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BGM: Waddle Dee Town (Kirby and the Forgotten Land)
"Alright, great job everyone!" Sonia praised as LAFF and Logue were practicing using wooden weapons with Sonia… until Laura fell on her knees.
"Laura? Are you okay?" Magnolia asked with concern as Sonia knelt down.
"Why does the universe hate me!" She said as anime tears ran down her cheeks. "I feel like someone just called our team "Team Laugh" instead of "Lakefront"!"
"Aw, I'm sure it was just an innocent mistake!" Sonia smiled sweetly, patting her head right as Chiaki and the others returned.
"Now that was a successful rampage." Gundham said with approval, petting the Beast Pack as they nuzzled him affectionately as even the Devas hugged him.
"I'm not the only one who heard one of them say "Yeehaw", right?" Chiaki wondered.
"I dunno… I was too busy distracted by the Buffahorns tackling Tropic Woods." Ann said.
Chiaki then turned her head to see an apartment building nearby. "Whoa… is that for the Waddle Dees?"
"Actually, it's for all of us in case if we need to rest up for a while." Laxus said, eating a Kirby hamburger. "By the way, you gotta try the cafe over there. Those Waddle Dees sure know how to cook."
Zapple took a bite out of the Carby cake. "They like to decorate too."
"Poyo…" Kirby drooled before snapping out of it and looked at Chiaki, pointing to the blueprint. "Poyo!"
"Yeah, I was getting there." Chiaki giggled as they walked over to the weapons shop, but as they did, Chiaki turned her head to see another building. "Oh, they built a bath house?" She said before it dawned on her, slowly turning to the Phantom Thieves who were chatting amongst themselves.
Oh, please don't let this be like those dumb moments in the Persona games… Chiaki hoped as she walked in.
Pause BGM
BGM: Waddle Dee's Weapons Shop (Kirby and the Forgotten Land)
"Ah, hey Chiaki! Got another blueprint?" The Waddle Dee asked as Chiaki tossed him the blueprint with the two Rare Stones. "Let's see… ooooh, Noble Ranger! I can fix that up in no time flat!" He said as he went right to work on it, and then came back. "Here ya go, Kirby!" He said as KIrby inhaled it.
"Poyo!" He grinned, now donning a pirate hat and two guns.
"Now he has two?!" Elfilin said in surprise.
"A pirate hat and two guns…?" Chiaki rubbed her chin.
In her imagination…
"Poyo poyo!" Kirby said, aiming his guns at both Risky and Captain Syrup, both of them having two guns as well and aiming it at each other, weirdly enough Syrup had crossbows.
"Okay! Everyone just caaaalm down." Syrup said.
"On the count of three, we're gonna put down our guns-"
"I have crossbows." Syrup interrupted Risky.
"-We'll put down our weaponry on the count of three."
"Okay."
"You ready?
"I'm ready!"
"Okay…" Risky started to lower her guns as did Syrup and Kirby. "One… two…" She immediately brought them back up as did the other two. "YAH!"
"YAAAAH/POOOOYO!"
"It wasn't me!" A voice said as it was none other than Jack Sparrow. "I'm not going down for this, mates! Besides, one of you stole my rum!"
In reality…
Chiaki blinked. "...How did Jack Sparrow get in there?"
"Huh? What were you thinking about this time?" Elfilin wondered.
Kirby walked into the other room where the Sandbag was at it, proceeding to shoot it up before he charged it up completely and unleashed a barrage of star bullets that Chiaki could've sworn they were acting like lasers.
"Geez!" Chiaki said in surprise.
BB-8 let out a few beeps.
"You think it's gonna be ray guns next?"
BB-8 nodded.
"Nah, I think that'd be for the UFO copy ability… assuming we ever find one. Or maybe the Laser ability."
"Those sound like fun!" Elfilin said as they walked out, all of them waving at the Waddle Dee while doing so.
End BGM
Resume Waddle Dee Town BGM
Kirby immediately ran toward the cafe, where Chiaki's stomach rumbled soon after. "Alright, let's see what they got." She said as she walked over.
One meal later…
"Aaaah… that was pretty good." Chiaki said, sipping her Pep Brew while Kirby happily rubbed his stomach.
"Goodness, that was delicious." Elflin said.
"Alright, ready to go?"
"Yeah!" Elfilin said before yawning. "Might take a quick nap though…" He said as he flew over and curled up in Chiaki's hoodie, instantly falling asleep. "Zzzz…"
"Wow, fell asleep instantly?" Chiaki giggled. "Adorable." She said as she got up and headed over to the Warp Star with Kirby and BB-8, then flew off.
End BGM
BGM: Welcome to Wondaria (Kirby and the Forgotten Land)
"Oh my gosh, it's a theme park!" Chiaki exclaimed as they landed, and then they heard another Warp Star coming in.
World 3-1: Welcome to Wondaria! - Demoman, Soldier, Akira, Akechi, Animal Friends
"Interesting, seems like it's an abandoned theme park." Akira observed.
