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BGM: Rosalina in the Observatory 3 (Super Mario Galaxy)
"Alright, you intergalactic greenhorns! Listen up!" Nora said as they were flying through space. "I know some of you have never been to space before... so let me give you some advice! Outer space is not like the Mushroom Kingdom, or Hyrule, or Galar or anywhere else! Oh no, outer space is far beyond that! You got meteors, black holes that can turn you into spaghetti noodles, prankster comets that can destroy your aura within milliseconds! Fields of gravity that are all jumbled up and can make you lose your balance within seconds!"
"Not unless you get used to it." Ren chimed in.
"Yes! BUT! You greenhorns best be careful... you may think a planet is all friendly... BUT THAT'S HOW THEY GET YOU! If you're not careful... you'll end up breaking your ankle! Don't believe me? Ask Weiss!"
"Okay! Don't drag me into your fearmongering shenanigans!" Weiss said.
"Fearmongering? Please! I'm just getting these galactic greenhorns prepared for the insanity that is space travel!"
"I'm... scared." Kokoro whimpered, paling a little.
"You should be, my dear ocelot! You should be." Nora smirked... and then Pyrrha slapped her upside the head. "D'oh!"
"Let's not scare anyone..." Pyrrha said in a slightly annoyed tone.
"Yeah, and besides... going to space feels familiar somehow." Ann said.
"Yeah, it's like... we've done this before." Makoto nodded.
"Indeed. It feels familiar." Akira nodded.
"Familiarity only gets you so far!" Nora said. "I don't care if y'all had a dream or this happened in some other alternate dimension, you are a green horn in this one, buckos!"
"Eh, I don't think it's that big of a deal." Coco said. "We've been to space once already, and that was us traveling the cosmos with JINX and Kirby."
"Gloria wouldn't shut up for days about traveling in space, so we might know a few things." Bede said.
"I wasn't that bad, lad!" Gloria defended, causing Bede to chuckle with a smirk.
"Umber's been in Ultra Space." Hau pointed out. "He told us about it and honestly? Being in space sounds fun!"
"Yeah!" Lillie grinned.
"Teach got into an intergalactic mood and not only did she teach her own class about space travel, but she got the Lions and the Deer involved too." Claude said. "It was actually pretty cool."
"Eh... it was boring, I barely paid attention..." Hilda admitted.
"I got all I need to know from Pit Stain over here." Dark Pit said.
"Come ooooon, when are you gonna let that go?"
"Until you stop calling me Pittoo."
"Sooo... never?"
Dark Pit smirked. "Exactly."
"OH COME ON, CAN'T YOU GUYS TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY!" Nora yelled, flailing her arms about. "This is serious business! You're in outer space, for Oum's sake!"
"Oh, just let them enjoy themselves." Blake said, casually reading a book.
"Ugh… fiiiine…" Nora rolled her eyes.
"Seriously, if you guys want more helpful tips about being in space… just come to us." Nyx said. "This is like, JINX's third time in space."
"Show offs…" Nora mumbled. "…Saaaay, hang on a minute… you guys look different."
"Oh, you just noticed?" Nyx smiled.
Nyx was now wearing a protective body suit where it was a chocolate brown like her eyes and covers her body except for her head stopping on the neck. There is also a black armored chest plate on her upper torso lined with silver trim and two rounded black shoulder pads with her symbol imprinted on them. Her symbol now being a white circle with a smiling Boo mouth with crossed arrows behind it. This also has a set of black bracers on her wrists leaving her hands free to fire her weapons. She still has a pair of thigh high boots on with holsters for her crossbows on them. She also still has her signature scarf wrapped around her neck though it now has a silver trim to it much like the armor and the symbol on it is also updated to match her updated one. She also has a silver belt on her waist with her symbol as a belt buckle with various pouches on it to hold new weapons.
Ruby let out a gasp. "Oh my goodness, my weapon senses are tingling! Did you get new weapons?"
"Not exactly, but I wouldn't mind a weapon upgrade or two." Nyx smiled.
Ruby's eyes sparkled, immediately using her semblance to grab a hold of her crossbows. "Ooooh, I wonder what kind of stuff I can put in these bad boys!"
"If she turns them into scythes, that's your fault." Qrow teased, causing Nyx to snicker.
"Nah, I doubt Ruby could transform crossbows in scythes." Jade said with a giggle.
Jade was now wearing her own version of the Mario Kart biker suit worn by the princesses. The suit itself is mainly black with green as the secondary color on the gloves, boots, and the updated mechanic's belt. The symbol on the front of the suit is the Gadd Science Inc. Logo. This is also on her belt's buckle and on the back is the symbol of Beacon Academy. Her hair was now in a ponytail with a Boo pin and having goggles on her head with green lenses on them.
Xena was now styling purple hair with red highlights on the tips of her bangs as the hair was down to her shoulder blades. She's now donning a black and white T-shirt with a crystal ball up front with a psychedelic aura around it and she had ripped up jeans and showing off her knees.
"Wooooow!" Nora said and then glanced over at Iris. "Wait a minute… why isn't Iris wearing anything new? Is she a fuddy dud? Did she miss the fashion show? A stick in the mud?"
