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BGM: Crystal Field Area (Kirby Super Star Ultra)
"Ooooh, all of this is so shiiiiny~!" Mona's eyes sparkled, staring at the Crystal Field in front of her.
"Okay, I've done some recon. This place seems to be flooded with water so we will have to dive at multiple sections." Zoey informed.
"Got it." Anthony nodded as Zoey pulled out several rebreathers.
"Here you go, one for each of you." Zoey smiled as they would put them on, and then they dove into the water where they would find several friendly Blippers and Slippys going about their day, a few of them curiously looking at them before going about their day where MAJC would spot a treasure chest on a block as they swam for it while a Glunk curiously looked at them.
Anthony opened up the treasure chest, as they would see a roll of dimes. "Really? A bunch of silvery coins?" Mona raised an eyebrow.
"Hmm, this could be useful." Anthony said, putting them in his pocket.
Roll of Dimes obtained! - 100 G
"Hello… what do we have here?" Zoey wondered, spotting an opening nearby as she swam down to investigate and spotted an open treasure chest with a note attached to it. Surprisingly, the writing was still legible.
"We have "slipped" past you. Hope you enjoy those dimes! - Daroach."
The Squeaks "slipped" away with the Glass Slippers! - 120,000 G
"Let's go." Zoey said as they went the door and would find themselves in a little "hub" area with three doors.
"Where should we go first?" Camrin asked.
"Let's try the middle!" Mona suggested as they went into the middle first, where they would find themselves in a flooded like area, but thanks to the rebreathers, they were completely okay. Camrin looked down and spotted treasure below him as he swam down… only to be caught in a current that pushed him away from the treasure. He brought his whip and tried to grab the chest with his whip, but the current prevented him from doing so.
I was afraid of that. Oh well. Camrin thought as they swam up and crawled out where they would spot a Gim breakdancing in front of a Capsule J2 and a Sir Kibble, the former giving him an eight while the latter gave him a five as they walked ahead and jumped into the water, swimming around where Chloe and Mona would happily wave at some Squishies as Jen breached out of the water to snag a treasure chest and opened it up to reveal a bucket.
"Oh, seriously?" Jen raised an eyebrow as Mona turned her head and gasped, quickly grabbing it.
"This M… it was meant for me!"
"How do you know that?"
"Duh! M stands for Mona!"
"It could also be turned upside down to a W… for uh, I dunno… Wumbo?" Camrin suggested.
"Sweetie, wumbo isn't a word." Mona said.
Camrin shrugged. "Eh, worth a try."
This... is a bucket. 200 G.
They swam down, swimming around a few more Squishies until they swam up to the surface where they saw another Gim and Sir Kibble comparing weapons while a Capsule J2 was snoozing away. The group walked past them as they hopped down on a ledge and spotted two moving platforms.
Most of MAJC took the one on the left, but Zoey curiously went right and then spotted a Maxim Tomato, picking it up. "Not sure what this is, but this could be useful." She said, putting it in her pocket and rejoining the others as they traversed through the spikes until they came to two other moving platforms.
Chloe hopped on the left one and swung her halberd to cut away the walls as she hopped down and spotted two treasure chests, but one of them was open.
"This would be quite beautiful in the summer, no? - Daroach"
Summertime Heart obtained by the Squeaks! - 250,000 G
Chloe opened up the other one. "Ooooh!" She grinned, pulling out a paintbrush. "This would definitely help me practice my steady hand!"
Power Paintbrush obtained! - 222,000 G
Chloe would go ahead and catch up with the others as they dove into another body of water, dodging the Gordos along the way as Camrin and Anthony would grab the chest from before as they would pull out a roll of 100 Dollar coins.
"You want these too?" Camrin asked.
"Hmm, I'll probably sell these later." Anthony said as he put them away in his pocket.
"Allllrighty then!"
