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BGM: Welcome to Yoshi's Village (Paper Mario)
"Waaaaail!" Wailord cried as it stopped at the beach as they all hopped off.
"Thank you!" Elise waved at it.
"Wail!" Wailord seemed to smile and went back underwater.
"Alright! Let's go find that Star Spirit!" Elise excitedly said.
"You're a bit too excited for this, aren't ya?" Ruby asked.
"A little!" Elise giggled.
"Ah, I smell treasure! I know it's here somewhere!" Kolorado said. "ONWARD!" He yelled as he ran off.
"I just hope this lust for treasure doesn't consume him." Subaki said.
"Too late." Hana said as they walked off, chatting amongst themselves when they heard Kolorado screaming as they ran to check on him… only to see that he was being attacked by a Jungle Fuzzy.
"Help! I'm being attacked by a creature!"
"By a Fuzzy, no less." Mario muttered.
"Geez, that's embarrassing. I thought a Piranha Plant was munching on him." Hana said, putting her sword away as they walked away.
"HEY! DON'T LEAVE ME WITH THIS THING!" Kolorado yelled.
"It's a Fuzzy, it's not like they'll multiply!" Weiss said as they kept walking.
"Meeyork!" The Jungle Fuzzy cried before splitting into two.
"AAAH! IT MULTIPLIED!"
"Huh?" Weiss asked as they turned, and then she facepalmed.
"When will you learn to shut that mouth of yours?" Ruby teased.
"I'll shut yours if you're not careful!" Weiss warned as the Mario Bros quickly hammered the Fuzzies into the water where Weiss fired a lightning bolt from her Myrtenaster to seal the deal.
"Thank you!" Kolorado said.
"S-So, d-does this constantly happen with y-you jinxing it?" Sakura shyly asked.
"She does this like every chapter." Yang said. "You'd think she'd learn by now."
"Oh ha ha, very funny!" Weiss rolled her eyes as they kept going and they wandered into Yoshi's village.
"Huh, not bad." Luigi said as they looked around.
"So you said this was another Yoshi's Island, but filled with poisonous Piranha Plants and an active volcano?" Blake asked.
"Pretty much." Mario nodded as they wandered around while a bunch of Yoshis looked at them.
"Hmm, I wonder why they're looking at us." Ruby said.
"Gee, could it be because we stick out like sore thumbs?" Weiss sarcastically asked. "Let's face it, we're not even Yoshi."
"I wonder if we'll run into him." Kamui wondered.
"Oh, I hope so! We get along so well every time I drop by at the Smash Mansion!" Elise smiled. "In fact, Sakura can easily have a conversation with him without being shy!"
Sakura blushed. "I guess…"
It was then that a big fat pudgy Yoshi approached the gang and then took one look at Mario with a smile. "Mario! It's been a while."
"Ah!" Ruby yelped. "That Yoshi just talked!"
Mario chuckled. "I forgot to mention that this particular Yoshi learned how to talk human."
"I even taught it to my friends here." The Yoshi Chieftain explained.
I'm guessing it has something to do with the RPG, but I'm not gonna bother. Weiss thought.
"Not every Yoshi gets the ability to talk human, but it's what makes this island unique!" The Chieftain chuckled.
"Cool!" Elise grinned.
"Talking Yoshis. Okay, remind me to tell Lady Hinoka about this." Subaki said. "She's not gonna believe it."
"Yeah." Hana nodded.
"Um, I don't think she will." Sakura shyly pointed out. "I know she likes Yoshi but…"
"One way to find out." Hana chuckled.
"As much as it's great to see you, I have a question." Mario said.
"Oh?"
"Do you know a way to get to Mt. Lavalava?"
"Ah! There's a route that'll take you there. I'd be careful though… there's a lot of Putrid Piranha Plants and Jungle Fuzzies there. We Yoshis tend to stay away from Jade Jungle." He said. "Not to mention the volcano is due to erupt at any moment." He said.
"…What was that about doubting it'd erupt?" Bow asked Elise.
"I'll be honest, I didn't think I'd be wrong there." She shrugged.
"Well, let's-a head off!" Mario said as they went off… unaware that Kolorado took the lead long before the Yoshi Chieftain finished his sentence.
"Mmm, I'll set this box down for now." Effie said, putting the box of doughnuts down as Weiss peeked in.
