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"Paranoid?" Larxene turned around and looked at Cana as if she lost her mind. "You mean to tell me that the purple haired knucklehead is paranoid?"
"Yeah, I think that seems to be the case." Cana said. "Ever since she came back from what happened earlier, she seems to be… different."
"You sure it's not stress? I'm sure it's happened to a lot of people." She said. Like me… She thought, flashing back to her horrible past as she snapped out of it.
"Maybe it is stress, but I don't know…"
"Paranoia isn't Xarina's thing. That's not her style." She said and then walked off. "For all we know, she could just be stressed."
"Maybe… but I doubt it." Cana replied. "Still, I can't help but worry about her." She said and walked forward, seeing Hina walking by. "Hey Hina, do you know where Xarina's at?"
"Um, I think she said that she's going to take a shower." She said as she headed for the shooting gallery.
With Xarina…
The hot water poured onto Xarina's smooth body and was also landing on her hair, as it ran down her face. She had her eyes closed and her hands over her shoulders, letting the warm water touch her.
She lightly smiled, glad that she saved her family and got herself a brand new hybrid form that she's been jealous of Sabrina, Aria, Sarah, Flare and Tristina… all of those forms taunting her that she couldn't get it… but now she has her own form that she's proud of.
But still… she also couldn't shake those images out of her head… those images that Cortana managed to nearly do her in if Cana and the others didn't step in, including Shadow Mewtwo and the Splatoon Heart manifestation that he had created.
…And those images continued to invade her.
"Xa…ri…na…" Namine's words echoed before her neck was slit open.
"AAAAGH!" Xarina screamed, holding on to her head, closing her eyes and covering her ears. "No… stop… please…!" She begged, as she managed to shake it out a few moments later as she punched the wall in irritation. "Dammit… why does this keep… plaguing my mind…" She said. "Why was I the one to get hit by that…" She wondered. Why was I the one that Apocalypse wanted me to join the Malevolent Seven… and why did he want me to betray my family?!
She growled as she soon composed herself… but there was a hint of stress in her eyes as she continued to shower before she had enough and turned it off, standing there as several droplets of water dropped from her hair.
"Paranoid… yeah right." She said, grabbing a towel and drying herself off, unaware in the next shower stall, Xion was in there and heard it all and then Xarina walked out after she dried herself off and got dressed.
Xarina… I'm starting to worry about you… Xion thought.
Somewhere else…
"So, what the heck is this thing…?" Natsu asked.
"I dunno, but earlier I heard Kosaka cussing his lungs out." Happy said as they were looking at an anchor leaning on a tree… but it wasn't just any anchor. "From my guess, he probably stubbed his toe on this thing."
"Hey, what are you chuckleheads doing over here?" A voice asked as they turned to see Scout walking over to them.
"Just checking on whatever Kosaka was screaming about." Happy said. "And we happened upon this thing."
"This anchor?" Scout walked over to it. "Huh… weird…" He said, poking the anchor with his Sandman… and then suddenly, the anchor awakened and floated up, not looking very happy.
"Dhelmise!" It cried.
"WHAT THE HELL?!" Scout yelled as he jumped back. "WHAT KIND OF ANCHOR IS THAT?!"
"By my guess, it's a Pokemon!" Happy said.
"Bullcrap! Pokemon are supposed to be animals!" Natsu said as he jumped forward. "FIRE DRAGON'S IRON-"
"Dhelmise!" Dhelmise cried, using Power Whip to knock Natsu back… and knowing how it can KO a Wailord from its Pokedex entry, that had to hurt.
"GAAAAAH!" Natsu yelled and he slammed right into a wall, instantly knocked him out.
"NATSU!" Happy yelled and quickly flew after him as Scout paled at the Pokemon and slowly backed up and then turned around.
"AAAAH, RUNNING!" He yelled, but Dhelmise used Anchor Shot to hold Scout to his place. "AW CRAP!" He yelled as he turned around as he pulled out his Force-a-Nature and shot the Dhelmise… but since Dhelmise is part Ghost… that didn't get Scout anywhere… and then Dhelmise began to pull Scout in. "NO! NO NO NO NO! NO! I'M TOO HANDSOME TO DIE!"
"Bzzt!" Rotom flew over next to Natsu who was still knocked out and Happy was struggling to get Natsu up and running. "Dhelmise, the Sea Creeper Pokemon. The soul of seaweed adrift in the waves became reborn as this Pokemon. It maintains itself with new infusions of seabed detritus and seaweed."
"So it's actually seaweed possessing an anchor?!" Happy asked.
"Yeeep." Rotom nodded. "Oh, and it's also known to KO a Wailord in a single blow!" He smiled innocently.
"COULDN'T YOU HAVE MENTIONED THAT SOONER?!" Happy yelled, as they heard Scout screaming in agony. "…He was so young…" He frowned and then Dhelmise floated over somewhere else where it wouldn't be disturbed while Rotom floated away to find Moon.
"Medic…" Scout groaned.
Having heard this (since that scream of agony must have been heard from quite a distance), Mikan hurried over with her Medigun to tend to Scout's injuries from the Dhelmise.
"Ooogh… oh, Doc, I didn't realize you were… cute."
Mikan nervously giggled. "W-well, I'm actually not the medic that you know. I, um...actually work for Flash, who I c-call 'Captain-san'.
Scout hopped back up and proceeded to get close to her. "Well, I have to say… you are very attractive. What say you we head out to dinner with just the two of us."
"Um…" Mikan sweatdropped as Scout moved his eyebrows up and down with a grin… and then suddenly Heavy pulled him by his ear.
"Little nurse is not interested in baby Scout." He said.
"OW OW OW OW OW! STOP PULLING MY EAR, YOU BEAR!" He yelled.
With Sabrina…
BGM: Hau'Oli City (Pokemon Sun and Moon)
Sabrina walked around the island, humming to herself as Ribombee was sitting on her head, Musharna floating next to her and Comfey resting around her neck as she took a deep breath and smelled the flowers from Comfey's ring. "Ah… lovely." She said and kept walking, as she realized several men were looking at her.
"Whoa, nice bikini!"
"Man, check out those legs!"
"Hey hot stuff, wanna hang out with me for a little while?"
"Ugh, the nerve of these humans…" Musharna said.
Sabrina rolled her eyes. "Oh brother…" She chuckled and then turned around, showing off her ring. "Sorry boys, I'm taken!"
"Aww, no fair."
"Tch, those legs didn't look great on her anyway!"
"Ribomb…?" Ribombee wondered.
"I believe those men are jealous." Musharna said. "I think it has something with… what you humans call… curves?"
Sabrina rolled her eyes. "I'm not that attractive."
"Your husband thinks otherwise." Musharna said as Sabrina giggled and walked forward, as she spotted something in the corner of her eye.
"Hmm?" She turned her head and there were three words that was on top of a building that her eyes sparkled in fascination… and those three words?
"Video game store?" Musharna asked… and then Sabrina quickly ran in, leaving the three of them in the dust. "Aaaaand she's gone." She muttered as they went in after her.
"You guys sell video games here?!" Sabrina exclaimed, trying to keep her inner fangirl in check.
"Yeah, we do." The owner nodded. "Although, we don't sell those Xbox and Playstation games. If you're looking for them, you might as well head over to the Orange Islands."
"Sweet." Sabrina said and looked around. It's a shame though… I'd like to get a few more PS4 games. She thought as she browsed through the aisles, starting from the NES to the Wii U… and she even saw a few cases for the Switch, specifically Breath of the Wild. Soon… She thought as she kept browsing.
It was then that as she was looking around the Wii U section, she noticed something as she scowled at the video game... as it was none other than Paper Mario: Color Splash.
I've heard good things of this game… but… it's the battle system that throws me off. She thought as she noticed another game right next to it as she smiled… and it was Twilight Princess HD. Wait, I already have this game for the Gamecube and the Wii… She thought.
She looked at both games, wondering what to do as Ribombee was actually checking out Just Dance, Comfey saw Nintendogs, and Musharna was looking through the SNES games. "What's… Final Fantasy?" Musharna wondered.
I know what I have to do. Sabrina thought.
Later…
"Money well spent." She grinned as started to play Twilight Princess on the Wii U.
"…Doesn't she have that game already… twice?" Sora asked.
"Hey, Twilight Princess is actually a pretty fun game." Minene said. "Hell, I've played it and I've completely enjoyed it."
"Same!" Yuno's voice was heard in the distance.
"That game rocks!" Isaac's voice was also heard in the distance.
"…Hey, where's Rose?" Sabrina asked.
"Riku took her out. A little daddy-daughter bonding time, if you will." Saki said, reading a book.
"Ah, that makes sense." She nodded as she proceeded to play Twilight Princess.
With Rose and Riku…
"Alright, daddy! I'm ready!" Rose said as they were in a clothing shop that Riku had taken her too… and luckily, it wasn't the Hau'oli Mall.
"Let's see it." Riku said, wondering what her daughter picked out since she picked them out all by herself, not to mention that she wanted a haircut as well.
It was then that Rose came out of the clothing aisle and then Riku looked at what she looked like. Aside from her now smooth silver hair with a pigtail, she was now wearing a light blue t-shirt with a crescent moon just above her chest with Lunala flying underneath the moon, as the shirt was decorated with stars and on the back, it had Cosmog.