"I'm neither of that. I just didn't feel like it… I don't feel ready to change my look yet." Iris said.
"Oooooh… okay."
"I did though!" Umber said, waving her over. He was now sporting a black high quality jacket that on the inside has a red plaid pattern, a teal shirt, basic blue jeans, and black soap shoes with teal bottoms. He also now sports a simple crimson satchel for his Pokéballs and items and grey lensed sunglasses that were on his head.
"Um… is that a purse?" Mine asked.
"No, it's a satchel. It holds my Pokeballs and other items."
"Soooo… a purse." Lysithea said.
Umber sighed. "You're not the first who asked me that." He said, giving both Guzma and Xena a playful glare.
"Well!" Nora grinned. "That's awesome! Four people got new looks!"
"Um, excuse me! Make that five!"
All of them turned to see Dark Xena taking over as even she was sporting a new look, having black hair with an undercut on the sides that is dyed purple. She wears a blue crop top that shows off her belly button while having a Quagsire on the front of the shirt, she's also wearing black short shorts.
"What, you thought Xena was the only one who got a new look?" Dark Xena chuckled. "I decided to join the fun too."
"Whoa, hold up!" Hilda exclaimed. "I thought you and Xena had a thing going on… when did you two make up?"
"A few months ago, where were you?"
Hilda sweatdropped. "Um… lazing about in my room."
"Oooh, why is that so relatable…" Bernadetta sighed.
"Two souls… one body, different outfits. That's a new one." Marisa said.
"Don't forget the hairstyles." Reimu added with Marisa and Youmu nodding.
"We're approaching a galaxy!" Polari suddenly exclaimed as the Observatory came to a slow halt before stopping.
"What is it? Is it Good Egg Galaxy again?" Yang asked as Rosalina pulled up a telescope to get a better look.
"Nope. It's a completely different galaxy." Rosalina said. "It appears to be… Sky Station Galaxy by the looks of it."
"Sweet! A new galaxy to explore!" Yang grinned as Rosalina turned her head to see the space ships coming in and landing on the garage.
Samus was the first to walk out of her ship with the Pokemon, Newt and Adam casually sitting on her shoulder. "You know… I have to say, it was a bit of a handful with the extra passengers on board." She said as Zwei came running out along with Blake's Nargacuga, Ruby's Stygian Zinogre and everyone's Wisps (Minus Ilia's Magenta wisp) came flying out.
"Hey you two!" Ruby smiled, happily hugging them while also high fiving her Cyan wisp.
"But nothing I couldn't handle." Samus chuckled.
"Pika!"
"Pichu!"
Glad Azure decided to stick with the Observatory. Weiss chuckled.
"I would say something about not wearing a space suit but… apparently everyone can breathe in space." Roy Mustang said as his team, along with Winry walked out as the Destiny Trio, the Wayfinder trio and Mickey and Namine got out as well.
"Heheheh, you get used to it!" Sarge said.
"Alright, I can't wait to explore these galaxies and-" A shadow was cast over Edward. "…Wha?"
"Woooooooof!"
"WHAT IN THE-?!"
THUD!
"Gaaaah! Get this mangy mutt off of me!" Edward yelped.
"Aww, he's only playing." Rosalina smiled, kneeling down and scratching Alexander's heads. "Who's a cutie? You are~!" She giggled.
"There's nothing cute about being squished…" Edward mumbled as Alexander hopped off of him and went off to play with Zwei and the Zinogre. "Well, anyway… time to-" A gap opened up above Edward's head… and Eirin and Reisen fell on him. "GAAAAAAAAAAAH!"
"Ooooh!" Pit winced.
"Guess he's the landing pad." Coco said.
"Soft landing." Eirin said.
"Why meee…" Reisen groaned.
"DO I LOOK LIKE A LANDING PAD?! GET OFF OF ME!" Edward yelled.
"Eirin? Reisen? What are you guys doing here?" Marisa asked.
"And why do I feel like this is Yukari's doing?" Reimu added.
"Well… Yukari filled us in before dropping us on a soft but small landing pad."
"SMALL?!" Edward yelled as Al had to restrain him. "LET ME AT 'ER!"
"She wants us to work on a Phazon vaccine in case anyone gets infected." Eirin explained.
"Well, glad to have you guys on board." Weiss smiled.
"Heeeeeeeey! Did you forget someone?" A voice asked as they saw Ibuki hopping off of her hoverboard and landing near the others. "Come on, like Ibuki would wanna miss out on another intergalactic adventure!" She said and then an ice phoenix landed as Emerald and Roman hopped off, and then the phoenix evaporated.
"Torchwick?!" Ruby said in surprise. "Whoa… I had a feeling you were hit with phazon with everyone at Bowser's Castle!"
"Please… I'm living in the Smash Mansion for a while. I only came to get the big guy out of his funk." Roman said. "I guess I should be considered the lucky one, I'm not sure how the rest are faring."
"While it's great that Torchwick's here… does she have to be here?" Yang asked, giving Emerald the stink eye. "I mean, she was with Cinder for crying out loud… I don't care if she was a pawn, she was working undercover in Beacon to tear it down."
