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Weiss wandered around inside Bowser. Seriously, it's like I've been going in circles. She thought to herself as she continued to walk around. Myrtenaster was in hand and the Schnee Orbitars were armed, just in case if she had to fight any more enemies. She even had her Seregios armor on her just in case.
At that moment, she heard footsteps near her. She immediately turned to the source of the voice but saw no one there. Just my imagination…
She kept walking, but she then heard a giggle. "Huh?" She wondered as she looked both ways, but saw no one near her. It's nothing. She thought and kept walking, but the giggling continued before it morphed into cackling.
Her mind started wandering, wondering what this laughter could be. Could it just be her imagination or could it be someone trying to pull a fast one on her? "I know you're there! Show yourself!" She ordered, but no one came.
"Mmm… just relax, Weiss… it's nothing." She said as she turned around.
"BOO!"
"AAAAH!" Weiss screamed, nearly falling on her butt. She aimed Myrtenaster at the intruder. "You…!"
"Surprise~! You thought you could escape me that easily… even though justice should have killed you at that moment?"
"You… you were sucked inside Bowser too?!"
"In a way, yes."
Weiss growled. "Well, I'm not going to let you do that to me again!" She said, rushing at her and stabbing her, but noticed that her arm went through Seryu. "Huh?"
"I'm just the demon inside your head. I can be whoever-" She suddenly turned into Adam. "-I want."
BGM: The Key (Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep)
Weiss's eyes widened. "No…!"
"You thought you could get away from us. It's obvious that we know you're alive… if it wasn't for that Absol, you and Blake would have been dead." Adam would then take off his mask, showing the SDC logo.
"NO!" Weiss yelled, looking away.
"You can't look away, it's already in your head."
"Nnngh… no… go away!"
Adam smirked. "You honestly think it's that simple? After all-" He suddenly morphed into Dark Weiss. "-You watched yourself get eaten."
"I got over it!"
"Have you now? How about my screams of terror? I'm pretty sure that's engraved inside your head."
Is this… is this what Whitley's been going through?! Weiss thought.
"Can't get rid of us that easily… even if you go to Byleth for help, you can't do anything about it. Because this is all your fault." Dark Weiss said. "Watching yourself get eaten, you did absolutely nothing to stop some faunus from attempting to murder you. Even if I'm dead, I'm still right next to you. Yang and Blake got off easy… but you haven't."
Dark Weiss grinned. "I might not have weakened you physically… but mentally? I'll break you. Unfortunately, I'm nothing like Dark Ruby so it won't be as intense. But enough about that… let's start screwing with you, shall we?"
"You're wrong… you won't break me… I have my friends who-"
"Where are your friends, exactly? No one's around… and last I checked, your Pokemon aren't with you either."
"That's not true, they're-" Weiss would reach for them, but felt nothing. "…Oh no…"
"Gone. No one is here to comfort you." She chuckled darkly before morphing back to Seryu.
"Let's get this justice started." She said as she approached Weiss, as she tried to move back but her legs froze in place.
End BGM
With Blake, Winter and Esdeath…
"Weiss? Weiss!" Esdeath called out.
"Weiss! Where are you!" Blake called out.
"Weiss, if you can hear me, say something!" Winter called out as well. "Mmm… please tell me she's okay…"
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"
Blake's cat ears twitched as she turned her head to the source of the voice. "This way!" She said as she ran off with Winter and Esdeath behind her.
Outside of Bowser…
BGM: Stolen Koopa Castle (Mario and Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story plus Bowser Jr's Journey)
"What in the world?" Bowser wondered as they entered the courtyard. "Where are the Koopatrols? They should've been guarding the front gate!"
"Well, they weren't." Mythra said as they walked through the courtyard, but as they did, they would notice party streamers, velvet ropes and a lot of litter lying around.
"…Okay! What's all this nonsense! We don't litter around here!" Bowser exclaimed. "We dump it in the lava! It saves a ton of garbage bags…"
"Even plastic? But burning plastic makes it smell horrible." Aoi pointed out.
"You get used to it. It's not harming anyone… and besides, the Magmaargh's and Podoboos don't mind eating what's left of it."
"Well, if it works… it works." Pyra shrugged as they walked inside the castle where they saw all of the minions wandering around.
"Oh good, none of them have been hurt." Bowser said as they would see a crumbled Dry Bones in a corner.
"Ooooh, except for that guy." Sora winced.
"Ah, he's fine." Bowser waved it off as the Dry Bones repaired itself.
"That's the last time I ever give advice to those Sumo Bros…" The Dry Bones mumbled.
"Welcome, goomans!" A Slime hopped over. "Please wait momentarily."
"Wait momentarily? For what?" Bowser asked.
"Why, a show, of course!" A Goomba walked over. "You are in the mere presence of the Fawful Theater!"
"Fuh-fuh-fuh-fuh-FAWFUL THEATER?!" Bowser yelled. "Excuse me, you morons! Can't you see this is MY castle?"
"It's not a castle, it's a theater!" Another Slime said.
"IT'S A CASTLE! MY CASTLE!"
"No, I'm pretty sure it's a theater." Another Goomba said.
"GAH! YOU IDIOTS!"
"Let's go, it's not worth it." Aoi said, pushing him away while the others were right behind the two. "You feeling okay?" She then asked once they were in another room.
"Rrrgh… so Fawful turned my own castle into a theater… that lousy goof for nothing…" Bowser growled. "I'm gonna pummel him!"
At that moment, Kyoko pulled Aoi to the side. "We need to take a look around, find out what's going on here."
"Got it." Aoi nodded.
"You guys calm down the big guy, we're going to do some digging around here." Kyoko said as she and Aoi took off.
"Okay, so… now what?" Terry wondered.
"Well, find out what's going on?" Sora shrugged. "You alright, big guy?"
"Yeah, I'll be fine…" Bowser cracked his knuckles. "I've got a score to settle with that small fry anyway."
"Hello there!" A voice said as they saw a Cruelcumber waving over to them. "Are you excited to see the show?"
"A walking vegetable… okay, that's new." Sora said.
"That's a Cruelcumber." Bowser told him.
"A cruel WHAT now?!"
"That's usually the consensus when they meet a Cruelcumber for the first time." Bowser said.
"I can see why." Mythra said.
"Maybe he called himself that so no enemy would go near him!" Donald said.
"Yeah, probably… hopefully." Sora agreed as they wandered around the castle, and as they did, Sora would take a closer look at the architecture, as would Donald and Goofy.
