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BGM: Alleycat (Persona 5)
"Well… this is a fine how do you do, isn't it?" Ann mumbled, leaning against a wall.
"Tell me about it. The fact that Fecto had one over us this whole time, and to the point where Mewtwo couldn't detect it until it was too late…" Makoto shook her head, looking to see Umber training with Dante and Vergil.
"Rrrgh… this is just fantastic!" Ryuji grumbled. "First Umber gets sucked into this place for three months in this world, which is three days in our time, then we get sucked into this place trying to find Umber, then Fecto pounces on the twins and he… he… AAAAAARGH!" Ryuji punched a wall in frustration. "That damned thing had them brainwashed this entire time, meaning they haven't been with us this entire god damned time, it's just so… infuriating!"
"We'll get them back." Meta Knight said. "Still, I am not surprised that Fecto pulled one over us. What I am surprised is that he was able to keep his brainwashing hidden for so long."
"Grrrr…" Ryuji growled. "Ooooh, I'm going to have some choice words for that asshole when we see him."
"Verbally beating the crap out of him like what you did to Dimentio?" Haru asked.
"Oh, you bet."
Haru smiled. "I don't blame you~"
"Honestly, I think Esdeath has a few things she wants to say to Fecto." Akechi looked over at Esdeath. "Mostly the physical kind."
"Not just her." Akira motioned his head to JIN. "Pretty sure they're furious over this too."
"Can't blame 'em!" Ann sighed.
With JIN…
"Of all the fucking…!" Nyx paced around, shooting at targets with her crossbow. "It's bad enough that those two went through a lot to get Umber back, but they were brainwashed from the beginning?! Oooooh! This burns me up so MUCH!" She yelled. "I'm going to skin this Fecto alive for taking my best friends away from us!"
"Come on, they're our best friends too." Iris said.
"Yeah, but Jade's usually in her lab or on a date with her girl, and you're busy training in the backyard, so it's typically me and the twins. I know they meditate a lot, but they always stop whenever I chat with them telekinetically."
"...Yeah, she's got us there." Jade said
"I… can't argue with that." Iris admitted, scratching her head. "But aside from that, they need us more than ever. We need to get them back no matter what." She put her hands on Nyx's shoulders. "There's no need to kill ourselves over this. Just like when you told me that we'll get Amon one of these days after we encountered him."
Nyx sighed. "You're right… but the moment I see Fecto, I'm putting an arrow between his eyes."
"Why stop at one?" Iris smirked. "I'll "borrow" one of your crossbows."
Jade snickered. "Yeah, and I'm have Pikaboo shove a Shadow Ball in his face too."
Nyx chuckled. "You two…" She nodded. "Right, we'll get them back."
Meanwhile, with the Foxtrot Twins…
Nick slowly approached Magnolia. "Hey… Maggs?"
"Hmm? Oh, hey Nick." Magnolia greeted.
"So… um… this is kinda sucky, isn't it?"
"Yeah, it is." Magnolia nodded. "Just when I thought I found a friend in those two, that Fecto guy pulls that under the rug." She mumbled.
"Yeah…" Nick nodded. "But… we did have a fun time in this world, haven't we?"
"Yeah." Magnolia nodded again. "We sure did, even though we spent most of the time training under Sonia-sensei, buuuuuut… I had fun going out to explore. Even though there was that moment when… I was possessed by Fecto."
Nick shuddered. "Yeah, that incident…" He sighed. "I… I need to tell you something."
"Hmm?"
"I… I've been feeling like… I've not been a good brother towards you."
"Huh? Where'd that come from?"
"The first grade. I've tried to protect you during that time, yet I was a coward and watched those jerks bully you for no good reason, especially when they got physical. I… am I really a good-"
"Stop." Magnolia stopped him. "While I will admit that you can be a bonehead sometimes, you've tried. You came to my defense when they called me names and you tried being there no matter what. So you are a good brother. And… truth be told, if our roles were reversed, I'd be the one trying to protect you if they were bullying you."
"You… you mean it? Because… ever since you came back from suspension and you apologized from being a letdown… it… it crushed me. I ran into the bathroom crying."
"Is that where you ran off to? …I wondered why you never came to homeroom… that explains it." Magnolia sighed. "Truth be told, I'd probably do the same thing if the roles were changed. I was at my lowest…"
"Maggs…"
Magnolia looked at him, tearing up and smiling. "I never had my dad… but I've always had you and mom as a family." She immediately hugged him as a result.
Nick teared up as well, returning the embrace as the two buried their heads into their shoulders.
Unbeknownst to the two, Sonia and Laura hid behind a corner, overhearing their conversation as they both had smiles on their faces.
"I knew they could get past their demons." Sonia smiled.
"Way to go, you two!" Laura fist pumped.
Meanwhile, with Futaba and Chiaki…
"Okay! I know you're trying to catch up on all the games that you've missed, but how the hell have you not played Star Allies yet? Not to mention not finishing up Planet Robobot?"
"Oh, ya know, I've been playing a lot of JRPGs that I've missed. You know how long they can be."
"...Okay, fair. But that doesn't mean-"
"Aaaand I've also been catching up on GTA Online, and also playing Elden Ring and all the other Soulsborne games out there, and I've also finished up Red Dead Redemption 2. The Last Of Us Part II is… um… not great, but I managed to get through it."
