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"I don't get it. You'd still tend to me even after what I did to you back in space?"
"It'd be unprincess-like if I ignored your injuries. Come on, Cinder… I'm not one to hold grudges."
Cinder leaned on a wall, conjuring up a fireball in her hand. Sure, she had the full Fall Maiden powers now but what was the point of having it after Eggman threw her under the bus like that?
As far as she was concerned, Salem dumped her, she got her ass kicked by Ruby, nearly got killed by that stinkin' dragon, Charizard was it called? Everyone hated her, even this random goth was giving her a hefty glare every time she walked by her. Who was she anyway?
She still doesn't know why Bowsette, of all people, would be the only one there for her. After all, she was the one who pushed her away and called her a freak when they first met. So why show her kindness now and have her stay at the castle? No one likes her… especially Emerald.
"This is what you wanted, right?"
Cinder rolled her eyes. "Coming to haunt me again, hmm?" She looked over at her younger self.
"Well, you ought to at least have some company." She said, leaning on a wall. "After all, you preferred being alone."
"I did… until you came along."
"Well, you're stuck with me for a while." She chuckled. "So, what were you planning on doing once you had the Fall Maiden powers?"
"Burning everything to the ground… or at least, that's what I thought I'd do." Cinder mumbled. "Now that I have it, I would have done something but now… it's just a hollow victory. Like yay, woohoo… the current Fall Maiden is dead and now I can do it all. Except… what's the point of having this now? Without anyone, I'm nothing."
"Hmm, I wouldn't go that far. After all, Bowsette sees something in you. Out of everyone, she had the most compassion."
"She's just kidding herself. I'm not sure why she would have saved me. I think I would have been better off being killed by that damned lizard."
"Maye she sees something. As I said, she had the most compassion. She senses a spark in you that no one else does. Or at least, that's how I'm interpreting it."
"It's going to bite her in the tail…"
"Perhaps, but she's willing to give it a shot. She's your second chance. Perhaps you could use this time to like, get to know her and maybe even fight side by side with her? You might be surprised. Who knows, maybe some other people might see you in a good light."
"Ha! After what happened a few weeks earlier? Yeah right."
"I'd say give it a chance. That's what your younger self would do. There's no need to be so defea-"
"Are you talking to yourself?"
Cinder, turned to see Dark Samus approaching her, her imaginary past self disappearing.. "Perhaps, what do you want… and can you kindly go screw off with your Phazon?"
"Oh no, I have something better for you." Dark Samus said. "Go out with Bowser to defend the Grand Star."
"Work with HIM? HA! He might be under the influence of Phazon, but I seriously doubt he'd want to work with me. I'm a lone wolf, so you can go bother someone else while I plan on burning this whole ship to the ground and maybe I'll steer it into a black hole so everyone can have some peace and quiet from YOU."
Dark Samus chuckled. "I was thinking you would say that." She would suddenly Grapple Beam her arm and pulled her to her.
"Mmph! Oh yeah…?!" Cinder's eyes burst into flames, activating her Fall Maiden powers, but Dark Samus simply used her other hand, where Cinder would helplessly watch as Phazon entered her arm. "Nnngh! No…! Nnnngh! Mmmph! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!" She screamed as she fell to the groud, holding on to her arm, seeing her entire right forearm was covered in phazon. "Aaagh… nngh… it… it burns…!"
"That's the idea. This Phazon will get you to quietly follow my command. You're not going to burn this ship to the ground, in fact, this Phazon will keep you on a tight leash. Disobey me and I'll add more phazon." She threatened and walked off.
"Aaagh… nnngh… why… mmmph!" Pained tears ran down her cheeks, writhing in agony before slowly getting up and hissing in agony. "Hah… hah… hah… aaaagh!" She cried.
"Cinder, Cinder, Cinder… it seems you must be taught another lesson."
Cinder gasped, looking up and seeing a ghostly image of Madam approaching her along with the Step Sisters. "Oh… oh hell…" She groaned.
"Hello Cinder… it's been a while." She smirked, holding up a device and pressing it, to which Cinder could feel the sharp pains of the Phazon in her forearm.
"AAAAGH! Nnngh!" She cried, falling to her hands and knees. "Stop… stop this infernal…!" She begged, unaware of Rei watching the whole thing while invisible.
"Oh my gosh…" She whispered. "I may not like her but… no one deserves to be corrupted by Phazon!" She quickly turned around and flew off. "Honey!"
Meanwhile, with Hiyoko and Mikan…
"We should be close." Hiyoko said.
"What exactly are we looking for?" Mikan asked.
"A space station, and a damn cool one at that." Hiyoko smiled. "Trust me, I have a feeling you'll like what you'll see."
Mikan smiled. "Looking forward to it." She said as she turned around to look into the vastness of space. She would turn her head and spotted a ship approaching them. "Hmm?"
"Oh, well, there's something you don't see every day. Maybe they got lost."
Mikan stared at the ship before getting in a battle stance. "No, I don't think that's the case."
"You didn't let me finish. Maybe they're lost out of their damn minds." Hiyoko snarked.
"Keep her steady, I'll deal with this." Mikan said.
"Alright, but if there's any Phazon involved, I'm stepping in!"
"Understood." Mikan nodded as the small ship came to a stop as several Zebesians landed on the airship.
"Really? This is the one who stole the airship from the castle?"
"Pah! It's just a cute meek girl, we can take her."
"I can knock her down." One of them approached her "You look like such a pushover. I could easily-" Mikan raised her leg and stomped hard on his foot. "YAAAAGH!" He yelled as Mikan would knee him between his legs to make him fall on his knees before she kicked him in the face.
"Oooh!" Hiyoko winced. "He'll feel that in the morning."
"Never judge a woman by her looks." Mikan said and turned to the other Space Pirates. "Anyone else?"
The Space Pirates turned to each other before nodding. "Kill her!" They said as Mikan got in a stance.
"Bring it."
BGM: Blade Runner (Beast in Black)
A Zebesian swung his claws at her to try and cut her up, but Mikan swiftly avoided the attack as she sweep kicked the Zebesian to knock him down and then kicked him away as a few Zebesians shot lasers at her, but she would swiftly weave her body to avoid the lasers as she charged at the two, pulling out the Blutsauger and shooting needles at the two.
As they were being pelted, one Zebesian would sneak up behind her. Hiyoko would swiftly get away from the wheel and quickly did a spin kick to knock the Zebesian down. It got back up and turned to her, quickly firing a laser but she swiftly pulled out her tessan to reflect it back and then spun aroud before kicking him in the crotch and then swiftly cut through his neck.
A few Kihunters came flying over as one of them dive bombed Mikan, but she rolled out of the way and cut through it with the Ubersaw, before throwing it at another Kihunter as it was moving, cutting through it as she used her had to pull it back but then she ducked as the blunt end of the saw smacked into a Dessgeega as she grabbed it and cut through the legs before impaling it in the head to finish it off.
