Disclaimer: I do not own any of the material appearing in this story.
They belong to their representative owners, except for most of the OCs in the story.
Also to that Guest: Miraculous Ladybug? Nah... I don't think that's a good fit inside RWBY. (Strangely, it's better than Undertale. Fight me, y'all.)
To that OTHER guest: Oh gee, if only there was a way to look into my profile pic and look at what I have planned for my stories.
BGM: Pinna Park (Super Mario Sunshine)
"What in the world…?" Peach wondered as she had looked up to see tons of Bowser Jr. balloons. "What's going on here?"
"We're holding a contest to see if anyone can pop all twenty balloons with rockets!" A Pianta said. "Though, no one really seems to be getting rid of these eye sores. I don't know how they showed up!"
"I can give it a shot!" Peach said.
"Can you do it while riding a roller coaster?"
Peach raises an eyebrow at this. "I think that's a little impossible."
"You're right… everyone gets all disoriented after that first loop-de-loop. Plus, I don't think you can pop them all at three laps." He said. "Not to mention I don't think you're equipped." He added. "As for our last guy, he couldn't aim with a darn from that Sniper Rifle of his."
Earlier…
"COME ON! JUST HIT THE DAMN BALLOONS!" Church yelled, shooting them over and over again while standing perfectly still, then there was a click. "Out of ammo?!"
Back in the present…
"Hmm… well, I don't need a gun." Peach said.
"And what, pray tell, will you use?" The Pianta asked.
Peach smiled and took off her crown. "I have my ways." She said with a smile.
"Uh… okay…"
With Mario…
Mario picked up a pineapple and walked over to a hungry Yoshi. "Here ya go, little guy." He said as the Yoshi saw this with a smile and gobbled it up.
"Yoshi Yo!" He smiled and then offered Mario a ride as they walked over to the carousel.
Pause BGM
"I am not sure if this is a good idea…" FLUDD wondered as they walked to the empty slot, but right on cue, a portal opened up as all three of them entered the new area where they saw the red coins and the platforms.
"Yo Yo…" Yoshi mused with a grin before running off, gulping up the red coins and flutter jumping on the Egg platforms before getting to the end where Yoshi let Mario get off as he then used the Rocket Nozzle to launch himself high into the air and then collecting the last few red coins where Mario then went to collect both Shine Sprites and then reunited with the pink Yoshi, both of them high fiving each other before they were sent back to Pinna Park.
Resume Pinna Park BGM
"Well, that was fun!" Mario said as the Yoshi waved goodbye and walked off. "Now… where's Peach?"
"I am detecting her right above us." FLUDD told him as he looked up to see Peach riding the roller coaster and throwing her crown at the Bowser Jr. balloons, popping them at once and then the crown returned to her with a smile as she rounded the corner with three balloons left as she threw it at them, popping all three as it returned to her like a boomerang, grabbing it as it returned.
"And that's all of them!" She said as she returned to the start.
"Whoa! I've underestimated you, princess!" He exclaimed. "Here's your prize!" He gave her a lei, but something seemed… off about this lei. On the bottom of the lei, there seemed to be a creature holding the lei together. "I'd give you a Shine Sprite, but I don't have any." He sheepishly said. "…That and I'd be treated as a criminal." He chuckled and out of the corner of his eye, a Shine Sprite came over to Peach.
"Oh!" Peach smiled and then took it. "Wonderful!"
"I'll be darned… one of them was hiding in those balloons…" The Pianta rubbed his chin in thought as Peach walked off. "…How did that get in there?"
"Hey Peach!" Mario ran over to her.
"Oh hey Mario!" Peach greeted. "Look what I got!"
"I have two!" Mario said and then all three Shine Sprites rose from their hands and flew off to the Shine Gate. "Where'd you get that lei?"
"Oh, that Pianta gave it to me. It smells so good!" She giggled.
"Something seems off about this…" Mario mused.
"I am detecting that this is no typical lei. It is a Pokemon." FLUDD said as both of them looked at him. "It is called Comfey, the Rosy Picker Pokemon. It attaches flowers to its highly nutritious vine. This revitalizes the flowers, and they give off an aromatic scent."
"Neat!" Peach smiled. "No wonder it smells so good!"
"Comfey…?" The Pokemon woke up and looked around, looking up to see Peach.
"Hi there~!" Peach softly smiled at it.
"Comfey!" Comfey smiled and floated up, gently nuzzling her cheek in affection.
"Aww, it likes me!" Peach giggled while Mario couldn't help but chuckle at this as the two walked off together.
End BGM
At the plaza…
Mona emerged out of the portal to Ricco Harbor and smiled. "I love this! 100 coins and I get a Shine Sprite!" She giggled… and then the Shine Sprite took off. "…Oh well, I got 100 coins!" She said.
"Hey, if you like coins, then why don't you head on over to the airstrip? Rumor has it that there are red coins in the area." A Pianta said.
"Oooh! Take me there! This Faunus wants to see it!"
"Faun… what?" The Pianta wondered as Mona hopped on the boat. "Kids these days and their mumbo jumbo…" He muttered and took off.
At Sirena Beach, specifically inside the hotel…
BGM: Hotel Delfino (Super Mario Sunshine)
A Boo screamed in horror… before it was sucked in by Luigi's Poltergust while Jade collected a few with her Poltergust. "These Boos seem a little bit… different." Jade said.
"Yeah, I've never seen Boos look like this." Luigi said in agreement as they climbed the stairs and proceeded to suck up the other Boos.
"So… is your girlfriend going to be okay? I've seen her sulking on the chair in the lobby." Jade wondered.
"She's just sad that she believes she won't make the roster again." Luigi explained.
"Oh?" Jade wondered as she sucked in another ghost. "The Smash roster?"
"Yeah. She's been hoping to be in one since the Melee tournament ever since Peach was asked to come compete. Now we're at the fourth tournament and since there's a fifth one coming soon, she's giving up hope."