Futaba sweatdropped. "Also fair… also, I do have to agree with Last of Us Part II. They really dropped the ball there. But-"
"I also played some past games to relive the experience for old time's sake, for nostalgia, all that good stuff."
"Okay, triple fair, but-"
"Aaaand also playing the heck out of Splatoon 3, filling up the catalog, trying not to lose my sanity over After Altern-"
"Okay okay okay, time out! How bad is your backlog? It can't be that bad." I hope…
"Weeeeeeell…" Chiaki pulled out a scroll. "See for yourself." She unraveled it, where it started to roll its way around the town, where it rolled over Kirby, BB-8 and several curious Waddle Dees.
"Poyo?" Kirby wondered as Futaba jawdropped as the scroll managed to roll away out of town as Spooks happily chased after it.
"And that's just the Triple A games and the other games. Indie game wise is a whole different beast." She said as the scroll made a lap around Wondaria, Spooks intercepting it and snatching it, then happily pranced back to town while also unwittingly unraveling more of it and stopped at Chiaki's feet, dropping it.
"Woof!" Spooks panted happily as Chiaki giggled, patting him on the head.
"Thanks, cutie. Anyway, that's not even counting the shovelware and mobile-"
"Okay okay, I get the picture! You're gonna be busy." Futaba picked up Spooks, scratching him behind the ears as he licked her face.
"And I'm gonna make it my goal to play 'em all. I'm not the Ultimate Gamer for noth-"
"WHAT IN-...?!" Futaba looked through the list. "You haven't played Crash 4 yet?!"
"I've been meaning to get around to that. I heard the game is pretty brutal to 100%, but I seriously doubt it's that bad."
"I've hundred percented it… it's not worth it!"
Chiaki smiled. "Oh, you're just trying to scare me off. I doubt hundred percenting Crash 4 is horrible."
Oh, you sweet summer child…
"Of course, I'm also working up the courage to try to do a Kingdom Hearts Level One run on Critical Mode…"
Futaba looked to Hajime. "She's never gonna complete this list, is she?"
"I'll be surprised if she did." Hajime chuckled. "I mean, that list keeps growing with each passing day…"
"Can you blame me? I swear, you play one indie game and ten thousand more just pop into existence." Chiaki shook her head.
Relatable as hell… Futaba thought.
With Umber…
"Hah… hah…" Umber panted.
"I think we ought to take five." Dante said. "This kind of stuff ain't easy for people like you. Eh… no offense."
"Don't worry about it…" Umber said. "I'm just…"
"Not in the right mindset because your girls were taken from the start?"
"Yeah…"
Dante nodded. "That's understandable. Take all the time you need and we'll get back into it." He said as he and Vergil walked off as Umber sat on a chair with a sigh.
"Xena… Yagami… I hope you two are okay…" He said to himself as a tear ran down his cheek.
"I, for one, am keeping them in the best company!"
"Mmmph!" Umber stiffened. "Fecto…!"
"But they could definitely use some other company. Imagine you three working together under my rule. You three will be unstoppable. All I need you to do… is open the doors for me to gain full control of your body."
Umber growled angrily, his hand bursting with Plasma. "Shut… the fuck… UP!" He turned his fist around and Plasma Punched himself in the forehead, sparks flying everywhere.
"AAAAAAAARGH! Fine… I await your answer when you come and face me again."
Umber pulled his fist away, gritting his teeth. "Hah… hah… piss off…" He grumbled.
At that moment, a portal opened up as they would see Strange, Leonardo, Mewtwo coming out of the portal as everyone turned to the duo. "What's the situation?" Esdeath asked.
"Well, we got good news and bad news." Mewtwo said.
"The good news is that we're close to ending this nightmare." Strange explained. "We're at Fecto's doorstep."
"However, the bad news is that it's surrounded by lava." Leonardo said, pulling up a device and showed off a map. "The Redgar Forbidden Lands. Active volcanoes, volcanic debris, treacherous lands… it's practically a dystopia."
"And thanks to our armadillo friend, we know exactly that this is the Beast Pack's last line of defense." Strange explained. "I'm assuming he gave Kirby the blueprint that he had?"
"Yes, I did!" Sillydillo nodded as Kirby walked out of the shop, now having Blizzard Ice as a hat.
"Poyo!" Kirby smiled.
"Oh, you look stylish!" Chiaki smiled.
"We'll need to come up with a plan." Leonardo said.
"Typically, our plans are mostly "Go in guns blazing"." Mewtwo explained. "It usually works."
"...That often?" Strange asked in surprise.
"Yes."
"I see… I say we find a better optimal strategy."
"Yeah, we go in swords blazing!" Dante said, causing Strange to facepalm.
As they began discussing what to do, LAFF and Logue walked into the Waddle Dee's Weapons Shop. "There you are." Sonia smiled after they walked in.
"What's up?" Albedo asked.
"You guys showed excellent progress in our training exercises, so I thought you guys were ready to receive your actual weapons." Sonia smiled and turned to the Waddle Dee. "I assume you have everything in order."
