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BGM: Deep Dark Galaxy (Super Mario Galaxy)
Reimu emerged from the wreckage, blood was coming down her forehead and her right arm as she was holding on to it and then saw the top half of Peach's body from the rubble as she limped over to her and pulled her out from the wreckage. Peach looked banged up and bruised, but she faired better than the Miko. Unfortunately, Peach was knocked out and Reimu could see a little bit of blood coming from her abdomen, not to mention she could see some wood poking out of Peach's shirt, indicating that she had been impaled after they wrecked.
Reimu quietly cursed, since she didn't know where she was or if there were any doctors nearby, and she knew Eirin wasn't around. She could try to remove the chunk of wood out of Peach, but she knew she would most likely bleed out, not to mention she didn't know deep it really was. She looked back to the wreckage and saw a few small flames surrounding the ship, but noticed a few sparks flying toward the wreckage, so it was most likely going to catch fire anytime soon.
She looked up and saw a brigade of airships flying toward them, where Reimu picked up the unconscious princess and dragged her into a cave right as the airships landed. "Search the wreckage! Search this whole galaxy if you need to!" Bowser's voice was heard as Reimu kept dragging Peach away to safety, but she saw a large body of water blocking them from going any further.
Dammit! Reimu thought and looked around, searching for a planet where they could hide from the Koopa Troop, but Reimu herself was losing strength by the second, her vision was becoming blurry before she unintentionally dropped Peach, luckily on her side. The blood loss from Reimu was getting worse, as she determined she had more cuts on her than she thought.
The last thing she saw was a cyan ship coming in who had spotted them and it gently landed in the water where a door opened up as Reimu could barely make out a pink puffball before fainting.
"Poyo poyo?" Kirby looked over the two while Magolor came to them.
"Oh… they're lucky to be alive, but, they need immediate medical attention." Magolor said.
"Poyo." Kirby nodded.
"Hey, what's going on here!" A voice exclaimed as they turned to see a Hammer Bro walking in and seeing the site. "Aha! I found… them… oh no, it's Kirby!"
"Keep them busy, I'll take them in!" Magolor said.
"Poyo!"
"Calling in all Hammer Bros! We have a code pink! I repeat, we have a code pink!"
"Uh, remind me what code pink is again?"
"Kirby!"
"Oh crap. On our way!"
Kirby prepared himself as a Hammer Bro squad, decked out in protective armor, came out and confronted the pink puffball. "Alright, Kirby. Just give us those two without incident and none of us can go crying home to our mamas!" A Hammer Bro called out. "Please? I want to go back to my wife unharmed."
Kirby turned his head, looking at Peach and turned around, glaring at the Hammer Bro with a firm 'No!' on his eyes.
"I should've seen that coming… alright, anyone brave enough to try and fight him?"
"How about we all attack together!"
"Oh, that's a good idea! CHAAAARGE!"
All the Hammer Bros threw their hammers at Kirby, only for him to suck them up and gaining the hammer ability. "Poyo!" Kirby exclaimed.
"HE'S GOT A HAMMER!" A Hammer Bro yelled, all of them shaking it fear while Kirby did a few fancy moves with the hammer.
"You idiots, we've ALL got hammers!" Another exclaimed and raised his hammer in the air, rallying his fellow men to do the same and gaining their courage back. "CHAAAAAAAAAAARGE!" He yelled.
With Bowser…
"What in blazes is going on?" Bowser asked, hearing the sounds of screaming and a Hammer Bro was launched over to them before landing near him. "Can't you knock some sense into one princess and shrine maiden? How hard can it be?"
"I-it's not them, sire! It's… it's the pink menace!"
"Pink menace?" Bowser asked before his eyes widened. "Oh… that little squirt!" He yelled and ran into the cave. "KIIIIRBY!" He roared right as Kirby hammered away the last Hammer Bro before turning around to go back into the Lor Starcutter. "KIRBY, YOU GET BACK HERE RIGHT NOW!" He ordered.
Kirby turned around to look at Bowser. "Poyo poyo!" He waved with a smile before the Lor Starcutter flew up and then took off.
"Kirby! You get down here NOW!" He demanded and then roared in anger.
"Sire, we should head back and guard that Grand Star." Kamek advised. "We can worry about those two later, we have everything we need!"
"Grrr…" Bowser clenched his fists and looked to the Koopalings. "Don't just stand there, go after them! Take Boom Boom and Pom Pom with you!"
"Yes sir, Lord Bowser!" Ludwig saluted and they took off in their airships.
"Junior! Let's go to the Dark Matter plant and wait for those idiots!"
"Alright, papa!"
End BGM
BGM: Luma (Super Mario Galaxy)
"Let's see… the kitchen will go here. The library will go over there…" The girl said while rubbing her chin in thought as she and the Luma were busy constructing a new home on the comet. "The gate will go right here."