Hiyoko closed her eyes, transforming into Fire Hiyoko, re-opening her eyes as she quickly danced around, manipulatig the flames around her to burn up a few Kihunters and Reos. She threw her Tessans toward a Zebesian while weaving her head to avoid the lasers as the tessans went into the space pirate and then she snapped her fingers, where the Zebesian burst into flames before disintegrating.
A Halzyn came flying in and dive bombed Mikan, but she backflipped as she activated the thrusters in her boots as she flew over to it and dive kicked it into the eye, knocking it back where she then activated a spray in her palm to put it to sleep before kicking it off the ship as several Wavers would try to attack them but Mikan flew up and spin kicked a Waver into the others, destroying the rest as Mikan landed on the ground, only for a Halzyn to sidewind her and slammed her into the ship.
"Mikan!" Hiyoko exclaimed before growling, quickly running toward the Halyzn and blasting it with fire to destroy it as she would soon find herself surrounded by Zebesians, Motos and Kihunters as she clapped her hands together and slammed her hands into the ground to make a fiery explosion that destroyed them all, but then a Zebesian cut into her from behind, knocking her on her back.
The Zebesian towered over Hiyoko and raised his claw up to finish her, but someone tapped him on the shoulder as he turned around, only to see Mikan holding a cannon from inside the airship. "Sayonara~!" She smiled and pulled the string, blasting the Zebesian point blank to destroy him… where only his legs remained.
End BGM
Mikan pulled out her Kritzreig and healed up Hiyoko, where she stood up and felt refreshed. "Healing beams… cool!" Hiyoko smiled.
"You alright, Hiyoko-san?"
"Yeah, I'm fine!" Hiyoko smiled and hugged Mikan. "You were amazing out there!"
Mikan blushed and then hugged her back. "Thank you…"
Hiyoko happily skipped over to the wheel. "Now then, let's find that Observatory." She said as the airship took off.
"Lord Rayquaza!" Zinnia knelt down before him on top of her Salamence, as even it bowed down. "Finally, after all this time… I've finally met you face to face." Zinnia smiled. "You don't know how far I've come to make this meeting happen. I've manipulated both Team Aqua and Magma to awaken Kyogre and Groudon just to get your attention. A meteor is about to destroy Hoenn and I wish for you to join your power with mine to stop the meteor from happening. Please, join with me and we can end this! You ended up being used by someone who you never bonded with… so let me be your partner instead!"
"Rrrgh…" Rayquaza glared at her.
"Just think, together we'd be unstoppa-" Rayquaza cut her short by impaling her with his tail. "MMPH!" She grunted, immediately coughing out blood, some of it splattering on Salamence.
"Mence?!"
"L-Lord Rayquaza… wh-why… why would you…?" Rayquaza charged up a Hyper Beam and launched a point blank attack on her with said Hyper Beam. "KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"
"Whoa whoa whoa, hold up!" Nora interrupted. "You were stabbed by the big guy AND took a Hyper Beam to the face?!"
"Another thing to add… RAYQUAZA'S TAIL IS THAT SHARP?!" Luigi yelled, glancing over at Rayquaza who was just casually chilling.
"Apparently so!" Zinnia shrugged it off. "And yes, that happened to me."
"How are you alive?!" Nora exclaimed.
"It's complicated…" Zinnia said as Nora immediately lifted her shirt. "Wah! Hey!"
"Yup, that's a nasty scar!"
"I see it as more of a flesh wound." Zinnia waved it off.
"How… did you exactly tame him? He's got the temperament of Grumble Volcano!" Daisy pointed out.
"I approached him a different way, something less… shall we say… chaotic?"
"Alright, Master Ball, LET'S GO!" Zinnia threw the Master Ball at Rayquaza, who simply batted it away with his tail and it smacked Zinnia on the forehead. "YOWCH!" She yelped.
Rayquaza simply smirked at her. "Oh, you think that's funny? Hah!" Zinnia threw the Master Ball again, but he batted it away again. "Oh, I can do this all day!" She exclaimed as she threw the Master Ball at him, he batted it back which lasted several hours into the night and into the next day.
"Hah... hah... hah... GET IN THE DAMNED BALL, DAMMIT!" She yelled.
"So, what did you do?" Pyrrha asked.
"Oh, I gave up on catching him and was wondering what to do with him... and that's when both Team Aqua and Magma came in and tried to capture Rayquaza while also trying to do away with me. I put up a good fight to trying to protect him but I was pinned down... and just when I thought I was done for, this big guy suddenly intervened and sent them packing. After that, a friendship blossomed..." Zinnia sighed happily.
"Well, that's great and all, but we're forgetting that THING is a killing machine if you get too close to his favorite lake!" Pit pointed out.
"And why do you think he's like that?" Zinnia folded her arms. "Before you say "It's because he's territorial", I know! But it's not his fault he's trying to protect his territory. To him, the Smashers are the aggressors because of an incident involving that Fox boy and that chimpanzee. In his mind, all Smashers come into his lake in a hostile way so he doesn't really trust you guys. If you just come to him and say "I come in peace" or something like that, the misunderstanding will go away. Seriously, have you guys even thought about calming him down, saying "you mean no harm"?"
Everyone stared at Zinnia, all of them having a "you gotta be kidding me" look on their faces. "Well... this is awkward..." Palutena mused.
"Oh, for the love of Arceus..." Zinnia sighed.
"To be fair, I was told to stay away from the lake..." Rosalina admitted.
"Yeeeeah, me too." Sora agreed, rubbing the back of his head.
"I mean, he's kind of imposing and a bit scary..." Bernadetta said.
"...Namine, what are you doing?" Riku asked, seeing Namine approach Rayquaza.
"I just want to get a closer look." She said as Rayquaza lowered his upper body to look down at Namine, lightly growling at her as a warning.
"Ooooh, this is bad..." Terra said.
"Wait!" Mickey spoke up. "We oughta see what happens."
"Shhhh..." Namine softly spoke. "You shouldn't be so on edge. I don't mean you any harm." She said, slowly putting her hand out to him as Rayquaza moved closer to her. "That's it, easy does it..." She smiled at him as Rayquaza seemed to investigate Namine's hand before putting his snout on her hand, where she happily rub her hand on him.
"HUH?!" Pit and Ruby yelled in surprise.
"Well, that's Namine for ya." Kairi chuckled.
"You hyped me up for a teddy bear?" Hat Kid raised an eyebrow.
"Well, once he gets to know you, he's pretty much a big softie!" Zinnia walked over to Rayquaza and hugged his head. "Yes, isn't that right, sweetie? Yes you are, you're just a big ol' teddy bear! Yes you are~!"
Samus blinked. "Well, that's... surprising." She said.
"By the way..." Zinnia sniffed. "Does anyone smell something burning?"
At Starship Mario...
