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BGM: The Crown Tundra (Pokemon Sword & Shield)

"Fockin' dumbass…" Gloria grumbled as they made their way back to Freezington. Zoey was right behind Gloria, rubbing her shoulders as they walked.

"I do not blame you, Miss Gloria. I'd be angry too." Zoey said.

"That's just messed up." Yang said. "This Rose guy makes a big deal about this "Darkest Day" crap and nearly destroyed Galar when there was a much better alternative that was a lot safer."

"That's my brother for ya. Never thinks of alternatives." Peony rolled his eyes.

"Yikes… that would explain why Eternatus is so alien-like." Ruby said.

"I can definitely see the resemblance in this picture." Penny said, looking at a picture of Rose from Gloria's phone. "Hope you didn't beat Peony up."

"Well… she almost did." Peony said. "Luckily I talked my way out of gettin' a concussion from her. Heheheh."

"That's good." Summer chuckled.

"I will admit, if I was here when the Darkest Day happened, I would have put a lid on it immediately." Rosalina said.

"Yeah, you definitely would." Ruby giggled as they soon made it to Freezington.

End BGM

BGM: Freezington (Pokemon Sword & Shield)

"Wait until I show Weiss…" Whitley said with a smile on his face, but then his smile quickly disappeared. "If she's conscious that is… I hope she wasn't put into a coma."

"I highly doubt it, but if that was the case… heads will roll." Winter quietly said as they made their way into Peony's home.

"We're back!" Peony said.

"Ah, nice to see all of you." Klein smiled and then spotted Penny and SAPR. "Oh, hello Penny! …Who's your friend?"

"Hello, I'm SAPR! Penny's younger sister!" SAPR smiled.

"Younger sister! My, that's wonderful." Klein said.

"Mime mime!" Alfred agreed.

It was just then that a door opened as they saw Weiss opening the door, though Neptune, Blake and Sun were holding on to her just in case. "Oh…!" Weiss said and then realized she was still in her underwear, where they would see bandages on her abdomen, and the scars on her chest. "Uh…" Weiss attempted to cover herself. "This is embarrassing…"

"Ah relax… you're good." Jaune waved it off. "The old me would have been fawning all over you, but now… not anymore."

"I know! But… I'm still in my-"

"Could be worse, you could've been completely naked." Yang teased, causing Weiss to blush.

"YANG!" Weiss yelled, causing the others to snicker.

"So how are you feeling?" Ruby asked, looking at Weiss's scars. "Ooof, that looks horrible…'

"Oh, I've been better… yeah, the scars are horrible and to be honest, it kinda burns. There must've been something in that venom…"

"Calyrex, can't you do anything about the scars? You did heal her up." Yang suggested.

"I'm afraid scars are beyond me." Calyrex said. "If I were able to take away scars, I would have done so. The scar over her eye would have disappeared as well."

"If you had that power, I'd request that you wouldn't." Weiss said. "Yes, it sucks, but… I'd like to keep it as a reminder of what my father did to all of us." She clenched her fists while saying so.

"Very well." Calyrex nodded.

"So… what'd you guys do when I was resting up?" Weiss asked.

"We got magic and we kicked butt with it!" Nora grinned.

"Magic?"

"Well, technically, Jaune has water magic and Ren's got wind magic." Pyrrha said. "Daruk and Urbosa helped expand our Fire Brand and Thunder Hand respectively."

"Yeah!" Nora nodded.

"So far it's with this." Jaune said, showing off his Zora Gloves. "The Zora made these for me, and she said that one day, I won't be needing this since I'll be able to manipulate water on my own. Same with healing." He said, conjuring up a ball of water with his glove.

"Oh wow…" Weiss looked intrigued. "Anything else?"

"Well, we found the Regis, then Hades happened, Penny showed up with her sister-"

"Hello~!"

"And Gloria got pissed off." Yang added.

"Sister?" Blake wondered and turned to SAPR. "I was meaning to ask who you are."

"Oh, it's okay." SAPR giggled. "I'm SAPR, formally known as R3-B7."

"R3-B7?!" Weiss and Blake said in surprise.

"Mhm!" SAPR smiled. "Though, I don't really remember what was my original directive…" She said, causing Weiss and Blake to grimace at what she used to be.

"Um… sorry?" Weiss rubbed the back of her head.

"Oh, it's no big deal!" SAPR waved it off. "I think it's a good thing I don't remember my original purpose. My new purpose is hanging out and having fun with you guys!"

Penny giggled. "Isn't she just the cutest?"

"Okay, another question. Why's our lovable Scotswoman so pissed?" Sun asked.

"Chairman Rose bein' a fockin' dumbass…" Gloria mumbled under her breath.

Neptune sweatdropped. "This again?"

"Ugh… here, read this." Gloria said, handing over her Rotom Phone.

"Alright, let's see here…" Neptune pressed the button.