She also had tan shorts with Pikachu's face smack dab on the right pantleg, and on the left pantleg, it had Alolan Raichu's face and then she was also wearing dark red flip flops.
"How do I look daddy?"
Riku smiled and then picked her up. "You… look all sorts of adorable." He said as Rose smiled and hugged.
"Thank you!" She smiled and pecked him on the cheek as Riku then paid for it as they walked back home together. "Daddy, can you give me a piggy back ride?"
Riku smiled. "Sure." He said and picked her up and placed her on his shoulders and walked over and walked past Aria's home where Terra spotted them as he was outside in a lawn chair reading a book.
"Huh, now isn't that adorable?" He chuckled.
With Aria…
Aria swam around in the pool, happy that they had that installed along with the house that was built as Lillie joined her while Tristina was sitting in a lawn chair and playing on her 3DS while wearing sun glasses.
After a little bit of a swim, both Aria and Lillie rested at one of the ends of the pool as they both looked at the clouds and chatted.
"So, what happened with Xarina?" Lillie wondered.
"Xarina? I… actually don't know. She says she's fine but… I don't know if she is."
"You're her best friend along with Sabrina and Sarah, you should at least help her with… whatever it is that's got her so worked up."
"You're right… I'll go check on her later." Aria said.
Lillie smiled. "That's good." She said as Aria looked at her daughter, watching a drop of water fall off her nose and landed in the pool as Aria got closer.
"Lillie…" She quietly said, gently caressing her hair. "Have I ever mentioned that you're the most beautiful daughter I have besides Tristina?"
Lillie smiled. "Thank you, mother."
"Anytime." She quietly said and kissed her on the forehead before lovingly looking into her daughter's eyes and hugged her as Lillie hugged her back, both of them with their eyes closed with a smile.
Tristina saw this and smiled as she put her 3DS down and proceeded to hop in the pool with them and hugged Lillie and Aria, smiling as well.
Back with Sabrina…
"Mommy, we're home!" Rose exclaimed.
Sabrina turned her head and saw her new look as her eyes widened as she smiled. "Rose, you're so adorable!"
"Thank you!" She giggled as she climbed down Riku and then proceeded to hop on the couch. "What'cha playing?"
"Twilight Princess."
Rose raised an eyebrow. "Don't you already have that for the Gamecube and the Wii?"
"That's what I said!" Sora's voice was heard.
"Yeah, but why not have a third copy for the Wii U?" Sabrina asked, giggling. Besides, it's way better that Color Splash.
"You do have a point." She said as she watched her play as Riku sat down with her with a soda in his hands.
"So, have you talked with Xarina lately?"
"Yeah… I chatted with her on the phone while I walked around the island. She does sound a little distressed, but she told me not to worry… which only worries me more."
"Maybe you need to talk to her in person?" Riku suggested.
"That's what I plan on doing… I'm so worried about her ever since what happened."
"I'm sure she can handle it on her own." Kairi said as she was reading a fashion magazine. "But, then again… do you think she can conquer this paranoia?"
"I hope she can..." Sabrina sighed.
End BGM
Back at the Citadel…
Hina aimed her Sniper Rifle at the shooting range, already destroying several targets and managing to outdo Sniper and Sinon. Hina aimed directly at the next target as Sinon was right next to her when her nose started to twitch, accidentally sneezing right when Hina pulled the trigger, startling her and causing the bullet to fly and completely miss the target. "Uh, bless you." She said, unaware of the bullet hitting the wall and causing it to go flying everywhere.
"Ah, what the bloody hell just happened?" Sniper wondered, watching the bullet go flying as the Clones, Bayonetta, Dante, and Marisa that were in the room ducked and covered from the rogue bullet as the trio did the same, but not before grazing Hina's cheek and then went out of the shooting gallery as it went around the area, which knocked Snake's Cigarette off of his mouth, going underneath Raiden as it went straight for Zelda. She noticed it and then she quickly used Nayru's Love to reflect it back… only for it to go right through Namine's cup of coffee and it exploded, causing her to shriek, and then it went straight into a strawberry shortcake, which for some bizarre reason had it explode on Erza's face, having her wonder what just happened, as it then shot through Yang's strawberry sunrise just as soon as she got it, causing her to yelp in surprise before it started to slow down and then fell right on top of one of Marluxia's flower… who was flirting with Yuuka as they both noticed it.
"What the…?" Marluxia wondered.
"…What the hell just happened?" Snake wondered.
"Why did my cake explode?!" Erza asked as she licked the frosting off her face. "…Not that I'm complaining!"
"Ow…" Namine groaned, having a burn mark on her arm while also bleeding on her other arm.
"I'll never have my strawberry sunrise, will I?" Yang sighed.
Back at the shooting range…
"Wow, it went THAT far!" Sheila said who had scanned the whole thing.
"…Well, that's unfortunate." Hina said. "Sorry mom…"
"It could've been worse." Sinon said.
With Namine…
Namine hissed in pain and walked over to the infirmary to get a bandage and then walked into Xarina's range who was chatting with Ienzo and Lea as she saw blood coming out of her arm. "Namine…?" She asked.
"Hmm?" Namine turned around, wincing.
"What's with the blood?" Xarina asked, a little concerned.
"Oh, it's nothing… my cup of coffee just exploded on me for some reason and now I have this cut on my arm."
Cut on my arm.
Xarina gasped, flashing back to when Cortana slit her throat open as she screamed, holding on to her hair. "No…! NO! NO! I'm not… I'm not… going to let that happen!" She exclaimed as Ienzo and Lea looked at her in concern while Namine looked worried.
"Xarina, relax! I'm okay! I'm not dead!" Namine said, hurrying over and placing her hands on her shoulders. "Xarina! Look at me! XARINA!" She yelled, as Xarina's panicking was actually scaring her. "Xarina, it's over, I'm okay and Cortana's not bothering you anymore!"
Xarina kept flashing back to Namine's death, but Namine's faint voice kept getting louder as she soon snapped out of it and looked at her. "N-Namine…"
"You okay?" Namine asked, still concerned and her hands placed on her shoulders still, but her voice was becoming gentle. "Xarina… I'm still here. I'm not dead." She smiled.
"Namine…" Xarina then hugged her tightly as tears were lightly falling. "I'm… I'm so glad…"
"Shhh, it's alright." She whispered, hugging her back as Lea and Ienzo looked at each other in concern. "It's just a cut on my arm, not my neck. Everything's going to be alright."
"Yeah… you're right…" Xarina said, taking a deep breath as Namine smiled and parted from her as she walked back to the infirmary to get a bandage and then looked back at Xarina.
"Everything's going to be alright." Namine smiled, walking in.
Xarina took another deep breath. "Right…" She said and walked forward, but Ienzo and Lea could definitely see some stress in her eyes.
"…Do you think…"
"Yep." Ienzo nodded. "That whole ordeal not only gave her a bad case of paranoia, but it's also stressing her out, as she's worried about her family."
"Hmm… let's hope this doesn't get any worse." Lea said, unaware of Doc listening in to the whole thing.
"Hmm…" He rubbed his chin in thought and walked off.
Back in Alola…
"So, Rose…" Maria Jr. began as they were at Ten Carat Hill where they were playing with Rockruff, Stufful, Nihilego and Magearna.
"Yeah?"
"Have you ever wondered… what goddess that you'll be?"
"Hmm? What do you mean?"
"Like, Palutena's the Goddess of Light, Viridi's the Goddess of Nature, Medusa is-"
"Oh, I gotcha." She said. "Hmm…" She rubbed her chin in thought. "I guess I could be some sort of healing Goddess… the Goddess of Healing."
"That definitely suits you."
"Yeah… I wanna heal others and help them. Be a very loving and gentle goddess." She smiled as she proceeded to hug Nihilego. "And what about you?"
"Hmm…" Maria Jr. rubbed her chin as she proceeded to scratch Rockruff behind the ears. "I guess… I could be some sort of animal tamer goddess. Like, beyond Pokemon, if you know what I mean."
Rose's eyes widened. "You mean, like… commanding any type of animal at your command?"
"Bingo! Just think, I could easily command a pack of angry rhinos and trample my enemies." She smiled. "Or maybe I could… hmm… ah, maybe get some elephants too-"
"Okay, you're scaring me."
"Oh, sorry." She giggled. "It's funny…" She looked up the sky.
"What's funny?"
BGM: Scent of Silence (Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories)
"Well, I think it's because of we're so young and we're already thinking of the future of what lies ahead with the two of us… actually, four of us with Light and Horus." She smiled. "I'll be an angel goddess… and you'll be a human goddess."
"…For some reason, I feel that we already are…" Rose said.
"True." She nodded. "But… it's not like we have a choice being goddesses… we didn't know touching those things would make us immortal… and all because we wanted to help get Vert and Nepgear to their senses."
"Yeah…" Rose sighed. "And the fact that we all live forever… and watching all of our loved ones die… including…" She stiffened. "Big brother… daddy… mommy… everyone…"
Maria Jr. sighed. "Yeah… all of our friends that we make… they'll die and we'll live through it all. That's the only depressing thing I can think of."
