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"Hah… hah…" Bea panted, resting on one knee while holding on to her shoulder. Korrina flip kicked the opponent, but it shield bashed her and sent her sliding back as she fell on her butt.
"Mmph!" She winced as Raihan's Flygon and Nessa's Toxapex were knocked down as well.
"Damn this… brute…!" Bea growled, slowly getting up and getting in her stance, her legs were a bit wobbly but she could still fight. She glanced over to see her Machamp sprawled out and trying to get back up as she would look back at her opponent, which was a Phazon-infused Dark Nut.
The Dark Nut readied its sword before swinging down as a phazon-like shockwave went for Bea but she rolled out of the way… and then her legs gave out. "Nnngh!" She grunted as the Dark Nut charged at the Galarian.
"Garchomp, Dragon Claw!"
"Metagross, Meteor Mash!"
"Huh?" Bea wondered as suddenly, a Garchomp came rushing through and slammed into the Dark Nut while a Metagross came in and punched the Dark Nut in the head.
"You guys alright?"
Nessa turned her head, her eyes widening. "The champions of Sinnoh and Hoenn…!"
BGM: Battle! Champion (Pokemon Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl)
"Don't worry. We got this covered." Steven said as he and Cynthia walked together. "You ready?"
"As ready as I'll ever be." Cynthia nodded as she looked at Steven, both of them nodding as they both raised their arms and tapped the rings on their wrists, both of them Mega Evolving their Garchomp and Metagross.
"Knock down that creature!" Both of them ordered in unison as the Dark Nut swung its sword at Garchomp, but it swiftly moved behind him and Dragon Clawed it as the Dark Nut tried to counter, but Garchomp jumped away as it turned around to try and hit the Metagross, but it would catch it with its four arms as it hit him with a point blank Hyper Beam that made the Dark Nut stumble and then Garchomp, after using a Swords Dance, used Poison Jab from behind to finish off the Dark Nut.
"Not often we get to use our Pokemon in space." Steven said.
Cynthia chuckled. "Indeed." She agreed as they would see Creatures of Grimm pop up onto the ship. "Relentless, aren't they? Not to worry, we'll take care of this!"
End BGM
At the Observatory…
"How's she holding up?" Ibuki asked.
Mikan let out a sigh. "Hiyoko-san's been like this ever since we were close to that black hole."
"Yeah, but we're like… far away from it now. Sure, we're still in World 6 but-"
"I know, but she's been catatonic ever since we got here."
"Let Ibuki try something." She walked over to Hiyoko sitting down on a chair, looking completely unresponsive. "Hello? Hiyoko-chaaaaan…" She waved in front of her face before resulting in playing her guitar really loud, then playing it in front of a megaphone… and then she brought out an air horn and blew it into Hiyoko's face, but nothing worked.
"Told you."
"Man… Ibuki knew the galaxy imploding in on itself affected her a lot but she didn't think it was this bad." Ibuki rubbed the back of her head.
"I'll see what I can do to comfort her."
"Okay." Ibuki nodded as she walked out with a sigh.
Meanwhile…
BGM: Starship Mario C (Super Mario Galaxy 2)
"Phew, that was a workout." Mine said, rolling her shoulders as she walked out of the Garden with Weiss and Sea5ons behind her. "Can't believe we attracted a crowd during that performance." She said as Mine was wearing a pink sweater crop top with white heart graphics, a pair of light blue acid-wash denim shorts, a black tank crop top underneath her sweater, a pair of black safety shorts underneath her denim shorts, a light grey beanie, and a pair of white sneakers with pink stripes.
"What I can't believe was the fact that Weiss was able to perform those dance moves flawlessly." Chelsea said.
Earlier…
"Hup! Woo!" Weiss danced to her hearts content, resulting in breakdancing and free style dance moves.
"Whoa…" A few Lumas said in awe, as did the Toad Brigade while Penny looked on with her eyes sparkling.
"So sensational…"
In the present…
"My ex-father taught me how to waltz because that was the "proper" way to dance. Sun and Neptune taught me the rest." Weiss explained.
"Those idiots taught you-… that explains so much." Mine sweatdropped.
"I'm surprised you were able to dance like that as well." Chelsea said to Mine.
"Eh, it wasn't hard. I always shadow danced behind you when you weren't looking."
Chelsea's eyes widened before chuckling. "I thought I felt a presence behind me, but I just didn't think about it."
"I hate to admit it, but your dance moves are infectious." Mine admitted.
"Aw thank you!"
Whitley, meanwhile, pulled Weiss to the side. "You thinking what I'm thinking?"
"Back up dancers?"
"Okay, that too, but aside from that… you think maybe we should build a dance studio in our home?" Whitley suggested.
"Well… there's the guest room that no one uses." Weiss said.
"I thought Blake uses that?"
"Eh, she just takes the air mattress and takes it into my room." Weiss shrugged.
"…I wondered what all that noise was." Whitley sweatdropped.
"Yeah, but it's all good." Weiss chuckled. "So, a dance studio in our house… what do you think we should put in it?"
Whitley smiled. "Oh, we'll figure it out."
With Captain Slime…
"I see… so that's what nonsense I was spewing out." He said, sitting next to Marnie.
"Yeah." Marnie nodded.
"Mmm…" Captain Slime folded his arms.
"Hey… do you… feel any sort of guilt over my… predicament?"
End BGM
BGM: Scent of Silence (Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories)
"Well, I was mostly keeping it to myself but yes, I do harbor some guilt over what that monster had done to you." He nodded. "The thing is, m'lady… if I was there when Damian would take your eyes and arm away from you, I would've done something. Something tells me Umber and Sonia tried to do something but Damian prevented them from saving you."
