It was another fun fight for the Super Smash Bros. The fight was currently taking place between Joker, Sonic, K. Rool, and Dedede on Mementos. Joker gracefully dodged Sonic's spin dash by jumping in the air and shooting. Sonic barely felt it, but was just getting started. Sonic ran towards Joker, who shot Eiha, but Sonic faked him out with a homing attack, knocking Joker back. Joker flung towards Dedede and performed a jab on the back of his head. "Aggh, not right there! It's sensitive." Joker felt like for some reason that was a low blow. K. Rool shot his blunderbuss towards Joker, who started Rebel's Guard. He then smiled and ripped off his mask. "PERSONA!" The French thief appeared behind Joker. Joker snapped his fingers and flung Eigaon towards the pirate.
Suddenly the subway became dark, and they heard a voice. "Super Sonic Style!" Sonic rushed towards all the players and knocked out K. Rool and Dedede into the air. He transformed back and the chaos emeralds flew away. "All right, Joker, just me and you now!" Joker smirked. Sonic started moving all around Mementos, then performed quick jabs and spin dashes, then continuing to run. Joker heard a young girl's voice. "Pretty fast, isn't he. This is how he usually faces giant robots. Attack, run, repeat." "Got it. Thanks, Oracle." Joker replied. He saw a spot Sonic kept running towards and shot his grappling hook at him.
Sonic smiled. "Not bad." Joker ran towards him for the finishing move, but Sonic dodged behind him, charged up a homing attack, and shot him out of the arena.
GAME!
"Let's do that again, some time!" Sonic ran over to Joker and lent out his hand. "Good game, Joker." Joker shook him. "Thanks, Sonic." Morgana ran over. "SONIC THE HEDGEHOG! I'm Morgana, I'm a REALLY big fan of yours. You're rebellious nature, you're desire to stick up for the little guy. You're so cool!" Sonic smiled. "Thanks, you know I've got a friend who's a big phan of you guys. He was one of my closest allies when I was in the resistance." Joker smiled. "It's an honor to hear that." They noticed King Dedede walking by rubbing the back of his head.
"What's his problem?" Joker asked. Sonic replied, "His neck's still sore from when K. Rool broke it." "Ah…WAIT WHAT?" "Yeah, K. Rool broke it after a practical joke Dedede played on the Kongs." "He must care for the Kongs a lot." "Hardly, you have no idea how much he's done to them." Sonic heard his stomach rumble. "Well, Chili Dogs are a calling. Let me know if you need anything. Happy to help a fellow SEGA rep." "A fellow what?" "Tough to explain, see ya." And with that, he ran off to grab his lunch.
Joker frowned. He contacted someone on the radio. "Oracle, I want you to get some intel on this person. King K. Rool."
The Phantom Thieves were then hanging out at Ren's attic. Ryuji hugged his best bud. "Man, you were awesome out there, Joker." Makoto smiled. "I think he's more than deserved the title of legendary hero." Ren replied, "Well, it's not just heroes. There are also some villains in this group, though the honor of legendary fighter seems to put their usual evil at bay. Though I'm not so sure on some of them." Ann asked, "Like who?" Oracle was at her lap top. "King K. Rool. He started off as a Dedede-level villain. He stole the food supply of DK Island's leader."
Haru asked, "Why?" "Not sure, maybe to starve them and take the island, maybe because he was jealous, who knows?" Yusuke noted, "To steal food from the hungry, a truly evil crime." Oracle said, "It gets worse. After that, he started to go crazy and straight up kidnap Donkey Kong." Morgana said, "Selfish reptile." "He did it again after that along with Donkey Kong's best friend. But the trick he pulled after that was the worst. He tried to destroy the entire island and everyone on it." Ryuji's eyes widened. "For real!? That's effed up." Haru asked, "Joker, do you think there's any chance that this guy has a palace?" Joker asked Futaba, "Do you know K. Rool's full name." Futaba snickered, "It's Krud. His parents must have hated him or something." Joker spoke into his phone. "King Crud Rool." No candidates found. Futaba groaned, "King Krud Rool." Candidate found. Ryuji was confused. "What the hell, that was exactly what he said." "You have to say Krud with a K." Ann put her hands against her head. "That just opens up more questions."
