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Team RWBY were seen resting on the clouds, not even moving an inch… and a certain pink puffball spotted them while minding his own business.
"Poyo?"
The puffball wandered over to them, gently nudging them. "Poyo poyo? Poyo!"
"Mmm…" Weiss groaned, catching his attention and being in front of her face.
"Poyo poyo?"
"Ruby…? Blake…? Yang…?" Weiss groggily asked as she opened her eyes… to see a smiling puffball instead.
"Hiii!"
"AAAAAAAAH!" Weiss screamed, sitting back up and pulling out Myrtenaster. "WHAT IN THE NAME OF OUM ARE YOU?!"
The puffball didn't seem that fazed by the sword pointed at him as he looked at it curiously. "Poyo…?" He tilted his whole body in the process.
"Answer me! What are you?!"
The puffball smiled. "Poyo poyo! Poyo! Poyo Poy!"
Weiss sweatdropped. "…I have no idea what you just said…"
"Mmm… Weiss… who are you talking to…?" Ruby woke up and spotted the puffball. "…What's with the pink marshmallow?"
The puffball ran up to Ruby. "Hiiii! Poyo poyo!"
"Hello!" Ruby smiled.
"Ruby, you don't even know what that thing is!"
"Well, he seems friendly, not to mention that he's SO ADORABLE!" Ruby squealed, hugging the puffball as he smiled and hugged Ruby back.
"Poyo!"
It was then that Blake and Yang got up and looked around while spotting the adorable pink puff. "Who's that… and where are we?" Yang asked.
"…I think we're on the clouds." Blake said.
"We're on WHAT?" Weiss asked as she realized what they were on as they looked down as she then looked down below to see the ground completely far from them. "We're on… we're on… CLOUDS?!"
"Poyo!"
"How is that physically possible?! Clouds aren't supposed to be solid… right? Last time I checked, you weren't able to stand on clouds, right? That's how it works… right?" Weiss asked.
"Well, anything's possible in the Mushroom Kingdom. Hell, I could've sworn I saw some hills and clouds with eyes as we started this journey." Yang said.
"Don't forget the eyes on the mushrooms, flowers and stars!" Ruby added.
"Still doesn't make any sense!" Weiss exclaimed. "Seriously… how did we get here?!"
"We fell into a trap." Blake said. "We were on our way to the Bowser's Kingdom when we fell into a pitfall and we were then launched way over here."
"I suspect Bowser has something to do with it." Yang said, cracking his knuckles. "All the more reason to kick his ass when we get to him!"
"So, we find a way back down to earth and then beat up Bowser. Sounds reasonable." Blake said.
"Then let's go!" Ruby exclaimed. "But first things first…" She looked down at the puffball. "What's your name?"
"Poyo poyo!"
"…His names 'Poyo'?" Yang asked.
"I don't think that's it." Weiss said.
Ruby thought about it. "While it does sound cute… how about a cuter name like… hmm…" A name came to her. "Kirby?"
Kirby smiled, happy that they got his name right. "Poyo!" He nodded.
"Then Kirby it is! Let's go!" Ruby exclaimed as they were all unaware that was his actual name as they took off.
World 7-1: Capes and Leaves
BGM: Athletic (Super Mario 3D Land)
They proceeded to walk around the clouds, looking around. "So, could someone tell me where we are?" Weiss asked.
"We're on the clouds, silly!" Ruby grinned.
"I meant what location, you dolt!"
"Oh, I have no idea…" Ruby looked at Kirby. "Do you know?"
Kirby shrugged. "Poyo poyo…"
"Oh, so you don't know the secret of life either…" Ruby muttered.
"What's THAT got to do with the clouds?!" Weiss asked as they walked around where they spotted a ? Block in the distance as they ran over and Ruby slashed it, and out came a Fire Flower and an Ice Flower, but a Feather and a Leaf appeared as well.
"Sweet, Fire Flower!" Yang picked it up and absorbed it while Ruby looked at the feather in curiosity as Blake picked up the leaf as they both absorbed it.
Ruby's cloak has now turned into a cape (But unfortunately, the hood isn't there) that goes down to above her ankles. On the back is a black version of her Rose symbol.
As for Blake, her bow disappeared and her cat ears got bigger, as she then gained a cat tail that works similar to Raccoon Mario.
