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Rosalina and JINX made their way to the Observatory as they landed on the ground as the Grand Star flew directly to the Core, where it grew once more as the top of the Observatory lit up, and the Engine Room opened up.

BGM: Rosalina in the Observatory 3 (Super Mario Galaxy)

"So how'd it go?" Ruby asked.

"Oh, it was pretty sweet!" Jade said. "You should've seen Rosalina, she was kicking some serious butt!"

"Oh?" Daisy looked intrigued. "You know some sweet hand to hand combat?"

"Well, I do know hand to hand… but, I mostly prefer my magical abilities that I've developed for centuries. That being said, I'm not afraid to throw a punch or two."

Palutena giggled. "I'm not surprised. You have phenominal cosmic powers in a massive living space."

"Indeed."

"Okay, how about weapons?" Pit wondered, as he watched Rosalina turn her wand into an ice sword.

"Does this answer your question?"

"…Oh wow!" Pit exclaimed as Ruby jawdropped at the sight of the sword.

"Oooooh my goodness, it looks pretty! The shape! The size! The blade! Oh my goodness!"

"She can also throw meteors and comets at you." Nyx chimed in.

"I did see her conjure up a black hole once." Weiss said.

"Daaaang, she's got it all." Yang said. "Glad we're on your side."

Rosalina giggled. "And to think, I was just holding back."

"That was you holding back?" Xena raised an eyebrow. "What's it like when you're at full power?"

"Oh, it's quite a show." Palutena chuckled.

"Indeed. Now then…" Rosalina walked forward. "Now that we have the engine room back up and running, we should have enough Power Stars to go to the center of the universe. In fact, we have a total of 70 Stars. So theoretically, we can go to the center of the universe right now. However, I have a sneaking suspicion you want to visit more galaxies before we go there."

"Hey, we haven't gone to a galaxy yet. It should be pretty fun." Marisa said.

"What she said." Reimu chuckled.

"Your darn tootin!" Sarge said. "We oughta collect all these Stars before tacklin' the big lug!"

"Yeah! Let's see what these big ol' galaxies have in store for us!" Nora exclaimed as everyone else had similar reactions.

Rosalina giggled. "I had a feeling you'd say that."

"Now before you guys go out and explore the cosmos… why not have yourselves a treat before you go?" A voice asked as they turned to see Summer pushing a cart over with a lot of cookies on the trays.

"Oh wow!" Yang exclaimed as Ruby drooled at the sight of the cookies.

"Thought I would bake some cookies while you were out getting a Grand Star." Summer smiled. "Hope you don't mind."

"Oh no, not at all!" Rosalina smiled as Yang picked up a cookie and took a bite. Her eyes immediately widened in surprise.

"This is… this is just like how you used to make them!" She said in shock as Ruby took a bite.

"…Oh… oh my goodness!" Ruby exclaimed. "This is heavenly!"

"Mmm! You haven't lost your touch at all." Tai said, eating a cookie.

"Heh, just like old times." Qrow said as everyone else took a cookie and ate it.

"Mama mia! This is good!" Mario said.

"Whooooooa! Ever thought of opening up a cookie shop? I'd be going there all the time!" Daisy said.

"…This is the best cookie I've ever eaten." Byleth said, her eyes sparkling. "This is delicious!"

"Ooooh, this is heaven!" Nora exclaimed.

"This is so good!" Marisa grinned.

"Delicious!" Iris smiled.

Summer giggled, eating a cookie herself. "Still got it." She said with a smile, then finished her cookie. "Alright, now we-" She immediately heard sniffling as she turned her head to see Ruby tearing up, trying desperately to dry her tears.

End BGM

"Honey, what's wrong?" Summer asked with a bit of concern.

BGM: Family (Super Mario Galaxy)

"I… I don't know…! I don't know why I'm crying… is there… is there something in these cookies?"

"Hmm, no… I just my usual ingredients in there. Chocolate chips, sugar, eggs, my own mother's lo-… oh." Summer let out a soft smile as she looked at Yang who was trying to keep it together as well. On instinct, she opened her arms as Ruby immediately went over and hugged her mother tightly. Yang would follow suit and Summer wrapped her arms around her daughters with a smile.

"Aww…" Weiss smiled, nearly tearing up over this as Tai and Qrow couldn't help but smile at this as Zwei let out a bark.

"…Lady Palutena, are you okay?" Pit asked, glancing over at Palutena who was tearing up.

"Y-yeah! I… I just got some Star Bits in my eyes…" She lied, wiping her tears as Rosalina let out a soft chuckle.

Summer smiled, gently kissing her daughter's foreheads. "Come on, you two. Let's go explore a galaxy together." She said as the duo nodded, both of them drying their eyes as they made their way to the Engine Room along with everyone else.

End BGM

At Gold Leaf Galaxy…

BGM: Honeyhive Galaxy (Super Mario Galaxy)

The group landed on the ground. "Wait a minute, isn't this just Honeyhive Galaxy?" Yang wondered.

"It looks to be like a mirrored version of it." Ruby observed.

"A mirrored galaxy? How can that be a thing?" Weiss wondered.

"Space is definitely mysterious." Nora said with a shrug. "Now come on, let's go see what we can find here!" She said as they all split up.

Gold Leaf Galaxy Star 1 - Star Bunnies on the Hunt - Nora, Jaune, Caboose

"Ah, I see a Launch Star above us!" Caboose said, pointing toward it.

"Hmm, but how are we going to get to it?" Jaune wondered.

"Let's see here…" Nora rubbed her chin in thought. "I could throw you two up there and then grenade jump my way toward the Launch Star."

"Gr-grenade jump?!" Jaune looked at her in surprise. "Nora, that's dangerous!"

"Aw come on, I've seen this one guy on the internet do it all the time!" Nora said. "…Though he was drunk… not to mention he had one eye and he had a Scottish accent… I think he's related to Gloria."

Jaune sweatdropped. "Uh… I doubt it."