"And it seems the Beast Pack has taken over." Akechi said.
"Ah, nothing like Gundham taming 'em won't hurt." Chiaki chuckled as they walked around where Kirby looked up at the statue and decided to float his way up to the top, landing on top of the rocket.
"Poyo." He said, looking around and enjoying the view, then spotting a Waddle Dee on top of a platform up above. "Poyo!"
"Ach, don't worry, lad! I'll grab the wee lad for ye!" He said as he proceeded to plant a few Sticky Bombs, where Chiaki turned her head to see what he was about to do.
"Oh boy…" She immediately telekinetically pulled Kirby away from Demoman.
BOOM!
"WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
"Mmm… I don't wanna become an astronaut, mommy… I wanna be a unicorn…" Elfilin mumbled in his sleep, gently moving in his sleep in Chiaki's hoodie.
You slept through that? Chiaki looked at him in surprise.
The bird that held the Waddle Dee in question had its widen in fear as it started panicking as Demoman pulled out his Half-Zatoichi and swung it down, severing the cage and freeing the bewildered Waddle Dee as Demoman grabbed him and jumped down.
BB-8 booped a few times.
"Honestly, his ankles probably built an immunity toward that." Chiaki shrugged.
"That'd explain why Soldier doesn't blow his feet off." Akechi mused.
"There were better ways to go about it! Like I could have easily done it myself!" Coo said.
"Ach, ye'd take too long!"
"No, I wouldn't!"
"So blowing yourself up is better?" Rick sweatdropped as Soldier walked around and saw a lost duckling while Chiaki teleported the Waddle Dee away after she sent the Awoofies to Gundham.
"Oh! Are you lost little guy? Don't worry, I'll help you find your mother!" He said as he looked around, finding more ducks along the way as they started following him around.
"...Hey, look at that." Akechi nudged Akira as he turned his head.
"Well now!" Akira chuckled as Chiaki immediately brought out her phone and took a picture of that.
"That's going on my social media later…" Chiaki giggled, putting it away as Soldier found the mama duck.
"Ten hut! Fall in, men! I found your mama!" Soldier saluted as the ducklings all waddled over to their mother, who "quacked" in gratitude as she waddled over to a railing and jumped in, then jumped out with a Waddle Dee with an inflatable tube.
"Poyo!" Kirby patted the ducklings while Chiaki teleported the Waddle Dee away, then petted the ducks as they all walked to the entrance of the Wondaria Theme Park, where they would see an Orabiroo jumping toward them.
"Whoa! That's a high jumper!" Chu Chu exclaimed as the Orabiroo was about to squish Kirby but Chiaki teleported it away before Kirby could shoot it down. They walked up the steps and was greeted by Twirling Star Rockets.
"Great, just what we need… malfunctioning rides." Akechi sweatdropped as Chiaki telekinetically stopped it.
"I got you covered~!" She smiled as they walked around it and kept going, then BB-8 rolled over a patch of mud and noticed he wasn't going anywhere, letting out a confused chirp.
"It can't be that deep!" Nago jumped in, splattering mud all over BB-8. "...Yup, it's deep."
"The robot could've told ya that!" Pitch said as Chiaki snickered and pulled BB-8, then sprayed him with water to clean him up.
"There you go!"
BB-8 beeped happily while also glaring at Nago. They then kept going where Chiaki stopped the rides as they walked past harmlessly, where they would see two Rabiroos trying to get a Chilly unstuck from the mud.
"What's with these mud patches? They're bloody everywhere!" Demoman said.
"I'd like to lodge a complaint that this theme park isn't up to code! There's mud everywhere, it's filthy, nature is taking over and there's a snowman stuck in the mud! Seriously, where's the janitor?" Soldier asked.
"Dead. This world is post-apocalyptic, remember? No humans are left." Chiaki reminded.
"Okay, make that two complaints!"
Chiaki sweatdropped. "Why do I even bother…" She shook her head as Kirby, Pitch and Coo helped the Rabiroos get the Chilly out of the mud patch, then Chiaki teleported the Rabiroos to Gundham as they walked up ahead, only to be greeted with Runaway Parade Cars.
"Is there a parade going on?" Akira wondered.
"If there is, I've never seen one so… dysfunctional." Akechi said as the parade cars moved around, leaving an opening as they all made it across, although one snuck up and ran over Soldier.
"Argh! You cannot run me over, I didn't give myself permission to get ran over!" Soldier said, proceeding to punch the daylights out of the parade car, even though it didn't do anything as it was carrying him away.
"Uh… should we do something?" Kine wondered.
"Ach, it's Soldier. He'll be fine." Demoman said.
"He's been through wilder situations." Chiaki added as they walked further along until they saw a switch, where Kirby aimed his guns at the switch, waiting for the parade cars to go by and then proceeded to shoot at the switch, which caused a Waddle Dee to appear, then Pitch flew over and saved the caged Waddle Dee, where Chiaki teleported him away.
