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The airships landed on the ground near the Warp Pipe as everyone hopped off as they walked toward it. "Wow, that's a cool Warp Pipe." Tucker said.
"It's unnatural, that's what it is." Yang said.
"Ruby is down in here?" Blake wondered.
"Well, we might as well look to see for ourselves." Bowser said.
"Let's go." Summer said as they went inside the Warp Pipe, although Kamek had to help Bowser fit through the Warp Pipe.
BGM: The Dark Realm (Super Smash Bros Ultimate)
Once everyone popped out, they would see the ground completely black, barren trees, a scarlet sky, black clouds, normal rivers completely Grimmified… everything just screamed "Grimm".
Mario turned his head, and his eyes widened in horror. "Mama mia…" He said as the others turned to see what he was looking at, and they were seeing a distorted version of Toad Town in front of them.
"What in the hell?" Bowser wondered. "What kind of place is this?"
"Ahahahaha!" A voice laughed as Dimentio appeared before them. "Allow me to answer for you."
"You are the reason no one likes clowns!" Sarge said, pumping his shotgun.
"This world that you are in… it is known as the Grimm world." Dimentio said. "Several weeks ago, I helped Grimm Ruby realize her full potential and because of it, she decided to get busy and created a world within her image. I helped her out!"
"And how did you help her out?" Rosalina asked.
"You might be wondering about some Grimm, such as the Metroids, the creatures from Hyrule and other such places." Dimentio sported a grin. "That's because I did my research and went to the vast worlds from within the Smash Mansion. Of course, I had to take a few liberties since our dear ol' Samus had her home blown up to smithereens. Fitting since she leaves every planet in pieces once she's done with it…"
"K2L wasn't her fault, neither was ZDR." Rosalina said.
"Oh, but she was in those worlds, so she definitely had a hand in it in some capacity!" Dimentio smirked. "Anywho, after I had studied these worlds, I took Grimm Ruby to these worlds so she could get ideas… mhmhmhmhmhm~! This isn't just a Grimm version of the Mushroom Kingdom… oh no, this is an amalgamation of the worlds you'll be seeing in this special place!"
"So it's just one big clusterfuck of worlds packed into this Grimm hell?" Epsilon asked.
"You got that right! Who knows what you will find? I certainly don't, I left Grimm Ruby do all the heavy lifting!"
Byleth clenched her fists. "So there's a possibility we'll be seeing things from Fodlan…" She said under her breath as Dorothea let a growl escape her lips.
"Got it in one, time manipulator!" Dimentio said, before Summer grabbed him by the throat. "Mmph!"
"I don't care what you and Grimm Ruby threw together… where's my daughter?" She demanded.
"Mmph… I have to say, you have a very firm cold grip you got there…"
"Where's my daughter? I WON'T ASK AGAIN!"
"It's funny, you were never there for your daughter because you went off to fight Salem, but now you're giving it your all to try and protect her?"
"I wasn't there for her because that wench killed me… now I've made it a priority to spend as much time with her as possible…"
"Making up for lost time? Ahahaha, I get that." Dimentio smiled. "Well, I'm sure you'll reunite with Ruby soon enough. You just need to let me go from your cold dead hands."
"After what you've done? After you tripped Ruby into a puddle of Phazon? After you corrupted Ruby in your universe to the point where she's given up on everything?" Summer gave him a nasty death glare. "I'd rather kill you after everything you've done…"
"What good will come out of killing me? Killing me won't bring your Ruby back… killing me won't bring Chaos Ruby back to her sunshiney and rainbow self… not that anything will ever bring her back. Hmmhmhmhm…"
"If it means not listening to you ever again, I think that can be arranged…"
"You would rather kill me in front of the child?"
Summer snapped out of it, looking over to Oran who had a concerned look on his face. It was then that heavy footsteps approached as Bowser walked up.
"Listen up, clown. As a parent myself, I know exactly where Summer is coming from." Bowser said. "If Junior was the same way, I'd pummel you in a heartbeat."
"Same with our children." Bowsette said with Rei nodding.
"So, tell us… where exactly is Ruby?" Rosalina asked as Dimentio would see Tai cracking his knuckles, Raven and Qrow pulling out their weapons with malicious intent, and would see everyone else ready to sock him.
"I can see that Ruby has touched so many of your lives. It's unbearably cute… however, her doppelganger has taken her somewhere far away in this place that not even I know where she put her. Heck, if you really wanna know, the man with the shag on his face and the Avenger Girl could possibly still be alive in this world, yet I know not where they are."
BB-8 let out some concerned chirping, causing Ibuki to pat him on the head. "We'll tear this place apart looking for Ruby-chan… and we'll find Luigi-chan and Chiaki-chan while we're at it." Ibuki said.
"Your honorifics are something else. Why don't I get one?" Dimentio asked.
"You don't deserve it." Ibuki glared.
"Touchy! Oh, by the way, this whole world you're in? You're at the point of no return." He said, pointing to the Warp Pipe that covered itself in tentacles. "I hope you stocked up on items, because you're not going to find anything here! And one other thing… check your Pokeballs."
