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Chiaki weakly opened her eyes, her body chained against the wall. She looked down at her abdomen the best she could and looked at her tortured riddled body after what Grimm Peach had done to her. She looked up to see crossbows and harpoons all aimed at her, ready to turn her into a pincushion at a moment's notice.
"Guys… please hurry…" She mumbled before closing her eyes.
With the others…
BGM: The Dark Realm (Super Smash Bros Ultimate)
"What?" Daisy asked in surprise.
"Yeah, it's weird. Dimentio may have teleported us somewhere else in this world, but I could tell he stopped the stinging sensation that Chiaki was feeling."
"So he's suddenly on our side?" Weiss raised an eyebrow. "I'm not buying it."
"He's an agent of chaos, if anything, he just teleported you guys someplace else where someone else would take care of you instead." Marnie said with Neo nodding in agreement.
"That would be the case." Ibuki nodded. "...Oh! That reminds Ibuki, Daisy-chan and her tried to call you two but you didn't answer. Of course, now that she thinks about it, you were probably in the middle of a torture session."
Luigi raised an eyebrow. "I didn't hear my phone ring." He rubbed his chin in thought. "Hang on, let me try something…" He proceeded to call Mario's phone while putting it on speaker phone.
"It's-a me, Mario! I can't-a come to the phone right now, I'm-a probably savin' the princess-a! I'll-a get back to you as soon as I can-a!"
"...it didn't even ring once." Kamek pointed out.
"Oh great! It's official! We're DEFINITELY in purgatory now! There's no cell service, no internet-"
Sarge grabbed Grif by the shoulders. "Pull yourself together, numnuts!"
"That explains everything now… we're cut off from everything." Daisy said.
"Not everything!" Pit said. "Lady Palutena, can you hear me?" He asked. "...Lady Palutena? Lady Palutena?" He let out a groan. "This is Hades' gut all over again…"
Blake shuddered. "Don't remind me…"
"We're definitely on our own… but we'll pull through." Summer said before an idea popped into her head. "Wait a second… Raven! You could use a portal to-"
"You don't think I didn't try that?" Raven swung her sword down, but no portal opened up. "I tried to open one up so I could snag Ruby from that wench, but unfortunately, this world is blocking my semblance."
"I had a feeling it wouldn't be a simple "Get out of jail free" card." Qrow mumbled.
"Welp, looks like we're doing this the old fashioned way!" Ibuki said.
BB-8 let out a few chirps in response.
"Wait, what? Chiaki contacted you?" Yang asked.
"I wonder if that was possible before…" Byleth said. "Perhaps Dimentio saw this and decided to do away with it after Chiaki contacted the little guy, just to spice things up a little."
"Ya know, I wouldn't put it past him." Jaune said as they kept walking, and along the way, they found a sight in front of them.
"Oh!" Luigi exclaimed. "That's the shield and hammer that Chiaki brought out!"
"Captain America's shield and the mighty hammer Mjolnir that Thor swings around?" Epsilon asked. "Someone's watched Endgame."
"She's trying to get around to watching Black Widow now." Ibuki giggled. "Ah, Ibuki still remembers Chiaki-chan's reaction to when she saw the ending to Far From Home…"
"Spider-Man's name is Peter Parker!"
"WHAT?!" Chiaki yelled.
"Yuppers!" Ibuki smiled.
"WHAT THE FU-"
"...Oh my gosh, they went there!" She grimaced right after. "Oooh… good luck."
Ibuki sighed happily. "Some reactions are just timeless…"
"Wait wait wait, hold up!" Donut said. "So, Chiaki was able to hold Mjolnir up like it was nothing? …She's worthy!"
End BGM
"Nonsense, Donut!" Tucker said. "If Chiaki can hold it with the power of video games, then I can pretty much hold it too. If she's "worthy", then so is everyone else." He said as he gripped the strap. "Observe!" He tried to pick it up. "Hrrrgh! Mmmph! Nnngh!"
