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BGM: Bowser's Castle - Kingdom (Super Mario Odyssey)

Group D - Rosalina, Sora, Xion, Flandre, Sakuya

"Filming studio…?" Sora tilted his head.

"Huh, wonder what that's all about." Xion said.

"Shall we go take a look?" Flandre asked.

"I dunno… it would probably be rude to interrupt whatever they're filming." Sakuya said. "So I say we-… where'd Rosie go?"

"I think she went inside." Xion said with a sweatdrop as they went inside and saw Rosalina walking around.

"Curiosity got the better of ya, huh?" Sora teased.

"Perhaps." Rosalina giggled and then noticed a neon sign flashing in front of them. "Filming in progress?"

"Huh, wonder what they're filming?" Flandre wondered as Sakuya spotted a poster.

"Kung Fu… Lakitu?"

"Come on, maybe we can get an inside look." Sora said as they walked off, where they would then open a door and saw two people over a green screen.

"You're… you're just a big… fat… Lakitu!" Sumo Bro said, trying to punch him but the Lakitu caught him.

"I'm not a big fat Lakitu… I'm the big fat Lakitu." He smirked and suddenly raised a pinky finger.

Sumo Bro gasped. "The Wuxi finger hold…!"

"Oh, you know this hold?"

"You're bluffing. You're bluffing! Chief Yoshi didn't teach you that!"

"Nope. I figured it out. Ska-doodley!"

"Cut!" A voice called out as another Lakitu came flying down. "Great job everyone. That's a wrap!"

Rosalina turned to the others. "I… think we should leave."

"Yeeeeah… agreed. That was kinda boring." Sora said as they walked out.

Group E - Fairy Tail, Cirno, Nitori

"Huh… well, this is interesting." Gray said, walking through a small backyard filled with old cars and a pool with a floating platform in the middle of it.

"Practice your karate here…" Lucy mused. "Karate?"

"Ooooh!" Natsu said, his eyes sparkling with Happy as they rushed into the building.

"Uh… I'm confused." Wendy said. "What's with the cars here? And the pool…?"

Nitori glanced over at the pool, already seeing Cirno standing on the platform and doing all kinds of hand movements. "Cirno, what are you…?"

"Wax on… wax off… wax on…"

Nitori sweatdropped. "I… think you have your cultures mixed up."

"Hiyah!" Natsu came running out and wearing a karate gi, complete with a headband as Happy was wearing something similar.

"You two look ridiculous." Carla said.

"Oh come on, Salamander… you can dress better than that." Gajeel said.

"Come on, Gajeel! Do some karate with me!"

"Nope!" Gajeel turned around, his back turned to him and folding his arms. "I ain't doing something completely ridiculous like kara-"

"FIRE DRAGON'S KARATE CHOP!" Natsu yelled, karate chopping the top of Gajeel's scalp.

An anime tic mark appeared on Gajeel's forehead. "ALRIGHT, YOU ASKED FOR IT, YA MORON!" He yelled as he rushed at Natsu.

"This is absurd…" Lily said.

"Agreed." Gray said. "There's no way I'm getting involved in it."

"Oh Gray, you lack the spirit." Erza said. "REQUIP!" She yelled as she sported a fighter's gi herself… although, considering this is Erza we're talking about, the front of the gi was a bit more revealingly open.

"YOU HAVE A FIGHTER'S GI?!" Gray yelled.

"Why are we not surprised!" Lucy, Carla and Wendy exclaimed.

"Come, Gray! We shall put you into a fighter's gi as well!" Erza said, dragging the ice mage away.

"Gah! What did I get myself into?!"

"My darling Gray is going to be wearing such an outfit… yes! Wait for me!" Juvia went running after them.

"What is going on?" Wendy asked.

"I don't know… but I feel like we're in the wrong culture somehow." Lucy said.

Group F - Night Raid, Fire Emblem

"Cooooooool!" Elise exclaimed. "Shogun Studios!"

"Fascinating… it's got a river and everything!" Kamui said. "…That's not somehow poison or lava."

"Oh goodness! This is quite charming!" Camilla said.

"Oooooooh!" Lysithea drooled. "I smell something goooood~!" She said as she rushed over to the source of the smell, with Akame following right behind her.

