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BGM: The Dark Realm (Super Smash Bros Ultimate)
"Wait, are you serious?" Chiaki asked.
"Of course!" Gloria smiled. "I always have a lot of clothing in my bag, so ye could look inside to wear something temporarily until we get some new clothes for ye once this is over."
"Ibuki'll try to save the hoodie. That's way too iconic for ya!" Ibuki said.
"Alright." Chiaki smiled as she looked into the bag. "Let's see here…"
"Ye might want to dig through some stuff… it's a mess in there."
"Not a problem! Oh! This might be an issue for me…" She said as she pulled out Gloria's Rotom Bike and then went back to looking.
"What the…?" Lea wondered as he looked at the bike, then looked back at Gloria's bag as everyone else aside from Ibuki, Marnie, Piers and Umber looked at him in confusion.
"What's wrong?"
"How the hell did you get that in your bag?"
"What, you guys don't?" Umber chuckled. "I remember stuffing my bike from Kanto in my bag all the time. Are you guys suggesting you guys don't stuff bikes in your bags?"
"No, because it's impossible!" Yang said.
"Not with that attitude!" Umber snickered, as they watched Chiaki throw stuff out of the bag as she was digging through it. Falinks, Cramorant, Sandaconda, Dragapult, recipe books, a large pot for cooking food, a tent, sleeping bag, several hundred potions, revives, berries that somehow didn't rot…
"Wait a second, is that my video player?" Marnie asked as she picked it up. "So that's where it went! How the hell did it get stuck in your bag?"
"Ye let me borrow it, remember? I've been meaning to return it to ye but I got caught up in… everything." Gloria rubbed her head sheepishly.
"Ooooh, that's right… you and your mum wanted to watch a movie but that streaming service was doing maintenance…" Marnie mused.
"What was the movie?" Umber asked.
"Nightmare in Lavender Town."
Umber stiffened, paling at the thought. "The one where Sabrina played that horror villain?! Uuuugh, why did I let Guzma pick that for movie night… and why did I let him tie me up with rope so I couldn't get away…"
Xena raised an eyebrow. "Why did he hogtie you?"
"Because, in his mind, it was to get me to face my fears against the horror genre… it made it ten times worse!" Umber shuddered.
"Um… I'm a ghost and you're not really afraid of me, right?" Rei asked.
"No, because you're a nice friendly ghost like Summer." Umber said and then shifted his eyes to Captain Boo. "That said, I'm wary around Captain Boo."
"Hey! That was one time!"
"...You pranked him, didn't you?" Captain Shy Guy asked.
"Yes… I didn't think he was so faint hearted. Like, I thought he had his fears conquered after that Chimera thing in space!"
"I wish…" Umber sighed and then noticed something. "Uh… Gloria?"
"Yeah?" Umber pointed to Chiaki who was literally ankle deep in Gloria's bag.
"I found some clothing! …Though I think I need some assistance!"
Gloria sweatdropped. "Huh, I didn't think our bags were capable of storing bodies…"
"The perfect crime." Umber snickered.
"Ah, hammerspace… how we adore thee." Ibuki giggled as Marnie and Piers pulled Chiaki out of the bag, along with a mountain of clothing that she pulled out.
"Alright, let's see what we can find in here." Chiaki said as she looked over at the guys. "Um… if you don't mind…"
"Oh!" Tai turned around as did the others while the girls pitched in to help Chiaki out, even BB-8 chipped in to help.
Some clothing styles later…
"Alright, I think we got it!" Dorothea said as Rosalina conjured up a cosmic mirror for Chiaki to look at, who was now wearing a Luxury Holiday Loose Top with a Black Hoodie covering it, and also wearing blue denim trousers and Navy Casual Trainers.
"Hmm, not bad!" Chiaki said, doing a pose. "Yeah, I like this!" She said as BB-8 happily gave her a thumbs up.
"Alright… now to… figure out how to get everything back in there." Summer rubbed her head.
"I got it!" Gloria proceeded to shove everything back in there with hardly any difficulty doing so. "There we go!"
