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Nesta would be the first to hear heavy footsteps as she looked up to see everyone walking through. A relieved smile appeared on her face. "Is it done?" She asked.
"It's done. Ghirahim won't be a problem anymore." Lana said.
"You can thank Ganondorf for that." Cia responded.
"I can't believe I'm saying this, but my respect for this guy has gone up." Midna admitted.
"We can all relax over that now." Ganondorf said.
"Mmmm…" Sky Zelda slowly awoke as she looked up to see Link holding her. "Is it over…?"
"It's over." Link smiled.
"Oh, wonderful…!" She giggled.
"Yes, now the cycle of hatred in our world is no more." Ganondorf chuckled. "Honestly, I feel at peace."
"So do I…" Twilight chuckled.
BGM: Zelda's Lullaby (The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword)
"So uh… I suppose this is it, then?" Groose spoke up. "All of you are leaving?"
"Yeah, we have to go back to our era now." Lana said.
Groose teared up. "Oh… I'm gonna miss you…! Mmmph! I-I'm not crying! I just got some dust in my eyes!" He sniffled as he put his hands on Twilight's shoulder. "Take care of them!"
Twilight nodded. "I will." He said as Groose hugged Zelda right after, where she returned the hug, then both Zeldas hugged each other while Link shook hands with Twilight.
"Take care."
"Thanks, you too." Twilight nodded with a smile as both he and Sky Zelda hugged before they parted as Groose went to hug everyone, though he hugged Weiss gently by her request. Even Ganondorf got a hug from him, which he let out an awkward grunt before patting Groose on the head.
"Farewell, everyone." Zelda said softly as she pulled out the Ocarina of Time and started to play a song.
…Only they heard a loud thunderclap as Akame went out to check, seeing that it was raining. She sweatdropped immediately after.
"Wrong song." Ganondorf said.
Zelda sweatdropped. "This thing is a tad complicated…"
"I mean, flutes aren't that simple to begin with." Midna said.
End BGM
With a deep breath, she tried it again.
BGM: Song of Time (The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask)
Everyone started to glow as they waved goodbye to Link, Sky Zelda, Groose and the old woman as they disappeared into the void.
"Master…" Fi spoke up. "There is one last thing I'd like you to do."
"What is it?"
"Take me back to the Gate of Time…"
End BGM
Inside the void…
"Well, we can put that behind us now." Lana said.
"Agreed." Cia nodded. "And we have Wizzro! …Though I question why Ghirahim didn't bring Volga with him…"
"I can answer that." Wizzro came out of the ring. "I had secretly contacted Volga when Ghirahim wasn't looking. He had said that he felt something wrong and was going to investigate. I told him to stand by as I did not want him to get hurt by any of you."
"Oh… so you were looking out for him?"
"I was." Wizzro nodded. "I know he is strong, but how Ghirahim was working with Dry Bowser, I did not want Volga to be caught up in it, lest he gets seriously hurt or worse. He claimed there is no honor with this Dry Bowser so he would remain put for now."
Cia smiled. "So you do have a soft spot…" She playfully nudged him.
Weiss chuckled. "I'm definitely going to need an ice pack…"
"For sure, you look completely beat up." Whitley nodded.
"...Wait, hold on. Do you guys hear that?" Cardin asked.
"Dost mine ears deceive me? Three? You are down by ONE, boy!"
"I dunno, I never actually wished to get out of the cave. Ha. You did that on your own."
"...Augh! Well, I feel sheepish. Alright, you baaaaaaaad boy, but no more freebies!"
Weiss, Whitley, Ling and Mavis all looked at each other. "...Here we go again." Weiss said.
"Wait, what do you mean "again"?" Cardin asked.
"Pop culture tunnel. We experienced this in Hisui. And then Mikan looked a bit frazzled when she came to see us in Hisui…" Weiss explained.
"We also experienced this going through the New World ourselves." Laura spoke up.
"Wait… so you mean to tell us that we're gonna be going through this nonsense ourselves?!" Mine whimpered.
"Well, excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!"
