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The wormhole opened up as Starship Mario, the Observatory and Hat Kid's ship flew out of it, then they stopped once they reached the new area.
BGM: Starship Mario A (Super Mario Galaxy 2)
"Here we are! The next area!" Lubba exclaimed.
"Commonly known as World 2!" Ibuki grinned.
"Holy moly, that's a pretty sight!" Yang exclaimed, staring out at the horizon.
"Damn, that's beautiful!" Ryuji said as he started sniffing. "I'm not crying, some space dust got in my eyes!"
Samus stared out in awe. "I will admit, I've never stopped to take a moment to bask in the wonders of space."
"You need to do that more often. You never know what you'll see." Rosalina said.
"Says the woman who's lived in space for nearly a millennium." Samus teased, causing Rosalina to giggle.
"Even though I've seen it all before... it's still breathtaking." Rosalina admitted.
"Hoo boy, look at this view. It's so breathtaking, it might give Keanu Reeves a run for his money!" Tucker said.
"Do I detect slander coming out of your mouth?" Sarge glared. "I won't stand for it!"
"Eh, let me know when John Wick goes into space, then we'll see." Carolina said.
"Pfft, right, that'll happen when Fast and Furious goes into space!" Washington snarked. "Like that'll ever happen!"
"...Should we tell him?" Donut asked.
"Naaaah. Let him stay innocent for a while." Grif responded.
"Hey Kairi, mind if I take a picture of you with this background?" Sora asked.
"Oh, sure!" Kairi smiled, getting into position and doing a few poses while Futaba snapped a picture of her own.
"Aaaand that's going to be my new background for my computer." Futaba grinned.
"Hmm..." Yusuke mused. "Hey, Aqua. Would you mind if you were my new muse for a painting?"
"Certainly!" Aqua smiled.
"AQUA, NO!" The lady Phantom Thieves yelled.
"Aqua YES." Ryuji said, earning a smack upside the head from Akira and Morgana. "Ooof!"
"Huh?" Akechi tilted his head.
Namine pulled out her colored pencils. "What's gotten them all riled up?"
Yusuke pulled out his easel. "Now, for this backdrop, I think a nude model would be perfect. Do you think you can take your clothes off for me?"
Aqua blushed a deep red. "I BEG YOUR PARDON?!"
Namine also blushed. "I had to ask..."
Aqua stormed off, immediately kicking Yusuke in the shin and walked off grumbling to herself.
"Tried to warn ya!" Ann said.
"I'll be your nude model if you don't mind!" Palutena volunteered.
Pit blushed a deep red. "I didn't need to hear that..."
"Why? We're Greek. It's the norm." Dark Pit pointed out as he noticed Palutena raising her staff up. "...That being said, I think we need to cover her up BECAUSE THERE COULD BE CHILDREN READING THIS STORY!" He exclaimed in a panic.
Ibuki came running in, throwing in a shower curtain behind Yusuke. "Got ya covered, Dark Pit-chan! This story is gonna stay Rated T!"
Dark Pit sweatdropped. "Why do I feel Dark Pit-chan is worse than Pittoo?"
"Sorry, you're right. Pittoo-chan rolls off the tongue waaaaay better!" Ibuki grinned.
Dark Pit facepalmed. "I walked right into that..."
Kokoro tilted her head. "Huh? What exactly were Yusuke and Dark Pit referring to?"
Chelsea blushed. "Um... eheheh... i'll tell you when you're older, Kokoron."
Kokoro sweatdropped. "I'm thirteen..."
"Older than that."
"Oh... okay."
"Smooth." Cardin playfully elbowed Chelsea, where she rolled her eyes at him.
Roy Mustang chuckled. "Nude paintings. Why not take it a step further?" He smirked.
Riza's eyes widened. "Roy, NO!"
"Eh? What's up?" Ruby asked.
Roy smirked. "You see, young Rose. One day, I'm going to take over as head of the Galactic Federation... and the way I'm seeing it happen is if we stage a coup d'etat."
Samus raised an eyebrow. "That's the last thing I wanna do to them. Sure, there's corruption and don't get me started on them working with Ridley, but I am willing to believe there's a rogue faction."
"That may be so, but even then..." Roy smirked. "When I'm in charge of the Galactic Federation, there's going to be a few changes." He raised his hand up in the air, pointing his finger into space. "THAT DAY, ALL WOMEN WILL BE REQUIRED TO WEAR TINY MINISKIRTS! But that's not all! Friday through Sunday, women will be required TO WEAR SKIMPY BATHING SUITS, EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY! That's right, we are turning casual Fridays into the casual weekend!"
"OH, SIGN ME UP!" Tucker yelled.
Everyone stared at Roy while Riza facepalmed. "Dammit, you had to blurt it out..."
Gloria's eye twitched. "I'm gonna kill him."
"Way ahead of you, sister." Akame said, unsheathing her sword.
"I got his head!" Mine said.