"I think those two are already friends." Claude chuckled.

"You said it." Hilda giggled.

"Oh look, a photo booth!" Dorothea said. "Honey, let's go take a few pictures of us!"

"Yeah!" Byleth nodded as the two took off while Night Raid wandered around, seeing a few Ninja Shy Guys wandering around while Goombas and Koopas dressed up in shogun attire wandered around as well, even a few Ninji walked around as well.

"Incredible…" Susano'o said.

"It sure is. Who knew this Bowser guy went all out!" Leone said.

"And to think we're not even at the castle yet." Tatsumi said.

"What's that up ahead?" Mine wondered as they walked across the bridge and walked inside… where they saw a bunch of Paper Macho Koopas, Shy Guys and Goombas.

"What the…" Chelsea looked at them, pulling out some needles.

"Ah! Don't hurt them!" A Koopa came running up. "They're just for decoration! They wouldn't hurt a fly!"

"You sure? That one in particular is looking at me weird." Leone said.

"Indeed." The Koopa nodded.

"Hmm…" Mine rubbed her chin in thought. "Wonder what would happen if we destroyed them anyway? Leone… Susano'o. They're all yours."

"Music to my ears~!" Leone smirked as she and Susano'o started destroying them easily… and for their troubles, a Power Moon popped up.

"Looks like we got a moon!" Tatsumi said as Leone took it before fist bumping Susano'o as they walked off, leaving the Koopa by himself.

"My… my masterpieces…" He whimpered as they walked into the building where they saw a few shogun wearing Spikes duking it out with Ninja Guys.

"Oh, I think we're in some theater." Leone said.

"Looks like it." Tatsumi said.

"Spikey! Noooooo!" A Spike held another Spike in his arms. "You monsters!" He yelled.

"That is what you get for not paying the bill." One of them said.

"Ooooh… Spike Top…. Tell my wife… that… she needs to pay the electric bill… bleeeeh…"

"NOOOOOOO!"

"Aaaaand scene! Way to go guys! Great rehearsal!"

"Yeah, I'd like to question the scene before… one of my lines was, and I quote: "I'm going to make you rue the day that you spoiled my ketchup bottle." What exactly does THAT mean?"

"I dunno, the screenwriter was probably drunk with sake or something! Just adlib it when we do the real thing!"

"Fair enough."

Night Raid stared at them on stage. "Oookay… I think we'll make our exit…" Chelsea said as the Spikes and Ninja Guys turned to see them.

"Oh! They came for the play? But it's not until next week!"

"Hey, maybe we can have them critique the rehearsal and see what needs to be changed."

"I'd like a few lines changed myself…" A Ninja Guy muttered as a few Koopas pushed Night Raid toward the seats.

"Come on, stick with it for a while. It'll be great!" A Koopa said.

"Well… it probably wouldn't hurt… right?" Leone shrugged.

"I suppose not… though I think Akame might be missing out." Tatsumi said.

"Eh, she made her choice. How bad can this play be? Alright, let's see what we're dealing with here!" Mine said.

With Byleth and Dorothea…

"Aaaah! They have so many wonderful costumes!" Dorothea exclaimed. "I can't tell which one I wanna go with next!"

"Samurai… cosplay… goodness, they have it all." Byleth mused. "All of this for pictures?"

"Oh darling~! What do you think of this~?"

"Hmm?" Byleth turned around to see Dorothea in a dark mage outfit, scarily similar to Tharja's outfit. "Oh my! Is that… Tharja's?"

"Could be… or it could be similiar~" She giggled. "What do you think~?"

"…It's like I'm falling in love all over again." Byleth said, hearts appearing over her head.

"I knew you'd love it~!" Dorothea smiled as Byleth walked around and found herself a kimono as she walked out and flashed a pose. "Oh, I'm one lucky woman~"

"Uh, ladies? You already got your moon after taking a few… hundred photos." A Lakitu said.

Dorothea turned to him. "Say, there wouldn't happen to be a hotel nearby, would there~?"

"Oh yeah, there's plenty. Where exactly are you going with thi-… oh, I see." The Lakitu sweatdropped. Married couples always wanting to scratch that itch. He thought. "There's one such hotel about a few blocks from here at Shogun Studios."

