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Inside Junko's Dream

"Hah… hah…" Junko panted, wearing boxing gloves as she was going toe to toe with Makoto Nijima, both of them heavily bruised.

BGM: Minor Circuit Theme - Remix (Super Smash Bros for Wii U)

"This could be it for either of them! Will Junko become the new world champion of boxing or will Makoto keep her title!"

"I'm not losing to you!"

"Bring it…" Junko squared up as Makoto lunged toward her, delivering swift right and left hooks as Junko blocked, only to get a hard hook to the stomach. "Nnngh!" She winced as her legs were a bit wobbly from the attack as Makoto threw an uppercut that Junko desperately blocked her stomach, but Makoto had predicted this and psyched her out where she threw a powerful straight into her face, sending her into the ropes where she bounced off as Makoto pulled back and delivered a powerful uppercut straight into her jaw, knocking her cleanly into the canvas.

"Uuuungh…" Junko groaned, her eyes closed as a Sledge Bro got near her while the crowd was going wild.

"One! Two! Three! Four!"

"Nnngh…"

"Five! Six!"

I'm not gonna lose… I come this far… I can't give up now…

"Seven!"

No… NO!

"Eight! Nine!"

"NO!" Junko opened her eyes and sprang back up, squaring up. "I REFUSE to lose to… to…"

End BGM

She blinked, turning around to see that she was out of the boxing ring and out in the Mushroom Fields. "...Aw man…" She sighed, noticing that the gloves were off.

Without missing a beat, she decided to walk… only to feel her foot burning. "Gah!" She yelped, taking a step back. "What in the-... phazon?" She wondered as she looked around, and then looked up to see the Miracle Cure entering Remnant's atmosphere as it started to work its magic… only for a hand to grab it. "What the…?!"

"Tch… look at you. You think you can just try to undo the beautiful Phazon in this world? I don't think so."

Junko gasped. "Is that… me…?" She wondered, witnessing herself destroying the Miracle Cure.

"Hmph. Adorable." She chuckled, snapping her fingers as the phazon turned itself invisible.

"Why am I… why am I covered in Phazon?" She wondered, closing her eyes and reopening them, finding herself on the Blue Typhoon.

"The Miracle Cure has not come back yet. Is this a red flag? It most certainly is!"

"Ah, you're just paranoid!" Nora walked over to the edge of the Blue Typhoon and jumped off.

"NO WAIT, DON'T!" Junko reached out for her.

"GYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"

"Nora! What's going on?! Nora!" Ren exclaimed. "NORA!"

Junko knelt down and tried to reach for Nora.

"UPUPUPUPU! HIYAH KIDDIES! BEEN A WHILE!"

That laugh… oh gods, is that what it sounds like? Junko turned her head to see her Phazonic other self, where she'd see herself more clearly. Am I… covered in Phazon…? She wondered, everything sounding like a blur as she stared at herself, not even hearing "Ultimate Phazon Queen" and how everyone screamed over the Phazon returning.

She shifted her eyes to the side to see Monokuma robots charging at them and one of them kidnapping Nora. "NORA, NO!" Junko yelled, then she saw more Monokuma robots charging ahead and kidnapping people while Bowser and everyone else tried to escape for his castle, watching several ships getting blown out of the sky.

She blinked again, seeing the total anarchy of what this version of Junko was doing. She wasn't sure if this was herself or someone else pretending to be her. She would see her Phazon self standing before Roman.

"You protected that mute ice cream girl for naught. She will fall to despair just like the rest of everyone."

"Heh…" Roman pulled out a cigar and put it into his mouth, lighting it up. "I'd rather my daughter live with hope instead of falling into despair by your hands."

"Hope… heh, cute." Junko smirked, raising her sword up in the air. "Fall to despair."

"Bitch… you're gonna have to kill me before I fall into despair."

Junko raised her sword up. "So be it." She swung her sword down as Junko reached out to him, but then she found herself at Bowser's Castle.

"Summer…"

Junko turned to see Raven dying in Summer's arms. "They… they have… Ru… by…"

"Raven…" Junko whispered.

"Heads up, we got another survivor coming in!"

Junko looked up to see Doom Guy slowly walking in, holding Isabelle in his arms before he collapsed. "...Not even the Doom Slayer made it out…"

"Rip…"

Ibuki teared up, giving him a sad smile. "And tear…"

Junko closed her eyes. "Why is this happening…"

"How's she holding up?"

Junko turned to Bowser and Aoi, then seeing Kyoko trying to keep herself together.