"Just how short are these miniskirts?" Yang asked.
"And are they fashionable?" Coco added.
An anime tic mark appeared on Samus's forehead. "While I don't mind wearing a skimpy swim suit..." She immediately kicked him in the gut. "I DON'T WEAR MINISKIRTS, ASSHOLE!"
Namine sighed, resuming sketching in her notebook while the chaos erupted, as even Olivier and Winry beat the crap out of Mustang in the violent dust cloud. "At times like this, I'm glad I dodged a bullet with these jeans."
"I'd join, but there's too many people in that cloud..." Bernadetta said.
"Yeah..." Kokoro agreed.
"I would get involved, but I need to set an example for the Lumas." Rosalina admitted.
"I wouldn't mind wearing those!" Palutena said, still in the middle of being Yusuke's muse.
"Hmm..." Terra closed his eyes, imagining Aqua in a skimpy bathing suit. "Interesting..."
The dust cloud soon ended as Roy Mustang was a twitching mess while the women dispersed. "I'm okay..." He groaned.
"So, what's our first Galaxy in this brand new area?" Weiss asked.
"Let me see here…" Polari took a look. "Ah! It seems our first stop is Puzzle Plank Galaxy!"
"You know, for some reason, I've always wanted to square dance away in that galaxy and I've never understood why…" Lubba mused.
"You too?" Rosalina tilted her head. "I thought I was the only one."
"Excuse me, mama!" A Luma piped in. "What exactly is square dancing?"
"Well, based on my understanding, you dance in a square." Rosalina said. "You draw an actual square in the ground and proceed to dance to your heart's content in said square."
"Oooooh! Okay." The Luma nodded while everyone else was snickering at Rosalina's explanation.
Sarge immediately to the Reds and Blues, immediately huddling together. "She doesn't know what square dancing is!" He whispered. "She probably hasn't seen a single Western in her life!"
"What do you propose we do?" Carolina asked.
"Make her binge watch all the classic westerns, duh!"
"I'll see if Toad Town has any John Wayne movies." Simmons said.
"Here ya go!" Ibuki said, handing him a DVD. "The whole entire John Wayne collection!"
"Thank you!" Simmons took it.
"Where did she…?" Grif wondered.
"It's Ibuki, don't question it/Es Ibuki, no lo cuestiones." They all whispered.
"Right, right…"
"That's peculiar…" Polari mused. "I'm detecting large amounts of power coming from this galaxy… like something is urging you to fight it."
"Hmm… might as well humor whatever it is that's urging us to come forward." Samus said.
"I dunno, it feels like it's a trap." Blake said.
"Yeah, and we're gonna spring the trap and take out whoever's stupid enough to try and fight us." Samus chuckled. "Besides, I got my suit back. It's all good."
"She's not wrong." Rosalina said.
Blake nodded. "Right."
"So, shall we then?" Samus smirked and with a nod, SPBRR went off into Samus's ship and then flew off to Puzzle Plank, where the Strike Team would fly after them.
"I'm heading there too." Aqua said as she walked away.
"I think I'll join you. I haven't gone out yet." Youmu admitted as the two of them flew off.
Weiss closed her eyes. Blake, stay safe… She thought.
"Hey, they'll be alright." Whitley told her, putting a comforting hand on her shoulder.
"Yeah, I know…" Weiss nodded.
"Still a bit scared something would happen with Blake after the X-Parasite thing?"
"That obvious?"
Whitley smiled. "Hey, if you were there instead of Blake, I would be worrying about you… and so would Blake and everyone else."
Weiss smiled. "Yeah…"
Meanwhile, inside the Terrace…
"Hah… hah…" Haru breathed heavily as Reisen put a shot into her shoulder.
"This should give you an edge for a while." Reisen softly said.
"Th-thank… you…"
"Damn… it really messed her up good…" Sun grimaced, looking at Haru.
"Yeah, and look how well Viridi is holding up." Neptune pointed out, looking at Viridi where she had an Oxygen mask over her mouth.
"You know, you don't have to be in here, dude. I'm alright." Sun said. "I could be a whole lot worse."
"Dude, you're infected with Phazon! How could I just stand by and watch you suffer alone? You're my bro, dude! Someone's gotta keep an eye on you when Blake's on a mission!"
Sun chuckled. "Can't argue with that." He said, glancing over at Roy where Bowsette and Rei were still beside him. "Hey, you know, you can still go back and pretend to side with that Metroid asshole."
"I know… but I just want to make sure he's comfortable…" Bowsette admitted, looking at Roy worriedly with Rei putting her hand on her shoulder.
Eirin, meanwhile, was still busy making the cure with the Grand Star right next to her. "…Could the power of the Grand Star still be enough…" She wondered to herself.
With Makoto…
"Hey, Emerald." Makoto walked over to her while she was busy checking over her weapons.
"Hmm?"
"I just got done talking with Sae."
"You texted her? …We get cell service up here?"
