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BGM: Lanayru Desert (The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword)
The group landed in the desert after they entered the province, but as they landed, Zelda immediately took notice of a Timeshift stone. "What in…? That's a curious stone."
"Indeed. I've never seen anything like it." Ganondorf said as the duo approached it as Zelda curiously put her hand on it.
"It's very firm, I'll give it that."
"Pah. Won't be for long." Ganondorf Warlock Punched it, but instead of it shattering, it changed the landscape around them.
"What in Hylia?!" Zelda said in surprise as the perimeter turned into a grassy field.
"...A grassy field?" Ganondorf wondered as his eyes narrowed. "So the Lanayru province used to be filled with life before it turned into a cold wind…"
"Unfortunately, yes." Lana nodded.
"And you're saying Lanayru perished, which was the key that turned this into a desert wasteland…"
Lana nodded again. "Yes."
"And you're saying he fell ill."
"Indeed."
"Are you sure it was an illness? For all we know, something could have targeted Lanayru and sapped his strength… or someone."
"Who'd be insane enough to sap the strength of a dragon?" Cia wondered.
"A creature, perhaps? Who knows, but I want to meet whoever was responsible for this that turned Lanayru into a harsh desert climate. Perhaps if we got rid of whatever that ailed him, Lanayru would continue to make the land flourish."
"That'd be… quite the task." Zelda said.
"Perhaps. But perhaps not."
"Well, maybe we'll get there whenever we run into him." Weiss said as they walked to where the butterflies were, but as they got closer, the Faunus immediately were hit with an uneasy feeling.
"These butterflies… they feel different." Kokoro said.
"Yeah… I don't know what it is, but I don't like it…" Oran mumbled.
"Evil butterflies!" Anya glared.
"I have to agree… I don't like this." Ling said.
"Rrrgh… I'm feelin' uneasy…" Leone mumbled.
Weiss closed her eyes, putting her hand out in front of the butterflies. "I… I can sense something…" She said. "I… I feel nothing but pure evil. I feel as if someone tampered with the Silent Realm."
"You can sense all of that from the Triforce of Wisdom?" Whitley wondered.
"I've been sensing all kinds of things with this." She turned to Zelda and Ganondorf. "Is this normal for you two?"
"You get used to it." Ganondorf said.
"...What he said!"
"Right…"
"If someone did tamper with it… do you think we should go through with it?" Link wondered.
"No, the tears are still in there. However, I feel like things might have changed a bit."
"One way to find out." Link said as Fi came out and they proceeded to open up the gate through the Blessed Harp.
"The Silent Realm here will test your wisdom." Fi explained.
End BGM
"Alright." Link nodded as he thrusted his sword into the gate, when suddenly, a dark aura shot out of the Silent Realm.
BGM: No Time To Think! (Kingdom Hearts)
"Gyah! What the heck is that?!" Groose yelped as dark hands formed around the dark aura and lunged at everyone. Weiss immediately gripped her wrist, aiming the Triforce at it and unleashing a snowflaked version of Nayru's Love, blocking the dark aura from coming at her as she did the same for the others as the dark aura went around them before disappearing.
"Is everyone okay?" Weiss asked.
"Yeah, I'm okay." Maki nodded as everyone else nodded as well.
"Guys? Where's ATMC?" Cardin asked.
"Kotoko's missing too!" Mira exclaimed.
"Not only that, but Link's gone as well!" Groose said.
End BGM
Weiss grimaced, looking directly at the gate. "I can only hope they make it out okay…"
Inside the Silent Realm, with Akame…
Akame coughed, finding herself in a dark purplish building with ooze sliding down the walls. "Where am I…?" She wondered as she looked around. "Is this…? No, it couldn't be…"
"Sis?"
Akame turned her head to see Kurome approaching her. "Kurome? What are you doing here?"
"I've always lived here, silly. So have you." Kurome smiled… when suddenly, something dropped down behind her and impaled her from behind. "AAAAGH!"
"SIS!" Akame yelled.