"…What the… THERE'S NO DOUGHNUTS LEFT!" She yelled. "You could've saved some for us!"
Effie peeked in. "There's some crumbs in there."
"That's hardly satisfying!" Weiss exclaimed.
"Sorry about that, Effie… pretty much eats everything before anyone gets a chance." Elise explained. "When I saw she had a huge box of doughnuts, I knew there wouldn't be enough for any of us."
"I did share a few with you, Lady Elise." Effie said.
"WHAT?!" Weiss yelled.
Elise paled up. "Um… I thought that was supposed to be kept a secret."
"Whoops. My bad."
"Okay, remind me to not eat cookies around you." Ruby said.
Arthur laughed. "No snack can ever escape our dear Effie! …Meanwhile, food always seems to escape me for some reason…"
A few days ago, at the Smash Mansion…
"Mmm mmm mmm! This steak looks delicious!" Arthur said as he put the plate down and turned to get some steak sauce… only to turn around and see it was gone. "What the…"
"Poyo!" Kirby happily ate Arthur's steak, and unfortunately for Arthur, he sat right next to him.
"…Percy, have you seen my steak?"
"Nope, can't say I have."
"Hmm…" Arthur mused.
Back in the present…
"I think it's safe to say that you shouldn't eat next to Kirby." Elise said, who was there and saw the whole thing, as she tried to tell Arthur but was in the middle of a giggle fit for what Kirby did.
"I didn't even see him…" Arthur muttered as they walked into Jade Jungle.
Pause BGM
BGM: Jade Jungle (Paper Mario)
"Hmm, I wonder." Subaki mused.
"What is it?" Hana asked.
"If both Effie and Arthur are here, then where's Percy?" Subaki asked.
Arthur chuckled. "He's in good hands. Hinoka is watching him."
"Hinoka?" Sakura blinked.
"Yeah!" Elise nodded. "I asked Hinoka to watch Percy for them while I brought them to the pier!"
"Oh…"
Subaki nodded. "That makes sense." He said as they walked further.
"Meeeee-york!"
"…Uh oh." Luigi paled as a group of Jungle Fuzzies showed up and got in their way.
"That's a lot of Fuzzies!" Kamui said.
"Well, let's take them down!" Yang said… but to their surprise, Mario walked over and stood between them.
"Uh, Mario, what are you doing?" Ruby asked.
"I got this." Mario said, giving them the thumbs up and then turned toward the Jungle Fuzzy.
"Meeeyork?"
"Meeeyork!"
"MEEEEYOOOORK!"
They all charged at Mario, ready to pounce on them. "Mario! Get out of there!" Weiss exclaimed while Luigi noticed something.
Pause BGM
"Wait, he's got this!" Luigi said.
"Shup?" Shuppet peeked out of Luigi's hat out of curiosity.
BGM: Boss Battle (Super Smash Bros Brawl)
Mario had closed his eyes… before opening them, his eyes glowing a fiery-like aura and then took a step back, fire appearing in his hands.
Here we go. Mario thought and smirked. "Oh yeah! HEEEYAAAAAAAAAH!" He yelled, unleashing a humongous stream of fire that was tall as the trees, and the Fuzzies stopped what they were doing and looked at the fire in surprise before they were burnt to a crisp, but the fire kept going as Putrid Piranha Plants were burned alive in its path, along with a few bushes until the fire eventually dissipated.
End BGM
"…What and HOW?" Yang asked. "I didn't see him pick up a single Fire Flower!"
"How did you do that?" Ruby asked.
"He used his Final Smash." Kamui and Luigi said at the exact same time before looking at each other in surprise.
"I thought you needed a Smash Ball for that." Blake said.
"Ah, that's the thing." Luigi said. "Master Hand sent these things to us during the Brawl tournament and told us to use it when we feel like it's necessary. So, during the Brawl Tournament… a bad thing happened known as the Subspace Emissary. During that, we came across someone known as Tabuu and since we were at our last legs against the guy… all of us, as a last ditch effort, we unleashed our Final Smashes on the guy, and we succeeded on beating him… although, most of us were successful." Luigi said. "My Final Smash… well, it's embarrassing."
"You did stun him. It's not too horrible." Mario pointed out. "It was enough for us to seize our victory."