"Apparently we do." She nodded. "Anyway, Sae mentioned that Sojiro told her that you and the Ace Ops had fought Dimentio, and yet, when Dimentio arrived at the Observatory, you looked absolutely confused and had no idea who he was."
"I fought him?" Emerald tilted her head. "Huh, well, I would think fighting something other than a garbage disposal would be more memorable."
"DAAAAAAMN!" Ryuji yelled, overhearing the conversation.
"Accurate!" Ibuki giggled.
Makoto snickered. "Yeah, that makes sense."
End BGM
Puzzle Plank Galaxy Power Star #1 - The Puzzling Picture Block - SPBBR, Youmu
BGM: Puzzle Plank Galaxy (Super Mario Galaxy 2)
The ships landed on the planet while Aqua and Youmu landed next to the ships as SPBRR and the Strike Team got out. "Alright, time to see what makes this place tick." Samus said.
"Right." Blake nodded.
"I'll stay in the ship." Adam spoke up. "Someone's gotta be your mission control."
"Oh, you big baby." Samus teased. "You're afraid of whatever's out to get us."
"Hello! Tiny robot body!"
Samus playfully rolled her eyes. "Ed's tiny and he's out of his ship."
"HEY!" Ed yelled.
"We'll be back." She said as they walked off, with Ed grumbling to himself where they would encounter a few Wigglers going about their day as Aqua, Youmu, Al and Winry couldn't help but admire them.
"What's there to be admiring about? They're just some stupid caterpillars!" Ed said, as one Wiggler turned to glare at him as it walked over to him. "What are you looking at?" The Wiggler would suddenly stand on its hind legs and its feet changed into hands and started punching him. "OW! OW! MMMPH!"
"My word! Those things have hands!" Armstrong said while Ed was still being pummeled by the Wiggler.
"Fascinating." Olivier mused.
"OW OW OW! WOULD YOU GUYS STOP GAWKING AT IT LIKE YOU'RE AT SOME ZOO AND HELP ME OUT!"
"Feisty little guy, isn't he?" Riza said as Winry took a picture.
"Which one, Ed or the caterpillar?"
"MUSTAAAANG!" Ed yelled.
"Bro, I think you owe it an apology." Al said.
"LIKE HELL I DO! IT OWES ME ONE FOR BEATING ME UP FOR NO REASON!" Ed yelled. "Alright, that's it!" He suddenly pushed the Wiggler off of him. "You asked for it, asshole!" He yelled as the two proceeded to wrestle, with the other Wiggler decided to join in.
As for the others, they simply hit a button and found the Launch Star as they launched away toward the Pound Pillars planet, where they would immediately see the Launch Star above them as Rosalina would telekinetically send her team up while Youmu flew up.
"Hmm…" Aqua would look down at the ground and decide to walk toward the other side of the planet, and then spotted a Warp Pipe. "Oh?" She wondered as she decided to climb inside of it.
As for SPBRR and Youmu, they would launch over to the Grinder planet, where they would see Grinders starting to cut up the planet. "Haven't seen those things in a while." Blake said.
"Sentient buzzsaws?" Youmu blinked.
"Apparently so." Samus shrugged as they worked around them while the platforms behind them fell into the abyss below, with two Grinders would grind their way down and cut down a wall, making it wall jumpable as Samus easily wall jumped with Blake and Pikachu following her while the others flew up and kept going.
A Flipbug spotted them and panicked, quickly flying away but would accidentally be right in front of a Grinder's path. "Ooooh!" Youmu winced.
"I've seen worse." Blake said with her team nodding in agreement as they kept going, as more Flipbugs and a few Slurples were unfortunate or stupid enough to be right in front of the Grinders. As they continued along, Rosalina would see a Mandibug up ahead.
"Really? A Mandibug all the way here?" Rosalina tilted her head.
"Guess they got tired of Honeyhive. Well, one of them anyway." Blake chuckled as the Mandibug spotted them and charged ahead, but Samus would throw out a casual melee counter that managed to flip it on its back. "Hey, now it's a Flipbug." She giggled as they casually walked away as the Mandibug struggled to get up… and by the time it managed to get itself rightside up, it was already being sucked into a black hole thanks to the Grinders.
"Lady, I'm picking up on massive energy readings on the next planet ahead." Adam warned.
"Alright, let's spring that trap then." Samus said as they launched away toward the Picture Block. "…I will say though, it's a bit crooked."
"Aha, I see… it's a picture block!" Rosalina said as she floated up in the air. "Hang on to something!" She requested as she telepathically moved the blocks around until it was a complete picture. "There we go." Rosalina floated back down… and right as she did, two Mandibugs fell from the sky and landed on the ground.
End BGM
BGM: Awa-wa-wa-wa-wa! (Super Mario Galaxy 2)
"Boop boop?" ROB wondered.
"Seems like a mother-son duo to me." Blake said.
"Pfft, this is nothing." Samus mocked.
