Ah, yes I asked Master Hand myself after that became evident. He said it was for the same reason I was hired at Shujin. A lot of the residents here have traumatic pasts of sorts or may just have troubles in their own everyday life. He hopes I can lend an ear to those residents and help improve the quality of life here after the Hades debacle last year," Maruki explained. Joker nodded, accepting the answer. "He's actually told me I'm not the only one that's qualified for conducting therapies and such here. There's also an Athena Cykes I believe he said?"
"Athena," Kasumi questioned, she thought she was a defense attorney.
"Oh right, I overheard this," Morgana said, poking out of the bag again. "Athena's not only a defense attorney, she's also studied a great deal of psychology as well. With a little gadget she has with her she can conduct her own form of therapy sessions. She says it may reveal small parts of people's memories. They may have forgotten those memories from traumatic experiences."
"Ah that explains it," Maruki stated. "I'll make an effort to get to know her then."
Joker simply nodded as he felt a form of familiarity returning. I can sense a familiar bond I may have had with Maruki in his memories.
Takuto Maruki (The Councillor): I plan on taking the job Master Hand gave me seriously. I wonder what kind of troubles these characters may have.
"I don't want to talk to Azura you have to understand," Corrin could be heard saying outside the infirmary. Causing Lucario, Azura, Henry, and Wii Fit Trainer to look at the entrance in confusion.
"Your sister has been making an effort to get you to talk to Azura. You can't run forever," Raven said as she came in, dragging Corrin by the ear. She then let go and pushed him towards Azura. "He's all yours, my work here is done," she said before leaving.
"I'll need to thank her at some point," Azura stated. She then turned her attention to the dragon prince. "So, care to explain why you're so hesitant about talking about Valla."
Corrin was thinking about bolting again only to see that Wii Fit Trainer had done the smart thing and blocked the entrance. He knew he wouldn't be getting past her, not without breaking a rule or two. "Well, it's a complicated topic for me."
"It just seems to me that you refuse to talk about it," Azura said, still not happy with Corrin.
"Let him explain Azura, you got him here. Don't push it," Lucario warned. The aura pokemon could feel Corrin's aura slightly shaking.
"Well, I've just been unsure if the people would accept me," Corrin explained. "I know I had a hand in stopping Anankos. But Kamui was the one that went through the most effort to unite Hoshido and Nohr. I hardly did any of that. She'd probably be better at ruling than me."
"Looks like someone has self-esteem issues," Henry quipped for his own enjoyment. Someone would've nudged him if he wasn't healing.
Azura took a lasting sigh at this, she hadn't realized that's how he felt. "Corrin, I know I'm the rightful heir, but I did relinquish that title to your sister. But I relinquished it to the two of you. You may have done different things yes, but if you two were not together in that final fight… We could've lost very much. I felt you two were both suited to rule." Azura then looked over where Kamui was sleeping before saying, "While it seems you seem to lack confidence, your sister is actually not interested in ruling herself."
"She isn't," Corrin questioned.
"I still wish for one of you two to take up the title. But I understand if you do not feel your up to it. But know that if you do decide I'll still stay on as an advisor I would be able to guide you," Azura stated. "If at any time you're confused how to handle things I'll be right there. What kind of cousin would I be if I didn't help."
"You really mean that," Corrin asked. He then looked down again. "Henry was right, I am scared of how well I'll do, but if you're going to be there helping me. Then that might just be enough."
Azura smiled and nodded, "It seems like a deal then. I look forward to preparing you, your majesty."
Corrin (Dragon Prince): It's gonna be tough. It will take sometime, but I plan on becoming a king worthy of the throne. Maybe I can get Xander or Ryoma to come and help me too.
Link (Champion of Hyrule): Don't we have enough people from the Fire Emblem worlds here as it is.
Corrin: Fair.
A sudden beeping then took everyone's attention off the previous conversation. "What's that, I can't sit up to see," Henry asked, slightly twisting his neck.
Lucario quickly closed his eyes and felt around the room. "Kamui's aura is wavering," Lucario quickly said. Wii Fit Trainer then looked over at Kamui's monitor and indeed noticed something was wrong. The weight of her injuries were too much. "Wii Fit Trainer does something!"
