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BGM: Pokemon Center (Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire)
At the Mushroom Kingdom hospital, the doctors, nurses and the whole entire staff were tirelessly trying to keep the victim's Phazon infection at bay, but more victims just kept piling on thanks to Phazon Grimm, Heartless, Erdrean Monsters and what have you.
In all this chaos, Mikan was doing her best.
"Am... am I going to make it...?" A Koopa groaned.
"I'll make sure you'll get the best treatment possible." Mikan gently told him, applying some medicine that would keep the Phazon at bay.
At the reception area, Hiyoko walked in and she looked very unhappy. "Hey, where's Mikan? I need to speak with her," She asked the receptionist.
"She's on the second floor, Room 208. She's currently applying some treatment on a patient."
Hiyoko went on up without saying anything else. Someone else can take over from there.
She'd sharply knock on the door once at Room 208. "Hey Mikan, it's me, Hiyoko. Finish up in there, I need to talk with you."
"Just a second, Hiyoko-san!"
"Oh sure, take your time." Hiyoko would take a seat out in the hall.
A few minutes passed by and Mikan walked out of the room after making sure the Phazon infection was kept at bay. "So, what did you want to talk about?"
"Okay so, don't freak out or anything, but I need you to come into space with me." This would come as a surprise to the nurse, after all, she did tell the others that after the last time, Hiyoko had sworn off space travel.
"Huh?!" Mikan exclaimed in surprise. "But I thought you sworn off space travel."
"I know what I said. I just got a call from Ibuki, and all those galaxies we visited? The Space Pirates dumped their Phazon crap all over them."
"Oh my word!" She gasped in horror.
Hiyoko let out a sigh. "Those stupid Hands I'd lump in with who needs to take accountability. I'm gonna have to fight these Space Pirates eventually...might as well stop them before they come for us again, right?"
Mikan nodded. "Right. We already got hit once, who's to say it won't happen again?"
"Right. There's this Eirin lady working on a cure. You'll work with her, and you leave the legwork to me." She had a bit of a somber look in remembering the past, before having one of sheer grit. "I know exactly what happens when obviously evil monsters get enabled for too long until it's too late to stop their plans. We were pawns in a plan like that, and we damned ourselves along with our classmates to save our world to make up for what we did under that pumped up plastic bimbo's command. I am NOT letting another Tragedy happen in this world if I can do something about it!" Mikan could tell she REALLY wanted to let the Hands have it, but that could wait.
Mikan also had a somber look, remembering what she did to Ibuki and Hiyoko before snapping out of it with a more determined look. "Right. We're not going to let that happen a second time." Hiyoko-san looks like she wants to let these Hands have it... but right now, that should obviously wait.
"And to keep you from worrying...I have an ace up my sleeve." She had grabbed something before coming here, revealing it to be none other than… a Metal Cap.
Mikan blinked and tilted her head. "A... metal hat?"
"This Metal Cap pretty much makes it's wearer immune to hazards," Hiyoko explained. "Which is exactly why I'm bringing it along for myself."
"Oh! That's actually a smart idea." Mikan nodded in approval.
"Mhm." Putting the Metal Cap away, she added, "Get whatever weaponry abd equipment you'll need and meet me outside. High time I show these jerks who they're messing with." On that note, Hiyoko raced outside with a more positive disposition.
End BGM
Mikan closed her eyes and took a deep breath. "I'm not going to be the submissive coward I used to be." She said and walked over to a closet, with a few Toad nurses pushing a few new victims into a room.
She opened it up and walked inside, pressing a few buttons and opened it up, revealing a high tech room that Ibuki, Peko, Hiyoko, Mahiru and even Aoi and Kyoko had made just for her in case she needed to get down and dirty. Hell, even Tomoe and Mario got involved and suggested a few things as well.
Mikan immediately grabbed a few weapons that looked alarmingly similar to Medic's Blutsauger, Kritzkrieg and even the Ubersaw, but they were all colored pink and covered in bandages as an aesthetic.
She then immediately flipped a switch and the weapons had moved away in favor of armor. Mikan rubbed her chin, trying to figure out what to wear before hitting a button that said "Surprise Mikan-chan" and the armor randomized in front of her, with Ibuki's words echoing in her head.
"Nothing like a little bit of RNG hurt anyone!"
"Oh... I like this combination." Mikan said, analyzing the durability of it before putting it on. The armor in question consisted of a nanotech chest plate that covered her entire abdomen, the armor on the arms were gloves that reached to her elbow that were equipped with sprays that could put someone to sleep or briefly paralyze, the legs were high tech boots that had thrusters underneath... and for the head, it was a simple pink bandana wrapped around her forehead.
