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BGM: Funny Footsteps (Fire Emblem: Three Houses)
"Well… I've got good news and I've got bad news." Polari said.
…That is a talking star. Yuri thought.
"What's the bad news?" Loid asked.
"The bad news… is that your daughter and her pooch accidentally activated a Launch Star and is currently traveling to a galaxy. Yes, she is traveling in space." Polari said.
"No! We gotta save her now!" Loid declared.
"What's the good news?" Yor asked.
"The good news is that she is traveling to one of the safest galaxies out there. Beach Bowl, to be exact!" Polari said.
"That's somehow worse! We don't know what's out there! She could be seriously hurt!" Loid exclaimed.
"Is someone in need of a medical evaluation?" A voice asked as they turned to see Baymax approaching them.
"Oh, hello Baymax."
"What the…?" Yuri blinked.
"Oh my gosh." Yor put the palm of her hands together with a sparkle in her eye. "You are just absolutely the cutest!" She gushed.
"Hello, I am Baymax. I am the Rose/Xiao Long/Branwen Healthcare companion."
"Hello Baymax~!" Yor smiled.
It's… a talking sentient marshmallow… Yuri thought.
"Two people unidentified. Allow me to scan you." Baymax scanned the siblings.
"Yack!" Yuri yelped. This marshmallow is scanning me. I do not like this!
"Identification complete. Yor Neves. Semblance: Hematokinesis, the ability to manipulate anyone's blood to use as her own weapon. Even her own. I do not recommend using it on herself since it will cost her her blood."
"Yeah, I'm actually careful about it… even if I have a cut, I try not to use it."
"Really? Huh, that's actually pretty terrifying… yet an awesome semblance to boot." Loid said while Yuri curiously poked Baymax's belly.
"Is this belly even real…?"
"Yuri Neves. Semblance: Pin Point Accuracy. As long as you keep your target within sight, your shots will never miss. However, he has to stay focused… however, if his eyesight is blocked or gets dirt in his eyes, his semblance will not work."
"Yeah, I'm one of the best when it comes to being in the foooor- hey wait a minute! If you're a healthcare companion, then how come you didn't come to my aid when my sister slapped me into the staircase!"
"My apologies. Your semblance soaked in most of the blow so I was not needed."
Yuri sweatdropped. Seriously…
"Although I am picking up on some ego that was hurt, along with some dignity."
"WHAT?!" Yuri yelled, hearing some snickering from Loid, Yor and Polari. "It's not funny, you guys!"
"I can have a Launch Star ready to go to Beach Bowl Galaxy. Would you all like to go?" Polari asked.
"Yes. We need to go after those two now." Loid said.
"Very well. It's in the Kitchen dome ready to go."
"I will come with you." Baymax said as he walked after them as Loid looked at the Launch Star.
Hang on, sweetie. I'm coming. Loid got in the Launch Star and launched off, and then Yor went in next.
"WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH-AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! OH, THIS IS AMAZING!"
"This thing will look like it'll kill me…"
"Don't worry. I am certain it will not kill you."
"...Riiight." Yuri went into the Launch Star, shooting him high into the sky. "YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! HOW DO I STOP THIS CRAZY THING?!"
Baymax went in last and launched away. "Wah la la la~!"
End BGM
Back in the past…
"Okay okay okay, time out!" Yang said. "Why exactly do you want a Piplup, of all things?"
"I have my reasonings." Rodin chuckled. "And if you're curious as to what I'm doing here, I thought I'd come to appreciate ancient history. I offered Bayo to come with me, but the girl is nursing a headache right now."
"What happened? Falcon Punch to the head?" Ruby asked.
"More like she went to an alternate universe to help out another Cereza. She and another one from her past came to help her out and merged as one to take out this fella named Singularity. Of course, some stuff happened and now our Cereza is back in our dimension. Poor girl's got a migraine going on right now. Said "If I go universe hopping again, it will be too soon"."
Ruby sweatdropped. "Better her than me… hope I don't go universe hopping."
Rodin chuckled. "It ain't for the faint of heart. Of course, you were willing to jump into a space time portal just to stop some lunatic from altering the bond between humans and Pokemon."
"...He's got us there." Ren said.
"Okay, so you want a Piplup. Easy." Blake said.
"Ah, but I don't want just any Piplup. I'd like an Alpha Piplup. In fact… I'd like six of them."
"Six Alpha Piplup?" Ruby sweatdropped. "Oh boy…"
"Why can't you get them yourself?" Jaune asked.
"Heh, I could… but I tend to enjoy the simple things in life and… enjoy the scenery instead of getting tunnel vision and capturing any Pokemon people see rather than enjoy the beauty in nature."
"Fair enough." Ruby nodded.
"One other thing! Is that a Delibird? …If it even is one?"
"Deli~!" The robotic Delibird waved happily.
"Ah! You see, this is a Delibird, but… let's just say that in the far future, Pokemon become cybernetic robots. This one is just one of many." Rodin patted the Delibird on the back. "This right here is called Iron Bundle. An Ice/Water type, if you will."
"...Riiiiight, next thing you tell me, there's ancient Pokemon even further in the past." Nora rolled her eyes.
"You are correct on that, lightning rod."
"WHAT?! I WAS JOKING!"
"...I am so lost right now." Akari sweatdropped.
Willow knelt down at the Pokemon. "Even if it's a robot… it's still kind of adorable." She smiled.
"Indeed. I kinda like it." Whitley nodded.