BGM: Funny Goings-On (Mario and Luigi: Paper Jam)
"...Dammit, this thing is stuck to the ground!"
"Allow me." Simmons said, attempting to lift it up but to no avail. "Mmph!"
"Rrrgh! Nnnngh!" Epsilon tried it next.
"Are you even pulling?" Grif asked as he and Donut were teaming up.
"Are you on my team?"
"Just represent, pull!" They pulled as hard as they could, but they couldn't lift it up.
"Hnnngh! Mmmph!" Ibuki attempted it but to no avail. "Agh, not even Ibuki's shenanigans can pull it off?"
Weiss stabbed the ground, creating an ice knight as it tried to lift it up with Weiss folding her arms with a smirk, only for ice physics to kick in and it slipped right off, with the knight falling on its butt. Weiss facepalmed right after.
Blake wrapped Gambol Shroud around it and together with Yang, they pulled the best they could but Gambol Shroud snapped off as the gun went flying. Blake ducked while the gun smacked right into Yang's forehead. "OOOF!" Yang grunted.
"Sorry!"
Byleth flicked the Sword of the Creator at it, and once it wrapped around, she and Dorothea tried to pull it with STRQ helping them out, but Byleth's grip slipped off as they all landed on their butts. "Seriously?" Raven deadpanned.
Maia aimed her hand, unleashing her wind semblance to try and push it, but it didn't budge, even when she unleashed hurricane winds. "...Nope."
Mario, Luigi and Daisy attempted it all at once, but none of them could at least budge it. "Uuugh, what the hell is this thing made of?!"
Kala used Power Whip on it and together with Oran, Lopez, Doc and Sarge, they tried to get it to move, but no success.
"You guys are wimps! Stand aside for the King of Awesome to lift it up!" Bowser said as he attempted it, but like with everyone else, it didn't budge. "Mmmph! Rrrgh! …Kamek!"
"Right away!" Kamek fired magic at Bowser as he immediately went Giga Bowser as he attempted to pull it off, but not even that could lift it off the ground. Giga Bowser facepalmed as Kamek turned him back to normal.
"Maybe I just need to enchant it!" Kamek said, firing magic at it and then picked it up, only to get no results at all. "...Hmm, this is tricky."
"Maybe it can only be wielded by a maiden." Cinder suggested, attempting to pick it up. "Hrrrgh! Aaagh! …Stupid hammer."
"Perhaps the hand doesn't need to be biological!" Marnie smiled, but to her dismay, it wouldn't budge. "Mmph… nope." She sighed, watching Gloria, Neo, Roman, and Bowsette try with no results.
Shovel Knight snapped his fingers and tried to dig a hole to loosen it, but after he did so, he tried to pick it up but to no results. "Welp, I've tried."
"If I can hold a heavy club, then this should be a breeze." Pit said, attempting to pick it up. "Rrrgh! Hnnngh! Oh, you gotta be kidding me! I'm not THIS weak!"
"Gragh! …Nothing." Xion sighed, rubbing her head as Ven, Lea and Isa all had the same outcome.
"Hnnngh! Yeah, I figured as much… wanted to try it anyway." Carmen chuckled.
Rosalina rubbed her chin in thought. "Perhaps if I manipulated the hammer's mass and gravity around it, while also messing around with its weight…" Rosalina attempted to do so with a snap of her fingers. "The cosmic force will bow to nothing." She attempted to pick it up, but like the rest, she couldn't get it to budge. "...Oh my. Apparently there's one thing that will make the forces of the cosmos bow to it." Her eyes sparkled with fascination. "Intriguing!"
"So, none of us is "worthy" to wield it?" Tifa asked, then noticing Xena and Yagami picking it up telekinetically.
"Ha! Piece of cake!" Yagami said as she brought it over to herself where she held it, but the moment she stopped holding it with her telekinesis…
THUD!
"Agh!" Yagami yelped.
"You okay?" Xena asked.
"Nah, It's cool… I'll just live with a dislocated shoulder." Yagami said.
