AN: As noted, this is the start of the hero team, the X-Squad.


"Well, it all started one day. I was told by one of my worshippers that a band of warriors will fight for all existence against the Vladat Crime Lord, Aryn Draculon." Anubis explained. "So I thought, why should I wait for Zeus, Ra or Odin to make that team, when I could easily make it myself, it turned out that my disciple picked some weird choices, but who am I to complain."


We cut to a castle colored red and white with a stained glass window, where a group of misfits crashed on top of each other, in the yard, surrounded by rabbit creatures, the Rabbids.

"Welp, we're not dead." The green duck man, Robin, stated, shimmying out from underneath the purple robot named Dr. Nefarious. "But this is definitely not the house."

"Oh Lance! You ate my entire family! Now how are we supposed to get married?!" Nefarious said in a female voice, not moving his mouth.

"Um, is someone gonna help him?" The red haired man, Harry, said.

"I've got this." The black haired girl, Celestia Ludenberg, said before she whacks Nefarious on the head with a comically large hammer, returning him to reality.

"Thanks for that." Nefarious said, dusting himself off.

"Okay, one, who are all y'all, and two, someone get me some candy sticks." The boy with dragon features dressed in casual regal clothes, Prince Drakus Hydrax of Drakonia, said.

"I don't know anyone here!" The water dragon, Zap, said

"Okay, all of you look pretty strange, but cool at the same time." The green haired girl, Julie, said.

The pink, brown and white haired girl, Neo Politan, started flailing and kicking.

"It's okay Neo, I'm here. Wait, where is here?" The orange haired man, Roman Torchwick, wondered.

"I haven't the foggiest clue, sir." A man wearing a red top hat, Archibald Snatcher, said.

"Mario! Rabbid Peach! Beep-0! I'm SO relieved to see you!" A mysterious voice said.

"Wait, who said that?!" A white haired girl, Asami Uehara, said.

A girl with brown hair and a blue jacket, Muty, pointed at a young woman wearing a pink dress, Princess Peach Toadstool, conversing with a man wearing red clothes and blue overalls, Mario, a Rabbid version of herself, Rabbid Peach and some sort of robot with rabbit ears, Beep-0.

"The Rabbids are especially... exuberant today! Someone has "misplaced" Rabbid Mario's overalls." Peach said, pointing towards a bush with some sort of rabbit thing inside of it. "They're missing, and he's too embarrassed to come out from that bush he's hiding in!"

"Oooh! If I catch the thief who took my overalls! Where are they?!" The rabbid said in a machismo voice.

"Can you please look and find Rabbid Mario's overalls? Try checking the trees or the bushes!" Peach suggested.

"Consider it done, my beloved Princess! We are happy to serve!" Beep-0 stated.

"Hey, maybe we should find those overalls, might get us used to these, things." A girl with short pink and red hair, Hibiki Otonokoji, said.

"Well, we can try. Or maybe we should wait and see where we are." Her more 'endowed' twin sister, Kanade Otonokoji, suggested.

"Don't get too close to these rabbit things. They look feral." Robin suggested, looking at the Rabbids trimming the hedges.

The misfits then bumped into Mario, Rabbid Peach and Beep-0.

"Oof! Watch where you're going next time!" Hibiki said.

"Oh, my apologies. My name's Beep-0, my associates are Mario and Rabbid Peach, I'm not from this universe." "Wait, are you from another universe?" Drakus asked. "Yep… wait, how do you know about it?"

"We're from other universes too!" Drakus said. "Name's Drakus Hydrax, Prince of Drakonia."

"I'm Julie Hinikawa, former keyboard player of Puffy AmiYumi." Julie said.

"Zap, member of the Skylanders and a big prankster." Zap said.

"This is Neo Politan, I'm Roman Torchwick, we're friends." Roman added.

"My name is Archibald Snatcher, former exterminator." Archibald added.

"I do not think we have been introduced. I am Celestia Ludenberg, you can also call me Taeko Yasuhiro." Celestia added.

"Dr. Nefarious at your service, squishies." Nefarious added.

"My name's Harry, the yellow one's David and the bird's Robin" Harry added.

Muty got out a whiteboard and drew her name.

"So, you're named Muty." Beep-0 said.

Muty nodded.

"Just call me Asami Uehara." Asami added.

"Name's Zinnia Ramirez, Drakus's cousin." The pink and teal haired girl said.

"I am Louise Francoise Le Blanc De La Vallière." the pink haired girl said.

"Designation: Metal Gear Rex." The bipedal tank said.

"Name's Will Vandom." The pinkette in a gray jacket said.

"Ghostface." The spirit in a dark shroud said.

"I'm Emily, or Glitter Lucky." The girl with magenta hair said.

"Name's Kelsey, or Glitter Sunny." The girl with red hair said.

"Erm, I'm Lily, or Glitter Peace." The girl with yellow hair said.

"I'm April, or Glitter Spring." The girl with dark green hair said.

"My name's Chloe, or Glitter Breeze." The girl with blue hair said.

"Laura Bodewig, Student of IS Academy." The young white haired girl said.

"Sora Akashi, Ultimate Snowboarder." The albino girl said. "That's the only thing you should know."

"Kokoro Mitsume, Ultimate Psychologist... I believe." The brunette wearing glasses said.

"I'm Hajime Makunouchi, Ultimate Boxer. Nice to meet ya." The blonde wearing dark sunglasses said.

"I'm the Ultimate Firefighter, Shinji Kasai." The large redhead said.

"Your Big Sis here is named Setsuka Chiebukuro. Hope we get along!" The blueette wearing a billiards outfit said.

"I'm Hibiki Otonokoji, Ultimate Vocalist! And she's Kanade! My twin sister and Ultimate Guitarist and Murderous Fiend." Hibiki said.

"H-Hello. Please don't press into why I'm known as the Ultimate Murderous Fiend, let's just say, you don't wanna know." Kanade said.

"Wherever there's a scoop, my pen is never far behind! Ultimate Journalist, Nikei Yomiuri, at your service!" The blackette wearing a fedora said.