Mother-Son Duo - Stink Bug Parent
The two Mandibugs charged at them… but then ROB picked up on something. "Boop?" He looked up as his eyes turned green in a panic. "BOOOP!" He yelle right as a massive mech landed right on top of the Mandibugs, killing them both.
End BGM
"Oh, did I step in something?"
Samus clenched her fist. "Ghor." She said.
"Hmhmhm… so this is what you've brought to fight? Doesn't look so tough." Ghor looked over at Samus. "As for you… you think a new suit will be enough to stop Metroid Prime's goal?"
"If it's enough to kick her's and Ridley's sorry ass, then yes." Samus said. "As for you, Ghor… this time, I'm saving you."
"Hahahaha! But Samus, don't you see? The Phazon made me who I am! Don't you feel the power? Soon, everything will be corrupted… including YOU!"
Samus charged up her arm cannon as everyone else got in their battle stances. "Let's dance." Samus said.
BGM: Ghor (Metroid Prime 3: Corruption)
Cybernetic Bounty Hunter - Ghor
Ghor immediately fired plasma at the group but they would swiftly dodge as Youmu went flying ahead and slashed at him, but Ghor blocked the attack and attempted to smack her, but Youmu quickly ducked and then swiftly slashed through him with Blood of Asura, with danmaku flying around.
Ghor turned to shoot at Youmu while using his other arm to shoot at Samus, but she rolled out of the way and shot a few missiles. Blake would aim Gambol Shroud at him and shot a few lasers where Ghor would turn around and charged at her, but as he did, Blake disappeared on him. He stood there in confusion for a few seconds, giving Pikachu time to jump up and Iron Tailed him and ROB shot a charged up laser at him.
Ghor turned around and jumped toward the middle, then spun around while firing plasma lasers at them while Rosalina floated up in the air and threw down cosmic energy waves at him, knocking him back as he aimed up and fired at her, but she flew around to avoid the attacks while Samus got a running start and shot at him, as Ghor turned around and tried to backhand her away, but Samus would parry with a melee counter, and then she slid underneath his armor, firing a point blank missile as she did so and then popped up behind him, charging up her Dust Beam and fired a gravity shot, pushing him away several feet while stunning him.
I wonder if I can combine the Dust with my missiles… Samus wondered to herself as Pikachu Volt tackled into him and then Blake shot him with a Plasma Beam. Ghor turned around and fired missiles in the air, some of them locking onto Rosalina, the others were heading for the others. Youmu would slash through them, ROB used his Arm Rotor to send them back, Pikachu would Thunderbolt the missiles to have them explode, while Blake grabbed one with her Shadow Whip and threw it back into him.
Ghor would use his shield to block these, but Rosalina re-directed the missiles that were aimed for her to hit him in the back, stunning him as Youmu immediately shot toward him and used Cherry Blossom Flashing, striking Ghor as he let out a snarl and tried to shoot plasma at Youmu, but she backflipped away as he shot at the ground, leaving a few piles of plasma goo on the ground. Samus immediately took notice of this and quickly fired Ice Dust at it to freeze it up, then fired a normal shot at him to get his attention as he would charge at her, only he would slip on the ice and spin out of control, stopping at the planet's edge where he was stunned, then Rosalina formed a cosmic spear and threw it at him, hitting him in the back.
Ghor lunged at Samus once he recovered as she did the same, as Ghor would attempt to shoot a point blank plasma shot at her, but Samus melee countered him and climbed up on the mech, yanking him out and throwing him to the side while also shooting missiles inside of his mech to shut it down and then went inside to bomb it to hell and then climbed out as it exploded behind her. Ghor would immediately get up… only to get an Arm Cannon shoved into his mechnical neck to knock him out.
End BGM
"Adam. We got Ghor. Sending you our coordinates."
"No need, Lady. I'm flying over to your location."
"Is he going to be okay?" Rosalina asked.
"I'm gonna make damn sure of it." Samus responded as Blake's ears twitched and turned to where his mech once stood.
"What's that?" Blake wondered as Samus turned her head to see something glowing. Samus cautiously approached it and moved the rubble, seeing a capsule sitting there along with the Power Star. She would immediately scan the former, her arm cannon still aimed at it.
Once she finished scanning it, she let out a chuckle and immediately grabbed it, her arm cannon glowing with energy.
Plasma Beam back online!
"So early? It's not even my birthday." She chuckled as she walked back with the Power Star in hand. "Don't worry guys, it's just the Plasma Beam."
"So early?" Blake asked in surprise.
"Apparently! But you know what? I'm not complaining." She said as Samus's ship landed on the planet as the hatch opened up, then Samus picked up Ghor bridal style and walked in with everyone going into the ship.
"Wait, what about the mech… or what's left of it?" Youmu asked as Samus looked outside.
"Oh… I'm sure Futaba could figure something out." Samus said, heading back and grabbing what remained of the mech as PBRR and Youmu pitched in and put all the remains in the ship before flying back to the Observatory.