"She just shoved that cauldron and bike in there like it was nothing!" Nora exclaimed.
Are we sure she's human? Byleth and Raven thought in unison.
"Alriiiight! We'll fix up your old hoodie when we're done beating the crap out of Grimm Ruby!" Ibuki said.
"Yeah." Chiaki smiled as the men turned around.
"Wow, you look cute in that!" Junior complimented.
Chiaki blushed. "Thank you… now come on, let's get going. Ruby and Dark Pit aren't going to be saving themselves!" She said as they turned around and walked out of the dungeon where they found a Warp Box as they went inside.
World Grimm 2-1: Sky is Not the Limit
Everyone popped out of the Warp Box, finding themselves high above the clouds. "Okay, we're in the clouds now…" Aerith said. "I guess we're in cloud land."
"Oh no… NO NO NO NO NO NO NO!" Pit yelled, his hands over his head.
"Pit, what's wrong?" Summer asked.
"I'D RATHER NOT RELIVE THIS!" Pit yelled, as they would see that they were actually in Skyworld, but it was in ruins.
BGM: Destroyed Skyworld (Super Smash Bros for Wii U)
"Oh… this was when we were trying to save Palutena from the Chaos Kin…" Pyrrha said.
"That's picking old wounds…" Ren said.
Pit clenched his fists, closing his eyes and tried to block the memories out. It was heartbreaking for him enough when he had to fight Palutena, then watch as his girlfriend got her soul taken away by the Chaos Kin… but having to relive those painful memories? It was enough to nearly make him cry.
Summer put a gentle hand on Pit's shoulder. "We'll get you through this." She said with a soft smile.
"Y-yeah… of course." Pit nodded as he felt a tug on his toga as he looked down to see Oran giving him a smile and a confident "We'll get through this together!" look in his eyes as he turned to see WBY and JNPR nodding with smiles on their faces.
"Grimm Ruby will stop at nothing to demoralize us. We have to stay strong no matter what." Weiss said and put her hand on his shoulders. "We'll get through this part!"
"Hahahahaha! I thought I detected intruders here!" A voice laughed.
Pit grimaced. "...Please tell me that's not who I think it is."
"That's definitely a Grimm version of Palutena…" Yang grimaced.
"Firing main weapons!"
"Main weapons?" Chiaki asked with concern in her voice as they saw Grimm Palutena's temple opening up and aiming cannons and railguns at them.
"IS THAT A RAILGUN?!" Nyx yelled.
"FIRE!"
"Move! MOVE! ON THE DOUBLE!" Bowser yelled as they started to move as the ground exploded behind them.
"Talk about a welcoming committee!" Bowsette said as they ran through the ground where they were greeted by Grimm Centurions and Grimm Centurion Strongarms.
"Out of our way!" Yang exclaimed as they lunged ahead and proceeded to fight them off as Laxus shot down the Centurions easily while Bowser and Isa took out the Strongarms with Nora batting one away into the abyss.
"Hmm, the front lines were useless. I'll just have to add more defenses!"
"Can we fly over to them?" Ven asked.
"We can certainly try." Maia said as she lifted herself off the ground with her wind as Raven, Cinder, Rei, Kamek and Rosalina flew up with her and flew directly to the temple.
"Now where do you think you're going? Firing anti-air missiles!"
"Anti-air?!" Kamek said. "Fall back!"
"Relax, we're not flying aircraft!" Cinder said as missiles shot out at them, where they would dodge… however the missiles opened up and electrical nets shot out, striking Maia.
"Aaaagh!" She cried.
"Maia!" Raven exclaimed as Rosalina pushed Raven out of the way as she got hit with one.
"Rrrgh!" Rosalina winced.
"That should paralyze you. Now, let the Railgun of Darkness finish you off!"
"Not happening!" Kamek waved his wand and teleported them all to safety as Laxus and Nora removed the nets off of Maia and Rosalina.
"Mmph… flying's a no go." Maia said, shaking it off.