"Okay… is it me… or does the architecture here seem… sinister?" Sora wondered. "It goes perfectly well with the lava."
"Maybe it's to ward off enemies! Bowser is a great guy." Donald said, ignoring a chuckle from Goofy.
"Yeah… I guess." Sora shrugged, taking a look at a banner on a wall, looking at Bowser's emblem. "Hmm…"
Suddenly, the doors sprang open. "The show is about to begin. Please take your seats!"
"YES! FINALLY!" A Koopa exclaimed as everyone took off running. The group looked at each other and with a shrug, they walked through the doors and went further into the castle, and once they got into the throne room…
"GAH! They turned my throne room into a theater?!" Bowser yelled. "Someone has too much time on their hands and his name rhymes with "Awful!"." He growled.
"Hello! Please take your seats!" A Goomba said.
"Seats!" Another Goomba said.
"Seats? I don't think there's any seats left!" Bowser said.
"Come on, I'm sure there's some spots around." Sora told him as they walked around the entire theater but to no avail, no seats were available.
"Aww, no seats left?" Pyra pouted a bit.
"We'll just have to improvise!" Mythra said. "Everyone, find a comfortable lap and sit on 'em!"
"What?! Mythra, you're crazy!" Sora exclaimed. "That's not what they meant by-"
"They didn't exactly specify what kind of seat, did they?" Mythra chuckled, causing Sora to sweatdrop.
"Excuse me!" Bowser yelled to the Goombas and Slimes. "There aren't any seats left!"
"Sure there are, you can possibly squeeze on through!"
"If not, goo can find a lap to sit on. Share the seat!" A Slime said.
"See? He gets it!" Mythra grinned.
"Excuse me, you wouldn't mind if I sat on your lap for a while, would you?" Pyra asked, looking down at a Shy Guy.
"Oh… uh…" The Shy Guy was staring at Pyra's… "girls". "I… um..."
"Hey cute boy~!" A Succubat caught Sora's attention. "You can sit with me if you want to~" She said in a seductive voice.
"Oh… uh…" Sora sweatdropped. "I…"
Pause BGM
Meanwhile…
"Kairi? Are you okay?" Riku asked.
"Rrrrgh! Urge to hit something… rising! And I don't know WHY!"
Back at Bowser's Castle…
Resume BGM
"I'll… pass."
"I'm not sitting on anyone's lap!" Bowser said. "Besides, I'll crush 'em anyway. Got a seat that's "me" sized?"
"Oh… uh… I'm sorry, we don't have any more seats."
"Hey, what's going on here?" A Goomba walked over.
"Well, you see-"
"Oh my gosh! This big guy over here won't stop complaining about finding a seat. It's not my fault that he's a Karen or whatever, but nooooo, he wants to complain just to complain! Not my fault we don't have a seat big enough for him! He thinks he deserves luxury, but he doesn't! So basically, he just wants to be upset over nothing. He should've come in here five seconds earlier because it's not our fault it's a full house!" Another Goomba suddenly blabbed on.
"…Uh… okay, cool… so what's the hold up?" The Goomba asked.
"You're talking to the King of Awesome here! BOWSER!"
"Oh! King Bowser, our apologies. We will get you a seat momentarily." He said as Bowser's own throne popped up out of the ground.
"Ooooh, now THAT is a seat for a king!" He said as he got on the throne.
"As for the rest of you… just sit on the ground or find a lap. Sorry for the inconvenience." The Goomba said and walked off.
"Uh… guys? What's with the rail line?" Pyra wondered as the others looked down… aside from Bowser.
"That's… suspicious." Terry said.
"Hmm…" Mythra mused, and then at that moment, Foresight activated. "Mmmph!" She grunted, seeing Bowser and Midbus going toe to toe in a cage match, and seeing Midbus doing something that would put Bowser out of commission. "Nnngh…"
"Mythra? Did you see something?" Pyra asked with some concern.
"Ladies and gentleman… the show is about to begin!"
End BGM
"I HAVE THE INTRODUCTION!" A voice cried as the whole theater aside from Bowser and co cheered loudly.
BGM: Fawful is There (Mario and Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story plus Bowser Jr's Journey)
Fawful appeared on stage. "HELLO WONDERFUL PEOPLE!" He exclaimed as the crowd went wild.
"Boooo!" Bowser booed him. "Get off the stage!"
"I can't hear you! Louder!"
"WOOOO! GO FAWFUL! HE'S THE MAN!"
"Booooo!"
"MORE!"
"FAWFUL! FAWFUL! HE'S THE MAN!"
"BOOOOOOO! Seriously, am I the only one that's booing here!"
"Fawful has something special for you today! In fact, the special something is right in this very room! Give it up… for KING BOWSER!" Fawful yelled as Bowser's throne started vibrating.
"Whoa… WHOA! What's going on?!" Bowser wondered and then his launched off. "WAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"
"Terry!" Mythra spoke up. "You and me! With Bowser!"
"You got it!" Terry nodded as he and Mythra quickly took off after him.
The throne stopped abruptly, sending Bowser flying and slamming into a wall on top of the stage. "OOOOF!" He grunted. "Betrayed by my own throne… whyyyyy…" He groaned as he fell on top of the stage as he got up and shook it off. "YOU! FAWFUL!" Bowser yelled, breathing fire at him, but he spun around to avoid it.
"I HAVE CHORTLES! You will not be fighting me, Bowser!"
"Then who am I fightin'!"
"Me." A voice said as Midbus approached them. "Let's see if you have gotten stronger." He said.
"Bwahaha! I get to fight him again? Good, I've been wanting to knock him into next week!" Bowser smirked.
"Lower the cage." Midbus said as Fawful pressed a button as a cage started to lower.
"Huh?" Bowser wondered, and then right on cue, Mythra and Terry hopped on the stage and slid underneath right as the cage closed. "You two?! This is between me and him!"
"Bowser, trust me… you're gonna be thankful." Mythra said.
"Muh muh muh… your friends have come to help. That shows how weak you are."
"Buddy, at least I have friends! What's your excuse?" Bowser smirked as Terry got into his fighting stance and tipped his hat with a smirk.
"Hey, come on. Come on!" He said, and then Kyoko and Aoi would walk in the theater.
"What's going on?" Aoi wondered as Kyoko would spot Bowser in the cage with Midbus.