"Regidrago, The Dragon Orb Pokemon: An academic theory proposes that Regidrago's arms were once the head of an ancient dragon Pokémon. The theory remains unproven. Its body is composed of crystallized dragon energy. Regidrago is said to have the powers of every dragon Pokémon."

"Not that! The other one!" Gloria said.

"Ooops!" Neptune said, scrolling past as they read Regieleki's entry.

"This Pokémon is a cluster of electrical energy. It's said that removing the rings on Regieleki's body will unleash the Pokémon's latent power." Sun read. "Its entire body is made up of a single organ that generates electrical energy. Regieleki is capable of… CREATING ALL OF GALAR'S ELECTRICITY?! WHAT THE HELL?!" He yelled.

Weiss facepalmed. "Oh… great… so there was an alternative all this time and that moron went for the nuclear option!"

"My word… that would have solved a few problems." Ghira said.

"Yeah…" Kali agreed.

"Oh, sister! You won't believe what happened." Whitley said.

"What is it?" Weiss curiously asked as Whitley extended his hand out as a black glyph appeared in his hand. She let out a gasp. "You… you unlocked your semblance?!"

"I have. It was my desire to protect my family and Ling from a devastating attack is what triggered it. At least, that's how I see it." Whitley chuckled.

"Isn't he just the sweetest!" Ling giggled.

"Oh Whitley…" Weiss said, tearing up. "Our little brother is growing up so fast! And I wasn't there to see it…"

Whitley blushed. "Weiss…"

"Sorry…" Weiss wiped her tears away. "I'm not sure what came over me." She said.

"There's something else too." Whitley pulled out five Pokeballs. "Unlocking my Semblance wasn't the only thing I've done." He said, calling out his Pokemon.

"Audino!"

"Darmana!"

"Blu!"

"Drill! Drill!"

"Spheal!"

"Oh wow!" Weiss said in awe. "…Wait a minute, where's Sleet?"

"Oh, he's right here with me." Whitley said, calling out Sleet as well.

"Slash!"

"Oooh, he evolved! Finally!" Weiss smiled. "Great, now you have a full team!"

"I do?" Whitley said as he counted them. "One. Two. Three. Fou-" He blushed. "Oh… for some reason, I thought I needed one more to have a full team."


(Quick Author's Note: I was so focused on Whitley capturing five Pokemon that I spaced out the fact that he now has six Pokemon when I thought for sure he had five. Whoops!)


"Well, if you want to have a traveling companion with you, I won't stop you if that's what you wanna do." Weiss shrugged.

"No no, that's okay." Whitley chuckled.

"So, do you have a name for them?" Weiss asked.

"Um… no, not yet. I haven't figured out names for these five."

Weiss smiled. "That's fine, we can figure it out together!" She said as she looked down at her bare body. "Um, be right back." She said as she walked back into the room and came back out in her outfit, where they saw part of it ripped up and part of it was stained with her blood.

"Oooh, I hope that blood can come off…" Summer cringed.

"Alright, let's go find this tree that Peony wanted to look at." Weiss said.

"Lead the way, chief!" Peony grinned.

"Sure, I guess…" Gloria said, still seeming to be a bit moody about the whole Regieleki debacle as they walked outside.

"Wait a moment!" A voice said as they turned to see Peonia rushing toward them.

"Peonia?!" Peony said in surprise.

"Hey dad…" Peonia gave him a soft smile, but her smile disappeared immediately. "Listen, um, about earlier… I just want to say, I'm sorry!"

"Huh? Sorry about what?"

"Just… straight up abandoning you like that. This whole trip meant a lot to you and I went off to do my own thing… but then I had a talk with Zoey when these guys first showed up and it just got me thinking. You may be a pain in the ass and overbearing-" A tear ran down her cheek. "-But you're my pain in the ass, dad! The thing is… I… I always wanted to do these Adven-Tours with you!"

"Wh-what?!" Peony said in surprise.

"You always know what's best for me and you try your damnedest, even if I find it annoying… but… dammit, I still love you even if you are overbearing! Please… let me go with you on your Adven-Tours that you created just for us!"

"Peonia…" Peony whispered as he teared up before he wiped them away and started laughing. "Of course you can come with us! We still have one Adven-Tour left to do!"

Peonia smiled and then rushed over, hugging Peony tightly. "Thank you… dad."

Peony chuckled, ruffling Peonia's hair. "Anything, sweetheart!" He said, hugging her back.

"Aww!" Ruby smiled.

"That's adorable." Sun chuckled.

Zoey smiled. "It makes me proud that you listened."

"That's our Zoey!" Mona giggled as they headed over to the Dyna Tree.

"So, Yang, I have to ask something." Blake said.

"Hmm? What is it?"

"Why did you cut yourself off? It sounded like you were going to make a pun."