"Yeeeeah, you're right. Still adorable!" Nora smiled, patting it on the head… which in turn caused the head to spring up. "WAAAAAAAH!" She shrieked, falling on her butt. "I KILLED IT! I DIDN'T MEAN TO!"
Rodin laughed. "He does that all the time to unsuspecting folk. He's a little prankster."
Iron Bundle put his head back into place. "Deli!" He smiled mischievously.
"Great, a comedian…" Weiss rolled her eyes as Ruby took a picture with her Rotom Scroll.
"Gloria's not gonna believe this…" Ruby said.
"Alright so… six Alpha Piplup? I'm sure we can manage." Blake said.
"Good. I'll be around Hisui enjoying it's natural beauty. If ya need me, just call my name and I'll come to you." He breathed into his cigar and blew out smoke. "Have fun searching for them."
"Right. See ya around." Ruby waved as they walked away. "Oh! Say hi to Bayo for us when you go back!"
"Will do." Rodin said as they hopped on the Lapras and headed back to town.
"...Sooo… who was that exactly?" Akari asked.
"Would you believe us if we said "Santa Claus"?" Jaune asked.
"...That's Santa? I always thought he was fatter than that."
Back at Jubilife Village…
BGM: Jubilife Village (Pokemon Legends: Arceus)
"Wot. The fock. Is this?!" Gloria asked as she looked at Ruby's Rotom Scroll. "Ye mean to tell me in the far distant future, Pokemon are gonna be machines?!"
"Sounds like it… and apparently, that Delibird didn't seem to mind one bit. He was quite happy too."
"Oh Arceus, I wannae meet teh guy who thought that was a good idea…"
"How? I mean… it's gonna be way far into the future, long after you're dead… and, even if you do find a way to kill the guy, another guy is just gonna take his place and roboticize Pokemon."
"Ooooh…" Gloria sighed. "Dammit, yer right…"
"Let's not worry about that though."
"Was… the Delibird happy?"
"Oh yeah, it definitely looked pretty content. Pretty chill, didn't seem to care that it was a robot. Just a carefree little guy."
Gloria sighed in relief. "Okay, good… that puts my mind at ease. Also, Marn and I discovered somethin' interestin'."
"Oh?"
"See that lass over there?" She pointed over to Kira chatting with the other heroes. "That's Kira Shedo. Umber's ancestor."
"What?" Ruby raised an eyebrow. "Yeah, I can see a similar facial structure, but that's just coincidental."
"Oh really? Go talk to her."
"Okaaaaay…" Ruby walked over to Kira. "Hey!"
"Hmm? Oh hey, you must be Ruby. Byleth and Dorothea were just talking about you." Kira smiled.
"Oh, really? That's good to knooooooooooooo-" She spotted her yellow eyes through her glasses. "-oooookaaaaay, I'll be right back." Ruby walked away.
"You think she noticed?" Dorothea whispered.
"I think she did." Byleth snickered.
"Yellow eyes?" Gloria asked.
"Yellow eyes."
"Told ye."
"Oi…" Ruby shook her head. "Even in another time period, we can't escape that knucklehead."
Gloria snickered. "Well, what can ye do?"
"Okay, but just because she has yellow eyes-"
"Marn and I talked with her after we had a bit of a shock. She's from the Kanto region visiting Hisui and is one of the first to befriend Pokemon and is a huge advocate for 'em. Her Pokemon are a Venusaur, Marowak, Piplup, an Overqwil, which apparently is an evolved form of Qwilfish, an Articuno and Eevee."
"...Articuno? Of all Pokemon?"
"Yup."
"Ooookay, but I'm still having a hard time-"
"Ooooh, and she likes to relax anywhere in the wilderness since she pretty much likes to be a lazy arse."
Ruby slumped. "Oh my goodness, that's a spitting image of Umber alright…"
"Mhm."
"Still though… a Venusaur? She's got good taste." Ruby chuckled.
"Hey." A voice said as they turned to see Cyllene approaching them with Irida. "I just received intel that Irida wants to take you all to the Cobalt Coastlands." She said, hearing a few surprised gasps from Team Galactic. "Hmm? …Oh, you must be Galactic that I've heard from Kamado."
Oh my Arceus, it's… Mars thought.
"And it seems you have a hint of familiarity with me just like Cynthia." Cyllene mused.
"Come on, I'll take you all to the Cobalt Coastla-" Irida spotted Kira. "Oh, Kira? I thought you went back to Kanto."
"Nah, I'm still here on vacation." Kira waved her off.
"I see. I'll show you to the Coastlands then. You want to come with, Kira?"
"Sure, I got nothing better to do." She said as they walked off.
"You three. Before you go, I need to ask you three something." Cyllene said to Galactic. "Do I… remind you of anyone?"
Mars sighed. "We'd be lying if we said you didn't."
"You remind us of someone we know." Jupiter said.
"Cyrus, right?"
Saturn blinked. "How did you…?"
"Cynthia had the same feelings toward me at first. When I asked her, she explained it. Considering she's-" She looked both ways to make sure Kamado wasn't listening in. "-From the future, I can understand why."
"We worked with that man." Jupiter said. "Mars looked up to him like a father, but he never returned the affection. It doesn't help he was nihilistic."
"Hmm… I see." Cyllene nodded. "I can assure you, I'm nothing like this horrible man. I'm actually quite decent." She gave them a gentle, yet small smile.
"Yeah, you're definitely right about that." Mars nodded.
Cyllene chuckled. "I think it's safe to say that you three have nothing to worry about." She said as she walked back into the Galaxy HQ.
"...How do you feel?" Saturn asked.