"It's amazing that this comet has everything we need!" Luma exclaimed.
"I know! It's convenient." She said with a chuckle as pretty soon, the whole place was finished. "There we go!" She said as they wandered into the house and realized that it was really big on the inside.
"Hmm, don't you think it's awfully big for just the two of us?"
The girl sighed. "If only my family were here. My mother, father and my brother…" She quietly said before walking off as the Luma went off to explore the home, as the girl let out a yawn and fell asleep, snuggling with her bunny toy.
End BGM
"It was simply going to be a battle between Palutena and Medusa," Rosalina began as they were back at the Observatory. "However, things became complicated fast after Medusa was destroyed. It turns out that a God known as Hades was working behind the scenes to continue the war against Angel Land, or Skyworld for those who prefer. During one such mission, Hades had fooled the humans to fight against each other over a simple item called the Wish Seed. It was supposed to grant any wish any person desired. However, it turned out to be fake and Hades tricked Pit and Palutena to slay the phoenix to get the human's attention. During the war, another goddess had intervened, beginning by sending a weapon called a Reset Bomb at the humans. This was none other than Viridi, the child Marisa and Alice had fought at Gusty Garden Galaxy."
"What was her deal, anyway?" Marisa asked.
"She hates humans." Polari explained. "She thought that by destroying them would help repopulate the earth with nature. It was so bad that Palutena had to call for help."
"Indeed." Rosalina nodded. "Due to Palutena's infinite wisdom, she had heard about me and reached out to me as I was traveling through space in the Observatory. I answered the call and took a detour to Skyworld to see what she needed. When I had arrived and was informed on what was going on, I offered my assistance. Viridi was absolutely furious that me, a mere human, would dare defy her and would throw absolutely everything at me to get rid of me, but I wasn't so easily deterred. However, things nearly took a turn for the worse when space parasites called the Aurum came out of nowhere to destroy everything, so Skyworld, the Underworld, Forces of Nature and myself banded together to destroy them with a sun god named Pyrrhon. While everyone thought he was weird, I didn't trust him. Something seemed off about him."
"What was wrong with him?" Marisa asked.
"In my own personal opinion, I felt that he knew too much. He took control of the Aurum and wanted to destroy everything and be the sole god of the world. He may have said that he wouldn't be controlled by the Aurum, but in the end he was proven false. I used my galactic power to send Pyrrhon and the Aurum away. But then when I wasn't looking, Hades had managed to freeze me in time just to be mischievous, putting me into suspended animation along with my Lumas for some time. It wasn't until Pit had started working with Viridi and getting something called the Lightning Chariot would they realize that I wasn't around and they went to space to figure out what was wrong. They had taken out a special bug that Hades put into the Observatory's core that time resumed for the observatory. When I found out what happened… I was livid."
"Let me tell you, where Rosalina's mad… watch out. It ain't pretty." Polari warned.
"That bad?" Flandre asked.
"Oooooh yeah."
"We rescued Palutena from a demon called the Chaos Kin and then had to save Pit himself into the Rewind Spring, a special pond that could heal Pit when he was seriously injured. Long before Hades revealed himself and Medusa was thought to be the main threat, a doppelganger of Pit was created, named Dark Pit. I told Dark Pit to take Pit to the spring while I dealt with one of Hades' troublemakers, Pandora. It was then that after a failed attempt with Hades, Pit went to gain a new weapon powerful enough to defeat Hades, which would be called the Great Sacred Treasure, from a forger named Dyntos. We then had one final battle… when something unexpected happened."
"What was it?" Sakuya asked.
"I had called the power of the Grand Stars to help us win the fight, but instead of obliterating Hades as I had thought it would, for some reason they had put Hades into suspended animation. The Grand Stars had rendered him incapacitated. I explained that I was planning on obliterating him when the laser cannon failed to take him out. Palutena used this opportunity to seal him up and sent him away somewhere hidden where no one could find him. The humans cheered and breathed a sigh of relief, for they thought that Hades was destroyed. However, Viridi was not happy and quickly blamed me, calling me horrid names that I would endanger everyone and not kill Hades that we all hoped. I explained that the Grand Stars were powerful enough to destroy someone should the user so desire, and I had the desire to destroy Hades, but she didn't want to hear it. Palutena and Pit were quick to defend me and said it was an accident or perhaps I had miscalculated the power needed to destroy Hades, but she was stubborn enough to call me the destroyer of humanity."
"You gotta be kidding me… she hates you over an accident?!" Marisa exclaimed in disbelief.
"Indeed. It went something like this."
Flashback!
There were cries of despair in the Observatory, catching Rosalina's attention and she walked out to see what the fuss was all about, and then she saw it. The Lumas were freaking out over Viridi. "Viridi. To what do I owe this unexpected visit?"