"Okay, I'm no one's pawn. Not anymore." Emerald shot back. "And for the record, that's all behind me now. I work with the Winter Ops now."
"The Winter Ops?!" Sun said in surprise.
"Well, I guess that means your sister isn't the new kid on the block anymore." Neptune pointed out.
"Yeah, and Esdeath is a lot nicer than that hag you call Cinder." Emerald said. "I know you don't trust me, but granted… I didn't do anything too horrible to you. Minus… what we did on the Observatory earlier." She said, rubbing her arm, flashing back to when they first invaded the Observatory and took all the Grand Stars with Eggman. "Not to mention fighting JINX in that one galaxy…"
"Ah… memories." Nyx smiled.
"Soooo… that Mercury guy. Where is he?" Iris asked.
"I don't know… we both ran in opposite directions, so I don't even know where Merc's at." Emerald said. "Part of me believes he's okay but I'm not sure…"
"Well… I can believe her!" Penny said. "Sure, she did some bad things but it's not like she did anything harmful!" She pointed out.
"Yeah, she's right!" SAPR smiled. "We can trust her, can't we?" She said as Emerald stared at SAPR before her eyes widened in surprise.
R3-B7…? She thought.
"They're right! Why shouldn't we trust Emerald-chan? She can help us out!" Ibuki grinned.
"Emerald… chan…?" Emerald quietly mouthed.
"I mean… it's not like it's Cinder." Whitley said.
"I might be a bit peeved…" Cardin mumbled. "But I can guess we can give the girl a shot."
"Yeah. She's fine in my book." Summer said.
"I mean… she didn't do anything to us, so she's okay with me." Sora shrugged
Emerald formed a small smile. "Thanks… I guess."
"Okay so… who's going to Sky Station?" Palutena spoke up.
Mario chuckled. "I think we can go."
"Yeah!" Luigi nodded.
"Team RWBY'll go!" Ruby grinned.
"And so will STQ!" Summer spoke up.
"Oh what the heck… JNPR'll go!" Jaune said.
"Let's go, sis! Time to knock their blocks off!" Daisy said.
Peach smiled. "Yeah!"
"Oh, I might as well go too… stretch my legs a bit." Rosalina said, snapping her fingers as her now more sturdier Zero Suit appeared on her person as she let out a giggle.
"Whooooa…" Daisy said. "I gotta get me one of those."
Peach sweatdropped. "I thought our biker suits counted…"
"What do you say, Blake… you want yours too?" Rosalina asked.
Blake smiled, hitting a button on her shoulder as not only did her helmet was summoned, but also her now sturdier Zero Suit. "I got it." She said.
Ibuki beamed proudly. "You're welcome~!" She said.
"Alriiiiight, we got ourselves a team!" Nora grinned. "Might as well set the example to these greenhorns. Us intergalactic veterans will go off and teach 'em a thing or two! Palutena, get your all seeing eye ready and show us off to everyone, because we're gonna kick some alien butt!"
Palutena giggled. "Confident, are we~?"
"You know it!" Nora smirked as Rosalina summoned a Launch Star.
"Oh! That reminds me…" Rosalina said and turned to the Mario Bros. "You're going to be needing these two." She said as two Pink Lumas came flying over.
"Heeeeey!" Luigi grinned as the Lumas went inside their hats, both of them feeling a surge of power go through them.
"Wahoo!" Mario cheered, high fiving Luigi.
"Thought you could use them again." Rosalina smiled before they blasted off to Sky Station Galaxy.
"A hundred lien that Nora is gonna bite it." Nyx said.
"Two hundred that it's going to be in the first galaxy, AKA Sky Station." Jade added.
"Four hundred that it'll be a botched landing from a Launch Star." Xena said.
"FOUR?!" Nyx and Jade said in surprise.
"Hi, I'm betting too."
"…Fair." Both of them nodded.
End BGM
Meanwhile….
"Alright, we're closing in!" Rosalina said.
"Let's-a go!" Mario said as all of them landed on the ground.
BGM: Sky Station Galaxy (Super Mario Galaxy 2)
Sky Station Galaxy Power Star 1 - Peewee Piranha's Temper Tantrum - RWBY, JNPR, STQ
"Alright, so… we just need to get used to the gravity of these planets again." Weiss said. "This time, I'm not going to twist my ankle."
"I wonder what's on the other side of the fence… see y'all on the other side!" Nora said as she climbed up the fence. "Yahooo!"
"Nora, wait!" Ren yelled.
"WAAAAAAH!"
THUD!
Pause BGM
"Oooooow… ooohhh… gaaaaah… oh, that's not good…"
"Nora!" Ren exclaimed as they would immediately go to the other side… via Warp Pipe that was nearby as they saw Nora hissing in pain.
"Let me guess, you sprained your ankle." Qrow said.
"No… my ankle's fine." Nora winced, hissing in pain.
"Then what's wrong? Did you pull something?" Blake asked.
"Well… I landed on my wrist kinda funny…" Nora said.
"Here, let me see it." Mario said as he got closer to examine it as he tried to bend it.
"Ow ow ow ow OOOOOW!" Nora winced. "Ooooh! Ooooow! Mmmph!"
"Yup, you broke it." Mario said.