"Hmhmhmhmhm~ Mind if I drop in~?"
Kurome disappeared in flames, and what had impaled her from behind was none other than Tyrian.
BGM: Majora's Theme (The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask)
"The… the Scorpion…?!" Akame exclaimed as suddenly the area caught ablaze, lighting the area where Akame would see a mural of Kagura. She realized she was back at Night Raid.
"Ahahahahahaha!" Tyrian cackled. "Let's play a game… I call it… PIN THE TAIL ON THE HUNTRESS! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
He lunged directly at Akame.
Tatsumi…
"Oh… oh geez…" Tatsumi grimaced, staring at Tyrant who was locked in the cell.
"What's the matter, boy? You look like you've seen a ghost!"
Tatsumi nervously gulped. "I… I'm not…"
"Allow me to get out of this cell."
He suddenly turned into light, blinding him… and then he felt a foot hit his stomach as he was kicked toward a wall. "Nnngh!" He grunted as he looked up and saw Tyrant in Lucy Heartfilia's body.
"There. Much better."
"You… you can change form at will?!"
"What do you think this is, idiot?"
Mine…
"No… no no no no no no…" Mine whimpered, finding herself face to face with her Demon Soul form.
"Hahaha! I never felt so free! I'm so glad you finally awakened me after all this time!"
"Get away from me!"
"Why run? We can fuse together!"
Chelsea…
"Why… am I back in Vacuo?" Chelsea wondered.
"Chelsea!"
"Mom? Kokoron?" Chelsea turned her head, seeing nothing but a sandstorm in front of her. "Hang on, I'll get you out of there!"
She ran straight for the sandstorm, hearing them call her by name as she kept powering through. She found a door in front of her as she opened it up and closed it. "Mom! Kokoron, are you in here?"
She found Yor and Kokoro sitting in a chair. "Oh, thank Oum you're okay." She said as she approached them, but as she got closer, she saw bruises all over their bodies, some blood trickling from Yor's mouth, and they were both unconscious.
"M-Mom?! Sis?! What happened to you?!"
"So. You finally came home after all this time."
Chelsea froze, her pupils shrinking as she slowly turned to see her parents, holding broken beer bottles in their hands.
"You pathetic bitch." The father spat, causing Chelsea to let out a whimper.
Link…
"Liiiink!"
Link gasped, seeing his Zelda fall to him. He immediately ran toward Zelda, but each step he took… he became sluggish and slow, and Zelda seemed to be furthering away from him. "ZELDA!" He called out.
"Each step you take, you will never get close to saving Zelda. Isn't that poetic?"
Link turned to the source of the voice, seeing Ghirahim leaning against nothing. "You will NEVER save her!"
"That's where you're wrong!" Link growled, powering through.
Kotoko…
"Rrrgh… where am I…?" Kotoko wondered as she looked around. "Wait… I know this room…"
"This room is where you were a film star."
Kotoko gasped, seeing her biological mother standing before her as she turned. "Mom?!"
"You had everything in your grasp so long as you were gentle. Yet you threw everything away. You're an embarrassment!"
Kotoko clenched her fist, giving her mother a harsh glare and a scowl.
End BGM
BGM: Remnant of Twilight (Hyrule Warriors)
Back with Akame, she quickly blocked the attacks that Tyrian threw at her as she tried to parry, but he wrapped his tail around her sword and yanked it away.
"Oh, I'm sorry. Were you needing this? Here, let me give it back tenfold!" He thrusted his tail, attempting to impale Akame with her sword but she quickly ducked and then ran off, only to be blocked by fiery debris that fell and blocked her path.
"Crap…!"
"What's the matter? We were just getting to know each other!"
Tyrian lunged, swinging his blades at her as she tried to dodge, but Tyrian kicked her into a flaming wall, knocking her into another room.
Akame groaned, and then she felt Tyrian get on top of her, pinning her to the ground and smirking devilishly. "Now which little pig Faunus should I cut up first~?" He wondered, using Akame's sword to poke her arm. "Here~? Oh, how about here~?" He went for the other arm.
