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BGM: Beneath the Mask (Persona 5)

The Phantom Thieves quickly peeked through the corner of a building, watching the Smash Invite go inside a Warp Pipe. "Okay, so the Smash Invite is already heading to Waluigi." Morgana mused. "He must be on the other end of that pipe!"

Ryuji walked over to the Warp Pipe and looked into it. "Man, it's a long way down…" He mused and turned to the others. "Alright, who's going in? Ladies, how about you?"

"Go through that thing? You must be out of your mind!" Ann protested. "What if it goes into the sewers?"

"You do know that-"

"Yes, I know!" Ann looked annoyed. "I do know that not all Warp Pipes lead to the sewers, but I'm not taking my chances with it!"

"Oh come on, it can't be that bad." Makoto said.

"True… but we don't know how we're gonna pop out of the Warp Pipe, so… who's going first as a guinea pig?" Futaba asked as all eyes looked to Ryuji.

"Why are you guys looking at me?"

"Because you were the one who offered us ladies to go first. In you go!" Ann said, pushing him.

"Ack! Alright, alright… I'll go." He said and then climbed in, sitting on the edge of the pipe. "Okay… phew… here we go. Heeeeere we goooo…" He took a deep breath. "Alright, let's go. I can do this!"

"Oh, for crying out loud! Just go in!" Futaba impatiently shoved him in.

"Whoa whoa whoa WO-AAAAAAAAAAAAH!"

"Thank you… I was about to do that." Morgana said, and then he hopped in. "WAAAAAH!"

Then it was Futaba. "WAHOOOOOO!"

"Aaaaah!" Ann was next.

Yusuke did a backflip into the Warp Pipe and fell in, not even saying a word. Akira jumped in next. "Yaaaah!"

"Wooooo!" Haru exclaimed.

"AAAACK!" Makoto yelled.

Ryuji launched out of the Warp Pipe and faceplanted in front of her. "OOOOF! …Ow…" He groaned, and then Morgana landed on top of him. "Ack!"

"And he sticks the landing! Thanks for breaking my fall!" Morgana grinned and then he heard screaming as his eyes widened and jumped off as everyone shot out and landed on top of Ryuji.

"GYAAAAAAAH!" Ryuji yelled. "My back! I think you just murdered my back…!"

"Mmmph! Mmph!" Futaba flailed her arms, buried in the pile.

They all got off of one another as Ryuji got up, breathing a sigh of relief. "Thank you… so where the hell are we anyway?"

"I think we're in the Mushroom Kingdom." Akira said.

"Woooow!" Futaba's eyes sparkled. "It's so lively in person!"

"I have to say, it looks better than what we've seen in the games." Yusuke mused.

"This is no time to be lollygagging! We got an invitation to snag!" Morgana exclaimed.

"Right!" Akira nodded.

"The question is… where could it be?" Makoto wondered.

"Good question, where in the world would Waluigi be?" Ann wondered.

"We can always ask the locals." Yusuke suggested as they walked over and saw a Toad on top of a bridge, fishing from a pond. "Excuse us, have you seen a person named Waluigi?" He asked.

"Waluigi? Haven't seen him today." He said. "What, you want some beef with him? Get in line, nobody likes him."

"Right, we'll keep looking." Akira nodded as they ran off, right as his line got a bite.

"Oh! Oh! I got one!" He exclaimed and fished up… a Wishiwashi. "Aww, just another Wishiwashi… where's that Arrokuda I was promised?"

"Wishi…"

"In you go, little guy!" He said, dropping him into the stream and then got another bite. "Oh!" He reeled it in… and a Cheep Cheep popped out. "You're not even a Pokemon!"

The group walked into Toad Town, looking for Waluigi as they kept their eyes peeled for him. They suddenly heard a scream from one of the clothing departments and then they turned to see Coco dragging Lucina out of the shop. "What? You told me to wear something fashionable!" Lucina pointed out

"I KNOW, but I didn't think you'd be buying plaid… and be wearing it! We're looking in a different store where Dark Pit won't make fun of you for it, and if not him, then possibly Falco!" She exclaimed and went into another store where she slammed the door behind her. "Here! Take these fashionable clothing and put these on in the dressing room! AND BURN THAT PLAID WHILE YOU'RE AT IT!"

"Should we…?" Haru asked.

"Nah, let's not ask those two. That lady seems to be on the war path…" Ryuji shuddered a bit.