Roll of 100 Dollar Coins Obtained! - 10,000 G
The group swam out of the area and found themselves back in the "hub" area, then they decided to go to the left door, where they would be greeted by a Jungle Bomb as it spat out a bomb to them, but Jen would kick it back as it exploded near him.
"Don't even think about it." She said as they hopped down where Anthony hit a switch as a waterfall came down on top of them and flooded part of the area, which also granted them access to a treasure chest on a ledge.
"Hey, what do ya know." Anthony said as he swam up and opened it up, pulling out a goblet. "Huh..."
"Oooh, you know what would be really cool?" Mona asked as she was next to him.
"What is it?"
"Add some fire to it. You'd have a goblet of fire!"
"How would that work?"
"Uh, add some oil to it, duh!" She giggled, causing Anthony to playfully roll his eyes.
"Oh, what are we gonna do with you?" He chuckled.
Goblet (of fire?) obtained! - 800 G
They would hop down into a large body of water where Zoey hit a button in the water, where a treasure chest appeared and landed gently on the ground as the maid would open it up.
"Oh... well, I'm sure this would be good for cooking." Zoey shrugged.
Saucepan obtained! - 10 G
Once Zoey put it away, they swam ahead and noticed a door blocking their way. "Well, shoot, how are we going to get through this?" Chloe asked.
Jen floated up. "I could use my magic to blast it open."
"Blast... blast..." Mona glanced over at a Bomber meandering around. "Aha!" She grinned as she picked it up.
"Can the weather blast open a door like this?" Anthony wondered.
"We can try." Camrin said, then noticed Mona running. "Mona...?"
"BOMBS AWAY!" She yelled, throwing the Bomber to the door, where Zoey would swiftly grab the siblings and wrapped her arms around them to protect them, Jen would shoot at the ground to form an ice shield to protect her and Anthony... right when the Bomber exploded and destroyed everything around it.
Mona turned around, her front side being covered in soot. "Woo! That had a kick to it!" She grinned nonchalantly.
"Of course, there's always the Mona way." Jen shook her head with a chuckle.
"Granted, I think it would be wise if we don't let Mistress Mona handle explosives from now on..." Zoey said.
"Agreed." The rest of AJC nodded, while Mona sheepishly rubbed the back of her head.
"Probably for the best." Mona giggled, as they walked through the debris and saw a treasure chest where Mona hopped over and opened up the chest. "Oh baby!" She exclaimed, pulling out brass knuckles. "Yeeeeah! Extra punching power!" She said with her eyes sparkling while putting them on.
Brass Knuckles equipped! - 20,000 G
"Should we be worried?" Chloe asked.
"Us? No. Her opponents? Absolutely." Camrin smiled as they hit a button as a waterfall came crashing down, but strangely, the current would pull them up, and Chloe would spot a treasure chest on the way up as she hopped down... only to see it opened.
"Aww." Chloe pouted, then spotted a note.
"May I have this rose? - Daroach"
Amber Rose obtained by the Squeaks! - 22,100 G
"Smooth." Chloe rolled her eyes as she jumped back into the current where she saw Jen shooting a Bomb Block as they crawled through before hopping down into a room and going through a door where they saw two treasure chests, one of them being opened.
"We split it 50-50 for this one. Sound fair? - Daroach"
Beast Fossil obtained by the Squeaks! - 24,220 G
"Must be worth the same as this." Mona said, pulling out a Fish Fossil.
Fish Fossil obtained! - 8,250 G
Up at the Comet Observatory…
"Wait, how the hell is that 50/50?!" Ibuki wondered, reading through her phone.
Back in the cave…
"Two fish fossils? I've a feeling that's not the case." Zoey said.
"One can hope?" Mona shrugged as they walked out and made their way back where they would swim up the current and then hopped out toward a ledge, where they would notice Spinni loading up a treasure chest on Doc's UFO.
Pause BGM
BGM: Boss Prelude (Kirby's Return to Dreamland)
"Hey!" Camrin said, catching their attention.
