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"Yup, that's a broken wrist alright." Doc said, examining Nora's wrist. "You're definitely gonna need to rest for awhile."
"After the last time we were in space… I'd rather not pull a Weiss." Nora mumbled. "Alright, I guess I'm out of commission for a while."
"Pretty much! Just take it easy." Doc said.
"…Remind me how he got here?" Church asked. "I didn't even see him."
"Hello? I was with you guys earlier!" Doc pointed out. "I wasn't going to miss my chance unlike last time you went to space!"
Earlier…
"Guys? Guuuuuys!" Doc waved them over as the castle lifted up to the sky. "GUUUUUYS!" He yelled before slumping over. "Terrific… they forgot about me." He mumbled as he turned his head to see a downed airship. "Ooooh! I can catch up to them!"
However, as he got closer to the airship, Dark Ruby hopped on with her army of Grimm as they flew off. "Hey! HEEEEEY! DON'T FORGET ME!" He yelled as two Beowolves looked down at him before looking at each other with a shrug and walked away. "No! Don't ignore-… aaaand they're ignoring me."
Back in the present…
"You were at the Star Festival?" Tucker asked.
"I was on the Ferris Wheel! I was right behind Penny."
"You were?" Penny spoke up. "Huh, I thought it was a Koopa that was behind me." She said, causing Doc to anime fall.
"Well, good thing you weren't here with us the first time. That Hiyoko bitch roasted us alive!" Church said. "…Except for Caboose."
"She called me a puppy. Yay!" Caboose said.
Doc sweatdropped. "Uh… good to know?"
"Something tells me I dodged a bullet with her." Washington said.
At that moment, heavenly lights arrived at the Observatory as RWBY, STRQ and Akechi landed on the Observatory. Yang would spot Raven also in the Observatory and walked away with a "Hmph!"
"Oh boy…" Claude rubbed his head. "This is gonna be… interesting."
"Hey, you're the boyfriend… I'm sure you can fix this mess!" Hilda said, pushing Claude to them.
"Whoooooa!" Claude would turn around and push Hilda. "How about you do it?"
"Me?! But that's too much work!"
"How about we just leave it as is and introduce ourselves later?" Lysithea suggested, sitting on the ground and playing a card game with Bernadetta, Russel, Kairi and Aqua. "It's their fight, let them figure it out and then you can intervene if it gets ugly."
"I agree with the kid here! But is it milf hunting season? Cause my sword has found its first target. Bow chicka bow wow!" Tucker said.
"Okay, first, I'm not a child. Second: Ewwww…"
"…What's a milf?" A Luma wondered.
"We'll tell you when you're older!" Palutena said quickly.
"Oh, okay!"
Phew… Palutena thought to herself, while also giving Tucker the stink eye.
"Hang on a moment." Carolina said as she was doing a headcount on the Reds and Blues. "Donut, Caboose, Sarge, Grif, Doc… aren't we forgetting someone?"
"I think that's everyone." Grif said. "Why?"
Back in Toad Town…
"Hellooooo? Guuuuys?" Sister walked around the base. "Sheesh! We have a party and everyone leaves!" She said as she wandered outside. "Wait… I have the base all to myself!" She grinned. "HELL YES! PAAAARTAAAAAY!"
She would quickly run to the store and then went back to the base, applying a banner to the base. "Woo! Strip club~!" She said and then folded her arms. "Hmm… not catchy enough…"
"Lesbian Strip Club"
"Still not catchy enough!" Sister said and then looked at some Phazon on the ground. "Oooh!"
"Lesbian Strip Club - Now with Phazon Bras and Panties!"
"There we go! Now to get this into the base." She said and scooped some up. "Oh! Hot! Hot! Ooooh, that stings! OW OW OW OW! Oooh, beauty is painful! But it's gonna be sooooo worth it!"
Back in space…
"I think that's everyone." Washington said.
"You're probably right." Carolina nodded.
"So… you're back." Akira said to Akechi.
"Yeah… I'm back." Akechi nodded. "Apparently, when this universe reset, I was brought back and given another chance." He put his hand over his chest. "While I can't be forgiven over the atrocities I've commited… I'll be damned if I didn't take this time to atone. Me and Raven."
Akira smiled. "Well… we'll make sure that'll happen."
"Surprising, honestly… I thought you'd be more uneasy with me coming back."
"Everyone deserves a second chance." Akira said.
"Heck yeah! Joker here is pretty much a very forgiving guy!" Ryuji said. "And if he's okay with you, then hey… I'm okay with ya!"
"Indeed." Yusuke nodded.
"Eh, I'm a little iffy but I'm fine." Morgana said.
"I'm… on the fence about this." Ann admitted.
"As long as he doesn't try anything funny… I'm cool with it." Makoto said.
"Hmph!" Haru folded her arms with Futaba. "If he even tries… I'm cutting his limbs off."
"And I'll record it." Futaba said as the two walked off.
Akechi sweatdropped. "Yeah, that sounds about right…"
It was at that moment when Rosalina landed on the ground and then looked around. "Heeey, you made it!" Palutena spoke up. "It's a good thing too."
"…What did I miss?"
"A lot."
"I can see that." She sweatdropped and then looked around. "Wait a minute, where are the Mario Bros and princesses?"