"Cut the crap, Rosalina!" Viridi snarled. "You think you can just go about your merry way and not think about the damages you've caused?!"
"What are you talking about?"
"Oh, you know what I'm talking about, you hag! I'm talking about that pathetic stunt you pulled! Oh look at me, I'm the cosmic human of the universe where I proceed to use these so-called BEAUTIFUL Grand Stars to destroy Hades! Oh, so pretty, so elegant! It's so disgustingly awesome! Witness this awesome power where I crush Hades with the Grand Stars!"
Rosalina folded her arms. "You're still upset, aren't you?"
"Oh, round of applause everyone! The Cosmic doofus has figured it out!" Viridi sarcastically clapped.
"Are you done yet?"
"Yes, but know this… it's because of you that nature will be destroyed!"
"Oh? How can you be so sure?"
"Let's see, Hades manages to get out of his prison, he wages another war, humans get involved, nature gets destroyed… you see where I'm getting? Everyone is going to blame YOU for this!"
"How can you be so sure? Will it be everyone that will be angry, or will it just be you?"
"Don't turn this around on ME, I'm talking about you! When Hades comes back, and I know he will, I'll be throwing a Reset Bomb at YOUR Observatory. Yeah, that's right, I'm in the middle of creating another Reset Bomb Factory and the first bomb will have YOUR name on it, and then the next one will be those humans!"
"Do you honestly think Reset Bombs are the answer? Think about this for a second. If you throw a Reset Bomb on Earth, what do you think will happen? Do you honestly expect the surrounding nature will survive? Do you think trees will stay standing, grass will be fully green, animals will go around without a care in the world? What if another war happened within a forest? Would all the trees and surrounding nature survive if you throw a Reset Bomb on it?"
"I… I think they will! No, I KNOW they will. They're designed to only kill humans!"
"And how do you know that? Have you tested them thoroughly?"
"Yes! As a matter of fact, I did. It worked out very well in one test!"
Rosalina sighed in disbelief. "Oh good heavens, just one test?"
"Yes, and I was so proud!"
"You haven't checked for any bugs in the systems or, anything you would've deemed 'not worthy'?"
"Nope!"
"That one could've been a fluke."
"Nature is never a fluke and you know-… hey, let's not change the subject here! I'm here to give you a warning."
"And what's that?"
"If, by some random chance, the Reset Bomb fails on you, which I doubt it will, I will come over and I will not hesitate to kill you. You're the reason that nature is in jeopardy and I will see to it that I will kill you without a second thought."
"You honestly believe that you can kill me?"
"Oh, you know it! The next time we meet, I will not hesitate on cutting you down." Viridi said smugly and then turned around. "Anyway, feel free on going back home or whatever you cosmic humans do." She said and then went off.
Rosalina sighed. "She's delusional, but if she wants a fight… I'll be ready, and I'll do everything in my power to convince her otherwise."
End flashback
"Wow… I've got nothing. This Viridi child is such a brat." Marisa said.
"There's something that contradicts Viridi. She said that the next time she'll see you, you'll be cut down. She didn't do such a thing when you came to save us." Alice pointed out.
"I personally believe that she wasn't ready to see me yet and panicked." Rosalina explained.
"That would make sense." Mario rubbed his chin in thought.
"Alright, we still got a lot of Power Stars to get, so let's do this!" She said as they all cheered and took off, all but Sakuya. "Hmm? Something wrong, Sakuya?"
"There's something I've noticed when we were having a picnic."
"Oh?"
BGM: Scent of Silence (Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories)
"So, I couldn't help but notice, that during our picnic, you looked really melancholy all of a sudden." Sakuya explained. "You were all happy earlier before, and then I noticed a tear escaping your cheek."
Rosalina looked at her in surprise. "You're quite observant."
"Is there something on your mind?"
Rosalina looked away before walking off.
"Rosalina?" Sakuya followed after her. "Is something wrong?"
Rosalina stopped walking after she hit the garage. "It's nothing important."
Sakuya folded her arms. "You're lying. I can tell something is up."
"How can you tell?"
"During my long service of serving Mistress Remilia in the mansion, I've picked up on a lot of things. I know something is up."
Rosalina clenched her fists. "I take it you're one of those people that keeps many secrets?"
"I take them all to the grave if need be."
Rosalina took a deep breath and then turned around, suddenly looking sad. "I promised myself I wouldn't cry anymore."
Sakuya raised an eyebrow. "Okay…?"
"You see, I had left my family for a long time because I went searching for a Luma's mother. The last thing I said to them was "I'll be back soon. I love you" before flying away. It had taken such a long time that whole years have passed since I was out in a comet searching for his lost mother. That was the last time I saw them… and by the time I thought about them, I knew they had passed on. Even if I went back, I knew that they wouldn't be there."
"So why stop crying?"