"Aww… she shouldn't be like that." Jade pouted a bit. "Maybe someday, she'll get her chance."
"Here's hoping." He sighed as they sucked in more ghosts and then they found the source of the problem, coming from a portal of the shape of a Boo on top of the totem pole. The two Ghost Busters looked at each other with a nod and then they jumped in where they found themselves in a secret area filled with disappearing sand blocks, Winged Strollin' Stus and the like to where they took off, making sure not to fall into the abyss, sucking in the red coins as well, before reaching the final stop while helping each other not fall on that pinwheel platform, grabbing the two Shine Sprites in the process and then they high fived each other.
With Sun and Neptune…
"You sure it's in here somewhere?" Neptune wondered as they entered the vents.
"I'm sure of it!" Sun said. "That Yoshi wanted a Pineapple and you didn't see it at the fruit bar, did you?"
"I'm questioning how they ran out of pineapple in the first place." Neptune wondered. "We're on an island for crying out loud!"
"Exactly! You can't just run out of fruit!" Sun exclaimed as they found a crack in the ground where Neptune blasted it away and Sun lowered himself down with his tail.
"See anything?" Neptune asked.
Sun looked around. "Uh… no pineapple here." He said and turned his head to see a shocked female Pianta as his eyes widened before giving a cheeky smile. "Sup."
"AIYEEEE! GET OUT OF MY ROOM, PERVERT!"
"Whoa, my mistake!" Sun exclaimed and climbed back up. "Just an angry woman."
"Aww…"
The two kept searching while trying to push the big sleepy Boos, but it didn't do them any good as they tried a different spot and found themselves in the room, but noticed a Big Boo in the way. "Anything?"
"Uh, let's try a little further. I need to know what's behind this Big Boo!" He said as they went around and found another spot, destroying the tile and Sun lowered himself, seeing a pineapple. "Jackpot!" He grinned as he jumped down and then Neptune did the same where they grabbed the Pineapple and took off back downstairs, giving it to the Yoshi.
"Alright, can you eat some big ol' Boos for us?" Neptune asked.
"Yoshi!" The Yoshi nodded and the trio took off back to the vents where Yoshi gobbled up the Big Boos until they found one tile they missed and destroyed it, and when they went in, they landed in the pool.
"We're in the pool now?" Neptune wondered.
"Hey look!" Sun took a Shine Sprite. "Look what I got!"
"Oh good!" Neptune smiled while the Yoshi cheered. "Now let's reopen these doors."
"Yeah!" He nodded.
Back with Luigi and Jade…
"Ah, Luigi! Jade! I need your help for a moment." The Hotel Manager explained. "You see… we have a casino and… well, we believe it's haunted."
"We're on it!" Jade nodded.
"Mind if I come with you?" Daisy walked over to them. "I need to take my mind off things anyway."
"Sure." Luigi nodded as the trio walked into the casino, where Jade seemed attracted to a puzzle on the wall and proceeded to play around with it with her Poltergust while Luigi and Daisy looked at the roulette in front of them, seeing that one of them seemed to be purple from the usual red and green.
"That seems suspicious." Daisy mused and then smirked. "Shall we?"
"Yeah." Luigi nodded as Daisy punched it, and then they suddenly sunk to the ground while Jade hopped into a Warp Pipe after she was finished with the puzzle.
"Okay… this is weird." Daisy said.
"And creepy." Luigi shuddered a bit, and right on cue, they heard creepy, unsettling laughter… and then Marshadow emerged from Luigi's shadow and poked his leg. "Hmm? What is it?"
Marshadow said nothing and pointed to the center of the arena as they looked to see some smoke coming out of it… and then King Boo suddenly popped out of it… though he looked incredibly goofy…
"KING BOO?!" Luigi and Daisy yelled.
"AHAHAHAHA! THAT'S ME! Now, let's have some fun! Let's play Ghostly Roulette, if you win, you win a prize! And if you don't, well… too bad! Ehehehehehe!"
"Uh… you're not going to kidnap me?" Daisy asked.
"Kidnap you? What are you insane? I'm above that!"
Luigi and Daisy looked at each other. "Different guy?" Daisy asked.
"Hold on…" Luigi mused. "Hey, do you remember someone named Jade?"
"Jade? …Jade… Jade… I know a Queen of Spades, if that's who you're referring to!"
"You built a haunted mansion."
"Haunted whatsit? Nah, that's not my style, yo! I just want to haunt casinos for fun, yo! No ill harm at all!"
Luigi turned to Daisy. "Different guy."
"I thought so… either that or he's suddenly drunk." Daisy added.
"Drunk with passionate gambling!" King Boo chuckled. "Now! Let's play!"
Both of them looked at each other while Marshadow was facepalming at this King Boo, completely disappointed in the guy. To him, he was expecting a challenge… not a deranged goofball and to Luigi and Daisy, the two were weirded out by this guy.
"So uh… do you know of a sinister King Boo?" Luigi asked.
"Oh, you mean my deranged cousin? Pah! Not all Boos are bad, y'all. He just gives a bad rap to us all! I'm his brother but he hasn't returned my calls at all! Ugh… like he doesn't even think his little brother exist! We come from a long line of King Boos and he's all "Oooh, Ghosts should be all frightening and should take over the world!" and I'm like "Dude, take a chill pill! Eat a Snickers!"
"There's more than one King Boo?" Daisy asked.
"Duh! That's what I just said!" He said. "There's plenty of King Boos out there, heck, even a few lovely Queen Boos! Mrow! Anyway… he's the odd one out and gives us Boos a bad name. Sure, we scare people but we do it for fun! Not for malice! Hmph… I've been telling him he needs a psychiatrist but… he turned that psychiatrist into stone when I took him there. Me? I'm more of the relaxed King Boo and haunt a casino just for fun… unfortunately, 'cause of my brother, everyone doesn't like Boos anymore… and it's sad too! What the hell, man!"