She also had an Oxygen mask wrapped around her neck. The visor in question was a translucent pink that would show off her eyes and breathing tubes that would cover up her nose and mouth.
"...Let's go practice some medicine."
BGM: MEDIC! (Team Fortress 2)
She walked out of the room in slow motion, cracking her neck... and then Tomoe walked by normally.
"Why are you walking so slow?"
"Dramatic effect."
"Oooookay. Only works in movies, ya know." Tomoe said as she walked off.
End BGM
Mikan sweatdropped, slumping a bit. "You're right, Tomoe-san..." She said before regaining her confidence and walked out of the hospital, a fiery determination set in her eyes.
Hiyoko heard footsteps approaching her as she was sitting on a bench. She turned her head to see Mikan, but she looked at her in surprise since she wasn't expecting Mikan to look like she's ready for combat. "Whoa. Who are you and what did you do with Mikan?"
Mikan smiled. "I'm not the same submissive coward you used to know me by, Hiyoko-san."
Hiyoko smirked. "Perfect. Now let's go kick some ass."
"Quick question. How are we going to get to space?"
"Oh, I'm sure Bowser left a few airships at his castle. Come on, I'll show you."
"Right." Mikan nodded as the two of them took off for Bowser's Castle.
Back at the Observatory…
Rosalina had sat down on a couch, looking miserable as Alexander had inched his way closer between her legs and rested his snout on her abdomen. He let out a little whine as Rosalina gently scratched him behind the ears.
"Here, have these." A voice said as Rosalina looked up to see Ruby holding a bag of cookies. "These always cheer me up." She smiled as Rosalina would see the bag of cookies had Star Bits mixed in with the chocolate chips.
BGM: Family (Super Mario Galaxy)
"It was her idea to put the Star Bits in!" Summer smiled as Rosalina took them, then Ibuki sat down next to her and happily played a song on her guitar.
"You feeling alright?" Samus asked, kneeling down in front of her.
"Not… really…" Rosalina mumbled.
Samus frowned, gently putting her hand on her shoulder. "Hey, we'll get them out of that Phazon. I'm not sure how, but we'll find a way." She said as Pikachu jumped off of Samus's shoulder and landed on Rosalina's shoulder, while Blake sat next to Rosalina as well.
"Come on, you're not you when you're sad!" Yang smiled. "Maybe a few puns would cheer you up? …Not sure what would work in a situation like this." She said.
"Fairy Fairy!" A Clefairy hopped onto Rosalina's lap, with a Cleffa snuggling up right next to her and Clefable rubbing her shoulders from behind, then Snom resting on her head and Frosmoth landing on top of Alexander, and Celesteela was nearby.
"Oh right, she has Pokemon too." Yang rubbed her head as ROB had come over to check on her.
"Boop boop?" ROB asked.
"Still sad." Yang told him.
"Boop…" ROB immediately headed on over to the garage and pulled some flowers off of a flower garden and headed back over, handing some flowers over to Rosalina. "Boop boop!"
"We're all here for you." Blake said.
"All of us." Tai added as Raven was even behind Rosalina, the former trying to figure out how to open up to her but having a chat with Ruby was enough to get her confidence back up.
Rosalina formed a sad smile, a tear rolling down her cheek. "Thank you…" She said as some Lumas came flying by to also cheer her up.
End BGM
"Any other galaxies popping up?" Luigi would ask Polari. "…That's not covered in Phazon?"
"Let's see here…" Polari would take a look. "Ah, two of them have popped into our radar! Hightail Falls Galaxy and Boulder Bowl Galaxy."
Luigi turned to Mario. "Shall we head over to Hightail Falls?"
"Let's-a go!" Mario grinned.
"Yo Yo!" Yoshi walked up.
"Yoshi? You feeling better?" Mario asked as Yoshi gave him a thumbs up. "Excellent!"
"I think I'll go with you guys." Hat Kid spoke up. "Time to show ya what I can do!"
"I'll go with the lass!" Conductor said.
"We'll go with ya!" Coco said as her team nodded.
"Got room for one more?" Umber spoke up and with a nod, they would hop into the Launch Star and flew off.
"Boulder Bowl, huh?" Captain Toad mused and looked to the Toad Brigade. "Come on, let's go take a look!"
"Yeah!" Toadette nodded as they launched away at the different Launch Star.