"Oh, what did he get himself into now?" Kyoko wondered with an exasperated sigh.
"Muh muh muh… you will lose. I have been powered up to even the odds. You three will fail… for you are locked in this cage with me."
"BWAHAHAHAHA! Oh, that's funny… because I'm pretty sure you're locked in this cage with ME." Bowser smirked as he got in a fighting stance and Mythra readied her Aegis. "SHOWTIME!"
BGM: Bowser Battle (Mario and Luigi: Partners in Time)
Cage Fight - Midbus
Bowser and Midbus rushed at each other and slugged each other, both of them getting knocked back as Midbus rolled his arm and got ready to slug Bowser, but Terry would punch the ground with a Power Wave to knock him back a bit as Mythra rushed ahead and slashed him a few times as Midbus would try to punch her, but she swiftly rolled out of the way and countered.
Bowser inhaled and then breathed fire at Midbus right as Terry and Mythra got out of the way and struck the huge pig. Midbus quickly jumped on his belly and did a few belly flops before jumping high into the air and body slammed Bowser, but this time he ducked in his shell as Midbus hit the spikes and bounced off with a yelp, then Bowser pulled back his fist and punched him hard toward the cage.
Terry rushed over at Midbus as the pig shook it off and punched at Terry, but he blocked with his arms as he slid a few feet but Terry smirked and punched the ground to do a Power Geyser to knock him back and then he rushed forward and did a Crackshoot to knock him back.
Midbus growled, having an idea as he charged at the trio but they quickly dodged as Midbus smirked and then bounced off the bars and slammed into Bowser, who was knocked into Terry and he was knocked into Mythra… or at least, that's what would have happened if Mythra's Foresight didn't activate as she told them to move and they moved away from Midbus charged blindly ahead as Mythra jumped into the air and used Chroma Dust to strike him from behind.
Midbus smirked, pulling out a ball and chain and spun around, but the ball and chain was covered in spikes. That's the thing that I saw that knocked Bowser out… he thought he could ignore the spikes, but it didn't work in his favor and that's when Midbus knocked him senseless when he was distracted from the excruciating pain! Mythra thought.
"Spikes! Ha! Like that's gonna help you!"
Mythra swiftly rushed toward Midbus and the Ball and Chain, quickly using Photon Edge to cut through the chain and made him drop the ball. Midbus let out a surprised gasp as Mythra turned around and slashed him away as Bowser picked up the spiked ball and smirked, then threw it at Midbus as it smacked him upside the head.
"MMMPH!" Midbus grunted as he backed up toward the cage in a daze as Bowser had an idea and pulled out his wand.
"Shy Guys! Let's knock his head around!" He said as the Shy Guy Squad came out as they got into position as Bowser rolled into a ball as the Shy Guys pushed him into a launching device that the other Shy Guys were holding.
"Heave! Ho! Heave! Ho! Heave! Ho!" The Shy Guys said before launching Bowser. Midbus saw this and quickly got out of the way as Bowser ricocheted once he hit the bars.
"You missed." Midbus smirked, but then Bowser hit a corner and bounced off, slamming right into Midbus from behind. "MMMPH!" He grunted, falling into a daze as Bowser got up and chuckled, then he raised his wand again.
"I think these two would like to get reacquainted with ya!" Bowser smirked, calling out Roman and Neo as the two of them stared at Midbus and with a nod, they pulled out their cane and umbrella as they rushed ahead toward him.
"You two!" Midbus glared as he punched Neo, but she shattered on impact as she swung her umbrella on him from the side and then jumped back, aiming her umbrella at him before switching it to shotgun mode and shot him a few times while Roman fired explosive dust at him as Bowser then jumped up and unleashed a haymaker that knocked Midbus toward the bars and bounced him toward Bowser as he unleashed an uppercut that knocked him up in the air.
"I got it!" Mythra rushed over and jumped over, slashing him down to the ground where he bounced off as Terry cracked his knuckles.
"Overheat!" He exclaimed, punching the ground and unleashing a Triple Geyser that knocked him up in the air as Terry jumped up and hit him with a Power Dunk that knocked him to the ground and bounced up as Terry got into position. "Here's the big one! BUSTER WOLF!" He yelled, punching Midbus hard enough that sent him flying out of the cage and into a wall, KOing him on contact.
End BGM
"Good riddance." Roman chuckled and turned to Bowser. "Ya know, I think I can get used to being summonable." He said as Neo nodded happily in agreement.
"Heh, well, don't get too comfortable… because once Fawful is gone, I'm getting all of ya out of there."
"We know." Roman nodded.
["Don't have too much fun without us~!"] Neo smiled as they disappeared back into the wand.
"You're welcome." Mythra said, putting her sword away as the cage rose up.
"Give it up for Bowser and his friends!" Fawful exclaimed.
"That's right… we rule!" Bowser raised his fist up high. "And now that you're here…"
"Wait! Surely you don't mind if you and your friends have the tastiness of a feast! You have earned it, after all."
Bowser rubbed his chin in thought. "Very well. Food first, then I'll pummel ya into dust!"
"Excellent!" Fawful smiled as a few Boos came floating over to them.
"Come right this way." A Boo said as they guided them and the others to a buffet room.
"What did you get yourself into this time?" Kyoko asked.
"It wasn't my fault this time." Bowser defended.
"Well, I did notice the rails on the floor… so it didn't take much to realize that it was Fawful that put you in that cage."
"Yeah, anyone would have noticed that, detective genius."
"But you didn't." Mythra teased, causing Bowser to look away.
"It was dark…" He defended as they walked in to the buffet room.
"Whoooooa!" Sora said. "That looks delicious!"
"It sure does!" Donald said, and then noticed roasted duck on the table. "HEY!" He yelled, immediately yelling out angry duck noises.
"Now THIS is fit for a king!" Bowser said as he rushed over and happily scarfed everything down, causing everyone to sweatdrop.
"Dude! Save some from us…" Mythra said.
"Yeah!" Pyra agreed.
"Don't you eat that du-… aaaand he ate the duck!" Donald folded his arms in annoyance, trying his best to ignore chuckles from Sora and Goofy.
"Phew… sorry, couldn't help myself. Man… I'm stuffed." Bowser rubbed his belly. "Come on, let's go."
"Hold on a second." A voice said as some Boos flew over. "What's the rush? There's plenty of food left!"
"Nah, I can't eat another bite…" Bowser said. "It was good though, but…"
"Then we'll just have to feed you. Open wide!"
