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"This should do it." Mikan said, injecting Umber with the Phazon cure. "This'll make you a bit drowsy for a while, but it'll get rid of it."
"Thanks…" Umber said, lying on the bed as he was surrounded by Xena, Lillie, Guzma and Hau.
"How are you feeling? That thing was terrifying from what we saw from Palutena." Hau said. "The fact we couldn't do anything because of that comet was annoying."
"Ugh… I'm glad that thing isn't an issue anymore. But that thing… I hope we don't see anything like it again…"
"Amen to that." Guzma nodded.
"You need anything?" Lillie asked.
"No… not right now."
"Well, let us know if you need anything." Guzma said as they walked out, but Xena stayed with him, gently holding his hand.
"We're with you…"
Umber smiled, closing his eyes. "I know." He said and fell asleep.
Outside…
BGM: Starship Mario C (Super Mario Galaxy 2)
"Alright!" Nora wiped off the whiteboard. "While we still need to kidnap Lemmy, Morton, Captain Slime, all of Team Yell, and the big guy himself…" She would draw Mario, although she drew him as Paper Mario. "Exhibit A: Mario… was kidnapped! The suspect is still at large but we do know who did this to him!" She would immediately draw Dimentio. "This guy!"
"Oh come on, he looked nothing like that." Youmu said.
"He looked like that in his universe! I'm not sure how he had the power to make us see what happened in the paper universe, but we all saw him like that!"
"He didn't have a jester hat like that." Marnie pointed out.
"Oooh…" Nora erased his head and redesigned it.
"His mask was bigger than that." Ruby spoke up.
"Oh picky, picky, picky!" Nora rolled her eyes.
"Regardless of what he looks like, he's made it perfectly clear that he's bound for an ass kicking." Dark Pit said. "I mean, we all thought that, for some reason, Mario was untouchable and now, here we are with the fact that the Mushroom Kingdom's number one mascot has been kidnapped… and if Dimentio can do it, why would that stop anyone else from trying to pull the same trick?"
"I would never do anything to Mario." Hades said. "Seriously, if I tried, I'd probably get my tail kicked by these boneheads again." He mumbled, referring to RWBY, JNPR and Pit.
"Feeling a little scared, are we?" Viridi taunted.
"Regardless, we now know that Mario is out there being held hostage by Dimentio." Palutena said. "I'm not sure what he's doing with him, but I know it can't be good."
"I think I have a good idea." Luigi spoke up. "He's probably going to brainwash Mario into doing his bidding."
"So, basically… we're dealing with a Mr. L kind of situation." Kamek said. "Only this time, it's a Mr. M."
"Ugh, someone wasn't creative with names." Hiyoko rolled her eyes.
"I could come up with something better than Mr. L and Mr. M." Marisa said. "Phantom Green? Phantom Red? Hellooooo! Way better than that!" She said as Reimu would see Ren and Pyrrha grimacing.
"…I think they're taken." Reimu said.
"Seriously? Aww…"
"Personally, I say when we encounter Mario in his brainwashed state, only those who have a connection with him tries to get him back to normal." Weiss spoke up. "I mean, it's either us or someone like the Doom Slayer, Ibuki or Samus has their way with him."
"We'd hold back!" Ibuki spoke up. "I mean, it's not like Mario-chan's a demon." She said as Doom Guy nodded.
"So what you're suggesting-" Kamek spoke up. "-is that we have Luigi, the princesses, Yoshi, the Toad Brigade, RWBY, JNPR, and the Koopa Troop take him on."
"Exactly." Weiss nodded.
"…I think we're boned." Captain Shy Guy said.
"Not with that attitude!" Captain Goomba told him.
"Okay, I'm positive that we're boned!"
"That's more like it! …Wait…" Captain Goomba sweatdropped, hearing a snicker from Marnie.
"If he has a robot with him, I can try to figure out a way to disable it." Marnie said.
"Mind if I tag along?" Pit spoke up.
"You?" Yang raised an eyebrow.
"Well, believe it or not, I've teamed up with Mario before. …That and he was my first friend." He said, rubbing the back of his head with a blush.
"Aww!" Palutena playfully elbowed him.
"I think we have a solid team here." Blake said with everyone nodding.
"The moment one of us sees Mario, contact us and we'll swoop in." General Guy said. "And by that, I mean Palutena or Viridi grabs a hold of us."
"Sounds good." Ruby nodded.
"You know…" Peach spoke up as they turned to her. "I'd hate to say it, but if we somehow get Bowser first and Mario's still brainwashed… I have a feeling Bowser would want a piece of the action."
"Knowing his rivalry with Mario, I would not put it past His Nastiness to step into the fight." Kamek agreed.
Nearby, Namine was sketching in her notepad. "Personally, I'd think I'd want a slice of the action, not to save Mario… but to kick some jester butt."
"What makes you say that?" Riku asked.
"Well, I'm a witch, he's a wizard… I think it'd be an even fight." Namine said.
"You're not much of a fighter though." Ven pointed out.
"True, but I'm not afraid to get my hands dirty from time to time."
"A witch vs a wizard, that's a fight I'm curious to see how that'll play out." Claude said.