"I'm the Ultimate Actress, Emma Magorobi." The blonde wearing a fur coat said.

"I'm the Ultimate Painter, Iroha Nijiue! I hope we can get along!" The brunette wearing a beret said.

"I'm Yoruko Kabuya, Ultimate Hostess, unfortunately. I hope we can get along." The pinkette wearing a sweater said.

"I'm the Ultimate Spaceman, Yuri Kagarin. Please remember that." The young woman with floof hair said.

"My name is Mikado Sannoji. I'm the Ultimate Wizard." The man wearing half a mask doing all of his expressions said.

"There's no way you've heard of me, but I'm a broker who works in the black market: Syobai Hashimoto." The gray headed young man said.

"Name's Grinch, the dog's Max and the reindeer with me are Fred, Dahlia and Jake." The lanky Badinch, Grinch, said and pointing towards his dog and three reindeer.

"I'm a proud and mighty member of ASIC's front-line infantry, Linda. Don't forget it!" The grey skinned greenette wearing a mouse jacket said.

"So, an Underling then?" Yoruko asked.

"What!? Where the hell do you get off calling me an underling, huh!?" Linda said, cheeks reddening.

"Well you said you're infantry, right? Definitely an Underling." Drakus explained.

"Well, I guess, but please just keep this between us." Underling said.

"Well, I'm J." The first drone wearing a suit and pigtails, named J, replied.

"I'm V." The second one, wearing a fur jacket with short sleeves, introduced herself.

"And I'm N." The male finished as he gave a salute, wearing a hat and coat.

"Well now you know our names, what are the other ones named?" Beep-0 asked curiously.

"My designation is Shockwave." The purple robot with a cannon arm said.

"I'm Mine." The pig tail pink haired girl said.

"Lark Cyclonis, that's all you need to know." The purple short haired girl said.

"Name's Sapphire Ink." The blue skinned short haired girl said.

"Amity Blight, pleased to meet you." The girl with pointy ears and purple hair said.

"Montgomery Gator, at your service." The gator animatronic said.

"Aria Grundel, nice to meet you." The blonde girl in a blue dress said.

"My name's Jasmine Queenston, and this is my inner demon, Alestor." The purple haired girl wearing a visor said, pointing towards a skeletal pirate demon.

"Well, her father, Valentino, was my previous host, but since I was exorcised, I became her demon." Alestor explained.

"I am Megabeast Hunter Bangray, that's all you need to know." The manta ray monster said.

"I am Jeeves Weevil, a proud gentleman." The weevil monster said.

"Hello there, I'm Doctor Livesey!" The man dressed like a Victorian era man said.

"I'm Mimi, this is Sheshe. We're the Black Beauty Sisters." The blue haired fish girl said.

"Name's Lila Rossi." The brunette wearing an orange jacket said.

"I'm Namue, son of King Shark." The shark monster said.

"And I'm Uzi Doorman." The purple haired drone said. "And I'm an edgy rebel."

"Don't mind her, she's just dealing with a lot of emotional baggage on part of the countless members of her race that were slaughtered by me, V and J and the fact that her father was too much of a coward to save her from mortal danger." N explained.

"N!" Uzi shouted at N.

"SORRY!" N said, ducking behind a bush.

"Um, it sounds like you need to see a therapist." Beep-0 said.

"I know! But I'm too stubborn and emotionally unstable to see one! GAH! Why did I just admit that?!" Uzi explained.

Then N went out of the bush, carrying some overalls. "Don't know how these got here, but they seem important."

"Oh wait, those are Rabbid Mario's overalls!" Beep-0 exclaimed, carrying them to the bush Rabbid Mario was hiding in.

Then Rabbid Mario came out. He had the same hat and moustache as Mario, but carried more swagger.

"TA-DAAAA! Back in business!" Rabbid Mario cheered. Then a young man wearing a moustache and a green ensemble with blue overalls, Luigi, and his Rabbid counterpart with no moustache, Rabbid Luigi walked up to the misfit gang.

"Oh, you found your overalls, Rabbid Mario! I should've hid them somewhere else!" Rabbid Luigi said in a rustic voice.

"Ah, yes! You want to be just like Rabbid Mario! But only ONE of us can look THIS good in casual alternatives to pants!" Rabbid Mario said, jokingly.

"All's well that ends well! Now we can enjoy this beautiful day in peace and harmony!" Peach cheered.

"With our latest adventure complete, we can now kickback and relax - safe in the knowledge that EVERYTHING is under control." Beep-0 stated, not knowing the shenanigans about to ensue.

"Honestly, I'm like 80% sure that this is a kidnapping." Yuri said.

"A kidnapping?!" Mario said, in an Italian accent.

"My kidnapping sense is tingling. As a veteran of being kidnapped, I've got a feeling that this must be a kidnapping on a grand scale!" Yuri explained.

"What do you mean, "kidnapping sense"?!" Rabbid Mario asked.

"Hmm... If this IS a kidnapping, the culprit must be quite daring if they chose to target all of Hope's Peak's freshmen." Emma guessed.

"Wait a sec! If we HAVE been kidnapped, shouldn't we be tied up or have somebody guarding us or something?" Hibiki asked

"To be fair, no one's ever heard of a kidnapping where the kidnapper just let their victims run around willy-nilly. Let alone use a portal to kidnap their victims." Luigi suggested, also in an Italian accent.

"Well, I guess that it is very different from your average kidnapping." Yuri guessed.

Just then, a rabbit/star hybrid crashed into Drakus' gut, Drakus raising the creature up.

"Well, little guy, you should stay with me, I'll try to keep you safe."

Just then, 3 more show up and flock towards Cyclonis, Kanade, and Shockwave.

"Well, they're kinda cute." Cyclonis said, smiling.

"Plus, they're kinda shy." Kanade added.

"Logical, as we are strangers to them." Shockwave stated, as if it was a matter of fact.

Just then, a manta ray colored cosmic with black swirls was heading towards the castle. Riding the manta was a figure in black cloak carrying an arrogant air about her.

