"Queen Beryl!" yelled Jadeite. "I found a new source of energy!"

"OKKKKK," said Beryl. "What's ya plan, boi?"

"Ah," said Jadeite. "I am going to get energy, from the humans. By using their emotions that produce lots of energy."

"Excellent," said Beryl.

"Phew," said Jadeite, but only in his head. "I just came up with that on the spot. I lucked out. It's too bad no one pulled me away before I had to come up with one, though."

"Alright," said Beryl. "Well, chop chop."

"Right!" said Jadeite. "You can count on me!"

He went to leave, but the crowd of Youmas was blocking his path.

"Excuse me," he said angrily. "Comin' through!"

He said this all as he shoved his way through.

Finally he made it through and exited the Negaverse, only to teleport to Japan.

"Here we go!" he said. "Stealing some emotion energy from the foolish humans!"

Jadeite went up and slugged a human.

"Hey!" said the human, getting angry, which was an understandable reaction to getting slugged on the street.

Jadeite took his furious energy, and stuck it in his pocket.

"Mmm," said Jadeite. "One down, one million to go. And then our great ruler will be awakened! I hope she makes lots of spaghetti."

As Jadeite casually walked down the street provoking humans, Nephrite's words rung in his head. "Get humans at the peak of their energy, as it's a lot more efficient!"

Jadeite waved his hand, dismissing the notion. "Fool," said Jadeite. "What does he know? It's not even his turn to get energy yet, and one person can only be at their peak a day, whereas I can get endless energy in a day!"

Jadeite knocked down a human, and then threw a dropkick at another.

Haruna-sensei was in the wrong place at the wrong time, and Jadeite ran up and threw ten punches to her spine, and then took her energy of fear and despair.

"Hahaha!" laughed Jadeite, as the police showed up and he got ready to take their energy.

"Hey!" yelled a copper. "Are you that man in the stupid outfit who's going around punching people in the street?"

"Hey, first of all, rude," said Jadeite. "Your uniform is stupider. Tacky boy."

"What'd you call me!?" screamed a cop.

"Wait, hold on!" said Jadeite, hearing a ring.

The cops waited patiently as he took out his phone.

"Oh boy!" he said. "My package from Amazon has arrived! So long, suckers!"

Jadeite teleported back to the Negaverse.

He sprinted past Nephrite, who was at the soda machine.

"Hey!" called Nephrite. "I just saw some kind of drone fly by here! What is this? Who made that?"

"It's Amazon!" called Jed. "They're dropping off my drone that I ordered!"

"Huh?" said Nephrite, but Jadeite was out of hearing range.

Jadeite kept running and finally caught up with the drone heading for his dark space.

"No you don't!" he yelled.

He fired lightning, taking control of the drone and grounding it.

He confiscated his package from its corpse.

"My drone has arrive!" he cheered giddily. "Time to go fly it around in my dark space!"

He opened up the box, and the drone looked very spiffy.

"Mmmm," said Jadeite.

He began flying it all around his dark space.

"This is fun," he said. "I hope no one ruins this."

That's when the Shitennou entered.

"Yeah," said Nephrite. "So I guess he ordered a drone."

"Hey, what is this?!" said Jadeite. "Some kind of jamboree?"

"No," said Kunzite. "Let me play with the drone."

"What?!" said Jadeite. "No! You don't even like Nephrite, why did you follow him?"

"He told us you got a drone," said Zoisite. "In exchange for two good dollar bills that would work in his soda machine."

"It was worth it," said Nephrite, enjoying a diet Coke.

"What is this?" repeated Jadeite.

The Shitennou waited patiently for their turn, but Jadeite wasn't forking over the controls.

"Hey," said Zoisite. "Come on, fork it over."

"No," said Jadeite. "It's my drone."

"Come on," said Kunzite. "We'll give you one crisp dollar bill. Maybe even two."

"Hmm," said Nephrite. "I'll give you my half-finished soda if you let me take a spin."

"NooOOooOO!" said Jadeite.

After playing 30 minutes while the Shitennou watched enviously, Jadeite sighed.