"It was a promise I had made to the Lumas. They got me to stop crying after one of them transformed into a comet and they had pleaded me to stop crying. Ever since then, I haven't cried since."
Sakuya frowned. "It's not wise to let it all in. You will have to let it all out someday." She advised. "Crying is a good thing. All these Lumas are transforming in front of your eyes, and you don't cry for them? Bowser came and stole all of your Grand Stars, putting a heavy burden on you… and you didn't cry? It's good to let it out and get some things off of your chest. You're capable of crying, I saw it for myself."
"It's not that simple. I do it all for my children, and I don't want them to see me crying." She said and then walked off. "You can bet that I will not cry anytime soon."
"Rosalina, it's a good thing to cry."
"And how would you know that? Crying has never done any good." Rosalina said before she kept walking to go cook something up in the kitchen.
Sakuya sighed. "If only you knew how healthy crying can be…"
End BGM
Meanwhile, at Gusty Garden Galaxy…
BGM: Gusty Garden Galaxy (Super Mario Galaxy)
Meiling, Mario and Patchouli landed on the ground. "Let's see what glorious things await us!" Meiling said before flying off into the wind while Patchouli noticed a planet with a few Piranha Plants on it.
"Let's go over there." Patchouli suggested before picking up Mario and flying to the planet where they went to the Piranha Plants and then they destroyed a few of them, where a vine grew as Mario went onto the vine and went on a small journey with Patchouli following him as they did the same thing on another Piranha Plant at a nearby planet before they went off from a Launch Star and landed on a planet consisting of boulders and a Golden Chain Chomp.
Mario spotted a Rainbow Star and absorbed it, then ran through the boulders and Golden Chain Chomp at blinding speed while Patchouli was making mental notes regarding the Galaxy. "The Galaxy has it's own atmosphere just like Gensokyo, so does the Observatory weirdly enough. The planets have their own gravitational pull too." She mused. "Do all these galaxies have their own atmosphere? I must study this." She said before catching up with Mario who grabbed a Power Star from the Golden Chain Chomp and they went to some pole planets where Patchouli began to take notes on the discs that Mario could easily escape from to grab another star chip. "The gravitational pull is easy to escape from on some planets. Curious." She mused before they took off the planets containing exclamation points and question marks.
Patchouli thought of something and picked up a few Star Bits, nothing the green question marks and when Mario hit a lever, he was pulled to the gravitational pull from the sudden exclamation points. She flew around and threw a Star Bit at a Question Mark, where it fell to the abyss but when Mario hit a switch, they turned yellow and Patchouli threw another Star Bit, this time sticking to the surface. "These planets play by their own rules, as does this galaxy. I wonder what other galaxies everyone's been to?" Patchouli wondered as Mario quickly grabbed the Power Star at the end of the area after dodging a lot of Bullet Bills where the duo took off, with Patchouli wondering what other mysteries she could discover.
End BGM
With Meiling…
Meiling landed on a planet, noticing a bunny being chased by an over sized mole known as Major Burrows. "HELP ME!" He cried out as Meiling saw Major Burrows come out of the hole. "Oh, no you don't!" She exclaimed and flew over to him, using an uppercut on him to knock him up in the air. "That'll teach you." She said, only instead of knocking him out, Major Burrows turned around and glared at Meiling before digging underground.
BGM: Yo, Go Crazy! (Shantae and the Pirate's Curse)
Major Burrows went underground and homed in on Meiling, which she immediately knew since he was leaving a trail and then Major Burrows popped out with his head out to try and swipe her, but Meiling kicked him up in the air when he got closer, knocking him out of the dirt, but Major Burrows growled and got back up as he ran to Meiling and swiped at her, but she jumped to the side and kicked him right in the gut and then used an uppercut to knock him up in the air.
Major Burrows got back up, this time screaming with rage and burrowed underground. Someone's pissed. Meiling thought with a smirk as Major Burrows emerged from the ground, flailing his arms about but Meiling punched the ground hard enough to knock him out of the dirt as she ran to him and did a few jabs and an uppercut, but Major Burrows recovered and flailed his arms, hitting Meiling who had blocked with her arms, causing her to wince. Gonna feel that for a while. She thought and then Major Burrows swiped at her repeatedly but she quickly sweep kicked him to knock him over and then used an uppercut to knock him in the air and then she jumped up and axe kicked him to the ground and then she flew down and punched him in the gut to finish him off where he raised his hand up to try to get back up, but his arm collapsed and then disappeared, leaving a Power Star behind.
End BGM
"Didn't even need to use danmaku." Meiling chuckled and grabbed the Power Star before flying off.
At Freezeflame Galaxy…
BGM: Ice Mountain (Super Mario Galaxy)
Samus, the Metroid, Luigi and Marisa landed on the ice. "WHOA!" Marisa yelled and then fell on her butt. "Ow…" She groaned while she heard some light chirping coming from the Metroid. "Yeah yeah, laugh it off." She rolled her eyes as Luigi helped her up.
