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BGM: Starship Mario C (Super Mario Galaxy 2)
"Hmm…" Yang narrowed her eyes at Chiaki, who was casually sitting near her ship with a TV all hooked up courtesy of Ibuki and Palutena.
"What's up?" Ruby asked.
"Ultimate Gamer, hmm?" Yang folded her arms.
"You're gonna challenge her, aren't you?" Ruby sweatdropped.
"You bet! I'm gonna see if she's really all that cracked up to be." Yang said as she walked over to her.
"Oh, this is gonna end well…"
"FINISH HIM!"
Chiaki's eyes widened, watching a fatality happen in front of her eyes. "Oh… OOOOH!" She grimaced while flinching. "Oh goodness gracious, is that…?!"
"Yeeeeup!"
"Coming out of Raiden's-"
"Mhm!"
Chiaki's stomach turned, feeling she was gonna puke at any moment. "Oh dear…"
"Ermac wins. FATALITY."
"Weeeell… I can see they upped the violence in this one." Chiaki still grimaced, shuddering.
"Yeah, almost like they focused more on the violent gory deaths and the animations were the last priority." Ibuki said. "Along with Injustice 2 and Mortal Kombat 11."
"…Oh dear, something tells me the fatalities are worse in that onne."
"Eh, they toned it down a bit… but not by much. Plus, the Fatal blows are more brutal."
Chiaki sweatdropped. "Uh… noted."
"Hey you!" Yang called out to them as they turned to her. "Chiaki, was it? So-called ultimate gamer?"
"…Oh boy." Ibuki sweatdropped.
"Um… yeah?"
"Let's see if you're really all that's cracked up to be. I challenge ya to a match… or two! Depending on how long you wanna go!"
Chiaki chuckled. "Okay, hot shot… what do you wanna play?"
"A fighting game, duh!"
Chiaki turned to the TV. "…Might if I suggest something less violent?"
"Why? What's wrong with this game?"
"Too violent, even for me."
"It can't be that bad!"
One match later…
"Heeeere's Johnny!"
"Johnny Cage wins! Flawless victory. FATALITY!"
Yang sweatdropped. "…Okay, I see your point."
"Just be glad you didn't see Ermac's."
"Eh? How bad can he-"
One match later…
Yang sat there in complete horror while Chiaki covered her eyes.
"Ermac wins! Fatality!"
"Okay… I've seen some horrifying stuff in my life but that was just disgusting! Eugh!"
"Yeah…"
"I can see why you didn't want to win." Yang sweatdropped. "You got anything less violent? Like… Street Fighter?"
Chiaki smiled. "I was going to suggest that myself. How about Street Fighter IV?"
"Ultra?" Ibuki guessed.
"Bingo!"
"Awesome!"
"I've… never heard of Street Fighter IV." Yang said.
"Well, that's probably because Capcom didn't milk it as much as Street Fighter II. Ever heard of Street Fighter III or V as well?"
"No?"
"Exactly. Although Third Strike? It's really really good."
"Man, Ibuki's glad she showed you Street Fighter V first and not Mortal Kombat X." Ibuki chuckled.
"Alright, let's get this going!" Yang smirked.
Meanwhile, in the Bedroom/Music dome…
"Hmm… I see." Ludwig nodded.
"Yeah, ever since Rosie went supernova… I've been wanting to try and find a way to lift everyone's spirits up before we go into that final battle… it's kinda what motivated me to finish this song I've been working on."
"Ah, so that's why you called me and Meloetta up here."
"Melo!"
"Mhm."
"Well, let's see what you got here." Ludwig said as Kokoro handed Ludwig the music sheet.
"Melo?" Meloetta leaned over to read with Ludwig.
"Potsu, potsu, koboshita fuan ga
(Drop, drop, anxiety spills)
Taiyo wo keshite yoru wo unda
(Erasing the sun, bringing night to life)
Seijaku ga sora wo kazatte mukuna omoi wa chitte ku"
(Silence decorates the sky, scattering pure thoughts)
"Hmm…" Ludwig rubbed his chin thoughtfully while Meloetta gently took the page away from Ludwig to read the rest of the lyrics. "Just by reading the lyrics alone, I can tell that these don't seem to sound like the type to be played in a hip-hop song." He said as he turned to her. "What's your game here, kiddo?"
Kokoro lightly fidgeted while blushing. "Well, um, I'm actually trying out a different genre, Mr. Ludwig."
"Oh? And what would that genre be? Classical? Rock? Or something else?"
Kokoro's blush became lighter. "Oh, R-rock music… w-with some hints of classical."
"Ah, so it's a combination of Rock and Classic?"
Kokoro nodded meekly. "Y-Yes."
Ludwig chuckled, putting his hand on Kokoro's shoulder. "Don't worry about it. There's nothing to be embarrassed about crossing between two different genres together."
"Mela!" Meloetta agreed.
Kokoro sighed with relief. "Oh, good… I thought you would've hated it since you adore the classical music like… uh… Chai cough… whatever his name is?"
"Tchaikovsky." Ludwig responded. "And yeah, I do love the classics… however, just between you and me, don't tell Wendy this, she'll flip… I do occasionally like pop music."
"You?"
"Yeah, it's pretty catchy. Why, just the other day-"
Earlier…
"Oh Mickey, what a pity~ You don't understand~ You take me by the heart~ When you take me by the hand~"
"WENDY! Turn that down! I'm trying to weight lift here!" Roy yelled.
"This song is awesome and you ought to listen to this fantastic song!"
Ludwig nodded his head to the beat. "No no, she's right… this is pretty good."
"I hate it!"
"Well, what would you rather hear? This or Mariah Carey's All I Want For Christmas for the thousandth time today!"
"…NEITHER!"
"Spoil sport." Ludwig mumbled.
Back in the present…
"That is a pretty catchy song." Kokoro nodded.
"Thank you! Roy doesn't know good music when he hears it. Now, let's see if we can't recruit a few more people into this."
"I might be able to help." A voice said as Kokoro's ears perked up.
"Ms. Focaccia!" Kokoro exclaimed as Focaccia smiled.
"I can tell you've grown a lot up here in space." She chuckled. "Chelsea filled me in on what happened and I can tell you've grown so much." She smiled. "Anyway, I think I know a few people who might help."
Back with Chiaki and Yang…
"KO!"
"Ah… uh… wha… I…" Yang stared on in disbelief while Chiaki stretched after kicking Yang's butt for several rounds.
"Still got it with Chun-Li." Chiaki said as Yang fell on her hands and knees.
"She's too strong… she is the ultimate gamer!" She exclaimed as Chiaki patted her on the back to console her.
"There there…" She said with a comforting smile.
"Ibuki doesn't blame you, Yang-chan. You should see her on the track… she's a beast in Mario Kart!"
"I have to say, the anti-gravity was very unexpected, and so is that Piranha Plant item… I never would have thought of something like that for Mario Kart." Chiaki agreed and then turned to Ibuki. "So… Ibuki…"
"Yeah?"
"What's this I'm hearing something about… Splatoon? You did briefly mention that at one point."
Ibuki grinned from ear to ear. "Oh, you are in for a treat."
End BGM
"This is all we could salvage." Yatsuhashi said, putting down Gianduja… or what was left of it.
"Mmm…" Coco had her arms folded. "My poor baby…"
"Sorry Coco." Velvet said sadly, taking her hand. "We tried to repair it but with some parts that we missed from that explosion in Space Storm, we couldn't fully repair it."
Coco sighed. "That's just dandy. First that big guy who was corrupted by Phazon destroys it and now it's irreparable? That's just… wonderful." She then looked up at Doom Guy who was busy examining Gianduja. "I don't fault you, big guy… I blame that Phazon bitch… but how can I be a huntress if one: My weapon is destroyed, two: I barely know anything about hand to hand, three: I discarded all those power ups from Popstar because I didn't think I needed them anymore… and four: I don't have a backup. Face it, I'm friggin' useless now."
"Coco, don't say that!" Velvet said.
"Then what can I say, bun bun? I know we've had some hits before but this… this one is a major blow." Coco mumbled. "How the hell are we gonna succeed on missions? I don't have like… psychic powers like Xena or I can turn myself into a wolf like Ruby…" Frustrated tears formed in the corners of her eyes. "Compared to everyone else, we're like… nothing. It stinks… and of course, my minigun is FUBAR'd, so… I… I don't even know, honestly…" She sighed. "As far as I know… CFVY might as well be toast at this point."