"We know a few friends that has a Boo as a mascot." Luigi said, feeling himself at ease.
"Do they really! Well, it's about time Boos got some recognition as good guys!" He said. "In any case, let's play some Ghostly Roulette, y'all!" He exclaimed as both of them nodded with a smirk, ready to play… when suddenly ink rained down on him and then a few Splat Bombs hit him, knocking him back and then Inkling Girl landed in front of them and pulled out a Killer Wail, firing it at King Boo.
"YAAAAAGH! WHAT DID I DO TO YOU?!" He yelled. "Ugh! Even in this casino, people are discriminatory against Boos! I was gonna give this thing to the winners!" He said, pulling out a Shine Sprite. "I found it lying here and it felt like a good prize too! Ugh… here, have it! I'm haunting a different casino!" He said and disappeared.
End BGM
"Ugh… he was annoying." Inkling Girl grumbled.
"Hey, what was that for?" Daisy asked. "He was totally chill!"
"He was annoying." Inkling Girl repeated.
"Wait a minute…" Luigi quietly said. "You're that Inkling that Master Hand was looking for!"
"…Tell him I'm not interested." She said. "Sure, we got the invite, but I'm… going through something right now." She quietly said.
"What's wrong?"
"Don't worry about it." She said and then aimed her Splattershot at the two, though she looked sad.
"What are you doing?! Don't hesitate! Shoot them now!"
Inkling Girl looked away, aiming her Splattershot at the two. "I'm sorry." She quietly said before started firing at the two.
BGM: Blitz It (Splatoon 2)
Luigi and Daisy dodged the attacks and looked at each other with a nod as they ran toward Inkling Girl to which she kept firing at the two, but Daisy jumped over the shots and scissor kicked her in the head to knock her down where Luigi did a few punches to knock her back.
"Urgh!" She winced before inking the floor and dove on in, as she jumped out of the ground next to them while pulling out her Splat Roller, but they both avoided the attack as Daisy punched her, but she blocked with the Splat Roller.
"Come on, girl! Why are you attacking us like this?" Daisy asked.
"I don't want to talk about it!" She yelled, kicking her in the shin and smacking her with her Spalt Roller, then she threw a Splat Bomb to her to send her flying back, then Luigi unleashed a Green Missile at him to smack her in the back to knock her back, to which she brought out the Ink Brush and quickly attacked Luigi repeatedly with it, but Daisy came running in and kicked her right to a wall.
"Why you little…" Inkling Girl growled, and then suddenly several ghosts rose from the ground as Marshadow had used Spectral Thief on her to confuse her, then he punched her in the gut to knock her back, and he was in Zenith Mode to boot.
Inkling Girl dove on into the ink and tried to circle around them, and then appeared next to Daisy, ready to shoot ink at her, but then Luigi came running in and did his Super Jump Punch, hitting her right in the sweet spot and knocking her high into the air and then she came back down, knocked out.
End BGM
"You alright?" Luigi asked.
"Yeah… I might take a shower after this." Daisy replied as they walked over to Inkling Girl who was groaning. "Hey, who's doing this to you? It's obvious someone's telling you what to do."
"It's… complicated… you wouldn't understand…" Inkling Girl quietly said.
"You can tell us." Luigi said.
Inkling Girl sighed. "Well… the reason why I haven't showed up at the Smash Mansion is because-nnngh… YAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!" She screamed as she was suddenly being electrocuted.
"What the hell?!" Daisy yelled.
"DO NOT TELL THEM!"
"Are you okay?" Luigi asked.
"Nngh… stay away from me!" Inkling Girl pleaded as she turned into her Squid Form and jumped away.
"Wait a minute!" Daisy exclaimed. "…What was that all about?"
"I don't know… but I don't like this…" Luigi mumbled quietly.
Just outside…
"What in blazes?!" The Hotel Manager yelled. "Why is there electric goop everywhere outside?!" He exclaimed. "Where did it all come from?!"
Just nearby, Nora was giggling excitedly. "Look! I'm making goop angels!" She laughed while Ren, Simmons and Grif were watching her while Ren had his hand to his face.
"Are you suuuuuuuuuuuuuure she's not mentally unstable?" Simmons asked.
"She's just really hyper!" Ren said.
"Riiiiight." Grif said and then looked to Simmons. "I think that lightning bolt affected her brain a bit."
"Ya think?"
Nora got back up. "Ren's right! I'm just your average girl who tends to be hyper!" She smiled. "Besides, how many people can say they did this without getting electrocuted?"
"Uh… how about not many!" Grif said.
"Oh good grief, you guys!" A voice said as they saw Umber coming in and calling out his Empoleon to use Whirlpool on it all, washing away all the goop as a Shine Sprite appeared in thin air as it flew off back to the Shine Gate, but then he walked back to the hotel without saying a word.
"Yeesh, what's his problem?" Simmons asked.
"I can answer that for ya." Guzma walked over to them with Lillie.
"Oh? And what would that be?" Ren asked.
"He… has a self-loathing problem." Lillie explained. "He wanted to be the very best Pokemon trainer out there when he started his trials in Alola, and when he became champion, he thought it was the best thing in the entire world. Everyone was happy for him… but… overtime, something changed. Instead of this happy go lucky guy, he was… grouchy and miserable all the time."
"So, we asked him what was up since the guy was being totally out of character." Guzma said. "He said that being champion wasn't all that cracked up to be. All those interviews from different regions, all those meetings… it totally took him out of it, not to mention his opponents don't really give him much of a challenge and over time, he outright admitted that he regretted even wanting to be a champion at all."
"So… can't he just retire?" Simmons asked.
"It doesn't work like that." Guzma replied. "The only way you can actually retire from being a champion is being beaten… and the only one that gives him a challenge is this kid named Hau, but even he can't beat Umber."
"I bet he regrets being a Pokemon Trainer. I know I would." Grif said.