"Well, I was gonna lighten the mood but… I dunno, kinda got cold feet." She said. "For some reason, I didn't want to ruin the mood. I mean, there's a time and a place for jokes and that wasn't it."

"Are you kidding? It would've lightened the mood… it would've actually made me feel a bit better."

Yang sweatdropped. "Oh, now you're telling me?"

"I mean… it would have." Ruby said.

"Yeah, go on, Yang! Spill it! I know the pun was gonna be juicy." Nora said.

"I dunno, the moment's gone…"

"What!" Tai looked shocked. "Yang, I taught you everything I know about puns and now is not the time? Pffft, come on, I raised you better than that."

"…Oh no, dad jokes…" Jaune groaned. "Now we know where Yang got it from."

"Yeah, but they're Yang jokes now!" Yang winked. "Well, here goes nothin'…" She closed her eyes. "Alright, give me something good here!"

"Azure ripped off Adam and Seryu's arms." Weiss said.

"Oooh, I can feel it in my funny bones… perfect!" Yang smirked. "It sounds to me that Adam and Seryu have been disarmed!"

"Pfft… HAHAHAHAHA!" A voice suddenly laughed as they turned to see Gloria laughing, something that surprised them all, though SAPR was giggling at the pun.

"…I don't get it." Peonia said.

"Whoa… she's never laughed at my puns…" Yang said in surprise, before smirking. "Heck yeah, I finally got through to her!" She said as Gloria was doubling over in laughter before she finally composed herself.

"Aaaah…" She giggled and then turned to Yang. "Oh, lass, I definitely needed that after readin' Regieleki's entry!" She wiped a tear from her eye. "Thanks!"

"Hey, if I got someone laughing, then it's a slam dunk in my book!" Yang grinned. "Knocked her out with a Yang!"

"Aaaaand there it is." Ruby sweatdropped.

"Aaah… you know what, I think we all needed the pun." Weiss said as they all nodded.

"Yeah… now if only Veronica would stop throwing Kaboomles at my puns…" Yang shook her head. "I'll get through to her eventually."

"You probably won't." Ruby said.

"If I can get Gloria to laugh, then by golly, I'll get the little midget rollin' on the floor before she knows it! Heck, I'll probably get Neo laughing at some point."

"Good luck." Neo signed as they made their way to the Dyna Tree after finding out where to go with the help of the robots.

"Wow! It's even prettier up close!" Peonia said.

"Those are the biggest Pecha Berries I've seen…" Ruby said as they walked around to get closer to the tree until they got closer to it. As they did, they saw a bird Pokemon flying around the Dyna Tree before stopping as it flew over to a berry and happily started to eat it. This was none other than the Galarian Moltres.

End BGM

"Wow…" Yang whispered, when suddenly, Moltres stopped and turned toward the group.

"Mol?"

"Oh crap…" Ruby whispered.

"DOOOOOOS!" A voice cried as they saw a Galarian Zapdos running past them. "DOS DOS DOS DOS DOOOOOOS!" Zapdos would attempt a Thunderous Kick on the Moltres, but it swiftly dodged and used Fiery Wrath on it, but it jumped away as the two of them charged at each other but a laser shot between them and forcing them to get away as they would turn to see a Galarian Articuno, who had just used Freezing Glare on them.

"Cuno…" The Articuno glared at the duo as the three of them were ready to take each other on.

"I call dibs on the winner!" Mona said, causing the birds to look at the group.

"Oh, now you've done it!" Anthony facepalmed before lightly slapping her upside the head.

"I thought I was whispering!" Mona winced.

Moltres stared at the group before turning away and flying off, as did Articuno as it looked like it was heading for the Crown Shrine. As for Zapdos… it just ran off. "Well, we found our birds." Gloria said.

"Indeed… but now we've lost them." Ghira said.

"Hang on, we're scanning them." Penny said as she and SAPR looked around for them.

"Found 'em!" SAPR said. "The big red fire bird is headed to an island."

"The bird with the large feet is in the heart of Galar." Penny said.

"And the icy blue bird is here in the Crown Tundra."

Ruby looked through her Rotom Phone. "Ah, here we go! Apparently those are the Galarian forms of Articuno, Zapdos and Moltres."

"Bzzzt! I also have entries for them." Rotom said.

"Let's hear 'em." Sun said.

"Articuno, the Cruel Pokemon: Its feather-like blades are composed of psychic energy and can shear through thick iron sheets as if they were paper. This Pokémon fires beams that can immobilize opponents as if they had been frozen solid."

"Zapdos, the Strong Legs Pokemon: When its feathers rub together, they produce a crackling sound like the zapping of electricity. That's why this Pokémon is called Zapdos. One kick from its powerful legs will pulverize a dump truck. Supposedly, this Pokémon runs through the mountains at over 180 mph."