Doom Guy picked up what was left of Gianduja and walked out of the infirmary. "Where's he going?" Velvet asked.
"Probably going to destroy the remains. Might as well…" Coco mumbled.
Doom Guy walked over to his fortress, but then turned his head to see Ibuki cheering on Chiaki as he curiously walked over to her, and then saw Chiaki destroying opponents with the Splatling Gun. Gears turned in his head before he pounded his fist into his palm as a lightbulb appeared above him.
"Mow 'em down! Woo!" Ibuki cheered… and then Doom Guy grabbed her by the shoulder and yanked her away. "Whoa! Oh hey Slayer-chan, what are you doin'? Oh, is that Coco-chan's gun?"
Doom Guy nodded as he pulled out his own Chaingun, then motioned to Gianduja, then pointed to the Splatling Gun that Chiaki was messing around with. Ibuki let out a gasp. "You want to make a new weapon for Coco-chan?" She asked as he nodded. "Awesome! Let's get Ruby-chan involved, she'll be all for it!"
"So, what's on the docket this time?" Polari asked.
"Oh… here's a good one." Rosalina responded. "Whomp's Fortress."
"Huh?!" Daisy looked at her in surprise. "Some of us have been there before."
"Hmm, that's nice." Rosalina said before it dawned on her. "…Wait, come again?"
"Yeah, some of us have been in that place before!"
"Ooooh! That takes me back! …I did not enjoy getting squished by the Whomp King." Doc spoke up.
"Time out!" Polari said. "How did you get to Whomp's Fortress without a ship? It's like in the far reaches of space!"
"Oh!" Peach spoke up. "That's simple, there's a painting in my castle that can take you to Whomp's Fortress."
Rosalina blinked. "…A painting that can take you-… huh?"
"Yeah!" Peach nodded as she turned to Daisy, Luigi and Yoshi. "What say you? Do you want to go there?"
"Oh, I'm so with you!" Daisy grinned.
"Yeah!" Luigi nodded.
"Yo yo!"
"Wait, did they say Whomp's Fortress?" Ann asked.
"Aw sweet!" Ryuji fist pumped. "Nostalgia, here we come!"
"Wait a sec, where's Futaba?" Akechi asked as they would see Futaba chilling with Chiaki, the former giving Chiaki pointers in Splatoon.
"…Should we bring her along?" Ann asked.
Akira chuckled. "It's Whomp's Fortress. We'll be back before she knows it."
Makoto had her arms folded. "Hmm…"
"What's up?" Haru asked.
"I don't know, something feels… off. We might actually need Futaba. Just because it's Whomp's Fortress doesn't mean there might be a surprise or two… considering who we're up against."
"She's not wrong." Morgana said.
"Indeed." Yusuke nodded.
"Hmm… just in case." Akira nodded. "Hey, Futaba! We're heading out!"
"Just a sec!" Futaba called out. "I'm just sayin', Inkstrikes are really useful!"
"I had a feeling!" Chiaki smiled as Futaba headed over as they went into the Launch Star and flew off.
"Hey! Heeeeey! I want to go there too!" Doc said and launched away, while Rosalina and Polari were still standing/floating there in disbelief.
"A painting… world… what even…"
Whomp's Fortress Power Star #1 - Chip Off Whomp's Block - Luigi, Princesses, Yoshi, Phantom Thieves, Doc
BGM: Throwback Galaxy (Super Mario Galaxy 2)
"Ah, it's just as pretty as I remember it!" Futaba grinned.
"Let's just be careful now… something's still bugging me." Makoto said.
"Could it be your stomach? I could easily give you some medicine to make you feel better." Doc offered.
"Give her some Nyquil. It'll knock that right out of her. Mwahahaha!"
"Give me that stuff right now and I'll twist your arm right off and beat you with it." Makoto threatened.
"Feisty! …I like her."
"Sorry, but I'm taken." Makoto said.
"Blast! Who are you with?"
Makoto shifted her eyes to Akira before looking back at O'Malley. "Someone close by."
"Double blast!"
"…Can we go on? Luigi and the gang are long gone." Doc pointed out.
"We can take the shortcut!" Ann said as they climbed up the rock wall and walked up the ramp, but Doc had a hard time climbing up.
"Hnnnngh! Mmmph!"
"Lift with your pecs, you fool! YOUR PECS!"
"Cut me some slack, man! I took track in high school, not pull ups!"
"Uuuugh, why am I stuck with YOU."
"OOOMPH!" A Thwomp grunted, but the rest wandered around it.
"Definitely take me back." Luigi said as they climbed up the stairs while the Thwomp rose up.
"Hey Peach, did you ever come here after I beat Bowser's ass?" Daisy asked.
"Actually, yes! It was kind of nice exploring the area." Peach responded as Yoshi used his tongue on a Piranha Plant and pulled it off of its stem before gobbling it up, then they walked ahead and hurried over the collapsing bridge as the Phantom Thieves noticed some Silver Stars lying around.
"Ooooh, some Silver Star action!" Futaba said.
"I got it!" Ann said as she took a running start as did Akira, then they would see a red comet coming into orbit.
"Hey! You got a Speedy comet to deal with!" Ryuji called out.
"Perfect!" Akira smirked right as Doc finally climbed up.
"Phew… so… how are we going to get up there if the bridge is down?"
"Hmm… I seem to recall a cannon."
"Ah, yes, that'll get us up-… wait… wouldn't that mean-"
"Oh yes!"
Doc would start walking toward the Bob-omb cannon. "W-wait, let's reconsider this!"
"No, you fool! We ought to experience this and make it to the top!"
"I'm not wearing a helmet though!"
"Our mask will do just fine!"
"No! Not like this! NOOOO!"
As with the others, they got through the moving platform and easily walked around a Whomp that was minding its own business, then Yoshi gobbled up a Spiny Piranha Plant as they would hop up on the elevator and went up where they would see the Whomp wandering around.
"There he is!" Daisy smirked.
"Wait, where's his crown?" Peach wondered.
"Probably got knocked off from the cement block you call his brain." Daisy chuckled as they walked up to the Whomp. "Hey! Big guy!"
The Whomp turned toward the group. "INTRUDERS." The Whomp roared as he jumped up and faceplanted to crush them, but they easily sidestepped out of the way. "OOOMPH!"
"Heheheh, too easy." Daisy smirked, encasing her entire fist in crystal. "This will only take a moment."
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"
"…Huh?"
Luigi looked up. "Uh… sweetie? You might want to take a step back."
Daisy looked up as well. "What in the world…?"
They would see Doc falling toward them… until he brought out a Rocket Launcher. "HASTA LA VISTA! TASTE OBLIVION, FOOLS! MWAHAHAHAHA!" O'Malley laughed as he fired a rocket, striking the Whomp on the back as he was about to get up… which knocked him down as he fired a few more rockets until he was nothing but rubble, then he landed on his feet with a superhero landing.
"Uuuuh… okay, not what I had in mind… but that'll do." Daisy sweatdropped.
"Ooof! My legs… I can't fell them… they're jelly!"
"Walk it off, you fool! This builds character."
"No, it doesn't!"
Peach shook her head before throwing a Curaga at Doc. "Ah, thank you, princess!"
"Tch, take the easy way out…"
"Hold on, where's the Power Star?" Luigi wondered, when suddenly Ann and Akira landed on the ground near them, holding two Power Stars in their hands.
"Looking for these~?" Ann smiled and then when the Phantom Thieves regrouped… a hatch opened up right underneath Doc.
"Huh, that's funny… I feel light as a feather." Doc said.
"Um, Doc?" Haru pointed to the ground.
"…Oh… son of a-" He started falling. "BIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITCH!"
"Hey, wait for us!" Luigi called out as they jumped down after him.
End BGM
"Waaaaaaaaah!" Doc faceplanted. "OOOF! I'm okay…" He groaned as the others landed near him.
"You alright?" Luigi asked.
"Yeah… yeah, I think I'll be fine…" He said.
THUD!
"…Was that one of you thudding just now?" Doc asked.
"Yo!" Yoshi spoke up as they turned to see the Whomp King towering above them.
