This was it.

The group was in the inn, preparing to take on the Ultra Dark Lord and save Miitopia- And Martcha- once and for all. The entire group had paired off, and each pair was getting ready for the fight in their own way. Priff and Vinny were relaxing in their room, so they'd be well-rested for the battle ahead. Neal and Raya had just finished doing 100 sit-ups, and were preparing to do 100 more. And Susumu and Yardi...

Yardi was trying to get Susumu out of her bed again. "Oh no, we're not doing this again!" He scolded. "Why have you been acting so weird lately?! We have to go save Martcha!"

"Yardi..." After a moment, Susumu sat up in her bed. "As soon as we leave this inn, we'll be up against Martcha. Martcha is actually a god. She's much more powerful than any of us. What if something goes wrong? What if... What if she..."

"Seriously? THAT'S what you're worried about?" Yardi snapped. "Susumu, you're stronger than anything in this world now! If anyone can save Martcha, it's you!"

Susumu, however, still wasn't sure about this whole thing. Without saying another word, she curled back up under her blanket. Yardi looked like he was going to scream. He suddenly grabbed Susumu's wrist and pulled her out from under the covers. "Augh! Y-Yardi! What's-"

Yardi began to drag Susumu out the door of their room, not saying a word to her. "Samuel! Raya!" he called out. "We're going off to fight Martcha! I better see you out the door in five minutes!"

"Y-Yardi! Wait!" Susumu tried to get away. "I-I'm not ready for this yet! I'm nowhere near strong enough to fight her! I'm going to get killed!"

Yardi continued to drag Susumu through the door, however, even as Samuel and Raya were following them. "Will you quit your whining already?!" he snapped at her. "You're going to get up there and save Miitopia even if I have to drag you up there myself!"

The group finally made their way to the top, where Ultra Dark Lord Martcha was waiting for them. "So, you decided t-" She began, until she saw Yardi charging right at her. "GAAAH!" Well geez, that was painful to listen to. "What do you think you're doing?!"

"Skip the monologue, shrimpy!" Yardi got right in her face. "We're here to defeat you once and for all! So give us Martcha back right now!"

Martcha was startled by all this, but she tried to hide it. "I-I was getting to that!" she huffed. "Don't be so impatient! And, who do you think you're calling shrimpy?! You... You really think you can defeat me?!"

"Of course we do!" Yardi shouted. "That's why we're even here in the first place!"

"W-well then..." Martcha clearly wasn't prepared for this. "If you want her back so bad then... Come and get her!" She raised her staff into the air, and began to give off a strage purple glow. "Haaa..."

Susumu jumped as the tower suddenly started shaking. "W-what is she..."

"Susumu! Look out!" Samuel suddenly hit the deck. "She's drawing in huge amounts of energy! But... Where is she getting it all from?"

"...HAAAA!" Martcha was engulfed in a bright flash of light. When the light faded, however, she was nowhere to be seen. "...Kyahyahyahya! Well, would you take a look at me now!"

Martcha's body had completely changed. She had gone from looking like a tiny dog to... "She... Turned into the sun?!"

"She's giving off so much energy..."

"She's... So..." Raya suddenly burst out laughing.

"What? What's so funny?" Martcha looked around trying to find why he was laughing, before she suddenly realized. Even in this form she wasn't more than a foot tall. "Oh, come on!" she squeaked. "Even with all the power in Miitopia I can't catch a break?! ...Alright, that's it. Time to finish this."

Yardi was the first to strike, swinging his knife at Martcha right away. Raya fired a few cannon shots at her, trying to hold in his laughter. Susumu, however, curled up on the ground immediately. "This is where we die."

Yardi glared at her. "What do you think you're doing?! Get up here and save Martcha!"

"Yardi... I told you I couldn't do this," Susumu groaned. "There's no way we can win. She's stronger than all four of us combined."

Yardi turned back to her. "That isn't true! Susumu, you're stronger than you know! You aren't going to TRY to fight her?!"

As they were talking, however, Martcha spoke up. "Oh, I'm sorry, is this a bad time?" she said mockingly. "I didn't mean to interrupt your little lover's quarrel there. Oh, what? Are you gonna make something of it? Let's see just how loving you can be when I do this!"

"Ack!" With that, Yardi's face flew off. But Martcha wasn't done there. She produced a set of coins from her body and stuck Yardi's face to them. "Now let's see you contend with that!"

"Y-Yardi!" Susumu was shocked. "H-How is he going to fight like this?!" She quickly stood up. There was no more wasting time now. She had to save him!

"Susumu, wait!" Samuel called out. "We still have to defeat Martcha!"

Oh yeah. Samuel was right. Martcha was still going to be an issue, as much as she wanted to help Yardi... She turned back around and swung her microphone, hitting both Martcha and the Yardi Coins.

"Urgh!" Martcha was surprised by how strong Susumu had become. "T-that was... Almost impressive!" She shook it off. "But did you really think I would go down that easily?! I've still got one more trick!" Martcha suddenly began to glow, brighter, and brighter and brighter. Once the glow began to get blinding, Martcha let loose with a devastating explosion, severely injuring the entire party. "Kyahyahyahya! Didn't I tell you?! I'm unbeatable!"

"Uurgh..." Susumu tried to sit up. She felt like she was going to pass out. Yardi was on the ground shaking from the attack, and Raya wasn't even protected by his armor. "I... I knew it..." Susumu mumbled. "She's... She's going to kill us all..."

...But that was when Susumu felt something tap her on the shoulder. "Hey. Don't give up so easily, okay? Um..." Something started to smell really good. She opened her eyes to find that Vinny was holding his frying pan in front of her face.

"V-Vinny...?" Susumu looked at him. He... Wanted her to eat this? She hadn't noticed it before, but she was pretty hungry... And yet, as she was eating, she started to feel a lot better! Looking over, she could see Vinny and Konade taking a swing at Martcha before tending to the rest of the party.

"What's this?" Martcha taunted. "Getting your little friends to help you? Talk about a cliche!"

Neal stepped up, taking a swing at Martcha with his claws. "It may be cliche, but if it's gonna get you out of Martcha, I'm in!"

Then it was Priff's turn. "We all came here to help you," she said to Susumu.

"We are not to be leaving Miss Susumu behind!"

The party members all took turns, taking hits at Martcha in succession. "Urgh! S-Stop that!" Martcha scolded. "I told you I'm unbeatable!"

While this was going on, Susumu took the opportunity to finish off the Yardi Coins, and save Yardi's face. "Yardi!" she exclaimed. "Are you okay?"

It seemed like Yardi was furious, however. "GAH! Where is she?!" he demanded. "No one gets away with taking MY face like that!"

The rest of the group was busy attacking Martcha, but... She wasn't looking so good. In fact, a few more hits might be enough to take her down. "I... Told you all to stop that!" she yelled. "B-Before I..."

Before Martcha could finish her sentence, however, Yardi charged up to her and delivered the final hit. "GAAAAAH!"