"Go on ahead. I'll take the other one." Spinni said as Doc flew off with the other chest. "If you don't mind, this one belongs to the Squeaks."
"We had our eyes on it first." Mona said.
"Well then…" Spinni picked up the chest and tossed it to the side where she threw a shuriken to pin it to the wall, with the treasure chest sitting on top of it. "The winner of this fight gets the other chest."
"Sounds good to us." Anthony nodded.
"Now, let's begin." Spinni smirked.
End BGM
BGM: Midboss (Kirby: Squeak Squad)
Ninja Mouse - Spinni
Spinni pulled out two shurikens and threw them at Anthony and Jen, but the two of them had rolled out of the way as Chloe would rush ahead and swing her halberd at Spinni, but the latter blocked by pulling out some claws and smirked, clashing with her before throwing down a flashbang to stun Chloe where Spinni would drop on top of her, but Camri would jump over and kicked Spinni away after vaulting to her.
Spinni smirked, doing some handsigns and summoning a few shadow clones as they rushed at the group, only for Jen to pull out her gun and fired a wind bullet to the ground, unleashing a few tornadoes as the clones disappeared but the real Spinni was knocked away. "There you are!" Jen said as Mona and Zoey jumped into the tornado and launched themselves over to Spinni, but the latter pulled out her claws again and slashed them away, gracefully landing on the ground.
She would look up and spot a stalactite having form on the ceiling that Jen made as it fell toward her but she jumped back and threw down a flash bomb, appearing to Jen and slashing her as she was knocked down but she sprang back up as Spinni lunged at her, but Anthony would step in and threw down a wall of fire, forcing Spinni to jump back and then got electrocuted by Zoey's feather duster.
"Heh… that won't do much!" Spinni smirked, slashing at Zoey but blocked with her duster as the two swung their weapons until Spinni disarmed Zoey and slashed at her, but she swiftly rolled out of the way and kicked her in the nose, followed by a few swift jabs and an uppercut to send her sliding. "Not bad." Spinni said as she lunged at Zoey and threw shurikens, but Zoey would jump out of the way right as Jen shot an ice bullet, striking her and freezing her solid. "Mmph?!"
"Mona!" Jen cued as Mona went running in with her brass knuckles intact as she delivered a strong uppercut to knock Spinni out of the ice and smacked into the ceiling, making her drop to the ground in defeat.
End BGM
Resume Crystal Field Area BGM
"Mmph…" Spinni shook her head. "Heh, not bad… you can have the chest. The other is ours. 50/50!" She said and then threw down a flashbang where Jen floated up and took the chest down, placing it on the ground and opening it up to reveal nunchucks.
"Coooool! Nunchucks!" Mona grinned, picking it up. "I've always wondered why you guys never let me have these. They're always so cool!" She said, doing a trick with the nunchucks… and smacked herself on the head. "YOWCH!"
"And now you know why." Anthony said as Chloe went ahead and applied a bandage on her forehead.
"Just because those turtles do it on TV doesn't mean you shouldn't replicate it." Chloe told her.
"They make it look so easy on TV…" Mona said with anime tears running down her cheeks.
Nunchucks obtained! - 55,480 G
After the bandages were applied, they headed back to the main hub and went to the third door as they found themselves in a gold like area, much to Mona's joy as they wandered around as Jen destroyed a wall and found a treasure chest where she opened it up.
"Huh?" Jen tilted her head, pulling out a helmet.
"Oooooh!" Mona took it. "This looks like something made for me!" She said, putting the helmet on.
Falcon Helmet Equipped! …Wait, shouldn't this be returned to the man himself? - 41,000 G
Mona walked back with a hum and found a Jungle Bomb looking at her curously. "What are you looking at?" She wondered before smirking. "Oh, you wanna go?" She chuckled as she jumped ahead. "MOOOONA… PUUUUNCH!" She yelled, but without the Falcon flare to it as it was knocked toward a wall. "Ooooh, I can probably use Surging Strikes with this helmet on!" She beamed before taking it off. "Heh, love it." She giggled as they climbed up a ladder as Anthony spotted a chest nearby, where he would jump over and dodged the spikes, only to see the chest was opened.