"Ah, no wait…" Tyrian gently had the tip of the blade touch her neck. "This little pig Faunus will go straight to the MARKET!"
Akame whimpered, kicking Tyrian off of her as she took off running. I can't bring myself to fight him… he's too powerful! She thought as she quickly hid inside a bathroom, closing the door as flames danced around her.
"Ahahahahaha~!" Tyrian laughed. "Little Pig Faunus~! Little Pig Faunus~! Let me come in~! What's that? You won't let me in? That's fine… I'll just BLOW THIS DOOR DOWN!" He yelled as he hacked at the door repeatedly, as Akame shrieked, covering her ears and squinting her eyes.
"Please go away… please go away… please go away… please go away…!"
She didn't want to open her eyes and looked up… but she did so anyway as she looked up and through the flames, she saw Tyrian's head staring at the massive hole in the door.
"Heeeere's TYRIAN!"
Tatsumi…
Tatsumi rolled out of the way, dodging a punch from Tyrant as said punch was enough to shatter a wall. "You stay away from me!"
"Oh come now, where's the fun in that?" Tyrant chuckled as he lunged, quickly kicking him but he rolled out of the way again as he pulled out his sword and proceeded to slash at Tyrant, but he casually caught it and palm struck him in the chest to send him sliding across the water.
Tyrant then casually tossed the sword to Tatsumi.
"Pick it up. Pick. It. Up."
Tatsumi gulped, taking the sword as he got in his stance, but his legs were shaking as he seemed completely unsure of himself.
"Good. Now wear that armor just like your descendant did before you!"
"No… I'm not… I'm not going to let my mind be shattered just like my ancestor!"
"That's too bad."
Tyrant brought out Lucy's whip and with a flick, Tatsumi had it wrapped around him and was pulled to him, where he grabbed him by the throat. "Guess I'm just going to have to force you to put it on so we can be ONE!"
He slammed him into the ground and kicked him into a wall, his aura shattering upon impact as he dropped the sword.
"Put on that armor! I want to see you writhe in agony!"
Mine…
Mine hid behind some debris, aiming Pumpkin at her Demon soul and proceeding to shoot, only she teleported.
"Why do you run?"
"Mmmph!" Mine stiffened.
"You finally awakened your true power and this is how you treat it? To be some burden where you don't want to use it at all? You've got demon blood running through your veins! USE IT!"
"N-No! I don't want to be labeled like some freak!"
"Is that how you view your ancestor then?"
"...What? No! I would never consider her a freak. Mira's a sweetheart and if she wants to use her Demon Soul, then that's her business! But for me, it's different… like-"
"Oh, just because you're a teenager makes it different?" Her demon soul rolled its eyes. "Let's see how "different" it is, then!"
Her Demon Soul lunged, grabbing Mine by the throat. "Does this make you feel different?" She threw her to a wall and fired dark lasers into her. "How about now!"
End BGM
Chelsea…
BGM: Growing Sorrow (Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity)
"Hmph. You think you're all that." Her father mumbled. "You're nothing more than an attention whore."
"That's not true! I was never an attention whore!"
"Oh, don't give us that, honey." Her mother spat. "You wanted us to look at you, celebrate your birthday, spend time with you. Honestly… you thought if we just put the alcohol down, we'd love you. Pah. Useless."
"When you were born, you brought great pain to your mother. She could never sleep well after that, and neither could I. So we both turned to alcohol to soothe the pain."
Chelsea closed her eyes, gritting her teeth. "I've heard this before… you told me one day that I was the reason why you turned to alcohol in the first place. No matter how many good grades I got or how well I did, you never bothered to praise me. Why would you turn to alcohol… oh wait, I know why… I was too busy crying throughout the night because I was hungry for more food when I was a baby."
Chelsea rolled her eyes, folding her arms. "Of course, who would want milk from a drunken cow like yourself?"
"Don't you talk to your mother that way!"
