Spiral Mountain - Outside Banjo's House

Once again the heroes split into groups and arrived in a different location, this time they arrived in the center of a mountainous area, there's a pond, grasses, in the middle there's a stone pillar with a spiraling path upward and at the top there's a broken bridge supposedly connecting it to a statue of ugly green skinned witch. The ones who arrived in this place is Diddy Kong, Rosalina, Falco, Lucas, Yoshi, and Pac-Man.

"So then where are we exactly ?" Asked Lucas looking around the place.

"We really ought to look around for Dracula's minions around here." Said Diddy.

"Uugh look at that ugly statue, with something like that there's no way anyone can forget this place." Falco commented at the witch statue. "Well anyone ?"

"I can tell this isn't where I'm from, although I do sense something from inside that place." Said Lucas. "But maybe we should ask for more info before we head there."

"Well there is a house behind us, should we ask some questions ?" Asked Rosalina pointing at the pink painted house behind them a house that seems to be embedded to a wall. "I sense something up there as well, best if we knew what were up against first."

"I suppose we should, it's not like we mean any harm to whoever live there." Agreed Diddy.

The heroes walked toward the house, bad just as Diddy about to knock on the door, the door opened revealing an anthropomorphic bear with brown fur and blue eyes wearing a yellow short pants and black belt carrying a blue backpack.

"Alright who are all of you ? And what are you doing here ?" Questioned the bear.

Diddy however seemed to recognize the bear. "Banjo is that you ?"

"Huh ? Wait Diddy Kong could that be you ?" Replied the bear.

"Friend of yours Diddy ?" Asked Falco.

"It is ! It is you !" Diddy and Banjo hugged each other after not seeing each other for a very long time. "Oh man I haven't see you in ages !"

Banjo and Diddy then let go of each other. "Me too Diddy, do I really miss you !"

"Hello I'm here too !" Banjo's backpack shaking around until a red bird popping out from it, well it doesn't actually coming out, just the head. "Oh it's you Diddy, guess it has been a while, not that I miss you that much."

"Sorry Kazooie, didn't see you there, but I'm glad to see you too !" Exclaimed Diddy. "Sorry I've been out of touch a lot of things going on at my home, not long ago and invader from the north freeze my entire island ! So how's the rest of everyone's doing ? You know Timber, Tiptup, Pipsy, and Conker ?"

"We haven't been able to keep on touch with Timber and Pipisy, but did you know Tiptup is a father now ? He has many daughters and a son." Answered Banjo.

"I see he has his own family now huh ? I should congratulate him should we meet again." Pondered Diddy.

"As for Conker we do heard some... things about him, unsavoury things." Said Kazooie.

"What kind of things ?" Diddy became curious.

"Oh well let's see, he drink, he swear, and engaging in wanton violence that sort of stuff." Said Kazooie bluntly.

"Wow really ? What happened to him ? Did he hang out with a bad crowd or something ?" Asked Diddy.

"How should I know !? Just ask him yourself when you see him, so why are you here again ? And who are those with you ? Hmm..what a suspicious bunch, a princess wannabe, a kid with blonde dorky hair, a freaky yellow thing, a Yoshi, and...who is this fine specimen." Kazooie found herself attracted to Falco.

Falco blushed and the others snickers at his expense. "Uh yeah, I'm not looking for a relationship right now so.."

"Playing hard to get huh ? Alright we'll see how long you can resist my charms." Kazooie winked at Falco.

"Alright Kazooie stop with the flirting, so you were saying Diddy ?" Banjo pulled the conversation back to its course.

"Right, but first I think an introduction is in order." The heroes introduced themselves to Banjo and Kazooie.

"Falco Lombardi huh ? A great name befitting a great looking guy." Further teased Kazooie which makes Falco put off by her aggressiveness.

"It's nice to meet everyone, any friend of Diddy is a friend of ours right Kazooie ?" Asked Banjo turning his head to look at Kazooie.

"Oh yeah you can say that again." Replied the Breegull. "Say why don't you all come inside ? We can talk more inside, not to mention Mr. Lombardi and I can get to know each other more."

Falco is about to object, but Diddy said yes immediately, exasperating the pilot, with everyone snickering at Falco's predicament.

"It's not so bad Falco, just look at Dixie and me, you're gonna wish you'll want to be like us." Diddy tapping the pilot on the shoulder. "And should it all goes well you can be free from singlehood."