"We could get that Shrine girl to help us." Caboose said. "She could carry us up to the Launch Star."

"Uh hello… I have a Crimson Wisp. I can use my Eagle powers to get us to that Launch Star." Jaune said. "I can carry you up there."

"Hmm… any other ideas?" Nora asked.

"How about those star things over there?" Caboose pointed to some Blue Star Chips.

"Blue Star Chips? Ooooh, that's boring!" Nora complained. "Jaune! How about you carry us?"

"Sounds good!" Jaune said, whistling to get the Crimson Wisp to fly over as it flew inside his body. "Alright, get ready you two!"

"EAGLE!"

Crimson wings sprouted out of Jaune as he picked up Nora and then dropped her into the Launch Star. "WAHOOOOO!" Nora yelled as Jaune picked up Caboose and flew him over to the Launch Star.

"Weeeee!" Caboose said as he was carried to the Launch Star and then launched away as Jaune would soon follow.

Nora landed on the Bump Appear Planet where she would come in contact with a Star Bunny. "Heyo! See if you can catch me, boiyoing!" The Star Bunny said and then hopped away.

"Hey, get back here!" Nora said and then made eye contact with an Ivory Wisp trapped in a capsule. "Oh!" She said as she knelt down and freed it. "There ya go!" She said as Jaune and Caboose landed on the ground, right when Nora had an idea. "Want to help catch the little guy?" She asked as the Ivory Wisp nodded and then went inside Nora, where an ivory aura surrounded her and her eyes turned ivory. "Let's do this!"

"Uh… Nora?" Jaune looked a bit concerned.

"LIGHTNING!"

Nora turned her whole body into electricity as she launched herself high into the air as she put her hands up in the air and then she threw a massive bolt of lightning toward the planet, covering it in electricty while making sure not to electrocute Jaune and Caboose. The Star Bunny got hit as it let out a yelp and was stunned, then Nora zipped on through and grabbed the Star Bunny. "Got ya!"

"…Ooookay, that's terrifying!" Jaune sweatdropped.

"She's queen of the electricity!" Caboose said.

"Oooogh… here's your star… bzzzzt!" The Star Bunny convulsed as Nora took it as the Ivory Wisp came out of Nora.

"Oh, I like you." Nora grinned as the three flew up and then flew off.

Gold Leaf Galaxy Star 2 - Cataquack to the Skies - Ruby, Yang, Summer, Tai, Zwei, Pit

"Weeee!" A Honeybee cheered. "My pet Cataquacks likes to flip me in the air all the time!"

"Oh, they look so cute!" Ruby smiled.

"Yeah… cute…" Yang muttered, flashing back to those infernal Cataquacks that destroyed the watermelon one too many times at Gelato Beach.

Summer put her hand on her shoulder. "Don't worry, these ones look friendly."

"Friendly enough to destroy a watermelon…"

"Ooooh, still sour about that." Pit grimaced.

Summer let out a sigh. "Yang, I know those Cataquacks destroyed the watermelon too many times, but have you ever thought about carrying it instead of letting it roll down a mountain where it'll get destroyed by a Cataquack?"

"Have you seen the size of that thing?"

"Have you tried picking it up?"

Yang sweatdropped. "Uh… no…"

"It was easy to push, so I don't know why it was so hard to pick up."

Yang let out a groan. "Uuugh…"

"Look, I understand those Cataquacks were jerks and I will admit there was one too many of them, but there was no need to go on a killing spree."

"Hate to say it, but mom's right." Ruby said.

"Yeeeeeah… sorry sweetie, I have to agree with her." Tai said.

"Woof." Zwei agreed.

"Alright, alright… I admit it, I was a bit of a knucklehead." Yang shook her head.

"Besides, the blue ones are much friendlier." Summer said.

"…If you say so." Yang said as she walked over to the Blue Cataquack, where it took notice of her. "Heeeey, uh… little… guy… how are you…?" She said. Easy now… don't punch it because a lot of them gave you a hard time at Delfino… She thought as she reached her hand out. The Cataquack waddled over to Yang and examined Yang's arm.

"Yes! Progress!" Summer grinned… and then the Cataquack launched her up in the air.

"AAAAAAAAAAH!"

"Aaaaand there she goes." Ruby said as Yang came crashing down right after, causing the group to wince.

"Oooow… Cataquacks hate me…" She groaned. Zwei would walk over and licked her face.

"Now now, they do that with everyone!" The Bee said. "That's just his way of saying he likes you and wants to play with you!"

"…He has a funny way of showing it…" Yang grumbled as the Cataquack examined the others and flipped them up in the air as the others landed gracefully, though Pit fell on his butt after he landed on his feet. Zwei would land on his face, wagging his tail in excitement.

Summer let out a giggle. "Definitely a friendly one!" She said, patting it on the head as the Cataquack simply nuzzled against her, causing Yang to fold her arms in annoyance.

"Right… let's just get going." She said as they made their way to the Launch Star with the help of the Cataquack, which it took them to the Poihana Relay Planet. "Good, at least now we don't have to see those infernal devils again." Yang smiled.

"Look, there's more of them!" Ruby said, pointing to some Cataquacks wandering around the round planet.

Yang slumped a bit. "You gotta be kidding me…" She groaned.

"Oh, it's not all that bad." Pit said, whistling to catch a Cataquack's attention. "Hey! Can you help us get to that planet over there?" He asked as a Cataquack nodded. Pit guided them to the spot and then one by one, the Cataquack launched them to the Poihana Maze Planet. Everyone looked up as Yang was the last one to land on the planet.

"Mmmph!" Yang grunted. "Was that guy rough with you?"

"No, it felt gentle on my end." Tai said.

"Maybe they sense that you killed their kind?" Pit asked as Yang looked at Pit with a "What the heck, dude?" look on her face. "What… too soon?" Pit rubbed the back of his head as they walked through the maze. Summer walked at a more casual pace to enjoy the scenery. She took a deep breath and exhaled.