"…I know, but it's still embarrassing." Luigi sighed. "Anyway, because of what we did, Master Hand said we unlocked a special power that we can use at any time outside of battle when we feel it's necessary to use them. We don't need a Smash Ball to use our Final Smash… though it usually feels more powerful when we do use it when we hit a Smash Ball."
"And then now that the fourth tournament is getting closer, us Newcomers have a unique Final Smash as well." Kamui said. "And some of the Veterans have a new and improved Final Smash."
"I heard that the launch date of this fourth tournament has been put on hold numerous times because of… someone from outer space not wanting to come yet even though Master Hand sent tons of invites." Elise said. "I think her name was… Rosalinda? Rosetta? Eh… it'll come to me."
"And there was also an invite for Bowser's son, but Bowser doesn't feel like he's ready." Mario added. "The Koopalings are having a blast, though."
"So yeah, that's the story of our Final Smashes." Luigi said. "I'm pretty sure some of you can use them now after your Smash test."
"Hmm, now that I think about it, some of us did destroy that Smash Ball." Ruby said as her team nodded. "So hey, we can probably use our Final Smashes without 'em!"
"I want to see what my Final Smash is… but that damned ninja frog keeps beating me to it every time." Hana sighed. "If only I was faster than him…"
"I bet my Final Smash will be doing something perfectly." Subaki said proudly.
"Nah, you'd screw it up." Hana teased.
"Hey!"
"Hmm, wonder what mine or Sakura's would be?" Elise wondered.
"Something healing related, probably." Sakura said.
"Well, we know what Effie's Final Smash would be!" Elise giggled. "She'd pull out a giant pot and put stuff in it, stir it up, pick up the whole thing and eat it to restore her health and throw the empty pot at her opponents!"
"Hot burning hands be damned." Effie chuckled.
"My Final Smash would be something heroic!" Arthur grinned.
"HEEEEEEEELP!" A voice cried.
"Oh, speaking of something heroic!" Arthur said as they saw Kolorado being pestered by Spear Guys. "Don't worry, Kolorado! I will save you!" He said as he ran over… only strangely enough, a coconut fell off a tree and landed right on top of his head. "OOOF!" He cried as he faceplanted.
"Oh! That'll leave a mark!" Yang winced as they went over and saved Kolorado from the Spear Guys while Elise and Sakura healed Arthur up.
"You okay?" Elise asked.
"Yeah, I'll be alright." He chuckled. "Nothing can take me down!" He said as he rubbed his head. "Might be feeling a migraine coming on soon…" He muttered.
"Well, thank you for your effort, Arthur." Kolorado said. "Now, onwards!" He exclaimed as they walked over to Mt. Lavalava and as they got to the base of the volcano, they saw there was no way into it. "Ah, blast it! There's no way into the volcano… and yet I can smell the treasure in there!"
"Well, we might as well find a way around it." Mario said.
"Wait a minute, we're made out of paper!" Weiss pointed out. "And look, there's a lava stream coming out of the volcano! We should be burning up by now!"
"Maybe it's paper lava." Ruby said. "Not as hot as 3D Lava!"
"Okay one, that doesn't make sense and TWO: There's no such thing as paper lava!" Weiss said.
"Okay, so cardboard lava!"
"No such thing either!"
"Okay, so RPG logic!" Ruby said as they walked off. "There's no questioning that!"
"Logic or not, I'll still question it no matter what, thank you very much!" Weiss said.
"You can do that, but it won't get you anywhere." Blake said.
"Oh, whatever!" Weiss exclaimed and as they walked back, Elise couldn't help but notice the Shuppet peeking out of Luigi's hat.
"Hmm… have you ever thought of a name for the Shuppet?"
"No. Not really." Luigi said.
"Hmm… it really seems to like you a lot." Elise mused. "Oh! I got it!"
"Got what?" Kamui asked.
"I got the perfect name for that Shuppet!"
"Oh?"
"I got inspired by a very affectionate Misdreavus that I encountered while coming to the Mushroom Kingdom! That one seemed to like me the most and then I nicknamed it Affection! Unfortunately, that Misdreavus took off once we entered the Mushroom Kingdom… I don't know where it is…"
"What's this have to do with Shuppet?" Luigi asked.