"I sure do! Though while I specialize in power ups that Kirby typically gets, I do dabble in regular weaponry from time to time." He said and pulled out the first one. "Ta-dah! Two double edge wakizachi with titanium-colored blades. I also went out of my way to make the ridges glow blue. Sonia also requested that I etched in Japanese kanji symbols on each of the blades. Said something about seven virtues of the Japanese bushido, I believe. But anyway, I call these… Shimada!"
Sonia gently took the blades and showed off the symbols by pointing to each one. "Gi - Integrity, Rei - Respect, Yu - Courage, Meiyo - Honor, Jin - Compassion, Makoto - Honesty, Chu - Loyalty."
"Makoto - Honesty? Does that mean the Makoto we know is honest?" Albedo wondered.
"She's pretty honest with her fists." Magnolia snickered as Sonia snickered with her and handed Laura the swords.
"Thank you." Laura smiled, putting them in sheaths and strapped them to her waist.
"Next up, kunai blades! We're lucky that some portals opened up and sprinkled Dust everywhere, because the tags on these kunai have Dust-sealing tags in 'em. Perfect for someone with a Nullification semblance! But that's not all… I also made a jagged machete that can be turned into a naginata with a collapsible handle! I call the kunai "Namikaze" and the Naginata-Machete "Kushinada"."
Albedo took these and chuckled. "Nice, I like these."
"Next up, I made a kendama! Made both with bulocke wood and a magnesium based alloy, the handle of this bad boy holds an inner Dust crystal compartment that allows anyone to manipulate any chosen element they so choose by twisting the base cup. Whatever element they so choose, it will be channeled through the string, then to the ball of the weapon. I call this one… Loki!" He said as Nick took it for himself.
"Fancy!"
"Oh, wait, I almost forgot. This will also help you concentrate and focus whenever you're using your semblance."
He then pulled up tonfas that had a metallic silver, red, and black color scheme. "Now these beauties are sai-tonfas. I couldn't figure out if I wanted to go with tonfas or sais, but then Sonia suggested "Why not both", so…" He pushed a button as the blades of the sais came out. "I worked my magic on this one! The blunt end of the tonfas that are held can be used to store Dust and, of course, beating people up. The best part is that these blades can be infused with different types of effects with Dust. I call it: Hinokami!"
He gave it to Magnolia as her eyes sparkled. "Niiiice. I love it!" Magnolia smiled.
"And for the youngest one… well, I thought this was an odd one. However, I was reminded that a purse can be used as a minigun and a camera can summon any weapon that Velvet wants so… why not!"
The Waddle Dee pulled out a flashlight. "Quick question, Ms. Logue. Your father made this for you so you wouldn't get scared in the dark, correct?"
"Yeah. He said it was a self defense LED flashlight… still wondering how a flashlight can be self defense." Logue explained.
"Well, I took a good look at it and decided to go all out!" Waddle Dee twisted the handle. "Your typical flashlight." He twisted it again as it started flashing. "Strobelight. Perfect for annoyances. And then…" He twisted it one more time as pink fire shot out of it. "BEHOLD! A cute little flamethrower! Obsidian, flint, steel and Fire Dust was all that was required! Oh, and I also added some strontium chloride and potassium nitrate to the mix to make that pink color. Your foes will never see this coming!"
"Oh wow!" Logue's eyes sparkled as she looked at her hands. "Add that with my cybernetic gloves that Leonardo made for me…"
"Cybernetic gloves?" The Waddle Dee curiously asked as Logue put her hand out, activating her semblance as pink fire danced around the glove.
"It's so I can get better control of my semblance. It also adds a cooling effect so I won't get burned. In time when I have a higher tolerance for my flames, I won't need this~!"
Waddle Dee chuckled. "That's more like it." He said as she nodded as he handed her the flashlight after twisting it to turn it off. "Remember: One twist, it's a regular flashlight. Two twists: It's a strobelight. Three twists is where you have a miniature flamethrower. Four twists to turn it off."
"Got it." Logue nodded.
"Now um… did your father give it a name?"
"No, he said I could name it if I wanted to… but I'm not great with names." Logue admitted.
Sonia rubbed her chin and then pounded her fist into her palm. "Hestia's Firebrand!"
Logue's eyes sparkled. "I love it!" She hugged Sonia as did the rest of LAFF.
Sonia smiled. "You're welcome, kiddos." She said, rubbing their heads. "I believe you guys are ready for combat~"
With a nod, the five of them walked out with Sonia behind them, as Gundham noticed this and turned to Sonia. "They're ready?"
"Yes. They are." Sonia smiled.
Gundham chuckled. "Excellent."
End BGM
"Alright, gather around everyone!" Meta Knight called out to them as they approached him at the cafe where they had connected some tables to act as a longer table for them. "Good, everyone is here. After talking with Dr. Strange, Esdeath, and Leonardo, we have come up with a plan."
"We're going straight into enemy territory." Esdeath started. "So we're going to need all the firepower we have. The Beast Pack is weakening, and with the psychic's help, they send the Beast Pack back here to where Gundham tames them."
He heard a proud chuckle from Gundham.
