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BGM: Lanayru Desert (The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword)
Everyone walked out of the door, finding themselves out in the desert while Link hopped off of the minecart. "Welp, here we are… the desert." Cia said.
"Kinda depressing given what it was before…" Cardin said.
Lana sighed. "Tell me about it… but never mind that, we have to find Zelda."
"The question is, where exactly would Zelda be in a large desert like this?" Whitley asked.
"I might have an answer for that." Weiss said, pointing off toward the distance where they saw the Hylian Crest with the Triforce in the distance.
"Of course! The Temple of Time!" Lana said.
"...Wait, what?" Midna tilted her head. "I thought the Temple of Time was in Faron Woods!"
"I'm pretty sure it was in Castle Town from what I've heard." Akame said.
"You sure? Because I've heard it was at the Great Plateau." Weiss said.
"This is a completely different Temple of Time." Lana explained. "The one that you're used to is-... Cia, can you-"
"Already on it!" Cia snapped her fingers as darkness wrapped around Link and Groose's ears to plug them up.
"Ack!" Link yelped.
"Hey!"
"Thank you. Anyway, the one that you're used to is at the Sealed Grounds where the Sealed Temple becomes the Temple of Time later on. The Sealed Ground becomes Castle Town, the rest is history. Although the sages tend to move the Temple of Time sometimes, hence why it's in Faron Woods in Midna and Wolf Link's era. …The Great Plateau, I'm guessing it's a whole new Temple of Time."
"Or Hylia got bored and she decided to place it there for the hell of it." Cia guessed.
"Eh, she's a god. They can do whatever they want." Kokichi waved it off.
"Anyway, that's basically the history of the Temple of Time." Lana said.
"So there can be multiple… that's good to know." Kirumi said.
"Yeah!" Weiss nodded as Cia snapped her fingers again to get rid of the darkness.
"Soooo… you a lip reader, because I didn't catch any of that." Groose said.
"Unfortunately, no."
"Crud…" Groose mumbled as they turned around and went straight to the desert, where they were greeted by a few Ampilus that charged right for them, but Link instinctively parried with his shield to knock one back while Laxus held the other with a smirk, the two of them destroying the Ampilus as they walked up to a few ancient cages and a Timeshift Stone, and when Weiss hit it, the surrounding area turned grassy as a robot came to life.
"Help me! Heeeeelp! Those things are gonna tear me apart!" The robot begged as a few Technoblins revved up their weapons and charged at them, only for Zapple and Mercury to grab them.
"You mean these losers?" Mercury smirked as the Technoblins looked at them nervously as Zapple electric punched and Mercury kicked the other out of the range, turning them into lifeless skeletons in the desert.
"Whoa! Where'd they go? You punched and kicked them so hard, they disappeared from this green valley!" The robot said.
"Um… they're just really good at what they do." Hazel said.
"Clearly!" The robot nodded, unaware of Lana looking sad. "I want to thank you, but I don't know how to express my… my…" The robot immediately spotted Link's Beetle, causing it to gasp. "A Beetle?!"
"You know this?" Link asked.
"Yes! Our creators also made these types of machines, perfect for getting hard to reach Timestone pieces for us! But this is a standard model… let me fix this for real quick…" He immediately went right to work, humming to himself. "Oh, what is this? This thing flies slower than a Lanayru Dragonfly! This won't do at all! You probably got yourself a defect, which is quite a rarity if I'm being honest…"
A few minutes later, the robot turned around. "Ta-dah~! I upgraded the hook to the Hook Beetle! Although I also upgraded the speed of this bad boy, so now it's the Quick Beetle… you're welcome!"
"Thanks." Link took it.
"With this, you can grab anything that you set your mind to! Good luck, I'm heading home!" He said as he wandered off, but the moment he walked out of the range of the Timeshift Stone, he immediately rusted and fell lifeless.
"...Can we put him back in?" Shuichi wondered.
"What's the point? It'll be an endless cycle of him just going in a straight line and dying immediately…" Lana sighed as Cia patted her on the shoulder.
"Hmm… anyone got a chisel?" Groose asked as he climbed onto the cage.
"I got a hammer!" Ravio said, tossing it to him as Groose took it as Weiss handed him Myrtenaster. Groose immediately tapped the hammer into Weiss's weapon, breaking off a chunk of the Timeshift Stone as he hopped off and walked toward the robot, putting it on the accessory on his head as Cia helped him by using her darkness to glue it on.
"There we go." Groose chuckled, then he pressed it as it activated and had a small area of the past surrounding the robot, bringing him back to life.
"Pardon me, good human!" The robot said, unaware of him being brought back to life as he wandered away as Groose waved at him.
"Okay, that makes me feel a little better…" Lana admitted as Groose gave Ravio and Weiss their weapons back.
"Alriiiiight, sooooo… to the Temple of Time?" Groose asked.
"Yeah." Lana nodded as they walked off, Link using his Quick Beetle to grab Bombs from trees and carpet bombing Ampilus and Electro Spumes, while some of the heroes decided to knock down some Hroks that were harassing them by spitting rocks at them.
They crossed a sand current, while Fi using a Skyward Strike on a Goddess Cube where Link picked up a Silver Rupee from within the cube, while Leone and Wave pushed a minecart off a ledge to make a shortcut for everyone so they wouldn't have to go through the sand current again.
They found a cave as they walked through it, and found themselves standing before the Temple of Time.
"Woooow… it's breathtaking up close." Weiss said.
Kotoko pulled out her phone and snapped a picture together with Kokoro, both of them fist bumping for having the same idea.
"Coooool!" Laura's eyes sparkled.
"Wow, that's amazing." Oran said.
"So cool! I wanna go in!" Anya said.
"Well, first… I think we need to go across this ravine." Loid said.
"Hey look, Timeshift stones!" Chelsea said as Weiss used a glyph to fire an ice stone into the Timeshift stone.
"This constant time hopping can not be good for Hyrule's health." Mine said. "The constant state of going to the past, back to the future, going back to the past on a whim would probably strain Hyrule's ecosystem or… something!"
"Oooor you're just thinking about it too hard." Ieyasu said.
