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BGM: World 4 Map (Super Mario 3D Land)
"You know, Yuffie… you were pretty great out there." Carmen complimented.
"Oh, it wasn't that big of a deal." Yuffie waved it off with a small blush.
"Hmm, ya know, maybe I ought to change my appearance real quick." Carmen started to glow before she started to wear a ninja-like outfit. "Ta-dah~!"
Yuffie's eyes sparkled. "Oh my gosh, a fellow ninja! YES!"
"She can change on the fly too?" Laxus raised an eyebrow.
"Typical of Warriors of Light, they don't just settle with one class." Chiaki said with a small chuckle.
"So… does this mean Yuffie has a new best friend?" Aerith asked.
"Considering the two are giving each other advice right now, I'd say yes." Cloud nodded.
Rosalina giggled. "I honestly find this adorable."
"Reminds me of the time the runt would make best friends with anyone that has a cool weapon." Qrow teased.
"Whaaaat? No, I wasn't like that!"
"You were fangirling over everyone when we first arrived at Beacon." Yang reminded.
"I think you were drooling over Pit's weapon too." Blake teased.
"…Gross, but wouldn't surprise me." Dark Pit said.
Ruby sweatdropped. "Okay, so maaaaybe I tend to fangirl when I see cool as heck weapons… but I'm not as bad as I used to be."
Wanna bet? WBY and Summer thought with smirks on their faces.
"Hmm?" Carmen turned her head. "What's with that building up ahead?" She asked as they turned to see a mansion up ahead with dark sinister trees behind it. In fact, they heard the sounds of Boos laughing.
World 4-4: Ghostbustin'
"Ooooh boy." Luigi sweatdropped.
Jade's eyes sparkled. "Oh boy!" She smiled.
"Oh good, I finally get to use this." Chiaki smiled, summoning the Poltergust 5000.
"Ooooh!" Nora sported a smile. "With you, Luigi and Jade, you three could be the ghostbusting trio!"
"Like the… Geistbusters?" Ruby asked.
"Ghostbusters." Grif corrected.
"Eh, close enough…"
"Well, let's see what this ghost house has to offer." Mario said as they walked ahead, while Cloud had Aerith and Tifa cling on to him.
"…This again? They're just Boos."
"You never know." Aerith said as Cloud sweatdropped.
I hope this Ghost House is small… He thought as they walked in, however Xena would see Umber calling out Nebby and flying overhead.
"Hmm?" Xena levitated off the ground and flew over to him. "What's up?"
"I'm not taking any chances… especially after Boo Moon." Umber shuddered.
"Oh…" Xena nodded. "Need some company?"
Umber smiled. "I wouldn't mind." He said as they landed out in the back, just past the graveyard where they spotted the flagpole just outside. Xena telekinetically pulled the flag down where it changed into her own color.
"There we go." She would then turn to Umber, gently taking his hand. "Ya know, Summer and Rei are ghosts too and you don't have any problem with them."
"Well, that's because they're friendly and… well, Rei is still a bit shy so she's not all that bad. That and it also helps she's half human."
"Same with Youmu and Yuyuko? Although, we doubt the latter is human at all."
"She might've been… I dunno."
"Especially those two." Umber nodded. "…Though I'm a bit wary of the latter."
Xena giggled, sitting underneath a tree with Umber. "Don't worry, we'll protect you of those mean ol' ghosts."
Meanwhile…
BGM: Waltz of the Boos (Super Mario Galaxy)
"You're not afraid of the dark, are ye?" Gloria asked the faunus. The Faunus shrugged in response. "Right, of course livin' out in the forest, you'd be well equipped for the darkness. How about ghosts?"
The Faunus shrugged again, and right on cue, a Boo popped in and gave a good cackle, which was enough for Aerith and Tifa to hide behind Cloud while Grif had jumped into Simmons's arms.
"Get off!" Simmons dropped him.
"OOOF!"
