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BGM: Earth Temple (The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword)

"I don't know if an ember got up my nose… but, that was weird…" Laura said. "Still, yes, I'm fine, Oran."

"Okay, I'm just making sure."

"It's so hot…" Anya said, and then once they reached the bottom of the stairs, they saw nothing but platforms and magma, causing her to freeze up. "S-so much…!"

"Oh, don't worry about it, Anya! Magma can't hurt ya as long as you don't touch it!" Masaru said.

"Yeah, what he said! And besides, we're used to this sort of thing." Cardin said.

"Yup." Weiss nodded.

"That explains a few things…" Kirumi said, fanning herself where Mine was the last to join them.

"Oh there you are, Mine." Akame said.

"Hey…" Mine greeted. Ugh, this hot air isn't warming up my blood…

Laxus immediately took notice and headed over to her while everyone else jumped over the platforms. "Feeling alright?"

"Yeeeeah… not really. The whole story just made my blood run cold."

"Yeah, sorry about that. Didn't mean to freak you out."

"It's just… now it makes sense but, uuuugh… I just hope I never unleash it. And when I do… I just hope I have everyone to calm me down."

"Trust me, when it happened to Mira, a lot of folks cheered her up right after it." Laxus said and patted her on the shoulder. "You'll be fine."

"I hope so." Mine took a deep breath and then exhaled. "Alright, here we go." She hopped on the platforms as Laxus followed suit as they would run into a Mogma after jumping on a few platforms.

"Heeeey guys! Good to see ya." Cobal greeted. "Listen, have you seen Ledd around?"

"Can't say I have." Link said.

"Shoot… I guess we got separated." He mumbled. "Of course, it doesn't help that there's a dark fellow in robes chasin' down a blonde and some clown is dancing around, and… well, I just saw a lady using the magma to heat up her sword and seared her wound shut. I thought she was crazy, but she's a trooper!"

Oooh, she's gonna need some aloe for that… Lana winced.

"Hardcore… I always knew she was a badass but damn!" Cia chuckled.

"She's gonna have to get that looked at, though." Lana said.

"We'll see if we can keep an eye out for him." Hazel said.

"Alright, just be careful. The monsters here are a bit lively!" He warned and went underground.

"Nothing we can't handle." Cardin chuckled as they walked off, taking out a few Fire Keese as Link did a spin attack and Groose thrusted his spear to take out a Fire Keese.

"Heh, these are nothing!" Groose said proudly as they walked up to a drawbridge as they saw some gears that were holding it back as Link and Groose cut through the rope, only for the bridge to stop moving midway.

"Huh? It stopped midway?" Kotoko wondered.

"Ah, I see it." Nesta pointed to a faraway wall. "There's a gear on the wall right there."

"Allow me." Fi said as she flew over and cut it, causing the bridge to open up for them as they walked through… and were met with a Lizalfos.

The Lizalfos roared and lunged, ready to clobber them… until Laxus casually backhanded him into the magma. "Yeah, not threatening."

"Typically, they are threatening if you let down your guard. However, I am positive that he just did not see it coming." Fi said.

"Ah, where's the fun in that?" Kokichi chuckled as they saw a dead end, but also a statue filled with bomb flowers. Ravio pulled out his bow and arrow and fired an arrow, hitting the bomb flower that caused the statue to explode, although one of its eyes rolled over toward them.

Without even thinking about it, Link jumped on the eyeball and started rolling around. "Link! What do you think you're doing?!" Nesta yelled with worry.

"Oh, don't worry. He's just… rolling his eye." Weiss said, snickering at her own joke.

"Okay, I have to admit. That was pretty good." Leone said.

"Hey Link! How's the eyeball?" Groose asked.

"Ooooh, hot hot hot hot…!" Link whispered to himself. "Doing great!" He called out as he rolled over a Magma Spume that tried to get away, then he hopped off onto a platform as Lana made cube platforms as everyone went over to meet him as they saw a rock platform rising up from a fire geyser.

"So we just throw a bomb at it." Akame said.

