Disclaimer: I do not own any of the material appearing in this story. The OC's belong to their respective owners.
To the Guest: Oh! Whoops... oversight there. According to Flash, Chloe has medium length sandy in a bun and her eyes are a sea blue color. Zoey, meanwhile, has mid-length strawberry blonde hair in a tousled wave style and her eyes are a sapphire blue. Hope this helps!
BGM: Sky Tower (Kirby's Return to Dreamland)
"Wait… what? We're outside?" Mona wondered as they had wandered into a garden-like area.
"Seems like it… and yet, the air still smells dank." Anthony said. "We're definitely still in the cave."
"Then what do you call all of this? Clouds, grass, blue sky… is it all artificial?" Mona wondered.
"How do you explain a forest-like area and a large tower in a cave?" Camrin pointed out.
"I… that's a good point." Mona scratched her cheek.
"Eh, I'd rather not worry about that." Jen said. "Let's get to finding these treasures."
"Yeah!" Chloe agreed as they walked off, where they would come across a switch on the ground, causing a hole to appear on a wall with several Birdons and Twizzies flying out. Zoey would proceed to go inside the hole and would see two treasures inside, but one was already opened and the maid would see a hole in a different wall.
"I wonder if this frozen heart will thaw? Probably not. - Daroach."
The Squeaks obtained the Wintertime Heart! - 250,000 G
"I wonder what's in this one." Zoey wondered as she opened it up, revealing a gold watering can. "Oh! Cute."
Gold Watering Can obtained! - 200,000 G
Zoey climbed out of the hole. "Watering can, anyone?"
"Made out of solid gold? Sweet." Anthony said as they walked off into the next area where they would hop down and spot several Squeakers desperately fighting against the wind.
"Oh, y'all are wimps. It's just a little wind." Mona said as she started walking… only she was being pushed back. "Wha?! COME ON!" She yelled as she tried to run but kept getting pushed back and landed on her butt, hearing a Squeaker giggle next to her. "Come on, I'm wearing armor for pete's sake!"
"I think this requires more of a steady hand." Chloe said, pulling out her paintbrush and traced around the opening before sealing it shut. She would immediately rush over, creating a line of stairs before she grabbed onto the ledge and removed the seal, making the Squeakers that were joining her fly off as she hopped down and opened up the treasure chest, pulling out a katana.
"All of this for a katana? Huh…"
Now that's a Katana! - 990,000 G
Chloe climbed back up and walked to her team. "Katana, anyone?"
"Cool!" Mona grinned as they walked into the next area where they would climb up a slope and found a small opening underneath a waterfall, where Camrin dove in but found the treasure chest empty with a note attached.
""Charmed" to get this one before you did. - Daroach."
The Squeaks obtained the Charm! …How charming. - 8,000 G
Camrin swam up. "No good, they took the treasure in that one."
"Eh, it's all good." Anthony shrugged as they headed off, finding three cannons with fuses attached to them.
"Oh great, a cannon and I don't even have a Koopa Shell on me." Mona mumbled.
"Allow me, Mona." Jen said as she clapped her hands together, forming a boulder in her hands and shaped it into a rock-shaped helmet. "Here ya go, you dorky Faunus you." She said, giving it to Mona.
Mona squealed in delight. "I love it!" She said, hugging Jen before hopping into a cannon and blasting off into the sky. "WAHOOOOO!"
"Looks like someone finally accepted it." Anthony teased.
Jen shrugged. "If she believes she's a Faunus, then, hey, she's a Faunus. She's a doofus, but she's our doofus."
"Dang straight!" Camrin grinned as the others nodded, and then Mona came down with a Christmas Tree casually being held on her shoulder.
"Sup! I got a really fancy decorated tree."
Merry Christmas! …Tree! - 40,000 G
"Tis the season?" Chloe shrugged.
"Hmm…" Zoey looked at Jen's guns. "Mistress Jen, you say you can do magic ever since you got the Season's Heart, yes?"
"Of course. I can form magic in my hands and my guns. I'm not called the Gun Maiden for nothing."
"Mind if I see the guns really quick? I want to try something." She requested as Jen gave her the guns. "Alright, try using your magic now."
"Okay." Jen nodded as she tried to conjure up fire but nothing happened, same with electricity and ice. Jen would immediately take a gun and found herself conjuring up fire in her hand.
"Oh, I see." Zoey mused. "The heart is deep inside of you but it is connected to your guns somehow. Therefore, you can only use magic if you have your guns on your person."
"You know what? That's fine with me." Jen shrugged. "I personally don't mind that weakness."
"So what, she has two hearts in her?" Mona asked.
"I think the Season's Heart became her new heart. Could be wrong." Anthony shrugged. "Either way you put it… she's still the kickass gal we all love." He said, causing Jen to blush.
"Thanks…" Jen giggled as she lit up another fuse, where they safely blasted off to a sea of clouds.
"I would ask how we are standing on clouds without falling to our deaths, buuuut… I'll take it." Anthony said once they landed on the clouds.
"Probably for the best. It'd leave us with a headache." Chloe agreed as they walked ahead, climbing on cloud platforms while admiring the scenery, then Camrin would go into a room and find a treasure chest hanging on the ceiling with two Gordos, then Camrin hit the switch as the chest fell and Camrin would pull out a barrel with "DK" painted on it.