Puzzle Plank Galaxy Star #2 - Bugaboom's Back - Remnant Strike Team
"I still can't believe you lost to caterpillars, bro." Al teased.
"Hey hey hey! I didn't lose!" Ed defended. "It was more of an… intimate get together."
"Oh, is that what they call it." Winry rolled her eyes as they landed on the Pound Pillars planet and went toward the other side after realizing they need extra steps just to get to the Launch Star, and then noticed the Hungry Luma.
"Hi there!" The Hungry Luma waved. "I'm famished. I need some food in order for me to transform."
"Alright, how many Star Bits do you need?" Riza asked.
"I don't eat Star Bits. I eat coins! I need seventy of them."
"SEVENTY COINS?!" The bros and Winry yelled in shock.
"I understand we all need iron in our diet, but that's too much." Roy mumbled.
"Where are we going to get seventy coins?" Olivier wondered as Aqua popped out of the Warp Pipe with a sack load of coins, where they all stared at her.
"What?" Aqua asked.
"This Luma needs seventy coins to transform." Armstrong pointed out. "Would you be willing to share?"
"Oh… you know, I was wondering what I was going to do with all of these. Here you go." Aqua put the sack down and opened it up, causing the Hungry Luma's eyes to sparkle.
"Yummy~!" He exclaimed as he dove right in.
"Well, he's gonna be in there for a while. There's no way he'll eat it all." Ed said.
"Yup." Winry agreed and then the Hungry Luma burst out of the sack, already full and the coins were already gone.
"Oh, I'm so full… I think I'm gonnna TRANSFOOOOOOOOOOOOORM!"
"HE ATE IT ALL?!" The bros and Winry yelled.
"I… don't think that's healthy." Riza sweatdropped as the Hungry Luma flew off and transformed into a planet. "…And yet, he made it work." She said as they hopped into the Launch Star and flew off. Aqua walked over to join them, but something caught her eye as she turned around.
The group landed on the planet, and as they did, a giant green Mandibug landed in front of them, hissing at them. "That's the ugliest bug I've ever seen!" Winry exclaimed.
BGM: Yo, Go Crazy! (Shantae and the Pirate's Curse)
Giant Green Bug - Bugaboom
"Don't worry, Winry! We got this!" Ed said as he and Al got ready to fight as Bugaboom charged at them.
BANG!
…Until Riza shot at him as it shrieked and jumped back, then Riza pulled out her other gun and started shooting at him as Bugaboom scrambled to get away, but as the planet was just one circle, Bugaboom would come up behind them as Riza turned around and shot at him again.
Bugaboom sprouted wings and tried to fly out of there, but Armstrong hopped onto a spring and jumped up, grabbing him by the leg and throwing him down to the ground. Once Bugaboom got back up, it charged at Armstrong and tried to bite down with his mandibles, but Armstrong grabbed said mandibles before it could chomp down on him, causing it to sweat nervously.
"Hmph! You are very strong, bug… but you should know…" He stripped off his own shirt with one arm. "SQUASHING GIANT BUGS HAS BEEN A PASSION IN THE ARMSTRONG FAMILY FOR GENERATIONS!" He yelled, immediately flipping him on his back.
"No, it hasn't!" Olivier exclaimed.
"Dear sister, you've been failing to kill giant bugs!" He said, wrestling the Mandibug.
"No, it's not that… it's just that it hasn't been our passion, you idiot!" Olivier said as Mustang snapped his fingers to burn him to a crisp before he was nothing more than dust, where a Power Star popped up.
End BGM
"Then what is your family's passion?" Roy asked.
"I'd rather not know." Ed responded as Winry pressed a button out of her pocket as their ship came back and landed near them, and then they spotted Samus's ship flying over to the Picture Block planet.
"Guess they're done." Al said as they walked into their ship and flew off.
Puzzle Plank Galaxy Star #3 - Purple Coin Shadow Vault - Aqua
Aqua stared at what was coming at her, which was none other than a purple comet. Aqua would immediately turn her head to see if any purple coins would pop up, but she didn't see any, not even on the other side of the planet. She rubbed her head before laying her eyes on the Warp Pipe.
"I wonder…" She mused as she walked into the Warp Pipe and hopped inside, where she would immediately see purple coins. "Ah! There you are." She said as she walked over to collect them… but before she could even collect the first coin… she sensed something amiss and immediately turned around with Brightcrest being summoned.
"Show yourself!" Aqua ordered, aiming her Keyblade around the room but nothing would show up. "…I know you're behind me." She would turn around and threw a Firaga, but it would hit a wall instead. She paused for a few seconds before taking a deep breath. "I'm just being paranoid." She told herself as she went to collect the Purple Coins via Magnega.
Once all the purple coins were pulled to her, she then got that feeling someone was watching her. Please, just let it be Palutena. She thought as she turned around, but would see nothing. She let out a low growl and walked around the room, trying to find something that was in the room with her.