"I can call you guys however I'd like. You're not my parents anymore. I made sure of it."
"Ohoho, yeah, you think we don't know about you shredding your birth certificate? You really were one for the dramatics. "Oh, look at me, I'm a scrawny teenager. I can do whatever the hell I want"!" Her father mocked.
"The least you could have done was acknowledge me at all… but you did that just to keep appearances. I ain't fallin' for your shit."
"So this is how you treat us? Like worthless animals who gave birth to you?"
"Look who's talking."
Her mother scowled. "Then you give us no choice. We'll just have to discipline you."
"Do your worst. Living with you was punishment enough."
The father smirked. "So, you decide to replace us with these two? An assassin and some damn faunus for a sister? Ha! They weren't much when I took 'em on." He walked over to Yor, and with his shattered beer bottle, he raised his glass up.
Chelsea's eyes widened. "No!" She yelled as she tried to stop him, but her mother grabbed a hold of her and shoved her to the ground, pinning her there as her mother forcibly moved her head up, forcing her eyelids open as she could only watch as the father shoved the glass through Yor's neck.
"NO!" She shrieked as her father went to do the same with Kokoro. She tried to get up, but her mother held her tight.
"You wanted me to give you my love? Well, now I'm giving it to you…" Her mother whispered harshly, forcing her daughter to watch him do the same with Kokoro.
"Chelsea, I am very disappointed in you. You could have had everything from us, but you ran away and chose to be with that whore." Her father wiped the blood from the broken beer bottle, not caring about tears running down Chelsea's cheeks.
"You… you…" Chelsea's voice cracked as her mother got off of her, only to force her up. "YOU MONSTER!" She screamed as she tried to reach for her weapons, but didn't feel any of them.
"Looking for these?" Her mother tauntingly held them.
"You wanted us to give you attention while we got ourselves drunk twenty four seven? Fine, we'll give you the attention you desperately craved." He said as her mother pinned her to a wall. "Let's play a game, daughter. Let's play "Your parents shove shards of beer bottles in your skin"."
"This isn't what I wanted…" Chelsea whimpered.
"Oh, but I thought you wanted us to give you attention. Wasn't that your birthday wish before you ran away?" Her mother pointed out as Chelsea's eyes widened. "Shard me."
End BGM
"I don't know who the hell you think you are."
With Kotoko…
"But I can tell you this. You were never my mother to begin with."
"What? What makes you say that?"
"Oho! Let's see here… having people sexually abuse me just so you could make a profit, kept saying the word "gentle" to the point it was a trigger word for PTSD, forcing me to actually BE gentle when these so-called "men" had their way with me… shall I go on?"
"You wanted to be a movie star!"
"But not like that, you demon!" Kotoko spat.
"Don't you EVER talk to your mother like that!" She went to slap her, but she caught her with her hand.
"You're one to talk, Miss "I can do whatever the hell I want with my daughter"." She twisted her arm and pushed her away. "You want to know who my true mother is? Elisheba Strauss. She's my true mother! I may have been adopted into the Strauss family, but she and her husband have given me all the love and care that you've robbed me in these last few weeks than you've ever done in my whole life. So did my older sister."
"Bullshit. Your true mother is standing right before you. You know, the one who you killed?"
"Ya know, mother's are supposed to be kind and compassionate, something that you very well lack. I wanted to be a film star, but that was not the way to go. You are nothing more than a demonic wench who I'm glad I actually killed just so I could get away from you."
"Kotoko, you ungrateful bra-"
"SILENCE, YOU PIECE OF SHIT!" She yelled, causing her mother to flinch.
BGM: With Power Awakened (Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity)
"Your ruthless days are OVER. You have no power over me! You think you can just walk all over me like a rug and tell me what to do, but let me tell you, I'm not going to listen to a flippin' morally bankrupt of a person like you, if you can even call yourself that!"
An aura wrapped around Kotoko.
"As far as I'm concerned, you can rot in the deepest pits of hell for all I care! And you know what else? I'm not Kotoko Utsugi anymore. I am a Strauss and I always will be!"
