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"They were right there and you didn't even kill them? Explain yourself." Dark Samus demanded.
"This plasma cannon takes a while to load up." Marnie explained. "That and I'm not used to its weight so I lost my grip on it and accidentally took out one of your… I mean our men. I had to retreat because my cover was blown."
Dark Samus had her arms folded. "Hmph, well, if you are not used to our weapons, I can understand that. Plus, it's not a big deal… that Zebesian was the one who had cloned Ridley without his consent. So it's not a big loss for us."
"Oh, terrific." Marnie sarcastically said with a fake smile.
"I advise you to train with these weapons and you see to it that it doesn't happen again." Dark Samus advised and then walked off.
"As you wish… oh great one." Marnie said with a hint of coldness in her voice. She turned around and walked away with a frustrated look on her face.
I just hope it doesn't get worse from here. She thought, but had a very good feeling it'll get worse.
Back at the Observatory…
BGM: Starship Mario A (Super Mario Galaxy 2)
"Huh, I'll be darned… that isn't even remotely 50/50." Weiss mused, reading Ibuki's phone.
"THANK YOU!" Ibuki threw her hands up. "She swears… they don't understand the concept of half and half. Come on!"
"Well… at least we know what MAJC is up to." Weiss said, handing it back to Ibuki as a heavenly light came down as Gloria came out of it, then she turned around to see Yoshi.
"How is he?" She asked.
"Pretty banged up, but he's doing alright." Reisen responded as Yoshi had a few bandages over his head and left arm.
"That's good." Gloria gave him a small smile before walking off.
Pause BGM
"Hey, Gloria!" Hop came over. "You alright? You look kinda down." He said as Bede, Umber and Lillie came over.
"Yeah, it's just… I saw Marnie."
BGM: Scent of Silence (Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories)
Umber's eyes widened. "How is she? Is she okay?"
"Yeah, she's fine… she doesn't have any phazon on her." She said, making everyone breathe a sigh of relief. "It's just… she was acting rather cold… it's kinda bothering me."
"Side effects of being in the Koopa Troop?" Lillie guessed.
"No, she's usually rather chipper and upbeat." Bede said. "A bit melancholic every once in a while because of what happened during that Blorb pandemic, but still chipper."
"Remind me how that all happened in a day again? I'm still trying to wrap my head around it." Hop said. "That Fawful guy shows up again and takes over the Kingdom and at the end of the day, the end of the world happens and within fifteen minutes, it's all over with Peach's Castle crumbling? …Not to mention Sora and his pals arrive all at the same day? How does this all fit in a day? Bloody hell, it's making my head hurt just thinking about it!"
"I think it's best if you don't think about it." Umber advised.
"Probably for the best…" Hop sighed. "Almost got myself a headache there."
"Palutena was mentioning it could be because of her and a few others who aren't under the control of phazon that they could just be on a tight leash and there's nothing they can do about it." Gloria sighed.
"That'd probably do it." Bede nodded.
"Well… at least she's okay." Lillie said. "And if Marnie's okay, then I'm sure some of them are okay too!" She looked at Gloria and smiled. "Come on, Gloria. Cheer up, she'll be fine!"
"Yeah, where's that spunky carefree smile that you usually sport? Marnie'll be fine!" Umber smiled. "She's been through worse, trust me. I'm sure she's figuring out a way to get out."
Gloria looked at them all before sporting a sad smile. "Yeah… yeah, you're right. Mopin' isn't usually my style."
"That's our Scottish gal!" Hop grinned as he walked off with Bede and Lillie, but Umber stayed there.
"I think I know what's eating you."
"Hmm?"
"You like her, don't you?"
"Well, of course…"
"Not that kind of like."
Gloria blushed a bit. "Um… I'm not into her like that, I swear!" She said. "Plus… uh… I think she's already datin' that ice cream lass."
"Neo? Pffft, yeah… don't think so. Ran into Neo the other day and she told me she sees Marnie as a surrogate little sister." Umber said as Gloria looked at him in surprise. "I'm sure sisterly dates are a thing so, hey… just throwing that out there." He casually walked off.
Marnie… just hang on, okay? Gloria thought, taking a deep breath and having a more confident smile on her face. "Yeah, she's gonna be just fine."