Some of the heroes reached down to their Pokeballs, only to see that there were tentacles sealing them shut. "What…?!" Daisy said in surprise.
"We can't call them out?!" Marnie said in surprise.
"This is a special kind of hell that you're in. You might as well get used to it. Your abilities will be enough to suit your needs. But will it be enough, I wonder?"
Cloud stepped forward. "We've been through hell and back plenty of times. We'll do what we can to survive and rescue our comrades."
Dimentio smirked. "We shall see if what you say is true." He said. "Until then… have fun not dying here! Ciao!" He disappeared.
"...Ugh, I hate that clown." Summer growled.
Rei put her hand on Summer's shoulder. "Summer… we'll get Ruby back."
"Right… I know we will." Summer nodded.
"So, we're Pokemon-less, we're basically trapped in this hellhole… how the hell are we gonna get through all of this?" Grif asked.
"Sheer guts and determination, that's what." Sarge responded.
"We have each other." Piers added. "So we'll have to look out for one another in this Grimm world from here on out."
"Not a problem." Weiss said.
"Yeah, we got this!" Nora smirked. "We'll kick some serious butt!"
"Then let's go and save everyone!" Yang said, raising her arm up in the air.
"You alright?" Tai asked Summer in concern.
"Yeah… I should be alright." Summer nodded. "Let's go get our kid back." She said as they took off.
World Grimm 1-1: Kid Gloves No More
Everyone walked through the Grimmified Toad Town, all of them on guard as they would see a few Ursa charging at them. Summer smirked and then used her silver eyes, however once the silver eyes deactivated, only one Ursa was affected while the others charged. "What?!" Summer said in surprise.
"Oh, I almost forgot!" Dimentio reappeared. "Your silver eyes aren't quite exactly as useful in this realm, so try as you like, there's a five percent chance that your silver eyes will do anything! You'll just tucker yourself out… I wonder if ghosts ever get tired?" With a shrug, he disappeared as Summer let out a growl, summoning a ball and chain and swinging it at the Ursa, where one of them leapt into the air as it would attempt to crush WBY, but Bowser got in the way and wrestled with the Ursa.
"Buzz off, Smokey!" Bowser said, breathing fire directly in its face before tearing its arm off and delivered a mighty uppercut to destroy it.
"Okay, we're totally fucked now, aren't we?" Grif asked.
"Grif. That only happens when shit hits the fan." Sarge said.
"I hate to tell you this but I think that already happened!"
"Then let's make the most of it!" Sarge said as they pushed through, destroying any Grimm that would come their way as they made their way into Toad Town. They would see destroyed homes and buildings, cracked pavement and warped and bent mailboxes. Vehicles were on their sides or upside down, destroyed and their metal warped and twisted.
Weiss looked over at her home, a feeling of sadness overcoming her. Blake would feel the same way. "There's… nothing we can do about this." Blake said.
"Yeah…" Weiss nodded as they started to walk off.
"Weiss…"
Weiss froze, turning around toward her home. "Mom…?" She quickly walked over to her destroyed home, running inside and seeing the place a complete disaster. She walked through, walking over destroyed glass as it cracked underneath her feet.
She heard sobbing as she walked up the stairs and saw Willow on her knees, her back turned to her. "Mom!" She walked over to her. "I didn't realize you were dragged into this hellhole, but we'll get you out after we destroy Grimm Ruby."
She put her hand on her mother's shoulder, to which her mother's head did a 180 spin, revealing a Grimm face. "WHAT THE?!" She screamed as the Grimm twisted its body around and shoved Weiss down the stairs, falling on her back. "Agh!" She cried as Grimm Willow vaulted and landed on Weiss's stomach. "MMMPH!" She grunted as the Grimm pinned her down and tried to bite down on her neck. "G-get away!" She screamed.
"WEISS!" A voice yelled as the Grimm looked up, only to see a hammer smack into her face as it was knocked straight into the spiral staircase, then Nora grabbed Weiss. "Got ya!"
Pyrrha and Cinder jumped in right after as the Grimm got back up and let out a demonic screech, then lunged at the two as both of them unleashed their pyrokinesis attacks to melt the Grimm before it turned to dust.
"What… what the hell was…?!" Weiss tried to blurt out.
"This Grimm world probably made Grimm copies out of everyone in town." Cinder said. "I hate to say it, but you'll have to take out your Grimm copies, even if they look like members of your family." She clenched her fists. "Grimm that mimics an actual person… never thought I'd see the day."
They quickly moved away from the home as Pyrrha and Cinder attempted to burn the home down. "We extracted the damsel in distress!" Nora called out, then gasped, seeing that everyone was surrounded by Grimm Toads, all of them moving in a zombie-like fashion as Yang and Tai punched down a few.
"The kid gloves have come off!" Sarge declared as they proceeded to fight off the Grimm as they heard screeching, where Grimm Willow emerged from the flames.
"This is bad!" Ren exclaimed.
"What do we do?" Roman wondered.