"Moltres, the Malevolent Pokemon: This Pokémon's sinister, flame-like aura will consume the spirit of any creature it hits. Victims become burned-out shadows of themselves. The sinister aura that blazes like molten fire around this Pokémon is what inspired the name Moltres."

"…So we got an evil Pokemon, a cruel Pokemon and… a Pokemon that loves to kick. Huh?" Weiss tilted her head.

"Likes to kick, eh?" Yang smirked.

"If Moltres is going to the Isle of Armor, I'll try to take it on." Ruby said.

"I'll go with ya." Gloria said with Ruby nodding at her.

"That Articuno intrigues me." Neo signed with a smirk.

"Hmm…" Blake folded her arms. "Do you think that maybe we oughta bring Nyx along?"

"Ya know, I was thinking the same thing. She might want to help out." Weiss said.

Blake pulled out her scroll. "I'm texting her."


Meanwhile, in Toad Town

BGM: Toad Town (Mario and Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story)

"So, what exactly did you invite us over for?" Xena asked.

"Well, Jade's a bit busy helping her grandparents move to some valley… Evershade, I think. Iris is too busy having an eating contest with Akame, so I thought you and Dark Xena weren't doing anything special so I thought I'd invite the two of you over!"

Xena chuckled. "We weren't."

"Awesome! Now then… it's almost time for my show~!" She said excitedly as she turned on the TV as Xena sat down next to her on the couch. "The Silver Zepher~!"

"What exactly is this show that you love so much?"

"It's about this Phantom Thief called The Silver Zepher, who is actually this guy named Count Cannoli. He's got a magic wand that turns him into a thief. Oh man, I love watching the hell out of it!" She giggled.

"Huh, sounds intriguing."

"Yes, and the new season is supposed to start at any moment now!" She said, her eyes glued to the screen with her eyes sparkling.

End BGM

"Goodness, I don't think I've seen her this giddy…"

Tell me about it. Xena agreed as once the theme song was over, they saw Count Cannoli on the screen, as the two of them heard Nyx squeeing in excitement.

"Oh, this is gonna be a good season! Oooh, I forgot to make the popcorn and-"

"WAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

Nyx's sparkly eyes disappeared. "…What."

Xena's eyes widened in surprise. "Is that…?"

"Is he a regular?"

BGM: Groose's Theme (The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword)

What they saw on the TV was none other than Wario himself. "Thank you! Thank you! I don't know what I'm doing here, but I'm lovin' the spotlight! Wahahahaha!"

A fiery aura surrounded Nyx, causing Xena to flinch and made her scoot away. "What… the hell… IS HE DOING ON MY SHOW?!" She screamed.

"Maybe he signed a contract or maybe it's a guest appearance! You never know!" Xena said, but it fell on deaf ears as Nyx was trembling in rage as she felt her scroll vibrate as Nyx looked at her scroll and read the text message.

Hey, we can use your helpwe're looking for some Legendary Galarian Birds. Think you can help us? - Blake

"…You know what? I could use this right now!" She said as she got up and stormed off.

"Where are you going?"

Nyx grabbed her crossbows. "HUNTING!" She yelled and then slammed the door.

Xena sweatdropped. "Can't… say I blame her though." She said as she picked up the remote. "So, you wanna watch something else?"

"Hold on… I wanna see where this goes with Wario."

"Oh? Okay then." Xena said, setting the remote down.

End BGM


Back at Galar

On my way to destroy a bird for you. - Nyx

Blake raised an eyebrow. "I don't think she's in a good mood."

"What makes you say that?" Weiss wondered and looked into the text. "…Okay, definitely not in a good mood."

"Alright, let's split up and find those birds." Gloria said and with a nod, they took off.


Later, at the Wild Area

Yang wandered into the Wild Area with Tai, MAJC, SAPR, Nora, and Ren. "Alright, where is that bird…" Yang wondered.

"Over there!" Nora pointed in the distance as it was wandering around.

Yang smirked. "Perfect, he doesn't even see us!" She said as she snuck through the tall grass, quickly getting low as the Zapdos was casually walking around as a few Pidove flew past it. "Heh, you're mine." She grinned as a few Cherubi curiously waddled over to her out of curiosity. She slowly inched closer to the Zapdos and then slowly rose up as the Zapdos stopped to take a drink of water. She pulled out an Ultra Ball and tip toed carefully.

That's it… easy does it… Yang thought as she snuck closer… and then she stepped on a twig that she didn't even notice, giving out a nice crack! She cringed as the Zapdos brought its head up and turned to Yang. "Uh… eheheh…" She gave it a friendly wave as the Zapdos quickly bolted away from them, picking up dust and covered Yang in it. "ACK!"

"Ooooh!" Tai winced.

"Well, so much for Plan A." Nora said, her eyes starting to glow and her body crackled with electricity. "Time for Plan B!"

BGM: Electric de Chocobo (Final Fantasy VII)

Galarian Chocobo - Galarian Zapdos

"I got it!" SAPR flew after it while Nora floated up from her electricity and flew off with SAPR with Ren joining the girls.