"DK?" Camrin wondered.
Kong's Barrel obtained! - 1,500 G
Camrin walked out. "Hey guys, what does DK stand for?"
"Dead Killer?" Mona guessed.
"Dread Knight?" Chloe shrugged.
"Dead Kite? …That doesn't make sense." Jen scratched her head.
"Deadly Kiss?" Zoey wondered.
"Dumb Kitten." Anthony guessed.
"…I got nothing." Camrin shrugged as they would head to the right, finding themselves in a room filled with spikes. Anthony hopped on a platform where it rose up, ducking underneath the spikes as he hopped onto a platform, only to see an empty treasure chest.
"On a scale of one to ten, I give this treasure an eight. - Daroach"
The Squeaks obtained the Ramia's Scale! - 12,800 G
Anthony hopped dow after avoiding the spikes. "No luck, they got this one."
"Aww…" Mona pouted as they walked off and hopped down a few platforms until they found another room, finding a star block up above them where Jen would shoot it with a fire bullet and then Chloe made some platforms where she jumped up on the platforms and climbed up, finding a treasure chest and opening it up.
"Hey Mona, catch!" Chloe dropped a shiny object to the ground.
"SHINY!" Mona grabbed a hold of it with her eyes sparkling. "Ooooh, pretty!"
Shiny Bamboo obtained! - 600,000 G
"It's just some bamboo." Jen sweatdropped.
"Eh, take what you can get." Anthony shrugged as they continued to walk around the cloud platforms, noticing a few Squeakers coming out of a room while riding on a Wheelie, with a tire around one of the Squeakers as they were chirping happily.
Tire obtained by the Squeaks! - 1,100 G
"They're happy… over a tire." Anthony deadpanned.
"Eh, let 'em have it. Not like we'll have much use for it anyway." Zoey said where they would go into another area, only to see a few Squeakers trying to dodge some falling blocks while holding a Charm between one's ears.
"Here, give it to me!" Mona requested. "That way the treasure won't be destroyed too!"
The Squeaker nodded, tossing it to Mona.
"Thank you~!" She grinned as they ran off, leaving the Squeakers speechless after they dodged the falling Star Blocks. One Squeaker even slapped his fellow Squeak behind the head.
The Squeak's Spirit Charm has been swindled by Mona! - 78,500 G
"That… was amazing." Camrin cheered.
"I have my moments!" Mona beamed proudly as they would continue on until they found a Warp Star, where they would hop on it as it would fly off to their next destination, all of them landing on the ground after a few minutes of traveling where they would see a cannon in front of them.
The rest of them would hop down and walked down the slope, but Mona would happily go in and blasted away into different cannons and landed on the ground next to an open treasure chest. "What? Aww…"
"I wonder if someone is missing this? - Daroach."
The Squeaks obtained a Pegasus Wing! - 42,800 G
"Oh well!" Mona shrugged as she went to rejoin the others, sliding down a slope and kicking a Scarfy in the face as they went down another slope and landed on the ground, where they would see Daroach pulling up a treasure chest.
Pause BGM
"I believe that chest belongs to us." Anthony spoke up.
"Hmph." Daroach chuckled. "So, you have caught up to me. I'm impressed." He said as he turned around. "Shall we have a duel for this treasure chest?"
Anthony smirked. "Thought you'd never ask."
Daroach smirked, summoning his Triple Star Cane. "I'll have you know, I am not as weak compared to my friends." He said, pointing it at them with a chuckle. "En garde!"
BGM: Here Come the Squeaks! (Kirby Star Allies)
Master Treasure Hunter - Daroach
Daroach floated up and then launched the three stars at the group, where they had split up as Jen would shoot at the ground underneath him as a plume of fire rose from the ground but Daroach teleported away as he fired an ice beam at her, but she would slide under it while Mona would punch Daroach in the face from the side, sending him back… only for Daroach to teleport behind Mona and dropped a bomb next to her, then disappeared as it exploded and sent her sliding a few feet.
Anthony would swing his Dust Staff at him, but Daroach would block the attack as the two clashed as the two jumped away, then Anthony would swing his staff as a trail of fire was shot to to him, but Daroach disappeared from him and proceeded to drop a fire bomb on the ground, however Chloe would use her paintbrush to form a box around the bomb where it exploded inside of it.
Daroach appeared behind Chloe and swung his Triple Star Cane, hitting her as she slid back a few feet while Daroach threw the stars at Jen's bullets to cancel them out, then he fired another beam of ice at her, forcing her to roll out of the way, and then Camrin used his whip to wrap it around him and then yanked him away, but Daroach let out a chuckle and teleported away, swinging his Triple Star Cane, however Zoey jumped in and blocked with her shield.
Daroach raised an eyebrow with an amused smirk as Zoey would slash at him with the Falchion, but Daroach would nimbly dodge the attacks as he would parry her and then fired a point blank ice beam at her, and then swung the stars at her, only for Mona to pick up a boulder made by Jen as she threw it at him, sending him flying to a wall.