"Holy crap! …Did he get bigger?" Doc asked.
"This is terrifying…" Futaba sweatdropped.
"Rrrgh! It makes me so MAD! We build your houses, your castles, we pave your roads-"
"Hey uh… aren't you tired of saying the same speech over and over again? Just asking!" Doc said.
"…You know what? You make a good point! I'm tired of this speech! I'm tired of rehearsing it! I'll just squash you like the bugs you are!"
BGM: Boss Battle (Super Mario 64)
Blockhead - Whomp King
"Nice going." Akechi said sarcastically.
"What? Repetition can make a guy go crazy."
"It's the definition of insanity. Mwahahahaha!"
"Watch out!" Daisy yelped as the Whomp King tried to crush them with his foot but they would dodge. "That's it, I'm knocking this guy down!" She said as she ran toward the Whomp King who was focused on Yoshi and Luigi, but Daisy ran between his feet while Makoto flanked him as both of them jumped up and Crystal/Atomic Flare punched him in the back, toppling him over as he faceplanted, and then Yoshi flutter jumped over him.
"Barinnnng HA!" Yoshi ground pounded the Whomp King, then jumped away as the Whomp King slowly got up.
"You fools… you will not hit my back a SECOND time!"
"Yeah well, you're a giant cinderblock! You're completely predictable and-"
End BGM
Suddenly, the Whomp King formed a boulder and morphed it into a sledgehammer while forming a shield around his backside. "-…And… did you just conjure up an effin' sledgehammer?" Ryuji paled.
"PREDICTABLE, AM I?" He roared, swinging the sledgehammer down and creating a massive shockwave that knocked everyone back.
BGM: Digga Leg (Super Mario Galaxy 2)
"Nice going, Ryuji! You pissed off the cinderblock!" Ann yelled.
"How was I supposed to know he'd do this?!"
"Well, this just got more interesting." Akira smirked. "PERSONA!" He yelled as the Whomp King swung the sledgehammer around, forcing everyone to dodge the mighty swings as O'Malley would fire a few rockets at the Whomp King's face, then Crow would jump up and swung his Quasar Saber down and slashed through the handle of the sledgehammer, dropping it to the ground.
"Rrrgh!" The Whomp King summoned little Pattans to charge at them while he morphed the boulders into a boulder cannon and shot them, but Daisy encased her whole body into crystal and punched a boulder back to the Whomp King, smacking him in the face. "Mmph!" He grunted while Noir took one of Crow's Sabers and ran to the Whomp King while the Pattans were busy with everyone else.
Peach immediately saw what Noir was going to do as she raised her staff up to boost her attack power, then Noir got behind the Whomp King and slashed his… rock heels. "AAARGH!" Whomp King yelled as Noir gently pushed her foot against him and pushed.
"Timber~!" Noir said in a cheerful sadistic tone as the Whomp King faceplanted, which in turn, destroyed the shield where Queen climbed up and was ready to punch… when she noticed something flying toward them in the corner of her eyes as she quickly jumped back right as a massive fireball struck the Whomp King on the back hard enough to make him shatter into tiny boulders.
End BGM
"What in the world…?" Panther wondered.
"Is that fireball that Pyrrhon guy?" Luigi wondered.
"…Hey, how you-a doin'?" A familiar voice asked.
Peach's eyes widened, as did Luigi, Daisy and Yoshi's. "Mario?!"
BGM: Mr L, Green Thunder (Super Paper Mario)
The fire dissipated, where they would see Mario sporting a new look. His hat and shirt were black and his shirt was white. He had a blue mask over his eyes, he wore a red bandana over his neck and his cape was a darker shade of yellow.
"Ciao." He greeted.
"Mario, you look... way different." Joker said.
"I no longer go by that name. You may call me Mr. M."
Luigi sweatdropped. "I see Dimentio's creativity in names is left to be desired..."
"Mr. L, Mr. M... real original there." Panther snarked.
"Ahahahahahaha! Simplicity is the key, my good Phantom Thief!" Dimentio's voice said as he appeared before them with a bowl of popcorn.
"You again…" Skull growled.
"While you guys were busy collecting Power Stars, I was busy giving the good ol' plumber a brain scrubbing. A little bit of soap, a little bit of conditioner, a little bit of spit and shine… boom! We got ourselves a brand new Mario! I was gonna give him robotics but that would be trying to catch lightning in a bottle twice."
"You tried to do that with our Ruby, you asshole!" Panther yelled.
"But I've learned! Sure, Ruby's got those fancy Phazon powers and turned it against me, but look on the bright side! Your friendly neighborhood loser that is Dark Samus doesn't even know about it. And I'm pretty sure that her reaction when she does find out is going to be so worth it! Regardless… I win in the end, and I still hold Chaos Ruby in the palm of my hand~ So I still win… just like I've done with the so-called untouchable Super Mario himself! I have to say, it was hard to keep him contained, but I got him figured out!"
Peach clenched her fists. "What did you do…"
"You want to find out, my pretty in pink princess? Have to say, love the new outfit by the way. Anywho… Mr. M, show 'er what you're made of." He said before snapping his fingers as to hold everyone back in a barrier.
End BGM
BGM: A Powerful Enemy Emerges (Super Paper Mario)
Let's-A Go! - Mr. M
Mario lunged over to Peach, his fist catching ablaze and fire punched her, but Peach would quickly jump back. Just treat this like a Smash match… only a little less like that! She thought as she put her staff away and then pulled out her golf club as she swung it, but Mario would grab it easily and yanked it off of her before shoving the club to her chest. "Mmph!" She grunted as Mario pulled it away and shoved it into her shin before tossing it to the side and brought out his hammer, catching it ablaze and swinging it down but she blocked with her frying pan.
"Mario… I know you're in there somewhere!" Peach said, but Mario grabbed her by the wrist and threw her down, punching her in the face but she moved her head, but the fist would leave a small crater in his wake. Her eyes widened in surprise before kicking him off as she swung her frying pan but Mario swiftly dodged.
"You're slow on your attacks." Mario said as he was able to grab the frying pan and threw it to the side, then delivered a mighty uppercut to her throat.
"Mmph!" Peach grunted, holding on to her throat while wincing as she pulled out her tennis racket and swung it at Mario, but he caught it and burned it up without much effort, then he sweep kicked to knock her to the ground and then brought out his hammer and slammed it into Peach's gut hard enough to create a massive crater.
"Ooooh!" Skull, Fox and Morgana winced.
"We gotta do something!" Queen said.
"I'm thinking…" Joker said, closing his eyes and trying to find a solution.
"This barrier is quite thick… we can't get around it without running the risk of getting sucked into a black hole!" Doc said.
"I would suggest hitting the clown but he's got a barrier all to himself! Blast…"
Mario picked up Peach and threw her to the barrier. The latter wiping some spit from her lower lip "Ha-cha!" She yelled, Peach Bombing him but he dodged as he grabbed her by the ponytail and threw her to the ground, then kicked her in the side and shoved her into the barrier again.
Mario would then pull back his fist to punch her but Peach swiftly brought out a Toad doll… forcing Mario to stop, yanked it away from her and burnt it up before punching her in the chest, but Peach would use a Reflega to protect herself, but that didn't stop him from grabbing her by the collar and throwing her to the ground.
"Yes, that's right, Mr. M! Destroy her! Kill her! Send the Mushroom Kingdom a message!"
Mario stopped, looking directly at Dimentio. "I thought you said we weren't going to kill them, Master Dimentio."
"True, but hey, this is a lot of fun. Plus I'm winning! Ahahahaha! Go ahead and kill the princess, I'm sure no one would miss her. After all, there's nothing she can do about it!" He said, snapping his fingers on Luigi, Daisy and Yoshi to prevent them from trying to go over the barrier. "Don't think I see you trying to do something flashy!"
"Crap!" Daisy growled.
End BGM
Mario raised his hammer up in the air as Peach could only look on in horror with tears in her eyes. Her beloved Mario about to kill her… her beloved Mario that she loved.
Her beloved Mario taken by Dimentio.
Dimentio…
The hammer swung down on Peach, but she would quickly grab a hold of it. "Hmm?" Mario wondered as Peach wrestled him until she kicked him off of her… all with a shadow cast over her eyes.