"Aww, my beautiful hood! It's gone!" Ruby pouted.
"…Did I just gain a tail?" Blake looked at her tail.
"I guess it's a Cape Feather and… whatever the heck Blake's supposed to be. It was a Leaf, right?" Weiss asked.
"Perhaps it's a Super Leaf, sorta like a Super Mushroom?" Yang suggested.
"Possibly." Blake said as they walked around where they spotted a Lakitu… as he attempted to pelt them with Spinies.
"AAAH! DUCK AND COVER! WE'RE BEING BOMBARDED!" Ruby exclaimed.
"Duck and cover where?! OW!" Weiss yelled after getting pelted on the head.
"We gotta find something to protect ourselves!" Blake exclaimed.
"But what?!"
"Poyo!" Kirby proceeded to suck up a Spiny and then became Needle Kirby. "Poyo!"
"He's got a helmet!" Ruby exclaimed and then looked at a Spiny that was coming for her. "IDEA!" She exclaimed, grabbing a hold of the Spiny and placing him on top of her head. "We use this guy as a helmet!"
The Spiny looked at her as if she lost her mind.
"Are you serious?! That's not going to work!" Weiss said as Lakitu threw another Spiny at Ruby, which of course, killed the thrown Spiny on the Spiny helmet.
"…Or maybe it does!" Yang said as she and Blake put Spinies on top of them, as they also looked at them as if they've gone insane.
"…Okay, if you say so." Weiss said, picking one up… but instead, it bit her as she tried to put it on. "YOOOOWCH!" She yelled as she quickly put the Spiny on. "…I look ridiculous."
"Oh, you look fine." Yang said as Kirby then proceeded to activate his Needle ability, proceeding to fire needles at the poor Lakitu and smiled after killing the Lakitu.
"Poyo!" Kirby smiled innocently.
"…That's… terrifying." Blake said as they proceeded to walk forward as the Spiny on Weiss's head proceeded to give her a hard time, much to her chagrin as they kept running, as they ran into several Paratroopas and Paragoombas, and then they came across a Foo as it blew fog at them, but they got rid of it.
As they kept walking, they spotted a few Parakoopas and Fly Guys dropping Beowolves and Ursa as a Nevermore came into view as well, as they got into positions, then a few Amazing Flying Hammer Brothers arrived to make things worse, as Kirby got rid of the Copy Ability and sucked one up, turning into Hammer Kirby and smirked, proceeding to hammer the opponents.
"Alright… let's see if you like this!" Ruby exclaimed as she got ready and then used her semblance, but as she did, a tornado of rose petals followed her as the Grimm saw this and tried to turn around, but they sucked into it, including the enemies, Nevermore and the Hammer Bros as they were then flung everywhere as the Paratroopa and the Hammer Bro were knocked in front of Blake as she ran over and spun around, as her tail hit the two and causing the two to fall off the clouds and to never be seen again.
"…Well, that's a way to go." Yang said.
"Poyo." Kirby agreed.
"Death by kitty tail… how embarrassing." Weiss said as Blake chuckled and then she looked up to see Ruby floating… or flying in front of them. "Wait, you can fly with that thing?"
"I guess." Ruby shrugged as she floated down and then they took off again, as they saw the flagpole and Ruby pulled it down, and then they saw a Fortress in front of them as they looked at each other and nodded, and then they walked in.
End BGM
World 7-2: Blood-sucking Fuzzballs
Fortress (New Super Mario Bros Wii/U)
"Wow… so this is either a castle or some abandoned fortress." Ruby said.
"I'm gonna go with Fortress… and by the looks of it, it doesn't look abandoned." Yang said. "…And since we're in here, do we need these helmets anymore?"
"Good point." Ruby said as they put the Spinies down as they walked away from them… but then that one Spiny chomped on Weiss's arm.
"OOOW!" Weiss yelled as the Spiny took off. "What did I ever do to you?!" She asked as they walked around, seeing the many Dry Bones and Bony Beetles in the area, as they treaded carefully as Kirby spotted something in the corner of his eye.
"Poyo?" Kirby wondered, seeing a black fuzzball disappearing from the corner as he shrugged and then he caught up with the others as they climbed the tower.
"Uuugh… why do I feel dizzy…?" Ruby wondered after a few minutes of climbing.
