Episode 19: Happy Crossoverween
Okay, everyone. Who's ready for an amazing Halloween episode? I'm going to have many cameos this time. I really branched out for this one. Some recognizable ones, and some not so much. I went crazy for this one. I feel I could've done more with my villain cameos a couple episodes back, but this will be different. Not all of them will be monsters, but we got some dark and brooding people in it. Hope you can recognize as many as you can. Thanks goes to a guest that suggested this challenge.
These will only pertain to my last actual episode.
TheMasterKat: It's a good call that Edgeworth didn't do it. He makes lots of money anyway.
1602jaw: I love the back and forth our stories have. I feel bad for Katakuri and all that fanart.
MonkeyBot54: Ed and Katakuri are an interesting duo, helping each other out.
ThelastCyberKnight: I did it now because the upcoming challenges had been decided and I had nowhere else to put the dare challenge. You're right, Geralt has been a total beast.
that guy: I hope they can help Katakuri. Hooray for Meta Alchemy ship. If Ed met Lux, he'd kick his ass and destroy his whole company. Might bring Katakuri and Geralt with him. Nobody would screw with those three.
Happiness studios: I'm glad you're happy for Ed and Tari. The reason I didn't do the whole life or death scenario was that I felt that's been done to death, and wanted to change things up. There are times I don't want to be too predictable and use too many cliche tropes. I was gonna have them be official in this episode, but changed it because of that reason. But for many characters that didn't get to do much, I'd like to expand their stories if they return.
NeverSafeFromWaluigi: I'll say that I already have the winner decided. I like your guesses, but I have had the victor planned for a while. I'm sorry if Spinel reminds you of Julie. That was coincidental. Spinel is just someone who is eager to make friends after everything she's been through. Still, it was a fun episode to write.
ortizale317: Glad to see a Wendy fan.
Now let's get this spook-tacular episode started.
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"Last time on Total Drama Infinite, our competitors were put to the test with dares from the losers. DIO got fried, Katakuri got traumatized, and Spinel vandalized. Edward and Tari finally admitted their love for each other, and became official. Edgeworth couldn't handle pulling a prank call and kept his good name as an enforcer of justice, but ultimately got eliminated because of it. What will our heroes do now that they're down an ally? And what will our final nine do today? Find out today on Total! Drama! Infinite!
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We open up in a massive, scary, castle. Thunder was crackling outside,yet it wasn't raining. It was still daytime.
Deep within the castle, there was a ghostly figure sitting (Or in his case, floating) above a throne. All you could see of him was a purple crystal on top of a crown. In front of him was a TV, and he had been caught up with the current season. It was for preparation. He was determined to see what he was working with and who he's up against.
And he was getting excited from what he saw.
Rewinding and rewatching previous episodes, and was more intrigued as he watched. He views a tough monster hunter fighting off a swarm of dragons deep in a maze. He also saw an extremely tall, fang mouthed individual who's odd abilities and combat prowess made him a force to be reckoned with. And another young man who was short for his age, yet could deconstruct and reconstruct matter.
All he did was give a hearty, screeched laugh.
"MWA HA HA HA! I like this bunch! Finally, I can have a bit of fun! Don't they look interesting, Lyn?!"
Standing nearby, there was a woman. She had pale skin, wore a flowing dress and headdress, and had a tall staff. She was watching the footage along with him.
"Yes." She answered. "They look mighty strong."
"Perfect!" The ghostly being mused. "That host guy was nice enough to have us for this challenge he cooked up. Too bad he doesn't know what plan I've cooked up. Chucky! Are the portraits ready?!"
A snarky voice replied, as a tiny individual was seen moving blank portraits. "Yeah yeah, get your fuckin' panties out of a twist. They're ready."
"Watch the attitude!" The ghost scolded. "Consider yourself lucky I found many of you after that underground prison collapsed! If I didn't find your skills useful, I would've left you all to die down there!"
"Okay, sorry, or whatever." The one named Chucky said. "So what do we do now?"
"Rally the troops! Have Adam or Perona get rid of those nice monsters that are living here rent free while you're at it! I don't want them interfering with my plan!"
Down the hall, they heard gunshots being fired.
"You picked the wrong house, fool!" A voice down the hall yelled.
"Anyway," the ghost continued, "be ready to show no mercy to those weirdos once they get here! They'll make lovely pictures, indeed! Mwah ha ha ha ha ha ha!"
(Meanwhile…..)
"So then what happened next?" Wendy asked eagerly.
Spinel was telling her friends the story of what happened to her when she went into another world the other day.
"What happened?" Spinel said. "I gave that Decepticon the slip. And let me tell you, they seemed like an interesting bunch."
"Wow. Doesn't that sound amazing, Katakuri?"
The pirate wasn't listening. He was sitting there, just looking out into the distance. He had a grim expression on his face.
"Uh, hello?" Wendy said, snapping her fingers to get his attention. "Bro. Onee-chan. Can you hear me?"
"Huh? What?" Katakuri asked. He looked over to see everyone staring at him with concerned looks. "Why are you all staring at me?"
"Are you feeling okay?" Tari asked. "You've been acting weird for days."
"I'm fine." He answered quickly.
But he wasn't fooling anyone. Edward knew full well the guilt and pressure Katakuri was dealing with.
"You're not fooling me." Edward said. "You've been acting moody ever since Deadpool left."
"I'm fine." Katakuri repeated. "Don't worry about me. If anything, I should be concerned about you all."
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"Is there such a thing as being too selfless?" Charlie said. "I'm very worried about him. He should worry a little more about himself, or let us help him. He thinks he can carry the rest of us on his shoulders. He's putting too much stress on himself. Just like when he hid who he really was."
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"I enjoy their compassion, but I don't want to burden them with my problem." Katakuri said. "I promised to protect them, but I failed at that. I'd protect them like I would my own family. My family always relied on me. I'm not perfect by any means, but I still want to be someone that everyone can rely on."
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"It's started." DIO said with a smile on his face. "He's beginning to crack. The stoic and calm Katakuri is slowly but surely going to end up a broken wreck."
"How about you talk about something else besides him?" Cinder asked. Honestly, she was getting annoyed with how fixated DIO was on making Katakuri suffer. His monologues and self absorbed talks were getting old at this point. Sure, they took many wins over the course of the game, but there have been twists and turns for them.
They got revealed by an untrustworthy nihilist, everyone else that was allied with them turned against them, and now they were outnumbered. It was just the two of them left.
"Okay then, what do you want to talk about?" DIO asked sarcastically.
'How about this." Cinder said matter of factly. "Take into account that there are other people here besides him. Geralt seems to be very strong and threatening, and that's on his own. He's lasted this long without help from anyone."
"But I'm not concerned about him." DIO replied. "He means nothing to me. Someone on his own is nothing compared to Katakuri's whole posse."
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Cinder sighs with frustration. "And just like that, he turns the subject right back around. He can be very narrow minded a lot of the time.
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"You know what?!" Cinder snapped.
"Hey, you two!" A voice called out.
The both of them look to see Chef standing there.
"Go gather the others and follow me for your next challenge!" Chef ordered.
"That's odd." DIO said. "Wouldn't Chris tell us himself?"
"Look, vampire! I don't make the rules! All he said was that it'd spoil the surprise."
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"Surprise, he says." DIO drawls. "I assume it will be dangerous, yet boring for someone such as myself."
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Unlike other challenges, this one had a lot more questions than answers. As everyone was following Chef deeper into the woods, the sky started to get uncharacteristically dark. It went from not a cloud in the sky to really dark overcast.
"Um, was the weather calling for storms today?" Wendy asked nervously.
"No." Geralt answered. "I don't believe so. If anything, this is just a bad omen.
"Yeah, it's called Chris." Ed said.