"You… you would dare harm me for your own personal gain, Dimentio? Take my Mario away from me… that's unforgivable." She said as fire shot out of her eyes. "I'll have you know… THAT MARIO ISN'T THE ONLY ONE WHO HOLDS BACK!"
Suddenly, her whole body caught ablaze… and her White mage attire started changing into none other than the Strikers outfit.
BGM: Peach's Theme (Mario Strikers Charged)
"Huh?!" Dimentio said in surprise as Peach immediately took off her earrings and threw them to the side.
"Oh… shit, I forgot she gets like this when she's pissed." Daisy sweatdropped as Mario lunged at Peach and punched her, but she caught it with the palm of her hand.
"Sorry, sweetie…" Peach said as she grabbed Mario by the arm and threw him to the ground. Mario immediately got back up as a dark aura surrounded his hands as he would throw a Dark Firaga at her but she conjured up some heart shields to block them as she front flipped and landed in front of Mario as he swung his hammer but she used a Reflega to bounce it off and then wind surrounded her as Mario would find himself getting grabbed as Peach floated into the air, but Mario pried himself away as he and Peach were face to face in the air.
"I was not expecting this kind of power."
"I usually don't tap into this… but your so-called master crossed a line!" Peach said as Mario put his hands together and unleashed a stream of fire while Peach shot a stream of water as the two collided into each other and created a cloud of steam as Mario flew threw the steam cloud and punched her but Peach moved to the side and grabbed him by the arm and threw him to the ground, and then snapped her fingers as a Bob-omb appeared in her hand as she threw it down.
Mario landed on the ground, seeing the Bob-omb coming toward him as he pulled out his hammer and swung it back at Peach, but she flew down as the Bob-omb exploded behind her as she conjured up a very heart-shaped Striker balls and threw them down like meteors. Mario would attempt to hammer back a few but got pummeled by the rest, then Peach landed on the ground… and then Mario came through the smoke and slugged her in the face to send her crashing into the barrier.
"You're full of tricks, but you won't be able to stop me."
"I might not… but you need to pay attention to your surroundings." Peach said as Mario raised an eyebrow, only to get electric punched by Luigi, eggs thrown at him by Yoshi and then Daisy crystal kicked him to the side.
"You good, girlfriend?" Daisy asked as Peach closed her eyes, taking a deep breath as a calming green aura surrounded her to heal herself up, then Peach summoned her staff and powered up her friends by boosting their attack and defense.
"I will be when we get Mario out of his funk!" Peach said.
"Okay, any ideas on how to un-brainwash Mario that doesn't involve making him bleed internally?" Daisy asked.
"Yo Yo Yo!"
"Dude, I don't think shoving him into an egg would work!"
"Are we just going to ignore the fact that my bro threw a Dark Firaga?" Luigi asked.
"Ah yes, I almost forgot! I made him take an interest in magic!" Dimentio pointed out as Mario jumped in and threw down a Blizzaga at the gang but they would swiftly avoid it, then Luigi jumped in and hammered Mario, but he instantly blocked it as the two looked into each other's eyes until Mario pushed Luigi back and was about to hammer him… until an arrow of light hit him in the shoulder.
"Not so fast, Mario!" A voice said as Pit came flying in and landed on the ground, and joining him were RWBY, JNPR and the Toad Brigade.
"Where's the Koopa Troop?" Daisy asked.
"They're a little busy with something, but they'll come soon!" Pit said.
"It appears we are horribly outnumbered." Mario said.
"Yes, that would appear so… and of course, the Phantom Thieves and that nobody are here too." Dimentio mused before chuckling. "Very well! We will call this one a draw. Until then heroes, take care!" He said and then disappeared along with Mario.
End BGM
"NO!" Peach yelled before clenching her fists angrily, her body trembling in anger while her queenly white mage attire came back.
"Need to hit something? My shoulder'll take it. Come on." Daisy offered, rolling up her sleeve. "C'mon… put 'er there!"
"The only one I'll hit is Dimentio… and it's a spot where you typically go for, Daisy."
Daisy whistled. "Hoo… yeeeeah, that'll do." She nodded and put her hands on her shoulders. "Deep breaths, sister. We'll get our favorite plumber back!"
"I know we will…" Peach quietly said. "What Dimentio has done is unforgivable…"
"Does she seem different to you?" Jaune whispered.
"Well, if my boyfriend was brainwashed by a lunatic, I'd be pissed too." Nora whispered back.
"Good point."
"Normally, I'd be sad…" Luigi said. "But, Dimentio just gave me a reason to be determined to get my brother back."
"Yo!" Yoshi nodded.
Ruby chuckled. "Come on, let's head back… I'm sure the other team is having a blast."
"What other team?" Akira asked.
"Well, let's just say… a few of us have made a certain gal very happy. I'll tell you on the way back." She said as heavenly lights surrounded the gang and took them away.
Earlier, in the Fortress of Doom…
"What did you call me here for…" Coco asked, sounding defeated.
"We made you a new weapon!" Ruby smiled.
"A new weapon? What's the point… Gianduja was destroyed, it's irreparable, I'm completely useless in battle now compared to my teammates, I'll only be slowing them down…" Coco sighed. "Compared to your team, Ruby… not to mention JNPR, JINXY, ATMC and the others…"
"There's CRDL." Ruby pointed out.
"Yeah! And apparently Cardin can do just fine without his damn weapon, what with his semblance that I didn't know he had, which is pretty awesome compared to my Hype! Ugh… you know what, I might as well just retire… start a fashion business with Oboro while Vel and the others do their own thing while I walk away from Beacon Academy. We're all just overshadowed by you guys anyway…" She mumbled.
"I wouldn't go that far, Coco. Not when you have this beauty!" Ruby said as Ibuki and Doom Guy unveiled the new weapon, which was a shiny silver version of Gianduja. "Behold! Gianduja Omega!"
"…What the hell…?" Coco wondered.
"Go on, try it out, Coco-chan!" Ibuki smiled as Coco walked over and picked it up, where it felt heavy yet light enough for her to move around. Coco pulled the trigger and watched bullets fly into the hell demons.
"Eh… it's not enough to impress me. Why did you even add in the "omega" anyway?"
Ibuki grinned. "There's a few buttons next to the trigger. Press 'em~!"
"Okay…" Coco pressed the first button, as two other barrels popped out of the sides of the minigun. "What the…?!" She said in surprise as she quickly fired, ripping through a Baron of Hell in five seconds. "Whoa…"
"Considering that will eat up a lot of you ammo, we went with an endless barrage of bullets. It wasn't easy but it worked! We call that the Triple Barrel!" Ibuki grinned as Coco pressed another button as she held the trigger, where it would start to rev up as a ring surrounded the barrel before she released it, as a massive laser shot out where it split into seperate lasers and exploded into a Hell Knight.
"Exploding lasers~! It was Doom Guy-chan's idea~!" Ibuki grinned as Coco's mouth hung open in surprise as Doom Guy gave her the thumbs up. "Next one~!"
Coco hit the next button as orange ink came shooting out and landed underneath a Cacodemon. "…Really? Paint?"
"Wait for it!" Ruby said as suddenly the ink shot up and destroyed the Cacodemon easily.
"A reverse Inkstrike~" Ibuki said. "The more ink you fire, the more powerful it is~! Can you say "Woomy"?" She giggled.
"So… retirement, huh?" Ruby smiled.
"Fuck retirement! I'm gonna kick some ass with this thing!" Coco smirked. "…Now if only I can get the bloodstains off of my clothes. Ugh, I'm gonna have to go on a shopping spree later… not to mention new sunglasses."
"You don't carry a spare?" Ruby asked.
"I didn't plan on getting turned into swiss cheese." Coco admitted. "But enough about that… it's time we made a comeback." She said as she pressed a button and saw it form into a shopping bag. "Perfect." She said and then high fived Doom Guy. "Thanks, big guy." She said and walked out. "Oi! Vel! Yatsu! Fox! We're going to a galaxy!"
"What?" Velvet asked in surprised. "I thought you-"
"Forget what I said, bun bun. CFVY's goin' on a trip." She said. "And I think I know just where to test this bad girl out."
BGM: Space Storm Galaxy (Super Mario Galaxy 2)
Battle Belt Galaxy Power Star #1 - Mini Planet Mega Run - CFVY, Dark Pit, Youmu, Grooves, Marnie, Goomba Squad
The group landed on the planet. "Remind me why you guys came with us?" Coco asked.