"She's keeping it together, but when Makoto sacrificed himself, she's been an emotional wreck ever since."

Junko's eyes widened, gasping as she put her hands over her mouth, tears swelling in her eyes. "Makoto… sacrificed himself…?!"

She then thought for a moment. "Ruby… I… I have Ruby…?" She wondered as she blinked, and found herself in the throne room where she saw herself mentally breaking Ruby.

"Gah! Hah… hah… nnngh…!"

"You're quite resilient, I'll give you that! This mental torture is proving to be ineffective. Geez, am I losing my touch?" Junko wondered.

"Hah… hehehahaha… I've been through worse… I've come a long way… you… you can't break me…"

Junko rubbed her chin thoughtfully. "Ah! I know what we're missing. Videos!" She snapped her fingers as Ruby would see her family, sans Summer, and her teammates all getting tormented. It was enough to make Junko's stomach turn.

"No… no! NO!" Ruby screamed.

"And the creme de la crop!" Junko walked over to a door. "Say hello to your dog."

"Zwei…? ZWEI! ZWEEEEEI! Speak to me! No… why aren't you… moving…? WHAT DID YOU DO TO HIM?!"

"Oh, ya know, gave him a shot… saw the light disappear in his eyes…he fell limp… eh, just a Tuesday, honestly."

Junko's eyes widened. "What did I… what did I do that for… why would I euthanize…"

"Zwei… no… NOOOOOO!"

"Make it stop… MAKE IT STOP!" Junko begged as she found herself near Mario, who was on the brink of losing it.

"How can you call yourself a hero of the Mushroom Kingdom if your true feelings are hidden from within you? Put on a brave face? That's boring! Show your true self to the world! Or… your brother takes a dip in Phazon lava, and let me tell you… it's a doozy!"

"I will never…!"

Junko smirked, pressing a button as Mario's eyes widened as he witnessed Luigi about to take a dip. "NO! STOP! I'LL-A DO-A ANYTHING!"

"Anything, eh?" Junko pressed a button to stop Luigi and then pulled out a video recorder, making sure it was broadcast to Toad Town. "Repeat after me! I am a fraud and I am not the true hero of the Mushroom Kingdom. I am a sham and I feel terrible for lying to all of you."

Mario repeated the words, which was enough to make the residents of Toad Town who were clinging on to hope all screamed in horror.

"Wow, they can believe anything!" Junko dropped the recorder as she walked to a different room while Junko tried to comfort Mario.

"Mario… it's gonna be-" She blinked, and in Mario's place was Chiaki, who was chained to a wall. "CHIAKI?!"

"I have to say, you've been a tricky bi-atch, but I know that I'm close to breaking… I can just taste it!"

"You… you won't win… this won't be a repeat of that maze… they'll come for me…"

"Oh really? What if I told you that they never came for you? I told them that you were home sick and shouldn't bother coming. Heh, and boy… I had a harder time getting that Hajime boy off your trail."

Chiaki weakly smiled. "So he came…"

"Yeeeeeah, well… not for much longer. Because I confessed to him how much I loved him. We were secretly dating this whole time and he was just using you to get out of your shell. In fact, he was planning on proposing to me in front of you."

"What?! No! Don't believe me!"

"You… you're lying…"

"No one came, and Hajime went the other way after I confessed to him." Junko pulled out a photoshopped picture of her and Hajime kissing. "See~? We even made out in front of your home!"

Chiaki's eyes widened, seeing more photos of them madly in love, especially with one of them in bed with him on top. "No… Hajime… I thought he…"

"He didn't love you."

"THAT IS A BALD FACE LIE!" Junko yelled, but it fell on deaf ears as Chiaki started sobbing uncontrollably.

Maniacal laughter of despair echoed throughout the world as even Ruby, Mario and Chiaki started cackling as well. "No… no… no no no no no NO NO NO NO!" Junko covered her ears, but the laughing continued as she screamed, falling on her knees. "Make it stop… make it stop! MAKE IT STOP MAKE IT STOP MAKE IT STOP MAKE IT STOOOOOOOOOOOOOOP!"

She opened her eyes one more time, and saw Mukuro in front of her, aiming her gun at her. "Mukuro…? What are you doing, sis?"

"...I have no sister."

BANG!

"GAAAAH!" Junko shot awake, breathing deeply. "Hah… hah… haaaaaaah…"

She looked at the clock, seeing it was around 12:30 AM as she got out of bed and opened up the window.

