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BGM: Corona Mountain (Super Mario Sunshine)
"Agent Carolina?! What are you doing here?!" Church asked Carolina. Last time he heard, she was supposed to be dead.
"I was trying to deal with my own problems when I suddenly found myself here. You look like someone from Command, is there some sort of new teleportation or something?!" Carolina demanded.
"If by teleportation you mean sent to another dimension, then yes!" Sarge answered. "Bad timing too, because the Red team were just about to beat the Blues!"
"We weren't even fighting when we came back here." Tucker said. "Well we weren't fighting each other, but that Meta guy."
"You've fought the Meta?!" Pyrrha asked.
"Of course, it was a bit after that star thing sent us back to Blood Gulch." Sarge answered. "It was also at that time when we met Washington and the Meta."
"A star of all things brought you here?" Carolina asked, finding it hard to believe.
"It sounds crazy but it's true." Tucker said. "And I can tell you all about it, just you and me. 'Sup girl?"
"I'll pass..." Carolina declined as she already didn't like Tucker.
"Oh don't be like that, we're a perfect match." He flirted. "We're both super good-looking, and we've got the same armor color! Greenish-blue." Carolina simply stared at him. "Uh, aquamarine? Turquoise? Hey, what the fuck color is this anyways?"
"Shut up Tucker!" Church yelled before turning to Carolina. "What are you doing alive Carolina? You're supposed to be dead. This is impossible!"
"That's a funny thing to say, for a guy who's literally a ghost." Sarge said.
"A ghost?" Carolina deadpanned.
"Yeah, There may have been a tank involved, and it may have been driven by Tucker." Caboose said slowly to act innocent.
"Shut up Caboose!" Church growled. "And as much as I would love to explain my situation, we're kinda in the middle of finding this Shine Sprite."
"And make it snappy too! It's fucking hot in here!" Grif yelled.
"Of course it's hot in here dumbass, we're in a goddamn volcano." Simmons said. "Let's just get that Shine Sprite already."
"Way ahead of you." Ruby nodded.
"Toadsworth, you might want to get out of here. This is not good for you." Peach told him.
"Are you sure about this?"
"Yes."
Toadsworth nodded. "Understood, princess. Be careful!"
"I will." She nodded as Toadsworth went back outside where Lillie and Guzma went with him, while they saw the platforms ahead of them, filled with spikes and fire.
"We need to time that just right." FLUDD suggested as Mario went for the Hover Nozzle as he went over and hovered over the platform with the spikes, as they just retracted as he did the same for the fire, dousing the flames. He then got to a rock platform, turning toward the others as Luigi charged up a Luigi Missile and launched himself, which luckily, it was a misfire and he made it over to Mario where he others had their own ways to get across. Peach floated her way over, Ruby used her semblance to get across, Pit used his Power of Flight to land safely, Yang jumped her way across, team JNPR launched their way over thanks to Nora, Xena conjured up platforms and jumped over as several others made their way forward, and Subaki took Sakura and Hana on his Pegasus.
"So, I forgot to ask, where's Wash?" Grif asked.
"He may not be with us for a while." Pyrrha said.
"Uh-huh… what's the real reason?" Church asked as they were making their way across where Carolina gave her side of the story. "…You gotta be shitting me. Washington betrayed us and nearly got Pyrrha killed?!"
"Yup…" Carolina nodded.
"I knew it! I knew he was a dirty Blue! And I got a bullet with Washington's name on it!" Sarge growled. where they safely made it to a new platform where they saw several mudboats waiting for them.
"Do we HAVE to use these mudboats?" Weiss asked.
"We got oars!" Ruby said.
"Oh no, I'm not sitting so close to lava!" Weiss protested.
"I'm with Weiss!" Grif said.
"Can I bring something up real quick?" Jen asked. "How come Penny isn't sweating buckets like we are?"
"Um… I'm immune to heat?" Penny lied, followed by a small hiccup, luckily for her, no one noticed it.
"Eh, let's not worry about that!" Coco said as Xena made platforms with her katana.
"Alright, let's go." She said as one by one they walked across with Blake being the last one, and then there was a flash of light that blinded her… and then was tackled to the ground.
"Gah!" Blake cried and then saw who was holding her down, her dark counterpart. "You!"
"HEY! Get off of our friend!" Mona yelled.
"Shut it! This is where I avenge Dark Yang!"
Blake kicked her off and looked at the others. "You guys go on ahead. I'll deal with her."
"You sure?" Yang asked.
"Yes." She nodded, summoning her Belladonna Claws. "Go! I'll catch up!"
"Let's just go before those other freaks show up!" Weiss said. "Blake! Kick her butt!" She yelled and then they took off.
End BGM
"So… it's just you and me, huh?" Blake asked. "Where's the rest of your team?"
"We disbanded!" She growled. "And it's all your fault! Dark Yang is dead, we never win at all… Meta left us for his own agenda, and then I left… Team Dark RWBY is GONE and it's ALL your fault!"
"It's not my fault that Dark Yang was thrown into the Rewind Spring!" Blake countered.
"SHUT UP! I'll make you all pay… and when I'm done with you… I'm killing everyone else!"
"…Your anger is consuming you…" Blake quietly said. "I'll make sure you're not going down this path any longer."
Dark Blake glared harshly at Blake. "DIE!" She screamed.
BGM: I'll Face Myself (Persona 4)
Dark Blake quickly pulled out her Gambol Shroud and shot Blake a few times, but Blake disappeared and then reappeared next to her, slashing her a few times with her Claws before kicking her down, but Dark Blake quickly got back up and punched her, but Blake dodged to the side and kicked her in the gut and followed it up by firing a charged shot from her Belladonna Claws, which had a clone of Blake attack Dark Blake.
Dark Blake attacked the clone, but it disappeared as the real Blake was up in the air and threw Gambol Shroud to her, wrapping her up in the process and holding her there. "Let… GO OF ME!"
"You need… to calm down! I used to be in the same boat as you when I was in the White Fa-!"