"Or we can get Laxus to punch the rocks." Leone said as Laxus watched it rise and fall, causing him to grimace.

"Bad idea." He said as Zapple patted him on the back.

"I'll do it." Hazel said as he hopped on the rock, and once it rose up, he punched the rocks to find a treasure chest. He walked over to it and opened it up… to reveal a gold skull. He raised an eyebrow as he hopped down.

"What'd you find?" Mercury asked.

"A gold skull… not sure how valuable this is, to be honest." He said.

"Apparently, it's a rare find." Kirumi said as she pulled out a Goddess Plume. "Like how I found this when searching for one of the keys. I think Lana called it a Goddess Plume."

"Yup!" Lana nodded as Link hopped back onto the eye and rolled around, rolling over a few more Magma Spumes as he noticed a switch poking out of the side of the platform. He rolled over to it and pushed it, causing part of the platform to raise up.

"Ah… I see what we're doing here." He said as he turned around and rolled back, squishing Magma Spumes and batted away Fire Keese with his sword as he then found a Mogma grumbling to himself. "Hmm?" He hopped down as soon as the eye hit the platform, then Lana brought everyone else with her to regroup.

"That's just perfect…" Ledd grumbled to himself.

"Something wrong?" Link asked.

"Yeah, I lost my Bomb Bag in there, and unfortunately, the boulders caved in and blocked me from going through!"

"Um… what's stopping you from going under?" Weiss asked.

"I tried that! Unfortunately, I'm met with lava every time!"

"Well… we can see what's going on and get that Bomb Bag for you." Shuichi said.

"FIRE IN THE HOLE!" Kokichi suddenly blurted out as he threw down a Bombchu as it blew up the rock wall.

"...You could've warned us!" Groose complained.

"What? I did give a warning. Are you deaf?"

Groose sweatdropped. "Never mind…" He mumbled as they walked through the door, only for a dark barrier to appeared and blocked out most of them, leaving Link, Cia, Kokichi, and Yuri to walk in the room.

End BGM

"Huh? Sis?" Yuri asked as the door closed behind them.

"Aw maaaaan, it blocked out my bro!" Kokichi mumbled.

"Looks like it's just us." Link said as they saw a dark mage in front of them, his back turned to them as he was grumbling to himself.

"How in the hell did I manage to get outsmarted by that girl… she should be here somewhere."

"Well well well, look who it is!" Cia said as the dark mage froze and turned around.

"Cia! How nice of you to join me!" Wizzro said. "Should we join forces like old times and destroy these whelps?"

"Back then, I was influenced by Ganondorf… now I'm setting my own path together with my sister. Of course, we could reminisce on old times and team up against Ghirahim."

"Hahahaha… I obey Lord Ghirahim, and I will see to it that Demise is revived." Wizzro smirked. "Forgive me for betraying you, Lady Cia… but this is where our formalities end."

Cia sighed. "Too bad Volga's not here…" She mumbled to herself before darkness swirled in her hands. "Very well then, Wizzro. I hope that you won't hold back… it'd be far less entertaining if you did."

"I would say the same for you, Cia." Wizzro aimed his hand at the four of them. "Now… PERISH!"

BGM: Psychostorm (Hyrule Warriors)

The Dark Ring - Wizzro

Wizzro unleashed a stream of darkness at them as Cia did the same, both of them clashing as they both canceled each other out as Wizzro disappeared in a portal of darkness and reappeared above them, throwing down an orb of darkness at them, but Cia proceeded to conjure up a dark shield to block it as Wizzro warped in front of Cia and threw a dark punch at her, but she weaved her head and then swung her leg to kick him to the side.

Kokichi dug in his pocket, pulling out a police baton as he pressed a button as electricity wrapped around it. "Hehehehe~" He smirked as he jumped in and swung the baton, striking Wizzro on the shoulder to electrocute him as Link ran in and slashed him away.