"It was a barrier."
"That'll do it." Captain Slime nodded. "M'lady… do you wish things were different where… you're not a cyborg?"
Marnie sighed. "Honestly?" She looked at her metal hand. "I wish things were different. It's true though, as you said in your Phazonic stupor, I get nightmares, I wake up screaming… I'm all agitated…" She closed her eyes as Captain Slime put a hand on hers. "On the one hand, being a cyborg is cool, I get my own arm cannon and what not, but, on the other hand… it's… hard. Some days are better than others."
"Well, on the bright side of things…" Piers sat down next to her. "We got rid of that punk, so there's something to celebrate about."
"I guess…" Marnie turned to Captain Slime. "You shouldn't blame yourself for what happened."
"Mmm… if only I could have talked Damian out of his mindset… convincing him that there were better ways to serve Mordegon and not cutting off everyone's heads, then perhaps things might have been different…" He mumbled.
Marnie wrapped Captain Slime into a hug. "It'll be okay… it's over now."
"Yes… for better or for worse…"
End BGM
"Soooo! You and Marn are a couple now, eh?" Hop grinned.
"Yeah." Gloria smiled.
"Good, I was wondering when you were going to do something about it. I was afraid I was going to have to shove you into a room just so you two would confess." Bede said.
"Bede!" Hop gave him a look.
"What? They've been dancing around their feelings for a while now. If they didn't start confessing, I would've done something about it."
Hop sweatdropped. "Fair point. Geez… now we gotta start lookin' for girls of our own."
"Isn't there that one girl in Wedgehurst that likes ye?" Gloria asked.
"Agh, I tried askin' her out one time but she just wanted to be friends!" Hop sighed. "Damned friend zone…"
"Well, we'll find someone…" Bede shrugged.
With Futaba…
"Hmm… wait, what…? Huh! I didn't know that…" Futaba said as she was looking through her phone.
"Found something interesting?" A voice spoke up as Futaba looked up to see Chiaki walking over.
"Oh hey, Chiaki. Taking a break?"
"Thought I'd stretch my legs for a bit." Chiaki nodded. "Something caught your interest?"
"Yeah, I was just looking up Vocaloids and something caught my attention."
"Hmm?" Chiaki looked at her curiously.
"Listen to this. Hatsune Miku and her Vocaloid friends have this gimmick that, depending on the SEKAI they're in, they change their physical appearance along with their personality and talents."
"Whoa… cool! What's up, are you in a Vocaloid mood?"
"Weeeell, I had this thought that a certain someone needed some friends in her head. Unfortunately, downloading it into her requires an internet connection… yet somehow you're able to play Splatoon and Overwatch… I'm guessing Ibuki shenanigans."
"Most likely." Chiaki giggled. "So who are you referring to?"
Futaba pointed to GLaDOS who was conversing with Cave. "GLaDOS."
Chiaki blinked. "That's GLaDOS? I thought you just gave Bastion a massive upgrade and put in GLaDOS's voice… also giving him her head."
Futaba snickered. "Yeah, I can see that."
"So… Hatsune Miku and the other Vocaloids inside of her?"
"Yup! Thought she could use the company.
Chiaki rubbed her chin in thought. "Yeah, I can see that." She said, where they would see a light shining in the intergalactic space. "Oh?"
"There we go! All nice and fed." Rosalina smiled.
"Flash Back Galaxy?" Polari wondered. "…Oh, no, wait… Flash Black Galaxy." He sheepishly rubbed the back of his head. "My bad!"
"Ooooh! That's an interesting galaxy!" Ibuki exclaimed. "The galaxy is totally pitch black and you have to rely on flashing lights to make your way through."
"How pitch black are we talking?" Luigi asked.
"You can't even see where you're going. The platforms are pitch black. The background doesn't help much either." Chiaki explained. "It's one galaxy that you have to be patient and not… uh… Ibuki, do gamers still use the term "Leeroy Jenkins"?"
"They call it bumrushing now!"
Chiaki sweatdropped. "I need to get myself familiar with the new lingo now… shouldn't be too bad."
"Don't worry, I'll help you out!" Futaba smiled.
Luigi brought out his flashlight. "That's all I needed to know." He walked over to the Launch Star and flew off.
BGM: Beat Block Galaxy (Super Mario Galaxy 2)
Flash Black Galaxy Power Star #1 - Jumping Around in the Dark - Luigi, Ibuki, Gloria, Kokoro
The four of them landed on the ground, where a bright light would briefly flash to show their surroundings before going pitch black again.
"Wow, ye weren't kiddin'." Gloria said, going into her Ampharos form.
"Told ya!" Ibuki nodded, going into her Lanturn form.
"We got this!" Kokoro smiled as Luigi turned on his flashlight as they walked through, jumping over the gap.
"You think this is cheating?" Luigi wondered.
"Nah, this is fully optimized!" Ibuki grinned as they walked through, then walked into the dark tower... and then they would see the Blimp Fruit.
"...We should've brought Yoshi with us." Kokoro sweatdropped.
"We just gotta improvise!" Ibuki said as Luigi jumped up on the platforms as the girls found their way up, by having Gloria go into her Latias form and gave Ibuki and Kokoro a ride as they jumped/flew to the top while dodging the mines, then they were into the Launch Star and flew off to the Maze Walkway Planet.
The moment they touched down, they would see a rainbow comet flying overhead and several Octoombas popped into existence. "That's it?" Gloria tilted her head.