End BGM
Resume Starship Mario A BGM
Meanwhile, with Sora…
"Hmmhmmhmm…" Sora hummed to himself as he walked around the Observatory, and then his Gummi Phone started ringing. "Hmm?" He wondered as he pulled it out to answer it. "Yo."
"Hey bro!"
Sora chuckled. "Hello to you too, sis." He joked. "What's up, Mythra? I didn't know you got a Gummi Phone."
Mythra grinned. "Ah, I borrowed the old nerd's phone to talk to ya about something."
"I beg your pardon! I'm a scientist, not a nerd. And it's Even!"
"Yeah yeah, whatever."
"About what?"
"Ooooh… you're just gonna have to come here and see for yourself!"
"Like now?"
"Duh! Otherwise I'm gonna have to fly up in space and drag you here myself, you dummy!"
Sora laughed. "Alright, alright… I'll be there in a sec. Where do you want to meet up?"
"At your base of operations, where there's thankfully no Phazon to worry about."
"Alright, I'm on my way. See ya in a bit."
"Sweet! Love ya!" Mythra hung up.
Sora chuckled a bit. "Love you too." He shook his head and walked over to the Gummi Ship.
"Need a lift?"
Sora turned his head to see Palutena approaching him. "Oh sure, you have a ship of your own or something?"
"Nah, it's more of a shortcut." Palutena smiled. "Don't worry, I'll tell your friends that you went on an errand."
"Got it, thanks Palutena!"
"No problem. You ready?"
"Yeah!"
"Off you go~!" Palutena said as Sora was surrounded in a heavenly light.
"A heavenly light? What's this gotta- WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOA!" He yelled as he was lifted off and disappeared with the light.
"There we go." Palutena grinned and then walked the other way, and then spotted a Hungry Luma flying toward them.
"Oh my goodness! That big pudgy Luma looks so adorable!" Namine exclaimed, immediately pulling out a sketchbook. "Hold that pose, I gotta draw you!"
"I say it looks better as a painting." Yusuke said, bringing out his mural.
"Hello!" The Hungry Luma waved to them all. "I need three hundred Star Bits in order to transform."
"Three hundred?" Whitley asked in surprise.
"Yeesh, talk about being a little piglet." Cardin said.
"Aww, you want some?" Rosalina smiled and with a nod from the Hungry Luma, Rosalina would launch Star Bits at the Hungry Luma until it was full.
"Ooooh… I feel so full… I think I'm gonna… TRANSFOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORM!" He yelled and then launched away from the Observatory and the Starship where it proceeded to transform into a whole new galaxy.
"New galaxy popped up!" Polari exclaimed, looking at the screen. "Flip Swap Galaxy!"
"FOR REAL?!" Ryuji yelled. "IT JUST TURNED INTO AN EFFIN' GALAXY JUST LIKE THAT?!"
"It… it just… turned into…" Raven blinked. "What in the world…"
"My my, that's quite the spectacle!" Akechi said while Ann, Makoto and Bernadetta were left speechless.
"That little tiny thing just… just… HOW?!" Hilda yelled.
"Welcome to the insanity, we've been expecting you." Weiss said, casually glancing at the Strike Team who were left speechless at the sight of it.
"I've seen many things in space, but I've never seen anything like that." Samus mused.
"I'll go investigate it!" Pyrrha said, hopping into a Launch Star and launching away.
"Hey, wait up!" Jaune exclaimed as he went after her, along with his Crimson Wisp.
"Well, I'll be! There's another galaxy nearby too… Spin Dig, I believe." Lubba said.
Ibuki turned her head and then grinned. "Ibuki'll go there!"
"Digging? Heh, I'll go there too." Yang said. "And I think I'll bring a few friends along too."
Oh, please pick Raven… Summer hoped.
End BGM
At Flip Swap Galaxy…
Pyrrha landed on the ground, seeing several red and blue panels in front of her. She curiously walked over to it and stepped on the red panel and then tried to leap across to the other red panel, but as she jumped, the panels flipped over as she landed on the blue panels instead. "Huh?!" She said in surprise as she nearly stumbled.
She got back on the starting platform, curiously looking at the blue panels as she made a short hop, where the panels flipped back to red. Another short hop made it go blue, and then one last hop made it go back to red. "Fascinating!" She said.