"DON'T GIVE ME THAT WHITE FANG BULLCRAP!" Dark Blake yelled, swinging her head back and headbutting Blake, knocking her back and releasing her grip of Gambol Shroud. Dark Blake went over and attacked her a few times, including punching her to the ground… and then transformed into her Amazon form.
Blake wiped her mouth with a scowl and then ran forward, with Dark Blake launching fireballs at her, but she quickly slid underneath the fire and used an uppercut with her foot on her gut to knock her high into the air and then proceeded to jump up, summoning her Belladonna Claws and slashed through her, knocking her to the ground while Blake landed on the ground, and then Dark Blake got back up, punching the ground in frustration and then used her semblance to flash Blake.
"Gah!" She winced as Dark Blake tackled the blinded Faunus, punching her face repeatedly until Blake snapped out of it and blocked her fists.
"You're going to die… I'M GONNA KILL YOU RIGHT HERE!" She exclaimed, going right for her neck and started to choke her, but Blake grabbed a hold of her arms.
"No… I'm not dying HERE!" She yelled, pulling her forward and making her roll off of her, not realizing how close they were to the edge of the platform…
"GYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" Dark Blake screamed in agony.
End BGM
Blake got back up, hearing her scream as she turned around to see Dark Blake desperately trying to get out of the molten lava. "IT BURNS! GYAAAAAH!"
Blake walked closer to the lava, looking at Dark Blake before looking away. "You shouldn't have been so consumed in revenge…" She quietly said and turned around. "I wanted to save you… and in a way, this is mercy…"
"SAVE ME, AN EVIL CLONE!? YOU'RE CRAZY!" She screamed. "I'M GONNA MAKE YOU PAY FOR THIS! YOU HEAR ME?! I'M GOING TO BE HAUNTING YOU!"
"Good luck with that." She said, as Dark Blake's screams disappeared as she sunk into the lava. Blake started to walk away… when she suddenly heard a splash and then suddenly felt a hot hand on her ankle. "Gah!" She yelped as she turned around to see Dark Blake with most of her skin burned off, trying to take Blake with her in the lava… but Blake did a swift kick to the face to knock her back in… and this time, she didn't get out.
"Later." Blake quietly said and walked off where she joined up with the others on the last platform who were waiting for her. "Oh, you didn't go off without me?"
"Nah, we decided to wait and cooled off with FLUDD." Yang said.
"I am glad there are sprinklers here, of all places. I am not questioning it." FLUDD said.
"So, what happened to Dark Blake?" Weiss asked.
"I… might have kicked her into the lava." Blake replied.
"Oooh! Gave her a nice hot lava bath! I approve." Sarge chuckled.
"There was also the fact that she said that Team Dark RWBY disbanded after Meta left." Blake added.
"Oh? Well that's great! We don't have to worry about them anymore!" Nora said.
"…I dunno, I have a feeling they're still gonna come after us." Weiss said. "On the bright side, at least two of them are remaining."
"…On the downside, one of them is my dark counterpart." Ruby groaned. "And you know how SHE gets!"
"We'll be ready for her." Pit said. "But for now, let's head on up."
"Hopefully, it's a cooler up there than it is down there." Ruby said.
"Let's-a go!" Mario said, activating the Rocket Nozzle.
Up above…
"Bwahaha! The water's great, eh, Junior?" Bowser asked.
"Sure is, papa!" Junior smiled as he turned over to see Roman and Neo also in the hot tub.
"I should've been down there trying to stop them… but this water is something else! Nothin' like relaxation!" Roman said as Neo nodded in agreement.
"…It'd be great if Mama Peach were here." Junior sighed.
"Don't worry, we'll get her eventually." Bowser said… and right on cue, Mario showed up. "MARIO!" Bowser yelled.
"You again? Don't you ever give up?" Junior asked and then everyone else showed up.
"…Of all the… WHY is that puffball here?!" Bowser demanded to know.
"Poyo poyo!" Kirby said, and then Bowser spotted Daisy and immediately paled up.
"Yeah, that's right." Daisy smirked.
"You may beat me to a pulp… but you'll NEVER beat me to a pulp in Smash! You wanna know why? 'Cause I don't fight LOSERS from the B Roster." He said, seeing Daisy frown and turn away, watching her go from a kick-ass smirk to sadness. "HA! Finally struck a nerve!" He said as he got up. "Now, let's get down to business, shall we?" He smirked.
"I couldn't agree more!" A voice said as they saw DJ Octavio in his machine, not to mention the two Inklings arrived with brainwashing sunglasses.
"Oh good! Now let's get ready to roll!" Bowser smirked, cracking his knuckles… and then Octavio used his machine to grab a hold of the Shine Sprite underneath the water and plugged it into his machine. "Uh… what are you doing?"
"I'm doing things MY way!" He exclaimed, punching a hole into the hot tub, as it started to spin around and create a whirlpool before spitting Bowser, his son, Roman and Neo out and send them falling away, all of them, minus Neo, screaming.
"HEY!" Kamek flew up to him. "Just WHAT do you think you're doing?!"
"Bowser should've learned from what happened during the Subspace Emissary!" He said and then his machine flicked Kamek away, and then turned to the house.
"Who are you?!" Ruby demanded to know.
"Me? DJ OCTAVIO IN THE HOUSE!" He yelled. "Now… let's get rid of this pesky platform, shall we?" He asked, destroying said hot tub and then sending them all to a different platform, which was reminiscent of the Splatoon 2's Final Boss area.
"Okay, this is new…" Sun mused.
"Now… Inklings! Destroy them!" He ordered while he prepared his machine to fight as well, and then pressing a button to reveal glass tubes with Callie and Marie in a green liquid. "Let's have them watch you fight, shall we… if they can! Mwahahaha!"
"So this is why they were acting strange…" Luigi said as they all got ready to fight.
"I'MMA REMIX YOUR FACES!" Octavio declared, while pressing a button to turn on the music.