"And once you get married, you'll experience things differently in a good way, just like Ms. Pac-Man and me." Added Pac-Man. "Don't think having a relationship is like a rock that keep shackling you down."

"*sigh* I really hate you guys right now." Falco can only wallow in defeat as his teammates enjoying his 'suffering', they all then went inside Banjo and Kazooie's house.

Banjo's House

"Welcome to our home, sorry if it's too small, we wish Jolly Dodger expand it a bit during his repair." Banjo welcomed his guests into his house. They all then take a seat.

"Repairs ? Did something happened here ?" Asked Rosalina.

"Yes, you see that ugly face outside, that's the face of Gruntilda, she's an evil witch who kidnapped Banjo's sister, long story short we foiled her plan and she's out to get revenge by attacking our house, obviously things don't end there." Explained Kazooie. "Luckily for us that idiot Jolly fixing our house for free, although we really need to repaint the house back, I don't like the pink color."

"I...see, well good luck with repainting your house." Commented Pac-Man.

"So Diddy what brings you here to Spiral Mountain ?" Banjo asking straight to the point.

"Well you see... we're here to visit this place, and hoping to see the inside of that ugly looking cave." Answered Diddy hesitantly as he doesn't want to involve Banjo and Kazooie on his quest.

"Why ? There's nothing there anymore, our fight with Gruntilda completely trashed the place, except for Cheato, but he's not worth seeing anyway." Replied Kazooie.

"Besides unless you can fly the bridge leading to Gruntilda's Lair is destroyed anyway." Added Banjo.

"Oh if it's that it shouldn't be a problem, I have a jetpack with me anyway." Answered Diddy.

"You're serious about going there did you ? Then again before you showed up there are strange noises coming from Gruntys Lair, but maybe that's just Cheato making annoying noises." Said Kazooie.

"Still maybe it's worth checking out, just in case." Said Falco.

"Well courageous men are the most attractive of them all." Kazooie teased Falco even more.

"Yeah, thanks, maybe we should head there...right now you guys !" Commanded Falco wanting to leave as soon as possible.

"What's the hurry ? We can't leave this fast, not when were unfamiliar with our surrounding." Said Pac-Man.

"Yes what's the hurry ? We haven't even getting to know each other yet." Added Kazooie which annoys Falco even more, his teammates enjoy seeing him squirming.

"Well there's not much to see around here, so I doubt you'll get lost, besides we already unlocked all the world's inside Grunty's Lair anyway, so they should be fine." Said Banjo.

"Mr. Falco seemed very agitated here is he okay ?" Asked Lucas seeing Falco fidgeting around.

"Don't worry about it Lucas, but I guess we did tease him too much, sorry but Falco's right we really have to go soon, thanks for having us." Said Rosalina as she and everyone got up and ready to leave.

"I guess we'll see you off then." Banjo got up and escort the heroes outside.

Outside Banjo's House

"Sorry for leaving so soon, it's kinda important for us." Diddy apologized to Banjo and Kazooie.

"It's okay you do what you have to do, it's just nice to again after so long, oh and say hi to Donkey Kong for me." Banjo wave his hand to Diddy.

"Aww why you'd have to leave now, but you'll always welcome here anytime Mr. Lombardi." Kazooie give Falco a wink, which make him blush.

The heroes make their way to Gruntys Lair, they cross the bridge that leads to the stone pillar with spiraling path, they follow the path until they arrived at the top.

"Okay now to get across !" Diddy activate his jetbarrell and fly to Gruntys Lair. "Good thing I have this fixed on the ship."

Rosalina just casually fly over to the lair, Lucas used his psychic powers to levitate himself and float to the lair, Pac-Man summoned a trail of pac dots, he eat the trail which lead to the lair, Falco ride Yoshi, as the dinosaur jumped and used it's flutter jump to reach the lair. Now with all the heroes made it they went inside the lair.

Grunty's Lair

"Well we're here, it's really dark in here." Commented Pac-Man.

The heroes looked around there seemed to be a path, but blocked by rocks, and a picture in the middle that completely destroyed.

"Whatever Banjo and Kazooie did here really did a number on this place." Commented Diddy.

"You sure you have to lie to them Diddy ?" Asked Rosalina.

"Yeah, I really don't want to drag them into our 'secret war' with Neo Subspace Army." Explained Diddy.

"It's too late for that, some of us already told our allies about our 'secret war'." Called out Falco.

"Well yeah, but we didn't expose the general public about it so it doesn't really count, Corrin told his family who are the head of state of the country so you know." Replied Diddy.