"Honestly… I'm… feeling pretty good right now." Mars said.
"So am I. Let's go." Jupiter said as they went after the group.
End BGM
Later, at Cobalt Coastlands…
"We should be out of earshot by now." Irida said as she turned around. "I know you guys are not from here."
"Yeah, we're from Johto." Nora said.
"Of this time period, or from another?" Irida folded her arms. "I know very well you are not of our time period."
"Oh, you guys are time hoppers? Eh, I've met worse weirdos… especially this one guy who tends to get on my nerves. Vanni's his name. He means well but geez, it's like he purposely gets on my nerves or something."
"What does he do?" Ruby asked.
"He runs a company called Rocket Estates. He's a good businessman and I run into him every once in a while. Sometimes at Lavender Hills, sometimes at Pewter Village… he basically wants to keep Pokemon and humans in perfect harmony. It's not easy, but it's doable."
That's a far cry from a certain someone… Steven thought.
"So why does he get on your nerves?" Irida asked.
"Honestly, I don't know. Something about him just… bothers me. Maybe I'm just going crazy."
"Anywho… I know very well you are not from our time." Irida said. "That fight with Lord Kleavor made me pick up on a few things."
"It was my scythe, wasn't it?" Ruby asked.
"That… and you." She looked at Gloria. "You turned into something that reminds me of a Rapidash. Everything was chaotic in that field but I was able to notice that you saved Akari from being hurt from Lord Kleavor. There was also Pyrrha's Pokemon… Scizor, was it? I've never seen such a Pokemon before."
Irida looked at Marnie. "There's also something about you too… I can't quite figure it out yet, but I'll find a way."
Oh boy… Marnie thought.
"In conclusion, I know you are not from our time period, in fact… you hardly look the part to look Johtonian."
"...Do we look the part for… Kanto?" Nora asked.
"Not even close."
"Hoenn?"
"No."
Not even me? Steven raised an eyebrow.
"Sinnoh?"
"You mean the one the clans here in Hisui worship? What are you talking about?"
Nora sweatdropped. "Never mind… how about… Unova?"
"What's a Unova?"
Nora sighed. "...Okay, do we look Kalosian?"
"Not even close."
"Galarian!"
"No. Okay, maybe Gloria, Victor and Marnie do but… the rest of you? No."
"Maybe?" The three mouthed quietly.
"Alolan?"
"No, and before you ask, no… you don't look like Paldeans either, nor do you look like you hail from the Orre region either."
"Crap…" Nora sighed.
"How about Fiore, Oblivia and Almia?" Kira asked.
"No, they don't look the part either."
"Thought so!"
"Anyway, back to my question regarding Gloria's… transformation."
"Well… it's kinda complicated, lass… it's, shall we say… weird."
"Try me."
"Okay, so from where we came from… there are these items that can have me transform into many different kinds of Pokemon. For example…" Gloria reached into her bag and pulled out a Fire Flower. "This."
"What in-... is that a flower with eyeballs?" Irida asked.
"Could be a Pokemon." Kira said nonchalantly, casually putting her hands behind her head.
"It's a Fire Flower. You gain the ability to use fire." Gloria said, tossing it to her. "Personally, I don't need these since I can just turn into these on a whim, but if I feel like absorbin' it just for the hell of it, I will."
Irida looked at the Fire Flower. "What exactly do you mean by absor-" She absorbed it, where her outfit gained fiery decals. "WHAT IN THE NAME OF ALMIGHTY SINNOH?!"
"Always knew you had a fiery spirit~!" Kira grinned.
"Quiet, you!" Irida turned to Gloria. "Okay, so my clothing looks different. Why exactly should I be impre-"
"By the way, your hand is on fire." Kira added.
"My what?" Irida pulled her hand up, seeing it was on fire. "Gah!" She yelped as she turned toward the ocean and ran past some Glameow, putting it in the water "Aaaah… you didn't tell me that before?!"
"Oh, I thought you would have noticed your hand was burning." Kira gave her a smug smile.
"...That's definitely Umber's smugness, no doubt." Coco said as they walked over to Irida.
"Anyway, as I was saying-" Irida pulled her still burning hand out. "I don't think this is impress-... GAH!" She shook her hand, unwittingly throwing fireballs around that struck an Alpha Walrein that was sleeping nearby.
"...Wal…?"
Irida blew into her hand, blowing out the fire. "Okay, that was terrifying… although I don't know why my hand isn't singed."
"...Man, you guys are getting more awesome all the time." Akari chuckled.
"I have a lot of power ups too." Gloria said.
"Is that a fact… do you use these for hand to hand?"
"If I wannae spice it up a bit, yes. Although I can do it without too."
"I want you to give me everything you got as a Rapidash." Irida said, getting in a stance. "After all, Pokemon is not all I can do."
"You know hand to hand?" Gloria asked in surprise.
"Akari taught me a few things when I caught her fighting an Ursaring a few weeks ago."
"I also taught Adaman, just so ya know." Akari said.
"Teddi…" The Teddiursa mumbled when it heard Ursaring.
"You kept it?" Weiss asked.
"Well, what was I supposed to do? Let Plasma take care of it?" Yang asked as she was giving it a piggyback as Manaphy, riding on Willow's shoulders, jumped over to Yang's.
"Mana Mana." Manaphy put his hand on the Teddiursa's shoulders. "Mana Man!"
"Teddi…" Teddiursa smiled.
"Alright… if ye insist." Gloria immediately went into her Rapidash form. "Just to warn ye, I don't hold back!"
Irida got in a stance. "Good."