"Do I look like a baby to you?" Bowser folded his arms in annoyance.
"We insist!"
"…Ugh, fine." He grumbled as some Boos pulled out some drumsticks and a doughnut.
"Oooooh!" Aoi immediately started drooling over the doughnuts with hearts over her eyes, causing Kyoko to snicker. "Gimme gimme gimme!" She said as she immediately grabbed a doughnut.
"Fan of doughnuts, I take it?" Terry raised an eyebrow with a chuckle.
"They're my all time favorite comfort food. There's nothing wrong with a delicious doughnut!" She smiled and happily ate it… but about halfway through. "Uuugh…"
"What's wrong? You feel nauseous?" Kyoko asked.
"No… I'm already full and I'm halfway through…"
Kyoko's eyes widened, her mind already on high alert. "But you can usually scarf through several doughnuts before… oh gods…" She turned to Bowser. "Bowser, something's wrong with the food here!"
"Gah!" Bowser yelled, feeling himself already getting fatter. "Did I seriously gain a few pounds?"
"It's all in your head." The Boo said and continued to force feed him.
"What are you talking about?" Bowser would then ask Kyoko.
"I know Asahina. There's not a chance in hell a doughnut that size would make her full halfway through." She said, noting that the doughnuts were regular sized that you would typically find in a baker's dozen.
"Wait, if something is wrong with the doughnuts, then..." Pyra trailed off, her eyes widening. "We walked right into a trap!"
Dammit! Why wasn't I forewarned about this?! Mythra thought to herself, wondering why Foresight wasn't activated.
One Boo in particular placed his stubby arms over his non existent ears. "LA LA LA LA, I CAN'T HEAR YOU!"
"Wait a minute! Stop! You with the meat! I can't take it anymore!" Bowser pleaded as he was morbidly obese by this point. "You're right... something is seriously wrong with-"
The floor underneath him caved in, making him fall but he caught himself. "Mmph!" He grunted. "My bod! You good for nothing Boos!"
"Yes, you look like you're in quite the predicament." A Boo chuckled.
"Alright, explain yourselves!" Kyoko ordered. "You lured us in here just to see Bowser get big enough for him to be incapacitated. Is that correct?"
"Incapacitated is such a strong word... but Lord Fawful wanted to see him in this state for good reason. Ehehehe!"
"Give us one good reason why we shouldn't knock you guys around!" Sora said, readying Remnant's Requiem.
"Well, you see-"
"PARALYZE!" Kyoko yelled, shooting him with a Paralyze shot. "There's your good reason!"
"Good enough for us!" Mythra said as they got ready to fight.
"You knocked down one of our Boos! That's it, we're calling for backup and-"
"Oooh booooys~!" A seductive voice caught their attention as they all turned to see Boosette walking in with a seductive smile on her face.
"Oooh mama! It's a hottie!" A Boo exclaimed as they floated over with hearts over their eyes...
POW!
...And were immediately knocked out by her. "What a woman..." A Boo said before passing out.
"Who are you?" Sora asked.
"O-oh, I'm... Boosette, but you can... call me R-Rei. Sorry, crippling shyness... I'm always like this around p-people I hardly know..." She said.
"Rei! You're not brainwashed?" Bowser asked.
"I'm pretending to be. I used to take theater when I was a teenager... I'm a pretty good actress." She admitted and then heard heavy footsteps behind her. "Oh dear... more are coming..."
"Can you fight?" Sora asked.
"I'm... not much of a fighter, but I'll do what I can to help get His Chubbiness out of the floor."
"Hey!"
Boosette turned around, Will-O-Wisps forming around her. "I'm ready!"
"You guys hold them off, I'll get Bowser unstuck." Kyoko said, aiming at the ground and proceeding to shoot at the ground.
Inside Bowser...
BGM: Stolen Koopa Castle - Inside (Mario and Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story plus Bowser Jr's Journey)
"And we'll do what we can to get Bowser out of this predicament!" Starlow said while giggling. "Sorry, I can't believe he fell for something so easily..."
"Alright, who's coming with me and the Bros? We got a mission to do!" Ruby said and then Pyrrha, Young and Toon Link, Akame and Lubbock approached.
"Lead the way!" Toon Link said as they took off, with them soon ending up at the Flab Zone.
"…Just looking at this place is making me hungry already." Akame said.
"You and your sister, I swear…" Lubbock shook his head.
"Oh, I'm sure it's not that ba-" Luigi hopped down on some flab and he bounced up. "WHOA! Careful, it's a bit bouncy!"
"Glad I can float." Starlow chuckled as the others bounced around and tried to get around until they found a stable platform.
"Phew… I think I got my jumping exercises for the day…" Young Link chuckled as they walked ahead.
"Get away from her, you weird… things!"
"Hmm?" Akame perked up. "That sounded like Chelsea!"
"She must be close." Ruby said as they went up ahead as they not only Chelsea, but they also saw Bols, Wave, and Ren… guarding none other than Peach!
"Peach!" Mario exclaimed.
"Hmm?" Peach turned her head. "Oh, guys! You're here!" She said as they hopped on the platform. "And… so little of you."
"The rest are in Toad Square." Luigi explained. "So what's going on here?"
"Well, we were trying to find the exits when… these things showed up." Ren said, referring to the Kretins approaching them as Wave conjured up water and shot out a stream of water while Bols tried to burn it away with the flamethrower.
"They're definitely persistent!" Chelsea said as Peach reached into her bag and pulled out a turnip as she threw it at one, but it just bounced off. The Kretins would then launch themselves through the group and grabbed a hold of Peach.
"Ack! Mmph! Mmph!"
"Peach!" Mario and Ruby exclaimed as the Kretins flew off.
"Hey, you get back here!" Luigi said as he tried to make a run for it, but the bridge he was on started to collapse. "Ack!" He yelped as he tried to jump away, but got caught in the mucus. "Ack blub blub blub…"
"LUIGI!" Young Link and Mario yelled.
"Oh, he'll be fine… I fell in that… whatever it is when Mario and I were looking for you guys." Ruby waved it off. "He'll be coming out right abooout… now."
"Oh ho ho ho ho!" A voice laughed as a figure emerged from the mucus. "Good tidings! I am Princess Lipid, and what is it that thou want?" She asked, holding Luigi in one hand and a treasure chest in the other. "Does thou want the treasure chest… or does thou want this shabby green man?"