At Hightail Falls…
Hightail Falls Power Star #1 - Hot Stepping Dash Pepper - Mario Bros, Yoshi, CFVY, Hat Kid, Conductor, Umber
BGM: Hightail Falls Galaxy (Super Mario Galaxy 2)
The group landed on the platform. "Whoa…" Coco said as she looked around her surroundings. "This place is pretty!"
"I'll say! We could find a planet somewhere in this galaxy and have ourselves a picnic." Hat kid said.
"How about on top of the waterfall?" Umber suggested.
"Which one?" Luigi asked.
"Uh… yes."
Luigi sweatdropped. "Oookay."
The moment they crossed the bridge, they would immediately come across a pepper. "Yoooo!" Yoshi licked his chops as the Mario Bros examined it.
"Bell pepper?" Mario wondered.
"Looks more like a jalapeno." Luigi guessed.
"Habenero?" Umber shrugged.
"Ghost Pepper!" Coco suggested.
"Carolina Death Pepper! …Or however it's said!" Hat Kid chimed in.
"That's a thing?" Velvet sweatdropped.
Mario and Luigi hopped onto Yoshi's saddle. "Well, whatever the case… I'm sure-" Yoshi ate it up and as he did, his whole body turned orange as steam shot out of his nose, and then he started running. "-It's not SPIIIIIIIIIIIIICYYYYYYY!" Luigi yelped.
"Whoa!" Hat Kid exclaimed before grinning and then took her hat off before switching to the Sprint Hat, and then immediately pulled out a scooter. "It's not that steep anyway!" She said, as Conductor hopped on and drove off while the Dash Pepper grew back and Coco yanked it out, then broke it into four pieces.
"It's probably not that bad." Coco said as they ate a piece, and then all four of their faces glowed red as steam shot out of their ears.
"Co-Co… Co…!" Velvet whined.
"It's not bad… keep it together…" Coco grunted.
"Mmph…" Fox was sweating like crazy, as was Yatsuhashi.
"Three. Two. One." Umber counted.
"HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!" All of them yelled as they took off running, leaving a trail of fire behind them and then the Dash Pepper regrew as Umber pulled it up and took a bite.
"Hmm, Tomato berries are hotter." He said, casually walking toward the Launch Star while munching on it like no big deal, then he would join them on the Giant Ramp planet with CFVY sprawled out and Yoshi had his mouth open.
"Water… WATER!" Coco pleaded as Mario brought out FLUDD and sprayed them all. "Aaaah…"
"Y'all are wimps." Umber said.
"Let me try one." Hat Kid picked one up and ate it. "Really? You were complaining about this? Pffft… this ain't nothin'." She said, as she was sweating up a storm. "…Phew, why am I all wet?"
"Lassie, you're sweating up a storm faster than DJ Grooves resistin' fish food!"
"And you don't?" Hat Kid shot back as FLUDD was sprayed onto her. "Ack! Plepth!" She spat out water shortly after. "Yeah, thanks for that."
"You are welcome." FLUDD said as Mario put him away.
"Hmm…" Umber picked another one up and looked at his staff. "I have a pepper! I have a staff! Mmm!" He combined them together to form… a rocket javelin. "Huh, I was expecting a flamethrower but this works too!"
"Yoshi Yo Yo!" Yoshi said as was ready to go, eating up another Dash Pepper with the Bros riding on him where they went up the steep slope.
"Pfft, that doesn't look so steep!" Hat Kid said as she took a running start with her Sprint Hat, but would immediately slide down face first after such an attempt. "Correction… it's steep!"
"Hmm, Umber might have been on to something." Coco said, grabbing the Dash Pepper and applying it to her weapon where it would become a rocket board, which was long enough to support four people. "Hey, that works!" She said as she climbed on as did her team, then the Rocket Board launched itself up through the slope while Umber hopped on Nebby and flew off.
"Looks like we're stuck here, lassie." Conductor said.
"Nonsense!" Hat Kid pulled out her moped, having Conductor hop on and then she picked up the Dash Pepper and applied it to the moped… where it would immediately turn into a rocket.
"Cripes, lassie!" Conductor exclaimed.
"Let's fly!" Hat Kid grinned as the rocket shot up into the air.
"…Waaaaah! Wait a minute, rockets explode! We're on said rocket, lassie!"
"Oh… eh, I'm sure we'll be fine!"
"I got me grandkids to worry about! If I die, I'm comin' to haunt yer arse!"
"Oooh, we'll be ghost buddies! We can haunt our friends and we can haunt DJ Grooves together!"
"…That sounds like a fair trade!" He nodded as they made their way toward the Double Slope planet when all of a sudden, there was a bright glow and a new planet popped up. "What the devil!"