Mine sweatdropped. "That too…"
"Regardless, I'm sure it's fine… although it does raise the question on how Dialga might be-"
"Oh, let the guy have a tantrum, he'll get over it when Arceus calms him down." Cia interrupted Weiss.
Why do you think I did this our way? Lana thought as they went on some minecarts to get through while Yor kicked a few Technoblobins into the pit as they made it toward the other side, only to discover that the entrance to the Temple of Time was blocked off.
"What the…? What's with all the rubble?" Groose wondered.
"Ah, that can be answered!" A voice said as they saw Gorko approaching them. "From what I've gathered, there was an explosion that sealed the entrance, blocking anyone from visiting this place. Unfortunately, by the time I came to see it, there was no one around."
"Can we go over the wall?" Maki suggested.
"Well, it's worth a shot." Leone said.
"I can try it." Oran sprouted his wings and flew up and attempted to go over the wall, only to smack right into a barrier. "Mmph!"
"Anything?" Loid asked.
"No good.. A barrier is blocking me from going through." Oran explained as he flew back down with disappointment.
Weiss rubbed his head. "Don't worry about it, kiddo. At least you tried." She smiled at him, causing Oran's eyes to shimmer with a sparkle in them as he smiled back.
"Okay, so going over it is no good… how about going under?" Laxus suggested as Tatsumi called out his Klefki, and pulled out a key from her key ring.
"Open! Gate of the Maiden! Virgo!"
"You wish to punish me, master?"
"Huh? No! I'm not gonna do that." Goodness, I forgot she's like this…
"Wait… punish?" Cia wondered with intrigue.
"Let's just say… Virgo's a bit of a masochist." Laxus said.
"Masochism, eh?" Cia chuckled with a smirk. "Virgo, I think you and I will get along just fine."
"Oh?" Virgo wondered.
Lana groaned. "Cia, no…"
"Who's the one with the whip here~?" Cia winked.
"Even so!"
"Whip 'em good, you two!" Kokichi said.
"Don't give them ideas." Shuichi told him.
"Can you dig a tunnel for us to go under the wall?" Tatsumi requested.
"Certainly." Virgo immediately dug underground… only to come back up. "No good. There's a barrier that prevents me from going any further."
"...These gods thought of everything!" Midna said in exasperation.
"Well, that's a shame." Tatsumi rubbed his head.
"Do you wish to punish me for not breaking through the barrier?"
"What? No!"
"I could do it~! How many lashes do you want?" Cia asked, summoning her whip.
"NO! You are not gonna do that in front of kids!" Lana exclaimed, grappling her to get her away from Virgo.
Anya tilted her head and then used her semblance to read their minds.
"Harder, Cia~ Ooooh~!"
Crack!
"You like that, eh~?"
Anya's eyes bugged out, falling on her back as her soul left her body. "Ack! Anya!" Albedo exclaimed as Laura immediately shoved her soul back in her body.
"Gah!" She shook her head.
"What'd you see?" Oran asked as Anya whispered in his ear, causing him to blush a deep red. "Anya, whyyyyy…" He asked as anime tears ran down his cheeks.
"Heh, if I'm going down, I'm taking you with me~"
"Sooooo, what's a masochist?" Laura asked Nesta, causing her, Cardin and Masaru to stiffen.
"Um… we'll tell you when you're older!" Nesta said.
Albedo looked at Blanche. "Sis?"
"Same goes for you. I'm not going to get in trouble with mom and dad if I tell you." Blanche said right as Cia overpowered Lana and sat right on top of her. Thankfully, Virgo was dismissed.
"Sorry sis, darkness prevails~!"
"Mmmph…" Lana rested her chin on her hand while tapping the ground with her fingers in annoyance. Glad I stopped her though…
These humans are weird. Gorko thought.
Cia got off of Lana's back as she got up and dusted herself off. "Alright… sooo, guess we'll find another alternate path."
"Hmm?" Link spotted a Timeshift stone nearby as he walked over and hit it as the area around them went back to the past, reviving a robot and a few Technoblins where Akame and Kurome swiftly took care of.
"I'm not sure where you humans came from, but thank you! I am the guardian of the Temple of Time." He said.
"We need to find another way around." Weiss said. "The entrance has been sealed off."
"Huh?" The robot turned his head. "Doesn't look sealed to me… but, eh, maybe you humans see something that I don't. Anywho! If you're looking for a way around, you could simply go to the Lanayru Mining Facility."
"The Lanayru Mining Facility?" Mercury asked.
"Yes. It's in the heart of these mines."
Link pulled out his map. "With all due respect, I don't see a Mining Facility."
"Let me take a look he-... that's peculiar, this map is horribly inaccurate. Let me fix that for you." He said, swiftly fixing the map to where the sand turned to grass. "There we go! Not sure why it was a desert. Probably one of my fellow machines was playing a silly joke… I think I know who's responsible too, that silly stinker."
"Right… a joke…" Lana awkwardly rubbed her arm.
"Anyway, just take this minecart. It'll be a shortcut to the facility."
"Will do!" Cia nodded.
"And while you do that, I can see for myself if the entrance really is sealed." He wandered off, only to cross the line and immediately rusted over, until Groose jumped in and glued a piece of Timeshift stone on him that brought him back to life, causing him to go toward the sealed entrance.
Link hopped onto the Minecart and took off while Lana opened up a portal for the other side. Fi tagged along with Link as she used a Skyward Strike on a Goddess Cube, revealing a Piece of Heart as she gave it to Link, then Lana and everyone else walked out of the portal once Link hopped out as they went through the shortcut, only to be greeted by quicksand.
"Oooookaaaay, apparently this map says there's a path here… but I don't see anything." Kotoko said.
"Allow me." Cardin grinned as he put his hand out and manipulated the quicksand to sink further down and revealed pathways.
"Duuuude, your semblance is amazing!" Masaru said.
Cardin chuckled, rubbing his upper lip. "Eh, it's no big deal." He said, walking off and high fiving his team as they walked across the pathways while also knocking a Hrok from the sky until they made it to the power generator, and then found a timeshift stone as Yor kicked it to cause the area around them to go back in time, which not only revived a robot, but two Technoblins… who were quickly dealt with by Masaru, Kotoko and Kokoro.