"Hahahaha! You fell!" A voice laughed as they turned to see a penguin. "You're on ice… but think you can catch me?" He asked as he slid away.
"I think we can." Luigi said as he ice skated after him while Marisa decided to follow him by flying since she didn't want to faceplant in the ice.
The Metroid chirped, catching Samus' attention. "Hmm? What's up?" Samus asked as the Metroid floated over to a crystal that contained a blue Star Chip. "Interesting." She mused as she punched the crystal to free the Star Chip while Marisa and Luigi caught the Penguin.
"Aww, you caught me. Oh well, feel free to go to Freezy Peak!" A Launch Star appeared after he finished talking as Marisa and Luigi flew off together while Samus was busy collecting the Star Chips with the Metroid before the Pull Stars appeared in front of them along with a Launch Star in the middle of the planet where Samus and the Metroid flew off to a different planet.
Marisa and Luigi landed on an icy slide and they slid down the slide, knocking over some Goombas while they did so. "Yeesh, it's a little chilly out here!" Marisa shivered a bit.
"Yeah, it's a bit cold." Luigi nodded as they walked around the frozen planet when they saw two Ice Flowers sitting near a frozen pond and then Luigi picked the two up and handed one to Marisa.
"What's this?" Marisa wondered before absorbing it, and underwent a transformation. Her dress turned white as there were black dots in the front of her dress while brown sleeves suddenly showed up on her arms, her hat remained the same, only looking a little darker. Her shoes turned into red snow shoes. "Uh… I feel weird." Marisa said and looked into the water. "WHAT IN THE WORLD?!"
"Huh, so an Ice Flower turns you into a snow woman." Luigi rubbed his chin in thought while his hat and shirt turned light blue while his overalls turned green.
"Well, it can't be that bad." Marisa said and summoned her broom, which had turned into a snow shovel. "…Witches don't fly on snow shovels." She sweatdropped while Luigi snickered.
"Ah, it's not so bad. Come on, I'm sure we can find a Power Star or two up here."
"Here's hoping." Marisa said as they made their way while freezing the water by throwing ice balls as they started to climb the mountain and saw a split path, where Marisa froze the water geysers and climbed up while Luigi ice skated to a different path while Marisa found a Sling Star and launched herself around the planet before landing near a Fire Flower. "Hello, what's this?" She wondered and then pickedi t up to absorb it, where she went through another change as her dress turned orange with a fiery pattern on the bottom of the dress while her hat turned red. Some of her hair had red highlights while her shoes turned charcoal black while her broom turned back to normal, except now there was a Burner on the back.
"Huh, neat." She grinned as she walked forward and conjured up a fireball in her hand. "Oooh, so this is a Fire Flower?" She guessed while throwing a fireball at a snowman to destroy it and then started to climb the summit, making sure to destroy the ice bats that were trying to make her life miserable but a few fireballs to the face quickly destroyed them. She kept climbing the summit while dodging some boulders that were rolling down the hill and then she climbed further to the top of the summit where she found not only a Power Star, but someone that was frozen in ice.
"…Mokou?" Marisa quietly said as she grabbed the Power Star, and then fired a fiery laser to destroy the ice, and then she caught the fiery woman. "Mokou! Open your eyes!"
"Mmph…" Mokou opened her eyes and saw Marisa. "…Marisa?"
"I have a question, why were you frozen in ice?"
Mokou sat up. "I came here by airship along with someone else. I was going to try and find you, then we'd all try to find Reimu together, but when I got to the top of this summit, this big ball of ice came out of nowhere and froze me solid before I had a chance to attack." She then looked down from the top of the summit. "And speak of the devil, there he is, fighting some poor man."
Marisa looked down. "That would be Luigi."
"Well, I think it's time I returned the favor." Mokou said, her hands igniting and then jumping down.
"Hey, wait up!" Marisa flew after her.
End BGM
With Luigi…
BGM: A-wa-wa-wa! (Super Mario Galaxy)
Luigi ducked behind a wall and threw ice balls at Baron Brr, but he just kept launching ice balls back at him, forcing him to throw ice balls into the water and ice skated over before wall jumping, but Baron Brr immediately ground pounded to knock Luigi down with a shock wave.
"HEY BUDDY!"
Baron Brr looked up to see Mokou coming down as his eyes widened as Mokou fire punched Baron Brr, having him turn into a defenseless frozen Lil' Brr, and then Mokou picked him up and then fire kicked him to a wall before unleashing a stream of fire to destroy him, leaving a Power Star.
End BGM
"Tch, idiot." Mokou said, dusting her hands off. "That'll teach you to ambush me." She said as Marisa landed right next to them.