"…Here's hoping we don't get too depressed over it."
"Right…" Maria Jr. said. "But come on, it's years until we have to worry about that. So come on, let's not worry about that for now!" She smiled.
Rose smiled back. "Yeah, let's worry about right now and spend every moment with our family together as much as we can!"
"Yeah!" Maria Jr. smiled, high fiving Rose as they went back to playing with Rose's Pokemon, but then Maria Jr. noticed something of Rose as she looked at her. Is it me… or is she starting to look like our mom every single day? She wondered.
End BGM
With the former Organization members… and Fairy Tail…
"So, you guys see it too?" Erza asked, leaning on a wall as they were in the game room, glancing over to see Natsu and Gray competing with each other over air hockey.
"Yeah, that paranoia is making Xarina go insane." Braig said. "All because of an A.I. that caused this."
"At first, I denied it." Larxene said. "I just didn't think that didn't fit Xarina and the drunk girl over there was just trying to mess with me."
"Hey! I'm not always drunk!" Cana argued.
"Even so, this paranoia is stressing her out." Aeleus said.
"I've heard her screaming in the shower." Xion spoke up. "Trust me, what I heard wasn't her… it was like she was a whole different person."
"Nnngh…" Lea groaned. "I didn't think it'd go that far… but then again, she was totally panicking over Namine's cut."
"I've seen her painting and I've seen her cry out in agony over it." Luxord said. "Saying 'make it stop, make it stop'. I do believe she's being haunted over it." He said, who was playing a card game with Happy.
"Do you have any fours?" Happy asked.
"Nope… but do you have any sevens?"
"Agh! HOW DO YOU DO THAT?!" Happy yelled.
"Do you think… that she's going under some nervous breakdown?" Lucy asked in concern.
"No…" Roxas said. "I know my sister and she'd never have that!"
"I'm totally with Roxas. My wife would never-"
"Listen to yourselves! Xarina's getting worse and her paranoia is increasing ten fold!" Lea said.
"He's right. Do you not remember what happened when Nan skinned his knee when he tried skateboarding with Alex and her boyfriend?" Isa asked. "Xarina was in hysterics even though it was nothing more than a scrape and nothing serious."
"Let's not forget when Neo slipped on a puddle of water that sprained her ankle. You should've seen the look on Xarina's face when Eirin proceeded to patch up her ankle." Even spoke up.
"Or that time when Hina's cheek was swollen when Tex requested a spar with her. I didn't know that lady could kick that hard." Gajeel said. "Still, Xarina was on the scene with an ice pack and looked entirely stressed about the ordeal. Hell, Tex looked like she's seen a ghost…"
"Or when Roxas got hit in the head by Peach's frying pan…" Marluxia said.
Earlier…
"So, what do you think?" Peach giggled.
"…Uh… could you cut down on the pink frosting?" Roxas asked, unaware that this made Peach angry.
"Roxas…" Peach growled as a fiery aura surrounded her.
"…Uh oh…" Roxas sweatdropped as he quickly ran out, dodging a barrage of turnips as he turned around. "Ha! Missed me!" He said… only to get hit in the forehead by her frying pan. "AGH!" He cried as he fell on his back as the frying pan landed next to him. "Ow…"
"ROXAS!" Xarina's screams were heard.
In the present…
"Criticize her cake decorations ONE TIME…" Roxas sighed. "Sure, it hurt like a son of a bitch, but I was at least alright… but my sister didn't think so."
"She's starting to go crazy." Wendy said. "Isn't there something we can do? I'm starting to worry about her."
"Oh!" Mavis spoke up. "I suppose there's therapy like what Rose and Hina went through!"
"With Doc? Hmm… I suppose that's the only option…" Makarov mused.
"It's the least we can do… after all, she needs all the help she can gets." Erza said.
"I just hope it doesn't get any uglier than this…" Demyx sighed.
"You and me both..." Iris whispered to herself, who just happened to overhear their discussion. She soon walked away after that and act like she didn't hear anything, which wasn't working much.
"Something on your mind?" Iris heard someone ask, turning around to see Shotaro.
"Oh, um, nothing much..." Iris lied, but Shotaro gave her a 'I know you're lying' look, so she confessed. "It's about Xarina."
"And what's going on with her?" Shotaro said. Iris nodded in response. "Thought so, I've been noticing it too. Everyone can actually see Xarina's starting to lose it."
"Yeah, and we all want to do something to help." Iris leaned on a wall. "But I don't know how I can help, or if I'm even able to help with anything."
"Well just have to do our best."
And what if that's not enough for anyone?!"
BGM: Decretum (Puella Magi Madoka Magica)
"Over the last battles we've all had, I feel like I haven't been at my best, that I'm losing my edge!" She said. "And because of that, I couldn't help in the most dire of situations when I feel like I should have!"
"Iris..."
"I couldn't even save you until after you were turned into that beast..." Iris said, reminding Shotaro of his time as the Wyvern Kaijin. Truth be told, Shotaro was a bit bothered by that even though he couldn't remember anything he did as a Kaijin, and that's what bothered him. He was good at not showing it as to not worry the others, but it bothered him that he didn't know if he seriously hurt someone or worse.
"If I truly want to be useful...if I truly need to prevent any other disasters like with Xarina...then I need to get stronger..." Iris said to herself. "...I just wish I knew how..."
"Perhaps I can help with that." A voice said as they turned to see Tsukasa and A.R. Palutena walking over.
"…Mother?" Iris asked. "What are you doing here?"
"And what are you talking about?" Shotaro asked Tsukasa.
"I'm saying that Iris never really had the Three Trials in her version of Skyworld since that little incident with her Pyrrhon and Viridi, if you will." Tsukasa explained.
"Three Trials?" Iris asked.
"Maybe it's best we show you." A.R. Palutena recommended. "But first, I'll need that bone shard you've been holding."
"Okay." Iris took out the bone shard of Necrosan, which she found after his defeat as she felt something within it, and handed it to her mother. "But what do you need it for?"
"Just a little something Dyntos is working on for you." A.R. Palutena said as she made a portal and walked it with Iris.
"Why don't we come too? It might do her some good with support." Tsukasa suggested.
"Alright." Shotaro nodded.
"And also to help you with controlling your Savage Drake." Tsukasa got out, and interrupted Shotaro before he could ask anything. "I know you've been using the simulation room in secret to train after getting you back."
Shotaro sighed at that. "So it was that obvious?" Like Tsukasa said, Shotaro had been using the simulation room in secret to train to control his Savage Drake form, always using the Wyvern Kaijin as his opponent in a 'fighting your inner demon' scenario. The results always ended with failure.
"It is when you're the son of a passing through Kamen Rider." Tsukasa smirked.
"You're right on that, father." Shotaro chuckled as the two Kamen Riders walked in the portal, all ready to go.
End BGM
With Madoka…
BGM: Conturbatio (Puella Magi Madoka Magica)
"Hmm…" Madoka messaged her forehead in thought. "Magnificent Seven…" She whispered.
"Whatcha thinking about?" Kyoko asked as she was munching on a Crunch Bar.
"I dunno… ever since the Magnificent Seven revealed themselves, I just can't stop thinking about it, not to mention that Cynthia, Paradox and Azmuth give me some really solemn looks. It's like they know something or… hmm… I suppose I'll ask them."
"I see… but how's your memories doing?" Kyoko asked.
"Doing great, but there's this one part that's still really fuzzy… and I'm not talking about Homura, and I still can't stop thinking about the Magnificent Seven."
"Then why don't you go talk to them? Surely they know something about you." Mami said, who just appeared out of nowhere.
"Yeah, we'll be cheering you on! No need to be afraid!" Sayaka said, also appearing.
"…You're right. I'm going to go over to them." Madoka said as she walked forward.
"Right behind you!" Sayaka said as they went forward with Madoka.
End BGM
Xarina…
"Okay, tell me what you see with this painting." Doc said, pulling up a messy black inkjob of sorts, as he was in the middle of a therapy session with Xarina.
Earlier…
"Hey, Doc… we need a favor." Demyx walked over.
"Hmm? What is it?"
"It's my wife, and well-"
"Ah! Say no more!" Doc said. "I've been meaning to pull her into a therapy session anyway. Hey, if it worked with Rose and Hina, it'll definitely work on her!"
"Thank you… just please, get her back to normal. I hate seeing my wife like this."
"I'll see what I can do!"
Back in the present…
"…Anxiety."
"…Oh…" Doc said. Odd, thought she would've said crab…
He pulled out another one. "What about this?"
"A big huge mess of my life…"
"Yikes…" He whispered. "Aaaaand this one?"
"…Death."
Holy crap, that A.I. girl messed her up big time! He thought. "And… what about this one?"
"Hell."
"Okay, enough of this." He said, tossing the pictures behind him. "Alright, let's try some deep breathing!" This should definitely work…
…What's the point of this… I'm totally fine as is… Xarina thought.
Some deep breathing exercises later…
Well, that didn't work out as I thought… Doc thought, as Xarina had several panic attacks in her deep breathing. …I wonder… "Hey, what's your deepest fear?"
