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BGM: Hat Kid's Spaceship (A Hat in Time)
"Welcome to my space ship!" Hat Kid smiled.
"Wait wait wait, you said your name was… Hat Kid?" Jaune asked.
"Yeeeeah? What, were you expecting something like… I dunno, Michelle?"
"No no no, it's not that… we just weren't expecting your name to be… "that" in our neck of the woods." Jaune said. "Assuming you're not from around here."
"Oh! I was wondering if I crossed dimensions…" Hat Kid mused. "That'd explain why space feels a bit different. Actually, scratch "I" with "we".
"We?" Pyrrha tilted her head.
"Oi, lassie!" A voice called out as they saw a bird… if you can call him a bird, approach her. "I couldn't help but overhear yer conversa-" He spotted Jaune and Pyrrha. "WHAT THE DEVIL! What are these two pecknecks doing in yer ship?! Just say the word, lassie and I'll grind 'em to dust!"
"…Jaune…"
"Yup, I heard it too."
Oh dear Oum, he's Scottish… Both of them thought.
"Relax, bird brain, they're friends!"
"Oh! Why didn't ye say somethin'?" He chuckled. "What are yer names?"
"Jaune Arc."
"Pyrrha Nikos."
"Ah, a pleasure to meet ye! My name is Conductor and-"
Immediately, Conductor was pushed away. "Howdy there, folks! I'm DJ Grooves, a pleasure to meet you!" He said as he took Pyrrha's hand. "And I have to say, you look rather ravishing, my dear." He said, giving her hand a little smooch.
"O-oh!" Pyrrha blushed.
"GROOOOOVES!" Conductor tackled him to the ground, resulting in a fighting dust cloud.
"Bitter rivals. One of them won a lot of trophies and the other didn't win a single thing." Hat Kid whispered.
"Hahahaha! What do we have heeere?" A voice asked as suddenly a large shadow wrapped around the two. "A couple of fresh faces… interesting…"
"A… a Heartless?" Jaune asked, slowly reaching for his sword.
"Pah! Do I look heartless to you? I'm just a friendly ol' guy. Name's Snatcher! By the by… you two look like a pair of twigs… perhaps if you signed this contract, I could easily get you into looking like major athletes."
"We'll pass." Pyrrha said.
"Good call!" Hat Kid grinned, while also giving Snatcher a smug look.
"Oh well! If you change your mind, I'll be around!" He said, and then Pyrrha was poked on the shoulder, where she turned around to see a simple Mafia goon.
"Mafia give this to pretty lady." He said, handing a bouquet of flowers for Pyrrha.
"Oh! Thank you." Pyrrha said, taking it from him.
"Sister?" Hat Kid whispered.
"Girlfriend." Jaune whispered back.
"Oooh… give her a box of chocolates. That always tops flowers."
"Might I ask what brings you two to this fine establishment?" Snatcher spoke up.
"Oh, well, we were on our way back to our destination when we flew into your guys… literally." Jaune said.
"Ooooh, did you come from that glowing area? We saw it pop up about… oh, a few minutes ago, I believe." Hat Kid said.
"Yeah, we came from there." Pyrrha nodded. "We have a ship."
"Ooooooh!" Hat Kid's eyes sparkled. "Well, allow me to take you guys back to your ship… wherever it may be!"
At that instant, the yellow Power Star came out of Pyrrha's pocket and started flying around Hat Kid before flying toward the window, tapping the glass gently.
"Mafia believes it wants you to follow it."
Hat Kid grinned. "Well! Can't say no to a cute thing." She said as she opened the window as the Power Star flew out before turning toward the ship. "Hang on to something, you two! We're heading to your ship!" She said and then flew off after the Power Star.
End BGM
At the Observatory…
"Do we even know where the Toad Brigade are at?" Ruby asked.
"According to this…" Futaba typed into her laptop. "The call seemed to have come from a galaxy called Fluffy Bluff Galaxy. It's not that far from here, thank goodness."
"I can't believe you brought that with you." Yusuke said.
"Hey, thought I could bring it along just in case." Futaba shrugged. "Never leave home without it! …I might as well work on rebuilding Remnant's network."
"You sure that's a good idea? You nearly gave yourself a migraine." Akira said with concern.
"Oh, if I take a few breaks, I won't go totally crazy." Futaba said.
"How far are you into it?" Weiss asked.
"10%… at least, that's what I'm hoping. It's a big world, unfortunately…"
"Yeah, like, for all we know… you could be at 1%." Qrow said, causing Futaba's head to fall on her keyboard with anime tears rolling down her cheeks.
"That's what I'm afraid of…"
"Aheheh… my bad…"
"There's also a galaxy not far from here either." Rosalina said, pulling it up on the screen. "RIghtside Down Galaxy. A galaxy that I'm all too familiar with…"
"Let me guess, with a name like "Rightside Down", it has screwy gravity." Gloria said.
"Yes." Rosalina nodded. "As a matter of fact, I would suggest someone a bit more nimble to go to this galaxy, otherwise-"
The alarm started blaring.
"What?" Rosalina wondered as she took a closer look. "Oh my!" She said in horror. "That galaxy is completely infected with phazon!"
"Total corruption?" Samus asked.
"Yes." Rosalina nodded.
"With a galaxy like that…" Palutena folded her arms. "I'd say the best course of action is to go there but be extremely careful."
"And how do you propose we do that?" Samus asked. "…Wait, don't answer that. You're the same woman who pulled a goddess out of Byleth. You'll find a way."
"Yup!" Palutena smiled. "As a matter of fact, I gave a little bit of my goddess magic for the Phazon Cure, so we're one step closer to healing up Viridi and Peewee Piranha!"
Samus nodded. "I've a feeling Dark Samus is waiting for us at Fluffy Bluff… gods, that name sounds ridiculous." She mumbled and looked at Rosalina, who looked back at her with a nod. "Alright, SPBRR, let's go kick some ass at that… horribly named galaxy."
"You say that and you're secretly a cuddle bug with your Pokemon and Newt." Palutena teased, causing Samus to blush.
"N-Never mind that." Samus mumbled.
"Mind if we tag along?" Roy asked as his team walked up. "We've been meaning to go to a galaxy for awhile."