"I know I like being fashionable, but… I'm not that extreme." Ann sweatdropped

"Let's keep looking." Akira said as they walked around and went into the Town Square, where they saw a lot of kids playing, a few Koopas throwing some coins in the fountain, a Shy Guy chilling on a bench, A few Biddybuds were riding on a Wiggler, a few Toads were painting a house, and a lot of other interesting things.

"Woooow! This is so cool!" Futaba gushed.

"Hey, let's try that coffee shop over there." Akira suggested as they walked over to the coffee shop. "Monty Mole Cafe." He read to himself as they walked in. When they walked in, they saw some Toads drinking coffee, a Monty Mole barista serving the coffee and helping him were a few Koopas.

"Hello there, whippersnappers! What can I get for ya?"

"Hi. We're looking for someone named Waluigi. Have you seen him?"

"Waluigi? Yeah, he was here a few minutes ago. I think he went to Coconut Mall right after. Something about meeting someone there."

"Great, thank you… where's Coconut Mall?"

"Down the street and take the first right. It's a few blocks from here."

"Thank you." Makoto nodded as they walked out of the shop.

"Lousy kids… they didn't even order a drink!" The Monty Mole grumbled.

The Phantom Thieves ran off to Coconut Mall, running through the streets and then saw the massive mall in front of them. They quickly walked inside the huge mall and looked around. "Alright, look for a tall, ugly, purple street pole." Akira said as they nodded and split up to find Waluigi. Morgana hopped on Akira's shoulder while they searched for Waluigi.

A little while later…

Akira pulled out his phone and texted his friends. "Any luck?"

"Couldn't find him in the sports area…" - Ryuji

"Wasn't in the clothing department. I did find the cutest clothes though!" - Ann

"Didn't see him in the art store. But I do know where to find extra paint now." - Yusuke

"He wasn't in the hunting department." - Makoto

"He's not in the video game store! Though apparently I discovered all the Nintendo consoles are half off and the Xbox and the Playstation consoles are at full price. That's odd…" - Futaba

"Didn't see him in the gardening aisle!" - Haru

"Keep looking… we have to find him somewhere." - Akira

"Man… how hard is it to find one tall purple guy?" Morgana wondered and then his ear twitched. "Huh? Oh! Hey! Joker, over there… at the food court!"

"Hmm?" Akira looked down and saw Waluigi sitting at a table with Wario. They also noticed the Smash Invitation underneath Waluigi's seat.

"Good! He doesn't seem to notice the Smash Invitation." Morgana grinned. "We have a chance!"

"Found him. He's at the food court."

"HELL YEAH!" - Ryuji

"We'll be right there!" - Makoto

"Come on, let's go get our prize!" Morgana grinned as they hopped off the second floor and landed near a plant, peeking out from the pot and looking out from the invitation. "Alright, I'll go get it." Morgana quickly went into his cat form and casually trotted over before going underneath the chair and grabbed it in his mouth. "Suctetth!" He grinned and crawled out and turned his head to Joker. "I goth it!" He exclaimed as Akira gave him the thumbs up… and then Waluigi's foot stepped on his tail. "MROOOOOOOOOW!"

"Oooh!" Akira winced.

End BGM

"Oh! Sorry kitty, where did you come from?" Waluigi asked and then noticed the letter. "Hmm? What's this?" He yanked it out of Morgana's mouth.

"Is that a Smash invitation?" Wario asked.

"It is!"

"Huh, do you think it could be your chance?"

"It could!" Waluigi grinned, opening up the invitation.

"Dear Waluigi - It is time to throw you a bone. You are no longer an Assist Trophy. You are hearby a Smasher. Just go through our doors and you will officially be a Smasher. No, this is not an out of season April Fools Joke. You're in! - Master Hand"

"I'm in… I'M IIIIIIIN!" Waluigi cheered.

"Aw man, he's in?" A Toad groaned.

"Maaaan, I was thinking a Piranha Plant would get in before him…" A Koopa grumbled.

"I was hoping for a Shy Guy…" Another Koopa sighed.

"Waluigi's number one, baby!" Waluigi cheered as Morgana ran toward Akira.

"Sorry, boss! Ow ow ow… my tail!"

"It's okay." Akira said and then pulled out his phone.

"Code Red! He has the invitation! We need to hurry NOW!" - Akira

"What the hell?! How did he get it?!" - Ryuji

"He stepped on Morgana's tail by accident."

"He stepped on Mona?! Oh, that poor dear!" - Ann

"HE STEPPED ON MONA?! I'll avenge your tail! LET ME AT 'EM!" - Futaba

"Oh my goodness!" - Haru

"Come on, bro! We are going to the Smash Mansion and rub it in everyone's faces!"