"I have not seen you humans in my memory banks, bzzrt… I'll have to add them in." A robot said.
"Do you know where the Lanayru Mining Facility is?" Yor asked.
"Of course I do! It's in the middle of this green field! However, you need to turn on this power generator right here, and unfortunately, there are three power nodes hidden in Lanayru Fields. Luckily, I know the passcode."
"We need to get in there in order to get to the Temple of Time." Cia said. "The entrance is blocked off and we can't go further in."
"And why would you want to do that? What business do you have in-"
Cia knelt down. "We're messengers of the Goddess Hylia and if you don't let us through, this land will become a desolate wasteland if you don't let us through."
"Oh yeah? Prove it."
Cia immediately conjured up darkness in her hands, causing the robot to sweat nervously. "I've been given the power of darkness… and if you don't give us access to the Lanayru Mining Facility-"
"Y-you'll do what?"
"I'll do something horrid to you. Like pull your circuitry apart, feeding you to the Technoblins… or worse… tickling you."
"EEEEP! The Lanayru Mining Facility, you say!" He immediately pulled out a key and proceeded to more the power nodes around until said facility rose up from the ground. "Thuh-there you go! Please don't tickle me! I'm too young to die!"
"Thank you~!" Cia smiled as they walked away.
"...Wait a minute… tickling? That wouldn't even affect me! …Would it?" The robot shuddered. "I'd rather not find out."
"So what, do you tickle torture people?" Midna asked.
"Nah, just under the armpits. I do it to Lana all the time when she least expects it."
"I swear, I should be more prepared for that…" Lana mumbled.
"Well… that's one way to get access to it, I suppose." Laxus rubbed the back of his head.
"Let's roll." Weiss said as they walked up the stairs and then into the Lanayru Mining Facility.
End BGM
BGM: Lanayru Mining Facility (The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword)
"Achoo!" Chelsea sneezed. "Ugh… dust everywhere…"
"You could say that again… sheesh!" Groose said.
"Let us proceed. The sooner we get to Zelda, the better." Fi said.
"Agreed." Link nodded as they walked ahead, only to be greeted by Arachas.
"Scorpions…" Maki whispered, where a few of them wandered over as one Aracha looked directly at her. She stared back at the creature as she could've sworn she heard creepy laughter coming from it. In fact, Tyrian's head popped up as well, causing her to gasp as she immediately pulled out her sword and impaled the Aracha. "Nnngh…" She shook her head, realizing that it was just an ordinary Aracha.
"Sheesh, talk about destroying a scorpion with gusto." Kokichi said. "You must really not like scorpions."
"That's… one way of putting it." Maki mumbled.
"Well, as long as she's destroying them, that's good enough for me!" Albedo said, hiding behind Blanche.
Link immediately saw a few stone walls as he used his Quick Beetle to snag one and dropped it in one as he went for the other, picking it up and dropping it down to make a platform for the switch on the wall, where Fi flew over and kicked the switch down to open the door as they went inside, where they would come into contact with two Staldras at an intersection, both lunged to try and bite them, but Akame and Link cut through their heads to dispose of them.
"Man, look at those mounds of dirt…" Yuri said as they approached.
"...Wait." Lana stared at the mounds of dirt as an idea popped into her head. "Wait a second, the Gust Bellows is in this dungeon!" She immediately opened up a portal. "I know just the thing for this!"
Meanwhile, at the other side…
"Let's see here…" Master Hand had an inventory checklist. "Just got a new shipment of items here… fifty Heart Containers, check. A hundred beehives, check. Seventy Beastballs because Ness keeps confusing those with regular baseballs… check…"
A portal opened up as Lana peeked in and grabbed a few Gust Bellows as she pulled away, the portal closing.
"Fifteen extra Gust Bellows-" He noticed that only ten were there. "...What in… brother! Did you mess with the shipments again?"
"No! Not this time!"
"Then it's either Deadpool or we've been stiffed!"
Back in the past…
"Here we go, five Gust Bellows!" Lana said, handing one for Link, Midna, Ravio, Akame and Loid.
"What does this do?" Anya wondered, aiming it at herself as the Gust Bellows activated and blew into her face. "Ooooh! Perfect for the summer!"
"That's one way of putting it." Weiss chuckled as they started blowing the dust away as Hazel pushed the box into a switch as the other door opened, where they walked toward the door.
"Wonder what that locked door's all about…" Zapple wondered.
"Eh, probably filler junk." Laxus guessed.
"Yeah, probably." Zapple nodded as they walked in and were greeted with quicksand and a lot of Arachas and Froaks.
"Warning: Froaks will explode if you get too close to them." Fi warned.
"Well, it's a good thing we have this." Loid said as he activated the Gust Bellows to send a Froak into another, causing an explosion that even destroyed some nearby Electric Chu Chus and Arachas.
"Maaaan, if I could find a way to store those in my Bombchu bag, I'd be set!" Kokichi grinned.
Shuichi sweatdropped. "Let's try not coming off as a terroristic police officer."
"Oh please, I only terrorize criminals."
"...Even so…" Chelsea sighed as Nesta made another "BRIDGE" as they made it across to a pile of sand that Ravio blew away to reveal a Timeshift Stone as Link hit it and caused the entire room to transform into a more mechanicalized room, complete with a few Beamos, platforms that could only be moved with the Gust Bellows and even a Sentrobe.
"We can get to the other side easily." Lana said, creating platforms as they jumped across as a Sentrobe aimed right at them and fired, only for Mercury to kick it back and caused the Sentrobe to malfunction as it sent out Sentrobe Bombs, only for Midna to blow them back into it that caused it to explode.
"So much for that security system!" Midna taunted as they walked in after Link used the Gust Bellows on a windmill to open up a door as they opened it up, and were greeted by Staldras that Tatsumi and Kurome quickly took care of, and then they found a treasure chest behind a door that Leone opened up via grabbing the bars and pulling them apart as she walked in and opened it up.
"Anything good in it?" Wave asked.
"Just a map!" Leone said as she saw a big pile of dust as she shook it off and found a Timeshift stone as she kicked it, as it went back to the past and they would see an Armos appearing in front of a door.