"I'm going with Namine." Lysithea said.
"Eh, it could go both ways." Riku shrugged.
"I can see Namine winning." Ven chuckled.
"Oho, biased, are we~?" Namine teased, causing Ven to blush. "Oh, don't worry, I'm just teasing." She giggled. You need to try harder than THAT.
"So, I take it Fleet Glide is next." Rosalina said.
"Indeed, and a new galaxy opened up. Apparently it's called Upside Dizzy Galaxy… although, I'm getting massive spikes of Phazon in this galaxy."
"Upside Dizzy?" Larry perked up and turned to Marnie. "Lady Marnie, Lemmy's there!"
"You're right. We need to get him out of there."
"I'll tag along." A voice said as Hiyoko approached. "I've caught up on the galaxies with the Green Stars, so I'll accompany you. Helps that you decided to take a breather and watched SPBRR do shenanigans with portals." She chuckled.
"Hmm, interesting." Polari mused. "There's massive energy spikes in Fleet Glide too, but this is different… like it's a unique kind of energy spike."
"How unique are we talking?" Rosalina wondered as she looked into it. "…Impossible, these are the same energy spikes when we were in that star system centuries ago. Come to think of it, I recall seeing these energy spikes when we were near Wild Glide."
"You fought what?!"
"Yeah, it was a Nergigante. Luckily Rubes KO'd it with her new Zinogre form. Although… I think the phazon might have finished it off."
"…They're lucky to be alive." Rosalina said as she started to float up.
"You don't think it's-"
"It's the same one." Rosalina turned around. "I'm finishing this." She said and took off for Fleet Glide.
"Rosie! Wait a minute!" Polari exclaimed as Zinnia watched her take off.
"Hmm…" She narrowed her eyes a bit.
Upside Dizzy Galaxy Power Star #1 - A Battle on the Weird Side - Koopalings, Marnie, Bowsette, Rei, Hiyoko, Aqua, Riku, Sora
BGM: Upside Dizzy Galaxy (Super Mario Galaxy 2)
"Okay, I understand why Sora's here because he helped out my brother, but why are Riku and Aqua here?" Bowsette wondered.
"Simple. I was trying to stop Sora from sneaking away but I ended up in the Launch Star with him." Riku admitted.
"I could use the fresh air." Aqua admitted.
"Fresh air? In space?" Iggy laughed. "Good one!"
"Okay, more like Sora invited me." Aqua sweatdropped. "I would have brought Ven and Terra with me, but…"
"Impressive!" Armstrong said as Terra was doing hand stands… but was doing it with one hand.
"Your long line of Armstrongs mean nothing!" Terra said.
"Go Terra go!" Ven cheered.
"Terra basically wants to show off to Armstrong…" Aqua sighed in dismay. "Again."
"Guess he works out a lot. Then again, I did see him arm wrestle with Roy." Marnie recalled.
"Punk got lucky that round." Roy mumbled. "I wanna see him go toe to toe with Morton when we save his shell." He said as the gravity switched as they would fall toward the ceiling as they would land on their butts, though Hiyoko would swiftly land on her feet.
"Phew…"
"Mmmph! That's gonna take a while to get used to." Wendy said.
"I don't have a problem~" Rei giggled, floating around with a hum.
"Show off." Bowsette mumbled with a chuckle as they walked ahead where pools of phazon lay about the planet, with Sidehoppers infected with it, along with some Paragoombas and Dragon Slimes. The group made their way around with the gravity making Riku heavily disoriented, making Hiyoko, Marnie and Wendy a bit dizzy and Rei readjusting herself, they would go into Warp Pipes to get through the Phazon Walls until they reached the final Warp Pipe and hopped inside.
End BGM
As they hopped out of the Warp Pipe, they would see they were on a circular planet surrounded by walls, and then Lemmy came down while on his ball. "Hi there!" He waved. "I see you're avoiding the Phazon like the plague. Why is that? Phazon is a way of life!"
"Oi, did they all sound like a broken record?" Hiyoko asked.
"Unfortunately." Bowsette sighed. "Honey, your siblings are out of their phazon funk. It's time you get out of your corruption as well."
"Are you kidding? Phazon's awesome! I've experimented with my bouncy balls? You wanna see?"
Marnie grimaced. "This is gonna get ugly fast."
"Well, let's just hope we don't get blasted to bits by Phazon bombs." Sora said.
"I think you just jinxed it." Riku said, summoning Way to the Dawn.
"Yeeeeeah, probably." Sora chuckled, summoning his own Keyblade.
"Playtime's over, Lemmy." Marnie said, summoning her claws.
BGM: Grand Finale, Lemmy Battle (Paper Mario: Color Splash)
Topsy Turvy - Lemmy
Lemmy bounced on his balls as he threw them at the group, where as they got closer, spikes came out of the balls and shot off, where they would either dodge, deflect them in Hiyoko's case or sent them back with Marnie's Nayru's Love.
Bowsette breathed fire at Lemmy, but he would pull up a ball to deflect the fire breath, only for him to get trapped by Wendy's rings. "Got ya!" Wendy smiled.
"Oh, you caught me, dear sister. But there's one thing you should know about this room." Lemmy smirked.