"Aaaaaaahhh!!! A flying manta ray?!" Yoruko screamed.

"Is it a m-monster?! A monster!" Iroha screamed, clinging to Kanade.

"Holy cow, what a scoop! Flying Sea Animal, Or Marketing Stunt?" Nikei said.

"So, like... besides the fact that this fish thing can fly, this is a normal school event, right?" Hibiki wondered.

Rabbid Peach was laughing and looking at her phone when Kanade tried to warn her of the Manta, Rabbid Peach yelling at her all the while, then getting absorbed into it.

"You'll thank me when I save your ass." Kanade stated.

"I might become traumatized for life but it's worth it for the shits and giggles. And we'll save you, madam." Robin said.

"Um, we think we can save you. I hope." Emily said, sweating.

"Are you crazy? This scoop's gone off the rails and is getting too big, even for me!" Nikei exclaimed. "So of course, we're going after it."

Mario sweatdropped. "Uh… let's-a go… to wherever we need to go, I guess?"

Then Mario and Peach stared at each other, nodding then Mario jumped up (assisted by Peach lifting him) and into one of the swirls, being carried there by Beep-0.

"Okay, hey princess, you think you can get us a lift?" Hibiki asked.

"I know I can." Peach said, lifting them all up as they jumped, Beep-0 carrying them all into the swirl.


The misfits all landed, along with Mario, Beep-0 and the star Rabbid. Rabbid Peach clinging onto one of the flakes for dear life.

"DON'T panic, Rabbid Peach! We'll just stroll casually along the back of this flying creature and reach your location in no time!" Beep-0 said.

"Are you sure about that, because some lizard freaks dressed like street thugs, seagull ninjas and barracuda pirates are here along with shadow freaks and silver freaks, some wolves that look like Santa's elves and some bunny people with masks, along with some clown monsters and plague masked people, we might call them Fanglars, Feargulls, Clurkrahnnas, Buffoons, Elfwolves, Scouts, Heartless and Nobodies. The rabbits we'll call Stooges." Robin explained, pointing at those same monsters.

"I've dealt with Scouts from the Emperor's Coven before, this won't be any different." Amity snarked.

"Uh-oh! Strike the words "casual", "stroll", and "don't panic" - we've got hostiles incoming!" Beep-0 freaked out. "Everyone, take cover - and don't get caught out in the open! Move from cover to cover - and remember to attack!"

"What do you take this for, a tactical game?" Drakus asked rhetorically before running towards a Fanglar, slicing its head clean off with his cobalt blue and black serrated sword, BlueBlaze, before running towards a Feargull and slicing him in half while Amity used some sludge to make two arms and threw some Scouts off the Manta, the Scouts screaming all the way.

"Why are you not taking cover!" He said as everyone laughed…and then Kanade brought out a boombox, of all things, and started to play a song to accompany Drakus and Amity, who were dancing as the duo killed the mooks.

BGM: Relapse (Wage War)

"Oh, ha ha!" Beep-0 exclaimed in frustration as the misfits were clapping to the beat and laughing, while Hibiki decided to dance to it while Mario and Aria stood there, wondering what the hell was going on.

"I have no idea what's going on…" Mario said.

"No kidding." Aria agreed.

Beep-0 finally got around to taking cover. "Ugh… nice job, you bozos!" He said.

"Hey, say what you will, that guy has an idea!" Monty argued.

"Well, we should follow their lead." Aria agreed.

"Now wait a second, we should plan first." Beep-0 attempted to argue for strategy.

"No, they have a point." Kanade agreed with Monty.

The misfits then charged forward, using whatever new weapons they had on them to fight off the monsters.

Kanade quickly stroked the strings of her new guitar, and a laser beam shot out of the tip towards a Clurkrahnna, which hit him square in the gut.

Hibiki hit a high note on her new microphone, blasting a Soldier Heartless into nothing.

Monty used his upgraded claws to slice a Dusk Nobody apart like bologna.

Laura used her new clawed gloves to full effect, electrocuting and slicing through Stooges.

Dr. Nefarious used his new blaster to blast away some Fanglars.

Several Stooges rushed Roman and Neo, who were more than prepared for them. Roman parried a blow from a blast of shadow, sidestepped another, then blasted one of the Stooges into unconsciousness with his upgraded Melodic Cudgel. Then it was on to the next. As Neo knocked the third Stooge away and gored it on her upgraded Hush, she became aware of a presence behind him; one of the Clurkrahnnas had gotten behind her and was raising a cleaver high above Neo's head, ready to cleave her in two.

This unfortunate Clurkrahnna then suffered a blow to the head from Snatcher's new mallet, dazing him. After kicking that Clurkrahnna to the ground, Snatcher threw the mallet so that it wrapped the chain around another potential threat, yanking the chain to draw the Fanglar close before sending a burst of lightning from the pistol chained to the mallet in the lizard's face, jolting him out cold.

Robin used a shovel to fend off Feargulls and Dusk Nobodies like nobody's business (see what I did there?) before Harry made use of a barstool to whack away a Fanglar, using his own weight as leverage.

Manny used a baseball bat to swat away Feargulls and Soldier Heartless left and right while Asami made use of a monkey wrench, goring it through a Clurkrahnna's skull.

Julie used her new keytar to slice and dice her way through a group of Soldier Heartless, while Zap just zapped and made them slip and slide on his sea slime.

Uzi made good use of her upgraded railgun, blasting Fanglars left and right, while N, V and J started doing what Disassembly Drones did best (that is murdering things).

Grinch made use of his new candy cane blasters to shoot at the Elfwolves like he was stealing Christmas while using Max, Fred, Dahlia and Jake to push the other enemies off the Manta.

Aria made use of her new sais and started slashing through Feargulls like they were fine meat.

Shockwave made due with Shockwave's arm cannon and Mine's upgraded rilfe, Pumpkin, blasting through Fanglars while Mine started blasting through some Feargulls.

"Never thought I'd fight alongside an organic." Shockwave said.

"What about fighting alongside a friend?" Mine asked.