"Impressive!" Daroach said, teleporting above them and then pulling out a large fire bomb and threw it to the ground, where it would explode on impact and caused the ground to catch on fire, but Jen and Chloe made platforms for everyone to climb for safety, then Daroach would fly around and launched the triple stars at the platforms, where they would see it had the power to destroy them.
"What?!" Jen exclaimed.
That's a powerful weapon! Zoey thought as they were forced to jump down to the ground where thankfully, the fire had stopped burning as Zoey jumped in and slashed at Daroach, but he teleported away and threw an Ice bomb at her, but Jen would shoot it up with fire to destroy it and then Daroach turned to Anthony and shot an ice beam at him, but he would roll out of the way where Zoey had an idea and pulled out her feather duster, then once she turned it on, she threw it at Daroach as he had dodged Camrin and Chloe swinging their Rope Spear and Halberd.
The Feather Duster hit him on the shoulder, which was enough to electrocute him, giving Mona enough time to use an uppercut on him, Jen shooting him with wind bullets and then Anthony swung his Dust Spear as a lightning bolt came out and hit him, electrocuting Daroach as he fell in defeat.
End BGM
Resume Sky Tower BGM
"Nice throw, Zoey!" Chloe praised.
"Thank you, Mistress Chloe." Zoey smiled with a small blush as Anthony picked up the treasure inside the chest, pulling out a doll.
"To the victor goes the spoils." Anthony said, tossing it to Chloe.
"Ah! It's so cute!" Chloe giggled, happily taking it.
Raccoon Doll obtained! - 8,150 G
"See ya later." Anthony said to Daroach as they took off running as they would make their way through a watery area, noticing a few Squeakers hopping out of the water with a shell. One of the Squeakers happily squeaked, blowing into it which produced music. It would bounce happily right after while making squeaking noises.
Shell Whistle obtained by the Squeaks! - 82,000 G
"Cute. They can have it if it makes them that happy." Anthony chuckled as they walked ahead while a few Broom Hatters went about their day, sweeping along the ground as Zoey and the siblings dove underwater after spotting something underneath. Once they got the door opened, they would see a treasure chest on the other side where they swam toward it and opened it up, all of their eyes widening in surprise when they pulled the treasure out.
Orichalcum obtained! - 512,000 G
The three of them breached to the surface. "I believe we can pawn that off." Zoey said.
"Agreed!" The siblings nodded as they rejoined the others as they walked into the final area, climbing down the ladder where they would see a Squeaker hopping out with a ring around its head, giggling like crazy.
Platinum Ring obtained by the Squeaks! - 40,000 G
Leaving the Squeaker be, MAJC walked ahead toward the next room after climbing down another ladder while being careful not to have any of the platforms fall on them, then they worked their way down while avoiding the springs. They landed on the ground where they saw an opening in the ground, where they would hop down and worked their way over, finding a treasure chest that a few Squeakers had also found.
End BGM
The Squeakers narrowed their eyes at MAJC, as they did the same… and then they lunged at the treasure chest…
BANG!
…Until Jen shot them with a lightning bullet to electrocute them and sent them flying to a wall, all of them KO'd. "Don't even think about it."
Anthony chuckled. "Let's see what we have here." He said, walking toward the chest and slowly opening it. Once it was fully opened, he looked at the treasure in awe. "Whoa…" He breathed as he slowly pulled it out.
BGM: Power of the Triforce (The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword)
"Whoooooa!" Mona said in awe.
"Beautiful…" Camrin could only say.
"For some reason, I feel like those are sacred… and I have no idea why." Zoey said.
"Indeed. I think we can all agree something about this is special." Anthony agreed.
Triforce obtained! (Hopefully it's a replica.) - 800,000 G
End BGM
"Let's go." Anthony said as they climbed out and headed toward the final door where they walked through it and found themselves in a dark area… and before they knew, the whole ground rumbled.
BGM: City Trial - Dyna Blade (Kirby Air Ride)
"Here we go!" Camrin said.
"Let's finish this!" Anthony declared as two faces appeared before them, one of them had rock hands and the other had crystalized hands.
Rock and Roll - Wham Bam Rock and Jewel
MAJC got ready to face the two titans as Rock and Jewel would proceed to pull their fists back and threw a punch…
SLICE!
End BGM
The hands broke apart as Rock and Jewel looked surprised while MAJC looked confused, and then something sliced through the heads in one attack, making them explode as someone landed on the ground near them.
"Are you okay? I've heard you fell through the cave." A voice said as they would turn to see Galacta Knight. "I came to rescue you."
Observatory…
"GALACTA KNIGHT?!" Ibuki yelled in surprise.
"Mmmph!" Penny stiffened up. "Wh-where?!"
Great Cave Offensive…
"Yeah, we're okay. We even scored some sweet treasure too!" Mona beamed.
"Hmph, that is great to hear." Galacta Knight said, unaware of crystallized energy from Wham Bam Jewel rising up. "Now then, let us get you out of this cave befor-" The energy immediately went into him. "Mmmph!"
"What the?!" Camrin yelled in surprise.
"Are you okay?" Anthony asked as Galacta Knight stood there for a few seconds… before flying up. His eyes immediately turned crystal blue, his wings transformed into crystal as his sword formed crystals around it. His mask and body remained the same.