"Aww, he's cute!" Carmen smiled as the armadillo faunus shivered at the sight of the Boo, mostly due to it startling him.
"Take that as a yes." Gloria immediately went into her Ampharos form and knelt down. "Climb on my back." She said gently as the boy nodded and climbed onto her back.
Wait a sec… Nyx looked around. Hey, Xena, where you two at?
"Oh, we're outside keeping our boy company. He's not taking any chances after what happened at Boo Moon."
Ah, that's understandable. We'll let you know when we're out.
"Alright, just contacted the Xenas. Umber's not taking any chances after what happened at Boo Moon, so they're keeping him company."
"That's understandable. I don't blame him." Iris nodded as they walked ahead, where platforms popped into thin air for them to go through. As they did, they would see a few Haunter, Mismagius and Banette going about their day without a care in the world.
"So far, it's not that bad…" Chiaki said, watching some Boos wander around without a care in the world.
"Summer, what the hell are you doing?" Qrow asked, watching her fly around with the Boos.
"She's in her natural habitat." Raven said, hearing a snicker from Maia and Tai.
"Oh come on, I don't get to do this that often." Summer smiled, humming to herself as a few ornery Boos popped up to scare them, only for Luigi and Chiaki to suck them up.
"…Wait, Jade, why didn't you-" Chiaki turned around to see Jade writing down notes. "-Suck… up… ghosts…"
"Just a second, I want to see what kind of behavior these Boos currently have." She said, where they would hear the sound of a Pokeball opening up and then her Mimikyu proceeded to tug her by the ear. "Ow ow ow ow! Watch the ear!"
"Kyu Kyu…"
"…That horrid thing is gone, right?" Grif whimpered, hiding behind Simmons.
"You actually looked underneath the cloth, didn't you?" Chiaki asked.
"He did. And it terrified him senseless." Jaune said.
"It can't be that bad." Laxus knelt down to Pikaboo. "Mind if I take a look?"
"Kyu!" Pikaboo nodded as Laxus lifted the cloth with even Chiaki and Carmen took a peek.
"Oh my gosh!" Chiaki exclaimed. "…You are even cuter without the cloth!"
"EXCUSE ME?!" Grif yelled.
"I've seen scarier." Laxus chuckled.
"Yeah, this is more cute than scary." Carmen nodded as Laxus put the cloth down and patted his head while the Mimikyu blushed.
"How are YOU not scared?!" Grif asked Chiaki.
"Oh, I've played a lot of horror games to the point where I've grown numb to it. Not even Resident Evil VII scared me at all." Chiaki smiled. "Or even Five Nights at Freddy's for that matter."
"Really? Not even the fourth one? That's the scariest of them all!" Tucker said.
"Not really." Chiaki shrugged. "I'm currently on Sister Location and no jumpscare has even gotten to me yet."
"And Sonia-chan and Ibuki have been filling her in on the lore after each game!" Ibuki smiled.
"Not that it needed lore, but what can ya do?" Chiaki shrugged. "…Although, you want true horror? Watch American reality TV. Now that's scary."
"It's true." Caboose nodded as they would walk through the appearing platforms until they reached a platform that had five ? Blocks and then Grimm Boos popped out of the ground while a Geist came flying in and went inside of a ? Block.
"Just what we need, a possessed ? Block." Daisy groaned as the Grimm Boos disappeared while the Geist went straight for Mario, hovering above his head and tried to squish him, but Mario simply jumped up and punched the ? Block from underneath, causing the Grimm to pop out in surprise, then Mario picked up the ? Block and swung it down several times until the Geist was destroyed.
"I think that was the first time I've ever seen a ? Block as a weapon." Weiss said, when suddenly a bright flash nearly blinded them while also exposing a few Grimm Boos.
"My eyes…" Blake groaned as Chiaki sucked them in.