"Typical. No matter what time period, she always gets in a scrap with someone." Marnie shook her head with an amused smile.
BGM: Battle! Warden (Pokemon Legends Arceus)
The Indecisive Leader - Irida
Gloria rushed toward Irida, her eyes widening. She's so fast! She thought as Gloria delivered a strong punch to knock Irida down.
Irida immediately got back up as she turned around and slugged her, but Gloria weaved her head and counter punched her in the gut, catching the attention of a Machop.
"Chop…?" Machop wondered, tilting its head as Gloria fire punched Irida, but she blocked with her arms and then sweep kicked Gloria down as she punched her right after, but Gloria rolled out of the way as Irida punched the sand instead as Gloria delivered a one two punch but Irida blocked with her arms and then countered her with a gut punch.
"Machop…" Machop looked on in awe.
Gloria flip kicked Irida away, then lunged at her as Irida delivered a right hook that struck her cheek as Gloria countered with a left hook to her cheek as the two backed up as they lunged again as Gloria fire kicked her but Irida cartwheeled out of the way, making sure her foot struck Gloria in the face.
Irida turned around, only for Gloria to fire kick her in the gut to make her hunch over and then Gloria then went for a fiery right hook but Irida ducked and countered with a strong palm strike to her chest.
Gloria smirked, lunging straight for Irida as she did the same, both of them pulling back their fists… right as an Ice Beam went between them. They turned their heads to see a pissed off Alpha Walrein.
"WAL! WAAAAALL!"
"...Oh shite…" Gloria grimaced as they all ran off as the Walrein flopped after them… before it grew tired and fell back asleep as a few Spheal rolled around him.
End BGM
BGM: Cobalt Coastlands (Pokemon Legends Arceus)
"I think a few stray fireballs hit that Walrein." Marnie said.
"Figures…" Irida sighed. "But I've seen enough though. You're quite the fighter in that form, and I can tell you have many forms that will give you an edge in battle."
"I'm just gonna say this, you guys are wild and I love it." Kira said.
"What'd we miss?" A voice asked as Jupiter and the others approached.
"Gloria fighting Irida." Cynthia responded.
"A Scot getting into a fight. What else is new…" Mars chuckled.
"Especially my Scot." Marnie snickered while Victor rolled his eyes.
"That was not the main reason why I brought you here to Cobalt Coastlands. While I was wanting to inquire Gloria's strength… I figured you would help me out with something."
"That being?" Ruby asked.
"The truth is, the Cobalt Coastlands doesn't have a Noble… not anymore. It's last one died a few years ago. In turn, it's caused the Warden of this place, Palina, to be questioned if she has what it takes to be a Warden. I can relate, honestly… sometimes I wonder if I have what it takes to be the leader of the Pearl Clan since I've never seen Almighty Sinnoh for myself."
Irida sighed. "Well… at least I know Almighty Sinnoh isn't some primal beast that Adaman and his clan believe it to be."
"What Noble Pokemon did she have?" Pyrrha asked.
"Arcanine. Now she has only two Growlithe. She's at the top of Windbreak Stand." She pointed toward the tip of a large cliff. "I'll take you over there."
"Alright." Ruby nodded as Irida escorted them to the cliffside.
Meanwhile, the Machop tried out some air punches near an Alpha Drapion. "Machop Chop…"
"Chop?" Another Machop approached him.
"Machop Mach Mac."
"Chop Chop?"
"Machop!"
The second Machop nodded, proceeding to swing its fist into him, only for him to block and countered right after. The two Machop continued to fight as both of them seemed to perfect the counter, which caught the attention of a Machoke.
"Choke?" Machoke wondered as when the Machop asked him to throw a punch, the Machoke shrugged it off and punched him, only for Machop to counter it by throwing an uppercut. "Machoke?!" It said in surprise.
"Machop Chop Chop!"
"Machoke… Choke Choke!" Machoke walked over to an Alpha Machoke, who was leaning against a rock. "Machoke!"
"Choke?" The Alpha Machoke asked as the Machoke punched him in the face. "MACHOKE CHOKE!" It yelled and punched in retaliation, only for the Machoke to counter the punch and palm struck it.
"Choke?! Machoke Choke Macho…" The Alpha Machoke said in surprise.
"Machoke Cho!"
The Alpha Machoke nodded and decided to walk over to an Alpha Octillery while a Staraptor had witnessed this.
"Star… Staraptor?" Staraptor flew down to the Machop that started it all. "Staraptor Tor?"
"Machop Macho!"
"Staraptor… Star!" Staraptor flew off toward all of Hisui, eager to tell those who were interested in learning all about the move known as… Counter.
The Alpha Machoke poked the Alpha Octillery in its rubbery head. "Till?" Octillery turned around, only to get slugged in its beak. "OCTILL!" It yelped in surprise.
"Machoke Choke Choke Macho!" The Alpha Machoke eagerly waited to counter it, only for a cross vein to appear on the Alpha Octillery's forehead and proceeded to unleash a point blank Hyper Beam to its face. "CHOOOOOOKE!"
"Hmph!" The Alpha Octillery jumped into the water, leaving an Alpha Machoke covered in soot from the knees up. He blinked a few times before falling on his back in pain.
"Choooooke…"
Back with the others…
"Did anyone hear the sound of a… Machoke dying?" Yang asked as they walked up the hill.
"All I heard was a Hyper Beam. Probably something got pissed off." Raven said.
"Hate to be whoever was on the end of that one." Maia said as they kept walking while Byleth and Dorothea walked alongside Summer, the latter feeling unsure of herself while Velvet snapped some pictures of a Mothim and some Glameow wandering around. As they got further ahead, they would see an Alpha Purugly walking nearby.