"Pyrrha!" Jaune exclaimed as he landed on the ground.
"Oh hi, Jaune!" Pyrrha smiled. "Look at this! These respond to my jumps!" She said, hopping up as the panels flipped over.
"Whoa…" Jaune said in awe as his Crimson Wisp chirped in awe as well. "But look, I was just wondering if you needed some back up."
"Aww, you're sweet… but I'm fine."
"Are you sure? Your arsenal was destroyed by Xehanort, remember?"
"Yeah, and Luminary is doing his best to repair them, or possibly making them brand new… but until then, I have this." Pyrrha smiled, extending her hand and activating her Fire Brand, conjuring up a small fireball.
"I know, but what if someone we face is impervious to fire? I know your hand to hand is great, but it can only do so much. Please, just... let me be your shield for a while."
Pyrrha put her hand on Jaune's shoulder. "I worried you, didn't I?"
"As soon as I watched your arsenal get destroyed... I couldn't sit back. Ren, Nora, RWBY... they all tried to hold me back because they knew you could probably handle it with your Fire Brand. I broke through and tried to defend you... and you know how that went."
Pyrrha frowned. "Jaune, even if I lost, it was just a simula-"
"And what if it wasn't!" He said, raising his voice a little, startling Pyrrha. "I know it was a simulation, but you've seen what the Organization was capable of... Ruby, Weiss, Yang, Akira, Umber... they all lost their fight, and Youmu barely won her fight. Xehanort and his cronies were people on a while different level. I can imagine that even Sora was put through the wringer by those guys! You put up a good fight, but Xehanort overpowered you... and could you imagine if this was the real deal? What if that was the real Xehanort and you were beaten by him?"
"Jaune..."
"I... I don't know what I would've done if you had fallen to the real guy. I know this sounds sappy, but you helped me grow so much since we met at Beacon and you were my shield for a time. So if someone like Xehanort comes around and defeats you, I'm not sure what-"
Immediately, Pyrrha wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled him in for a kiss, closing her eyes before pulling away.
"Oookay... that was a very nice way to shut me up." Jaune blushed, causing Pyrrha to giggle.
"I understand your concerns, though... Xehanort was on a whole other level, and as Sora said, they were no slouches on the easiest mode... Milo and Akouo, the ones that were my weapons were quickly destroyed by him before I could even blink... and yes, I know I can create swords out of fire, but, you're right. What if someone is out there who is impervious to fire?"
"Exactly..."
"I... may be way over my head right now, to be honest."
"I know you're protective of me considering what happened with that Meta guy last time, but... I think it's time I returned the favor. Sure, there's not gonna be some other guy like Xehanort, but, ya know..."
Pyrrha nodded. "We'll protect each other. And of course, Ren and Nora will have our backs." She would smile at him. "Thank you, Jaune..."
"Yeah." Jaune smiled, and then they both looked up as they saw a purple comet orbiting the galaxy as Purple Coins started littering on the flip panels.
"You thinking what I'm thinking?" Pyrrha asked.
Jaune grinned. "Let's do some coin hunting."
"Yeah!"
BGM: Purple Comet (Super Mario Galaxy)
The two of them jumped over, the blue panels flipping over to catch their fall as they began jumping their way through with the panels catching them while collecting the purple coins as they hopped over toward a safe platform after collecting the coins.
They would immediately see a few Goombas and an Octoomba glaring at them as the Goombas charged at them and the Octoomba spitting cannonballs at them as Pyrrha punched away the Goombas while Jaune blocked the cannonballs that were meant for Pyrrha, then the amazon hopped into the air and threw down a fireball to knock it away.
"Have you ever wondered how some enemies are already here despite a galaxy being born minutes ago?" Jaune wondered.
"I'd rather not think about it." Pyrrha admitted as they looked up ahead to see electrical barriers as their next obstacle along with several purple coins as Jaune jumped over to collect them, but Pyrrha looked down and rubbed her chin in thought. "Jaune!"
"Yeah?"
"Hop down into the void!"
"…Are you kidding?"
"Just trust me! I want to try something."