"Ah, love the smell of those flowers." She smiled, as a Cataquack wandered over and took a nap right next to her. She let out a giggle and petted its head while Tai guided a Cataquack to a platform.

"Hey Summer, you coming?" Tai called out.

"I'll be there in a minute!" Summer said and then looked at the resting Cataquack. "You're not all that bad… you're just a misunderstood creature." She said, patting his head as she walked over to the platform and was launched up to the air by a helpful Cataquack, though she'd land a bit awkwardly on the M Shaped Relay Planet.

"You alright?" Tai asked.

"Yeah." She responded. "This planet is not the best landing area."

"I hear ya." Tai chuckled as Zwei let out a bark to get a Cataquack's attention and guided it to the other end, though considering how awkward the planet is, it took them a little while to get to their destination. Once they were all there, they were launched into a Launch Star and flew off toward the Flower Planet.

"Phew, finally… away from those assholes." Yang said.

"They're not bad." Summer told her as they walked around until they came across a Jenga Tower.

"Oh, this takes me back." Tai chuckled.

"Glad Nora's not here, she'd find a way to remove one of these and make it fall." Ruby said.

"Hmm…" Pit would spot a Bee Mushroom nearby as he walked over and picked it up. He popped it in his mouth as his toga turned yellow with black stripes going around his toga, antenna popped up on his head as bumblebee wings replaced his angel wings. "Alright!" He walked over toward the others.

"Oh! Pit, you look so cute as a bee!" Ruby gushed.

"Aw, thanks!" Pit blushed as he flapped his wings. "Roses first!" He said, grabbing Ruby and Summer's hands as he closed his eyes and would fly up to the top of the Jenga Tower… or at least, that's what he hoped.

"Um… Pit?" Summer spoke up. "We're not leaving the ground."

"Huh?" Pit noticed that he was standing on his tiptoes, but he wouldn't get off the ground.

"So, is this the part where you should fly now?" Tai wondered.

"Come on, you dumb wings! Fly! FLY!"

"Ooooh…" Yang winced.

"Come on, it worked with the Wing Cap! FLY!" Pit said as the others sweatdropped. He would try to jump to get the wings to fly but no use. "Lady Palutena, what's going on?"

"Hmm, if I had to guess… your bumblebee wings don't work." Palutena said. "Something tells me you're stuck unless you need my help. Odd, you didn't need my help with the Wing Cap…"

Pit slouched a bit. "Love you too, universe…" He pouted. His wings glowed a blue aura as Palutena had activated the Power of Flight for Pit as he flew up to get the Roses on top of the tower as he then flew down and helped Yang and Tai up, the former having picked up Zwei. A Cataquack was just about to toss Yang up in the air right as Pit picked her up. It let out a sad noise and walked away with a pout.

"There we go." Pit said as he would turn his head and spot a Power Star in the distance. "Oh, I'll be right back!" He said as he flew over to the Power Star and grabbed it, then returned to the others. "Got it!" He said.

"Sweet!" Ruby grinned as they flew off together.

Gold Leaf Galaxy Star 6 - The Bell on the Big Tree - Reimu

"Hmm…" Reimu folded her arms at a bell that was on the tree. "Odd place to put a bell here." She said as she flew up and rang it, when musical notes popped up in front of her. "What the…?" She wondered as she flew over to collect the notes. Once she grabbed the last one, a Power Star appeared in front of her. "Okay, I'm not sure how that worked, but I'll take it." She said, taking the Power Star. "Wonder how Marisa is doing?" She wondered.

"WAHOOOOO!"

"Huh?" Reimu turned her head to see Nora flying to the Bump Appear planet in the distance, then she saw Jaune drop Caboose in the Launch Star before flying off himself. "Eh, it's probably nothing." She said as she flew back to the Observatory.

Gold Leaf Galaxy Star 3 - When it Rains, It Pours - Weiss, Sonic, Ibuki, Tucker

"What's with all these storm clouds?" Tucker wondered.

"I dunno." Weiss responded as they walked around before spotting a Bee Mushroom. "Ooooh!" She grinned as she ran over and picked it up, then happily put in her mouth to transform into Bee Weiss.

Ibuki chuckled. "Something tells Ibuki that you actually like that power up."

"Well, I do look cute in it." Weiss said with a blush as they walked around until they found some platforms to walk on, where they would avoid a few Mandibugs, but Weiss would "sting" them with Myrtenaster as they hopped over to a platform when Ibuki noticed something approaching them.

"Heads up, we got a comet!" Ibuki said as they would see a blue comet approaching them.

"For once, can we just have a normal comet?" Weiss asked as the Cosmic Comet flew overhead as a figure emerged in front of them as the four got ready to fight the cosmic clone… which turned out to be a Cosmic Ibuki.

Ibuki let out a gasp. "Oh my goodness!" Her eyes sparkled. "A Cosmic Ibuki!" She exclaimed.

"Uh… Ibuki…?" Sonic spoke up, but was ignored.

"So! Wanna do a duet?" Ibuki grinned as the Cosmic Ibuki let out a cackle… before pulling out her own cosmic guitar.

"IBUKI, NO!" Weiss yelled.

End BGM

"Ibuki, yes~!" Ibuki grinned as the two strummed their guitars.

"Oooh boy…" Tucker sweatdropped.

BGM: Nothin' But A Good Time (Guitar Hero)

Weiss looked to the others and let out a shrug. "What can you do?" She said as they shrugged as well as they walked off while Ibuki was on her hoverboard as Cosmic Ibuki was on a cosmic hoverboard as the both of them were jamming out as the three took out some Mandibugs in the way until they came across a large gap that lead to the Observation Deck. Sonic got a running start and jumped over, using a Homing Attack on a Mandibug while Weiss flew up and grabbed Tucker's arms as they flew toward the other side.