"Great! Let's go!" Dorothea said, dragging Byleth away as the two ran off.

"Wait, you forgot-… I'm not getting those costumes back, am I…" He sweatdropped as a Koopa couple walked in and found Byleth and Dorothea's original clothing.

"Oooh! I know exactly what kind of photo we'll do~!" The female Koopa grinned.

"You and your love for cosplay, hon…" Her husband shook his head.

Group G - Pit, Viridi, Piranha Plant, Terry

"This must be the main entrance to the castle." Pit said.

"So… how are we going to open these?" Viridi wondered.

Pit summoned an Ore Club. "I got just the thing!" He said as he walked over and gave it a good swing, but the club bounced off instead. "Gah! …Okay, that's not how I pictured it would go." He sweatdropped.

Piranha Plant decided to spin his leaves around and flew up into the air to try and go around, but an electrical barrier stopped him and caused him to fall to the ground near the two. Viridi would immediately heal him up right after, then she'd notice a sign.

"Authorized Personnel only… trespassers will be thoroughly squished." Viridi read. "Squished? What exactly do they mean by-"

Pit looked up in the air as his eyes widened. "Viridi, LOOK OUT!" He yelled, diving toward her and pushing her and the Piranha Plant away while Terry jumped back as a few Stairface Ogres landed on the ground, letting out some roars.

"What the hell are those things?!" Viridi exclaimed.

"I think they might be those ogres the pamphlet told us about!" Terry said.

"Hahahaha!" A voice cackled as they saw the Broodals standing on top of each one. "You think you can march your way into Bowser's Castle? You thought wrong! Not if we have something to say about it!" Topper said.

Pit pulled apart his Palutena Bow. "Bring it on!" He said as Terry got in a fighting stance, Piranha Plant did a 'come at me' taunt with his leaves and Viridi took out her scythe, but she noticed Topper's metal arm.

What happened to him? She thought. "Let's go!"

End BGM

BGM: Boss Battle 1 (Kid Icarus Uprising)

Pit rushed over at one Stairface Ogre as it raised its mallet and swung it down on the angel, but he rolled out of the way as he had an idea and climbed on the mallet. Rango attempted to throw his hats at him but Pit would deflect them back as he jumped on top of the Stairface Ogre. "Yipe!" Rango yelped as he tried to punch Pit but he blocked with his hand and quickly flipped him around and slammed him on his back where Pit summoned an Earthmaul Club and swung it down on top of him and the Stairface Ogre, which was enough to shatter the Ogre as it wailed out in agony while doing so.

Another Stairface Ogre attempted to squish Piranha Plant but he hopped over and then climbed up the mallet once it slammed down, and then Spewart sprayed poison on the Piranha Plant. "Gahahaha! Poisoned ya!" He smirked, but the Piranha Plant stood there, decked out in poison and gave him a "really?" look before hopping over and spewing out a poison cloud himself. "AAAARGH!"

Piranha Plant smirked, shaking off the poison as he wrapped his head around, grew spikes on his head and gave a good swing to knock Spewart off of the Stairface Ogre, then he spat out a spiky ball, caught it with his mouth and jumped off, throwing the spiky ball into the weakspot on the Ogre's forehead, shattering him on impact. Piranha Plant then gave out a very Duck Hunt-like snicker right after.

"HAHAHAHAHA! HAVE SOME OF MY BOMBS! YAHAHAHA!" Harriet yelled, throwing bombs at Viridi as she was dodging the ogre's mallet.

"Oh will you SHUT THE HELL UP!" Viridi yelled, swinging her scythe at one bomb and smacked Harriet with it.

"Gyow!" Harriet yelled and then snarled, flipping her hair in response to try and hit the goddess, but Viridi dodged and in the blink of an eye, she slashed through Harriet's hair. "AAAAAAAH! MY HAIR! WHAT DID YOU DO TO MY HAIR?!"

"Oooooh!" The Stairface Ogre grimaced.

"Flipping your hair as an attack when someone has a sharp weapon isn't exactly the best idea." Viridi said, snapping her fingers as vines came out of the ground and wrapped around the ogre and harriet, then a Venus Fly Trap grew out of it.

"What the HELL is that thing?!" Harriet yelled.

"A Venus Fly Trap! And you? You're Seymour."