They then walked up ahead where Chiaki stopped a three-stacked Twirling Star Rocket… right as they heard an explosion that rocked the whole area. "Wah!" Chiaki yelped, nearly losing her concentration as the Twirling Star Rockets nearly smacked into Kirby.
"Mmm… but I don't wanna eat the cotton candy…" Elfilin mumbled in his sleep.
"What the devil was that?" Demoman wondered as they saw Soldier walk out of the tunnel.
"Hit the junkyard, you ignoramus parade cars!" Soldier said as he walked toward the group as several parade cars limped their way out of the tunnel before collapsing on the ground.
BB-8 let out a few beeps while sweatdropping.
"I didn't think they could be destroyed either…" Chiaki agreed as they climbed up the ladders where Rick found a switch and opened up a doorway as Kirby and the two Phantom Thieves climbed up the ladder while everyone else went down the other door.
As the trio walked up, they saw a rollercoaster up ahead with two cars. "Oh boy…" Akechi said with a small grimace.
"You'll be fine." Akira said as Kirby sucked it up to become Coaster Mouth Kirby while the Phantom Thieves got in the other car, then to their surprise, Kirby activated it and took off while taking the boys with him.
An Awoofie walked up toward to the coaster, but realized there were no coasters left. It let out a small whine before turning to his fellow Awoofie and pulled out a sign in annoyance. "I told you we shouldn't have waited for the popcorn!"
The other Awoofie shrugged innocently.
As the trio went up, Kirby saw some star coins hanging around and tilted the coaster to the right and left to snag them, which also caused the back car to turn as well. "Gah! Geez!" Akechi groaned while Akira simply laughed since he was having a fun time… and then they started going down the coaster.
"Poooooymph!" Kirby cheered as Akira raised his hands up with a grin while Akechi was hanging on for dear life as Kirby weaved through the Gordos as they went over a small hill, all the while unwittingly making Akechi's stomach completely upset as Kirby spotted a switch and weaved to the right to press it, then they shot down and went into a building that was filled to the brim with intergalactic adventures, though Kirby was more interested in weaving around the Gordos.
"YOU EVER THOUGHT OF SLOWING DOWN?!" Akechi yelled, praying that they would hopefully not go through a loop-de-loop the way Kirby's having fun as they exited the building and went down the final stretch, weaving through one last Gordo wall as Kirby saw another switch and leaned to the left, pressing the button.
Nearby, Chiaki and the others walked by as a cage opened up. "Hmm?" Chiaki turned her head to see a Waddle Dee. "Oh!" She smiled, teleporting him away right as Kirby came to an abrupt stop, then he spat out the coaster as soon as the Phantom Thieves got out, where Akechi promptly ran straight to a garbage can.
"Ooooh, doesn't have the stomach for it, eh?" Demoman wondered.
"Let's just say that Akechi developed motion sickness ever since he rode with Haru in Fodlan."
"I never rode with the lass but… I'll take yer word for it."
"Wait, if he has motion sickness, then what about the Warp Star where he-"
"It's way more gentler than Haru and Kirby's ticket to hell combined!" Akechi groaned, wiping his mouth.
"Hmph! Give me five minutes with Haru, then I'll see if she truly is a speed demon!" Soldier said.
Your funeral… Chiaki, Akechi and Akira thought to themselves.
"Poyo poyo…" Kirby rubbed the back of his head as they went on ahead, making their way around moving circular platforms that also had Gordo Bars moving in the opposite direction.
"Oooh, working just like Firebars, are we?" Chiaki smirked as she hopped over them as the others did the same.
"Just so we're on the same page, do these things die?" Demoman asked.
"Nope."
"That's a shame."
BOOM!
"Wasted those sticky bombs for nothin'."
"I wanna be with my best friends… zzzzz…"
Seriously, how are you sleeping through all that? Chiaki wondered as Kirby found a Gachapon and pulled out a Bronto Burt figurine.
"Poyo!" Kirby smiled as they made their way to the end while also snagging a caged Waddle Dee as Chiaki teleported him away and they walked into the next area, which was filled with mud.
"Great, it's even dirtier!" Soldier complained as they looked around until Kirby saw a pipe shooting out water.
"Poyo…?" Kirby wondered as he walked over to it and then decided to inhale it, where he became a gigantic pink water balloon.
"Oh my!" Chiaki said in surprise.
"Well… considering he could've done a whole lot worse, I'd say this is child's play." Akira said.
"...Like what?" Chiaki asked.
"Heard from the Mario Bros that Kirby went Hypernova and sucked up the entire ocean while they were at Delfino. All just so they could clean an eel's teeth."
"I-I'm sorry, what? I'm still stuck at the part where he sucked up the freakin' ocean!" Chiaki said. "Like, how much of it? Like, just… Noki Bay or-"
"According to Mario, it seemed like he sucked up the world's ocean."
Chiaki stared at Kirby in disbelief as he was spitting out water to clean the mud. "Watashi o karakatteru no…" (Are you kidding me…)
Akira chuckled. "Watashi ga ita koto o negatte imasu." (Wish I was.)