At the Observatory…
"Well, that didn't take long." Palutena snarked, while the Pits, Emerald, Roman, CFVY, ATMC, CRDL, Riku, Terra, Bede, Guzma and even Ling facepalmed.
"Welp…" Whitley mumbled while Umber sarcastically applauded Nora's performance.
"Way to go. Waaaay to go, Lightning Rod."
"Pay up~" Nyx smiled as the Xenas and Jade handed over the Lien. "Thank you!"
Back at Sky Station…
"Now what was that about having to be careful?" Weiss smirked with a hint of a smugness in her tone.
"Oh bite me!" Nora winced.
"Hang on, I'm bringing you back, Nora." Palutena said. "Ren, would you like a lift too? How about Jaune and Pyrrha too?"
"Yes." Ren nodded.
"Yes, she's our teammate." Pyrrha said with Jaune nodding as a pillar of light enveloped the entire team.
Sky Station Galaxy Power Star 1 - Peewee Piranha's Temper Tantrum - RWBY, STQ
Resume BGM
"Well, that's unfortunate." Tai said.
"Yeah… that stinks." Ruby frowned. "We'll just have to do it without them."
"Oooh… I hope it's not too bad. Maybe she just sprained it." Blake said.
"With this kind of gravity? She'd be lucky if she didn't break her wrist." Weiss said.
"Good point." Blake nodded as they walked to the middle of the planet with a large crystal, where Yang would quickly shatter with her fists.
"Phew! Thanks for busting me out of there." A Luma said. "The Launch Star is on the other side!" He said as Yang would immediately hop into the hole with everyone joining her as they landed on the roof on the other side.
"Over here!" Another Luma spoke up. "I'll take you guys over." He said and then transformed into a Launch Star as one by one, the two teams launched away toward the Green Hill planet, with Weiss landing gracefully on her feet.
"Phew…" Weiss sighed with relief. "Still got it."
"Don't worry, we won't let you break your ankle again." Summer said as they started to climb up while also taking care of some Octoombas that were now spitting out cannonballs, but Ruby and Qrow deflected them away as they would climb while also hopping on platforms over a gap that would otherwise send them into a black hole.
As they continued climbing, Ruby would spot a glowing pad on the ground. "Huh?" Ruby wondered as she curiously walked over to it. "Weird... what's this?" She wondered as she walked on to it... and found herself being taken away. "WHOOOOOOOA!"
She would find herself on a small platform surrounded by Octoombas. "Whoa! What just happened?!" She said as she spotted a Rainbow Star on the ground, then she grabbed it and then started running around after absorbing it.
"Coming through!" She exclaimed, mowing them all down in seconds. "Woo! Nice!" She grinned as she spotted three 1-Ups popping in.
"Oh wow!" She said as she grabbed all the 1-Ups. "I'll just have one as a snack and save the rest for later." Ruby said, popping one in her mouth while teleporting back.
"Ah, there you are, Rubes! Where'd you go?" Yang asked.
"Teleporting... pad thing." Ruby said with a shrug.
"Oookay?" Yang shrugged back as they climbed up the tower where the others were waiting as they launched away to two small planets.
"Uh oh." Summer said as she landed on the ground and turned around. "Weiss, you might wanna tuck and roll on this one!"
"Got it!" Weiss said as she landed on the ground and rolled a bit before stopping.
"You okay?" Summer asked, helping her up.
"A little dizzy, but not too bad." Weiss said. "Better than twisting my ankle again."
"That's good." Summer smiled as the others landed.
"Mmph!" Tai winced. "That's a bit rough..."
"Could've been worse." Qrow said with the others nodding as they went into a Sling Star and launched away into a Launch Star and flew off toward the Cylindrical Planet.
"Paragoombas, moving platforms, black holes... all in the first area. How wonderful." Blake said.
"Don't forget the mud." Yang said.
"Yeah, that too." Blake nodded as they traversed their way around although Summer simply floated her way around as Qrow would accompany her by transforming.
"Show offs." Tai rolled his eyes as they would eventually make it to the other side while making sure to avoid being shoved off into the black holes.
"Wait up!" A Luma came flying over and then transformed into a Launch Star where they launched away toward the Two-Sided Planet, landing on the bottom half, which prompted them to make their way toward the other side while taking care of a few Octoombas on both sides.
"Let's go!" Ruby said as they got into the Launch Star and flew off toward the last planet.
End BGM
As they landed, they would look around and saw nothing. "Kind of a barren planet, don't you think?" Qrow asked.
"Is this the last planet? I didn't see any other Launch Star." Blake said.
"Hmm..." Ruby looked around, spotting a few planets nearby. "Oh! I see Mario and the others over there."
"That doesn't help much." Weiss said.
"Well, maybe there's a Launch Star around here somewhere." Yang said, all of them unaware of something sneaking up behind them.
Blake's ears twitched as she turned her head and saw a massive plant like monster behind them. "Yah!" She yelped as the others turned around... and then said plant monster proceeded to lick her face. "Blegh!" She groaned in disgust.
"...Did you just get kissed by a Piranha Plant?" Yang teased, trying her hardest not to laugh.
"...No! I just got kissed by a Biddy Bud, what do you think?!" Blake said in disgust.