Wizzro smirked, snapping his fingers as pillars of darkness rose up from the ground underneath them, forcing them to roll out of the way as dark fire conjured in Cia's hands and threw dark fire, knocking Wizzro away, then he was pelted with gunshots from Yuri's pistol, hitting him with Fire Dust as Wizzro made himself a moving target, but he kept getting hit with Yuri's shots right as Link slashed him back and then Yuri hit him again.

With a growl, Wizzro fired a dark laser into Yuri, but he was able to get out of the way as Wizzro turned to Cia as they both fired dark lasers, both of them clashing as Wizzro teleported to her and pelted her with dark orbs, where she grabbed him with her whip and clenched her fist to have dark electricity shock him as she then slammed him into the ground and snapped her fingers as a pillar of darkness overtook him.

"Impressive! Your dark powers have improved after all this time."

"I could say the same to you." Cia smirked.

"If only our circumstances were different…" Wizzro lamented as he charged up a powerful dark spell as Cia did the same.

"Alright, let's kick it up a notch!" Kokichi smirked, a dark smoke escaping his lips as he breathed out dark smoke to cover the area.

"Hmm? What's this now?" Wizzro wondered as he saw Kokichi running toward him. He immediately dodged a few swings from him and grabbed him by the wrist. "You think you can win, boy?" He asked, but then he spotted his eyeballs turning into numbers as "Kokichi" held Wizzro in place. "What… what's this now?!"

Once the numbers reached zero…

"IT'S A LIE!"

"Kokichi" exploded, sending Wizzro flying into a wall as the smoke dissipated, where Kokichi had his hands behind his head casually.

"Goodness, I love my semblance!"

End BGM

"Rrrrgh…" Wizzro grunted. "You haven't seen the last of me!" He said, disappearing in a dark portal.

Resume Earth Temple BGM

"What… the hell was that?" Cia wondered.

"My semblance!" He said as everyone walked in. "It's called Shadow Force. I breathe out a dark smoke and once you find yourself caught in it, you'll be hit with powerful hallucinations that explode. Don't worry though, I can control it to where only certain people in the smoke can get hallucinations."

"I thought it was a fog?" Yor wondered.

"Eh, smoke sounds way cooler!" Kokichi grinned casually as a treasure chest appeared, then Link opened it up and pulled out the Bomb Bag.

"There we go." He turned around and walked off with the others, although Cia stayed behind and looked at where Wizzro disappeared.

She sighed. "You're right… if only our circumstances were different." She said as she walked off.

"Heeeey, you found my Bomb Bag!" Ledd smiled. "Excellent! …Say uh, by the way… you wouldn't have happened to find Cobal, would you?"

"He was looking for ya. He got separated from you." Loid said.

"Ah, shoot! I didn't mean to leave him there!" He grimaced. "Tell ya what, you keep the Bomb Bag and I'll go back to Cobal. Sound fair?" He asked and then dug underground before they could respond to him.

"Personally, I'd say us having two bomb bags is a bit redundant…" Kokichi said.

"Well, we have options." Shuichi said. "One that moves and one that's stationary."

"Yeah." Link nodded as he reached into the Bomb Bag, only to pull out nothing. "Nothing wrong with optio-... wait… did he just stiff me?!"

"Ooof… glad that wasn't me." Groose mumbled.

"I got it." Lana snapped her fingers as the bag glowed. "Say hello to an unlimited supply of bombs!"

"Perfect." Link nodded as he hopped back onto the eyeball and rolled off, trying to find a way to the other side when he spotted a crack in the wall. "Hmm…" He rubbed his chin and proceeded to bomb the wall, causing it to open up as he rolled through, dodging lava being shot out of dragon heads while rolling over Magma Plumes, batting away Keese as he cut away on some rope to open a gate, only to see another gear with rope on the other side, so he used his Beetle to fly it over, scaring some Bokoblins on the way as it turned around and cut the rope to open the bridge, then the Beetle returned.

Link continued to roll the eye forward, going across a narrow path until he came out of the cave on the other side and hit the switch, causing the platforms to rise up.

He rolled to the edge and hopped off, and was joined by the others, then they walked up the platforms and toward the door, opening it up and finding a steep incline.

"That's… steep." Whitley said.