"This'll be a piece of cake. ...Mind the gaps though!" Ibuki chuckled as Luigi decided to pull out a pistol and started shooting out electricity in rapid succession, taking out about five Octoombas. Ibuki and Gloria both took out a lot with Discharge while Kokoro sniped a few with her Photon bows, all the while being careful not to fall off into the abyss, then Luigi would notice a 1-Up lying on the ground.
"Hmm?" He wondered as he picked it up, and then a thought popped into his head. "Hmm..." He rubbed his chin in thought as he put it away and then together with Kokoro, the two of them knocked out the last few remaining Octoombas while Gloria kicked an Octoomba into the abyss.
End BGM
"Nice kick, Gloria-chan!" Ibuki smiled.
"Ah, it was nothin'." Gloria shrugged it off as they took both the Power Stars and then the the heavenly lights surrounded them and headed back to the Observatory.
At the Observatory...
"Hey Cardin!" Chelsea walked over to him.
"Yo, what's up?" Cardin asked.
"So, I was thinking-"
Akame stared at the two, narrowing her eyes as she watched Cardin rubbing the back of his head while Chelsea laughed. She let out a gasp before smirking. "Oh, they're fu-" She glanced over at a few Lumas playing around. "Banging! They're totally bangin'."
"Heh?" Mine turned her head as she would see Chelsea and Cardin before turning to Akame. "Aw come on, Akame. They're not "banging", they're just good friends."
"And so I was telling him that-"
"Get out!" Chelsea playfully punched him on the shoulder while laughing.
"No, really!"
"Ooooh, they're bangin'!" Akame exclaimed.
"How can they be banging? They're totally just chilling and-"
"Hey, so, I was thinking like... ya know, we could go get some ice cream when all this is said and done?" Cardin asked.
Chelsea smiled. "I would love to."
Mine gasped. "Oh. They're banging."
"OH YEAH, THEY'RE BANGING!" Akame said excitedly, as cross veins appeared on Chelsea and Cardin's forehead as they turned to glare at the two.
"WE'RE IN A PLATONIC RELATIONSHIP!" They both yelled.
"LIARS!" Akame and Mine yelled.
"...Why do I feel like I'm the normal person in this team?" Tatsumi sweatdropped.
Luigi, meanwhile, walked over to Summer who was chatting with Raven. "Hey, Summer!"
"Hmm?" Summer turned to Luigi. "Oh hi, Luigi. What's up?"
"Got something for ya." He said as he pulled out the 1-Up and tossed it to her, causing her to gasp. "Thought this might give you a second chance in life." He smiled.
"O-oh... thanks..." Summer quietly said. "I'll... save this for a rainy day, ya know?"
"Take all the time you need." Luigi chuckled while walking away.
"What's that?" Raven asked.
"It's a 1-Up Mushroom. It... either gives anyone a boost or... brings people back from the dead."
Raven's eyes widened. "Are you-"
"I... I'm not sure." Summer responded. "I'm... gonna need some time to think about it." She walked away, looking a bit uneasy.
"Yo, Sums!" Qrow walked over. "You up for... uh..." Summer walked past him, ignoring him. Qrow turned to his sister right after. "What's with her? She looks like she's seen a ghost."
"Well, Luigi came by and gave her a 1-Up." Raven responded.
"Ah, that's totally like Luigi. Always thinking of othe-... wait, what did you say?"
With Umber and Xena/Yagami...
"Something on your mind?" Xena asked as she walked over to Umber who was looking up into space.
"That obvious?"
"Well, no one really looks into space that long and sighs in exasperation." Xena sat down next to him. "What's up?"
"I... honestly feel weak."
"Huh?"
"Well, think about it. Every Pokemon trainer here has some sort of independence with them. Marnie's got her claws and is really good in combat, Piers tends to wreck his guitars, Bede's got his Gauntlet, Gloria... is Gloria, she's always been a free spirit. Hell, Zinnia is like that too. Guzma throws a hell of a punch, and I think he's teaching Hau and Hop a thing or two. Lillie's not much of a fighter, but I've seen her do some amazing acrobatics back in Alola... and then there's me, who tends to only rely on my Pokemon."
"Oh, we get ya... you want to be more independent and not rely on your Pokemon so much?"
"Yeah, like... you saw what happened at Boo Moon. My worst fears from that ghostly abomination show up, none of my Pokeballs worked... and yeah, I know I have my mirror staff and my Plasma bolts but... they're not strong enough. I had to rely on Veron a lot... I'm hoping by all these Heartless we face, they drop these items and hopefully give me an edge... everyone's got their own fighting style and I'm just..."
Xena wrapped her arms around Umber. "Don't be so hard on yourself, sweetie..."
"Mmm... sorry, the whole Chimera thing just freaked me the hell out..." He shuddered. "I just wish I was stronger. More independent. I mean, don't get me wrong, I love these guys but what if there comes a time when I don't have access to them? That Daredevil comet was something else... I just... want to become stronger."
Xena kissed him on the cheek. "We think we have an idea."
"Hmm?"
"How about we go a few rounds? We can help you get stronger."
"...You sure that's a good idea? I'm going against two psychics."
"Aw, don't worry, we won't use our telekinesis!" Xena smiled.
"Much."
Umber snickered. "Alright, I'll take you both up on that offer." He said as they both stood up as they both got into stances.
"Ready when you are, babe!" Xena smirked as they lunged at each other, and as they sparred, Lillie would walk over to Guzma.
"What are they doing?" Lillie asked.
"Lover's quarrel." Guzma responded.
Lillie raised an eyebrow. "It looks like a friendly spar."