"That will do." Shockwave stated.

Mimi and Sheshe sang their signature song, "Voice in the Dark", making the Fanglars scream in pain from the song.

Cyclonis used her staff to swat and blast away any Fanglars and Stooges that got close to her while Sapphire made use of her new katana, slicing away at any Clurkrahnnas and Nobodies that got the drop on her.

Only Sora, Yoruko, Shinji, Kokoro, Hajime, Yuri, Nikei, Iroha, Emma, Syobai and Mikado got behind cover and were shooting at the enemies with duel blaster guns.

Underling started whacking Stooges and Buffoons with her upgraded lead pipe.

Dr. Livesey sliced and diced his way through with a smile and shot some Stooges down, also with a smile.

Bangray ripped through the Fanglars and Stooges like they were fresh vegetables and Jeeves sucked some Stooges dry, dissipating as they did so.

Muty got out some crocodile claws and started ripping and tearing through the Fanglars, meanwhile Celestia made use of her hammer and started whacking Stooges on the head like a twisted game of whack a mole.

Emily, Kelsey, Lily, April and Chloe used their new blasters to full effect wiping out the Buffoons.

"You know, I honestly did not expect the girl to be able to control a monster army," Alestor commented as he casually punted some Stooges away. "Does this count as animal abuse?"

"Well Beep-0, say what you will, they're doing good out there." Mario said as he ran by, blasting away at Fanglars.

"Alestor, that's not a nice way to refer to these things," Jasmine chided, blasting some Stooges away with a burst of light energy from her new ray gun.

Alestor laughed and high-fived his partner.

END BGM

Then, Rabbid Peach let go of the flake and landed in a karate pose. Then got out her missile launcher, the TripleTroll. Unfortunately, it short circuited along with Mario's Duel Blasters.

"Come on, ya dumb thing, work! Were you cheaply made or not?!" Rabbid Peach ranted and raved in a valley girl voice.

"Rabbid Peach! You're safe - despite the mysterious, malevolent energy sabotaging our weapons!" Beep-0 cheered. "Neutralizing our weapons? Ha! We'll simply rely on our powerful Dash move that has saved the day for us during many a battle! Using Dash, we can jar those egg-like things loose. Once they're in your possession, you can throw them at the creature's orb-shaped eyeball protuberances - its weak spots!"

"Or we do the simpler solution, we can just blast those eyes until they disintegrate. Your weapons may be sabotaged by mine aren't." Dr. Livesey suggested, dashing an egg, tossing it towards a Stooge, blowing it up and then shooting the eyes down with his two pistols.

The manta screamed and fell towards a floating island. Then our heroes jumped and landed. (With some of them crashing head first before getting back up.) Then they were surrounded by Stooges, Soldier Heartless, Dusk Nobodies, Fanglars, Feargulls and Clurkrahnnas.

"Er, Starburst, if you can do something, do it now!" Drakus yelled at the yellow star/Rabbid hybrid.

"I can do this." Starburst said, tapping on Rabbid Peach's TripleTroll, reactivating it along with Mario's Duel Slingers.

"Our weapons have been reactivated! Time to take cover, take aim and fire at those baddies!" Beep-0 cheered.

"Oh ho ho! Now you're speaking my language!" Monty said, taking up a bazooka and blasting it at some Fanglars.

"Yeehaw! Blast 'em cowboy!" Kanade cheered, blasting away at Stooges.

Then, countless minutes were spent shooting at Fanglars, Feargulls, Clurkrahnnas, Buffoons, Soldier Heartless, Scouts, Dusk Nobodies and Stooges.

"Okay, I'm bored. Let's go somewhere else." Drakus stated, jumping off the rock, before landing on a manta, everyone following him.

BGM: PSYCHO (AViVA)

Just then, the same figure from Peach's castle, now shown to be a blonde girl with sharp teeth wielding a bloodied shovel, Aryn Draculon, along with an astral being in a hood with one eye appeared in front of them, Cursa, along with a pale girl and a tan guy, Arem and Sudni, a robotic shark monster, Hammerhead, a girl with cyan hair and a red spiral on her cheek, Sam Zelnick, a purple crocodile with a hat with a Christmas motif, Crocrampus, and a wolf like robot, Wild.

"I see you are new to heroics," Aryn said. "Hello, my colorful friends! I'm Aryn Draculon, villain extraordinaire! And yes. I know exactly who you are... And exactly why you're here."

"Enough of your chit chat!" Drakus interrupted. "What do you want with this world?!"

A confident smirk grew on Wild's face. "Merely tying up a few loose ends. This world served its purpose in our designs, and now that purpose is long passed. You are naught but a liability at this stage, and SIREN can scarcely afford to allow it to continue. It is not as if they bear any true opposition to us." Wild said.

"I'm no idiot, you know. I have been expecting your arrival ever since I saw that portal." Aryn stated.

Then, Cursa stared at the Goombas in the area, making their eyes turn orange and go towards the heroes at a rapid rate.

"See, I think it's time for you to fork the little star thing over... either of your own fruition, or with a bit of... persuasion." Aryn said.

"That vicious, HORRIBLE girl is ARYN! The monster with her is CURSA! We barely escaped her - now she won't stop chasing us!" Starburst explained.

"I'm gonna guess that the rest are Sam Zelnick, Wild, Arem, Sudni and Hammerhead." Drakus said nonchalantly, punting three Goombas as he did so.

"This "Cursa" is well out of range, as are these "Aryn Draculon", "Wild", "Sam Zelnick", "Arem", "Sudni" and "Hammerhead", yet their energy readings are beyond my ability to measure!" Beep-0 said.

"Since you lot have ignored my warnings. And by that I mean my BLATANT THREATS! I can only assume that the one way to truly get those star things is to mercilessly beat all of you into a fine paste." Aryn snarled.

"I-I can help! I can give Drakus and Mario the ability to power up their attacks! It'll even have the same effect on friends!" Starburst explained.

"I could use a few more hits. Besides, this might be in our favor." Kanade said.