"Sure." Samus nodded.
"Hmm, I've a feeling an army is waiting for us." Rosalina closed her eyes. "We need more back up… and I have a feeling I know who to bring… in fact, one of them recently came back." She said, glancing over at Ibuki sitting on a couch.
"Ouch!" Ibuki winced, grimacing at her phone.
"Ibuki, are you coming?" Rosalina called out to her.
"Be right there!"
"Mind if we tackle Rightside Down Galaxy?" Akira asked.
"Sure! I'll even throw in my patented "Palutena's Phazon Protector Spell!"." Palutena smiled.
You really gotta work on your names… The Pits thought to themselves.
"Sounds good." Akira nodded, and then once a Launch Star was made, the Phantom Thieves jumped into it and launched off while at the same time, Samus's ship and the Strike Team's ship flew off together toward Fluffy Bluff.
"Good luck to all of ya. I've a feeling you're gonna need it." Lubba said.
Rightside Down Galaxy - The Phantom Thieves
"Oh, that doesn't look good!" Ann exclaimed, staring at the planet corrupted in Phazon.
"We better be ready… you never know what might happen." Akira cautioned as they landed in the Warp Pipe and went inside.
BGM: Phaaze (Metroid Prime 3: Corruption)
"Gah! It reeks in here!" Ryuji complained.
"Aaaand the Phazon Protector Spell goes up~!" Palutena said as everyone was surrounded by a blue aura. "There we go! Now you are totally protected from Phazon... supposedly."
"Supposedly? What do you mean supposedly?!" Makoto paled up.
"Well, it's not exactly 100% tested, so you should be fine... for the most part. Just... try not to walk into too much Phazon."
"ARE YOU EFFING SERIOUS?!" Ryuji yelled.
Palutena giggled. "I'm just messing with you. You'll be fine! ...Supposedly."
"That doesn't help much." Ann mumbled.
"There are a ton of Phazon-infused enemies in this galaxy. I'm also picking up on a massive energy spike somewhere... I'm not sure what it is, but I'd be careful if I were you."
"Got it. Let's move out." Akira said with the Thieves nodding.
They immediately jumped down, landing on some Phazon-infused Paragoombas and Drackies, landing on the ground and almost near a puddle of Phazon.
"Geez! That was close..." Morgana sweatdropped.
"We should watch our step." Yusuke suggested.
"So, I hate to interrupt but you think I should bring Akechi to you guys? I couldn't help but notice that he was chatting with Ren and Nora. He could use some company."
"As long as he doesn't get in our way, he's fine." Futaba said.
"I agree... though if he tries anything funny, I'm pushing him in Phazon." Haru said. "I'll make it look like an accident too."
"You got it! Sending him over right now!"
"Waaaaah!" Akechi yelped, landing near Akira while also being equipped with Palutena's magic. "Well, that was... something."
"Welcome aboard." Akira said.
"Personally, i'd rather not be in a corrupted galaxy, but what can you do." Akechi shrugged as they started climbing until they came across a flower with a pool of Phazon surrounding it.
"I think if we use this flower to get to that ledge..." Ann mused, pulling out her whip. "Alright, who wants to go first?"
"I'll take the scenic route." Futaba said, summoning her Persona and flew over.
"Show off." Morgana mumbled. "I'll take the first ride, Lady Ann!" He said, hopping on the flower and getting flung over the Phazon. "Mroooow!" He yelped and landed on the ground. "Stuck the landing!"
"Alley-oop!" Ryuji landed, tucked and rolled, then standing up. "Nailed it." He said as Yusuke landed next.
"Well, that was exciting." Yusuke said.
"Weeee~!" Haru landed near Futaba.
"Hup!" Makoto landed near Ryuji, doing a super hero landing near him.
"Isn't that hard on your knees?" Ryuji wondered.
"I wanted to try it once." Makoto grinned as Akira landed next to her and then Akechi next, but nearly lost his balance.
"Whoa!" Akechi yelped, but Akira, Makoto and Ryuji instinctively grabbed him and pulled him up. "Oh, thanks." He said.
"No one deserves to get corrupted by that." Makoto said.
"Of course." Akechi nodded.
"Wahoo!" Ann landed next to then, but not before doing a few acrobatic flips. "Woo! That was fun!"
"Let's go." Akira said as they continued on, where they would notice arrows pointing up to the ceiling, and once they crossed, they would immediately fall to the ceiling, all of them acrobatically flipping and landing on the ceiling.
They would immediately see a few Phazon-infused Slimes hopping around, where they would ignore them and walked around before flipping back down to the ground, and would noticed a big wall of Phazon, and they would see a Warp Pipe nearby.
"I'm picking up on a huge energy spike through that Warp Pipe. Whatever it is, it's huge."
"We're gonna have to be ready." Yusuke said as they hopped into the Warp Pipe, popping up in a room filled with boxes, where they would see a Fire Flower, only it's stem and leaves were blue, and there were eyebrows over the eyes, signaling that was a tad angry.
"Is this the energy spike?" Futaba asked.
"No, but you're close. However, that Fire Flower has seen better days. I think it's now a Phazon Flower."
"Hmm..." Haru mused, kneeling down at the Phazon Flower before picking it up.
"Haru, wait!" Ann exclaimed.
"Nnngh! Gaaah!" Haru yelped as it was absorbed into her as a Phazon aura surrounded her.
"Haru! Are you okay?!" Makoto exclaimed.
"I... I'm fine... in fact..."
A streak of blue went over her hair, blue veins came out of both her eyes, her arms became dark blue. Blue electricity popped out of her clothing and shoes.
"I feel fantastic!" Haru exclaimed.
"Interesting... based on the power I'm getting here, she temporarily has the power of Phazon. Nothing Phazon based can hurt her. She's practically one with Phazon!"
"Is she corrupted?" Akechi asked with concern.
"From what I'm gathering, no. However, I would advise refraining from a high five or a hug, just in case if she can't control it."
Haru turned toward a wall, aiming her hand and firing some Phazon, revealing another Warp Pipe. "I can sense it... the spike is behind that Warp Pipe."