End BGM
As for Link, he collapsed on his knees, punching the ground in frustration. No matter how hard he tried to trudge through, Zelda seemed to be further away.
"Hahahaha!" Ghirahim laughed. "You so-called "Hero". You're nothing. You won't amount to anything! Heck, you won't be able to save her! What can you do? Nothing. You successfully let your best friend down and there's nothing you can do about it! You're the Hero of NOTHING."
Ghirahim smirked. "And that's what you're going to be. I'll make damn sure of it."
Link closed his eyes. It felt like he couldn't do anything…
"Link? What's the matter?" A voice echoed in his mind.
In the past…
"Oh, nothing…"
"Come on, don't give me that. I know you more than anyone. You can tell me." Zelda smiled.
Link sighed, looking out into the great cloud sea. "Sometimes, I… feel discouraged. Like I can't do anything right, no matter what I do."
"Aw come on, you know you're not like that. Is Groose giving you a hard time again? If you need a hand-"
Zelda pounded her fist into her palm. "I'll be right there giving him a good talking to!"
Link chuckled. "It's just… what would I amount to anything? We're on a small island in an endless ocean of clouds. Are we just that insignificant?"
"Mmm, I doubt it. I feel like we all have a purpose. Heck, maybe there's something underneath these clouds. You never know! I feel like we are significant!"
Zelda smiled, hugging Link from behind. "Just don't worry about it, okay? I'm here for you just like you're always there for me. And if you ever feel discouraged… just think of me smiling! My dad always said my smile is contagious, it actually perks him up. Maybe it'll do the same for you."
"Yeah…"
"Look at me."
Link turned around, seeing Zelda smile. "Well? How do you feel~?"
Link chuckled, smiling back. "A lot better, honestly."
"Yay! It worked! Just think of my smile whenever you're down, okay? It goes a long way…"
In the present…
Zelda… Link thought as he clenched his fists. Smile for me…
"You pathetic little nothing." Ghirahim put his foot on his back. "You're just an insignificant nobody."
"You're wrong."
"Hmm?"
"I said… YOU'RE WRONG!"
BGM: Push Forward (Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity)
Link pushed Ghirahim off of him. "I'm more than what you say I am."
He turned around and started to run, but he moved sluggishly. However, as he did, he turned his head and saw some vines as he quickly dove and climbed up, finding tears all around him. He swiftly picked them up as Nayru's Spirit Vessel glowed brightly and transformed into a Double Clawshot.
Ghirahim appeared in front of Link. "You will go no further than-"
Link aimed his Clawshot and shot it at Ghirahim, where he proceeded to swing his arms, swinging Ghirahim into a wall ashe used his other Clawshot to latch onto a target as he was pulled toward it, then he quickly Hookshot his way toward different targets, moving his way to Zelda.
Ghirahim appeared near the end as he threw a dagger at a target, destroying it as Link hit the wall, but he used his momentum to aim at Ghirahim and fired, the Clawshot hitting him in the face.
"Gah!" Ghirahim yelped as Link was pulled to him, then he released the Clawshot as Link flipped over, landing on top of Ghirahim's scalp and leapt off, aiming his clawshot at Zelda and latched onto the wall behind her, pulling his way to her as he dove down and caught her.
"NO!" Ghirahim yelled as Link gracefully landed and held Zelda in his arms.
Akame…
Akame slipped through Tyrian's legs as he slashed down, just barely missing her as she got up, only to get smacked into the flames by his tail.
She screamed as she got out, but her aura was drained as Tyrian laughed. "Is this all Night Raid can do? I've got this in the bag!" He cackled, only for a sand stream to strike him as he was pushed into a fire wall, dropping Akame's Sword.
"Yeah, I don't think so." A voice said as Akame saw Scorpio approaching, making her flinch.
"Sc-Scorpi-..."