"I told you I would follow in Little Mac and Isabelle's footsteps! Wahahahaha!" Waluigi cheered as they started walking out.

BGM: Life Will Change (Persona 5)

Makoto would notice a kid playing with an RC. "Hey, can I borrow that for a sec?" She asked.

"Oh, sure!" The kid handed it to her.

"Rocket League?" Makoto mouthed as she saw the name on the controller, flipping on turbo mode and then pressed a button as the car rocketed off of the second floor and then landed on all four wheels, then boosted toward Waluigi, getting in front of Waluigi and came to a complete stop… and then when Waluigi stepped on it, she hit the turbo button again.

"WAAAAAAAAAH!" Waluigi yelled, as Makoto drove him all over the place in the mall, everyone watching him while a Toad pulled out a phone and recorded this while another munched on some popcorn until Makoto hit the brakes, as Waluigi went flying and slammed into the mall fountain.

"Okay, get it!" Makoto called out, giving the kid the controller back and jumped off of the second floor.

"…How did she DO that?!"

Ann came running over to the fountain and then did a triple frontflip, grabbing the invite with her hand in the process and landed gracefully behind Waluigi. "I got it!"

"Sweet, let's go!" Ryuji exclaimed as they started running.

"Bro! Are you okay?" Wario asked.

"Blub…"

"We got trouble! Your Smash Invite was stolen by thieves!"

"BLU-WHAT?!" Waluigi immediately got out of the fountain and ran after the Phantom Thieves. Wario immediately followed his brother and then noticed his Wario Bike in the parking lot.

"Bro!" Wario exclaimed, pointing over to his Wario Bike as the two of them quickly hopped on as Wario floored it and then when they got closer, Waluigi pulled out an Ultra Hand and snagged the invite from Ann's hands.

"Thank you!" Waluigi waved.

"No!" Ann exclaimed.

"I don't think so!" Makoto exclaimed, quickly pulling out her mask. "PERSONA!" She yelled, summoning Johanna and then hopped on her, then drove after them.

"Split up!" Akira yelled, as they pulled out their masks to go into their Phantom Thieves attire and then they split up while Makoto, now Queen, drove after the Wario Bros.

Waluigi pulled out a Bob-omb and threw it at Queen, where she quickly weaved to the side and dodged more Bob-ombs that were thrown at her. "Urgh! Someone's desperate!" She growled. "But those bombs aren't going to stop me!" She yelled as Waluigi threw another, but to his surprise, Makoto caught it in her hand and threw it back at him, where it exploded right near Waluigi's back.

"Wah!"

"Hang on, we'll lose her in the alleyway!" Wario drifted into an alleyway and drove into there, but Queen followed him in.

"Wahahaha! You won't be getting this invitation!" Waluigi laughed as Wario picked up the speed, when suddenly Morgana, now having transformed into a bus, stopped right at the end of the alleyway.

"Ack!" Wario pulled the brakes and came to a stop. "What the devil is going on!" He exclaimed as they turned to Queen coming to a stop, then hopped off of Johanna.

"Give. Me. That. Invitation." She said threateningly.

"In your dreams!" Waluigi stuck his tongue out at her.

"Oh… buddy…" She equipped her brass knuckles. "You just made a big mistake!"

"It's two of us against you! You don't stand a chance!" Wario smirked, hopping off of his bike while Waluigi brought out his tennis racket, both of them unaware of Joker aiming his grappling hook from a rooftop, then he pulled the trigger as the hook grabbed the invitation and he reeled it in, yanking it out of Waluigi's hand.

"Wah!"

"Got it!" Joker hopped down and got into Morgana. "Alright, drive!"

"Get back here with my invitation!" Waluigi yelled as Morgana drove off, and then was greeted by Noir.

"Hello~!" She waved and then pulled out her grenade launcher and shot him in the stomach, where the explosion launched him back to Wario and knocked them both down, then Oracle came down from Necromonicon and dismantled Wario's bike while they were knocked out, then she went back to Necronomicon.

"Alright, we're good!"

"Pleasure doing business with you!" Queen grinned, hopped on Johanna and drove off with Oracle following right behind them.

"No! My bike!" Wario exclaimed.

"My invitation!"

"Bro!" Wario pulled out a Super Feather. "I stole this from Mario! Go!"

Waluigi nodded, absorbing the Super Feather and donning a purple cape and flew off while Wario went to repair his bike. He flew very quickly to where he caught up to them and he kicked Queen off of Johanna, making her scream and slam into the pavement, making her roll a ways before coming to a stop while Johanna skidded across the ground. Waluigi then landed on top of Morgana and then clapped his hands together, slamming his hands on the roof as dark purple vines popped up in front of Morgana, crashing into the vines.