"Hang on, let me pop it back into place." Nyx said while Umber tried it with no such luck.
"...Well, that blows." Umber said, rubbing his head.
"Gah! Oooh…" Yagami winced.
"Feel better?" Nyx asked.
"Yeah, definitely'll sting for a while." She rolled her shoulder as JNPR and Laxus tried but with no success, not even BB-8 could lift it up, much to a few disappointed beeps.
End BGM
"Welp, we'll just leave it here." Laxus said as Luigi picked up the shield and strapped it to his back.
"Yeah, all of us have tried it!" Sarge said.
"Has considerado Caboose?" (Have you considered Caboose?)
"I would get the Warthog, but we can't summon it now, can we?" Sarge pointed out.
"No es lo que quise decir." (Not what I meant.)
"Onward!" Bowser said as they took off, finding a Warp Box as they warped away.
World Grimm 1-4: Tropical Hell
As soon as they popped out, they would find themselves at Isle Defino… only the ocean was an ocean of lava. "My, talk about a massive heat wave for Delfino." Umber waved his hand in front of his face. "Goodness, I don't think the Koopa Kingdom was this hot."
"Mmm, it's not so bad." Marnie said.
"Yeah, says the girl who can swim in it like it's nothing." Nora said.
"Jealous, are we?" Marnie smirked.
"Hey, what's that over there?" Tai asked, pointing to a monitor at the Pianta statue as Summer walked over to it.
"Let's see…" Summer tried to turn it on, but then the screen turned itself on. "Oh!" She said as they would see Grimm Piantas on the screen.
"Welcooooome to the hellish inferno of Isle Delfino! We so welcome you to our beautiful purgatory! Come enjoy a fiery hell to which we added to this world's Grimm-tastic resort facilities, a deadly amusement park and burnt food that has been turned to charcoal! This and more await you on Isle Delfino! Come lose your will to live and let us destroy your body and spirit!"
Dorothea grimaced. "I think i'll skip out on the facials this time…"
"Bow chicka-"
"Tucker, if you finish that cat call, my fiance will cut it off after I burn it to a crisp." She threatened as Tucker glanced over at Byleth who was glaring at him while slowly reaching for her sword.
Tucker cleared his throat. "Lovely weather we're having, eh?"
Dorothea extinguished the flame in her hand. "Good."
"I would have joined in on that." Carmen said as she looked at Tucker. "Tell me, do you like stabbings or explosions? Or I could go for a third option."
"...That third option being…?"
"You don't want to know."
"Oh! Oh! Is it a Christmas Present for Tucker?" Caboose asked in excitement.
"It's a little late for that." Grif said.
"It's the thought that counts!"
Ibuki looked around. "Great, so this is practically Pianta Village's third mission on steroids." Her ears twitched as she turned her head to see Pianta and Noki Grimm approaching them. "We got company!"
BGM: Corona Mountain (Super Mario Sunshine)
Bowser immediately sprang into action and breathed fire at the Grimm, where everyone slowly joined in and took out the Piantas and Nokis with ease. "It kinda feels wrong to kill these guys!" Pyrrha said.
"They're Grimm. There's no consequences!" Bowser laughed, picking up a Noki and threw it at a few Pianta Grimm. One of the Piantas pulled out pineapple nunchucks and started to swing them around.
"Pineapple nunchucks?!" Luigi said, firing lightning bolts at a few.
"That's ridiculous!" Daisy said, roundhouse kicking a Pianta before kicking a durian into a Noki's head.
The Pianta Grimm swung its nunchucks around and threw it at Summer, but she weaved her head to the side as she lunged ahead and slashed at the Grimm, then Qrow jumped in and slashed the Grimm in half.
Unbeknownst to them, something was moving out of the lava as Blake's ears twitched, turning around to see what was coming out of the lava. A black shadow shaped like a manta ray moved slowly towards them. "Guys!" Blake yelled as the rest turned around.