"Hmmhmmhmm~" Weiss hummed as she had started a campfire on Starship Mario with Azure curled up next to her. She was currently poking the remains of what was in the fire with Myrtenaster. Not only that, but she was wearing something completely different. It comprised of a white off shoulder t-shirt with black snowflake graphics, a black sports bra underneath her shirt, a pair of black yoga pants, and a pair of white gym sneakers with blue accents. She was also wearing a navy blue flannel wrapped around her waist and a pair of black and white silicone wristbands on both wrists.
"Oh hey, Weiss. Making a campfire?" Yang asked.
"Kind of." Weiss responded.
"Cute outfit, by the way!" Yang smiled. "…Wait, what did you use for kindling?"
"My combat skirt."
Yang's eyes widened. "Come again?"
"That old stench wasn't going away, so I thought the best course of action was to burn it. Glad I wasn't wearing my outfit I got from Galar." She mumbled.
"Couldn't you have just… I dunno, stuck it into the washer and dryer?"
"You kidding? The stench of eel guts would linger in the washer, seep its way into the dryer and before you know it, the whole house will smell like that for a long time. So I'm doing my home a favor by burning this. Besides, I don't think air fresheners would be enough."
Yang sweatdropped. "Um… oookaaaaay…"
"I'm curious about something." Palutena approached. "How come you didn't burn your outfit the other times you've been eaten alive. One time by that Yoob creature, twice by Bowser-"
"Because they're not fish." Weiss responded.
"…I see."
"After all, that thing ate Blake… and I didn't want her to experience that again. I didn't mean to get eaten alive. It all happened so fast." She admitted. "But, at least we won't have to worry about it again."
"Hmm…" Palutena folded her arms. "This concerns me."
"About what?"
"Remember how Samus nearly died from the X-Parasite because that one creature drooled on her?"
"Yeah? What does that have-" Weiss paused for a second, realizing what she meant. "Oh no… ooooh no…"
"What's wrong?" Yang asked.
"At the BSL Station, Blake was eaten alive by an X-Parasite where it had taken the form of that eel. She came into contact with its saliva!" Weiss said as Yang's eyes widened.
"Oh crap…" Yang whispered.
"What are you guys talking about?" Blake asked, walking over to them while holding her Nargacuga in her arms.
"Um… Blake…" Weiss looked at her. "Don't freak out but… remember when Samus was infected with that X-Parasite?"
"Yeah, some drool got on her and I was in hell in that station, why?"
"Remember when you got eaten?"
End BGM
"How could I forget? Especially considering that thing came back into my li-" She paused for a second, her eyes widening, her ears lowering as she started to pale. "Oh… oh no…" She gently put down the Nargacuga and looked at her hands. "Am I… am I real…?! Am I me or am I an X-Parasite and my own body got left at the station and was evaporated by that explosion?!"
"Blake… Blake!" Weiss put her hands on her shoulders. "Easy… deep breath!"
"How can I take it easy?! Am I me or just a fake?!"
Samus came running over along with the rest of SPRR and Adam. "What's wrong? Ibuki was just telling us you were having a breakdown!"
"Guys… am I… am I an X-Parasite?"
"What?" Rosalina tilted her head. "What makes you think-"
"Remember that Hornoad that drooled on Samus and… that thing made our lives hell? What if the same thing happened to me when that eel ate me alive?"
Samus's eyes widened. "Oh shit…"
Pikachu's ears lowered. "Pika…"
"Boop boop… bop beep beep." ROB said silently.
"Blake…" Rosalina frowned.
"Hmm…" Adam folded his robotic arms, sitting down on ROB's head. "I have a theory. Two of them, actually."
"You do?" Samus asked. "Please, tell us what they are. I'd hate to see Blake get caught up in a crisis like this."
"My one theory is that when you were performing the breath of life on her, you unknowingly sucked the parasite out of Blake and therefore, saved her life and managed to avoid having a Blake-X roaming around the station."
"…And the second theory?" Blake asked.
"You had some sheer dumb luck by your side."
"Hmm…" Rosalina turned to Samus. "Do you remember feeling anything in your mouth when you were trying to save her?"
"Honestly, I was so focused on saving Blake, I didn't even pay attention." Samus admitted as ROB would scan Blake.
"Boop boooop…"
"Scan complete: 100% Faunus - 0% X-Parasite"
"Boop!" ROB cheerfully said. "Boop boop bop bop!"
Blake sighed in relief. "Oh thank Oum…" She said as her team, plus Weiss and Yang hugged her to help her calm down.
"There is a third possibility that I just thought of. It didn't turn into an X-Core, so it probably wouldn't have infected anyone." Adam said. "Which, again, probably leads into my "Sheer dumb luck" theory."
With Polari…
"Oh! We have a Grand Star detected!" Polari said. "Oh… it's being held by Bowser."
"We'll give it a shot." Mario said with Luigi nodding, then Peach and Daisy took out their weapons.
"Bowser is currently corrupted by Phazon. I think you need the extra firepower." Akira said.
"Hell, we haven't done much since we joined. Might as well liven things up a bit." Dante added.
"Right." Mario nodded. "Let's-a move." He said as they all launched away.
Bowser's Lava Lair Grand Star - Bowser's Big Lava Power Party - Mario Bros, Princesses, Phantom Thieves, DMC crew
BGM: Bowser's Lava Lair (Super Mario Galaxy 2)
The group landed on the ground, where they would go ahead and run toward the Cylindrical Planet ahead of them as a red Magikoopa appeared and tried to stop them, only to get pummeled by Makoto and Daisy as they would then fly over to the planet via Pull Star. Once they all landed, they would make their way across, hopping over the lava and made their way to the crystalized Launch Star, with the Mario Bros doing a spin attack to destroy the crystal, then they shot over to the Fireball Planet.
They ran underneath a few fire rings before hopping on a few platforms that rode across a lava lake. "Wait, hold on, how are we not burning up?" Nico wondered.
"Eh, let's not worry about that." Nero said as they found the Launch Star and flew off toward the Whomp Lava Planet, where they would immediately encounter some Flomps floating above the lava, all of them taking their time lest they get flipped off into the lava.
However, one Flomp decided to flip a bit earlier than usual and unfortunately, Luigi had just landed on top of it. "Waaaaaaaaah!" He yelled as he landed in the lava. "YAAAAAGH!" He yelled, launching into the air and landing near the others, trying to fan the flames. "Hot hot hot hot HOT!"
"Shurei, Hydro Pump!"
"Lotiiiiic!" Shurei unleashed Hydro Pump on Luigi, extinguishing the flames.
"Haaaah… thanks, Peach…" Luigi said.
"You're welcome~!" Peach beamed as they knocked down a Phazon-infused Hammer Bro as they launched up from a Sling Star and made their way down, where they would encounter a few Phazon-infused Whomps wandering around, with a few Dry Bones.