"OW!" Morgana yelled, suddenly turning back to normal as Waluigi yanked the invite from Panther's hands.

"Shit! He's got the invite!" Skull exclaimed.

"Wahahaha! You can't stop me!" He exclaimed and flew off, but he was suddenly caught by a tractor beam by Necronomicon.

"I'll be taking that!" Oracle exclaimed as a claw hand went to take the Smash Invite.

"No!" Waluigi threw a few Bob-ombs at the hand to make it retreat, then a cannon came out and shot a green bomb at him, but he swung his tennis racket, sending it back and causing a massive explosion that disabled Necromonicon.

"Ack! No no no!"

"Wahahaha!" Waluigi laughed as the vines disappeared and he flew off.

"Shit! He's way ahead of us! What are we going to do?!" Skull asked.

"We have to stop him no matter what!" Fox declared.

"Right! Let's go!" Joker nodded as they attempted to run, but suddenly a blue blur zipped past them. "Huh?"

"There it is! The Smash Mansion!" Waluigi cackled, closing in on the mansion. "Wahahaha! Waluigi's number one!"

Suddenly, the blue blur quickly zipped past him and turned around, aiming to hit him as his eyes widened in horror. The blue blur in question was none other than a Blue Shell. "WAH! NO NO NO NO NOOOOOO!" He yelled.

BOOM!

"What was that?!" Panther yelled as they turned back to see Makoto, out of her Phantom Thieves attire, battered, bruised, scraped up and limping. She wiped some blood from her lower lip.

"You're freakin' welcome." Makoto said.

Earlier…

"Nnngh… ow…" Makoto groaned as she weakly got up and saw an item box near her. She quickly grabbed it and a Blue Shell popped up and landed in her hands. "Nnngh… come on big guy… take out the guy in first!" She said, throwing it as hard as she could.

Back in the present…

"Come on! We're so close!" Morgana exclaimed, getting back into his bus form. "Makoto! You can't run in that condition. Get in!"

"Right…" Makoto nodded as she climbed in while the rest made a run for it while Noir stayed with Makoto and drove Morgana.

Waluigi groaned, crawling toward the Smash Mansion before he slowly got up. "Almost… there!" He grinned, limping as best he could.

"YAAAAAAAH!" Skull dove after Waluigi and slammed into him, pinning him down.

"Waaaah! Get off of me!"

"Hell no!" Skull exclaimed, desperately trying to get him pinned. "Quick! Someone take the invitation!" He yelled as Joker ran over and yanked the invitation from his hands.

"Got it!" Joker exclaimed and ran toward the front door.

"Go Joker go!" Panther yelled.

"NOOOO!"

Joker ran up the front steps and opened the door. "We did it!" He exclaimed.

End BGM

"Yes!" Crazy Hand's voice boomed. "I knew you guys could do it!" He said. "Congratulations, you and your team are officially Smashers!"

"YEAH BABY!" Skull yelled, as they got out of the Phantom Thieves attire as he and Akira high fived, Ann cheered, Yusuke folded his arms in approval, the others caught up and cheered.

"NOOOOOOOOOOO! I was so close!" Waluigi yelled, punching the ground in sadness… and then Wario walked up to him.

"Want some Moo Moo Milk to cheer you up?"

"Yes…"

"Come on, bro." Wario took his hand and put his arm around him. "We'll get you into Smash Bros someday!"

"What the devil is going on?!" Master Hand floated over.

"Brother, the Phantom Thieves are officially Smashers. I gave them a test and they succeeded on stealing the Smash Invite!"

"YOU DID WHAT?!" Master Hand yelled. "You can't do that! Only I can do such a thing!"

"Ah ah ah, brother!" Crazy Hand waggled his finger. "You forget that I own the Smash Mansion as well, so I can give newcomers tests as I see fit!" He said proudly. "Not to mention I can approve Smashers as well."

"That is nonsense! Name one Smasher that you invited!"

"Oh, let's see here… I invited Pichu, ROB, I basically gave Sonic a test to see if he can save all of you guys from Tabuu, Wii Fit Trainer, Greninja when you wanted to bring Mewtwo back but I switched it around on you, Duck Hunt, Bayonetta, Ridley, Dark Samus, aaaand Incineroar because you wanted Decidueye, but I thought Incineroar would've been a better pick. I gave the invite to Incineroar while you weren't looking… oh, and the Phantom Thieves. You're welcome."