"Aww, it's a Purugly!" Mars smiled.
"An Alpha one at that… I didn't know they could get that big." Saturn said.
"Probably best to ignore that one." Jupiter said as they walked around it as it was in the middle of a cat nap as they went further along.
"Here we are." Irida said. "Heeeey, Palina!"
"Hmm?" Palina turned around along with two Growlithe. "Oh, Irida." She greeted warmly.
"Groooow!"
"Growlithe!"
"Oh my gosh! Hisuian forms!" Ruby's eyes sparkled as she immediately rushed toward them. The Growlithe immediately responded by charging at Ruby and immediately tackling her, licking her face. "Pffft, hahahaha! That tickles!"
"Oh Rubes… always the dog whisperer." Byleth chuckled.
"I take it you are the ones who quelled Lord Kleavor. You all look battle weary." Palina said. "I am Palina, the Warden of Cobalt Coastlands… however, there are no Noble Pokemon here." She sighed. "There was once an Arcanine that ruled here, but a few years ago, he perished when he was rescuing his pup from drowning in the sea."
"Son? Then I'm guessing one of them is his. I wonder which one though…" Mavis mused.
"Hmm…" Bereto rubbed his chin. "It's the small Growlithe. The bigger one seems like it's the true heir, but that one would throw anyone off."
"I agree. It's the small one." Ozpin agreed.
"Indeed." N nodded.
"Wow, usually people typically guess the bigger one. But yes, the small Growlithe is the heir to be the next Noble. However, due to what had happened, I'd rather not force it and have it live its life. I'm well aware those of the Pearl Clan speak ill of me… but it is my choice."
"I don't speak ill of you, Palina…" Irida frowned.
"I know you don't, Irida." Palina smiled and then spotted Kira. "Oh, Kira! Fancy meeting you here, I didn't realize you were still around."
"Of course I am!" Kira grinned.
Palina turned her head toward a volcano in the distance. "I should probably show you that Arcanine's domain is in the heart of Firespit Island. However, to get there, you will need Basculegion to assist you. In order to get Basculegion, you will need to go find Iscan over at Aipom Hill. He's part of the Diamond Clan… he'll show you what you need to do."
"Way over there? Let's go." Nora said as they headed off for Aipom Hill, only Irida stayed behind.
"Lord Arcanine… forgive me…" Palina whispered, standing over his gravestone as Irida put her hand on her shoulder.
"I think Arcanine already has." She said gently as a tear escaped Palina's eye.
"I sure hope so…"
Later, at Aipom Hill…
"This must be it." Ruby said, seeing the only Diamond tent on the hill while Oran watched some Aipom run around.
"Cute." Oran smiled as Ruby knocked on the door.
"Coming!" A voice said as a man walked out of the door and saw the large group. "Eeek! I… I wasn't expecting a whole group!"
"Hi, are you Iscan?" Cynthia asked.
"I am, indeed… yes. C-Can I help you?"
"We're looking for Basculegion… do you know where we can find it?" Pyrrha asked.
"Oh… I'm actually Basculegion's caretaker." He said. "In order to summon him, you will need to make some of his special food. In order to do that, you need a D-... D-..."
"Dunsparce?" Gloria asked.
"A Ducklett?" Marnie asked.
"A Dudunsparce?" Victor guessed.
"...A wot?" Gloria looked at him questionably.
"It's a Paldean thing."
"...Ooookay."
"I can't bare to say its name… but… it has a one eye and it's a… Gh-Ghost type…"
"Duskull?" Ruby guessed.
"Dusknoir?" Cynthia chimed in.
"Dusclops." Dorothea guessed.
"Eeeek! Don't say it's name… it brings bad luck to those who say it!"
Dorothea sweatdropped. "What?"
"But yes… it's a… Dusk Bops. You will have to use a Dark Pulse on it for it to work… you can find it at Deadwood Haunt at night, but… please… be careful. Ghost Pokemon are d-dangerous…" He said as he disappeared back into his tent.
"Ooookay… wonder how he feels since there are two ghosts with us." Tai said.
"It'd probably give him a heart attack." Qrow said. "So uh… Deadwood Haunt… that's…?"
"I know where it is. It's this way!" Kira guided them to their destination.
"Soooo… what exactly is a Basculegion anyway?" Ruby wondered.
"Basically, it's an evolved form of Basculin. In a school of Basculin, one of them evolves into a Basculegion when most of its friends get wiped out by hungry Water Pokemon. It feeds on their souls and evolves into Bascelegion. In turn, many a Tentacruel are on the wrong end of its vengeful wrath."
"...Oh gosh, I guess I should consider myself lucky." Blake said.
"Okay, I have to know. How many Basculin did you eat?" Weiss asked.
"A lot. I even made a list of fish Pokemon that I've eaten…"
"You what? You gotta be joking." Weiss said as Blake pulled out her scroll.
"Am I now?"
Tasty Fish Pokemon To Eat
Basculin
Goldeen
Seaking
Magikarp
Remoraid
Finneon
Lumineon
Arrokuda
Barrowskewda
Can't Bring Myself To Eat
Chinchou
Lanturn
Luvdisc
Alomomola
This Thing Will Eat ME
Carvanha
Sharpedo
Not Worth My Time/Not Risking It
Qwilfish
Wishiwashi
Never Had, But Wanting to Try
Barboach
Whiscash
Feebas
Relicanth
Bruxish
"...Blake. YOU DOLT! You seriously documented all of this?!"