"Oh!" Elise smiled. "It's simple! We nickname this Shuppet "Affectio"! It's Latin for Affection." She said.
"Shup!" Shuppet smiled.
"Oh, he likes it!" Elise grinned as Shuppet came out of the hat and affectionately nuzzled Elise before going back into Luigi's hat.
"Oh boy…" Luigi muttered.
"It's cute too." Mario said.
"Don't encourage her!" Luigi exclaimed as he could feel Shuppet, or as its now called, Affectio, hugging him. "Sigh, first a Boo gets friendly with me in JNPR's team, and now a Shuppet is taking a nap in my head. Oi…"
"See, not all ghosts are bad." Yang said.
"I'm still not warming up to him…" Luigi said.
"Oh, give it time!" Elise giggled.
"I do like the name. It seems fitting." Sakura said.
It was at this moment as they walked back into the village… that all the Yoshis were panicking. "What's going on?" Luigi asked.
"The five baby Yoshis are gone!" The chieftain cried. "They went off in the Jade Jungle!"
"…We were just there." Weiss said.
"Is it hard to believe that they followed you?!" The chieftain exclaimed. "They've been told of the dangers a thousand times, but those Fearsome Five never listen!"
""Fearsome Five?" Sakura asked.
"It's what the children call themselves, they're quite the mischief bunch. But that's not the point!" The chieftain cried. "We would look for them, but you can see that we're all in a panic!"
"We could look for the kids." Mario suggested.
"That would be a big favor! You do that while I try to calm everyone down!"
"Will do!" Yang said as they took off.
Resume Jade Jungle BGM
"Help me!" A voice cried as they saw a blue Cheep Cheep on the tree. "I'm stuck in a tree!"
"A Cheep Cheep in the tree. Don't see that every day." Luigi said as they went over and knocked the Cheep Cheep out of the tree.
"Oh, thank you!" The Cheep Cheep smiled, unaware that a certain cat faunus was drooling over the Cheep Cheep. To her, a Cheep Cheep out of water was the perfect prey!
"I know fish can be tasty, but… why exactly are you drooling over it?" Subaki asked.
"Oh, it's because-" Yang covered Kamui's mouth.
"It's because her favorite food is fish." She said and then whispered in Kamui's ear as she blushed in embarrassment.
"Oh, sorry… I didn't know it was a secret." She whispered back.
"It's okay, you didn't know." Yang whispered back with a smile.
"Well, I like fish too, but you don't see me drooling over it." Hana said.
"The name's Sushie and I've been looking for the Fearsome Five, but unfortunately… they trapped me." Sushie sighed.
"Sushi…" Blake drooled.
"Down girl." Weiss said, making a glyph over Blake's head and a block of ice hit Blake's head.
"OW!" Blake yelled. "…Where am I?"
"Away from la la land." Weiss said.
"…You might do the same for Effie!" Elise warned as Weiss turned to see Effie already having a hold of Sushie.
"How'd she run so fast in that armor?!" Weiss exclaimed.
"Fish…" Effie drooled.
"Hey! Put me down!" Sushie ordered before spitting water at Effie's face.
"Ack!" Effie yelped and dropped Sushie, shaking the water off of her. "…Was I in a trance?"
"Yup. You were." Yang said.
"Anyway, let's go find the Fearsome Five. In fact, let's split up to cover more ground!"
"Right!" Ruby nodded as they quickly split up to find 'em.
Purple Yoshi – Ruby, Mario, Elise, Hana
"Okay, so where is that purple Yoshi?" Ruby wondered as they wandered around while taking care of the occasional Jungle Fuzzy and Spear Guy… and then they heard snoring.
"Is someone asleep?" Elise wondered as they looked around as they got near the tree… and then Hana looked up.
"Up there!" Hana pointed up as she proceeded to kick the tree… and the Yoshi fell out, but Elise caught him and was still asleep.
"Aww… he's so cute when he's asleep!" Elise giggled.
"Well, that takes care of one of them." Mario said as they nodded.
Orange Yoshi – Kamui, Subaki, Luigi and Affectio, Arthur
"Aaaah! Help me!"
"Sounds like someone's in trouble!" Arthur said as they ran and saw the Orange Yoshi was surrounded by Putrid Piranha Plants.
"Hang on, we'll rescue you!" Subaki said.