"This was quite a gem. It's ours now. - Daroach."
Ancient Gem obtained by the Squeaks! - 68,000 G
"Eh, what can you do." Anthony shrugged as they hurried on ahead, taking out a few Wheelies that almost ran them over as Zoey destroyed a bomb block as they saw two treasure chests together, with one having been opened by the Squeaks.
""Calling" it now, we're going to win. - Daroach."
Cell Phone obtained by the Squeaks! - 40,210 G
"Hmm…" Zoey opened up the other, pulling out a bomb. "Oh my!" She said in surprise.
"That looks ancient… like it's probably dead." Camrin said.
"Let me try it out." Jen said, taking the bomb and gently placing it down before forming an ice barrier before shooting out a fire bullet that hit the bomb, where everyone braced for impact… but nothing happened. "It's a dud."
"Awesome!" Mona grinned, picking it up.
Dud obtained! - 30 G
With a nod, the group walked away and climbed up a ladder, with Jen shooting at a Tac for trying to steal some items away from them as they moved ahead and spotted a treasure chest in the distance where they would run ahead… only to be pushed by the wind as everyone proceeded to band together to move through the wind, dodging a Gordo and spikes until they pulled through and made it to the end, opening up the treasure chest for their reward.
Truth Mirror obtained! 500,000 G
"A mirror?" Camrin raised an eyebrow.
"We could keep this, just in case if the one in the bathroom breaks." Zoey suggested as they put it away and climbed the ladder where they would find a door and walked through.
End BGM
BGM: Computer Virus Battle (Kirby Super Star Ultra)
"Warning! Warning! Challenger approaches!"
"Eh?" Mona wondered as a few screens appeared in front of them.
"Viruses detected. Exterminate!"
"Wait… is this like an RPG?" Camrin asked.
"I'll give this one a whirl! You guys stand back." Mona grinned. "I'm gonna be an RPG master!"
End BGM
BGM: Trainer Battle (Pokemon Red and Blue)
RPG Simulator Would Like To Battle! - Computer Virus
"Team MAJC selected Mona!"
"Slime rolls on in!"
"Slime's HP: 64"
"Mona's HP: Yes"
"What would Mona like to do?"
"Duh, punch away!" Mona grinned.
"Mona selected: Brass Knuckles!"
"The slime rolls into Mona!"
"It was not very effective…"
"Mona unleashes a left hook!"
"CRITICAL HIT! It's a one hit KO!"
"Slime is KO'd… possibly dead."
"Puppet comes out to play!"
"Puppet's HP - 80"
"What would you like to do?"
"Get me my sword." Mona requested.
"Mona selected Seiryu Sword!"
"Puppet flails its arms and legs rapidly!"
"Mona counters by cutting the strings!"
"Puppet falls to the ground lifelessly."
"Puppet is useless!"
"What would you like to do?"
"Attack him~!"
"Mona attacks!"
"Puppet's head is cut clean off!"
"One hit KO!"
"Next!" Mona smiled.
"A Magician appears!"
"Magician's HP: 100"
"What would you like to do?"
"Attack him."
"Mona attacks the Magician!"
"The Magician counters with fire magic!"
"Mona is hit!"
"Mona is burned!"
"Mona is hurt by the burn!"
"What would you like to do?"
"Ignore this burn and let me attack him again!"
"Mona attacks!"
"CRITICAL HIT!"
"Magician's HP is critically low."
"Magician unleashes a lightning spell!"
"Mona steps to the left and dodges the lightning spell!"
"Mona counters!"
"Magician is KO'd!"
"Mona wins the battle!"
"Mona receives 500 EXP."
"Mona receives 50 Strength!"