"He actually enjoys being one, but it's him being champion and all the responsibilities put on him stressed him out to the point where he actually hates himself for it. He wanted to have fun, not becoming involved in every other thing. He wanted to see what it was like in Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh and the other regions, but he can't since he's stuck in Alola at all times." Lillie explained.
"When that Ultra Wormhole nonsense happened, he went in with Lunala… and never came back. Thankfully, I had put a tracker on him just in case if he went AWOL on us. I had a feeling it'd come in handy… and wouldn't you know it, he ended up here and I think he's staying here 'cause he hates Alola as much as he hates himself." Guzma added.
"Hating yourself isn't… healthy like that." Ren said.
"That's what I keep telling him, but he doesn't want to hear it. Thankfully, he still considers us as his friends. I suggested to him that he oughta go easy on Hau next time they fought, but he never goes easy on his opponents." Lillie said. "Oh… if only there were someone that can help him…"
Up on the roof…
Umber heard everything and sighed, pulling his legs close to him and went in a hard fetal position. "I'm beyond help…" He quietly said to himself as a tear escaped his eye. "Umber… you are an idiot…"
Back down below, they would see Sun and Neptune coming out with two Shine Sprites. "Where'd you get that?" Ren asked.
"Well, we found one hanging around in the pool… and we got another when we discovered some red coins!" Sun smiled.
"Wonder how the others are doing?" Neptune wondered.
Back in the plaza…
Mona emerged from another portal near the cannon. "So many shiny coins! 100 coins here in the plaza, in Gelato Beach AND in Pinna Park! This is so cool!" She exclaimed happily and looked at the warp pipe leading to Sirena Beach. "Shiny coins, here I come!" She said and ran off where Yang and Maya watched her.
"She's full of energy, isn't she?" Maya asked.
"Yup. She is." Yang nodded. "So… what is it that you do, exactly?"
"Oh, I'm a spirit medium." She replied. "I basically bring spirits back from their resting places for their short time. It actually helped Phoenix win a few cases."
"Bring spirits back…" Yang whispered and then quietly gasped a bit.
"What's wrong?"
"…When we get all the Shine Sprites back, I need to get dad, uncle Qrow and Ruby."
"What for?" She asked as Yang whispered in her ear. "Got it." She nodded with a smile.
Meanwhile, at Noki Bay…
BGM: Noki Bay (Super Mario Sunshine)
"Hey you!" A voice called to Ruby as she turned to see II Piantissimo again. "I challenge you to a race!"
"Hey, you're that guy from Gelato Beach!" Ruby said.
"Indeed, I am… and this time, we're having a proper race! See that flagpole over there? That is our goal!"
"Got it!" Ruby nodded and then the two ran off with II Piantissimo deciding to dive off a platform and swim while Ruby used her semblance to go over some platforms and landing on a trampoline platform, where she landed in the water and swam to the other side, hitting the flagpole. "Gotcha!"
"Aww, you beat me." II Piantissimo said. "Well, you beat me fair and square, so here is your prize." He said, taking out a Shine Sprite.
"Oooh! Thank yo-… wait… how many Shine Sprites are you holding?"
"Uh… whatever do you mean? Finders keepers after all!" He said. "Good day to you!" He waved, but Ruby wasn't having it as she used her semblance to get in front of him.
"How many are you holding?!" Ruby wanted to know.
"None of your business! Now get out of my way, I'm late for my race at Pianta Village!"
"Oh no, you don't!" Ruby said. "You have to go through me!"
"…If you say so!" He said as he backed up and ran toward Ruby, who then jumped and did a front flip, landing behind her. "Well, that was easy." He said… and then got blasted into the water, thanks to Ruby's Rose Palm.
"I don't think so." She said and saw another Shine Sprite floating in the water. "Aha!" She smiled and then took it. "You should've taken these to the Shine Gate!" She told him as the two Shine Sprites flew off, then she walked off.
"H-hey! Give my prize back!"
Ruby glared at him with a frown. "Big jerk." She said and walked off.
"…Uh… what did I do to deserve that?" He wondered.
Pause BGM
With Velvet…
BGM: Secret Course (Super Mario Sunshine)
"Huh… this is an interesting place." She rubbed her chin in thought as she had entered the shell after walking on tight ropes, and then used her semblance, as FLUDD appeared on her back and activated the Rocket Nozzle, blasting high into the sky and landing on top of the platform that she was in.
She looked around, seeing red coins scattered around while she deactivated her semblance. Studying what she had to do, she ran off collecting the red coins in the process and doing some acrobatics as she did a front flip and grabbed on top of a ledge and collected the other coins as she then saw some spinning platforms.
"Let's roll." She said as she ran up the spinning block and collected a coin, then she jumped on a spinning gear, then climbed up some more before getting to the top and then collected the last red coin, grabbing the Shine Sprite before she ran on top of the spinning block and collected the Shine Sprite.
"Got 'em!" She smiled as a portal opened up and then she walked in.
End BGM
With Pyrrha and Washington…
"So… why did you want me to come with you?" Pyrrha wondered as they were at the top of where Gooper Blooper was originally at.
"Uh… it's a secret."
"Wash…" Pyrrha quietly said. "I know how difficult it is for you to fully grasp what is going on right now since you were dragged into this too quick. You didn't have time to adjust."
"Oh, I adjusted perfectly."
Pyrrha folded her arms with a knowing look. "Did you now?"
"…Okay, I'm still adjusting." He admitted. "I admit, the Mushroom Kingdom isn't too bad of a place, but considering what's going on right now? I'm wondering what the hell I signed up for!"
"I wondered the same thing when my team came into the Mushroom Kingdom… and that time when we helped RWBY take down Hades with the help of Pit, Palutena and Viridi. I wasn't used to it myself, but over time, I got used to my surroundings and now, everything that happens in the Mushroom Kingdom… feels normal."