"It's not that." Katakuri said. "I'm sensing something worse. My Haki is picking up several menacing presences. It reminds me of our time in the prison."
Eventually, they reached a clearing, and stood in awe at what they saw. A massive, gothic, Victorian era castle, made of stone and cast iron steel, that was six stories tall. The towers of it stood very tall in the sky. The broken windows, and a massive front door. In front of all of that, Chris was waiting for them.
"Welcome, final nine." Chris greeted. "Say hello to another landmark on this island."
"What doesn't this island have?" Charlie asked.
"Eh, it's got nothing on my personal quarters." Chris bragged. "But this mansion was owned by the people that previously owned this island."
"Are these people the same ones who ran that prison that was underneath this island?" Tari asked.
"The very same. Very eccentric people, the Mantle family. They did say there were some spooky people inhabiting it before they sold the place."
"What do you mean by 'spooky people'?" Katakuri asked.
"It means what it means." Chris explained. "There are some supernatural beings from around the multiverse within. For this challenge, you have to find the big boss of the castle. He has something that you're all looking for."
"What are we looking for?" Spinel asked. "And who's the big boss? We want some answers."
"He prefers to simply be referred to as 'King'. And he's got a rare valuable gem with him. You can't miss it. Whichever one of you can get it from him first wins invincibility."
(This King is not to be confused with the King that competed in this show. I'll reveal who he is later on)
"That seems easy." Wendy said confidently.
"It's not as easy as you think." Chris continued. "King is a ghost with some freaky powers, and he's been anticipating you all. Besides him, there's also more creatures and monsters in there. Some work with him, and others kind of do their own thing. Plus, he also picked up some stragglers that survived the prison collapsing. Ones that you guys have yet to meet from other worlds."
Wendy went from feeling sure of this, to gulping nervously.
"It's also dark in there, so we're gonna give you these."
Chef tosses each of them a flashlight.
"You can team up if you want, but there can only be one winner. No ties. I don't have a tiebreaker set up. But be ready for a fight if you encounter King or his goons. Any questions?"
Everyone immediately raises their hands.
"Good. Now in you go. Once you enter, there's no coming out till the challenge is over."
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"If I encounter any monsters within, I won't hesitate to strike them down." Geralt said. "This King fellow doesn't sound as tough as Chris is setting him up to be."
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"King, huh?" Katakuri pondered. "Seems we keep encountering greater and greater threats. But it's important that we dispose of him and win this challenge. DIO cannot win this."
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The giant doors open slowly, already signaling red flags for most of them. But they go through the door, and it closes shut. A locking sound could be heard.
There was no turning back.
Looking around the main hall, there really wasn't that much to see, besides it being dark. The ceiling went up very high, being able to see all six floors. There was also a large staircase that led to the next floor.
"Looks like they kind of slacked off on the interior decor." Charlie said, moving her flashlight around to look. "But the architectural design is astounding."
"Let's not focus too much on that right now." Katakuri said. "I suppose we should split up into groups and look for it that way. There's no way King is here."
After he says this, everyone's blood runs cold when they hear a chilling laugh.
"Horo horo horo horo horo horo horo horo."
"What the hell is that?!" Edward yelled.
His question was answered as a goofy looking ghost was flying above them.
"Negative. Negative." The ghost chanted.
"It's a ghost!" Wendy shrieked.
"Negative. Negative." The ghost began to multiply itself until there were five of them.
"Now there's more." Spinel said.
"Lets get rid of these pests!" Katakuri said. Using his mochi powers, he turns his hand into a gatling gun, and coats it in Haki.
"Peerless Mochi Blade Bullet!"
He begins firing a barrage of Haki enhanced mochi bullets at the ghosts, but they simply pass through them.
"They're ghosts, dumbass!" DIO said. "Obviously, that's not going to hurt them."
One of the ghosts phases through Katakuri and comes out the other side of him. Suddenly, the pirate has this feeling of depression and negativity going through him.
"Man, I was no good." Katakuri said glumly. "Everything I do is no good. I just wanna lie down and die!"
He then drops down to his hands and knees in sadness. "I just want to die and be made into a ceiling fan."
Everyone was weirded out that the tough stoic Katakuri was now feeling depressed with himself.
"So your attack didn't work, quit being a baby!" Edward said.
"That's it!" Spinel yelled. "I'm gonna get 'em!"
The gem leaped towards one of the ghosts, but went right through it. When she came back down, she laid on the ground in the same position as Katakuri. She had the same feeling of uselessness and depression that he felt.
"I wish I could die and be reborn as a clam! I'm useless! Just leave me to die!"
"Why are you acting the same way as Katakuri?!" Tari asked.
"Horo horo horo horo horo. Negative. Negative."
"It might be the ghosts." Geralt said. "It seems that when they pass through someone, they become depressed."
"And how does that make any sense?" Cinder asked skeptically.
"Hmph. Those two are just pathetic." DIO mocked. "If they had any ounce of willpower, they wouldn't fall to pieces over some measly little ghost just barely touching them."
After he said this, one of the ghosts passed through him. It took a few moments for it to take effect on him, but DIO was on the ground just like Spinel and Katakuri.
"I'm not even fit to be dog food." DIO moaned.
Ed was now laughing at how pathetic DIO was acting.
"Now who's talking?!" Ed said while laughing. "I'm gonna start calling you 'Dog Food' from now on."
"SHUT UP!" DIO growled.
"Oh wait, I forgot. You're not fit to be dog food."
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"Just you wait, you runt!" DIO yelled. "Laugh it up now, but you'll regret making fun of me!"
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The ghosts were flying around them, sticking their tongues out at them.
"Looks like Geralt's theory is spot on." Wendy said.
"Yeah." Charlie added. "None of our attacks seem to harm them."
"And if they pass through our bodies, then we're rendered helpless." Tari finished.
"But how do we stop them?" Edward wondered.
A figure then materialized in front of them. It was a short, young woman with unusually big round eyes. She had long pink hair in spiral braids. She wore a long, black, strapless dress, red high heeled boots, a big black top hat, and a parasol.
"Horo horo horo horo horo." The woman laughed. "Seems like your friends here are a bit depressed. Horo horo horo horo horo!"
"Who are you?!" Ed asked. He turned part of his automail arm into a blade.
"Horo horo horo." The girl laughed. "I am the ghost princess, Perona. And let me be the first one to welcome you to this place. Too bad you won't be getting to the King."
"Who is this King?" Spinel asked, finally recovering from the depression. (It's only temporary.) "And what's the deal with these ghosts?"
"It's my ability." Perona answered. She then points to Katakuri, who's getting back up. "I ate a devil fruit just like he did. Only thing is, I ate the Hollow Hollow Fruit. I can create ghosts called Hollows, and when they pass through you, you become sad and depressed. As for your other question, I'm not telling you jack squat about him. The only reason I'm helping him is because he promised to help me reunite with my master Moria."
"Moria, huh?" Katakuri said. "I've heard of that name. The former warlord. Though he'd never stand a chance against me, or my family."
"You dare disrespect him?!" Perona yelled. "Take this!"
Another Hollow flies towards Katakuri, but Edward steps in the way, and it passes through him. But nothing happened.
"What?!" Perona gasped. She had a flashback to an encounter she had with a guy who It didn't work on. "It didn't work! Kind of like him!"
"Try using that power on someone who's in a pessimistic mood most of the time, ghost girl!"
While Perona stood there shocked, Edward rushed at her, and slashed through her abdomen. (Nothing fatal, but would incapacitate her for a while)
The ghost princess then collapses to the ground in defeat.
"No….not…...again!"
The ghosts then disappear due to her being unconscious.
"Seems like this won't be the last we see of these weirdos." Edward said, transmuting his arm back to normal.