"Then I guess we'll have to go on foot." Cloud said as they hopped down platforms and ran inside one of the buildings, where they were greeted by Grimm Centurion Knights and Grimm Juggernauts, the latter firing explosives at them.
"Two can play that game!" General Guy unleashed Bullet Bills at the Juggernauts while the rest dealt with the Knights.
"Well well, what do we have here? It's the goody two shoes angel himself."
"Not listening…"
"What's wrong? You seem to be on edge because you're revisiting a decimated Skyworld. Can't handle a little nostalgia?"
"Blocking you out, blocking you out…"
"Why are you ignoring me? I thought we used to be friends!"
"I know what you're trying to do! You're trying to get underneath my skin, but it's not going to work!"
"You say one thing, yet your tone says another. Hmhmhmhmhm~"
"Don't listen to her, Pit. She's trying to get into your head!" Chiaki said, firing her Super Scope at a Centurion to stun him and then Mario and Luigi hammered it to the ground.
"Yeah, I've noticed!"
"You can't save your girlfriend… just like how you couldn't save your girlfriend the moment her soul was ripped from her body."
"Oh, that is just cold." Weiss said.
"Mmmph…" Pit stiffened. "So what! We got her soul back from the Chaos Kin!"
"Yes, but your first attempt ended in failure. You had to rely on Dark Pit and the Lightning Chariot to give you a boost. How can you call yourself the protector of Skyworld if you couldn't save Ruby's soul from entering the Chaos Realm?"
"Alright, that's enough!" Pit growled. "You think you can just demoralize me because I failed to snag Ruby's soul from the Chaos Kin on my first attempt? You may just be a Grimm copy of Lady Palutena, but you know NOTHING about how my love for her got stronger when we went into the Chaos Vortex!"
"Aww, look at the cute angel sticking up for himself. How adorable. How about you cool off in the hot spring?" A hot spring opened up in front of them as Pit's eyes widened. "It's your weakness, correct?"
"I… I… um…"
In a split second, Summer pushed Pit away from the hot spring. "Yeah right, it may seem like an ordinary hot spring, but I know a fake when I see one… especially when it's just Grimm Liquid colored gold!"
"My, you're a tough one to crack… but tell me Pit, can you resist the temptation of Floor Ice Cream?"
"...Oh no." Blake grimaced as Floor Ice Cream appeared in front of Pit's eyes.
"Mmph!" Pit stiffened.
"Resist as you may, you will break easily. Which is why I'm bringing TWO Floor Ice Creams!" She said, as another appeared. "How about a third? Fourth? How about five hundred? How about a forty foot tall jumbo sized Nevermelt Floor Ice Cream?"
"Oooooh geez…" Pit said, sweating like crazy as they looked at the lifetime supply of ice cream in front of them, including said forty foot tall ice cream.
"That's not fair!" Junior said. "I want some of that too!"
"There's something off about this ice cream…" Roman said.
BB-8 let out some chirps.
"Well, of course it's a trap… and I don't want to know what's in those ice cream cones." Chiaki said.
"Come on, Pit-chan, you can resist!"
"Must… resist… ice cream…!"
"Oh what the heck, I'll throw in a chocolate cone too."
"Summer… please, get me away from this… I don't think I can do this on my own…"
"Right." Summer helped him away from the ice cream heaven that was in front of him, with WBY helping him out.
"You chose poorly!"
At that moment, spider legs shot out of the cones and started scurrying toward the group. "What the… GRIMM ICE CREAM?!" Yang yelled.
"It was such a shame too. I was hoping to convert Pit into becoming a Grimm by having him give into his ice cream addiction. Guess I'll just have to force feed him."
"YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING ME!" Pit yelled as the spider-like Floor Ice Cream charged at the group, but the pyromancers proceeded to burn them up easily while Carmen threw down a large meteor with Rosalina and Red to destroy the larger ice cream.
"Evil ice cream, now I've seen everything!" Luigi sweatdropped.
"That's right, I forgot you have an addiction to floor ice cream." Cloud said.
"It's not my fault it gives you health!" Pit blushed.