Leonardo pulled up a white board. "Our missing allies are King Dedede, the twins and Elfilin." He turned his head to see Screamy and Swampy looking down in sadness as JIN were kneeling down to comfort them while Chiaki stared at Elfilin on the white board, clenching her fists. "Once we locate them, we will need to come up with a strategy to knock them down as soon as possible. The less we hurt them, the better."
"Given how Xena and Yagami are powerful psychics, this may prove to be difficult. We will need Chiaki and Mewtwo to counter them so we can properly knock them down." Strange explained. "However, given how they tend to teleport, that will be easier said than done. You will probably need my help in order to get them to hold still."
"That said, we don't know the state of Dedede." Leonardo said. "He seemed rather comprehensible when we had first seen him. However, I'm pretty sure Fecto decided to do something to him. I'm not sure what it is, but I'm afraid we'll actually have to harm Dedede in order to get him to snap out of it."
"Knowing Dedede, he'll just get back up like nothing happened." Umber said, having a small bruise on his forehead.
"Indeed." Meta Knight agreed. "As for Elfilin, I have a pretty good suspicion that Fecto is holding him hostage."
"I would suggest we all go at once, but given the layout of the land that Strange had shown me… that's risky. The paths are so narrow that falling into the lava is almost guaranteed. We're just going to have to do what we always did before." Esdeath explained.
"So same stuff, different scenario. That checks out." Chiaki chuckled.
"Poyo." Kirby nodded.
BGM: Follow Our Brothers (Halo 3) (Start at 1:35)
"There's no doubt that Fecto is desperate and he will do every trick in the book to make sure our lives are hell." Strange explained. "He'll pull from any world just so he can slow us down and destroy us. However, he continues to overestimate himself. He thinks he's invincible. He's not. I have a pretty good feeling Shadow will want to take a crack at him."
"You're damn right I do." Shadow smirked.
Akira chuckled. "So this is it then. Our enemy lies within the Redgar Forbidden Lands." He immediately donned his Persona mask, going into his Joker attire. "Then I say, we do what we always do."
"HELL YEAH! GUNS BLAZING!" Ryuji cheered.
"FOR THE GOOD OF AMERICA!" Soldier readied his rocket launcher.
"And for the good of everything else!" Sonia added.
"THAT TOO!"
"Let's make this asshole pay for what he did." Nyx smirked.
"You got that right!" Jade nodded.
"Poyo!" Kirby cheered.
"We're ready to kick some ass too." Laxus nodded with his team nodding.
"I'm down for a good ass beating." Reimu smirked.
"Star Allies ready to rock and roll!" Marx said.
Chiaki stared at Elfilin's drawing and took a deep breath. I'm coming for you, Elfi. Just hold on tight. She thought as she turned around while everyone else was cheering. "Let's go."
"Poyo!" Kirby nodded.
BB-8 booped as they headed to the Warp Star. "Oh! Hey, Chiaki, wait up!" Nyx said, putting Screamy and Swampy in their Pokeballs as JIN hopped in as Umber stretched and ran toward the Warp Star.
"Hang on girls, I'm coming!" Umber said as he hopped on the Warp Star as they flew off.
End BGM
"We really couldn't think of a better strategy over "guns blazing"?" Strange asked.
"Well, it is what it is." Meta Knight said as he walked off.
"I suppose so."
"Galacta." Meta Knight spoke up. "I was wondering if you-"
"I haven't done much of anything, have I?" Galacta readied his lance. "That might change soon."
"Hmm?" Hyness noticed Susie wandering into the Lor Starcutter. He followed her out of curiosity. "Susie, what are you doing?"
"Working on the finishing touches. I figured Kirby might want to use this."
"That hunk of junk?"
Susie chuckled. "Hyness, believe me… this is anything but a hunk of junk."
Meanwhile…
BGM: Enter the Fiery Forbidden Lands (Kirby and the Forgotten Land)
"Whoa, they weren't kidding when they said this was a dystopia!" Nyx said as they flew around a burning city.
"Reminds me of Crisis City…" Chiaki said.
"Yeah, this is definitely a major crisis." Umber nodded as they landed on the ground and then Strange opened up a portal for them.
World 6-1: Enter the Fiery Forbidden Lands - Meta Knight, Magolor, Akira, Akechi, Scout, Demoman, Dante, Vergil
The portal closed after Vergil walked out. "Guess that beats trying to catch up to y'all." Dante chuckled.
"I was wondering if he was ever going to do that in the desert." Chiaki said as they walked under the bridge and was met with volcanic debris striking the ground… or at least they tried to strike the ground hadn't Dante and Vergil slashed through them to destroy them.
As they kept going, portals opened up around them as lava dropped down on both sides of the road, and then Magmaarghs rose out of the lava and roared. "Magmaarghs?! Oh, he's really desperate!" Umber said as they swooped down to try and chomp on them, but they easily avoided them as a Primal Awoofy howled and made several Primal Awoofies and a Jabhog lunge at them, but Chiaki teleported them all straight for Gundham as they kept going as Akira and Scout shot down a Blade Knight.
As they kept going, they would see large volcanic debris striking the ground, sinking parts of the ground into the lava as they quickly made a run for it, while the ground sunk into the lava as Magmaarghs popped out and tried to bite down at them.