"Wait! Just intercept it!" Anthony said as they went the opposite way while Yang dusted herself off.

"Alright… that thing asked for it." Yang said, pulling out keys from her pocket and then with a click of a button, a portal opened up as Bumblebee came driving through and came to a stop.

"Whoa!" Tai said.

"You can thank Futaba for upgrading Bumblebee for me." Yang said as she hopped on as Tai got behind her.

"So, anything else that Futaba did?"

"Yeah. Hang on!" She said, pressing a button as she took off as rocket boosts popped out of it and took off.

"WHOOOOOOA!"

"Woo! Turbo boosts for the WIN!"

Zapdos saw MAJC running toward it so it jumped toward Axew's Eye, forcing MAJC to stop in their tracks as Zapdos kept its speed and jumped across the lake as it landed gracefully before taking a sharp right turn to avoid Yang and Tai. "You're kidding!" Yang exclaimed, screeching to a halt as she turned around and chased after Zapdos. SAPR dive bombed Zapdos and grabbed a hold of it with her arms to make them both fall.

"I got it!" SAPR grinned, but Zapdos got back up and continued running, dragging SAPR with it. "Whooooa! Okay, I don't got it!"

"Ren, get me closer!" Nora said as Ren gave a good wind gust to push Nora further as she got ready to hammer it, but Zapdos turned around and swung its body where it swung SAPR into Nora.

"OOOF!" Both girls grunted as Zapdos started running again as Yang was close behind it.

"Dad, take control of Bumblebee!"

"What?!"

Yang stood up and launched herself off of Bumblebee, landing on top of Zapdos as they crashed into the Dapple Grove. Zapdos kicked Yang off of her and screeched at her, then unleashed Close Combat on her but she rolled out of the way as a golden aura surrounded her fists as she got in a stance. "HADOKEN!" She yelled, as her Hadoken had changed into a golden color as it flew at Zapdos, where it jumped back and attempted to Peck at Yang, but then Mona came in and punched it in the beak to knock it back as she then ran over and unleashed Surging Strikes on it.

Zapdos recovered as it rushed at Mona and kicked her with a Thunderous Kick, but Mona would punch its talon in retaliation, knocking each other back as Yang called out Helios as the Volcarona unleashed Fire Blast on it, sending it sliding back where it rushed at Yang, jumping over the Volcarona and attempted to use Thunderous Kick on her, forcing her to block as she got hit with it, but she slid a few feet as she retaliated by throwing a Shoryuken at it, snapping its head back as it was a bit dazed, giving Yang plenty of time to pull an Ultra Ball out as she got ready to throw it.

"Pew!" Apollo cried and teleported away with Yang where she would find herself throwing it at an Onix instead.

"Huh?!" Yang said as the Ultra Ball bounced off of Onix where it went inside the Ultra Ball and shook two times before coming out as the Ultra Ball rolled back to Yang. "What just happened?" She wondered, picking up the Ultra Ball as the Onix turned and glared at Yang. "Uh… aheheheh…" She took off running. "CRAP CRAP CRAP CRAAAAAP!" She yelled as the Onix unleashed Rock Slide on Yang.

"Peeeeew!" Apollo cried again as she teleported back to where Zapdos was… where she unintentionally got in the way of it getting Thunderous Kicked that was meant for Tai.

"GAH!" Yang was kicked to a tree, her back slamming into it.

"Yang!" Tai exclaimed as Zapdos turned to MAJC and unleashed Reversal on them, forcing them to dodge as Yang got up and winced at the pain before throwing the Ultra Ball at the Zapdos, where it bounced off of its head and it went inside the ball, and three shakes later… it was caught by the sound of a click!

End BGM

"At least I caught it…" Yang groaned, her hands on her knees. "Hoo…"

"Okay, two questions." Nora said. "One: What the heck just happened? And two: What was with that golden Hadoken?"

"Well… for the second question, I decided to train my Hadoken to make it different from Ryu and Ken's and… well, the golden color is what I got. Those two were definitely surprised… heh…" Yang chuckled. "First response… I think Apollo wanted to help…"

"Maybe he sensed you were in danger and got you to safety?" Tai guessed.

"Probably." She let out a chuckle. "Well, at least I got a full team now…" She grinned.


At Isle of Armor

BGM: Isle of Armor (Pokemon Sword and Shield)

Ruby walked out of the station as Summer, Gloria, Nyx, the Schnees, Ling, Neptune and Rosalina followed her out. "So, is there any reason why you're so pissy?" Gloria asked.

"I'll tell you later…" Nyx said as they heard screeching as they saw Moltres flying around.

"There it is!" Ruby said.

"Alright… we gotta chase after it!" Rosalina said.