"Is that an Armos…?" Ravio asked.
"With a ridiculous haircut to boot." Midna said as they hopped down, then she used the Gust Bellows to blow on the propellor to make it open its mouth and its weak spot, where Midna used her hair to force the mouth to stay open while Wolf Link clawed the one crystal and Ravio took care of the other by slamming his hammer into it.
"Woof!" Wolf Link howled.
"Damn straight!" Midna smirked as they walked through the door and found themselves in a large open room, where they would run into quicksand, but Cardin used his semblance to reveal a path, where they safely walked through while Kokichi lay a few Bombchus into the quicksand and blew up a few Electric Spumes, along with some unlucky Arachas.
Once they walked up, they saw a minecart with a Timeshift stone in it as Link poked it, where it came to life and started moving on its own…
…At a very slow pace.
"...Anyone want to bet that we'd take a nap, wake up, and that thing wouldn't even be halfway there?" Leone asked.
"Maybe we need to give it a good push." Kirumi said as Mercury walked up to it, aimed his foot as rockets came out of his metallic ankles and rocket kicked the minecart hard enough to send it cruising through, smashing into a barrier and destroying it until it came to an abrupt stop by crashing into a wall.
"Ooops." Mercury said while everyone sweatdropped.
"Maybe a little less "oomph" next time…" Nesta chuckled.
"Yeeeah… my bad." Mercury sheepishly rubbed his head.
"Could be worse. If those two pushed it, it wouldn't make past the first curve." Zapple gave Laxus and Hazel a teasing look.
"I'm more reserved than that." Hazel said.
"Pffft, riiiight, as a little shove from me would do too much damage." Laxus chuckled before looking at his hands. "...Would it? Nah…"
The group made their way toward the wreckage where Laxus spotted a doorway in the middle of a pit. He wrapped himself in lightning and went for it, smashing into a rusted Beamos and walked into the door.
He looked around when he walked in, jumping up on a platform to get a better look as he spotted a treasure chest behind a locked door.
He went for it, immediately doing the same thing that Leone did and walked in, then noticed two rusted over Armos where he picked one up and threw it toward the other, shattering both.
"Heh, nothin' to it." Laxus chuckled as he pried the door open and opened the chest pulling out a gold statue. "Alright, now to find that gold door."
With the others, everyone stared at the barbed wire in front of them.
"I swear, I think I see something behind the barbed wire, but I'm not sure what it is!" Mine groaned.
"Allow me." Midna said, using her hair to pull the wiring out as Mercury helped her out, then Cia pitched in with her darkness until all of it was removed. "There we go!"
"Ah, right on time." A voice said as Laxus approached them as he fiddled around with it until he inserted it properly, then they walked in.
End BGM
Once they walked in, they found themselves in an arena of sand, all of them having their weapons out when suddenly, the sand behind them started to bulge and moved its way forward, when then a large creature emerged from the sand, creating a sand wave that knocked most of them out the door, save for Link, Lana, Ieyasu, Sayo and Blanche.
Once the sand dissipated, they saw the creature standing before them, letting out a loud screech.
BGM: Moldarach/Koloktos (The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword)
Thousand Year Arachnid - Moldarach
"Alright, let's go!" Lana said as they got ready to fight. "...Blanche, where's your weapon?"
"Don't need one!" Blanche said.
"She must have something under her belt." Link readied his ancient sword as Moldarach pinched its claws and slammed them into the ground, shooting up sand and boulders from the sand.
Moldarach then aimed his tail at them and shot out poisonous acid, forcing them to dodge as it hit a pot, causing it to melt from the acid.
What kind of acid is that?! Since when did Moldarach have this stuff… unless Ghirahim got to him first! Lana thought. "Stay away from the acidic poison! That's gonna be nasty if it hits you!"
"Yeah, we gathered!" Ieyasu said as Moldarach swiped him but he countered with his brass knuckle knives, clashing with him as Moldarach pulled back and attempted to stab him with his tail, but Ieyasu jumped back.
Ieyasu immediately crossed both of his arms, closing his eyes… as both of his arms turned jagged and rock-like as Moldarach swung again where Ieyasu swung his right arm, both clashing as Moldarach was punched away from his added strength.
"Whoa…" Lana whispered as she immediately shot lightning at Moldarach where Link ran ahead as Moldarach swiped at Link. He blocked with his shield and parried as Moldarach attempted to stab him with his stinger, but suddenly, a ribbon wrapped around his tail and pulled it back as Link noticed the ribbon was coming from Sayo's hands.
Moldarach screeched as Link swiftly cut through his claws as Moldarach screeched, attempting to shoot out acidic poison from his tail, as it shot straight in the air and came back down on Link as he jumped back as the poison landed on a boulder and melted it. He then swung his claws down to create a shockwave that also had dust and boulders pop up from the ground.
Lana put up a wall to block the attack as she then jumped off and shot lightning into a claw, destroying one while Link swung at his other claw to destroy it as well, causing Moldarach to screech.
Blanche, meanwhile, walked over to a boulder as several other boulders were floating behind her. She gently touched a boulder with her fingers. "Null." She said as the boulder lifted up from the ground as she pushed them straight for Moldarach as it tried to go underground, but Sayo's ribbons prevented it from doing so.
"Huh?" Lana looked up at the boulders as they were manipulated to overlap Moldarach.
Blanche clasped her hands together. "Release!" She exclaimed as the boulders slammed down on Moldarach, crushing the scorpion as the tail went limp immediately after. Sayo cut off her ribbons right after as she walked around the KO'd scorpion as she aimed her Photon Bow and fired an arrow into Moldarach's eye to finish it off.
End BGM
Lana turned to the trio right as everyone else walked in. "I'm assuming those were semblances."
"Yup. Mine's Harden. I'm able to turn any part of my body jagged and rock-like, which strengthens my durability and strength… although, it does a number on my stamina if I'm hit too much with my semblance active."