"Who's this?" Luigi asked.
"Fujiwara no Mokou, but everyone calls her Mokou." Marisa explained.
"Sup." Mokou greeted.
"So, who's this other person that came with you?"
"Actually, there were two of them, and I didn't ask them to come with me, they stowed away."
"Oh? Who are the two stowaways?"
"Well…"
At the Lava Core Planet…
BGM: Lava Caves - Magmoor Caverns (Metroid: Samus Returns)
Samus and the Metroid landed in the planet, where Samus quickly activated her Varia Suit as she walked around the hot planet, while the Metroid didn't really seem to mind the heat. Samus walked around and scanned the area. "There's a Power Star nearby." She said as she walked around, where she noticed some Fire Urchins encased in ice. "Hmm?" She curiously examined the Fire Urchins. Why are they encased in ice? She wondered and then touched the ice. "It's fresh, but it's not even melting." She quietly said and then walked around with her arm cannon on standby, just in case if she needed to shoot something.
She would then notice the ground encased in ice as she also noticed a Fire Flower nearby. She walked over to it and picked it up, with the Varia Suit absorbing it, and while the suit didn't change a bit, Samus's Zero Suit turned fiery red. She quickly burned the ice up with her arm cannon launching some fireballs at it and then she ignited a few torches to get to the other side of the planet, as the ice intrigued the bounty huntress.
As she kept walking, she noticed the ice was getting thicker and then she came up to a wall with some torches, where she saw the two culprits. One was an ice fairy and another fairy that wore a blue dress and had green hair. The latter had a cloud above her head where it was constantly snowing to keep her cool.
"I'm telling you, Dai… this is one strange puzzle."
"Mmm, it can't be that complicated."
"Hmm, even so." The first one turned her head to see Samus and the Metroid. "AAAAH! A robot and a freaky alien!" She exclaimed, to which the Metroid hissed in offense.
"I'm not a robot, I'm a human." Samus said. "Specifically, a bounty hunter. Who are you two?"
"Ha! Glad you asked! I'm Cirno, the strongest fairy in Gensokyo!"
"And I'm Daiyousei, her best friend."
"Are you the one responsible for the ice?" Samus asked.
"Yup! By the way, who are you?"
"Samus Aran."
"Well, Samus Aran, I hope you like to cool down because I am here to save the day! …I just need to figure out what to do with this wall here."
"I'm thinking you're overthinking it." Daiyousei said while Samus scanned the two.
"Cirno, the so-called strongest fairy in Gensokyo. Ability - Ice making. Strength - Yet to be determined. Allegiance - Supposedly good. Intelligence - Makes a Goomba look smart. Would make a horrible math teacher."
"Ouch." Samus quietly said and then scanned Daiyousei.
"Daiyousei, a fairy and Cirno's best friend. Ability - Unknown. Strength - Weak. Allegiance - With Cirno. Intelligence - Brighter than Cirno."
"Good to know." Samus said and then walked up to the torches and then lit them up.
"I COMMAND YOU TO OPEN!" Cirno yelled, and then the wall moved right when Samus lit the last torch up. "Wahoo! Go me!" She exclaimed as they went forward by flying up while Samus morphed into a ball and used the Spider Ball to go through and then they went up ahead and found the Power Star.
"Oooh, that looks shiny!" Daiyousei grinned.
"I call dibs!" Cirno grinned.
Samus sweatdropped before she launched fireballs at the torches while Cirno froze up the lava lake. "Ha! Piece of cake!" She grinned as Samus walked over to the Power Star and grabbed it. "Hey! I called dibs on that!"
"…Just be quiet and follow me." Samus said as she and the Metroid flew off with the Power Star while Cirno and Daiyousei followed.
End BGM
Back with the trio…
Marisa sweatdropped. "You let those idiots go with you? …Actually, no, Daiyousei's smarter than her."
Mokou shrugged. "I don't know why they wanted to come along, but more power to them, I suppose."
"Is this Cirno girl… really that stupid as you say she is?" Luigi asked.
"You kidding? She had this whole convoluted math problem this one time about some people going inside a bus and leaving it, and the answer was "Zero people are in the bus because there are no buses in Gensokyo". She's THAT dumb!" Marisa exclaimed. "And she claims she's the strongest and not to mention the "smartest" in Gensokyo!"
"Hmm, I think you're not giving her any credit. She might surprise you." Luigi said.
I doubt it. Mokou thought.
"Come on, let's go back to the Observatory." Marisa said and flew off with Mokou following them.
At Dusty Dune Galaxy…
BGM: Dusty Dune Galaxy (Super Mario Galaxy)
Koakuma, Flandre, Pikachu, Pichu and the Toad Brigade landed on the ground, but strangely, Captain Toad was strangely missing. "Phew, it's a bit hot here." Flandre said.