BGM: Bomb Rush Blush [DJ Octavio feat. Callie] (Splatoon 2)
The two Inklings quickly fired at them all, forcing them to dodge the attacks. Penny went in and slashed Inkling Girl away with her blades with the help of Qrow and Ruby while Inkling Boy threw a Splat Bomb at them, but Pit got in the way and blocked them with his Guardian Orbitars, sending it back at him while everyone else was attacking Octavio, but he was moving his machine around.
"Ha! Let's see if you like this!" He said, using his machine to punch them where they avoided the attack, but Yang was ready and punched the fist hard enough to send it back to him. "GAH!" He yelled.
"Use his own machine against him? That's genius!" Elise exclaimed, then nearly dodging the ink coming from Inkling Girl as she dove into the ink and then used an uppercut on Elise, then kicked her to the side who used a powerful spell to knock Inkling Girl back.
Neptune quickly shot at Inkling Boy, but he was diving into the ink to avoid the attacks and came back out, switching to the Carbon Roller and attacked him, but Weiss fired ice at him to knock him back as she ran over and stabbed Inkling Boy a few times over to Coco who smacked him with her minigun, and with the weight of the minigun, it knocked the glasses off of him.
"Ugh… where am I…?" He wondered after snapping out of it, then had the minigun aimed at him. "Yipe! It wasn't me, I swear! It was Octavio!"
"Oh?" Coco asked.
"Yeah, he made us work with him because he kidnapped Callie and Marie, otherwise he threatened to do something to them AND Inkopolis!" He said… and got electrocuted. "GAAAAH!"
"That's enough out of you!" Octavio told him and went over to punch Inkling Boy specifically, but Coco quickly shot the hand and sent it back to him, hitting him in the face. "GAH!"
Inkling Boy winced as he stood back up, doing his best to not keel over form the electricity and went over to the side of his neck. "To… TO HELL WITH YOU!" He yelled, pulling out something out of his neck and threw it to the ground, crushing it underneath his foot where he was no longer electrocuted.
"Wait, he has a… I think she has the same thing!" Phoenix said, throwing a makeshift desk at Inkling Girl to knock her back while Tai came in and punched her cheek, knocking the shades off of her.
"Agh… what the…?" She groaned and then Nora knocked her down.
"Alright, where's that chip that electrocutes you?!"
"In the… side of my neck!" She said as Nora found it and pulled it out, crushing it. "Got it!"
"No! Not my underlings!" Octavio exclaimed. "Alright… now you made me angry!" He said and a missile came out from behind his machine, pressing another button to change the songs.
BGM: Tidal Rush [DJ Octavio feat. Callie vs Marie] (Splatoon 2)
"LET'S BRING SOME SPICY BEATS!" He yelled, and launched an Inkstrike at them.
"LOOK OUT!" Inkling Girl yelled as they quickly scrambled away to avoid getting hurt… and then Jade went over to FLUDD.
"Jade, what are you doing?" FLUDD asked.
"Upgrading your rocket nozzle!" She said as they avoided some Splat Bombs until Jade was done. "Mario! Try it out!"
"Right!" Mario nodded, switching over to the Rocket Nozzle and charged it up, where FLUDD's head tilted and shot off, exploding right at Octavio's head.
"GAH!"
FLUDD's head returned unharmed. "How do you feel?" Jade asked.
"Is it normal for machines to feel woozy?" FLUDD wondered as another Splat Bomb came flying out, but Daisy grabbed a hold of it and threw it back, as it exploded on Octavio's face.
"Bah! You pesky humans!" He growled, sending both fists at them, but the Inklings fired their Splattershots at the both of them, but Octavio conjured up a shield to bounce it back at them. "HA! Not this time!" He smirked, but everyone else joined in, using their attacks to bounce them back and smacked into the shield, but it had no effect until Yang, Mona, Effie and Tai all looked at each other with a nod as Yang and Mona took one arm and Effie and Tai took the other, and at the same time, they punched the hands with full force and shattered the shield, both fists hitting Octavio and destroying the DJ.
End BGM
"Ack! No! My precious machine!" He exclaimed.
"Ha! Now what!" Yang smirked.
"Oh… you think you're so clever eh? TAKE THIS!" He yelled, launching several Inkstrikes up in the air, forcing them all to scramble, but the blast radius was enough to knock them all down. "HA! I gotcha now!"
Sakura was the first one to get up, holding on to her arm and quickly healed everyone back up, though… not all of them were healed.
"W-W-We a-a-are… still… still he-he-here!" FLUDD stuttered a bit.
"Ah, sure you are… but not for long!" Octavio laughed, ready to launch more Inkstrikes, when suddenly, a sniper shot hit the machine, causing it to malfunction and sending the Inkstrikes back inside. "What the…?!"
"Glad we got here just in time!" A voice said as they saw Pearl and Marina flying in on Sheldon's truck, but someone else was with them as the girl jumped up in the air and landed next to them, holding a Splatterscope, which was none other than an Octoling Girl.
"Hello!" She waved to them before aiming at Octavio.
"An Octoling daring to defy me? Hmph! What good will YOU do?" Octavio smirked with folded arms and then Octoling Girl smirked and aimed at Callie and Marie, shooting the tubes with accurate precision, shattering the tubes with no sweat. "Ack! No!"
Callie and Marie stood up after about a few seconds when they fell. "Ugh… that wasn't pleasant…" Callie grumbled.
"Where are we?" Marie wondered.
"You're at Delfino! We just saved you!" Marina called out to them.
"Saved us? From who?" Callie asked and then they both looked down to see Octavio. "…Oh, you gotta be squidding me. AGAIN?!"
"Alright… guess we'll have to do it again." Marie said as the two launched over to where Pearl and Marina were at.
"Glad to have y'all on board!" Sheldon said.
"Now, let's show this clown who's boss!" Callie declared as four microphones rose from inside the truck as they smirked.
"Hey, how about you two sing with us?" Marie smiled.
Marina's eyes sparkled. "You're… you're inviting us to…?!"
"Yup! Might as well make this final boss battle truly epic!" Callie said, doing a peace sign.
"Well, don't just stand there fangirling, Marina! We got a song to sing!" Pearl said.