"…Sorry, did I have the Strobulb at maximum power?" Chiaki sheepishly asked. "Could've sworn I was pointing it away from you." She said as a Grimm Boo appeared behind her and licked her neck. "Gah!" She yelped, suddenly getting stiff. "Can't… move!"
The Grimm Boo cackled until Shield Knight threw her shield into it and then Shovel Knight jumped up and thrusted his shovel into it, then Jade sucked it in to finish it off. "You alright, young maiden?" Shovel Knight asked.
"Can't tell… stiff as a board…"
"Ooof, that lick probably paralyzed her." Tucker said.
"Paralyzing licks? Ew…" Yang grimaced as Gloria pulled out a Cheri Berry and shoved it into Chiaki's mouth.
"Mmm… oooh!" Chiaki yelped, her face turning red and breathed out some fire before panting.
"A little spicy?" Ibuki asked.
"Hah… yeah, although it was more than just "a little"." Chiaki said, sweat running down her head.
"Great, so we gotta watch out for Grimm Boos licking us now." Blake sighed.
"Lovely." Ruby shook her head as they walked through more platforms that started to appear, and then suddenly Search Ghost Heartless popped up.
"Heartless Ghosts?!" Aerith yelped.
"I was wondering when they'd show up." Lea said as the Wielders made quick work on them as a few Carrier Ghosts snuck up behind them and grabbed Tifa, Aerith and Luigi.
"AAAAH! WHAT'S GRABBING ME?!" Luigi yelled as Aerith and Tifa tried to fight them off but were restrained… until Aerith used Thundaga to make the Heartless drop them and then Xion used beams of light to destroy them, though with the added aura they had, it took a little longer.
"Raven was right… they do have aura now." Xion grimaced.
"Wasn't it just a Shadow though?" Ven asked.
"Great, the Emblems have 'em too." Lea groaned.
"Could be worse, we could be having Grimm Heartless." Jaune said before turning around and pulling out his sword, shifting his eyes.
"…What are you doing?" Nora asked.
"Preparing myself for the inevitable jinx. I know you're out there, Grimm Heartless!"
"Eh, give it a few stories, then we'll start blamin' ya." Ibuki chuckled.
"…That doesn't make me feel any better." Jaune grumbled.
"Kidding~!" Ibuki giggled as they kept walking until a massive Grimm Boo appeared in front of them with a loud cackle.
"Mmph! No thanks, I do not want to be licked again!" Chiaki protested as she backed up as she, Jade and Luigi attempted to weaken it by sucking it up where Laxus decided to shoot out lightning bolts and Carmen threw daggers at it, then used Aeolian Edge to severely weaken it.
"Duuuude, you gotta teach me that!" Yuffie smiled as the Grimm Boo summoned will o wisps and shot them at the trio. They dodged while Chiaki flashed her Strobulb light at the Grimm to stun it as the three of them combined their suction power where Chiaki had an idea.
"Lean back!" She shouted as they did so, where the Grimm Boo was lifted up as they would turn around and swung their Poltergusts down and slammed the Grimm Boo to the ground, where it disintegrated a few seconds later.
"Whew, that was exciting." Luigi said, high fiving Jade.
"Who ya gonna call~?" Chiaki smiled where Ibuki strummed her guitar.
"Ghostbusters!" She and the Reds and Blues chanted in unison while Chiaki high fived Luigi and Jade, then they found the door and walked out, however it closed for Luigi, Aerith and Tifa.
"Huh?" Tifa wondered as she tried to open it up but it wouldn't budge. "What on…? It's locked!"
"Here, let me try." Aerith reached for it, but it wouldn't budge for her either.
"Maybe…" Luigi pulled out his hammer. "Step aside, ladies. I'm gonna knock it down!" He said as he walked over to the door. "And a one, and a two, and a one two-"
"BOO!"
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" The three of them screamed as Luigi quickly sucked the prankster up.
"Wait wait wait! Luigi! It's just me!" Summer yelped, getting her arm stuck in the poltergust.