"Losing my family…"
"And ever since that little incident, you worry about them so much, it causes you to panic, right?"
"A little…"
Aha! Doc thought. I know what to do!
Later…
"Wait, you want to… what?" Xarina asked as she was back with her family.
"Yeah, how about if we move you away from your family for a couple of hours? Get some fresh air!" Doc said.
"But, what happened earlier with everyone and-"
"That was just random cases of bad luck. And one pissy princess." His O'malley side added that last part. "In any case, I'm sure if you get some fresh air, this might help if you just don't think about your family, which may cause these random panic attack episodes."
"I told you that I'm fine!" She protested.
"'Fine' my ass! You're totally not fine!" Roxas said. "Seriously, I've never seen anyone freak out over something like my nephew skinning his knee."
"I know the perfect place for her to unwind." Namine said. "She always goes there when she's stressed or angry about something anyway. Sunset Hill!"
"Twilight Town?" Doc asked.
"Yes."
"Ha, perfect!" He said, opening up a portal. "In you go!"
"Guys, I'm totally fine!" Xarina protested. "Sure, I'm more concerned about you guys but I'm not totally unbearable!"
"We didn't say that, you just need some fresh air and we'll take things from here." Hina said, pushing her in.
"Hell no! I'm fine!"
"Xarina…" Demyx got in front of her. "Please… for me?" He asked, looking at her with pleading eyes… and he knew that she could never resist that look.
"…Nngh… dammit, I hate it when you give me that look…" Xarina muttered. "Fine… just for a little while."
Demyx smiled. "That's my girl." He said and kissed her as she kissed him back and then walked in.
"She'll totally be fine." Doc said.
"Yeah, after all… it's not like anything bad will happen to her." Demyx said, walking away right when Sabrina and Aria came running in.
"Where's Xarina?" Aria asked.
"Oh, she went for a walk in Twilight Town. She'll be back in a few hours." Doc said and then walked away.
"…Why do I have this feeling that something bad is going to happen?" Sabrina asked.
"You too, huh?"
Yukari walked forward. "I may have a solution to that." She said. "I was just minding my business in Twilight Town for myself when… well… you might want to grab her friends for this… and her family." She said as the duo looked at each other in concern.
In Twilight Town…
BGM: Lazy Afternoons (Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 Remix)
Xarina walked out of the portal, taking a deep breath and sighing. "Sure, I'll humor them for a while… and I'll prove to them I'm not paranoid." She said as she walked over to Sunset Hill, but not before buying some sea salt ice-cream and saying hi to Hayner, Pence and Olette. She then walked off and went over to Sunset Hill… but as she got into the next district, she noticed someone walking. Is that…? She wondered and went on over.
She soon picked up the pace and finished her ice cream when she noticed the word 'WINNER!' on the stick as she smiled and put it in her pocket as she quickly followed him up the hill and then stopped, seeing a man lean out on the railing.
"Man, that is the most gorgeous sunset I've seen… too bad it's going to be the last." The man chuckled and then sighed. "…So, are you going to stop stalking me?"
"I dunno, just what did you mean by 'last sunset'… Felix?"
End BGM
Felix chuckled. "Man, I was hoping I wouldn't be followed. I've spent hours looking for it… but now I finally have. Tell me, why is it that you, of all people, are here?"
"To get my mind off things… mostly to tell my family I'm not paranoid at all."
"Paranoid? Huh, is it because of what happened to you during that little visit with Apocalypse? Something about Cortana?"
"…And how would you know about tha-…" Xarina's eyes widened. "You…! You put that chip in my neck!"
"Ding ding ding, the bitch nailed it!" Felix chuckled. "That's right, I put that Cortana gal into that chip… and trust me, she was a pain to get in there, but it was so worth it in the end, how you were getting all "Oh, wo is me, my family is dead! Waaaaaah!" He mocked, seeing Xarina cringe. "Heheh, still having trouble unseeing that?"
"Sh-shut up!"
"Watching you fight Apocalypse was so interesting in that form of yours… yes, I decided to stay a little longer and watch the fight before you and your little god friend wiped him out, including that nobody and that fire chick!"
"Stop monologuing and tell me why you are HERE!"
"…Like mother, like son…" Felix muttered. "You people really need to let people finish monologuing, it's kinda rude to fini-"
"TELL ME WHY YOU'RE HERE!" She yelled, already losing her patience with him.
"Picky picky! Fine, I'll tell you why I'm here. You wanna know why I'm here? Think back when we first met in Dreamland. What did I say in my little speech?"
"Something about… your revival?"
"Nope. Think about Destiny Islands."
"Something about…" Her eyes widened in horror. "Destruction… you… you destroyed Destiny Islands!"
"Well, I had the Heartless help me, but honestly, those things are still stupid even if we gave them a boost in power! I mean, seriously! I still have a fucking bruise on my foot because those stupid Heartless couldn't figure out how to pick up a fucking bed!"
"You're planning on destroying this world!"
"Bingo! I have found the keyhole for this world and I will destroy it… and it'll give me such pleasure watching you fall into despair!"
Xarina growled. "I won't let you do this!" She said, summoning her Keyblade.
"Hmph… so much for doing this quietly." He muttered. "Oh well, let's do this." He got in a fighting position. "Why don't we just go mano a mano, fight with the skin of our teeth!" He said, which only made Xarina give a weird look. "Man, you're dull... I'm talking about a physical, no-holds barred, no weapons fight! Just our bodies."
"Fair enough." She said, putting her Keyblade away.
"This is going to be fun." Felix chuckled darkly as the rain started to pick up.
BGM: Battle! Zinnia (Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire)
Xarina and Felix started to run toward each other and punched each other, both of their fists hitting each other as they proceeded to kick each other before Felix delivered a swift uppercut to knock her up as he jumped up and scissor kicked her down.
Xarina got back up and kicked him, but he blocked it and flipped her over, but she used her other leg to knock him in the helmet and then kicked him away, and then she ran over and punched him, but he blocked it and then proceeded to twist her arm as she winced, but then used her other arm to punch him in the gut and kicked him.
"Hmph, impressive!" Felix said. "And yet... your punches and kicks are... well, lacking to say the least. Probably because you're paranoia is getting the best of you and you're thinking of your family right now!"
"Shut it! I AM NOT PARANOID!" She ran over and punched him, but he grabbed the arm and then ducked and punched her in the gut, hard enough for her to bend over and make her cough out blood, then he backflipped, making sure his feet hit her face.
Xarina shook it off and ran over, but he frontflipped, and when his hands touched her shoulders, he swung his feet down and kicked her in the back to knock her down and then ran over and kicked her in the stomach to make her groan in agony and then he got on top of her, punching her repeatedly while holding down her arms in the process, and then when he was done with her, he backed up and pulled out his Magnum.
She gasped. "You... said...!"
"Oh please, since when was I a fair fighter to begin with? I'm a motherfucking Heartless, you fucking idiot! I can cheat, unlike you!" He said. "Any last words?"
Xarina smirked a little. "I kinda cheated a little too."
"Huh?" He wondered, unaware of a sniper light targeted on the back of his head, where Inkling Girl had the Splatterscope equipped... and then she pulled the trigger. "YOOOW! What the hell was-" He turned around, only to get splatted in the face. "GAH!"
End BGM
Earlier...
She soon picked up the pace and finished her ice cream when she noticed the word 'WINNER!' on the stick as she smiled and put it in her pocket as she quickly followed him up the hill… but not before pulling out a Summon Gem. "Inkling Girl." She whispered, as the Inkling Girl appeared.
"Yo." She greeted.
"What weapon do you have on you?"
"Inkbrush, why?"
Xarina transformed into Splatoon Heart and gave her the Kelp Splatterscope. "Use this... and make sure he's distracted enough so he won't see you."
"What are you going to do?"
"Fight him until he's distracted."
"Uh, no offense, but you look… stressed. Are you sure you can handle that guy?"
"Just trust me on this, alright?"
"...Okay." She nodded as the two went their separate ways, where she began climbing the hill as Xarina turned back to normal.
Back in the present...
"Why you little piece of shit...!" Felix growled, as he aimed his Magnum at the Inkling Girl. "I am going to enjoy splatting you so hard, you won't know what happened to you!" He said.
"NO!" Xarina yelled, grabbing a hold of him and wrestled him.
BGM: Face It! (Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories)
"Get off of me... you... bitch...!" He said as they tried to wrestle until he overpowered her and aimed his gun at her forehead as she tried to not make him do that and tried to aim it up, but it wasn't doing her any good, as Inkling Girl aimed at him again and shot his elbow, which suddenly made his gun point down to her shin and then shot her, as she screamed in agony.
"Oh squid!" Inkling Girl exclaimed in horror.
"Well, that's one way to do it." He said, kicking her down again and aiming at her chest as Inkling Girl tried to aim, but Felix pointed his DMR at her and shot the Splattershot off of her, much to her horror. "Now... where were we? Oh yeah." He smirked, the DMR still aimed at Inkling Girl.
"What are your last words before I blow your guts out?"
"...Fuck... you...!"