"You sure you can handle it?" Koakuma asked.
"Yeah, I'll be fine." Flandre said and then turned to the Toads. "Where's that Captain of yours?"
"No idea. He said he was going to check something else out." Toadette shrugged.
"But never mind that, let's go check this place out!" Green Toad exclaimed and they went off in different directions with Koakuma going straight for the tower that caught her attention. When she got to it, she flew up and avoided all of the tornadoes that were around the tower as she then found a Power Star encased in crystal as she quickly did a kick to destroy the crystal and grabbed the Power Star.
"Hmm… wonder if there's more." Koakuma mused and then flew off to a maze-like planet where she found another Power Star floating in midair where she also saw several Tweesters that she ignored and then grabbed the Power Star.
Flandre landed on a large disk shaped planet and she punched a switch that unfortunately destroyed it, but it still activated and a tower rose from the ground, where she grabbed the Star Chips that rose from the ground and then she fired some danmaku and destroyed some Dry Bones that rose from the ground and grabbed the last Star Chip and took off in a Launch Star, but when she did, she noticed a Power Star underneath the planet, trapped in a tower that she was on. After she landed, she flew off to the other side of the planet and went to the tower, crushing the glass that contained the Power Star.
"Too easy." Flandre said and then looked at the other planet nearby, and then flew off to investigate it, where she hit a button and saw a small tower raise from a Bullet Bill Blaster as she saw a Power Star in a cage where she punched the cage to destroy it and then grabbed it. "Gotcha!" She said and then flew off, ready to get away from this hot galaxy.
As for the Toad Brigade and Pokemon, they saw a Pyramid planet that caught their attention and went inside to find the treasures inside, but all they found were Silver Stars and sand rising to the ceiling but thanks to the gravity on the walls, they were easily outmaneuvering it, and with Pikachu and Pichu's speed, they quickly grabbed the Silver Stars, where all of the sand dissipated.
"Pika Pika!" Pikachu exclaimed.
"Pichu!" Pichu cried as the two high fived and then they went down to the Green Star.
"It's so… green. What gives?" Blue Toad wondered.
"Who knows, but I imagine it's for a good reason." Yellow Toad said as Toadette grabbed the Green Power Star and then they all took off.
End BGM
With Alice…
"So this is Honeyclimb Galaxy?" Alice wondered to herself before flying over the three honey walls, the first one wasn't bad, the second was filled with meteors that Alice either dodged or used her dolls to destroy and then the last one was filled with Mandibugs that Alice ignored and flew over to grab the Power Star. "Hmm, nothing to write home about." She said and flew off.
With Sakuya…
Sakuya entered the Fast Foe Comet in Beach Bowl and found herself on the Stone Cyclone Planet with Tox Boxes going insanely fast and Thwomps crushing the ground to their hearts content. "This is the Fast Foe comet?" She wondered before stopping time and going through the Stone Cyclone and then easily grabbed the Power Star before resuming time. "Might have been cheating a little, but hey, no one's here to stop me." She said and then flew off.
At Bigmouth Galaxy…
BGM: Deep Dark Galaxy
Nitori, Youmu and Yuyuko landed on the ground. "Curious how the Luma was already paid off." Youmu said.
"I wouldn't worry about it." Yuyuko said and then looked at a golden chest. "Hmm, I wonder what's in here?" She said as she threw danmaku at it, but they bounced off of it. "Oh…"
"I think we need to find a key, and I believe it's underwater." Nitori said and dove on in with Youmu and Yuyuko following her where Nitori used her water manipulation on Youmu to have her breathe underwater just in case. She wasn't too concerned with Yuyuko since she was already dead to begin with. Nitori destroyed the blockade of blocks while ignoring the Boos and found a deep underwater cave filled with Jellyfish, Gringills and Star Chips.
"Oooh, pretty!" Yuyuko grinned.
Youmu looked up. "Hey, look at that!" She said as Nitori and Yuyuko looked up to see a golden shell.
"Oooh!" Nitori grinned as she swam up to grab the Golden Shell and retreated back down as Youmu and Yuyuko followed her and they swam up to the surface and got to the treasure chest and Nitori threw the Golden Shell to pop open the chest, and Captain Toad came out.
"Phew! That treasure chest was bigger than I thought it'd be!" Captain Toad said and then saw the trio looking at him in surprise. "Oh, hello ladies!" He waved and then pulled put a Power Star. "Looking for this?"
"Oh! Yes!" Yuyuko exclaimed.
"Here ya go! I'm not trusting treasure chests ever again!" He said and gave them the Power Star.
"Sweet!" Nitori grinned. "Let's go!"
"Right." Youmu nodded and then they flew off while also grabbing Captain Toad.
End BGM
Back with Meiling…
"Let's see… anything else to do?" Meiling wondered and then looked into the galaxies in the Bedroom, seeing a Dark Matter Plant showing up. "Aha! Let's check that out!" She said and then flew off to the Galaxy.