"Mona receives 50 Defense!"
"Mona receives 50 luck!"
"Mona's intelligence went up from 0 to 0.1%!"
"HEY!" Mona yelled.
"Mona receives 777 EXP in Shininess!"
Mona's eye twitched. "Really? EXP isn't shiny… YOU SCAM ARTIST!" She yelled, throwing her Seiryu Sword at it where it started spinning before impaling the Computer Virus, where the blue screen of death flashed in their eyes.
End BGM
"Hmph!" Mona walked away from the computer virus.
"Hey, wait up!" Anthony said as they ran after her… right as Daroach approached the battle scene.
"Hmm, that was truly unique." Daroach mused. "The girl even left her sword… such a pity." He said, taking the sword for himself.
Daroach obtained the Seiryu Sword! - 142,000 G
"Warning! Challenger approaches!"
"Hmm?" Daroach turned to the Computer Virus.
"Warning! Code has been violated due to last battle. Dragon and Evil Knight have been terminated. Launching back up code."
"Back up code?" Daroach mused.
"A Samurai draws near…"
Instantly, a Samurai booted up and landed on the ground in front of Daroach, unsheathing its sword as he stared at Daroach in front of him.
"So, it's a battle you want, is it?" Daroach pulled out his Triple Star Cane. "So be it! En garde!"
BGM: Meta Knight Battle (Kirby Super Star Ultra)
The Samurai calmly rushed toward Daroach, slashing at him but he teleported away as he threw stars from his Three Star Cane, striking the samurai as he charged up an attack and swung his katana down as an an energy wave was thrown at him but Daroach teleported away and then threw a bomb on the ground, where it exploded and sent the samurai sliding back.
Daroach charged up his Triple Star Cane and fired an ice laser at him as the Samurai blocked, where he would notice the blade being covered in ice as he ran over and slashed at Daroach repeatedly, but Daroach would block with the Seiryu Sword and clashed with him before parrying the attack and then slashing him a few times, causing the samurai to grunt.
"Do you yield?" Daroach demanded, but the samurai snarled and rushed at him. "Take that as a no." He mused as he threw down a few bombs as the Samurai decided to cut a bomb… only for it to explode in his face as he was knocked back, and then Daroach charged up his cane right as the samurai charged up his sword, and then they both fired their respective laser/energy wave as both of them clashed but the energy wave dissipated as the laser struck the Samurai, freezing him in place as Daroach threw down three fire bombs as they all exploded, knocking the samurai back and dropping his katana.
"I'll take this." He said, picking it up as the samurai growled, pulling out another sword, albeit a smaller katana as the two rushed over and clashed, swinging the blades against each other until Daroach parried and then impaled the samurai in the chest to finish him off.
End BGM
"Uuuungh…" The samurai groaned before disappearing into code, then Daroach looked at the katana in his hand.
"So uncivilized." He said, tossing the katana away as it disappeared as code as well.
"An enchantress draws near…"
"Ah yes, I almost forgot about you." He said, tossing a few Fire Bombs at the Computer Virus, and then watched as the explosions eradicated what was left of the Computer Virus.
"Daroach!" A voice said as Daroach turned around to see Doc arriving with a treasure chest and dropping it near him. "There were two chests, but we could only obtain the one because MAJC took the other after fighting Spinni."
"Let them have it." Daroach said as he opened up the chest, causing him to gasp. "As I live and breathe!" He said as he pulled something out. "Could it be? It is! It's a machine part of the fabled Hydra of Popstar!" He breathed.
"The Hydra?" Doc wondered.
"Yes. Rumor has it that it is much more powerful than the Dragoon… and now that we know the Hydra is in this cave…" Daroach smirked. "Find the other two parts, and the Hydra will belong to the Squeaks."
"50/50 indeed." Doc chuckled.
The Squeaks Found Machine Part A! - 121,300 G
At the Observatory…
"HOW IS THIS 50/50?!" Ibuki yelled in frustration.