BGM: Luma (Super Mario Galaxy)

She would see that everything was peaceful. The broken moon shining brightly in the night sky as an owl "hooed" nearby.

No Phazon in sight either.

"Oh thank goodness…" She breathed a sigh of relief, thankful that nothing in her dream had transpired.

End BGM

BGM: Sad Girl (Super Mario Galaxy)

…However, tears started falling from the red head's eyes as she started to cry. "Is this… is this what I would've been like if that three headed dog didn't dump me into the river?" She wondered as she cried even harder.

The next morning…

"ARMAGEDDOOOOOON… One ten millionth!"

Mukuro munched on some bacon while watching TV, chuckling at what she was watching as Junko walked in. "Hey sis, I made some breakfast for ya."

"Mmm, thanks…"

Mukuro turned her head. "You okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine."

Mukuro immediately got up from the couch. "Didn't fully wake up yet? I know a few ways to make someone fully alert if their drowsy. I could do it for you if you want."

"Not now…"

Mukuro tilted her head as she immediately flanked her. "Come on, sis. I'm sure you-" She immediately saw the heavy baggage underneath her bloodshot eyes. "Whoa!" She said in surprise. "Did you pull an all nighter? That's not like you."

"I… had a horrible dream that I couldn't bring myself to sleep, even if I tried crying myself to sleep, I just couldn't." Junko said as Mukuro instinctively made some coffee.

"Ah, a nightmare… I'm sure it's not so bad. Come on, what was it?"

"Mmm…"

"Junko, I can't help you if you won't tell me."

Junko sighed. "Fine…" She mumbled as she told her everything about the dream. Mukuro frowned when she finished.

"That's… a hell of a nightmare."

"Yeah…" Junko nodded, downing her coffee.

End BGM

"Okay… I got an idea. How about we just spend the day out and about, just the two of us to get our mind off things?"

Junko smiled. "I'd love that."

"Great. Now let's go."

"Like… now?"

"Yes. You need the sunshine." Mukuro turned off the TV. "Now let's go." She started to push her out the door. "Let's move, on the double!"

"W-wait! My hair's all frazzled and-"

"Ah, we can just dump a bucket of water on it. You'll be fine!"


Meanwhile, at Bowser's Castle…

"Hey, has anyone seen Lady Marnie around?" General Guy wondered.

"Last I had heard, she was with Gloria and her brother down at Ruby's home." Kamek said.

"Ah, probably wanting to kidnap her for Mantine Surfing." General Guy nodded.

"Perhaps they're doing it without Master Umber. He seemed to have disappeared… I tried looking for him in Alola but he wasn't there. Now that I think about it, his girlfriends are gone too."

"Ah, I'm sure it's nothing to worry about." General Guy said. "...Soooo, what are you up to?"

"Listening to them."

He pointed toward Merasmus and the witch twins.

"I'm telling you, this is a very dangerous spell. According to the Bombinomicon, using magic to look through the multiverse could spell disaster!" Merasmus warned.

"I don't care! I just want to see if there's a universe out there where I'm young and beautiful again!" Kotake said.

"Oh please, you were born in a barn. No one ages like milk like you do." Koume said.

"I was born in a barn?! If I was born in a barn, then you were born in Death Mountain! Surely that did a number on your skin complexion, you old bag of bones!"

"Call me a bag of bones, will you?!"

"You're right. There's nothing but dust in your body!"

"Why you!"

The two of them proceeded to get into a fighting dust cloud, which caused Merasmus to whistle casually and walked away.

"Ah… same old stuff with those two. Noted." General Guy walked away.

"...Looking through the multiverse, eh?" Kamek wondered to himself. "I must study this magic for myself…"


Later in the day, with the Hope Sisters…

BGM: Toad Town (Mario and Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story plus Bowser Jr's Journey)

"Isn't this great?" Mukuro asked as she sat at a cafe with Junko. "Just kicking back, relaxing, shopping, smelling the Fire Flowers-"

"I still think we should've smelled the Ice Flowe- ACHOO!" Junko sneezed, some fire shooting out of her nose. "Ugh…"

"Probably, but I couldn't find any of them." Mukuro shrugged sheepishly.

"Your cakes." A Toad chef approached them and handed them the cakes.

"Oh, thank you!" Mukuro smiled as the chef walked away.

"Mmm, this cake is pretty good." Junko said after taking a bite.

End BGM

"Yup." Mukuro nodded, happily savoring it as Junko ate hers, though she looked bothered. "Hmm? Are you still a bit bothered by it?"