"Let's go." Akira said as they walked to the Warp Pipe, with all of them showing concern for their happy go lucky friend who's skipping along unfazed by the Phazon power.
End BGM
They would hop out of the Warp Pipe, finding themselves on a new planet. "The spike is here, I can feel it." Haru said.
"Where could it...?" Ann wondered, all of them looking around until Akechi spotted something at the other side of the planet.
"Over there!" Akechi pointed as they would see a large Koopaling at the other side.
"Is that... Roy?" Akira asked.
"It is! Hey, Roy! Over here!" Ryuji waved, but as he turned around, they would see his glasses having Phazon on them, and would have Phazon on his chest and forearms. "...Uh oh."
BGM: Tension (Persona 5)
"He's caught in Phazon!" Yusuke exclaimed.
"Hahaha... that's right! Phazon is a way of life, and I see one of ya became one with Phazon!"
"It's just a power up!" Haru said.
"Heh, either way... all of you will succumb to the temptations!" Roy said, pulling out his Bullet Bill Blaster.
"It's messing with his head. Let's knock him out!" Akira said.
"Right!" Ryuji nodded as they got in their battle stances.
"PERSONA!" They all yelled.
End BGM
BGM: Blooming Villain (Persona 5 Strikers)
Phazon-Infused Brute - Roy
Roy shook his Bullet Bill Blaster before aiming at the group and firing Phazon Bullet Bills at the group, homing in on them, but Skull and Queen would either swing their weapon or punch them back as Panther and Joker would flank Roy.
"Heh." Roy smirked, jumping into the air and firing at the ground, firing phazon on the ground to create a tidal wave, forcing Joker and Panther to avoid the tidal wave as Panther launched fireballs over to Roy, the latter simply soaking it in as he punched the ground to make a shockwave to knock the two back.
"Alright, Seitan! Let's hit him with a Ziodyne!" Skull exclaimed as a lightning bolt struck Roy where he would jump over and swing his Bill Blaster at him, but he jumped back as Queen came in to punch him but Roy blocked with his arm before the two got into a slugfest as Fox and Crow would slash at him from behind. He would let out a chuckle and backhanded the two before dodging an uppercut by Queen and swung a hard uppercut to Queen's gut.
"Nnngh!" She grunted, hunching over as Roy would then used an uppercut to her chin… with his Bullet Bill Blaster. "Mmmph!"
"Hang on, guys! I'm boosting your defense!" Futaba said, powering them up as Noir came in and swung her phazon-infused axe but Roy would catch it with his blaster.
"You're one with Phazon… and yet you fight me? Why don't we band together and take them all out!"
"Sorry, I don't turn my back on my teammates!" She said, kicking him in the gut before taking a step back and shooting him with her grenade launcher, making him slide back as she would then stomp on the ground as Phazon tentacles came out and slapped Roy away but he clapped his hands together and shot a Phazon blast at Noir, who did the very same as it resulted in an electrical toxic explosion.
"Don't breathe that in!" Joker said as they covered themselves while holding their breaths while Roy and Noir went into the smoke and slugged each other, both of them sliding out as Haru's hands crackled with electricity and fired blue lightning at Roy, who deflected it with his Bill Blaster and then swung it on the ground as tentacles came out and grabbed a hold of the Phantom Thieves.
"No!" Noir exclaimed.
"You and me, sister!" Roy smirked as Noir readied herself as the two lunged at each other… until a wall of fire got in their way, forcing them to jump back.
Pause BGM
"Fire?" Noir wondered.
"Roy! That's enough!" A voice called as they turned to see Bowsette and Rei having hopped out of the airship.
"Oh! I'm glad to see those two aren't infected!"
"Ah, my two mothers. You wish to join me to pummel these losers?"
"No. We're saving you from this poison!" Rei declared.
"You would go against the Phazon? But look at me, I'm a lot stronger now! This phazon has given me strength that I need to take these idiots down!"
"No, it doesn't do that. It affects your brain!" Bowsette said, forming fire in her hands. "If we have to knock it out of you, then so be it!" She said, while Noir used this opportunity to free everyone from their Phazon prisons by absorbing the phazon.
"Hmph… so you betray the great Phazon leader. That's fine… more reason for me to pummel all of ya into submission!" He got into a battle stance. "Have at ya!"
Resume BGM
Noir would quickly put her hands on the ground, surrounding Roy in blue fire as she would immediately run into it and slashed at him, but Roy would block the attack, giving Bowsette time to throw fireballs at him.
Once the fire dissipated, Roy lunged at Bowsette and Phazon Punched her, but she would backflip right as Queen jumped in to slug him in the face and then Crow slashed at him before hitting him with a Kouga, then Fox came in with a Mind Slice attack.
"Time to blow you away!" Morgana said, unleashing Magarula on him and then Rei got into position and fired a few Will o Wisps at him. Roy would bat a few away, but one of them hit him dead center.
"Mmph! Like that should work!" Roy said as he charged at them, but he was considerably slower as Joker jumped in with Panther, the two of them acrobatically flipping over while hitting him with an Eigaon and Agilao.
"Raaaah! Take THIS!" Roy yelled, shooting out Bullet Bills at them but Bowsette and Makoto punched them away, only for the two of them to get struck by lightning as they were pushed back. Morgana would immediately use Mediarama on them while Noir unleashed a stream of blue fire as Roy did the same, Bowsette jumping in and breathing fire to add onto Noir's attack as it pushed into Roy.
"Graaah!" He yelped as Rei aimed her hand at him and then fired a Will o Wisp, hitting him in the chest as Roy took one step before falling to the ground.
End BGM
"That should calm him down a bit." Rei said as they would spot two Phazon Power Stars coming out of Roy.
"Oh my! He was holding two Power Stars…"
"All we need now is to get the Phazon out of him." Akira said as they turned to normal. "Haru, you know what to do." He said as Haru took a few steps before suddenly collapsing on her knees and coughing uncontrollably.
"Haru!" Ann exclaimed as they were right by her side.
"I'm… I'm okay…" She panted before coughing hard enough as some blood landed on the ground… but said blood was blue.
"Blue blood…" Akechi whispered as he would immediately cradle Haru before she collapsed.