Makoto got them back on topic. "The point is, we know he has a palace." Haru asked, "So where do you think his palace is?" Futaba answered, "He lives on Crocodile Island." Match Found. They had the name and the location. Now they just needed to find the cognition. Morgana said, "Ok, what do you think he sees that island as." Haru asked, "A Kingdom." No match found. Morgana shook his head. "He's a king. That island is his kingdom, so it's not a distortion." Yusuke thought about it. "He seems to act like a pirate a lot. Could he see it as a ship?" No match found. Ryuji scowled. "This is always my least favorite part of palaces." Makoto asked, "What does he do with the Kongs. He's constantly fighting them, with each attack escalating." Ann realized, "Like they're at war." Joker thought about it. He concluded, "A military base?" Match found. Morgana beamed, "That's it!" Ryuji said, "Now we just gotta go to Crocodile Island." Oracle asked, "Ren, are there any upcoming matches on DK Island?" Ren nodded.
3 days later…
It was a match up between Mario, Simon, Jigglypuff, and Bowser on Kongo Falls. Joker was watching from a distance. His fellow thieves were beside him. Haru smiled, "It's quite convenient they allow us to follow you into these smash battles." Yususke reminded them. "We are part of his final smash. Thus we need to be nearby at any given time." Futaba wasn't listening and was focusing on the fight. "This is so awesome! All of these guys are my idols and I get to watch them fight IN PERSON!" Ann chuckled. "She seems to be enjoying this."
GAME!
The battle ended with Bowser taking the win. Makoto stated, "Ok, let's go see this island." They walked out to the beach. There they saw crocodile island with the BLAST-O-MATIC positioned there. Ryuji complained, "How are we supposed to get over there." Ren thought about it. "I've got an idea."
"THIS IS A TERRIBLE IDEA!" Ann yelled. All of them were standing on the wings of a bi-plane. Joker asked, "Sonic, are you sure this thing will support all of us?" Ryuji noted, "Yeah, Ann alone makes us a bit heavy." She slapped him. Sonic was in the pilot's seat, "Don't worry, Tails modified this baby with a metal alloy that's strong but light. This feels great. Everybody assumes Tails is the only one that flies this, but they forget about when I piloted it sometimes." They landed on the coast of Crocodile Island. They got off. They all hung on to each other trying to reobtain their balance. That was one of the worst experience of their lives. Morgana asked, "How do you do that all the time, Sonic?" Sonic smirked. "I live my life on the edge of a knife, larger than life. I'm used to it by now." Joker walked over. "Thanks Sonic." Futaba ran over. "Can you sign my imported Sonic & Mega Man comic book?" "Sure." Sonic did a little doodle on the comic book. Futaba beamed. "Make sure you leave room for Mega. I want both idols to sign it." Sonic looked at Ren. "Joker, I've got a feeling you and I are going to get along well." Joker nodded.
I am thou, thou art I. Thou hast acquired a new vow.
It shall become the wings of rebellion that breaketh thy chains of captivity.
With the birth of the Chaos Persona, I have obtained the winds of blessing that shall lead to freedom and new power…
Sonic held out a fist towards Joker. Joker responded with a Fist Bump. Sonic got back into the pilot seat. "Contact me when you're ready to be picked up." Sonic started it and flew off. Ren looked at the rest of his team. "Okay, shall we start up the app." Everyone nodded. He tapped his phone and the island became distorted. The place looked more like Shadow Moses Island now. They saw a bunch of Kremlings wearing masks and army uniforms. "Prepare for war. We will destroy the Kongs." The thieves scanned the place. "All right. It's showtime!"