"For REAL?! That Dark Samus bitch decided to corrupt building blocks?!" Ryuji exclaimed.
"Sentient building blocks!" Futaba chimed in. "…Now that I say that out loud, that could even be counted as a Pokemon."
"Pffft, good one." Daisy rolled her eyes as they went around to avoid the Whomps, all the while Dante was deep in thought while Vergil and Lady knocked down the Whomps.
"Ice cream, cotton candy, macaroons, frosting, cake… no no, she has a point." Dante said as Nero and Makoto puched the back of the Whomp to destroy it, then Trish obliterated the other Whomp without much effort. They would then come across a door with a Bowser lock, and they saw a meteor floating there.
"Hmm…" Mario mused as he jumped up to it and then ground pounded the meteorite, smacking it into the lock and destroying it.
"Alright!" Ryuji exclaimed.
"Hmm?" Akira would notice a Launch Star appearing next to them, where the Thieves would go into the Launch Star and fly off while the others went to the Lava Cube Planet.
End BGM
The Thieves would land on a Phazon Orb planet, where they landed on a platform as phazon shot out of the phazon lava. "I don't like the looks of this." Akechi said.
"Stay on your guard, this could mean trouble." Akira warned, all of them getting ready to fight whatever, then a fireball was thrown at them, prompting Ann to throw a fireball at her own to counter it and then they looked up to see Cinder descending from above, fire shooting out of her eyes.
"So, this is who I'm dealing with." Cinder said as she landed on the ground.
"Cinder…" Akira said. "I see, so we're fighting you on this planet?"
Cinder smirked, forming two fire blades in her hands. "What gave you that impression?" She chuckled. "Now then, which one of you should die fir-" Her hand started to burn. "AAAGH!" She cried, dropping her fire blade as she held on to her arm, wincing.
"…I'm more than likely going to regret asking, but are you okay?" Makoto asked.
"Tch… shut it! I'm perfect fi-aaaaaaaaah!"
"Why is she holding on to her arm?" Yusuke asked.
"Hmm…" Akechi walked over to Cinder who was gritting her teeth in agony. "May I?"
"Tch… you're only going to get burned!" Cinder grunted as Akechi grabbed Cinder's glove.
"I'll take those chances." Akechi said, taking the glove off and letting out a gasp, seeing the Phazon coursing through her arm. "You've been corrupted."
"Like… HELL I've been corrupted!" She grunted, trying to slug him but Akechi backflipped. "It's only just a little bit of Phazon, I'll get by! Aaagh…"
"Then why do you look like you're writhing in agony?" Futaba asked.
"I'm not writhing… I'm just… dancing with jooooAAAAAAAAGH!" She cried, holding on to her arm. "WILL YOU PLEASE STOP BURNING!" She screamed, falling on her knees.
"…This isn't right." Morgana said.
"I agree. We can't fight her in this condition." Akira said.
"Why can't we? She's at her weakest, we can knock her down a few notches after that massive bombshell!" Ryuji said.
"Mmm… yeah, but no one deserves to be corrupted by Phazon." Ann said. "I mean, look at what we got in the makeshift hospital so far. Roy, Viridi, a Piranha Plant, Ghor, Sun… Haru…"
"This is all so very cute, but I've got a job to do and that's tearing you to pieces!" Cinder stood up. "After I finish with you, everyone… is next to go and then I'll-NNNGH!" She grunted, falling on her knees again, and this time the Phazon was really burning. No one but Cinder could see the Madame smirking at Cinder's plight. "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!"
"Cinder…"
Cinder fell on her arms, hunched over and writhing in agony. "Cut it off… please… JUST CUT IT OFF! CUT OUT THE DAMNED SOURCE!" She yelled as pained tears ran down her cheeks. "PLEASE!"
"We're working on a cure. If you hold on just a bit longer, we'll be able to cure you." Yusuke said.
"SCREW THAT CURE, JUST CUT MY ARM OFF!" She pleaded. "Please… end this pain. Even if it means if it's by you brats!" Cinder grunted. "Kill me… cut off my arm… ANYTHING!"
"This is hard to watch…" Futaba grimaced.
"Indeed." Akechi said. "Yusuke, hand me your sword."
"What? Why?"
"Either we cut it off or she's going to suffer for a long time. Small bit of Phazon or not, no one deserves this."
However, right as Cinder stood up to gain control of it, she aimed her hand at the group to try and fight it off… but as she did, suddenly a box formed around her phazon-infected arm. "Huh?!" Cinder asked.
"Ahahahahahaha! Why are you so surprised?"
"That voice!" Ann exclaimed.
"Oh HELL no." Ryuji growled as Dimentio appeared before them.
BGM: Dimentio, Charming Magician (Super Paper Mario)
"Nngh!" Cinder growled, trying to get her arm out of there.
"Why do you struggle, Cinder? You want this Phazon gone, don't you? I'll give you the satisfaction you so desperately want~!"
"I didn't ask for you to butt in, jester!"
"They were taking too long, so I thought I might add in some flair of my own. Ahahahaha."
"Hey! I've got some advice for you, jester!" Ryuji glared at him. "How about you take a nice dip in that phazon pool and we can go about our day without you having to interfere with anyone, ESPECIALLY RUBY!"
"No can do, it'd be rather bad for my complexion."
Ryuji snarled. "GO BACK TO THAT DAMNED STORY BOOK WORLD OF YOURS AND NEVER COME BACK, ASSHOLE!"
"Nah, I like it here. Now where was I? Oh right, I was about to blow Cinder's pretty little arm off."
"Blow off?!" Cinder exclaimed as Dimentio fired some magic to form a barrier to prevent the Thieves from attacking him.
"And now Cinder's arm blows up like a beached sperm whale! Farewell, Cinder's arm!"
"Hahahahaha…"
"Hmm?"
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
End BGM
Suddenly, Dimentio was backhanded away by a shadowy arm. "Oooof!" He grunted as Snatcher popped up from the ground.
"Well well well! I guess it's a good thing I decided to curb my boredom and see where everyone decided to go!" Snatcher said. "I've heard a lot about you and I have to say, as a fellow antagonistic person, I'm a huge fan."
"Really? You're antagonistic too?"
"Indeed! I take souls away!"
"My my my~! You could take everyone's souls by tricking them? That sounds like fun!"
"Indeed! Might if I have your autograph?"
"Might if I sign yours?" Dimentio asked, pulling out a piece of paper as did Snatcher.
"To my number one new best friend!" Snatcher said.
"To my dazzling new partner in crime. Dimentio adores you!" Dimentio said, happily signing his name… and then suddenly, he felt a wave of power disappearing from him. "AAARGH!" He grunted as Dimentio's box disappeared, freeing Cinder.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!"
BGM: Death Wish (A Hat in Time)
"Like I would ever form a friendship with a scumbag like you! What you have done is appalling, even for someone who takes souls for the sheer fun of it!"
"What… what did you do to me?!"