"The only thing we can do…" Bowser smirked. "Don't hold back because these things aren't the real deal!" He said, proceeding to breathe fire at the Toads as everyone proceeded to fight back as Grimm Willow got closer, while also on fire as Weiss closed her eyes.
"Sorry, mom…" Weiss could only say as she impaled her in the gut and then with Blake's quick thinking, she slashed through her to finish her off.
"I'd rather not stick around for my parents." Blake said as Raven and Cinder both combined their Maiden powers, plus Maia using her wind semblance to forge a path ahead as they went off, with Xion and Ven taking out several Grimm where a Nevermore dive bombed them, only for Rosalina to grab a hold of it and slammed it down onto the Toad Grimm, demolishing them with little effort.
"The castle's just up ahead!" Shovel Knight said. "However, I have a feeling it won't be a warm welcome."
"It's either that or the supposedly never ending supply of Toad Grimm!" Bowser said. "...Were there seriously this many Toads before? I've never noticed!"
"Let's not worry about that. We need to move!" Piers said. "If we stay here, we'll just exhaust ourselves."
"He's right! We gotta move!" Ibuki said as they headed over to the castle, where a Toad Grimm latched on to BB-8, only to get tased by him as he quickly rolled away to safety as they quickly made their way into Peach's Castle.
End BGM
"Phew… okay, that was a bit dicey." Pit said. "Glad it was just Toads and… well, Willow, but… hopefully things aren't so bad."
"Oh, that is where you are wrong~" A voice spoke up.
BGM: Shadow Queen's Theme (Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door)
Mario's eyes widened. "...It can't be." He said as they turned around to see Peach approaching them with a sinisterly happy smile, along with Grimm eyes. Grimm spikes were on her shoulders, her crown was made of bone, her hair was white and her dress was black and red, with the brooch being made of bone, not to mention there was a collar surrounding the back of her neck that reached the bottom of her cheeks. Grimm bone was poking out of her hands as well.
"So nice for you to join us~"
"Peach?!" Mario said in shock.
"No… that ain't Peach." Daisy glared.
"Hmhmhmhm~ So you are the intruders that dared to intrude upon my land… you disposed of my subjects, burnt them alive… how shameful."
"Hey, you're Grimm, you deserve to burn!" Yang said.
"Is that right? Hmm, perhaps I should toy with you… after all, I toyed with those two other intruders that dared to set their filthy feet upon this land."
Ibuki's eyes widened. "You didn't…!" She growled.
"Oh, but I did~! After Grimm Ruby took care of them, she brought them straight to me. After that, I sent them off deep into this land after I messed with them… who knows what has happened to them by this point?"
Mario clenched his fists. "You've got a lot of nerve."
"If you think we're gonna buy into your little despair-inducing speech, you're dead wrong!" Marnie said, aiming her metal arm as it turned into its arm cannon mode. "Now tell us where everyone is at!"
"I've told you, they're somewhere deep in this land… and that's where you're going to end up after I dispose of you cretins."
"The only cretin getting disposed of is YOU!" Bowser snarled.
Grimm Peach smirked. "Oh, is that right? Then perhaps we shall put your vigor to the test~" She said, snapping her fingers as various Toad Grimm crawled out of the ground, including a Grimm version of Toadsworth. "Kill them." She ordered as the Grimm lunged at them all, but Mario, Daisy, Bowser and his son jumped into the fray to face Grimm Peach.
"Oh, so you're going to face me directly~?" Grimm Peach smiled. "Very well, I shall play with your corpses after I'm done with you." She pulled out a dark red umbrella. "Let us begin~"
End BGM
BGM: Shadow Queen - Final Phase - Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door (GaMetal)
Shadow Princess - Grimm Peach
Flames erupted from Mario's palms as he jumped into the air and threw fireballs at her, but Grimm Peach simply blocked with her umbrella as Mario landed near her. Grimm Peach retaliated by kicking him, but he rolled out of the way while Daisy flanked her and delivered a crystal punch to knock into a wall.
Bowser roared and then breathed fire but Grimm Peach rolled out of the way and snapped her fingers as Grimm Hands rose up from the ground and grabbed a hold of Bowser, where he felt his energy being drained. However, Bowser pried himself free and ripped the hands out of the ground and threw them at Peach while Junior, in his Shadow Mario form, got behind her and grabbed Grimm Peach by the waist and spun her into Daisy who punched her in the face.
Grimm Peach smirked, raising her hand up in the air as a dark heart conjured in her hand and threw it to the ground, unleashing a foul aroma that hit the four that intoxicated them as if they were drunkenly in love. "Yes, come to me~ Become my slaves!"
Daisy was the first to snap out of it, punching the ground as crystal spikes rose up and pierced the heart and Grimm Peach, snapping the three out of it as Mario let out a growl, snapping his fingers as a Thundaga came down and struck her from above, then Bowser drop kicked her into another wall.
Grimm Peach let out a chuckle as a dark ribbon circled around her as Grimm Hands rose near her. "Hmhmhmhm~ DIE!" She laughed, clapping her hands to charge up an attack.