"Ooooh, pretty!" Hat Kid turned around and shot toward the planet, going past the Mario Bros as Hat Kid waved at them before heading toward the Kleptoad Planet.
"Oookay, I guess we'll let them take care of it." Mario said with them nodding.
End BGM
Hightail Falls Power Star #3 - Silver Star Beatdown! - Hat Kid, Conductor
The rocket slammed into the ground, exploding as Hat Kid and Conductor were thrown off of it, both of them having their heads buried into the ground while the rocket had turned back into her moped. Hat Kid immediately popped out of the ground and pulled out Conductor from his shoes.
"Next time, I'm drivin', lassie." He said as the two of them looked around. "It's a bit quiet…"
"Yeah, wonder what's up?" Hat Kid wondered as her eyes immediately spotted a Silver Star. "Oooh!" She grinned as she walked up to it, but before she could… a Heartless popped up and kicked her away. "Mmph!" She grunted.
"What the devil?!" Conductor wondered as Hat Kid got back up and found themselves surrounded by Power Wilds, Blue Rhapsodies, Screw Divers, Hoods and several Blizzard Plants popped up. The two of them found themselves back to back. "What are these things?"
"I've no idea, but they're in our way!" Hat Kid pulled out her umbrella. "You ready to kick these pecknecks to the ground?"
Conductor pulled out a few knives. "Just to warn you creatures… THESE AIN'T RUBBER!"
BGM: The Battle of Award 42 - A Hat in Time (GaMetal)
Hat Kid rushed over at the Power Wilds as they would swipe at her but she would roll out of the way and smacked them upside the head with the umbrella as one Power Wild attempted to swipe at her from behind but Hat Kid had backflipped and whacked it upside the head with the umbrella, then whacked it away into the group with the other Power Wilds, then she aimed her umbrella and fired a massive laser from it to destroy them.
Conductor quickly blocked a Screw Diver's trident and parried, quickly going for a few stabs as the Screw Diver would do the same, both of them parrying and dropping their weapons as the Conductor grabbed the trident and impaled it in the head to make it fall to the ground and then he threw the trident into a Blizzard Plant like a javelin to destroy it, and then he pulled out buzzsaws from his pockets, smirking devilishly and threw them down on the ground where they would move forward and cut through several Hoods.
Hat Kid would be in the midst of a duel with one Hood, the former dodging the swings from the Hood's basket. "Hey, you wouldn't happen to be related to that Ruby girl, would ya?" She asked as the Hood swiped down. "Guess not!" She hopped back as the Hood lunged for Hat Kid, but Hat Kid would whack her in the knees to make her fall as Hat Kid grabbed the basket, yanked it away from the Heartless and then shoved it into her head.
Hat Kid backflipped off as the Hood pulled off the basket, giving Hat Kid a glare who was giving her a smug look. "You looked cute with your new hat." She taunted as the Hood lunged at her but Hat Kid would disintegrate her with the umbrella's laser. "Nyeeeeeh!" She pulled her eye socket down while sticking her tongue out.
A Blue Rhapsody shot out ice at the Conductor which he would avoid as he would jump up and shove his megaphone into it, trapping it as he would blow into it, making it smack into a Blizzard Plant as Conductor would pull out a disco ball and kicked it toward them, where it would explode into confetti where the blast radius would knock down a few Screw Divers, giving Hat Kid plenty of time to switch to her Brewing Hat and threw a potion that would immediately explode and destroyed them, then they would turn to see that only a Power Wild remained.
"Hey you!" Hat Kid caught the Heartless's attention as she blew a raspberry at it, which made it angry and charged at her, only to get bisected by a buzzsaw and destroyed it.
"That'll do, lassie!"
End BGM
Hat Kid dusted her hands off. "That'll take care of it." She said as she heard something as she turned around and saw several grateful Kleptoads surrounding them.
"More of those things?" Conductor wondered, ready to skewer them.
"Wait! They seem friendly." Hat Kid said as the Kleptoads handed them the Silver Stars and then they combined into one and formed a Power Star. "Whoa!"
"Pretty!"
Hat Kid smiled, patting them on the head. "We'll take this!"
BGM: Time Piece Get (A Hat in Time)
Hat Kid snagged it and lifted it up into the air, having a grin on her face as she and the Conductor were pulled up with the Power Star as they flew away back to the Observatory.
End BGM
Back with the others…
"I can't believe it. Yoshi's running on the wall." Umber said.
"I'm surprised those guys are hanging on." Coco said while Velvet took a running start and did a triple jump to try to grab the Power Star but she was just off by a couple of inches.