"Alright, alright," he resigned. "I suppose it might be funner to fly this somewhere with a sense of perception, unlike my dark space which is seemingly infinite. You can't really tell if the drone is close or far, or if it's far away or just really small."

"Yes," said Kunzite. "First hand me the controls, and then we'll go out in the hall."

"Hmmm," said Jadeite. "You lost me, but then you had me."

"What?" said Kunzite. "That doesn't work!"

Jadeite led the drone into the hall, and followed it like some kind of cow herder.

"Ah!" said Jadeite. "Here we go!"

He took out his tablet, which was hooked up to the drone's camera, and could see a great aerial view.

"Wow!" said the Shitennou, looking at his tablet in awe.

"I never knew the Negafloor looked that cool!" said Kunzite.

"Yes," said Nephrite. "You can only see the full texture if you're very zoomed out. Who would have guessed it's a repeating pattern? I sure wouldn't have."

"Give me some space," said Jadeite. "I gotta fly this boy with my expert skills."

Jadeite flew the drone all around.

"Fly it higher!" cheered Zoisite, getting rowdy.

"No," said Jadeite. "If we lose sight of it, it'll be over, as I wouldn't know which part of the Negaverse it's in from the camera as everything looks the same."

"Hey," whispered Kunzite. "Can I try it?"

"No," whispered Jadeite.

"I think it's time we take the controller from him," said Nephrite.

"Watch it," warned Jadeite. "One step and this thing's getting burnt to ashes."

"Alright," said Zoisite. "We won't step anywhere."

He readied the crystal behind Jadeite's back.

"Watch it," said Jadeite. "I know all your tricks, Zoisite. You're a one trick pony."

"Huh?!" said Zoisite. "Many tricks! Petals! Petals that turn into needles! Petals that explode! AIYEEEEEEE!"

"AAAHHHHHHH!" said Nephrite. "Stop screaming! You startled me with that AIYEEEEE!"

"AIYEEEEEEEEE!" screamed Kunzite, joining in on the chaos.

"Quiet," said Jadeite. "I need to concentrate."

"What is this?" said Nephrite. "Australian rules?"

Jadeite didn't answer, as he was deep in concentration.

That's when the drone moved, but Jadeite didn't change its direction.

"Hey, what is this?!" he yelled. "Malfunction?!"

"Hmm," said Zoisite. "That wouldn't happen if I was in control."

"Shut up!" said Jadeite. "I've lost control!"

"Huh?" said the others.

As it turned out, the drone had caught a current of Negawind, which was rare but was indeed existent.

The drone was tossed wildly out of the sky, and went flying like a balloon with a hole.

"AFTER IT!" cried Jadeite. "I spent $300!"

The Shitennou chased the drone.

"Stop, drone!" called Jed.

He pressed every button, but nothing helped. The wind was too strong for the drone to fight.

"I need some new batteries!" said Jadeite, shaking his controller. "Darn Negawind! At a time like this!"

That's when the wind, in its final stand, swept the drone straight into an eerie looking chamber.

The Shitennou instantly stopped in their tracks, as there was a strong surge of energy emanating from the spooky room.

Kunzite, a mighty being, got the hives.

"Sp00ky," he said. "I've never felt so much Negapower at once. Not since that big silhouette at the Moon Kingdom raid."

Jadeite looked at the tablet, but the camera was offline from some kind of crash landing.

"Yikes," said Jadeite. "It's like it flew into the Bermuda Triangle."

"Hmmmm," said Nephrite. "This mighty Negaenergy can only be coming from one source. The great ruler."

"Our great ruler?" asked Kunzite.

"Yes," said Jadeite. "It all makes sense. She is the heart of the Negaverse. The skull of course is the top part, and this is like the heart of the large skeletal being."

"Ooh!" said Zoisite. "This Negaenergy is so concentrated I'm getting dizzy! Kunzite, how did you go in this room before?"

"It was spooky," said Kunzite. "But I held my ground. One time she fired some kind of hand at us, but it was actually at Mamoru Chiba. But for a second I thought I was done for."

"Come to think of it," said Jadeite. "I don't think I've ever been in here."

"Hmm," said Nephrite. "I think Beryl told us we're not allowed to enter, as the great ruler is in a fragile state. I'm surprised that sneak lets Kunzite in."