"Alright I see your point, but uuh it seems there's no way forward." Falco get near to the path on the right and examine the surrounding. "No use, we need bombs to blast this rocks if we want to move forward."

"Or there's an even more practical way to do it, with telekinesis, give me a hand Lucas." Rosalina and Lucas work together to remove the rocks with their telekinesis, they slowly pulled the rocks away one by one, as one rocks at the top fell down, Lucas and Rosalina take turns in supporting each other, and finally the two psychics successfully remove the rocks and the heroes walked further inside.

Spiral Mountain - Outside Banjo's House

"There they go, come to think of it Diddy sure has interesting friends he brought with, I wonder how they met ?" Pondered Banjo.

"Yeah, especially that blue feathered friend of his, I hope Falco come back soon." Said Kazooie being smitten like a girl having her first crush. "Still don't know what they're even looking for up there."

"Come on it's none of our business, besides Tooty said she'll be coming, we have other things to take care of on our end." Said Banjo.

Kazooie replied with sarcasm. "Oh yes, the cheerful bucket of sunshine is coming to grace us with her annoying presence, I really can't wait."

"Come on Kazooie, she's not that much of a pain to deal with." Replied Banjo.

"Speak for yourself, once she sees what happened to our house she will not shut up about it, why can't those RVGCP guys lock her up much longer." Lamented Kazooie.

As Kazooie dread the thought of seeing Banjo's sister again a female bear with blonde twintails skipping happily toward Banjo and Kazooie, it's Tooty Banjo's sister.

"I'm back you guys !" Exclaimed Tooty.

"Sis your back !" Banjo hugged his sister and Kazooie being indifferent.

The two bears let go of their hug and then Tooty rant about her situation. "Can you believe those RVGCP guys arresting me because they thought I'm irrelevant ! The nerve of some people !"

""Well to be honest in the grand scheme of things you are like a mere speck of dirt." Answered Kazooie.

"Oh shut up ! The fact that Gruntilda after me prove my importance !" Yelled Tooty.

Tooty then proceed to look at Banjo and Kazooie's house and she ended up gushing with excitement. "Oh my gosh ! I don't know what you did to the house but I love it !" Tooty gushing non stop about the house a lot much to Kazooie's frustration.

"See, how you put up with that is beyond me." The Breegull snarked.

Tooty done gushing about the house and walk over to Banjo and Kazooie. "So what kind of adventures we will do next !?"

""Uuh none, there's nothing else to do." Answered Banjo. "Look why don't we just get inside and just rest and relax."

"Aww how boring, you two got to explore the whole island and I can't, this isn't fair !" Complained Tooty.

"If you want to look around the island is much then go ahead, just don't bring us along, it's too much work." Complained Kazooie.

"Oh fine, you guys are boring, maybe I should do this myself then." Tooty walked away from Banjo and Kazooie, but then a large black bat swoop in and grabbed Tooty. "What, help !" The bat fly away to the direction of Gruntilda's Lair.

"Oh no Tooty ! She got abducted by a large bat ! We have to save her Kazooie !" Banjo panicked by what he saw, he wanted to quickly save his sister.

"Alright, as annoying as she was she doesn't deserve to be a bat food." Kazooie agreed to save Tooty pretending not to care, they both headed to Gruntilda's Lair.

Gruntilda's Lair - Lab

Earlier, at the same time the heroes arrived at Spiral Mountain

"Where is this ? Where is everyone ? Mistress Carmilla ! Guess she's not here either." Laura arrived at Gruntilda's Lair at the lab where Gruntilda beauty transfer machine located.

"Kee kee !" Laura turned around to see Giant Bat flying above her.

"At least you're here with me, let's see if there's anyone else here." Laura and Giant Bat decided to look around the place until someone approached her from behind.

Laura noticed the presence and quickly turned around. "Who's there !"

Laura saw a fat green skinned witch dressed in black robe and hat, she also wears a purple scarf. "What have we here an intruder, leave this place or you'll be torn assunder." Gruntilda readied a fireball and aimed it at Laura.

"You must be the master of this place, my name is Laura and I'm a vampire, this is Giant Bat, one of our allies." Laura introduced herself and Giant Bat.

"I don't care who you are, leave this place or my magic will blast you far." Threatened the witch.

("I don't have time to pick unnecessary fights, I don't know where I am and what she's capable of, let's see if I can calm her down.") Laura remember the machine she saw earlier. "That machine back there, did you make it ? it looks advanced and sophisticated, what does it do. Ha ha..."