"D-don't… don't… touch me…" Haru barely breathed.
"It seems as if absorbing the Phazon was enough to truly infect her." Palutena solemnly said. "Touching Phazon or using elemental phazon attacks didn't faze her and yet… absorbing it is another story."
"Can she be saved?" Akechi asked.
"Yes. However, she is rather weak… we need to work on that Star Cure fast. As much as I want to use it on Viridi, Haru should be a top priority. I'm bringing you guys back. Do you two need a lift?"
"That'd be appreciated." Bowsette nodded as heavenly lights wrapped around the women as they headed back to the Observatory.
Fluffy Bluff Galaxy Power Star 1 - Save the Toad Brigade! - SPBRR, Pichu, Newt, Adam, GF Strike Team, Ibuki, Peach, Gloria, Umber, Sun, Aqua, Mickey
BGM: Dark Samus Approaching (Metroid Prime 2: Echoes)
Three ships landed on the ground at the starting point of the planet as the team walked out and scanned their surroundings. "Looks like this place hasn't been infected yet." Sun said.
"True, but the Toad Brigade should be here somewhere. Keep an eye out." Samus instructed as they cautiously approached the planet, seeing a few Flaptacks flying around while some Whittles wandered around, all of them seeming a bit on edge.
"You came at wrong time. Our planets are doomed." A Whittle said.
"Maybe you are our saviors?"
"We'll do what we can." Rosalina told them as they walked along, keeping their eyes peeled while Gloria spotted two Cloud Flowers.
"Oh?" Gloria wondered as she walked over to them and picked one up while Ibuki did the same.
"Shall we?" Ibuki grinned.
"Yeah!" Gloria smiled back as the two absorbed the Cloud Flowers.
Gloria's skin turned dark blue where her nose and mouth turned a lighter blue as a crown of clouds appeared on her head. Her clothes turned into a fluffy cotton as cloud-like wings appeared on her back while her shoes were turned into sandals. There was also an earring on her right ear that contained a Mega Ring.
As for Ibuki, her hair color changed to a cloudy white color in a fluffy pigtail style, she was dressed in a cloudy white bra top, golden harem pants with tatters in them, and a pair of black lace-up boots. There was a light blue bandanna on her head that had her pigtails poking out from the sides with a black cherry decal on the center, and gold bracers on her wrists with silver metal studs.
"Tariaaaa!" Gloria cried.
"Ooooh, Ibuki's feelin' like doing a belly dance~!" Ibuki grinned and then high fived Gloria. "We look cute, Gloria-chan!"
"Hell yeah!" Gloria grinned, high fiving her back as they would rejoin the others while Sun climbed a tree, hopping onto a cloud and spotting a Hungry Luma.
"Hi there!"
"Ah, I get ya. You want some Star Bits? How much do you want?"
"Star Bits? Nuh-uh. That's not how I roll. I would like to eat one hundred coins."
"ONE HUNDRED COINS?!" Sun yelled. "Are you NUTS?!"
"Nope! I just want some iron in my diet."
"Ugh… okay, sure… that works." Sun rolled his eyes, spotting a ? Coin as he curiously grabed it and one hundred coins appeared on the cloud. "…Why couldn't you eat these?!"
"Because I don't feel like moving. I don't move when I'm hungry."
Sun facepalmed. "Lazy son of a…" He mumbled as he collected the coins and then gave them all to the Hungry Luma.
"Oh, thank you so much!" The Hungry Luma as he proceeded to gobble them up.
"That cannot be good for your digestive system." Sun sweatdropped.
"Ooooh, I'm so full… I think I'm gonna… TRANSFOOOOOOORM!" He flew off and transformed into a Tower Planet.
"…Oooor maybe it can." He scratched his head. "Hopefully that planet doesn't crumble from lead poisoning…" He said, hopping into a pink Launch Star and flew off, spotting a Power Star at the top and seeing the many platforms he has to climb. "Alright, doesn't seem so tough!"
He would immediately spot a Cloud Flower. "…Eh, might as well." He said, snagging the Cloud Flower and absorbing it, but didn't notice any physical changes. "Huh, odd…" He mused before shrugging. "Must be a dud." He said as he started climbing, only to see a platform was just a little bit out of reach, so he clapped his hands to use his semblance, and noticed that his clone looked cloudy.
"Heh?" He tilted his head as his cloudy clone turned into a cloud platform for himself. "Ah, so it affected my semblance! Nice." He grinned as he proceeded to climb the platforms while using her semblance to give him a boost as he would continue to climb while also being careful not to fall off the rotating platforms until he eventually reached the Power Star up top.
"Got it!" He grinned and then looked back at the planets. "Hey, wait up!" He said.
"Need a boost?" Palutena asked.
"Sure!" Sun nodded.
With the others…
"You picking up on anything?" Adam asked, using his VR Headset to scan the area.
"Boop bop." ROB responded.
"That's what I thought." He responded as Samus scanned the area with her AR-15's scope. "Lady, we're picking up high energy readings on the next planet over."
"I figured as much." Samus said.
"And then that's where we'll go." Blake said as a heavenly light appeared next to her as Sun landed on the ground.
"Sup!"
"Pichu!" Pichu waved.
"Let's fly over there!" Ibuki grinned.
"Right." Peach nodded as they would find a Launch Star and flew on over to the Cloud Climb Mountain planet where all of them would climb up on the clouds, Sun's semblance providing additional platforms for the Strike Team as the rest got up on the higher ground.
"You've made it."
They would see Dark Samus with her arms folded, and behind her were Kamek and General Guy who looked like they didn't even want to be there. "I'm assuming you responded to that distress signal."
"Where are the Toad Brigade?" Peach demanded.
"They're right here." Dark Samus said, snapping her fingers as a Phazon cage appeared behind them filled with the Toad Brigade, a blue monkey and even a Moogle.
"There's a Moogle in there?!" Aqua said in surprise.
"It had accompanied them in their travels. I assume it's a mascot."
"What's with the monkey? What does that have to do with the Toad Brigade?" Umber asked.
"It had a Power Star in its hands… two of them, actually. It is a native to this Galaxy, so I decided to capture him just in case."
"Two were for challenges here…" The Chimp mumbled.