"Didn't expect to see someone from my world." Katakuri said. "But if we're gonna find this King, then we better get moving. Let's break into groups, and split up."
"You fools can work together if you want, but me and Cinder are gonna go our own way." DIO said. "Let's get going, my dear."
"Good luck, dog food." Edward said as the two of them walked up the stairs.
"SHUT IT!"
"I'm sorry, but I'm going solo again for this one." Geralt said. The witcher leaves the group and heads up the stairs to look around.
"Okay, then." Katakuri said, taking the initiative. "Wendy, Charlie, you guys come with me."
"Let's go together." Tari said to Ed. "Honestly, I think I'll be safer around you."
Ed was blushing from embarrassment, but was still fine with it. "Alright. You know I always got your back."
"What about you Spinel?" Charlie asked. With these groups formed, Spinel was the odd one out.
"Eh, I think I'll go on my own." Spinel said. "I think this could be a lot of fun looking around this place."
"You're going alone to have your own adventure?" Wendy asked, a bit weirded out that she was that curious.
"Yup. See ya guys later." The gem then leaves the group on her own.
"Glad that's settled." Katakuri said. "Remember to be wary, you guys. Until we meet again, good luck."
Both groups then split up. Now, everyone was off on their search for King and the crystal.
After they leave, Perona regains consciousness.
"Oh no." Perona gasped. "I need to warn him!"
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"Seems like we got a long challenge ahead of us." Edward said. "But I'm not worried."
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(DIO and Cinder)
The two deviants were walking down a hallway on the third floor, and waving their flashlights around.
"I'm getting impatient." DIO said. "If that ghost girl was any indication, then this King should be a joke to go up against."
"Aren't you forgetting that she got the upper hand on you, and you fell under her effects."
"Hmph." DIO scoffed. "I let her attack me."
"Sure you did." She said sarcastically.
Their conversation was interrupted when they heard a gurgling and growling noise.
"Show yourself!" DIO yelled, stopping in his Stand user points his flashlight at the end of the hallway. There was a silhouette of something crawling towards them.
"If it's another one of that ghost's goons, then get ready to die!" DIO warned, already having The World ready.
Once that person reveals himself, they see a grotesque, animalistic, semi-human creature with pale green skin. It was everyone's favorite loser, Feral Zeke. And he was leering and growling at these two unfamiliar figures.
"What is that?!" Cinder asked. "It looks like some kind of abomination against God!"
"Cool your jets." DIO told her. "It's one of the people that competed on this show in the past. (He watched every episode in preparation for joining the show.) "Long story short, he's not even really human. Sure he looks horrendous, but he's not that strong compared to someone like me."
But Zeke stood his ground, and was not intimidated by the bloodsucker. He lunged at DIO and latched onto him, clawing him and spitting on him.
"Get off me, you beast!" He screamed, trying to pry the feral monster off of him. "Cinder! Help get him off of me!""
"But I thought you said you were stronger than him." Cinder said, mocking his earlier statement. "You should be able to handle him on your own."
Suddenly, gunshots were shot through the door at the end of the hall. This startled Zeke, and he ran away like a scared dog. (Don't worry. We'll see him again later.
A foot then busts down the door, and a figure walks. But as soon as DIO saw who it was, his eyes went wide as dinner plates.
It was a tall, broad shouldered man. He wore a charcoal suit, red frock overcoat, leather riding boots, a red fedora, white gloves, and a pair of wire frame sunglasses. His eyes were glowing red, he had a slasher smile, and was aiming guns. DIO's eternal rival, Alucard.
"It's you!" DIO seethed. "You cheeky bastard!"
"Long time no see." Alucard greeted. "Fancy seeing you here. Been almost two years now, I presume?"
"You know him?" Cinder asked.
"Yeah. We've fought before." DIO told her.
"And I handed you your ass."
"That whole fight was biased, and you know it!" DIO snapped. "Anyway, why are you here? Are you involved in all of this?"
Alucard shakes his head. "No. Not at all. I was just out on a walk, got bored, and came here, because I knew you'd be here."
(Keep in mind that Alucard is omnipresent. He can be everywhere, and nowhere at the same time)
"You're doing this just to screw with me, aren't you?!"
Alucard replies by simply chuckling a little bit. "That's why I'm bored."
"Then here's something that should be fun." DIO declared. "I want a rematch."
(Spinel)
The gem was walking down a corridor, looking very bored.
"Sigh. You know, for a fun, haunted castle adventure, this is less fun than I thought it was gonna be."
But she hears a weird voice, almost as if she was hearing it in her head.
"Heloooooooo."
"Huh?" Spinel asked, looking around. "Who's that? Where are you?"
"Heloooooooo."
With a pop, she saw a spirit pop in front of her. It looked like a ghost, but he was bald, had a small mustache, wore space armor, and had a scouted over one of his eyes, similar to the Ginyu Force.
"I'm haunting you." The ghost said.
But Spinel was just weirded out a bit.
"Who're you, exactly?"
"Who am I? I am...Ghost Nappa. I am hilarious, and you will quote everything I say."
(Why did i put him in here? Because screw it, that's why. Halloween needs ghosts.)
"Oh. Cool, I guess." Spinel said. "Are you in my head? Because this is weird."
"I don't know." Ghost Nappa said. "Maybe. Maybe I'm here because you're bored while looking around this place. Because if you ask me, this place looks like a dump."
"See? That's what I was thinking!" Spinel said.
"Well, I'm here to change that. Now you have a partner to come with you on your adventure."
"Awesome!" Spinel exclaimed.
"You know, you're taking this pretty well. I should've figured that, considering your DP's friend.
"Wait a minute. You know Wade?"
"Yep. I know the guy. I once had him go kill Cell, and in exchange, I'd get a Deadpool and Spiderman movie made."
"Huh. Guess it's a small world, after all."
Their conversation was interrupted when someone was shooting at Spinel from behind. But her rubbery body caused the bullets to bounce off of her.
"Huh. Did you feel something?" Spinel asked. She wasn't paying attention, and didn't realize someone was shooting at her.
"I think you might want to turn around." Ghost Nappa told her.
Spinel turned around, and saw an overweight, African-American man that wore a green shirt, blue trousers, and a black hat.
"Why the hell are you talking to yourself, fool?!"
"Whoa! You really snuck up on me." Spinel told him.
"Oh, you think you're a real joker, huh jackass?! Well, nobody pisses off Big Smoke!" He then cocks his gun to show her he meant business.
(Yes. I know. Big Smoke. I originally had him planned to be in the prison episode, but put him here instead. There's a couple more scrapped villains I put in here)
"Man, this guy looks like he doesn't' belong here." Ghost Nappa said.
"Yeah." Spinel said. "In a spooky place like this, he sticks out just as much as I do."
"Quit talkin' to yourself, you punk ass freak!" Big Smoke yelled. (He couldn't see Ghost Nappa from that distance). "I'm out here busting my chops to get a high position in the King's inner circle!"
"Oh, you know where he is? Then can you take me to him?"
"I ain't doing nothing for you! I'm 'bout to bust a cap into your skull!"
"I think you really pissed him off now." Ghost Nappa said.
Big Smoke opens fire on her, but again, the bullets bounce right off of Spinel, and ricochet back towards him. Big Smoke ducks for cover to avoid the shots.
"What the hell are you, freak?!" Big Smoke asked. "What is wrong with you?!"
"Oh you know, a lot of things." She said casually.
"That's it! I wasn't prepared for this!" The crime boss said, fumbling to get back to King. "I'll let the boss know of this, and he's gonna whoop 'yo ass personally!"
"What a weirdo." Spinel said.
"That he is." Ghost Nappa replied. "I was honestly expecting some meme worthy quote from him."
"Well, I can't worry about him right now. I got a mission to accomplish."