"...Was that Spanish?" Soldier wondered.
BB-8 sarcastically beeped.
"Ah yes, good point. It was definitely alien!" Soldier said, unaware of BB-8 leaning his head forward and letting out a robotic sigh.
"Hmm…" Chiaki looked at what Kirby was doing and had an idea. "Excuse me for a sec." She grabbed Kine. "Feeling thirsty?"
"As a matter of fact, yes!" Kine nodded as he started drinking, and then Chiaki pulled him away with a chuckle.
"Stand back, I got a super soaker and I'm not afraid to use it!" She said, "pumping" Kine as she started spraying until the mud was cleared, then platforms rose up as she and Kirby started spraying, while also watering the flowers.
"...I'll be honest, this is probably something Akane would do." Akechi said.
"Yeah, probably." Akira chuckled as they moved up, Chiaki telekinetically bringing Kirby up as they sprayed the remaining flowers and the mud, which caused a platform to lower as Chiaki hopped down and spotted the last flower, spraying it as suddenly flowers sprang up underneath the ground as a massive sunflower bloomed and spat out a Waddle Dee.
"Dear god…" Soldier said in awe.
"Huh, you don't see that every day…" Demoman said.
"Sunflowers give birth to Waddle Dees! That's it, I'm gonna make myself a sunflower garden and watch the miracle of life happen!" Soldier declared, making Demoman facepalm.
"You're gonnae be one disappointed Soldier, lad…" He mumbled as Chiaki teleported the confused Waddle Dee away, and then spotted a blueprint in the middle of the flower field as she picked it up and unraveled it.
"...Toy Hammer?"
In Chiaki's imagination…
Squeak squeak squeak squeak squeak
"Mmm…" Dedede grumbled as he turned around to see Kirby batting him with the squeaky toy hammer. "Do you mind!"
Back in reality…
"That's a bit of a downgrade…" Chiaki said. "Sorry little guy, this one won't do you any good."
"Mmmph?" Kirby wondered as he spat out the remaining water he had, flooding the entire fountain to clean up the mud, which caused geysers to shoot out and sprayed out a Waddle Dee.
Kine jumped into the fountain and happily swam about while Chiaki showed Kirby the blueprint. "Sorry, bud… it's a bit of a downgrade. It's a harmless squeaky toy hammer."
Kirby smiled. "Poyo Poyo."
Chiaki giggled. "Of course you'll make it work." She said, patting his head as they launched themselves up the geysers and made it to the last Waddle Dees, teleporting them away where the group got on the first Warp Star back to the Waddle Dee town while Chiaki decided to teleport them to the Waddle Dee shop.
End BGM
"Oh, back so soon?" The Waddle Dee asked as Chiaki handed him the blueprint. "Oh! Toy Hammer? I can work with that!" He said as Chiaki handed him the Rare Stones.
"I'm not sure what you're gonna make with that, it's just gonna be like… probably an inflatable and harmless toy-"
"Here ya go!" The Waddle Dee showed off the massive Toy Hammer to Kirby.
"-NANI?!" Chiaki yelled as Kirby happily hammered away, producing small shockwaves. "...If that's the toy hammer, I'd shudder to think what an adult-sized hammer would look like!"
"Of course, anyone else would make a baby sized harmless toy hammer but not me! I like to go big!"
Chiaki sweatdropped. "Obviously…" She said as they walked out.
"Mmmm…" Elfilin stirred from his nap and stretched. "Aaaah, that was wonderful…" He said. "What'd I miss? …Oh, did we not go anywhere?"
"You're a heavy sleeper."
"Oh, we did go somewhere? Huh… I didn't realize I slept through it." Elfilin said. "So! What'd I mi-" He saw Kirby's toy hammer along with his helmet. "Oooooh! That's a good sized hammer. What's it called?"
"Toy hammer. I'm still trying to process it."
"Yup, that looks to be about right." Elfilin nodded as Chiaki teleported back to their location and hopped on a Warp Star and flew off, but saw two rift portals opening up near the rides as they split up to take them both on.
BGM: Dazzling Treasures (Kirby and the Forgotten Land)
Needle Treasure - Roll On! Needle Road - Kirby, BB-8
Kirby and BB-8 hopped in as the latter turned to the rift disappearing. He let out a few curious boops.
"Poyo poyo?" Kirby asked, referring to Chiaki and Elfilin's relationship.
BB-8 nodded, responding back with more boops, pointing out that Chiaki's actually warming up to him and she doesn't want to admit it.
Kirby smiled. "Poyo!" He agreed as he turned to the essence in question, noticing it was just a regular Needle. "Poyo?" He tilted his head, wondering what happened to Clutter Needle before shrugging, donning the Needle Power Up and proceeding to roll down the hill, Katamari-ing his way around and picking up any enemy in front of him.
BB-8 made a mental note to stay away from Kirby, considering last time he was part of Kirby's tornado debris. Once Kirby was far enough, he rolled down the slopes right as Kirby burst his way through the boxes and deactivated Needle, shooting everyone away as he grabbed the Rare Stone right as BB-8 jumped over a gap and landed near Kirby, bouncing as he did so where Kirby sucked him up before he could fall into the abyss.
