Hope visited Chiaki in her chamber as she was sitting on a chair, just staring into space. He walked over to her as her eyes were almost blank and white.

He kneeled down next to her. "Hey there, Chiaki." he greeted. "We've never really met before, but my name's Ho- no. It's Jonah Ginova. Hope is just a nickname. Speaking of hope, your class is worried about you, wondering if you're gonna get better. I dunno if you can hear me, or even understand me… but I'm worried about you, too. I saved the rest of your class a long time ago, but I was always regretting not being able to save you too. Now they're all waiting for you to come back to them. So that they can play games with you and enjoy things… just like at Hope's Peak back in the day."

He stood up and walked towards the door.

"I hope you can come to your senses soon. I want you to experience what they experienced. What it's like to be a part of something more. Like your teacher wanted." He said before walking out and into the hallway sighing.

"How is she?" Francisca asked with her two Articuno in tow. "What she's been through… It's just heart-breaking. I know that my master has a habit of killing when deemed necessary, but even then… He wouldn't want to wish what happened to Chiaki on anyone."

"She's still the same as always. Staring into space with soulless eyes. It's like her body is stiff like a doll with her brain turned off. Maddiman really messed her up." Hope said.

"I understand your concerns. And quite frankly, I wish to see her up and all better too, but…" Francisca said.

"We can only hope she'll wake up someday." Miriam said.

"Besides, we know we can't do anything about that until we see Hajime again." Francisca said.

"Yeah, I could tell he really cares about her when I saw that Galaga Hair Clip in his hand on Organica." Ace said.

"She was part of the reason I was able to save that class. If she hadn't gotten through to some part of Hajime, Class 77 may have never been brought to their senses." Hope said. "I want to reunite her with the others…. And make sure she's with them again."

"That's a good hope there." Tails said.

"Hey uh...guys...quick question...do you guys remember that akumatized villain? The Gamer?" Miles asked.

"Vaguely. I mean, we know that it happened because Max was depressed about losing his spot in that tournament on our first trip here." Francisca said.

"By that account… He's back, isn't he?" Galarian Articuno asked.

"You tell me." Miles said showing them outside as the beams were flying. "Strange thing is he's only getting certain people."

"Former villains...but why?" Hope said.

"Let's answer your question, with another question." Gamer said as he appeared on a screen. "What do you do when no one wants to play with you?"

"Uh… you try to find someone to play with you?" Hope asked.

"Exactly! I've been working on my latest gaming project, and alas, no one is available. So… I forced them to play with me in a new game I've created with a whole new dimension." Gamer said. "Hero Alliance! I, Gamer 2.0, challenge you to my akumatized villain fighting game!"

"Like heck we're…" Hope said, feeling a hand over his mouth. He was about to say something before seeing who it was.

"Did...you say game?" said the now conscious Chiaki.

Hope widened his eyes in shock.

"Chiaki? What are you doing out here? You shouldn't be out and about in your condition." Francisca said.

"Wait… I think Chiaki being here is actually a big opportunity." Galarain Articuno said.

"Yeah...we are facing a gaming villain. Who better than the Ultimate Gamer?" Miles said.

Gamer 2.0 chuckled. "Well, this is unexpected…. But completely welcome! The Ultimate Gamer, Chiaki Nanami, wants to face me? Well, I say come to me and we'll play! What say you, Nanami?"

"Yeah, okay. Just put everyone back when you lose." Chiaki said.

"Well, guess we have no choice now. Alright, we're in." Francisca said.

Gamer transported a Pyra-pod to Chiaki as she got in and everyone headed to the stadium. Chiaki set her hands in a Pyra-pad.

"Welcome to Miraculous All-Star Brawl!" Gamer called from the jumbotron. "If you win, like we agreed, I'll set them all free. But if you lose…"

"Lose?" Chiaki said. "You think you actually have a shot at winning. Sorry but you don't."

"Ooh, big words from someone that just came out of a coma." Gamer said. "Select your first character."

"Okay...I pick Mime." Chiaki said.

"I'll have to go with Sandboy then." Gamer said. "Ready...fight!" he said. "This is no...what?" he said as Chiaki quickly began going at his character with multiple combos until knocking out Sandboy.

"You were too slow. You need to stop talking and start playing." Chiaki said.