So the two of them keep on walking, (Or in Ghost Nappa's case, floating) and start singing.
"If there's something strange, in the neighborhood, you know who to call. Ghost Nappa!"
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"At least this adventure got a lot more interesting." Spinel said. "You always got to have a tag along partner with you. Even if he suddenly came out of nowhere."
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(Charlie, Wendy, Katakuri)
As the three of them looked in one of the vacant bedrooms, they couldn't help but feel creeped out by this whole place. While Charlie was looking in the closet, Wendy and Katakuri were using Observation Haki to scout out the room for any threats.
"You're getting it down a lot better." Katakuri said. "Your Haki is blooming more and more."
"Thanks." Wendy said. "I'm glad you're proud of me."
"But it can only bloom further in the heat of battle."
"You know, you're looking to be in a better mood from earlier."
"Yeah. Just don't worry too much about it. Leave the worrying to me."
"Wait!" Wendy said. "Do you feel that?!"
But they heard a low gurgling, growling noise coming from under the bed.
"Was that your stomach?" Charlie asked nervously.
"No." Katakuri said. "There's someone under there."
He lifts up the bed and tosses it to the side. Apparently, this was where Zeke ran to hide after running away from Alucard. He didn't look too happy that his hiding place is disturbed. He went from relaxing under there, gnawing on a bone, to now baring his fangs at them.
"Guess we picked the wrong room." Charlie said.
Now Zeke was trying to attack Katakuri, but he was fighting a losing battle.
"What do we do about that thing?!" Wendy cried.
The feral freak tried to jump at him again, but Katakuri unleashed a pulse of Conqueror's Haki at him to calm him down.
(Conqueror's Haki can manifest your willpower and exert it over weak willed individuals. It can knock people unconscious, and tame creatures. It's a type of Haki you must be born with, and those with it have the making of a king)
When he used it, Zeke calmed down, but was intimidated by Katakuri.
"Wow." Wendy and Charlie said simultaneously.
"Good boy." He said. "Let me ask you a few questions, you freak. Do you know this place well?"
Zeke nodded slowly.
Katakuri continues. "And do you know where this King guy is?"
Zeke nods again.
"And would you be so kind as to lead us to him? Because if you refuse…." The pirate's face suddenly darkened, and he looked terrifying to everyone around him. "...I'LL KILL YOU!"
Zeke complied to his threat and agreed immediately.
Katakuri's face and demeanor suddenly lightened up. "Good boy."
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"That was scary." Charlie said, shaking from fear a little bit. "And that's coming from a demon. I've never seen this dark side to him."
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"Alright, you. Lead the way."
So Zeke begins to obediently lead them out of the room, and find the King.
"I didn't know you could do that." Wendy said. "Is it possible that I could learn that, too?"
"Unfortunately, no." Katakuri told her. "Even if I tried my hardest to teach you, Conqueror's Haki is something you have to be born with. But you can still do a lot with Observation and Armament Haki. If you aspire high enough, you could see the future like m-"
But his eyes started glowing, and reacted quickly. He grabbed Zeke, and the girls, and pushed them out of the way as someone rushed by him and tried to slash at them.
The person in question had windswept auburn red hair, a form fitting double breasted black and gray leather jacket, black gloves, a white mask that covered his eyes, and small bull horns coming out of his head. With him, he held a red bladed sword.
"Well, looks like we got more creeps coming out the woodwork." Katakuri said to this man.
"Don't dare insult me, human!" He yelled. "Your kind has no right to oppose me!"
"My kind?" Katakuri asked. "Oppose you? You mind telling me who you are, and what your damage is?"
"Yeah!" Wendy said. "And what's a guy like you doing in a place like this?"
"I am Adam Taurus. Former leader to the White Fang. I was stuck in that prison, but the King and I met, and he offered me a chance to take revenge on humans. And I'm going to make you humans pay for all you've done to me and the Faunus!"
"That's good and all, but we're looking for the King." Charlie said. "I can see you have some issues, but we're kind of in a hurry."
"What's the matter?" Adam asked. "Are you cowards?"
But Katakuri didn't take kindly to that last word.
"Did you say…..cowards?!" He growled. "A pirate knows no such word."
"But Katakuri, we're in a hurry." Wendy told him. "I don't think it's a good idea to fight right now. I got a bad feeling about him."
"Just step back for a second, you guys. I'll finish this punk quickly." He told them. Katakuri turns his arms and hands into mochi and compresses them until they acquire a square shape. He then hardens them with Armament Haki. "Square Mochi. You're about to say, 'Interesting power, but don't underestimate me."
"Interesting power." Adam snarked, pointing his sword at them. "But don't underestimate me."
"I don't underestimate any of my opponents, whether they be weak or strong."
The two rush at each other, and clash, fist to sword. Black lightning sparks around them due to Katakuri exerting his Haki.
"Not bad." Katakuri grunted. "For a swordsman, I'm impressed."
But Katakuri's face went pale as something felt weird. He could feel the Haki being drained from his body. Haki isn't limitless, and when too much is used, it needs time to. recharge. The black armor coating over his arms was disappearing.
"What?!" He exclaimed. "My Haki! How are you doing that?!" He jumps back from Adam to give them some distance.
"It's my Semblance." Adam explained. "My sword absorbs energy. Guess this Haki of yours is useless against me."
"Crap." Katakuri muttered. "My Haki is drained. Looks like I need to get a little creative."
Adam's body and sword began to glow red. Absorbing all of that energy gave his sword a boost in power. With one swing of it, he sends the energy outward in a red his Haki drained, he couldn't see the future, and took a big slash to his chest that began to ooze blood. The girls and Zeke watch in horror as Katakuri takes a serious hit.
"Aargh!" Katakuri cried out.
"What?!" Wendy cried. "He actually hit him?!"
"Well, well, well." Adam scoffed. "Would you look at that. You're still standing. Too bad your Haki won't help. You're gonna need a lot more than that to beat me."
"Let us help!" Charlie cried. "You're in a lot of pain right now!"
They were worried about him. He was hurt badly, and had lost enough blood to use in a horror movie.
"It's fine." Katakuri said weakly. "I don't like interference in a fight between men."
"Please stop!" Wendy said, now with tears in her eyes. "Your safety is more important than this!"
Adam then looks over to the bystanders watching.
"They seem really concerned about you." Adam said, readying another attack. "Too bad they seem like to much of a distraction to this bout."
The Faunus sends another slash flying, but this time to the girls and Zeke.
Katakuri jumps in, and takes the hit for them. This hits him in the same spot where he first got cut.
"Oh? What's this?" Adam asked. "Did I strike a nerve?"
But Katakuri wasn't having any of it. Now he went too far. He remembered his promise to protect his friends and loved ones.
Now he let his rage loose.
"DON'T. HURT THEM." He said. His voice had more of a demonic bass to it, and his face darkened again. Instead of seeing his crimson colored eyes, it was just two red glowing dots.
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"Oh no." Charlie groaned. "He's doing it again. Why is he acting like this? This isn't the Katakuri I know. He's not himself."
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(Geralt)
The witcher was searching around in the castle's library. He was pulling out books for information on this place, or something he could use to help him.
"Hmm. There must be something in here that can give me some info." Geralt said to himself. "There must be some kind of documentation that explains what I'm dealing with."
Grabbing one of the books, it triggered a switch, and a trapdoor opened beneath him. Geralt falls down a chute, and lands in a weird room.
"Rgh. Where am I?" Geralt grunted as he stood up. But right in front of him, there was a throne in front of him.
And someone floating above it. The big boss himself. He appeared to be a large round ghost with stubby hands, a full set of sharp teeth, purple tongue, glowing purple eyes, and a crown with a purple crystal adorned on it.