"Well," said Kunzite. "I do have a cape. That's like the VIP pass in the Negaverse."

"Hmm," said Jadeite. "I think Endymion's allowed in there too."

"No," said Kunzite. "Only when he's dead or unconscious. Never conscious, so it doesn't count."

"I've heard," said Jadeite. "That Endymion and Metalia share the same wavelength. Whatever that means."

"Lies," said Kunzite. "It was just Metalia talking nonsense to manipulate people."

"How did Metalia talk into Endymion's mind? I hope she doesn't do that to us," said Jadeite. "Sounds very spooky."

"Beryl talked in my mind once," said Zoisite. "It was terrifying. I don't know how she got in there. But if she asked permission I would have said no."

"Our great ruler must be getting stronger from all that energy," said Kunzite. "She's able to use more powers by the day. Maybe one day she'll be able to form, and not just be in a pod."

"I'm surprised she has any energy left," said Jadeite. "After reviving Endymion twice."

"She hardly does," said Kunzite. "She's worse off now than when she started. And so is Beryl. She had to throw a crystal at Sailor Moon, instead of the attack that killed Zoisite."

"Haha," said Zoisite. "I indirectly killed Beryl by draining all her energy."

"So," said Jed. "Ready to go in?"

"NoooOooOOoo!" said Zoisite. "I mean, unless you have a death wish."

"Yes," said Nephrite. "If there's two things I know, it's that everything is ruled by the stars, and that you should never enter Metalia's chambers unless you want to die. Oh, and that I'm better than Zoisite."

"Wrong," said Zoisite. "That's subjective."

"Subjectively right," said Nephrite.

"Yes, subjectively!" said Zoisite. "As in, one may disagree with it!"

"I can subjectively say," said Kunzite. "That Zoisite is better than Nephrite, in fact."

"At what?" scoffed Nephrite. "Not battle."

"IQ," said Kunzite.

"Subjective," said Nephrite. "Zoisite never discovered Sailor Moon's identity."

"I discovered the Moon Princess's identity!" argued Zoisite.

"Actually," said Jadeite. "You awakened the Moon Princess, which was the beginning of the end for the Dark Kingdom."

"No," said Zoisite. But he said nothing else.

"Well," said Nephrite. "That drone is in a place where it can no longer be obtained, and thus it is gone. It's too bad, because I wanted to fly it."

"Just go get it," said Zoisite. "If you're apparently better than me."

"Are you crazy?" said Nephrite. "I do not want to perish."

"Come on now," said Jadeite. "Metalia is in a pod. She can't do anything."

"Then you go in," said Nephrite.

"Heck no," said Jed. "Do you feel that energy? It's so thick I could cut it with a knife. I think Kunzite should go in. He's been in there before."

"Yes," said Kunzite. "But that's when I was shielded by Beryl. If Metalia was gonna go rogue and take someone out, she'd take out Beryl first for personal reasons, and I'd have time to flee."

"Let's all go in, then," said Zoisite.

"Are you mad?" said Nephrite, very similar to his previous statement, 'Are you crazy?'

"No," said Zoisite. "Then a few of us might escape, and only some will die."

"That's the same as if only one person went in," said Nephrite. "Except one option has more danger."

"Now, now," said Kunzite. "Metalia has brought us life, after we lost our lives on the Moon Kingdom raid. It would be foolish for her to destroy us after giving us her energy."

"Maybe she wants the energy back now," said Jadeite. "After seeing that we've done nothing productive with it."

"You're probably right," said Kunzite.

"Now hold on," said Zoisite. "If Metalia destroyed us, no one would be able to get her energy. She'd never be able to wake up. You gotta spend money to make money, so to speak!"

"Hmm," said Jadeite. "She could probably make some tough Youmas if she absorbed us, because I guess she made every Youma or something. I don't know where those beasts came from."

"Hmmm," said Kunzite. "I'd like to believe I can beat Metalia in a fight. At least in her current state. I mean, she's not mobile at all. How long could she last against direct attacks?"

"Let's find out," said Nephrite.

"Alright, have fun," said Zoisite. "Tell us how it goes."