"And what's that?" Wendy asked.
"What is the main purpose of this galaxy?" He grinned as suddenly arrows lit up on the walls and pointed up, sending everyone toward the ceiling as Lemmy slipped out of the rings as he would throw balls at the group, but there were fuses attached to them that were lit up. "Bombs away!" He exclaimed.
"I got it!" Sora said, Airstepping toward the balls and slashed them away to Lemmy, before using his momentum to jump off of a wall and corkscrewed his way toward Lemmy, striking him after the bombs blew up, then he slashed him away… and then the arrows pointed toward the opposite wall as they were dropped, but Riku used Dark Aura to strike Lemmy from all sides and then slashed him down toward the groud as the arrows pointed to the bottom.
"Look out below!" Roy exclaimed as he ground pounded on Lemmy.
"Ooof!" He grunted as Rei landed near him and conjured up Will-O-Wisps and threw them at Lemmy, but he nimbly avoided it and pulled out a Phazon bomb. "A gift for you, mom!" He said as he threw it, but the gravity changed to pull them to the wall behind Lemmy, where the bomb would smack him in the face and exploded. "Yagh! …I'm okay! The Phazon isn't so bad! …Blegh, I got some in my mouth!"
"Here, have a pallette cleanser!" Larry said, throwing fireballs from his wand as Iggy threw down some Blastakoopas at him, then Marnie and Hiyoko would rush in and swung their fists into Lemmy to knock him away, right into some Seeker Mines that Aqua had set up.
"Argh!" He yelped as he was soon frozen by a Triple Blizzaga and then Sora slashed him away before throwing down a Thundaga while Riku batted away the balls that were thrown, and then Bowsette and Ludwig put him into a hold as Rei would throw another Will-O-Wisp at him, hitting him head on. "Ooooh… drowsy…" He mumbled as he fell asleep, and then the gravity changed again as he would fall toward the ceiling, but Marnie would catch him.
"Got him!" Marnie said as she teleported back to the ground as the gravity went back to normal.
End BGM
"Too bad Lord Junior didn't come. We had a ball!" Iggy grinned.
"…Dude, really?" Wendy groaned.
"Bahaha… I think Yang's rubbin' off on me."
"Let's head back." Marnie said as she used Farore's Wind to teleport them away, but accidentally left the Wielders behind.
"…Hey! You forgot someone!" Sora said.
"Eh, we'll just hitch a ride from one of the goddesses." Riku shrugged. "Right Aqua?" He turned to her, but Aqua seemed out of focus. "…Aqua?"
"Oh, don't mind her!" A voice said as Anti Aqua emerged from a pillar. "She's just trying to pretend I don't exist."
"What the…?!" Sora would say as he and Riku summoned their Keyblades again.
"Go away…" Aqua glared.
"Why should I? You're the one who's been pushing me away. After all, I wasn't the one who got easily corrupted by the Phazon." She said, picking up one of Lemmy's balls. "It's amazing how a little bit of phazon can do to a person."
"Just what are you doing here? I thought Sora took care of you in the Realm of Darkness." Riku said.
"I'm just keeping the girl company. She calls herself a Keyblade Master yet she's afraid of the dark... Hmhmhm… cute, honestly. She's been in there for about ten years and yet, still clings on to Eraqus's teachings. Just how can someone be a Keyblade Master yet still be so misguided."
"Shut up!" Aqua yelled. "You're nothing more than a demon… you're not me!"
"Oh, am I now? Hmm, now what do those Thieves do again? Call upon their Personas to battle? Now, I'm no Phantom Thief expert, but I'm willing to wager a guess those Personas are a part of them. A Shadow, if you will. You keep denying it, but I'm a part of you that will never leave you. I mean, someone has to remind you that Eraqus was misguided."
"He's NOT!"
"While Eraqus's teachings were solid, he had a bias against the darkness. Why else would he keep a tight leash on Terra? His misguided teachings poisoned you, you didn't see it then… but you have to see it eventually. Because of him, your bias with the light was enough to push away Terra and Ven… and then tragedy struck in the Keyblade Graveyard."
"That's not-"
"You keep thinking the darkness is bad? Why don't you ask the one who walks the road of dawn himself? I'm sure he has a few things he wants to say."
"So that's what this is all about…" Riku said, but instead of getting angry, he looked to Aqua with an understanding expression on his face. "Now I get it."
"So you're just hounding her because she's afraid of the darkness?" Sora asked.
"No, she's just worried what she might become." Anti-Aqua turned her back to them. "Aqua, I hope that you soon realize that it's not all that bad." She said and then disappeared.
Aqua closed her eyes, a tear escaping her left eye. "I'm sorry you had to see that."
"No no, that was a bit informative." Riku said and then chuckled. "Aqua, I've actually been in the same boat as you were, with a few differences."
BGM: Scent of Silence (Kingdom Hearts: Re:Chain of Memories)
"You were?"