"If it's going above the water…" Willow called out her Lapras. "Then we'll just have to chase it!" She said as she, Winter, Whitley, Klein and Ling hopped on it.

"Be careful! There are a lot of Sharpedo in the water." Weiss said. "…At least I think there are, I'm not sure what Caboose did with 'em."

"We'll be careful." Willow said as the Lapras took off, but when Moltres went on land, they decided to go around while the others chased after it where they would corner it at the Soothing Wetlands where it turned around and screeched at them.

"Alright, you want to rumble? Then let's rumble!" Nyx yelled, readying her crossbows.

"Hey! Mind if we join in?" A voice asked as Ruby turned to see Mustard and Honey running over.

"Yeah!" Ruby nodded as Mustard called out his Luxray and Honey called out her Gallade.

"Then let's give this Moltres a good show!" Mustard said, already in his true appearance with a smirk on his face.

End BGM

BGM: Squirming Evil (Kingdom Hearts 1.5 HD Remix)

Aura of Malevolence - Galarian Moltres

"Foul Play!" Ruby ordered Scarlet once she called her out as the Zoroark rushed at the Moltres and unleashed Foul Play, but Moltres avoided the attack as it turned to Frost unleashing Ice Beam on it and Gloria's Mr. Rime using Freeze Dry. Moltres swiftly avoided these and used Fiery Wrath on all three of them, hitting them head on as Nyx aimed her crossbows at Moltres and fired Shock Arrows, hitting the Moltres as it let out a yelp before glaring at Nyx and unleashed Hurricane on her and sent her flying back but she recovered and then retaliated by firing arrows at it.

Gallade ran over with Luxray as Gallade unleashed Leaf Blade and Luxray using Wild Charge on it, both of them hitting the Moltres but it simply shrugged it off as it unleashed Ancient Power on the group but Rosalina would protect them with a forcefield and then summoned Clefable to battle as the Clefable unleashed Metronome, where it would hit it with a Swift attack. Summer's hands glowed as knives appeared between her fingers as she threw them at Moltres, but avoided the attack and would hit Summer head on with a Fiery Wrath.

"Mmmph!" Summer winced, shielding herself from the attack as Scarlet jumped over and used Night Slash on the Moltres and then Neptune's Wartortle used Hydro Pump to push it back. It let out a screech and would attempt to use Ancient Power on them.

"Stun Spore!" A voice ordered as it struck the Moltres.

"Huh?" Weiss wondered as they saw Winter with a Lilligant next to her. "A Lilligant?"

"It caught my attention as we were coming around on the other side." Winter said as the others came running in.

"Perfect, now we got right where we want it!" Gloria smirked and then pulled out a Dusk Ball, tossing it to Nyx. "I believe you don't have one yet."

"Thanks." Nyx said, throwing it at the Moltres where she would catch it after three shakes.

End BGM

"Got it." Nyx said, putting the Dusk Ball on her hip.

"So… what'd gotten you so angry?" Ruby asked.

Nyx sighed. "I was introducing my favorite show with the Xenas and… Wario showed up on screen."

"Ooooh…"

"That smelly guy was in your show? Yikes…" Neptune winced.

"Ugh, Wario…" Weiss groaned, remembering how they kidnapped her.

"I don't see what's so bad." Rosalina spoke up. "Yes, he may be a bit… gassy, but he's not really that malevolent. Sure, he can be ornery, but I never took him to be completely evil."

"He helped Waluigi cheat us out of our home and them destroyed it with Bob-ombs… they both have to pay…"

"Well, didn't you fight them in the mansion?" Gloria pointed out.

"That's the thing… I've been wanting to. But for some reason, no matter what happens, the universe seems to pit me against someone else all the time. Not only that, but every time I try to confront them, someone always wants to chat with me and by the time I'm done, they're long gone." Nyx groaned. "One of these days… I'll get them… and I'm going to put an arrow where it really hurts."

Weiss and Ruby looked worriedly at each other. "Don't you think you're kinda obsessing a bit?" Weiss asked.

"No."

"Hmm, it sounds to me that you are." Mustard mused. "Obsessing over your enemy will lead you down a dark path."

"It won't… this karmic justice has been in the making for years… and when that day comes, I'm going to savor it."

Summer awkwardly rubbed her arm. "I mean… if you really want to go for it… but don't let it destroy you."

"I won't. That's not going to happen." Nyx said and walked off.

"…She's like a whole different person when she's pissed…" Gloria said and folded her arms. "That's… unsettling."

"And worrying." Ruby said.

"Mmm… I just hope she doesn't destroy herself over it…" Rosalina hoped.


Crown Tundra

"You see anything?" Sun called out, as Peony, Peonia, Neo, her squad, Jaune, Pyrrha, and the Belladonas were also there.

"No… Articuno is hard to keep track of." Penny said.

"Well, keep looking! That bird's gotta be here somewhere." Peony said as they searched around for it.