"You say it your way, I'll say it my way." Guzma smirked, causing Lillie to sweatdrop.
Meanwhile...
Slimy Spring Galaxy Power Star #1 - The Deep Shell Well - Willow, Klein, Kali, Ghira, Zhang
BGM: Slimy Spring Galaxy (Super Mario Galaxy 2)
THUD!
"Mmph!" Willow was already on her knees.
"I think this is where everyone would say you get used to it." Kali winced.
"Bloody hell! It's as if they like the idea of shattering their ankles No wonder Weiss broke hers!" Klein said, his eyes red before letting out a sneeze. "Oooh, terrible weather... achoo!"
"Thought I might sneak out and enjoy a galaxy exploration. I did not enjoy the landing." Zhang complained as one by one, they rose.
"Alright, let's see if we can't collect one of those Stars." Willow said as they walked ahead until they would see a slide that would take them down into a pool of water.
"Ladies first." Ghira said.
"Such a gentleman." Kali giggled as she and Willow hopped down, then Klein, Ghira and Zhang would follow as they all landed in the water.
"So, how are we going to get through this?" Zhang asked.
"We'll have to swim our way through." Ghira said.
"Hold our breaths for that long!"
Willow giggled. "No. Search for air bubbles, they'll help you along the way." She said as she dove, then the rest followed her lead, all of them taking in the peaceful scenery.
"Bluh. Blub blub blub blu-MMPH!" (Huh, this isn't so ba-MMMPH!) He went back for another air bubble, making a mental note not to speak while inhaling an air bubble. They would swim around a few Snoodles and Urchins, a few Snoodles looked at the gang out of curiosity and leaned toward them to get a better look before going back to sleep.
Kali found herself a green shell and grabbed it, where it would propel herself forward and found herself getting ahead of Willow and Klein, catching their attention and surprising the both of them. Kali looked back at them and simply shrugged and kept going as she would traverse through a slope, only to come into contact with a Brick Block wall. She would instintively throw it at the wall, which made a hole in the wall.
Score! Kali thought, fist pumping as they went through the wall as a few Gringills lunged out at them, but Kali let out a small hiss to make them shrink back. That's what I thought. She smirked as they would swim down, waving at a few Snoodles where they'd hit the Launch Star and flew off to the next planet.
Pause BGM
Meanwhile…
"Hmm?" Polari wondered as small energy spikes were detected… and it was steadily increasing. "That's odd… hey Rosie!"
Rosalina turned her head to Polari after having a chat with Tai. "Hmm? What is it?"
"Come take a look at this." Polari requested as Rosalina walked over.
BGM: Danger! There's Trouble! (Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX)
"Pika… Pika… PIKA!" Pikachu suddenly cried, his ears twitching as he went on all fours. Even Pichu was suddenly getting agitated as sparks flew out of their cheeks, and even Newt was sproaidically flying around.
"What's gotten into you three?" Samus tilted her head.
"Arooooo!" Zwei howled alongside Cerberus and Alexander, Azure roared in agitation, Blake's Nargacuga was also roaring agitatedly as well.
"What's gotten into you guys?" Ruby wondered.
"Agh! Nnngh!" Blake was on her knees. "There's… something horrible…!"
"Agh, you're getting it too?" Sun groaned, holding on to his head while Rayquaza suddenly woke up from his nap and let out a fierce roar.
"Whoa! What's got you all excited, big guy? Easy!" Zinnia tried to calm him down.
"Mrrrrooow! MROOOOW!"
"Aaagh!" Kokoro winced, her ocelot ears folding down. "What… I don't know what's going on… but this is unbearable!" She yelled while Merlin let out several loud screeches.
"What's up with you?" Cardin wondered.
"Merlin! What's going on?" Laura asked.
Nesta narrowed her eyes. "Something's seriously wrong." She said as she heard loud roaring where they would turn to see the Nergigante roaring in agitation, and even Crocomire was roaring too.
"Yoooo!" Yoshi suddenly got in his stance and pulled out an egg, suddenly looking agitated while Velvet covered her bunny ears, as did Reisen.
"What the hell is going on?" Marisa asked as everyone's Pokeballs were shaking like crazy.
"Something's wrong!" Peach said.
"Obviously!" Daisy said.
Cinder heard the sound of Charizard roaring in agitation. "Even him?" She wondered.
"Whatever these energy spikes are, these guys aren't liking it one bit." Polari said.
"Even the Faunus are getting agitated…" Rosalina whispered. "Where is it coming from?"
"Close by. It's coming from Slimy Spring… and to make matters worse, a team is already there. As soon as they find the Power Star, we have to extract them… otherwise things will get ugly fast!" Polari said.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!" Blake screamed, catching Rosalina's attention as she hurried over to her, as did the rest of RWY.
"Blake, honey, what's wrong?" Rosalina asked.
"I don't know… but whatever this is… it's scaring the hell out of me!" Blake exclaimed as Rosalina would quickly hug her.
"Shh, shh… it's okay…" Rosalina whispered as Weiss put a hand on Blake's shoulder.
"My gods… she's trembling!" Weiss said in horror.
"What's going on…" Ruby wondered.
End BGM
Back at Slimy Spring…
Resume Slimy Spring Galaxy BGM
"…Something's not right." Ghira said.
"You feel it too?" Kali asked.
"Yes."
Willow looked at them, then seeing Chamomile's Pokeball shake as she looked down to see her own shaking as well, along with Klein's. "My word, what's gotten into Alfred?" Klein wondered.
"Hmm? Are we experiencing some kind of space quake?" Zhang wondered.