"Shuuuupeeeet!" Affectio cried and used a powerful Shadow Ball on the both of them to severely weaken them and when they turned, Kamui jumped in and slashed the two of them away.
"…Or they'll rescue you." Subaki muttered.
"Ha ha! I could've handled them myself." Arthur chuckled.
"Riiiiiiiiiiight." Subaki rolled his eyes.
"You okay?" Kamui asked as the Yoshi jumped into her arms.
"Y-yes! We were playing hide and seek and… and… all of us got lost!"
"Hey, you're safe now. There's no need to be sad now." Kamui smiled.
"Thank you…" He said and hugged her as they walked off.
Green Yoshi – Bow, Watt, Sakura, Blake
"Hmm, they could be anywhere." Bow said as they walked/floated around.
"…Wait, do you hear that?" Sakura asked.
"Hmm?" Blake turned to her as they closed their eyes, listening to the sound of a wailing Yoshi. "Is that a crying Yoshi?"
"It probably is!" Watt said and looked up from a ledge. "And I think it's coming from up there!"
"Grab on!" Bow requested as they hopped on her as she floated up to the top as they hopped off and saw a warp pipe as they hopped in… only to come into a dark cave.
"Wah! It's dark!" Sakura cried.
"Not for long!" Watt said and lit herself up to light the area, and they saw the green Yoshi… being pestered by Zubat.
"Hey… HEY!" Blake yelled as she ran up and shooed the Zubat away, but the green Yoshi kept crying as Sakura got close to him.
"Hey, it's alright." Sakura gently said to the Yoshi.
"A-are they gone…?"
"Yes, they are." She sweetly smiled at him as she knelt down.
"I was playing hide and seek and… I found this warp pipe and… then I saw it was dark and… I was being tormented by those bats and… I wanna go home!"
"Shhh, we'll take you back home." She smiled as she gently picked up the Yoshi and they walked out… only for the same Zubat to come back and attack Yoshi and Sakura.
"Look out!" Bow exclaimed as Sakura turned around, only instead of screaming…
"Stop." She ordered, causing the Zubat to stop and look at her while the Yoshi cowered in her chest. "Haven't you done enough trouble? You're scaring this poor Yoshi and all you can think about is tormenting this poor thing!" She said. "Now apologize!" She ordered, causing the Zubat to sweatdrop at this before letting out some soft cries and then flew back.
"…Whoa." Blake said as they got back in the warp pipe. "So is this shy personality a façade or something?"
"O-oh no, I'm mostly very timid and shy… and I was scared from those Zubat but… something came over me and I let them have it…"
"Even the most timid ones can be brave." Bow said. "After all, they were coming after that Yoshi, and you were protecting him. You hid your timidness over bravery."
"I-I guess so…" Sakura quietly said as they walked off, but as they did, she could feel a warm embrace from the Yoshi.
Red Yoshi – Weiss and Yang
"I hear something!" Yang said as she walked over.
"Wait up!" Weiss said, trying to catch up to Yang… but as they got to some bushes, they snapped back at them, turning into M. Bushes.
"Whoa!" Yang yelped.
"Bushes that fight back… why not!" Weiss exclaimed exasperatedly as they proceeded to fight the M. Bushes before defeating them.. and then they went over to another bush and found the Yoshi.
"Ah, there you are." Yang said.
"Oh, thank you for finding me! I was playing hide and seek when those M. Bushes trapped me!"
"…What was that?" Weiss asked.
"M. Bushes!"
Weiss' eyes widened and saw Yang grinning. "Yang, no!"
"I guess you can say we got M. Bushed!" She grinned. "Eh?"
Weiss responded by having a glyph appear above Yang's head and an ice blocked landed on top of her, and then it shattered with words saying "God Dammit, Barb!".
"Ow!"
"I swear, I'm surprised Simmons and Church didn't kill you yet, and if they won't kill you soon from these horrible puns, then I may just have to fill in for them!" Weiss said and walked off.
"Yeesh… it wasn't that horrible." Yang said.
"I thought it was funny." The Red Yoshi said.
"Thank you! Someone who appreciates my humor!"
End BGM
Speaking of said morons…
"OOOOOOOOOOOW!" Grif yelled.
"There we go! A few bullets stored into Grif!" Sarge said.