Kunzite and Nephrite went to go in, but then decided against it.

"This is a bad idea," said Kunzite. "I don't like it one bit."

"There's only one way to settle this," said Nephrite.

He pulled out a coin.

"How are we going to do this?" asked Zoisite. "There's four people."

"Hmm," said Nephrite, examining the coin. He put it back in his pocket, but then he took it back out.

"Wait," said Nephrite. "Here we go. It will be like a mini tournament. Heads, it comes down to me or Jeddy. Tails it comes down to Zoisite or Kunzite."

"Ah," said Jadeite. "So I'm really hoping for tails. So I call tails!"

"No calling," said Nephrite. "It's just the way it is."

Nephrite flipped the coin.

"Tails, ah, there we go!" he said.

"No way," said Zoisite. "You obviously rigged it. It's your coin. It's weighted."

"How would it be weighted?" said Nephrite. "This is not a dice."

"It's a little too convenient, isn't it?" said Kunzite. "Either way you eliminate one of your enemies. Whereas you have no particular beef with Jed, so you spared him."

"I didn't spare anyone," said Nephrite. "It was just luck."

"More like Australian rules," said Zoisite. "We should use my coin."

"No way," said Nephrite. "You're gonna rig it."

"Of course not," said Zoisite. "I'm known for my fair challenges."

Zoisite flipped his coin.

"Ah, heads!" he said. "It comes down to Nephrite."

"RIIIIIGGGGED!" yelled Nephrite. "First of all, you didn't even say who was which side."

"We were going by what you said," said Zoisite.

"Then how come that side is only me?" said Nephrite. "So tails was you, Kunzite, or Jadeite, and heads was me?"

"No," said Zoisite. "If it makes you feel better, we can flip again."

"No," said Nephrite. "You've already proven to be rigged. Let me see that coin!"

"No!" said Zoisite.

He dove for the coin, but Nephrite grabbed it first.

Both sides had a picture of Beryl's head.

"Aha!" said Nephrite. "A double heads coin! Why do you even keep this around?"

"It served its purpose," said Zoisite. "So I guess I was right in keeping it."

"You were not," said Nephrite. "As now you have to go in."

"What?!" said Zoisite.

"Yeah, hold on," said Kunzite. "I lost the chain of logic there, but I don't believe what transpired was fair or just."

"No," said Nephrite. "It's common knowledge that if you cheat, you're the one who loses. That's in the monopoly rule book."

"This isn't monopoly!" cried Zoisite. "Our lives are on the line. The only thing this is is Australian rules! No, not even! New Zealand rules! The most bizarre and unjust of all rules!"

"Actually," said Jadeite. "This is looking like Swahili rules."

"That's not a country," said Zoisite.

"It doesn't need to be," said Jadeite.

"Alright," said Nephrite. "The only way to settle this is with a game of rock paper boy."

"How do you make the boy symbol?" asked Jadeite.

"Shut up," said Nephrite. "You know what I mean. Zoisite, consider yourself lucky that I'm giving you another chance, as you were obviously supposed to go in. But I'm feeling rather generous today. But I must warn you. I'm a world renowned champion of rock paper scissors."

"No," said Kunzite. "I have won the national tournament 20 years in a row."

"Are you willing to bet your honor on that?" asked Nephrite.

Kunzite considered it. "No," he said. "I just made that up."

"Good," sneered Nephrite.

"It makes sense," said Jadeite. "How could they have a tournament about a luck based game?"

"No," said Zoisite. "It's about psychoanalyzing your opponents. Some people look more like rock guys, while some are obviously scissors. And people will also try to guess what you will use, thinking ahead by several paces by knowing what you guess they're going to use. More than anything, it's a battle of wits."

"Actually," said Jadeite. "I'm gonna have to pass on this game. It reminds me too much of Club Parakeet Card Jitsu, where I thought 50 steps ahead by guessing what he knows that I know that he knows etc., but he guessed 51 and defeated me soundly. I'd rather go inside," said Jadeite.

"Alright," said Zoisite. "Goodbye."