"Shoot!"
Yoshi rounded the corner and then jumped off right as the Dash Pepper's effects had ended, as he flutter jumped and snatched the Power Star, landing on the ground next to them. "Hmph!" Yoshi nodded in satisfaction.
"We got it!" Luigi said.
"Alright, Palutena, bring us back up! …Provided you're not still in the middle of posing in the nude." Coco said.
"Oh no, I'm all done. Yusuke's a great painter, he even had me do different poses for different paintings! …I will say though, it was a bit drafty." She said as heavenly lights surrounded them all. "I'm making Yoshi go first, juuuuust in case."
Once they were all lifted up, they headed back to the Observatory… right when a red comet flew overhead the galaxy, and right at the starting planet, Ibuki landed on the ground.
"Time to see what Ibuki can do with a Dash Pepper!" She grinned.
Hightail Falls Power Star #2 - Hightail Falls Speed Run - Ibuki
BGM: Hurry! (Super Mario Galaxy 2)
Ibuki would immediately run across the bridge, noticing that meteors were raining from the sky. "Aw, meteor showers!" She said as she immediately dove and kicked away a Smeech as she spotted a Dash Pepper and quickly grabbed it, then popped it into her mouth.
She would jump into the air, frontflipping as she had transformed, then she landed on the ground in a super hero-like landing. With her eyes taking on a more red-orange hue and her hair turning into a majestic, flowing ponytail, Ibuki was sporting an orange unzipped jacket with black marking patterns and a sandy brown fur lining over a plain white sarashi covering her chest. Completing the look was an orange and black stripe patterned miniskirt with black leggings, and sandy brown and black cross-trainers.
"Arcanine, baby~!" Ibuki exclaimed as she got into position, bending over as if she were in track and then got a running start, blazing through the slope and jumping over the falling platforms before launching away to the Giant Ramp planet, where she would run through and engage in a power slide, destroying a Smeech that got in her way, then she'd take off running to the giant slope while also grabbing another Dash Pepper.
"Gloria-chan'll like this!" She said as she made it to the top and launched away to some falling platforms, as she didn't even hesitate to rush through and jumped over the platforms, dodging the meteors falling through as she hopped into the Launch Star on the other side and launched over to the Double Slope planet, quickly running up a wall and drifting her way down. "Woo, so this is how it feels to be in Mirror's Edge!"
She would power slide again, knocking out a Paragoomba as she went up another ramp and effortlessly ran up the wall, drifting to the side and running down, leaping over and flipping over some flowers before landing on the ground and running up the ramp, but then took a sharp turn and jumped toward the red Power Star, snagging it and landing on the ground.
"Speed Running tactics for the win~!" She said as she felt herself being pulled up to the Observatory by Palutena.
End BGM
Back at the Observatory…
Bowsette walked out along with Rei, and then walked over to Palutena. "Hey, can you take us back?"
"You sure?" Palutena asked. "You don't want to spend more time with Roy?"
"We could, or we could go back to Ridley's and figure out where our other children are at." Rei pointed out.
Palutena nodded. "Understood. This must be hard for you to leave Roy, but he's in good hands."
"Right." Bowsette smiled. "Just promise me you'll cure him once the cure's been made."
"We will." Palutena nodded and then with a flick of her staff, Bowsette and Rei were taken back to Rightside Down Galaxy where their ship was at.
It was then that a distress signal would pop up on the screen, prompting Polari to answer it. "Hey, can anyone hear us?" Captain Toad asked.
"Yeah, we can hear you. Are you guys in trouble again?" Polari asked.
"Well, not really… but there is a lot of goons out here."
"Space Pirates?" Samus asked.
"More like a team of goons. I think they go by… Team Yell."
Gloria's eyes widened. "Team Yell?!"
"Yeah, we're gonna need some back up. I ain't harming a Pokemon!"
"I'm on my way!" Gloria said. "You lads sit tight."
"Wait!" Guzma spoke up. "I'm coming with ya."
"Okay." Gloria nodded as they hopped into the Launch Star and flew off.
"I'm worried…" Lillie said as she would sneak over and launched away into the Launch Star.
At Boulder Bowl…
Piers tapped his foot impatiently, putting his phone away after speaking with Raihan, Nessa and Sonia. "This is just typical… what the hell did these idiots drag us into?"
"Piers!" A Yell grunt approached him. "We just received word that Lady Marnie had defeated that Rollodillo on the planet she's on. Not only that, but there's a comet above said planet… and she's dealing with crabs."