"Gee, good for you…"
"Wash…" Pyrrha put her hand on his shoulder and gave him a gentle smile. "I know exactly what you're going through. But give it time… you'll get used to it." She said. "I also know that deep down, you're a good person."
Trust me… You don't have a clue on what I'm going through...but... Washington thought. "Uh… thank you…?"
"Also, I can't help but think that you sound identical to Ozpin." She pointed out.
"Uh… who?"
"I'll introduce you to him later." Pyrrha said. "Anyway, there's got to be a reason why you brought me here."
"Um… well…" Washington started twiddling his fingers, and before he could say anything else… time had stopped for them and then Meta came running in and punched Pyrrha in the head, knocking her over and then time stopped.
"AGH!" Pyrrha cried and then got up, seeing Meta in front of her. "You…"
"Well done, Wash." Meta growled and then cracked his knuckles. "It's been a while, Amazon."
Pyrrha shook it off and readied her weapon and shield. "Wash… did you lead me to him?!"
Wash said nothing and then looked away. "…I'm sorry, this is the only way for me to get out of the Mushroom Kingdom."
"Wash… no!" Pyrrha exclaimed and then looked at Meta who could only nod in confirmation… before he brought out his Brute Shot.
"It is too late for him. Now, let's resume where we left off long ago, shall we?" Meta asked with a growl.
Pyrrha closed her eyes. Washington… I'll snap you out of this. She thought to herself and readied herself, opening her eyes and glaring at Meta.
BGM: Boss Battle (Red vs Blue)
Meta fired the Brute Shot at Pyrrha, to which she blocked the shots with her shield and then she threw her spear at him, which he dodged and nearly skewered Washington had he not moved in time. Pyrrha used her polarity to bring her spear back, which hit Meta in the back on the way. She grabbed it just in time to block another shot from the Brute Shot.
Pyrrha then threw her shield, smacking Meta in the face with it and then used her polarity to have it smack into him a few times until Meta grabbed it and then threw it back at her, forcing her to use her polarity to stop it from hitting her, only it left her open as the Brute Shot was fired and hit her in the gut to knock her back.
Meta smirked under his helmet and ran to Pyrrha, who shook it off and grabbed her shield, seeing that Meta was running to her and blocked a punch with her shield. She round house kicked him in the side to knock him back, then she switched her spear to its rifle form and shot him a few times, but he powered through and punched her in the head to knock her down, then he got on top of her, ready to skewer her with the blade on the brute shot.
However, Pyrrha wasn't having it as she grabbed the sides of the blade with her hands, it being dangerously close to her neck, desperately trying to not let herself get killed by this brute, then she used her polarity to help her lift it, then before Meta could shoot her, she kicked him in the leg to get him off of her, then she managed to use her polarity to yank the weapon off of him and she tossed it to the side.
Meta growled at this as he ran forward and punched her, but she blocked with her shield and then kicked him in the side again, followed by punching him, but he blocked it with his hand and started to twist her arm.
"It's over, Carolina!"
"Nngh…" Pyrrha winced as he flipped her over and kicked her in the stomach to a small hill as she got back up, only for Meta to turn invisible… and then he reappeared behind her and punched her in the back to knock her down several feet and kicked her to Washington.
She groaned as she got back, ready to take on Meta once more, but then she heard the sound of a gun clicking as she turned her head to see Washington aiming his Battle Rifle at her. "Wash… don't do this!"
"Nngh… this hurts me more than it hurts you." He said, aiming at her. "Now… do me a favor and don't move." He said.
End BGM
Pyrrha looked at him before looking back at the Meta. She wanted to keep fighting, but the fact that Washington had a gun pointed at her caused her to hesitate while Meta grabbed his Brute Shot.
"Good, Washington… now… this is where it ends for you, Amazon." Meta growled, kicking the warrior down to the ground and stepped on her arm, aiming the blade to her neck. "Farewell."
Pyrrha tried to fight back, but she couldn't find herself to get back up, not with Meta holding her down and she could only look at the blade in horror as her eyes widened, while Washington turned his head away, not wanting to look… and just when all hope was lost for the warrior…
Gunshots were fired, hitting Meta specifically to knock him down.
"What the?!" Washington asked as they looked to see a Pelican flying toward them.
BGM: Space Battleground (Star Fox: Assault)
"Washington! Maine! Stand down!"
"Carolina?!" Washington asked.
"You!" Meta growled as the Pelican dropped to the ground near them and Carolina came running out, as Meta clenched his fists and went to punch her, but she quickly did a front flip and punched him in the back.
"Maine! Why are you going to kill this girl?!"
"She reminds me of you… and we all know how I feel about you, woman…"
"So you attack some kid because she reminds you of me? …Maine… you've definitely changed."
Meta growled darkly and ran over to her, ready to strike her with the Brute Shot, but she dodged the attack and used an uppercut to knock him up in the air, pulling out her Assault Rifle and shot him, hoping to knock him out.
"Okay, I think I'm going now…" Washington said, trying to walk off.
"Wash…" Carolina glared at him. "You mind telling me why you were attacking her too?"
"Yipe! This isn't what it looks like!"
Suddenly, time stopped and Maine was in bad condition as he growled, glaring at the two of them as he ran forward, grabbed Washington and threw him into the Pelican where he then noticed Carolina knocked out a Shine Sprite from him, but he didn't care about that as he ran to the cockpit as time resumed.
"What the…" Carolina wondered.
"We'll meet again!" Meta growled from the cockpit and then the Pelican took off.
End BGM
"NO!" Carolina yelled, leaving them both stranded. "Dammit… what are you two DOING?!" She demanded to know before taking a deep breath and walked over to Pyrrha. "Hey, you alright?" She asked, reaching for her hand.
"Nngh… yeah…" She said with a nod as she took her hand and she helped her up.
"So, who are you?" Carolina asked.
"Pyrrha Nikos."
"I'm Carolina… so tell me something, why were Maine and Wash attacking you?"
Pyrrha sighed. "It's a long story."