The Mantastorm - Grimm Phantamanta
"Hey, it's Phantamanta!" Junior said. "...Oooh, it's Phantamanta." He would then see the lava sea rising. "Aaaand the lava sea is rising!"
Rosalina quickly teleported everyone on the rooftops. "Alright, anyone who's immune to lava, we'll have to get down and dirty for this one!" Bowser said.
"Or better yet-" Carmen closed her eyes, immediately going into Black Mage mode. With a smirk, she raised her hand up in the air and threw down a large meteor into Phantamanta, which was enough to split the manta ray in two.
"Oh, I see." Cinder lifted herself off of the roof and threw down fireballs at it, where all the magic users would do the same, however as they kept splitting up, they would form together and proceeded to shoot lightning at the group, forcing them to get out of the way as Rosalina threw comets down on top of them while the lava continued to rise.
"This is starting to get dicey!" Aerith said, throwing down a few Thundagas with Red while Barret mowed down several tiny Phantamantas, but to their dismay, the lava kept rising quicker… until it eventually stopped just at the roofs, and of course Grimm Piantas and Nokis climbed out of the lava.
"Get back in there!" Lea said, slashing the Grimm with Xion and Ven while Isa swung his weapon into a Pianta that sent it flying toward the Grimmified Shine Gate.
At that moment, waves of lava came rushing toward them, created by what little creatures of Phantamanta were left as Rosalina swiftly parted the lava around her allies while Carmen threw down another meteor, this time Dorothea helping her out as most of them were defeated, while one tiny Phantamanta scurried up to the rooftop to try and charge at them, only for Mario to crush it underneath his foot.
Suddenly, a massive earthquake shook the island as the lava began to splash onto the rooftop. "What, is Corona Mountain about to blow?!" Daisy exclaimed as a warp pipe pierced through the roof.
"Quick, in there!" Summer said as she jumped in.
"Wait, it came out of the lava… is that such a good idea?" Grif asked.
"No time to ask, just go!" Sarge said as they quickly made their way into the warp pipe.
End BGM
World Grimm 1-Castle: Imposter!
Everyone came out of the warp pipe. "Alright, now where are we?" Gloria asked.
"This courtyard looks familiar." General Guy said. "...Wait a moment." He turned around as he looked up. "My word, we're at Bowser's Castle!"
A snarl escaped Bowser's mouth. "Those Grimm decided to make an exact copy of my castle! Of all the nerve…"
"I mean, if they made an exact replica of Peach's Castle… should we honestly be surprised that there's a replica of your castle?" Bowsette pointed out.
"No, but it just burns me up that there's a replica right in front of me!" Bowser said as he let out a growl. "And if there's a replica of my castle, there's a Grimm version of me too!"
He let out an angry roar. "I WILL NOT BE COPIED BY A DISCOUNT KING OF AWESOME!" He yelled and ran inside, and before anyone could say anything, there were sounds of roaring and explosions inside the castle, then before they knew it, the Grimm Koopa Troop ran away in terror screaming.
"Well, there's something you don't see every day… terrified Grimm!" Nora said.
"Geez, what the hell is Bowser doing to scare the hell out of them?" Nyx asked.
"Considering he can be quite scary when he's pissed… yeah, I don't blame the Grimm." Blake said as they walked inside, noticing several Grimm Thwomps hiding at the top of the ceiling in fear of Bowser targeting them next.
"Scared Thwomps… that's a new one." Mario mused.
Meanwhile…
Bowser slammed the doors to his copycat throne room and menacingly walked toward his throne. "Hey!" A voice said as a Grimm version of Kamek appeared. "You have no authority to be in this roo-"
"Can it, turtle brain!" Bowser backhanded him into a wall, hard enough for it to crumble on top of him.
"You destroyed my second in command." Grimm Bowser turned his throne around. "That's quite impressive."
"What's NOT impressive is that you're copying my look! It was bad enough when the Dark Star copied me, but then they decide to copy that Dark Star's homework? I've got one thing to say to you, pal… I AIN'T IMPRESSED!"