"Okay, first of all, RUDE." Ruby said. "Second of all, Luigi is more important than whatever is in that chest, and THIRD of all, Luigi is more than shabby. He's a great looking guy… believe me, he's got a hot princess for a girlfriend!"
"Really? Thou thinks this man is more important than treasure?"
"He's family. He's my bro!" Mario said.
"Wise decision!" She said, tossing Luigi high into the air as he landed gracefully.
"Booyah!" Luigi said, doing a fabulous pose. "Dang straight I'm good looking!"
"So uh… I'm curious about something." Mario spoke up. "What exactly is all this?" He wondered as the treasure chest was tossed to them.
"Oh this? This is mucus!" Lipid responded.
"MUCUS?!" Ruby and Luigi yelled at the same time.
"Oh my!" Pyrrha said in shock, while Mario tried to contain his snickers.
"It lines up everywhere in the body. I assumed that thou knewest… apparently not."
"Ew ew ew ew ew ew ew ew!" Ruby groaned. "Ugh, I need to take a shower when we get out of this body!"
"You and me BOTH!" Luigi agreed, and then they were drenched from Wave's water.
"There, consider yourself cleaned." Wave said.
"Nice use of that Water Manipulation of yours!" Lubbock said, giving him the thumbs up.
"…Honestly, I'd rather be covered in soap…" Ruby mumbled as Lipid let out a hearty laugh.
"Take care!" She said and then disappeared, while Young Link curiously walked over to the chest.
"Let's see what's in this chest." He said, prying it open and pushing the lid off, leaning into it to see what contained inside.
Dah dah dah daaaaah! Badges!
"Uh… bottle caps?" Toon Link looked at them curiously.
"Eh… not worth it." Young Link tossed the two behind him. "Hang on, there's something else in here…" He said and then a Tenderling hopped out. "Wah!"
"How did you miss THAT?"
"Oh wow… walking meat…" Akame said, drooling at the sight.
"Meat so raw that it's moving on its own!" Bols said, aiming his flamethrower at it and tenderized it with the flames.
"Mmm… sentient meat that is now medium rare…" Akame drooled, happily picking up the Tenderling and ate it up before it could get away.
"You… you just ate a living sentient thing… and you're okay with it?" Chelsea asked.
"Your point?" Akame smiled innocently, causing Chelsea to sweatdrop.
"I… uh… oh never mind."
"Anyway, we got to find the princess!" Starlow said as they hurried on, but they would find an Attack Piece block as Ruby would hit it and out came ten Attack Pieces that formed into a helmet with a spring attached to it.
"What's this?" Ruby wondered.
"Looks to be like a… spring helmet?" Pyrrha wondered as they saw a Tenderling walking up to them.
"Let's try it on that guy."
"Yes, tenderize it~!" Akame drooled as Luigi put the Jump Helmet on his head as Mario, Ruby and even Toon Link hopped on and jumped in an arch where Luigi got underneath the three as they bounced off the Jump Helmet and came crashing down on the Tenderling that KO'd it, then Bols burnt it up where Akame devoured it.
"I don't know if I should feel bad for these things or not…" Ren said.
"Akame, you're just as bad as your sister!" Wave told her.
"So?" Akame licked her fingers as they walked off but saw more Tenderlings approaching them, this time with a Calorite. "Oooooh my!" She said, hearts replacing her eyes.
"Allow me to cut these up for you." Lubbock said, pulling out wires.
"Wires?" Ruby wondered.
"Watch and learn." Lubbock said, wrapping the wires around his wrists and suddenly, they started to glow blue as they started to stretch out from his wrists as Lubbock moved his wrists as the wires swung around and sliced through the Tenderlings and the Calorite, causing them to split into pieces and fell over lifelessly.
"Whoa!" Ruby, the Bros, Pyrrha, Ren and the Links exclaimed.
"That's how I use 'em. I can either lay down traps with these bad boys… or I can wrap them around my wrists and let my semblance do the work."
"I remember seeing that in action one time… it was incredible." Chelsea said.
"Kurome sent me a video on my scroll… it was insane." Akame said, and then they saw another Calorite who saw the damage and pulled out a sign that read: "Your powers are BS!".
"Wouldn't be the first time I've heard it." Lubbock said with a chuckle as it was shot down by Ruby, then Akame would pull out a plate and picked up the pieces of Tenderling and put it on the plate.
"Hey, could you season this for me?" Akame asked as Bols conjured up a fireball and threw it at the plate, immediately making them hot and ready. "Thank you~!"
"Fire manipulation?" Starlow guessed.
"It goes well with my flamethrower!" Bols grinned from the inside of his mask as they walked ahead.
"Hey there! Hold on a second!" A voice said as a blue Globin appeared before them. "It is I, Nutsoglobin! If you want to continue on, then you must pass a little quiz."
"A QUIZ?!" Starlow yelled. "For your information, we have a princess to save! So why don't you butt out and we can go save Peach!"
"If you will not do the quiz, then you will pay with your lives." Nutsoglobin said as a Tenderling came out of a pipe… and then it got promptly eaten by Akame.
"Which life were you referring to?"
"I will go ask my host a question while you stay here and get attacked by these Tenderlings!" It said and flew up while an army of Tenderlings came out.
"Okay… how many of these are there?" Ruby wondered.
"About… fifty." Lubbock said.
"I don't think Akame can eat 'em all." Ren said.
"Is that a challenge, Ren?" Akame smirked. "I happen to have great metabolism."
"It's true." Chelsea nodded.
Akame looked at the army of Tenderlings and her eyes sparkled. "COME TO MAMA!"
Outside…
"Mmmph, this is embarrassing…" Bowser mumbled.
"Hey! You up there!"
"Huh? Chippy?"
"No, I'm not Chippy! I'm a part of you! I'm Nutsoglobin!"
"Never heard of ya!"
"Augh! I'm hurt! Surely you remember lil ol' me, right?"
"Remember… hmm…" Bowser closed his eyes while the others were trying to knock the brainwashed Koopa Troop away while Kyoko was blasting away the floor. "Nope, doesn't ring any bells!"
"Oh come on! Can't you at least reminisce?"
"Reminisce…" Bowser closed his eyes.
Pause BGM
BGM: Life at Garreg Mach Monastery (Fire Emblem: Three Houses)
"I just kid-napped Mar-i-o! I just kid-napped Green 'Stache! And I have the princess all to myself… and then soon, I'll take over the Mush-room King-dom!"