"Don't need to tell me twice," Wii Fit Trainer said. "Corrin out of the room!"
"What?! No I'm staying here," Corrin said, though he did get pushed out of the way forcefully as the fitness instructor made her way past him. The dragon prince could only look on in increasing horror.
Abandoned Octarian Base (Smash Island)(No cameras)
After gathering the team Cloud needed, the group had set off in the Falcon Flyer. As a precaution Master Hand didn't allow any of the production crew to go with, fearing for their safety this time. Right now the group was still in the air with some time to kill. Among the group Cloud has chosen was Tifa, Aerith, Mario, Pit, Greninja, Bayonetta, Banjo, Orange, Sonic, Rosalina, Bowser Jr., Samus, Steve, Erdrick, and Richter. "I must-a say Cloud this is-a quite the interesting team you-a put together," Mario said, confused with some of the ex-SOLDIER's choices.
"I felt like choosing more residents with crazier weapons and ways of attacking the better. At the very least Orange and blind him, since her tools can do any damage outside the simulator," Cloud explained, Mario nodded along. He himself did get surprised sometimes with what people used.
"Wish my daddy was able to come with us. He could show that Sephiroth who's boss," Bowser Jr. stated as he waited in the junior clown car.
"I'm shocked he even let you come, I thought he was a better father than that," Bayonetta said with a slight smirk. Junior was offended that she would insult his father but let it go with Rosalina's urging.
"In fighting is the last thing we need right now guys," Samus stated, completely ready in her power suit. "For now we need to steel ourselves. We don't know what we're going to walk into."
"Samus is right," Tifa said. "Sephiroth won't be a walk in the park from what happened to the others is any indication. We need to be prepared for anything, understand." Everyone voiced their agreements all while Steve simply nodded.
They could then feel themselves descending. "Okay we're here," Captain Falcon said from his seat in the cockpit. He pressed a couple buttons as they touched the ground and the door opened. "I'll stay here to act as a getaway if necessary."
"Thank you for your help Falcon," Rosalina said as the group got off the ship and walked into the old factory. "It's been so long since we've seen any of this."
As they walked down the halls of the place Bowser Jr. opened one of the doors and shuddered at all the capsules. "Not fun being in those," Junior said as he let the door close again.
"You don't need to remind me," Cappy said, recalling how he had been practically restrained in one.
Eventually the group got to the ledge close to where the Octoking had taken off from more than two years ago. "Man, time just flew by. I know I wouldn't have good memories, but felt like a trip down memory lane," Orange said.
"Yes, places that have had an impact on your life will do that," said the one-winged angel. Everyone turned around and activated their weapons as they faced Sephiroth, who was just standing there. Menacingly. "Memories are what keep us around, have us move forward."
"And yet you just can't seem to move forward from me," Cloud seethed. His buster sword wasn't out though he was ready. "Everytime I think I'm finally rid of you you just keep crawling back."
"Yes I guess we are caught in a pattern whenever you come somewhere new," Sephiroth admitted. "Well no more. I can call this one a final bout." A dark portal then opened up behind him. "Your friends are welcome. I'll be waiting, Cloud." With that the one-winged angel walked into the portal.
"Do we follow him," Richter asked, still on guard. Cloud nodded as he prepared himself. "Now or never I guess."
"Let's go," Erdrick stated. The group then walked through the portal and away.
The portal remained open afterwards though. Long enough for another person to approach it. "They may need extra help. Only question is if I'll be able to convince them not to defeat me too." The person walked into the portal as well, which closed behind them.
Alternate Reality
The group came out of the portal in the sky. More managed to land on their feet though Bowser Jr.'s clown car came down hard and needed time to fix itself. Samus scanned the area looking around. "This place looks like that cliff," Samus said as she finished looking around. "Not seeing any life forms other than us. Though there's a powerful person somewhere around here."
"It's likely Sephiroth," Aerith said. She then felt something coming. "Everyone look out."