"Big words for such a lousy original." Grimm Bowser hopped off of his throne. "Once I am done with you, I will be the next King of Awesome."
"You're the King of the Garbage Heap! This world ain't big enough for the two of us!"
Grimm Bowser smirked. "Then let's see who's superior."
"Spoiler alert… It's me!"
Grimm Bowser chuckled. "We shall see."
Bowser stomped on the ground. "SHOWTIME!"
BGM: Bowser's Castle (Mario Kart 7)
Imposter Koopa - Grimm Bowser
Bowser and Grimm Bowser charged at each other, both of them pulling back their fists and slamming them into each other, but then Bowser retaliated by slugging him in the gut and then breathed fire into his face.
Grimm Bowser backed up before he slashed him with his claws, only for Bowser to roll into his shell and slammed into him, but Grimm Bowser caught him and threw him into a wall, breathing black fire at him but Bowser rolled out of the way and rolled around him.
Grimm Bowser punched the ground as a wall of black fire surrounded him, but Bowser jumped high into the air and landed behind him. He would then grab his tail and slammed him into the ground. Grimm Bowser responded by going into his shell and firing bone spikes at him, but Bowser blocked with his arms as some of it impaled his skin… but did he care? Not really.
Bowser pulled them out of his arm and proceeded to shove them into Grimm Bowser's gut and then jumped up to ground pound him, but Grimm Bowser rolled out of the way and slammed into him, but Bowser caught him and slid back a few feet before he threw him into his throne as he jumped up right after and body slammed into his gut right after.
Grimm Bowser snarled, breathing black fire into his face, forcing the King of Awesome to get off of him as Grimm Bowser's claws extended and slashed him, but Bowser retreated into his shell as Grimm Bowser slashed him repeatedly, however Bowser used his Whirling Fortress as fire shot out, burning Grimm Bowser's feet as he backed up, then Bowser got back up and unleashed an uppercut to knock him high into the air.
Grimm Bowser smirked, snapping his fingers as a Grimm cage shot up from the ground and raised Bowser into the air, he then raised his arms up and conjured up dark magic. Bowser smirked and rocked back and forth until the cage fell over on top of Grimm Bowser, then Bowser used the debris to impale him in the gut and forehead.
"Rrrgh!" Grimm Bowser snarled as he went into his shell as Bowser did the same, both of them rolling into each other as they pinballed around the throne room while they slammed into each other a few times.
Bowser was the first to get up, punching the shell out of the window as Grimm Bowser got back out and caught himself on the ledge, dangling over a spike pit. "Uh oh, it looks like you're quite in the pickle!" Bowser taunted.
"You think you have won… but this is far from over!" Grimm Bowser snarled.
"Yeah yeah, tell it to someone who cares!" Bowser said, stomping on Grimm Bowser's hand, forcing him to let go as he fell toward the spike pit, only for Grimm Bowser to disappear into darkness before he was impaled by the spikes.
End BGM
"Dammit, didn't know he could do that." He growled before smirking. "At least I'm not a coward! I would've taken those spikes like a man! THAT MAKES ME SUPERIOR TO YOU!" He let out a roar of victory as he walked back inside and saw everyone walking in.
"Aw man, we missed it?" Yang pouted.
"He's still alive, you'll catch the encore of it." Bowser said.
BB-8 suddenly started chirping in excitement, scanning the area. "What's up, little guy?" Summer asked.
BB-8 turned around and rolled off. "Hey, wait up!" Ibuki went after him as the rest followed.
BB-8 rolled down the stairs and into the cells, scanning the area until he got to the final cell. He turned his head and let out several excited chirps.
"What, did we find a prisoner? Who is it?" Ibuki asked.
"BB-8…?" A familiar voice weakly spoke. Ibuki's eyes widened, immediately recognizing who it was as she quickly got to the cell and saw Chiaki hanging on the wall.