Gruntilda cease her magic and seemed to be flattered by Laura complimenting her creation. " A good eye you have, that machine was made to give me the beauty that I crave."

"A machine that give you beauty ? How does it work ?" Asked Laura.

Laura and the witch stand in front of the machine and the witch begin explaining, without the rhyming. "My name is Gruntilda, I am the master of this place, to use this machine two people must be out inside these pods, where the beauty of the pretty ones transferred to the ugly ones." Explained Gruntilda.

"Fascinating, but as a witch don't you have magic spells to do that ? Why rely on machines ?" Laura curious of Gruntilda's method.

"I know a spell that do just that, but has no meaning if there's no victim to made sad." Explained Gruntilda.

"Ah, i see it's pointless if to use magic if it doesn't harm anyone, I fully agree, a witch that is a master of magic and science, your kind is extremely rare, Gruntilda how would you like to join Neo Subspace Army ?" Offered Laura.

"Neo Subspace Army ? What is that ?" Gruntilda is now curious.

"The organization I belong to, we gather people like yourself in order to brought the universe to it's knees, your expertise in science and magic will make you a valuable ally with our operations." Explained Laura.

"So it's like an evil organization then ?" Asked Gruntilda.

"Very much, so how about it ? You can wreak havoc not just here, but the entire universe, and I'm sure people like you have enemies as well, and with what the resources we have, you'd able to learn new things and your enemies won't know what you're capable of.." Answered Laura.

"An intriguing offer you made, and I have enemy I do hate." Gruntilda used her magic to create a visual projection of Banjo's house. "There ! They are my enemy, the bear and bird that is the bane of me."

"That bear and bird are your enemy ? The unusual things you find in other worlds." Laura tried to take in the unusualness compared to Earth.

And then the projection show Tooty visiting Banjo and Kazooie. "That is the girl whose beauty I once stole."

"So she's your previous target then ? The one you tried to put in that machine." Asked Laura. "You know I am curious about how this machine works, will you show me ?"

"Yes, help me kidnap her, and I'll use the machine on her" Gruntilda eagerly wanting to kidnap Tooty again.

"You heard her, Giant Bat get that girl !" Needing Laura's command the Giant Bat fly to kidnap Tooty, Gruntilda create a portal so Giant Bat can reach outside faster.

"Excellent ! With Tooty in my grip, Banjo and Kazooie had no choice but to make another trip." Gruntilda expressed glee at seeing her old nemesis again.

"You sure you know what you're doing ? With us kidnapping her then won't that bear and bird come to her rescue ?" Asked Laura.

"Yes, that's correct, but this time I have something prepared for them." Explained Gruntilda. "Should this plan succeed nobody can thwart me becoming beautiful."

"I see, you're just as vain as mistress Carmilla, oh well if worse comes to worse I'll just show you what servants of Dracula are capable of."

Gruntilda's Lair - Interior

The heroes walked around the place not knowing where to go, they realized they might be lost.

"Welp that does it we lost ! We've been walking around in circles ! How does that Gruntilda have to make her lair so massive !" Complained Falco.

"Maybe we really should ask Banjo and Kazooie to come ? I mean they are more familiar with this place, and we just got here." Commented Pac-Man.

"Rosalina, you and Lucas can sense presence right ? Can you determine the location of whatever it is you sense from here ?" Asked Diddy.

"Trust me we tried, but a powerful magic seems to interfere with our powers, Gruntilda must be a powerful witch to be able to link her lair with all of this worlds, it's like spatial magic, and it has many functions, some of them is detection prevention." Explained Rosalina.

"Honestly magic is very confusing, how is it you're able to make a room that's much bigger in the inside !" Exclaimed Falco.

"Don't bother thinking Falco, magic isn't really something explainable by logic." Retorted Rosalina.

"But we got to still do something ! Is there no other way than blindly walking around the place ?" Asked Lucas.

As the heroes discussing how to proceed next Banjo and Kazooie appeared to approach them.

"Hey guys, looks like we meet again !" Exclaimed Banjo. "Found whatever it is you're looking for ?"

"Banjo Kazooie ? Why are you here ?" Asked Diddy.

"My sister Tooty got kidnapped..again !" Screamed Banjo.

"Yeah what he said, so do you see a whiny little brat carried by a hideous large black bat around here ?" Asked Kazooie.

"No we haven't, but if your sister is kidnapped then we're willing to help you find her." Answered Diddy.