"I have no idea… but whatever this is, we need to get this Power Star and get out of here." Willow said. "We should be safe at the Observatory."
"I… wouldn't bet on that." Palutena spoke up. "There's a massive energy spike coming from the galaxy that you're in. It's got everyone on edge, mostly the Faunus, Pokemon and the monsters. Even the Wisps are acting up."
"I wonder… could the galaxy be imploding in on itself?" Viridi wondered.
"Well, whatever it is, everyone's screaming about it and it's ruined my nap!" Hades complained.
"Be on your guard… whatever this energy spike is, it's making me VERY uneasy." Palutena told them.
"Right. Let's make this quick." Willow said as they dove into the water and grabbed a shell for them to hold on. As they swam, they would see several Boos in the water… all of them looking on edge and agitated. Some of them flew around in circles in a panic. They went through the rings to gain a burst of speed, and the further they went, the more on edge the Belladonnas were getting, almost to the point of letting go of the shells.
What the devil is going on out here? This galaxy is cursed! Klein thought as they climbed the slope, all of them seeing Urchins trembling in fear.
Almost… there… Kali winced as they made it to the surface where a sunset awaited them.
End BGM
The moment they breached to the surface, Kali was sprawled out, hugging herself. "Nnngh…! Aaah…" She groaned.
"Kali!" Ghira knelt down next to her, fighting whatever this dreaded feeling was as Willow and Klein were by her side as well.
"Kali… are you okay?" Willow asked with concern.
"Aaagh… I… I'm not sure why… but… this dread… it's enough to make you keel over… hah… hah…!" Kali tried to get up, punching the ground. "AAAAAGH!"
"Kali!" Ghira yelled, grabbing a hold of his wife and holding her. "Rrrgh!"
Observatory…
Samus approached the screen, taking a good look at the energy spikes. "What the hell…" She whispered. "These energy spikes are far worse than what we've seen at Shiverburn." She whispered. "They almost… look familiar."
"You've seen these before?" Polari asked.
"Yes, I've seen these pop up at Zebes and the Bottle Ship…" Samus said before her eyes widened, her hand over her mouth. "Oh god… oh no…"
Slimy Spring…
Zhang turned to look at the sunset. His eyes narrowed as he cautiously approached it before a golden flame appeared in his hand. "We're not alone." He mumbled and suddenly, everything started to distort and warp around them. He confidently looked at the sky.
"Hah… hah… hah…!" Kali panted, holding on to her head and let out a loud whimper. "…It's here!"
Suddenly… an eyeball appeared in the sky as everything started to distort even further.
BGM: Queen Metroid (Metroid: Other M)
A mouth came next as it covered the eye, followed by a large head as tentacles drooped on the side. Darkness formed underneath the head and gave birth to a shadowy-like fire. Hands appeared last as they were dark and had eyeballs on its palms.
The Phantom Menace - Phantoon
"…Hahahahaha!" Phantoon laughed distortedly.
"It speaks." Zhang got in a stance as the Schnees and Belladonnas all looked on in shock.
"It's… huge…!" Willow said in awe, noting that it was towering over the planet.
"What is that thing?!" Ghira exclaimed as Kali's ears lowered with her eyes trembling in fear.
"I am the thing that lurks in the shadows… I am what hides in the darkest corners… I am nightmares given flesh… I cannot be comprehended… you won't beat me… you will never reach Ridley… this is over!"
"Klein!" Willow cued as Klein tossed out a rapier to her as she caught it and then got in her stance. "Kali. Ghira. Can you stand?"
"Y-yeah… we're fine…" Kali said as she got back up as did Ghira.
"Let's make some magic happen, people!" Zhang said as Willow immediately made gravity glyphs as she and Zhang effortlessly jumped on the glyphs. Willow blocked the eyeball missiles coming toward her as Phantoon attempted to slap Willow off of the glyph, but Willow readied herself and impaled the eyeball on his hand, then she snapped her fingers as white glyphs appeared behind her head and fired ice lasers at Phantoon.
Zhang conjured up a solar javelin and threw it at Phantoon's eye, piercing through smaller hands but Phantoon would moved his head to avoid the javelin. He would notice Ghira, Kali and Klein hopping onto the glyphs as well, where Willow would summon a few Nevermores as they would charge directly at Phantoon, but he would a black hole that would suck them in as several hands suddenly grabbed a hold of Willow and Zhang.
"Nngh!" Willow grunted as Phantoon punched Willow and Zhang down, destroying her gravity glyphs but Willow would summon another Nevermore as it flew up to catch the two as Ghira, Klein and Kali were knocked down as well.
"Did you think it would be that easy…" Phantoon taunted as the water behind them distorted before rising up and then lunged directly at the group, grabbing a hold of them all and enveloping them in the water, before the water parted and latched onto everyone's throats as if to strangle them.
However, a massive laser struck Phantoon's eye as he looked up Samus's ship flying in. "The bounty hunter…"
"Phantoon." Samus growled. "Hang on!" She did a few barrel rolls to avoid getting hit by the lasers from its eyes, however Phantoon would manipulate the gravity and made them fall toward the galaxy. Samus throttled up as it hit the ground and slid before coming to a stop, just inches from hitting a cliff wall.
Samus was the first one to run out, immediately shooting at Phantoon as her team followed after, as Samus fired several Super Missiles enhanced by Fire Dust. Phantoon let out a chuckle as he blocked the missiles. "What the hell…" Blake could only say, her eyes trembling in fear over Phantoon's appearance. "WHAT IS THAT?!" She shrieked.