"Ooookay." Jaune nodded as he look down in the endless void of space and took a deep breath. "Tally ho…" He said as he took one step and started falling, and then Pyrrha jumped, which made the flip panel flip over, catch Jaune and sent him flying high into the endless vacuum. "AAAAAAAAAH!"
"Well, what do you know!" Pyrrha smiled.
"Whoa! Whoooa! Hey, I can see the Power Star from here! And I can see how big this galaxy is and… and… why is it suddenly floating up?" Jaune looked down. "OH CRAP!"
"Uh oh!" Pyrrha activated her Fire Brand and flew to him.
"Aaaah! ICARUS, YOU GOTTA CATCH ME, MAN!" Jaune yelled as his Crimson Wisp quickly went inside of him.
"EAGLE!"
Jaune stopped just before he crash landed onto a panel. "Phew…"
"You okay?" Pyrrha asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine." Jaune nodded as Pyrrha used her semblance to pull the remaining Purple coins in the second area, and headed over to the third area where they would start collecting but also noticed Chain Chomps warping in.
"I got it!" Pyrrha said, holding the Chomps in place as Jaune collected the purple coins as they made their way through while working their way around the Chomps as they hopped over to the last area where they would watch the Chomps roll around the set path from the panels before falling into the endless abyss.
"There's the Power Star and the last few coins!" Jaune said.
"We got this!" Pyrrha smiled as the two jumped over the panels and electrical barriers, snagging the coins while making sure not to get electrocuted by the barriers until Pyrrha grabbed the last purple coin, where a purple Power Star appeared next to the regular one.
End BGM
"Oh wow, never seen a purple one before!" Jaune said as he grabbed the regular star while Pyrrha took the purple Power Star. "And that's how we do it!"
"Yup!" Pyrrha smiled, the two high fiving each other as they flew off with the Power Stars.
Meanwhile, at Spin Dig Galaxy…
Ibuki landed on the ground. "Ten point landing!" She said as she hopped down and spotted some Diggas drilling through, while also spotting some Diglett moving around.
"Digla dee! Digla Dee~!" The Diglett cried as Ibuki let out a chuckle and then spotted a Spin Drill.
"Oooh!" She said as she picked it up and examined it before letting out a grin. "Now how boring do you think it'd be if Ibuki just simple drilled through the planet? Let's have a little fun~!" She said, clenching her hand as she started glowing. "Alley-oop!" She jumped up into the air. "Pullin' a Hiyoko-chan~!" She grinned, frontflipping into the air as she had transformed.
Ibuki's hair is hidden underneath a bright yellow hard hat sporting a singular steel gray horn on the top, the hard hat fastened to her head with a gray chinstrap. She wore an earthen brown bodysuit with red scratch mark like decals adorning it, black combat boots and had steel gray claw-like appendages on the tops of her hands. Completing the look was a pair of red lensed construction goggles over her eyes.
"Excadriiiiill~!" Ibuki cried and landed on the ground, sporting a goofy grin. "Alright, Ibuki's back and kicking ass like usual again, so let's crank up the rock music for this occasion! Hit it, Nan-chan!"
BGM: Breaking the Silence (The Chaos Agent)
Spin Dig Galaxy Star 1 - Digga Leg's Planet - Ibuki
Ibuki would quickly tunnel her way through the planet, popping up on the other side as she immediately scooped up some Star Bits before tunneling her way through and popping up on another area, snagging some coins along the way as she went back into the ground before popping up in front of a Luma.
"Yagh!" The Luma yelped.
"Digging is fun~!" Ibuki grinned.
"Where did you come from?!"
"Well, you see, Ibuki came from-"
"Nope! Don't need to hear that!" The Luma said as he transformed into the Launch Star.
"What? Ibuki was saying she came from Spike Chunsoft." She shrugged before hopping into the Launch Star and launched away to the Drill Zone planet, where she proceeded to dig through the planet and nearly impaling a Twirlip, startling it as she turned around and proceeded to kick it away.
"Like Ibuki was actually gonna use a move on that little guy." Ibuki said as she went back to digging as she would eventually pop up in front of another Luma.
"Wah! Where did you-… nope! Don't answer that." The Luma would transform into a Launch Star as Ibuki would land on the Steel Ring planet, as she got a running start and used Drill Run, annihilating some Twirlips around the ring as she snagged a 1-Up along the way as she made it to the other side while also skewering a Paragoomba that was unlucky enough to be in the way, and then she stopped at the ledge.