"Yeah. Back then, I was admittedly a bit jealous of Sora's friendship with Donald and Goofy, and in that jealousy, Maleficent took advantage of that and manipulated me into doing things I'm not proud of. However, things got worse after Sora defeated me in combat. Ansem came in and took what darkness I had and injected more of it into me, soon I was under his influence. It wasn't until Sora unlocked his heart to free Kairi was when Ansem came back into full power. I was at a loss… but I tried to hold him back while the others ran off. Then, when Sora came back and defeated Ansem… in the cheesiest way possible-"
"I know without a doubt… Kingdom Hearts is LIGHT!"
Sora rubbed his head sheepishly. "I mean, it sounded cool at the time. Heck, it still is, in my opinion. Thank you very much!"
Riku rolled his eyes. "Anyway, we closed the Door to Darkness, with me and Mickey on the other side… although, I actually had no idea you were there too."
"I was fighting some Heartless trying to break its way out." Aqua explained.
"Once the door closed… it felt like the end, yet I felt someone call to me in my slumber. The next thing I know, I end up at Castle Oblivion and who was there to greet me but Ansem himself. However, Mickey was there to put a stop to it. Believe it or not, Ansem was my personal boogeyman like how your Anti-self is to you. I was becoming afraid of him, beckoning me to give in to the darkness again… and well… I might have done it a few times." He said, closing his eyes on how he defeated Lexaeus and Zexion, the latter involving Namine's help.
"How… did it feel?" Aqua asked.
"Honestly, at first it felt good but I realized I was losing myself and becoming one with Ansem. However, Mickey and Ansem the Wise, who was at the time DIZ, they helped me defeat Ansem and I was given a choice. Walk the road to light or walk the road to darkness… however, I chose a third option, the Road to Dawn. However, that road was a bit… bumpier than I thought it'd go."
"What are you talking about?! I am ME! Nobody else!"
"Hraaaagh! Rrrgh!"
"Riku, please! You have to stop him!"
"How many times do I have to beat you?!"
"All right… you've left me with no other choice."
"What?"
"I have to release the dark power in my heart… the dark power that I've been holding back. Even… if it changes me forever!"
"I wore this bandana over my eyes that would hold back the darkness, since Ansem was still haunting me. That said, the moment I took it off, Ansem took control of me."
"I have accepted it."
"And, well, because of that, I've changed my name to Ansem…"
"It's Ansem."
"…Hahahaha! It's an honor, Ansem!"
"So you gave into it…" Aqua said, looking absolutely terrified.
"Honestly? I had… until this doofus came back and wouldn't stand for me being in the dark forever."
"Glad I found you! …Or wait, you found me at certain points and then you found Kairi…" Sora rubbed his head. "Ooooh… never mind!"
"At that point, I was back to myself but I thought I couldn't be forgiven for what I've done. However, Sora told me not to worry about it. Of course, when does he worry about anything?"
"Eh, Hakuna Matata. What are you gonna do?" Sora shrugged, causing Aqua to tilt her head. "It means no worries."
"Ooooh." Aqua nodded. "Wait… are you suggesting-"
"That you don't worry about your anti self hounding you? Yup!" Sora grinned. "Heck, after Riku came back and we had our mark of mastery, this guy has light and darkness locked down pat! Light magic, dark magic… he got it all figured out!"
"At that point, I was no longer afraid of Ansem. As strange at it is, I still kinda miss him." Riku chuckled. "In a way, Ansem unknowingly taught me a few things. Don't be afraid of the dark… while yes, darkness can be frightening and we all know some people use it for evil, there are people who use the dark for good. It's the same concept with the light. Too much light can blind a person, and… I have a feeling Eraqus had too much light in him, skewing his views on the darkness without realizing it, which he had unknowingly passed on to you… or knowingly? I don't know if he was aware of it or not."
Aqua sighed. "I… don't think he realized it."
"I was afraid of that…" Riku said. "He had too much light in him… and while light is enticing… too much of it can corrupt someone. Light, Darkness… there has to be a balance. I think Terra can understand too."
"Not only that, but look at Xena!" Sora spoke up. "I haven't been around when Xena had trouble with her dark side, but I can tell that she became one with herself. Explosions bothered her, her dark side came in and caused havoc, but then the two made up and now we have a psychic girl who can switch personalities on a whim, so I'm pretty sure those two might know a thing or two about light and dark." He then rubbed his chin. "Or… maybe those two are a bad example."
"Actually, I think that was the best example you had there." Riku nodded. "Two personalities colliding and then becoming one? It's like yin and yang." He then turned to Aqua, putting a comforting hand on her shoulder. "Don't worry about your anti self. If anything, I think she's trying to help you. I've pushed Ansem away and look where I am now."
"So… you're saying I should just… not worry about it and embrace it? I… I don't think-"
"I get it. You're not sure about it." Riku said as he pulled away. "But who knows… imagine the kind of crazy stuff you can pull once you cut loose." He chuckled as Aqua's eyes widened.
"Yo, Paulie. I think we're done here!" Sora called out.
"Paulie? That's a new one." Palutena said before whisking them all away.
End BGM
Back on the Observatory…
"You're… giving me a bangle bracelet?" Tatsumi asked.
Palutena let out a chuckle. "It's more than just a simple-looking moonstone bangle bracelet, Tatsumi. You won't believe where I got it from."