"Pika… CHUUUUUUUUUU!" Pikachu unleashed Thunderbolt as ROB fired lasers at the massive creature while Rosalina flew over to manipulate the water off of the other's throats, then she floated up and fired a comet at Phantoon.
Phantoon let out another chuckle as a black hole appeared over Willow and her team as they would turn around… only for the black hole to suck them up and disappeared. "NO!" Blake screamed as Samus turned her head before glaring at Phantoon and fired charged up Wave Beams.
"This is ever so tiring… perhaps we should take this somewhere else. Hahahaha…" Suddenly, Phantoon would disappear right after, distorting everything around them as the galaxy started to crumble underneath them.
At the Observatory…
"What's with the distortions?!" Pit exclaimed as the Observatory started to distort, including Hat Kid's ship, Starship Mario and the Fortress of Doom. They would see a massive portal coming out as Phantoon made his way out of the ship and towered over the Observatory, everyone staring on.
"Mmmph!" Umber whimpered as Xena lightly floated off the ground.
"Mind if I pop in? Ahahahahaha…"
"LADY PALUTENA!"
"VIRIDI!"
With a nod, Palutena and Viridi activated the Power of Flight for both Pits as they flew up into the air and readied themselves, then Reimu, Marisa, Youmu, Eirin, Reisen, Zinnia riding on Rayquaza, Mew, having transformed into Mewtwo, Meloetta, Summer, Raven, who had activated her Maiden Powers, Penny, SAPR, Gloria in her Latias form, Kamek, Phosphora and Rundas got ready to fight him.
"Hahahaha. Foooools. You dare challenge me? You will never see the light of day AGAIN…" Phantoon roared.
"Attention SPBRR, Phantoon has made his way to the Observatory. Get over here NOW!" Palutena yelled.
"Well, I've been meaning to get into a scrap!" Hades smirked, cracking his knuckles. "Thanatos! Let's kick some tail!"
Thanatos readied his scythe. "Agreed."
"Chiaki! Have you seen Ibuki?" Mikan asked.
"Unfortunately, no!" Chiaki said, going into her powers as she suddenly gained a ponytail, sporting a ribbon over her forehead as her clothing looked that of a certain archer, bandages covered up the right side of her chest as she held a bow in her hands as a dragon tattoo appeared that covered the entirety of her left arm. "Mikan, cover me! I'm going up!"
"On it!" Mikan nodded, taking out her Blutsauger and shooting at Phantoon while Chiaki hung onto the edge and started climbing while strapping the bow to her back while Phantoon fired lasers at the group, striking the Observatory as several Lumas fled to the Starship.
"Evacuate to the Starship! Hurry! HURRY!" Polari yelled as the Wisps went inside their teammates as Ruby fired lasers from her scythe while Weiss went into her Fierce Diety mode and threw ice at the eyeball missiles that came firing down. A black hole was summoned by Phantoon that blocked the Blood Gulch's firepower… not that it needed to block Church's sniper bullets.
Palutena unleashed Mega Lasers on the eyes while Viridi jumped up and slashed the hands before summoning vines to try and grab a hold of Phantoon's shadowy body but they went through it. "Mistress, I don't think hitting his body will help!" Phosphora said, zipping around and firing lightning bolts at Phantoon's eye. Phantoon would respond by throwing a punch at Phosphora, but she zipped out of the way. "Missed~!"
"Did I now?"
Phosphora's eyes widened as she turned around to see the top of the Observatory getting hit by the strong punch, enough for the power in the Observatory to flicker as Coco nearly lost her footing but kept her balance as she fired lasers at the giant creature, helped out by Doom Guy and Velvet who had taken a picture of Doom Guy's arsenal and was firing rockets at it with the help of O'Malley.
Daisy flew over to Phantoon, summoning crystal lances and throwing them at Phantoon but he would grab her and shoved her into the Kitchen dome, shattering it upon impact and throwing off Kairi, Namine and Claude's rhythm while Hilda, the Strike Team and Piers were knocked down.
Phantoon threw another punch at the top of the Observatory, destroying a large chunk of it as the Engine Room was destroying, knocking out the power of the Observatory… with Phantoon unaware of Chiaki sliding down and jumped off the rubble before equipping her bow and aimed directly at Phantoon, the dragon tattoo lighting up as it a silhouette would latch onto the bow.
"Ryū ga waga teki wo kurau!" She yelled out as she fired an arrow as blue twin dragons came out as Phantoon attempted to block but the Dragons went through his hand and struck his eye. Phantoon let out a roar and flailed a bit, striking Chiaki. "Agh!" She yelped as she crashed into the ground and struck her X-Wing. "Nngh!"
"Chiaki-san!" Mikan exclaimed, immediately using a heal beam from her Medigun after healing up Marnie and Bowsette as Phantoon fired a laser, hitting the X-Wing and the Strike Team's ship as it exploded. "Chiaki-san, are you okay?"
Chiaki got up, shaking it off. "Yeah… but now I'm mad." She said, instantly going into her gaming set up and summoned a suit of armor.
"Is that…?"
Chiaki walked into the suit of armor, said armor being a mixture of red and yellow. "Yes it is." She said as Iron Man's mask came down on her head. "Alright, repulsor beams online. Thrusters online… let's kick some butt!" She said as she flew up right as Rayquaza and Zinnia came crashing down and landed in the library, destroying a large chunk of it.