"Alright, enough!" Mickey said. "You release them right this instant."
"And why should I listen to a mouse?" Dark Samus chuckled. "You have brought an army with you, however… so have I. Magikoopa… bring them over."
Kamek let out a groan. "As you wish." He said, quietly mouthing "Help me" to the others before waving his wand and summoning Zebesians, Larval Metroids, and Phazon-infused Hammer Bros, Slimes, Slime Knights, Chargin' Chucks, Elite Octoombas, Piranha Plants, Sabrecats, Beowolves, Ursai, Neoshadows and even Dark Balls.
"Should've known…" Samus mumbled.
"Attack them! …But leave SPBRR to me." Dark Samus ordered, opening up a Phazon portal inside and dropping them and Adam into the portal.
"Blake!" Sun yelled as he jumped in after them with Pichu joining them while Newt stayed behind, staring at the Metroids before him where he let out a small cry.
"We'll have to fight our way through!" Edward said as everyone else got in their battle stances.
SPBRR landed on a planet where they were surrounded by phazon tentacles. "Looks like we're fighting in this hellhole…" Samus said.
"I have heard all about your theatrics in the BSL Station." Dark Samus said, popping up in front of them. "You sound like quite the team. However… I wonder how far you'll go when your team leader has been heavily weakened."
Samus scowled. "I'll have you know… that despite my jet boots deactivated, I can still do hand to hand."
"Hmhmhmhm… we shall see about that."
Rosalina aimed her wand at Dark Samus. "I'd say it's time we put an end to this war."
Dark Samus chuckled. "Oh no, the war is just getting started. All of you will fall… and this universe will be ours for the taking."
"Oh yeah!" Sun called out as he stepped in along with Pichu. "We've got a few things to say about that."
"Pichu!"
"Glad we have the extra company." Blake said, pumping Gambol Shroud.
"Now then, SPBRR… let's see if you are as powerful as you say you are!" Dark Samus declared, getting in her battle stance.
Pause BGM
BGM: Vs Dark Samus (Metroid Prime 2: Echoes)
The Phazon Master - Dark Samus
Dark Samus disappeared into the phazon, only to pop up to their right and proceeded to shoot a spreadshot at them, forcing them to dodge while Rosalina formed a shield as Samus would proceed to shoot at Dark Samus with Fire Dust, but Dark Samus simply blocked with her hand.
"Hmph, you think that peashooter scares me?" Dark Samus taunted as she floated up in the air, shooting aimlessly at the group where they dodged or countered as ROB would fire a laser at him while Adam threw shurikens at him.
Pikachu would take a running start and then used an Electro Ball while Pichu used Thundershock on Dark Samus. Dark Samus would respond by planting her hand on the ground as dark tentacles came out to try and impale the Pokemon but the two jumped back.
Dark Samus aimed her arm cannon and shot out Phazon Missiles at Blake but she would slide under them and countered with a laser to the face, then Samus would proceed to shoot at her with Electric Dust from her gun. Dark Samus would counter by firing phazon bullets.
"Haaah!" Rosalina yelled, throwing down meteors at Dark Samus but she would jump back to avoid the missiles as Sun jumped in and swung his weapon, but Dark Samus would duck and backhand him before she surrounded herself in an electric forcefield that knocked Blake back before she fired a point blank missile at her.
Dark Samus floated up, raising her arm up as electricity crackled out of her hand and threw it down onto the battlefield where ROB would float up and Adam catching a ride, the latter shooting at her with his Plasma Cannon. Dark Samus floated by and charged up an attack, aiming directly at Samus. "Shit!" Samus cursed.
Rosalina wrapped herself in a cosmic aura and shot herself to Dark Samus, who had unleashed a Shinespark as the two collided into each other, resulting in an explosion that knocked the two back as Rosalina shot out cosmic fire at her but Dark Samus floated away from the fire and fired a spreadshot at her, only for her to form a forcefield.
Dark Samus disappeared into the tentacles, and then appeared behind Rosalina and fired plasma shots at her, electrocuting her but she turned around and fired Star Bits at her but Dark Samus would deflect these while ROB would fly up with Blake on his back, then she leapt off of him and summoned her Belladonna Claws as she would slash at Dark Samus, sending her to the ground but she recovered where Samus would give her a good kick right after and then punched her, but Dark Samus grabbed her wrist.
"You're nothing without your suit. You're worthless!"
"Yeah, well, I was just distracting you." Samus said, and right on cue, both Pikachu and Pichu used Volt Tackle on her, pushing her back while Samus would fire Ice Dust from her gun. "I have to say, I didn't think dust would be so handy." She admitted as Dark Samus dodged an attack from Sun's clone, but got shot in the chest from Adam's Plasma Cannon.
"Enough!" Dark Samus said, punching the ground to form a phazon shockwave that covered the entire area that knocked them all down. "As a team, all of you are pretty great… but I wonder what would happen if you were to lose a teammate." She chuckled as suddenly a tentacle wrapped around Blake and covered her mouth.
"MMMPH?!" She yelped as she was brought close to her.
"BLAKE!" Samus yelled as they were surrounded by Phazon vines and then phazon formed into Dark Samus's hand.
"Become one with Phazon." She said as she pulled her arm back and thrust her arm… right when Sun had managed to get through the vines and took the hit instead of Blake.
End BGM
Resume Dark Samus Approaching BGM
"MMMPH!" Blake shrieked.
"Aaagh! Mmmph…" Sun grunted, falling on his knees. "Haaaah… haaah…"
"Foolish." Dark Samus chuckled. "You would sacrifice yourself for the Faunus? Pitiful."
Sun slowly rose, phazon slowly taking over his body but he took a defiant step. "You… you're not… going… to win!" He said as Dark Samus would try to infect him with more Phazon, but Sun grabbed her arm and suplexed her to the ground while desperately trying to fight it off. "And don't you ever forget… that you pissed off the wrong… planet to infect!" He said, and then suddenly, Dark Samus disappeared. "What…?!"
"You resist." The real Dark Samus emerged from a tentacle. "But the phazon will overtake you, and you will become one of us."
"I'll never… be like you!"