Scorpio chuckled, turning his head to her. "I know how you feel about Scorpion faunus because of this man. But relax, dude. Not every Scorpion Faunus is a bad dude!" He grinned, flexing a "rock and roll" gesture as he grabbed the sword and tossed it to Akame.
"Ah, another one to play with. This will be fun!" Tyrian lunged at him as Scorpio did the same, both of them clashing each other's hands and tried to push the other back… however, Scorpio smirked and proceeded to shoot sand into Tyrian's eyes.
"AGH!" He cried as Scorpio proceeded to hit him with sand manipulation, punching him through the walls and hitting him with sand streams before snapping his fingers as Tyrian was buried underneath the sand.
"Aaaand stay buried!" Scorpio smirked as he turned to Akame. "See? You can rely on me if you want!"
"O-okay…"
Tatsumi…
Tyrant held Tatsumi up by the throat. "Well? Are you going to change and we can be one just like your ances-"
Immediately, a fist hit him in the cheek that sent him flying and dropped Tatsumi.
"Taking on the appearance of Lucy, Tyrant? You have some nerve…"
Tyrant turned to his assailant. "Aaaah, Leo!"
"Leo…? What are you-"
"Me and a few of my friends are getting you the hell out of here." Loke responded.
"You couldn't even best me the first time. It took you and the Celestial King together to seal me in that Infernal armor! You can't defeat me!"
"That may be true, but I know all your tricks this time!"
"Do you now?" Tyrant smirked as he and Loke lunged forward. "You're willing to face me as Lucy when you were smitten with her before?"
"That's because the Luce I know is dead… and you're taking on her appearance like you own the place. You have no shame, do you!"
Both of them threw a punch, both of their fists hitting each other that sent a shockwave flying.
With a smirk, Tyrant jumped back and breathed out dark fire as Loke unleashed a Regulus Beam, unleashing a powerful light laser as they both clashed as Tatsumi watched on, then Tyrant smirked, teleporting away.
Loke shifted his eyes as he blocked a kick from above as he grabbed his ankle and threw him to the ground, Tyrant got back up as dark aura surrounded his hands.
"Dark Matter Impact!"
Tyrant threw orbs of darkness at Loke as he swiftly rolled out of the way as the darkness exploded behind him, evaporating everything in a wide radius. Tatsumi paled at the sight of it.
"Impressive. You dodged the very attack that almost killed you when it connected last time."
"That's because I know what that's capable of now." Loke jumped up and threw down a powerful Regulus Blast, having conjured up a power ray of light and threw it down, resulting in a light-filled explosion.
"RRRRGH!" Tyrant grunted, shielding his eyes as Loke shoved his fist into his gut, delivering several powerful blows to his abdoment and threw an uppercut to his chin, making his head snap back as he then roundhouse kicked him away.
"You're getting soft, Tyrant."
Tyrant brushed his shoulder. "I'll concede for now… but know this."
Tyrant suddenly transformed into Tatsumi, causing the original to gasp and paled in horror.
"I will get my hands on him and I will succeed this time unlike Lucy." He smirked as Loke snapped his fingers, teleporting him and Tatsumi away.
Mine…
"Aren't you tired of it all? Don't you just want to cut loose and destroy everything?"
"Nnngh… n-no…!"
"You're a lot more stubborn than I've taken you for. If I have to force you, then so be-"
Suddenly, she was grabbed from behind and was suplexed to the ground. "MMMPH!" She grunted as she was grabbed by the ankle and thrown to a wall.
"Huh…?" Mine looked to see who her savior was. "C-Capricorn…?"
"Don't worry. I'll handle this." He said calmly as he got in a stance as the Demon Soul shook it off and glared at him.
"Ah, I thought I sensed your presence."
"The dark blood in your body, Mine… you should not be afraid of it." Capricorn said. "If Mira could use it to her full potential, then so can you. That said, she had a similar experience so she can relate to it."
"That's what I've been trying to tell her!"
"However. You are trying to get Mine to use her full potential by force. That's not how it works."
"Care to elaborate when I beat you to the ground!"