"Got bored. Wanted to get away from everyone for a while." Dark Pit said.
"Wanted to practice my sword swings on actual opponents." Youmu responded.
"Wanted to get away from Conductor screamin' his head off."
"I wanted to stretch my legs." Marnie said.
"Lady Marnie invited us!" Captain Goomba said.
Coco chuckled. "Alright, let's get to work then."
THUD!
Everyone turned their heads to see Bernadetta having landed on the planet. "O-oh! This… galaxy is already taken, I see…" She said, blushing a little. "I… I thought I might practice my archery by myself but uh… it looks like this galaxy's taken. I'll just… uh… be on my way and find some other galaxy that's not covered in phazon…" She tried to walk away. "Palutena, take me back… take me back!"
"Not so fast, darlin'!" Grooves grabbed her by the sleeve. "The more the merrier! Let's see what this galaxy is made of!" He said as he dragged her away.
"Help! Help! I'm being kidnapped by a penguin!"
"Well, let's get going. I'm su-agh!" Coco grunted as CFVY's aura shattered immediately as they would look up to see a Daredevil comet orbiting the galaxy. "Agh, figures…"
"Okay, so… what does the daredevil comet do for everyone else?" Velvet curiously asked.
"Hmm…" Dark Pit looked at his Silver Bow as he tried to summon other weapons. "Nope, I can't summon any of my other weapons."
"Hnnngh! Mmmph! Apparently I can't fly." Youmu shrugged.
"I don't feel any different!" Grooves said.
"My Pokeballs don't work." Marnie shrugged.
"I think we're fine." Captain Goomba said.
"…My crippling anxiety worsens." Bernadetta mumbled as they walked around and saw their first enemy, which was a Soldier Heartless meandering around.
"Soooo, anyone got a Keyblade to fully deal with these guys?" Coco asked.
"I took a picture of Terra's Keyblade." Velvet said.
"Awesome!" Coco smiled.
"There's just one problem." Velvet pointed to the comet.
"…Oh, right. Well, we could just-" Yatsuhashi swung his sword down, crushing the Soldier Heartless easily as a Sling Star appeared. "-…Do that." Coco sweatdropped.
"What?" Yatsuhashi shrugged as they went into the Sling Star and headed off to the lava planet, and instead of Lil' Cinders, they would see Scarfies and a Stalfos.
"Oh… they look kinda cute." Bernadetta said to a Scarfy… but it would quickly turn into its true form. "AAAH! NOT CUTE! SO NOT CUTE!" She yelled as she fired an arrow to kill it as it fell into the lava. "Phew…"
"Don't feel too bad, I made the same mistake when I visited Dreamland. Stupid thing gave me a heart attack." Youmu said, slashing away a Scarfy.
"…Wait, aren't you half phantom?" Marnie spoke up as Captain Boo slapped a Scarfy and Captain Shy Guy threw a turnip at it.
"Yeah, but I'm also half human."
"…Wouldn't that mean you'd have a half-heart attack?" Marnie pointed out.
"What's a half-heart attack?" Fox wondered, dodging the swords of the Stalfos as Dark Pit fired a few arrows at it.
"A mini heart attack…? I dunno!" Coco said, mowing down the Stalfos.
"Maybe one half of the heart gets attacked while the other half remains fine!" Grooves guessed after throwing his microphone into a Scarfy.
"Hmm… maybe?" Youmu shrugged as the Sling Star popped up as they headed to the Urchin Planet… only they were greeted by a few Velociraptor-like Grimm. These Grimm had a long and low skull with an upturned snout, a pair of pronated forelimbs with three strongly curved claws, a long tail, and a single enlarged sickle-shaped claw on each hindfoot.
"Oh. Joy. Sickle Claws." Coco mumbled.
"What's the deal with these guys?" Youmu asked.
"From what I've heard, these things are unpredictable… they work together in packs and tend to pick off hunters one by one. These things are also highly intelligent, so we gotta stick together!"
"How bad can they really be?" Marnie wondered.
"Well, a few weeks ago, there was a news headline that a few group of huntsman in Mistral went to take care of a Sickle Claw problem… they never came back so a search party went to investigate… and when they didn't come back, another search party went searching for them and they didn't come back either. It was a slaughterhouse."
"So… how boned are we?" Captain Koopa asked.
"Pretty boned if we don't stick together. This is gonna get interesting!" Coco said as the Sickle Claws roared as they circled around the group as Bernadetta gulped a little.
I should've been more resistant to Claude… She thought as one Sickle Claw turned to Bernadetta and charged, causing Bernadetta to yelp and fire a point blank arrow at it, which was lodged in its throat as it let out a pained yelp and took a step back as Bernadetta fired an arrow to its neck, knocking it down but it scrambled to get up… only to get its head chopped off by Yatsuhashi.
Marnie positioned herself so her metal arm would take the full brunt of the attack while she was also looking in her hud with her cybernetic eyes. She would see one of them running away from Dark Pit. "It's circling around the planet. Velvet!"
"I see it!" Velvet readied herself as the Sickle Claw leaped at her and was ready to impale her with its sickle-like claws but Velvet would gracefully dodge it as the Grimm landed in the circle, as it would turn around… only to get its head cut off by Dark Pit and Youmu.
"Eat lasers, bitches!" Coco said, firing lasers from her minigun as they split up and struck a few Sickle Claws where they would disintegrate once the lasers exploded. "Gods, I love this thing!"
"HALT!" Captain Goomba yelled, but the Sickle Claw kept charging. "I SAID HALT! HALT! HALT, DARN YOU! Ooooh, how does Sonia do this?!"
"I guess our captain powers don't work with this danged comet!" Captain Koopa said.
"I had a feeling…" Captain Boo mumbled as the Sickle Claw lunged at Captain Goomba but Marnie got in the way and blocked with her metal arm, but the Sickle Claw would use its weight to push Marnie to the ground as it stared at her with a smirk, but then Captain Koopa slammed into the Grimm to release its grip on Marnie.
"Clever girl…" Marnie activated the blade on her arm and cut through its neck, where it fell to the groud and evaporated. "But not clever enough."
A Sling Star soon showed up as they would hop into it and launch away to the Crabber Planet… if you can call Skyward Sword Lizalfos as "Crabbers". The Lizalfos jumped over and tried to swing their tails while blocking their attacks. One Lizalfos blocked Youmu's attack as it taunted her… but it would get poked on the shoulder as it turned its head to see Myon waving before impaling through his gut.
"Nice one, Myon!" Youmu smiled as Myon turned back to her original form while Dark Pit sliced off a tail while the Lizalfos got beaten up by a disco ball that Grooves brought out.
"What's wrong, darlin'? Can't handle a little bit of funk?" Grooves taunted as the Lizalfos cried in pain over the tail being cut off.
"Oh, quit being a baby! It'll grow back!" Dark Pit said until Bernadetta fired an arrow right between the eyes to kill it. "…Or not." He let out a shrug as the Sling Star appeared as they launched off toward the Jack-O-Goomba planet, that were swarming with Grimm.
"Wait, are these Spitfires?!" Velvet exclaimed in surprise.
"A Dilophosaurus… well, I take it Salem's interested in dinosaurs." Dark Pit mumbled. "Let me guess, they spray out acid."
"More like a paralysis-inducing venom… and it can cause temporary blindness!" Velvet said. "They also work together in packs."
"Ya know… I would not put it past the Grimm that the Sickle Claws and the Spitfires worked together in Mistral." Coco growled. "Marnie, hit me with that reflective magic you have. I'm gonna wipe 'em out!" She said as Marnie nodded, putting her hand on Coco's back and used Nayru's Love as Coco aimed up and fired a bunch of ink, some of it hitting the Spitfires as they spat out the acid at the group… and then the Reverse Inkstrike happened, destroying them all where a Warp Pipe appeared nearby.
"Well, that was easy." Youmu said.
"Probably not as intelligent as the raptors were." Coco said as they went toward the Warp Pipe and hopped in with the others, where instead of landing in the water, they would appear in a jungle-like area.
"Oh, I don't like the looks of this…" Bernadetta whimpered.
"We should be okay…" Yatsuhashi said as Velvet's ears twitched while Marnie's radar picked up on something.