"Mime wins!" an announcer voice said.

Gamer growled as the two started going at one another with Gamer continuously losing at each match.

"Whoa…" Hope said as the others watched from the stands. "The others said she was good, but I didn't think she was THIS Good."

"She's incredible!" Ajna said.

"She was the Ultimate...no...she is still the Ultimate Gamer." Miles said.

"Gah! Enough! Final round! Pick someone from your corner and equip them with four items." Gamer said.

"Okay." Chiaki said. "You. You're fighting." she said pointing to Hope.

"Okay." Hope said.

"I equip him with Volpina's Flute, Troublemaker's pen, Sandboy's pillow and Cat Noir's ring." Chiaki said.

"I hope you know how to use all of these things." Petra said.

"Don't worry. We've faced all these villains. I know how their abilities work." Hope said.

"Are you seriously betting your hopes on that girl?" Gamer said coming to the stage.

"I'm not just betting my Hopes on her." Hope said. "I'm betting my hopes on everyone she's connected to!"

Final Round

FIGHT!

"Cataclysm!" Hope said, destroying the fighting stage as Gamer fell.

"You fool! I'm the Game Master, so I can become any of the characters I want!' Gamer said transforming into Befana and flying up on her motorcycle.

Hope floated up on Sandboy's pillow. As Gamer fired on him, he clicked Troublemaker's pen and became intangible.

"What?!" Gamer asked.

"Intangibility with a touch of a pen." Hope said. "If you havent noticed…..memorizing the powers of heroes and villains is kinda my thing. I've locked us in a no win or lose situation. A Pat in chess terms."

"Fine." Gamer said changing into Stormy Weather. "Cyclone!" he said, making a tornado around Hope before becoming Dark Owl. "Who do you think you're fooling?" he said tossing boomerangs at him.

Hope clicked the pen and flew out of the tornado in front of Gamer.

"Solar Flare!" Hope called, flashing a bright light in Gamer.

"Ah! My eyes!" Gamer said, stunned.

"And now, Mirage!" Hope said making clones of himself before Gamer regained his eyesight. As soon as he did, he fought all the clones before Hope was knocked off the pillow and fell to the stadium floor.

"Hah! I won!" Gamer said as Reverser.

Hope then felt himself. "Hey, I didn't disappear! There's a bug in your game, Gamer!" he called.

"What? That's impossible!" Gamer said landing on the ground.

"Game over! Heroes win!" the announcer voice said.

"Huh?" Gamer asked as the one in front of him vanished and the real one appeared.

"Guess there wasn't one after all." Hope said. "Unless you consider me a sort of bug of hope." Hope said, taking the glasses from Gamer.

"Ugh…" Gamer said before looking at Chiaki. "Good game." he said as Hope broke the glasses as the Akuma was freed and soon purified.

After everything was prepared, the group returned to the Galaxy King and went into the lounge area.

"Hey guys, I've got great news." Hope said. "Look who finally woke up."

He stepped to the side to reveal Chaki walking in.

"Chiaki!" the 77th class called as everyone came to see her.

"This is great! When did she come to, man?" Kazuichi asked.

"A while ago, she helped us beat Gamer." Hope said.

"He wasn't that much of a challenge." Chiaki said as she sat down to get in on the gaming system.

"She regained consciousness just a short time ago, so it'll take some time for her to catch up on everything." Francisca said.

"Still, though. Just think of what she'd be going through if Cheetah hadn't found her in that Ultra Hero Battle." David said.

"Honestly, I don't want to envision it, not with Dr, Maddiman at the helm." Mayumi said.

"The important thing is that she's back now, I'm sure Hajime will be really happy to see her in the future." Al said. "Hopefully."

"That'll be a reunion worth seeing." David said.

"Yeah...but for now...let's try and take her on." Hope said.

"Well, she is part of the 77th Class. I'm sure she'd appreciate being under your care." David said.

"True but that wasn't what I meant." Hope said holding a controller.

"Ah, ah. Are you sure about this? You know Chiaki isn't a slouch when it comes to games." David said.

"Hey, I know she's like a gaming pro, but still. Can't hurt to try." Hope said. "Besides… what's the fun in not trying something challenging?"

"Fair enough. We are in." Rainbow said as many members pounced at the chance to game against Chiaki.