"CHIAKI-CHAN!" Ibuki yelled.
"Ibuki…" Chiaki weakly said, forcing a smile. "You… you came…" She said as everyone else came along. "All of you…"
"Chiaki!" Weiss exclaimed, then spotted the weapons aimed at her. Her eyes widened. "No…" She growled. "She's gonna pay for this!"
"Don't worry, I'll bust you out of there!" Bowser said. "Like those arrows and harpoons will pierce through THIS body!" He pried open the bars like they were nothing.
"Ah ah ah ah! I wouldn't do that if I were you!" A voice said as a monitor appeared near Chiaki, which featured Dimentio on the other side. "Go ahead and try to save her. This room is rigged to where if you make one wrong step, your cheerleader will be turned into a pincushion~"
Nyx growled. "Trip wires…"
"Got it in one, trapper! Do you dare make your way through and put her out of her misery or will you leave her here to rot?"
Ibuki clenched her fists. "Step aside, Bowser-chan… Ibuki's going in."
"What?! Nuh-uh, no way, metal head!" Bowser said. "I've got more armor on me while you-"
"Ibuki failed to save Chiaki-chan… not just her, but all of her classmates. We were forced to watch her get executed in front of her eyes. We were glued to the screens… unable to move. Seeing all those arrows and harpoons aimed at Chiaki-chan is reminding her of Junko-chan's death maze."
"Are you suggesting you're gonna go in there by yourself?"
"Yes. It has to be Ibuki." Ibuki said. "How else is she gonna redeem herself from not saving her the first time?"
"Hmm… that's quite noble of you." Kamek said. "However, if I may…" He waved his wand directly at her and fired magic into her as Rosalina did the same. "There, you have yourself a protective aura around you should you walk into a tripwire that causes countermeasures to kill Chiaki's savior."
"Thanks, Kamek-chan." Ibuki looked into the cell. "Chiaki-chan… hang in there. She's comin' for ya." She said and looked at the screen. She gave a simple smile and a wink, giving it a thumbs up and then walked in.
"Oh my my my, it seems as if the ultimate metalhead has stepped into the plate! Let's see how she does!"
Ibuki stared at Chiaki, clenching her fists.
BGM: Doomsday Machine (Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak Academy)
"Chiaki Nanami. Trusted, beloved… your untimely demise will scar your friends for life! Despair will corrupt them to the bone!"
"I'll make it… I won't lose… we won't lose!"
"Heheheh!"
"NOT TO SOMEONE LIKE YOU! They'll come for me… I know in my heart that I will! This is not how I die!"
"This time… Ibuki's actually comin' for ya." Ibuki said as she looked down, spotting the trip wires on the ground as she carefully maneuvered through them.
However, as she kept maneuvering past them, a trip wire magically appeared underneath Ibuki's foot right as she stepped down. Ibuki let out a gasp as a crossbow shot her in the right shoulder. "AGH!" She cried.
"What?! I thought you protected her with your magic!" Yang exclaimed.
"Ahahahaha! You think I wasn't aware of your protection spells? These arrows and harpoons are coated with anti-magic that can counter your pathetic spell!"
"You what?!" Kamek exclaimed in surprise.
"Ibuki, get out of there!" Rosalina yelled.
"No! She can do this… even if it means she steps on bullshit wire traps that pop into thin air!" Ibuki growled.
"Now where's the fun if you traverse through all the tripwires without tripping a single one? I've put invisible ones that show up the moment you step on them! And don't think your eyes will help, punk! I've made it to where your eyes can't detect them!"
Shit! Marnie thought.
"So this is like Minesweeper… tch, who cares… Ibuki's saving her no matter what you throw at her!" Ibuki declared as she kept walking, traversing her way carefully as she stepped on more invisible trip wires, getting peppered by arrows that pierced through her.
"Agh! I can't look!" Luigi said, covering his eyes as Rei and the Captains did the same while Bowser shielded Junior's eyes and Summer did the same with Oran.