"We got trouble." Velvet and Marnie said together, before both of them looked at each other, then they turned back to the source where a monster approached them.
"Oh, great… it's a Pukei Pukei." Dark Pit mumbled.
"Wait, as in the monsters that spit out poison? …Well, shit." Coco groaned as the Pukei Pukei roared and flew up in the air before spitting out poison at the group, forcing them all to scatter.
"Get me out! Get me out!" Bernadetta exclaimed, but realized the Warp Pipe was on the ceiling. "Oh great…"
"We gotta take this thing out!" Dark Pit said. "Marnie, I hope you have a lot of Pecha Berries and Antidotes!"
"I got it covered." Marnie said, summoning her Claws.
"Let's get this done!" Coco said as they started attacking the creature but the Pukei Pukei would smack them away with its tail and tried to spit out a glob of poison at Yatsuhashi and Fox, but they avoided the attacks as they slashed and punched the creature as Fox would get on top of it and started to slice it but the Pukei Pukei shook him off as Captain Boo slapped him and then Captain Shy Guy threw a few turnips at him.
An arrow struck the Pukei Pukei. It would turn to look at Bernadetta and snarled, flying toward her as she let out a yelp and fired an arrow, where it would dodge and slammed into it, pinning her down as she let out a scream, the Pukei Pukei went down to give her a poisonous bite as she tried to block with her bow but the Pukei Pukei destroyed it easily and spat it to the side as it would go for another bite, but Youmu slashed through it and Fox gave it a punch to knock it away.
"No, you don't!" Youmu said as she lunged as Bernadetta sat there, tears in her eyes.
Pause BGM
"I'm useless…" Bernadetta mumbled. "Why did I have to come to this stupid galaxy… I should be home away from all this… I don't care if Garreg Mach is under a lot of phazon… I want to go home…" She whimpered.
"Just believe in yourself, Bernie."
"…Edelgard…?"
Flashback…
"I don't know, Edie… everyone here is so… outspoken and wild and I'm just… introverted. Everyone's got these great weapons and… I'm just a coward who hides behind a bush with just a bow."
"Everyone has their strengths. Yours is a bow." Edelgard said.
"I agree." Byleth approached her. "It's not wrong to wield a bow and arrow… just look how well Claude's handling it."
Bernadetta sighed. "I'd rather be eating cake… I'm useless."
"Hey." Edelgard put her hands on her shoulder. "You're not useless. You're no coward either. You're Bernadetta, an excellent marksman. Your father put those words in your head, but they're just meaningless words. You're stronger and braver than you realize."
Byleth smiled. "What she said. We never gave up on you… so you shouldn't give up on yourself."
At the Observatory…
"Yo, Bernie!" Claude walked over to her.
"Hmm?" Bernadetta turned around only to have a bow tossed to her. "Wah!" She yelped as she caught it. "What… a Steel Bow?"
"It's collapsible! Plus some neat little arrows that have a surprise in 'em. I'm gonna be honest, Ruby has a hell of an imagination." He chuckled.
"I dunno…"
"Don't worry about a thing, Bernie. You're stronger than you think! You just gotta believe in yourself."
Back in the present…
"…Everyone's believing in me." Bernadetta whispered, a shadow cast over her eyes as she slowly stood up, reaching into her pocket and pulled out her collapsible Steel Bow. Determination was seen in her eyes. "I'm done running." She watched the Pukei Pukei knock Marnie and Dark Pit down as she pulled out an arrow, nocking it and aimed at the Pukei Pukei before firing the arrow, hitting it directly in the neck as it latched on to it… and then the arrow exploded shortly after.
BGM: Blue Skies and a Battle - Thunder (Fire Emblem: Three Houses)
The Pukei Pukei turned toward Bernadetta as it spat out poison but she rolled out of the way and fired another arrow, striking it in the head as a cloud of mist surrounded it, blinding it as it tried to attack from the side but missed Coco.
"Oh, I see. She blinded this thing!"
"That's the spirit, darlin'!" Grooves said, throwing a few disco balls at it while Marnie jumped in, activatig Din's Fire on her claws and fire slashing it where Dark Pit slashed it as the Pukei Pukei let out a poisonous mist, forcing them to get out of the way while Bernadetta aimed high and fired an arrow, where it split into seven arrows as it rained down and hit the Pukei Pukei where an electrical current paralyzed it as everyone attacked it head on before Coco opened the Pukei Pukei's mouth.
"Hope you're hungry!" She said, pressing a button as the two mini barrels came out and fired into his mouth, then she stopped and turned to Bernadetta. "Yo, Bernie. Wanna finish it off?"
"Gladly." She said as she aimed her bow as she started to glow. "Guess I got you!" She said as she fired the arrow, where the arrow would suddenly spin like a drill and went inside the Pukei Pukei's throat and drilled through the body until it came out of it's stomach and fell lifelessly to the ground as the Pukei Pukei fell on its side.
End BGM
Resume Space Storm BGM
"Damn girl! Didn't know you had it in you!" Coco grinned.
Bernadetta blushed, rubbing the back of her head. "Aheheh… neither did I, admittedly." She said as a heavenly light surrounded the Pukei Pukei.
"I'll just be taking this." Palutena said and whisked it away as they went into the Sling Star and flew up toward the Warp Pipe, which would get them into another Sling Star and sent them flying to the Lil Brr Planet… that were crawling with Pteranodon Grimm. These toothless pterodactyl-like Grimm had a six-meter clawed wingspan, a cranial crest projecting backward from its skull, a long bony razor-sharp beak, a long forked tail, and a pair of bird-like talons strong enough to carry prey.
"Seriously? Pterodactyl Grimm?" Dark Pit raised an eyebrow.
"Kongamatos." Yatsuhashi said.
"From what I've heard, they're worse than Nevermores if you allow 'em to overwhelm you." Coco said. "That said, we're gonna have a horrible time with-" The Kongamatos suddenly fell to the ground. "-Them..." She sweatdropped as they would see arrows that were left as they turned to Bernadetta.
"…What?" Bernadetta shrugged as a Sling Star appeared, but they would also see a Hungry Luma.
"Hiya! I only need twenty coins to transform!"
"…Would Pokedollars suffice?" Marnie asked.
"How about Lien?" Coco brought up.
"Gold?" Bernadetta spoke up.
"Oooh, the gold sounds good!" The Hungry Luma said as Bernadetta gave him about twenty gold as he ate it up. "Oh! That's absolutely scrumptious! Tastier than the coins! I think I'm gonna… TRANSFOOOOOOOOOOORM!" The Hungry Luma flew into space and transformed into a planet where the Captains would go into the Launch Star and flew off.
"WHOOOOOOA!" All four of them yelled.
"I'll go get 'em." Bernadetta said as she hopped in and launched after them.
"Just be careful." Marnie quietly said as they would turn around and headed toward the Undergrunt Planet, but instead of Undergrunts…
"Hello! I am a Guardian Digger. I am the third strongest out of my five brothers. See if you can catch us all!" One of them said and he dug underground.
"…Oh dear Sakurai, did we fly into Earthbound?" Dark Pit facepalmed.
"Five…?" Marnie wondered as she scanned the area. "There's five of 'em!"
"Third strongest… okay, I wanna try something. Round 'em up!" Coco requested.
One round up later…
"Okay!" Coco aimed her minigun at the Guardian Diggers. "Which one of you is the weakest?"
"I am!" All five of them raised their hands.
"Okay, which one of you is the strongest?"
"I am!"
"…Third strongest?"
"I am!" They all raised their hands again.
Youmu sweatdropped. "What even…"
"Okay, listen up! Do you know who I am?" Coco asked.
"Yeah, you're a human."
"No. I'm a Heavy Weapons Gal. This is my weapon. And I'm going to turn you all into swiss cheese if you don't give me a STRAIGHT ANSWER! And I've yet to meet someone who can outsmart a bullet… so start talking or so help me, I'm going to make you all cry like babies." Coco started to rev up her minigun. "SO START TALKING."
"How can we cry if we're all dead?" One of them pointed out, only to get smacked in the face by the minigun. "Ooof! …Worth it!"
"Anyone else want to be a smart ass?" Coco glared as the Guardian Diggers shook their heads. "Good. Now start talking. Which one of you is the first strongest and who's the fifth strongest? That also includes two through four."