"Thanks Diddy ! I may know where she is, let's go Kazooie it's got to be around there !" Exclaimed Banjo.

"Hopefully we won't have to do another quiz show on that lava filled death trap." Snarked the Breegull.

"Come on you know Gruntilda working for L.O.G in Showdown Town, this should be easy, follow us you guys !" Banjo and Kazooie leading the way, and as for the heroes the talk of large black bat concerns them.

("Large black bat ? It couldn't be Giant Bat could it ?") Rosalina spoke through telepathy, she also opening telepathic links so everyone can talk telepathically with each other.

("Too early to tell, but if it is, then the ones we sensed earlier got to be Dracula's minions.") Replied Lucas.

("Diddy we have no choice, we need Banjo and Kazooie if we want to do this quickly.") Said Falco.

("I suppose you're right, but what do they want with Banjo's sister ?") Pondered Diddy.

("Well Banjo is a bear, you don't think they want to make a bear vampire creature do you ?") Speculated Pac-Man.

("You know I won't be surprised if they do, also keep in mind the Pigmask Army is affiliated with them too, if that's not why they kidnap Banjo sister I fear they're going to use Banjo sister for their chimera experiments.") Added Lucas.

("Then we really have no time to lose let's hurry !") Exclaimed Yoshi.

Everyone else dumbfounded after hearing Yoshi speak. "Oh did I forget to tell you ? With telepathy you can communicate with animals." Explained Rosalina.

"Oh yeah Ness once told me he can communicate with his dog with telepathy." Remembered Lucas.

"Now's not the time for this, let's follow Banjo and Kazooie !" After Falco returned everyone back to the task at hand the heroes chase after Banjo and Kazooie.

Gruntilda's Lair - Lab

Giant Bat have returned with Tooty on tow.

"Excellent work Giant Bat, now I get to see how this machine works." Said Laura.

"Welcome back my pretty, with you here I will receive my beauty." Gruntilda grabbed Tooty shirt and dragged her into the machine.

"No let go of me you ugly witch ! Help someone !" Tooty kept shouting hoping someone to rescue her as she's unable to release herself from Gruntilda grip.

"Feast you eyes on my machine, cause it's the best thing you'll ever seen." Gruntilda put Tooty inside the beauty transfer machine.

"No ! Please don't do this !" Tooty banging on the pod door.

"These are the buttons you must press, do it right to complete the process." Gruntilda instruct Laura on how to use the machine.

As Gruntilda about to enter the other pod Banjo and Kazooie arrived along with the heroes.

"Ah you two finally arrived, a bit more time and you will witness my new life." Said Gruntilda, but then she turned around and realized Banjo and Kazooie are not alone. "Hey who are the rest of them !"

Banjo and Kazooie unsurprisingly shocked at the return of their arch enemy. "Gruntilda you're back ! Weren't you supposed to be in Showdown Town !"

"And you returned to your fat, ugly self ! How is that possible !? Weren't you fused with machines and a losing all your flesh !?" Remarked Kazooie which disturbed the others.

"Working there yes I am, but strange light appeared and restored who I am." Explained Gruntilda. "The game factory now I rule, I work everyone like pack mule."

"Did you hear that ? Strange light, looks like R.O.B machinations ended up restoring this witch back to her old self." Whispered Falco.

"If anything i'd be surprised if there's a place that light didn't reach." Replied Pac-Man.

"I see, so you're taking over the factory, L.O.G won't stand for this !" Exclaimed Banjo.

"He let his guard down so he lose, all because I bid my time and found an opportunity to use." Gruntilda explained she has defeated L.O.G. "With L.O.G is no more, now Showdown Town is under my control to the very core."

"So uhh..does she always spoke in rhymes ?" Pac-Man questions Gruntilda speech patterns.

"Yes, she almost always speak like this." Remarked Kazooie. "You'll get used to it...or not."

"So how did you know your sister is going to be here ?" Asked Diddy.

"We don't, but we saw that bat took her at the highest part of the lair so we thought she'd be around here, we didn't think Gruntilda would be back already." Answered Banjo.

"Everyone look ! You're Laura am I correct ?" Asked Rosalina pointing at Laura.

"That's right, and you are...Rosalina was it, I watch you fight at the palace, you possess incredible powers, you would be a great addition to Dracula's army." Remarked the vampire.

"Thanks for the offer, but I have no plans on working for an evil overlord." Replied Rosalina.