"Fine," said Jadeite. "I'll play. But I'm not gonna think much about it, because if there's one thing I've learned, it's that sometimes thinking one turn ahead is the same as 101 turns ahead. Where if the person guesses 100, then I win by only guessing one ahead."

"Whatever," said Kunzite. "It's a one in three chance of winning. Or something like that."

"Alright," said Nephrite. "So we're doing this?"

"Ye," said Jadeite.

They all went at once.

"Rock! Paper! Scissors!" they howled. "Shoot!"

They all threw rocks.

"Again!" yelled Nephrite.

They all threw scissors.

Zoisite narrowed his eyes. "I see what's going on here," he said. "And I'm definitely not a fan. Please, no one throw scissors so we can end this."

They all threw scissors.

Zoisite narrowed his eyes, and they were pretty much closed.

"Please," he said. "Let's not do this."

They all went again, and all threw paper.

"Come on!" he yelled.

They played once more.

This time, one person threw a rock, one person threw a paper, and two people threw scissors.

"Aha!" said Kunzite, taking out Jadeite and Nephrite. "EEeeASY!" he said.

"Right," said Zoisite, taking him out.

"Wait, what is this?" said Kunzite. "The scissors should have taken you out."

"They did not," said Zoisite. "They weren't fast enough."

"What?!" said Kunzite. "I didn't know it was a speed thing!"

"That's what happens when you play four-way," said Jadeite.

"Wait," said Kunzite. "I didn't know that. Let's go again."

"Sorry," said Zoisite. "Game's over. Nice knowing you."

"Now hang on," said Kunzite. "I was second place. Nephrite and Jadeite fell first."

"Actually," said Jadeite. "It's the last person that gets taken out that has to go."

"Well actually," said Nephrite. "Zoisite could have pretty much lost first, in fact he did since we threw scissors. So he should have been gone."

"Hmm," said Zoisite. "I guess all three of you have to go."

But then he thought about it. "Actually," he said. "Kunzite got the most kills. So I think he's spared."

"No," said Jadeite. "Unfortunately, we all lost. Fair and square. So that means no one wins. This game is void."

"This game was stupid," said Zoisite. "Let's not count that. The only way rock paper scissors can work, is if three people get the same thing, and all three things beat one person, making a definitive loser."

"We don't have time for that," said Jadeite. "I have to do a hatch on Wizard101 at ten. How are we going to decide this?"

"Darn it," said Kunzite. "This is just like that time we all fought for Jadeite's job, many chapters ago."

"Oooh!" said Zoisite. "Let's pull straws!"

"That didn't work the first time," said Jadeite. "Since you cheat at that by tearing the straws."

"Alright, I got it," said Zoisite, punching his palm. "Let's bring this to the Negabreak room, and settle it over one three-minute Melee match."

The Shitennou all agreed, and they marched into the room.

Jadeite plugged in four Game Cube controllers, and they all quickly slid to Pichu.

The Shitennou narrowed their eyes at each other.

"Well, I'm not changing," said Jadeite.

"Neither am I," said Nephrite.

"I guess we're doing this," said Kunzite.

They turned off all the items, and entered Final Destination.

"No teaming now," said Jadeite, but Kunzite and Zoisite were already plotting a team.

"I picked the red Pichu," said Kunzite. "So you can see not to hit me. As all the other Pichus look too similar."

"Wait, what Pichu am I?" said Nephrite. "Am I base Pichu?"

Jadeite pulled a fast one while everyone was struggling to differentiate their Pichus, and juggled the controllers, switching everyone's sticks so that there could be no teaming.

Zoisite and Nephrite suddenly started jumping Kunzite, as Zoisite thought that Kunzite was Nephrite.

"Hey!" said Kunzite. "Wait, what is this?! My character's not responding!"

That's when he looked at the controllers.

"Hey!" he said. "There was a switcheroo!"

"I'm red Pichu!" lied Nephrite.

"Wait, no!" said Zoisite. "I am!"

"I am," said Jadeite.

"Who is red Pichu?" demanded Kunzite. "Because I swore I selected him."

"It shouldn't matter," said Jadeite. "No teaming."

"It does matter," said Zoisite. "Because I don't know who I'm supposed to be moving. Who switched the controllers? He should have to go in!"