"Aww, he likes you." A voice said as they turned to see Viridi approaching the Piranha Plant.
"This one yours?" Qrow asked.
"Yup. He just hatched recently so I was busy playing with him." Viridi explained. "He got distracted when you guys showed up. He's a energetic little guy."
"Little?!" Weiss said in surprise after giving Blake a washcloth to dry her face.
"Does he got a name? Oh, I know! Dino Piranha Jr." Yang said.
"Baby Dino Piranha?" Summer guessed.
"Nope! Peewee Piranha." Viridi said proudly before giggling. "Cute, isn't he?"
"Yes, he's... charming." Blake said sarcastically.
Yang and Summer sweatdropped. "Uh... that was our... next guess." Summer said.
"Yeah." Yang agreed.
Qrow cleared his throat. "Liars."
"Oh! By the way, he coughed this out a few minutes ago." Viridi said, pulling out a Power Star from her pocket.
"A Power Star?!" Ruby said in surprise.
"Yup. Not sure what this was doing in his stomach, but hey, if you want it... it's yours." Viridi said, tossing the Power Star to them... when suddenly, a Phazon tentacle grabbed it. "What?!" Viridi said in surprise.
"Did you really expect it to be easy?" A voice said as Dark Samus emerged from a portal.
"You!" Ruby growled.
"You... you're that freaky clone, aren't you?" Viridi summoned her scythe and slashed at Dark Samus, but she would avoid it and suddenly grabbed a hold of Viridi. "Nnngh!"
Peewee Piranha roared and charged at Dark Samus, but she would shoot a long stream of Phazon at it, making it yelp.
"I wonder what it'd be like... to have a god on our side." Dark Samus said as Viridi was enveloped in a shadowy aura.
"No!' Yang exclaimed, but Dark Samus would hold them in place with Phazon vines.
"You are reborn!"
Dark Samus dropped her as Viridi fell on her knees, a streak of Phazon went through her hair, blue veins went through her eyes and right corner of her face, her eyes became a corrupted blue as her dress changed into a black sleeveless dress with dark purple on the trim.
As for Peewee Piranha, his petals turned blue and spiky and his head had veins all over his body.
"Hmph. Have fun." Dark Samus said, disappearing into the void as the dark tentacle turned into a shadowy orb to cover the Power Star completely as it flew up out of reach while the vines disappeared.
"You gotta be kidding me..." Weiss said in disbelief as they prepared themselves for battle.
BGM: Boss Battle 2 (Kid Icarus Uprising)
Corruption of Nature - Viridi
Sickly Plant - Peewee Piranha
"We'll take care of the plant! You guys deal with Viridi!" Yang said as she jumped in to fight Peewee Piranha with Blake and Tai while Ruby, Qrow, Summer and Weiss dealt with Viridi where Summer would form a two bladed sword in her hand.
Viridi lunged at Ruby, quickly slashing her but Ruby blocked with her own scythe, clashing their blades as Ruby would parry the attack and hit Viridi with her Rose Palm as Weiss would stab Viridi with Myrtenaster to send her away as both Summer and Qrow would both lunge ahead and slashed at Viridi, but she gracefully backflipped and swung her scythe as a phazon-like shockwave nearly almost hit the two.
Ruby used her semblance to slash at Viridi, but she would duck and swing her scythe into Ruby's gut, sending her sliding a bit as Ruby pulled out her Crescent Boomerang and threw it at Viridi, but she would catch it with phazon vines and tossed it to the ground. Ruby swiftly ran over to slash Viridi but she gracefully blocked it and Viridi kicked Ruby away.
Peewee Piranha jumped over Yang and landed on the ground, creating a splash of phazon that forced Yang to jump away as Tai would rush in and punched Peewee Piranha in the face, then Blake would aim her Gambol Shroud and proceeded to fire an Ice Beam to freeze it, but the spiky leaves shot off of Peewee Piranha and proceeded to shoot off like missiles, forcing them to dodge as they would come back as he would then spit out Phazon fireballs at them.
"Oh sure, leave the melee fighters to this guy. Great idea!" Tai said sarcastically.
"I didn't think he'd be doing THIS!" Yang said, throwing a Hadoken.
Viridi would parry Ruby's scythe away, disarming her as she would attempt to slash at Ruby, but Weiss got in the way with Eiskönigin to block it and then did a spinning slash attack to knock the Goddess of Nature away. Ruby quickly grabbed her scythe and started shooting at Viridi, but she summoned a phazon shield to block the attack as she stomped her foot on the ground as big thorny blue vines came out and tried to smack the four away.
Only the first fight… are you kidding me?! Ruby thought to herself as she used her semblance to flank Viridi and then slashed her, but the latter would duck, then summoned her Viridi Palm and unleashed a phazon blast that sent Ruby flying back, which in turn caused her aura to nearly shatter.
"Alright… this calls for a little extra oomph." Weiss said, closing her eyes as she immediately went into her Fierce Deity form and then swung her weapons on the ground, creating a massive iceberg to try and pierce Viridi, but she jumped to the side and quickly slashed Viridi, but Weiss would block and parry the attacks as she would hit her a few times while also striking her with ice lasers from her Orbitars.