"Wooo! Head rush…" Ibuki said, gettig a little dizzy before shaking it off with a giggle, and then the Luma approached her.
"Wait for me!" He said as he transformed, then Ibuki would fly off to the Dirt Tower Planet as she landed on the ground… and by landing on the ground, I mean she Drill Rushed into the planet and found herself in the middle of the planet where she found a plethora of coins.
"Ooooh!" She grinned as she snagged them all before drilling up and finding another Luma.
"There's a big monster up ahead! Here's hoping you can take it on!" The Luma said and transformed where Ibuki hopped in and flew off to the last planet.
Once she landed on the ground, she heard an alarm and a robot landed on the ground. It would look down at Ibuki as steam came out of its body. "You and Ibuki, big guy! Let's rock!"
Drillin Lagann - Digga Leg
Ibuki grinned. "Who needs Gurren Lagann in this universe when Ibuki is practically the Giga Drill Breaker!" She would immediately dig into the ground and attempted to skewer Digga Leg, but it slammed its foot into the ground to knock Ibuki back but she turned around before she breached out as she proceeded to slam into the cage holding the Power Star.
Digga Leg let out a mechanical whine as it flipped over and attempted to drill Ibuki. "You call that a drill? THIS is a drill!" She exclaimed, immediately using Drill Rush again as the drills (If you can count Ibuki AS a drill herself) connected against each other but Ibuki drilled… harder? against the drill and pierced through Digga Leg and snagged the Power Star as she burst her way through the cage.
End BGM
"Ha ha! Too easy!" Ibuki grinned as Digga Leg fell limp, but then Ibuki would see something in the corner of her eyes as she looked up to see a Daredevil Comet approaching. "Ooooh, an encore!" She grinned as Digga Leg slowly rose where Ibuki turned around as drill arms ripped out of Digga Leg's body and an electric aura surrounded it.
BGM: Digga Leg (Super Mario Galaxy 2)
Ibuki got in a battle stance before smirking, doing a 'come at me' gesture as Digga Leg thrusted its drill arms into her but Ibuki would use Drill Run to parry it. It would respond by shooting out electric bolts at her, hitting her head on but all she did was clap her hands together as swords formed around her and clashed together.
"Perks of being an Excadrill? You're immune to electricity!" Ibuki grinned after using Swords Dance as she dug undergroud where Digga Leg drilled through, attempting to skewer her but Ibuki popped up behind the robot and used Drill Rush from behind. It attempted to defend itself by trying to electrocute her but it failed miserably as Ibuki would cling onto it as her drills were embedded into it.
"Nice view from back here~!" Ibuki smiled as she jumped off as Digga Leg turned around and drilled Ibuki but she did the same with Drill Rush, and then she parried it as she proceeded to drill into Digga Leg repeatedly until she burst into the air and looked down at the destroyed robot… but then Ibuki pulled out a Mega Mushroom.
"Time for the finale~!" She grined as she ate it up and then started coming down. "GIGA DRILL BREAKEEEER!" She yelled, unleashing Horn Drill on it as she pierced through Digga Leg and the planet as she popped out on the other end of the planet, shrinking back to normal size as she had two Power Stars in her hand.
End BGM
"And that's how you do it Ibuki style!" She beamed before flying off back to the Observatory.
Spin Dig Galaxy Star 2 - Silver Stars Down Deep - Yang, Terra, Golden Deer
BGM: Spin Dig Galaxy (Super Mario Galaxy 2)
"Hmm? Now where is she headed off to?" Claude wondered, seeing Ibuki launching away from a Launch Star.
"Eh, it's Ibuki. She'll be fine." Yang shrugged as they hopped off the platform.
"Yahahahaha!"
"Uh… was that you?" Hilda asked.
"No?" Lysithea looked to Yang. "Was that Apollo?"
"Pew!" Apollo popped out of her pocket.
"We got trouble." Terra said as they would see Cosmic Clones popping up.
"WHAT? You dare copy me?!" Hilda growled. "There's only room for ONE lazy bum in THIS particular galaxy!" She pulled out her axe and proceeding to hack her way through the clones.