"Try me." Carolina folded her arms. "You can start from the beginning, like what the hell is this place exactly?"
"Well…"
Meanwhile, at the top of the Shine Gate…
"So, what was it that the D.E.B.S. said again?" Weiss asked as she was with Elise, Subaki, Effie, Jaune and Kirby.
"Something about something particular going on with Pianta Village?" Elise rubbed her head. "Um… I think that's what it said."
"One way to find out." Subaki said as the girls jumped in first and then the guys hopped on in last… and meanwhile, Team AJC was looking for Mona.
"Hey Mona! Where are you?" Jen asked and then Mona emerged from the warp pipe from Sirena Beach.
"Over here!" She waved and then jumped down. "Just collected me another Shine Sprite with a lot of shiny coins!" She smiled and then looked at the portal leading to Noki Bay. "Hehehehe."
"Let's do that one together… juuust in case." Anthony suggested.
"Oh, alright!" She nodded and they all headed off to Noki Bay.
In Pianta Village…
BGM: Pianta Village (Super Mario Sunshine)
Elise landed on the ground, then she looked around. "Hello? Guys?" She turned around. "Where are they?" She wondered as she wandered over the bridge, seeing some Chain Chomplets scurrying about and leaving lava goop around.
"Excuse me!" Elise poked a Pianta. "Have you seen my friends? They went into the warp pipe with me heading over here."
"Ooof… they're probably in alternate versions of this place."
"Huh?"
"Yeah, ever since the Shine Sprites have fled… for some reason, this was split into many alternate versions, so where your friends might be at, I have no clue."
"…How in the world does that make any sense? That's all just a bunch of gobbledygook!" Elise exclaimed.
"Stranger things have happened…" He muttered. "Right now, the lady's Chain Chomplets have been feeling rather ill lately and are causing them to go to ballistic. Of course, we were trying to get them into the spring over there, but nothing seems to be working."
"I gotcha!" A Pianta said… and then his oven mitts burned up. "YOOOOW! BAD IDEA! BAD IDEEEEEA!" He yelled, running off.
"I'll see what I can do!" Elise said and walked over to one of them.
"Oh! I can't watch!" A Pianta covered his eyes as Elise brought out her spell book.
"Alright, let's try this spell that Ashley taught me!" She smirked. "Sleepra Tightga!" She chanted at a Chomplet, as it immediately fell asleep. "Yeah baby!" She smiled and grabbed the tail, aiming it directly at the spring, pulled the tail and let go, landing into the water where it cooled down and relaxed. "YES!" She fist pumped. "I'm gonna have to thank her later! …While also encouraging her to make new friends and put a smile on that face!"
She then turned to the two Chomplets that were coming after her, and they too fell asleep when Elise used it on them, then put them into the spring. "That was easy!" She smiled… and then a Shine Sprite appeared before her. "Oooh!" She smiled and took it. "I'll take this!"
With Subaki…
"This is peculiar…" He mused, seeing the whole place covered in lava goop. "First my friends are gone and now the whole place is on fire." He said. "…Did I not go into that warp pipe perfectly?"
He then saw a Pianta covered in goop on top of a yellow mushroom, but first, he went to go clean it all up as he grabbed a bucket and tossed the water into the goop, destroying it. It took several minutes, but he was all finished, not to mention he got rid of those pesky Coo Coos that were the cause of this mess, then he flew up with his Pegasus and dumped a bucket of water on the Pianta.
"Wahoo! I'm clean! Thank you for helping clean Pianta Village!" He exclaimed.
"It's the least I can do." He said… and then the Golden Mushroom glowed and popped out a Shine Sprite, where it landed in Subaki's arms. "Hello there." He said.
With Effie…
"FOR THE LAST TIME, WILL YOU GO TO THE HOT SPRING, YOU NAUGHTY CHAIN CHOMP!" A Female Pianta yelled, but a furious Chain Chomp refused. "Oooh, you are so stubborn!"
"Mind if I take a hold of this?" Effie asked.
"Hmph, good luck." She grumbled.
"Where's the hot spring located?"
"Other side of this village. Like I said… good luck dragging-" Effie picked up the chain and dragged the Chain Chomp to the hot spring with no effort. "-him… to… the… hot… spring…" The Pianta couldn't believe her eyes. "…She… she is NOT human…" She said as Effie went over to the Hot Spring and yanked the Chain Chomp hard enough for it to go into the Hot Spring, where it cooled off and relaxed.
"There we go." Effie said, dusting her hands off and then collecting the Shine Sprite that appeared in front of her. "Too easy."
With Jaune…
"Uh… you want to go down THERE?" Jaune asked as he was riding a Yoshi.
"Yoshi!" The Yoshi nodded as he took a deep breath.
"If… if you say so…" Jaune gulped as Yoshi took a leap of faith and then landed on a Mushroom, where he jumped across a few times before squirting out juice to disintegrate the goop and hopped on in.
BGM: Secret Course
"Okay, this is interesting… what's with all the Piantas?" Jaune wondered as he and the Yoshi walked over to one while collecting two red coins. "Hey, what are you doing here?"
"Oh, we just like being out here." The Pianta said. "Oh, and by the way…"
"Yeah?"
"I'MMA CHUCKSTER!" He yelled, throwing Jaune and Yoshi away, both of them screaming before landing on a platform behind the Pianta.
"Well, that just happened! Did he try to kill us?" Jaune wondered.
"Yo…" The Yoshi groaned.
Several Chucksters later…
"…Yeah, they're trying to kill us." Jaune said, already holding a Shine Sprite from the Red Coins. "And now we have to go to that one."
"I can get you over there!" A Pianta said.
"Oh no! Don't! Don't tell me you're a-"
"That I'm a Chuckster? You betcha!" He said and threw Jaune and Yoshi toward the Shine Sprite… but they were off by about an inch.