"Hmm, I seem to get that a lot." He said, his finger pressed on the trigger. "Farewell, weakling." He said and in one slow motion moment, someone tackled him to the ground while Felix pulled the trigger, as the bullet was headed right for her gut, but it was soon deflected by a chakram. "Wh-what the...?!"
End BGM
"That's enough, Isaac!"
Felix looked to see someone on top of him. "Well, if it isn't good ol' Samuel Ortez... or do you want to go by code names... Locus?"
"Wh-what...?" Xarina asked.
"We watched the whole thing." A voice said as she looked to see Lea. "While not the smartest move you've ever done, you were quite brave to try and save this world. I have to hand it to you, you always amaze me."
It was at this moment that Nan, Demyx, Neo, Hina, Roxas, Namine, Sabrina, Aria, Sarah, the rest of the former Organization XIV, Emerald, and Yukari ran up the hill.
"It's time you've been stopped, Felix." Locus said.
"Tch, and how are you going to do that? I'm this close to destroying this world."
"Not anymore. I used my boundaries as of now to block any access for the Heartless to go into the worlds core. This world is safe from the likes of you."
Felix's eyes widened through the mask. "No... NO...!"
"It's over, Felix."
"It's not over... YET!" Felix said, kicking Locus off of him. "I will win... and I will destroy all of you!"
"Good luck with that." Locus said.
Felix growled and then made a portal. "Why don't we test your theory? I'll be waiting." He said and walked in.
"It's most likely where his final battle will be." Lea said.
"I'm going to stop him." Locus said. "I may not make it out alive... but just so you know... it was an honor serving with the Heroes of Light." He said and walked in.
"Locus..." Emerald whispered, as they heard soft crying coming from Xarina... most likely of the unbearable pain from that gunshot wound she received.
"I am... so sorry..." Xarina sobbed. "I... I..."
"There's nothing to be sorry about." Larxene said, looking at the portal. "You attempted to save this world while you were trying to get your mind off things. I have to hand it to you, you're very gutsy…"
"Indeed." Ienzo nodded.
"I... I thought I had him… but he…" Xarina stopped and continued to sob as Demyx knelt down and cradled her.
Larxene clenched her fists, and then walked towards the portal.
"And where are you going?" Braig asked.
"...Finishing what Xarina tried to do." Larxene replied. "Demyx, you should come with us." She said and walked in as the former Organization members looked at each other and nodded, running into the portal one by one.
"Take her to the infirmary. She's going to need it." Demyx said, summoning his Sitar and looked at his wife. "I'll be back." He said, kissing her on the cheek and walking in, then looked at Nan, Neo and Hina. "You guys want to come too?"
"After that fiasco? Oh yeah." Hina said, cracking her knuckles.
"We're coming too." Inkling Girl said, having Xarina to hold her hand up to summon Inkling Boy and they ran in too as it was just Sabrina, Aria, Sarah and Yukari with a bleeding Xarina.
"...Come on, let's head back." Sabrina said, picking her up.
"We're not going to go help?" Sarah asked.
"They got it covered. They don't need our help." Aria said.
"Let's go… they have it covered." Yukari said, opening a gap as Xarina looked into the portal that closed, as she was nearly about to pass out from the pain.
"Demyx… Roxas… everyone… w-wait… for… me…" She said before passing out.
Fifteen minutes later…
"A… ri… a…"
"W… ke… p…"
"Ey… sn…p… out of… t!"
"Xarina!"
Xarina gasped and shot up, waking up and looking around. "Where… where am I?"
"Zhe medical bay." Medic said as Xarina turned to see Medic, then turned to Sabrina, Aria, Sarah and Compa.
"Yay, you look much better~!" Compa smiled.
"What… happened…" Xarina wondered. "The last thing I remember was when…" Her eyes widened, remembering what happened. "No!"
"It's okay, everyone's taking care of it." Sarah said. "Hmm… to think that he'd do such a thing…"
"I know… I wonder how they're doing?" Sabrina wondered.
"…They need me…" Xarina whispered. "They need me more than anything!" She said and tried to get up from the hospital bed.
"Oh no, you don't. You're staying here!" Aria said, holding her down.
"But, you don't understand! They're in serious danger! They could be killed!"
"They're not going to die. Believe me, they survived worse… and besides, it's all of them against one guy who's a Heartless." Sarah said. "By any rate, Felix should be dead by now."
"No… he's probably killed them all and… and…" Paranoia was definitely visible in her eyes. "They could be dead and Felix is taunting them all! I CAN'T LET HIM KILL MY FAMILY!"
"We don't even know where they're at." Sabrina said. "If we did, then we'd be watching them." She then sat down on the hospital bed. "Xarina, I know what you're going through. I was worried sick about my family when they were kidnapped… but I finally saved them. I know you're really worried about them ever since that… incident but there's nothing to worry about. They'll be fine." She smiled.
"Sabrina… you don't understand… it's just… that I have the need to protect them… and I need to!" She said, as she got up again, but all three of them held them down.
"Do I need to get my knockout needle?" Compa asked.
"Zhat would be unnecessary, Frau Compa." Medic said.
"LET… GO OF ME! I NEED TO SAVE THEM!"
"…On second thought…" Medic rubbed his chin in thought, pondering. "Ja, zhat would most likely work on her condition."
"Got it~!" Compa said as she walked over. "Now, where is it?"
"Xarina, calm down! They'll be okay!"
"GAAAAH! THEY'RE SERIOUSLY IN DANGER!"
Outside…
"Poor girl…" Levy said. "She's extremely paranoid…"
"Alright, I'm gonna knock her out myself." Gajeel said, his arm turning into a club… but as he did, the power suddenly went out. "The hell?"
"HADES! I TOLD YOU BRINGING THAT FUZZY INTO THE CITADEL WAS A BAD IDEA!" Worldwalker's voice yelled.
"Well, how was I supposed to know he'd eat the power?!"
"OY! TURN THE LIGHTS BACK ON SO GOLISOPOD CAN SEE!" Guzma's voice was heard.
"Hey, has anyone seen Natsu?"
"He's asleep."
"OH, OF COURSE HE IS!"
"Poyo poyo?"
"HEY! TURN IT BACK ON! I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF AN EATING CONTEST WITH YUYUKO!" Goku yelled.
"Lucky for you, I can eat in the dark!" Yuyuko grinned.
"Oh! Sorry Zwei!"
"THAT WAS ME, YOU DOLT!" Weiss screamed.
"Where's that backup generator?!"
The lights eventually came back on, and Gajeel and Levy saw Sabrina, Aria and Sarah knocked out on the ground. "Where's Xarina?" Levy asked.
"Nngh… the power outage was all she needed…" Sarah winced.
"We need to go find her." Sabrina said. "She's going to go get killed!"
"Right!" Aria nodded.
With Xarina…
Xarina quickly hightailed it straight to Sunset Hill where she last saw them all as worried tears started to fall through her cheeks as she got straight to the summit. "Please be okay… please be okay!" She exclaimed as she looked at the sunset and aimed her hand at the sun. "I'm coming… I'm coming to save you…"
It was then that a dark purple aura suddenly surrounded her. "I'm… coming… to save you…!" She said, unaware of something coming behind her as she felt a presence and turned around, seeing some kind of Phantom in front of her. "What… are you?!" She asked but the Phantom said nothing and pulled out its hand. "Stay… away from me!" She exclaimed, but the Phantom said nothing and got closer… as Xarina's screams were heard throughout all of Twilight Town.
Meanwhile, with Felix…
"The Temple of Communication? Out of all the places for your final fight… I was expecting something else."
Felix turned around to see Locus. "Yes, I chose this place for the final fight… actually, it'll be more of your final battle and my battle which I will destroy you all."
Locus sighed. "Some things never change. You chose the place where you died… predictable."
"Predictable? Let me tell you something, I am NOT predictable!"
"No, you're just nothing more than a reckless buffoon who always gets his way… and look what happened long ago. Got yourself killed by a couple of morons."
"DON'T YOU FUCKING DARE MENTION THEM, SAMUEL!"
"Codena-… oh, who am I kidding?" Locus sighed.
"I'll kill THEM after I'm done killing YOU and destroying Twilight Town!" He declared. "I will make it my mission to destroy everything in this universe!"
"Everything? When new worlds are being discovered every day? I seriously doubt that you will."
Felix growled. "Alright, tough guy… you want to go there?" He asked as he got into position… but suddenly deactivated his armor.
"…What are you doing?"
"Fuck the armor, let's settle this like old times!"
"…Very well…" Locus said, as he got rid of his armor as they both glared at each other before running over towards each other and punched each other in the face before sending each other away.
"Heh, still got some power in that punch!" Felix said as they ran at each other again, but this time he ducked from the punch and used an uppercut to knock him back as he punched him repeatedly and kicked him back. "But you're still slow!"
"…Still annoying as ever." Locus growled as he punched Felix but he blocked all the punches and grabbed his fist… but then Locus proceeded to flip Felix down and kicked him away straight to a wall.
"Gah!" Felix exclaimed, wincing from the pain as he noticed his DMR as he went to grab it, but Locus kicked him in the teeth, causing him to groan in pain and skidded a few feet.
"Predictable. Always doing things your way. It's amazing how you didn't manage to get yourself killed when we were at that mission with Siris."