"Krabby?"
"No, actual crabs!"
"…I see." Piers said. "It seems she's going to be holding two Power Stars hostage… interesting."
"We got contact!" A female Yell member said, looking through binoculars.
"Who'd those Toads send for?"
"It appears… uh oh… it's Gloria."
Piers rolled his eyes. "Oh that's typical. Just what we needed."
"Aaaand… the leader of that stupid band they call Team Skull."
Piers raised an eyebrow. "Really now… the leader of Team Skull? Get your game faces on, this is no time to pout about the other galaxies being covered in that poison."
With the others…
Gloria and Guzma landed on the ground in front of Toadette. "Where are they, lass?"
"They're just a few planets away. They already cleared a few planets filled with Octoombas, but then they spotted Team Yell and had to back away. We can take on the Koopa Troop but we draw the line at harming Pokemon."
"Right." Gloria nodded.
"Harming Pokemon only makes you a scumbag." Guzma said.
"Oh, by the way." Toadette handed Gloria a Rock Mushroom. "The Captain wanted me to give this to you." She said. "With the rolling capabilities, Captain Toad is sure you'll be a Golem."
"Well, let's try this out then!" Gloria said, popping it in her mouth.
"Did you just put a whole damn rock in your mouth?" Guzma asked as Gloria transformed. Her hair remained the same, but wore a helmet as it had rock spikes popping out. She had donned a purple armor with red spikes shooting out of her knees and elbows, her pupils became red while the scelera turned yellow. On her back consisted of more red spikes while her shoes became steel toed boots.
"GIGALIIIIIIIIITH!" Gloria yelled.
"HUH?!" Toadette yelled in surprise. "Well, that screwed with our expectations!"
"Who needs a human Golem when you got a human Gigalith?" Guzma laughed.
Gloria turned to Toadette. "Let's go."
"Uh… right!"
The group made their way to the Boulder Planet, where they would come into contact with Piers.
"Sup Scotty." Piers said.
"Where's Marnie? Is she here?" Gloria asked.
"She's on the next planet over. Can't miss her. That is... if you can get passed us."
"Ha ha ha!" Guzma stepped forward, walking past Piers.
BGM: Team Skull Encounter (Pokemon Sun/Moon)
"So you're this Piers guy I've heard so much about. I didn't know fan clubs could be opposing teams for the champion, but I guess the world is truly full of surprises, especially when said team is full of, as Umber puts it, simps."
"And I didn't know failed trainers who couldn't complete the island challenge were eligible to be an opposing team for the champion. But I guess the saying goes... misery brings company."
"Misery! Ha! You look miserable yourself with those bags under your eyes."
"It's eye shadow."
"Really? I couldn't even tell. You must have had a hell of a time applying it!" Guzma smirked.
"Heh, sounds like Marnie was right. You are full of hot air."
"I may be full of hot air, but at least I have a more competent team!" Guzma smirked.
"Where's your team then? You came alone!"
Guzma smirked, snapping his fingers as heavenly lights came down as an army of Team Skull grunts, plus Plumeria, appeared as the grunts did several poses.
"Oh, did I now?" Guzma smirked. "You stand before destruction in human form. IT'S YOUR BOY, GUZMA!"
Piers strummed his guitar, getting Team Yell at the ready. "Let's see if you're as good as they say, oh leader of destructive force."
Guzma raised his arm. "FOR TEAM SKULL!"
"FOR TEAM YELL!"
Both teams charged at one another, proceeding to go into a massive dust cloud while Guzma and Piers clobbered each other, while Golisopod and Obstagoon also got involved.
End BGM
"...I'm just gonna go the other way." Gloria sweatdropped and power walked the other way.
"Come on, let's see if we can't go around this." Captain Toad said as they walked around the chaos unfolding.
"Hold it right there!" A voice called out as Captain Goomba, Koopa, Shy Guy and Boo got in their way.
"Oh, now these guys, we can handle." Green Toad said, as they got in their battle stances.
"Where's Captain Slime?" Toadette asked.
"Unfortunately, he's not with us. He's somewhere else and he got himself infected with the Phazon." Captain Koopa said.
"But, we can still take you on!" Captain Boo said as Captain Shy Guy pulled out the turnips.
"Oh, that's a shame, I was ready to deflect his sword swings, but I can practice on you!" Toadette smirked as Captain Toad readied his pickaxe.
"CHAAAAARGE!" Captain Toad yelled as the two teams lunged at each other.
"OH MY GEARS!" A voice exclaimed as suddenly a Gearmo came running over.