Am I just being paranoid? She thought to herself, her back turned to the Purple Coin pile. "I probably am…" She mumbled.
"Probably what?"
Aqua froze. Was that… my own voice? She thought as she slowly turned to see her anti self sitting on the coin pile. She immediately gasped, quickly getting in her battle stance.
BGM: Aqua -Dark Dive- (Kingdom Hearts III)
"Hey there." She casually greeted as she got up. "Nice to see you."
"What are you… no, you're not real!"
"You just pushed me out the moment Sora came crawling over and got you out of the Realm of Darkness. It's a shame, really… we didn't have much time to chat. After all… you saw me in that Heartless Tornado, didn't you? You know, the one where everyone had banded together and took out with beams of light? Fun times…"
"So what, are you my dark side like Xena?!"
"Oh please, I'm way different compared to that split personality."
"You're just a bad memory…" Aqua clenched her fists, trying her best to tighten her grip on her Keyblade while a cold sweat rolled down her cheek. "How did you get out?"
"Apparently, this Prankster Comet was responsible for it. Funny how those work."
"Well… I think it's about time you left… permanently!" Aqua lunged at herself and slashed at her, but found herself unable to land a hit, her blade inches from her face. "Nnngh!"
"You're holding back." Anti-Aqua aimed her hand and fired a ball of darkness, sending her flying and smacking against a wall. "You call yourself a Keyblade Master and yet, you have a funny relationship with the darkness. You've been in the Realm of Darkness for so long, you'd think you'd be one with the darkness, but instead… you shun it away. Why is that? Terra's embraced it, and Riku's a Keyblade Master… one with darkness, he says. He's walked the Road to Dawn, so why aren't you embracing your dark side? Everyone's got one, just some are more potent than others."
"I'd rather not go into-"
"Does it have to do with Eraqus's teachings? Something about the darkness is bad and all that stuff? Heh, he calls himself a Keyblade master and yet… he shunned the darkness as if it were nothing more than a cockroach."
Aqua growled. "Don't you dare talk to Master Eraqus like that!" She lunged at her and slashed at her, but Anti-Aqua gracefully backflipped.
"You call yourself a Keyblade Master, and yet there's much more potential you've yet to tap into. Wasted potential. Me!" She smirked. "Imagine how much more powerful you'd be if you'd just tap into the darkness! Don't you just want to… cut loose and go wild? Or would you rather be an obedient girl and stay true to Eraqus's teachings? I wonder how well that worked out for him… oh wait."
"Shut up!" Aqua yelled, lunging forward with Thunder Surge but Anti-Aqua gracefully cartwheeled away.
"Eraqus shunned the darkness and look where that got him!"
"Darkness only brings out the evil in-"
"Does that mean Terra and Riku are evil?" Anti Aqua shot back, causing Aqua's eyes to widen. "You're so blinded by your beliefs that you don't see the bigger picture. Darkness corrupts, yes… but so does the light. A being of darkness can use it for good, just as a being of light can use it for radical purposes. Eraqus never told you that, didn't he? He was just so focused on the darkness being horrible, he would have rather had a leash be put on Terra. Are you absolutely sure he was the good guy? I mean… there's a thing called Yin and Yang for a reason."
"Eraqus wouldn't-"
"His prejudice against the darkness led him to his downfall… and he had put those teachings into your head. Do you not remember your falling out with Terra and Ven all those years ago? You were responsible for that. Your good intentions tore your friendship apart… and it's easy to pin point who was responsible for it. Eraqus might have been a good teacher, but he wasn't the best when it came to the light and dark."
Aqua trembled before she lunged at her again, slashing her… but this time it was a bit more sluggish as Anti Aqua simply caught Brightcrest. "It seems I've been getting through to you. You claim the darkness is bad, and yet… it's worked out well for Terra and Riku, I wonder if you could do the same."
"Get out… of my head!" Aqua grunted. "Go back to where you've come from!"
Anti Aqua shrugged it off. "If you insist, but you're only just hurting yourself if you don't tap into it." She said as she disappeared.
End BGM
BGM: Ven's Theme (Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep)
Aqua stood there, panting as she sat down, picking up the purple coins as a purple Power Star appeared in her hands. However, she didn't immediately get back up. Anti-Aqua's words echoed in her head as even Eraqus's words echoed in her head as well.
"Who's… who's right?" Aqua wondered, tears swelling in her eyes as a few of them fell and landed softly on the Purple Power Star. She gripped the Power Star softly as she brought it close to her chest, hugging it tightly.
"I don't even know…" She quietly said as she would wipe her tears shortly after as she would walk back to the Warp Pipe and hopped inside before the Power Star would take her back to the Observatory.
End BGM
Back at the Observatory…
"You know, I've been thinking for a while." Jade said.
"Did it hurt?" Xena snickered, causing Jade to giggle.
"Nah, not really. Anyway, it's about your other self."