"Oh, right!" She nodded and then, the four of them started to sing along to none other than…
BGM: Calamari Inkantation (Splatoon)
"OH NO, YOU DON'T!" Octavio yelled and put on headphones. "Noise cancelling headphones! Nice try!" He laughed… and then Octoling Girl sniped them off. "NO!" He yelled and then started to dance to it. "No! NO! I CAN'T RESIST THIS AWESOME MUSIC!" He yelled. "SQUID YOU, SQUID SISTERS! YOU TWO, OFF THE HOOK!"
All of them looked at each other with a shrug and proceeded to fight once more as the machine proceeded to punch them while launching Splat Bombs all over the place, where they quickly dodged the attacks as Iris aimed her rifle at a fist and shot it back while Octoling Girl switched over to Splat Dualies and rolled over, shooting at the other fist that was coming for Jaune.
"Oh, uh… thank you!" Jaune said as they kept whaling on Octavio before one fist was launched over to Caboose who grabbed it and yanked it off.
"Uh… whoops! That was meant to hug you!" Caboose said.
"Caboose! Throw it!" Church yelled.
"Okay!" Caboose said and threw it at Octavio with such force that it knocked a hole into the machine while the other fist went toward them but Peach sent it back with her golf club with the help of Kirby with his Hammer Flip, knocking it toward the engine and going right through it.
"Gah!" Octavio exclaimed as the machine fell over and hit the ground. "Foiled again… for the third time…" He said as the machine started to glow. "CROSS FADE TO BLACK!" He yelled and the machine exploded with enough force to make the platform crack… and crumbled underneath them, causing them all to scream.
End BGM
"Uh oh!" Marie exclaimed as Sheldon drove down to try and catch them all as Umber called out Nebby to catch his fall while he watched the others fall… but to their amazement, the giant Sand Bird came swooping in where they landed safely on top of them.
"Phew…" Umber sighed with relief.
"Ooookay… we can let a sand bird take care of it… HOW DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?!" Pearl yelled.
"Pearl, have you ever heard of this phrase called "Never question Mushroom Kingdom logic?" Marina asked. "This is perfectly normal."
"Yeah, for them!" Pearl said.
"Oh, and fashionable squids and Octolings fighting in turf wars makes sense? Not to mention these ridiculous Splatfests?" Callie asked her with a smirk.
"Oh, don't you start there! What was one of your Splatfests again? Spongebob vs Patrick?" Pearl asked.
"…She's got us there." Marie said as they went down back down to Delfino Plaza where the Sand Bird landed back in the town square.
"A bird made out of sand saving us? This is gonna be a normal thing here, isn't it?" Carolina asked.
"Oh trust me, this is just the tip of the iceberg." Church said.
"Well, all's well that ends well." Ruby said. "Right?"
"Yeah." Yang nodded.
"Hey FLUDD? You feeling alright?" Mario asked but FLUDD didn't say anything. "FLUDD?" He asked as he unstrapped him off of his back. "You okay? FLUDD!"
FLUDD weakly looked at Mario. "Mario…? Was I of… assist… ance…?" He asked before collapsing.
"Did he just… die?" Pit asked.
"Hang on, let me look at him…" Jade said and examined him. "Aha! Some ink got into his system! This might take a while." She said and started to repair him.
"Phew…" Mario sighed with relief as Luigi put a hand on his shoulder with a smile, then Toadsworth came walking back.
"Ah, good to see you all in one piece!" He said as Lillie and Guzma walked over to the others as well, then saw Sheldon's truck landing and the Squid Sisters and Off the Hook hopped off.
"Well, that was something!" Callie smiled… and then Octavio landed near them.
"OOOF!" He groaned as he got up to see Callie cracking her knuckles… before shoving him into another snowglobe dome, with Marie putting in several locks.
"There we go." She smiled.
"Ugh…" Octavio groaned.
"Hmm?" Marina wondered and then looked up. "Hey guys, look at that!" She said and they all looked up to see the last Shine Sprite gently falling to the Shine Gate, and went inside as the Shine Gate proudly shined bright.
"This is a D.E.B.S. Alert! Not only has the flood quickly evaporated, but all 120 Shine Sprites have been returned to the Shine Gate!"
And right on cue, all the residents of Delfino cheered loudly.
With Bowser and the others…
"Well… that sucks…" Roman muttered.
"We'll get them next time." Kamek said as Bowser looked at his son, who was looking at the shining Shine Gate, and Bowser took a deep breath.
"Junior, I've got something… difficult to tell you about Princess Peach…"
"I know, she's not really my mama." Junior said, who had known all along, as Bowser looked at him in surprise while Roman and Neo looking at each other before looking back at Junior in concern while Kamek pulled his collar away awkwardly. "Someday… when I'm bigger…" He turned directly to his father with a smirk. "I wanna fight that Mario and RWBY again!"
Bowser grinned. "That's my boy! Well put, son! The royal Koopa line is as strong as ever!" He exclaimed. "…But for now, let's just rest awhile." He said.
"You got it, papa!" Junior exclaimed as they proceeded to look at Delfino Island in silence for a few minutes… before Bowser pulled out a letter, holding it into his hands and looking at it, looking directly at Junior and smiled. He proved himself to be quite a strong Koopa despite losing to Mario and the others.
He knew that deep down… it was time.
"Junior… I've been holding this letter hostage for a long time, because I didn't feel like you were ready… but… I feel like you are now."
"Huh?" Junior wondered as Bowser handed him the letter, where Junior took it and the first thing he saw was the Smash symbol as his eyes widened, where he quickly opened it.
"Dear Bowser Junior, we are sending you this letter to invite you to participate in the fourth Smash Bros tournament. We are hoping that you accept… and hopefully, your father will allow it! We are excited to hear back from you! – Master Hand."
"Papa… I…"
"You don't have to accept it son… I just felt it was time to give you this. You can always change your mind if you don't feel ready."
"…Change my mind?" Junior asked as he smiled. "This is the best gift you've ever given me!" He said and hugged Bowser. "I'll make you proud, papa! I'll fight to my heart's content!"