"We'll take all the help we can get! Drakus, Mario, be sure to see what this new ability of yours can do. Speaking of abilities, remember that you have Techniques at your disposal. I have a feeling you're going to need them!" Beep-0 explained.

"Welp, time to get away with murder." Kanade said, before plucking a few strings, buffing up the team.

Then some time was spent kicking Fanglar, Feargull, Clurkrahnna, Buffoon, Heartless, Nobody and Goomba ass.

"You wanna take the star bunnies, Aryn?" Drakus asked. "Then you shall experience all the powers of-"

The sound of an electric crackle interrupted his boast.

"All right, Starry! If you're still determined to keep away from me...I'll have to take you...with a pair of cold...dead...HANDS!!" Aryn said, her shovel turned into a shotgun crackling with thunder.

END BGM

Drakus clenched his teeth and glared at Aryn.

"Do not mourn your loss," Cursa said in an eloquent female voice. "You were never going to win, thus there is nothing to mourn. Find comfort in the fact that you shall perish at the hands of those who will change all the worlds into something new and glorious. For we-"

Drakus was surprised to see, out of nowhere, a masked, ninja-like person appeared armed with two chisa katanas. The ninja charges at Aryn, knocking the shovel out of her hands and saving him.

Then Aryn got a good look at the ninja. "Wait a minute. It's you! You're the one who ruined the Finding Your Inner Villain Convention! You'll pay for what you did! Goombas! Attack!"

The ninja puts away his swords and throws smoke bombs to confuse the Goombas. The ninja then throws shurikens and kunais at the Goombas to bring them down and get closer to Aryn without her noticing. Once close enough, the ninja pulls out a long chain with a heavy ball on the end and spins it as an attempt to capture Aryn.

When the cloud cleared up, Wild grabbed the chain, spinning the ninja around and hitting him against Drakus. "Do you really take me for a fool!? Like I would fall for that trick!"

Just then, Aryn and Cursa blasted backwards by a disc. Before Sam, Arem, Sudni, Hammerhead and Wild could react, they were hit by a missile and found themselves hurled into a portal. Then a spaceship flew by, rocketing towards the misfits, Mario, Rabbid Peach and Beep-0. And out popped Rabbid Mario, being held by Luigi.

"C'mon, we gotta go!" Rabbid Mario said, holding out his hand.

Then, the group leapt up along with Drakus lifting the ninja up onto his back, holding each other's hands before getting pulled into the ship. By the time Cursa and Aryn got up and Wild, Arem, Sudni, Hammerhead and Sam teleported back to their side, the heroes were long gone.


The heroes were wandering onto the ship with Drakus carrying the ninja, and then an octahedron with bunny ears appeared in front of them.

"Welcome, everyone. It is fortunate that you are unharmed your safety is critical to our mission." The octahedron said.

"Hey! Hello! Remember me? The entity who created you? I'm alive too!" Beep-0 said.

"Also fortuitous, but with a critical success factor that is lower in comparison by 31.732193%." The octahedron snarked.

"Hehe - forgive JEANIE here for her arrogance, everyone. As the ship's new Artificial Intelligence she just became self-aware yesterday." Beep-0 explained. "OBVIOUSLY, I have a lot more testing to do, but seeing as how we're in an emergency situation here, I-"

Then, the ninja starts to gain consciousness and hears people saying, "Is he alright? Is it a good idea to bring him here? I wonder who he is under that mask. Should I look? No wait! He's waking up!"

"Hey!" Kanade said, "You're okay!"

"Where am I?" asked the ninja.

"You're in the WM Arc Spaceship, sir. My name is Beep-0. This is JEANIE." said Beep-0.

"I'm Drakus Hydrax, that's Julie Hinikawa, Zap, Neo Politan, Asami Uehara, Roman Torchwick, Archibald Snatcher, Hibiki Otonokoji, Kanade Otonokoji, Shinji Kasai, Syobai Hashimoto, Hajime Makunouchi, Yuri Kagarin, Kokoro Mitsume, Yoruko Kabuya, Sora Akashi, Setsuka Chiebukuro, Iroha Nijiue, Emma Magorobi, Nikei Yomiuri, J, V, Uzi, N, Shockwave, Metal Gear Rex, Louise De La Vallière, Will Vandom, Ghostface, Celestia Ludenberg or Taeko Yasuhiro, whichever you want, Muty, Harry, David, Robin, Emily, Kelsey, Lily, April, Chloe, Laura Bodewig, Linda aka Underling, Mine, Lark Cyclonis, Sapphire Ink, Montgomery Gator, Aria Grundel, Jasmine Queenston, Alestor, Bangray, Jeeves Weevil, Taylor Lee, Albert Krueger, David Livesey, Mimi, Sheshe, Lila Rossi, Namue, Mario, Luigi, Peach, Rabbid Mario, Rabbid Peach, Rabbid Luigi, Fred, Dahlia, Jake, Max and Grinch." Drakus explained.

"I don't believe it. I'm actually here, with the Mario Bros!" the ninja pondered in amazement.

"Aren't you gonna tell us your name?" Nikei asked, weirded out and blushing.

"I would love to, but unfortunately, that's classified," said the ninja, "however, you can refer to me as Ninja, if you'd like."

"Cool! So you are an actual ninja!" Mikado yelled excitedly, "Oh, can you show me some of your cool moves like Hiya! Or Hoowa!?"

"Classified information?" Nikei wondered. "Welp, time to start trying to pry for info."

All of the sudden, the WM Arc receives an incoming transmission.

JEANIE checks it out. "It's an incoming transmission from an unknown location by an unknown person, but who could this be?"

Suddenly, a jackal man dressed as a street thug, Anubis, appears on the screen.

"Is Ninja here?" Anubis asked.

"And who's this?" asked Roman.

"I got this." Ninja pushed JEANIE aside.

"Ah, so this is an odd choice for the X-Squad. But, this is more impressive than I can imagine, you even have known villains in it." said the jackal man.

"Wait, you talked about us?" Kanade asked in shock. "If this is about the murders, how did you find out?"