"NO! WE ALMOST HAD IT! YOU MURDERERS!" Jaune yelled, unaware of Yoshi using his tongue to grab the Shine Sprite and pulled it into his mouth as they were falling… and landed back outside in Pianta Village.
Resume Pianta Village BGM
"Ugh… do we have to go back in there?" Jaune groaned.
"Yoshi!" The Yoshi spat out the Shine Sprite.
"Oh! Guess not!" He smiled.
With Weiss…
"Alright, where's that last one?" Weiss wondered after using her ice to scrub the Piantas clean after falling into some lava goop and then she spotted the last one a minute later. "Aha!" She smiled and cleaned the goop up, bringing the Pianta out and cleaning him up with the ice.
"Oh, thank you very much!" He exclaimed happily.
"No problem!" Weiss smiled… and then a Shine Sprite came flying down. "Oooh, I'll take this!" She said and grabbed it.
End BGM
And finally, Kirby…
BGM: Boss (Kirby's Return to Dreamland)
"Poyo poyo!" Kirby exclaimed, holding a sword while glaring hard at Shadow Mario, in the midst of a battle between the two.
"Oh yeah, well, how about this!" He said, painting a picture with his paintbrush and summoned a small Kracko as it fired lightning bolts at him, but he dodged the attacks and quickly slashed it to pieces.
"Poyo!"
"Grrr!" He growled and painted a Knuckle Joe, which Kirby got rid of his Sword and sucked up the Knuckle Joe, gaining the Fighter ability. "Alright, that's it!" He exclaimed and went to take care of things himself and ran straight to him but Kirby took a step back and charged up an attack.
"TAKE THIS!" He yelled, swiping with his paintbrush, but Kirby blocked it.
"HADOKEN!" He cutely exclaimed, knocking him back.
"Gah!" He winced as Kirby ran over to him and then with all his might, he let out a mighty uppercut.
"POYO-OOKEN!" Kirby yelled adorably and then Shadow Mario was down for the count as quick as his battle was over. "Poyo!" Kirby smiled.
End BGM
"Nngh… first I lose to that Mario… and now I lose to YOU?! Grrr... I'll have my revenge on you too!" He said and went off, leaving behind a Shine Sprite where Kirby took it… and split into three and did a cute little Kirby dance for victory.
At this moment, the place started to glow as Kirby looked around in curiosity before it glowed brightly… and when it stopped glowing, he found himself in the midst of a festival going on as he spotted the others.
BGM: Pianta Village Band – Hot Spring (Super Mario Sunshine)
"Oh, now we're together?" Weiss wondered.
"Poyo!" Kirby ran over and happily tackled Weiss into a hug. "Poyo poyo!"
"Aww, aren't you just the cutest little thing?" Weiss giggled. "So, what happened?"
"Apparently, there were some alternate versions of this place from what I've heard. I think when we collected the Shine Sprites, we got rid of them all and it merged back to one." Elise said.
"We were in the middle of a Fluff Festival too when it happened!" A Pianta exclaimed.
"Well, let's celebrate, shall we?" Elise smiled as they did just that… though with all the dandelion fluffs going around, it was killer on Weiss' allergies, but she pulled through… while Kirby saw something shining on top of the tree as he flew up to investigate… and there he saw a Shine Sprite on top, all on its own.
"Poyo!" Kirby smiled and took it where he rejoined the others where they were collecting Red coins when Kirby happened to notice MAJC coming in and collecting yellow coins, but Kirby shrugged it off and joined the group… and then one by one, everyone else came.
"Wow! This seems like fun!" Pit said.
"I feel the urge to dance… I don't know why." Sakura mused, where they saw the others coming toward them… and then the red coins rejoined together and formed into a Shine Sprite where it flew off, followed by another one where MAJC got 100 coins.
"Wow! This is some party!" Ruby said, and then they heard the D.E.B.S. alert come in all the way from the plaza.
"This is a D.E.B.S Alert! Almost all of the Shine Sprites have been collected in Isle Delfino! There is one elusive Shine Sprite left but right now… LET'S PARTY!"
And that is what everyone did, they clapped, cheered, had a great time… and a Pianta gave Peach a Heal Ball to give to Comfey, to which Comfey happily went inside.
However… some people weren't celebrating…
End BGM
Back at Noki Bay...
"I see... so that's what happened." Carolina mused. "And to think it all started with these brothers and a princess getting kidnapped."
"Pretty much." Pyrrha nodded. "And now... here we are."
"You know, I wouldn't believe you, but considering where we are right now, not to mention those clouds are actually looking at me... I do believe you." She said. "You know what... it's a nice change of scenery. I think I'll stay in this Mushroom Kingdom for a long time."
"That's good to hear."
"Just one thing. We gotta get Maine and Wash back."
Pyrrha sighed. "But how?"
"Oh... I'm sure I'll think of something." She said as a portal opened up, which would lead straight to Pianta Village as Carolina looked in... and then came back out. "Well now... let's go." She said as Pyrrha nodded, but there was one thing that pestered their mind.
Why does she sound so much like me?! Pyrrha and Carolina thought at the same time.
Back in the plaza…
"Ugh… all of that was for naught… give me a break." Dark Ruby groaned.
"So, what do we do now?" Dark Weiss asked.
"We come up with another plan of course." Dark Ruby said and then her scroll went off. "Hello? Oh, hey Meta, what's up? …What? WHAT?! WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU'RE LEAVING THE TEAM?! …What do you mean you have your own agenda and you have someone else with you?! We were a team! …Yes, I KNOW it hasn't been the same since Dark Yang was killed and we kept losing over and over again to those stupid brats! …Don't you dare hang up on me! DON'T YOU-… he hung up."
"…So… now what?" Dark Weiss asked.
"We do it without him." Dark Ruby said.
"…Forget it." Dark Blake grumbled. "This team has gone to hell and I'm not going to stand by and watch us get killed one by one. I'm done."
"Wh-what are you saying?!" Dark Weiss asked.