Samus's ship came into the vicinity and fired missiles at Phantoon, where he would fire lasers at the ship as Samus tried to outmanuever him but Phantoon struck the ship and sent it careening into the Observatory. Samus swiftly manuevered it and barely nicked the Gateway as she swiftly tried to lean up, but the ship crashed through the Fountain dome as it then slammed into the ground and came to a harsh stop, destroying the green and the bed of flowers in its wake.
"Alright, now you're just asking to piss me off!" Samus said as she went running out while the others groggily got out of the ship.
"That's just great…" Rosalina mumbled as she and the rest climbed up, then turned toward the Nergigante, sparking an idea as she teleported toward the Nergigante while Dante and Vergil were knocked into the library and Arlon slammed into a couch that flipped him over.
"Hey!" She said to the Nergigante as it turned to her, growling. "Look, I know you don't like me after I accidentally wandered into your territory and I fought back mostly out of self defense… but we need to move past that. Will you help me take that thing down… together?" She asked as the Nergigante roared at her. "You have to realize I'm a lot stronger than I was back then, and so are you. At this rate, we're evenly matched… but other than that, we oughta team up. Agreed?"
The Nergigante let out a hesitant roar before nodding as Rosalina snapped her fingers to do away with the chains as she got on top of him. "Alright. Let's fly!" She said as the Nergigante flapped his wings and flew into the air while Cinder watched this from the airship.
"…I think its time I did something." Cinder said as she turned around and walked into the airship while lasers struck the Fortress of Doom and Hat Kid's ship. "HEY!" She said to the Charizard as it turned to her with a snarl. "I know you don't like me and I sure as hell am not fond of you either after our first visit, but that's not the point."
Charizard roared as he unleashed a Flamethrower but Cinder activated her Maiden Powers and caused the flames to go around her. "I know you hate humans because of what they did to you. You don't trust them because they abused the hell out of you." She approached the Charizard, walking through the flames. "But if we don't do something, then all of us will die from that thing. I know we don't have much of a chance, but it's the only chance we have."
The Charizard snarled, breaking through the chains and lunged at Cinder, slashing her with his claws but she summoned a blade to block the attack, conjuring up a shield to deflect the claws. "LISTEN!" She yelled, flying up to tower over Charizard. "I understand what you're going through because I've been tormented as well!" She said as she showed off her scars on her neck. "Look! This is from a bitch that I hate with a burning passion, but I killed her. She tormented me just to "obey" but I've destroyed her just as you killed your last abuser."
Cinder levitated down, touching the ground. "We have a lot more in common that we might think. You hate humans, I'm not exactly fond of several people but… as much as I hate saying this, we need to help them out. You and I… well, we're gonna have to grit our teeth and bare this shit together. Are you with me or are you going to sulk and grumble about humans? Because like it or not… both of us are monsters."
Charizard snarled at her before turning his head with a growl… before turning his head back to Cinder and nodded. "That's what I thought." She smirked. "Let's go give that one eyed monster a piece of our mind." She smirked as they both burnt a hole through the airship as they flew up together and flew off to Phantoon, both of them throwing/breathing out fireballs at him.
"Oh, you decided to show up?" Raven asked, looking a bit bruised.
"What, did the Spring Maiden not do so hot before I arrived?" Cinder taunted as Charizard let out a roar and unleashed a Flamethrower at Phantoon while Cinder conjured up flame blades and threw them at him.
In the Fortress of Doom…
"Come on… come on…" Ibuki said as she lifted the hilt and activated it. "PERFECT!" She yelled as she hopped on her hoverboard and flew out of the hole in the wall that Phantoon created. "SLAYER-CHAN!" She called out as Doom Guy turned his head. "CATCH!" She yelled, throwing it to Doom Guy.
Doom Guy jumped up to grab it, landing on the ground as electricity came out of the hilt as he activated it, the Crucible roaring to life as electricity crackled around it.
"You like it? Ibuki upgraded it for you!"
Doom Guy gave Ibuki the thumbs up as he hopped onto Ibuki's hoverboard. "Alright, she's taking you to the eye! Hang on!" She said as she flew over to Phantoon.
Meanwhile…
"WAAAAAH! OOOOF!" Ruby yelped as she fell on her butt. "Where am I?! Why is it so dark in here?!" A hand touched her shoulder. "AAAAH! WHO'S TOUCHING ME?!" She turned aroud to try and attack whoever was touching her.
"Hey hey! Easy! It's me!" Pit said.
"Pit?!" Ruby said before quickly hugging him, kissing him in relief. "Oh thank the gods you're alright… where are we?"
"We're in some kind of pocket dimension." A voice said as Ruby turned to see ATMC, Ieyasu, and Sayo approaching them. Joining them also were JINXY, Whitley, Ling, Neo, Roman, Hop, Hau, Lillie, Tai, Qrow, Summer, Meloetta, Washington, Carolina, Nora, Pyrrha, Sarge, Grif, Zwei, Cerberus, Willow, Ghira, Kali, Zhang, Klein, the Phantom Thieves, Chell, Sora, Riku, Aqua, Nero, Trish, Hat Kid, Mafia, Snatcher, Emerald, Rei, Morton, Roy, and Junior.
"Well, the good news is… we're all not dead!" Sarge said. "The bad news is that Grif didn't die and I refuse to die with him!"
"Oh fuck you!"
"What was that?!"
"Fuck you SIR."
"That's more like it!"
"How are we going to get out?" Ruby asked.
"We've tried to find a way out but we found nothing." Willow said. "As far as we're concerned, we're stuck here."
"Crap…" Ruby groaned.
"Well, we have to try to find a way to stop him!" Summer said.
"Yeah, but how? We're stuck here!" Lillie said.