"I'll go take a look!" Marisa said, hopping on her broom and then flying off.
Meanwhile…
BGM: Starship Mario A (Super Mario Galaxy 2)
"Well, howdy there!" The purple Luma greeted. "How can we help ya in this fine establishment?"
"Who are you?" Daisy asked.
"Ah, my name is Lubba… nice to meet ya!" He said. "And you'd be…?"
"I'm-a Mario!"
"I'm-a Luigi!" Luigi grinned.
"Princess Peach Toadstool, pleasure to make your acquaintance." Peach smiled, doing a little curtsy bow.
"And I'm Princess Daisy Sarasa. Nice to meet ya!" Daisy grinned.
"Pleasure to meet all of ya! As you can see, this used to be our ship but unfortunately, it was destroyed." Lubba explained.
"How so?" Mario asked.
"Well, we were just minding our own business when this great big ship attacked us for no good reason. It was piloted by this giant… pterodactyl thing, and I think he had a blue turtle with him too."
The four looked at each other. "Ridley." They all said.
"Ridley, eh? Well, I can imagine he doesn't take kindly to other ships. But in any case… it ain't much… but it's home." Lubba said. "It's definitely a fixer upper."
Suddenly, the Power Star the four of them had started coming out of Mario's pocket as it floated up and started to glow brightly before the planet they were on shapeshifted to… a floating planetoid of Mario's head.
"My word!" Lubba exclaimed. "That Power Star transformed this ship into your face!"
Luigi gave Mario a deadpan expression. "Really… you have a planet shaped like you now?"
Mario sweatdropped. "Aheheh…" He sheepishly shrugged. "How was I supposed to know it'd do that?"
"Congrats, you're dating a planet." Daisy teased.
"Huh?!" Peach said in surprise.
"I now pronounce you… man and planet!"
"Daisy!" Peach scolded, which made Daisy giggle.
"It was right there, dude! I had to!" Daisy said.
"Heeeey!" A voice called out as Marisa came flying by. "There you guys are, we were looking for ya!" She said.
"Yeah, we just got separated!" Mario called out.
"In that case…" Marisa smiled. "Hey Palu… lady! I found them!"
"It's Palutena… and we also saw the light explosion. We're on our way over now."
"Got ya." Marisa said as she flew around the ship to get a better look before landing on the ground. "Really! You had to go and make a planet shaped after your own face, eh? A statue in Toad Town wasn't enough?"
"Thank you!" Luigi said
"It wasn't my fault!" Mario defended. "It just happened."
"Uh-huh… and it just so happened to transform into your face?" Marisa folded her arms with a chuckle before glancing at Lubba. "Sup? Name's Marisa Kirisame."
"Lubba! You a witch?"
"Badass witch of Gensokyo, at your service!" Marisa grinned.
Lubba turned his head, noticing a comet approaching them. "Hmm? Is that who I think it is?" He wondered as the comet stopped flying and then came to a stop, revealing it was the Comet Observatory.
End BGM
BGM: Rosalina In the Observatory 3 (Super Mario Galaxy)
"Hey!" Rosalina waved them over and then spotted Lubba, letting out a gasp. "Lubba?!"
"Well, as I live and breathe! I never thought I'd see you again!" Lubba said as a Blue Luma decided to fly between the ships and then transformed into a Pull Star, although Rosalina just simply flew over as she landed on the groud as the two hugged.
"How you've been?"
"I've had better days but I'm doing alright!" Lubba said.
"Oh?"
One explanation (And introduction to everybody) later…
"Hmm, I see…" Rosalina nodded. "So, in a way, Ridley and Dark Samus have dragged you into this war."
"Pretty much! But you know what? This is a nice change of pace."
"I wouldn't say "nice"." Samus spoke up. "Ridley and Dark Samus are some of the most nefarious space pirates in existence, and with phazon being thrown into the mix… it's not exactly wonderful."
"Perhaps, but it'd never be a dull moment." Lubba pointed out, and then SAPR landed on Starship Mario.
"Analysis complete: This ship does indeed have Mario's face on it, and was previously a planet."
Ruby folded her arms. "Couldn't settle for a statue in Toad Town, eh?"
"That's what I said!" Marisa giggled.
"It's not what it looks like!" Mario exclaimed.
"Oh! I forgot to mention that because it's his face on this ship… he's the captain!" Lubba smiled.
"WHAT?!" Mario yelled.
"PFFFT! HAHAHAHAHA!" Daisy fell on her back laughing. "Oh! OOOOH! This is just getting BETTER!" She laughed.
"I don't think you're going to win this one." Peach said.
Mario sweatdropped. "Obviously not…"
"Don't get a big head now!" Tai teased.
"Eeeeyyyy!" Yang grinned, high fiving Tai.
"Oh. Great. Her father is making dad jokes." Hilda said. "Drop me off on the next galaxy please, I'd like to live there and not deal with Pun Master 1 and Pun Master 2!"
"And risk getting hit with Phazon? Not letting that happen." Claude said.
"Yeah, besides, I think Palutena will bring you back anyway." Lysithea pointed out.
"…Wonderful."
"Geez… wish I had a planet shaped like me." Sora mumbled.