"...How does eating off the floor make it healthi-... you know what, it's better not to ask." Marnie said as they went through more doors and destroyed the Grimm Centurions.
End BGM
Once they reached the final door, they stepped outside into the courtyard where Grimm Palutena walked ahead. Her hair was completely white, her eyes were dark red, her gown was black and the accessories on her gown were skulls. Her staff was made out of bone.
"Welcome to your eternal hell." She smirked as she raised her staff up in the air to call upon more Grimm Centurions to block their way, but Pit, WBY, JNPR and Summer and Tai managed to squeeze their way through.
"Don't even think about it!" Yang said.
Grimm Palutena smirked. "So, you have the audacity to fight me?"
"No… we're going to take you down and get Ruby out of here!" Pit declared.
"Oh, is that right? Then go ahead and try to take me down… I should warn you though-" Her staff started to glow. "i'M GOING TO MASSACRE YOU ALL!"
BGM: Boss Battle 2 (Kid Icarus: Uprising)
Goddess of Grimm - Grimm Palutena
Pit split apart his bow and rushed toward Grimm Palutena, slashing her but she blocked with her staff. Yang and Tai flanked her as they both unleashed a draconic uppercut but Palutena teleported away, however Nora zipped toward her and swung her hammer into her gut, knocking her away.
Pit fired arrows at Grimm Palutena, but she pulled up a shield to block them, while Weiss and Blake came up from behind and slashed her from behind, the latter aiming Gambol Shroud right after and fired Wave Beams into her. Grimm Palutena turned around and fired lasers at them, forcing them to dodge.
Summer jumped in, summoning a spear as she thrusted into Grimm Palutena, but she blocked with her staff, the latter smirking but Summer sweep kicked her and then spun her spear and then whacked her in the head as Summer then switched to a double bladed axe and swung it into her.
Jaune raised his sword up in the air, water circling around him as he unleashed a torrent of water where Nora added electricity into the water as it electrocuted Grimm Palutena. She responded by tapping her staff on the ground as darkness surrounded the two of them underneath their feet. The two of them looked down and rolled out of the way as pillars of darkness shot into the air, then Ren lunged ahead and kicked Grimm Palutena while also firing arrows into her.
"Feel my wrath!" Grimm Palutena said, tapping her staff on the ground as a black hole opened up in the middle of the arena and fired lasers, but Weiss had put up a reflective ice wall where it reflected back and struck Grimm Palutena as Pit switched to Tiger Claws and slashed her as Pyrrha joined him, swinging her blades around majestically before snapping her fingers as a pillar of fire rose from the ground and struck the Grimmified goddess.
Pit lunged at Grimm Palutena, slashing at her, but Grimm Palutena raised her staff to block it. "Can you save her? Can you truly save her?" She smirked, kneeing Pit in the gut. "Quite frankly, I'd say you're worthless!"
"Shut up!" Pit yelled, switching to the Ore Club and swinging it to produce tornadoes but Grimm Palutena teleported out of the way and fired a laser behind Pit to knock him down, then Yang jumped in and slugged her in the cheek as Summer rushed in and swung her axe into Grimm Palutena's chest, then Weiss switched to Eiskönigin and swung it down into Grimm Palutena's left shoulder.
"Pit, I've got an idea." Nora said.
"Yeah?"
"Switch to one of your Arms!"
"Ooookay…" Pit summoned the Drill Arm.
"Now tuck in your shoulders and knees!"
"Oka- wait, what are you doing?"
"FOOOOOORE!" Nora swung her hammer and using her Thunder Hand, she converted her electricity into Pit and he went flying into Grimm Palutena, drilling right through her body.
"Rrrrgh!" Grimm Palutena fell on both knees.
End BGM
"Woo! That was awesome!" Nora smiled. "...You alive back there?"
Pit had his hands on his knees, wincing. "Nora… sometimes I wonder if your antics will kill one of us one day…"
"Naaah, I'm not that reckless."
Pit shook it off as he walked over to the Grimm Goddess, summoning a Flintlock Staff and aiming it at Grimm Palutena's head. "Can you do it?" Grimm Palutena looked at him. "Can you actually kill me when I look exactly like your goddess? After everything I've done for you?"