Bowser smiled. "That's my boy!" He said, pulling him into a hug.
"Aww…" Kamek smiled as Neo had to hold back her tears as she was smiling at the two while Roman let out a soft chuckle and then a shadow overtook them as they looked up to see an airship.
"Your nastiness! I'm here for your hasty retreat!" General Guy exclaimed.
"Thank you, General Guy!" Bowser said as they climbed aboard.
"Huh, your son looks happy… what's the occasion?" General Guy asked.
"My papa gave me my invitation to compete in Smash!" Junior smiled as Bowser took the helm.
"Oh… this is awkward…" General Guy said as they flew off. "Sire, I think you need to know what you have missed at the Smash Mansion."
"Oh?"
"You see, from one of our men, Master Hand combined the fourth tournament and the upcoming fifth tournament into one tournament called the Ultimate tournament… and everyone is there, well, almost everyone… they're still looking for the cosmic space princess."
"…What do you mean by EVERYONE?" Bowser asked.
"Well, you know the previous Smashers that were cut from the previous rosters?"
"Of course… those Ice Climber kids… Wolf… who else am I missing?"
"Young Link and Snake are back… and they're still trying to hatch a Pichu from an egg."
"Really? I expected Snake to come back, but that younger brat? Eh… okay… so no one has been cut?"
"Nope. We have a few Newcomers to boot with this new thing called Echo Fighters."
"Echo who?"
"A fighter that are basically the same but fights a little differently. Think Lucina and Dark Pit."
"So it's just another name for clones? Great..." Bowser rolled his eyes. "…Do Echo Fighters count as newcomers?"
"Everyone says they are newcomers, so yes. Anyway, for newcomers we have the Inklings, Ridley-"
"Ridley? Ha! They finally sized him down! It's about time he showed up."
"Indeed… anyway, there's Simon Belmont along with Richter Belmont as his echo, who are vampire hunters."
"They brought in vampire hunters? They're bringing in everyone, aren't they? Next thing you tell me, some kid with a giant key is getting in!"
"…I wouldn't be surprised, but for the others, we have Chrom-"
"Well, now Lucina can stop whining."
"Dark Samus-"
"Ridley AND Dark Samus? Ohohoho… oh, Samus is probably hating that!"
"And King K. Rool."
"K. Rool? I hate that guy…" He said. "Is that why you're looking so nervous?"
"Well, for the first batch of newcomers aside from Inklings and Ridley… well…"
"Spit it out!"
"I… well…"
Back with the others…
A shadow overlapped the others as they looked up to see Master Hand coming down. "Hello everyone!" He greeted. "Ah, Inklings… I was wondering where you were."
"We were kinda… following Octavio." Inkling Girl said and explained what happened.
"Ooooh, that would explain why. So, do you-"
"Squid yeah, we do!" Inkling Girl grinned, high fiving Inkling Boy.
"Excellent!" He said and turned to Callie and Marie.
"Oh yeah, we accept that Assist Trophy thingamajig!" Callie gave him the thumbs up.
"Most excellent! And now… one more." Master Hand turned to Daisy.
"Yeah yeah… here it comes, I'm not in the roster again, I'm in the B list again… let's get this crap over with…" Daisy grumbled.
"Actually…" Master Hand gave her a letter. "We have better plans for you."
"Oh?" Daisy took the letter and sighed. "This is just another invitation for me to be in the B Roster, aren't I?"
"Open it!"
"Oh… if you insist." Daisy said and humored Master Hand, opening the letter. "Dear Daisy, you are hereby invited to officially join us in the official roster in the Ultimate tournament as an Echo Fighter to Princess Peach. We hope you can join us." She read aloud and then crumpled up the letter and tossed it behind her… and then it dawned on her. "Wait… WHAT?!" She yelled and ran to the letter, uncrumpling it and read it over a few times.
"Well?" Master Hand chuckled.
Daisy's whole body trembled. "Daisy? Are you alright?" Luigi asked with concern.
"Y-yes…" Daisy pulled down the letter, as tears were rolling down her cheeks. Tears of joy. "I… I made it in… I'm… I'm a Smasher!" She exclaimed as she wiped her eyes, but still cried hard. "Yes! I'll join this roster!"
Back with Bowser…
"SHE'S WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?!" Bowser yelled.
"Yup… Daisy's on the roster now." General Guy nodded.
Bowser paled up and looked at Junior. "Junior, you gotta give it your all! W-We got ourselves a powerhouse!" He exclaimed, trying to hide his shaking knees with no success.
"You got it, papa!"
"…I suddenly don't feel so hot…" Bowser groaned and collapsed.
"Well, he's taking it better than I thought he would." General Guy said and took the helm, heading on back to Bowser's Kingdom.
Back with the others…
"So… that's what an Echo fighter is… I guess you'll be copying me." Peach said.
"I don't care if I do copy you! All that matters is that I'm officially in!" Daisy said, her tears have lessened.
At this moment, Master Hand's phone went off and he answered. "Hello? Oh hello brother… you didn't… YOU DID NOT! I wanted to bring them in personally, I love doing that! …Brother… you put Shovel Knight in the Assist Trophy list?! Who cares if it was an accident! It can't be undone until the next tournament is announced! Ugh… tell me… how are the others taking this?"
BGM: Funny Goings-On (Mario and Luigi: Paper Jam)
At the Smash Mansion…
"Kill. Me. Now." Samus growled, pinching the bridge of her nose as Dark Samus and Ridley were looking at her smugly, both of them fist bumping.
"I knew this day would come." Dark Samus chuckled.
With Lucina and Robin…
Falcon chuckled, watching them both fall to the ground. "Come on, is that the best you can do?" He asked with a smirk.
"Nngh…" Robin winced a bit. "I know this is training but…"
"Th-this is…" Lucina groaned.
"Guess I'm finishing this friendly match up!" Falcon smirked and his fist burst into flame. "FALCON… PUNCH!" He yelled, his fist connecting to something, but he looked up to see Chrom with a smirk.