"Yo. Need something?"
"So, you're a part of Xena, we all know this. At the start, we called you Dark Xena and it stuck, but now that everything's been patched up, you're not really her dark side anymore, just basically another personality."
"Oh, I see where you're going with this. Hang on just a second."
Dark Xena immediately took over. "It's my name, isn't it? Dark Xena or just Dark doesn't really fit me anymore."
"Exactly. So it's like... you need a new name, but have you thought of anything?"
"Sadly, no. We didn't give it much thought."
"Well, let's change it then." Nyx spoke up. 'What would be good for you..."
"Inner Xena? No..." Jade shook her head.
"Yagami." Iris spoke up as they turned to her. "First thing that popped into my head."
"Yagami?" Dark Xena repeated and closed her eyes. "Yagami Ayami... has a nice ring to it."
"Yeah, I like it too!"
"Yeah, rolls off the tongue better." Jade agreed.
"So it's settled. Her name is now Yagami." Nyx said.
Dark Xena, or in this case, Yagami smiled. "Yeah, I love this name. Thanks Iris!"
Iris smiled.. "You're welcome."
"You do know our name is now technically JINXY." Nyx pointed out.
"Eh, what can ya do?" Jade shrugged.
Samus's ship landed in the garage as Samus quickly walked out and carried Ghor into the Terrace dome. "Was that Ghor?" Futaba wondered.
"Yeah, it was." Rosalina responded. "Oh, and by the way… we have something for you." She said as they put down Ghor's mech down in front of her. "This is Ghor's mech, or what was left of it. Samus thought you could repair it."
"Well, I'm not much of a mechanic as say… my fellow eggheads, but I'll give it a shot." Futaba said. "Hey Penny, SAPR! We got something to work on!"
Penny's eyes sparkled. "Awesome!" She said as she and SAPR came flying over, and then the Strike Team landed in the Garage and Winry immediately spotted them.
"Oooh! You guys are working on something? Let me help you!" Winry hopped in and then Aqua came back shortly after, but she looked a bit out of it.
"Hey, Aqua!" Ven waved her over as did Terra.
"Huh? Oh…" Aqua forced a smile as her friends walked over.
"You okay? You look a bit out of it." Terra said in concern.
"Yeah, I'm just… a bit tired." Aqua responded, unaware of Riku watching her.
Hmm… something's bugging her. Riku thought, and then the alarm sounded right after.
"Another Prankster comet?" Rosalina asked.
"Yeah, and it's a few of them!" Polari said. "They're all popping up everywhere from Sky Station Galaxy to the Fiery Flotilla."
"What kind are they?" Lubba wondered.
"Green Prankster comets!"
Rosalina blinked in surprise. "Green Stars? Oh my… how many are there?"
"Mmm, there seems to be three Green Stars in each Galaxy." Polari pointed out.
"Hahahahaha! Oh, now this is truly ironic!"
Samus had walked out and heard the voice. "Oh great…" She groaned as Dark Samus appeared in front of the group.
BGM: Dark Samus Approaching (Metroid Prime 2: Echoes)
"Augh! Why does the lass have an edgy dark twin!" The Conductor exclaimed.
"That'd be Dark Samus, lad." Gloria said, ready to throw down as did everyone.
"Yeesh, ugly much?" Hat Kid snarked.
"Need another round of getting your ass kicked?" Dante smirked as they all aimed their weapons at her.
"Hmhmhmhm. You do not scare me."
"You said something about being "truly ironic"." Rosalina said. "What do you mean by that?"
Dark Samus chuckled, disappearing into a portal only to reappear near the screen, embedding her arm cannon into it. "I will show you." She said as they turned around… only to see Sky Station Galaxy completely infused with phazon.
"What… WHAT?! It's covered in Phazon from top to bottom!" Ruby exclaimed as they also saw Yoshi Star Galaxy drenched in phazon as the volcano was spitting out hot phazon.
"Yo…" Yoshi quietly said as Spin Dig Galaxy was also shown to be fully infected, as was Fluffy Bluff, Flip Swap and the Fiery Flotilla.
"You covered the entire area with Phazon?!" Weiss exclaimed.
"Indeed. You left that area and now… it's completely filled to the brim with Phazon." Dark Samus chuckled.
Rosalina let out a growl. "So this is your game… we go to a different area and you infect the previous one with your poison."
Dark Samus turned to Rosalina, pulling her arm cannon out. "Now where do you think we got that idea? We had to start somewhere."
"Remnant…" Rosalina said in a low voice.
"No… think a bit more intergalactic." Dark Samus let out a chuckle. "Why don't you go check out your precious Good Egg Galaxy?"
"What…?" Rosalina turned to the Terrace before she immediately ran inside and launched away.
At Good Egg Galaxy…
Rosalina had launched toward Good Egg Galaxy… but as she got closer, she let out a terrified gasp as she quickly came to a halt before landing on the planet. The entire planet was covered in phazon. She would immediately fly around the galaxy and see that every planet was covered in it.