They would get to another watchtower as the Primal Awoofy called upon Rabiroos and an Orabiroo, but Chiaki teleported them all away, including a Waddle Dee that was held prisoner by said Primal Awoofy.
Once they did, they would see a treasure chest up ahead, shaking. "That's definitely a Waddle Dee." Nyx said as volcanic debris struck the ground and made it sink into the lava.
"That's gonna be a fried Waddle Dee!" Akechi said as Scout immediately booked it toward the treasure chest, dodging swings from swords from Stalfos as Scout quickly picked up the chest and threw it to safety as he hopped over, turning around and firing his Force-a-Nature into a Stalfos, the force pushing the Stalfos into the lava.
Scout opened it up and pulled out the Waddle Dee. "Got 'em!" He said as Chiaki teleported him away.
"Nice running." Jade complimented.
"Ah, it was nothin'." Scout chuckled as they walked up the steps over some pools of lava where some Bombs burst out of the lava.
"Ah, taking from the world of Final Fantasy, are we?" Chiaki asked as Kirby breathed icicles into the Bomb to destroy it, then they went on to the next area.
They started climbing up the platforms as Chiaki teleported the Rabiroos away while Podoboos jumped out of the patches of lava. They then kept walking up the steps while avoiding the lava patches while the stairs moved back into the walls and then came back out, where they got to higher ground. Chiaki noticed a treasure chest inside of a caged wall as she teleported in, opened up the chest to reveal a Waddle Dee and teleported him out as she teleported back out while Demoman sticky jumped up a platform to open up a treasure chest, containing not only a gachapon, but also a Waddle Dee.
"Heheheh, this yours?" He asked as the Waddle Dee nodded. "You can have it, lad!" He grinned as they hopped down as Chiaki teleported the Waddle Dee and gachapon away.
"Never thought I'd ever teleport gacha away, but here we are." Chiaki chuckled as they went into the next area where the pathway was treacherously narrow, forcing them to sidle their way forward while dodging not only volcanic debris but also a Magmaargh that Kirby had to freeze up to get them off their backs every so often.
Once the pathway was wider, they started to walk up ahead… to find large volcanic debris falling on top of them. Dante and Vergil made quick work on them, but as they continued forward…
"Big one up ahead!" Akira pointed out as Dante and Vergil ran off, slashing through the small ones while Magolor jumped in and sliced through the gigantic one, destroying it as the ground beneath them was spared.
"You're welcome!" Magolor said.
"That is a relief." Meta Knight nodded as Chiaki noticed three Waddle Dees behind the fence as she teleported them back to town, and then Meta Knight slashed through a Blade Knight to knock it down, and then freed up the caged Waddle Dees.
"I think that's all of them." Akechi said. "Strange, we're done with this area!" He told them as a portal opened up as they left while the others took off to the next area, and once they landed, another portal opened up.
World 6-2: Conquer the Inferno Road - Morgana, Soldier, Taranza, Flamberge, Zan, Ann, Ryuji, Esdeath
"So, I guess we're storming that tower then?" Flamberge asked.
"Looks like it." Zan nodded.
"We're not gonna storm it, we're gonna capture it!" Soldier declared.
Ann sweatdropped. "Suuuure..."
"Let's go." Umber said as they started to climb the tower, taking out a few Beowolves and a Sir Kibble as they continued up the path, finding a slab of meat near some Primal Awoofies where Chiaki teleported them away as Iris picked it up and took a bite.
"...Aww, it's rubber!"
"What?" Ryuji took it. "I doubt that it is but-" He took a bite, only for anime tears to roll down his cheeks. "Aww maaaaan, that's effin' garbage!"
"Hmm... let's keep it for later just in case." Chiaki said, opening up a dimensional pocket and storing it in.
"Why would you want to store fake meat?" Iris asked.
"Why do we let vegetarians walk around America? It's clearly un-American yet we still let them walk the earth! It's a mystery as to why people choose not to eat meat." Soldier said.
"It's a lifestyle." Chiaki pointed out.
"An incorrect, Un-American lifestyle! You either eat meat or you're a Commie!"
"...How has he not died from this logic?" Taranza asked.
"I do not give myself permission to die!"
Taranza sweatdropped. "That explains it."
They continued up the path, dodging Gigatzos and Bill Blasters shooting Banzai Bills. "I swear, Bowser is probably wondering where his army is up to." Jade said.
"He probably is. This is absurd!" Umber said as they saw a Waddle Dee behind a wall, where Esdeath cut through the bars and freed him up, then Chiaki teleported him away as they continued climbing where a Bomber attempted to ambush them.
"Poyo!" Kirby sucked it up and swallowed it up to become Time Crash Kirby, then they climbed up the ladders where a Frosty awaited them.
"POOOOYOOOOOOOOOO!" Kirby yelled, unleashing Time Crash to stop everything in time aside from his friends.
"Hmmm... something's missing. Oh!" Chiaki looked through her screens. "Let's see... Lego games... Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Pirates of the- Ah! Lego City Undercover." She pressed a button as a pile of Lego blocks landed everywhere.
"What the heck are you doing?" Morgana asked.
"Improvising." Chiaki responded, quickly making a vehicle. "Oooh, need a few more yellow bricks, a little bit more of gray..."