"That'd be… an awkward planet to traverse." Riku said.
"Yeah, so… if anything, Mickey might be a good planet." Namine said. "It's not like he has dozens of theme parks with his face plastered everywhere."
Mickey started sweating nervously. "Aheheh… where would you get a silly idea like that?"
He's hiding something… Kairi, Aqua and Terra thought.
"Mickey Mouse as a planet… somehow, that wouldn't surprise Ibuki if Disney ever goes that direction." Ibuki said to herself.
"Right?" Grif spoke up as he had heard Ibuki talk to herself. "Hi, I'm Disney! And I'm gonna buy a planet and carve Mickey's face on it because we buy all the corporations!"
"Eyyy!" Ibuki grinned, high fiving Grif.
Caboose let out a gasp. "Walt Disney, is that you?!"
"No Caboose, it's me… Grif!"
He let out another gasp. "Walt Disney reincarnated as Grif?! I should've known!"
"He did?! Then why are the parks expensive as hell!" Sarge said, pumping his shotguns. "Not to mention the lines are comically and atrociously long! Two hours to wait in line for Space Mountain?! That's barbaric!"
"I AM NOT WALT DISNEY!"
"Soooo… we got any other galaxies we can go to?" Reimu spoke up.
"Yes, actually… we seem to be close to a galaxy called Yoshi Star Galaxy."
"Yo Yo?" Yoshi perked up.
"Oh suuuuuure! Mario gets a planet shaped like him and Yoshi gets a galaxy!" Luigi said and folded his arms. "Nope, totally not bitter…" He mumbled, causing the princesses and Mario to sweatdrop.
Umber grinned. "I think it's my turn to shine." He said as a Launch Star popped up. "Alright, anyone coming with me? Because we're blasting off!" He smiled as he and a few others (Yoshi included) hopped into the Launch Star and flew off.
End BGM
"How… do you not get sick from that?" Raven wondered.
"You get used to it." Summer said.
Behind them, Weiss was giving Raven a dirty look with her arms folded. "What's up? You've been giving Raven the stink eye for a while." Blake said. "…Wait, don't tell me Yang rubbed off on you."
"No, it's not that."
"Then what is it?"
"…I don't know why and I don't know how… but I feel like Raven is one of those kidnapping types."
Blake sweatdropped. "That's what's bothering you?"
"Yes!"
"Aren't you overthinking it a bit?"
"Maybe… but you can't be too careful." Weiss said and walked off.
"Ooookaaaay…"
Meanwhile…
"Here we goooo!" Umber said as the group landed on the galaxy.
BGM: Yoshi Star Galaxy (Super Mario Galaxy 2)
Yoshi Star Galaxy Star 1 - Climb the Fossils - Umber, Lillie, Hau, Guzma, Emerald
"Mmmph!" Hau grunted. "That's a little hard on the ankles…"
"Ooookaaaay… get used to it…" Lillie told herself and took a deep breath. "Haaah…"
"Is it me… or are there a lot of Spinies out here?" Emerald wondered, noticing some Phazon-infused Spinies wandering around.
"Yooo!" Yoshi's eyes sparkled as he went up to eat one, but the Phazon would burn inside of his mouth. "Mmmph!" He spat it out immediately. "Yoooo…"
Umber patted him on the head. "Don't worry, I'm sure you'll eat something good." He reassured as they walked ahead and climbed up a ledge where they would see a lot of Spinies wandering around, and to make matters interesting, a rainbow comet flew overhead as even more Spinies popped in.
"What the Arceus?!" Hau exclaimed in surprise, and then Reimu stepped forward.
"You guys go on ahead." Reimu said as she pulled out a spell card. "I've got some clean up to do."
"We'll leave you to it." Guzma said as both parties went off in different directions, where Yoshi would scoop up a Spiny and shoot it toward a caged Launch Star.
As for Team A, they would spot a massive fruit near the volcano where they would get closer… and then a Smeech spotted them and curiously got closer to them. "Hmm?" Lillie turned to the Smeech. "Ack! What in the…?!"
"Hey! Back off you!" Hau said, getting in front of Lillie. "I'm not sure what you are, but if you think you're going to harm Lillie, you're gonna have to go through-" The Smeech would give him a great big kiss… that covered his whole face. "MMMPH?! MMMPH!" Hau yelped, flailing his arms about.
"Hau!" Lillie exclaimed in horror while Umber and Guzma stared on in amusement.
"I think that's his first kiss." Guzma snickered.
"Yup!" Umber snickered as well as both started laughing while Lillie and Emerald pulled the Smeech off of Hau's face… and then Emerald shot it to kill it and produced some Star Bits.
"Haaaaah… wow!" Hau said.
"Hau, speak to me, are you okay?" Lillie asked.
"If that's what kisses are like… I'd rather not have that experience again…" Hau said as he fell on his back.
"Come on, big guy." Guzma said, picking up Hau and throwing him over his shoulder as they approached the giant fruit.
"So, how do we get this out?" Umber wondered.
"I might have an idea." Emerald said, throwing her weapons at it and embedding the blades into it, then she started pulling on the chains.
Without even hesitating, Umber jumped in to help her, as did Lillie and Guzma, then Hau caught his second wind and hopped off of Guzma's shoulder as they all pulled.