Hammer Treasure - Whack Attack! Hammer Trial - Chiaki, Elfilin
"...Huh, the area looks different." Chiaki said, looking around and seeing the area was darker and a little dreary compared to the bright and inviting void from before.
"What could this mean?" Elfilin wondered.
"It means things are getting a bit dicier here." Chiaki said, noticing the Hammer essence as she went into her screens and then summoned the Gravity Hammer. "And a lot more fun~!"
"Got anything for me?" Elflin asked as Chiaki pondered for a moment before handing Elfilin the Gravity Hammer before summoning Mjolnir. "Hrrrgh…! Little… heavy!"
"Oh, hang on a second." Chiaki summoned a Mini Mushroom and applied it to the Gravity Hammer, making it Elfilin sized. "Here you go. It's your size but still has the same impact like it did when it was normal sized! …I think."
"Well, wouldn't hurt to try!" Elfilin said as they walked up and were greeted with Mookies and Scarfies. Chiaki immediately twirled Mjolnir around and swung it, knocking the Mookies sensely while a Scarfy charged at Elfilin. "Ack! Don't come near me!" Elflin yelped, swinging the Gravity Hammer… and once it made contact with the Scarfy, it made a powerful shockwave that destroyed the Scarfy while knocking Elflin to the ground.
"Ooof! …Wow! That's got some kick to it!" Elflin smiled as he sprang back up. "En garde! …Oh, are we done already?" He asked, noticing that the platform was cleared.
"Yup!" Chiaki giggled as they made their way to the next platform where they cleared out the Mookies, and then when the Rabiroos and Orabiroos showed up, Chiaki teleported them away as they made their way to the last platform where Bonkers awaited them.
"Ha! What's he gonna do with a lightning hammer and a hammer that knocks me flat on my bottom!" Elfilin said confidently. "...Wait… he'll probably squish me when I'm down."
"I'll keep him busy." Chiaki winked as she raised Mjolnir up in the air, lightning shooting down as she swung it at Bonkers to make him back up… but then he jumped up into the air to try and squish Chiaki, where she rolled out of the way as Bonkers turned around. She threw Mjolnir right after as Bonkers smirked, grabbing it… and went crashing to the ground. "Elfi, now!"
"Here it comes!" Elfilin exclaimed as he swung down, striking Bonkers on his cheek as the force was enough to send Bonkers flying into the abyss. "Yeah! Woo! It's all in the wrists!" Elfilin said. "...Hoo, that's exhausting though."
Mjolnir returned to Chiaki as they went to the last platform, where it contained the Rare Stone. "There it is!" Chiaki smiled as she dismissed the weapons and walked over to the Rare Stone.
"We got it!" Elfilin cheered. "...Wait a moment, did you just call me Elfi?"
"Huh? No, I'm pretty sure I called you Elfilin."
"Nah, I'm preeetty sure I heard differently. Then again, my ears are ringing from that hammer so uh… maybe I heard wrong." He chuckled as Chiaki took the Rare Stone and then went into the portal with Elfilin.
End BGM
BGM: Welcome to Wondaria
The rift portals opened up, where the four of them dropped in at the start of a race track. "What in the…?" Chiaki wondered as they heard a Warp Star coming in.
World 3-2: Circuit Speedway - Makoto, Morgana, Reimu, Engi, Laxus, Zapple
"Uuungh…" Laxus groaned as soon as he hit the ground.
"Easy big guy…" Zapple gently said, rubbing his back.
"Mmmph… locked in that crystal for centuries and you'd think I would've gotten over this…"
"Shhh… deep breaths…" Zapple whispered, which was enough to make Makoto, Morgana and Chiaki to raise an eyebrow.
"Ooooh, someone liiiiikes him!" Morgana teased, which was enough for Zapple to give him an annoyed look.
"We're just good friends!"
"Where have I heard that before?" Makoto snickered.
"We're just in a platonic relationship!"
"Oh right, with Cardin and Chelsea. We all know how that turned out."
Chiaki snickered. "Yup."
"They actually got together? Augh, I owe Marisa twenty yen!" Reimu groaned.
"Hoo. Okay. Game face!" Laxus shook it off, clapping his hands. "Alright! What are we doi-" He spotted the car. "...Dammit."
"By the looks of it, it seems to be a race." Engi guessed.
"Gold medal is twenty five seconds? Sounds good to me." Chiaki said, summoning a Rocket Warthog while Makoto called out Johanna.
"Please tell me that goes slow." Laxus hoped.
"Weeeeeell, it's got quite a kick to it. It's faster than the ordinary Warthog."
Laxus sweatdropped. "Fantastic…" He mumbled. "I'll just take the scenic route."
"I'll join ya." Zapple said.
"Eh, vehicles seem overrated. I'll join 'em." Reimu said as Kirby sucked up the racecar while Morgana transformed.