"...Uh, can we help you?" Captain Goomba asked.
"Those features. Those eyes! Those fangs! That cute little flag on your head! There's no mistaking it, you're a Goomba!"
"Uh, yeah? Do you need an autograph or something?"
"Nope!" The Gearmo picked him up. "You'll make a fine addition to my Goomba collection!"
"YOUR WHAT?!"
The Gearmo tossed Captain Toad a Power Star as he ran off. "I got a rare Goomba!"
"HEY! HEY! PUT ME DOWN! PUT ME DOWN, YOU MORON!"
"...Truce for now!" Captain Shy Guy said as the trio took off after the Gearmo.
"Well, uh... that happened." Purple Toad said with the other Toads agreeing.
Gloria made her way to the crystalized Launch Star, proceeding to destroy it with one punch, and then launched away to the Cage Planet, where she landed a few seconds later.
"So, you made it."
Gloria turned her head, seeing Marnie approach her, while surrounded by two Power Stars. "Marnie!"
Marnie said nothing, except aimed her metal arm at her, turning it into its arm cannon form. "Marn..." Gloria quietly said.
Marnie looked away, lowering her arm down. "If this was during any other circumstance, I would do anything to stop you guys from defeating Lord Bowser..."
"It's those shiteheads, isn't it?"
"Yeah..." Marnie nodded.
Gloria closed her eyes. "I see, they got you in a bind."
"You got it in one. Those damned assholes... I hate them..."
Gloria opened her eyes. "We all do, even Rosie's not too thrilled with what happened."
"I can't say I blame her..." Marnie would look at Gloria. "Well, I can't just let you take these Power Stars, so go ahead and just knock me out, I know you're much more stronger than me..."
"Oh hell no, I'm not going to let you off that easy." Gloria said. "Ye need to let off some steam. I can see it in those cybernetic eyes. You're goin' to fight me."
"Huh?!"
"Ya need it." Gloria said, getting in a battle stance. "Come on, give me yer best shot!"
Marnie stared at Gloria, a few tears swelled in her eyes before pulling out her Punk Claws that Luminary had given her, where they were in her colors. "I supposed our Pokemon will sit this out then."
Gloria smirked. "Bring it!"
BGM: BW Unwavering Emotions (Pokemon Masters EX)
Cybernetic Punk - Marnie
Marnie and Gloria rushed at each other, the former slashing at her but Gloria would block with her arms and then counter with an uppercut to her gut before round house kicking Marnie away.
Marnie would get back up and lunged at Gloria, slashing her as Gloria would back up and then jumped away, aiming her hand at Marnie and using Rock Blast, but Marnie would use Nayru's Love to reflect one back, striking Gloria in the chest where Marnie jumped in and slashed her away, then put one of her claws away and aimed her arm cannon at her, shooting her with a fireball that nearly hit Gloria in the face hadn't she dodged.
Gloria clapped her hands together, the rock spikes on her armor started to glow as beams of light tried to strike the punk, only for Marnie to roll away to avoid the Power Gem, then she used Farore's Wind to teleport behind Gloria, the latter turning around only to get slugged in the face by her metal arm, making her back up with a grunt.
Some blood trickled down from her nose as Gloria wiped her face. "That all you got?" She smirked, pulling out a Penguin Suit and equipping into her Empoleon form, then she lunged at Marnie and using Metal Claw on her, but Marnie stopped this with her own claws, both of them looking into each other's eyes before Marnie knee'd her in the gut to push Gloria away and then sweep kicked her, then slashed Gloria away.
Gloria got back up and unleashed Hydro Pump on Marnie, pushing her away but Marnie aimed at the water and unleashed an electric current that struck Gloria, making her yelp as Marnie teleported to her and slashed her away, then kicked her in the side and then shot her back with a point blank fire shot.
Gloria sprang back up, switching from Penguin Suit to Spring Mushroom, going into her Lopunny form and immediately Mega Evolving, running over and using Bounce to try and axe kick Marnie, but the latter would jump back before pulling out a device and threw it on the ground, where an electric field came out and struck Gloria, holding her down.
"Mmph! I see you've been busy makin' stuff."
"So far, they're just prototypes." Marnie admitted as she lunged at Gloria, knee striking her out of the field and then slashing at her, knocking Gloria down on one knee but she would get her second wind and rushed at Marnie, using a High Jump Kick and sent Marnie flying in the air, then Gloria pulled out the Bee Mushroom and flew up in her Beedrill form, using Pin Missile on her but Marnie used Nayru's Love to reflect it back, as one hit Gloria on the hand, and then Marnie landed on her feet with Gloria landing in front of her, going into her Latias form with the Red Star.