"Mine's Aura Ribbons." Sayo said. "I generate ribbons inside of my body and I'm able to summon them with the palms of my hands. I can manipulate them for various purposes like swinging long distances, restraining people, create traps and so on. When I release one, I either have the choice to keep it to whatever I have restrained, or I can cut it off. It's not limitless on how much I can generate, it's still plentiful. However… with more ribbons I eject, the more it drains my aura."
"As for me…" Blanche looked like she was a bit dizzy. "M-my… my semblance is Zero Gravity. I can make anything weightless and pose their gravitational pull when I touch an object and I say "N-Null"."
Her face was starting to turn green. "If I want to release it… all I have to do is say "Relea-" She gagged, her stomach doing a one eighty on her. "Oh gods… I've… I've overdone it again…" She groaned as she ran off toward a corner and started puking, while Ieyasu patted her on the back.
"There there, B… just let it out." He said.
Sayo sighed. "Blanche, you got to learn to train your semblance so you don't get sick every time you use it."
"Let me guess. The heavier the object, the more nauseous she gets?" Weiss asked.
"Yeah. Her semblance is her own worst enemy. If she'd just train…" Sayo sighed. "What am I gonna do with her?"
Tatsumi sweatdropped. "What are we gonna do, restrain her and force her to train her semblance?"
"I'd rather not…" Sayo said.
"Sooooo, what kind of monster did you fight?" Cardin asked.
"A giant scorpion." Link responded.
"Sc-scorpion?!" Albedo whimpered.
"Don't worry, it's dead." Lana said.
Albedo sighed with relief. "That's good… at least we won't have to worry about that again."
"It also had poison coming from his tail, but it was potent enough to melt anything it touched…" Lana said.
"Poison?! Ah geez…" Kotoko grimaced.
Oran looked a bit concerned. "Well… glad I'm immune to poison."
Both Laxus and Weiss blinked in surprise and looked down at Oran. "Wait…" Laxus began.
"What?" Weiss finished. "Why didn't you say so? …Also HOW?"
"No one asked." He then gave a sheepish look. "As for how, let's just say that five years of living in the wild, we tried to fight the Devastator once a year… and the second time we fought him, I got hit by a nasty poison attack, so mom made a special something from herbs and i've been immune ever since."
Laxus grimaced. "...Where was she when me and the old Thunder Legion were fighting him? That poison attack nearly killed Bickslow and Evergreen!" He groaned. "We could've needed her…"
"Sorry…"
"Ah… don't worry about it, kid." Laxus scratched his head with a smirk. "It's nothing to worry about now."
"I'm okaaaaay…!" Blanche said groggily as suddenly the sand underneath them began to sink.
"Cardin, is this your doing?" Sky asked.
"Surprisingly, no!" Cardin responded as the sand sank into the ground as they saw a door up ahead as they opened it up and walked inside.
Meanwhile, at the Temple of Time…
Impa leaned against a pillar, listening to Zelda singing while playing on a harp, strumming said harp and singing a soft melody. She glanced over at an opening as Link was the first one to come out, followed by the rest of the heroes. She gave them a nod as Zelda turned around and smiled.
"Link!" She smiled happily.
BOOM!
Suddenly, the wall that was blocked off exploded as they turned to see Ghirahim approaching. He shifted his eyes to the left and smirked, snapping his fingers as a wall of darkness was placed around them.
"You!" Impa glared.
"Aaaah, Impa! You're a sight for sore eyes. How's the queen holding up in your era?"
"This doesn't concern her!" Impa glared.
"How rude… I was happy to see you again." Ghirahim chuckled. "But… enough chit chat. Hand her to me and I promise I won't make it hurt as much as I did with that other Impa."
Impa readied her sword. "Not on your life."
BGM: Psychostorm (Hyrule Warriors)
Ghirahim licked his lips excitedly. "I was hoping you'd say that!" He said as both lunged, swinging their swords as they clashed against each other and jumped back as Ghirahim summoned daggers and launched them at Impa as she swiftly parried them… right as Wizzro appeared and shot a ball of darkness at her.
"Mmmph! …Wizzro!" Impa glared.
"Hello, Impa!"
Zelda growled, immediately running off. "Link!" She called out to him. "Use this!" She threw the harp toward him as he immediately caught it while Cia manipulated the dark wall to open it up, where Mercury immediately launched himself over to Ghirahim.
Ghirahim chuckled, aiming his sword at Impa when he shifted his eyes to see Mercury jumping into the air and heel kicked him on the way down. Ghirahim stepped out of the way and smirked. "Ah, hello Mercury. Robot life treating you well?"
"SHUT UP!" He yelled as he kicked him in the chest to knock him back but Ghirahim brushed it off.
"My my, you've got quite the temper on you. You act like I performed open body surgery on you with no anesthesia!"
You WHAT? Impa thought in horror as even Wizzro looked at Ghirahim in disbelief.
At that moment, movement swiftly charged at him as Ghirahim turned and barely blocked an onslaught from Skyward Impa, where she flipped over him and landed on the ground next to Warriors Impa.
"Tch… so you're back." Ghirahim said.
"You should've killed me!"
"I left you for dead, how was I supposed to know you Kakarikans are too stubborn to die?" Ghirahim asked.
"I'll take over from here." She said to Warriors Impa as she nodded, then they switched places as Skyward Impa took Zelda's arm and went toward the Gate of Time.
"Zelda!" Link called out.
Zelda turned to him. "I'll be okay! Just use the harp!" She called out to him as she went inside the gate as Skyward Impa dropped a grenade down as she jumped in as said grenade destroyed the Gate of Time.
"Blast it!" Ghirahim growled as he turned to the others who approached him… but as they approached, the ground shook as they heard a loud roar.
End BGM
"What was that?!" Mine asked.
"Hmhmhmhm…" Ghirahim chuckled. "The seal is about to break. My master is about to break out of his prison!"
He laughed. "And this time… I'm going to make sure nothing gets in his way! So come, heroes! Meet us at the Sealed Grounds where you will witness the rebirth of my master!" He exclaimed, snapping his fingers and teleporting away with Wizzro.
"The Sealed Grou-... no!" Lana exclaimed.
"We have to hurry!" Cia exclaimed.
"Then let's step on it." Weiss said as they took off.