"Simple, honestly! I TRICKED YOU INTO SIGNING A CONTRACT THAT TOOK YOUR POWERS AWAY FOR THIRTY MINUTES!"
"You what?!"
"Yeah, you heard me! You're powerless! And just to make things interesting!" He snapped his fingers as the ground underneath him lit up as a massive explosion struck Dimentio and sent him flying into the air, with a star shining brightly into space.
End BGM
"Welp! We won't have to worry about him for half an hour! His powers will come back and I'm sure he'll be angry, but hey, I had a good laugh!"
"Why couldn't you just kill him?" Akira asked.
"Ah, not my style. I want to have fun with those whom I torture!" Snatcher said. "Speaking of which-" He pulled up a Power Star. "While everyone was distracted, I pickpocketed this from the whining girl."
"WHAT?!" Cinder yelled, digging into her pockets and finding nothing. "No!"
"Here, on me!" He tossed it to the Phantom Thieves.
"Rrrrgh!" Cinder growled. "Fine, take it! You better have that cure ready by the time we meet again!" She said and then flew off.
"Yeesh, what's her problem?" Snatcher asked.
With the others…
BGM: Bowser Appears (Super Mario Galaxy)
"BWAHAHAHAHA!" Bowser laughed. "Looks like you've made it!"
"Bowser…" Peach whispered in concern, noticing that the Phazon had started covering the top of his forehead. "Are you okay?"
"Am I okay? I FEEL GREAT!" Bowser laughed. "You bozos don't know what it's like having this awesome power, bwahahaha! Once I convert you guys into phazon, the whole universe will bow before the greatness that it is!"
"Do we have to knock some sense into him?" Lady asked.
"It sure seems like it." Dante responded.
"I would say it's Bowser, but considering he's corrupted, I have a feeling this won't be easy." Luigi said.
"Indeed. He might have a few tricks up his sleeve. We best be prepared." Vergil said, unsheathing his sword.
"BWAHAHAHAHA! Resistance is futile, EMBRACE THE PHAZON!"
"Let's-a go." Mario said as they got ready to fight as Bowser hopped off of his throne, landing in front of them with a corrupted smirk.
End BGM
BGM: Boss - Bowser (Super Mario Galaxy 2)
The Corrupted King - Bowser
Mario immediately ran to Bowser, immediately punching him but Bowser would grab him and punched him away and then immediately breathed out phazon from his mouth. "He's breathing out phazon?!" Peach exclaimed as they dodged the attack.
"He's worse than I thought!" Daisy exclaimed as she immediately went into her Crystal Form as she charged ahead and punched him, but Bowser grabbed a hold of her and kicked her away, then shot out a Phazon fireball at her but Peach got in the way and blocked the attack with her tennis racket and batted it away while Luigi hammered him on the head, but Bowser batted him away as he clawed at Luigi, a wave of Phazon nearly hitting him but Dante stepped in to block as he pulled out his guns and shot at him to make him back away.
"Lady, hand me that grenade launcher!" Nico requested as Lady tossed her the grenade launcher while the latter pulled out her shotgun and shot at Bowser. The Koopa King jumped up into the air and punched the ground, making a phazon-like explosion that nearly sent Trish and Mario flying hadn't they jumped back in time. Bowser then batted away the grenades as he rushed over to Nico and swiped at her, but Nero got in the way and punched him in the head to make him back up as Nico fired a grenade to make Bowser slide back, then Mario jumped in and punched him in the head.
"Heh!" Bowser grabbed Mario and slammed him into the ground, then he attempted to crush him underneath his foot but Luigi intervened with a Thunder Hand-infused Luigi Missile, hitting him and sent him flying as Dante jumped over and slashed him down but Bowser got into his shell to make Dante's sword bounce off as he rolled toward Dante, but Vergil got in the way and slashed through him to make Bowser slide back.
Bowser let out a snarl, letting out a roar as he breathed fire on the ground, making a Phazon wall that inched close to them, but the Mario Bros jumped up into the air and hammered him on the head, making him cancel out the Phazon Wall of fire as Peach ran in and Peach Bombed him while Daisy used an uppercut to knock him up into the air.
"RAAAAAAH!" Bowser roared, unleashing a Phazon Fireball at Peach but a Pokeball opened up as Aphrodite got in the way and used Protect.
"Kirli!" She cried, using Psychic on him to push him away, and with a nod from Peach, she ran over and swung her golf club at him to send him sliding back while Trish teleported behind him and grabbed his tail, quickly slamming him into the ground and pounding him with electricity before kicking him away as Bowser sprang back up and punched Trish, but she would do the same, both of their fists connecting as both of them slid, and then before he knew it, Dante and Vergil slashed through him and Mario and Daisy punched him in the stomach.
"BWAAARGH!" Bowser yelled before Luigi finished him off with a powerful lightning bolt as he fell to the ground in defeat, as a Grand Star appeared before them.
End BGM
"I wonder… Aphrodite, Heal Beam!"
"Kirliaaaaa!" She cried, firing a Heal Beam on Bowser.
"AAARGH!" He grunted as they would see the Phazon slowly start to trickle away.
"It's working! Give it more juice!" Daisy encouraged.
However, a dark portal appeared and Dark Samus grabbed a hold of Bowser. "Don't even think about it." She said, firing a Phazon Missile at the Kirlia, but Peach immediately dove for her, pinning her to the ground as she got hit with it.
"AAAGH!"
"PEACH!" Mario yelled before turning to Dark Samus with a growl and jumping in to punch her but she already disappeared into the portal. "Dannazione!" He cursed as he hurried over to Peach, immediately pulling out a Super Mushroom while the Kirlia used Heal Beam on her. "Stai bene, principessa?" (Are you okay, princess?)
"I'm fine…" Peach said, shaking it off and hugged both her Kirlia and Mario.
"Welp… at least we got the Grand Star. Unfortunately, the big guy is gone." Dante said as Vergil took the Grand Star.
"Not to worry. We'll get Bowser out of there."
"Here's hoping." Nero nodded where several heavenly lights appeared above the crew before taking them away.
Meanwhile, a few minutes earlier at the Observatory before the fight with Bowser…
"Mmm…" Yang had her arms folded, thinking about what Iris had said to her. She took a deep breath. "Alright… I'll do it." She said as she headed off towards Raven before stopping herself. "…On second thought." She turned around and walked away, before stopping again. "No no no, she's right. I shouldn't waste this chance." She turned around again and walked toward Raven before stopping again. "No, bad idea…" She turned around again. "No, good idea!" She turned around once more, only part way through. "Bad! Good! No, she abandoned you! …But she came back into my life again. NO! She abandoned you!"
She put her hands through her hair, groaning. "Gaaaah!"
Nyx approached her. "Really? Yo're still undecided on this after Iris told you that you should talk to your mother?"