Samus approached Dark Samus. "Alright, enough… Prime. I know very well that you want to infect the entire universe with Phazon, including Remnant… but I know that deep down, we're going to kick your ass so hard, you'll be wishing you begged for mercy."
"Hmph, you do not scare me… even without your arsenal, you are weak. Nobody scares me."
"Really… not even Master Hand?" Samus smirked.
"Not even those Hands scare me one bit. In fact, I've already sent a Phazon Meteor to the Smash Mansion."
Samus scowled. "When they find out about this…"
"They will not. It's on a crash course for the Mansion and soon, all of them will be infected and will serve under me. Yes, that includes the villains. The Hands do not scare me nor do they scare Ridley."
Dark Samus turned her back on them. "The next time we face each other… I will not go easy on you." She said.
"So you were just toying with us…" Rosalina confirmed, clenching her fists.
"Indeed. SPBRR is nothing more than a mere Geemer on the wall." Dark Samus would snap their fingers, taking them back to the planet where they would see Gloria unleashing Dragon Breath on the Zebesians while Peach swung her golf club on a Zebesian that had dodged the Dragon Breath and Aqua and Mickey slashing at the Chargin' Chucks.
"Mmph…" Aqua grunted, looking at a few Phazon-infused enemies. The way they move… why does it remind me so much of her… She thought, flashing back to her fight with Anti-Aqua.
"Aqua!" Mickey exclaimed as Aqua snapped out of her daze as a Neoshadow was above her and ready to slash her but she swiftly blocked and then countered, but it seemed as if she was losing focus.
"Hmhmhmhahaha…" Dark Samus chuckled. "Why not infect a few before we make our leave?" She would lay her eyes on Gloria. "Hmm, she becomes a Human/Pokemon hybrid when she uses a Power Up… I wonder what she'll turn into if she becomes one with Phazon." She mused, snapping her fingers to prevent SPBRR from intervening.
"What is she doing?" Roy asked, snapping his fingers to burn a few Zebesians alive where Riza shot a burning Zebesian in the head. Armstrong, meanwhile, picked up a Chargin' Chuck after wrestling with it and threw him down where Olivier slashed a Zebesian to pieces. Ed and Al would both punch a Hammer Bro and then Winry came in to smack the Hammer Bro over the head with the wrench.
"Hmm… that shrimp could work too."
Ed's ear twitched. "WHO ARE YOU CALLING A SHRIMP, UGLY?!"
Dark Samus laughed darkly. "Yes, this will do nicely. Become one with Phazon!" She declared… when suddenly a rocket slammed into her back. "Mmmph!"
End BGM
"Who dares?" Dark Samus demanded.
"Ya know! For a creature who looks just like Samus, you sure know how to be the edgiest creature I've ever laid my eyes on!"
BGM: Thriller (Michael Jackson) (Start at 0:37)
"Wait a second… Michael Jackson?" Ibuki turned her head, looking up on a tree. "Pointing!" She exclaimed as they all looked up to see a familiar face.
"Dante?!" Blake said in surprise.
"And company!" Dante grinned as he was joined by Lady, Trish, Vergil and Nero. Dante would immediately jump over and shot at Dark Samus, making her take a step back while also eating another rocket courtesy of Lady, then Vergil came down and slashed through Dark Samus. Trish would come down and in blinding speed, she punched Dark Samus clean in the face with a touch of an electrical shock, and Nero would come in with activating his Devil Trigger and slashed through Dark Samus.
"Rrrgh!" Dark Samus grunted, falling on one knee. "Where did you come from?"
"Simple! We manned a ship by the Toad Brigade, but we got a little separated." Dante said. "That said, we're livening up the party!"
"Tch, so what? You think you can stop me? I'll have you know that-"
Suddenly, a van came driving by and ran over Dark Samus before stopping. "Oooh, did I hit a speed bump?" Nico asked, turning off the radio.
End BGM
"…You up for a tactical retreat?" Kamek asked.
"Normally, I don't do that kind of stuff but I'd rather be anywhere but here." General Guy agreed as Kamek waved his wand and teleported the two away.
Samus folded her arms smugly. "How's it feel to be humiliated just like that?"
Dark Samus crawled out and glared at her. "So, your army grows… but know this… this war is just beginning!" She said and disappeared into a dark portal along with most of her henchmen, and then the Phazon cage disappeared, freeing the Toad Brigade, the Chimp and the Moogle.
"We are saved, Kupo!"
"Hooray!" Captain Toad exclaimed.
"So… what's new with you guys?" Dante casually asked while Toadette dug out two Power Stars.
"Here ya go!"
"Thank you." Rosalina smiled.
"Well, it's great that you guys are here." Blake smiled.
"Hnnngh… while that's great and all… can we hurry back to the Observatory? I'm not feeling so hot…" Sun winced.
"Sun…" Blake whispered, holding on to him.
"I'm bringing you all back. Hold tight!" Palutena said as they were all taken back to the Observatory, their ships included… but the Chimp stayed.
"Ack! What about me? …Ooooh…" He mumbled as he hopped back up to the trees.
Once at the Observatory…
"Sun… why did you do something so reckless?" Blake asked.
"You… you dummy… you've been through so much at that space station, I'd rather not see you get infected by Phazon… it's the least I can do…" Sun forced a grin. "Agh… damn, this burns…!"
"We'll do what we can to get you cured." Eirin said. "No one's dying on my watch."
"Heh, that's good." Sun chuckled.
"Coming through! Make way!" Akechi said, walking in and gently putting Haru on a bed while Bowsette did the same for Roy.
"Uuunngh…" Roy groaned.
"Oh my gosh…" Blake whispered.
"Geez, they look worse than I do…" Sun grimaced. "Hey, I'll be okay, alright? I've got some company…"
"Okay." Blake nodded. "…Love you." She said, kissing him on the cheek as she walked out, and as she did, she would immediately see Weiss in front of her.
"I've heard what happened." Weiss said and then hugged her with Blake returning the hug. "I'm so glad you're okay…"
"Me too." Blake said as she was joined by Yang and Ruby who also hugged her.
"Phazon Flowers?" Samus said in surprise.
"Yes, and while it doesn't affect those who touch it… you get infected if you absorb Phazon." Palutena said. "She did that to save her friends."