"Sorry, not this time!" Chrom said.
"Father?" Lucina asked. "What are you… you're not a-"
"I officially am." Chrom tossed them the invite as Robin and Lucina read it as their eyes widened. "Now… I don't know about you, but I feel like some payback is in order from last time we've fought."
Falcon smirked. "Bring it!"
"…Well… shoot… now I need a new Final Smash." Robin chuckled a bit as he got up with Lucina where they joined Chrom, meanwhile, Lissa was in the bushes, watching.
"Alright! Now it's just me that needs to get in!" Lissa grinned. "I hope." She said as she heard the sounds of punching as she turned to see Donkey Kong and K. Rool going at it, punching each other repeatedly.
Deep in the mansion…
"This right here is the mess hall, this room over here is the kitchen, here we have a hot tub…" Palutena said, as she was giving the Belmonts a tour of the Mansion.
"I have to say, this mansion is quite impressive." Simon said.
"Indeed, it is." Richter nodded.
And with Crazy Hand…
"Samus is taking it rather well!" Crazy Hand said. "…Yeah yeah, I know… well, I'll see you when you get back!"
End BGM
With Master Hand...
"Don't hang up on-… he hung up." He grumbled and sighed with a chuckle. "Oh, what am I gonna do with him?" He then turned away. "Take care!" He waved and then floated off.
"Well, that's all taken care of!" Ruby smiled.
"Yeah." Weiss nodded and then looked toward Umber, Lillie and Guzma. "So, I take it you're gonna go back to Alola?"
"Maybe, but probably not for some time." Umber said. "You guys are from the Mushroom Kingdom, right? I'm gonna be staying there for a while!"
"Hmm… I've been meaning to open up a shop." Lillie mused. "Oooh! I can make a shop in Toad Town where I can import stuff from Alola!"
"Me? I'm gonna be a dojo master… probably be a DJ to boot." Guzma chuckled.
"Well, that settles that!" Peach giggled.
"Hey Ruby! Come here for a sec!" Yang said and walked off somewhere, with Ruby wondering what was going on. "Uncle Qrow, dad, you guys too!"
"Eh?" Tai wondered as they walked with her until they got near the cannon leading to Pinna Park. "Yang, what's going on?"
"Okay, Maya… we're ready." Yang said.
"Okay." She nodded and closed her eyes, clapping her hands together and chanting something.
"Yang?" Ruby looked at her. "What's going on?"
"Let's just say… I found out that Maya's a Spirit Medium." Yang said.
"Okay… so what does that have to do-" It hit Qrow. "Wait a second…"
There was a bright light shining bright in front of them, until the light stopped shining where a white robed figure stood before them, and then she turned around, where the woman seemed to look like Ruby… but it wasn't Ruby.
"S-Summer?!" Tai and Qrow exclaimed in shock.
"Mom?!" Ruby yelled.
Holy crap… she wasn't kidding… Yang thought as Maya took a step back.
"Hey." Summer smiled at them.
BGM: Xion's Theme (Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix)
"Wh-what… this is…" Tai quietly said.
"Mom!" Ruby quickly hugged Summer, to which Summer returned the hug with a soft smile. "I was hoping you'd come back but… I never imagine you'd…" Ruby didn't want to finish.
"It's okay, Ruby…" Summer quietly said, ruffling up her hair and then looked at Yang. "Here there, firecracker." She said with a smile.
Yang wiped her tears. "H-hey mom." She said. "I… hardly ever knew you, but I…"
"It's okay, sweetie." She smiled and then looked at Tai. "Hey sweetheart."
"Uh… hi…" Taiyang said, as a few tears ran down his cheeks as Summer walked over to him and hugged him tightly, to which Tai hugged her back. "I missed you…"
"I'm sorry for leaving you like that… I never had the chance to say goodbye to you all…" She said and then looked at Qrow after parting the hug. "Qrow... you shouldn't blame yourself for my demise."
"I should've stopped you from tackling that mission… had I known what would've happened to you, I would've-"
"Stop… there's no need to beat yourself up." She said.
"So… what did happen to you?" Yang asked.
"I can't say." Summer replied. "If I told you, you would go out of your way to find the one responsible who did me in… so… can you do me a favor and not go after the person who killed me? I don't want any of you getting hurt."
"We could go as a team!" Yang offered. "My team would easily kick this person's ass."
"No… this person is too strong, even with all four of you. Just… forget about it, alright?" She asked.
Yang sighed. "Alright… if you insist."
She then looked at Tai. "Tai, honey… you shouldn't blame Qrow for my death. He wasn't responsible."
"You told him that you would leave for that kind of mission! And he didn't stop you!"
"It was my choice… and deep down, I kinda regret it, but… honestly, you shouldn't be so depressed all the time and blame Qrow, okay?"
"…I'll… I'll try…" Tai quietly said.
Summer smiled and gave Tai a loving kiss on the cheek. "I love you so very much." She said and then backed away, then looked over to Qrow. "And Qrow… would you STOP with the drinking? You started doing this ever since I died! Not to mention you're worrying the heck out of me!"
Qrow sweatdropped. "Even when you're dead, you're quite the nagging woman…"
Summer's face darkened, shadows over her eyes. "What was THAT?!" She growled, glaring at him with fierce and angry eyes that pierced him to the very core of his soul.
"Yipe! I… I never said that! I'll stop drinking… eventually!" Qrow said.
"Good!" Summer smiled, back to her cheerful demeanor while Qrow put his hand to his heart.
Man, she's scary even in death… He thought to himself.
Summer then looked to Ruby. "Ruby… oh, you adorable kid you."
"I'm… I'm so glad I finally get to see you again!" Ruby said, tearing up and hugging her tightly.
"I know you've been having some trouble with your dark counterpart." She said. "Let me give some advice for you." She looked at her in the eyes. "Don't let her get to you… and if she does, kick her butt."
Ruby sniffed. "Y-you got it, mom!"
Summer smiled and closed her eyes. "There's one last thing… Pit, you can come out now."