"Oh, it doesn't have to be done willingly." Laura flashed her sharp fangs. "And maybe I'll take that blonde kid with psychic powers as well."

"What ! No, I don't want to become a vampire !" Exclaimed Lucas.

"Becoming a bloodsucking monster also isn't on my agenda, be vigilant everyone if she's here then her master Carmilla must be nearby !" Exclaimed Rosalina.

"Lucky for you that's not the case this time, I don't sense my mistress anywhere near here, but I'll be more than enough to take you all down." Laura readied a fighting stance.

"Gruntilda if you think you're getting away with this you're wrong !" Declared Banjo.

"That's what you think you stupid bear, which is why I come here prepared." Gruntilda used her magic to conjure a retro video game console shaped like a portable arcade machine.

"What's that ? an outdated game console ?" Snarked Kazooie.

"Not a mere game console this is, just stand there and take a look of this." Gruntilda about press a button, but Rosalina and Diddy had an idea what Gruntilda is doing, they pull Banjo and Kazooie away from the machine, the machine emit bright light, unfortunately the light covers a lot of space, and Gruntilda aimed it toward the heroes. When the light faded the heroes are nowhere to be found.

"Banjo NOOOOO !" Screamed Tooty.

Laura opened her eyes and saw the heroes gone, she then proceed to ask Gruntilda what happened. "Where are they ? What did you do ?"

"To the video game they went inside, now there's no hope of going back outside." Answered Gruntilda.

"Incredible, your talents really are going to be a great addition for Neo Subspace Army." Praised Laura.

"A chance to spread chaos and mayhem I will take, but first let's have my face remake." With no one left to stand in Gruntilda's way she proceed to continue with the beauty transfer plan.

Inside the Console

The heroes arrived in a place that resemble retro video game, they appeared as retro 2D sprites.

"What the ! I feel 2 dimensional all of a sudden !" Exclaimed Falco.

"Whoa this feels weird, so uh is this what's it like being a video game character ?" Questioned Diddy.

"How do we get out of here ?" Asked Lucas.

"Mario and Bowser once trapped in a video game before during and olympic games, they have to collect medals to get out from that game." Rosalina referenced the Tokyo Olympic event.

"Oh yeah I remember that, Tails and Luigi have to running around the venue to find a way to free Mario and Sonic from the game, there's a lot of mishap like Jr. Stealing the game from them and so on." Added Diddy.

"Maybe there's a way to leave this game, we should look around and whoa...!" Falco looked at Pac-Man only to see him in his classic form.

"What ? Oh I'm in my classic form, I guess this is what ancient Pac-People used to look like." Explained Pac-Man. "They say by overcoming hardship modern Pac-People able to channel their ancient form."

"We have to hurry you guys, Gruntilda is going to turn my sister ugly, we have to get out of here quick !" Exclaimed Banjo.

"Oh I'm sure we won't be able to tell the difference anyway should Gruntilda succeed." Remarked Kazooie.

As the heroes try to find their way out they encounter a strange being, it has a computer for a head, and wearing a long purple robe.

"What's that ? A monster from the game ?" Asked Lucas.

"I don't know that thing look more like a boss character to me, I'll open fire, distract it and you guys strike that thing." Falco readied his blaster, and about to fire at the creature, however his guns doesn't seem to work. "Hey my blaster ! Where's the ammo !"

"I can't seem to use my PSI power either !" Exclaimed Lucas.

"I can barely lift anything with my telekinesis." Rosalina can seem to use her power, but with extreme difficulty.

"Looks like our abilities are nullified in here !" Exclaimed Diddy.

"Great, with our capabilities combined we should be able to finish this game quickly, that witch really thought of everything does she." Groaned Falco.

"Hold on, that's not a monster, that's L.O.G. HEY OVER HERE !" Shouted Banjo which gained the creature attention.

"Banjo ! Kazooie ! Long time no see ! I see Gruntilda trapped you here as well then."

"So aren't you gonna introduce us ?" Asked Diddy.

"Ah, but of course young Diddy Kong, where are my manners, my name is L.O.G, it short for Lord of Games, and I'm basically a god, I am all powerful and omnipotent after all." Boasted L.O.G.

"You know my name ?" Asked Diddy.

"Of course ! I know a lot of things ! It's mandatory for all powerful beings like myself to know many things after all !"

"So how did someone all powerful and omnipotent ended up here and losing to Gruntilda ?" Snarked Kazooie.