"Why not? Thought I'd try 'em out." Blake said as a Pokeball was heard opening up as Cynthia's Milotic slithered over to the scroll.
"Milotic? I didn't call you out…"
"Milo…" Milotic studied the scroll and gave Blake a dirty look before proceeding to use Scald on her.
"Wah!" Blake used her semblance to get away from it, but got tail slapped in the face by Milotic and slithered back to Cynthia. "...Look, I wasn't going to eat you!" She said as Milotic went back in the ball.
"I don't think Milotic approves." N said.
"Text me that list, honey." Kali whispered with a wink.
Ghira lightly facepalmed with a small groan. "Kali, please..." He mumbled.
Akari looked at the list. "I tried an Arrokuda once... wasnt a fan." She said as they made their way to Deadwood Haunt.
"Soooo, now what do we do?" Yang asked.
"We wait." Blake said. "Might as well set up a camping spot to pass the time."
Qrow, meanwhile, walked toward some shipwrecked boats. "Heh, kinda interesting..." He said.
"Kinda interesting! Kinda interesting!"
"Hmm?" Qrow turned to see a flock of Chatot nearby, one of them having picked up on Qrow's speech. "...Sorry, I don't have a cracker on hand."
"Cracker on hand! Cracker on hand!"
A Remoraid swam by and spotted Qrow. It narrowed its eyes before using Aqua Jet into his back. "Gah!" Qrow yelped as he turned to his assailant. "What the hell, asshole!"
"Asshole!" A Chatot repeated.
"Asshole! Asshole!"
Qrow turned to the flock, where they were all repeating "asshole" to themselves. "Uh oh..."
Meanwhile, forward in time in Sinnoh...
"Aaaand if you look to your right, you will see a friendly group of Chatot!" A tour guide said. "They're a little shy, but they are very sociable and friendly. You might even make a new friend!"
A woman approached one of the Chatot, as it happily landed on her shoulder. "Aww, you're a cutie!"
"Asshole!"
"HUH?!"
"Asshole! Asshole!"
"What in...?!" The Tour Guide looked on in horror as the whole flock started repeating the word "Asshole".
"Mommy, what does that word mean?" A little boy asked as his mother covered his ears.
"Don't listen to them, sweetie!"
"Hmm..." A Pokemon trainer pulled out his Pokedex.
"Chatot: The Asshole Pokemon. No one truly knows how this Pokemon became foul mouthed. This Pokemon loves to sing about how much of an asshole it truly is."
"Yeah, that checks out."
Back in time...
"Aheheheh..." Qrow casually walked away with a whistle.
End BGM
BGM: Field - Late Night (Pokemon Legends Arceus)
During the camp out, Akari had snagged an Octillery that had swam toward the camp out of curiosity and was training it with her Eevee.
"Alright, Marina! Use Ice Beam! Eevee, dodge it!"
"Ooooctillll!" Octillery unleashed Ice Beam as her Eevee dodged it and then used Baby Doll Eyes, then used Swift to strike the Octillery, then Tackled her head on.
"Evai!" The Eevee cried, when suddenly he started glowing."Vai?"
"Ah!" Akari grinned excitedly as the Eevee evolved into Sylveon.
"Sylv!"
"Awesome, you evolved into Sylveon! ...No idea what to name you though."
"Hmm... ah! I got it!" Ruby said. "How about Twink, like a twinkling of an eye?" She heard snickering from the Galarians, Yang, Qrow, Raven and Maia. "...What?"
"Rubes, do you even know what that means?" Coco asked.
"No, but I imagine it means a twinkling star?" Ruby guessed as Coco whispered in her ear, causing her to blush and turned to the female Galarians. "THAT'S what you were calling Bede?! I thought you were just calling him that because he had a twinkling personality!"
"PFFFFT!" Gloria fell on her back, laughing hysterically. "Oh! Oh Arceus! That's good!" She cackled while Marnie was giggling uncontrollably.
"Huh, well, I always did think he was a pretty boy..." Victor mused.
"How about Ribbon? That seems fair." Kira said.
"Yeah, I like that better." Akari nodded. "Ribbon it is!"
"Sylve!" The Sylveon smiled.
Rosalina looked up at the night sky, gently stroking Oran's head as he slept in her lap while Byleth and Bereto fished nearby, Dorothea napping underneath a tree. Zhang and Luce were with her, also taking a nap.
Ruby spotted Summer walking away, seemingly in a trance. "Mom...?" She walked after her.
Mavis noticed this and silently followed her.
Ruby followed Summer to a small island nearby, where she saw her walk straight for a Wisp. "What's that...?" She wondered as Summer absorbed the Wisp.
"Agh!" She whimpered, clutching her head as she pictured a man pushing a woman off a boat into hungry Sharpedo-infested waters.
Her eyes flickered purple, panting heavily as she straightened up and walked to the next Wisp.
"That's an evil wisp." Mavis said to Ruby. "Whatever those are, it's making Summer act strangely. Not only that, but it's like it's possessing her. The more she absorbs, the more it's taking control of her."
"...And the more she absorbs, the more she's acting-" Her eyes widened. "That makes so much sense now! Those wisps are making her behave oddly..."
"I fear if we get all a hundred and seven wisps, she'll be under full control. It's odd how this girl suggests I could help her out, yet Summer is the one doing it all."
A deep growl escape Ruby's lips. "Like hell I'm going to let her get possessed!" She said as she used her semblance to run after Summer.
"Hey, wait!" Mavis floated up and flew after her.