"OH SHUT UP!" Mine yelled.
"It honestly wasn't that bad. It was pretty entertaining." Albedo said.
"This is crazy. The Vern Nation is a nation of betrayers and traitors and schemers AND RATS! How dare you Vernias!"
"WHAT ARE YOU?"
"An idiot sandwich."
"AN IDIOT SANDWICH WHAT?!"
"An idiot sandwich, Chef Ramsey."
Lana looked at Cia. "How the heck did we manage to slip by this the first time?"
"I dunno!"
"From this point forward, only the strongest will survive because we're heading to shrimpment."
"Y'all are havin' a krill issue on shrimpment right now. I just need y'all to adapt right now."
"Hold on. Hold on. "Krill issue on shrimpment", I kinda like it. Kinda fire. Kinda fire. Not gonna lie."
"Krill issue on shripment. It's as shrimple as that."
Weiss groaned. "That sounds like something Yang would say…"
"You know, Jon. You're the one who introduced me to Streetpass."
"I am?"
"I didn't even know it was a function on my system when you told me about it."
"It… there's… like… only eight icons on your 3DS when you turn it on, how did you not notice it?"
"Well, I just… thought it looked lame."
"Wha-ugh… are you SURE gaming is for you, man?!"
Masaru and Kotoko looked at each other in confusion.
"That looks exactly like your work, doesn't it? Could it be that your art style is… a rip off?"
"...Tobi…"
"Mmmph! Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!"
"YOU'RE DEEEEAAAAAAD!"
BOOOOOM!
"Waaaaahoohohohohoooooo!"
"Zzzz…" Oran slept.
"Heavy sleeper, much?" Lana wondered.
"Mariska Hargitay, Mario, SUPER Mario, fuckin' Luigi, Yoshi, The Princess, Bert, Ernie, Grover, Snuffleupagus, Burger King, Grimace, Ronald McDonald, two old guys from the balcony in the Muppets, Jim Morrison, anyone of the fuckin' Beatles, Pete Best, George Carlin-"
"Dead!"
"Danny Glover, Mel Gibson, Ice T, Ice Cube, VANILLA Ice, Elvis fuckin' Presley, Priscilla Presley, Seth Meyers! What about Seth Meyers? Or for that matter, Jay Leno? Conan's not really doing much right now!"
"Alright, most of those, you're right, they could probably go to prison… but I would NEVER put Ariana Grande in there! She looks too innocent!"
"Possibly true! Possibly!"
"...What…?" Loid wondered.
"Now when he said "the princess", he doesn't mean me… right?" Zelda wondered.
"Nah, definitely Midna." Twilight teased.
"Hey!" Midna shot him a glare.
"Oh Crash… the Farmers Market is tomorrow! And my Wumpa Trees won't grow, for my orchid to be riddled with greedy worms… if you rid my land of these pests, I'll give you a Power Crystal."
Pewpewpewpewpewpewpewpewpewpewpewpew
Thud!
"I'm an evil scientist, what'd you expect? This isn't a game."
"Uh-huh…" Weiss mused.
"Sophist, you pick… WWWWWAAAAAAAAAAAARIOOOOOOOO!"
"Zzzzzz…"
"How can he sleep through that?" Zapple wondered.
"Not sure if you know who I am, but I'm about to marry the princess and rule the world."
"Wow… aheheh… yay…"
"But there's one problem, Luigi… there's a human traveling with my fiance… has a mustache, just like you. Do you know him?"
"No… no!"
"Ah, tough one I see. Maybe this will get you to talk."
"Ah…! You think I know every human being with a mustache wearing an identical outfit with a hat with a letter of his first name on it?! Because I don't! Ah!"
"DO YOU KNOW HIM?"
"Ack! Stop! Stop! Stop stop! I know him, yes, I know him! Yeah, he's my brother Mario and he's the best guy in the world!"
"DO PRINCESSES FIND HIM ATTRACTIVE?"
"THEY DO IF THEY HAVE GOOD TASTE!"
RRRRRIIIIIIIIP!