"Don't you DARE put me with that bastard in the same sentence!" He exclaimed as he got up and punched, but Locus grabbed a hold of his fist and punched him in the gut as Felix keeled over and coughed out blood.
"I have no idea why you, of all people, came back alive… but you will die again… and not from those idiots."
"You say that… but YOU'RE JUST LIKE THE REST OF THEM!" He said, placing a Plasma Grenade on his chest.
"What…?!" Locus exclaimed and then Felix kicked him back as the grenade exploded and sent Locus flying away and slammed into a wall while Felix wiped the blood from his mouth.
"I'll tell you what, you punch hard… but you will die like the bitch you are!" Felix said, grabbing his DMR and aiming directly at Locus who was struggling to get up. "And now… you are no more!"
"I should say the same to you." A voice said as Emerald pointed her weapons at Felix, currently in their gun forms. "Drop the gun… now."
"Emerald, no!" Locus exclaimed. "What are you doing here anyway?!"
"Saving you!" She said.
Felix rolled his eyes. "Get a room… preferably where the Heartless SLAM THE FUCKING BED ON THE BOTH OF YOU!" He yelled as he did a roundhouse kick on Emerald to knock her back.
"Agh!"
"Fine, I'll just kill YOU instead!" Felix said, aiming at Emerald with a wicked smirk.
"NO!" Locus yelled, catching his second wind and tackling him to the ground, where Felix had pulled the trigger, but with Locus' quick thinking, it just grazed Emerald's knee as Locus punched him repeatedly but Felix suddenly sunk into the ground. "What…?!"
Felix rose from the ground next to Locus and punched him down straight near Emerald. "Fine, I'll just kill BOTH OF YOU then!" He said, aiming his Magnum and DMR at the same time. "Any last words?"
"LIGHTNING!" Larxene's voice yelled as Felix got shocked.
"YAAAAAAAAAAAGH!" Felix screamed and was launched back. "Ow…" He said after he landed.
"Right on time." Larxene said and walked forward, summoning her knives and was soon joined by everyone else that went in the portal.
"Oh goody, more fucking reinforcements. Just what I fucking needed right now!"
"It's over, Felix. You're going to pay for everything that you did, including what you did to Xarina!" Lea growled, readying his Keyblade.
"I'll do the same to you!" Felix exclaimed. "I will destroy all of you!"
"You're all talk and no bite. You bore me." Larxene said. "But let's do this."
"Ready when you are!" Inkling Boy exclaimed.
Felix put his armor back on. "So be it… let's fucking rock!"
BGM: Spiral (Red vs Blue)
Felix proceeded to shoot them with his DMR, but they quickly ran out of the way as the Inklings shot the ground and dove in. Felix shot the ink, but he wasn't getting anywhere as Aeleus was behind him and swung his Tomahawk at him, sending him flying away as Felix quickly recovered and aimed directly at him, but then Braig aimed at him from afar and smirked, shooting him repeatedly and hitting him.
"Argh! HELP ME OUT HERE!" Felix yelled, summoning the Heartless as they ran forward but Roxas and Namine quickly took care of the Novashadows with the help of Nan and Hina, as Hina ran forward and then punched him to the ground and then kicked him to the side where Neo impaled him several times when it was her turn and then jumped back.
Felix screamed in rage and then fired a barrage of bullets but Marluxia got in the way and swing his scythe to block the bullets as he ran forward and slashed him repeatedly and then slashed him up as Dilan threw his lances to impale him, then the Inklings shot him down.
"Nnngh… unbelievable!" He said as he summoned a Wyvern and a Tailbunker Heartless as they flew over and breathed fire, but Lea took the hits and used Thundaga with to bring them down and then summoned his Chakrams and burned them alive as Demyx played his Sitar and unleashed a tidal wave to wash Felix away.
Felix got back up and growled, running forward and punching Demyx, but he ducked and swung his Sitar to knock him back where Ienzo chanted from his Lexicon and unleashed a powerful Thundaga as he screamed in agony and then Luxord threw his cards at him to cut him up, and then he attempted to run over, but then Even placed his hand on the ground to form an iceberg and sent Felix up in the air as Isa quickly ran up the iceberg and slammed his Claymore on his head to knock him down to the ground hard enough as he slid and got near the area where he was killed last time.
"THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE!" Felix yelled, quickly using his DMR, but Larxene threw a knife in the bullet hole and then it charged with electricity and it exploded on him. "Agh! No fair!" He said as he looked up to see Nan running forward and used Zantetsuken to send him flying. "AAAAAAAAAAH!" He cried, as he fell into the abyss below.
End BGM
"That was it…? I was expecting a bigger fight." Namine said.
"He's never faced anyone like us." Larxene said. "Come on, let's go back. That chump was a joke." She said and they started to walk away… only they heard evil laughter and they turned to see Felix floating up.
"Now what was that about me being a joke?" He asked.
"Felix?! How are you alive?!" Locus asked.
"I'm a motherfucking Heartless! WE'VE BEEN OVER THIS!" Felix yelled and then sprouted Heartless wings from his back and a dark aura emerged from his palm. "Now, let the REAL fun begin!"
BGM: Lusus Naturae (RWBY: Grimm Eclipse)
Felix flew down and landed, creating a shockwave that knocked them all back as he summoned his DMR and shot them, forcing them to dodge but the bullets homed in on Nan, Roxas and Namine as they quickly used Reflega to send them back as Felix teleported behind Ienzo and kicked him from behind.
"Heheheh…" Felix chuckled and fired a dark fireball up in the air, and then it started raining dark fire on them, forcing them to duck or shield themselves as Felix punched the ground to create a shockwave, and then went forward and kicked Aeleus and Dilan away, and then he got sniped by Braig from afar… only for him to appear next to him.
"What the…?!" Braig exclaimed as he was grabbed by the throat and was thrown to the ground and then landed next to him where Felix kicked him away but Braig recovered as Luxord launched cards at them and then manipulated them to face them and he got bombarded with fireballs, but Felix chuckled darkly and destroyed the cards.
He then flew up and then summoned a Tailbunker, but then he kicked it towards them as it divebombed and slammed into the ground, causing a huge shockwave that knocked them all back, but the Tailbunker itself was destroyed and then Felix landed.
"DON'T MESS WITH A HEARTLESS!" He yelled, as he then got hurt with electricity and then he turned to Larxene who hit him with electricity as she threw her knives at him while Marluxia threw his scythe at him as he grabbed them and threw them back to their owners and then he sent two streams of darkness at the both of them to knock them down.
Nan ran over and slashed him repeatedly and then used a Blizzaga at his face, but Felix smirked and kicked him back, and then shot his arm that held his Keyblade, and it was his metal arm and the dark bullets pierced through the metal arm… as there were holes and then his metal arm stopped moving and just dangled. "What the…?!"
Felix smirked and then used an uppercut on him to knock him back but Roxas used Curaga on him. "Nan, what's wrong with your arm?"
"I don't know… I can't even move it anymore!" He said.
"His metal arm received extensive amounts of damage from those bullets, that's why he can't use it!" Sheila said after scanning his arm.
"Oh great, I need to get this fixed now?!"
"If you can live!" Felix said, ready to shoot him, but then Demyx unleashed his water clones to distract him while Neo pulled Nan to safety and then ran forward, slashing him repeatedly.
"Yeah right… like I'd stay out of THIS fight…" Nan growled, pulling out a Summon Gem and then summoned R.O.B. as he scanned the area and then moved forward, using Arm Rotor on an unsuspecting Felix who was distracted by Roxas, Namine and Neo.
"A robot…?! Where'd HE come from?!" Felix asked, and then he got shot by Locus and Emerald, and then by the Inklings as he clapped his hands to make a shockwave, knocking them all back but they recovered as Halo Heart ran forward with an Energy Sword and slashed him repeatedly to knock him back, then aimed her Brute Shot at him and shot him up repeatedly, as Aeleus and Isa came down and slammed their weapons on top of him. "GET… OFF OF ME!" He yelled, kicking them off but then Even proceeded to use Blizzaga to knock him back and used another iceberg to knock him back.
"NOT THIS TIME!" Felix yelled as he recovered and flew down, but time seemed to stop as Sheila scanned Felix and then looked at the wings.
"That should do it…" Sheila said and then sent the information to Halo Heart who summoned the Sniper Rifle after time resumed and aimed at the wings and shot the wings, as he screamed in agony as there were now holes in his wings and he faceplanted. "He shouldn't be able to fly anymore!" Sheila told them.
"Larxene!" Marluxia said.
"Right!"
Both of them ran forward, their weapons ready as they got on opposite sides and then slashed through Felix, severing his wings. "AAAAAGH!"
"Let's wrap this up." Emerald said as she looked deep inside Felix as he groaned, getting up and seeing everyone coming at him at once.
"ENOUGH!" He yelled, attempting to hit them but he was hitting nothing as they were standing there and then realized what was going on and they proceeded to beat him up as he screamed before Emerald was done with him, as he was nothing more than a bloodied pulp at this point.
End BGM
"Pitiful." Locus muttered, glaring at Felix and they walked off while ROB disappeared.