Viridi let out a low growl and then waved her arm as a massive phazon vine wrapped around Weiss and held her in place. "Nnngh! That the best you… aaagh!" Weiss yelped, feeling it burn her.
"Weiss!" Ruby yelled as Viridi would run toward her while also blasting Summer and Qrow away as she slashed at Ruby, but she would try to block, sliding a little. Viridi let out a smirk and one of her hands let go of her scythe as she fired a phazon blast to hit Ruby head on. "AAAGH!" She cried, her aura shattering as she landed on her back.
"RUBY!" Summer yelled as she quickly flanked Viridi while the latter approached Ruby who was struggling to get up. Summer immediately got in the way and slashed her away, Viridi smirking as she rushed at Summer as the two clashed while Qrow would sneak up behind the goddess… however, a shadowy vine grabbed a hold of him.
"Rrrgh!" Qrow grunted as Viridi and Summer clashed, slashing each other repeatedly until Viridi would kick Summer in the shin and then slashed her down. She smirked at Summer getting back up, making sure she was still in front of Ruby, then phazon vines grabbed a hold of Summer's arms and held her in place, and then Viridi lunged while Summer braced herself.
End BGM
CLANG!
"You're not hurting anyone."
"Huh…?" Summer opened her eyes… and saw someone familiar in front of her that made her gasp. "Raven?!"
BGM: No Brakes (RWBY) (Start at 7:48)
"Hrrrah!" Raven parried Viridi's attacks and then quickly slashed her, sending her sliding a bit. "Akechi, now!"
"MEGIDOLAON!"
Immediately, Viridi and Peewee Piranha were hit head on from this attack, something that had caught the other three's attention.
"What the…?" Blake wondered.
"Raven…?!" Tai said in surprise while Yang stared at Raven in shock, before her eyes slowly turned red and gritted her teeth, clenching her fists.
End BGM
At the Observatory…
"Dude! Is that…?!" Ryuji said in disbelief.
"It is…" Akira said in awe.
"I… I thought he was dead!" Ann exclaimed.
What is HE doing here?! Haru and Futaba both thought.
Back with them…
BGM: Will Power (Persona 5)
"We'll handle this." Raven said, aura shooting out of the corners of her eyes as she formed a flaming sword as she rushed at Viridi, slashing her viciously as Viridi quickly blocked the attacks as she tried to summon Phazon vines to attack Raven, but she cut through them like butter as she snapped her fingers as a lightnig bolt struck Viridi from above, stunning her as Raven slashed through her.
Viridi let out a grunt, turning around to Raven and then hitting her with the Viridi Palm, but Raven calmly deflected these and then stabbed the sword to the ground as a flaming pillar rose up and struck Viridi from beneath as she was launched up in the air as Raven switched out from a regular sword to an electric longsword as she jumped up and slashed Viridi down, sending her crashing to the ground as Raven conjured up fireballs and threw them down, hitting the goddess where she would respond by aiming her hand and having phazon vines attempting to skewer Raven, but she came flying down and slashed through the phazon and impaling Viridi in the gut.
Raven picked up Viridi by the collar and threw her to the side, snapping her fingers as an icy cage was formed around Viridi. The Goddess of Nature attempted to slash her way out as Raven got into position and slashed through the cage and Viridi, where the Nature Goddess let out a loud scream before falling to the ground in defeat.
"Eigaon!" Akechi yelled, striking Peewee Piranha as it let out a yelp as it tried to tackle Akechi, but he gracefully rolled out of the way as he ran over and slashed at the head of Peewee Piranha with his Quasar Saber.
"RAAAAAAAAAAAH!" Yang yelled, unleashing a full blown Shoryuken to knock Peewee Piranha back a bit as Akechi got into position while Blake and Tai both punched/slashed at it.
"LAEVATEINN!" He yelled, hitting Peewee Piranha as he let out a loud pained screech before falling limp to the ground in defeat.
End BGM
"There we go." Raven said, and then swiftly freed Weiss and Qrow from their prisons as the phazon orb from above disappeared as the Power Star floated down to the ground… only this time, the Power Star was infected with phazon… a Phazon Star, if you will.
"Oh no… it corrupted the Power Star!" Weiss said after changing back to normal.
"Nnngh…" Ruby slowly rose, brushing herself off. "That could've gone better…" She said, picking up her scythe. "Who's… who's that…?" She wondered.
"That… would be Raven." Qrow said.
"Raven?! …Oh my." Ruby said. "…Oh geez, what do I even call her? Mom? Step-mom? Aunt Raven… I don't even know what to say."
"Hello? I'm here too." Akechi said. "Goro Akechi, nice to meet you."
"Wait… I think the Phantom Thieves mentioned you once." Blake said.
"I imagine it wasn't pretty…"
"After all these years…" Tai said, staring at Raven. "You haven't changed much."
"Tai… you definitely didn't age well." Raven said, grimacing a bit. "But… I wasn't expecting to reunite with my entire team."
"Raven… I… thank you." Summer said.
"Oh, you're welcome…" Raven said, giving Summer a sad look.
"What… are you doing here…" A voice said coldly as Raven turned to see Yang giving her a cold hard glare.