"W-wait, Summer?" Luigi grimaced before he could fully suck her in. "What were you…?"
"Thought I'd play a silly prank on ya." Summer pulled her arm out. "Didn't think you'd suck me in."
"My bad, it was just instinct." He said, causing Summer to sweatdrop.
"Next time, d-don't give us heart attacks…" Tifa sighed with relief as they walked out.
"Tried to pull a prank on 'em, eh?" Daisy asked.
"Yeeeah… I was not expecting Luigi to almost capture me."
Daisy laughed. "Well, next time, don't scare him when he has the Poltergust. I learned that the hard way myself."
"Got it… wait, what?" Summer looked at her in surprise while Daisy walked off with a hum.
End BGM
"I remember mom used to prank me all the time when I was little." Yang said.
"Really? I got none of that." Ruby said.
I think I'll arrange that. Summer thought.
"Look at the bright side, at least he didn't turn you into a painting." Raven teased.
"…You're going to enjoy this, aren't you?" Summer asked.
"Oh, you know it." Raven winked and walked off, while Byleth and Dorothea giggled.
"WHAT THE HELL?!" Cloud's voice yelled in anger as they would see Xena had already captured the flag.
"Hey, what took ya so long?" Xena casually greeted, playing around with her telekinesis while snuggling up with Umber.
"…You mean to tell me… we could've avoided ALL OF THAT if you had just told us you captured the damn flag?!" He said angrily.
"We told Nyx after she contacted us. We assume she told ya?"
"Oh, we heard what Nyx said, but I didn't think you would have raised the damned flag!" Cloud walked off in annoyance, grumbling about "I could've not been clung on to by two scaredy cats".
"Yeesh, what's with him?" Umber asked.
"Ah, don't mind him. He's usually grumpy." Barret chuckled as Gloria went back to normal and put the faunus down, who simply hugged her in gratitude.
Gloria chuckled, patting him on the head. "You're welcome, lad." She smiled as they walked off while Dark Pit just rolled his eyes at the flagpole.
"Glad I didn't have any girls cling on to me." He said as they continued through the forest until they spotted a Warp Box, where they would all go inside it and found themselves in a different platforming area above the woods.
World 4-5: Flipping Off In the Woods
BGM: Athletic (Super Mario 3D Land)
"Hopefully, we won't run into those Sniper Joes again." Blake said.
"I don't see any tree branch platforms, so we should be alright." Carmen responded as they hit the button, then they would safely walk across the platforms. Grif would look down to see mushroom platforms to catch their fall should they fall off.
"Phew…" Grif sighed with relief as they walked across while some Stingbies flew around. They hopped down and went to the next button where they would see spike blocks in their way. Not only that, but they would also see some Grimm Bronto Burts flying around.
"Grimm Bronto Burts? Oh, those poor things…" Chiaki frowned as the Bronto Burts dive bombed them, but were swiftly taken care off by Ruby and Weiss.
That's even more suspicious… Luigi thought as they walked across the flip panels, climbing up on a few that acted like stairs as they'd get to the next area where they would see a Boomerang Bro being harassed by Grimm Bronto Burts.
"Argh, leave me alone!" He complained as Mario and Luigi jumped into action and swatted them away. "Phew, thanks."
"Don't-a mention it." Luigi said as they walked off to leave him be, although Chiaki backed up.
"Excuse me." Chiaki got his attention.
"Hmm? What is it?"
"You wouldn't happen to know what's going on with Bowser, do ya?"
"Not really. Me and my crew were stationed here recently and unfortunately, those Grimm killed my squad. There were some Stingbies but we got rid of those. Unfortunately, the Bronto Burts just kept coming."
"How long were you stationed here?"
"Just a day ago. I think Lord Bowser is planning his next kidnapping."
"Got it." Chiaki walked off.
"…It's strange though, she was just kidnapped a week ago."
Pause BGM
Chiaki stopped herself. "Huh?"