Pit gritted his teeth, ready to pull the trigger to finish her off. "You're an abomination." He said, when suddenly an arrow pierced his shoulder. "Argh!" He yelped as suddenly a Grimm came running in and kicked Pit away.
"Hands off my goddess."
"What?!" Yang yelled as they would see a Grimm version of Pit, having black wings, his laurel had thorns on them, his toga was red, bones was sticking out of his chest and his sandals were black as well.
"A Grimm Pit?!" Blake exclaimed.
"Hahahaha… you may have bested me… but you don't have it in you to kill me, because I look exactly like your goddess! You're weak!" Grimm Palutena wrapped herself and Girmm Pit in darkness. "Untill we meet again!" She said and disappeared, as the Grimm Centurions disappeared as well.
Pit clenched his fists. "I'm not weak… am I…?"
"No, you're not. You're one of the strongest people we know that's part of Palutena's army." Tai said. "Unfortunately, she just got into your head."
"Yeah… I'm well aware of that…" Pit mumbled as everyone else walked over to them.
"I guess we'll be dealing with those two again someday?" Epsilon asked.
"Yeah, pretty much…" Summer nodded.
Pit sighed. "I never thought I'd relieve this agai-" Ice Cream was given to him as Pit looked up to see Chiaki handing it to him, giving him an encouraging smile.
"Cheer up. I'm sure we can take her down together." Chiaki said.
"...You can summon video game food?" Pit blinked.
"Yeah, mostly to regain my energy back… but honestly, I think you need this." She said as Pit took it.
"Thanks…" He said as he took a bite. "...Oh my. That rich creamy texture, the soft vanilla flavoring… holy cow, it's definitely floor ice cream: video game edition!" He happily ate it to its hearts content.
"You're welcome!" Chiaki cheerfully smiled.
"Eating ice cream off the ground doesn't seem very healthy…" Laxus said.
"He's a buzzard." Cloud said.
"I'm not a buzzard!" Pit defended as he finished and then he slapped his cheeks. "Alright! Back in the game! I'm not gonna let that Grimm demoralize me!"
"Wow, he perked up quick. Impressive!" Umber said as they would see a Warp Box appearing as they hopped inside.
World Grimm 2-2: Hula Dancing
BGM: Distortion World (Pokemon Platinum)
After they hopped out, Umber looked around. "Wait a second… we're in Alola now?" He asked as they looked around, seeing destroyed buildings, Beowolves hula dancing near some P'Au styled Grimm Oricorio, the ocean was pitch black and Grimm Wingull flew through the air.
"Great, now we gotta deal with Grimm Pokemon… fan-fockin-tastic…" Gloria mumbled under her breath while Oran looked extremely uneasy around the Grimm Pokemon.
BB-8 let out several chirps.
"You're picking up on a portal?" Ibuki asked as BB-8 brought up the map of the area, where they would see portal activity going on at one of the islands.
"That's Poni Island!" Umber said. "If I had to guess, then the portal is where we need to go to get the heck out of here. Unfortunately, we're at Melemele, so it's gonna take a while to get there."
"Not if we Mantine surf." Marnie said.
"Yeeeeah, I'm not sure if that's an option." Xena said. "Besides, even if we find a Grimm version of a Mantime, we're pretty sure it'll steer us into rocks."
"Well, we gotta think of something…" Tifa said as Yuffie turned her head and spotted a yacht nearby.
"Oooh, we can take that to Poni Island!" She said. "And look, there's some Mantine Jet Skis near it!"
Umber, Xena and Marnie looked at each other. "We'll take the jet skis!" Xena said.
"And we'll provide support." Barret said as they ran toward the beach, where they would get onto the yacht and would find a Grimm Kukui just chilling at the bow of the Yacht.
"Hey Kukui, we're stealing your yacht and your jet skis!" Umber called out.
"That's cool, cousin. Just don't wreck- hey, WAIT a moment!" He said, but Tifa picked him up and threw him toward the beach. "Ooof!"