"Ah, I'm sure it's not that bad." Groose said as he started walking up.

"Hey, what is that up there?" Ravio asked as boulders started to roll.

"Hmm, if I didn't know any better, I'd say the dumbass sprung a trap." Midna said casually.

Groose sweatdropped. "Well, that's very good information!" He said as Weiss immediately created a curved ramp, causing the boulders to roll over and fly back, all of them landing in the magma above.

"You're welcome." Weiss said as they walked up, only for a second set to roll down. "Huh?!"

"I guess the second set is to make sure you stay dead." Laxus said as they went up, Laxus, Hazel and Yor disposing of the boulders along the way, only to see another ramp and once they stepped on it, another set of boulders came rolling down.

"And I suppose the third set is to add salt to the wound." Ravio said, pulling out his hammer and batted away the boulders, then they walked up to discover lava pouring out of a massive lava head.

They turned to the left and walked up another ramp where they saw a large boulder inside of a dragon's mouth.

"...I suppose the fourth set just turns you into tomato paste." Ieyasu said.

"Talk about someone really wanting you dead." Sayo said as they found a large treasure chest, and then looked up at the boulder hanging from the dragon mouth.

"Definitely a trap." Zapple said.

"Sooo, who's the fastest runner out of here?" Laxus asked.

"I'm not putting my kids in danger." Nesta said.

"I wasn't even going to attempt that." Masaru sweatdropped. "Believe me, I'm not gonna pull an Indiana Jones."

"Scaredy cat." Kotoko teased, earning a glare from Masaru. "Buuuut understandable."

"Link's pretty fast in his wolf form." Midna said as Wolf Link nodded.

"Laxus and Zapple can convert themselves into electricity." Mercury said.

"I can roll into a ball." Oran said.

"But with that momentum down the ramp, you're gonna go shooting into the lava. I'm not gonna let you do that." Weiss said.

"Neither am I." Loid added.

Oran smiled. "I wasn't going to anyway."

"So do we let the electric lovebirds handle it?" Chelsea asked.

"I guess so." Kurome nodded.

"Alright… let's get this over with." Laxus said as he and Zapple walked forward.

"...Wait, they didn't say "we're in a platonic relationship"." Sky said.

"Guess they're not ashamed to admit it." Akame said, side glancing Chelsea and Cardin. "Unlike some people."

"W-well, it was true for a time!" Cardin shot back.

"Yeah!" Chelsea nodded.

Akame gave them a friendly smirk and walked off with the others while Laxus opened up the chest to pick up the Dragon Sculpture.

"Three, two, one…" Zapple counted casually as they walked off, and then the dragon opened its mouth to release the boulder.

"What do you think… casual walk?" Laxus asked.

"Nah, I'm thinking more of a casual jog."

"Fair enough." He chuckled as both of them crackled with electricity and bolted over to the end as the boulder rolled forward and went into the other dragon's mouth, stopping the lava from flowing.

"Alriiiight! We got it!" Groose said with a grin as they walked toward the door as Laxus put the sculpture into the door, fiddling around with it.

"I think it's the other way around." Mercury said.

"You sure?" Laxus asked as he noticed it wouldn't go in, so he flipped it around and inserted in inside. "Yup, you were right."

"I had a feeling." Mercury chuckled as they walked in, and when the door closed, the dragon "swallowed" the boulder.

End BGM

"Hmm? Guys!" Weiss spoke up, spotting a chain into the ground.

"By the looks of it… I would say Ghirahim had captured Zelda." Fi said. "However, I suspect that Impa got to her in time."

"That's a relief…" Link said as they walked up the ramp, noticing the boulder was moving alongside a rail.

"Well well, nice to see you dropping in." A voice said as they saw Ghirahim on top of a dragon head.

BGM: Lord Ghirahim's theme (The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword)

"You…" Mercury growled.

"Ah, Mercury… nice to see you. I almost failed to notice you the first time we seen each other in the last temple. Must be pretty difficult to notice an insignificant cyborg."

"Insignifica-... I'll show YOU insignifi-" Hazel put his arm out in front of Mercury.