"So…." Geralt said as he draws his blades. "I assume you're the King?"
"I am!" He said. "But just call me King Boo! And I've been expecting you!"
King Boo lets out a hearty laugh. But Geralt notices the gem on his crown.
"I see. And there's something I want from you." Geralt said.
"If you're talking about my gem, then forget it!" King Boo snapped. "But it won't matter now because you're already doomed!"
"What are you talking about?!" Geralt asked. He was ready to go all Castlevania on this ghost.
"Do you like art?!"
Before Geralt could answer, or even react, Evil-Lyn came up behind him, holding a large portrait. She slams it down on him.
"MWAH HA HA HA HA! Good job, Lyn!" King Boo exclaimed. "That's one down, and only eight to go!"
Lyn flips the portrait over, and Geralt is shown being trapped in the picture. He couldn't move, and had a look of fear on his face.
"Ah. I love it when they have the look of fear on their faces."
Suddenly, Big Smoke and Perona bust through the door, looking out of breath.
"And just what are you two doing back here?!" King Boo asked. "I said to take them out and bring them to me!"
"They're tougher than I thought, boss!" They both cried.
"Whiny little babies!" King Boo roared, as his two henchmen got trapped in paintings. Lyn trapped one of them, and the other was a small doll. He had wild looking red hair, wore blue overalls, and had scars all over his face.
"Geez." The doll said. "Those guys were an annoying pain in my ass anyway."
"Looks like I must entrust this mission to you guys." King Boo told his remaining subordinates. "Lyn! Chucky! Along with Adam, I expect you to bring those others in! Because if you don't…..
King Boo then gets up close in their faces. "Then you'll be joining these guys as my personal pieces of art for all eternity!"
"As you wish." Lyn said.
Chucky cackled gleefully as he pulled out a knife. "I hope you don't mind if I rough them up a little bit first."
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(Tari and Edward)
The two lovers were having no luck in their search. Edward came down from the attic where Tari was waiting.
"Still haven't found anything?"
"Nope. Nothing. This is hopeless."
"Hey, don't be like that." Tari said. "We just need to look downstairs now."
Suddenly, the air felt chilly.
"Brrrr. It's so d-damn cold." Edward said as he was shivering. "Even w-with my c-coat."
The both of them huddled together and hugged each other for warmth. Things got turned up to eleven when they heard someone singing.
"Yohohoho-yohohoho~
It had this calm, yet terrifying vibe around it.
"Now w-w-what?!" Tari asked.
Appearing above them, the saw a skeletal looking ghost, engulfed in green spiritual flames.
"IT'S ANOTHER GHOST!" They both screamed.
"Oop. Sorry. Didn't mean to scare you." The ghost said. "Let me go back into my body.
The spectral being suddenly flew away, into a nearby body, and the body stood up. But when he stood up, they saw something even scarier.
It was an extremely tall skeleton, dressed in colorful high-end clothes, a top hat with a crown on it, and a guitar. Even though he had no skin, he had a very large afro.
"Very sorry about that." The skeleton told them. "Where are my manners? Didn't mean to scare you two. My name is Brook, and it's a pleasure to make your acquaintance. Yohohoho!"
Ed and Tari were stunned. That cold chill they felt was gone, but they were still trying to process this. But the way he talked to them felt formal and non threatening. But a real talking skeleton?!
"Um….it's good to meet you." Tari said awkwardly.
"My," Brook said, getting a better look at Tari. "What a beautiful young woman you are. Truly remarkable."
Tari was flattered, and a bit embarrassed by his compliment. "Oh, uh thanks, I guess."
"I'm all eyes for women like you. Or I would be, if skeletons had any eyes. Yohohoho! Skull joke!"
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"I think I just stepped into the Twilight Zone." Edward said. "Can today get any weirder?"
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But Brook looked Tari dead in the eye, and asked her a serious question.
"Could you perhaps, show me your panties?"
Tari was very red in the face from his question.
But how did the alchemist respond? By roundhouse kicking Brook right in his face, knocking him to the ground.
"DON'T ASK MY GIRLFRIEND THAT, YOU PERV!" Edward yelled.
But all it did was give him a small bit of swelling on his skull. "Ooh, that hurt me right down to the bone, because I'm a skeleton you see."
"WE GET THE JOKE!"
After taking a deep breath, Ed finally calms down, and gets to asking some real questions.
"Okay. Brook. You seem harmless. Why are you here, what do you want, and do you know anything about this place?" Edward asked calmly.
"Well," Brook explained, "I got separated from my crew. I'm a pirate, you see. I'm the musician for the Strawhat Pirates. A portal opened up, and I was brought here. I've been trying to get out of here, but his men stop me at every turn."
"That seems to make sense." Tari said. "Would it be okay if you helped us find him? We could use the extra help."
"I don't know if that's a good idea." Ed said. "He may not seem like a bad guy, but can we trust this weirdo to help us find the King?"
"Certainly." Brook answered. "I'd be glad to help."
"What?!" They both said.
"I don't mind helping. Maybe if we stop him, I can find a way back to my world."
"Guess we got no choice." Ed sighed. "Alright then."
"You guys are so kind and full of heart." Brook said. "I only wish I had a heart. Yohohoho!"
"But please, no more jokes or puns." Tari said.
"I swear on my life." But I'm basically dead, so I'm not even alive. Yohohoho!"
Edward was about to seriously hit him again after that terrible joke.
"Okay, starting now." Brook said. "But while we're looking around, would you like to hear me perform?"
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"Like I said, could today get any weirder?" Ed reiterated.
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(Charlie, Wendy, Katakuri)
The fight continued. And now that Adam tried to attack Wendy and Charlie, he was seeing red now.
"I hope you had fun playing dirty." Katakuri growled. "So now I'm gonna make things a lot more dirty."
He takes out a jellybean, and flicks it so fast that disarms Adam's sword.
"Hmph. You can't protect everyone." Adam said calmly, despite the disadvantage he was atm
"SHUT UP!"
Katakuri pulled out his trident, and began twisting and coiling up his arm. With one step, he's right in front of Adam, towering over him.
Adam couldn't move. He was like a fly trapped in a spider's web. Katakuri gave off this aura of power over him.
"MOCHI THRUST!"
And he stabs Adam through the abdomen, blowing a hole in him. Adam drops the ground, about to fall unconscious. The last thing he saw before everything went black was Katakuri standing over him. Smiling very evilly. Licking some of the blood off of Mogura.
"Onee-chan! Stop!" Wendy cried.
"Enough is enough!" Charlie cried.
Hearing their voices, Katakuri's dark demeanor practically disappeared. He had a look of confusion on his face, and dropped to his knees from the damage he sustained.
Charlie and Wendy ran up to him, hugging him.
"Are you guys alright?" Katakuri asked weakly.
"We should be asking you that!" Wendy said. She then began using magic to heal his wounds.
"Why?"
"You felt very different." Charlie said. "Almost like it wasn't you we saw."
"Oh no." Katakuri mumbled.
"Oh no what?"
"It's nothing. I just don't want to lose this."
This wasn't fooling them. He was keeping something from them, and was slowly losing himself.
"Enough of this." Charlie said sternly. "Tell us the truth. You know we can help. Look at how far you've come. Would I not help and understand if you didn't?"
Katakuri takes a deep breath. "Okay. It's just….I've been dealing with a lot of stress lately. DIO has been making things a lot more difficult. In the past I've been known to snap and get violent. I promised to protect everyone, and look what happened. We lost Deadpool, and we lost Miles. I failed at protecting them. And it's all my fault. I'm afraid...that I won't be able…..to protect you guys."
For the first time in such a long time, tears started forming in his eyes.
"And what if I relapse again? I don't want to hurt any of y-"
He tried to finish what he was saying, but Charlie grabbed his face and kissed him.