'"Heh heh heh," said Jadeite.

That's when Nephrite got mad and threw a dropkick, destroying the TV.

"Wait," said Jadeite. "I got a new game we can play."

He brought in the spare TV, and inserted Double Dash.

"Eww, what is that?" said Kunzite. "Plug in Wii instead."

"Fine," said Jadeite switching to Mario Kart Wii, even though Double Dash was the best game ever made.

"I'm playing Wii remote," said Kunzite. "I'd rather lose my life than my golden steering wheel."

"Fool," said Zoisite. "You can play one match without the remote and still keep your wheel. It's only 80%, I think."

"Well I have 100%," said Kunzite. "And if anyone checked my stats in the Wii channel, I want them to see I play 100%."

They went to do a four race cup, and went on the character selection screen, and all slid for Bowser Jr.

However, only one could have him.

"I quit," said Kunzite. "I main in Bowser Jr. So whoever chose him has a ridiculously huge advantage."

"Wait," said Zoisite. "Let's just do the same-character glitch."

"No, no, no" said Nephrite. "I'm not having another case of the switcheroos."

"I'd have no reason," said Jadeite. "As you can't team on this."

"Actually you can, said Kunzite. "I'll throw away my ranking by sitting in the middle of the track and unleashing a red shell when Nephrite passes."

"No," said Jadeite. "Let's all agree that if anyone does that, they have to go in."

"Fine," said Zoisite. "Because I don't want Nephrite doing that to me. But if I get a blue shell, and Kunzite's in first, I'll make sure to put on his breaks so he can do the classic blue shell pass-off to second."

"Let's just all be separate characters either way," said Jed. "But no one can be Bowser Jr. because the advantage is too large."

"Fine," said Kunzite, hesitantly. "I'll just be my second main, Baby Luigi."

But Jadeite already grabbed him. "Heh heh," said Jadeite.

"Just be Baby Mario," said Zoisite.

"No," said Kunzite. "Now I have to be the bulky Dry Bowser. I have no choice. But fortunately that one bike is the best kart in the game."

"Hmm," said Nephrite. "Fortunately someone beat all 32 staff ghosts, and Mii Suit B is unlocked."

"You're welcome," said Jadeite. "I had to cheat on Wario's Gold Mine though. But so did the staff ghost so I guess it's fair."

Nephrite went on his Mii, but was automatically assigned as a big boy.

"No!" said Nephrite. "I have to fix my Mii!"

"No can do," said Zoisite. "Just be a different Mii. We have all 100 Miis on there."

"Ugh, fine," said Nephrite. He had no choice but to be the tiny Melvin Mii, as he was the first out of ten to be a small boi.

"Ah," said Nephrite, hopping on the duck bike. "And he's a Mario boy too."

Zoisite snapped up Diddy, and hopped on the Blooper, and then they were ready to go.

"Darnit," said Zoisite once they started. "The Blooper's too slippery. I should have picked the chariot. Can we start over?"

"No," said Kunzite, getting really sweaty.

Him and Nephrite had a heated battle for first place.

Kunzite used his bulky character to start shoving the smaller guys, particularly baby Melvin.

Zoisite hit a banana peel and could not recover.

"I can't recover," he said.

Jadeite finished a solid 7th.

"Not bad," he said.

And Zoisite finished last in all races, because he couldn't adjust to his wild Blooper.

Nephrite barely pulled a win, just because Kunzite wasn't familiar with the oddball course, DS Desert Hill from the Retro Cup.

"EEEEEASSSSSSSSSY!" said Nephrite.

"NOOOOOOOOO!" yelled Kunzite. "You have no right to brag though, as I wrecked you in Koopa Cape. I finished a good 15 seconds ahead."

"Whatever," said Nephrite. "That was just RNG lightning."

"I'd say that too," said Kunzite.

"No it wasn't," said Jadeite. "I waited until you were flying over a ledge to throw that lightning. Just like in real life, I am the lightning master."

"I hate you," said Nephrite.

"Hmm," said Zoisite. "That wasn't really fair. I had to play with a major debuff. I think we must play a game that requires true skill."

"What do you have in mind?" said Nephrite.