"Easy now… he's just getting under your skin.

"Tch…"

"By the way, I actually had her highness in my grasp, but unfortunately, that messenger of the goddess is more persistent than I had thought. I had left her to stain the soil with her blood, yet here she is, walking around and saving the princess from yours truly. Apparently, Kakarikans are more stubborn to die than I had thought."

"She's got a strong will!" Lana called out to him.

"Truly. But no matter, she is weak from losing all that blood, and I noticed that she seared her wound shut from the magma. But she is of no concern. She'll faint from the loss of blood, I'll swoop in to snag Zelda, make my way over to the Sealed Grounds, and… well, a little bit of trivia for you. Let's just say to revive Demise in the future, I would need four maidens and the Master Sword to complete the ritual, and I'm not referring to those silly little maidens of the seasons. Besides, trying to kidnap Edelgard would be suicide."

"And who would these maidens be?" Weiss asked.

"Princess Peach, Princess Daisy, Princess Zelda, any one would do… and… the cosmic space lady herself."

Oran's eyes widened. "You would… kidnap mom…"

"Indeed! However, I started to get second thoughts on the whole ordeal. You want to know what threw me for a loop? Apparently, the space queen absorbed the power of a supernova. I don't know how Dark Samus and Ridley survived that endeavor, but it made me question if reviving Lord Demise was really worth it. Then there's the whole Master Sword thing… but, Dimentio gave me an alternative. Why not just make it easy for myself and just… come to the past in a more simpler time? Yes, only one maiden would do, and it's the child of the goddess herself! I have to hand it to the clown… he can be useful when he wants to be."

Oran smirked. "She wouldn't let you take her easily."

"I'm aware… especially since Bowser attacked her and now she's upped her guard. Don't get me started on her being on a team with… ugh… Samus. I would say I'm grateful she's disabled, but given that she's still capable of fighting…"

Weiss smiled. "Your plan was doomed from the start."

"Yes… until I came back to the past. My plans are being set in motion as we speak… and then, once we revive Demise, I'll take him back to the present day and he will serve side by side with Emperor Bowser!"

Weiss tilted her head in confusion. "Emperor… Bowser…?"

"What do you mean by that? Who is this Emperor? Are you working with the Koopa King?" Whitley asked.

Ghirahim laughed. "No. Who would want to work with a buffoon like him? No, this is a different person!"

"Whoever he is, we'll take him down just like we did with the rest." Weiss said.

Ghirahim smirked. "Oh, you poor naive god-like Schnee. Do you really think it will be that simple? Regardless… I've stalled long enough. Enjoy being food for Scaldera's dinner!" He said as the dragon head opened up and spat out the boulder as everyone side stepped out of the way to avoid getting crushed as the boulder stopped at the end, and then sprouted lava legs as it opened up its mouth and eye, roaring.

Wizzro appeared in a dark portal, conjuring up a dark harp. "Shall we, Lord Ghirahim?"

"We shall." Ghirahim nodded, opening his mouth while Wizzro strummed the harp.

BGM: Prelude of Light (The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time)

Lana gasped. "They wouldn't…" She said as Scaldera roared, glowing with light.

"They would!" Cia grimaced.

"They are giving it the power of light…" FI said gravely.

End BGM

"Now Scaldera, burn them with your powerful light!" Ghirahim ordered, teleporting away while Wizzro snapped his fingers, a dark barrier pushing away most of everyone while leaving Link, Groose, Akame, and Kirumi to deal with Scaldera.

"Alright…" Kirumi pulled out her feather duster and pressed a button, where the feather duster proceeded to extend, the front end going inside of the staff as she immediately got in a fighting stance.

"A bo staff?" Akame asked.

"Let's just say some people have tried to be rather… forward with me before." Kirumi got in a stance.

BGM: Scaldera/Tentalus (The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword)

Pyroclastic Fiend - Scaldera

Akame readied her sword as Scaldera crawled toward them, unleashing a flash bang to blind them as it charged toward them, spitting out fireballs as Link immediately blocked with his shield as it started to suck them in, but Link pulled out a bomb and threw it into his mouth, causing Scaldera to be stunned.