"I don't think he's gonna get us out." Jen said.
"Well, looks like we have to knock it out of him. MAJC… let's get ready to rumble!"
Observatory…
"Oooh, they're gonna be in for hell…" Ibuki grimaced.
"Deep breaths, sis… deep breaths!" SAPR said, putting her hands on Penny's shoulders.
The Great Cave Offensive…
BGM: Galacta Knight 2/Aeon Hero Light & Dark (Super Kirby Clash)
Crystalized Star Warrior - Crystal Galacta Knight
Galacta Knight swiftly flew down and slashed at Zoey, who quickly blocked with her shield and then countered, but Galacta Knight would parry this. Mona would come in and punched him from behind to send him flying away, but Galacta Knight would recover and fired crystals from his sword, where they would land on the ground, and then Galacta Knight fired a laser from his sword, where it would bounce off of the crystals and slammed right into Chloe.
"Agh!" Chloe grunted as Galacta Knight came crashing down and would attempt to skewer Chloe, but Camrin would come in and kicked him to the side, then he swung his Rope Spear and attempted to stab him, but Galacta Knight parried him and shield bashed him before slashing him away.
Anthony jumped in and swung his Dust Staff while Zoey flanked him on the right as Galacta Knight blocked the fire with his shield and turned around to slash at Zoey, who had blocked with her own shield as the two slashed each other while wind circled around Jen and made her fly up, then she aimed and shot fire and ice bullets, where Galacta Knight slashed Zoey away and dodged the bullets, then he raised his sword up in the air to summon crystals where they would fall on top of Jen, but she flew out of the way and shot Galacta Knight with Earth and Lightning bullets, only for Galacta Knight to make a crystal shield aroud him… and once the shield disappeared, Galacta Knight disappeared.
"What?!" Jen exclaimed before Galacta Knight reappeared and slashed Jen to the ground, where she landed on her back and then Galacta Knight flew toward Jen to impale her but Mona got in the way and punched him right at the same time as he swung his sword, both of them being blown back.
"Mona! Are you okay?!" Camrin asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine! Thank Oum for this armor!" Mona grinned where Anthony helped Jen up.
"You alright?"
"Just a scratch… I'll be okay."
Galacta Knight raised his sword up in the air and then the ground underneath them lit up and before they knew it, the whole ground exploded into fire before crystalizing, then Galacta Knight flew down and slashed through the crystal, making it explode as tiny sharp bits of crystal hit all of them and knocked them all down.
"Rrrgh…" Anthony grunted as Galacta Knight landed on his back and raised his sword up to finish him off… but an ice laser struck Galacta Knight in the back, which was enough to knock him off Anthony's back.
"Need some help?"
Anthony turned his head to see Daroach appearing with the rest of the Squeaks. "I was wondering when you'd catch up."
Daroach chuckled before pointing his Triple Star Cane at Galacta Knight. "My my, Galacta… you sure know how to get yourself possessed quite often. That said, we'll be defeating you in combat! All of us." He said as Storo handed MAJC a few Maxim Tomatoes where they ate them up… and felt themselves rejuvenated.
"So that's what those things do…" Zoey mused as they got back up, all of them ready to fight Galacta Knight while Anthony and Daroach looked at each other before nodding with a smirk.
Galacta Knight swiftly flew toward Anthony, but Doc would fly over and slammed into him, then firing lasers at him but Galacta Knight blocked with his shield while Chloe made some platforms with her paintbrush where she, Mona, Spinni and a few Squeakers jumped on these platforms as Galacta Knight swung his sword at them, but Chloe would block and counter with her Halberd as a blue Squeaker tossed Mona a large bomb, where she would throw the bomb to Galacta Knight. He would slash through the bomb as it exploded on contact, and then Spinni slashed through him in the smoke.
Jen shot at the ground, propelling Storo up with the wind as she would launch herself up and placed her hand on the hammer, lighting it on fire and then she propelled Storo with her wind magic as Storo flew toward Galacta Knight who was busy deflecting an attack from Zoey who had jumped off of Doc's UFO, and then Galacta Knight turned around, only to get hammered to the ground, and then when Galacta Knight got back up, he would see Camrin running to him as he slashed at him, but he would frontflip over him and swung his Rope Spear at him, where he would block with his shield.
"Got ya!" Camrin smirked as Doc had pressed a button on his UFO, morphing it into Mecha Kracko as he fired lightning bolts at him, and then Daroach appeared behind Galacta Knight, having taken Anthony with him as Daroach would swing his Triple Stars at him and then Anthony swung his Dust Staff as he would trap Galacta Knight in the ice after being pelted by the Triple Stars, and then Mona jumped in and punched Galacta Knight's icy prison, sending him flying toward a rock wall and fell to the ground in defeat, where Wham Bam Jewel's energy came out of Galacta Knight.
"I don't think so." Daroach said, throwing a fire bomb at it where it exploded on contact, destroying it all.
End BGM
"That takes care of that." Daroach said with a chuckle, and then they saw a treasure chest dropping to the ground.
"…Well, geez, do we have to fight for this last one?" Chloe asked.