"Mr. Anubis, permission to explain and also to bring them to our headquarters?" Ninja asked Anubis.

"Permission granted, and here's the coordinates so the driver knows where to go." said Anubis.

Anubis hangs up and Ninja begins to speak to the team.

"Okay, with that settled, I'm an agent of the OmniVerse Defense Force at an infamous place. You must've heard of Area 51?"

"Wait, The Area 51?" Sora asked, "That place is secretive! You actually work there?"

"Yes, I am part of a project dubbed Project X, also known as Mission Creature Rescue, or MCR for short." Ninja explained.

"Project X I can get behind, but Mission Creature Rescue? Sounds like you are a real fan of Wild Kratts." Jasmine said.

"Yup, it's all inspired by those guys." Ninja explained, "Just like them, we also save and protect natural habitats, wildlife, and the balance of nature from bad guys, including some of SIREN's goons."

"Wait a second, there are more bad guys than just those weirdos?"

"That's most impressive. But why go through all the trouble of recommending a team?" Snatcher asked.

"You see, I'm the only active member who literally goes out there saving lives. The rest are scientists who locate villains and signs of negativity for me to investigate as well as build inventions. You guys have already proved yourselves by taking on seven of our intended targets. But, more villains are starting to join that terrorist group and they will become too much for even either of us to handle. So what do you say, guys. Are you in?"

The misfits turn towards one another and nod.

"Son of a bitch, we're in." Drakus said.

"Domo arigato," said Ninja.

"So, when do we start?" Roman asked.

"Unfortunately, my plan to bring you guys in still has to be pended by Anubis. Only he can determine if you can join us."

"Whoa, now that's tough." said Asami.

Just then, the star/rabbid came into the room, Rabbid Luigi smiling.

"Hi, little fella! Aren't you sparkly?! Did you come on board with Mario?" Rabbid Luigi asked.

"Interesting. It appears that this creature is equal parts Rabbid and Luma. It contains a massive amount of harnessable energy as a result." JEANIE realized. The pictures of a Rabbid, a star creature, a Luma, and the Rabbid/Luma hybrid.

"How could this have happened? Rosalina would never have allowed this!" Peach exclaimed.

"Mama! S-she's in trouble because of Aryn! Please help her! PLEASE!" Starburst exclaimed.

"Oh, no... Rosalina... Something terrible must have happened!" Peach realized.

"So, this thing is a fusion between Luma and Rabbid, we'll call them Sparks." Nikei stated.

"I like it, let's go with that." Rabbid Mario said.

"She must be after the Dailons." Brandon realized.

"Erm, what are Dailons?" Emily asked.

"Dailons are mystical animals of incredible power." Brandon explained. "They each control a specific part of the world, for example, some have control over ice, some control lava."

"Anyways, Aryn and Cursa are conquering the galaxy using a corruptive energy called Darkmess and are trying to flush out a wolf named Andrius, the Wolf of the North, so Aryn can use him to freeze this world solid." JEANIE explained. "I can pinpoint the epicenter of this activity - Cursa's stronghold. It would take our ship an eternity to travel the distance between our current location and this stronghold. However, using a PURIFIED form of Darkmess energy could create a series of Warp Tunnels that would make such travel almost instantaneous."

"So, it's a race against time...We must get enough of that energy and save Andrius and Rosalina before Aryn and Cursa capture Andrius and take over this universe." Chloe reiterated.

"With the fate of the world hanging in the balance." April said.

"We're just like the heroes in a real-life fairy tale!" Emily said.

"More than just heroes, we're like superheroes!" Iroha said.

"You've got superheroes on the brain, don't ya?" Kelsey snarked.

"JUST what I was about to suggest to our friend here. Hmm. what do we call your kind? Aha! How about, "Rabbid Lumas"?" Beep-0 suggested.

"Nah, we are on the Spark train now." Kanade stated.

"Really? Because objectively speaking I think "Rabbid Lumas" is kind of perfect - no?" Beep-0 asked.

"Nope, it ain't." Hibiki stated.

"The closest planet within range is Beacon Beach. The Darkmess has already spread there. Not enough data to define the level of danger." JEANIE showed.

"Please, JEANIE, adventure may be new to you, but not to US. expect the level of difficulty of THIS mission to be..."

"We'll worry about difficulty later." Mikado stated.

"Regardless, with the Rabbid Lumas behind us, the rocky road ahead will be made just a little smoother." Beep-0 said.

"I believe the consensus was "Sparks"." JEANIE said.

"WHATEVER. What matters is we have their help. Listen, now that Enmu and Cursa know they're with us, I bet they will never bother us again!" Beep-0 said.

"Okay, now, time for the X-Squad to roll out and save the Omniverse!" Drakus said.

Emily then smiled. "Now that's a hero team name."


Meanwhile, in an astral plane, Aryn, Wild, Arem, Sudni, Sam, Hammerhead and Crocrampus were at a table staring at a horde of villains and monsters and 5 monsters. Standing between Aryn and Cursa was a girl in a white sailor uniform, Opal D. Teach aka Empress and a black and white dragon-like creature, Saimin.

"I NEED the energy of those creatures! Bring them to ME!" Cursa stated.

"Calm your tits down, Cursa, we'll get those later. In the meantime, our new associates are gonna arrive." Saimin said, hushing Cursa. Then, he flipped a switch, electricity pumping into a pile of comics, lighting up the room with a blood red hue.