"Mmph! Stubborn fruit, isn't it?" Hau grunted.
"We need more muscle!" Guzma said.
"Well... in that case...!" Lillie pulled out a Pokeball and tossed it up in the air, calling out Bewear.
"Weeear!" Bewear cried.
"Help us yank this off!" Lillie requested as Bewear did so, and with a tug of the chains, the fruit was yanked off and a Launch Star popped up.
"I'm gonna go ahead and save this for Yoshi." Palutena said, as a heavenly light surrounded the fruit and disappeared.
"Thanks Bewear!" Lillie smiled.
"Wow, that's a very strong Pokemon." Emerald complimented as it would get closer to Emerald. "Aaaand invading my personal spaAAAAACE!" She yelped as the Bewear picked her up to hug her. "Mmmph! Can't... breathe! Bones... cracking!"
"Don't mind him, he's just a hugger!" Lillie smiled as Bewear dropped Emerald and happily patted her on the head before Lillie recalled him.
"So I've gathered... phew..." Emerald put her hand over her chest as they went into the Launch Star and flew off, where the volcano erupted behind them.
"Oooh, pretty colors!" Hau said as he looked down and saw a rainbow like explosion from the first planet.
What did that Reimu girl do? Emerald thought as they landed on the Earth planet.
"Seriously? We go from a giant planet to a tiny ass planet just like that?" Guzma asked.
"Not every planet is the same." Hau pointed out.
"Duh! I knew that." Guzma mumbled as they wandered around the planet as Lillie would spot a Chance Cube.
"Hmm?" Lillie curiously looked at it before she picked it up, examining each side. "Cute!" She said as she rolled the die. "Come ooooon, no whammies!" She said, crossing her fingers as it landed on an image of blue fire."Blue fire...?" Lillie wondered as the die exploded as Phazon started spilling out. "Eeep!" She yelped as she started running. "MOVE! MOVE MOVE MOVE MOVE! THIS PLANET IS A LOST CAUSE!" She yelled, shoving them into a Launch Star as they all flew toward the Tower Planet while the previous planet was unfortunately covered in Phazon.
"Lillie, what did you do?" Guzma asked after they landed.
"Haaah... Haaah... I just found out the reason why Alola doesn't have a Game Corner..." Lillie panted.
Umber smirked. "Gambling with Phazon? I like those odds. Let's throw that in a Game Corner. Hoenn, anyone?" He joked.
"No!" The rest of them said in unison.
"Hmph, party poopers..." Umber mumbled as they started to climb the Tower Planet as Phazon-infused Slimes and Goombas wandered around.
They would soon come across some spiky plants, so Umber would quickly throw down some Plasma bolts to destroy them, and then they continued on while also dodging some Phazon spitting Piranha Plants until they found the Launch Star.
"It's sad... I wonder if we'll ever find a way to cure them." Emerald said somberly.
"We will, I'm sure we'll find a way to cure these guys." Hau smiled.
Emerald nodded. "Here's hoping." She said as they launched to the Fossil Planet, where they would see some platforms ready to be pulled out across large gaps, with Emerald throwing her weapons, clasping on to them and pulled hard enough for the platforms to reach out toward them.
"Ya know, you're not as bad as they say." Guzma said, patting Emerald on the shoulder as they walked ahead.
"O-oh... thanks." Emerald said, blushing a little as they continued on, dodging the Paragoombas along the way as a Sprangler dropped down in front of Lillie.
"Kyah!" Lillie shrieked, nearly falling on her butt as the Sprangler laughed at her. "That's not funny..." She mumbled as Hau called out his Alolan Raichu and electrocuted the Sprangler.
"You okay?" He asked as the Sprangler fell unconscious.
"Yeah." Lillie nodded, as Hau helped her up. "Thank you." She smiled sweetly as they continued climbing with Emerald pulling more platforms out until they reached the top, spotting the Power Star floating above them.
Emerald would spot some flowers floating in the air. "Hmm..." She thought to herself as she threw her weapon and wrapped it around the flower as she would start swinging around until she turned around and snagged the Power Star.
"Heck yeah! We got it!" Hau cheered and happily hugged Emerald.
"Oh! Uh... you're welcome...?" Emerald blushed as they all headed on back to the Observatory and Starship.
Yoshi Star Galaxy Star 2 - Spiny Control - Yoshi, Marisa, Namine, Dark Pit
The other group landed on the Spiny Shooting Planet, where Yoshi would spot a few Phazon-infused Spines and a Lakitu. "Aww..." Yoshi pouted.
"Maybe not these little guys." Marisa said, patting him on the head as they walked toward the end of the planet and saw three cages. Two of them contained Star Bits while one contained a Luma, and then a Lakitu popped in and threw Spinies at them.
"I got it." Dark Pit said, summoning a Hewdraw Club and swinging it, hitting the Spiny Eggs as they hit both cages filled of Star Bits. "Dammit… I was aiming for that Luma." He mumbled as Namine would use Magnega to pull the Star Bits to them.
"Ya know, I heard they taste like honey." Marisa said, picking one up.
"Really?" Namine popped one in her mouth. "…Oh! Yeah, that's good!" She said as Marisa popped one in her mouth as well while Yoshi gobbled up a few Star Bits.