Weiss let go of Tucker as they then walked over to the Observation Deck where they noticed the rain clouds circling around the deck. Weiss had walked into a storm cloud as the rain got rid of her power up. "What the-… oh…" Weiss pouted as she spotted another Bee Mushroom nearby as she immediately picked it up and ate it to get her wings back as she flew up a few platforms while avoiding the rain clouds. Sonic also walked around it while Tucker didn't really seem to care.

They would eventually find a spring as they wandered around and then they jumped on it where they would find a Sling Star and launched themselves over at the top of the Observation Deck. Once there, they would come across an Undergrunt Gunner who was firing bubbles at them. "Really? This is what we're dealing with here?" Weiss wondered.

"Looks like we got ourselves an easy boss fight!" Tucker said, readying his Energy Sword.

Ordinary Undergrunt - Undergrunt Gunner

The Undergrunt quickly fired bubbles at the group but they easily avoided the attack as Weiss flew up as she then dive bombed the Undergrunt, "stinging" it on the glass as she took a jump back as the Undergrunt let out a growl as he fired more shots at them, but they were dodged as Weiss made a few ice platforms as Tucker jumped on these and then slashed at the Undergrunt Gunner again. It let out angry noises as he looked into his controls and spotted Eggman's emblem on a button. He let out a growl and punched it.

The turret suddenly shook as it rose from the ground, gaining legs as the glass dome gained a metal covering for protection as it sprouted arms where it summoned two swords as the turret itself spat out fire instead of watery bubbles. "Whoa!" Weiss exclaimed.

"This smells like Eggman." Sonic said as he got in a stance. "Let's go!" He said as the robot rushed at the group and slashed at them, but they dove out of the way as Tucker slashed at the robot, but it blocked with its swords and then kicked Tucker down as it shot fire at him, but he rolled out of the way to avoid getting burnt as Weiss summoned Ice Glyphs and shot out icebergs out at the robot, hitting it a few times as it retaliated with a few sword swings at Weiss. She jumped back and decided to switch out Myrtenaster for Eiskönigin as she rushed at it and slashed at the robot. It responded by blocking Weiss's attacks and then parried Eiskönigin off of Weiss, causing it to fly into the air.

"Crap!" Weiss exclaimed as the robot kicked her down as she tried to pull out Myrtenaster, but the robot attempted to slash down at her but Tucker would block the attack quickly and then countered to make it back up as the greatsword would come falling back down to the ground. However… a hand grabbed a hold of it before it stabbed the ground.

"Oh!" Ibuki would take notice and decided to switch songs, much to her Cosmic Clone's shock.

End BGM

BGM: Knight of the Wind (Sonic and the Black Knight)

Sonic got in a battle stance, holding Eiskönigin in his hands. "Let's do this!" He said as he rushed at the robot and slashed at it gracefully, making it slide a few feet as Weiss and Tucker would look at Sonic in surprise.

"Where did you-"

"I'll tell you later!" Sonic said. "Let's take this tin can to the trash heap!"

"Right!" Weiss and Tucker nodded as the robot readied itself. The robot shot out fire, forcing the three to roll out of the way as Weiss and Tucker would slash at the legs, where they would be kicked away but they recovered as Sonic rushed at the robot and slashed at it, clashing with its blades but Sonic perfectly parried the attacks as he tossed Eiskönigin up in the air as he jumped over and did a homing attack on the chest plate as he bounced off and caught the Greatsword.

Weiss made a few Gravity glyphs as Tucker and Sonic jumped on these as the robot slashed at the two, but Sonic and Tucker blocked these attacks as Weiss made some glyphs for herself as she jumped on these and did a few stabs at the robot. She then jumped away from a fire shot as Sonic jumped overhead and did a spinning slash attack that caused the robot to stumble as he turned around and slashed through the legs, cutting through them cleanly as the robot fell on its back as Tucker got on top of it and then cut through it with the Energy Sword, then Weiss jumped over and stabbed the hole and encased it in ice as Sonic pulled out a spring and jumped on it to gain more height as he did a spinning slash and stabbed it, causing the robot to light up as Sonic jumped away as the robot exploded, sending the Undergrunt flying away.

End BGM

"Still got it." Sonic said, tossing Eiskönigin back to Weiss as a Power Star flew to them, then they looked to Ibuki.

"Ibuki thinks she won that duet!" Ibuki grinned, causing the Cosmic Ibuki to hand over the Power Star while giving her the "rock on" gesture before disappearing.

"All of that and she gives you the Star…" Weiss said.

"What? It was an easy star, wasn't it?" Ibuki shrugged, causing the trio to anime fall. "Not sure what you're complaining about."

"Oh, you are definitely a loon… but you're our loon." Tucker said.

"Damn straight!" Ibuki grinned as they flew off.

"So what was all that about?" Weiss asked.

"Oh that?" Sonic let out a chuckle. "It's a long story. You see-"

At Sea Slide Galaxy…

BGM: Beachbowl Galaxy (Super Mario Galaxy)

Group B landed on the ground, seeing the scenery around them. "Oh man, could you even imagine coming to this place instead?" Xena said.

"Yeah, but we probably would've gotten homesick." Nyx pointed out. "Not to mention missing out on the fun."

"Good point." Xena giggled.

"Why are all these penguins looking sad?" Hiyoko wondered.

"I think it has to do with that killer whale over there." Cream said, pointing over to Guppy.

"Oh damn… that's the ugliest Orca I've ever seen."

Tell me about it. Xena agreed.

"Yeah, Guppy kinda just showed up and won't let us swim around in our ocean." A Penguin sighed.

"That's… sad." Ren said.

"Alright, so this Killer Whale is a bully. I'll have a word with him." Hiyoko said as she walked over to him. "Hey, ugly beached whale thing!" She said. "What do you think you're doing?"

"This is my ocean! And I'm not gonna let anyone take it from me." Guppy said. "No one is allowed in!"

"Oh for crying out loud! Just let us through!" Toadette complained.

"Never!"

"…Alright, then we should have a race." Guppy said. "If you beat me, the ocean is yours! If not, then I reign supreme!"