Samus closed her eyes. "Will the horrors of Phazon ever end."
"Hey, don't feel too bad, Sammy." Dante said. "We'll get through all of this together if we have to."
"You're right on that." Samus nodded, noticing Mario giving the Toad Brigade and the Moogle a grand tour of Starship Mario.
"Are you okay?" Terra walked over to Aqua. "You seem a little out of it."
"I'm fine… I just… didn't get enough asleep." She lied.
"Oookay, if you say so."
Blake let out a sigh. "If only there was something we can do… Kamek and General Guy looked like they didn't want to be there."
"Hmm…" Ruby folded her arms. "Oh… what would Sora do at a time like this?"
"Yeah… speaking of which, where is he? Palutena said he was running on an errand, but he's been gone a while." Weiss said.
"Sora should be back soon." Riku approached them. "That said… I'm wondering what kind of errand he went on. Palutena wouldn't say."
"She did seem pretty excited though." Kairi mused. "I wonder what-"
"Whoa! What's with the light show?" Nora spoke up as they turned to see a keyhole forming in front of the Observatory.
BGM: Hikari - Simple and Clean (Kingdom Hearts)
"Nnngh! That's a little bright, if you ask me." Blake winced as everyone stared at the Keyhole until Sora slowly emerged out of it before he front flipped and then proceeded to happily glide around the Observatory.
"What… is he doing?" Raven wondered.
"It looks like he's… flying." Roman mused.
"Nah, he's just gliding with style… and showing off." Riku said as Sora would gently landed on the ground.
"I'm back!" He grinned. "Oh, and I got this with me!" He pulled out a Smash invitation. "Ta-dah~!"
"OH MY GOSH! HE'S GOT AN INVITE!" Nora yelled and before Sora knew it, Nora immediately tackled him to the ground.
"Wah! Oooof!"
"Oh, this is so exciting!" Nora exclaimed, pulling Sora up and squeezed him.
"Mmph! Easy there… I already got hugged to death by my surrogate sisters!" Sora chuckled as he pried himself out and walked over.
"Well, I'll be damned." Samus chuckled, her arms folded with a smirk.
"Ooooh! That's so awesome!" Daisy exclaimed, high fiving Sora as he would then be hugged by Peach, RWBY, JINX, ATMC, Penny, Coco and Velvet while being high fived by the rest of the Smashers, though Makoto and Ann opted for a hug while Akira and Ryuji opted for a selfie with him… and Dante simply shared a slice of pizza with him while also taking a picture with him.
"Aw, thanks guys!" Sora grinned.
"Well, how about that." Riku chuckled.
"That's awesome!" Namine and Kairi cheered.
Mario walked forward to Sora, having a smile on his face as he extended his arm to him. "Welcome to Smash, Sora."
"Thanks! Looking forward to fightin' with ya!" He responded, taking Mario's hand and shaking it.
End BGM
"Ahahahahaha! My oh my, they sure tend to invite everybody these days, now don't they?"
"Who said that?" Summer asked as they all looked around.
"Who am I? I arrive like Agatha Harkness showing up and ruining Wanda Maximoff's not-so-perfect reality. I am the pleaser of crowds, I am the dashing young rogue who likes to make fun of Salem… I am the one, the only…!"
BGM: Dimentio, Charming Magician (Super Paper Mario)
Dimentio appeared before all of them. "Dimentio! Remember the name well~"
"Di… mentio?" Ruby tilted her head. "Never heard of you, honestly. Who are you?"
"Oh! Oh, how you wound me so!" Dimentio said dramatically. "Little Miss Red doesn't even remember who I am… so tragic!" He said, dramatically putting his head over his forehead. "Oh, woe is me…"
"Wow, talk about being a drama queen." Chelsea mumbled.
"Right?" Mine chuckled.
"Ahahaha!" Dimentio said. "Maybe this will jog your memory… same goes for some of you as well." He chuckled, teleporting closer to Ruby.
"Ack!" She yelped.
"Does the name Dark Prognosticus ring any bells?"
"Noooo?"
"Chaos Heart?"
"Nope…"
"Surely, Chaos Ruby rings a few bells."
"Chaos Ru- aaagh!" Ruby held on to her head, getting sudden images pouring into her. "Nnngh!" She grunted, as images came into the Mario Bros, Peach, the Galarians, Roman, Nora, Ren and Akechi's head.
"Yagh!"
"Ah, there we are~!"
End BGM
"Life is nothing more than a firmly built dam. You hold the water against you as if you are on top of the world! But overtime, the dam will crack and weaken… and it will start getting worse over time if left unchecked. Sure, you can patch it up, but how long will it last? Soon, there will be a crack big enough for a desperate squirrel to run along and store his acorn rather forcefully into the dam. Little does he realize… that the acorn will set off a chain reaction. The dam will break, the water will burst,, mass flooding… irreparable damage! And your dam is currently a hot mess, is it not?"
"I… yeah…"
"All it takes is for one bad day to reduce the sanest man alive to lunacy, or in this case… a huntress. How long can you keep the dam from breaking, I wonder? Only time will tell. Your outburst earlier at the Overthere about being sick of the void… could it be a sign that the dam is near collapse?"
"Ah, I remember the time when you couldn't save the Sammer Kingdom… you had a breakdown at the Overthere." Dimentio said. "And I came swooping in, spreading in the seeds of doubt. All it took was for it to blossom… and lo and behold, I decided to do some redecorating to Bleck's Castle~"
"Nnngh… you made a ceiling fall on us?!" Yang grunted, holding on to her head.
"Where… are these damned images… coming from?!" Gloria winced. "I haven't lived through this!"
"But in another dimension, you all have." Dimentio said. "I come from a dimension where we are all flat as paper, but a friendly face was kind enough to set me free and let me see the real world in 3D. Truly, it's magnificent."
"Nnngh… that explains why we're… flat as an ironing board!" Yang panted.
"Ohohoho! But we're just getting started~"
"No… NO! No… it… it won't open… No no no no no no NO! YANG! YAAAAAAAAAAAANG! Yang… no! Don't… don't leave me…"
Tears rolled down Ruby's cheeks. "Ruby!" Pit said as he was immediately by her side, as was Summer, Tai and Qrow. "What are you doing to her?!"