"Maybe you're climbing too fast." Blake said, but as they kept walking, she and Weiss were feeling out of it too as they got to the top.
"Hey, you're acting all quiet…" Yang said as she then saw that three Fuzzies were sucking their health away. "…Hey… HEY!" She yelled as she pulled them off, glaring at them.
"Meeeyork…!" One of them said, but she tossed them out the window as they fell out of the clouds and landed on the Koopa Bros who were searching for Team RWBY.
"Uh… guys…?" Black tried to get their attention. "There's something on your shells."
"What?" Red, Green and Yellow looked at the Fuzzies sticking on their shells as they paled up, screaming in the process.
"PULL THEM OFF! HURRY!"
"I would if you wouldn't stop screaming and panicking like a little girl!"
Unaware of the four of them, Nabbit emerged from a bush who saw what happened as he looked up at the sky and then pulled out an umbrella from his sack and proceeded to walk away, giggling in the process as he casually walked away from the screaming Koopas.
Back up there…
"Kirby, see if there's any green Mushrooms around." Yang requested as Kirby nodded and went around the tower, finding some ? blocks and seeing three 1-Up mushrooms as he grabbed them and floated up as he landed near Yang.
"Thanks." She said and then put them in their mouths as their health was restored, but they still look weak as she pulled them into the door behind them.
End BGM
"What…?! You guys?!" A voice asked as Yang and Kirby turned to see Kamek in shock, and a Sumo Bro was behind him. "I thought you were blown all the way to space!"
"Were YOU responsible for that?" Yang growled.
"Well, King Bowser had a part in it, but that's beside the p-p-p-p-p-p-KIRBY?!" Kamek exclaimed in horror.
"Hiii!" Kirby innocently waved before getting on the offensive.
"His name really is Kirby?" Yang asked before getting on the offensive.
Kamek paled up before firing magic at the Sumo Bro. "Take care of them, especially that Puffball!" He said as she quickly took off, not wanting to become Kirby chow.
"Got it!" Sumo Bro smirked, his whole body pulsating with electricity.
"W-we want to fight…" Ruby groaned.
"No, save your strength… Kirby and I will take care of this." Yang said.
"Poyo!" Kirby nodded as he had a wild idea as he discarded the hammer ability and proceeded to suck Yang in.
"WHOA, WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU-… AAAAH!" Yang was sucked in… and then immediately spat out… but Kirby looked different as he had mini Ember Celecia's on his nubby arms and had Yang's hair.
"What the…?!" Blake asked as Yang looked at him.
"…Okay, I don't know what or how that happened…" Yang got back up. "But it's like looking at a little mini me!"
"Poyo!" Kirby smiled as he cocked the gauntlets and glared at the Sumo Bro.
"Alright, let's take him down!"
The Sumo Bro gulped a little when he saw Kirby do that, but he was ready for anything.
"You ready?" Yang asked.
"Poyo!"
BGM: I Burn Remix (RWBY)
Yang and Kirby got in battle positions as the Sumo Bro proceeded to launch electricity at them, but they dodged as Yang and Kirby ran forward as Yang, still having the Fire Flower equipped, launched fireballs at him, as he got hurt but then he jumped forward behind them and got ready to hurt them, but Yang did his usual jabs, but then he was firing the bullets from the gauntlets, hurting him severely as Yang used an uppercut to knock him up in the air.
The Sumo Bro growled, launching lightning bolts everywhere as some of them hit Kirby while grazing Yang, but Kirby shook it off as the Sumo Bro slammed his foot on the ground to create an electrical shockwave, but they jumped in the air as Yang punched the Sumo Bro in the cheek, knocking him to a wall where Kirby proceeded to punch and fire again, but then the Sumo Bro got back up and punched Kirby away, leaving Yang by herself.
The Sumo Bro then punched her, but she blocked with the palm of her hand and then punched him repeatedly while also throwing fireballs at him but then the Sumo Bro punched the ground to knock her away and then ran over and punched her in the chest to knock her into the wall, as she unfortunately lost the Fire Flower power up, causing Yang to growl and then ran over and punched him in the gut and then used an uppercut.
Kirby got back up, shaking it off and then seeing the Sumo Bro. "Po…YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Kirby yelled, as suddenly, the hair started glowing as he ran over as Yang saw this and jumped back as Kirby let out a powerful punch to knock the Sumo Bro away and severely hurting him in the process.