"Guys, get behind me!" Daisy yelled as they did so as she punched the ground as a crystal shield popped up in front of them right as Grimm Peach unleashed a powerful shockwave toward the four, hitting the crystal shield as it started to crack as Daisy quickly added more crystals to it while Mario decided to raise his hands up in the air.
"Bowser, give me a boost!" Mario said as Bowser nodded, picking the plumber up and throwing him up in the air as Mario finished charging up and threw down a massive meteor at Grimm Peach, striking her head on and unleashing a massive explosion right after.
The moment Mario landed, Grimm Peach lunged through the smoke and grabbed the plumber by the throat. "Neat trick~ However, is that all you can do though?" She smirked as Mario placed his hands on her arms and coated them in ice. "Wha?!" She yelped as Mario pulled out his hammer and tossed it to Junior where he grabbed it and them swung it down on the ice arms, shattering them instantly.
"AAAAGH!" She cried as she panted, glaring at theme as her arms regenerated as she let out a screech, and lunged at Junior, only for crystals to impale her from all sides and then Bowser picked her up.
"Don't you ever mess with my son!" He said, proceeding to rip the Grimm in half and threw them down as Grimm Peach let out a screech and tried to reach for Mario, but Junior tossed him his hammer where it caught on fire and he swung it down on her head, crushing it as she disappeared shortly after.
End BGM
"I'm surprised you actually went through with it." Daisy said.
"It's like you said… that wasn't Peach." Mario told her, causing her to chuckle.
"Fair enough." She said as the Grimm Toads stopped what they were doing before they started to run around in a panic before they quickly went back underground.
"Just like the actual Toads. Heheh." Sarge said.
Byleth picked up Dorothea. "You alright?"
"Yeah, just a little bruised… but I should be okay." Dorothea said.
"Sheesh, if this was the welcoming committee, I'd hate to see what else Grimm Ruby has planned…" Pit said.
"It's obvious that they want us to use up our resources and whittle our energy down so we'd be easy pickings for slaughter." Kamek said. "We best be careful, there's no going back."
Blake turned to Weiss. "Please tell me you put the Manaphy Egg someplace safe."
"Yeah. Palutena took it to Skyworld the moment Grimm Ruby reared her ugly head and ensared us."
"Good." Blake nodded.
"Everyone, spread out into the different rooms!" General Guy ordered. "This castle might be holding a hostage or two." He said as everyone spread out to look into the different rooms.
"Nothing in the basement, just a bunch of Grimm Scaredy Rats! Bahahaha!" Iggy laughed.
"Nothing in Peach's Room! …Was it always this pink?" Captain Koopa wondered.
"The kitchen's empty." Laxus said.
"The backyard is a no go." Bowsette said.
"Nothing in the library!" Yang called out.
A few moments later…
"We've searched this castle entirely, looking through every nook and cranny yet there was nothing to find." Summer said.
"I tried pulling out books to see if there was a switch." Cinder shrugged it off. "Unfortunately, I wasted my time."
"Welp, no hostages here. Let's move." General Guy said as they all walked out of the castle where they would see a Warp Pipe appearing in front of them.
"I don't like that…" Nyx said.
"Unfortunately, we don't seem to have a choice…" Iris said as they all went into the Warp Pipe.
World Grimm 1-2: Palace of Grimm
BGM: Back to the Roots - Cackle Tower (Shantae and the Pirate's Curse)
Everyone popped out of the Warp Pipe, finding themselves in a tomb surrounded by candleabras. "What the heck? Where are we?" Yang asked. "...And come to think of it, why does it look familiar?"
Ibuki looked around. "Something tells Ibuki Dimentio added his own personal touch…"
"What do you mean?" Pit asked.
"Because this room is the Shadow Queen's tomb. We're in an exact replica of the Palace of Shadow!"
"...Strangely, that somehow brings nostalgia to me and I don't know why." Nyx said.
"You too?" Jade said in surprise.
"If I see a cyborg ready to kill us, I'm gonna scream." Weiss said.
"Uh… hello?" Marnie spoke up.
"...More cyborg than you."
"Okay, good." Marnie nodded as they walked the door and walked/rolled up the long staircase, though Ibuki had to push BB-8 up because gravity was pushing him down the slope.
Once they got through, they found themselves in a throne room where a sign was placed in front of them.
"Here lies Grodus, the biggest loser to ever exist in my dimension - Dimentio"
"Is it odd that I feel sorry for him?" Gloria asked.
"Nah, don't be." Bowser laughed as they walked through the corridor and went through another doorway, finding themselves in a convoluted mechanical room.
"Oh, she sees now… we're working our way through the back end of the Palace of Shadow. It's like Mirror Mode!" Ibuki said.
"Isn't that just the reflection though?" Tucker wondered as they worked their way through while also taking out Grimm Wizzerds, then they found more stairs as they decided to climb up where they would see it was cutting through a long hallway.