Earlier…
"Two can play at that game, Helios! Behold, Selene's Bane! Palutena, Viridi, I request your aid!"
Palutena sweatdropped. "I'm not sure what to do with this, though."
"Eh, maybe you can give it to someone who needs it the most." Viridi shrugged. "Maybe someone like that Tatsumi guy?"
Back in the present…
"What do you-" Tatsumi unknowingly activated Selene's Bane as the moonstone core started to glow. "Huh? What's this cool feeling coming from?" He wondered as a cerulean blue photon bow suddenly formed in his hand, which contrasted the bright orange color from Helios' Recurve's bow. "Whoa!"
Palutena smiled. "Well? What do you think?"
"Uh, I think it's cool and all but-" He deactivated the bracelet while chuckling sheepishly. "…Bows aren't really my thing."
"Ah, I see." She nodded as Tatsumi returning it to her. "I think it's best if you hold on to it for me, Tatsumi." She chuckled, gently shoving the bracelet back to him.
"What? But this is yours!"
Palutena giggled. "Oh, I may be one of the creators of Selena's Bane, but I'm not really the owner nor the one who will be using it. As of now, I just need to look for the right person who can have it."
"But-"
"But maybe then, you could also help me find someone who's worthy of bearing that bracelet."
Tatsumi smiled, finally relenting. "I'll do my best, Palutena."
Fleet Glide Galaxy Power Star #1 - Old Rivals - Rosalina
Rosalina landed on a platform, staring off into the lava as a few Magmaarghs swam around in the lava. She would also see spikes embedded into the walls. She flashbacked to her encounter with the Nergigante so long ago, the same one that knocked her out for a while… and all because she unknowingly wandered into its territory.
She floated up and flew off, dodging a Magmaargh reaching for her as she went through the rings and found herself outside, seeing more spikes embedded into the planet. The more she saw, the more she knew that it was nearby.
She went inside, weaving around the Thwomps while some Banzai Bills shot at her, but she swiftly avoided them as well until she got further inside. As she got closer, she would see a few Jibberjays flying around in a panic while she saw a creature that was all too familiar for her. "There you are…" She whispered. "I'm not going to allow you to harm my friends." She said, magic conjuring in her hands as she threw cosmic waves at it, where she would strike the Nergigante.
The Nergigante roared and then turned around, seeing Rosalina land on her feet. "Remember me?" She asked calmly as the Nergigante stared at Rosalina, remembering that she had once went into his own territory and fought in a vicious struggle. The Nergigante snarled and let out a roar.
"Good." Rosalina readied her wand. "Let's settle this."
BGM: Fleet Glide Galaxy (Super Mario Galaxy 2)
An Old Acquaintance - Nergigante
The Nergigante lunged forward and swiped at Rosalina, but she conjured up a force field to block the attack, but the sheer force of the attack was enough to send her sliding into a wall, then it fired spikes at her, but Rosalina rolled out of the way and conjured up a comet and threw it at him, striking him in the head but he would then fly out of the smoke and clawed at Rosalina, but she teleported out of the way as she threw meteors at it.
Once the meteors struck, Rosalina lunged at it, quickly throwing cosmic waves at it where it would respond by headbutting her, sendig her sliding back as she conjured up cosmic fire and threw it at him, but the Nergigante avoided the attack and launched spikes at her, but she telekinetically caught them and threw them back. She would then grab a hold of him telekinetically, but the Nergigante snarled and powered through before swiping at Rosalina. She would teleport away again as she threw more meteors at him.
The Nergigante spread his wings and flapped them to get into the air, where the wind from the wings was enough to knock Rosalina into a pillar. She got back up and glared at the Nergigante as she flew up, magic aura surrounded her and turning herself into a comet where the Nergigante lunged for her, the both of them colliding into each other as they were pushed back, then the Nergigante dive bombed and slammed into Rosalina, both of them crashing into the ground while knocking down a few pillars.
"Nnngh…" Rosalina winced as the Nergigante crushed her with its foot, but Rosalina teleported behind him and then struck him with cosmic electricity. It let out a roar before a few spikes were shot out, one of them striking Rosalina in the shoulder. "Mmmph!" She grunted, wincing as the Nergigante lunged at her, attempting to impale her with the spikes on his head but Rosalina grabbed a hold of him with her cosmic powers, sliding a few feet but held him steady… but then the Nergigante shook his head and swung her into a wall.
Rosalina got back up, but fell on one knee, wincing as she pulled the spike out of the shoulder as she let out a cry before glaring at the Nergigante as she conjured up cosmic discs and threw them at the Nergigante, but he flapped his wings to push them away as Rosalina got up and charged at him again, but the Nergigante swiped at her, where she slid underneath him and blasted him with fire… only to get slapped away by his tail.
The Nergigante slowly approached Rosalina, letting out a few growls as the latter was dazed by the massive tail as he raised his claws up, ready to finish her…
…Until a Hyper Beam struck him in the side.
End BGM
The Nergigante let out a snarl, seeing who would dare to strike him as he and Rosalina would see Rayquaza flying in with Zinnia on top of him. "Don't worry, Rosie, Ray-Ray'll handle this!" Zinnia said as she backflipped off of Rayquaza while the latter charged and slammed into the Nergigante.