"I'm not… done yet…" Felix said as he got up, his armor basically destroyed as he glared at them. "I'M NOT DONE WITH YOU, SAM!"
"…Leave him to me." Locus said and walked over. "It's over, Isaac… you're just shooting yourself in the foot at this point."
"No… NO… I will defeat you all!" He exclaimed as he weakly punched Locus but he grabbed it.
"Your time as a Heartless is over. You have lost."
"No… I haven't." He glared at him.
Locus sighed. "Isaac… you might want to look down."
Felix looked down… only to see that Locus had placed a Plasma Grenade on his chest. "What…?! NO!"
"It's over." He said, pushing him away. "Think of this as payback for what you did to me."
"SAM, YOU MOTHERFUCKING BASTARD!"
"Codenames." He said and walked off.
"LOCUS!" He screamed… and then the Plasma Grenade exploded, sending him flying towards his death to the abyss. "AAAAAAAAAAAAH!" He screamed before his screams faded… and then they saw a Heart floating up and disappearing.
"Nngh… I need to get my arm fixed…" Nan groaned.
"Right. Let's go." Demyx said, opening up a portal as they all walked in, but Locus stopped Emerald.
"What you did was reckless." He scolded.
"…Oh, you're one to talk." Emerald glared at him. "You wanted to handle this on your own but you almost got yourself killed! If I hadn't shown up, you would've been dead… and then what?!"
"Well, at least I was handling it well until you showed up! You almost died from that monster!"
"But who was the one who saved me?"
"That's not what I meant! What I mean was that you were almost killed."
"Dammit, Locus! You would've been killed if I didn't follow you… and we would've both been dead if they hadn't stepped in."
"This isn't about them, this is about you and how you were almost killed by-"
Locus was abruptly stopped when Emerald kissed him and then pulled away. "I followed you… because I loved you and I wanted to save you."
Locus blushed a little. "Well… you… have a funny way of showing that… I guess…" He said, trying to figure out what just happened.
"Come on, let's just go." She said as she walked into the portal.
…Did she just kiss me? Locus thought and followed her, still figuring out what happened.
Back at the Citadel…
"XARINA DID WHAT?!" Erza yelled in surprise.
"Yeah, that's what happened." Sabrina said. "Have you seen her?"
"No, I haven't." Erza said. "Nngh… I know she's paranoid about her family, but this is… that was completely reckless."
A portal opened and everyone walked out. "Man… that was such a drag…" Larxene said. "I'm gonna go to the hot springs…"
"Hey, where's Xarina?" Demyx asked.
"Um… well…" Aria rubbed her arm awkwardly.
One explanation later…
"WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?!" They all yelled.
"Yeah… that's what happened." Sarah sighed. "To think that it was the perfect opportunity to do this…"
"Dammit!" Larxene cursed. "She's been so god damn consumed by her paranoia that she's… nowhere to be found?!"
"Hmm… this is quite troublesome… where did she go?" Luxord wondered as Maria was fixing up Nan's metal arm.
"Well, at least it wasn't shattered into a million pieces." Maria said, as the arm looked good as new.
"Heheh, nice." He grinned.
"Found her!" Nitori exclaimed. "She's at… she's at Memory Skyscraper?"
"What's she doing over there?" Sabrina wondered.
"Let's go get her." Demyx said. "She needs to see us alive and well."
"Right." Aria nodded, as she opened up a portal. "Anyone coming with us?"
"We'll go." Jaune walked forward with his team.
"Oh, you know we're going." Natsu said as his team nodded.
"Count me and the shrimp in." Gajeel said.
"And me." Cana said.
"And us!" Inkling Girl said.
"I will go too." Zelda walked forward.
"Alright, let's go." Aria said as they walked into the portal and walked in.
As they ran out, they saw Xarina looking at Memory Skyscraper. "Xarina!" Demyx exclaimed.
"…So… you're alive…" Her voice sounded a little… distorted. "Unfortunately for you… you're a little too late."
"What the? Xarina, what's going on with you?" Aria asked.
Xarina chuckled. "Her paranoia got the best of her… and she was lost in her own little world, destroying her mind, thinking that her family was eliminated by some loser. Ha! Get real. The real Xarina would never be so paranoid."
"What are you talking about?! Xarina, you're not making any sense!" Natsu exclaimed.
"I'm making perfect sense."
"I'm getting a Persona 4 vibe here all of a sudden!" Nan said.
"Xarina! Snap out of it!" Roxas exclaimed. "This isn't you!"
"You're right… it's not me… because I've done away with her. Oh, she thinks she's so strong! HA! She's nothing more than a weakling if she can get possessed!"
"Possessed?!" Lucy exclaimed.
"That's right… possessed. I've possessed her body… and I'm running the show here!" She exclaimed, as her outfit changed into a dark blue t-shirt that's torn up and complete with torn up jeans, as her eyes went from blue to purple, and her hair changed to messy blue hair that was floating. "I am a Phantom… who is ready to do away with the real her."
Sabrina growled. "Going all Persona 4 on us, huh…" She said, summoning her Keyblade as they got ready to fight.
"No… this isn't right…" Demyx said. "I'm not going to fight her!"
"Demyx, Xarina's gone." Larxene said. "All that's left is some Phantom that possessed her body. We have to do this!"
"I'm detecting that it's some sort of Heartless that possesses a victim… and it's not just a normal Possessor." Sheila said.
"Alright, now we're getting somewhere." Erza said. "It may be Xarina… but it's not really her. We need to get that thing out of her!"
"Then let's do this!" Inkling Boy exclaimed.
"Heh, show me what you got…" Phantom Xarina smirked.
BGM: I'll Face Myself (Persona 4)
Phantom Xarina chuckled and aimed her hand, proceeding to send waves of darkness at them but they quickly dodged as Roxas and Namine ran forward, not wanting to hurt Xarina but what choice did they have?
They proceeded to slash her several times but she quickly jumped back and unleashed a powerful shockwave filled with electricity and knocked everyone but Larxene off their feet, as it only powered her up as she ran forward and slashed her repeatedly and unleashed lightning bolts on her.
"Argh!" Phantom Xarina exclaimed but smirked wickedly as she kicked Larxene back but then was surrounded by cards and was attacked by Blizzard magic, but she sent a shockwave to get rid of the cards, but Sabrina, Aria and Sarah were right there and slashed her away.
"This is not how I pictured a spar between us!" Sarah said.
"Tell me about it!" Aria exclaimed as Natsu jumped up in the air.
"FIRE DRAGON'S ROAR!" He yelled.
"Cute." Phantom Xarina smirked as she formed a shield to protect herself and then launched lightning at him as he screamed in agony and then Erza, who quickly got into her Flight Armor, got behind her and slashed her away where Zelda stabbed her repeatedly with her rapier. "Help me out!" She snapped her fingers as Several Novashadows, Samurai Nobodies and Beowolf Grimm appeared on the scene.
"HIYAAAAH!" Nora yelled, swinging her hammer to take down the Novashadows and then it went into the grenade launcher form and then proceeded to make a mess out of the Nobodies and Grimm while Pyrrha slashed Phantom Xarina away with Jaune while Ren shot her.
"XARINA!" Demyx screamed, unleashing a powerful tidal wave to knock her back, but she countered with a stream of darkness to knock him back as an iceberg formed underneath her, and with the power of the moon shining down, Isa went into Berserk mode and proceeded to slash her away while Xion used Zantetsuken on Phantom Xarina.
"FIRE!" Roxas, Xion and Lea yelled, all using Firaga at Phantom Xarina, and then they proceeded to attack her all at once but she sent them flying away, not looking very thrilled.
"I should just stop toying with you." She said and then unleashed a powerful electric storm, but Larxene was just getting charged up along with Erza in her Lightning Empress armor.
"Thanks for the juice!" She said and then was immediately behind her with Erza and launched a powerful lightning attack as she screamed in agony and then Natsu, Gajeel and Wendy all were in front of her.
"FIRE DRAGON'S IRON FIST!"
"IRON DRAGON'S CLUB!"
"SKY DRAGON'S WING ATTACK!"
"Agh!" Phantom Xarina exclaimed. "You pests need to be-"
Demyx grabbed a hold of her. "Xarina! Stop this! NOW!"
"Still blinded by the fact I'm taken over? That's just sad…"
"No! What's sad is that you think you can just possess my wife while we're away… she's been in so much agony that I can't stand looking at her like this! Snap out of it!"
"…Pathetic." Phantom Xarina aimed her hand at Demyx's face. "Why don't I just exterminate you fir-"
Suddenly, Nan slashed her away and then Neo impaled her, and even though they didn't like what they just did, they had no choice as Phantom Xarina growled. "Alright, you have pissed me off that I'll just DESTROY EVERYTHING!" She yelled, floating up and unleashing a powerful mass of energy.
"No!" Sabrina exclaimed.
I don't think so. Zelda thought, summoning her bow and aiming at her, and then firing a Light Arrow as she was hit directly as she screamed before falling to the ground, seeming to transform back to normal.
"Xarina!" Demyx exclaimed, running over to her and diving, grabbing a hold of her and then landing. "Xarina? Xarina! Wake up!"