"What the?!" Pit exclaimed as he emerged from the corner. "How'd you know I was here?!"
"I had a gut feeling." Summer giggled as Pit walked over to them. "Besides, I knew you were curious what Yang brought her family over for anyway."
"Can't an angel be curious…?" Pit sheepishly rubbed his cheek as Summer smiled at Ruby and Pit.
"Oh, you two look so cute together!" She giggled. "I approve of this relationship despite what your father thinks!"
"WHAT?! Are you kidding?! Honey, Pit touched her-"
"I know what he did and I know very well it was an accident." She said and gave Tai a piercing stare that caused his body to shrivel up in fear. "Drop it."
Tai paled a bit. "Y-yes dear!"
Summer smiled at them. "Oh… it's so good to talk to you again… but, I can't stay here for long." She said and gathered them all for a group hug. "I love you all so very much." She said, as they hugged her back, including Pit and then Summer parted away from the hug.
"Take care, everyone." She said and looked to Maya. "Take me back."
"Alright." Maya nodded and closed her eyes. "Spirits, hear my prayer…"
Summer started to fade away as she started to fade away. "I love you all, take care. And remember… I'll always be with you." She said, waving goodbye as she disappeared from their eyes.
Ruby sniffed a bit, wiping her tears. "I love you, mom…" She quietly said.
End BGM
Everyone stood there where Summer once stood, not moving for several minutes as most of them wiped their tears away.
"That tied up loose ends, didn't it?" Maya finally spoke up.
"Y-yeah… it sure did." Ruby sniffed.
"Come on… mom wouldn't like us standing around crying." Yang said as they all nodded and walked off.
A few hours later…
"There we go, it's all done!" Jade smiled as FLUDD perked back up.
"What happened? Did I deactivate?"
"Yup, but don't worry, I got you back to normal." She said and handed over FLUDD to Mario.
"Thank you." Mario said, and then right on cue, the lights shined brightly in front of the Shine Gate.
"Alright, ladies and gentleman! To celebrate our beloved island back to the way it was! We have some special guests for you for this concert!" A Pianta exclaimed. "Give it up… for the Squid Sisters and Off the Hook!" He said as all four of them were on stage.
"Hit it DJ!" Marie exclaimed, who was none other than Guzma as he was doing some wicked beats to Calamari Inkantation where everyone started dancing to the beat of the song.
Up on top of the Shine Gate…
"Wow! So this is what it's like in Delfino!" A little red demon exclaimed. "Not to mention there's a concert going on!"
"Shh. Quiet, Red. I'm listening to my favorite song."
"Yeesh Ashley… I didn't know you loved Splatoon so much!" Red said, as there was a girl with black hair with twin tails, red eyes and a red dress, where she was dressed like a witch.
"5-Volt got me into it." Ashley said and nodded her head to the beat of the song, having a small smile on her face where no one noticed the two of them on top, where Ashley then noticed Jade within the crowd. "Hmm… I wonder who that could be?"
A few days of REAL vacation later…
"Alright, I don't know about you, but I'm ready to go home!" Peach said.
"I agree." Toadsworth nodded as one by one, they went on the boat leading back to the airstrip where Weiss turned her head to look at Ruby holding something as they were getting to the boat.
"What'ya got there?" She asked.
"Oh, just a little something Pit gave me." Ruby smiled. "His name's Chibi-Robo! Isn't he cute?"
"Hmm, he certainly is… for a robot." Weiss smiled with a chuckle.
"Alright… let's get on the boat." Anthony said as Camrin and Mona nodded with a smile as they started to get in.
"Hey, Anthony!" Jen spoke up as he turned to her.
"What's up?"
"Remember when you asked me about two days ago what justice meant to me?"
Earlier…
"Alright, that's it!" Anthony exclaimed. "I'm tired of you calling me your criminal!"
"Uh… Anthony?" Camrin looked at him in surprise.
"Jen, I want you to look me into the eye and ask me… what does justice mean to you?! Huh? Does it mean something like pestering me all the time and calling me your criminal when you "arrested" me that one time?!"
"Anthony, just calm down!" Jen requested.
"No, I'm NOT going to until you tell me WHY you treat me like this!"
"Um…"
A minute passed before Anthony lost his patience. "Oh, forget it! I'm going to bed!" He stormed off.
"Anthony, wait a second!" Mona walked after him.
"Just leave me alone!" He yelled and slammed the door while Jen sat there in silence, a tear running down her cheek.
"Jen… this isn't your fault… he's probably just blowing off some steam after he lost that card game." Camrin said.
"What does justice… mean to me?" Jen quietly asked, and started to contemplate.
Back in the present…
"I… I thought about what you said and since this is all over now, I can safely say what it means to me."
"Okay, shoot. Let's hear it." He said while folding his arms.
"Justice...isn't about following every law by the book, for there are some laws that can prevent you from doing the right thing." Jen explained. "Helping others who were wronged, protecting your fellow man, overall just doing good because you know within your heart that it is the righteous cause no matter what...that's what justice is to me. I'll admit... I never followed the ideas of due process. While it does have its place, it's too slow for my liking. It's why I'm a vigilante woman, because I was unhappy with all the wrongs being committed seemingly daily where I grew up in Vale."
"Because you wanted to help others against these 'injustices', right?" Anthony responded to which Jen gave a nod.
"Right. That's why...I wanna apologize for being tricked by Jacques into believing all those lies about who you really were." She added.
"Hmm…" Anthony rubbed his chin in thought. "Seems like you and I aren't so different after all. We both believe in doing what we feel is right to us. We just had different ways of doing it. Oh… and… sorry about snapping at you earlier. I shouldn't have been so angry with you over something like that, it was completely out of character and-" Jen shushed him by putting a finger to his lips.
"It's okay, Anthony… I knew you didn't mean it." She said. "I'm the one who should be sorry for calling you 'my criminal' all the time."
Anthony smiled a bit. "Thanks, Jen… and it's alright."
"Thanks." She said as she looked into his eyes and blushed a little.