"How hard is it to find one dumb bird?" Peonia wondered.

"No idea…" Peony shrugged.

"Hello! Articuno! Where are you?" Jaune called out.

"I don't think it's gonna answer." Blake said.

Jaune let out a sigh. "I know… it was worth a try."

"So, have you named that Nidoran of yours?" Sun asked.

"Oh yeah, we have. I named the little guy Arthur." Jaune said and looked at Pyrrha. "And Pyrrha named her's Nimue." He would notice Pyrrha kneeling down and offering her hand out to a curious Aron that was approaching her.

"Arthur, Nimue… why do those two sound familiar?" Sun rubbed his head. "And uh, speaking of names…" He turned to Neo who was looking through binoculars. "Hey Neo, you mind if I ask ya something? Do you have a name for your squad of monsters?"

Neo smiled and nodded. "Of course." She said in sign language.

"We're the Frozen Squad!" The Blizzybody said proudly. "We were gonna call ourselves the Politan Squad, but it sounded dumb when said aloud."

"Oooh, good point…"

Absol perked up, immediately getting into a stance. "Sol!"

"Hmm? What is it, Seer?" Blake asked as her cat ears twitched. "It's here."

"Alright, get ready." Ghira said as a blizzard surrounded the group when they saw eyes popping through the blizzard… and several more eyes appeared as the blizzard disappeared as they saw several Articuno surrounding them.

BGM: Frozen Sea Battle Theme (Monster Hunter 4)

The Cruel Illusionist - Galarian Articuno

"There's more of them?!" Sun yelled.

Penny scanned the Articuno. "No. There is only one! It's using an illusionary trick!" She said as Peony called out his Aggron and Peonia called out a Tyrantrum.

"Dragon Claw!" Peonia ordered.

"TYRAAAANT!" The Tyrantrum cried after it was given direction from Penny as it used it on the Articuno, knocking it back as it let out a cry before unleashing Freezing Glare on the Tyrantrum, hitting it head on as its legs started to freeze.

"Crud!" Peonia growled as her father's Aggron destroyed the ice by flicking its tail at it. "Thanks!"

"Anything for my baby girl!" He said, then watched Penny reach into her back and pulled out a Pokeball as she called out her Porygon-Z.

"Zap Cannon!"

"PUH-PUH-PUH-PORYGOOOOOON!" Porygon-Z cried erratically and unleashed Zap Cannon on the Articuno, striking it as Kali let Chamomile use her as a stepping stone as she unleashed Fury Swipes on the Articuno.

"Mrow!" The Skitty meowed.

"Cunoooo…" Articuno said, using Recover on itself and then splitting itself up in an illusion as it used Freezing Glare on Neo, but she shattered on impact as it let out a startled yelp as Neo would smack it from behind with her umbrella where her Frozen Squad would unleash Kacrack spells on it. Articuno would unleash Hurricane on them right after, sending them sliding several feet while Neo braced herself. Articuno would then get struck by Poison Sting from both Nidoran as Peonia's Tyrantrum would unleash Stone Edge on the Articuno, knocking it away and weakening it, but it used Recover again as it flew directly at Blake and used Freezing Glare, but Seer got in the way and used Detect to protect Blake where Sun had his Monferno use Fire Spin.

"Alright, Seer. Night Slash!" Blake yelled as Absol jumped into the air and threw a Night Slash that struck Articuno as it fell on its wings. "Neo!" Blake cued as Neo threw a Luxury Ball at the Articuno, where she would catch it after the Luxury Ball shook in mid air and shook erratically once… before it clicked.

End BGM

"Gooray! She caught it!" The Slimecicle cheered as Neo picked it up and turned around and cutely smiled while flashing the peace sign at them.

Blake smiled, gently patting the Absol on the head. "That's taken care of."

"I'm imagining the others caught the other birds." Peony chuckled. "Alright! How about we-… I smell food."

"Dad, you're letting your gut control you again." Peonia sweatdropped.

"No, I smell it too." Ghira said.

"Hey, so do I!" Sun said as they curiously walked over to the scent where they would find Professor Sonia cooking up some curry.

"Sonia?" Blake spoke up.

"Aaah!" Sonia jumped. "Oh! It's you guys…"

"What are you doing way out here?"

"Well, I heard there was the Swords of Justice here, so I decided to brave the cold and find them myself. I found footprints scattered around the Tundra, so I thought I'd lure them out with curry!" Sonia said. "No one can resist the sweet smell of curry, after all." She winked.

"Well, it got our attention!" Peony said, drooling at the sight of the curry.

"Dooooown dad." Peonia said, attempting to pull him away… and then they felt the earth beneath them tremble. "…Dad, tell me that's not your stomach."

"Uh, no?" Peony said as they noticed the Absol turn around and get into position. "Looks like we got company!" He said as they turned around to see a bull-like Pokemon charging at them.