Without warning multiple explosives eventually came down among the fighters and sent them all over the places, covering some of them in dust from the impacts. The final one sent Erdrick, Samus, and Richter back before crashing on the ground. As the three landed everyone looked up to see the impossible.
Galeem…
"I thought… we defeated Galeem," Pit questioned as he supported himself with his bow.
"This-a must be a trick," Mario said. Galeem at that point began to power up, preparing to take them all out once for all. Except, Galeem never got the chance as a flash of light went right through them.
"What," Orange said in shock.
"What was that," Kazooir said, looking over Banjo's head.
They then watched as Galeem's core went dark before splitting in half and falling to the ground. All the Master Hand copies went away with them.
Music: One-Winged Angel - Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children
As Galeem fell it was revealed that Sephiroth was behind him. Having been the one to cause the fatal slash. "Sephiroth," Cloud said in shock for a second before gritting his teeth. This was it.
"How I've waited for this moment," Sephiroth said, holding his hand up to the sky. "And now I shall bring you all despair." Above Sephiroth dark clouds began swirling around, covering the entire area.
Sephiroth was on them in second as Erdrick blocked a quick strike from the one-winged angel before getting sent back again. Orange then began firing her splattershot, temporarily blinding Sephiroth. This gave Greninja long enough of a chance to hit Sephiroth with a water shuriken. Erdrick was back on Sephiroth afterwards, only to get knocked back by Sephiroth's counter. Sephiroth then held his sword above his head, as if challenging anyone else to come. Samus did just this as she rolled in and dropped a mini-bomb. Sephiroth was able to jump back in time as Samus began powering up her charge shot. Sephiroth was able to strike her arm cannon and deflect the blast. Which ended up hitting Banjo & Kazooie instead.
"You bastard," Samus said as her arm cannon fizzled with electricity, indicating it was broken. Sephiroth then simply kicked her away. "The arm cannon's busted, all I have now is protection and the mini-bombs!"
"Let's see how he does against the captain of the royal guard then," Pit confidently said as he pulled out his upperdash arm. Once the time was right Pit dashed forward and managed to land a hit. Sephiroth went into the air but not by much. Sephiroth then began a straight dive to the ground. Pit jumped out of the way, the sword nearly going through the angel's wings as Sephiroth landed on the ground.
Sephiroth then noticed Mario approaching and snapped his fingers, three dark balls of fire then circled around the red plumber before they hit him and sent him back. Tifa then came at that point and dodged Sephiroth's slash. She then managed to get a few good hits on him before jumping back. "I see you've gotten stronger Tifa," Sephiroth said.
"I continue to train daily, even after you were dealt with," Tifa stated. A cloud of dust then came through, one sent by Rosalina. This allowed the fighter to get away safely.
"I've seen quite a bit so far," Sephiroth stated. He then chuckled and let his wing reveal itself. "Pathetic." He then got faster and slash more of the fighters away with his sword. Surprisingly enough to Cloud, this didn't seem to hurt them as much as they hurt the others. Could Sephiroth actually be showing restraint. "If you're wondering, Cloud, they aren't my main targets. Just you."
Sephiroth then began to charge up a gigaflare as Banjo and Sonic came from behind. The one-winged angel threw it, causing a great explosion. He then turned around and walked away as Greninja and Bayonetta came out from the smoke. Sephiroth then turned around and slashed them both.
"Argh," Bayonetta grunted as she hit the ground, Greninja landing close to her, and on his feet. "He's a lot stronger than I took credit for." The umbra witch then noticed Steve approaching Sephiroth, diamond sword in hand. "What is he up to?"
Sephiroth then noticed the silent builder walking up. "Ah so you're approaching me now? You seem like an odd one." Sephiroth then made another slash, only for it to be blocked by Steve's sword. "Hmm, I guess the properties of our separate worlds caused something, no matter." Sephiroth then continued to sword fight with Steve. Steve eventually got into the air with the fireworks and elytra. Once Steve landed he quickly jumped around the place and built a TNT cannon. He then lit it up and stood back as a TNT block was sent Sephiroth's way and blew up.