"I don't know what's wrong with me... I know I should talk to her but something's just... pulling me away! And no, she's not my mother... or, maybe she is... Aaaagh!" She ruffled her hair.
"Yang. Let me tell you something. You NEED to let this grudge go before it eats you from the inside out. I speak from experience."
"Oh yeah? And how exactly did you make peace with Wario?"
"He saved my life. Sure I effectively robbed him afterwards but that was Bowser's idea. I used that to rebuild my old home."
"So what, I have to wait until some guy like this Shake King guy comes and nearly kills me but Raven comes in to save the day... And I JUST realized Shake King is a massive pun."
"Yeah. I was chuckling in my head when I heard that." She let out a chuckle. "And no. Wario saving me is what It took for me to start to let go of my grudge with help from Anthony helping me to realize how far I was going just to get revenge. Nothing was worth that. Especially after I realized how bad I was hurting my team. You need to do this before it gets to that point, Yang."
"...If only it was that easy. I flat out told mom I didn't need her then and I don't need her now... to hell with Raven and all that crap."
Nyx let out a sigh. "I was afraid it would get to this point."
"Yeah... and I don't think I'll ever get out..." She sighed. "I'm just... trapped."
Nyx let out a chuckle while cocking both of her crossbows. "Funny. However it seems I'm going to have to beat this into your head like it was beaten into mine."
Yang looked at Nyx like she lost her mind. "Really? You're going to take me on?"
Nyx smirked. "Yang. I'm pretty sure I could take you. And win."
Yang raised an eyebrow. "You don't even look like you can take a hit. I can probably cripple you with one punch." She then blinked after that response. "WOW, that didn't sound as dark in my head..."
"Oh you don't need to worry about that. It does not look it but this gear that Jade made for me is pretty damn tough."
"Is that so?"
"Yeah, so why don't you try it?"
"…Like right now?" Yang hesitantly pulled back her fist before giving a good right hook to her abs, which she was able to take like it was nothing.
"Was that supposed to hurt?" Nyx smirked as Yang tilted her head before giving a more stronger punch. "Aww… that tickled." She giggled. "Satisfied now?"
"Yeah, alright, that's pretty good!" Yang smiled.
"And don't worry. I'm not going to use actual sharp arrows on you. I would use blunted ones. But I still mean what I said about beating this into your thick skull."
"Yeah well, good luck trying to hit me."
Nyx smirked again. "You're going to be really miffed at your sister in a bit." She said as she took aim while Yang squared up.
"What do you mean by that?" She asked, rolling her neck.
"You have not seen what she has done with my crossbows yet."
"Oh, I'm sure it's nothing." Yang smirked. "Now let's do this!"
"HOLD IT!" Polari yelled as he came flying over. "Ooooh no, you're not fighting here. You two will most likely destroy the Observatory!"
"Do you have any better ideas of where we can fight? Our options are a bit... limited." Yang said.
"Actually I do. There is a Colosseum just floating off in space. If I give you a Launch Star there and back will you be fine with that?"
"Yeah, I'm game for that." Nyx said with Yang agreeing.
"Well, head inside the nearest dome and you can head over there." Polari said and with a nod, the two of them went into the Fountain and launched away to a giant floating platform in the middle of space with the words "Galaxy Colosseum" on a banner floating next to it. (Think of that special arena in Mario Kart Wii)
"Whoa…" Yang said in awe after landing.
"Yeah, this is pretty good." Nyx said as she walked off a fair distance from Yang. "You ready?"
Yang squared up. "Ready!"
Nyx put her crossbows together into her Trap Launcher. "Okay, we go until our Aura hits the red like in normal Tournaments… and obviously nothing that would possibly send us into the vast void of space."
"Yeah… obviously." Yang chuckled.
"Alright then… may the best girl win!"
BGM: Galaxy Colosseum (Mario Kart Wii)
Nyx proceeded by firing off arrows in Yang's direction as well as a few traps along the ground in the form of spikes along the ground. Yang weaved her body around the arrows as she lunged at her, only to flank her when she saw the spikes. Nyx would then proceed to jump up in the air and separate her crossbows back into the pair and start laying down a rain of arrows on Yang.
"Nnngh!" Yang grunted, getting hit by a few of them as she would notice Nyx wasn't even reloading… like at all. How is she not reloading? She thought in confusion.
Nyx saw her confusion and simply smirked. I love causing confusion. When she landed, Nyx would toss out a few small orbs that unfolded into small turrets that would shoot lasers at the blonde.
"WHAT THE?!" Yang yelled as she desperately avoided the lasers while shooting at her from her gauntlets.
"Did I forget to mention that Jade made me some new toys? Also, the spikes were from some Pokemon, by the way."
"You gotta be freakin'…" Yang said exasperatedly.
"Aww.. is the punchy girl scared of a little laser fire?" She teased.
Yang's hair immediately caught fire. "Oh, YOU ASKED FOR IT!" She yelled, immediately stopping and firing a Hadoken at her right as Nyx ran to her and slides under it before firing a net where Yang would roll out of the way and smirking, seeing Nyx was close to her. Got you now! She thought. "SHORYUKEN!"
Nyx was sent flying back, however she threw down a container on the ground to cover the entire arena in a sticky tar, which Yang would land in it. "Okay, good one." She said, wiping her hand across her mouth and spat to the side.
"Mmph… what did I just land in?"
"Tar."
Yang gave her a deadpanned look. "Ooof course."
"What? It's really good for slowing people down." Nyx would take aim at Yang and fired, where Yang would dodge and tried to charge ahead and fired her gauntlets, but would quickly find herself slowed to a crawl while Nyx ran circles around her and her bullets, and laid into her with her arrows, while her aura was taking a hell of a beating.
Dammit, how the hell... Yang thought as Nyx fired an arrow that grazed her, seemingly taking off a few strands of hair, or at least, that's what Yang thought. Did... did I just see a strand of hair fall off or was I just seeing things? "Rrrgh..." She growled, her eyes flashing red for a second. Calm down, calm down...
"Oh, did I make it uneven? Sorry about that. I'm sure Xena can fix that for ya!"
"DON'T YOU DARE!" Yang lunged at her.
Got ya! Nyx smirked, quickly dropping something as she ran ahead and slid underneath Yang's legs, tripping her up as Yang would start to fall. "Oi, Yang, chill out!" She said as Yang fell face first into a land mine... that turned her into a Yangsicle.
Adding insult to injury, her aura was in the red as Nyx shot a fire arrow to thaw her out. "Checkmate, I win!"
End BGM
"Achoo!" Yang sneezed. "What the hell just happened?"
"I planned on purposefully making you mad so that you would make mistakes that I could take advantage of with my traps and tactics in order to wear you out. If you WERE thinking more clearly I believe that would have been a much closer match."
Yang let out a groan. "Was I... really this bad with Raven?"
"Oh, I see what you got where I was going with this, good!" She smiled. "Also, I only got a few strands of hair, no need to get so worked up about."