BGM: Battle! Zinnia - Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire (GaMetal)
The Nergigante snarled, clawing at Rayquaza to get him off of it as he slammed into Rayquaza while Zinnia headed over to Rosalina, healing her up with a Full Restore. "Here ya go!"
"Nnngh, thanks…"
"Friend of yours?" Zinnia asked, watching Rayquaza push the Nergigante to a wall.
"Yeah… I guess you can say that." Rosalina said, watching Rayquaza unleash Hyper Beam on the Nergigante. It would respond by slashing at the Rayquaza, but he would twist his body around and smacked the Nergigante with his tail before unleashing Dragon Pulse on him.
"Come on, you can tell me. What's your relationship with tall, dark and spiky?"
"Well…"
The Nergigante flew into the air as did Rayquaza, the two clashed by slamming into each other but then Rayquaza used Dragon Ascent, striking the Nergigante and sent him crashing to the ground as Rayquaza flew down and hit him with a point blank Dragon Pulse.
"Ah, I see." Zinnia nodded. "So centuries ago, you accidentally wandered into his territory, he got a bit bitchy with you, it attacked first and it soon turn into a bloodbath and knocking you out while the big guy left to lick his wounds." She said as an explosion happened behind her as the Nergigante was knocked down by Rayquaza, but it got back up and charged at the Legendary.
"Pretty much."
"Does it surprise me that this guy is wandering the cosmos, no. Am I surprised it's that old and it remembers you? Yes, but I've dealt with more surprising things." She said as Rayquaza impaled the Nergigante with his tail and then struck him with a point blank Hyper Beam.
"He's still powerful…"
"Well, hey, so are you. You were going toe to toe with him. I was watching the whole thing and didn't think I'd have to intervene until he clocked you in the head with his tail."
"You were watching the entire time?!" Rosalina said in surprise right as Nergigante pushed Rayquaza back.
"Yuuup. In the shadows! Should've brought a bag of popcorn with me." She chuckled as Rayquaza unleashed Dragon Dance and then shot another point blank Hyper Beam, and then there was a loud thud as the Nergigante lay on his side with Rayquaza above him, letting out a loud roar of victory. "Oh hey! Ray Ray got a hold of him."
End BGM
"Nice job, big guy!" Zinnia gave him a thumbs up as Rayquaza let out another roar of victory. "There, ya see? Killed that big guy for ya!" She winked.
"No… no, it's not dead."
"Huh? What do you mean?"
"There's something that only a Nergigante can do. It plays dead… it's not dead, it's only pretending to be!"
"Why, you make it sound like that you've experienced… that… yourself…" Zinnia's eyes widened. "Oh shit." She immediately turned her head. "RAY RAY, GET OUT OF THERE!" She yelled, as right on cue, the Nergigante opened his eyes and lunged, grabbing a hold of Rayquaza's throat before he could react, pinning him to the ground as the Nergigante let out a snarl. Zinnia reached for her Mega Bracelet. "Oh no, you DON'T!" She yelled, striking it as Rayquaza Mega Evolved, but the Nergigante still had him pinned.
"I got this!" Rosalina said, firing a large comet at him to get the Nergigante off of him as Rayquaza got him off, then Zinnia climbed up on Rayquaza's back.
"Alright, let's cook this guy's butt!" Zinnia said as Rayquaza roared in agreement as the two clashed again.
"I should join too." Rosalina said as she would start to fly toward the two beasts… until she felt something going through her gut. "Mmmph!" She grunted as she looked down to see a sharp tail going through her as it was removed shortly after. She then fell on her knees and coughed out blood.
"Heheheheh… going somewhere?" Ridley chuckled darkly as he walked around her. "You know, it's interesting… you had such a good family but the moment you leave with that Luma, they're all gone." He smirked.
"Did you… did you send that Nergigante as a way to lure… me in?" She grunted, glaring at Ridley.
"Ha! No, we had no idea that existed. But seeing you distracted by it while a raging Rayquaza goes toe to toe with that thing is good enough for us!" He let out a chuckle. "I imagine it's the same one from Wild Glide!"
Rosalina tried to get up, but Ridley smacked her down with his tail. "You want to know why I brought up your family?" He smirked, placing his foot on her chest. "It's because…" He pulled out her storybook. "…Of this!"
"You…!"
"Hmhmhmhmhm. There's a passage in this book that highly amuses me. Allow me to read it aloud." He opened the book up. "She remembered having picnics with her mother on that hill on bright and windy days... And... "I want to go home! I want to go home right now!" The girl burst into tears, and the Lumas didn't know what to do. "I want to go home! I want to go back to my house by the hill! I want to see my mother!" The girl was shouting now, her face wet with tears. "But I know she's not there! I knew all along that she wasn't out there in the sky! Because...because… She's sleeping under the tree on the hill!" The girl's cries echoed through the stars, and a hush fell over the area."
Ridley let out a chuckle. "Truly riveting. This passage is something else! 'She's sleeping under the tree on the hill'." He let out another chuckle. "It truly RIPS the ol' heartstrings, doesn't it!"
RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIP
"Ooops~" Ridley smirked, having torn off the pages in the book. "Sorry, was that important?" He let out a chuckle as he started ripping the pages in half until it was nothing but scrap, then he threw the book down.
"No…!" Rosalina whispered as Ridley breathed fire at it to burn it alive. Her eyes widened in horror.
"Poor Rosalina!" He taunted. "No family! No mother, no father, no brother… all alone! You are truly… helplessly ALONE!"
"SHE'S NOT ALONE!" A voice yelled as a lightning bolt struck him and knocked him off of Rosalina, and then Ibuki landed on the ground. "She has us."
BGM: The Champion Mipha (The Legend of Zelda: Age of Calamity)
Rosalina would look up to see not only Ibuki, but Samus landed on the ground as well, as well as the rest of SPBR, then Ruby landed on the ground along with Yang, STRQ and a few Lumas. "Guys…?"
"She's not alone." Samus said to Ridley, aiming her arm cannon at him. "As far as we're concerned, we're her family." She said as Rosalina's eyes widened as Ibuki would help up Rosalina and wrapped her arm around her shoulder.
"You have us too!" One of the Lumas chirped.
"HAHAHA! Oh, don't make me laugh! You consider them family, Samus? You're alone just like her!"
"Not anymore." Samus said.
"Oh, isn't this just amusing!" A dark portal opened up as Dark Samus walked out. "You think you have a family, isn't that just suffocatingly cute."
"What in the… hell…?!" Samus said in disbelief. "Weren't you just a skeleton?"
"It's amazing what a universal reset does to the body." Dark Samus smirked. "But enough about that… it's about time we put that intergalactic woman in her place."
"Whatever you're planning on doing, we're not going to let that happen." Summer said as they readied their weapons.
"Why, we're going straight for the heart, of course! Seeing her writhe in despair is enjoyable!" Dark Samus said. "Thought we could make her go further into despair and then slap some Phazon into her just to see you all watch the most powerful being of the cosmos destroy all of you."
"Oh for the love of all that is…" Ibuki growled. "You're sounding nothing more than a broken record, it's amazing how you can't think of anything else aside from "Phazon this" and "Phazon that!" Something tells Ibuki that you're getting completely desperate to win this war at this point! Face it, Hyrule is healing up, Doom Guy-chan became your greatest enemy and you got one shotted by Yen Sid… and all because you wanted to recruit Peko-chan!"
Samus snickered. "I'm not sure who Yen Sid is, but that does sound amusing."
"Hmph! She may sound like a broken record, but she's doing this to survive!" Ridley said. "You can thank that incident at Tallon IV!"
"Yes, I'm doing this to survive because SOMEONE wouldn't leave it alone!"
"Dammit, can't I go one villain who isn't petty as hell?" Samus groaned.
"Regardless, our target is Rosalina. We thought destroying her so-called book would be enough to make her despair!" Ridley said.
"That was mama's favorite book! You'll pay for that!" A yellow Luma exclaiemd as the Lumas charged at him and threw Star Bits at the two.
"W-wait…!" Rosalina weakly said as SPBR, Ruby, Yang and STRQ would join in, but Dark Samus would summon tentacles to grab a hold of them, but a Red Luma avoided capture as he kept throwing Star Bits at them but Ridley would grab a hold of the Luma.
End BGM
"You're annoying!" He said, throwing him to the ground and when he bounced up, he impaled the Luma with his tail to finish him off, with everyone but Dark Samus's eyes widened in horror… with Rosalina's eyes looking like she was about to cry.
"No…" She whispered as the ground beneath her began to shake.
At the Observatory…
The alarm started blaring. "Huh? Why does that sound like the imperial alarm from Star Wars?" Simmons wondered.
"Oh shoot! I didn't know Rosalina was a fan of that!" Doc said.
"Why wouldn't she? It's better than Star Trek. Mwahahahaha!"
"I haven't heard that alarm since… since… oh no…" Polari said as he quickly cleared the screen to get a better look, seeing that Rosalina's anger was rising rapidly. "95%… 96%… 97%… oh no…" Polari whispered. "Ooooh this is bad."
"What's going on?" Hat Kid asked.
"Lumas! Batten down the hatches! Form a barrier around the perimeter of the Observatory, that includes the Fortress of Doom, Hat Kid's ship and Starship Mario!"
"What the hell is going on?!" Gloria asked.
"We're about to witness an extraordinary, most terrifying power of the universe. A supernova… but it's coming from Rosalina." Polari said.
"What do we do?" Hiyoko asked.
Polari turned his body while a barrier formed around the Observatory. "Brace for impact."
At Fleet Glide…
"Hmm?" Zinnia turned her head as did Rayquaza and the Nergigante. "Why does the air feel… dense?"
"I'm getting you guys out of there now!" Palutena said. "Rosalina's going to go Supernova!"
BGM: Those Chosen by the Planet - Destiny Comes (Final Fantasy VII Remake)
Ibuki's eyes widened, looking down to the ground. "Oh gods…" She whispered as she slowly took a step back. "Rosie-chan…"
"Well, this is new." Ridley smirked as heavenly lights surrounded everyone as they were extracted to the Observatory, even the Nergigante was sent to the Observatory. Rosalina stood there as the ground began to crack and shatter underneath her.