"Hmm…" Cinder mused as she activated her Maiden powers and flew across to the other end of the hallway, which in turn, got Maia, Raven and Rei's attention as they walked through a few hallways until they made it to the final hallway.
"Curious to see where this takes you?" Rei asked.
"Yeah. it could lead to something good." Cinder said as she placed her hand on the doorknob, where they heard a loud dragon roaring, causing Cinder to stiffen. "...Um, maybe I'll take a rain check." Cinder sweatdropped as they turned around and walked away.
Dimentio opened up the door from behind with a smirk, holding a button and pressing it as another dragon roar was heard. "Ah, there's just something about the roars of Hooktail and her family that makes it iconic." He chuckled.
Once the four caught up, they would come across an observatory of some kind that caught Rosalina's attention. Her eyes sparkled as she found herself floating over toward it while Qrow, Summer, and the Knights dealt with the Grimm Chomps.
"Hey Rosie-chan! Come on!" Ibuki called out.
"Just a moment… I feel like this is calling to me…" She said, where Gloria flew over in her Beedrill form and grabbed her arm.
"This feels like a trap, lass." Gloria said, pulling her away.
"Whoa!" She yelped. "Come on, just a quick peek!" She said before sighing, going through the doors while several Grimm Bones and Apathy opened up the door of the Observatory and found no one fell for it. One Grimm Bones snapped his fingers in frustration before closing the door.
"This does feel very familiar… It feels like some of us have been here before." Kamek mused with Neo nodding in agreement.
"I do not know why, but why do I feel like we'll run into Specter Knight at some point?" Shield Knight wondered.
"You too?" Shovel Knight said in surprise as they made their way through a large hallway where several Grimm Bones ambushed them, but Summer used her Silver Eyes, only disintegrating two Grimm Bones while the rest attacked, where Umber swung his staff to reflect their bones back at them, and then Xena threw them into walls to destroy them, and then Nora crushed them with her hammer for good measure.
They then walked through a door where several Grimm Bullet Bills launched at them, where Umber reflected them back and kept doing it, climbing their way to the top while reflecting more Grimm Bills before they went into the next room, where it looked plain as can be.
"Alright, an easy hallway!" Yuffie said.
"Wait!" Ibuki spoke up before Yuffie took a step.
"Yeah, what is it?"
"This place is trapped." Ibuki said, taking a step forward as spikes rose up from the ground, plus several spike traps rose up nearby.
"It's a spike trap maze?" Carmen asked in surprise.
"Weeeell, that's tedious." Ren mumbled.
Rosalina smiled. "Perhaps a solution is in order." She said, teleporting them to the other side and they walked through the door, walking up the steps as Grimm Swoops eagerly swooped down to bite down and suck their blood, but Barret and Red both unleashed Thundaga shots to destroy them efficiently, then they walked up further until they reached the entrance to the Thousand Year Door.
"That… is the biggest door I've ever seen." Jaune said.
"I've seen bigger." Isa said.
"Yeeeeah, I've a feeling Disney Castle has a bigger door than this." Lea chuckled as they walked through the big door and found themselves outside of the Palace of Shadow.
"Sheesh, deja vu much?" Bowser rubbed his head as they walked along, where Mario decided to walk on top of a pedestal and raised his hands up in the air.
"...Mario, what are you doing?" Epsilon asked.
Mario chuckled. "I dunno… felt like doing it for some reason." He said as he hopped off and they walked up the steps.
"...Oooooo…"
End BGM
"...Did you guys hear that?" Blake asked as they turned their heads toward the Thousand Year Door.
"...Rooooooo!"
"It sounds like… "roo"?" Tifa tilted her head.
The walls that lead to the Pit of 100 Trials started to crack. "...Oh boy." Ibuki grimaced as Oran took a step back, feeling quite intimidated as everyone else did the same while taking out their weapons.
BGM: Hooktail (Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door)
At that moment, a large Grimm dragon burst through the walls. "AROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
Draconic Grimm - Grimmtail
"...Leave this one to me." Laxus said, taking a step forward as he cracked his knuckles.
"Is anyone else getting deja vu?" Yuffie asked.
"Yup." Cloud nodded.
"Pretty much." Tifa nodded as the three of them looked at each other before they jumped in to help fight the Grimm.
"The rest of you get out of here. I've a feeling this is going to get dangerous!" Laxus said.
"You heard the man!" Piers said, proceeding to push them out of the room with Marnie and Ibuki helping out.
Grimmtail let out a loud roar and breathed out black fire at the group, forcing them to dodge as Laxus zipped his way to the dragon and unleashed a lightning uppercut that knocked his head clear up and shot a fireball into the air.
Cloud lunged ahead and slashed it a few times and then jumped back and threw out a Firaga at him while Yuffie threw her shuriken that caught ablaze and struck the snout of the Grimm.
Grimmtail responded by slamming his foot into the ground, where Grimm spikes rose up and then he flapped his wings, pushing the four away into a wall, but Laxus recovered and converted his whole body into lightning as he flew and pummeled the beast with lightning strikes all around. Grimmtail attempted to chomp down on him, but he moved away in a flash.