"Oh for crying…" Iris walked forward. "Are you dense? You can't just hog all the ocean by yourself! You gotta share the damn place!"

"Oh yeah, and what are you gonna do about it, twinkle toes? You look like you can't even swim to save your life!"

"…Oh, it's on." Iris glared. "Hiyoko… let's make this loser eat our space dust."

"Oh yeah!" Hiyoko smirked, pulling out her Penguin Suit and absorbing it.

Pause BGM

Sea Slide Galaxy Star 1 - Going After Guppy - Hiyoko, Iris

"And here we go!" Guppy said as he turned around. "One lap around the ocean. See if you can keep up!" He said as he dove into the water as Hiyoko and Iris dove in after him.

BGM: Aquatic Race (Super Mario Galaxy)

Hiyoko would already be neck and neck with Guppy while Iris lagged behind. She would find a Koopa Shell in the water as she picked it up and started to gain speed, but would soon need air as she swam up to the surface near a beach while Guppy and Hiyoko trailed ahead. "Mmmph…" Iris groaned before spotting a capsule nearby that contained an orange wisp. "Oh!" She would immediately press a button to free it. "No time for thanking me, think you can give me a boost?" She asked as the Orange Wisp nodded as it went inside her as Iris dove into the water while glowing an orange aura and gaining orange eyes. Here we go!

"ROCKET!"

Iris' legs fused together to form a rocket thruster as goggles appeared over her eyes as a rebreather appeared in her mouth. Flames shot out of the thruster as Iris sped off and caught up with Hiyoko and Guppy, and kept her speed as Guppy and Hiyoko looked at her in surprise, though the latter formed a smile.

"Oh hell yeah! Now we're leaving him in the dust!" She said as she picked up speed to be on par with Iris.

"H-hey! Wait a minute!" Guppy said as he tried to pick up speed as the girls went through the cavern and through the rocks and under the tree until they eventually made it to the other side right as Iris breached from the water as her Rocket form changed. A jetpack appeared on her back as her legs unfused, but the goggles were still there as she landed gracefully as Hiyoko landed near her.

"We rock!" Hiyoko said, high fiving Iris.

End BGM

"Grrr… I demand a rematch!" Guppy yelled. "You were cheating! I guarantee it!" He said, referring to Iris.

"Oh really? How was she cheating?" Hiyoko asked.

"She had outside help!"

"Funny, because last I checked, the rules were: One lap around the ocean. If we win, everyone gets to go swimming. If we lose, you get it all to yourself. I didn't hear anything about outside help, did you?" Hiyoko turned to Iris.

"Nope, not at all." Iris chuckled. "Now I believe you owe us something other than swimming in the ocean."

"Mmmph… this thing?" Guppy wondered, pulling out the Power Star. "Go on and take it… I'm just gonna go and swim around, ya cheatin' landlubbers." He said and disappeared into the ocean.

"Alright, let's go enjoy ourselves now!" Jade said as they all dove into the water.

Resume Sea Slide Galaxy BGM

"Hey you!" A penguin caught Hiyoko's attention. "How about we have a little race? I wanna know if you're legit considering you beat Guppy."

"Oh, you think so? You're on!" Hiyoko smirked as she and a few penguins dove into the water and they sped off while the Toad Brigade were hard at work making a cannon while Ren noticed a Hungry Luma nearby.

"Hi there! I need about forty Star Bits in order to transform!"

"Forty?" Ren looked around. "I'll be right back." He said and then flew off, using his Star Bit Pointer to bring the Star Bits to him as he would dive underwater and collected more Star Bits before swimming back to the beach. He would then spot Cream flying over with a collection of Star Bits and handed them over to Ren.

"Here you go! This should be enough."

"Thank you." Ren nodded. "…Wait, how did you-"

"Cheese overheard your conversation with the Luma, so we decided to help out."

"Chao chao!"

Ren let out a chuckle. "Thank you." He said and walked over to the Luma while Cream flew off. He then shot out at least 40 Star Bits to the Hungry Luma.

"Oooh, I'm so full… I think I'm gonna… TRANSFOOOOOOOOOORM!" The Hungry Luma flew off directly to a Black Hole, where a planet filled with shrinking tiles surrounded the black hole.

"Just like Hurry Scurry…" He quietly said to himself as he called upon his Hover Wisp to hover toward the planet, when he then spotted a blue comet flying overhead as a Cosmic version of himself appeared in front of him. Cosmic Ren then pointed over to the planet to which Ren understood as they both hovered over toward their destination right as Hiyoko crossed the finish line.

"First place! Woo!" Hiyoko cheered.

"Not bad." The red penguin chuckled and handed her the Power Star. "Here you go."

"Thanks." Hiyoko chuckled as she decided to swim around some more.

Sea Slide Galaxy Star 4 & 6 - Shrinking Cosmic Race - Ren

Ren would land on a shrinking tile and would immediately start running and collecting the musical notes that appeared. What is with these musical notes? Ren wondered as he kept at it, making sure his Cosmic Clone wouldn't get a single note. As soon as he went around the planet once, he would notice his cosmic clone collecting notes from a different angle. He immediately pulled out his Ren Bow and fired a few shots that knocked the clone back and would drop the notes that it collected as he flew over and collected them before turning around and collecting the other notes as the Cosmic Clone tried to catch up but Ren would collect the last remaining notes.

To Ren's surprise, he would notice the black hole shrinking until a Power Star appeared where the Black hole was at. He was also given a Power Star from his cosmic clone before it disappeared, then Ren hovered down to collect the other Power Star, then flew back to the Observatory with two Power Stars in hand.

Sea Slide Galaxy Star 3 - The Silver Stars of Sea Slide - JINX, Cream & Cheese

"I think I see a Silver Star on that tree over there." Nyx said, pointing to a Silver Star at the large tree.

"I guess we got some Silver Stars to find." Jade said.

"Then let's go get 'em." Jade said as they split up.

Cream and Cheese flew over to the Ocean Pudding planet, landing gently on the sand as they walked toward the top of the planet and grabbed the Silver Star. "Got one!" Cream smiled.