"That will not be necessary." Daroach explained. "You have all beaten us fair and square… and you were all pretty exhausted after that fight with Galacta Knight, so that wouldn't have been a fair fight. Beating him is no easy feat. Those who duel him never stand a chance. Only a few have managed to best him in battle."
"Who would that be?" Anthony asked.
"Kirby and Meta Knight. Though, granted, JINX, CFVY, and Penny have fought him before along with the Star Allies. However, it was Kirby who had dealt the final blow, yet they all gave it their best shot. Beating him or lasting as long as they did with Galacta Knight is no easy task. Holding your own against him is an achievement of itself."
"Heh… and we did it without even semblances or aura." Chloe said.
Anthony chuckled. "Damn straight. That's an accomplishment right there."
"Indeed." Daroach nodded.
"Ya know, I wonder… who won this little treasure hunt anyway?" Mona asked.
"Ah, dear Mona… it does not matter who won in the end. In a way, we all won something in the end." Daroach said. "We collected valuable treasure… all of us did. There are no true losers in this little scavenger hunt, especially those who I consider a friendly rival." He said.
"Indeed." Anthony chuckled as they all walked toward the treasure chest and opened it up.
Machine Part Z Obtained! - 121,300 G
Suddenly, the machine parts that the Squeaks and MAJC held flew out of their pockets and flew toward the last Machine Part, where they watched all the machine parts combine into one, forming into the Hydra itself.
Hydra constructed! - 363,900 G
"Whoa…" Chloe said.
"So the legends are true." Daroach mused. "Fascinating!"
Anthony turned to the group with a grin. "So, shall we get out of here?"
"Heck yeah! Let's blow this popsicle stand." Jen said.
"What about Galacta? Is he gonna be okay?" Mona asked.
"He'll be fine." Daroach said as they all climbed aboard. "Let's fly!"
The Hydra roared to life and started to move… very slowly. "Huh, do we have too much weight?" Zoey wondered.
"Maybe give it a good charge." Daroach suggested as they made it stop, and then they watched as it slowly started to charge up. "There we go."
"Just a little more…" Camrin said.
"Maybe it's overloaded." Spinni guessed, as it was fully charged.
"Let 'er rip!" Daroach grinned.
"Zoey might be on to something." Jen said. "We could have too much-"
In an instant, the Hydra took off in an instant.
"WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEIIIIIIGHT!"
BGM: Steel Commanders (Sabaton)
The Hydra burst through a rock wall, taking out a few Scarfies that were terrorizing a few Waddle Dees and Gims, as Anthony and Daroach made it turn to the right before they slammed into a boulder as the Hydra took off again, heading up a ramp that took out a few walls and also destroying several Scarfies in the process.
"There's the entrance! At least, I think it's the entrance!" Camrin said as Camrin and Daroach pulled up as the Hydra moved up and launched up, bursting their way through and to their surprise, the Squeaks hopped off of the Hydra.
"Until we meet again, MAJC!" Daroach said, bowing. "Safe travels!"
"You too!" Anthony called back as Mona turned around and waved as they flew off.
Near Castle Dedede…
"I am not sure why you are in our air space, but you must leave!" Meta Knight said through the Halberd.
"We are looking for Team MAJC! We know they are here somewhere. Show us where they are at or we will have to take drastic measures!"
"The last thing Remnant ever needs is a war with Dreamland. Turn around or else."
"Make us!"
In an instant, MAJC burst through the Atlas airship before they pulled up to exit Dreamland's atmosphere. "WE'RE HIT! WE'RE GOING DOWN!"
"…Huh. Neat." Meta Knight mused.
"What did we just hit?" Jen asked.
"A speed bump, obviously." Anthony chuckled.
"And we got a souvenir!" Mona grinned, holding a purple Chaos Emerald.
Purple Chaos Emerald obtained! - 1,000,000 G
"Let's fly back home!" Anthony said as the Hydra took off, orbiting Gensokyo's atmosphere as a few Youkai looked on in awe before they flew into deep space… and a few minutes later, the Comet Observatory was in view, where everyone on the Observatory would see MAJC fly by with the whole team waving at the massive group.
"What the peck was that?" Hat Kid wondered.
"Was that… was that MAJC?" Weiss asked.
"Hell yeah, it was!" Ibuki grinned, happily waving to them as MAJC disappeared from view.
"What was that ship they were on?" Rosalina wondered.
As they continued flying through space, they would see a large space ship in the distance where it would fire at them but they would weave around the lasers as they would see a large space dragon flying toward them as it breathed plasma at them, but they avoided it… with said dragon being Ridley as he tried to ram them, only for the Hydra to slam into him where he was launched back into his space ship, then Dark Samus appeared on the ship and fired a Phazon Zero Laser at them, but the Hydra was already too fast and disappeared into space.
End BGM
Meanwhile… at court…
"Ahem." The judge slammed his gavel. "Court is now in session. Phoenix Wright and a new kid named Makoto Naegi vs Miles Edgeworth on the case of… uh…" He looked into his notes. "A team that goes by MAJC being unlawfully accused… goodness, a magic team? Do they know any magic tricks, perchance? Any balloon animals?"
"Focus, your honor!" Phoenix said.
"Ahem, right… of course." He cleared his throat. "By the way, since when did we allow pets in this establishment?" He wondered, seeing Team Chaotix in the crowd along with Sae.