"Yang…" Raven quietly said.
"TO HELL WITH HER! I didn't need her then and I don't need her now." Yang's words echoed in her head.
"Raven." Yang said coldly, her arms crossed and her eyes still red.
Oh dear… Summer thought.
"Ooookay, I'm just gonna get rid of this awkwardness and bring you guys back." Palutena spoke up. "I'm bringing Viridi and the Piranha Plant to the Observatory as well. We have to get them out of that corruption and fast… I wonder if we can save that Power Star?" She wondered as the heavenly lights picked up Viridi and Peewee Piranha, sending them back to the Observatory, then one by one, everyone started to be taken away.
Raven would notice Yang approach her, her eyes still red. "Yang… I'm sorry I left you withou-" She was interrupted by Yang slugging her in the cheek. Hard. "Nnngh!"
"Oooh!" Summer and Akechi winced.
"You've left me a long time ago… I've looked everywhere for you… and now you decide to show up back into my life just like that?" Yang glared before turning around. "Forget it… you're not worth it." She said.
Raven shook it off. "Yang, look, I'm sorry I-"
"No, don't even go there." Yang said. "I didn't need you then… and I sure as hell don't need you now." She would barely even turn her head, giving her mother a harsh glare with one eye. "And I've outgrown you." She said as she disappeared in a heavenly light.
A tear escaped Raven's eye. "I… was afraid of that."
Akechi let out a sigh. "Well… all we can do now is… hopefully work things out." He said as they both disappeared in the heavenly light as well along with the Phazon Star.
Sky Station Galaxy Star 2 - Storming the Sky Fleet - Mario Bros, Princesses, Rosalina
BGM: The Starship Sails (Super Mario Galaxy 2)
"You think Nora's gonna be okay?" Luigi asked. "That was a bit of a nasty fall."
"I think she'll be okay. It's Nora… I'm sure she'll be fiiiiine." Daisy said. "Yeah, she broke her wrist but I doubt it'll be that bad… as long as she doesn't pull a Weiss."
Rosalina sighed. "I should've been more strict with Weiss…"
"No no, it's okay, Rosie… we didn't imagine it'd be that bad." Daisy said. "Besiiiiides, it was a sprained ankle. People tend to walk it off, even if it's a twisted one."
"Pretty much." Peach nodded. "Though it might make it worse."
"Right." Rosalina nodded. "Let's focus. There's a Luma trapped in that cage over there."
"Yeah, and one of these Mini WanWans have a key!" The Luma said as they heard a crystal shattering as they would see RWBY and STQ jump through the hole.
"Well, don't look at me, I ain't killing these cute pups." Daisy said.
"Neither am I!" Luigi said.
"Who said anything about killing?" Rosalina telekinetically held up the Mini Wanwans and gently shook them as one of them coughed up the key.
"That works." Peach said as the cage disappeared.
"Thanks momma! I'll send you guys to the next planet!" The Luma said and transformed into the Launch Star as they flew off toward the Sky Fleet Ship, where they would see Banzai Bills charging at them.
"Yagh! So soon?!" Luigi said in surprise.
"Could be worse, they could be King Bills!" Mario said as they ran ahead while dodging the Banzai Bills launching at them as Peach found a hatch nearby.
"In here!" Peach waved them over as they all jumped in as they landed on the ground as they would proceed to go through the inside of the Sky Fleet, making their way around while also jumping through moving platforms, while also taking out a Paragoomba or two, while also Peach using her tennis racket to send a cannonball back to an Octoomba, annihilating it as they would soon find the Launch Star and launched away toward the Flipswitch Fleet Galaxy.
"Ah sweet, these things again!" Daisy said as the four of them would proceed to light them up, while Rosalina noticed the King Bill Blaster nearby.
"Uh oh…" She said as she floated up and aimed her arm out, holding the Banzai Bill in place while the others lit them all up and then another part of the planet popped up as soon as they were all lit green.
"Yahahahaha!"
Rosalina's eyes widened. "Oh no…" She said as shadowy figures appeared before them.
"What the…?!" Peach said as shadowy versions of Mario, Luigi, Peach, Daisy and Rosalina all popped in.
"The hell are these?!" Daisy said.
"Cosmic clones! Hurry, light up the flipswitches, I'll hold them off!" Rosalina ordered as she landed on the ground as the four ran off while the Cosmic Clones started multiplying. "Alright…" A cosmic aura surrounded her wand. "Let's go." She said, swinging her wand and destroying the Cosmic Clones while Cosmic Rosalina came flying down and slashing at Rosie, but she blocked and backflipped away.
"You're not ambushing me this time." Rosalina said as the two lunged and clashed, both of them looking into each other's eyes while Rosalina used her free hand to blast away Cosmic Clones that tried to flank her and chase after the others.
Rosalina parried right after and then gave her a nice kick to the head to knock her Cosmic Clone back, and then they all exploded into Star Bits when Mario and Peach hit the last flipswitch together. "There we go." She said, collecting the Star Bits as she would join them and flew off toward the Grass Fleet Planet.