End BGM
"…It is useless…" A voice said as they saw the Phantom that was responsible for this. And unlike a regular Phantom or its Final Mix version, this one looked completely different. This one is purple with blue flames surrounding the sleeves and bottom part of its cloak, complete with red eyes.
"What kind of Phantom is that?!" Sabrina exclaimed.
"A being named Mephiles created me… I am a Possessor Phantom… and I was attracted to the human's paranoia. I have this in my hands." It said, holding Xarina's soul and then trapping it in a cage. "If you can defeat me… the soul will return. But, if you don't defeat me in time…"
A clock suddenly showed up in front of Memory Skyscraper. "Then her soul will be gone forever and she will be dead."
Demyx growled. "…I will get her back… even if it means risking my life in front of this damned Heartless!" He said and then glared at him.
"We can defeat you in a minute!" Natsu declared.
"So be it. Time is running out."
BGM: Destiny's Force (Kingdom Hearts)
"Not only do I have her soul… I do have her powers as well." It said and proceeded to summon a Kelp Splatterscope.
"Okay, is it me or does that thing eerily sounds like Xemnas?" Braig wondered.
"Forget that! That thing has her HDD!" Lucy exclaimed, pulling out a key. "Star Dress… Leo Form. Open! Gate of the Lion! Loke!"
"Requip!" Erza exclaimed, going into her Purgatory Armor as she ran forward and slashed the Phantom, as it unleashed a Thunderbolt on her as she winced. "It has her Burst form too!"
"Her Hybrid form as well." It said, shooting Erza with the Kelp Splatterscope.
"SKY DRAGON'S ROAR!" Wendy screamed, blowing the Phantom away as Natsu jumped forward.
"FIRE DRAGON'S BRILLIANT FLAME!" He yelled, unleashing the massive fireball and hitting the Phantom, but it then teleported and used Psystrike on them all, before summoning the Splatling Gun and proceeded to shoot them all, most of them getting hurt by the ink.
"Alright, you asked for it!" Sarah exclaimed, transforming into her Satana Majora form, as Sabrina and Aria did the same form their own Hybrid Forms.
"ICE MAKE: ARROW!" Gray yelled, firing from his ice bow and hitting the Phantom, but that hardly seemed to work. "…Alright, I guess this will have to do." He said, closing his eyes as his hand started to get dark. "ICE DEVIL'S ZEROTH LONG SWORD!"
"Argh!" The Phantom growled as it unleashed an Earthquake to hurt them, but then the two Inklings shot them with their Splattershots while Nan's metal arm went into its arm cannon phase and fired a powerful blast to shoot it.
"Impressive… but time is running short." It said, as they saw the clock working its way towards the 12.
"No!" Natsu exclaimed.
"Oh, this is bad!" Happy exclaimed.
"LIGHTNING!" Larxene screamed, hitting the Phantom only to get hit by the Splatling Gun. "Agh!"
"It is almost time." It said as the big hand nearly reached the top… only for it to stop and go backwards. "What…?!"
"I'm sorry, but I'm not going to let you do that." A voice said as Sakuya appeared.
"Sakuya? Where the heck did YOU come from?!" Gajeel exclaimed.
"Yukari was keeping an eye on the fight and requested that I come just in case." She said. "It's a good thing I did." She said, readying her knives. "Hmm, this is just like that fight during the Sticker Star incident."
"Ugh… man, I didn't want to remember that horrifying experience…" Nightmare Spawn growled before unleashing a powerful stream of darkness at the Phantom.
"Solid Script: Iron Wall!" Levy exclaimed, as several walls of iron landed on top of the Phantom before trapping him.
"No walls will contain me!" It said, only for Gajeel to eat it all up and then went into his Iron Shadow Dragon phase.
"IRON SHADOW DRAGON'S…ROOOOAR!" He yelled, as it went through the Phantom and it groaned as the former Organization proceeded to wail on the huge Phantom as it fought back but it didn't do it any good as JNPR attacked it and Zelda fired another Light Arrow to severely weaken it.
"Buriallusion: Phantomic Killer in Night Mist!" Sakuya exclaimed.
"Argh! I'm supposed to be a powerful Heartless that Mephiles had created… and yet… I'm…"
"We have to thank Mephiles for that! Because of what he did, we got stronger… and they've gotten weaker again!" Natsu told it.
"He's right." Fairy Slayer said. "We did get stronger… and you're nothing more than a regular Phantom that somehow has the power to possess people." She said, as she aimed her hand and started chanting as Sakuya placed knives all over the Phantom and impaled it, and when she stopped chanting… "FAIRY GLITTER!" She yelled, unleashing it at the Phantom as it screamed in agony… before disappearing and the clock disappeared too.
End BGM
"Oh, squid yeah!" Inkling Girl exclaimed, high fiving Inkling Boy.
They then noticed Xarina's soul slowly floating towards Xarina, along with the forms that the Phantom had stolen… and went inside her.
BGM: Midna's Lament (The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD)
"Mmm… agh…" Xarina groaned, waking up and rubbing her head. "What… happened…?"
"You were possessed." Aria walked forward. "But it's over now."
"Possessed? The last thing I remember…" Her eyes widened. "Oh no…"
"Relax, we had it covered." Demyx said with a smile. "He won't be a bother anymore."
"Demyx!" Xarina exclaimed, hugging him tightly. "I'm so sorry… for worrying you all… I was just really paranoid and… and…"
"It's alright… we're all here now." Demyx said. "Felix is no more."
"Which is good because if he was still around, I would've pounded his face into the ground." Natsu spoke up.
Xarina teared up. "Demyx… there's something I have to tell you… about my deepest fear…"
"I know what it is." He smiled. "You think you can hide that secret from me? I'm not going anywhere."
"Demyx…" Tears started falling. "I'm… sorry for worrying you from… what I did… and… I'm so sorry that-"
She was interrupted when Demyx placed a loving kiss on her lips. "Stop worrying about that. It's all in the past now."
Xarina smiled back. "Right… I definitely need to move on." She said as she got up and looked at everyone as she smiled and walked forward before stopping. "I'm tired of being paranoid… how about you guys?"
"And she's back!" Lea exclaimed.
"Alright, let's celebrate with sea salt ice-cream!" Xion said.
"Ew, no." Larxene said. "sea salt ice-cream's disgusting."
"Yeah right, I saw a smile when you first tried it!" Xarina smiled.
"…Oh, buzz off!" Larxene said, trying to hide a smile but failing as they all walked into a portal.
End BGM
With Mephiles…
"AAARGH! Felix is dead and now that Phantom I created is no more either?!" He exclaimed, punching a wall in frustration. "I hope… I hope that Dry Bowser will get the job done… or so help me, I'll have to do it myself."
With Bowser…
"Huh?" He turned to his troops. "What's this now?"
"Training, remember?" Hammer Bro asked. "We do this every year."
"Oh yeah, that's right. You guys get stronger…" He said.
"We'll be back soon, your nastiness!" General Guy saluted.
"See you later, papa!" Junior waved as they all walked off.
"Heheh, have fun." He said. "Now…" He turned to the Mario Bros, Peach and Daisy. "You said something about golfing, right?"
"Yep!" Peach nodded.
"Misdrea~!" Misdreavus said, snuggling Luigi's neck.
"…Leave me alone…" Luigi muttered.
"Heh, you getting along with a ghost. Never thought I'd see the day." Bowser said, holding his golf club. "Now, let's get going so I can destroy you all!"
"Not on your life." Mario smirked as they all walked to the simulation room where they had set up a golfing spot.
In the Mushroom Kingdom…
"Look at this place…" Dry Bowser said. "So happy, tranquil and all of that mushy stuff. Hmph! Yeah right…" He chuckled. "Well, I guess I'll have to do some… redecorating around here." He said and then looked at Bowser's Castle. "Including that place as well." He chuckled darkly.
Madoka…
"Hey guys?" Madoka walked over to the Magnificent Seven. "I've been wondering something."
"What is it?" Trunks asked.
"Why do I have these fuzzy images of the Magnificent Seven?" She asked.
"…Oh…" Cynthia looked at her solemnly. "Well…"
"Madoka, you may want to sit down for this one." Optimus Prime said as Madoka had a concerned look on her face.
Omake:
Deadpool walked around Alola, humming to himself and then noticed the Video Game store. "Hello!" He said and walked in. "Hey, do you happen to have my video game in here?"
"Try the Orange Islands."
"Rats..." Deadpool muttered and then looked around the store as he noticed a video game in the Wii U section. "Hey, how much for this game?"
Later...
Sabrina walked back in the house with a towel over her neck and in her bikini, as she just got back from swimming in the ocean and sat down on the couch as she noticed the Wii U Gamepad on the couch. "Odd... I thought I put that on the docking station." She said and then noticed a sticky note on the gamepad.
"The disc is already in the Wii U and it's turned on. You can thank me later. - Deadpool."
"...Uh oh..." Sabrina said, pulling the sticky note off and getting worried as she turned on the TV... and discovered that Deadpool had bought Paper Mario: Color Splash just for her.
Her eye twitched. "DEADPOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!" She screamed.
In the hot tub...
"Worth it!" Deadpool laughed.
Watching Persona 4 several months before gives you the most interesting ideas, no?