"Yeah, I mean… Lord Bowser kidnaps her every other week. This is just an off week for him."
"…And you were ordered to be stationed here?"
"Yeah, why?"
"Princess Peach has been kidnapped."
"She has? I was not aware of it… then again, I forgot my walkie talkie on the way here so Lord Bowser probably told everyone "Prepare yourselves for we are about to kidnap Peach again."
"Hmm…" Chiaki folded her arms. "And you said Bowser ordered you to come here? What time was it when he ordered you?"
"It was really strange… he usually orders us to get to our new posts in the day time. But this time… it was late at night and I was coming back from the movie theater at New Bowser City, then I saw him beckoning me into an alleyway. It was strange, he was colored a bit differently. He was all black and had these bones popping out of his arms."
"…Dry Bowser?"
"No, there was a lot more meat than that." He explained. "His shell was all red and I swore I saw black goo pouring out of the shell."
Chiaki grimaced. "Oh dear…"
"Yeah, he ordered me and my squad to come here and wait for further instruction. Next thing we know, the following morning, we're ambushed by strange Grimm! I'm the only survivor for Miyamoto's sake!"
"…Have you noticed anything else unusual?"
"No, not really… but if anything, I think Lord Bowser decided to impulsively kidnap her because he got bored. I dunno! When did she get kidnapped?"
"Last night."
"He usually leaves her alone at night, save for that Star Festival last year…" The Boomerang Bro folded his arms.
"…I've got a bad feeling about this." Chiaki said as she took off running. "Ibuki!"
"Yeah, she heard everything!" Ibuki nodded. "Sounds like we got a Grimm Bowser to deal with."
"And to me, it sounds like Grimm Bowser might have kidapped Peach." Chiaki suddenly shivered. "I don't know why… but the thought of this scares me."
Ibuki wrapped her into a hug. "Shh, it's okay, Chiaki-chan… we'll defeat this Grimm and bring Peach-chan back home."
"…Do you think Grimm Bowser might be hiding out at Bowser's Castle… and the big guy doesn't know he's lurking there?"
"That's a possibility…" Ibuki nodded. "We'll be okay."
"Right…" Chiaki took a deep breath and walked off, where they would see everyone else climbing and jumping into the final warp box while they just got to the other warp box, the two of them climbing up while Ibuki played a calming song on her guitar to calm Chiaki's nerves, then they arrived at the flag pole where they saw Pit taking it.
"Booyah!" Pit smiled as he dropped down, then he turned around to see the Ultimates. "Hey, you two! …Why does Chiaki look like she's seen a ghost?"
"Well…" Chiaki rubbed her arm. "I've had a chat with the Boomerang Bro and… I think, maybe, we might be dealing with a Grimm version of Bowser."
"Ha! Not a problem, we can just have Ruby and mom take care of that!" Yang smiled.
"…That makes me uneasy though." Ruby said. "If we are dealing with a Grimm Bowser… oh gosh, there's no telling what that thing is gonna do with Peach!"
"And he's probably hiding out at Bowser-chan's castle with no one the wiser." Ibuki said gravely.
Rosalina clenched her fists. "Then let's hurry. There's no telling what will be thrown at us next." She said and with a nod, they took off running where they would soon see more airships flying overhead, and with a request from Weiss, the Manaphy egg and the faunus kid disappeared in heavenly lights, where they all blasted away by cannons.
World 4-Airship: Flipping Airships
BGM: Bowser Jr's Airship Armada (Super Mario Galaxy)
The group landed on the airships as they would see red and blue panels, forcing them to time their jumps correctly, while also having to deal with a Grimm Rocky Wrench by throwing razor sharp wrenches at them, but were defeated when Shovel Knight shoveled him on the head.
They jumped over the gaps and hopped down before a Tail Block could reach them, then they climbed up a few steps and ran outside where another Grimm Rocky Wrench popped up to try and blow them up with a Grimm Bob-omb, but Pit sniped the Bob-omb where it exploded and killed the Rocky Wrench. They would continue jumping between platforms with the correct timing while Ruby sniped a Grimm Boomerang Bro before it could do anything.