"Oh, where's the ignition… ah, here it is!" Chiaki said.
"Do you know how to drive this thing?" Ibuki asked.
"Well, I've driven a few boats in GTA V, how hard can it be?" Chiaki chuckled, as the Yacht started up.
Grimm Kukui got back up and ran at the yacht, but it backed up into him and crushed him. "Whoops, that was reverse, my bad!" Chiaki sweatdropped as she put it into gear and headed off, leaving a flattened Kukui behind.
"Ow…"
Pause BGM
BGM: Battle! Team Aqua/Magma Leader (Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire)
"Let's rock." Marnie said as the three of them flew side by side with the yacht. As they were going, the waves started to pick up while Grimm Sharpedo tailed after them, while a Grimm Wailord got in their way, forcing them to go around the gigantic Grimm.
"BB-8, pull up a map!" Chiaki requested as BB-8 did so. "Okay, we're on our way to Akala… but what's stopping us from going around the islands?"
"You want to go the whole way?" Sarge asked.
"It wouldn't make sense if we had a little pit stop at Akala, same with Ula'Ula." Chiaki explained.
"Well, you're the one manning the boat!" Grif said.
Chiaki turned the ship as it moved away from Akala. "Huh?" Xena wondered.
"It looks like we're taking a detour!" Marnie said as they followed the ship as Umber pulled up next to the yacht.
"Hey, what's going on?"
"Chiaki-chan decided to take a detour. We're not making pit stops to the other islands, we're heading straight for Poni Island!"
"That's good enough for me!" Umber said as he pulled back. "We're going around the islands. We're heading straight for Poni Island."
"Alright, let's move!" Xena said as they pulled up ahead as the waves got bigger that threatened to capsize them, but Chiaki rode with the waves until there was an opening where she could safely go through.
"Would you like some assistance?" Rosalina asked.
"I wouldn't mind… considering it's trying to push me into Akala!"
"Then allow me." Rosalina said, walking toward the bow of the ship and parted the waves that tried to strike the yacht. However, as they kept going, it started to rain and a gigantic whirlpool appeared in front of them as a Grimm Lugia shot out of the water.
"Shadow Lugia?!" Chiaki yelled in surprise.
"No, that's a Grimm Lugia!" Ibuki exclaimed as Chiaki quickly turned, narrowly avoiding an Aeroblast, and then a Grimm Kyogre breached out of the water.
"Well, shit…" Umber paled.
"This is gonna be brutal!" Marnie grimaced.
"Ibuki, take control!" Chiaki requested as they switched, then Chaiki quickly looked through her screens. "Come on… come on… ah!" She summoned four Invincibility Stars as she threw three of them at Umber, Xena and Marnie to protect them, then she went down into the living quarters. "Come on, where do I find the engine in here…" She wondered, noticing Caboose reading a magazine that had "Grimm Weekly" on the front page.
"These Grimm look funny while wearing funny bathing suits." Caboose said.
I don't wanna know, I don't wanna know… Chiaki thought as she looked through the ship. "Come on, where's the engine… it's gotta be here somewhere!"
BB-8 rolled his way down and chirped, catching Chiaki's attention as he pointed her to the right direction. "Thanks!" She ran ahead, while also noticing Tucker and Donut playing billiards. "...Really? Pool at a time like this?"
"What? We were curious what it was like to play pool in a maelstrom such as this!" Donut said.
Chiaki groaned. "Now's not the time!" She said as she scrambled to get to the engine, and then when she got to it, she threw it at the engine right as Grimm Lugia used Aeroblast and Grimm Kyogre used Origin Pulse, both of them striking the ship.
…But when the smoke cleared, the yacht, now glowing rainbows and gaining a lot more speed, sailed on with Ibuki breathing a sigh of relief as Chiaki came back up with Luigi catching his breath.
"Hooo, that was way too close for comfort!" Luigi said as they made it to Poni Island, all of them hopping off.