"Don't beat yourself up about it." Charlie said softly. "They don't blame you. We don't blame you. And you shouldn't blame yourself. None of it was your fault. None of us thought DIO would do that."
"You're not alone in this." Wendy reassured. "We're here for each other."
"Sigh. You're right." Katakuri said, actually cracking a smile. "Thanks." He truly felt grateful to have a woman who loved him, and an unofficial little sister who aspired to be strong like him.
"Where would you be without us?" Charlie said.
"There. That should do it." Wendy said, finishing patching up his wound. "You've still lost a lot of blood, so try to take it easy for a little bit."
Katakuri stands back up, wobbling a little bit. "Sure. And if anything happens, I'm sure you'll be the one to protect me."
The three of them share a laugh, and continue their search, with a tamed Zeke leading the way.
(DIO, Cinder)
"What was that?" Alucard asked.
"You heard me." DIO said. "A rematch. After DBX, I've been hoping to get a second chance to put you in your place."
"Why not just be a patient little boy and wait for them to do an actual Death Battle?"
"No chance! I'm going to make you eat those words, Alu-crud! Right here, right now!"
"Ahem." Cinder said, getting both vampires' attention. "I get you two have beef with each other, but we have a challenge to win. Because if we don't win, then it's us on the chopping block."
"So?" DIO said. "You go find the crystal. I can't let my pride be shattered again by him. This is personal."
"Unbelievable." Cinder muttered, as she stalked off.
"Now," DIO said, his Stand taking a fighting stance. "Where were we?"
Alucard smirks and aims his guns towards his rival. "I believe it was time for us to go another round. But don't go crying if you lose again."
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"The nerve!" Cinder yelled. "He's disregarding this entire challenge just to settle a score? Well fine! Let him deal with that, and then be eliminated when this is said and done. I'm done with him!"
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"I honestly hope that vampire leaves today." Cinder growled. "Let him enjoy his fight while it lasts."
But the ground beneath her opened up as the maiden fell down a chute similar to what happened to Geralt.
Now, Cinder was in King Boo's throne room.
"Great!" King Boo exclaimed. "Another one! I knew it was a good idea to have traps installed through this crap-hole!"
Cinder looked at King Boo, and the gem on his crown. This just made her job a lot easier.
"Glad I stumbled upon you." Cinder smirked. "Because I have a challenge to win. Relinquish that gem."
"You know, you remind me of someone else who said something similar." King Boo told her. He then showed her a portrait with a trapped Geralt in it.
"You!" She gasped. "What did you do to him?!"
"Isn't it obvious?! He's trapped in this painting. And the same will happen to you and those other fools! So come quietly, and I'll make this less painf-"
Cinder interrupted his monologue by flinging a fireball at him, but it was pointless. The attack goes right through him.
"Alright, all bets are off!" The ghost snapped. He extended his tongue, and it wrapped around her. "I'm already sick to double death of you!"
"Let me go, you freak!" Cinder said, struggling to free herself from his slimy grasp.
But a blank canvas floats up towards them, and Cinder is flung right into the portrait. Now, just like Geralt, she was another victim to this tyrant.
"MWAH HA HA HA! This is just too easy!"
"Oh really now?"
Now it looks King Boo had some more guests. Wendy, Katakuri, and Charlie were now staring the ghost king down.
"Like flies to honey, they all show up eventually!" King Boo said.
"Cut the crap." Katakuri said. "We've already been through enough today. And we saw what happened to Cinder. Release her and Geralt, now!"
"A king will take no orders from sea scum such as you!
"Oh yeah?" Wendy said. "Well, one of your men already tried to tango with us, and Katakuri beat him singlehandedly."
Zeke also responds by growling.
"What?!" King Boo exclaimed. "Impossible!"
"But its the truth." Katakuri said smugly. "Now do as I say before you die a second time!"
"MWAH HA HA! Good luck doing that if you can't move!"
"What?" Charlie asked. "What are you talking about?"
But a beam of light hits Charlie and Katakuri, and they're frozen in place. Turns out that Evil-Lyn was behind them, and cast a spell to stop them.
"I believe he said he was done messing around." Lyn said. She levitated the both of them up, and put them into paintings as well.
"Oh no!" Wendy cried. Her and Zeke looked at each other nervously. "He got them, too!"
"Good work, Lyn!" King Boo said. He then gestures over to Wendy and Zeke. "Now get the girl and her little dog, too!"
"Now I'm alone." Wendy said grimly as Lyn was slowly walking to her.
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(Edward, Tari)
"Bone to be wiiiild~"
While heading down to the basement, Brook was singing and performing for them.
"For a freaky skeleton, you sure have a lot of musical talent."
"Yes, it sounds amazing." Brook said. "But I don't have ears to hear it. Yohohoho!"
"I'm gonna kill him." Ed mumbled.
"It's fine." Tari reassures him. "He's helping us, so please keep your cool."
"Sigh. Alright."
But while they were walking, Tari fell behind and tripped over something.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Ed and Brook rush up to her, but notice that someone had a hold of her.
Chucky latched onto her, and had his knife dangerously close to the gamer's neck. Tari was sitting there, shaking, fearing for her life.
"It's one of them!" Brook gasped.
"What did you expect, freakin' Santa Claus?" Chucky snarled.
"Guys, help me!" Tari cried.
"Let her go!" Ed said, transmuting his arm into a blade. Brook also draws out a long cane sword.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you." Chucky warned. He slightly moved the knife closer to Tari's throat. "You're in the splash zone. If either of you make another move, then I'll slit her throat. Lower your weapons.
Now he really had them against the wall. But they didn't want Tari to die. Reluctantly, they both put their weapons away.
"That got your attention? Good. Now all of you follow me, if you value her life."
Now Chucky leads the way, still hanging close on Tari, while Ed and Brook follows behind him.
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"How dare him!" Ed exclaimed. "Using a hostage?! That's a dirty trick. But I can't risk Tari getting killed by that little creep. But hopefully this will lead us to his boss. I'll need to think of way to help her."
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"Come quietly, girl." Lyn told Wendy as she was getting closer to her. Her staff was aimed towards the mage, and started to glow. "And I promise not to make this as painful as it could be."
Wendy was scared. Her and Zeke were slowly backing away in fear. She felt hopeless. Any confidence she had was gone. She was doubting herself.
"I'm sorry I'm so weak." Wendy thought, accepting her fate "I wanted to be stronger, but I don't think I stand a chance this time."
Before the sorceress could trap them, a loud voice called out to everyone.
"HELOOOOOOO GHOOOOOOOOOOOOSTS!"
A pink ball smashed through the door and bounces around the room at high speed like a pinball. This breaks a lot of the furniture in the process
"What's the meaning of this?!" King Boo screamed with fury.
The ball slows down, and finally it's revealed to be Spinel.
"Sorry about that." Spinel said.
"Yeah, but I did suggest that you crash the party." Ghost Nappa said. "Guess you took it literally."
"Still, it was a fun game." She then looked to see everyone staring at her. "Oh. This is weird."
"YOU!" King Boo seethed.
"Another one already?" Lyn said.
"Spinel!" Wendy said. "Thank goodness you're here!"
"Yep. Just in the nick of time. Say, have you met my new friend?"
"No time for that!" She pointed over to Lyn. "Stop her!"
"Okey-dokey!" Spinel stretched her arms out and wrapped them around Lyn, keeping her from moving.
"Unhand me!" Lyn yelled. She tried to wriggle free, but it was pointless. In the process, she dropped her staff, with Wendy taking the opportunity to kick it away.
"Thanks for the help." Wendy said. She then looks over to King Boo, who was frothing with rage. "Keep a hold of her while I handle this jerk!"