"I don't get it." Nyx said.
"There we go~!" Chiaki smiled, backing away from her creation.
"You built a steamroller because...?" Esdeath wondered as Chiaki snapped her fingers as the Lego steamroller lifted up and hovered above Frosty.
"...Naaaah, a little more than that." She raised it up. "Little more, little more... perfect!"
"Oooooh, now I get what she's doing." Ann said.
"Alright, bud, resume time!"
Kirby nodded as time picked back up as a massive Lego steamroller slammed into Frosty, instantly knocking him out.
"Couldn't resist, huh?" Ann teased.
"Well, had to do a Jojo reference eventually." Chiaki snickered as Morgana noticed something behind the fence and climbed over, snagging another piece of meat and climbing back over.
Iris gasped, drooling over it. "Meat!"
Morgana poked it. "Rubber."
"Aww..." She slumped as Morgana tossed the meat to Chiaki and stored it away, then they got in the Warp Star after Kirby sucked up the KO'd Frosty and then took off.
They landed on a narrow road as they walked ahead and spotted a patch of lava as Kirby would see a Waddle Dee nearby. "Poyo… poyo!" Kirby hopped on the patch of lava and started to ice skate across it.
"Oh?" Esdeath looked intrigued as Kirby got on the lava filled roof and hopped in to save the Waddle Dee, hitting the switch for him to get out as they continued on and found another patch of lava, where Esdeath formed ice skates on her feet and started to ice skate on the lava, casually humming as she did so.
"Poyo!" Kirby cheered her on.
BB-8 let out some confused beeps.
"Physically impossible? I don't think Esdeath cares." Chiaki snickered as Esdeath jumped over a Gordo Bar and then saw a massive crack in the ground, making an ice hammer and slamming it into the ground to shatter the ground, scaring a Chilly in the process as Esdeath casually walked in, noticed a caged Waddle Dee in the room where she made some stairs and snagged the Waddle Dee, then walked back out.
"Here you go, one saved Waddle Dee." Esdeath said as the two Waddle Dees high fived and hugged each other as Chiaki teleported them away, and then walked off as she also teleported a Jabhog away, then Zan zipped her way forward and snagged a Waddle Dee, zipping her way back.
"Got one!" Zan smiled as Chiaki sent him away and then they all walked through a door. Once they walked out, they would see Gigatzos and Banzai Bill Blasters all aiming at them. However, Nyx pulled out her crossbows and started shooting at the Star blocks that they were on, making them fall into the lava lake below.
"Too easy." Nyx chuckled as Kirby sucked up a Bernard and happily shot down any Gigatzo or Banzai Bill Blaster in the way… until he saw a ring and quickly sucked it up to become Ring Mouth.
"...I wonder, can he shoot as Ring Mouth?" Chiaki wondered.
"I dunno… I think he can't move his arms." Umber said.
"Oooy-pph!"
"That's an affirmative."
The group walked through the path, Kirby blowing at any fan that he saw, which in turn caused a platform to rise above the lava lake. Esdeath looked down and had an idea, proceeding to freefall while also freezing up the lava with her semblance.
"...I can't believe it, she's freezing up lava! What the hell!" Flamberge said.
"I heard she froze fire at one point." Morgana said. "I… think that was when Dark Weiss was still alive?"
"Yeah, I can see that." Jade nodded as they hopped down safely at the frozen lava lake as they walked across and pulled out a Waddle Dee from the treasure chest, and teleported him away as Kirby waddled around the lake, finding one last windmill and breathed wind into it, causing a doorway to open up and revealed a Waddle Dee, where Chiaki teleported him away and then they climbed up the ladder where they saw a target in the distance and two slots for the fake meat that Chiaki inserted in, where a Waddle Dee popped out right when Nyx fired at the target, which caused a scroll to appear.
"Well, would you look at that." Nyx said as Chiaki unraveled it.
"Space Ranger?!"
End BGM
Inside Chiaki's imagination…
Kirby spotted a Strawberry Shortcake. "Poyo!" He smiled as he walked over to it and grabbed it, only his hand went through it. "Poyo?" He wondered, unaware that it was a hologram… until it disappeared.
"So, we meet again, Kirby Lightyear. For the last time!"
Kirby turned around. "Poyo POYO!" He said as Zurg opened fire at Kirby, only for Kirby to lift up his helmet and started sucking up the plasma blasts… and then spat it back out at Zurg, smacking him in the head, which was enough for him to fall into the abyss.
"Aaaaaaaaaaargh!"
"Poyo." Kirby nodded, and then immediately did his Kirby dance. "Poyo~!"
Back in reality…
"...Shoot, I wanna play that crossover now." Chiaki said.
"Huh?" Umber tilted his head as they freed up the remaining Waddle Dees.
"Strange, we're done here." Esdeath said as a portal opened up and everyone walked in where Kirby and the others went into the Weapons Shop.
"Hmm? Oooooh, Space Ranger! I can work with this!" He said as he went right to work, then came back with the Space Ranger attire as Kirby sucked it up.
"Poyo~!" Kirby smiled.
"Wow, definitely looks ready for a space adventure." Jade said.
BB-8 let out a few chirps.