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"
"Get him out of my sight! We'll see how tough this Mario is when he watches me KILL HIS BROTHER!"
"...Was this how it was when they first met?" Whitley wondered.
"Honestly… maybe." Weiss shrugged.
"How long have you guys been in here?"
"Time, like hope, is an illusion."
"Please! We are depressed enough!"
"There's got to be a way out of here…"
"There's no escape. The only hope is the sweet relief of death."
"Whooooa!"
"Oh, you have GOT to be kidding me!"
"...My, that's a friendly person… not…" Cia mumbled.
"That man won't quit as long as he can still draw breath. None of my teammates will! Me… I've got a different problem. I feel like I live in a world made out of cardboard, always taking care of not to break something, to break someone, never allowing myself to lose control, even for a moment or someone could die. But you can take it, can't ya, big man? What we have here is a rare opportunity for me to cut loose and to show you how powerful I really am."
"Hmm, probably shouldn't mess with him." Ganondorf mused.
"Whoa! Hey, what happened to my voice?"
"Hey, you sound funny. …Gawrsh, so do I!"
"Get a load of me, Buzz! I sound like an alien!"
"So do I! …Wak! Hey…"
"I think I understood him…" Ravio said.
"Soooo, how long does this take?" Mercury asked.
"Sometimes a while." Weiss said.
Mercury sweatdropped. "Great…"
"Ooooh, TCNation, we're still in this!"
"Eevee, why are you so bad at this game, man?"
"I swear to god, did you not see me kicking the *bleep* out of you for the first half of the game?"
"THEN WHY ARE YOU STILL LAST?!"
"Once again-"
"WHY ARE YOU STILL LAST?!
"Everything that has happened in this freakin' video game-"
"SPEAK UP, I CAN'T *bleep* HEAR YOU. YOU'RE DOWN THERE, BRO! SPEAK UP!"
"Can you-"
"SPEAK THE *bleep* UP!"
"OKAY, BRO! I'M SPEAKING THE *bleep* UP!"
"SPEAK UP! I CAN'T HEAR YOU!"
"No!"
"YOU'RE STILL IN LAST AFTER *bleep*'IN CHANCE TIME."
"Toxic Brent!"
"Hahaha… Oh my god…"
"You're a little angry…"
"IMAGINE winning Chance Time and STILL last, that's EMBARRASSING."
"Brent, how long were you bottling that up for?"
"Yeah, you've been bottling that in, bro!"
"I'm trying to be the nice guy here, bro!"
"Zzzzz…" Oran still snoozed.
"HOW?" Laura wondered.
"As you can see, I have the Super Star."
"If you're going to use it… use it now!"
"Ahem… no, princess! I stole this star for us… I guess… love really makes a guy come out of his shell, ahheheh… heh… …I told you that line wouldn't work!"
"You're doing great!"
"...No, he isn't." Midna mumbled.
"Oh! That was horrible! Your wish is horrible… YOU'RE HORRIBLE! You're an irredeemable monster!"
"Oh! Oh! What took you so long… idiot?"
"Aaaaaaah!"
"Sounds like your typical Saturday morning cartoon…" Albedo said.
"Yeeeeup…" Anya agreed.
"Sounds like Donovan in a nutshell…" Weiss said.
"At least you're not gonna die with your dad thinking you're a joke."
"Yeah, well, my dad thinks I'm a joke too…"
"Yeah… well… YOUR DAD'S RIGHT!"
"You know what? I feel bad enough! Just… just leave me alone!"
"I've never met your dad but he sounds brilliant!"
"Just… go in a corner and smash some stuff, smash monkey!"
"Rrrgh! I! AM MORE! THAN A GUY! WHO SMASHES THINGS!"
"...Since when could Donkey Kong talk?" Whitley wondered.
"Beats me. Maybe he's always learned to do that." Twilight shrugged.
At that moment, the area around them started to light up.
"Oh thank Hylia, we're free!" Lana exclaimed as they were enveloped in light.
Meanwhile…
"Alright, Chiaki. You're all cleared to go!" Mikan said.