"Chao!"

Jade would climb a palm tree on a small floating island, getting on top of the tree and grabbed the Silver Star. "Got it!"

Iris stared at a Silver Star in the sky as she activated her jetpack and flew over to collect it. "There we go." She said as she would fly back, but a Pull Star would grab a hold of her. "…Hey!" She said, as she pulled away from the Pull Star's grip and flew down. She landed on the ground as the Orange Wisp came out of her. "You're definitely fun to have around." She said, patting it on the head as it let out a chirp.

"…Oh come on! What was the point of the cannon then!" Green Toad yelled as the other Toads looked annoyed.

Nyx would stare at the large tree once she got up on a rock formation. She then reached into her pocket and pulled out an arrow attached with rope as she aimed directly at a tree branch and fired it, where the arrow wrapped around the branch and fit snugly. Nyx grabbed on to the rope and swung through, her feet almost touching the water as she flipped around and landed on top of a branch. "Phew, nailed it!" She grinned, taking the arrow off as she fired it again where she started climbing until she grabbed the Silver Star. "Perfect!"

Xena stared at a Silver Star atop a palm tree near the lighthouse. "You thinking what I'm thinking?"

"Levitation!"

"Bingo!"

Xena levitated herself off the ground as she would slowly rise up and grabbed a hold of the Silver Star. "We rock!" She said, mentally high fiving her dark self, they flew back to the others where the Silver Stars turned into a Power Star.

"That was easy." Nyx said. "Where'd you get yours?"

"On the floating island." Cream said.

"Up in the middle of nowhere." Iris said with a chuckle.

"Palm tree." Jade said.

"We found ours near the lighthouse… at least, we're assuming it's a lighthouse." Xena shrugged as they all flew off with the Power Star in tow, where Hiyoko would surface from the water and see them flying off.

"Oh, we're leaving already? Wait up!" She said and flew off after them.

End BGM

At Toy Time Galaxy…

BGM: Toy Time Galaxy (Super Mario Galaxy)

Group C landed on the platform, seeing trains ride around the tracks. "Well… this is unique…" Daisy said.

"Tell me about it." Byleth nodded.

"Well, let's see where these Launch Stars'll take us!" Tails said and with a nod, they rode the trains that would take them to their designated Launch Stars and launched away.

Toy Time Galaxy Star 1 - Heavy Metal Mecha-Bowser - Pyrrha, Gloria, The Reds, Travis, Qrow

They landed at the base of the Train Planet where they would notice Mecha-Bowsers wandering around. "These Mechakoopas look different." Pyrrha mused.

"I don't think they're Mechakoopas… I could be wrong." Qrow said as they wandered around the planet as a Mecha Bowser came running toward them and attempted to breathe fire, but Travis would slash through it to destroy it.

"Heh, piece of cake." Travis said as they would notice a Gearmo freaking out.

"What seems to be the trouble?" Sarge asked.

"My friends have been kidnapped! Please help!" The Gearmo said.

"Got it!" Pyrrha nodded as they went on ahead, though the gravity on some of the walls would send them crashing into the walls.

"OOOF!" Gloria grunted. "Bloody hell…" She muttered as she freed herself from the gravitational pull as Pyrrha used her semblance to unscrew a few screws to reveal a Launch Star where they would make their way to the Launch Star and blasted away to the Conveyor Belts Planet, where they would spot a ? Coin as Gloria would walk over and touched the ? Coin as a few Spring Mushrooms appeared in front of them.

"Metallic mushrooms…?" Simmons wondered.

"Grif, you take the first bite!" Sarge said, pushing him forward.

"Wha?! Why me?!"

"Because we need to know if it's safe to eat! If you get lead poisoning, then we know for sure it'll kill us." Sarge said.

"Oh, good thinking, sir!" Simmons said.

"…Kissass." Grif grumbled as he took the Spring Mushroom and absorbed it, where he found himself wrapped around in a spring and bounced uncontrollably. "Wah! Why am I slinky?!"

"That looks fun!" Donut said.

"Hmm…" Sarge walked forward and lightly whacked him with the shotgun, making him fall over and bounced on his head.

"OW! OOOOF! GAH! OW! OOOOW!"

"Heheheh! What do you know, it is fun!" Sarge said as Gloria picked one up and stared at the bouncing Grif and then looked at the Spring Mushroom. She sweatdropped and took a nervous gulp, not wanting to be part of that mess… but the curiosity got the better of her and took a deep breath.

"Don't turn me into a Spoink, don't turn me into a Spoink…" She silently plead as she absorbed it. Her hat completely disappeared as brown bunny ears popped up on her head as her hair grew a bit and covered her ears. A brown T-Shirt appeared on her person with "Bounce High" written on it. Baggy black shorts also appeared as poofy tan rings appeared on her wrists as brown sandals appeared on her feet. A choker appeared on her neck as a Mega Stone appeared on it as well.

"LOOOOPUUUNNNNY!" She yelled. Oh thank Arceus!

"You turn into a Lopunny… Grif has a spring around him…" Pyrrha looked at the last Spring Mushroom as she picked it up and with a deep breath, she absorbed it. Her hair turned metallic, her eyes turned grey as her outfit turned silver. "Hmm…" Pyrrha aimed her hand at a wall as she had conjured up a small springboard. "Oh!" She said as she tossed it on the ground. "Found our way up!"

"WHY DID I GET THE SHITTIEST?!" Grif yelled as they made their way up but Grif found himself bouncing off a wall. "Waaaah! Crap! OW! OW!"

"Think we should help him?" Donut asked.

"Nah. He'll figure it out." Sarge said as Grif eventually made it to Pyrrha's springboard and then bounced up on the platform, but was still bouncing.

"This is just sad…" Qrow said.

"Lo." Gloria agreed as she had an idea as she got into a fighting stance and used Double Kick. The first kick destroyed the spring.

"Phew, tha-AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!" Grif yelled, as the second kick hit him in the crotch.