"They're good friends. They're detectives you'd want on your side." Makoto explained.
"Pah. They're detectives and yet they're animals? How laughable." Miles smirked.
"Hmm, ah, I'll allow it. They don't seem very threatening… though the snout on that alligator looks threatening."
"He's a crocodile." Makoto said.
"…Could've fooled me! Anyway, let the trial commence."
BGM: Trial Underground (Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony)
"Now, who is our defendant today?" The Judge asked.
"That would be my client." Miles said as Captain Syrup approached the stand.
"Hiya!" Syrup waved. "My my, Your Honor… I do have to say, that beard makes you look stunning, dare I say… ravishing?"
"O-oh!" The Judge blushed hard. "Why, thank you… my dear. You have a name…?"
"Captain Syrup, but you can call me anything you want, sugar~" Syrup said, winking at the judge and blowing a kiss.
"M-my word! Is it hot in this court room or is it just me?"
"FOCUS!" The courtroom all yelled at once.
"Mmmph! Right, of course!" The Judge cleared his throat. "Now, my dear… give us your testimony, if you'd be so kind."
Syrup smiled. "But of course! It all began when I was doing a little adventuring in Diamond City when all of a sudden, this big bad group known as MAJC came along and beat up poor little me. It was tragic!" Syrup said, shedding fake tears. "They're nothing but a cult that likes to beat up innocent peo-"
"NO! THAT'S WRONG!" Makoto blurted out. "Uh… I mean… objection!"
"Hmm?" Syrup raised an eyebrow.
"You said it yourself. You claim that you were beaten up by MAJC because you were doing a little adventuring in Diamond City. However! There's another story where you actually went into another dimension to steal a valuable treasure!"
"Oh, your Honor, he's lying!" Syrup smirked. "Why would I steal treasure in the first place?"
"It's because you are a pirate!" Phoenix pointed out.
"OBJECTION!" Miles yelled. "Just because you are a pirate does not automatically mean she's a plundering thief. She obviously dresses up like one just for the fun of it."
"Hmm! I never thought of it that way…" The Judge mused. "She came dressed as a pirate here in the courtroom, so obviously… there's some truth to it!"
You can't be serious! Makoto thought.
"Continue, my dear." The Judge smiled.
"Where was I? Oh right, MAJC came along and beat me up. They're a cult. They stole my valuables and stole a car for good measure. All because… what, they did it for the thrill of it? Who could be next? They need to be charged for their crimes! I'm lucky to be alive!"
"HOLD IT!" Phoenix yelled. "They didn't steal your valuables. They took it back to its rightful owner after you stole it from them!"
"Oh please! What was this valuable that they took back to its rightful owner?" Edgeworth rolled his eyes.
"The Bottomless Coin Sack." Makoto said.
"Hah! Poppycock, honestly. That's just something made up." Miles said.
"Indeed. They stole a few of my diamonds. I've heard nothing about a Bottomless Coin Sack. That's just make believe!" Syrup said. "Your Honor, do you really think we should listen to this pussy boy?"
"Pussy boy?!" Makoto said in shock.
"HANG ON JUST A MOMENT!" Sae blurted out from the audience. "Do you really think it's a good idea to cuss in a courtroom?"
"You misunderstand me, lady. I said "pussy" meaning cat. Not some kind of derogatory slang." Syrup said.
"So you called him a cat? That's honestly adorable!" The Judge said, causig Makoto to sweatdrop.
I have this courtroom wrapped under my finger. Syrup smirked.
"I say this trial is already over." Miles said.
"I agree. MAJC should be in here instead of me. I'm innocent!" Syrup said.
"HOLD IT!" Phoenix yelled. "We actually have an eye witness!"
"Do you now? Send him in." The Judge requested.
"We call up our first witness!" Phoenix yelled… when suddenly, a motorcycle burst through the courtroom.
"WAHAHAHAHAHA! WAAAAAARIO!"
Oh shit! Syrup thought to herself, her eyes widening in horror.
"Goodness, I didn't realize we were in a motorcycle event!" The Judge said.
"Who is this?" Miles demanded.
"The name's Wario, buddy… and don't you forget it!" Wario said, munching on some garlic.
"Now Mister… uh… Wario… would you like to share us your side of the story?"
"You bet!" Wario smirked.
"Don't listen to this guy! He's under the influence of garlic!" Syrup said.
"Oh can it, sister!" Wario shot back. "I was with Syrup when this whole schtick happened. We went into the Shake Dimension when we ran into Syrup. Apparently-"
"OBJECTION!" Miles yelled. "Are we really going to allow this to happen? Shake Dimension? That doesn't exist!"
"Overruled! I want to see where this goes."
"Apparently, this Bottomless Coin Sack was stolen by this man named the Shake King. So I, along with my bro, went to stop him… along with this broad right here." He said, pointing to Syrup. "We had some help too with the name of JINX, Umber, Sarge and of course… team MAJC. Together, we stopped the Shake King and we all went home… of course, we had a few differences to iron out with a member of JINX, but we had it all straightened out… unfortunately. However, little did I realize that Syrup stole the Bottomless Coin Sack right under my nose!"