"Oh, sweet!" Chiaki got up and stretched. "Finally… thought I'd never get out of here… uh, no offense."
"Oh, don't worry about it. Every patient I have says that." She giggled.
Chiaki walked out with her friends behind her, but she was also preoccupied by the timeline that Twilight Zelda gave her.
"Hmm… so there's an era where I have the Triforce…" Chiaki said as she looked through it. "It branches out in your era… I stop Junko… but…" She tilted her head. "I get corrupted by the full power of the Triforce?" She wondered as they started to walk out of the hospital.
"I'm afraid so. I was wondering if you had any idea." Twilight Zelda said.
"Unfortunately, I got nothing…"
"Man, I didn't think it'd be possible for someone like Chiaki to get corrupted by the Triforce of Power…" Jade said.
"If a pure hearted soul like Ruby-chan can get corrupted, so can Chiaki-chan… unfortunately." Ibuki said.
"I mean, the Triforce of Power is a bit tricky to handle. Once you have a taste of that power, it corrupts you… and as the saying goes, absolute power corrupts absolutely." Futaba said.
"Hmm… I was in Hyrule for five years… maybe I was desperate. That could've been it." Chiaki said, all of them unaware of Dimentio spying on them. "Sooo, honestly, if I had to absolutely have a piece of the Triforce, I'd… probably go with Wisdom. It seems to be the most balanced out of the three."
"Courage." Mikan said.
"Courage." Hajime said.
"Courage!" Sora grinned.
"Definitely Wisdom." Kairi said.
"Hmm… I mean, if I can control the darkness… I guess I could try to control Power." Riku guessed.
"Ibuki'd go for Power, just to see if she can throttle the corruptiveness of the power and make it Ibuki's bitch!" Ibuki said confidently.
Haru smiled. "That's the spirit~!"
"Definitely Courage…" Futaba nodded.
"Um… Wisdom?" Jade shrugged.
"You already know my answer." Twilight Zelda chuckled.
"Wisdom's the most balanced? What makes you say that?" LttP Zelda wondered.
"Well, I've always interpreted it as: "You need to have the Wisdom to control the power, and with wisdom, you have the courage to step up when the going gets tough"." Chiaki explained.
"...Shoot, I didn't think of it like that."
Twilight Zelda smiled. "That's the most logical reason I've ever heard."
"Chiaki… corrupted… by the Triforce of Power?" Dimentio wondered as he paused to think about it. "Hmm, I'll have to write that down for later."
He let out a smirk as he started to come out of his hiding spot, but froze as he remembered what Yukari warned him about. He scowled before chuckling. "Screw it. I'll figure out a way to counter her little threat."
"Honestly though, Power's overrated. If I can't control it, then what's the dang point of it all?" Chiaki shrugged, handing the timeline back to Twilight Zelda. "Aaanyway-"
"Aww, but I think the Triforce of Power suits you!" Dimentio said as he appeared in front of them.
"You!" Hajime growled as they surrounded Chiaki to protect her. Even Elflin summoned his spear.
"Ahahahaha. You think that'll work…" Dimentio smirked, quickly snapping everyone but Chiaki away.
BGM: Tension (Persona 5)
"No!" Chiaki exclaimed, finding that she was by herself as Dimentio pointed his Keyblade at her. She let out a growl as she immediately activated her Chaos powers.
"Ah ah ah… I cancel it out, remember?"
Chiaki clenched her fists as she deactivated it, switching to her game powers as she summoned the Master Sword and the Hylian Shield. "You just won't stop harassing people… it's like an addiction to you!"
"Aww, but I like being a social butterfly. It's part of my charm!"
Chiaki rolled her eyes. "Honestly, I liked you better when you were behind a TV screen."
"Oh? You think I'm just some cartoon character solely existing for children's entertainment? Now that's just simply boring. There's no pizzazz!"
"Who cares? You'd be leaving everyone alone." And by extension, you'd have left Chaos Ruby alone…
"But whatever… ready for round two? I promise I won't use my semblance on you."