"You wanna take me for a spin, Engi?"
"Shoot, I don't mind." Engi said as he opened up the door as BB-8 and Elfilin hopped into the passenger seat of the Rocket Hog.
"Alright, here we go." Chiaki said as Makoto revved up Johanna.
"Let's go!" Makoto smirked as they started driving off while Reimu flew off as Laxus and Zapple zipped to the other side.
"Sheesh, wait up!"
Chiaki and Kirby immediately drifted around the curves while Makoto leaned into the corners while Engi drove normally. "You gonna pick up the pace?" Morgana asked.
"I'm an Engineer, not a racer. Besides, those two will get the gold medal in no time flat."
Why'd I get stuck with this guy? …Actually, you know what, it's a nicer change of pace compared to how Haru typically does it.
By the time Chiaki got to the finish line, she slammed on the brakes and swerved to make a complete stop while Makoto drove over the ramp and launched off, landing near Chiaki, Kirby ending up behind them and then Engi came up a few seconds behind them while Laxus, Zapple and Reimu were at the stands waiting for them.
"Took ya long enough." Laxus teased as they hopped out while Morgana turned back to normal and Kirby spat out the car where they would see that Chiaki had made it with eighteen seconds, which not only rewarded her a Waddle Dee in first place, but another Waddle Dee as well.
"Ugh, seriously?" Makoto mumbled as she took the second place prize, which was a gachapon. "This better be good!" She said as she pulled it open… and it was a radio figurine. "...Why do I even bother? I always get the shitty ones." She tossed it behind her as Kirby immediately caught it.
"Poyo…" He sighed in relief and put it away for safekeeping, then they walked ahead where Kirby did a fiery hammer flip with his Toy Hammer on a Jabhog, then went into the next area after Chiaki teleported a few terrified Awoofies after witnessing what Kirby had done.
In the next room, Kirby spotted the Chain Bomb essence and snagged it. "Poyo!" He said, conjuring up a Bomb and chain as he swung the chain around and swung it down, causing a massive explosion that destroyed a Kabu. A Poppy Bro jawdropped in horror from what he just witnessed, his eyes completely wide and blank, before screaming in terror and running away in a panic.
"Smart." Laxus chuckled as they went down where Reimu spotted a switch and threw a Yin Yang Orb at it to unlock a door, where they all curiously went inside and found a Waddle Dee trapped in a cell, and saw a switch nearby, but the two platforms were moving side to side at opposite ends.
Chiaki looked at a Poppy Bro taking a nap on a bench. "Oh, I get it. Bowling!"
"Or you can just do some sharp shooting." Zapple said, sniping the switch with an electric bolt to free the Waddle Dee.
"That works too." Chiaki giggled as the Waddle Dee ran out and hugged them, then Chiaki teleported him away while Elfilin climbed up a ladder and opened up a treasure chest.
"Ooooh!" He smiled as he pulled out an Invincibility Candy and jumped off, landing in Chiaki's hoodie. "Look what I found!"
"Oooh nice!" Chiaki grinned, taking it and looked over at Kirby. "Wanna go crazy?"
"Poyo!" Kirby smiled.
"Hook me up with that too!" Makoto requested as Chiaki split it in three, tossing two pieces to Kirby and Makoto as they all chomped down on it.
Pause BGM
BGM: Invincible Candy (Kirby and the Forgotten Land)
"Ooooh, if only Lady Ann could be glowing in a majestic rainbow aura…" Morgana mumbled, which prompted BB-8 to give him a look. "What?"
BB-8 shook his head and rolled off as the trio took off as the others ran off after them as the three of them plowed ahead and went into the next room, almost knocking out a Chilly and a Hot Head while running up the stairs.
A Wild Edge landed on the ground, ready for combat… only to see the three of them in the rainbow aura as it started sweating nervously and used his shield to protect himself. However, the shield shattered the moment Makoto punched it and then Chiaki unleashed a Shoryuken to knock him in the air and then Kirby threw his Chain Bomb at him, where it launched him into a wall, shattering it and freeing up two Waddle Dees as the Wild Edge exploded shortly after.
End BGM
Resume Welcome to Wondaria BGM
"Hah… hah…" Makoto was on her knees. "Phew… why am I so out of shape all of a sudden?"
"Sugar crash. Believe me, when that happened to me the first time, I was out for like… a whole day. However, you get a tolerance for it the more you use it." Chiaki explained.
"Oh… good to know…"
"Poyo?" Kirby handed her a Pep Brew, where she took it and drank it up to regain her energy.
"Whew, back in business!" She said, tossing the empty bottle into a trash can.
"That sounds awful…" Zapple said.
"Tell me about it." Laxus agreed as Chiaki teleported the Waddle Dees away where Reimu opened up a treasure chest to get a blueprint, then unraveled it.
"Gigant Sword?" Reimu tilted her head.
"So like… Ultra Sword?" Chiaki guessed.