"FOOOOOOOD!" It said, leaping into the air.

"EEEEK!" Sonia dove out of the way as the Pokemon slammed into it and knocked the curry over. "Holy smokes, I almost got flattened by a Terrakion!"

The Terrakion turned toward the others, activating Sacred Sword. "Get away from my FOOD!" He said, striking them down but they quickly avoided the attack.

BGM: Battle! Cobalion/Virizion/Terrakion (Pokemon Black/White)

Hungry Sword of Justice - Terrakion

"From one Legendary to the next…" Blake sweatdropped. "Night Slash!"

"Flame Wheel!" Sun yelled.

Seer and Leo charged at the Terrakion and unleashed their moves, but Terrakion jumped to the side and stomped on the ground to unleash Stone Edge where Peony and Peonia had their Copperajah and Tyrantrum unleash High Horsepower in retalation, but the Terrakion tanked it and then swatted the two away as Terrakion then used Sacred Sword on Neo, but she rolled out of the way as she aimed her umbrella at him as Terrakion lunged directly at Neo with Sacred Sword activated… but suddenly another Pokemon jumped in front of Neo and activated Sacred Sword to block Terrakion.

"Terrakion! Control yourself. Your stomach is getting the better of you again." Cobalion said as they saw Virizion running in along with Keldeo.

"Mmph! …Not again…" Terrakion groaned as he backed up and deactivated the Sacred Sword.

End BGM

"Oh wow! The other Swords of Justice!" Sonia said in awe.

"My apologies…" Terrakion said. "I do not think straight when I'm hungry."

"More like when you're in the presence of food in general." Keldeo snarked.

"Hey!"

"Our sincerest apologies, we were traveling through Galar when Terrakion caught whiff of your curry." Virizion said. "He tends to go a bit ballistic."

"A bit?!" Sun exclaimed, looking at her in surprise. "He nearly sliced our heads off!"

"Oh relax, I maim but I do not kill." Terrakion said.

"Uh-huh! Sure!"

"What's going on here?" A voice asked as they saw the other groups approaching them where they saw the Swords of Justice.

"Oh wow! The Swords of Justice!" Ruby said. "…What's with the mess?"

"Terrakion." The whole group said, causing Terrakion to sweatdrop.

"You three didn't need to chime in…" Terrakion muttered to the other Swords.

"Don't worry, I can make up a fresh pot of curry for all of us to enjoy!" Gloria said, pulling out a large pot as she started throwing everything in and started stirring. Gloria would feel heavy breathing down her neck as she turned around and saw Terrakion behind her. "Patience, lad!" She said, pushing him away.

"Not my fault it looks delicious!"

"It does look delicious, but we must contain ourselves." Cobalion said. "I'd expect this from Keldeo, not you."

"I know, I'm surprised myself." Keldeo said with a chuckle as Gloria would whip up plates of curry for everyone.

"Alright, it's ready~!" She said as they all dug in.


Meanwhile

"Aaaagh! Mmmph…!" Seryu winced as they were back at their base.

"Surgery is complete. You now have a new metal arm." One of the Crimson Fang members said as Seryu moved her metal fingers.

"Painful… but I'll get used to it…" Seryu said as she stood up, giving it a good punch.

"Crimson Horn, you're up next. Would you like a metal arm?"

"…Give me something else. Perhaps an arm from one of our monsters will suffice."

"Very well." He nodded and walked off as Seryu let out a smirk before walking away.

"And where are you going?" Adam asked.

"I've got unfinished business I need to do." Seryu said. "I'll be back."

"Do what you must. Just don't draw too much attention."

"I won't~!" Seryu smiled and skipped away, though she had a massive nasty smirk plastered on her face.


So, for those who didn't see my statement on Super Paper RWBY about the whole Monochrome situation in the review section... I just want to say:

Thank you. Thank you for your opinions and feedback on the matter... and I thank you for pulling me out of a dark path I nearly walked into without realizing it. It was hard to come up with a solution for the Monochrome thing without forcing it and pulling a RoosterTeeth on y'all.

I was thinking of making it platonic when talking with my friends, but I thought "I wonder what the fans would think... maybe there's an idea I haven't thought of yet." and I did get some suggestions, it was mostly "No! Keep Iceberg and BlackSun!" and I have to say... thank you! From the bottom of my heart, thank you! I was honestly kinda worried how I would handle Monochrome in a romantic way and make it natural and not making it feel forced.

While I do ship Monochrome now, i'm going to keep it platonic. I'm not completely desperate for Monochrome, thank goodness! It's honestly the best way to go about it. (Kind of like another ship I have a soft spot for that I also view as platonic. Gah, why must Nuts and Dolts be so freakin' adorable! Don't worry though, i'm still the captain of this Rose Feathers ship and I refuse to abandon it!)

Thank you all for being such wonderful fans and keeping me on the right path. Y'all are awesome!