"Heh, doing the conga line when I kidnapped the Bros and Peach… good times." He smirked.
"No! Reminisce deeper!"
"Hmm…"
"Junior, I've got something… difficult to tell you about Princess Peach."
"I know, she's not really my mama. Someday, when I'm bigger… I wanna fight that Mario and RWBY again!"
"That's my boy! Well put, son! The royal Koopa line is as strong as ever! …But for now, let's just rest awhile."
"You got it, papa!"
"Junior… I've been holding this letter hostage for a long time, because I didn't feel like you were ready… but… I feel like you are now."
"Huh?"
Bowser chuckled, remembering his son's face when he opened the Smash invitation for the first time.
"Papa… I…"
"You don't have to accept it son. I just felt it was time to give you this. You can always change your mind if you don't feel ready."
"…Change my mind?" Bowser's heart warmed when he pictured his son smiling at him. "This is the best gift you've ever given me! I'll make you proud, papa! I'll fight to my heart's content!"
"That's my boy!"
Bowser let out another chuckle, then flashing back to the time Junior won a match for the first time.
"Take… THIS!" Junior yelled, unleashing an uppercut with his clown car on Chrom.
"Nnngh!" Chrom grunted as he was knocked up in the air as Junior jumped out and hammered him hard enough to knock him into the blast zone. "GAAAAAH!"
"GAME! Bowser… Junior wins!"
"THAT'S MY BOY!" Bowser cheered while Lucina looked absolutely annoyed and folded her arms while Junior came running over and happily tackled his father into a hug.
"I did it! I won!"
"You did! I'm so proud of you!"
"Good times…" Bowser chuckled.
"Hey, since you saved me, I hereby dub you an honorary member of the Koopa Troop."
"Oh, cool… WAIT, WHAT?!"
"Your goth look fits the bill, Marine! You'll fit right in! Definitely'll have to get you spikier bracelets and a choker."
"My choker is fine as is! And it's Marnie… and it's punk!"
"Heh, she's come so far… I wouldn't be surprised if she declared loyalty to the Koopa Troop…" Bowser chuckled.
"SIIILEEEEEEEEENCE! I give Green 'Stache, Snow Queen and Blonde Boy crap all the time… but even I can see potential in all of them! YOU on the other hand crossed a line! Not even I would go that far into humiliating them, even on my worse days! You call yourself a benevolent door who judges people on the inside, but from what I can tell? You only judge people for their deeds and not their sense of character! You… ARE NOTHING BUT A FRAUD!"
Then he reminisced about the time that his own sister came back.
"You may look different, and you may be an entirely different species… but you're still my sister."
Bowsette put her hands over her mouth, tears rolling down her cheeks. "Rei…"
"Yes~?"
"We're staying!" She said, hugging her brother tightly.
Bowser let out a chuckle. "Good times…"
End BGM
"Oh? Have you finally reminisced about Nutsoglobin?"
"…Who are you again?"
"GAH! I give up!" Nutsoglobin said and disappeared.
"…What was his problem?"
Inside…
"WHA?!" The Nutsoglobin yelled, seeing the Tenderling army completely eradicated, as Akame was sitting down and smiling, wiping her mouth.
"Got anymore~? I think I have room for dessert!"
"…THAT'S IT! You may go! I give up!" It said and floated off in annoyance.
"Good!" Starlow said as they took off.
"Aww…" Akame pouted before she stood up as they hurried along before they saw the Kretins hovering nearby.
"Okay so uh… got anything that'll blow them away?" Starlow wondered.
"Oh!" Ruby grinned and turned to the Bros. "How about a good ol' fashioned Bro Spin?"
"You got it!" Mario nodded as Ruby quickly did a Ruby Tornado as Mario hopped on his brother as they did a spin jump into it and then they launched themselves toward the Kretins, blowing them off of Peach.
End BGM
"Oooogh…" Peach groaned as she got up.
"Are you alright?" Ruby asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine." Peach responded and then noticed the Kretins returning. "They're coming back!"
"I'll stand by with the princess! You guys deal with… whatever the heck that is!" Starlow said as the group readied their weapons as the Kretins turned into one being.
BGM: Tough Guy Alert! (Mario and Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story plus Bowser Jr's Journey)
Cellular Multiplier - Alpha Kretin
The Alpha Kretin mixed together to form reds and greens, then firing energy blasts at the group where they quickly avoided the attacks as Akame ran over and slashed them while Chelsea pulled out her needles and threw them at the Alpha Kretin, but they would form red and green shields to prevent them from hurting them.
"Does it have to do with most us wearing red and green?" Young Link wondered.
"I'm gonna find out!" Toon Link said as he ran over as Ruby ran next to him as the two of them slashed their weapons at their corresponding colors, where they would go blue. "That's an affirmative!"
"Does my green hair count?" Lubbock wondered, using his wires to attack a green Kretin, and then it went blue. "Yup!"
The Alpha Kretin would aim its arm cannon at the group before aiming up high and then firing a charged blast in the air, and then it came back down and hit the ground, causing a shockwave that knocked Wave and Chelsea down as it would then aim its arm cannon and would attempt to suck them in as a vacuum, but Lubbock used his wires to catch them.
Mario, Luigi and Pyrrha would rush over and then attacked their corresponding colored Kretins while Ren flew up in the air with his wind magic and then pulled out his Ren Bow, firing an arrow at a green colored Kretin as they all turned blue and most of them disappeared except for one.
"Oh I see… that little guy cloned himself!" Ruby said as the Beta Kretin growled and made some new friends, while also whistling as some powered up Calorites and Tenderlings came running in. Akame stared at the Tenderlings before slapping herself to focus at the fight ahead of her as the Tenderlings and Calorites rushed ahead at the group, but then Ren came down and pulled out his semblance, aiming at them and locking them in place with Stasis.
Once they were locked in place, Ren pulled out his bow and fired several arrows at them before he put his bow away, as Stasis deactivated and sent them all flying into the Beta Kretins, with some of them hitting the correct one.
"Ah, there you are!" Toon Link said as he and Young Link ran toward it and they both slashed it as Young Link them pulled out his Goron Mask and then proceeded to pummel the Beta Kretin with strong punches as Toon Link brought out his Wind Waker and lightly waved it around as the wind picked up and causing the Beta Kretin to hold on for dear life.