"Ooogh…" The Sumo Bro groaned as Kirby and Yang looked at each other and nodded as they ran over and both used an uppercut as they both fired a powerful shot from their gauntlets, hitting the Sumo Bro as he launched out of the fortress and out of Meringue Clouds, never to be seen again.
End BGM
"Poyo!" Kirby grinned as he saw that he was out of ammo, and so, when he tried to reload, the power-up disappeared. "Poyo…" Kirby looked down in sadness.
"Are you kidding? You did amazing!" Yang praised. "You definitely took him out with a Yang!"
Somewhere else…
"GOD DAMMIT BARB!" Simmons and Church yelled.
"We gotta find this Barb person soon, otherwise they're going to be screaming her name all the time." Sarge said.
"One problem. We don't know what she looks like." Grif said.
"Nonsense! I'm sure we'll find her somehow!"
Back with RWBY…
"Poyo! Poyo!" Kirby cheered, seeming to not mind the pun at all, but RWB groaned at the pun as they stood up, looking like their old selves again.
"You feeling better?" Yang asked.
"Aside from that stupid pun, yes." Weiss said.
"At least Kirby liked it." Yang smiled as Kirby still smiled as they went out of the fortress and proceeded to walk.
"Ooooh, is that a rainbow up ahead?" Ruby asked as she took off running as the others followed her.
Back with the Koopa Bros…
"Aaaand they're off!" Black smiled.
"Oh thank god." Yellow sighed.
"You're a lifesaver." Red said.
"Yeah, don't mention it."
"Guys… did it suddenly get dark out?" Green asked as they looked up to see the Sumo Bro coming down on top of them.
Red's eye twitched. "OH, SON OF A-"
With Nabbit…
THUD!
Nabbit soon fell to the ground after the ground shook as he got back up, wondering what happened as he then shrugged it off and continued his merry way of trying to find RWBY for their valuable items, unaware of the Sumo Bro squishing the poor Koopa Bros.
Meanwhile, at Beacon…
"So move." Sun said, as he was playing chess with the Boo as the Boo simply laughed and picked up a chess piece and smacked his opponents piece away and landed in the spot. "Wha-… that's a good move…" He sweatdropped. "I can't believe it… I'm losing to a ghost…"
"Don't be like that, Sun! You can do it!" Neptune cheered him on.
Jaune sighed. "I can't believe you're all calm about a ghost with us."
"Oh come on, he means no harm." Pyrrha smiled.
Earlier…
"Mmm…" Nora woke up, rubbing the sleep out of her eyes as she was going to go to the bathroom and it was in the middle of the night, and then she spotted something glowy as she looked to see the Boo hovering over him. "WHAT THE?!" She yelled, waking everyone else up as they saw the Boo, causing Jaune to yelp again.
The Boo simply looked at them all and blushed, hiding his face as they examined the Boo.
"It doesn't look like he means any harm." Ren said. "In fact, I have never seen a ghost so… bashful."
"It looks like he's a friendly one." Pyrrha said as the Boo looked at them while uncovering his eyes as Zwei did a friendly 'hello' bark.
"Friendly? He scared the heck out of me!" Jaune exclaimed.
"So he's probably a mischievous ghost. Nothing wrong with that." Nora said. "Hey! He can stay with us!"
"WHAT?!" Jaune looked at her as if she lost her mind.
"That does seem like a good idea. I wouldn't mind having a ghost for a pet." Pyrrha said as the Boo smiled at this and did a playful glare at Jaune.
Back in the present…
"I swear, he always seems to scare me when my guard's down."
"It's just a harmless prank. Who knows, you two could be great friends." Pyrrha smiled.
"If you say so…"
"DAMMIT! NOOOO!" Sun yelled, as he just lost the chess match as the Boo laughed in triumph.
"Don't worry, Sun! You'll get him next time!" Neptune reassured him as the Boo chuckled and floated back to JNPR where Zwei decided to play with him for a little bit.
"Aww, that's adorable!" Nora gushed.
Jaune sighed. "Great, another pet for me to warm up to…" He muttered, watching Zwei playfully tackling the Boo but he disappeared and then reappeared as he laughed and took off as Zwei chased after him.
Anyone catch the reference when Sun and the Boo were playing chess?