"Oh brother." Dark Pit rolled his eyes as he swung the Hewdraw Club again, this time freeing the Luma oce the Spiny Egg hit it.
"Woo! Third time's the charm!" The Luma said, flying over and transforming into a Launch Star as they hopped in and flew off, where they would spot a Launch Star floating in midair where the three of them launched away but Yoshi didn't as he landed on some Orbiting Planetoids.
"Yo?" Yoshi wondered as he would spot a ton of berries. "Whooooa!" His eyes sparkled, as he quickly went to town and gobbled them up to his hearts content. "Dah yah la boo!" He said happily as he flutter jumped toward some planetoids and hopped into the Launch Star, launching toward the Marble Block Planet.
"What took ya so long?" Dark Pit asked as he was up top with Marisa and Namine.
"Yo Yo." Yoshi responded as he grabbed a platform with his tongue and pulled it out.
"That… can't be sanitary." Marisa grimaced.
"Whoa…" Namine said, looking at Yoshi's tongue. "Just how long is that?" She wondered as Yoshi soon rejoined them with a Spiny Egg in his mouth that he picked up and spat it out toward the cage, freeing the Launch Star as they launched toward the final planet.
"It got dark all of a sudden." Namine said.
"Yeah…" Marisa pulled out her Mini Hakkero. "I've a feeling it's about to get interesting." She said as they climbed or flew up as they approached the arena. Lightning bolts shot out of the clouds as a massive Lakitu approached them… and unfortunately, he, too, was covered in phazon.
"Who dares enter my domain!" King Lakitu boomed.
"Looks like his majesty got hit by this too." Dark Pit said.
"Sorry, big guy… but we have to take you down!" Marisa said. And hopefully cure you.
King Lakitu laughed. "We shall see about that!"
BGM: Awa-wa-wa-wa-wa! (Super Mario Galaxy 2)
The Corrupted King - King Lakitu
King Lakitu threw two Spiny Eggs at the group, where Dark Pit would shoot them out of the sky and then fired a few arrows at the massive Lakitu.
King Lakitu snapped his fingers as a few Lakitus popped up and started throwing Spiny Eggs at them, with the Spinies started running toward them, only for Namine to trap them in a Graviga field, which was enough for Marisa to use her broom like a baseball bat as she and Dark Pit both swung their impromptu bats and swung them at King Lakitu, while Yoshi gobbled up a Lakitu and produced an egg.
"Ohoho! Missed!" King Lakitu laughed mockingly, only for the egg to smack him on the face. "Ow!" He yelped.
"Yo!" Yoshi said proudly.
King Lakitu readjusted his glasses, his cloud getting a bit angrier as the massive Lakitu produced lightning bolts in his hands. "Uh oh..." Namine quietly said as she quickly cast Reflega on her and Marisa as the lightning bolts were thrown, but were reflected back at him, but his thunder cloud absorbed it.
Okay, so Thundaga is out of the question... Namine thought as she would throw Firagas at him while Marisa unleashed Starlight Typhoon him, all the while another Lakitu appeared and threw several Spiny Eggs, which Yoshi happily ate up and produced more eggs.
"Yoooo... Yo!" Yoshi threw an egg at King Lakitu as he shot more lightning bolts at Dark Pit. He would spot the egg and grabbed it with his hand.
"Hmph!" King Lakitu smirked as another egg was thrown, catching it with his other hand. "Aha!" He smirked, and then another one smacked him on the head. "D'oh!"
"What's wrong? Can't block with your face?" Dark Pit taunted.
"Ohoho! Nice one!" Marisa grinned.
"Rrrrgh!" King Lakitu roared angrily as his cloud grew larger. "Have some of THIS!" He yelled, charging up a large bolt of lightning in his hands, but it would also glow blue.
"He's charging up Phazon!" Dark Pit said.
Marisa smirked, getting into position and aimed her mini-hakkero at him. "Bring it, big guy!"
"HRAAAAAAH!" He yelled, unleashing a Phazon-like plasma beam at them.
"MASTER SPAAAAARK!" She yelled, unleashing it as both lasers collided into each other, both each struggling to gain the upper hand.
"You need some extra fire power?" Namine offered.
"No thanks, I got it." She said, trying to push her way forward but King Lakitu kept at it, adding extra firepower as it push the Master Spark back. Oh crap... She thought as she decided to add more firepower to hers as well, while more Lakitus popped in and threw Phazon Spiny Eggs at the group to keep the others busy.
King Lakitu laughed crazily. "There's nothing you can do about this! Be one with the Phazon! HAHAHAHAHA-"
As he was busy laughing, he hadn't noticed strange card like danmaku circling around him.
"HAHAHA...haaa... haaaa...?" He turned his head. "What?" He wondered, unaware of the intrusion above him.
"Fantasy Seal!"
"Oooow!" King Lakitu yelped after the Fantasy Seal activated, which was enough for Marisa to push the Master Spark into him. "GYAAARGH!"
"Nice timing, Reimu!" Marisa grinned as Reimu landed on the ground.
"Glad I got here in time."