"The winds are in our favor." Ren said as Pyrrha threw her spear and struck the Beta Kretin as Ruby boosted from the wind and struck the Beta Kretin before jumping up into the air and pulling out her spell book.
"Wolfa Flara!" She chanted as an image of a giant wolf appeared above her as it came crashing down on the Beta Kretin and exploded in a massive shockwave. Anyone else caught in the shockwave felt a boost of power.
"Oooh! I feel powered up!" Akame smirked as she rushed ahead and slashed at the Beta Kretin as it called up some new friends and tried to fire lasers at them, but thanks to Toon Link, the wind made the laser slower for Bols and Wave to avoid as they combined their water and fire together and struck the Beta Kretin, scalding it pretty well.
The Beta Kretin growled where they formed together to make a new Alpha Kretin, but would be quickly taken out of its form once the red and green colors were taken out. The Beta Kretin attempted to fire a laser at Mario, but he brought out his cape and swung it back, having the laser hit him head on as it stumbled as Luigi then used his Thunder Hand to stun it.
"I'll finish it off!" Toon Link said, the Triforce glowing in his hand as he trapped the Beta Kretin in the Triforce, then he rushed over and Triforce Slashed the Beta Kretin multiple times and then did one final attack that sent the Beta Kretin flying… but to their surprise, the Beta Kretin weakly got up.
"It's still alive?!" Goron Link said in surprise, but two arrows from Toon and Ren, and a shot from Ruby knocked it down, causing it to explode.
"Not anymore~!" Ruby grinned.
End BGM
"I could've helped but… Starlow insisted that I stay put." Peach said.
"I know you're in Smash Bros, but we couldn't risk the fact of you getting kidnapped again by those things." Starlow pointed out.
"Good point… so uh… do you have any ideas of how to get out of here?" Peach asked.
"Oh… uh… I was so focused on rescuing you, I didn't think of a way out…" Starlow sweatdropped.
"Oh! Hoopa! That's a good-"
"Nope." Luigi said. "He doesn't know if he can get us out since he's never tried it inside someone before. Not to mention we might still be small when we get out… or bring out big germs to the point where it might cause another pandemic on top of the blorbs."
"Oooh…" Peach grimaced. "That's a good point."
"We could go out of Bowser's snout!" Ruby pointed out.
"Ew…" Chelsea said. "No thanks."
"Well, it's either we go north or we go… south." Lubbock quietly said.
Chelsea paled. "Oh… right… ew…"
"How about the mouth?" Luigi guessed.
"Honestly, I think we'd still be small…" Mario said.
"Aww…"
"Quite a pickle…" Bols mused.
"Isn't there anywhere else we can try?" Wave wondered.
"We could cut a hole through his skin." Akame said. "Sure, he'd bleed a little but it's better than nothing."
"He has thick skin. I think your sword would break." Ruby said.
"Mmm… we have to try SOMETHING!"
Outside…
"Mmmph, some king I am…" Bowser mumbled. "Would you hurry it up with the blastin'!"
"I'm trying my best here! Be patient." Kyoko said.
"Mmmph… well, it can't be any worse… though I do feel tingly at my feet… and my tail. Gah! What's going on through this floor!"
"I HAVE CHORTLES!" A voice yelled as everyone heard it once the brainwashed minions were all KO'd.
BGM: Fawful is There
"Was that Fawful?" Sora wondered.
"Him…" Boosette scowled.
Down below, Fawful was firing his ray gun at Bowser's feet while Midbus was watching him. "Fawful's plan is going smoothly! And it's all thanks to you, Bowser!"
"What? What do you mean!"
"Why, it's very simple! First you take the Vacuum Shroom, and then you suck up the princess… and now I am going to extract her out of you so I can take over the Mushroom Kingdom!"
Up above…
"WAIT WAIT WAIT, HOLD UP! You mean to tell me that Peach was inside of me this whole time?!"
"Ooooh… that brings back memories…" Sora sweatdropped.
"Kairi… Kairi's inside me?"
Definitely could have phrased that better… Sora thought.
"And now you are stuck up in that floor! And I have the chortles because your detective friend isn't able to bust you out of your prison. She even warned you but it was too late! Despite her great wit, she was slow to stop you! She can't do anything if you do not listen to her!"
Kyoko scowled. "Tell me, Fawful! What do you want with the princess!"
"To take over the Mushroom Kingdom, of course!"
Inside…
"Dude… come up with something original…" Ruby said.
"What is so special about the Mushroom Kingdom anyway?" Bowser asked. "That's my gig! Go bother the Beanbean Kingdom again!"
"I HAVE CHORTLES! There is something far better in the Mushroom Kingdom… and once I take over, this will just be me asserting the dominance to the Beanbean Kingdom!"
"And what's that!"
"There is something deep underground Toad Town… and I've discovered it when the Kingdom was being invaded by the purple mushrooms!"
"Deep underground Toad Town…" Peach wondered and then let out a gasp. "No! So that's what he wants!"
"What is it?" Mario asked.
End BGM
BGM: Disquiet (Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity)
"Long ago, the people of the Mushroom Kingdom dug up an old star… but it's not just any star, it's called the Dark Star. It was not benevolent… it was evil. It destroyed everything when it woke up, but the Star Sprites came in and put a stop to it, putting it in a deep sleep and sealed it away. No one can break the seal… except for me!"
"WHAT?!" The group yelled.
At Toad Square…
"There is an old star in the Mushroom Kingdom from long ago… and Fawful wants a piece of that! It is called the Dark Star and it will consume everything in darkness! It's sealed away deep underground… and nobody can break the seal… except for Princess Peach herself!"
Everyone at the square gasped in surprise. "You're kidding…" Yang said quietly.
"If that thing gets free…" Toadsworth paled. "Oh… be still, my heart…"
"Come on guys… get Peach and go…" Jaune hoped.
Outside…
"So you plan on destroying the entire world?!" Pyra yelled. "If that thing breaks free, all hell is going to break loose!"
"Not unless if Fawful controls it… and he will! Everything has gone smoothly and everyone has played their part." Fawful said.
"You're insane! This is gonna destroy everything!" Sora exclaimed. "You plan on destroying the entire world? All of Remnant?!"
"I HAVE CHORTLES! It will be so worth it! Plus… it's to resume her work. The Beanbean Kingdom was the start, but an old friend of mine had perished. So I am resuming where I had left off… but doing it in my way that would make Lady Cackletta proud!"
Fawful smirked, raising the dial up to 11 and shooting Bowser again. "GAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" Bowser yelled.