"What is this power?" Dark Samus asked, actually looking a bit nervous.
"This seems to be her true power that's been holding her back!" Ridley said as her hair started to glow as bright as the sun, her eyes glowing like plasma and her zero suit went from teal blue to an orange plasma like color.
"You will regret toying with me." Rosalina said calmly.
With the evacuees…
"Look at that! That star is glowing over there!" An Atlesian Soldier said as Urbosa took down a few Phazon soldiers as she looked out into the distance along with the champions.
"…I don't think that's a star." Urbosa said.
Somewhere deep in space…
"So, this is the power that you've been holding back on!" Pyrrhon exclaimed. "Come on, Rosalina! Show us your full power!"
Somewhere else in space…
"Everything… Everything I've done up until now… it was all for nothing… SO I REALLY AM JUST A FAILURE! All my friends… the entire kingdom… my father, most of all… I tried, and I failed them all… I've left them… all to die…"
Anime tears ran down Chiaki's cheeks as she heard Zelda crying into Link's arms. "I want to give her a hug so badly…"
"Melo…" Meloetta agreed, also crying.
"Mew! Mew mew!" Mew spoke up as the two of them looked up to see something glowing deep in space.
"Whoa, what's going on there? Come on, let's check it out!" Chiaki said as she turned the X-Wing around and flew towards it.
Back in Fleet Glide…
Rosalina floated up before she lunged directly at Ridley, punching him straight in the face that once it connected, it sent a cosmic explosion that sent space dust flying everywhere and completely starting to disintegrate the planet.
Dark Samus was knocked several yards away but she got back on her feet as she fired phazon at Rosalina who grabbed Ridley by the tail and threw him across the galaxy. She turned toward the Phazon that was shot at her as she aimed her hand and blocked the attack with a black hole before she shot it back and struck Dark Samus, but not only that but Plasma Jets shot out of the black hole she created as it went through her.
"Nnngh!" Dark Samus grunted as Rosalina flew over as her fist turned into dust and Nebula punched her, as the space dust was enough to get into her throat, making Dark Samus cough violently as Rosalina grabbed her arm and threw her to the side, then Ridley lunged at her but Rosalina turned her body intangible as Ridley went through her, much to his surprise as Rosalina grabbed his tail and threw him into the air, and then formed an entire small galaxy in her hands as she formed it into a javelin and threw it, striking Ridley in the chest where it exploded into a small supernova right after.
The galaxy around her started to fall apart and disintegrate, but she wasn't finished as she raised her arms up to create a white star.
"Is she making a star?!" Pit exclaimed in shock.
"That's not just any star… that's a Neutron Star." Palutena whispered in horror.
As the Neutron Star grew, the planet started to rip itself apart as Dark Samus and Ridley were also pulled by its magnetic force, as they were slowly start to get spaghettified by the dense star. She would then throw the Neutron Star on whatever ground there is left as the planet had warped and twisted its way in the star, before Rosalina snapped her fingers as the Neutron Star exploded, sending cosmic radiation everywhere around the cosmos.
"This is the end." Rosalina said, forming a cosmic shaped bomb in her hands.
"My word! That's the same bomb she's used that destroyed an entire galaxy many centuries ago!" Polari exclaimed as everyone looked on in horror, while Doom Guy put his arm out to protect Kokoro, Ibuki and Velvet, just in case if some cosmic radiation seeped its way into the barrier.
Rosalina threw the bomb onto the ground, lighting the fuse as she made two black holes to hold Ridley and Dark Samus in place, and then she kicked the bomb toward the two where the bomb started to implode in on itself… before letting out a massive supernova-like explosion that vaporized anything in a five lightyear radius.
End BGM
She conjured up a platform for her to stand on, and then her hair stopped glowing as she started to turn back to normal. She reopened her eyes and found herself alone, she turned her head to see that nothing remained of Fleet Glide Galaxy, where space dust was all that remained. Thoughts raced in her mind.
Did everyone make it out?
Did the Observatory's cosmic force field protect everyone on there?
Did the force field not work this time?
Did she truly destroy everything in the universe and it was just her by herself?
…Did no one survive this time?
She looked at her hands, her eyes trembling in fear and despair, tears formed in her eyes. "No…" She whispered as she fell on her knees. She blankly stared at the ground, tears rolled off her cheeks as they fell onto the platform she had created. Memories of the last time she went supernova resurfaced, the events that led to that, and the events that lead her to go supernova in the present day.
"Why…"
"Rosie?"
Rosalina turned her head to see Palutena approaching her, and joining her was Ibuki, Ruby, Tai, Polari, Lubba, a few Lumas and SPBR… all of them looking worried. She both looked relieved but also scared. "Rosie, are you-" Tai would speak up but Rosalina turned her head, more tears escaping her eyes.
Samus immediately walked toward her, immediately kneeling down and pulling her into a hug as Rosalina would sob loudly into her chest. "Shhh… shhh… it's okay… its okay… you're okay. You're going to be okay." She whispered. "It's all over…"
"What have I done…"
Ibuki: Rosie-chan...
Yeeeeup...