"Ooooh!" Travis and Qrow grimaced.

Whoops… Gloria sweatdropped as Grif fell on his knees, holding on to his crotch with a groan.

"Ooooow…"

Once Grif recovered, Pyrrha would throw down a spring board as everyone would jump on the spring boards that everyone bounced on and they would launch themselves to the Dinner Planet. Gloria would do a Bounce to get herself high into the air, then she front flipped and axe kicked the rock to destroy it while Pyrrha conjured up a Spring Board as every bounced in as Gloria launched herself toward Mecha Bowser.

Pause BGM

BGM: Heavy Metal Mecha Bowser (Super Mario Galaxy)

"Oh my!" Pyrrha said as they landed.

"Looks like Junior brought out his toys again." Simmons said.

Sarge cocked his shotgun. "Welp! Time to destroy his toys! Let's roll!" He said as they hopped over on one of the legs as Pyrrha would unscrew one of the legs as they hopped into the Warp Pipe and hopped out of the other leg where they would unscrew the other leg. A Sling Star appeared as they would fly over to the chest plate where Pyrrha would help unscrew the bolts as the panel started to fall as they would hop into a Warp Pipe as they hopped out near one of the arms.

"Are we gonna unscrew an arm?" Grif asked.

"Most likely!" Donut said.

"Pyrrha sigue asustándome." (Pyrrha is continuing to scare me.)

They would walk around the arm until they found the screw as Pyrrha would begin to unscrew it while a few Bats would dive bomb her, but Travis and Qrow cut them down as the screw popped out as the arm started to fall. They would immediately hop into a Launch Star and flew over to the mouth.

"Halt!" Kamek appeared before them and called up an army of Koopas, Hammer Bros and even a few Boomerang Bros. "You shall not harm Master Junior's robot a second longer!"

Pyrrha had an idea and turned to Gloria. "Gloria, your choker!"

"Pun?"

"It has a Mega Stone on it."

Gloria's eyes widened before smirking as she turned to the small army as she touched the Mega Stone on her neck as she started glowing as everyone stared at her. Her hair reached her shoulder blades as her bunny ears flopped back and reached her lower back. The Mega Evolution emblem appeared in the pupils of her eyes. Her T-shirt changed into a tank top, black leggings covered her legs as her shorts turned tan. A small cottonball appeared on her butt as she got in a kick boxing stance. "Lopuuuun!"

"Oh my, I can't believe that worked!" Pyrrha smiled.

"…We're screwed, aren't we?" A Koopa asked.

"Oh relax, it's only one Scotswoman. What good can she do?" A Boomerang Bro asked as Gloria jumped high into the air and landed between the army as she roundhouse kicked a few Hammer Bros as she grabbed a Koopa and Headbutted him before she turned around and High Jump Kicked a Boomerang Bro off the platform. "YAAAAAGH!"

"Meep!" Kamek sweatdropped as the others charged ahead. "Don't just stand there, you good for nothing Gearmos! Fire!" Kamek ordered as the Gearmos reluctantly shot out a fireball toward Gloria as she turned around as she got into position and kicked the fireball with her foot to disperse the fireball. "What?!"

Gloria would Bounce high into the air as Kamek would pull up a shield… but he would notice Gloria wasn't aiming for him. "Ha! She missed." He said. "Wait a minute…" He started paling as Gloria front flipped and went for an axe kick. "OH SHOOT!" He yelled as he disappeared as Gloria went through some stones as Mecha Bowser lit up and exploded as everyone landed gracefully on the treads.

End BGM

"Is everyone alright?" Qrow asked.

"Yeah… but where's Gloria?" Travis asked as they turned toward the wreckage.

…Oh no. Qrow's eyes widened. Of all the times for my semblance to kick in! He thought, but then Gloria emerged from the rubble and dusted herself off.

"Lo Lo!" Gloria gave them a thumbs up with a grin.

"Phew…" Qrow sighed in relief as the others walked over to her as the Gearmos also emerged from the wreckage.

"You freed us!" One of the Gearmos exclaimed as they grabbed the Power Star and flew off.

Resume Toy Time BGM

Toy Time Galaxy Star 2 - Mario Meets Mario - Mario, Luigi, Church, Knuckles, Tails, Byleth, Dorothea

Mario's group landed on the Screw Planet, where Mario would spot a Star Chip. "Looks like we're collecting Star Chips." He said as they walked around the planet to collect the Star Chips, but Knuckles would come across a Hungry Luma and approached it.

"Hello there! I would like 50 Star Bits!"

"I'll be right back." Knuckles said as he went to collect some as Tails would give him a few Star Bits as Knuckles went back and handed over the Star Bits.

"Oooh, I'm so full… I'm gonna TRANSFOOOOOOOOOORM!" The Hungry Luma would fly off, transforming into the Chain Planet where Knuckles immediately went into a Launch Star and flew off.

Toy Time Galaxy Star 6 - The Flipswitch Chain - Knuckles

Knuckles landed on the planet where he saw flip switches around the planet and also saw Tox Boxes rolling around. "Ah, I see what I have to do." He said as he ran around and hit the switches while avoiding being crushed by the Tox Boxes. Once he got all the ones on the first planet, he glided over to the secondary part of the planet and hit the switches while also avoiding the spike traps. Once he got all the switches, a Power Star appeared on a lone cubed planet where he would hop down and take it.

"Got it!" He said and then flew off.

Back with Mario's group…

The Launch Star formed as the group flew off to the 8-Bit Mario planet. "Whoa!" Mario exclaimed in surprise.

"Well, that's a surprise!" Luigi said as they landed on the platform.

"Wait… did we just land on you?" Church asked.

"Yeah." Mario nodded.

"Huh… that's interesting." Byleth said. "Never thought there would be a planet shaped like you."

"I dunno… the planet's a bit more pixel-y than Mario over here." Dorothea said.

"Long story." Luigi chuckled as Mario walked on a shrinking tile… where it started shrinking.