Just then, a tall, menacing looking alien appeared from the comics that looked like a mix between an Iguanodon, a crocodile, and a wolverine with red eyes. He was wearing black and gold armor with a matching helmet, and there were seven different colored gemstones on the collar piece of his armor (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet). He stood before the villains with an imposing presence, it was Darkanos. And with him was a big muscular bear with glowing red eyes and a goatee, wearing red armor and a horned grey helmet on his head, who happens to be Darkanos' top military leader, Rosozon. On Rozoson's left was the commander of the Paraxis, the foot soldiers of Darkanos' army, Grunemitt, a green, insectoid dog with big, green insect eyes, yellow antennae, and a dark green carapace covered in jewels. On Rozoson's right was Darkanos' chief enforcer, Orvomon, a large, orange boar wearing a chest strap with a skull on it, spiked bracelets, and a furry loincloth, and was very gluttonous. Next to Grunemitt was Blaludon, a sexy-looking cow with blue hair and blue make-up wearing a dark blue dress with a black neckpiece on it, who wants to make Darkanos her own. Next to Orvomon was the jailer for Darkanos' dungeon, Infafre, a ram with a hunched-over posture wearing a light blue cloak, who is the most loyal minion to him. Next to Blaludon was another of Darkanos' most trusted warriors, Vistosam, a horse with a fancy-looking mustache and goatee, wearing a purple lacey outfit similar to what was worn in William Shakespeare's time, complete with a frilly neckpiece. Finally, next to Infafre, was another of Darkanos' most trusted warriors, Gelgieden, a female frog wearing yellow armor encrusted with jewels, and has a hankering for valuable gemstones as well.

"I can't believe it! We're finally free from the comics again!" Blaludon said.

"Why did you take so long to free us?" Grunemitt said.

"I found a good place for you to work with us." Aryn said, showing them the astral stronghold.

"Whoa. It seems very nice." Orvomon said.

"Such a lovely sight. Although, it could use the extravagant presence of my beauty." Vistosam said, holding up a mirror to admire his good looks.

Rozoson then grabbed the mirror, and smashed it on the floor. "KNOCK IT OFF WITH YOUR PRIDEFUL NATURE, VISTOSAM! This girl has freed us from the comics for a reason! And, it would be best to hear what she wants us to do!"

"Sheesh. Take a chill pill." Vistosam said, rolling his eyes.

"Enough admiration. Let's talk business. I've always thought ruling the 2-D world was starting to get stale. Now that we're free again from my hand-drawn prison, it's time to retry conquering the 3-D world, and make the people of this world bow before us." Darkanos said.

"So, it's basically doing the same stuff we did in the comics, but in the real world again?" Gelgieden reiterated.

"Pretty much." Darkanos said, flustered. "So, I believe the best way to start would be to give the people of this world a taste of what we can do."

"That sounds brilliant, darling." Blaludon said, approaching Cursa in a sexy manner. "Then, later we can have a little... quality time together."

Cursa then pushed her aside. "Erm, quaint. Rozoson, send one of the 5 Ravenous Devas along with some minions to storm the beaches. Zelnick, tell the Paraxis to assist them." Saimin stated.

"As you command!" Rosozon stated, bowing.

"Sure thing, boss." Zelnick stated, bowing slightly

"Everyone, including me, will stay behind and hold the fort until they get back, and Infafre, since you have no fighting experience, resume your duties as jailer to all the monsters in my dungeon. Oh, and keep an eye on Blaludon, as well. We don't want Cursa giving her STDs." Darkanos stated.

"Of course, master." Infafre said, bowing to him as well. "I'll make sure the monsters don't try to escape."

Then, Six-hundred and sixty-six crimson robed figures waltzed into the room, the army of villains and monsters huddling to stand besides their master. These unseen, unnamed figures sat in great numbers, motionless, speechless, giving no hints as to their true identities. Then Aryn rose to address the crowd.

"Brothers and sisters." said Aryn, "For hundreds of years, you, the six-hundred and sixty-six Azure Knights have been working in eager preparation for the return of Nightmare. I tell you now, his resurrection is nigh!"

A robed figure raised his hand. "Excuse me, Mrs. High Priestess, madam? Why are we called the Azure Knights if we dress in red?"

Aryn sighed and facepalmed. five years of these meetings, and every time there has to be some schmuck who asks about that. "Look, I'm in the middle of a big speech. Is the color of our robes such a big deal that we can't wait until AFTER she's done?"

The inquisitive figure slowly lowered his hand.

"Thank you…" Aryn muttered some curses under her breath. "You have no doubt seen the 'Endgame' symbols above worlds across the Omniverse, have you not? Soon these towns and cities will be in complete chaos! After four hundred and fifty years of planning, we have finally brought about our ultimate goal: the end of the Omniverse!"

The faceless masses began to cheer loudly. She had them right where she wanted them.

Aryn basked in the applause for a minute before she started her monologue, "During my time spent on traveling the world, I saw a sign. A tower rose up in the middle of the road I was on, and on that tower was the entire history of man, stretched out from the Neanderthal era up to the present times. Something happened to me that day. I realized that without Dailons, there cannot be life. That using them solely for evil or for solely good would be an empty victory and that life is but an endless spiral of experiences, with the Dailons helping to shape the consciousness of which no single being could ever comprehend."

One particularly bored minion turned to the other. *PSST, he whispered, "Excuse me, I'm new here. Does she always do this?"

The minion next stared at him. "To be fair, she does go on for a while."

Aryn continued to babble incoherently from the front of the room "And from that day forward, I vowed to collect all the Dailons and use them to help all life achieve its highest potential and preserve them, working behind the scenes to make it so. But everyone has squandered the second chance, and then, I saw it, a portal to countless other realities, all having one factor, life squandered on meaningless things. Therefore, I understood, I had to collect every single Dailon and use them to destroy the Omniverse and rebuild it in my image, an omniverse of peace."

The crowd stared at the poacher, dumbstruck, with puzzled looks on their faces.

"Now came the awkward part." Aryn cleared her throat, and asked; "So… any questions?"

All six hundred and sixty six hands in the crowd went up simultaneously.

"Questions that aren't about the robes?"

Six hundred and sixty four hands went down.

"Yes, you: in the back."

A rather tall man stood up and spoke. "Yes, I was just wondering: why would destroying the omniverse help rebuild it in an era of peace."

Aryn was caught off guard. "Umm… because… the cosmic karma is out of whack?"

The skeptic member rolled his eyes, unconvinced.

"Look: I'm as confused as you are about these animals and I'm trying here, dammit!" Aryn then shot a lightning bolt out of her hand, shocking the minion. "I know what I'm doing!". Aryn then breathed deeply a few times before regaining her composure. "Ok, next question: You, with the monocle."