"That noticeable?"

"Well… I mean, people respond differently to nightmares."

"I saw myself bringing everyone to despair, sis. Mario, Ruby, Chiaki… I'm just glad she dumped me into that river because now I'm living the best life as a Hope sister but, I dunno, seeing myself in that dream just… bothers me."

"Because it reminded you of who you once were?"

"Yeah…"

"That's understandable."

"The fact that it took Makoto's sister, that crazy psychopathic serial killer, you and Bowser stopped me… and you shooting me to put me down… it's horrifying. It… It honestly makes me worried that one day, I'll go back to my old self."

"But that's nothing to worry about, sis. The Lethe River made you forget what it's like to… shall we say… sleep with despair."

"I know, but… sorry, this whole thing's got me shaken up." Junko sighed. "I know I won't go back, but the thought of it just scares me…"

Mukuro got up and hugged Junko. "Hey, it's gonna be okay… that's gone now."

"I hope so…" Junko nodded before an idea came to her. "Bowser…"

"Hmm?"

"I'll be right back." Junko took off running.

"W-wait, Junko! Where are you going? Oooh…" She left a few coins on the table and took off after her. "Junko! You can't run like that in your sleepy condition! Wait up!"


Back at Bowser's Castle…

"Mmm…" Bowser had his arms folded, looking at a plan he was cooking up to kidnap Peach. "Bah, I need Marnie and Umber's expertise on this and they're nowhere to be found." He said to himself. "...Eh, I can just wing it and Marnie can just scold my ear off later. Besides, I've heard RWBY's not around so this could just be me and Mario going mano e mano like old times…" He chuckled.

"...Ah, it's not as fun without them though." He shrugged it off and walked out of his planning room, heading out to the courtyard to see how his minions are doing.

"Your Nastiness!" A Koopatrol reported. "We got two visitors coming in!"

"Oh?" The Koopa King looked intrigued as Junko and Mukuro walked in.

"Seriously, I just wanna know what you're up to…" Mukuro said.

"And who might you be?" Bowser asked. "I've never seen you two around before."

"I'm Junko Enoshima. And this is my sister, Mukuro Ikusaba."

"H-hi…" Mukuro waved. "Seriously, Junko, what's this all-"

"Wait… Junko?" Bowser wondered, closing his eyes and folding his eyes. "Why does that name sound familiar…"


"That's when we met her… Junko Enoshima. Apparently she was in charge of the whole operation because she was fixated on bringing the world to despair."


"So you're that woman that Kyoko talked about…" Bowser clenched his fists. "Do you have any idea how much trouble you've caused them? How much trouble you've caused their world!"

"Yeah, I know…"

"And you're here out in the open, in front of the King of the Koopas!" Bowser snarled, steam shooting out of his nostrils. "Like HELL I will let you bring this world into despair!" He pulled back his fist. "AND I REFUSE TO LET YOU BRING ANYONE DOWN TO YOUR LEVEL!"

BGM: Face It! (Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories)

Junko flinched as Bowser swung his fist, forcing Junko to duck. "STAND STILL!" He yelled, delivering another punch but Mukuro got in the way and grabbed the fist with one hand, the force was enough to make her slide though.

"Rrrgh! I don't know what's gotten into my sister, but I'm not letting you harm a hair on her!"

"Out of my way!" Bowser grabbed Mukuro and tried to slam her into the ground behind him, but she used her legs to wrap around his arm and used her hands to catch herself and then sprung forward as she got on top of the Koopa King's shell and wrapped her arms around him.

Bowser roared, grabbing Mukuro but she stood strong as she flipped him over and then got on top of him, pulling back her fist as he did the same.

"STOP!" Junko yelled right as Mukuro's and Bowser's fists went flying. They stopped inches from each other's cheeks as they looked directly at Junko.

End BGM

"Yes… it's true, I brought my world to despair out of boredom. In fact, a universe reset brought me back to the world of the living, of course I was in the Underworld when I came around. That said, Chiaki and her guard dog threw me into the Lethe River where I forgotten what it's like to feel despair… I… I became a new person, in a way."

"Hmph, so the gamer girl brought you to your senses?"

"Yes. And honestly, nowadays I go by Ryoko, but… it's fine if you call me Junko, I'll respond either way. This is who I was normally…"

"I don't really get it, but if it means you've turned over a new leaf… I guess I could trust you. But I've got my eyes on you." He glared. "...That said, why didn't you say anything sooner?"