Meanwhile, back in the present…
BGM: Beneath the Mask (Persona 5)
"I'm just saying… I know I'm going to get it, but if I see one stupid Korok in Tears of the Kingdom, I'm going to scream."
Futaba grimaced. "That nine hundred Korok quest really burned you, didn't it?"
"Yes! …It didn't help that I finished it at 4:30 in the morning, but still." Chiaki sighed.
"Why not finish it at like… um… a more reasonable hour?" Ruby asked.
"I think I still would've been upset regardless of what time it was."
"All of that for… that? I wouldn't blame you." Nyx said.
"Sooooo… you put that thing in yet?" Hajime asked.
"I'm… nervous to try it out. Sure, I called up Rotty and Coral but…" Futaba grimaced. 'I don't know if Cassiopeia added in a virus to this or not…"
"Well, good news!" A voice said as Coral put the device down in front of her. "We scanned it and there's no virus we detected."
"You're good to go!" Rotty gave her a thumbs up.
"Oookay… moment of truth here…" Futaba hesitantly put it in her computer as everyone watched on.
The front doors opened up as Yang and Claude walked in. "Hey, how's my sis holding up?" She asked.
"Doing a lot better!" Ruby said as Yang and Claude peeked behind the crowd.
"What's going on?" Claude asked as right on cue, a Pokeball appeared in the middle of Futaba's screen that said "Click me!"
Futaba hesitantly clicked on it as suddenly, an Eevee and the Eeveelutions came out of said Pokeball.
The Sylveon used its ribbons to pull up the code for the Network as they all jumped into it, all of them examining as Jolteon zapped away some bugged code, Glaceon froze some spaghetti code as the Eevee headbutted it while Sylveon used its ribbons to swap some code around.
"Oh my gosh… that's adorable!" Chiaki gushed.
"...It's… fixing the errors I might have put in? They're… oh… oh my…" Futaba teared up in happiness as Jade wrapped an arm around her with a grin. "Oh my gosh, I have to hug Cassiopeia for this!"
At that moment, the front door swung open as Akira looked up to see Sora collapsing on his knees after taking a few steps inside. "Sora? You look absolutely winded."
Chiaki immediately stood up and went to Sora's side. "Sora? You okay, bud?" She asked as Elfilin and BB-8 surrounded him, the latter giving him a glass of water.
"Hah… hah…" Sora took the glass and gulped it down. "Chiaki… the-there's something… I gotta tell you…"
"What's wrong?" Chiaki asked.
"It's…"
"Ahahahahahahahaha! Oh, I have to thank you for bringing me to her, Sora!"
End BGM
Sora gasped, his eyes widening as Dimentio appeared before them.
BGM: Dimentio, Charming Magician (Super Paper Mario)
"And so I arrive like a horny Koopa King singing his lungs out and lusting for peaches!"
"Dimentio?!" Ruby asked in surprise as Yang immediately got in front of Ruby, holding her arm out while Claude aimed his arrow at him. Nyx also got in front of her with her crossbows out.
"Ahahahaha… I'm not interested in you right now, Red. I'm interested in-"
Magolor appeared in the cafe. "How the heck did you get out? …Never mind that, I'm going to-"
"Why don't you get acquainted with your pals?" Dimentio pulled out his Heartbinder and summoned a Grand Doomer, where it immediately charged and held Magolor hostage with its jaws.
"Nnngh! What…?!"
"As I was saying… I'm here… for her." Dimentio summoned his Keyblade and pointed it at Chiaki.
"HE"S GOT A KEYBLADE?!" Futaba yelled. "HOW?!"
"I'm not going to tell you anything, computer geek. Go back and play with your computer." He immediately snapped his fingers as he and Chiaki disappeared from everyone.
"No!" Hajime yelled.
End BGM
"Mmmph!" Chiaki opened her eyes, finding herself in Dimension D as Dimentio appeared before her. "Alright… so why target me for a change? Got bored of Ruby?"
"No. I'm here to settle the score with you."
"Settle the-... pfffft!" Chiaki laughed. "Is that what this is all about?! You kidnapped me just because you're salty I took your chaos powers from you?"
Dimentio smirked. "Oh, it's much more than that, gamer girl. I've gotten stronger since we last met."
"Yeah, and we all know how that turns out for bad guys." Chiaki shook her head.
"I have Order magic with me now."
"Order magi-... so you're going to use that on me and take my chaos magic? You can't seriously be this stupid. It'll just cancel it out!"
"Oh, I'm not going to take it. You can keep it… I got something better… and besides, it's been what… a few weeks since you took my chaos powers? You probably haven't mastered it as it will take years-"
"Oh, I went to a special realm where I trained and honed my Chaos Magic. It took me a whole year to master it."
"...Beg pardon? You mean to tell me you're a year older now and you mastered it all just like that?"
Chiaki smiled, chaos magic conjuring in her hands. "Yup."
"I see… well, regardless, I was going to destroy you… but I suppose we can have a fight before I turn things around in my favor." Dimentio said.
"We're both equally strong in Dimension D."
"Ahahahaha… we'll see about that." Dimentio chuckled. "Tell me, gamer girl… have you ever lost a fight before?"
"Oh, a few times. One time I was ganged up on by Ness and Lucas. The latter hit me with a surprise PK Freeze when I wasn't expecting it, then Ness finished me off with a PK Fire and PK Flash combo… then there was that time with Duck Hunt when he used his cute puppy dog eyes on me to lower my guard, only for that duck to wallop me… and then every time I'm fighting Robin, he's always two steps ahead of me no matter what I throw at him. I always think I have his number this time, but he always throws me for a loop…"
She then grimaced. "And then there was that whole fight with…" She shuddered. "Data Roxas…"
"Let me rephrase that. Have you ever lost a fight with an inch of your life left?"
"Not entirely…"
"Well, let me be the first." Dimentio chuckled. "But enough talk. I want to see what you're made of with these Chaos Powers."
"Buddy…" Chiaki's eyes glowed scarlet red as her tattoos glowed as well.
BGM: A Powerful Enemy Emerges (Super Paper Mario)
"You're going to be in for a world of hurt."
Dimentio aimed his Keyblade. "Try me."