"Making her relive what her other dimensonal self went through. The others are just a bonus."
"Well, I say they've seen enough!" Sarge said as everyone aimed their weapons at him.
"Oh me oh my~" Dimentio said, snapping his fingers as all their weapons disappeared.
"What?!" Carolina yelled.
"How did you…?!" Washington asked.
"Ya know what, I would've missed the shot anyway." Church grumbled.
"Good grief… a ceiling fell on top of me?" Roman winced.
"Weiss… Blake…" Ruby whispered, hugging herself as she fell on her knees. "My entire team…"
"You see, there is a dam that is about to break at any given moment, and I am the squirrel ready to shove that acorn in that crack."
"What? What do you mean by… NO!" Paper Marnie's voice echoed.
"Ahahaha, you get it, don't you? Yes… our precious Rose is about to break, and I've a feeling this will seal the deal~!"
"You… you wouldn't!" Paper Pyrrha's voice echoed.
"Oh, but I would! Ahahaha, you thought I wouldn't have the last laugh? Bold of you to assume that!"
"You… YOU BASTARD!" Paper Marnie yelled.
"And now, the dam breaks… PRESTO!"
"Shit… it was just me, Mario and Ruby left…" Akechi said grimly.
"Surely, there's got to be someone out there… dad?"
"Hey, this is Tai! I can't come to the scroll right now, but please leave a message at the sound of the beep!"
"Okay… how about Uncle Qrow…"
"Go away, I'm busy. Can't come to the scroll right now so leave a message or… whatever. I wouldn't care if you didn't."
"O-okay… B-Byleth…"
"Hey, this is Byleth. I can't come to the phone right now, I'm probably busy training or grading homework or… other stuff, I dunno. Please leave a message at the sound of the beep! …Okay, how do I turn this off, Sothis? Oh, this button right he-"
"P-P… Pit?"
"Hey!"
"Pit!"
"Can't come to the phone right now, I'm currently training up the army to get stronger. I'll get back to you as soon as possible. GO SKYWORLD!"
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" Ruby shrieked, holding on to her hair. "Make it stop… MAKE IT STOP!" She screamed.
"Ruby!" Weiss exclaimed as her team was right next to her as was Rosalina, while her family was glaring at Dimentio.
"What the HELL are you doing!" Summer glared.
"I'm just giving her some memories. Is that so difficult?" Dimentio smiled. "But we haven't gotten to the denouement!" He said, snapping his fingers as he was restraining everyone with magic.
"Nnngh!" Dante grunted. "The hell is this…?!"
"Ruby!" Tai grunted.
"Now Ruby…"
"STOP THIS!" Kokoro yelled. "Just stop already! Can't you see she's suffering because of you?!"
"Oh, simmer down… I'm just having some fun. Now Ruby…"
"No… no no no…" Ruby squinted hard, trying to block it out.
"You can't resist this!"
"Wouldn't you be happier if… you just stayed home and let Yang have all the fun? Imagine that if you didn't go… you wouldn't have suffered all these nasty bruises along the way. Wouldn't you want that?"
"I… I would have loved that…"
"Ahahaha… now, take the power of the Chaos Heart."
"No… no no no no! RUBY!" Paper Yang yelled. "RUBY! NO! DON'T DO THIS! Remember keep moving forward?! You have to remember that!"
"…Keep moving forward… KEEP MOVING FORWARD?! What is the DAMN POINT of it all if everything is dead! You've seen the Sammer Kingdom… but you just kept saying "Let's just keep moving forward!" How can one move forward if everyone is dead?! How can anyone move forward if their family or their loved ones are dead… HOW CAN SOMEONE MOVE FORWARD IF THEIR WORLD HAS BEEN DESTROYED?! I am so… so… SICK of this phrase! I AM SO SICK OF IT ALL! I… I WANT THIS TO END!"
"And thus, the dam has been completely destroyed! Irreparable damage is soon to follow. Ahahaha!"
"All of this…" Weiss grunted. "All of this because of some Light Prognosticus prophecy BS?!"
"Correct! A hero will fall into despair and succumb to the temptations of the Chaos Heart. While there's no such Chaos Heart in this universe, I'm pretty sure I can do an encore with this dear Ruby."
"And now, ladies and gentleman… without further ado, I give you-"
"Ch-Chaos… Ruby…" Ruby repeated.
"You wouldn't!" Summer growled.
"Oh, but I would~ It'd be Chaos Ruby 2.0~" Dimentio chuckled. "A Princess of Chaos, if you will."
"What… what have you done to me…" Ruby quietly said, still holding on to her head.
"Why, I've turned your papery self into who she truly wanted to be. A Princess of Chaos! As far as I'm concerned, there's no way to repair that! After all, I did say irreparable damage. No amount of therapy will bring her back… ahahahaha."
"You… son of a bitch…!" Ibuki growled. "What you've done is unforgivable… and we'll see to it that we won't let you harm Ruby-chan! You may have won in your realm, but this realm is different!"
"She's right!" Sora said. "I'm not sure what you made Ruby and the others see, but we're not going to let you harm her!"
"What does this make you, the Ruby Protection Squad? Please…" Dimentio rolled his eyes. "But know this… the next time we meet, we'll be facing off mano e mano, including my little underling. Hahahaha… ciao!" He said as he disappeared as everyone's restraints disappeared and everyone's weapons came back to them.
"That guy…" Ryuji growled. "We met him for a few minutes and I'm already pissed."
"We're not going to let him do that. Not with all of us." Akira declared, watching Ruby's team, Pit, Rosalina and her family hug her tightly while Raven awkwardly stood there, rubbing her arm.
Immediately after, the alarm sounded as Polari went to take a look. "What the… there's a ship approaching us!" He said as they all looked to see Hat Kid's ship approaching before coming to a gentle stop.
A hatch opened up as Hat Kid emerged shortly after, walking on the Observatory and curiously tilted her head. "Hey uh… is this a burger joint?"
Ibuki: Damn that Dimentio...
Yup... he'll get what's coming to him though.
Ibuki: Hopefully!