"Ten credits for Kirby vs Palpatine? I think you oughta raise it more." Chiaki winked.
BB-8 chirped.
"More than twenty."
More beeping.
"Okay, more than a hundred." Chiaki snickered.
"I wonder what it's like to see this thing fully charged?" Iris wondered as they went into the next room where Kirby charged up his ray gun and opened fire, which when hitting the target dummy, it unleashed an electrical black hole that incinerated everything around it before it evaporated.
"...Oh. Oooooh yeah, that's pretty awesome." Chiaki grinned. "To infinity and beyond."
BB-8 chirped.
"A hundred thousand?"
BB-8 nodded.
"Yeah, that's reasonable." Chiaki snickered as they headed back.
"...What exactly were you betting on?" Iris asked.
BB-8 let out a few chirps.
"The First Order thinking this Palpatine guy would win against Kirby?"
BB-8 nodded.
"...Ooookay." Iris shrugged as Chiaki teleported them all back and then headed over to a factory via Warp Star, and once they landed, a portal opened up.
BGM: Burning, Churning Power Plant (Kirby and the Forgotten Land)
World 6-3: LAFF, Logue, Hajime, Futaba, Haru, Mewtwo, Adeleine & Ribbon, Daroach, Jack Skellington
"Alright, let's go!" Laura grinned as two Awoofies charged at them, only for Chiaki to teleport them to town.
"...You know, I'm curious about something, Nick." Jade spoke up.
"Hmm?"
"Why did you request a kendama, of all things, as a weapon?"
"Oh, this? It reminded me of that one time when I got a kendama as a birthday present from Albedo during me and my sister's fifth birthday party. For the most part, it helped me relieve my boredom whenever I'm stuck doing boring ol' schoolwork. And it also helps me concentrate whenever I use my semblance."
Futaba raised an eyebrow with amused skepticism. "Soooo, you started using it as a weapon afterwards?"
"Weeeell… sorta. You see, not long after I got the kendama as a gift and started playing around with it, the string that held the ball accidentally broke off and hit Albedo square in the face."
Magnolia gave him a deadpanned look. "And after Albedo passed out, it gave my brother an idea and that he was like "I think I found the perfect weapon"!"
Nick grinned cheekily. "Hehehe, yup! What my sister said!"
"Yeah, perfect weapon for someone to get a nosebleed over…" Albedo mumbled.
"Aw come on, you were fine."
"Yeah, six hours later!"
"Yeah, but did you die, mister "Aaagh, i'm dying from this nosebleed!"?"
Everyone else sweatdropped. "There it is…" Futaba said.
"Kids." Hajime rolled his eyes with an amused chuckle.
"Tell me about it." Chiaki giggled with him as they walked off, but LAFF, Logue, Adeleine and Jack noticed a ladder nearby.
"Hellooooo, what do we have here?" Laura wondered as they climbed up the ladder.
"Wonder where this leads up?" Ribbon wondered as they climbed up and walked through the catwalk.
The others, meanwhile, walked into the factory and saw walls smashing against each other. Mewtwo and Chiaki forcefully opened them up and made them stay open as they walked across, doing it to two more walls smashing together as Chiaki teleported a Mookie and a Primal Awoofy away, then they saw a few boxes inside the wall as they destroyed them and climbed in, making the walls close as they freed up a Waddle Dee and then went inside of a vent after Mewtwo teleported him away.
"Helloooo, what do we have here~!" Futaba grinned.
"Looks like a control room." Iris said.
Futaba's eyes sparkled as she immediately went to work. "Let's see… what buttons do I wanna press… oooh, maybe this one!" She pressed a button, which caused a hatch to open up in the room that LAFF and co were in.
"Hmm?" Jack turned his head as a Waddle Dee crawled out. "Oh, hello there!"
"Guys? Who's HAL?" Magnolia wondered after they destroyed the star blocks.
"Probably the person who made this factory." Logue guessed as Adeleine spotted a vending machine and walked over to it.
"Huh, have you ever seen a vending machine with coffee before?" Ribbon wondered, spotting a particular button.
"Nope." Adaleine rubbed her chin as Ribbon curiously pressed it a few times, spitting out three coffees, and then the vending machine spat out a Waddle Dee.
"Goodness, how did he fit in there?" Jack wondered as the Waddle Dee shook it off and drank the cups of coffee to get him re-energized.
"More like how did he fit through the slot?" Albedo guessed as another hatch opened up as they hopped in… and reunited with the others.
"Oh! I guess that answers that question." Haru said as Chiaki teleported the Waddle Dees away.
"Hmmm… shut down the factory? That could cause massive devastation…" Futaba said.
"Come on, it's not like anyone's using it." Iris said.
"...Good point." Futaba nodded, pressing the button.
"Warning: Factory has shut down. All power supply lost."
"I feel like there's more to this." Jade said.
"Factory meltdown imminent in ten minutes."
"There it is."
"Ten minutes? We got plenty of time!" Futaba said. "Let's go, we can find the Waddle Dees in that allotted time."
"Right behind you!" Nyx nodded as they hurried off and into the next area where they would see smashers and a conveyor belt already turned off as they easily walked through, only for portals to open up as Thwomps started to appear, along with Whomps.