"You know, I could just destroy them for-… never mind." Lysithea sweatdropped.
"…I don't like the way she's chopping my head off." Terra grimaced.
"Oooh, there goes my arm." Claude said. "…Aaad my other arm."
"Come on, let's leave her be for a second." Yang said as they walked around until a crystal encasing a Launch Star as Terra simply punched the crystal to destroy it and freeing the Launch Star, which in turn, dstroyed the Cosmic Clones.
"Hah… hah… yeah, you BETTER run!" Hilda said, walking off and not even bothering picking up the Star Bits, but Lysithea went back to collect them and then they launched off, heading for a Purple Cylinder Planet.
"Hmm?" Terra spotted a teleporter as he walked over to it while the others hopped into the Warp Pipe, where he found himself on a planet with several Twirlips.
"So do I have to just... take them all out at once?" He wondered before casting Meteor, where it slammed into the middle of the planet and destroyed the Twirlips easily. "Too easy." He said, snagging a 1-Up for his troubles, and then took a bite out of it. "Mmm, kind of bland if you ask me." He said, tossing the rest of it behind him and then he was taken back to the planet, soon hopping into the Warp Pipe, noticing the drill holes as he curiously hopped into these.
"DRILL!"
Yang popped out of the dirt while dodging an Amp. "Man, you gotta love it!" Yang giggled, as the Golden Deer climbed out of the dirt.
"Who needs drills when my girl is the drill herself?" Claude smiled.
Save it for the bedroom... Lysithea thought to herself.
"Blegh! I think I got some dirt in my mouth..." Hilda complained as Yang drilled her way down with the trio behind her as she dropped down and got to the Warp Pipe while also avoiding the Amps.
"There we go." Yang said, and then they heard something as they looked up to see Terra drilling his way through with an actual drill.
"Ooof... that's disorienting." Terra mumbled after he landed, shaking off his dizziness.
"Oh, a little dizzy after drilling through the earth, eh?" Claude asked.
"Pretty much." Terra nodded, rubbing his head.
"Oh, that's just Terra-ble." Yang cheekily said as she hopped into the Warp Pipe.
"Hey!" Terra exclaimed, while Claude laughed as he jumped into the Warp Pipe with the other Golden Deer jumping in the pipe. Terra jumped in last as they launched away toward the Square Planet.
"Alright, let's see what we-" Suddenly, Yang's aura shattered. "Agh! Nnngh..."
"What's wrong?" Claude asked in concern.
"There... there wouldn't be a prankster comet around, would there?" Yang winced.
"I see a pale white comet in the distance." Lysithea pointed out.
"That's... a Daredevil Comet." Yang said. "Enemies are stronger, we get weaker... and those who have aura have it immediately destroyed."
"So we're weaker? Augh! That is so lame!" Hilda complained.
"We have to work with what we got." Terra said, hopping down with the others as they wandered around the planet, where they would see a family of Diglett being pestered by Diggas.
"I got it!" Claude fired a few arrows, destroying the Diggas rather easily with Failnaught.
"Dig Dig Dig!"
"Digladee~!"
One Diglett went underground and popped back up with a Silver Star. "Diglett!"
"Silver Stars?" Yang took the Silver Star. "Neat."
"What's so special about them?" Hilda asked. "It's just a second place Power Star."
"Well, if you collect all five of them, it'll turn into a Power Star." Yang pointed out.
"Then we'll go ahead and collect these. Split up, we'll cover more ground!" Claude said as they split up, leaving Hilda by herself.
"Seriously? I'd rather settle for the silver! Guys? Guuuuuys! Uuuugh, fiiiine..." Hilda mumbled as she walked around the planet, occasionally cutting down a Digga in annoyance until she found a Silver Star floating in a bubble.
"Oh good, there it is!" Hilda smiled and then looked at her axe. "Hmm..." She rubbed her chin as she raised her arm up and threw her axe, popping the bubble as the axe embedded itself in the ground. "Booyah!" She said, as the Silver Star flew over to her with a chirp. "Hey, you know, you're actually kinda cute." She said, and then noticed her axe was moving on its own, heading towards her.
"Uh... what? Is my axe possessed?"
"Trio Trio Trio!" A Dugtrio popped up right in front of her, where they were holding the axe.