Pause BGM
Summer approached a wisp, but Ruby immediately flanked her and got in her way. "Nope! Don't even think about it!"
BGM: Villains of a Sort (Kingdom Hearts)
"...And who do you think you are, mortal?" Summer asked, her voice a bit distorted.
"Whoever you are, you have no business being in my mother!"
"Hahaha... foolish girl. I am Spiritomb! This host is perfect for my mission to restore my body and use this woman to help my conquest of taking over Hisui! I have to thank that stupid Team Plasma for gathering my remaining Wisps for me. It will make things easier for me."
"So you will take over my mother. What then?"
"Eradicate the humans, of course."
Eradicate humans?! Mavis thought in horror.
"Now that you know my plan, I have no choice but to eliminate you, human! You and that ghost girl you brought with you!"
Ruby readied her scythe. "Bring it on, Spiritomb."
End BGM
BGM: Face It! (Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories)
"Are you seriously going to hurt your mother?!" Mavis said in surprise.
"No, I got a better idea!" Mavis, you still have your Revitalization semblance with you, right?"
"Yeah, but-"
"Follow my lead!"
Spiritomb smirked wickedly. "I care not for your stalling!" It unleashed several Shadow Balls at her, where Ruby swiftly blocked with her scythe.
"You're not whole yet. Your moves are nothing!"
"Then let's get interesting." Spiritomb pulled out Summer's daggers and lunged at Ruby, who swiftly weaved her body around the dagger swings.
Mavis got into position and then tackled Summer from behind, her hands glowing. "Come on, come on, snap out of this possession!"
"Rrrrgh! You meddlesome...!" Spiritomb grunted as Ruby wrapped her arms around Summer up front, taking Mavis's hands as her hands glowed as well. "GRAAAAAAAGH!"
End BGM
The purple and green colors disappeared from Summer's body, where both of them took a step back as Summer fell on her knees.
"Huh, I didn't know Revitalization could keep away possession..." Mavis said. "Neat!"
"Uuungh... what am I...?" Summer shook her head. "Ruby...?"
"Hey mom." Ruby smiled as Summer instinctively hugged her.
"Oh... oh gods..."
"Easy... do you remember anything at all?"
"Honestly, everything's been such a blur since that night... I feel like I've been dreaming but- how long have I been...?"
"Probably for a few days. You've been acting so strange, but since Mavis told me what happened, it now makes sense."
Summer sighed. "Dammit... I thought for sure the item that the little girl would give me would absorb these wisps, not myself..."
"Unfortunately..."
"So... did you get it out of me?"
"I'm afraid it might not be that simple." A voice said as they turned to see Irida approaching with Palina. "Sorry, we also watched that little fight unfold."
"It's not?" Mavis asked.
"You only kept that Spiritomb at bay with your... "resemblance", I think you said... you didn't exactly get Spiritomb out of you." Irida explained. "You only temporarily stunned in, but it was enough to get Summer back to herself for a while."
"I was afraid of that." Ozpin approached. "Until we find a way to get Spiritomb out of your body, we'll just have to keep temporarily stunning it."
"And mom? I'll make sure that Spiritomb won't make you do something regretful."
"But... I attacked you..."
"I'm still here, aren't I? You didn't hurt me at all... besides, he was a little slow, making your attacks easy to dodge."
Summer sighed with relief. "Oh thank Oum..." She said as she took Ruby's hand. "Honey, please... I want you and the others to get this asshole out of me."
"We'll find a way." Ruby smiled as the two hugged.
Meanwhile...
"Aha! There it is." Akari said as a Dusclops appeared in the night along with some Duskull.
"Murkrow Krow?" A Murkrow asked some Chatot.
"Asshole! Asshole!"
The Murkrow sweatdropped and flew off. "Murkrow..."
Akari pulled out a Great Ball. "Easy does it... NOW!" She threw the Great Ball at the Dusclops.
"Clops?" Dusclops turned around and got hit with the Great Ball... however, to Akari's dismay, it immediately got out.
"Crap!"
Dusclops angrily glared at them. "DUSCLOOOOOPS!" It yelled, ready to use Dark Pulse on it... but then Gloria got in the way and transformed into her Duskull form.
"Dusk! Duskull Dusk!"
"Clops?"
"Duskull Dusk Duskull."
"Clops Dusclops Dus Dus Dusclops!"
"I really need to install a Pokemon translator into my eyes..." Marnie said.
"Duskull Dusk Dus..."
"Dusclops Dus?" The Dusclops nodded. "Dusclops Clops!"
Gloria turned to them with a smile. "He'll do it."
"I don't know what just happened, but I'll take it." Akari said as they went back to Aipom Hill, where Rosalina carried a sleeping Oran on her back.
"You're sure a heavy sleeper, honey." Rosalina giggled.
Once at Aipom Hill...
Resume Field - Late Night BGM
"Hey, we got that... thing for you!" Coco called out as Iscan walked out.
"You do?" He asked as Gloria, still in her Duskull form, rounded the corner with the Dusclops.
"Yup!"
"AAAAAAAH!" He yelped. "D-D-D-Dusk... Bops...!"
"Dusclops?" The Dusclops tilted its head.
"I always find it ironic..." Palina approached with her Growlithe. "You have a fear foe Ghost types, yet you have no issue with Basculegion."
"O-oh! Palina! Wait... should we be seen together...?"
"Don't worry..." Irida emerged from another corner. "I'll keep this a secret from our clan."
"I-Irida?! You told her?!"