Kirumi immediately sprang into action and swung her bo staff into its eyeball as Akame did the same, then Scaldera got back up and roared, stomping its foot on the ground as light surrounded Akame and Groose's feet, both of them noticing as they dove for cover as pillars of light rose up from the ground, then Scaldera breathed fire directly at Akame and Groose.

Link instinctively protected Groose with his shield while Akame got up and slashed through the fireball as Scaldera's eyes glowed and fired a laser from its eye, striking Kirumi in the shoulder as she tried to dodge. "Mmmph!" Kirumi winced.

Scaldera charged forward again, attempting to suck them in but Link rolled a bomb into its mouth to stun it as Groose jumped in and thrusted his spear into his eye as the eyeball moved to the side, only for Kirumi to twirl her bo staff around and swung it into the eye.

Scaldera roared, spitting out fireballs at them as it then charged up and unleashed a flashbang right as Link threw a bomb, blinding them while the bomb caused Scaldera to roll back. Link shook it off and threw a bomb into his open mouth, shattering more casing off of him as Scaldera roared, aiming at Link and firing the laser from its eye as he blocked with his iron shield as Akame and Kirumi ran forward, the latter using her bo staff to hit the ground to give her a boost in the air and heel kicked the eye as Akame slashed it after Kirumi jumped back.

With a snarl, Scaldera roared as light appeared underneath Kirumi and Akame, the latter jumping back while Kirumi backflipped gracefully and landed on the ground as Scaldera opened his mouth and spat out a fire breath that made the two back up, but then Link charged ahead and blocked with his shield, moving forward while holding the shield up.

Scaldera chomped down at Link, where he tossed a bomb into his mouth as Scaldera roared, its casing almost completely off as Scaldera snarled, aiming its eye directly at Link… when suddenly a spear was thrown directing into his eye, making it roar in agony before collapsing, exploding into light.

End BGM

"Holy smokes, I didn't think that would have worked!" Groose said and then chuckled, flexing his muscles with a chuckle. "You're welcome!"

"Thanks." Link said as he walked over to the Heart Container and walked to the top of the ramp with the others as the Heart Container glowed and went inside everyone.

"You were amazing over there!" Weiss praised.

Kirumi smiled. "Thank you, Weiss." She said as they walked through the door.

BGM: Temple Spring (The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword)

"Nnngh… aaagh…" Impa grunted, leaning against a pillar. "Hah… hah…"

"Impa!"

Impa turned her head, seeing Lana and the others approaching. "Heh… I've heard about you from tales. You… you're the time keeper of our world." She said.

"You are in seriously rough shape…" Lana said.

"Nnngh, I thought I could hold my own against him, but he mentioned my name and mentioned something about "back then"... and seeing you here makes it clear to me. Something is wrong with the timeline, is it not?"

"Yeah… and, we're trying our best but Ghirahim's two steps ahead of us-"

"Don't worry about it. He'll… he'll get what's coming to him."

"You need some rest." Cia said.

"Rumor has it that the spring has healing properties. However… I used the last of my strength to send Zelda to her next task… by the time she left, I could barely stand. I told her I'd catch up…"

Impa tried to hobble to the spring, but collapsed. However, Weiss instinctively caught her along with Lana. "Mmmph… thank you…" She said as they dipped her into the spring.

"You going to be okay?" Weiss asked, gently sitting her down.

"I'll be fine… I had to sear my wound shut and… to be honest, that took a lot out of me." Impa then turned to Link. "You there, green one… her grace mentioned a boy who lived in the clouds. You… fit her description."

"I do?"

"Yes… just promise me that you'll be there for her, because… I have a feeling I'll be out of it for some time. Just… heh… just don't be late or we'll all be in trouble."

Link nodded. "Right." He nodded.

Weiss walked forward to the goddess statue, and with a nod from Fi, she used a Snow Strike to strike the Hylian Crest.