Marnie reached into her pocket, pulling out a Rainbow Star and then absorbed it, as a rainbow aura surrounded her. Gloria smirked as the two lunged at each other, the former wrapping herself in a Zen Headbutt as the two collided into each other.
"Agh!" Gloria cried, being launched back as Marnie launched up into the air and slashed Gloria down to the ground, sending her crashing on the planet and then landed on top of her, feet first into her gut.
Marnie pinned Gloria down, both of them panting, the former hesitating to finish the fight. "Go on... knock me out..."
"No... I can't bring myself to..." Marnie teared up, looking at Gloria all beaten up.
Gloria smiled, a tear running down the side of her cheek. "It'll be okay." She quietly mouthed as Marnie's eyes widened before closing her eyes.
Forgive me... She thought, raising her metal arm up, hesitating... before she punched Gloria in the face to knock her out.
End BGM
Marnie stared at Gloria's face after doing such a thing. She could see, that despite being knocked out, she still had a faint smile. Tears swelled in Marnie's eyes. "Why did you make me do this..." Her voice cracked a little.
"Marnie...?"
Marnie turned her head, seeing Lillie approach them cautiously. "You... did you actually...?"
Marnie got up, grabbing the Power Stars and tossing them to Lillie. "I don't want to fight you Lillie. She exhausted me, but yes... in the end, I knocked her out."
"You actually did that..." Lillie quietly said.
"Take her back." Marnie started to walk off before stopping, giving Lillie a cold stare. "Before I change my mind and knock you down too." She said and teleported away.
"Marnie..." Lillie would walk over to Gloria and pulled out a Hyper Potion, spraying the Scottish girl before picking her up. "There had to be a reason..." She said.
"I think I have a pretty good reason why she did so. Come on, let's get her patched up." Lillie would find herself getting caught in a beam of light, taking them away.
On a distant planet, Dark Samus would be watching with binoculars, then Marnie had teleported to her. "Well done, I didn't think you had it in you."
"Piss off." Marnie said to her before hopping on her hoverboard and flew off back to the ship.
"Hmm..." Dark Samus rubbed her mask thoughtfully. "The Scottish Trainer can transform into human Pokemon with those Power Ups..."
She pulled out a Poison Mushroom. "I wonder what would happen if she were to eat one of these? Could she gain a new form... or would the poison be potent enough to do her in? The thought excites me..."
At the ship...
"Phew..." Piers walked over, rolling his shoulders. "He wasn't kiddin' when he said he was destruction in human form. I'll be sure not to underestimate him next time."
Marnie walked by, not even saying a word. "Hey sis, how was the fight with the spunky Scot?" He asked, but Marnie kept walking, not even saying a word. "Oooh, that bad, huh?"
Tears would swell in her eyes, trying her best to compose herself but she couldn't hold it in any longer. It was then she heard footsteps approaching her as she turned to see Neo.
["You okay?"] Neo signed with concern written on her face.
"Neo..." Marnie immediately hugged her, softly crying into her shoulder as Neo returned the hug, gently rubbing her back.
At Bowser's Castle...
A Phazon infected Hammer Bro wandered around the castle grounds, grumbling to him. "Sure, you get the Phazon and yet you get stuck here with some other minions while everyone else has the fun." He mumbled.
"Agh, it's no big deal... everything will be covered in Phazon and lord Dark Samus will have her reign and-" A hand forcefully smacked him in the back of his neck, knocking him down.
"Target neutralized." Mikan said, quickly hiding in the shadows and making her way over to the airships, finding just one Airship left. "Hiyoko-san, there's only one Airship."
"Then that's the one we'll take." Hiyoko said in her ear piece as Mikan made her way to the ship, but as she did, she would hear noises on the inside, where Hiyoko would soon join her as the two climbed aboard, where they would hear laughing.
"Ha ha! Hey, every time one of those goody two shoes heroes or another Galaxy gets infected with Phazon, we take a shot!"
A Lakitu popped a bottle of champagne, turning his head and seeing Hiyoko holding the cork in her hand. "Oh..."
Mikan waited on deck, looking at what they were dealing with while the Phazon-infused Koopa Troop were kicked off the airship.
"That's taken care of. Let's move!" Hiyoko smiled as Mikan took the wheel as the airship lifted off the ground and flew off into space.
Big shout out to Flash for helping me get a feel for Mikan in the first scene! "Whatever Kodaka did, don't." He would say.
Ibuki: Ibuki approves of Mikan-chan being a badass!