"Because you impulsively thought it was a good idea to pummel her to the ground without asking questions first." Mukuro said. "And yes, that's rich, coming from me."

"Bah… I'm working on it…" He grumbled.

"Thanks sis." Junko smiled.

"You're welcome."

"So… what brought you here to my castle anyway?"

"I came here because I want to ask you a favor."

Bowser raised an eyebrow. "Oh? That's a first."

"You spoke of my past self when I brought my world to despair. I had a dream of doing such a thing to this world and nearly succeeded. It honestly brought me to tears thinking I might do the same thing, even though I've forgotten what it's like to be one with despair."

"So what, you want me to interpret your dream for ya?"

"No. I'm here to ask you… should I ever go back to my wicked despairing ways… I want you to kill me."

"Huh?" Bowser looked at her in surprise.

"WHAT?!" Mukuro looked at her, horrified. "Junko, why would… why wouldn't you ask me to-"

"Because I'm afraid if I relapse, you'll be the first to go."

Mukuro slumped. "Oh…"

"Mmm…" Bowser folded his arms. "I'll do it, but I don't think I'm gonna like it."

"If I may!" A voice said as they turned to see Kamek approaching. "You speak of a dream doing this to our world. Mind if I take a peek at your dream real quick? I have magic where I can peek into someone's dreams. I call it… the Dream Spell. I did it all the time with Lady Marnie just so we could figure out this Damian nightmare she kept having, thus having a proper heart to heart with Miss Byleth."

"Sure." Junko nodded.

"Follow me." Kamek requested as the sisters and the Koopa King followed the Magikoopa.

Once in the castle, Kamek turned around once they reached the throne room. "This might sting for a moment." He said, chanting some words before firing magic at Junko's head, pulling the nightmare out of her head.

"Augh!"

"Told you it'd sting." He said as he raised his wand up as the nightmare went into a wall, where it would act as a movie screen as they would see the nightmare in question.

"Oh my word…" Mukuro said, staring at Phazon Junko. "Is that you… with… whatever that is?"

"Phazon."

"Right…"

"Hmm… this nightmare of yours…" Kamek mumbled as he folded his arms. "Nightmares are natural, and yet… this one feels different."

"It is because this is no ordinary nightmare!" A voice said as Merasmus walked in. "I've heard rumblings of something like this happening, and I can assure you… this is no ordinary nightmare. It's a multiversal nightmare."

"A multiversal nightmare? Explain." Kamek requested.

"You see, there are multiple universes out there similar to this one, but have different results entirely. I've had quite a few of these nightmares myself… and of course, I wake up to see Shez's mutt ripping up my cloak."

"Should we be worried about this?" Junko asked.

"Thankfully, no… but they are just a glimpse into the multiverse where you see yourself doing incredible things you wouldn't do normally. There are Multiversal dreams and there are Multiversal nightmares. Should you ever have one of these, they are nothing to worry about… even if it's quite unsettling."

"So why do we have these dreams?" Bowser asked.

"I have but two theories. One: The multiverse could be in grave danger and they're giving us warnings… or two: There is a god who is bored out of his mind and showing us these scenarios for his own amusement."


Meanwhile…

"Hahahaha! I could just watch Dark Ruby dying in this cluster for ages and never get tired of it…" Narrator Hades stopped for a moment and looked around. "...Why do I feel like someone just insulted me? I never felt so complimented in my life!"


Back in their universe…

"I like that second scenario better. A tad annoying compared to our universe being at stake over some multiversal threat." Kamek said.

"So… I've nothing to worry?" Junko asked.

"It would appear to be so, yes. I would still exercise caution just in case, but nothing to worry about." Kamek said.

Junko sighed with relief, leaning back onto a couch as relieved tears ran down her cheeks. "That's a relief…"

Mukuro smiled, hugging Junko. "See? You're okay!"

"Indeed. Now if you will excuse me, I need to figure out how to get that mangy mutt from ruining my robes for the umpteenth time." Merasmus walked off.

"Sis… hello…? Why aren't you-"

"Zzzzz…"

"Oh." Mukuro snickered. She picked her up, Junko's head resting against her back. "See you later." She said as she walked off, a relieved smile on her face as Junko also had a smile on her face as she slept on the way home.


Ibuki: Soooo, if Ibuki gets a dream of seeing herself being... absolutely wild, then she should just blame Narrator Hades?

What are you talking about, you're always wild!

Ibuki: Good point. *snickers*

Anywho, shout out to Kaizer for this Gaiden idea!