Tifa jumped in and unleashed a Dolphin Flurry attack and then together with Yuffie, they slid underneath the dragon and hit him with a Firaga and Blizzaga attack on his stomach and wound up near his tail where the tail fired spikes at them, where Yuffie had dodged but Tifa caught one as she broke it in half and then proceeded to impale it on the hide of the Grimm.
Grimmtail snarled as Cloud slid underneath and cut open its stomach with his sword while Laxus unleashed his roar at the Grimm, the latter doing the same as both of them collided, creating a giant explosion as Laxus zipped his way over and unleashed a Lightning Dragon Iron Hammer into his side that caused Grimmtail to fly into the Thousand Year Door replica and destroyed it, then Laxus unleashed another roar at the top, where large chunks of debris came down on top of it, then he zipped over and grabbed some of the debris, impaling it in the back and even punched a chunk into his mouth, causing his breath attack to overload as Laxus then slammed his snout shut.
The moment it snapped shut, the dragon breath imploded inside of Grimmtail, blowing a massive hole inside his skull as the dragon fell limp right after.
End BGM
"Brutal!" Yuffie winced.
"Eh, he's fine. He'll walk it off." Laxus waved it off nonchalantly as they walked away while the Grimm faded away shortly after.
Once they appeared in the next room, they would see the heroes waiting for them after Bowser took care of some Grimm Koopatrols. "I see you were busy." Cloud said.
"More like Bowser was busy." Summer said as Rei emerged from a barred wall.
"Anything?" Bowsette asked.
"Unfortunately, no. I couldn't find anyone in there."
"We'll just have to keep looking… they can't be that far." Summer said. Come on Ruby… stay strong for us. She thought as they went inside the Warp Pipe.
World 1-3: Sanctum Rumble
All of them hopped out of the Warp Pipe, finding themselves on a moon. "Wait, did we just… show up on a moon?" Iris asked.
"I know this place… it's the Lunar Sanctum!" Pit exclaimed.
BGM: At the Sanctum (Kid Icarus: Uprising)
"Ah right, the one where it held the Chaos Kin…" Weiss grimaced. "That was… an experience to say the least."
"Never mind about the Chaos Kin, we gotta find Grimm Ruby." Summer said as they ran ahead, where Pit would spot a vehicle nearby.
"...No way!" His eyes sparkled as he ran ahead while the others ran ahead, dodging landmines along the way while Grimm Nutskis and Grimm Hugworms attacked them, the latter wrapping around Ibuki, the Knights and Rosalina, but the latter teleported out and unleashed cosmic waves to destroy them.
"Thanks Rosie-chan!" Ibuki smiled while Raven cut through the Nutskis with ease, then they moved ahead where they would see several Grimm Clobblers charging at them.
"That's trouble!" Blake grimaced.
"COMING THROUGH!" Pit yelled as he ran over the Grimm with the Exo Tank before screeching to a halt. "Nailed it!"
"An Exo Tank all the way out here? Where did that…?" Yang wondered.
"It's best not to ask. At least we got something going for us." Blake said as they took off while Dimentio casually whistled.
"It's amazing what you can find in Skyworld. Hmhmhmhm." He chuckled as the group headed inside a door where they found themselves in an arena.
End BGM
"Ooooh…" A voice groaned.
Ibuki's ears twitched, looking around and then looked up. She let out a gasp and pointed to the ceiling. "Pointing!" She said as they all looked up to see Luigi hanging from the ceiling, only he was upside down while a rope was wrapped around his ankle.
"LUIGI!" Mario called out.
"Huh…?" Luigi looked down. "Guys…? Oh, hey guys!"
"What the devil are you doing up there?" Bowser asked.
"Oh, ya know… just… hangin' around?" Luigi chuckled.
"Great, they rubbed off on him." Simmons grumbled, causing Yang and Nyx to snicker.
Epsilon pulled out his sniper rifle. "Don't worry, I got ya, bud." He said, aiming his Sniper Rifle at the rope.
However, before he could do that, BB-8 started chirping wildly as they looked down to see a regular Grimm Reaper approaching, wearing Luigi's hat. "Oh, it's just a Reaper." Pit said, summoning a Lancer Staff and aiming at its head, and together with Epsilon, they both fired at its head to knock it on its back.
"Too easy." Epsilon said, when suddenly the place rumbled where they would see the same Reaper rising from the ground and let out a roar before glowing brightly, and then the Reaper grew to gigantic size.
BGM: The Encounter (Kingdom Hearts III)
"Oh… it's a Grimmified Great Reaper…" Pit whimpered.
Off With Your Heads! - Great Grimm Reaper
"Welp! I don't know about you… but I believe we're screwed!" Epsilon said.
"No, we're not. Spread out! It can't take us all down at once!" Summer said as they proceeded to spread around.