End BGM

BGM: Message from the Goddess (The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword)

"Allow me to translate a message from the goddess." Fi said as she began to gracefully dance around in the spring.

"Heroes, the dark one continues to make things difficult. The chosen one continues her journey, but the evil ones are closing in on her. Do whatever you can to protect her from them and let her choose her destiny. She will need all the strength from everyone to get her to safety."

Fi spun around. "She is heading straight for Lanayru, a desert fraught with peril. The last spring is there in order for her to be purified. She will need all the strength and courage she will need. As soon as you are able, make haste for Lanayru Desert."

End BGM

"Lanayru Desert…" Link clenched his fists. "We'll do it."

"Nnngh… I'm going to be out of it for a while until I'm fully healed. Someone else will have to take my place…"

An idea popped into Lana's head. "I think I know a Kakarikan who might help."

Meanwhile, with Ghirahim and Wizzro…

"Master Ghirahim, you seem rather pleased with yourself despite this setback." Wizzro said.

"Oh, Wizzro… that's because unlike that clown, I have several other plans that will slow down these heroes. While it's true Impa rescued Zelda, she's mortally wounded and will have to recover, giving us plenty of time to snag her."

Wizzro chuckled. "Indeed. By the way, there's something about this one girl in particular that intrigues me. She has pink hair-"

"The short one?"

"The taller yet still short one. The one with the gun."

"Ah, her… what about her?"

"For some reason, I can sense darkness from within her. Perhaps we could expel the darkness from within because… I have a feeling it's yet to be tapped."

"The pink haired individual has untapped darkness within her?" Ghirahim shook his head. "Wizzro, I, for one, am not going to pull a Dimentio and risk my life. After all, that kind of thinking is what made the gamer girl take his chaos powers away from him. He took a chance and now he's just a shell of his former self. Take heed, Wizzro… I would let that darkness stay within her for the time being. Because I have a feeling that will bite us in the butt if we are not prepared for the onslaught that may happen."

"Very well… I won't exploit her inner darkness."

Ghirahim smirked. "However, there is something we could do…"

"That being?"

"You see, the Schnee girl has the Fierce Deity within her, and that will prove to be most difficult for us. I say… we find a way to take it away from her, make things easier for us. We might as well do the same for that Laxus fellow. Take away his lightning power, he'll be nothing!"

"Yes, that will do!"

"And why stop there? Lana and Cia are also going to be thorns in our sides… and, one of them has the Triforce of Power." Ghirahim smirked devilishly, chuckling evilly as he licked his lips at the thought. "Dimentio, I would like to see you do something nearly half as good as this plan."

Meanwhile, in the present…

Futaba sat on a bench, tapping her foot while Jade looked through her scroll as Chiaki played on her 3DS with Elfilin on her head watching her play. Spooks was lying next to Futaba while BB-8 looked around and saw some butterflies flying around. "Mmmph… where is she? It's been like… ten minutes."

"You're getting a bit agitated…" Chiaki said.

"Can ya blame me? The last person I made contact with, the whole network goes up in smoke!" Futaba said. "How should I trust this Cassiopeia person?"

BB-8 let out a boop.

"Exactly! I shouldn't trust this guy…"

"I don't really blame you, hon… but… maybe it won't be so bad."

"I dunno… maybe I ought to just go back to the cafe and-"

"Hey." A voice said as they turned to see a figure approaching them. The figure in question wore an Umbreon hoodie with black pants that had yellow lines on the side and black tennis shoes. The hoodie also had Umbreon's eyes on top with two ears poking out. The figure also had a black cover to hide their face.

"Um… hi… Umbreon fanatic?" Futaba tilted her head. "Who exactly-"

"I'm Cassiopeia."

BGM: Cassiopeia Theme (Pokemon Scarlet/Violet)

"You're Cassiopeia?!" Futaba asked in surprise.

"Yo." Cassiopeia greeted.

Going for an Umbreon aesthetic, eh? Chiaki thought with a chuckle, putting her 3DS away.

"Oh, hey, you have a Houndstone. That's neat… how about he goes and plays with my Pokemon?" Cassiopeia took out her Pokeballs and sent them flying into the air as one by one, Eeevee and the whole Eeveelution line appeared.