"Whoa!" Mario jumped back.

"Is your hat made out of lava over there?" Tails wondered, pointing toward the hat and arms.

"Mama mia, the past is a lot more dangerous than I remember." Luigi said, rubbing his head.

"Sooooo, what do we do?" Church asked.

"Hmm…" Tails would spot some Silver Stars. "I got it!" He said as he flew over to collect them and then returned to the others with the Power Star in his hands. "Piece of cake!"

"Excellent!" Mario gave him the thumbs up as they flew off.

Toy Time Galaxy Star 3 - Dancing Around Cake Lane - Ilia, Mercedes, Rosalina, Palutena, Daisy, Penny, Carolina, Washington, Marisa, Blake, Amy

The group would land in a Dessert-like area. "Oh man… I feel like Yuyuko would have a field day with this one." Marisa said.

"I think Kirby would too." Blake said as Marisa let out a chuckle.

"Hmm?" Ilia would spot a Magenta Wisp inside of a capsule as she walked over and pressed the button to free it. It let out happy chirps and circled around Ilia as it immediately went inside of her as a magenta aura surrounded her and her eyes turned magenta. "Let's see what this can do." She said as she got in a stance.

"RHYTHM!"

Ilia would do graceful flips, as if she was bouncing around in a beat as she found herself wall jumping before landing on top of a wall. Once she landed, the trail she left behind stayed there as Mercedes was the first to try it out and found herself grinding her way to the top. "Ooooh, she just made grind rails for us!" Amy said as she hopped on as one by one, they grinded their way to the top.

"I don't know why… but I feel like I'm in a rhythm." Ilia said, as she jumped over some chocolate walls and did some graceful flips before landing near a Launch Star where everyone went over on the makeshift grind rail that Ilia had made.

"This is amazing!" Mercedes said with a sweet smile.

"Heh, beats walking." Marisa chuckled as they turned to see Palutena standing at the opposite end.

"What's she doing?" Washington wondered.

"My guess, she's in a conversation with Pit." Carolina said as Palutena would head on over.

"Sorry about that. Pit needed my help." Palutena giggled as they would fly over to the Second Dessert Area, where Ilia would hop over the white chocolate wall as the others followed where they would launch over to the Birthday Cake planet where they would jump around as Marisa had the idea to blow out the candles. Once the candles were blown out, a Launch Star appeared.

"How did you know that would happen?" Daisy asked.

"I dunno, I just felt like blowing 'em out." Marisa shrugged as they flew off to the last planet where they saw an Undergrunt Gunner firing electric balls at them. However, Rosalina would aim her hand at the turret and detached it from the pillar. She then flipped it upside down and shook it as the Undergrunt fell to the ground as it groaned before a Power Star bounced off of him… and then the turret landed on him to crush him, then Rosalina moved them off where they were sucked into a black hole.

End BGM

"Brutal." Amy said as Rosalina let out a chuckle as they walked over and collected the Power Star as they would start to fly off, but Penny didn't fly off. She felt something was watching her as she turned around and saw nothing. She turned around and would try to fly off, but a laser nearly struck her.

"Whoa!" She yelped and turned around to see R3-B7 aiming her arm at her.

"I've located you, Penny Polendina." R3-B7 said as she flew down as Penny activated her thrusters and flew up to meet up with R3-B7.

"R3-B7… we meet again." Penny said.

"Yes… and this time, we fight." She said, aiming her hand at her. "New directive. Terminate Penny Polendina."

"No…" Penny whispered, not wanting to fight her as R3-B7 would try to shoot a laser directly at Penny… but found herself hesitating.

"There seems to be a flaw in my programming. I cannot seem to hurt you. Why?"

"Was it my words from before?" Penny wondered as R3-B7 lowered her hand.

"I am not sure. You are an upgraded model of your original prototype and I am just a prototype… and yet…" R3-B7 looked away. "I cannot bring myself to harm you. Why? Why is so hard to…"

"What is your true purpose, R3-B7?" Penny asked. "Surely there is another purpose than obeying that evil scientist."

"I do not have an answer to that… I think…" R3-B7 looked away. "Penny, what is your purpose?"

"To make friends with everyone and have a good ol' time. Well, that and I've been built to hunt down Grimm, but I know I am more than that."

"I see…" R3-B7 said. "I… I may need some help finding out my true purpose."

Penny smiled. "Then maybe I can help you. Together!"

"Are you absolutely sure?"

"I'm positive!"

"R3-B7, attack the girl." Eggman would interrupt, loud enough for Penny to hear.

"What? No… I cannot-"

"What are you doing? Attack her!"

"Dr. Eggman, why do you want me to attack a fellow robot? I do not understand-"

"Attack her now! That is an order!"

"Doctor, please reconsider. We can spare Pen-"

"Do it. NOW."

"No… I don't want-"

"Then you leave me with no other choice."

Eggman would hover his hand over a button. "This will get you to behave." He said and pressed it.

BGM: Boss Prelude (Kirby's Return to Dreamland)

Suddenly, R3-B7 clutched her head. "Nnngh! Mmm… AAAAAAAAAAAAGH!"

Penny let out a gasp. "Dr. Eggman, what are you doing?!" She shouted, making sure Eggman would hear.

"I am making sure she will behave."

R3-B7 fell to the ground, clutching on to her head as Penny landed near her. "R3-B7, stay with me!" Penny said, putting her hands on her shoulders.

"It is no use. Her AI will no longer disobey an order."

"Help… help… me…!"

"No! You can fight this! R3-B7! FIGHT THIS!" Penny yelled as R3-B7 swatted her away.

"Nnngh… aaaagh…!" R3-B7 slowly rose as she slowly aimed her hand at Penny who had recovered.

"No… don't do this!"

"…I'm sorry… Penny…"

"Frenzy Mode: Activated."

I wanted to show off the fight with Penny and R3-B7 this chapter, but a part of me went "Do an evil cliffhanger. It'll be fun!" And well... here we are.