Once they got past the panels, they would see three Warp Pipes in front of them. "Oooh… Pick a Pipe? Never thought I'd see this outside of Mario Maker…" Chiaki sighed.
"We're just gonna have to see which one's the right one." Nyx said as they would all pick different pipes.
The left pipe would take them into an ordinary room where a 1-Up awaited them as Aerith snagged it for herself, then they would hop into another Warp Pipe and hop in where they would see a flagpole awaiting them.
The right pipe took them straight to the flagpole.
As for the middle…
End BGM
RWBY and Pit came out smack dab in the middle of an empty room. "What? A dead end?" Yang wondered.
"I wouldn't necessarily say that." A voice said as a woman dropped down in front of them. She had black hair going down to her shoulders, a tiara on her forehead that had jewels adorned on it. Green eyeshadow, blue lipstick, blue eyes while also wearing a low cut white dress that barely covered the majority of her breasts while the dress had slits that showed off her thighs. She also wore red high heels.
"Who the heck are you?" Pit asked.
"Me? Hmhmhmhm, my name is Pandaia."
"Pandaia?" Palutena asked. "That's… an interesting name."
"So… I take it you're fighting us." Blake said. "Who do you work for?"
"No one in particular. I've just heard great things about Team RWBY and… I just want to see what they're really made of." She would then turn to Pit. "The angel boy included."
"Well, okay… if you insist." Pit split apart his bow. "And by the way, the name's Pit."
"Hmm… I guess I will just have to commit it to memory." She smiled before getting in a stance, pulling out a scimitar and a round shield. "Now then, let's see what you're made of."
BGM: The Ashen Demon - Inferno (Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes)
Mysterious Bewitching Beauty - Pandaia(?)
Pandaia walked calmly to the five as Ruby used her semblance to get close to Pandaia and slashed her, but she swiftly blocked with her shield and then the scimitar suddenly glowed with energy and she countered with a counter slash.
"Rrrgh!" Ruby grunted, sliding a few feet. "That scimitar's not normal!"
Weiss and Blake quickly jumped in and slashed her but Pandaia gracefully backflipped as she threw her shield like a frisbee, forcing them to dodge as the shield ricocheted off the wall and smacked Yang in the back of the head as she was ready to punch Pandaia. "Rrrgh!" She growled as Pandaia caught the shield and shield bashed Yang.
Pit jumped in and slashed at Pandaia, who quickly blocked with her scimitar, but Pit parried her and delivered swift attacks to her before calling out his Upperdash Arm and shoved it into her gut, sending her to a wall while Ruby lunged and slashed her, but Pandaia blocked and then delivered a strong punch into Ruby's gut. "Mmmph!" She winced as she immediately snapped her fingers as a bolt of lightning struck Pandaia, where Blake slashed her away.
Lady Palutena, can you get a good read on her?
"Unfortunately, I can't get a good read on her. I feel like she's blocking me for some reason."
What?!
"I'm sorry, I wish I had more info on her. I'll see if I can find a weak spot."
"Hraaaah!" Yang shoved her fist into Pandaia's gut, and then used a shoryuken to knock her into the air as Weiss jumped up while using her glyphs as she slashed Pandaia down, then Blake got into position and slashed her to the side.
"My my~ You are quite vicious~" Pandaia smiled. "I suppose I should stop toying around then." She said as her smile suddenly grew sadistic. "Come to me, my precious!" She said, snapping her fingers.
End BGM
Right on cue, the ground started to shake violently before a massive Pit Viper came shooting out of the ground.
BGM: Snake Man Stage (Super Smash Bros Ultimate)
"WHAT THE?!" They all yelled.
"Let's make this interesting for them, shall we, Megharra?"