"MWAH HA HA! Do you really think you stand a chance, pipsqueak?!" King Boo scoffed. "Unless you're that infernal vacuum, you're simply outclassed."
"Bring it on! You're gonna pay for what you did to my friends! And I'm gonna make sure you give them back!"
Wendy leaps up into the air, and cloaks her leg in a whirlwind (with Haki as well), and thrust it towards him.
"Leading Sky Arrow!"
But King Boo dodged it with no effort.
"Is that the best you got, brat?! Well, how about a taste of real power!"
They tyrant summons purple lightning bolts to attack her, but Wendy is nimble, and dodged the bolts. He then began to spew blue flames, but Wendy took a deep breath and blasts out a massive column of wind, as both attacks clash and cancel each other out.
"I'm barely even trying!" King Boo floated. "When I'm through with you and your friends, this world will be mine! You will all be either dead or stuck in those portraits like I was!"
"WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?"
Both of them stop their fighting and look to see that Chucky finally arrived with Edward, Tari, and Brook.
"Guys!" Wendy cried.
"Took you long enough." King Boo said to Chucky. "I was just about to make this girl an example of what happens when you oppose me!"
"What? Not even a damn 'thank you'?!" Chucky said. "I just made your job a thousand times more easy."
This was their chance. While he was busy bickering with his boss, Ed nods at Brook, unsheathed and resheathes his sword at high speed.
"Song of Scratches….Blizzard Slice!"
"Huh?!" Chucky exclaimed. "What the hell are you-"
Before he could finish, The chilled winds from the slash freeze the killer doll completely.
"Taste the chilling winds of the underworld itself." Brook said.
Tari sighed with relief. "Thanks for the save."
"It's fine. I'll leave the rest to you."
Already aching for a battle, Ed makes a spear out of the floor and joins Wendy.
"You ready?" Edward asked.
"You bet." Wendy replies.
So now it turned into a two on one fight against King Boo. He conjures up spiked balls and proceeds to chuck them at the heroes.
During this Tari and Brook watch the fight.
"You seem like a very lucky lady to have a guy like him." Brook said.
"Yeah. Tari said. "He's done a lot for me and saved my skin more times than I can remember. I just wish….I could repay the favor."
In all honesty, Tari was not a fighter. She wanted to help in some way, and sometimes felt useless.
"If you feel that way, then take the initiative." Brook told her. "Even if you die, you should be willing to do it helping and protecting those you care about. They help you with what you can't do, and you help them with what they can't do. I know that full well. I'd do the same for my friends, and put my life on the line for them. Even though I'm already dead."
Tari looked over to her friends. Even though it was two versus one, King Boo is giving them a tough time. She needed to help them with what they couldn't do.
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"Who would've thought that a musical, pervy skeleton would give some good advice?" Tari said. "This time, I will help and do what they can't do."
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"You're all going to look lovely on my wall!" King Boo yelled. He now created a few copies of himself, surrounding our heroes.
"This isn't looking good." Ed said.
"This guy is crazy." Spinel said. Looking over to Ghost Nappa, she asks, "Can you do that, too?"
"Nope. I'm just here for fanservice."
Tari tried looking around the room for someone she could use to help, until something caught her eye.
It was a weird looking vacuum right by the wall. It was the Poltergust King Boo escaped from, but she didn't know that.
But her gamer's intuition told her to use it. So she runs up and tries to get a hold of it.
"No!" Lyn cried. "She can't use that! I was going to use it on him when he least expected it."
"Really, now?" Spinel said.
"Yes." Lyn answered. "I was the one who set him free in the first place. I was going to use his power to further my own personal goals."
"Not on our watch."
Grabbing the device, Tari aims the vacuum's hose towards King Boo and his clones, who were now dangerously close, cornering Ed and Wendy.
"Please let this work." Tari hits one of the buttons, and the Poltergust begins to suck stuff in with great force. One by one, his clones are getting sucked in.
"What?!" King Boo cried. He noticed that he was about to get sucked into the vacuum, and be trapped once again. All of that confidence and evil bravado he had was gone, as now he feared being trapped and defeated yet again.
"No! Not again!" He tried to fly away, but the Poltergust's suction was too strong. It was inevitable.
Edward and Wendy looked over to see Tari being the one to trap him.
"No! I don't want to go back!" King Boo cried. "Stop! I'll give you anything! Money! Power! Minions! No! I'll get you all one dayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!"
With that last cry, he was completely sucked into the vacuum, with the gem on his crown being the only thing left. Once he was sucked in, the gem fell to the ground.
"Who needs Ghostbusters, anyway?" Tari said triumphantly.
"Thank goodness it's all over." Wendy said. "Thanks for the help.
"Amazing!" Edward said. "How'd you know that would work?"
"I just had a feeling." Tari said sheepishly.
They all then put their attention towards the crystal.
"Now that that's settled, we need to find out who gets the gem." Spinel said. "Chris said no ties."
"Tari, you take it." Ed told her. "You saved us. It's only fitting that you deserve the win."
"Thanks, but I can't." Tari said.
"What?! Why?!"
"You've done a lot for me. More than I could ever possibly repay you. Besides no matter which of us gets it, there's no way DIO can save himself from elimination."
"But you're the most deserving." Wendy said. "We'd probably be trapped like everyone else if it wasn't for you."
"Ed," Tari said. "It wouldn't feel right if I did. I'm doing this for us."
And she gives him a kiss after that.
"Okay, then." Edward said softly. He then picks up the crystal, and a light begins to glow from it.
All of the portraits glow along with it, and everyone is freed from them.
"What happened?" Charlie asked, a little dazed and confused.
"Oh, you know." Spinel said. "We just worked together to bring that pesky ghost down."
"Really?" Geralt asked. "What happened?"
Tari shows them the Poltergust, and King Boo is inside, pointlessly struggling to get out.
King Boo's voice could be heard from inside. "You all are dead, do you hear me?! Dead! When I get out of here, I'm gonna make it rain death and despair for all of you!"
"Until my home freezes over, good luck with that." Charlie said.
Suddenly, several glowing portals open up from the gem's magic.
"Well, looks like this is goodbye." Brook said. "These should take me and the others back to our worlds. I hope to see you fine people again some day."
"Too bad you don't have eyes to see us." Edward said.
Brook then looked sad. "Skull jokes are the only thing I have. Please don't take them from me."
After that, Brook steps through one of the portals.
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"That skeleton looked familiar." Katakuri said.
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Spinel then wraps her arms around King Boo's other accomplices.
"Alright. The rest of you, begone!"
Spinel then carelessly tosses the rest of them through the portals.
"Well, I guess I take my leave here, too." Ghost Nappa said.
"Aww, that's too bad."
"Hey, if the viewers want more of me, I might be back."
And he went through a portal as well. After that, they all close up.
"The multiverse is such a weird place." Geralt sighed.
Everyone watched as the castle began to shake and crumble.
"What's happening?!" Katakuri asked.
"Seems as though this place is coming down." Cinder said.
"Then let's cheese it out of here!" Spinel said.
They all then run out of there to escape.
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DIO and Alucard had been busy with their fight this whole time. Both had taken some damage, but we're still going strong.
"What's wrong?" Alucard taunted. "I expected more from you."
"Shut your damn mouth!" DIO seethed. "I will show you who's the better vampire."
But the castle started to shake and fall apart around them.
"What's going on?!" DIO asked.
"Seems to me like my job is done." Alucard said.
"What are you talking about?"
"This challenge is over. And it looks like you lost. Thanks for keeping me entertained."
Alucard then steps into the shadows, and disappears.
"Hey! Get back here, you son of a bitch! You were trying to distract me this whole time?! And what about our fight?!"
But DIO couldn't worry about that. He needed to get out of there before this place collapses on him.
(A few minutes later….)