Yang sighed. "I know it's just hair, but I don't know why I get so riled up if a few strands of hair fall..."
"It might just be a family thing or a habit for ya." She shruged. "But yeah... that rage you felt over your mother? That was me. Every. Single. Day. I wanted Wario and Waluigi dead. It took up every single thought in my head at times."
BGM: Luma (Super Mario Galaxy)
"Just like with me... and how I always thought about her leaving me just like that..." She started to tear up.
"I've been there, I know." Nyx placed a hand on Yang's shoulder and looked her into the eyes. "Yang, I am speaking for all of us, you need to let this go before you ended up like I did."
Yang would see the honest worry in Nyx's eyes. A few tears fell from her eyes. "I know what I have to do but I don't know if I have the strength to do it..."
Nyx gave her a comforting smile. "Don't worry, we're all behind ya. Me, the rest of my team, your team and family, everyone."
Yang wiped her eyes. "Yeah..."
End BGM
"Now come on. Let's head on back. I got a new joke book recently and it could give us some ideas. I figure we could do stand up at Comedy Night at Club 64."
Yang let out a snicker. "Yeah, that'd be great."
"Also, if you're wondering why I never had to reload..." She grinned, tugging at her scarf. "Infinite Ammo. It also magically reloads my crossbows. I got Kamek to do it for me when Bowser offered some of his guys in fixing up my parent's house. Of course I told him I would go easy on him next time JINXY fights him but eh... fair trade."
Yang stares at her in disbelief before shaking her head. "Of course Kamek would do something like that." She muttered.
"Yeah, speaking of which, we really need to get the non corrupted Koopa Troop away from the Phazon minions. Junior looked so terrified when I saw him last."
"And based on what I heard from Gloria, it sounds like they manipulated Marnie pretty good." Yang nodded.
"Oh yeah. I say the next time we run into them, we pull a Bowser and kidnap them."
Yang snickered. "Good idea." She said as they went to the Launch Star and flew back to the Observatory... and once they were there, Yang would march straight to Ruby, who was watching Zwei run around the Observatory and carrying Marisa's broom on his mouth with the latter chasing after him, while Ruby was laughing herself sick over Marisa getting frustrated with Zwei.
"Hey Rubes!"
"Hmm?" Ruby turned around. "Oh hey si-... why are you looking so miffed?"
"I've got a bone to pick with you."
"...Is this about when I bonked your head with the bone?" Ruby asked... and then Yang bopped her on the head. "Yowch!"
"What the hell, sis! You go all out with Nyx's crossbows and yet you don't do anything with mine?"
"You have crossbows?" She asked as Yang bopped her on the head again. "Oof! Kidding! You never asked..."
Yang took off her gauntlets and gave them to Ruby. "Here, make 'em flashy!" She said, causing Ruby to sweatdrop.
"Sorry, not sorry." Nyx smiled. "Also I did get it through her thick skull about her mother, though I did. have to make a very sharp point." She said, casually twirling an arrow in her hand.
"Yeah, she made some very good points." Yang giggled, to which Church overheard this.
"Sarge, give me your gun!"
"Ha! With your aim, you wouldn't hit the broad side of a barn with my shotgun."
"Dammit, you're right!" Church growled.
"I would also riddle you full of holes! Seriously, I just beat her in a fight. You think you could take me with your aim?" Nyx scoffed.
"She's not wrong." Tucker said.
"Oh, butt out!" Church glared.
"Come on, Yang. Let's go talk to people who actually appreciate humor."
"Yeah." Yang agreed as they walked off.
"Oh good, Blondie's feeling better." Xena said.
"Good, otherwise we would've had to step in if Nyx couldn't do it."
"Damn straight."
At that moment, the gang returned with the Grand Star and Power Star in hand, as the Grand Star would convert the Phazon Stars back to normal before they surrounded Samus and fired beams of light at her.
Grapple Beam back online!
Spazer Beam back online!
Dust Bombs online!
Dust Missiles online!
"Dust bombs and missiles?" Samus wondered, checking them out.
Dust Bomb: With Dust fusing into your bombs, your bomb capabilities have increased.
Fire Bomb: Increases firepower and bomb jumping capabilities, blast radius is bigger and can release a small shockwave.
Ice Bomb: Freezes everything around you. Weaker bomb jump. Can freeze the ground to make your opponents slip.
Thunder Bomb: Sends electrical currents in all directions, Bomb Jump is erratic and unpredictable. Can briefly paralyze foes.
Gravity Bomb: Unleash a gravity field that can trap foes. Bomb Jump makes you floatier. Gravity soon and drops opponents on their heads. Can force airborne enemies to the ground in an instant.
Dust Missiles: With Dust fusing to your missiles, your missile firing abilities have increased.
Fire Missile: Missiles fire much faster and the blast radius has increased.
Crystal Missile: Slower firing range and has a shorter fuse. However, once it hits the ground, it explodes into crystals and rip into anything nearby.
Electric Missile: Missiles are more erratic and unpredictable. The blast radius can stun and electrocute enemies.
Gravity Missiles: The line of fire manipulates the gravity field around it and can pull enemies in. Blast radius scatters opponents.
Samus let out a chuckle, smirking evilly. "Oh, this is just perfect for a few certain individuals..." She said as the Grand Star fired a beam of light, making another worm hole for the next area.
"Sweet! Let's go!" Ruby exclaimed.
"Hold it!" A voice called out as they turned to see Summer pushing a cart that held a large pot. "Can't go into the next area on an empty stomach!" She said. "Introducing... the remains of that Serris eel! Some nice hot eel soup."
BGM: Starship Mario B (Super Mario Galaxy 2)
Blake stared at the pot. "...Normally, I'd complain that I'm staring at Serris again, but..." Her eyes sparkled. "This is the perfect revenge after being eaten~!" She said, fixing herself a bowl as she was chuckling before happily eating it up. In your FACE! She thought as some others would chow down on it, Weiss being one of them.
"Eugh... seafood? No thanks." Ed groaned. "I'd rather eat something else."
Gloria came pushing in a cart. "Then perhaps you'd like to try a new curry I've made, lad. I call it Dash Pepper Supreme! ...I'm still workin' on the name."
"Oooh!" Ibuki's eyes sparkled. "That sounds delicious!"
"Now you're speaking my language, Gloria!" Ed said as he fixed himself a bowl and took a bite, before his face immediately started glowing red. "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH! MY MOUTH IS ON FIRE!" He yelled as flames were shooting out of his mouth while running around in agony.
"It's not that spicy." Gloria said, taking a bite. "Has a kick to it, but it's not that bad."
"Oh, right, I forgot she has a high tolerance for spice." Hop said.
"That would explain why I'm seeing Tamato Berries in there." Umber mused while Bede started coughing after he took a bite.
"I'm okay! Kinda!" Bede groaned.