End BGM
Resume Distortion World BGM
"We're almost there!" Umber said as they ran through Poni Island, where several Alolan Grimm Exeggutor tried to whack them with their heads, but Rosalina held them in place as they kept going, soon going into a cave where a Grimm Kommo-o got in their way and roared at them, only to get destroyed when Weiss and Gloria in her Latias form took care of it, then they reached the altar where they ran up the stairs.
"Hah… hah… WHY STAIRS?!" Grif yelled as they soon made it to the top, finding an Ultra Wormhole in front of them.
"That's probably our ticket out of this place." Summer said, when suddenly they heard a high pitched cry as a Grimm Lunala flew down in front of them, and then they heard a roar as a Grimm Solgaleo dropped down from the cliff, and was joined by a Grimm Necrozma.
"Oh joy… the ultimate trinity." Umber grimaced as Neo walked up to the three Legendary Grimm.
"Neo, what are you doing?" Roman asked as Neo turned her head and winked at them and then turned back to the Pokemon. She simply popped out her umbrella as the Grimm Solgaleo charged up Sunsteel Strike, Grimm Lunala charging up Moongeist Beam and Grimm Necrozma charged up Prismatic Laser, all of them firing at once as Neo pointed her umbrella to shield them, and then everyone shattered in front of their eyes.
The Grimm looked at this in confusion as the Solgaleo turned its head to see Umber flipping them off with a smirk before being the last one to hop into the Ultra Wormhole.
End BGM
World Grimm 2-3: Grumbles in the Air
Umber hopped out of the Wormhole, where it closed behind him. "Suckers." He said as he turned around to see Neo on her knees, her aura flashing a bit as Marnie, Roman and Luigi were by her side. "...Neo? You okay?"
Neo silently panted, exhaustively looking at Umber. ["If I use my semblance to create illusions with a lot of people, it tuckers me out a bit…"]
"Ooooh… didn't know that had a limit." Umber said.
"Well, considering the amount of decoys that she has to put up for her illusion, it probably does a number on her." Roman said.
"Yeah, I get that. It's the same way with my semblance." Nyx said as Lea and Xion offered her a Megalixer to perk her back up.
Bowser looked around. "Hmm… it seems that we're at Grumble Volcano." He said, noticing that they were surrounded by a lava lake and they were at the rim of the volcano.
"Oh great, so we're at the rim and there's no safe way to get to the track over there." Bowsette said.
"...I have a feeling we might be at a miniboss." Chiaki said.
"Who exactly are we fighting then?" Yang asked as they heard footsteps, where they all turned to see a Grimm approaching, which was none other than a Grimm Kazuya approaching.
"...That's considered a miniboss?" Pit whimpered.
"Pah, he doesn't look so tough!" Bowser said.
"Yeah, uh… he managed to nearly wipe us all out." Gloria said.
Bowser turned to her in surprise. "He what?"
"Sounds like a tough opponent." Bowsette squared up.
Laxus's body crackled with electricity. "It seems we can go a few rounds." He said as they got ready to fight, but then suddenly, a laser got between them.
"Let me handle this." A voice said as suddenly, Kazuya landed between the group.
BGM: Moonlit Wilderness (Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection)
"Wha- where'd you come from?!" Weiss said as Byleth glared at Kazuya, gritting her teeth in anger.
Kazuya said nothing, squaring up as his Grimm counterpart smirked, getting in his stance.
Even More Devilish - Grimm Kazuya
Kazuya and his Grimm counterpart charged at each other, both of them swinging their fists, but Kazuya had ducked and slugged him in the gut and then delivered a ten hit combo, finishing it with an uppercut as he flew up and then unleashed a Demon Scissors attack to send him crashing into the ground.
Grimm Kazuya rolled his shoulders right after as he fired a Devil Blaster at him where Kazuya did the same, both blasters hitting each other and exploding as both of them lunged into the smoke as Grimm Kazuya hit him with a left and right hook combo, then Kazuya grabbed him and did a Steel Pedal Drop.
