"...A wonderful life to be living.

Thanksgiving, a time to be thankful for everything you're having.

We'll never stop striving, even on a special day like Thanksgiving.

Thankfulness from the bottom of your heart, may we never part.

"Every day is a fresh new start.

Thanksgiving, you're thankful for all that you have in the life you're living.

Thank you, thank you for giving, there's nothing missing.

What a life we're living, there's no perfect day like Thanksgiving!"

The music carried through the countryside, in sync with the sound of her voice, in perfect harmony. Saiko Bichitaru strummed on her guitar, hitting the final notes. Then she finished her song to clamoring excitement from her friends.

"Golly gee, that was an amazin' song." Shroomy remarked.

"Heck, yeah!" Meggy nodded, "That's pretty good."

Mario was dancing like the goof that he was. "Oh boy!" He said in his trademark chipper mode, "That's-a so nice-a!"

Saiko bowed, "Thank you, I'm glad you all liked it.

"Yo!" Bob raised a sword arm, "How long did you take to write that?"

Unamused by Bob's question, especially since it was already obvious as to how long it took to write a song, Saiko threw a box at the Garo, sending him flying into a tree.

"Ow, my o******!" He wailed.

Saiko stepped off the stage. "We may not be having any concerts today, but we can still have plenty of musical fun, even on a day like Thanksgiving." She told the others.

Today was Thanksgiving and it had been a very long time since the Glitchy gang's last chaotic adventure, not to mention the Senbo & Aibo debacle.

Saiko and her band had been booked this month in the days leading up to Thanksgiving, performing concerts in Sarassaland, Hyrule, New Donk and other regions in the Mushroom Kingdom.

Now, on the big day, the gang didn't have much to deal with.

Thanksgiving was a holiday, the perfect day off for Saiko and crew. However, they would be performing at the big parade this Saturday in Splatsville. But even without any concerts, Saiko and her friends were still eager to enjoy some musical fun and were planning on a karaoke hangout tonight.

They were out in the countryside, ready to have their picnic. Mario and Bob had come along to help with the cooking and the rest of the gang was a bit busy, especially Melony since she was getting ready to enroll in Omnia Academy to master her powers more.

Either way, Saiko had planned the picnic for the last few days, even between big concerts during the November tour. Since Thanksgiving was the day off for the band, Saiko was able to finish planning and could finally host the picnic.

"Now..." The anime girl said, "There is no doubt, hopefully, that this Thanksgiving picnic going to be perfect with no screwups whatsoever, if we're lucky." Saiko then glared at Mario with an intense glare and raised her voice, "AND I DON'T WANT AN IDIOT MESSING IT UP! YOU HEAR ME?"

Mario yelped and ducked under a table.

"It's okay, Red." Meggy told Mario, "As long as you don't do anything stupid, you'll be fine."

Mario whimpered.

"Sorry..." Saiko apologized, looking at the frightened plumber, "I need to be nicer and we're outdoors in a peaceful environment. And Thanksgiving is supposed to be a relaxing day for eating turkey and being nice to people. Plus, dinner shouldn't need drama."

"At least we have plenty of food." Meggy remarked.

Saiko and her group had the table set up with the picnic blankets ready, they had wine and water ready, plenty of mashed potatoes and carrots, whatever food they would be eating during the meal. And all they had left was the turkey, that was important for Thanksgiving. And yes, there were plates of Spaghetti all for Mario.

"Whimpu will make it back with the turkey as soon as he can." Shroomy told Saiko.

"As long as he doesn't complain about carrying loads again." The anime music girl quipped, "And he seems to be taking an awfully long time to get the job done. Gee, I wonder why that is..."

Mario was just coming out from beneath the table when Saiko angrily grabbed him. "WHY AREN'T YOU HELPING, YOU FATASS!?" She yelled, "YOU COULD BE HELPING WITH THE TURKEY! But no, you're too lazy and all you do is eat spaghetti. WHY CAN'T YOU BE A HERO AND HELP OUT WITH A THANKSGIVING MEAL FOR ONCE?"

Mario yelped, his eyes cartoonishly wide. "Mama mia!" He exclaimed, "There's-a so much that Mario can do before he's-a tired, angry anime girl."

"And where's the pepper shakers?" Bob demanded, his eyes flashed red with a hint of fury as he examined the table, "We have the food, but where are the shakers?"

Saiko pinched Mario's arm. "Mario..." She said fiercely, "Go get the shakers... NOW!"

The fat Italian whimpered and ran off, leaving Bob, Saiko, Meggy and Shroomy be. Meggy looked up at Saiko. "Don't you think that was a little harsh?" She asked.

"My queen..."

Saiko looked up, her nostrils twitching. Everyone looked in the direction of the smell and their stomachs growled. Whimpu had returned with a pan containing what appeared to be an already prepared turkey and it smelled delicious.

Whimpu approached Saiko and held out the turkey in the pan. "I believe this is for you and the rest of our friends, Saiko, my queen." He said in a courteous manner.

"It's so delicious!" Saiko said happily, pumping her fists, "I knew we could rely on you Whimpu."

"Is that a real turkey or a fake turkey?" Bob asked.

"BOB!" Meggy yelled.

"This is a real turkey, Bobu-san." Whimpu said, "Fresh from the Turkey Baker."

"You're a Thanksgiving saver, Whimpu." Saiko hugged her fellow pink-haired musician.

"And once Mario returns with the pepper, we can eat!" Shroomy cried happily.