King Lakitu shook his head. "You dare intrude on my domain! I'll have you know that-"
"Good bye!" Dark Pit aimed his Dark Pit Staff at him and nailed him in the head after pulling the trigger.
End BGM
"D'oh!" King Lakitu grunted, falling on his back as his cloud tried to support him but broke apart, making him fall... but Palutena's heavenly light caught him.
"Don't mind me, just going to deliver this big guy to Eirin!" Palutena said as King Lakitu disappeared into the light, and in turn, the Power Star appeared and floated toward the group.
"Yo Yo!" Yoshi cheered.
"That's what I'm talking about!" Marisa grinned, high fiving Namine as she turned to Dark Pit. "Yo! Give me some!"
"No."
"Come ooooon, don't leave me hanging like this!"
"Sorry, but high fives aren't my style." Dark Pit said. "Let's just get the Star and go."
Marisa sweatdropped. "You're more of a sourpuss than Reimu!"
Reimu raised an eyebrow. "I'm not that bad, ya doofus."
"Whatever." Dark Pit rolled his eyes.
"Soooo, how was the fight with those... uh, spiky turtle things?" Namine asked.
"Those little guys? Eh, they weren't that bad."
Yoshi Star Galaxy Star 3 - Spiny Rainbow Romp - Reimu
"You guys go on ahead." Reimu said as she pulled out a spell card. "I've got some clean up to do."
"We'll leave you to it." Guzma said as they ran off while the Spinies and Lakitus turned to her, as Yin Yang Orbs surrounded her.
BGM: Dichromatic Lotus Butterfly ~ Red and Blue (Touhou 14.5: Urban Legend in Limbo)
"Let's get wild." She said as she started shooting danmaku at them, quickly taking out some Spinies as one of them charged behind her and tackled her. Reimu would turn around and kicked the Spiny away as she would then unleash Sky Wind God Kick to kick away the Spinies as one Spiny smacked into a Lakitu.
Reimu glanced at a Rainbow Star on a rock. She would immediately fly over, dodging the spikes that were shooting out like missiles from the Spinies as she grabbed the Rainbow Star, and then absorbed it, where a rainbow aura surrounded her.
She would open her eyes as they had a rainbow-y shimmer to them as she proceeded to kick away any Spiny in her way, firing danmaku that caused mini rainbow explosions that knocked them away as she would do another Sky Wind God Kick on a Lakitu, sending him flying out of his cloud.
She would then pull out a spell card. "Let's get wild." She said, flying down and gracefully kicking away the Spinies, throwing Yin Yang Orbs around and destroying them left and right and then raised her hand up in the air.
"FANTASY NATURE!" She yelled, punching the ground as a massive rainbow-like explosion covered the majority of the planet while the volcano erupted nearby.
Once it evaporated, she turned to see one Spiny remaining, shaking in terror as she threw a Yin Yang Orb at it to knock it down. "Anyone else?" She asked, and then a Power Star came flying down to her.
End BGM
"Thought so." She said, snagging it for herself and then flew up. "Let's see... where could they be?" She wondered and flew around to find everyone.
Back in the present...
"Took them out in style, I take it." Marisa chuckled.
"Maybe." Reimu shrugged as Yoshi took the Power Star.
"Yo Yo?" Yoshi suggested.
"Yeah, let's head back." Dark Pit nodded as the heavenly lights started to take them... but as Yoshi was about to leave with the Power Star, something suddenly grabbed him and pushed him out of the heavenly light.
"Huh?!" Palutena exclaimed in surprise.
"Waaaaah!" Yoshi cried as he slammed into the ground of the starting planet. "Mmph!" He rubbed his head, shaking it off as he noticed the Power Star next to him, and then Ridley landed on the ground in front of him.
"Give me that Power Star and I promise you that your death will be a painless one." Ridley threatened.
"Ridley, did you actually just yanked Yoshi out of the light?" Palutena wondered.
"So what if I did? You don't scare me, Goddess." He said as he walked forward to the dinosaur, but Yoshi got up and grabbed the Power Star with his tongue and pulled it into his mouth. "You had better spit that out right now."
Yoshi smirked at him before defiantly swallowing the Power Star and proceeded to belch in front of his face. "Yo!"
Ridley stood there before chuckling. "Very well then, have it your way. I've always wondered what it'd be like to gut a Yoshi."
BGM: Meta Ridley (Metroid Prime)
Merciless Space Pirate - Ridley
Ridley lunged for Yoshi, but he jumped out of the way and leapt forward, flutter kicking him in the head before flip kicking him, but then Ridley grabbed his tail and slammed him into the ground, and then jumped into the air and dive bombed the dinosaur, creating a small crater while crushing him in the process.
Ridley pulled Yoshi out of the crater and threw him out, breathing fire at him but Yoshi recovered and swallowed up a fireball, spitting it back out but Ridley swatted it away, right when Yoshi curled himself into an egg and launched himself to Ridley, smacking him in the head and bursting out, flicking his tail to knock Ridley back.
"Hmph! Is that supposed to tickle?" Ridley smirked as he flew up into the air and started shooting out fireballs, but Yoshi went back into his egg and rolled around to avoid the onslaught of fireballs.