"Huh? What's with the redness on your cheeks? Sunburn?" Anthony wondered.
"The truth is… I…" She stammered a bit. "I…"
"What is it?"
Jen took a deep breath and grabbed both of his shoulders. "Oh, forget it!" She said and pulled him into a kiss as his eye widened in surprised.
"Well, I have to say… it's about time." Camrin said.
"Hooray!" Mona smiled.
"Aww!" Elise gushed. "That's so cute!"
"Ew!" Percy groaned.
"Heheh, you're gonna be doing that to a girl someday, son." Arthur said.
"I don't wanna!"
"Hey! Lovebirds! Will you hurry up already!" Nora called out to them as Jen pulled away and smiled.
"There… that's how I really feel about you." She said and walked off to the boat as Anthony stared in open space for a few seconds.
"Huh… I… uh… well, I love you too then." He chuckled and hopped into the boat.
"Alright, next stop, the airstrip!" The Pianta called and headed off.
Meanwhile, with Ozpin…
"Hmm…" Ozpin mused. "I'm glad things are back to normal." He said as he was chatting with Glynda and Ironwood.
"However, there's still the threat with Dry Bowser and the rest of Team Dark RWBY... or what's left of them." Ironwood said.
"Indeed." Ozpin nodded and then thought of something. "Excuse me, I need to call someone real quick." He said and put an ear piece to his ear, calling someone.
"Hello?"
"Hello... it's been a while.
"…Ozpin? Is that you?"
"Yes. How are you holding up?"
"Fine, I suppose..."
"Good, I need a favor."
"A favor? Like what?"
"I'm sure you've heard the news about some people pretending to be RWBY."
"Those teenagers? Yeah… I've heard about those dark dopplegangers from that emo angel. And I've also heard rumors about this Dry Bowser and whatever this Meta person is. I was actually looking into that when you called me."
"Ah, I was just about to ask you to do that."
"Hmph, looks like I'm one step ahead of you, Oz. I'll let you know what I'll find."
As Ozpin is talking to this mystery person, Ironwood and Glynda looked at each other, wondering who he was talking to.
At the Smash Mansion...
"Ah, this must be it." A certain knight said as he wandered into the Smash Mansion. "Hello? Is this the right area?"
"Ah, Shovel Knight! Glad you could make it." Master Hand floated over.
"You must be Crazy Hand."
"…Did he write out those invites? Ugh… that was my brother."
"Ah, I see… now, where do I start?"
"About that… there's been a little mix up. You see, where my brother was sending out invites, he accidentally put you in the Assist Trophy slot instead and well… once it's in, I can't change it until the next Smash tournament is announced."
"Oh… well, that is a shame."
"HOWEVER!" Master Hand boomed. "I can make an exception! Since you were originally on my radar to be in the tournament as a fighter, I will actually let you fight the Smashers as a fighter. Though… be warned if someone summons you as an Assist Trophy."
"That sounds like a plan." Shovel Knight nodded and put his shovel over his shoulder. "It is a great honor to fight with you all!" He declared. "FOR SHOVELRY!" He yelled, raising his shovel high into the air.
SHOVEL KNIGHT DIGS IN!
"Uh…" Shovel Knight looked at his splash art. "You all see that, right?"
"I did!" Duck Hunt said via a sign.
"Oh good, you see them too!" Little Mac exclaimed. "I knew I wasn't going crazy!"
Shovel Knight chuckled. "So… who is my first opponent?" He asked.
And finally, at Atlas…
"So… from what that story you just told me… you're not actually Weiss?" Jacques asked.
"How many times do I have to tell you, you old geezer?! I AM Weiss, but I'm also just a doppelganger of that idiot!" Dark Weiss yelled, slamming her fists on his desk. "I'm not really your damned daughter!"
"Alright, alright, calm down… I believe you. You may be a dark version of my daughter, but I know that you are not really her." He said. "…That being said, however…" He started to growl as there was a knock on his door.
"Jacques? Your appointments are here now."
"Send them in." He said as two figures walked in, one of them really pudgy and fat while the other one was extremely skinny and tall. "Hello, gentleman… so glad you are here."
"Bah, why did you call us here exactly?"
"To help me… bring a problem child back to my home. You know Weiss, correct?"
"Eh… you mean her?" The tall one asked, pointing to Dark Weiss.
"Ugh! I'm Dark Weiss, her doppelganger! The real idiot isn't here right now!"
"Ooooh." Both of them said and looked at each other with a shrug. "So, what's in it for us?"
Jacques pulled out a lot of money bags. "This. I've actually done some research on you two and I know you can do it."
"Wow! We're in."
"Excellent. I know you two will do well… Wario and Waluigi. Just bring her here alive."
"Can do!" Wario chuckled and turned to Waluigi. "Let's roll!"
"Yeah!" Waluigi nodded and took off.
"As for you, my dark child… you are to remain here. I am sure Weiss would love to get reacquainted with you."
"Oh…" Dark Weiss chuckled darkly. "You bet your ass she will." She smirked and walked off.
"Hello, sister! Glad to have you back." Whitley smiled at her.
"Oh… Why hello Shitley." She smirked and walked off.
"Sis… that's rather uncalled fo-"
"SHUT UP, SHITLEY!" She yelled, firing a stream of fire near Whitley that caused him to jump in surprise, then she walked off.
"Uh… shutting up now." He sweatdropped, unaware of Jacque had watched the event unfold.
"Hmm… interesting, very interesting… this would definitely be one interesting family reunion." Jacques mused, chuckling darkly.
And with that, this story is finished! It's been one heck of a ride but it's been worth it! Hope you guys had a great time with this story!
Also, about Shovel Knight, my mind was already made up before I made the poll. I just wanted to see what you guys thought. ;)
Anyway, you're probably wondering what my next story is. Here's a few hints: Seven stars, an ancient door, a rundown lawless city, an ancient unspeakable evil. Have fun with that!
...Also, I just saw Ant Man and the Wasp last night. I loved all of it... except that end credits scene. WHY DO YOU DO THIS TO ME, MARVEL. T-T