"I dunno, maybe?" Reimu shrugged, giving it to Chiaki who put it into a Rift Pocket, then they walked ahead while also teleporting some Rabiroos who were looking at the hole in the wall in bewilderment.
They went into the next area where they saw another race car which Kirby happily swallowed up, where Chiaki summoned the same vehicle, Makoto calling up Johanna, Morgana transforming… aaaand Laxus and Zapple zipping away with Reimu following behind them.
"Fifty seconds for gold? Not a problem." Chiaki smirked, revving it up and then took off as Kirby immediately jumped off the bridge for a shortcut as Makoto and Chiaki did the same, though Engi took the scenic route, much to Morgana's dismay as Makoto saw some boxes up ahead, where she turned around and plowed right through them for a shortcut, scaring the hell out of a Bronto Burt in the process as they kept driving along and going through the moving platforms and dodging the caged walls.
As they drove, Makoto noticed another small wall of boxes as she decided to jump off and crash through the boxes, one of the boxes containing a Waddle Dee as he found himself hitching a ride on Johanna.
"Hmm? Oh, looks like I have a passenger." Makoto smiled. "Hang on!" She proceeded to wheelie, causing the Waddle Dee to panic and held on to her as Chiaki and Kirby caught up to her as Chiaki sped up.
However, as they drove past a tunnel, a motorcycle drove out of it and drove after them, and when Chiaki drove off the ramp, the motorcycle wheelied off of the ramp and hit the back end of the Rocket Hog, causing it to tilt forward.
End BGM
"CHIAKI!" Makoto yelled.
"Poy-mmmph!"
"Ah hell!" Engi said as he started flooring it.
"Oh, now you floor it!"
The Rocket Hog landed on the front bumper, flipping over on the roof and slid, but Laxus jumped down from the side lines and put his hands forward, the Rocket Hog slamming into him as he dug his heels into the ground as the Rocket Hog pushed him, but it also slowed down as it came to a stop right before they hit the wall.
"Uuuuungh…" Chiaki groaned as BB-8 groggily rolled out and Elfilin crawled out, shaking it off as Makoto screeched to a stop, hopping off of Johanna and ran toward her as Kirby did the same thing after spitting out the car. Engi came to a stop and got out as Morgana hopped out where Zapple and Reimu went over to them.
"Easy does it…" Laxus flipped the Rocket Hog on its wheels. "You alright?"
"Uuuugh… I'm fine…" She groaned, rubbing her head.
"Hang on, we got ya." Makoto said as she and Morgana cast Mediarahan on her as the Waddle Dee and Elfilin helped her out of the Warthog. Makoto immediately looked over at the perpetrator. "Who the hell do you think you are!"
"Wait… I know that motorcycle anywhere." Reimu said, immediately summoning Yin Yang orbs while also contacting Kasen from her earpiece. "Kasen, come in!"
"Need something?"
"...We found Byakuren… or more like, she found us."
"On my way!"
"Anything we need to know about her?" Laxus asked as Byakuren took off her helmet.
"She's a powerful monk and head priestess of the Myouren Temple in Gensokyo." Reimu said.
"Monks drive motorcycles?" Engi asked.
"This one does." Makoto glared. "Kirby, get Chiaki to a safe place until she starts feeling better from that crash!"
"Poyo!" Kirby nodded as he took Chiaki's hand and took her to a safe spot while a Waddle Dee freed up another Waddle Dee as they immediately got to Chiaki's side, who sat down and rubbed her head. The two of them got in front of her and turned their backs to her, ready to protect her as BB-8 and Elflilin did the same.
"Kirby!" Reimu threw a Yin Yang Orb at him as Kirby swallowed it up, immediately gaining Reimu's bow as he summoned Yin Yang orbs by his side.
"Poyo!"
"Let's go." Makoto growled, going into her Persona attire while Byakuren got in a battle stance, smirking at them.
BGM: Emotional Skyscraper - Cosmic Mind (Touhou 12: Unidentified Flying Object)
Superhuman and Enlightened Mahacarya - Byakuren Hijiri
Queen ran over to Byakuren, jumping up in the air and punching Byakuren, who blocked with the palm of her hand. Queen growled, kicking her in the gut where Byakuren responded by roundhouse kicking her to knock her back as Byakuren clapped her hands and unleashed Magic Milky Way at her.
Engi set up a Level 3 Sentry as it opened fire at her. Byakuren shifted her eyes as she rolled out of the way, but also grabbed a rocket and threw it at him. He pulled up his Wrangler, putting up a shield to protect the Sentry as he manually fired at her as she flew up in the air and then landed on the ground, picking up the Sentry and threw it at the Warthog.
He growled, pulling out his Frontier Justice and shot her, but she sweep kicked him to send him to the ground right as Laxus lightning punched her away. Byakuren recovered and unleashed Star Sword Apologetics. Laxus zipped through the danmaku as he and Byakuren pulled back their fists and punched each other, their fists connecting as sparks flew everywhere but then Laxus grabbed a hold of her and threw her to the ground, but she flipped over, landing on her feet only for Zapple to lightning punch her away and then Morgana unleashed Garudyne.