"I feel like I'm forgetting something though." Gloria mused, taking another bite as SAPR tried a taste, where her face started glowing red as steam came out of her head.
"Needs more salt." SAPR said.
"Ah! I was wonderin' if it was that..."
"MY LIPS ARE MELTIIIIIING!" Ed cried.
"Here, drink this!" Winry said, handing him a drink where he immediately grabbed it and gulped it down quickly.
"Aaaah, that hit the spo-... wait, what's this white residue? ...WINRY! YOU MADE ME DRINK THAT MILK CRAP!"
"Ooops, my bad~!" She teased smugly.
"You know very well I don't need milk to grow up. I have friends!"
Ruby looked at him in disbelief. "That sounds very backwards, Ed!"
"Well, it's true!"
"H-how about some blueberry muffins and a no-bake blueberry cheesecake?" Kokoro shyly offered, pushing in a cart.
"Or how about some fried chicken and some pizza made on french bread?" Akame asked, decked out in an apron and a bandana on her head.
"Or some Dash Pepper Poppers!" Umber chimed in.
"Aww, no malasadas?"
Lillie lightly elbowed Hau in the gut. "There's more to life than just malasadas."
"Sigh, I know." Hau chuckled.
"You'll live." Guzma said.
"Did I forget to mention the poppers are filled with pepperoni, sausage, beef and mozzarella? It's the Meat Lover's Dash Popper! Oh, and it's also drizzled in Italian dressing."
Hau drooled a bit. "What the heck is a malasada?" He grabbed one and happily ate it up.
"That was a 180..." Lillie and Guzma said together.
"Stop! Stop it! You're gonna make me drown in my own drool!" Grif said
"...That's a hell of a way to go." Simmons snarked.
"Wait, are we just going to ignore the fact that the robot tasted something?" Washington pointed out.
"Oh, it's simple! Dad upgraded us to where we can eat and taste food!" Penny smiled, eating a blueberry muffin.
"We might have chipped in too." Futaba said with Winry nodding.
"Huh... not sure how that works, but I'm not gonna question it."
"Akame? I didn't even know you cooked." Coco said in surprise.
"I'm not just a bottomless pit, I'm also an excellent chef in the kitchen. I'm also the one who cooks for my team."
"Yeeeeah, I tend to burn food..." Mine admitted.
"My cooking might give Mythra a run for her money." Tatsumi said, causing Sora to grimace when he heard that.
"That brings back... memories..." Sora groaned.
"I'm a decent cook, but I just let Akame take over." Chelsea shrugged.
At that moment, Polari would see an airship flying over to them. "Hmm? Who's that approaching us?" He wondered as the airship landed on the garage, then Hiyoko and Mikan hopped off.
"Where the hell are the-" Hiyoko sniffed. "Hey, something smells good!"
"Hiyoko-chan! Mikan-chan!" Ibuki happily hugged the two.
"Whoa!" Mikan yelped. "Nice to see you too, Ibuki-san." She giggled.
Ibuki took their arms. "Come on, we were just having some food!"
Hiyoko's stomach growled. "Oh, I could eat!" She said as she walked ahead with Mikan, the latter noticing Rayquaza eating with Zinnia.
"Oh, he looks imposing..." She mused before turning around to join them, but as they did, an alarm sounded as Polari went to go check it out.
End BGM
"What kind of alarm is that?" Lubba wondered.
"Oh no... the Galaxies are about to be hit with massive Phazon bombs in this area!" Polari said.
Palutena immediately stood up. "Not on my watch! Rosie, let's go!" She said as Rosalina nodded, as not only did they go, but Reimu and Marisa went with them.
"Master SPAAAAARK!" Marisa yelled, unleashing a colorful hell on one bomb in Cosmic Cove, pushing it away into a black hole. "Yeah, you better blow up in there!"
Palutena and Rosalina were at Hightail Falls Galaxy, both of them destroying a few ships that were dropping Phazon Bombs into the galaxy, where their remains were sucked into it.
At Puzzle Plank Galaxy, Reimu unleashed a Fantasy Seal on a Phazon Meteor, destroying it in an explosion. "That takes care of that!" She said, and then heard an explosion as she turned around and saw a few Zebesians sacrificing themselves with a massive Phazon bomb where the radius was starting to cover the entire Galaxy.
"Crap!" Reimu exclaimed as she flew out of there. "Palutena, get me out of here! Puzzle Plank's done for!" She said as a heavenly light got her out of there.
"Unfortunately, we were too late on Boulder Bowl and Wild Glide..." Palutena said once they regrouped, then Marisa landed near them.
"Honeybloom's toast." Marisa said. "Along with that Lava Lair."
"So, basically, we could only save Cosmic Cove and Hightail Falls..." Palutena said as she looked at Rosalina who had a darkened expression on her face, the latter clenching her fists and gritting her teeth angrily.
"Let's go... there's nothing else we can do here..."
Meanwhile, with the un-corrupted Koopa Troop...
"Cinder..." Bowsette said with worry, looking at Cinder's Phazon arm.
"It's fine, I'm used to it's burning now..." She mumbled. "It's just a little Phazon, it's not much."
"Not much, my tail. This is horrible..." Bowsette said. "We need to keep an eye on this before-"
"Look, I don't know why you keep mothering me, but this is nothing... I can handle it." She winced. "Really."
"I don't know, Cinder... Lady Bowsette is on to something here. "Just a little" could be disastrous in the future." Kamek warned.
"And how do you know that? I'm perfectly fine." Cinder said and then walked off.
"No, no you're not..." Bowsette sighed while Marnie walked by, spotting Cinder while wandering around and giving the Fall Maiden a scowl before spotting the Phazon on her arm.
"Huh?" Marnie wondered while Cinder said nothing as she walked off. "Did she have Phazon on her...?"
With Junior...
Junior took a deep breath. "How much longer do we have to put up with them..." He wondered as he was working on a machine. "Papa's not listening to a word I say... they really got him bad..."
"That's quite the machine you got there." Dark Samus approached him. "What's the name of this fine contraption?"
"Megahammer..." Junior mumbled quietly. "I was in the middle of making this before you took over. That said, I think I can still use this."
"Fascinating. It looks quite intimidating. That said, you're out of here."
"Huh?!"
"I'm saying you're being replaced. You've done your job, now let someone else take over."
"But-"
"Did I stutter?"
Tears swelled in Junior's eyes. "No... no, you didn't." He said. "This was my pride and joy!"
"Now it's someone else's. Go back to your playmates and I'll call you when you are needed."
"Right... of course..." Junior said as he ran off, tears rolling down his cheeks.
"What a crybaby."
"He'll come around. Now, are you ready to test out this weapon, Pride?"
An AI appeared in front of her, sporting the look of a young boy. "Oh, I'm ready to test this bad boy out." He smirked.
Ibuki: *gasp* She made Junior-chan cry. Unforgivable!
Yup, she's in for it now.