Chris was seen waiting outside the castle. He was sitting on a chair and reading a magazine, until he sees everyone running out of the front entrance. After that, DIO came out of there last. Once everybody got out of there, the building completely collapsed. (When they got out, Zeke ran straight into the woods)
"Glad to see you guys made it out." Chris told them. "At least now I don't have to pay the mortgage on that place."
"Well good for you." DIO said sarcastically, but he was still confused. "But who won?"
In response, Edward held up the crystal with a smirk on his face.
"Edward won the challenge, of course!"
"Well, I'm not taking all of the credit." Ed said, looking at Tari. The two lovers then hug each other.
"What?! How?!" DIO asked.
"Seems your plan failed." Cinder whispered to DIO. "While you were too busy with your stupid little fight, somehow they worked together to stop that ghost."
DIO was shaking with so much rage and fury, he could scream.
"Yes. Edward wins the challenge." Chris said. "So he's safe for tonight. But for the rest of you, not so much. See you all tonight."
A few of them looked over DIO, and simply smiled at him.
"Good luck tonight, Dog Food." Edward said.
But DIO didn't respond or show emotion to tbem. Just as quickly as he got mad, he calmed down. He had a new plan to wipe the smug look off that runt's face.
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"Looks like DIO is as good as gone." Spinel said.
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"He's got no freebies or get out of jail free cards this time." Katakuri said. "After today, I may just be able to rest a little easier."
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"Goodbye." Geralt deadpanned. "Tonight will be a major turning point, indeed."
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"Sayonara." Cinder said. "Maybe with him gone, things will be easier for me to take them all down."
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"Those bastards leave me no choice." DIO said. "Tonight will be very surprising for all of us."
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(Later that evening….)
At the bonfire ceremony, no one looked scared. They all felt very confident. Some of them noticed, however, that DIO didn't look scared. A little off putting, but they ignored it.
"Quite the scary and spooky challenge today, huh?" Chris rd the group. "S haunted castle, new faces, and a psycho ghost king."
"You'll all rue the day!" Next to the host was the Poltergust, and King Boo was heard yelling inside of it.
"I'm going to deal with him later." Chris reassured. "Anyway, the votes tonight were very interesting. Edward, for winning the challenge, the first marshmallow is yours."
He throws the marshmallow to him, and Ed catches it.
"Geralt"
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"Charlie"
"Katakuri"
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"And Wendy"
This left DIO and Tari in the bottom two.
"Tari. DIO. This is the final marshmallow of the night. Both of you have played the game really well. Tari, you're full of surprises, and one of the nicest people here. DIO. The one behind so many eliminations, and more enemies than you can keep track of. But it all comes down to this. This is almost unanimous. The final marshmallow goes to…"
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"...DIO."
No one said anything. But it was so surprising that everyone was left speechless.
But no one was caught more off guard than Ed.
"No….it's not possible." Edward muttered. "It can't be. H...how?"
But Tari was probably just as surprised as him. She looked over to DIO.
"Did….did you do this?" Tari asked.
DIO simply smirked.
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Katakuri got a hold of the ballot box, trying to confirm his suspicion s. Breaking it open, he takes a look at the votes. There was one vote for DIO, and the rest were for Tari. And they were all in the same handwriting.
"THAT SON OF A BITCH!" Katakuri yelled. "THAT SLITHERY LITTLE SNAKE RIGGED THE VOTES!"
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Wendy just sat there in silence, looking sad, and not sure what to say.
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"It can't be!" Edward exclaimed.
DIO was shown chuckling to himself
"Dumbasses, the lot of them. Again, the victory goes to I, DIO!"
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"So long, little duckling." DIO said.
"I guess…. that's it for me." Tari said glumly. "But you can't get away with all of this forever."
"Geez, everyone that leaves this show keeps saying that, but look where we are." DIO said. "Figured you'd be crying, or mad about it."
"No." Tari rd him. "All I feel is pity. For you. But I'm glad. Because other than friends, I have something else you don't have." She looked over to Edward and smiled.
"So enjoy your victory and your power while you have it, because nothing lasts forever."
Her words left the vampire speechless, but he wasn't going to give up over someone's words.
A couple minutes later, Tari was loaded in the cannon, and everyone was seeing her off.
"Wait a second!" Tari called. "Can I at least have a word with Ed before I go?"
"I guess." Chris said. "I'll make an exception this time. But only because you guys were a popular couple to the viewers all season."
Chef brings out a ladder so Ed and Tari could see eye level.
"I'm sorry." Tari said. "Guess none of us saw this coming."
"It's fine!" Edward told her. He tried to stay strong, but you could see him close to crying. "Because I'm going to win! For us! After all we've been through together, that's all I can do!"
Tari smiled, trying to hold back her own tears. "I know you will. No matter how far away we are, I'm going to be rooting for you all the way."
After that, the both of them share one last kiss.
"And DIO's gonna pay." Edward said when they broke apart. Still looking sad, Ed climbs down the ladder.
"Goodbye, Ed. And goodbye to all of you. I won't forget any of you."
Most of them were basically crying from this. Even Chris, though he'd tell nobody.
She looks over to Chris and nods. Trying to hold back tears of his own, Chris reluctantly pushes the button.
And just like that, Tari was sent flying into the night sky.
Edward knelt to the ground, trying to stay strong. Charlie walked over and put a comforting arm around him.
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"Don't you worry." Ed said. "I'll win this. I'll stay strong for us."
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"I can't believe he went that far." Cinder said. "And the fact that he pulled this trick on her instead of a real threat is the last straw. I'm done with him. Today really opened my eyes to that. I want him gone. But I'm not going to make the same mistakes like Deadpool and Susie. I won't just quit, but as much as I hate the idea, I might have to...get some help from them."
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Katakuri was taking a walk around the camp. He hated how much DIO got the better of him again. Despite his promise, he couldn't keep it. He lost another member.
DIO won. Again.
All of the hate and anger the pirate harbored towards DIO was flaring up. Even the advice Charlie gave him earlier felt like a dream that never happened.
Who would he go after next? He can't lose anyone else. He felt as though he failed himself. All of the suffering he's gone through on this show, and one man was responsible for most of it.
He looked over to see the punching bag Spinel was hitting the other day. It had DIO's face taped on it. His smug, evil little face.
Katakuri landed an uppercut on the punching bag, and hit it so hard that it flew into the sky, into space, and out of earth's orbit.
"You're a dead man, DIO." Katakuri growled, with that dark look on his face.
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Wow. What an episode that was. I put a lot of hard work into this one, and it took longer than I had planned. Still, I wanted it to be big. I enjoyed all the cameos I put in this. Some were horror themed, while others such as Big Smoke and Adam, were scrapped ideas for my prison break challenge. Some of it was random for the sake of being random.
DIO pulled his most sinister move yet, and rigged the votes so that Tari would be eliminated. But now, his only, and most trusted ally has had enough of him. This will surely be interesting.
Now, I hope Edward will be alright. He carries on the will to win for them.
And Katakuri might just do something drastic. Who could blame him. I mean DIO has eliminated his friends, insulted him every chance he got, and tried to drown him. When Katakuri's emotions become too overwhelming, he snaps. People have died in the past for doing that to him. Don't mess with his family. But would killing DIO be the solution?
I hope you enjoyed this. This one took a lot of time and hard work, and I'm glad I can put it behind me Here's a preview for next time. Here's a little more lighthearted challenge. Our final eight will engage in a Pokemon tournament. They each get a Pokemon that best represents themselves, and fight their way through a tournament bracket. Our heroes arer approached by a reluctant new ally, and hands will be thrown.
So anyway, read, review, tell your friends, and vote for my poll. I hope you loved this. Until next time, stay awesome. This is MemeKing, signing off.