Reimu unleashed Dream Orb at her while Kirby fired Yin Yang orbs at Byakuren, where she dodged the both of them as she used Legendary Flying Saucer on the two of them before lunging at Reimu and Kirby, the latter pulling out his hammer and Hammer Flipped her, where Byakuren responded with grabbing Kirby and throwing him to the side and kicked Reimu to a wall.
"Mmmph!" Reimu grunted as she proceeded to use Omnidirectional Dragon Slaying Circle, knocking Byakuren back as she simply shook it off and then clapped her hands, chanting some words to strengthen herself up as she flew directly toward Reimu where Queen got in the way and punched her, but Byakuren flew over her, but Queen grabbed her ankle and swung her down to the ground.
Byakuren bounced off as she dodged a Nuclear punch from Queen and slugged her in the gut to make her hunch over. Queen growled, responding with a gut punch of her own and delivered swift right and left hooks, until Byakuren grabbed her arm and threw her into Laxus where Zapple unleashed lightning bolts at her, but Byakuren dodged, unleashing Hanuman's Dance and send Zapple flying but she recovered and threw more lightning bolts at her.
Byakuren smirked as she flew toward them… only to get a slug to the face to send her crashing into a wall of tires.
End BGM
"Am I too late?"
Reimu chuckled. "Nah, you're right on time."
Kasen smiled. "Good. Leave this to me." She said, squaring up as Byakuren got up and glared at Kasen. "Let's knock this out of you, monk."
BGM: Battlefield of the Flower Threshold (Touhou 14.5: Urban Legend in Limbo)
Byakuren pulled out a spell card and then closed her eyes. "Heaven Sign: Five-Element Mountain of Shakyamuni!"
Kasen took a step back, preparing herself as a large golden Buddha hand came out and proceeded to punch her but Kasen pulled back her fist and punched back with her bandaged arm, the hand shattering as Kasen lunged at Byakuren and unleashed Dragon's Growl, pushing Byakuren away as Byakuren lunged again, punching Kasen as she grabbed her hand and threw her to the ground.
"Hup!" Kirby jumped in after snapping out of his daze and threw Yin Yang orbs at Byakuren. Kasen smirked as she ran over to Byakuren and jumped up in the air, firing danmaku as Byakuren blocked this, only to get Yin Yang Orb'd by Kirby and then Kasen flipped over and axe kicked Byakuren on the head to slam her into the ground.
Kasen backflipped as Byakuren got back up, growling as she unleashed Heaven Sign: Brilliance of Mahavairocana but Kasen leapt out of the way to avoid the brilliant light laser as she flanked her and slugged her in the face to send her crashing to a wall.
"Reimu! Let's take her out together!"
"You got it!" Reimu nodded as she jumped in, pulling out a spell card as it surrounded the two. "Let's rock."
Kasen charged up a massive electrical ball of energy as she jumped up in the air as Reimu flew over and Asuka'i kicked it toward Byakuren, where Kasen lunged toward Byakuren, grabbed her by the arm and threw her into the electrical ball. "GRAAAAAAAGH!" Byakuen cried as it exploded as Byakuren was on her knees, then spell cards surrounded Byakuren as Reimu crossed her arms.
"Fantasy SEAL!" She yelled, finishing Byakuren off.
End BGM
"Did it work…?" Morgana asked as Engi aimed his Frontier Justice at her, just in case.
"Uuuugh…" Byakuren slowly rubbed her head, her eyes going back from red to hazel. "Wha…?" She shook her head. "Where am I? How did I even get here?" She wondered as she looked at Reimu and Kasen. "Reimu, Kasen… what's going on?"
"It's a long story." Reimu said as Chiaki snapped out of her daze and walked over.
"Hey, you feeling okay?" Makoto asked as she turned to normal.
"I think so…" She said, noticing the Waddle Dees, and the three Waddle Dees that BB-8 and Elfilin rescued. "Oh!"
"Glad we're all in one piece." Laxus said, all of them unaware of someone watching them through binoculars.
"Come on, let's head back to Waddle Dee Town. We have much to discuss." Kasen said, turning to Chiaki where she nodded and teleported them all back to Waddle Dee Town.
Behind the binoculars, Umber pulled them down. He said nothing, but he let out a chuckle with a smirk.
Ibuki: Oh no... Umber-chan...
The plot thickens... and speaking of plot, I'm having an enjoyable time in Pokemon Violet! So far, I got the Bug and Grass gym badges and took out the Klawf Titan, now I'm on my way to take on the first Starfall Street... though I've heard from a friend that those areas are evil...
Anyway, what do you guys have on your team?
My team so far is:
Axel the Crocalor (Level 28)
Mudslide the Clodsire (Level 24)
Bolt the Flaaffy (Level 25)
Nora the Tinkatink *hears Ibuki snickering* Come on, with a hammer like that? That just screams Nora. (Level 23)
And two temporary team members:
Flittle (Level 25)
Pawmot (Level 23)