"I'm still alive, asshole!"
"Drat!"
"…Yeah, when we get back, I'm gonna throttle her." Church grumbled.
"Same." Simmons grumbled.
Back with the gang…
"Okay, why is Weiss grumpy?" Elise asked as they reunited with Sushie finding the blue Yoshi.
"Oh, Yang just being Yang."
"…What horrible pun did she say this time?" Ruby asked.
"So, apparently, there are these enemies called M. Bushes, and Miss Comedian over here says-"
"I guess we got M. Bushed." Yang said.
"…That." Weiss said, as most of them groaned… however, Elise and Sakura couldn't help but giggle at it.
"I thought it was clever." Sakura said.
"Yeah! That's asking to be punny!" Elise smiled.
"Yes! More people appreciating my humor!" Yang fist pumped.
"Which is not a lot." Weiss deadpanned as they walked off as the baby Yoshis reunited with the adult Yoshis.
"I'm gonna miss them." Sakura said.
"They were fun!" Elise smiled.
"Hmm.. you know, going on this little adventure was so exciting, I want to do more." Sushie said. "Mind if I hang out with you guys?"
"Sure!" Mario nodded.
"Welp… I'll just be making some room!" Watt said and hopped into the pocket.
"Whoa, incoming!" Goombario said.
"Whoa, nice pocket!" Watt said.
"It's our thing." Bombette said.
"You're not jumping in there?" Sushie asked.
"Good heavens, no! I'm not a savage!" Bow said.
"…Oh! Sis, can we do that pocket thing?" Elise asked.
"Um, can we not?" Kamui asked. "It's weird enough with Mario! …No offense."
"Eh, I'm used to it." Mario said.
"Oh, alright…" Elise pouted. "Party pooper."
Phew… that'd be a little weird. Sakura thought.
"Hey, Mario and friends!" The Yoshi chieftain waved them down as they walked over to him. "So, why did you want to go to Mt. Lavalava?" He asked as they explained why. "Ah! I know just the thing." He said as he walked over to the statue, and then pulled out a small statue. "Put this inside another statue and look for Raphael the Raven, he'll know what to do."
"Got it." Mario nodded.
"Be careful though!" He warned. "The volcano is due to erupt at any moment."
"Ah, that's just being said to boost tourism. It won't erupt!" Elise confidently said as they walked off.
Oh, you might think it won't. The chieftain thought as they went back into Jade Jungle where they eventually found the statue and then put it in, where the statue moved to reveal a pathway as they went deeper… and eventually, they found a humongous tree.
"We have to climb that?!" Weiss yelled.
"Oh, how bad can it be? It can't be that high." Ruby said.
About thirty minutes later…
"Can't… breathe… need… air!" Luigi collapsed as did everyone else.
"…If I had the strength to clobber you, I would, you dolt…" Weiss muttered.
"Caw caw?"
"What the?" Kamui wondered as they saw a huge Raven in front of them.
BGM: Raphael the Raven (Paper Mario)
"Who are you?" The Raven, known as Raphael asked.
"We're-"
"Ah, I know who you are." Raphael said. "The Star Spirits let me know ahead of time that heroes would come to visit me and save another Star Spirit. Correct?"
"Yeah." Ruby nodded.
"Good!"
"But we need to get into the volcano." Yang said.
"Ah, say no more, I'll have my crew fix something up in a jiffy." He said. "CAW CAAAAAAAAAW!" He cawed as several Ravens flew over with nothing but their… feet of all things.
"Are they flying with their feet?" Kamui asked.
"That's… disturbing." Blake said as Raphael explained the situation as they went on ahead and proceeded to put up zip lines for them all as they returned.
"Alright, let me show you the way." Raphael said as he guided them to their destination where they saw the zip lines. "Alright, just use these and you're good to go."
"Grazie." Mario thanked but as they tried to get on…
"TALLY HO! THAT TREASURE IS MINE!" Kolorado yelled, coming out of nowhere and using the zip line before running into the volcano after he landed.
"…I swear, if he doesn't die in the volcano, I'll be shocked." Weiss said.
"Agreed." Everyone said as they used the zip line and got off safely… although Arthur faceplanted as soon he landed, but he got back up and then they went into the volcano.
Alas, Kolorado might not make it out alive.