A British gentleman uncovered his face, and stood up. "Yes, I can understand this Ragnarok thing, jolly good stuff that is, but where's this bloomin' Nightmare guy we've been waiting for?"

A grin spread Wild's face. "I'm glad you asked that…" he said, pulling out a suitcase. "Nightmare is an ingredient to our Armageddon recipe: he's rage personified in the purest form. But as strong as he is, he is an intelligent man, and knew he would be sealed, so he figured out a way to be freed. If his vessel, the Soul Edge, falls into the hands of a pure-hearted wielder, Nightmare's soul will be transferred into that person and be freed, killing the holder, but freeing him from his prison, so he can once more walk among the living!" He now unbolted the case, and threw it open.

"And now, I present to you his key to revival: THE SOUL EDGE!"

But despite this grand show, inside the case was merely a pulsating dagger.

The crowd began to murmur to itself.

"That's It?"

"It looked bigger in the tapestry..."

"What can it do, poke everyone dead?"

"OH SHUT UP!" Zelnick turned red in the face, "He eats souls, remember? He's stuck like this because he hasn't had a meal in 500 years!"

Philip held it up for all to see. "But he'll get stronger… mark my words…" He pushed his chair aside and walked to the throne he was sitting next to, where a young boy was tied up with a gag placed around his mouth.

"So… Ash Ketchum…" Aryn chuckled as she uncovered the young trainer's mouth, "How does it feel to be chosen as the sacrifice for Nightmare's return after over 500 years?"

"You'll never get away with this!" Ash shouted at the top of his lungs, "My friends know I'm gone, and when they find you, you'd better be sorry!"

Arem laughed at Ash's naivety. "Even if your 'friends' did pose a significant threat to us, our agents are taking great pains to alleviate this. They're dead, by my hand."

"That's impossible!" said Ash.


"Um… Ash? Are you feeling all right?" asked Dawn.

Aryn, wearing a cardboard mask of Ash Ketchum, nervously laughed, "Ha ha. Nonsense, Dawn! I am feeling fine, and I'm looking forward to another day of excitement, adventure, and…" He looked at something written on his hand, "The Power of Friendship."

She then pulled out a Pikachu doll, and pulled a string on it. "Pika, Pika." went the doll.

"Are you sure?" asked Brock, "Call me paranoid, but you just don't seem like yourself lately."

Aryn shook her head, "No, all I need is a visit to the…" he looked at his hand again, "Pokemon Center."

Brock shrugged, "I guess it's just me, then." He said.

"Okay, fuck this." Aryn said, slamming her shovel on the ground, atomizing Dawn and Brock in a shockwave of blue energy.


"Your friends were very easy to fool." Said Aryn. "Let me show you how:" She held up a mask that vaguely resembled Professor Oak's face. "Behold, Professor Oak!"

"Professor!" Ash squealed with glee, "Thank god you're here! Some crazy people tied me up and wanted me to take this evil sword for them! Good thing you told me not to take evil swords from strangers!"

A huge drop of sweat formed on Aryn's forehead. She heard the kid was stupid, but this was just too easy. "Um… right." Aryn said. "I'll get you out of here." She untied Ash's right hand. "But first, can you hold this for me?"

"Okay," said Ash. Being the idiot that he was, he took Soul Edge without question, "But I can't see why. I mean, don't you have your hands free?"

Suddenly, Ash was engulfed in a red raging cloud of evil that emanated from the dagger. He screamed loudly as the wicked power of Nightmare began to destroy the trainer's body and soul.

One of the cultists began to sweat. "I'm feeling a little faint. Is it hot in here, or is it just me?" He then collapsed in what appeared to be a seizure, sharing Ash's screams of unimaginable pain. I would write down his last words, except they weren't words so much as the primal scream that every creature can recognize on its most basic level.

The audience stood in horror as the wispy figure of the man's soul was pulled out of his body, and drained into the cloud.

The six-hundred and sixty five knights turned to the army of monsters and villains, expecting an answer.

"Oh yeah…" Opal grinned, "I forgot to tell you. Since he has been stuck in that sword for so long, Nightmare requires a great number of fresh souls to restore his power. I'm afraid that this is where we part ways…"

As the knights fell, one by one, a lone cloak gasped with his dying breath "W-why? I thought we were…"

"Please." Said Wild, "Did you really think we would be stupid enough to let you fools be servants in the new order? That you'd just sit around, going to pointless meetings while we do all the real work? We're setting the plan into motion as we speak...So don't waste your breath asking."

The remainder of the "knights" were now dropping off like flies under the demonic energy. Those who tried to escape were only met with disappointment when they discovered that the doors had been sealed.

After the storm had passed, all that remained of the false order was a single man. The man crawled up to Sudni's legs, and grabbed him by the ankles. "s-so you mean… " the disillusioned cloak moaned, "…the reason …we all wore red cloaks instead of blue, is b-because w-we're all re… red…"

"Redshirts." Sudni said calmly, with a smile. "An honorable way to go."

The man wore a look of pure bamboozlement on his face before finally dying.

"Foolish mortals…" Aryn said. Then she turned to the throne of which a dark blue suit of armor sat. "Nightmare." she said, "Was your resurrection… pleasant?"

"Yes, it was, I feel like I'm 250 again." said Nightmare, for the first time in over 500 years and in a gravelly voice. "Now, time to show this world what we're capable of!" Aryn said with renewed vigor, as the wolf spider-like one of the 5 Ravenous Devas rushed to Beacon Beach.


AN: OH DAMN! Things are getting intense, and it's the first chapter proper. Expect more shenanigans to come in the future.

[1: So since I wanted to write the most confusing speech possible, I decided to pull an Evangelion. If you don't think it makes any sense, then it means I have succeeded. If you think it makes sense, I suggest that you seek psychological help.

[2: Brandon Tran belong to ShorinRyuKarateKobudo, expect the Ninja boy's brother to come in the future.