The Reaper swung its scythe down at Summer, where she rolled out of the way as Grimm spikes rose out of the ground near her, forcing her to jump away. She quickly flew up, summoning two swords as she flew over and slashed its face where Rosalina unleashed a powerful cosmic storm at him, throwing meteors and comets at it, but the Reaper slashed at the meteors and comets, destroying them effortlessly while down below, most of the Reds and Blues, Shovel Knight, the Goomba Squad, and the Koopalings are struck the Reaper's feet.
"MORTON SMASH!" Morton yelled, swinging his mighty hammer down on one of its toes while General Guy fired Bullet Bills at it.
"Hmm… I wonder…" Kamek mused as he teleported over to Gloria who was hitting him with a Psybeam attack. "You wouldn't happen to have anything that makes you gigantic, right?"
"As a matter of fact, I do. Why?"
"You might want to use it. It could turn the tide in our favor!"
The Grimm Reaper unleashed a powerful laser, narrowly hitting Summer, Rei, Cinder, Raven, Kamek and Gloria as it the wall and exploded, sending debris down and nearly crushing Xion and Ven while Xena teleported behind the Grimm and together with Yagami, they unleashed pyrokinetic energy into it.
Byleth got into position, aiming her Failnaught at the Grimm while Dorothea tried to burn its face from afar. Byleth fired an arrow and struck the Grimm in the face where Bowser got into his shell and Mario swung his hammer as Bowser launched directly into the Grimm's face, causing it to crack and exposed its weak spot.
"Pffft! Seriously? It has the same weak spot?" Pit laughed. "This is gonna be-" Grimm Tentacles wrapped around its forehead to cover it up. "...Why do I keep jinxing myself?"
"Would it really count as jinxing it if you didn't finish the sentence?" Ibuki wondered, strumming her guitar and firing lightning bolts into the Grimm's face.
The Grimm swung its scythe down to try and hit the Koopalings, where its scythe embedded itself into the ground… and then a massive fist struck the Grimm in the face, making it stumble as it turned around to see who would dare hit it.
End BGM
BGM: Size Up Your Enemy (Mario and Luigi: Dream Team)
What it saw was a gigantic Scottish girl that had long red hair that went down to her lower back with red spikes poking out at the back of her scalp, black markings on her eyes where her eyes turned yellow. Black lines went through her entire body as her shirt was a fiery red with an erupting volcano painted on it with black pants that had the omega symbols on both sides, and had steel toed white boots.
"...Should we make room?" Qrow asked.
"I'm not sure, maybe!" Tai responded where Marnie had the idea to teleport on Gloria's shoulder.
"Not sure why I'm doing this, but why not!" Marnie said. "Groudon, I take it?"
"You know it." Gloria smirked as the Reaper roared at Gloria and swung its scythe, but she had pulled out her pipe that was decked out in volcanic rocks and lava as she blocked the attack and parried him where Gloria slugged him in the gut, then crystal blades came out of her wrists as Gloria unleashed a Precipice Blade Punch into its head.
Gloria took a step back and unleashed a Fire Blast attack, causing the Grimm to take a step back as he swung the scythe, but Gloria ducked and then delivered an uppercut to make the Grimm stumble while Marnie aimed her arm cannon and fired charged fireballs at it.
The Grimm Reaper snarled, firing a laser at her as Gloria responded with a Hyper Beam attack, both of them colliding until the Hyper Beam started to push the laser back and struck the Grimm, forcing it to back up.
The Reaper shook it off and then delivered a mighty swing but Gloria took a step back and grabbed the scythe as it missed her as she yanked it off of the Reaper's hands. "Thank ye!" Gloria smirked as she got into position, her hands catching ablaze as the scythe caught on fire and she swung as hard as she could, slicing the Reaper in half as the top half fell to the ground.
Gloria smirked and stomped her foot on the ground, causing a Fissure to open up and swallowed the Grimm, Rosalina quickly catching Luigi's hat as the Fissure closed up right after.
End BGM
Gloria smiled. "To the victor goes the spoils." She said, strapping the scythe on her back.
Marnie sweatdropped. "You're keeping it?"
"Why not?"
Great, so if my girlfriend gets pissed off, she's gonna be choppin' off heads… Marnie thought as Gloria put her hand out to Luigi, where Marnie ran across.
"Hey Marn." Luigi greeted.
"Sup." Marnie smiled, the blade coming out of her metal arm and cutting through it, freeing the plumber as he fell into Marnie's hands. "Got ya." She said as Gloria lowered them down and she shrunk back to normal size, along with the scythe.
"Ooogh, head rush…" Luigi groaned, holding on to his head while Marnie put him down, then Mario, Daisy, Marnie and Neo hugged him. "Wah! Oh hey…!" He laughed as they parted.
"Think you'll be needing this." Rosalina said, giving him his hat.
"Thanks." Luigi said, putting it back on.
"Nice to have you back, Luigi-chan!" Ibuki smiled.
"So what happened?" Yang asked.
"Hmm…" Luigi folded his arms. "Okay, so Chiaki and I come across Dark Ruby, or should I say Grimm Ruby because she's now Grimm. We fight her off, until she pulls a fast one on us and paralyzes the both of us. Then she took us to Grimm Peach's Castle where Grimm Peach decided to mess with us before we both were hauled away."