Once Yoshi got out of his egg, he grabbed a rock with his tongue and swallowed it, turning around and aiming the egg in the air, but saw that Ridley wasn't there, and that's when Ridley snuck up from behind and grabbed him, scraping him across the ground and throwing him to a pillar, before he shoved him into the pillar with a snarl.
Yoshi let out a growl, attempting to headbutt him but Ridley pulled him out and shoved him into a boulder, tossing him up into the air as Ridley would then fly up and swiped him into the ground.
"Awawawawawawa!" Yoshi cried, slamming into the ground as Ridley slammed into his back, then swiped at his head. Yoshi let out a yelp before Ridley breathed fire at him, before grabbing him by the tail and slammed him into another boulder.
"At least make it challenging!" Ridley said, throwing him away as he flew up and breathed fire but Yoshi would jump to the side, only for the fire breath to explode and sent Yoshi flying a few feet as Ridley grabbed him and slammed him into the ground before sliding him across the ground and slammed him into a boulder at the end, then he tossed him away and then flew over to flip kick him where he landed on his back.
End BGM
"Yo..." Yoshi groaned.
"Hang on, Yoshi! I'm getting you out of there!" Palutena said as he was grabbed by the heavenly light but Ridley grabbed him and yanked him out, throwing him into the mud. "No!"
"I'm not done toying with him yet." He said as he landed on the ground as Yoshi staggered out of the mud.
"Yo..." Yoshi mumbled, unaware of the Power Star glowing brightly in his gut. "Yo...YOOOO!" Yoshi yelled as he was glowing brightly.
"Oh?" Ridley looked on in amusement as Yoshi stood tall, a glowing yellow aura surrounded him as wings popped out of his back as he tossed an egg up into the air.
"Grrrrr..." Yoshi growled.
Ridley smirked. "Good, give me a decent performance before I end your miserable life!"
BGM: Battlerock Galaxy (Super Mario Galaxy)
Yoshi flapped his wings, as did Ridley as the both of them circled around each other. Yoshi had determination in his eyes while Ridley had sadistic amusement in his.
The two of them lunged for each other, both of them colliding with their shoulders as they were knocked back, then Yoshi breathed fire as did Ridley, both of them colliding and causing an explosion as both of them went into the smoke as Ridley would swipe at Yoshi, but he hit nothing instead.
"Barinn... HA!" Yoshi ground pounded on Ridley, sending him crashing to the ground as he proceeded to throw eggs at the Space Pirate, knocking him back a bit as he shot out a fireball, but Yoshi flew around it as he breathed fire at him but Ridley would bat away the fire as he flew up and then charged at Yoshi, slicing him with his claws but Yoshi caught his arm.
"Yo." Yoshi said in a low voice as he proceeded to eat him. "Mmph! Hnngh! Hnngh! HNNNNNGH!" Yoshi said, finally managing to get the egg out of him... but it would start cracking immediately.
"Wah!" Yoshi yelped, then spotting the volcano as he quickly flew over the volcano and slam dunked it inside of it, where the egg would land inside the magma.
End BGM
"Hmph!" Yoshi put his hands on his hips and nodded in satisfaction as he landed on the ground and walked off with a satisfied smirk... but then there was a strong planetquake right after.
BGM: Those Chosen By the Planet - Destiny Comes (Final Fantasy VII Remake)
"Wah!" Yoshi yelped, falling on his tail as he slowly rose before seeing the volcano erupting again, this time spewing out lava as he would see Ridley's silhouette.
"Now I'm done playing." Ridley said as he rushed down and slammed into the mud, making it splash up as Ridley grabbed some of it and threw it into Yoshi's eyes.
"Ah!" Yoshi yelped, trying to rub it off as Ridley lunged forward and grabbed a hold of him, biting down on his shoulder before slamming him into the ground.
"Grrrr!" Yoshi growled as he used his tongue to try to grab him but Ridley caught it with a smirk as he took Yoshi for a ride, holding him by the tongue as he slammed him into several boulders before swiping at him to send Yoshi away but Ridley yanked him back as if Yoshi were some kind of yo yo.
"Off you go!" Ridley said, flying up and then flying down, throwing him down into a boulder while also letting go of his tongue, making Yoshi slam into it, and then Ridley slammed into his back again, ripping off his wings and then stomped on his back to make him spit out the Power Star.
End BGM
"Hmph. Pathetic. Sure, you're a strong fighter but to think all of this would have been avoided if you had just given me the Power Star. True, I wouldn't have had much fun but oh well."
He then towered over the bleeding dinosaur. "Now you will have the pleasure to have an excruciating death." He smirked. "After all, you're just a Yoshi. I'm sure they can get another one... someone with less fighting experience that I will have the pleasure of destroying as well. Hahaha!"
He then pointed his tail at him. "Farewell!" He smirked, but then a bullet struck him in the shoulder. "Argh!" He grunted as he turned around to see Samus running in and shooting him down, and behind her was Mario and Luigi with a Cape Feather and Gloria in her Latias form.
Ridley smirked, jumping back from the dinosaur and chuckled, as a Phazon portal appeared behind him. "You can keep the Power Star, but know that I've won this round, bounty hunter!" He said and disappeared.
"Dammit!" Samus growled, clenching her fist as she turned to Yoshi as Mario knelt down next to his dino friend.