"Why is she yelling at her phone?" Weiss wondered.
"Probably watching a game show." Blake said, casually reading through a book.
Meanwhile, at WarioWare Inc…
Ding dong!
"Coming." Wario said as he walked to the door and opened it up, seeing Team Chaotix in front of him. "Bah! What do you losers want?"
"Excuse us, Wario… we'd like to answer a few questions." Vector said.
"No, I do not have any garlic! And if I did have any garlic, I ain't sharin' it with ya. Get lost!" Wario said, slamming the door on them but Vector caught it with his shoe.
"It's not going to be that simple." Espio said as they walked in. "We just need to ask some questions."
"Yeah, there's no need to slam the door in our face!" Charmy said and started sniffing the air. "Yuck! There's garlic in the air…"
"Well, what do you idiots want?"
"We want to ask you about a friend of yours. Does Captain Syrup ring any bells?" Espio asked.
Wario raised an eyebrow. "What's it to ya?"
"We've heard about how she accused MAJC for such atrocities such as Grand Theft Auto, assault and battery, robbery and other accusations. A friend of ours learned from team JINX that this is completely false. Is this true?" Vector asked.
"Hmph… and why should I give you information?" Wario asked, proceeding to dig for "gold" in his nose.
"Because it could help us bring Syrup to justice." Charmy pointed out.
"Indeed. According to JINX, you have had a history with Syrup…" Espio said.
"Bah! Of course I have… and I was forced to band with her in the Shake Dimension!" Wario said before smirking, getting an idea. You steal the endless sack of coins from me, Syrup? Heh! He thought. "Alright, I'll give you all the information I know."
"Excellent." Vector said.
"The thing about the Grand Theft Auto part? It's true. However, they did it for a good reason because Syrup stole something from me. Ya hear about an Endless Sack of Coins? No matter how much you shake it, it'll never run out of cash."
"That sounds like it'll ruin the economy." Espio said while dollar signs appeared on Charmy and Vector's eyes.
"Eh, it'll help pay the bills. Silver lining." Wario shrugged.
"Continue." Espio requested while also elbowing Vector, who in turn, smacked Charmy upside the head.
"Ooof!"
"Syrup stole that endless sack, so of course, MAJC goes ahead and steals my ride and sends her crashing into a tree… the assault and battery part is also true, but… Syrup attacked first so they were just defending themselves. Unfortunately, after they knocked her out, they took the endless coin sack back into the Shake Dimension… and no matter how many times I go in there and demand it, they won't budge nor tell me where it's at."
"Probably for the best." Vector nodded.
"Syrup did all this to MAJC out of pettiness. She's going to get her way soon… and she will do anything to tear them down." Wario said.
"Does she have any hideouts that you know about?" Espio asked.
Wario smirked. "She has one in Diamond City. A safe house. I forced, er, I mean asked my friends Penny and Dr. Crygor to help me find her hide out. Syrup doesn't even know about this! Wahahaha!" He laughed.
"Good to know. And where is this safe house?" Vector asked.
Outside…
"This should do the trick." Sae said and then Team Chaotix walked out.
"Thank you for your time." Vector said.
"Any time! I want to see that hag get what's coming to her!" Wario smiled as he shut the door behind them.
"Any luck?" Makoto asked.
"We have a lead." Espio said.
"We know where she's more than likely hiding out. Let's move!" Vector exclaimed as they headed out.
With Syrup…
"Mhm. Yes. That'll do nicely." Syrup nodded as she was on the phone. "Okay, see you then." She said and then smirked after hanging up. "Hmhmhmhm… oh, this is about to get really interesting."
Ibuki: *arms folded irritably* How is that even 50/50... Ibuki wants to know.
There there... *rubbing her shoulders* It'll all work out soon!
Ibuki: She hopes so!
Squeak Squad - 1,013,130 G
MAJC - 1,280,260 G
Phanto Mask - ? (278,000 G)