"Well I got caught off guard by an unexpected scene, on that day I was doing my routine inspection of my factory, and when I saw Gruntilda I was very shocked to see she's restored to her old form, and at that moment of surprise she used her creation to trap me here ! By the time I realize what's going on it's too late, I tried to escape, but it's no use, this game is enchanted to severely restrict my powers." Explained L.O.G.

"So you let your guard down, the almighty L.O.G felled by just seeing Gruntilda's face." Remarked Kazooie, which embarrassed L.O.G.

"Look we need to get out of here, is there anyway to leave this place ? Gruntilda isn't working alone right now, that woman she's with, she's one of Dracula's minions." Explained Pac-Man.

"Dracula ! But wasn't he reincarnated into a mortal now ? Don't tell me ! That mortal wished to become the Dark Lord once again !?" Panicked L.O.G.

"No, but their goal is to bring Dracula back, we can't let them do that, the last thing we need is to add another evil on top of our existing enemies." Said Rosalina.

"I see, alright then look I may be able to do this only once, I'm going to use every ounce of my power to get you all out from this game, you must stop Gruntilda, there's a chance Dracula's minions going to recruit her into their ranks." Said L.O.G.

"That's why we're here !" Exclaimed Diddy.

"I don't know what's going on, but you guys owed us an explanation !" Demanded Kazooie.

"We'll talk once we deal with them, okay L.O.G. do it !" Exclaimed Falco.

"Alright, here goes." L.O.G concentrate all of his powers, a bright light formed around him, and he fire that light at the heroes, succeeding in getting them out from the game. L.O.G on the other hand fell down and feeling exhausted for overexerting his power. "Now it's up to you, I need to rest for the time being, so they're Master Hand's champions then, he sure knows to pick his champions, I'm sure they can overcome all this trial."

Gruntilda's Lair - Lab

"Alright all set to go." Laura said after following Gruntilda's instruction correctly.

"Good, in a matter of time, I will come out from this machine looking sublime." Gruntilda excited at the prospect of being beautiful as she entered the pod.

As the process about to be complete Gruntilda video game console begin to glow, this distracts Laura and Gruntilda, making them looking at the console, a bright light emit from the machine and the heroes reappeared before their very eyes.

"What ! How !" Shouted Gruntilda.

"Everyone Attack now !" Banjo wield Kazooie like a gun and shoot bomb eggs at the machine, the blast damaged the machine, Diddy and Falco readies their gun and shoot the control panel, destroying the device, and forcing Laura to step away from the panel.

Banjo and Kazooie then rushed to the pod where Tooty is, he break the door open and hugged his sister. "I'm so glad I made it in time."

"Thanks for coming Banjo, I knew you'll come to save me." The two bears let go of each other after the hug.

An explosion occur at Gruntilda's pod as she blast the door open with her magic, revealing one angry witch. "Once again you foil my plan, this time I'll make sure your life comes to an end !" Gruntilda blast the the two bears with fireball, which the Banjo and Tooty dodged.

"We should back them up !" Diddy rushed to help Banjo and Kazooie only to be intercepted by Giant Bat, the creature spit fireball at the monkey, but Falco stepped in in front of Diddy activate his reflector, bouncing the fireball back at the bat, as Giant Bat tried to dodge Yoshi extend it's tongue at the bat's leg, Yoshi trapped Giant Bat with it's sticky tongue, the bat tried to fly away, but Yoshi run at the opposite direction, preventing it from moving, soon the Giant Bat got hit by its own fireball.

Laura jumped high and about to do a dive kick on Yoshi, but before Laura land a hit Rosalina used her telekinesis to stop Laura, Lucas use PK Thunder to attack Laura, but she countered by blasting a lightning herself, destroying PK Thunder before it hits her. Rosalina then send her flying to the wall.

Pac-Man preform a rev roll and charge at Gruntilda while she's too focused at Banjo and Tooty. Pac-Man attacked her from behind and the impact knocked her a few feet away and she fell to the ground. Pac-Man continue his assault by throwing a fire hydrant at the witch.

Giant Bat got up and attacked the heroes by swooping downward, but once again Rosalina used telekinesis to prevent Giant Bat from moving too much, this give Lucas, and Falco an easy not moving target.

Laura tried to get up, seeing she's outnumbered and doesn't believe a victory is possible, she considers retreating, Laura charged at Pac-Man, as Pac-Man ready to fight her, he tried to punch Laura, but then in an unexpected move Laura transformed into a swarm of bats and clouding Pac-Man's vision while carrying Gruntilda on that form, she then set her sights at Rosalina, ruining her concentration by swarming around her and she's forced to swat away any bats that coming near her, which forced her to release Giant Bat from her telekinetic grip and Laura whisked Giant Bat and Gruntilda away.