The Pit Viper hissed and lunged at the group, snapping down with its venomous fangs as they swiftly dodged as Ruby slashed at the snake. The Viper hissed and spat out poison at her, forcing her to use her semblance to get out of the way as Weiss immediately went into her Fierce Diety form.
"Now she's fighting with a snake? This is peculiar…" Palutena mused as the Pit Viper lunged again, snapping down at Blake while Pit noticed Pandaia charging up an attack.
"Watch out!" Pit yelled as Pandaia fired a purple laser. They dodged, but when the laser hit the wall, it started to sizzle until there was a small hole in the wall. They grimaced as Pandaia grabbed the Pit Viper as the snake turned into a snake-like sword.
"Now she's dual wielding?!" Ruby said in surprise as Weiss lunged as the two slashed each other, both of them clashing.
"Hahahahaha! I have to say, I don't remember the last time I had this much fun!"
"You're a creep!" Weiss said, countering her as she threw down an ice laser while Blake flanked her on the side and slashed her to the wall. Pandaia brushed it off as she pushed her foot on the ground as dark flowers came out and wrapped around Ruby.
"Mmph!" Ruby grunted as Pit cut the vines to free her as Ruby grabbed Pit and used her semblance as she would use a Ruby Tornado to suck Pandaia up in the air and she threw Pit in it as he flew up and slashed her down where he switched to the Earthmaul Club and swung it down where she crashed into the ground.
She got back up and then narrowly escaped an attack from Weiss as she would counter Weiss and nicked her with the Viper Blade. In turn, Weiss let out a scream and held on to her arm, where they would see her arm turning purple. "Ooops, looks like you've been hit by venom." She said as Weiss fell to the ground and held onto her arm, where she started screaming in agony.
"Just one cut can do that?!" Pit said.
"Don't fret, it won't kill her." Pandaia smiled sadistically. "But it will sure feel like it's killing her to the point where she will want to be put out of her misery!"
"The more I'm learning about her, the more unnerved I'm getting…"
Blake let out a growl. "YOU BITCH!" She yelled, lunging ahead and slashing Pandaia who casually blocked and knee'd her in the gut, but she used her semblance as she flanked her and Kazammle slashed her while Yang threw out a Hadoken at her.
"Mmm… hmhmhmhmhm~ Pandaia giggled. "All of these attacks and you haven't laid a dent into my health. If anything, you simply cut off a mere sliver~"
"You gotta be kidding…" Yang groaned.
Pandaia smiled. "Well, now that I know your strength…" She snapped her fingers as her Viper blade disappeared.
End BGM
"I'll let you off easy." She opened up a portal. "Until next time." She walked through the portal while Weiss continued to cry out in pain, to the point where her Fierce Diety form went away.
"Someone kill me… please… either that or just cut my whole arm off!" She begged.
"I've got a better solution." Palutena had a heavenly light wrap around Weiss as the venom in her arm slowly started to fade away.
"…I don't know why, but I'm getting a sense of deja vu." Ruby said.
"Maybe you've seen her in a dream one time?" Yang guessed.
"Maybe… but she felt… familiar somehow."
"Haaaaaah, that's better…" Weiss said as she got up, then Blake hugged her.
"You okay?"
"I am now…" Weiss nodded. "Still, I do not recommend getting hit with that." She said as she was hugged by the sisters as well, and even Pit joined in as they were wrapped in heavenly lights and were brought down to the ground where the others were waiting.
"Who'd you guys fight?" Nora asked.
"…It's… a long story." Ruby responded as the Manaphy Egg and the Faunus returned to them, then they walked off deeper into the forest. Nearby, a Zarude hopped between the trees and spotted the group. It narrowed its eyes and spotted the armadillo faunus happily walking with them.
Its eyes widened before it cautiously followed the group.
Just who is this mysterious Pandaia? ...I'd tell ya but that'd be a spoiler, so feel free to guess who it is!
Ibuki: What's with the Zarude? Curious...