Whimpu set the turkey pan on the table and carefully pulled the turkey out, placing it onto a large plate surrounded by the smaller plates. The table was already set, dinner just had to be served. Meggy prepared the silverware and Bob prepared the trash bag in the event that food accidently fell off while everyone was eating.

Saiko set up the glasses and poured the drinks while humming Darkest Hour, that song would always be special to her, even Bob seemed to agree that it was.

Just as the gang had set everything up, a holler let them know that Mario had returned. They turned to see the plumber running up with pepper shakers in hand, a lot of pepper shakers. Mario ran up and placed the shakers on the table, then he doubled over, gasping for breath like he'd just ran a marathon.

"Care to tell me where you got 'em?" Saiko asked.

"Mario took 'em from a big chicken." Mario replied, "A really big chicken."

"Did you go to Steve's farm and steal them from a chicken party?" Shroomy inquired.

BOOM!

Everyone braced themselves, large footsteps shook the countryside, rattling the table. The footfalls came closer, creating more booming sounds, and a large shadow descended upon the heroes.

"What the...?" Meggy said.

"That is one big bird!" Bob quipped.

A massive turkey loomed over the group, eyes fixed on them, specifically Mario. It looked angry, really angry.

"Hey, big turkey!" Mario yelled, "How about you piss off, you big mamaf***er!" He gave the bird... the bird.

"Look at the size of that thing!" Whimpu whimpered.

"Cut the chatter, Whimpu!" Saiko drew her hammer, "We can't let that thing ruin our Thanksgiving picnic!"

Meggy snatched her Splattershot, the weapon of an Inkling.

"Hey, big bird!" She called out fiercely, "I wasn't afraid to splat up a member of your kind once, when I wasn't human, and I'm not afraid to ink you up. So, you better back off right now. This is our Thanksgiving meal and you're not invited."

An ominous cackle perked Meggy's attention and she turned just in time to see Shroomy drawing a shotgun, his red skin turning purple as his eyes widened with furious malice. Somehow, some way, the giant turkey's appearance had triggered his demon hunting self... or was he turning into that guy on his own free will.

"I'll say..." Anti-Shroomy intoned, "That thing is a demon!"

The turkey roared and stomped the ground, sending a chill down the backs of everyone. Obviously, Mario had stolen the salt and pepper shakers from this thing, wherever it was and wherever he'd gone, and the big guy was not happy.

Without another word, Saiko ran towards the giant turkey and slammed her hammer down on the ground with enough force to launch herself into the air.

Meggy jumped onto the sound-stage and climbed onto the highest platform, then she aimed her Splattershot, made sure it was filled with enough ink and then she opened fired.

The turkey snarled ferociously and Saiko made her move, she smacked the creature in the side of the beak and it staggered. Saiko landed and watched as Meggy's shots went right for the monster, splatting it in the eye at point-blank range.

"It's-a Mario time!" Mario ran into the fray, "LEEEEROOOOOOOOOOYYYY JENKIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNS! YAHOOOOOOOOOOO!"

The plumber grabbed a nearby rock and threw it at the creature just as it opened its mouth to roar again, the rock soared into the turkey's maw and vanished inside its gullet.

"You came to the wrong picnic, fool!" Anti-Shroomy charged, his finger on the trigger. BLAM-BLAM-BLAM! Shots were fired and the demon hunting mushroom blasted the turkey in the wings, eliciting a scream from the beast.

"NINJITSU WHIRLBLADE BOBUSU SPECIAL, ACTIVATE!" Bob joined the battle and slapped a Naruto hat on his head. The Garo leaped into the air and twirled his body, going right for the turkey with his blades spinning and shining dangerously while Bob howled, "Here I coooooooooooooooooooooooooome!"

The Turkey screeched and threw its head up as Bob came at it, the creature's beak slammed into him, sending Bob crashing into a tree once again and his hat came off.
"And there go my ov****s again!" The Garo said.

"SPLAT BOMBS AWAY!" Meggy shouted.

The former Inkling jumped in confidently, pulled out a Splat-Bomb and threw it at the turkey, who got very curious about it.

The creature opened its mouth and chomped down; the Splat-bomb vanished inside the gigantic turkey's mouth as well. The turkey glared at the heroes facing it and snarled ferociously, then... its eyes widened.

The turkey turned away, its cheeks bulging, and began to make a strangled noise. It stuck out its tongue in an undignified manner, let out a strangled shriek and RETCHED, orange ink splatted out of its mouth along with a rock and feathers, along with several bones and an old man who reminded everyone of the Old Man Hobo.

Orange ink leaked from the turkey's eye; the beast toppled over with a groan. Then, it had ceased to exist and the battle was done.

"YAHOO!" Mario whooped, "So long-eh, big bird!"

"Take that, ya giant clucky!" Shroomy howled, transforming back into normal Shroomy.

"Now we can eat!" Whimpu remarked happily.

Saiko looked at the picnic table, finding the food and drinks untouched by the chaotic madness of the turkey battle. She breathed a sigh of relief; they had a Thanksgiving meal that they could enjoy.

Once they'd caught their breath and had taken in their victory, everyone sat down at the table and Mario passed out the pepper shakers with Saiko, Meggy and Shroomy pouring a reasonable amount onto their respective meals. Bob did the honors of chopping up the bird, making sure everyone had a piece of turkey to eat.

As Saiko and the rest of the gang dug into their nutritious meal, the anime girl smiled, knowing she had something else to be thankful for; That they didn't have to deal with a giant turkey monster while they ate a very delicious Thanksgiving meal with a cooked turkey...

The End