The group would then head off, dodging the Banzai Bills that were shooting out as they would see a caged Power Star, and up ahead, they'd see a Prickly Piranha Plant. "Do you think that's holding the key?" Peach wondered.
"I wouldn't doubt it." Mario said as they ran ahead and jumped over the gaps as they would meet the Prickly Piranha Plant as it would attempt to shoot out spikes at them, but they avoided the attacks as Mario and Luigi would both use spin attacks on the Rubbery Bulbs to smack the prickly plant, destroying it in the process.
"That's more like it." Daisy said, snagging the key. "Let's go!"
"Right." Rosalina nodded as they headed back while the cosmic woman proceeded to hold back a Banzai Bill where they retrieved the Power Star.
End BGM
"Yeah! We got it!" Luigi said, high fiving Mario and the girls as they flew off… but Rosalina would spot something before she flew away.
"Huh?" She wondered as she curiously walked over to it, seeing that there was a spike embedded on the ground. "A spike?" She wondered as she examined it a lot closely before letting out a gasp.
"You need help walking?" Samus's voice echoed in her head.
"I'll be fine." Rosalina insisted as she tried to walk but stumbled, which prompted Samus to catch her.
"You absolutely sure?"
"I've been through worse… there was this one time when I was visiting a planet and had a nasty encounter with a Nergigante… it was a vicious fight and while it ended up in a tie… I was knocked out for a couple of weeks."
"No…" Rosalina whispered.
"Rrrgh!" Rosalina grunted, holding on to her shoulder where it was bleeding as the Nergigante she was facing roared in her face. "Come on! Is that the best you got!"
"Oh sweet cosmos…" Rosalina whispered in horror. "What was that thing doing in this galaxy?" She wondered as she held on to the spike before shaking her head. "Never mind that… I just hope no one encounters this thing." She said as she floated up, noticing heavenly lights disappearing on a planet as she started to fly off… but something caught her eye as she looked over to see a red comet approaching the galaxy.
"A prankster comet?!" She said in surprise as she was enveloped in a bright light. "Nnngh!"
Sky Station Galaxy Star 3 - Sky Station's Speed Run - Rosalina
"Mmmph!" Rosalina shook her head, finding herself back at the beginning planet. She would then float up and looked around, seeing a Power Star on the wall of the Grass Fleet Planet. "All right… you want yourself a speed run, you got it."
BGM: Hurry! (Super Mario Galaxy 2)
Rosalina floated up and flew around the planet, finding herself a Launch Star and blasting off, proceeding to blast away toward the Sky Fleet Ship as she took a running start as several Banzai Bills fired and targeted her, but Rosalina would envelop herself in an aura and turned herself into a comet and flew up before coming down and crashing down on the glass, shattering it while exploding a few Banzai Bills as she landed on the ground.
Rosalina smirked and then flew ahead, weaving her way around the platforms, but noticed several Amps had formed an electrical barrier to prevent her from going forward, so she teleported through it and then went into the Launch Star and flew off to the Flipswitch Planet.
Once she landed, she flew back up and then threw down meteors on the platforms, lighting them all green once they hit as Rosalina then would go to the next part of the planet.
"Yahahahahaha!"
"Oh bite me." Rosalina said, throwing meteors down on the flipswitches and then turned around and threw a comet at Cosmic Rosalina, then she flew toward the Launch Star and launched away, landing on the wall as she flew toward the Power Star and snagged it.
End BGM
"Forty five seconds. Not bad." Rosalina said before teleporting back to the Observatory.
"Heeey, you made it!" Palutena said. "It's a good thing too."
"What's wrong?" Rosalina asked, noticing the Terrace dome had been changed into a makeshift infirmary with "Quarantine" on top where Reisen and Eirin were shoving in Viridi and Peewee Piranha, and then spotted Raven looking glum, Akechi awkwardly speaking with the Thieves and Yang was sitting on a couch, trying to calm herself down by hugging Apollo with Claude near her, then Polari, a few Lumas and Samus were examining the Phazon Star. "…What did I miss?"
"A lot."
Rosalina sweatdropped. "I can see that." She said and then looked around. "Wait a minute, where are the Mario Bros and the princesses?"
Meanwhile…
"Uh… did we make a wrong turn?" Daisy asked after they landed on a planetoid.
"I'm not sure… everything's the same in space." Luigi said, rubbing his head.
"Well… maybe we can ask around?" Peach suggested.
"I don't think there's anyone here!" Daisy said.
Mario turned his head. "Hold that thought!" He said as they turned to see a big fat purple Luma approaching them with a few other Lumas.
"Well, howdy there!" The Luma greeted. "How can we help ya in this fine establishment?"
Sorry about the wait... Saturday was something else. We had to cut down a lot of branches at our home and I thought it'd take a few hours cutting them down since dad took care of the first three within a few hours so I thought "Hey, it won't be that bad" and... well, the last two trees were really bad with a lot more dead branches then I had thought. Took pretty much the whole day than I had hoped for... not to mention cleaning everything up too. *sweatdrops* Buuuut, it's done! Yay... I was a bit too exhausted to even think about writing, honestly.
Ibuki: But hey, now you don't have to worry about a massive dead branch falling on your house during a windy thunderstorm!
Agreed. And now this chapter is done. Yay!