Kazuya would then go for a Lion Slayer, striking the Grimm in the chest as the Grimm responded by firing a point blank Devil Blaster, knocking Kazuya back as he got up and unleashed a Glorious Demon God Fist, but Kazuya easily caught it and then headbutted him, making him back up with a grunt as Kazuya then did a Demon God Fist to crumple him and then did a Twin Pistons attack to knock him into the air.
Grimm Kazuya recovered as he ran ahead and did a Leaping Sidekick, but Kazuya stepped to the side and did a Devil Twister, jumping up after him and used Searing Edge, before grabbing him and unleashed Heaven's Door. "Pitiful. You might be my doppelganger, yet I know what you can do!" He said.
His Grimm counterpart responded by going into its devil mode as Kazuya did the same, both of them attacking each other in the air but Kazuya gained the upper hand as he slammed him into the ground, and then grabbed both of his wings to rip them off effortlessly, then he proceeded to rip out his devil eye and crushed it by clenching his fist.
With a smirk, Kazuya picked up Grimm Kazuya and walked to the edge of the volcano. The Grimm attempted to get off, but to no avail as Kazuya simply tossed him into the volcano and watched his Grimm counterpart regrowing his wings… however it was too late as when he flipped around to try and save himself, the momentum caused him to fall into the lava, burning him alive until he evaporated.
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"This Grimm World… you are in it for a good reason, are you not?"
"Yeah, Ruby has been captured by this world's creator and we're trying to save her." Bowsette said.
"Ruby… who is she again?"
"Oh, don't you play dumb with us!" Byleth suddenly said as she approached him rather angrily. "You know exactly who she is! You were about to dump her off that cliff!"
"Ah, the red cheerleader. You seem to be quite protective of her."
"That's because she's my baby sister!" Byleth glared. "And you have the audacity to show your face around us again? You have some nerve…" She said, slowly reaching for her sword.
"If you think killing me will bring you peace when you're trying to find her, that's quite laughable."
"Listen, buddy-"
"Whoa whoa whoa!" Chiaki got between the two. "Let's not get too wild here." She said and turned to Kazuya. "I'm imagining you're here because your city is overrun by Grimm, yes?"
"Correct. I'm here to put an end to this world's creator."
"Yeah, well, get in line!" Yang said.
"I care not for Salem, yet this creator has captured your sister." Kazuya said. "Once we kill the creator, I'm going back to my city."
"Then I guess we're on the same side here." Chiaki said. "...And I must add, if you're here, then he's close by. Isn't that right… Akuma?"
"Hmph!" A voice said from behind the group as they turned to see Akuma approaching. "Your senses are incredible. I do not know how you knew I was close by, but it is commendable." He said, not caring about Yang glaring at him.
"Akuma, before you try to tear off Kazuya's face… I have to ask you. What good will it do to you in this world? Once you enter this world, you can't get out. It's a one way pipe." Chiaki pointed out. "If you kill Kazuya here, there will be no way out."
"Hmph. Do you not think I do not know that? If it means so much to you that we ought to team up to take down a common enemy, then so be it." Akuma glared at Kazuya. "I will warn you, Kazuya. Do not get in my way."
Kazuya smirked. "I could say the same to you." He said.
Chiaki sighed. Can't believe I just talked them into joining us…
Kazuya turned around, seeing a Warp Box ahead of them. "Let us go. The more we stand around talking, the more likely Remnant will be no more." He said as he walked into the Warp Box with Akuma right behind him.
"...Did we just get two powerful edgelords on our side, because I think we just got two powerful edgelords on our side." Simmons said.
"Welp, you know what they always say." Sarge pumped his shotgun. "Let's roll."
Byleth growled. I have to team up with HIM? She thought as everyone else walked into the Warp Box.
"You okay?" Summer asked.
"Not really…"
"I don't blame you. I'm upset that he's with us too, especially considering he nearly killed Ruby."
Byleth sighed. "I don't know about you, mom… but I don't trust him."
"Neither do I." Summer agreed as they walked into the Warp Box, not knowing where it would take them.
Ibuki: Aw yeah! Two powerful peeps have joined us!
It's gonna be awkward around Kazuya and Byleth though, that's for sure.