Sephiroth came out of the explosion, completely unharmed. "You entertain me. But I grow bored." Sephiroth then turned his sights on Mario and charged. Everyone looked on in shock as Mario was held above the ground by Masurame.
Mario then slowly opened his own eyes to see he was being held up by the overalls. "Oh that-a was close," said the red plumber.
"Sephiroth," Cloud could be heard shouting as he got close. Sephiroth then turned around and blocked the strike of the two blades causing sparks to fly off each other. The two eventually slashed their swords away, sending Mario flying. The two then began to clash until Cloud got Sephiroth into the air. The ex-SOLDIER then felt himself reach his limit as he jumped up and pushed Sephiroth back further. Once their were a considerable distance in the air Cloud activated Omnislash Ver. 5 and began repeatedly striking Sephiroth.
(end music)
"Now that is impressive," Sonic said in shock. The blue hedgehog was helping Mario up.
The swords Cloud used then began to plant themselves into the ground until Cloud landed and grabbed the last one as Sephiroth landed as well. Cloud then turned around and held his sword at Sephiroth saying, "Stay where you belong. In my memories."
"I will never be… a memory," Sephiroth said looking at Cloud. He then let his lone wing wrap around him as he lifted into the air. Before Sephiroth could do something though he was slashed and crashed onto the ground. "Who was that?"
"That would be me," said a new voice. Everyone looked over to the source and went into more shock than they were expecting. Cloud couldn't believe it himself.
Music: One-winged Angel -Rebirth- - Final Fantasy VII Remake
The new voice was yet another Sephiroth. "You are in a place you don't belong, my friend," the new Sephiroth said to his other self. "It's best we return you to the past."
"The past," Tifa questioned, a little uneasy there were two Sephiroths. Cloud was ready to strike though.
The new Sephiroth then pointed his sword as his other self. "That version of me is from the past, back during the little crises Earth calls Advent Children. As for me, a certain force has brought me back to life."
"What kind of force," Cloud said. He then watched as the one-winged angel revealed a letter. One with a very specific insignia on it. "Mother-," Cloud began to say as he pointed his sword at AC Sephiroth. "We'll talk later! What do you propose we do about him?"
"We can't-a risk him staying here even with-a the strain on the fabric of time," Mario said. "We have to-a open a time vortex and send-a him through."
"How do we open a time vortex though," Banjo asked.
"Master Hand unlocked a feature on the rayguns to open a time vortex with a set time destination," Samus said as she began to search her arsenal for the raygun. "Stall him while I find it."
"I can handle this," the present Sephiroth said. "Get a certain ancient of ours ready to push him through."
"I don't want to trust you, but I have no choice if that letter is real," Cloud said as he quickly ran over to where Aerith was.
"You're willing to let Cloud and Aerith live. You'll still be a memory and dead when the tournament is over," AC Sephiroth said as he charged. Both Masurames clashed with a resounding clang, causing Orange to cover her ears.
"That may be true. But I believe there's a term some call "rehabilitation." Maybe I can get a second chance," present Sephiroth said. "I don't want to work with Cloud or Aerith either, but as long as I'm a fighter… I will be willing to cooperate." present Sephiroth then felt the aura of a final smash surround him. He wrapped his wing around him and activated his final smash. Causing the supernova attack to strike AC Sephiroth straight on. "That should do it!"
"I have the raygun," Samus said as she went into options. "When did Advent Children happen in Earth's calendar?"
"September 15th, 2005," Tifa shouted. Samus quickly set the date and world and the device quickly adjusted itself to the year on Midgar. Samus then opened up the vortex behind AC Sephiroth.
(end music)
AC Sephiroth was currently fighting the force trying to pull him in saying, "You think you can just send me back that easily? You can't escape me."
"We may not be able to escape you in general, but this version of you is another story," Aerith said. The ancient felt as her power activated.
Music: Aerith's Theme (New Remix) - Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
"And with the power in me, I will push you back to where you came from," Aerith said, determined. Aerith then held her staff forward and a stream of white light came at AC Sephiroth and began to push him back.