Zoisite hauled in his Nintendo 64, and launched up Kirby Crystal Shards.

"What is this?" said Nephrite. "It's a single player game."

"No," said Zoisite. "You gotta go on Extras! We'll be playing the game Checker Board Chase. It's where you shoot a row of paint on a board, and if someone is standing where you shot they fall to their doom. Because none of you have played this yet, we'll play 3 practice rounds so you can learn the ropes. Also, no being the same character, as all characters are the same with no advantages. All it will do is prevent us from getting confused."

But that's when they all flew to Waddle Dee, and the Shitennou narrowed their eyes.

"Just play as Dedede," said Zoisite.

"No way," said Nephrite. "He's too bulky. I wanna play as top tier Waddle Dee."

"No tiers!" said Zoisite. "All characters move around exactly the same!"

"I don't think so," said Nephrite. "It sure doesn't look like it."

"Then just play Adeleine," said Zoisite.

"No can do," said Nephrite. "I refuse to play as him until he's confirmed for Star Allies."

"He already is!" said Zoisite.

"What? No way!" said Nephrite. "When did this happen?"

"It was leaked," said Kunzite. "Along with Daroach, and Dark Meta Knight."

"What?!" said Nephrite. "No way!"

"Actually," said Jadeite. "I think Adeleine's a girl. She's wearing a skirt."

"Huh?!" said Nephrite. "You're thinking of Addo, from Kirby 3."

"They're the same person," said Jadeite. "It was confirmed in the Anniversary book, along with the Squeak Squad final boss being Dark Matter."

"Shoot!" said Nephrite. "That ruins my ship of Ribbon and Adeleine!"

"They could be lesbians," said Zoisite.

"No," said Nephrite. "That just won't do! I'm not one of those guys with the crazy ships. I only ship Amethyst and Steven from Steven Universe."

"Can we just get started?" said Jadeite.

Nephrite reluctantly went to Kirby, and they began.

After the three exhibition matches, the true match began.

Jadeite was quickly swept away, despite winning the last three matches.

"NO. What?!" said Jadeite. "I choked!"

"Sad," said Kunzite.

Kunzite was soon to fall, as his Dedede was too bulky, but only in his imagination because everyone knows the characters move the same.

Nephrite and Zoisite began the dance of the paintbrushes, and started clashing for many hours.

The map fell apart around them, and they were at an even standstill.

Eventually, they were at a 3-by-3 stage, and they were at a complete even standstill, as even as standstills get.

"This reminds me of my circle," said Jadeite. "Bad day."

"You can do this, Zoisite," said Kunzite. "Just keep moving, and hit him while he's on cooldown."

"I'm trying!" said Zoisite. "It doesn't help that neither of us have shot paint for 20 minutes!"

Finally, the Nintendo 64 crashed, due to it heating up to such a degree because it sat on for so long.

"NOOOOO!" said Nephrite. "I knew we should have played this game on VC!"

"No," said Kunzite. "It's been confirmed that on the VC version of Kirby Crystal Shards, Dedede has one second lag due to the bulk of his model."

"There is no bulk," said Nephrite. "Not in this version, not in any version. Only in third party games like Super Smash."

The Shitennou returned to the outskirts of Metalia's chamber.

"Now what?" said Zoisite. "I realize that while Jadeite lost last game, the game was incomplete so it didn't count."

All the Shitennou nodded, especially Jadeite who didn't want to go in.

That's when they heard a familiar whistle, and Kenji pranced by.

"Wait!" said Kunzite. "Get back here!"

Kenji returned.

"What?" he said.

"You have no fears, correct?" said Kunzite.

"Ho ho ho," said Kenji. "Only the fear that Shingle will live another day from one of my murder attempts."

"Ah!" said Kunzite. "Brave man. Very honorable. Would you by chance do us all a favor, and go retrieve something from that room over there?"

"Hmmm," said Kenji. "Me and Metalia have never mixed well. Bad chemistry. But I'll see what I can do."

He marched in high knees, and the Shitennou waited anxiously.

After 3 years, Kenji didn't return.

"Umm…" said Zoisite. "It's been 3 years. I don't think he's coming back."