"Again with this Bottomless Coin Sack! That's just a bunch of nonsense!" Miles said.
"Yeah! Why should we believe this nonsensical doofus?"
"Is it really nonsense? I have it right here!" Wario said, pulling it out of his pocket.
"WHAT?!" Syrup yelled. "Where did you get that?!"
"Let's just say I went back into the Shake Dimension and snagged it from Queen Whats-Her-Bucket in case for a good cause… I had Team Chaotix help me out too after some kind of interrogation was over."
"There's no such thing as bottomless." Miles smirked.
"Oh yeah?" Wario would jump up onto the Judge's seat. "Behold!" He opened up the sack, turning it upside down and started shaking it where the entire courtroom was flooded in coins… and it just kept coming.
"My word!" The Judge exclaimed. "It never ends!"
Miles's eyes widened in surprise, staring at Makoto who had his arms folded in victory… and then he remembered what Makoto had shared with him in the recorder. Well played, I'm impressed. Miles thought with a smirk.
Dammit! I gotta think of something fast… Syrup thought.
"I rest my case." Wario said, flipping it over and sealing it up, and then proceeded to jump off… only to swim around in the gold just for the heck of it.
Syrup smirked. "Clever, pussy boy… veeeery clever. However, you think you have won, but you haven't. How do we know this is real gold? For all we know, it could be fake! Fool's gold, even!"
"Oh, give it a rest. This trial just turned around in our favor." Phoenix said.
Damn!
"Just one question." Miles said. "How do you explain the Grand Theft Auto and assault and battery charges?"
Syrup's eyes widened. I knew he'd pull through! She thought. "Yes, of course. They stole Wario's car and rammed into me, then beat me up for no reason! This gold doesn't prove anything!"
"Mister Wario, what do you have to say about this?" The Judge asked.
"While it is true they stole my car, they did it for a good reason." Wario said. "She stole the Bottomless Coin Sack from me and they took it back! …Unfortunately, it was back to the Shake DImension, but what can you do?"
"They still assaulted me! Mr. Juuuudge, what do you have to say about that, handsome~?" Syrup asked, doing a cute sexy pose for him.
"Mmph! Well… I… I must say, there must be justice for Team MAJC." The Judge mused. "Truly, grand theft auto and assault and battery are serious crimes. That said, they didn't really kill anyone, so honestly… we can let that slide."
"Would you really let that slide~?"
"I… I suppose not…" The Judge cleared his throat.
"OBJECTION!" Phoenix yelled. "Are you really going to let this happen? She's manipulating you!"
"I'm not manipulating anyone." Syrup smirked. "Isn't that right~?" She asked, doing another pose for him.
"We have reached a verdict!" The Judge spoke up while blushing like mad. "Captain Syrup, you are hearby… Not Gui-"
"HOLD IT!" Miles suddenly blurted out.
"Hmm?" The Judge looked at Miles. "Do you have a last minute testimony?"
"More like… last minute evidence." Miles said.
"What are you doing?!" Syrup hissed as Miles gave her the stink eye.
"Something came to my attention earlier… something damning." He said and pulled out the recorder that Makoto had given him, and then pressed play.
"Just let me ask you one thing. Is it true that you've wrongly accused MAJC?"
"Now why would I do a silly thing like that? They assaulted me, a poor woman who was going about her day when they came out of nowhere. MAJC is nothing more than a cult, if you ask me… and quite honestly, teams RWBY, JNPR, JINX, ATMC and whatever else… they all sound like cult names if you ask me. Don't get me started on this band name… what was it again, Sea5ons? Definitely sounds like a cult."
"Leave them out of this."
"Whatever. You're not getting a peep out of me, kiddo."
"But we did get a confessional out of someone. Does Wario ring any bells? He told Team Chaotix everything."
"You're lying. Wario would never- Typical. Of course he would blab his mouth open."
"Just tell us the truth."
"Fine, you want the truth? Yes, I framed Team MAJC. While it is true they assaulted me, stole Wario's car and stole from me… truth be told, I did this whole entire operation. I baited Wario and his pathetic brother into opening this vault into a dimension known as the Shake Dimension. What I didn't account for was Team JINX showing up along with this Sarge guy, a weird kid named Umber, and of course, Team MAJC. However, I used them to my advantage. I'd just sit back and watch it all unfold while they take all the treasure from the Shake King, including the Endless Coin Sack."
Syrup's eyes widened in horror, immediately starting to sweat. "NO!"
"Once he was defeated and everyone was freed, next thing we know… Bowser shows up and he and Nyx have a battle with the Wario Bros. It was the perfect opportunity for me to steal the sack while everyone else went to go steal some stupid deed that Wario had under his belt."
"So you stole this sack that Wario took."
"Bingo. Of course, I didn't take into account that MAJC would come right after me. I guess I underestimated that girl's love for shiny things. Yeah, they did commit Grand Theft Auto, assault and battery and theft because they took the sack away from me."
"With an endess sack of coins, you'd wreck the entire economy. Are you actually willing to do that?"
"Oh, I might wreck a few economies just for the heck of it… but nothing too serious."