BGM: The Fiery Stronghold (Super Mario Galaxy)
Meiling landed at the plant. "What's all this?" She wondered.
"Careful!" A Luma exclaimed. "If you touch the dark matter, you'll disintegrate instantly!"
"Got it!" Meiling nodded and then ran up the platforms, being careful not to fall into the dark matter where she then flew a bit to cover more ground as she then flew into the gravity segment where she would flip over due to the gravity and made her a bit dizzy, but she snapped out of it and regained her senses as she then made sure to be careful when she got to the moving platforms in another gravity switching segment so she wouldn't accidentally fly into the dark matter.
After she cleared that, she ran up the stairs after freeing some Lumas until she got to the top where Bowser landed on the ground in front of her.
"Wha?! Who are you!"
"Hong Meiling." Meiling replied, getting into a fighting position.
"You must be friends with that plumber and that witch girl!"
Mario's a plumber? Meiling thought. "Yes."
"Grrr… any friends of Mario is an enemy of mine! I'm going to take you out!"
"We'll see about that." Meiling smirked and then Bowser took them to the reactor where Junior was also waiting for them.
End BGM
BGM: Never Let Up! (Mario and Luigi: Dream Team)
"Papa? Is it only her?"
"Yes, we can take her out easily!"
"Don't underestimate me." Meiling warned and then ran toward Bowser where the latter did the same, with Bowser punching and Meiling kicking, both of their limbs connecting and then they jumped back as Meiling did a few front flips and then kicked Bowser back and then she turned around to see Junior aiming Bullet Bills at her and firing them, but Meiling did a spin kick to knock them all back to Junior, then Meiling turned around and barely dodged a punch from Bowser as Meiling punched him right in the gut and then used an uppercut to knock Bowser back a bit, then Meiling launched herself and scissor kicked Bowser in the head to knock him back.
Bowser got back up. "Hmph! If I didn't know any better, I'd say you were related to Chun-Li!"
"I don't know who you're talking about!" Meiling said as she ran over to punch Bowser, but he grabbed her fist and twisted her arm sideways before drop kicking Meiling away as he then curled up into his shell and launched himself over to Meiling, only for her to stand her ground and used her hands to hold Bowser while he pushed her, not caring that her hands were getting scraped by his spikes, then Bowser got back up and clawed her on the legs to knock her down and then Bowser drop kicked Meiling away.
Meiling got back up, wiping some blood from her mouth after spitting some of it out. "That all you got?" She asked with a smirk as Bowser punched the ground to make a few shockwaves, but Meiling jumped over them and then punched him right in the face and then did a flip kick to knock him back before turning around to see Junior launching Bombshell Bills at her, but Meiling kicked them back while grabbing one of them and throwing it at Bowser, exploding it in his face.
"Argh!" Bowser growled before breathing fire, but Meiling avoided the flames and then jumped up and axe kicked him in the head to knock him down before she grabbed him by the tail and threw him to the side and then did another spinning kick to stun him before she grabbed his tail again and spun him around before launching him over to Junior, destroying Junior's second ship before they fell to the platform below while Meiling landed near them.
End BGM
Meiling rolled her shoulders. "Heh, not a bad fight." She said with a grin as Bowser got up snarling at her.
"What do they call you in Genso-whatever it is?" Bowser asked.
"They call me the Rainbow Dragon. You haven't seen me at my full capacity yet." She said while folding her arms.
Bowser chuckled before letting out a hearty laugh. "Well now! Now I know what I got myself into!" He chuckled. "I don't know why, but I have a sneaking suspicion we'll face off again in the far future." He said and then pointed at her. "And you better give me everything you got!"
Meiling smirked. "I'll be ready." She said as a Grand Star came down in front of them before Meiling took it. "See you around, bonehead." She said and flew off.
Bowser chuckled. "I think I found myself a worthy adversary other than Mario."
"Papa, what are we going to do with that Grand Star at the Lava Reactor? General Guy is itching for another fight." Junior said.
"Heh, I actually have a better idea." He said as they got into his Koopa Clown Car and flew off. "Kamek, come in, Kamek! Can you read me?"
"Loud and clear, Your Nastiness."
"Listen. I need you to go to the Lava Reactor and get that Grand Star we have over there. We're relocating it."
"Oh? Where to, sire?"
Bowser chuckled. "You know how they took those girls to Dreamland?"
"Yeah?"
"How good are you at brainwashing penguins?"
Shamelessly referencing Touhou: Dream Team for the win, yo!
I was originally going to have Mokou show up at the "flame" part of Freezeflame and have Cirno be in the "Freeze" part of the Galaxy, but I quickly thought "Nah, that's too predictable. Let's mix it up a little!"