He was still managing to fight it though which prompted Orange to fire her splattershot at him while Erdrick fired a giant ball of fire at him. The combined power of the light and fire as well as the blinding caused by the ink was enough to push AC Sephiroth back. "No, this isn't the end," Sephiroth shouted as the vortex finally got a hold of him and pulled him through. The portal closed and caused a small explosion in the end due to the amount of time it remained opened.
Everyone then let out a sigh of relief they didn't know they were holding in. It was over, AC Sephiroth was sent back to where he came from. They have another situation now though. "If I may interject," present Sephiroth said. "I think you all have some choice words for Master Hand right now."
"More than just some choice words," Tifa said. "How do we know we can trust you?"
"I don't expect you to. Just know I don't plan on causing any trouble while I'm at the mansion. I'll likely go back to being dead when it's all over." Sephiroth then held out his hand and opened the portal out of the area. "This should take us back to the ship you came in."
Cloud looked at Sephiroth for a couple seconds before stating, "I'll make the choice to trust you for now. But if you hurt anyone I care about here, all bets are off." With a nod from the one-winged angel, Cloud walked through the portal the others following.
Smash Mansion (cameras back)(two hours later)
"Well then explains why a certain trailer was cut from our viewing of The Game Awards," Master Hand said as he read the invite Sephiroth was given. "It's legitimate guys, this version of Sephiroth here is the eighth DLC fighter."
"Well-a in that-a case it'll be interesting getting to-a know you better Sephiroth," Mario said to the one-winged angel, holding out his hand. Sephiroth was reluctant, but shook anyway. "I can get you to your room later tonight. I don't imagine you had any belongings anyway."
"You're right I don't. And I promise I'll try not to cause trouble in my time here. Maybe mess with Cloud a few times a month, but that'll be it," Sephiroth said.
"As long as things don't get violent it's fair game, just no pranks. Not until April Fools," Master Hand stated.
Pichu then ran into the office at this point with Decidueye trailing behind. "Pichu said she wanted to see the new fighter," Decidueye explained as Pichu ran over to Sephiroth and waved.
Sephiroth gave a slight smile and kneeled down to pet Pichu on the head. "A cute one are you. I look forward to getting to know you." With that the one-winged angel left the office.
Cloud: It'll be hard to get used to, but I get a sense of genuinity from him. So let's see if he can redeem himself.
Tifa (Bar Owner): We'll be keeping a close eye though, making sure he doesn harm Aerith.
Wii Fit Trainer then walked into the office with a solemn look. "Wii Fit Trainer? What happened," Master Hand asked, immediately knowing something was wrong.
"There was an incident in the infirmary today with Kamui. Her injuries proved to be far greater than expected and.. Uh…"
Corrin was looking at the system set up in disbelief in the infirmary. Tears began to spill out of his eyes. Azura had finally managed to get out of the bed to comfort him. The system was hooked up to Kamui, keeping track of her vitals.
"Kamui… has fully slipped into a coma… and we don't know if she's going to wake up," Wii Fit Trainer could be heard saying. The cameras final frame were on Decidueye, Mario, and Master Hand's faces of horror.
Author's note: Yep, Kamui is in a coma. The revelations sub plotline is not done yet. Anyways, that is it for the Final Fantasy VII Remake plotline next up is a filler episode the next plotline, which… is… n...gain..
*Shutdown Noise*
?: Defeating and recruiting the One-Winged Angel? Hahaha, these fighters are stronger than I thought. Perhaps, I should introduce an idea to the Count, I think that would be truly blissful. Tata!
Music (In order of appearance):
One-Winged Angel - Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children
One-Winged Angel -Rebirth- - Final Fantasy VII Remake (Not in Smash Ultimate)
Aerith's Theme (Remix) - Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
(1) Quick reference to the design changes her spirit got in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
(2) I have updated Spring Man and Ribbon Girl's camera names to be the exact same as the nicknames they have in the game ARMS.
(3) "Might have then put on sunglasses as they're walking away from an explosion of some kind." I've finally delivered HistoryFan15
(4) I've overhauled some of the phantom thieves's camera names as well. Some of their camera names now reflect the title of their confidant arcanas.
(5) Did actually happen in-game.