"So what I'm hearing is, MAJC, at that particular moment, became Robin Hood without realizing it. Safely storing it away back in its dimension." Makoto guessed. "And you became a sour puss over it, so you decided to frame them."
"I should've framed JINX, Umber and Sarge when I was at it. Guilty by association, ya know? I mean, heh, it took me this long to actually find MAJC. I snuck into the Atlas Military, forged some paperwork and became the top commander of a squad and convinced a few gullible soldiers to join me on my hunt to exterminate MAJC. All I needed was a little push… how do you think they were found out at Vacuo? One of them was dumb enough to make a call to Atlas about some stupid family."
"You traced the call…"
"Indeed. We found them in a cave and while they did get away, one Atleasian Ship is making their way to wherever they went. They're probably shot dead by now… after all, I gave the order to hunt them down dead or alive."
"I have faith… no… hope… that those guys are alright."
"Pfft, blind hope can only get you so far."
"But you know what? You've confessed all of your crimes."
"So what? I'm a pirate. Crime is what we do." Syrup smiled. "And if you think you've won… you're wrong. I have the upper hand. In fact, I have an attorney who will get me out of this nonsense."
"You have an attorney?"
"That's right, I have him wrapped over my thumb~ I'll be free as a bird and I'll watch the Future Foundation crumble over this embarrassing failure."
"WAHA… WAHAHAHA! WAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Wario cackled, falling on his back and laughing hysterically.
"Game. Set. Match." Sae smirked, fist bumping Team Chaotix.
"My word!" The Judge exclaimed.
"No! No no no no… you got it all wrong! That's been doctored to turn this around on me! I'M INNOCENT!" Syrup yelled in a panic. Where did they take the time to record the interrogation?! She thought. "MAJC is the one who should be in jail! This is absurd! I'M INNOCENT!"
"Please, I was just humoring you." Miles said with a smirk.
"So you put up this entire act?!"
"Indeed. I've actually overheard your entire conversation in the interrogation room, and of course, Mister Naegi gave me that recorder just so I could listen to it again. The final straw was the Bottomless Coin Sack. Of course, me being your attorney, I had to play dumb. That said, I am reason to believe that Team MAJC, wherever they are, are innocent."
"Indeed!" The Judge said. "I am willing to overlook their charges. Team MAJC is officially… Not Guilty!" He said. "And as for Captain Syrup… Guilty!"
End BGM
"What! NO! YOU CAN'T DO THIS!" Syrup yelled, still panicking. "You're my attorney!"
"Not anymore." Miles said. "After all, you confessed your crimes and there is no use in hiding it anymore. So-" He turned to Phoenix, both of them nodding as they pointed their fingers at Syrup.
"TAKE THAT!" They both yelled, which was enough to send Syrup falling on her butt.
"And that's checkmate." Makoto said proudly while Team Chaotix cheered.
"No… no no no NO!" Syrup snapped. "I lost… TO THAT PUSSY BOY?!" She yelled as she pulled out her scimitar. "No… I refuse… I REFUSE!" She yelled as she climbed up on the stand and lunged at Makoto. "HRAAAAAAAAH!"
Suddenly, a beam of ice hit her and froze her solid before anyone else could do anything. They would slowly turn to see Esdeath aiming her hand at Syrup while Ironwood calmly approached them.
"We'll take it from here." He said. "We have a few questions for her."
Holy HELL, Sora's a lot of fun! Took a bit to figure him out (especially learning the hard way that Sonic Blade results you in a helpless state... ahaha... whoops.) but man, is Sora a ball! His Classic Route can suck it though... stupid Game and Watches... though, i'm curious as to why Robin is representing Xion and why there's three of them...
Ibuki: There's something else you should say.
Oh right, I finished up Dread yesterday too. MAN, is Dread something amazing. I give it a solid 9.8/10. The EMMIs were annoying (Surprisingly, I didn't have that much trouble with the one that had the Ice Missiles... sure, I died a few times, but it wasn't as BS as the Speed Boosting one or... Wave Beam...) but they were pretty good.
And that ending... THAT. ENDING. A friend of mine told me part of the twist that because Samus is part Metroid, she can absorb anything she defeats now, like those Chozo Soldiers. So I kept thinking "What's the major twist that Cody told me came out of nowhere and Log saying he refused to believe it?" I kept thinking "Because you are a Metroid, your life has been shortened tremendously." or "You're becoming a Metroid/Human hybrid and the effects will be irreversible" or "You were never human to begin with and you were made artificially." or something like that.
Ibuki: Nope! None of that. It shocked Nan-chan pretty good that he had to put the Switch down and pause the game to collect his thoughts for a few minutes!
They had to go with the Darth Vader route... holy crap... that's gonna be fun when I do SPBRR: Dread after Galaxy 2. All in all, I had a blast with Dread!
But anyway, enough about that. While we have the Epilogue to deal with... I'd like to give a personal shout out to Flash who came up with this story idea, wanting his OCs some time in the sun and have their own story. He reached out to me and I was like "Dude! Let's do this!"
Let's give this man some loves... he deserves it!
Ibuki: *strums guitar* Way ahead of ya! You rock, Flash-chan!
The Squeaks - 4,479,930 G
MAJC - 7,294,810 G
Phanto Mask - ? (278,000 G)