"Come on, big guy, you're gonna make it!" Luigi said.
Gloria snarled. "Arsehole... he's gonna get what's coming to him."
"All of them will..." Samus said, then noticed something on Gloria. "Hmm?"
"What is it?" She asked, unaware of a red dot slowly moving to her chest.
Samus let out a gasp. "GET DOWN!" She yelled, pushing Gloria down as the bullet barely missed the two of them.
At the top of the Fossil Planet...
"Dammit!" A Zebesian cursed. "Tch, whatever, not like I can shoot them all down." He mumbled before smirking. "However... hey, Emo Girl, you have that plasma cannon that we Space Pirates have given you. Go ahead and use it on them! It's gonna be a blast!"
"...Sure thing."
"Heh, they're not gonna know what hit them!" The Zebesian smirked. "That plasma cannon shoots plasma that go faster than light, so they'll be eradicated in seconds! Hahaha!" He said as he heard the cannon charge up. "Don't mind the charging, it takes a while to heat up."
"Good to know, and by the way... it's punk."
"Bah, whatever. Punk, emo, goth... they're all the same in my opinion." The Pirate muttered and turned around. "So hurry up and-OH SHIT!"
BOOM!
The resounding explosion could be heard throughout the galaxy.
"Ooops, butterfingers~" Marnie smirked, blowing the smoke out of the tip of the weapon.
"Did you hit them?"
"No, I hit the asshole who wanted me to blow up my friends. He's pretty much nothing at this point, Kamek."
"Phew... that's a relief. Now hurry back to the ship. I'm not sure how much longer we can keep this facade. I'm worried about His Corruptedness..."
"I am too." Marnie nodded. "Alright, see you soon, Kamek." She said and then looked at the Plasma Cannon in her hand. "I think I'll use you for a while. You pack a punch."
"Marnie!"
Oh, not now... Marnie thought as Gloria landed on the planet.
"I thought that was you." Gloria smiled. "Glad to know you're okay!"
"How can I be okay if those assholes have us on a leash?" Marnie asked, then she turned around, her back facing Gloria.
"Huh? Marn, are you-"
"...I'll talk to you later." She said, slowly disappearing into a Farore's Wind.
"Marnie..." Gloria whispered.
"I think she has a good reason." Palutena spoke up. "If I was in Marnie's shoes, I'd be a bit on edge too."
"Is she...?"
"Working with the Space Pirates? Yes... and I have a sneaking suspicion she and some of the rest of the uninfected Koopa Troop have been forced into it since a grand majority, Bowser included, are infected."
Gloria clenched her fists, a scowl escaping her lips. "I see..."
"I know you're worried about her, but for now, let's see how this plays out. I'm sure some others want out of there too. Right now, we need to focus more on Yoshi. Poor thing was put through the wringer."
Gloria closed her eyes, her hand on her chest as she gripped her chest tightly. "Marnie... stay strong for me... all of us." She whispered.
"On the bright side, Marnie isn't infected by Phazon. Let's hope it continues to stay that way." A heavenly light surrounded Gloria as she was extracted out of the galaxy.
Meanwhile, with Ruby...
"Here, maybe this could cure them?" Ruby offered, handing Eirin the two 1-Ups she had in her pockets.
Eirin looked at them before taking them. "This should be the first step for a Phazon Cure. Thank you."
"Here's hoping it works." Ruby said, walking out while giving Viridi a worried look before walking out.
"Hey, Rubes, can we talk for a sec?" Yang asked.
"Sure." Ruby nodded as Yang grabbed her arm and took her into the library. "Whoa!"
"Ruby... do you remember when mom was explaining to us about what Raven was like?"
"Of course."
"And at one point, when we found out her true colors, you mentioned to mom you didn't like Raven that much, right?"
"Yeah?"
"...So why the hell were you excited when Raven showed up? You were wondering how you'd call her. Mother, step mom, aunt... ring a bell?"
Ruby sweatdropped. "That didn't age well..."
"Obviously."
"Look, Yang... I'm not as affected by her unlike you. Yes, I know what I said, but opinions change. She must have had a reason why she did that."
"But that doesn't excuse-"
"Yes, I know! That doesn't excuse her for leaving you and dad. But... again, I'm not as bothered by this as you are. If anything, I'm more bothered over the fact that Salem took mom away from me."
"You mean away from us."
"Well, yeah, but... look, Yang, Raven is your biological mother. If anything, this could be a chance for you to reconnect and rekindle that bond with her."
"Bond? Ohohoho... yeah right, there's no bond."
"Dad told me how her semblance works. She makes a portal for anyone she makes a bond with. She has one for her entire team... and she has one for you."
"What...?"
"Deep down, she still loves you... but she can't reciprocate that love if you push her away." Ruby said as she walked out. "And I'm not going to push my family away... because that's not what family does."
Yang looked down on the ground in disbelief. "She... she still has a bond with me?" She repeated to herself before closing her eyes, clenching her fists as a tear ran down her cheek.
"How have you gone through so much and still be so naive..." She said to herself and walked out.
Ibuki: Holy shit!
Right? It's only the second galaxy and shit hit the fan twice!
Ibuki: Wonder how it'll go for Yang-chan?
We'll find out soon enough.