"Oooooh, that's an issue!" Umber said as they quickly made their way around the Thwomps and Whomps as Chiaki saw a Waddle Dee behind bars as she teleported the Waddle Dee to safety as Kirby tried to fire a charged up ray gun on a Whomp… but unfortunately, the Whomp didn't budge. It only made him angrier.
"Poyo…" Kirby sweatdropped as they hurried along and saw a red door up on the upper wall.
"How much time do we have?" Adeleine asked.
"Eight minutes until factory meltdown."
"Plenty of time!" Futaba said as Mewtwo teleported over to the red door and went inside, while Daroach spotted a hole in one of the smashers.
"Hmm?" Daroach wondered as he flew up to investigate, finding a scroll as he pulled it out and hopped down. "Look what I just uncovered."
"Oh, a scroll?" Chiaki wondered as she unraveled it. "...Deep Sleep?!"
"Well, I guess it can be upgraded." Nyx said.
Chiaki sweatdropped. "Kind of a waste of resources for the blacksmith to upgrade Sleep, of all things…"
"Is it though?" Futaba asked. "I'm pretty sure it has some benefits."
"But upgrading a meme? I dunno… seems kinda-"
"What? Are you questioning the logic of upgrading a meme?" Futaba grabbed her by the shoulders and started shaking her. "You are a GAMER! Memes are practically fuel for us gamers!"
"Waaaah!" Chiaki yelped, her eyes getting swirly.
"Seriously, play Kirby Battle Royale! Sleep is the best joke power up in that game!"
"...There's a Kirby Battle Royale?"
Futaba facepalmed. "WOMAN! I will lend you my own copy of the game!"
Mewtwo teleported back with a Waddle Dee. "What did I miss?"
"A friendly chat amongst gamers~" Haru said.
"...I see."
Would we really call it friendly? Umber wondered.
"I didn't know there was a battle royale game of the puffball either…" Laura whispered to her friends as they walked into the next room, where a moving spiked wall awaited them… or would be moving hadn't Futaba shut everything off.
"Five minutes until meltdown."
"Eh, we still got time." Haru said as they walked through the pathways without worrying about a moving spike wall as Chiaki destroyed a wall as they walked around and freed up a Waddle Dee, then they went into the hole and went into the final area where they climbed over the holes of the walls, then Kirby spotted a Cone as he sucked it up and piledrived into the cracks in the ground to free up a Waddle Dee, and then freed up the last Waddle Dees.
"Okay Strange, we got all the Waddle Dees in the area." Futaba said as a portal opened up, and then Futaba grabbed Chiaki by the wrist and pulled her away. "Come on, we are upgrading Sleep and i'm going to show you it's not a horrible idea!"
End BGM
"...Is she a bit feisty to you?" Daroach asked.
"Probably just exasperated." Jade responded as they walked after her, the portal closing right after… and then the power plant exploded which they heard all the way in Waddle Dee Town.
"What was that?" Carmen wondered.
"I'm picking up on massive radiation in the Redgar Forbidden Lands." SAPR said.
"Wasn't me!" Gilgamesh spoke up as the others went into the Weapons shop.
"Ooooh, Deep Sleep!" The blacksmith grinned, being handed over the power up as he went right to work and then came out with a crescent moon hat. "Here we are!"
"...I dunno, that looks a bit ridiculous." Chiaki said. "I mean, it'll definitely look cute on Kirb-" Futaba placed it on Chiaki's head, where she instantly fell asleep on a bed that popped into existence.
"Let's see what she'll say about it now." Futaba smirked as Susie opened up the door.
"Am I interrupting something?" Susie asked.
"Not really." Jade said where Kirby gave the sleeping Chiaki a stuffed Pikachu.
"Poyo!" Kirby smiled.
"Hey Kirby? I need you for a sec." Susie said as Kirby turned to her and walked after her in curiosity.
Once the door closed, Chiaki snapped awake and stretched, yawning. "Man…"
"How do you feel?" Futaba asked as Chiaki jumped out of bed.
"Hoo! I feel great all of a sudden! I feel completely energized, I somehow feel more powerful like I wanna box somebody-" She threw a few air punches. "I feel great!"
"See? I told you that it's not bad!" Futaba smirked.
"I guess I underestima-" Chiaki's eyes widened, staring at the Deep Sleep copy ability.
"Chiaki? What's wrong?" Hajime asked.
"...Guys… I think I just figured out how to get Xena and Yagami back to us."
Meanwhile, in the Lor Starcutter…
"Poyo poyo?" Kirby wondered as he and Susie wandered into a dark room.
"I'm glad you asked. You see, we found this while we were looking for you guys in this world. I took it upon myself to rebuild it." Susie searched for the light. "Now where on earth… ah, here it is!" Susie turned on the light.
"Poyo…?" Kirby suddenly gasped, his eyes sparkling. "Poyo!"
"You're welcome!" Susie smiled as Kirby immediately ran over to a certain mech.
"Poyo poyo poyo! Poyo!"
"Say hello to the Robobot Armor 2.0."
Ibuki: *gasps* No way!
Yes way! I've been toying with the idea to bring back the Robobot Armor for a while now. Anywho, shout out to DarkRebellion for LAFF's and Logue's weapons!