"No…" Rosalina whispered as something crossed her mind as she swiftly launched away to Honeyhive Galaxy, but it too was covered in Phazon when she got closer. "No… no no no no no…" She whispered as she swiftly took off to the other Galaxies.
Loopdeloop, Sweet Sweet, Space Junk, Battlerock, Beach Bowl, Buoy Base, Gusty Garden, Freezeflame, Dusty Dune, Sea Slide, Toy Time, Dreadnought, Melty Molten…
All of them.
Not even the Trial Galaxies were spared.
Every single Galaxy everyone had been to was covered thoroughly with Phazon, and it was enough to make Rosalina sick to her stomach as she immediately teleported back to the Observatory, immediately falling on her hands and knees.
"Rosie-chan, what's wrong?!" Ibuki asked, immediately by her side.
"Everything…" She whispered. "Everything is covered in Phazon… from Good Egg Galaxy to Melty Molten!"
Ibuki's eyes widened in horror. "No…!"
"WHAT?!" Ruby yelled. "You mean… galaxies like Beach Bowl or Gusty Garden?!"
"What about the trial galaxies? Surely, they've been spared!" Pyrrha hoped but Rosalina's tears falling on the ground said it all. "No…" She whispered sadly while Ibuki reached down to hug Rosalina, but instead Rosalina stood up.
"I'm… I'm gonna need a moment." Rosalina said as she ran off.
"Rosie, wait a moment!" Tai suddenly yelled and ran after her.
Samus trembled in rage as Dark Samus cackled maniacally before Samus pushed her into the library wall, aiming her arm cannon at her head. "You miserable… how low are you willing to go?!"
"As long as we need for galactic conquest! You know how far I'm willing to go! In fact, your new armor doesn't scare me one bit!"
"IT SHOULD!" She yelled, charging up her Arm Cannon. "You despicable unholy abomination… you should've stayed DEAD!"
Dark Samus chuckled. "And you should've died at the BSL Station, and yet… here we are. I look forward to our next meeting… especially when your galactic friend is in shambles right now!" She cackled before disappearing into a portal before Samus could shoot her, leaving a small plasma-shaped hole in the library wall.
"Why do I always let her speak…" Samus groaned.
In the Garden...
BGM: Sad Girl (Super Mario Galaxy)
Tai would walk into the dome and find Rosalina sitting on a rock, sniffling. "Hey..."
Rosalina didn't even turn to look at him. "...Hi." She quietly greeted as Tai would sit on another rock next to her.
"Look, uh, Rosie..."
"I have watched my star children fly off and form into beautiful planets and galaxies... I've seen them transform into Pull Stars, Sling Stars, Launch Stars... I've seen them sacrifice themselves to save the universe. And every time... I would watch them with a smile on my face, letting themselves leave the nest and become something beautiful."
More tears rolled down her cheeks. "I would always go out of my way to visit them, making sure they are healthy and taking care of them if needed... they were my children... and now... now they've all been poisoned with this Phazon..."
Tai would gently put his hand on her shoulder. "The galaxies we've all visited... they were really beautiful. All of them were uniquely different and just to see them get taken away by the Phazon... I know how you feel, my wife was taken away by Salem and I... just wasn't the same after that."
"I realize that... B-but... all of the planets, all of these galaxies...they were not just-"
"I know..." Tai gripped her shoulder firmly.
"What an I supposed to do? I don't even know what to do or... what am I supposed to do, Tai?!"
"We'll avenge them... we'll take down the Space Pirates and give them hell. Together." He would give Rosalina a gentle sad smile as Rosalina would hug him tightly, sobbing into his chest as Tai would wrap his arms around her.
"I... I hate them..."
"We all do..." He quietly said, rubbing her back.
End BGM
Meanwhile, with Ibuki...
"Wait, they're WHAT?!"
"Yeah, they're all covered in Phazon. From Good Egg all the way to Melty Molten. Trial galaxies too."
"Shit... and you mean to tell me these two assholes are trying to do this to the whole universe?"
"Yup, Rosie-chan's taking this as well as you'd expect..."
"...No doubt they're gonna try and come for us again..."
Ibuki looked intrigued. "Oh oh? What's this she hears, Hiyoko-chan?"
"I'm gonna go make Mikan help out that Eirin lady if she's not already, get some stuff together and I'm coming up there with you."
"But Ibuki thought you told her-"
"Forget what I told you! I'm gonna have to fight these assholes eventually. Might as well get it over with now."
Ibuki grinned. "Ibuki'll be waitin' for ya!" She said and then hung up. "Ooooh, the Space Pirates are in for it now~!"
Ibuki: *already setting up the decorations for Hiyoko*
When Log came up with the idea for the Space Pirates to corrupt World 1, I went: "Let's take it a step further."
Ibuki: Hiyoko-chan is coming~ Woooo!