"WHOOOOOA!" A voice yelled as Ibuki and Doom Guy landed nearby. "Aww… it was such a good attempt too." Ibuki mumbled.
"…I think we found a way to bullshit our way out of here." Roy said.
Sayo conjured up her own photon bow. "Them?"
"Oh hi hi hi! Nice to see you guys in here!" Ibuki waved. "Throwin' a party?"
"Yeah, a "Trying to get out of here" party." Washinngton said.
"Got any ideas?" Carolina asked.
"Hmm…" Ibuki folded her arms. "Have you tried fighting your way out?"
"What's there to fight? There's nothing in here!" Junior pointed out.
"Au contraire, Junior-chan! This is Phantoon's own dimension. Ibuki has a feeling if we fight our way out, we can head back to our dimension. Simple!"
"And how do we do that?" Riku asked.
"Do we have an electric generator of some kind?" Snatcher spoke up as they all slowly turned to Nora.
"…What are you looking at? …Oh!" Nora nodded. "…Ruby, can you enhance people's strength with that Phazon power of yours?"
"I… haven't tried that but it's worth a shot."
"It's risky though. You might accidentally corrupt Nora! …Wait, can she? Dimentio got rid of the corruption bit." Ann said.
"Well, it's worth the risk!" Ruby said.
"I'll add the attack power!" Futaba said.
"Ibuki'll provide the electricity!" Ibuki grinned.
Nora called out her Xurkitree. "Alright. Light me up. I'm ready!" She said as Ruby put her Phazon hand on Nora's shoulder, the Phazon lighting up as Nora felt it course through her as Futaba added the attack power as Xurkitree plugged into Nora's shoulder as lightning bolts were thrown down onto Nora, including her own Lightning Wisp.
"Hmmmm…. Rrrrrrr…" Nora grunted as Phazon coursed through her as her own electricity was turning into a phazon blue color as lightning shot out of the corner of Nora's eyes. "HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-"
"Might want to take a step back!" Ruby said as everyone else backed up.
Nora raised her arms up as Phazon Lightning was shooting out and forming into an electric ball as Nora was converting her whole body into electricity. "-AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH…" Her hair started to stand up as Nora's cast over her wrist started to evaporate from the electricity as Nora flew up and brought out her hammer to swing it down into the massive plasma ball that she has created.
"YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" She screamed as it slammed into the ground.
Outside…
Marisa unleashed a Master Spark while Chiaki fired lasers from her hands to help out Marisa but Phantoon backhanded the two and fired an exploding laser into Chiaki. "GAH!" She yelled as she crashed into the ground as rubble fell on top of her.
"You are weak. All of you are. You will not see the end for Ridley ever again…" Phantoon created a large black hole. "This will be your to- hrrrrgh…"
"What's going on?" SAPR asked.
"I'm picking up on large activity inside of him!" Penny said as suddenly Phantoon started groaning as his body crackled with Phazon-like electricity before there was a large electrical explosion as one by one, everyone who was inside Phantoon's dimension came crashing down into the rubble of what was left of the Observatory.
"Hah… hah… that was pretty awesome… whoo…" Nora said, lying on her back as Phantoon leaned down.
"What… what have you done to me…" Phantoon groaned as Doom Guy got a clear shot and jumped up, pulling his eye back from his mouth and slammed it to the ground as Doom Guy brought out his crucible and together with Samus unleashing her Plasma Flamethrower, Gandrayda shooting electricity, Ghor unleashing Plasma blasts, Rundas shooting ice, Viridi and Thanatos slashed down, Willow impaling it, Lysithea throwing Dark Spikes at it, Cinder and Charizard unleashing firey hell, Rosalina throwing a meteor, the Nergigante shooting out spikes and Doom Guy thrusting the Crucible into the eye, Phantoon let out a loud roar.
"Oh Dragon Lady~! Give the creature a nice big hug!" Caboose said as Leviathan was summoned and then slammed her tail into the eye before unleashing a water torrent that went through the eye as Phantoon was blown back into the cosmos… before unleashing a large explosion.
End BGM
"And that's how it's done." Cinder dusted her hands off.
"Hah… good riddance." Samus said as Rosalina looked at her wrecked Observatory. "Sorry about your home though."
"You'd be surprised how often I had to repair this thing over the centuries." Rosalina chuckled. "It'll definitely take some time to repair this though."
"Chiaki-san… Chiaki-san!" Mikan dug through the rubble as Ibuki would run over and helped her out, seeing her out cold body as Ibuki pulled the Iron Man helmet off of her, tossing it to the side as she saw Chiaki's eyes closed.
"No…" Mikan whispered, seeing some blood dripping from her forehead. "No, don't tell me we lost her again…"
Ibuki frowned and pulled out her airhorn. "Worth a shot." She said and let it rip.
"AAAH!" Chiaki yelped, sitting straight up and panting. "What happened! Please tell me that Tucker guy didn't just kiss me!"
"Aw dammit! I should've done that!" Tucker said from afar.
"Oh thank god…" Mikan sighed with relief.
Ibuki giggled, wiping a tear from her eye. "We did it. We won against Phantoon."
"Oh… yay… wooooo." She exhaustedly raised her arm up before falling on her back. "…Don't mind me, I'm just gonna… rest here a while. Hahahaha… ooooh, that knocked the wind out of me."
"Take a nice long rest… we earned that one." Samus said, sitting on some rubble as everyone gathered their bearings and went to their loved ones, hugging them and celebrating over the fact that they won against Phantoon.
Ibuki: Victory!
Yup! Thanks to Log and Jacob for suggesting that awesome fight with Phantoon.