"AAAARGH! Fine! You win this round, brother… but mark my words, you won't get in the way when I send out the next invite!" Master Hand grumbled and floated away.

"So uh, just between you and me, if he ever sends another invite to Waluigi, go ahead and steal them. You don't have to, but hey, I like seeing Waluigi miserable."

Akira chuckled. "It's a deal."

"Excellent! Let me give you guys the grand tour!" Crazy Hand exclaimed as they followed him, but as they walked, Futaba turned her head and noticed Inkling Girl looking at her in curiosity. She went over to the Inkling Girl as they stared at each other.

"HOLY CRAP/SQUID! YOU LOOK EXACTLY LIKE ME!"

Back at DK Isle…

"Hey! Hey! What the heck do you think you're doing?"

"…A talking sign? Are you kidding me?" Blake asked.

"The name's B. Locker! And I'm not going to let you past here until you complete the last area!"

"Uh, isn't this the next area we're supposed to go to?" Ruby asked.

"This leads to Gloomy Galleon! The one you're looking for is Frantic Factory, where you should be instead! Go on, scram, beat it! Don't come back until you destroy the guards in that place!"

They all sweatdropped. "Well, that's inconvenient, where's it at?" Sky asked.

"Go up a few floors on the Blast-O-Matic. You'll see a big door that is open. Can't miss it." B. Locker said. "Now beat it, chumps!"

"Thanks, I guess?" Ruby tilted her head before they hopped back into the water to head back to the correct area.

Heeeeey, sorry about the filler chapter. I was so into writing the Phantom Thieves scene that I didn't realize I was going overboard! So I thought "Eh, we'll do Frantic Factory next chapter" I thought it'd be a short scene but... ha ha, I guess I had too much fun!

Now... about the Game Awards. I decided to skip out on it, but something tells me i'm glad I didn't watch the trainwreck unfold. I did watch some stuff the very next day, which was the trailers Nintendo showed off, the Game Awards orchestra, Reggie's speech, the new Xbox announced (I'll get to THAT in a minute.) and Sekiro getting the Game of the Year... and apparently, a stupid Fast and Furious game. While i'm a sucker for Fast and Furious, the whole game trailer was all... meh.

You might be thinking that i'm one of those Smash fans that is completely salty that Smash didn't win Game of the Year. Honestly? I'm not. I'm actually content with it. While I haven't really bothered checking out Sekiro on YouTube (Mostly because I forgot its existence), I'm actually happy for them! I mean, yeah, it would've been nice that Smash would've won it, but look on the bright side! Smash won Fighting Game of the Year! We should be GRATEFUL Smash won something in the Game Awards! And to all you salty Smash fans who say "SMASH SHOULD'VE WON! SEKIRO SUCKS! SMASH IS SUPERIOR TO EVERYTHING!" ...Go suck a fat one. You are the sole reason why I steer clear of the Smash fandom. Y'all are so toxic, it's insane.

...Now what I am salty about is that Astral Chain did not win an award. It got gypped. GYPPED, I TELL YOU! Astral Chain should've won! Don't get me wrong, i'm happy Devil May Cry 5 won it, but... COME ON! Astral Chain got robbed! Astral Chain should've been in a few more categories! It's an awesome game and... AAAARGH! Sorry, sorry... I didn't mean to do that but... the game is so good! If you have a Switch and don't have Astral Chain... I cannot stress this enough, buy it! I highly recommend it, it's REALLY good!

But hey, Fire Emblem won two awards, and even Luigi won an award as well! That's awesome!

...Now for me ripping Phil Spencer a new one...

Xbox Series X. Really... Really... REALLY?! WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU THINKING?! That stupid thing looks like you merged two Amazon Alexa Cubes on it and called it a day, not to mention the name is also stupid! Phil, for the LOVE of HALO, fire the designer and fire the guy who named that thing! You can do SO MUCH BETTER than that! Xbox One X was bad enough, but now you go and do THIS?! I hope it's worth it in the end, because that thing is TERRIBLE. Back to the drawing board, NOW! Goodness... that's what you guys went with? You ought to be ashamed of yourselves.

Now... I, like many others, am surprised that the fifth DLC character wasn't announced at the Awards. I'm not sure why that is, but I do have a theory. What if we get a Direct this month... like a Direct Mini or a Smash Direct where we get character #5? I mean, we could still get the announcement this month. They put in a new private video up, so it's gotta be possible, right?

Ooooooor i'm just totally overthinking it and we'll just have to wait like good boys and girls and wait for a January Direct. We'll see.

Anyway, that's all I have to say! What'd you think of the Game Awards? Take care, y'all!