"AAAAAH!" She screamed, falling on her butt. "Don't startle me like that, sheesh!" She took the axe as the Dugtrio went back underground, and then the group came back with the Silver Stars in their hands as all of them reunited and combined into one Power Star.
"You look like you've seen a ghost." Lysithea teased.
"Shut it!" Hilda mumbled as they all flew off back to the Observatory.
End BGM
Meanwhile, back at the Observatory...
"Hmmhmhmm..." Weiss hummed to herself, walking around the Observatory... until somebody grabbed her from behind, covering her by the mouth. "MMPH?! MMMPH!" She screamed as she was dragged into the Fountain dome.
"Okay, we're good." Her "kidnapper" said and released Weiss as she turned around to see that it was none other than Raven.
"I knew it! I knew you were the kidnapping type!"
"Look, I already have enough trouble as it is, trying to patch things up with my own family. The last thing I need is my step daughter's partner having issues with me."
"So what, you yank me from behind, cover my mouth, and drag me into someplace private?" She would then clap sarcastically. "Nice job! Very nice first impression, Raven... five out of five!"
"Would you have preferred the more direct approach l like "Hey, it seems you don't like me, mind coming over here so we can talk?" Trust me, it was either that or a portal under your feet."
Weiss sweatdropped. "That's... a good point."
Raven let out a sigh. "Look, I can't change your opinion of me... much like how I can't change Yang's hatred towards me, but I figured you at least deserve to know I have nothing against you, or Yang..."
Weiss nodded. "Honestly? I hope Yang can patch things up with you."
"I doubt she will... she has Summer, Ruby, Tai, Rosalina... and friends like you and that Claude fellow... I'm just a stranger in her life."
"Hopefully her mind will change... or so help me, I might have to knock some sense into her." She said, both of them unaware of Roman eavesdropping on the conversation outside.
"That firecracker needs to patch things up with her. She doesn't realize there's an opportunity for her to patch things up with her." Roman quietly said. "Maybe she just needs a gentle push..."
With Palutena...
"Ohoho!" Palutena grinned. "That's quite exciting."
"Hmm? What is?" Rosalina curiously asked.
"Well, you see, Sora-"
Suddenly, an alarm blared, catching everyone's attention the moment Ibuki landed. "Uh... wasn't Ibuki, she swears!" She said.
"No, it's a message popping in." Futaba said, immediately turning it on.
"Mayday! Mayday! This is the Toad Brigade! We are currently under fire! I repeat, we are under fire!"
BGM: Tension (Super Mario Galaxy)
"The Toad Brigade?!" Peach exclaimed.
"We are in Fluffy Bluff Galaxy. Dark Samus and her cronies are quickly approaching us as we speak! We're horribly outnumbered, send back-"
Everything went static after that.
Samus clenched her fists. "Looks like we have a rescue mission." She said as everyone nodded, and then Yang's team landed on the Observatory a moment later.
"What'd we miss?" Yang asked.
End BGM
Meanwhile, with Arkos...
"Uh, that's not the Observatory, is it?" Jaune asked.
"Nope, that's not it." Pyrrha said as they approached a space ship.
"Hmmhmhmhmm~" A little girl hummed as she ate an ice cream sandwich, her back turned to the window.
SMACK!
"What the?!" She turned around and saw Jaune and Pyrrha pressed against the wall. She immediately sprang into action and would immediately pull them inside along with the Power Stars.
"Ugh... that could've gone better..." Jaune groaned.
"You two okay?"
"Yeah, we're fine." Pyrrha rubbed her head and looked around. "Where are we?"
"In my spaceship!"
The two of them looked down to see the girl in front of them, both of them blinking in surprise.
"Name's Hat Kid, nice to meet ya!"
Ibuki: *gasp* They're here! Yay!
In hindsight, I probably should've waited to bring in Hat Kid after Inside Story instead of Super Paper RWBY... ah well, live and learn. And i'm finally doing something with them... though to be fair, I didn't plan on the Fusion and Not Like You stories but of course, E3 happened... and everyone's playing Dread without me. Should've preordered Dread on GameStop instead of Amazon...
Ibuki: Two days, Nan-chan! You'll be able to play it on Tuesday!
Here's hoping.