Ibuki clenched her fists. "They tormented the both of you?"
"Pretty much…" Luigi nodded. "However, I will give Chiaki credit, she endured the torment pretty well. I saw her gritting her teeth but she refused to let out a scream. The next thing we know, we both passed out from exhaustion and… well, I woke up dangling from a ceiling. As for Chiaki, I've no idea where she is."
"Well, that's just great… Grimm Ruby's giving Ibuki more reason to kill her." Ibuki growled. Chiaki-chan, hang in there…
Luigi looked around. "So, uh… where's Ruby? And now that I think about it, where's Dark Pit?"
"Grimm Ruby kidnapped the both of them…" Summer said as Luigi's eyes widened. "We walked right into her trap at Bowser's Castle."
"Which is why we're getting involved." Bowser said.
"I knew it… this whole thing was fishy." Luigi growled. "Alright, let's-a go save those three." He said as they ran off.
Meanwhile, in the Mushroom Kingdom…
"How… HOW?!" Shez said, staring at Weiss's Rathalos. "This is supposed to be a pet?!"
"Why not? Dragons make excellent pets!" Balthus said.
"And how would you know?" Yuri raised an eyebrow.
"Think about it: No one will ever think about robbing you when a dragon burns you to a crisp. You can say bye bye to thieves in a snap!"
"...He's not wrong." Hapi said.
"I have Chain Chomps as pets in my backyard." Peach spoke up.
At that moment, a heavenly light appeared as Palutena walked out. "Alright, I went ahead and gathered up some more troops." She said.
"Yo Yo!" Yoshi smiled.
"I see… I go out to Garreg Mach to help Caspar with something and the whole world goes to hell." Bereto said. "I'll do what I can to help."
"Ah, so you're the other half of Byleth, I take it." Yuri said. "Have to say, you definitely have the looks."
Bereto tilted his head. "Thank you…?"
"Hmm… ah! I know." Palutena went into another beam of light and disappeared.
"Where's she heading off to now?" Kyoko wondered while Shez stared directly at Bereto, a deep growl escaping her lips.
"Hmm?" Bereto looked at Shez. "Do I know you?"
"Yes… I do." She said. "You're the one who killed Getz…"
"...You know how little that narrows it down?"
Rrrgh, typical… he doesn't remember me. Fine, I'll jog his memory. She thought, but Aoi got between them.
"Heeeey, nice of you to join us, Bereto! I wonder what's keeping Paulie so long… we have Teslo, we have Azure, we have… uh… did Blake give a name to that Nargacuga?"
"Kuro." A voice said as Aoi turned to Ghira.
"Nice name!"
"I'll be honest, I was not expecting you to join us." Kyoko said.
"If it means putting a stop to the one responsible for ruining Ruby's life, then we'll help too." Kali said as Willow walked over with Klein and Whitley joining.
"We have everything we need." Willow said.
"Hey!" A voice called out as they turned to see Winter running over. "I came over as soon as the sky turned red. What's going on?"
"Dark Ruby." Willow responded.
"...The one who made Ruby's life miserable?" Winter clenched her fists. "You mind if she tags along? She got nervous that I was going alone." She said, as they turned to see Emerald walking up.
"The more, the merrier." Riku said while Aoi glanced over at Shez glaring at Bereto.
This is gonna be awkward… She thought.
"Hey! What's with the giant group over here?" A voice asked as they saw Hiyoko approaching with a bag of gummies.
"Eating at a time like this?" Peko asked.
"Hey, we're between waves." Hiyoko shrugged. "What's up?"
"We're going to save Ruby and her friends. Grimm Ruby is back." Peko said.
"...So Dark Ruby turned herself into a Grimm? Wow, the bitch doesn't know when to stay dead." She shook her head as she popped a gummy into her mouth.
"Not only that, but Chiaki has been captured." Peko said as Hiyoko's eyes widened, dropping her bag of gummies.
"WHAT?!"
"Yes, and there's no telling what she's doing to her."
Hiyoko put her hands over her mouth, flashing back to when she and her fellow classmates could only watch in horror as Chiaki was getting killed. Her horror slowly turned to anger as she let out a growl. "I'll go gather up the class. There is no way in HELL we're going to allow Chiaki to die again."
Meanwhile…
"She's WHAT?!"
"Yes, and she's going to need all the help she can get."
"Rrrgh… Ruby's going to need it."
"Yes." Palutena nodded. "You think you can help us out, Samus?"
Samus got up from her bed, her legs nearly giving in but she caught herself by holding on to the edge of her bed, thankful that her exoskeleton didn't make her fall on her face. "I'm ready."
Palutena looked concerned. "Wait, are you sure? This might not be a good idea given your-"
"To hell with my bad legs! I needed some exercise anyway." She said as she tried to walk to the door while donning her suit and walked away.
"Where are you going?" Palutena asked.
"To get ROB! I have a feeling Rosie and Blake'll need help too."
Ibuki: Hell is coming for a certain bitch...
Ooooh yeah!