"Shoot," said Kunzite. "So she really is out for blood. We should have known that a human couldn't survive such a strong aura. It's like being in a high altitude. His lungs couldn't take it."

"Wait!" said Zoisite. "Let me go get someone! I have a friend who likes throwing away his life!"

Zoisite teleported away.

But while Zoisite was out at the arcade looking for him, Motoki walked up to the three Shitennou with some mail.

"Package for Jadeite," he said. "It's some kind of drone."

"I don't want this," said Jadeite, disposing of it into Metalia's chamber. "It reminds me too much of the drone I lost in Metalia's chamber."

"Heh," said Motoki. "Suit yourself."

"Listen," said Kunzite. "Zoisite's looking for you. You seem like a man who values his life, so you ought to get out of here now. If you want to continue living. He's hunting you."

Motoki gulped, and yanked at his collar.

"Bye," said Motoki, sprinting away.

"Hey!" said Nephrite. "You didn't deliver my Stars Monthly."

"Oh, right," said Motoki, hurrying back and turning to run away again.

That's when Zoisite appeared, and fired a beam, killing Motoki.

"Shoot," said Zoisite. "I was gonna send him into Metalia's pod, but he had a look like he was expecting me, so I had to get rid of him quickly. How could he have known?"

"Hmm," said Kunzite. "It's a pity."

That's when a figure emerged from the forsaken room.

"Queen Beryl!" yelled Jadeite. "I found a new source of energy!"

"Hey!" said Beryl. "What is this? Some kind of jam? You picked an odd place."

"Hey!" said Kunzite. "How did you get in there without passing us?"

"I entered through the floor," said Beryl. "Like I did that one time, on episode 46."

"Oh, I was dead then," said Kunzite. "Listen, would you mind retrieving an item for us?"

"You mean this?" asked Beryl, holding a drone.

"YEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" yelled Jadeite snatching it.

"Hmph," said Beryl. "It was lodged in Metalia's pod. She was very angry that no one would come in and unlodge it."

"Sorry," said Kunzite. "We thought she might go rogue."

"I think that every time I enter," said Beryl. "But she still needs us, fortunately. Due to her lack of appendages, and incapability of getting energy."

That's when Beryl got mad. "What did you boys think you were doing, sending wild objects into our great ruler's chamber? You could have killed her, or damaged her, as she's in such a vulnerable state! If that happened, it would have been over for us! We'd have to go to the human world and get real jobs, or something!"

"Soz boss," said the Shitennou.

"You better be," said Beryl. "Honestly," said Beryl. "You're like high school students goofing off with a paper airplane and accidentally hitting their teacher with it. You need to watch where you send your drones. You're like that guy who sent a drone up to the White House. Very foolish."

"It wasn't on purpose," said Jadeite. "The drone caught a Negawind."

"That doesn't matter," said Beryl, still heated. "If you weren't playing with toys then this wouldn't have happened. You should have been doing your job and getting energy!"

"D'oh," said Jadeite.

"And you boys," said Beryl, gesturing to the others. "You should also be doing jobs."

"We weren't assigned any," said Nephrite.

"Yes you were," said Beryl. "Silver Crystal!"

"Hey," said Zoisite. "MY job. Not their job. Not even Kunzite's."

"Shut up," said Beryl. "I don't care who gets it. If Morga walked in right now with that boy, I'd make her ruler of the Negaverse! Even though it wasn't her job, and we generally don't have much respect for Youmas. Filthy ones at that. Heck, if Sailor Moon walked in and handed it over, I'd let her live. I might even make her higher ranking than Jadeite."

"Well that wouldn't be fair," said Jadeite.

Beryl paused to catch her breath. She panted for a second. After deciding it was a sufficient scolding, she let the Shitennou off with a warning.

"Watch it," she warned.

The Shitennou left.

"Mmmm," said Jadeite. "That was a mean scolding."

"Hmm," said Nephrite. "Who's up for some Minecraft PvP?"

"I am," said Kunzite. "But only 1.14."

"That's not out yet," said Nephrite.

"Test realm," scoffed Kunzite. "Join my server. Its IP is just numbers, I'll tell you when we get to the lounge."

FIN