Chiaki levitated from the ground as Dimentio did the same, the former unleashed a chaotic laser at him as Dimentio fired a beam of light at her, both of them hitting each other and canceling it out as Chiaki teleported behind him and kicked him away as she then teleported to him again, and snapped her fingers, creating a few clones that grabbed onto him as they exploded onto him that sent Dimentio flying to a wall but he quickly used Curaga on himself.
Chiaki snapped her fingers as Dimentio found himself trapped in a box surrounded by butterflies and flowers as said box exploded shortly after, as butterflies flew away and flower petals rained down, but the smoke disappeared as Dimentio put up a force field around him.
He then snapped his fingers as orbs of light appeared behind him and shot at Chiaki as she flew around them as he then threw his Keyblade at her. She immediately caught it telekinetically and threw it back at him before summoning the Oathkeeper from her gaming powers as she swung down, only for Dimentio to block her.
The two of them swung their Keyblades into each other, both of them looking into each other's eyes. "Where'd you get this Keyblade?"
"Oh, had a chat with Maleficent, she took me to the Keyblade Graveyard and wouldn't ya know it, Kingdom Hearts granted me the Power of Order… and I got this fancy Keyblade to boot!"
Chiaki gritted her teeth. "You think just by having a Keyblade and some fancy new powers will make you believe you're still a hot shot?"
"Oh, this is just something to whet your appetite!"
Chiaki parried him and jumped back, using her free hand to telekinetically lift Dimentio up and pushed him into a wall as orbs of darkness wrapped around Chiaki as she fired them at him. He quickly teleported as he appeared right beside Chiaki and slashed her, sending her sliding a few feet as she tossed the Oathkeeper in the air and then her tattoos came to life and shot out, grabbing a hold of him with both arms.
"Hmm! So those aren't just ordinary tattoos…"
"I didn't just give myself a new look." Chiaki said, telekinetically grabbing her Oathkeeper and sending it flying toward Dimentio, stopping short as the teeth nearly hit his neck. "We're done here."
End BGM
"Ahahahahaha… oh, my wonderful gamer girl, you really put me to shame with your chaotic abilities, but I'm afraid that it's time for me to shine."
"You just don't get it, do you? Your time in the sun was up the moment you crossed dimensions. It's amazing how you're not even dead yet considering the crap you pulled, ESPECIALLY when Ruby was concerned. Your arrogance ends here."
"Hmhmhmhm…" Dimentio smirked. "Have I ever told you that I have aura and a semblance now?"
"What are you getting at?"
"Ah, your little stunt when you took my powers inspired me! I went all around Remnant to try to find the perfect little semblance. It took me a while to find the perfect one… there was a semblance that can make balloon animals into weapons, another where you can breathe underwater for hours, another where you can shapeshift into a vehicle… but one stood out above the rest. It didn't take long until I realized what this bad boy was capable of."
He smirked. "Oh, and one other thing." He snapped his fingers as Dimension D went from green to a dark sinister purple. "I fixed that little oversight of where people are also 256 times stronger. So now I'm the only one who can be strong here! And another thing!"
He broke out of his prison. "Dimension D also has the capability of weakening chaotic powers. Gee, I wonder who could be using that right this very instant?"
"Tch… okay, so you nerfed me. Should I be impressed?"
"No, my dear gamer girl… this is where the tables finally turn for yours truly!"
Aura wrapped around Dimentio's wrists. "And now… for the denouement!" He snapped his fingers as a massive blue shockwave engulfed Dimension D. Chiaki instinctively covered her face… when she noticed Oathkeeper disappearing. "Huh?"
"Go on, try out your powers. I dare you." Dimentio said as Chiaki tried to open up her screens, but couldn't.
"What…? Why can't I-"
"Oh, you're wondering where your powers went? Ahahahaha! Remember when I said I gained an aura and a semblance? This semblance shuts down any power whatsoever. The Power Ups from the Mushroom Kingdom, other semblances, the Varia Suit, the tunics that Link wears, PSI… anything is fair game! Not even the gods or even those silly little Personas the Phantom Thieves and the Investigation Team use will work!"
Chiaki's eyes widened in horror. "Then… that means…"
"Yes, that's right, gamer girl…" Dimentio smirked.
BGM: The Ultimate Show (Super Paper Mario)
The Jester of Order - Dimentio
"This semblance is an EMP!"
Chiaki gritted her teeth, immediately getting in a fighting stance.
"Oh! So you wish to continue fighting without your powers? Ahahahaha… do me a favor and give me a hell of a show!"
I don't know how long I have until this wears off… but I just need to buy time until I do. Okay, focus… game on. I got this!
Chiaki started running toward Dimentio, who stood there smirking as Chiaki immediately swung her fist into him but he casually weaved his head and countered by smacking his Keyblade into her skull to knock her down.
The gamer girl sprang back up, shaking it off as she found herself surrounded by orbs of light as they fired lasers into her, but Chiaki backflipped to avoid them, but Dimentio snapped his fingers as the ground underneath her caught ablaze as her eyes widened.
She landed right in the flames as she hissed in pain as she jumped out, only to get smacked in the head by a beam of light that knocked her clean on her back. "Nnngh…" She winced as she got up.
"Determined, are we? Even when you were tormented by Grimm Peach or watched your best friend sacrifice herself to save you… you still have a bright chipper smile?"
"I'm not going to let those deter me."
"Ahahahahaha! Well… we'll see how long that smile will last." He smirked as he tossed his Keyblade up in the air and shot a bright laser into her but she rolled out of the way and then got back up, running to him and delivered swift jabs into him before she shoved her fist into his gut.
"SHORYUKEN!" She yelled, knocking him high into the air… however, he smirked as he disappeared in a puff of smoke. Her eyes widening as the real Dimentio grabbed her by the ponytail and slammed her into the ground face first.
"Mmmph…" Chiaki got up, wiping blood from her nose. She shook off the pain and ran straight for him, only to slam into an invisible wall. "Mmmph! What…?" She wondered as she looked around, only for the walls to reveal themselves as mirrors.
"Mirrors…" Chiaki tried to run around, but the amount of mirrors that were placed was enough to disorient her.
"How do you like my mirror maze!"