"…I'm leaving this team. I feel like this is best for all of us. We lost Dark Yang, Meta left us… and now I'm going to do the same. It's been fun."
"Don't you DARE leave us!" Dark Ruby growled.
"Watch me." She said, using her semblance to blind them… and when they came around, Dark Blake was gone.
"Oh no… what do we do?!" Dark Weiss asked.
"…I feel like Team Dark RWBY just got disbanded…" Dark Ruby said. "…That bitch… had she not cut my eyes off, this wouldn't have happened!"
"HEY! THERE THEY ARE!" A voice said as they turned to see the police gathering around them.
"Yeah, this is goodbye." Dark Ruby said. "You're on your own." She said. "From this point on… I'm going solo." She said and flashed her eyes, stopping time and running off, leaving Dark Weiss by herself.
"No… NO!" Dark Weiss yelled as they quickly tackled her.
"I don't know where the others are, but this is a start!" The Police chief said. "Take her in, boys!"
"DON'T LEAVE ME LIKE THIS!" She screamed
"Hey boss! Turns out Weiss is from Atlas! Does this mean this dark creature is from there too?"
"…I assume so. Take her to Atlas! The judge lifted the ban as soon as most of the Shine Sprites were collected… not to mention the bad guys probably bolted! Let's go."
Dark Ruby watched from the bell tower and sighed. "…Yup… this is the end of team Dark RWBY." She said and clenched her fists. "Watch your back, you whore… I'm coming for you." She said and disappeared.
With the Inklings…
"You alright?" Inkling Boy asked.
"Yeah…" She nodded and then suddenly, she was electrocuted again. "YAAAAAGH!"
"No!" He exclaimed and then he was electrocuted as well. "AAAAGH!"
"You disappoint me! You both failed to get rid of them!" Octavio exclaimed as he came over to them. "I put you under my wing for a reason!" He said and pulled up a monitor, as they saw a comatose Callie and Marie in some strange green liquid. "You know very well I'm holding them hostage and I promised you that I would not hurt them if you obeyed my commands!"
"Nngh… to hell with you!" Inkling Girl winced and got electrocuted again.
"Tsk tsk tsk… I guess I have to brainwash you instead." He said as he pulled out two certain glasses, the same ones he used on Callie. "This won't make you fail anyway." He chuckled as Inkling Boy reached into his pocket, pressing something before he got the shades onto him.
In Inkopolis…
"Don't get cooked, stay off the hook!" Pearl and Marina exclaimed.
"Aaand we're good!" The Cameraman said.
"Phew, I don't know about you, but that was quite something." Pearl said.
"Yeah… oh!" Marina pulled out something.
"What is it?"
"…Those two Inklings that were forced to work with that creep? They're in trouble. They're in Delfino Plaza!"
"What do we do?" Pearl asked.
"We help them of course… and let's bring in our new friend, shall we?" Marina asked with a wink.
Back in Delfino…
"Time to take desperate measures." Shadow Mario said as he walked open to the flood gate inside Corona Mountain… and opened it up, causing water to shoot out.
In Pianta Village…
"I'm telling ya, this is the best party ever!" Daisy grinned.
"THIS IS AN EMERGENCY FROM THE D.E.B.S! DELFINO PLAZA HAS BEEN FLOODED! I REPEAT, DELFINO PLAZA HAS BEEN FLOODED! THE FLOOD GATE HAS BEEN DESTROYED! THIS IS SO TRAGIC!"
All of them looked at each other before quickly hurrying off to the portal leading back to the plaza, where they saw the place completely flooded as everyone was on roofs and some of them were in life preservers, then noticed the flood gate was open, leading directly into Corona Mountain.
"That leads to the inside of Corona Mountain. I am detecting a Shine Sprite from the inside." FLUDD said.
"…Then let's go in." Ruby said as they all nodded and went deep into Corona Mountain, all of them unaware that Dark Blake was following them.
Meanwhile, at the Smash Mansion...
Crazy Hand floated around the mansion when he noticed Master Hand's office, where he saw a sign that said "Keep out! That means you, brother!"
"...Oh brooother, i'm going into your offiiiiiice!" He said as he went in and floated around, seeing a ton of stuff on his desk, but something caught his non-existent eye.
There was one segment where it said "Waiting for a response" and only had Bowser Jr. and Rosalina on it. The next one had "Smashers to be determined" and on the top were Simon Belmont, Richter Belmont, Chrom, Dark Samus, King K. Rool and Shovel Knight, where it was split into "Smasher" and "Echo Fighter", then he saw another one where he had "Assist Trophies to be added" which had Alucard, Zero from Mega Man, Chef Kawasaki, Klaptrap, Kapp'n, and Nikki, then had the same thing for Pokemon and items.
"Hmm... I think I can give it a little nudge!" He said and started humming, sending out invitations to Simon and the others, and put them in individual slots, completely unaware that he accidentally put Shovel Knight in the Assist Trophy invitation list while putting Richter, Chrom and Dark Samus in the Echo Fighter slot... then he looked into the Assist Trophies. "This will not do!" He said and wrote down the Moon and Rathalos, then in the Pokemon department, he wrote down Bewear... and then for items, he looked at what Master Hand had in mind and then added a few more.
"Ramblin' Evil Mushroom, Fake Smash Ball, Bomber, and the creme de la crop! Death's Scythe!" Crazy Hand chuckled and put the pencil down. "Oh, brother will be so proud!" He cackled excitedly and floated out of his office, while deep in the Smash Mansion, Samus was starting to have an uneasy feeling.
Just one Shine Sprite left!
So, I received a review on Chibi requesting me to have Shovel Knight join the cast and well...
Oh, screw it... he's in Smash now, i'm doing this, y'all!
I set up a poll on my profile pic regarding Shovel Knight, be on the look out!
And since the next chapter is the last one, be on the look out for that one... and then be stay tuned for a special Chibi regarding that Smash Direct! ;)