"They got away ! After them !" The heroes followed the swarm of bats which fly outside, Rosalina used her telekinesis to lift everyone with her to follow the bat swarm.

Gruntilda's Lair - Tower

At the top of the lair Laura return to her normal form with Gruntilda and Giant Bat in tow.

"Nowhere for you to run Laura !" Exclaimed Rosalina.

"On the contrary, there's always a palce to run for us." Laura perform some kind of magic, a magic circle appeared at the ground she's standing on, and then the three of them vanished.

"They're gone !" Shouted Pax-Man.

"That's got to be teleportation magic, looks like Neo Subspace Army gained a new member." Remarked Rosalina.

"Okay, we've been very patient until now, what is this Neo Subspace Army talked about !?" Yelled Kazooie.

"Sorry, but I wish I don't have to involve you guys in this mess of ours." Replied Diddy.

"Look if Gruntilda is a part of this, we're not just gonna stand by and turned a blind eye to this, we want to help !" Asserted Banjo.

"Okay, but you might not believe this." Diddy explained what's going on, what he's been doing, and how he met his allies.

"You've selected by a god in shape of white gloves to compete in a tournament and now you reunite once again to combat this new impending threat ? I find it unbelievable." Snarked Kazooie.

"But Kazooie when that strange light did appeared you and I somehow remember all those techniques we learned during our previous adventures." Stated Banjo.

"That's because they're telling the truth." A voice from nowhere can be heard.

"Who said that ?" Lucas looked around.

"I am !" Gruntilda console reappeared before the heroes, and L.O.G is speaking to them.

"L.O.G ! How did you ?"

"I just teleported this machine, and I can speak to people outside from here, so don't worry, this doesn't take any energy at all, so I understand if you're skeptical to Diddy's story, but I can vouch what he said it's the truth, the Smash Tournament, a fighting competition created by Master Hand to decide the best of the best from the universe, of course only us gods and maybe a few demons know about it." Explained L.O.G.

"So you know about what we're doing ?" Asked Diddy.

"Well not a lot to be honest, I was planning on sitting this one out, but looks like I can't do that anymore, once I got out from here tell Palutena I'm joining her alliance." Answered L.O.G.

"Us too Diddy, if the universe is at stake then our home in danger, we'll go with you, you agreed right Kazooie ?" Asked Banjo.

"If we must, besides if this means I can see Mr. Lombardi every day then I'm all for it." Winked Kazooie which makes Falco embarrassed. "Oh and we got to stop Gruntilda from wreaking havoc on other worlds.

"Hey what about me ?" Asked Tooty.

"Tooty it's too dangerous, you should stay here." Replied Banjo.

"What if Gruntilda and kidnap me while you're gone ? Did you think of that !?" Complained Tooty.

"She has a point, if you're coming with us there's no one to save your sister." Agreed Rosalina.

"Besides, there are other children on our base, I'm sure we all can get along." Said Lucas optimistically.

"Then that's decided then, I guess it's time for us to go back." Pac-Man activate his golden plate and teleported everyone back to the ship.


And done, Banjo and Kazooie finally joins the party, and also since Gruntilda keep speaking in rhyme I really have to think hard to come up with the right combination.

The joke on what Diddy said is in this fic they all are real people, not video game characters, any fourth wall breaking in their games will be ignored, like Banjo Kazooie game has a lot of fourth wall breaking.

The characters Diddy mentioned Pipsy, Tiptup, Conker, and Timber appeared at Diddy Kong racing, where they team up to defeat the evil pig wizard Wizpig.

Rosalina and Diddy mentioned the Tokyo 2020 event where Mario, Sonic, Bowser, and Eggman got trapped inside a retro video game console.

RVGCP stands for Rubbish Video Game Character Police whose job is to arrest not important video game characters, it's something that Rare, ltd made up to explain Tooty absence.

And of course just like everyone else I didn't expect Sephiroth to be the next character revealed, but it's good for me because I do have plans on making Sephiroth showed up later.

Laura's will have powers from the classic and Lord's of Shadows continuity. So she will know martial arts and vampire abilities, and she also would know magic.

Character debut : Banjo, Kazooie, Tooty, L.O.G, Gruntilda

Boss battle : Laura, Giant Bat, Gruntilda