"Would you look at that! She's becoming the Ultimate Porcupine!"
"Dimentio, you need to shut the hell up!" Ibuki spat as she got closer to Chiaki.
"Ibuki…" Chiaki teared up.
Blood trickled down Ibuki's mouth. "Just a little farther…" She said as she got within range of freeing her, but she stepped on another invisible tripwire as several crossbows fired at once. Ibuki spread her arms out and took it all, not allowing a single stray arrow to hit Chiaki.
"You… you think you can just try to hit us both… you're dead wrong!" Ibuki said, turning around and barely standing, her vision blurring. She pulled out her guitar and with two heavy swings, she broke Chiaki free as she fell, but Ibuki caught her. "Got ya…"
"Ibuki… you took all those… you're dying!"
"If it means saving you unlike last time… heh, she can spare a life, right?" Ibuki coughed out some blood. She took a step back, stepping on a visible tripwire by accident as a harpoon lunged directly at Chiaki, but Ibuki pushed her down and caught it with her bare hand, despite the harpoon piercing through her hand.
"Spear of Gungnir, Ibuki's ass." She growled, pulling it out and tossing it to the ground.
"Ibuki…" Chiaki immediately went into her screens. "Let me try to heal you-"
"Oops, what does this button do?" Dimentio asked, casually pressing it as holes opened up on the walls and floor. Ibuki's eyes widened and shoved Chiaki out of the way as several spears pierced into her, suspending her in air.
End BGM
Chiaki's eyes widened. She recognized those… they were the same ones that finished her off in that hellish maze Junko put her through. Tears swelled in her eyes. "IBUKI!" She screamed.
Junko's voice rang out in Ibuki's head. "Congratulations! Welcome to the fold! Now you'll be exactly like moi! Doesn't losing someone you love break your heart? Suck on that despair! Sit back and let the ecstasy wash over you! Once you've had a taste, you're hooked! You'll want to bask in it every second of your lives! Nothing will do but see the whole world burn with the same feeling! Say adieu to your late cheerleader… and hello to the incomparably world of despair. Thank you for playing! I look forward to working with you."
The spears retracted, where Ibuki fell to the ground but Rosalina teleported Ibuki and Chiaki out of there as Kamek swiftly fired magic to get the arrows out of her back.
Another monitor popped up from the ground. "Bravo! BraVO! You rescued your friend, but at the same time, you lost a friend! I say that's a fair trade, don't you think~?"
"You're wrong…" Chiaki said, reaching into Ibuki's pocket and pulled out a 1-Up, shoving it into her mouth.
"Blah!" Ibuki sat up. "Ugh…" She rubbed her head. "Oi, Ibuki's gonna stay away from acupuncture for a while…"
"Oh, that's right… I forgot you snagged some 1-Ups along the way. But who cares honestly? I just love watching you see get tormented by-"
BB-8 let out some angry beeps, pulling out his taser and shoving it into the monitor, causing it to explode. BB-8 turned around and rolled toward the two.
BGM: Friends In My Heart (Kingdom Hearts II)
Rosalina knelt down next to Ibuki. "How are you feeling?"
"Oh, she's been through worse…" Ibuki rubbed her head as Rosalina hugged her tight. "Oh!" She smiled and hugged her back.
"Ibuki… I… thank you…" Chiaki hugged her as Ibuki hugged her back.
"It's okay, we got ya. We're here for ya." Ibuki smiled, rubbing her back as Chiaki sobbed into her shoulders. "...Are you crying over the torture you had or is grateful tears?"
"I… I don't know… a mixture of both, perhaps…"
"There there, we got you." Ibuki smiled, standing up as Chiaki parted the hug and rubbed her eyes as Aerith, Kamek and Rosalina went to heal her up, where BB-8 rolled over to her as Chiaki smiled and hugged him.
"Geez… Grimm Peach did a number on your clothing…" Bowsette said.
"Unfortunately… I suppose I'll have to look for something new." Chiaki mumbled. "...Wait a second, where's Ruby?"