"Simple. He's the fourth strongest."
"What?! No, I'm the third strongest. That guy's the second strongest."
"No, I'm the third strongest! I thought he was the fifth one."
"I'm the third! He's the first!"
"No, we agreed that I'm the third and this guy is the fourth!"
"No, I'm third! You're first!"
A few minutes of bickering that felt like hours later…
"OKAY SHUT UP!" Coco yelled. "Which one of you is the third one!"
"HE IS!" They all pointed to each other as Coco closed her eyes, took a deep breath, pinched the bridge of her nose and exhaled.
"Oh. My. Hell." Coco could only say.
"Ugh, forget this!" Dark Pit said, pulling out his Dark Pit Staff and fired through their heads to eliminate them all as a Warp Pipe appeared in front of them.
"…You had that all this time?" Marnie gave him an annoyed look.
"Didn't think I needed to until these five showed up."
"…You know what? When we get back to the Observatory, I'm gonna have to ask Mikan for an asprin. Those five were giving me a migraine." Coco mumbled.
End BGM
Meanwhile, with the Captains and Bernadetta…
"I KNEW THIS LAUNCH STAR WAS A BAD IDEA!" Captain Goomba yelled as a Fiery Gobblegut was chasing after them.
"Hup!" Bernadetta fired at the weak spots as Fiery Gobblegut would turn around and dive bomb at her but she jumped back. "One more to go…" She said as she pulled the string back, but suddenly, someone slashed through it to destroy Fiery Gobblegut, where it exploded into fire.
"Bernie! You saved us!" Captain Koopa said.
"Uh… that wasn't me." Bernadetta admitted.
"…Hello comrades." A voice said as suddenly Captain Slime appeared through the smoke.
"Captain Slime?!" The other Captains exclaimed in shock.
"Holy smokes, I knew you had some good in you despite being corrupted!" Captain Goomba exclaimed.
"Yes, I am still good. After all… I do have a plan to fix Lady Marnie's current situation."
"Huh? You do? How?" Captain Shy Guy asked.
"The Phazon."
"The what?!" Captain Boo said in horror while Bernadetta readied herself.
"Are you nuts? That thing cuts through your lifespan!" Captain Koopa said.
"That's not like you, man. The Phazon's affecting your mind!" Captain Goomba exclaimed.
"I assure you, Captain Goomba. I'm fine and so is the rest of our Phazon units."
"…After all we've been through." Captain Goomba glared. "Saving Lord Bowser, helping the Koopa Troop, recruiting monsters for the community, fighting Damian…"
"Damian… rrrrgh… Damian… DAMIAN… DAMIAN!" He yelled. "That bastard took Lady Marnie's eyes and arm. HE'S the reason why she is like this today! If I dip her in Phazon, she'll be cured! She'll have her sight and arm back!"
"Whooooa, dial it back, dude!" Captain Koopa said.
"Yeah, Lord Bowser wouldn't want this!" Captain Goomba exclaimed.
"I'm sorry to say this… but Lord Bowser would have wanted this."
"Your obsession is insane!" Captain Shy Guy yelled.
"Yeah! You're acting like Damian for crying out loud!" Captain Boo said.
"…You wound me. You compare me to Damian? He would see Phazon as a way of power. I see it as a way to cure Lady Marnie. I thought you, of all people, would agree, Captain Goomba."
"There's a better way to go about this, man! Cybernetics are one thing but PHAZON?! That's barbaric, even for someone like you!" Captain Goomba said before sighing. "So this is why you always acted so somber when talking with Lady Marnie… you were planning on corrupting her to "fix" her."
"It is the only way…"
"Nuh-uh! We'll put a stop to you!"
"Then you leave me with no choice." Captain Slime snapped his fingers as five Golden Girls came from behind and trapped all five of them.
"Gah!" Bernadetta yelped.
"Don't do this man!" Captain Goomba exclaimed.
"You will see that Lady Marnie deserves this. After all… he agrees with me."
"Who's he?" Captain Shy Guy asked.
"We will meet him at the planet. Come."
With the others…
"I can't believe we got an egg out of this." Coco said.
"It's cute!" Velvet smiled, holding on to it.
"Never expected a Pokemon Egg all the way out here… at least, I think it's a Pokemon Egg." Marnie shrugged as they went into the Sling Star and flew away toward the final planet, where they would see a handful of Erdrean Monsters.
"Oh, these guys." Coco said. "Well, this will be easy!"
"Let's try not to hurt 'em too much." Marnie said, when suddenly Dora-in-Greys appeared behind everyone and trapped them all, leaving Marnie by herself. "Huh?!"
"What's going on?!" Youmu asked as Dark Pit tried to break himself free.
"Lady Marnie!" A group of voices said as suddenly, Marnie would find herself surrounded by Team Yell grunts.
"Guys?!" Marnie exclaimed in shock before tearing up. "Arceus… she corrupted every single one of you…"
"Lady Marnie!" A voice spoke up as she would turn to see Captain Slime approaching with the Golden Girls holding the others prisoners.
"Captain Slime… don't tell me you've-"
"Indeed." Captain Slime nodded. "I'm doing this for you, Lady Marnie."
"For me? Why are you-"
"Look at yourself! Your eyes, your arm… this phazon will cure you."
BGM: Danger! There's Trouble! (Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX)
Marnie's eyes widened. "What… did you say?!"
"Your arms, your eyes… don't you miss them?"
"Of course I do! I want them all back… it's a dream of mine that I want to be whole again, but that's just a pipe dream that'll never happen. Besides, I'm totally fine being part cyborg…"
"But I'm not! You know how it happened… you go to Byleth for therapy sessions because Damian haunts your dreams every once in a while. You wake up screaming… but no longer." Captain Slime slashed the ground to create a pool of phazon. "This will cure you of your arm and eyes, Lady Marnie!"
"Slime, I'm touched that you want to help me but… this isn't the way to do it! I'm fine being a cyborg… and the Phazon is corrupting your mind." Marnie got in a stance. "I'll cure you. We'll cure everyone. We have a cure that can get rid of the Phazon!"
"A cure is not good enough!" Captain Slime protested. "If that cure gets in you, you'll lose your arm and eyes enhanced by Phazon. You'll be back as a cyborg!"
"I'd rather lose my eyes and arm over jumping into that pool of Phazon. I'd rather lose any other part of my body than step into that!"
"You would rather become a full on cyborg?"
"If it means not getting corrupted by that shit, than yes! Listen to yourself, dude… you're acting just like Damian."
"ENOUGH ABOUT DAMIAN!" Captain Slime yelled. "He will use phazon for power. I'm using this to cure you! You will be whole! After all… he agrees with me."
"He?" Marnie wondered before she was suddenly grabbed from behind. "Hngh!"
"Sorry sis, but this is for your own good."
"Piers?!" Marnie exclaimed, turning her head and seeing that he had phazon armor on him while phazon coursed through his veins. She knew he was corrupted but it still broke her heart to see him like this. "Piers…" Tears rolled down her cheeks.
"Shit! Come on, open up!" Coco said, trying to power through the cage along with everyone but it was no use.
"CAPTAIN SLIME, DON'T DO THIS!" Captain Goomba pleaded.
"Let… let go!" Marnie exclaimed, trying to break free as she then closed her eyes to try and teleport away from them, but nothing happened. "What… why can't I…"
"This armor? It's enhanced to cancel out your magic." Piers said as Marnie's eyes widened.
"You may throw her in when ready, Lord Piers." Captain Slime said.
Piers nodded. "This is for your own good, sis."
"Nnngh! PIERS! Let go of me! Rrrgh!" She desperately tried to struggle her way out but Piers had a firm grip on her.
End BGM
"On my command!" Captain Slime raised his sword up. "Exe-"
"GET THE FOCK AWAY FROM MY LASS, YE BLEEDIN' BASTARDS!"
"What?" Captain Slime wondered as suddenly, Gloria slammed into the ground in her Latias form, and she was joined by Neo.
BGM: Battle! Gym Leader (Pokemon Sword and Shield)
"Gloria! Neo!" Marnie exclaimed.