"Eevai!" The Eevee jumped toward Spooks, who barked happily and ran off with the Eeveelutions happily chasing after him and playing.

"Oh, that's adorable." Chiaki giggled.

"Hey, that looks pretty fun! Wait up!" Elfilin said as he flew off to go play with them, causing Chiaki to giggle even more.

"Alright, so let's get down to business." Cassiopeia said.

"Okay, first off… how can I trust you with that mask? I can't even see your face."

"Let's just say I'm a bit… shy. I'm not comfortable revealing myself to everyone."

"That makes sense." Jade said.

"Oh, alright…" Futaba mumbled. "So, what do you want?"

"I understand that you don't trust me given what happened last time, but…" She pulled out an Eevee adapter. "This right here has an encryption that will help you out with putting the network back together. You're… how much done with it?"

"About… eighty seven percent. I did some work while chatting with Chiaki."

"You were able to do that while concentrating?" Chiaki asked in surprise.

"Says the girl who can walk with the Switch in her face and still be aware of her surroundings and still know who's talking to her." Futaba pointed out.

Chiaki sweatdropped. "Okay, fair…"

"This will help you out, make things able to go smoother. It'll also help out with any errors you may have made. Heck, it can even rework said error until it's fully complete. Think of it as a mini me helping you out."

"Whoa…" Futaba whispered.

"Wooooow! That's so cool!" Jade said.

"Fancy, too." Chiaki nodded in agreement.

Nearby, Dimentio spotted them from inside of a tree at the park. "There you are, gamer girl… I finally have you within my grasp. And I even have an audience with me!" He grinned, unaware that, nearby, Nyx spotted him while walking around with her Yoshi.

"What in… oh hell no, you are NOT going to give Ruby hell anymore." Nyx said, pulling out her scroll and calling someone up.

"Ahahahaha~ This is the perfect chance to strike, like two samurai in-"

Suddenly, Magolor warped in. "Yo!"

"...Huh? And you are?"

"Magolor, the pleasure is all mine and not yours. Nyx asked me to monitor the town here and several other places for odd dimensional activity… and you just so happen to be BRIMMING with it."

"Oh, do tell me what silly weather vane you used to detect-" The Lor Starcutter started to make a landing. "Ah…"

"I'm gonna have to ask you to leave."

"Haha! And what can some silly feline-esque egg like you going to do to-" Magolor nonchalantly opened up a black hole as he started to get sucked into it. "Nnngh!" He held onto a tree branch. "WHAT?! What is this! You can't get rid of me that easily!"

"Had a feeling. Welp, guess we're doing this the hard way."

Pause BGM

BGM: Special Edition Blooper Reel (Kirby Super Star Ultra)

Magolor rubbed his hands together, rolled up his non-existent sleeves… and pulled out a mana potion and drank it all, then he blasted him into the black hole with a Magolor cannon.

"AUUUUGH!" Dimentio cried as he was sucked in.

"Have fun being Doomer food, you color coded buffoon!" Magolor giggled, closing the black hole as he floated over to Nyx. "Mission accomplished! I would've been here earlier but I was busy doing theme park stuff. Glad you called me up!"

"No problem. I'm not going to allow anyone to mess with Ruby."

"Give her a hug for me!" Magolor said and then warped away.

End BGM

Back with the ladies…

Resume Cassopeia Theme BGM

"Did you guys hear something?" Chiaki wondered, turning her head.

"Probably the wind." Jade said.

Chiaki shrugged. "Yeah, probably something not important."

"It sounded like an explosion, but… eh, I'm sure that's common here." Cassiopeia said. "So what do you say, Futaba… are you willing to try it out? I promise, I'm nowhere near as bad as Eggman."

Futaba sighed. "Well… it has an Eevee on it so… yeah, I'll give it a shot."

Ibuki: That wind being Dimentio...

Deadpool: Tooootally not important, no sir!

Yup... anyway, the Magolor scene was written up by Yoshi!