The Demon Soul teleported directly to his face, only to get a fist into her gut almost immediately as he sweep kicked her right after, then he proceeded to unleash a flurry of jabs and hooks and finished the combo with an uppercut to knock her up in the air as he jumped up and axe kicked her to the ground.
"This is your fear, is it not?" Capricorn pointed out. "Perhaps you could learn to conquer it and become one with your dark blood." He then chuckled with a smirk. "However, now is not that time."
Dude, why are you smirking? Mine wondered as the Demon soul roared and unleashed a powerful dark laser at him, but he jumped into the air after making sure it wouldn't hurt Mine as he then flipped into the air and kicked her in the head, before he grabbed her arm and slammed her into the ground, placing his foot on her chest.
"Stay down."
"Rrrgh… you think this is over? I'll make sure she'll wreck shit and destroy everything!"
It seems as if this is what her fear is molding her Demon Soul to say… seems she has much more in common with Mira. She truly is her descendant.
"We'll see about that." Capricorn said, kicking her away as he jumped back and took Mine's hand. "Let's get out of here."
"Right." Mine nodded, taking his hand as they warped out of there.
Chelsea…
Chelsea fell to the ground, cut up and bled all over her body as tears poured down her cheeks. "Aw, look. It looks like she's had enough." Her mother chuckled.
"What? You're done with wanting attention?" Her father smirked. "Why, we're just getting started!"
He picked her up and shoved her into the wall. "You think you're special just because you ripped up your birth certificate? It takes a lot more than that to get rid of us!"
He then tossed her to the ground and then picked up a shotgun. "Get up. Let's see how you well you dance."
At that moment, a pink wall of wool rose up from the ground the moment he pulled the trigger, the wool wall blocking said bullet.
"Huh?!" He exclaimed in surprise as he and his wife looked around, only to get hit by Wool Bombs, sending them into walls as more wool was thrown and pinned them to walls.
Aries walked up, casually blowing her fingertips with a smile on her face. "That'll get you under control." She said as she walked over and knelt down near Chelsea, offering her hand. "Hey…"
"Aries…?"
"Let's get out of here." She said gently with a soft smile as Chelsea weakly took her hand.
Kotoko…
"You pathetic brat! You think you could say all of this just to get a rise out of me?" Her mother growled. "This is not how you be gentle!"
"That word means nothing to me anymore!" Kotoko shot back. "Thanks to my family, I was able to get past it! Your words are empty."
Her mother scowled. "Fine… if you won't listen to reason, then I'll have to make you more reasonable!"
She pulled back her fist and proceeded to punch Kotoko… only she didn't get very far as her fist was held back by a whip. "Huh…?" She turned her head to see a blonde woman holding her back with said whip.
"Don't even think about it, you hag!"
"...Lucy?" Kotoko blinked as Lucy pulled her mother away from Kotoko and then ran up to her mother and clotheslined her, immediately KOing her. "Ooooh!" She winced.
End BGM
"Hmph. That'll show you."
"Okay, that was pretty awesome but you decided to come to the afterlife to come and rescue me?"
Lucy smiled. "Nah, we're not from the afterlife."
She transformed, revealing to be the Gemini twins.
"Oh! Gemini!" Kotoko said and then laughed. "That makes more sense."
Gemi nodded. "Yeah… we sometimes transform into Lucy because… well, we miss her."
"I miss her hugs…" Mini sighed.
"You transform into her for sentimental reasons." Kotoko smiled and then ruffled their heads with a smile. "You kids rock, you know that? Continue being you!"
Both twins smiled and hugged her as she hugged them back. "Alright, now let's get out of here.' She said as they were warped away.
Outside the Silent Realm…
The trial gate lit up as everyone got out all at once, Link holding absolutely nothing in his arms as he blinked, rubbing the back of his head with a chuckle.
"You guys are okay!" Weiss smiled.
"I can confirm that Master Link gathered all the tears." Fi said.
Weiss immediately looked at Chelsea, her eyes widening. "Chelsea?! What happened?!"