"More like I had my suspicions." Irida said. "It's understandable since we have bad blood, but... honestly, I think you and Palina are quite cute together, especially since I've heard that you rescued her when you were kids."
Iscan chuckled. "Well... yeah, we did." He said.
"I'm quite shocked that you know, but... at the same time, relieved." Palina chuckled.
"Groooow!" The two Growlithe howled in approval.
"Soooo, when's the honeymoon?" Kira asked smugly.
Palina blushed a deep red. "KIRA!" She yelled as Iscan also blushed while Irida had to restrain herself from laughing.
"Ahem... the Dusclops?" Gloria spoke up.
"R-right... of course... let me get it situated here..." Iscan started to prepare the food. "Alright... here we go. On the count of three, you do... that move..." He shuddered. "One... two... g-gah! The anticipation's killing me here...! I don't want-"
"Three!" Kira cued as Dusclops unleashed Dark Pulse on the food.
"...Be still, my heart..." Iscan whimpered.
"Duskull Dusk."
"Dusclops!" Dusclops nodded and headed back to Deadwood Haunt, while Gloria turned back to normal.
"That was easy!" Gloria smiled.
"Easy for you to say..." Iscan mumbled.
"Hey, at least we got it!" Ruby grinned.
"Right, now let's go deliver this for Basculegion." Blake said as her ears twitched and looked ahead. "Huh... how long was that Space Time rift there?" She wondered as it disappeared.
At the spot...
"Okay, I'm not sure what the hell you are..." A female Plasma Grunt said. "But I wanted a Qwilfish, not... you, you ugly cretin!"
"Dondoze..." The Dondozo glared at her. "Dondozo!"
"Yeah yeah, tell it to someone who-" The Dondozo leaped out of the water. "-CARES?!" She yelled as the Dondozo swallowed her up instantly.
"Don~!"
Inside the Dondozo...
"Ugh, well this is humiliating..." She mumbled.
"Tatsu?"
The grunt turned to see a Tatsugiri looking at her curiously. "What the hell are you looking at, tiny? Beat it!" She slapped it away.
"Tatsugir!" The Tatsugiri yelped... before it angrily glared at her.
"Oh what, are you gonna slap me to death? I'd like to see you try!"
"TAAATSUUUUUUUUU!" It yelled, unleashing Hyper Beam on her.
Outside...
"Dondoze..."
Suddenly, an explosion made it bulge up before it deflated. Smoke coming out of its mouth.
"Doze...?" The Dondozo wondered before it shrugged, turning around and hopping back into the water to swim around in.
Meanwhile, forward in time...
BGM: Beach Bowl Galaxy (Super Mario Galaxy)
THUD!
"Mmmmph!" Loid grunted as she and Yor were on their knees.
"Nnngh..." Yor grunted. "That's... a hard landing..."
THUD!
"GRAAAAGH!" Yuri yelled, as he was sprawled out. "I'm... okay...!" He said as Loid and Yor shook off the pain as they looked around the galaxy.
"Anya should be here somewhere." Loid said as they walked around as Baymax came in for a superhero landing, then he turned to Yuri.
"Your ankles have received most of the blow, but you seem to be in pain." A screen popped up on his chest. "On a scale of one to ten, how would you rate your pain?"
"Ha... this is nothing... this is definitely a one..." Yuri staggered to his feet. "Maybe a two, but I can easily wa-" He felt unbearable pain on his feet as he fell on his butt. "Aaaagh! Definitely a ten!"
"My diagnosis? A foot massage!" Baymax sat down, taking off Yuri's shoes and proceeded to give them a massage.
"H-hey! Stop! I didn't ask you to... ooooh, that actually feels pretty good..."
"Anya? Anya!" Loid called out as they heard barking. The two of them hurried over and saw Anya playing tag with the penguins while a few penguins rode on Bond, happily giving them a ride.
"Tag, you're it~!" Anya giggled.
"Oh, that's adorable!" Yor gushed.
Loid sighed with relief and approached Anya. "Anya!"
"Hmm? Oh, papa!" Anya immediately hugged him happily.
"You don't have to worry about anything, sir. We were keeping her company." The Coach said.
"Don't go wandering off like that, young lady..."
Anya frowned. "I'm sorry... I didn't mean to go off into space... I saw this cool spaceship and I looked around and... blasted off to the unknown."
Loid chuckled. "Don't worry about it." He said, giving her a hug. "Come on, let's head back home."
"Okay!"
"It's rather beautiful here." Yor said, looking around the galaxy as she walked off with Loid and Anya where they would see Baymax giving Yuri a massage.
"Your muscles are tense, there are a lot of knots on your back." He said.
"Oooooh, mama... so this is what a massage feels like..." Yuri sighed happily, putty in Baymax's hands.
"Don't they have a massage parlor in Atlas?" Yor wondered.
"They do, but it's mostly for pets and Faunus..."
"Oh."
"There we go. Good as new!" Baymax said as Yuri got back up while stretching.
"Hoo, I feel like a new man!" He said. "...Sooo, how are we getting back?"
"Hey Polari, if you can hear us, we'd like to go back!" Loid said, and right on cue, forcefields surrounded the group as they were taken back to the Observatory.
Me: *evolves Eevee into Sylveon in Arceus* Awesome! ...Now what to name him?
Yoshi: Twink.
Me: Oh, so referencing Twink from Paper Mario? I like that!
Yoshi: ...Oh.
*later*
Yoshi: *tells me what Twink actually means*
Me: ...Ooooh...
Ibuki: PFFFFT! And to this day, you still haven't renamed your Sylveon something else! *laughs*
Well... it kinda grew on me.