"I'm WHO?" Harriet asked before the Venus Fly Trap gobbled her up. "MMMPH! MMMPH MMMPH MMMPH MMMMMMMPH!" She screamed as it then spit her out on top of the Stairface Ogre, hard enough to shatter him in the process.

"My baby is just a big green mother-"

"Are you okay? BUSTER WOLF!"

"AAAAAAAARGH!" Topper slammed into the door… and the Stairface Ogre slammed into him and busted open the doors in the process, and then the latter shattered, leaving Topper dazed along with the others.

End BGM

"Were you saying something?" Terry asked, dusting his hands off as he noticed Topper's hat on the ground. "Oh!" He then put way his temporary hat for Topper's.

"Ah, forget it." Viridi chuckled as the vines went back underground and then a Multi Moon appeared in front of them were Pit grabbed it.

"Alright! Now we can go forward!" Pit said as they turned to see the others (Minus the love birds and Night Raid) approaching them.

"Hey, you got it open!" Marisa said.

"How'd it go on your ends?" Pit asked.

"Terrible." Luigi mumbled, rubbing his butt.

"The food was good!" Tracer gave a thumbs up.

"Tofu is Unamerican!" Soldier reported.

"Marnie has secretly been a badarse this whole time!" Gloria grinned, causing Marnie to blush.

"Sure…" She said as they stared off to Bowser's Castle.

"So… where's Night Raid, Byleth and Dorothea?" Reimu asked.

"Saw the love birds make their way to a hotel… I think I know what's going on in there." Claude said.

In the hotel…

"Haaaah! Ooooh! Aaaaah! Oooooh~! Oh hell yeeees… Dorothyyyy~!" Byleth moaned.

"Goodness gracious, you have so many knots back here." Dorothea said, massaging Byleth's back.

"Oooooh mama… I needed a deep tissue massage~" Byleth sighed happily.

"Apparently!" Dorothea said, applying her elbow to her bare back while they also had the TV on, where they were watching two monsters confronting each other at an airport. "So… why is a giant moth attacking a giant lizard at an airport anyway?"

"I have no idea… I'm questioning why everyone stopped screaming when the other guy showed uuuu-AAAAAH! Ooooh, right there~! That's the spot that needed the most attention~!"

"I can see you melting already." Dorothea giggled.

Back with them…

"Love making? At a time like this?" Hilda raised an eyebrow.

"Well, when two people love each other very much-"

"Can it, lover boy." Hilda said, dragging him away.

"Hmm… I wonder how my teammates are holding up?" Akame wondered as they ran off… but then Marnie stopped and looked at a KO'd Topper. She walked over to him and knelt down, looking at the metal arm.

"Your arm…" She whispered as she examined it before looking at Topper himself as she pulled out a Hyper Potion and sprayed him with it before pulled out a marker and wrote on his arm.

"Get well soon - Marnie." She even drew a heart on it.

"I'm not sure why… but I feel like I can relate to him." Marnie whispered, putting the marker away.

"Hey Marn! What are you doin'? Hurry up!" Gloria called out.

"Coming!" Marnie said and ran off.

Meanwhile, with Night Raid…

"No no no no no NO! It's all wrong!" Mine said as she walked up on the stage. "The writing is atrocious and… come on, really? Ninja Guys using pool noodles in this particular scene?"

"It's called Water Wars!"

"No, it's called boring everyone to tears." Mine said. "Like really… "This pool ain't big enough for both clans?" Who writes this stuff?! No no no, it's all wrong. It should be something like "You better get out of this pool or we'll make you regret it" or something along the lines!"

"Ooooh, that's even better!"

"And for the love of Night Raid, get rid of the pool noodles! This play is based off of a gang war, not… whatever this is! Throw in some shurikens, swords! Throw in some BAZOOKAS or something, I dunno!" She said as she grabbed the mega phone. "Let's take it from the top one more time! ACTION!"

"Dang… I never thought she'd be so into it." Tatsumi said.

"Ha! This is way better than what they had going on!" Leone said, casually eating popcorn.

Chelsea let out a sigh. "I think we're gonna be here a while."

I could've written this up yesterday, but alas... it was one of those days when you don't feel like doing anything in 83 degree weather...