"Grimm Ruby kidnapped her." Pit said. "Her and Pittoo."
"Pittoo's gone too?!" Chiaki said with her eyes widening. "Mmph…" Chiaki stood up. "Well, let's go get them then!"
"By the way, Chiaki!" Caboose walked over. "You dropped this." He handed over Mjolnir to her.
"WHA?!" Weiss yelled in surprise as everyone else looked at him in shock.
"Te lo dije." (Told you.)
"What the-... how…? But… OH COME ON!" Ibuki yelled. "You mean to tell Ibuki that her shenanigans couldn't cut it yet Caboose-chan's shenanigans could?! Oh, that's bull!"
"I.. may have loosened it for you." Shovel Knight mumbled.
"H-HOW THE HELL?!" Daisy yelled.
Byleth rubbed her head. "Caboose, you continue to confuse and fascinate me." She said.
"I call bullshit… we held it first by a technicality!"
Now now, let's just let Caboose have his moment.
"Um… thank you." Chiaki said, taking it for herself as Luigi handed her the shield as well. She took a deep breath and exhaled. "Alright, game on. Let's go."
End BGM
"Just one question, Chiaki." Sarge spoke up. "Are you okay?"
"Am I okay?" Chiaki frowned. "No. I'm livid."
Meanwhile…
"Uuungh…" Ruby groaned. "Where am I…?"
"Oh hey, you're finally awake!" A voice said as Ruby tensed up, seeing Grimm Ruby approach her.
"YOU." She glared as she tried to move, but found herself chained up on the wall. "What…?"
"You actually thought I'd let you wake up unchained? How adorable." Grimm Ruby smirked. "Now then, let's resume where we left off, shall we?"
"Try as you might, but I've grown stronger over the months." Ruby told her. "You think I'll fold over just like that compared to last time?"
"Oho! You've gotten stronger, eh? Well, I'll let you in on a little secret. I'm ten times stronger. Who do you think made this Grimm World? Did you seriously think I'd be a bump on the log after mother cut off my limbs? Ha! In your dreams."
Ruby scowled. "You won't tear me down… I know for a fact that everyone will come for me! No matter what you throw at me, I'll prevail!"
"She's right." A voice said as Grimm Ruby turned to see Dark Pit who was chained on the opposite wall. "She's gotten a lot stronger, but what I want to know is why the hell you chained me up!"
"Simple, honestly. Once I finally dispose of the fake and I turn away everyone, it'll just be you and me, my love."
"Your love? You're STILL madly in love with me? Tch… wow…"
"I'll make you reciprocate my feelings one way or another. After all, if she and that dumb angel can be together, then why not us~?"
"I'd rather play Red Rover with a train than being in a one sided relationship with you, you bitch!"
"Hmhmhmhm~ Just sit tight, my darling. This will only take a moment." She said as she pulled something out of her pocket. "Now, because I'm a Grimm, I'm susceptible to your little light show with your eyes. However, I gained an immunity to it. That said… you can still blind me with those insufferable lights. So with that in mind-"
"What are you… don't you DARE! DON'T YOU DARE PUT THAT ON ME!" Ruby yelled and then a blindfold went over her eyes. "Rrrgh! I've a word for you!"
"Save it for later. Now open wide." Grimm Ruby forced her mouth open and dumped Grimm liquid into her mouth, forcing her to swallow it.
"Nnngh! Agh!" Ruby coughed. "What the… what did you put in my mouth…?!"
"Oh, nothing too crazy, just some simple Grimm liquid that has some effects that should kick in at any-" Her aura shattered instantly. "-Moment~"
"Nnngh! My aura… what did you do…?!"
"Please, it's a lot more fun to torture you without that aura you rely on so much." Grimm Ruby smirked devilishly, her claws extended. "Now… scream for me!"
Ibuki: Phew! Saved Chiaki-chan but Ibuki's gonna forgo acupuncture for a while.
I don't blame ya.