"Wh-what'd you say…?!" Chiaki froze up, her breathing quickening as fear was set in her eyes.
Dimentio snapped his fingers as the mirrors exploded into glass and surrounded Chiaki, then with a snap of his fingers, they all flew into her. She immediately covered her face and felt the sharp glass cut through her body and ripping her clothing. One glass shard knocked the Galaga hair clip off of her.
Chiaki fell on her hands and knees, groaning as she coughed. Some blood escaped her lips as Dimentio teleported to her and swung his Keyblade into her. She tried to catch it, but Dimentio fired electric bolts into her to knock her on the ground as he aimed his Keyblade at her and fired a magical Ragnarok at her as Chiaki tried to get away, but Dimentio teleported and put his leg out to trip her as he disappeared as the Ragnarok came close to her.
All she could do is cover her face and brace for impact as the Ragnarok exploded, sending her flying several feet and rolled on the ground until she lay on her back as blood poured from her body. "Hah… hah… nnngh…" Chiaki tried to get up, where she saw a light appear above her… and then a massive pillar of light came crashing down and pierced through her.
End BGM
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!" She screamed in agonizing pain while Dimentio watched on with a satisfied smirk on his face. He snapped his fingers as the pillar of light grew and covered her entire body from head to toe.
"Aaaah, your screaming is just music to my ears~" Dimentio grinned as he snapped his fingers to make the pillar of light disappear as he casually walked over to Chiaki who was a singed mess by this point.
A few pained tears ran down her cheeks as she struggled to get up, glaring at Dimentio as she staggered before falling on her knees. "Hah… hah… hah…"
"Don't you see, gamer girl? Order-" Magic conjured up in his hand. "-Is in MY court-" He shoved his hand into her chest. "-GAMER GIRL!"
Magic burst out of Chiaki's back as she let out another shrill scream that was music to his ears.
"Alright, I've had enough fun~" Dimentio smiled as he pulled away and then snapped his fingers, bringing the both of them back to reality.
"Chiaki…?" Hajime looked at Chiaki, his eyes widening in horror as he immediately ran to her while Dimentio folded his arms smugly. "CHIAKI!" He yelled.
"Hah… Haji… me…"
"...What did you DO?" Ruby yelled, readying her scythe as everyone had their weapons out while Elfilin and BB-8 immediately went to Chiaki's side as well.
"Order was simply in my court." He said casually as Chiaki struggled to get up, only she coughed out blood instead.
"You… you son of a…" Hajime growled. "I'll kill you…" He said softly as Izuru immediately took over and glared at Dimentio angrily.
"I'LL KILL YOU!"
"If you waste your time killing me, then Chiaki here will breathe her last. I left her with just an inch of her life left. Although, I'm sure her life is fading fast. She might be at 0.09% health left… who knows!"
Kakamura growling, picking up Chiaki in his hands as he immediately rushed out the door as Futaba immediately contacted her fellow Phantom Thieves.
"...What have I done…" Sora whispered.
"Oh, by the way… Maleficent is making her move again and she's ready to take the Princesses of Heart." He pulled out a list. "This list has the Princesses of Heart… however, there are a few fake ones that I put in. Do your best to figure out which is which, will you?"
He tossed the list to them.
Princesses of Heart (Which is Real and Which Isn't?)
Merida
Tiana
Elsa
Kate Bishop
Anna
Mabel Pines
Rapunzel
Vanellope Von Schweetz
Yelena Belova
Moana
America Chavez
"Personally, I'd focus more on Chiaki first. Tick tock~" Dimentio chuckled as everyone ran out the door to go after Kamakura. "Hmhmhmhmhm-... hmm?" He looked down, spotting Chiaki's Galaga hair clip as he picked it up. "My my, she dropped this… it'd be quite a shame if something were to-"
He tightened his grip until the hair clip snapped in half.
"-Happen to it~"
Meanwhile, at the hospital…
"WHAT?!" Mikan yelled as she immediately took Chiaki in. "Hang in there, Nanami! We'll save you!"
In the waiting room, everyone sat or paced around while Kamakura was outside of the ER, his arms folded and waiting for Chiaki to pull through.
At that moment, the Phantom Thieves came running in. "What the eff do you MEAN Chiaki's in the hospital?!" Ryuji asked.
"Who put her in there?" Haru asked.
"Who do you think?" Akira asked.
"What do you mean?" Ann asked.
"Remember when Chiaki took Dimentio's powers away?" Futaba asked.
"Yea-... oh no…" Makoto put her hands over her mouth.
"He came back?" Yusuke asked.
"Stronger than ever too. Chiaki was almost dead by the time we got here." Akira said.
Rage trembled in Ryuji, angrily shaking with a growl escaping his lips. "WHERE IS THAT ASSHOLE?! I'M GOING TO FUCKING TEAR HIM INTO PIECES FOR DOING THIS TO NANAMI!"
In the ER, Tomoe looked at Mikan. "You might want to inform your friends... Because I bet they would want to be here looking after her."
"I know, but-"
"Let me steal your phone for a sec." Maria took her phone and immediately texted the Ultimates.
"Yo, this is Maria. I'm currently texting through Mikan's phone to let you know that Chiaki got fucked up REAL good. You might wanna come over."
She then snapped a picture and sent it, and then her eyes widened when a lot of replies came in.
"Hoo… talk about immediate…" She said, all three unaware of Chiaki's Oathkeeper reappearing in her hands.
Meanwhile, at the Future Foundation…
"Kiri!" Aoi slammed the door open. "We got a situati-" She gasped, her eyes widening as she saw blood splattered everywhere, even seeing a message written in blood on the wall.
"Perpetual Idiot, am I?"
"Nnngh…" Kyoko staggered to her feet.
"Kiri! Is he-"
"Rrrgh…" Kyoko walked forward, tranquil fury was seen in her eyes as she wiped blood from her lower lip. "If he wants a war with us… he's about to damn well GET one…"
Ibuki: MAKE WAY, COMING THROUGH! IBUKI'S GONNA KICK THAT JESTER'S ASS.
Deadpool: Save some room for me!
Yeeeeeup, Dimentio's back in action! Shout out to Yoshi for the idea.