"Come to Fawful~!"
End BGM
Inside…
Energy conjured inside of Bowser, as a giant yellow hand appeared out of thin air. "What's that?!" Luigi said as the hand hovered over Peach and went to grab her… hadn't Ruby used her semblance to grab a hold of Peach and got away from it.
BGM: Desperate Situation (Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity)
"NO!" Ruby yelled once she got away. "I'm NOT letting you take Peach away!" She said, using her semblance and running off with Peach in hand. The hand followed as everyone else ran after it, quickly firing anything that would try to slow it down, but they fazed right through it.
Ruby quickly made her way into Toad Square. "Someone! Help me hide Peach!"
"Quickly, over here!" Souda called out as Ruby sped toward them and hid Peach in the machinery.
The hand approached them all as Yang and Nora quickly jumped in and tried to hit the hand, but it backhanded the two and knocked them into the walls. Zelda raised her hand up in the air as the completed Triforce appeared as she tried to hold it back, but it fazed through the Triforce.
"Impossible!" Zelda exclaimed as Mine desperately tried to shoot it down as Impa and Terrako tried to slash it down, but they fazed through it as it went for Souda's workshop.
"Shadow Ball!" Amelia ordered as Golurk fired a Shadow Ball, but the hand caught it and threw it back at the Golurk before punching it down. "No!" She said as Daisy hopped into the scene and tried to punch it, but it fazed through her as it backhanded the machinery and looked at Peach.
"Oh no…" Peach paled as Ruby immediately got between the two, spreading her arms out and glared at the hand, making it stop… only to aim its pointer finger and fired a laser that went right through her.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!" She screamed.
"RUBY!" Yang shrieked as her eyes went red as she launched herself to Ruby as the latter fell over, her aura dissipating as she landed on her stomach… and then it grabbed a hold of Peach.
"AAAAAAAH!" Peach yelled as Mario jumped in and desperately grabbed her, holding on to her dress but it disappeared along with Peach, dropping Mario on the ground.
"No!" He yelled as Yang landed next to her sister and gently cradled her before looking at one of the cell walls.
"FAWFUL, YOU BASTARD!" She yelled.
End BGM
Outside…
"Hnnngh!" Fawful grunted, holding Peach on his back. "Extraction… was a success!"
"Hey! HEY! You put her back in there NOW!" Bowser yelled as Midbus pushed in a treadmill.
"Bowser… you need to lose the weight… you are too obese…" He said. "Too… heavy… oooof… Midbus… a little help…!"
Midbus stared at Fawful before turning away and walked off. "What?! No! Don't leave Fawful like this! Too… heavy…" Fawful wheezed as he made his escape… and then the floor finally crumbled, as not only Bowser fell, but he unwittingly took Aoi and Kyoko with him.
"WAAAAAH!" Bowser yelled, landing on the treadmill while Kyoko and Aoi landed next to it.
"Ooof!" Aoi grunted, rubbing her butt. "Ow…"
"You okay?" Kyoko asked.
"Yeah… I'll be fine…" Aoi said as the Blades, Terry, Rei and the Disney Trio looked down from the hole.
"You guys okay?" Goofy called out.
"Never better! We've been through worse…" Aoi said and suddenly, the treadmill started moving on its own, and once Bowser got up, he started moving.
"Aaaack! Legs… moving on their own!"
"Where are you guys? We'll come down and get ya!" Mythra said.
"By the looks of it…" Kyoko pulled out her phone and spotted a sign. "We seem to be in some kind of Bob-omb closet."
Boosette let out a gasp. "The explosives depot?!" She exclaimed, and right on cue, Mythra's Foresight kicked in and saw everyone getting caught in the explosion while Bowser, Kyoko and Aoi were sent flying.
Shit… Mythra thought, wracking her brain for an answer and then one came to her and turned to her friends. "Guys! Go to Toad Town! NOW!"
"Great! …We have no idea where that's at." Sora said.
"I'll show you the way!" Terry said.
"You three! Meet us at Toad Town! We'll regroup there!" Mythra said.
"You got it!" Aoi nodded, and then Bowser hopped off once his body was back to normal… and he was on fire.
"Woo! I'm on FIRE!" He yelled as Kyoko would notice a Bob-omb wandering around and Bowser was just about to hop off.
"Bowser, WAIT!" Kyoko yelled… right as Bowser jumped off and landed next to the Bob-omb.
"Oh shit…" Mythra paled, seeing it unfold. "MOVE MOVE MOVE!" She yelled, pushing them all away as Boosette would get the KO'd Koopa Troop outside and shut the door. "Rei! You get out of here too!"
"I'll be fine! Someone needs to watch over this castle anyway!"
"But-"
"I can faze through anything. GO!" She said as everyone took off running.
Inside…
"Crap crap crap crap!" Bowser exclaimed, trying to extinguish the fuse but would accidentally light up more Bob-ombs as one Bob-omb in particular would go to several crates full of Bob-ombs.
"YOU'RE MAKING IT WORSE!" Kyoko yelled.
"Oh no… oh no no no!" Aoi said as everything started to light up. "KIRI, GET DOWN!" She screamed, tackling her to the ground and shielding her… and then everything exploded at once, sending Bowser, Kyoko and Aoi flying far away from the castle.
Meanwhile, inside Bowser…
"I can't believe that Fawful guy would do that." Esdeath growled. "We need to find a way outside of Bowser… and soon. I'm not going to let Remnant fall to that."
"Right…" Winter nodded as she heard sobbing nearby. "I hear crying!"
Blake would pick up the pace and would find Weiss in a fetal position. "Get away… please… go… away…!" Weiss cried.
"Weiss!" Blake exclaimed, running over with Winter and Esdeath, the three of them surrounding her. "Weiss… it's us!" She said, gently shaking her as Weiss looked up and saw the three.
"Blake… Esdeath…? Winter…!"
"Hey… glad we found you." Blake smiled as the three of them hugged her as Weiss hugged them back, tears rolling down her cheeks and quietly sobbing.
THUD!
"What was that?" Blake wondered as the resounding thud made them bounce a bit.
"I don't know, but we need to regroup." Esdeath said as Winter picked up Weiss and put her on her back piggyback style.
"I can walk..." Weiss quietly said.
"Not in this condition, you're not." Winter said as they hurried off back to Toad Square.
I was gonna end it with "Thud", but it just didn't feel right...