"Lady Neo… you're against this?" Captain Slime asked as Neo pumped her shotgun brella. "It pains me that we have to fight… but if you get in the way of my goal, then so be it." He readied his sword where Neo would swing her umbrella into Piers's knees to make him grunt and loosened his grip on Marnie as she pried herself off and landed on her feet.
"So how are we gonna go about this?" Marnie asked.
"Marn, you're with me. Neo, you take Piers." Gloria said as Neo nodded.
"You would fight against me? Against all of us?" Captain Slime readied his sword. "So be it.
"Gloria… I-"
"Don't worry about it. We'll get everyone out of this mess." Gloria said.
"…Just… just don't hurt Captain Slime too much, okay?"
Gloria smirked. "I'll try not to be too rough on the lad."
Delusional Slime Knight - Captain Slime
"I will not hesitate!" Captain Slime slashed at Gloria, but she would jump over him and kicked him in the back while Marnie would slash at him, but Captain Slime would block the attack, only to get hit with a Dragon Pulse from Gloria.
Captain Slime raised his sword up and uleashed a Kacrackle at Gloria, but she jumped back and threw a Mist Ball at him where he would dodge it, but Marnie would kick it back and hit him in the head with it, then Gloria would punch him clear in the face before throwing down a Draco Meteor.
"Aaargh!" Captain Slime growled as he jumped off of his slime to try and attack Gloria but she dodged the sword swing and grabbed him before shoving him to the ground before kickinng him and the Slime away and then Marnie threw down a beam of ice from her metal arm and froze him solid.
"Sorry about that." Marnie said as they heard growling as the two of them would find themselves back to back against the Erdrean Monsters and Team Yell. "Ya know, when I wanted to reunite with these boneheads, this was not what I had in mind…"
"Got any ideas?" Gloria asked.
"Do you?"
"Well-"
"TEAM SKULL IS SUPERIOR!"
"Oh sure, they took their sweet time." Gloria rolled her eyes as Team Skull came running in and started attacking the monsters and Team Yell. "Guess they went the scenic route."
Marnie sweatdropped. "You brought them along?"
"Why not?"
Piers kicked Neo down. "It's about time you're put in your place, you mute!" He said as he was poked in the shoulder. "Hmm?" He turned around to see Guzma.
"Sup?" He would then slug Piers in the face.
"Mmph!"
"All that armor and you didn't even bother protectin' your head! How pathetic!" Guzma would throw a few more punches but Piers would dodge the last one and counter punched him.
"Nice try!" He said, only for Guzma to come in with a headbutt. "Agh!"
"I AIN'T DONE YET!" Guzma yelled as the two got into a fighting dust cloud.
"Old fart!"
"Fake make up!"
"Has been!"
"Loser!"
Neo sweatdropped, watching the two bicker. ["Good grief…"] She would then raise her umbrella up right as Guzma held Piers by the neck and smacked Piers on the head.
"OOOOF!"
"Nice hit!"
"Alright, I'm ready!" Palutena said. "It's time for Palutena's patented Super Phazon Destroyer Plus! It'll definitely save Mikan, Eirin and Reisen from getting overwhelmed!" She smiled as a massive laser struck the planet, resulting in a shockwave and a colorful mushroom cloud.
End BGM
"Mmmph…" Piers groaned as the Phazon disappeared. "What the hell…?" He wondered as Guzma slugged him again. "OW!"
"Sorry, had to make sure you weren't all corrupted."
"Mmph… where am I…?" Captain Slime wondered, rubbing his head as Team Yell and the Erdrean Monsters were confused where they were at, while the Dora-In-Greys and the Golden Girls released everyone. "Wait, why do I have two Power Stars?"
"Well, I guess that's that." Gloria said as beams of light surrouded them all and whisked them away, leaving behind Gloria, Neo and Marnie, where they would see the Daredevil Comet disappearing and leaving behind a white Power Star.
"It's beautiful…" Marnie said.
"Aye, it sure is." Gloria nodded.
Marnie turned to Gloria. "Thanks, Gloria…"
Gloria smiled. "No problem, lass." She grinned as the two looked into each other's eyes, both of them blushing. "Aheheh… well, I guess we should head-" Marnie leaned in, wrapped her arms around Gloria, closing her eyes and kissed her. "Mmph!"
Neo watched on, smiling at this and giving them the thumbs up as Marnie puled away. "Wh-whoa…" Gloria whispered.
"Sorry… was that… too headstrong?"
"Not really… I mean, I was tryin' to figure out a way to tell ye how I really felt about ye without makin' it sound awkward…"
"Well, consider that my confession." Marnie giggled.
"Ah… uh… I… uh…" Gloria blushed like crazy. "So uh… y-you want to like… go out sometime when uh… this war is… over?" She stammered.
Marnie smiled. "I'd love to." She said, taking Gloria's hand as Neo wrapped her arms around the two and hugged them as they were taken back to the Observatory.
Meanwhile, with Samus…
"Let's see… there's gotta be something in this fortress that I can use…" Samus mused as she walked around before seeing something that caught her eye. She would walk over to it and see a pool of plasma, plus a hilt that looked like it belonged to the Crucible.
"Don't touch this hilt! Surprising Doom Guy-chan later. - Ibuki"
"Hmm…" Samus looked into it and then decided to dip her Arm Cannon into it.
Plasma Flamethrower online!
Plasma Flamethrower: Burn your enemies to ashes when you unleash this hellish plasma onto them. Also perfect for S'Mores.
Samus smirked, pulling out her arm cannon. "Perfect." She said as she walked out with a hum.
With Kamek…
"Master Luigi, if I may." He walked over to him.
"What is it?" Luigi asked.
"Well, I've figured out the perfect upgrade for you." He said as he waved his wand and fired magic at him. Luigi would look down and see that he was wearing a green trench coat along with a toolbelt around his waist.
"What the…?"
"Congratulations. You are now a Machinist. I don't know why, but I have a feeling this fits you perfectly. You have a variety of weapons such as guns, drills, flamethrowers… oh, and you also have technomancy and can summon robo-" General Guy pulled him to the side. "Wah! Hope you like it!"
"Are you nuts?! You're giving weapons to HIM?! You're insane!"
"Says the Shy Guy who upgraded his Mobile Bill Blaster to shoot out Banzai Bills."
"…Touche."
Luigi rubbed his chin in thought. "Interesting… huh, I think I know what to create!"
With Chiaki…
"This game's fun!" Chiaki smiled when suddenly, her gaming powers caught her attention. "Oh? An update?"
"Power Up! You may now choose your powers from the following games to use for weapons, harness the power of the character or summon:
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
(Mipha's Grace)
(Daruk's Protection)
(Revali's Gale)
(Urbosa's Fury)
ARMS
Splatoon
Splatoon 2
Shovel Knight
Overwatch"
"Ooooh! Sweet." Chiaki grinned.
"Play of the game!"
"Huh? Oh, someone else got it…" Chiaki shrugged. "Well, good game to that guy." She smiled.
Meanwhile…
"I don't need medicine." Sephiroth said.
"You're injured. Those Grimm weren't exactly pushovers." Esdeath said.
"I've been through worse… trust me, Cloud knows what I'm talking about." Sephiroth told her.
"Oh, your shirt's a bit tattered. Here, let me take this off for you. I want to see how bad the damage is."
"What are you-" Esdeath stripped off his clothing, where she let out a gasp and saw his six pack, not to mention how well toned he is.
"…Oh my." Esdeath said, blushing like crazy.
"What? Is it worse than it looks?"
"N-No. Not at all… let me get the bandages for you." She said as she turned around, her face beet red as she was sweating a little. OH NO, HE'S HOT! She screamed in her head. Focus! Just give him the treatment… but good lord, those muscles and six pack… FOCUS ES! She scolded herself as she grabbed the bandages and turned toward Sephiroth.
"You're acting a bit odd…"
"Me? Odd? Hahahaha! No, who's odd? Definitely not me!" Esdeath chuckled. "N-Now then, let's get you taken care of."
Ibuki: *laughing* Oh, that's too good!
Yup! It was originally a shit post made by Log about a year ago and I thought "Ya know... Sephiroth x Esdeath sounds so stupid and yet... I wanna do it! That sounds hilariously awesome! I'mma give this a chance. This is too good to pass up." Oh, and sorry for the delay, Battle Belt took a little longer than I thought but shout outs to those who helped out with enemy ideas for Battle Belt!