"Make way, coming through!" Ling immediately sprang into action, quickly tending to her wounds as Yor and Kokoro were by her side, followed by Kokichi, Shuichi and Yuri.
"That wasn't just a Nightmare Realm." Loke said. "That was a realm based on their deepest fears. I've a feeling Ghirahim and Wizzro tampered with this."
"They could do that?" Zelda asked. "Oh gods…"
"Akame's fear was reliving the day that that scorpion dude showed up and burnt Night Raid to the ground." Scorpio explained. "I had to step in and tell her that not all Scorpion faunus are bad. Just that one dude that we know of."
Kurome immediately came over and pulled Akame into a hug. "I got you…" She whispered.
"Tatsumi's was going face to face with Tyrant again, and apparently, he can shapeshift into Lucy just to make himself more agile. I don't know if that was the nightmare responsible for that or he somehow learned to shapeshift. Either way, he took full advantage of it." Loke said.
"Mine's was facing her Demon Soul and her fear is basically losing control of herself and destroying everything in sight." Capricorn explained. "By the way, it's good to see you again, Mirajane."
"Nice to see you too, Capricorn." Mira smiled before she walked over and pulled Mine into a hug. "We'll work on this together…" She whispered.
"Thanks…"
"Chelsea had the worst of it. Not only did she faced her abusive parents again, she was forced to watch them kill Yor and Kokoron before they started physically assaulting her…" Aries said.
"Chelsea…" Yor whispered.
Chelsea teared up. "I've… I've had a deep fear that… they'll come for me…. I was worried they'll ambush us and then kill the both of you and forcing me to watch… and… while they haven't physically abused me, I've been afraid they'd resort to that had I stayed with them a bit longer…"
"Chelsea…" Kokoro's ocelot ears lowered with a frown.
"Chelsea, look at me…" Yor said gently, gently cupping her chin. "I'm not going to allow that to happen. If they even think of trying to do that, I'll make them wish they didn't come after you."
"Yeah, and we'll hide the bodies to the point where they'll never be found!" Kokichi grinned, putting his hands behind his head casually.
"I… wouldn't go that far." Shuichi mumbled.
"More than likely, I'll have them arrested after Yor's done with them… provided she didn't kill 'em yet." Yuri chuckled.
"I'll do my best to protect you, sis!" Kokoro smiled.
Chelsea teared up even more. "Guys…"
"I love you, Chelsea… we all do." Yor said, gently planting a kiss on her forehead. "I won't allow them to harm my baby girl." She wrapped her arms around her as Chelsea melted in her arms, softly crying in her chest as Yor rubbed her back.
"As for me, well… I guess seeing my mother again would count as a nightmare, but I chewed her out. These two came in just at the right time." Kotoko smiled, causing the twins to smile.
"If I had to guess, Master Link's fear was that he doesn't feel like he's enough and could never save our Zelda." Fi said.
"What?! Dude!" Groose approached Link and grabbed him by the shoulders. "Bud, you are more than enough! You have what it takes! You have the courage to power through anything I threw at you! Anyone else would have given up a long time ago, but you? You're just built different! So chin up, man! You're more than capable! You have it in you to save her! Don't listen to those demons, you understand me?"
"...Whoa. Couldn't have said it better myself." Midna said.
"That was… strangely nice of you." Link said before nodding with a smile. "Thanks, Groose."
Groose grinned. "I have my moments!" He said, rubbing his upper lip proudly.
"Did you get anything with those tears?" Weiss asked after she checked on Chelsea.
"I got these." Link said, pulling out the Double Clawshots.
"Oooooh!" Midna grinned. "You got some good ones!"
"I'll say!" Ravio agreed as Wolf Link howled in approval.
"Now then. Let us move forward. The flame should be nearby." Fi said as they all walked off.
Ibuki: Goodness! That was insane!
Deadpool: Nightmare realm indeed...
Shout out to Jacob for coming up with the Nightmare idea for ATMC! And to DarkRebellion for Kotoko confronting her demon of a mother!