"That's a load of BS, you'll use it anyway!"
"Aww… you don't trust me? Ahahahahaha! Good point, I wouldn't trust myself either!" Dimentio laughed. "But no matter. I'll give you a thirty second head start."
Give or take ten seconds. Chiaki thought.
"Tell you what, you're probably a bit rusty after being in that hospital for a while. So I'll give you some time to warm up on me. Give me your best shot!"
He's going to try something… but if I don't do something, he'll just try to do something else to me. Fine… I'll play his little game!
Chiaki ran forward, quickly slashing at Dimentio as he casually dodged.
"Ooop. Too slow."
Chiaki kept swinging at him, slashing at him with everything she had.
"Nope. So close! Oooh, you almost had me! Gotta be quicker! Man, you really stink at this! Yoohoo! Booooriiiiing… my grandmother can swing faster than you!"
"Nngh! Hah… hah…" Crap… I'm already worn out… I guess I'm still not fully recovered yet…
"Ahahahaha! A little tired, are we?" Dimentio fired a blast of magic that knocked Chiaki on her butt. "Not to worry, I'll make sure you get a good night's rest… permanently!"
"You're still salty, aren't you?"
"I'm just making sure you won't bother me ever again with your chaos powers. Ahahahaha… now say goodnight!" He raised his Keyblade up, dark magic swirling around it and then swung down at Chiaki.
End BGM
CLANG!
However, a red and blue scythe blocked the attack.
BGM: Guide My Way (RWBY) (Start at 1:07)
"Leave her alone."
"Oh?" Dimentio looked intrigued.
"Ruby…?" Chiaki wondered as Ruby parried Dimentio and turned her head to her.
"I got this."
Chiaki's eyes widened, then immediately talked to her telepathically. Ruby, wait a moment… you're still depressed!
Ruby smirked. I know, but I've been feeling a lot better to the point that I'll knock this clown to the curb.
Ruby winked at Chiaki. I got this. You stay there and rest.
Guess I don't have a choice… Chiaki then chuckled. "Show him no mercy."
"You think just by showing up, you think you're back in action? Don't think I don't know about your depression." Dimentio smirked. "But if you wish to be tormented by yours truly some more, I can be happy to oblige!"
Ruby snapped her fingers as several rose bushes rose up between her and Chiaki to protect the latter. "Bring it."
Dimentio quickly split himself up, all of them firing magic at Ruby, but she swiftly avoided them as she immediately went into her Zinogre form. Got you.
She immediately zipped to where the real Dimentio was, grabbing him by the collar and throwing him down to the ground. She then struck him with a powerful lightning bolt that made Dimentio fly but he recovered, quickly using his Keyblade to block the lightning.
Ruby punched the ground with her rose arm, cracking the ground beneath her as the cracks moved straight for Dimentio as massive rose vines wrapped around Dimentio as she immediately charged forward, splitting Crescent Rose in two as she used both of her scythes to slash him repeatedly, sending him up in the air as she launched up in the air and swung her scythes down.
Dimentio crashed into the ground. He immediately raised his hand up and unleashed a pillar of light at Ruby, only for her to use her semblance to get out of the way as she was immediately next to Dimentio and slashed him back. With a growl, Dimentio swung his Keyblade as Ruby slashed back, both of them clashing repeatedly until Ruby swiftly kickflipped, knocking the Keyblade off of him as she then delivered a strong punch to his face.
"Mmmph!" Dimentio growled as he snapped his fingers, trapping Ruby in a box as he grinned maliciously, only for a Psybeam to strike him in the side as the box disappeared. Dimentio looked up to see Gloria in her Latias form.
Dimentio got up, only for some rope to wrap around his ankle and lifted him upside down underneath a tree. He looked to see Nyx flashing a peace sign with a dorky smile, then he saw Merida aiming her bow at him.
Merida?! Chiaki thought in surprise.
"Aye, looks like ye caught a big one, lass!" Demoman said with a hearty laugh.
"Bagged ye a peckneck!" Conductor said proudly while Hat Kid simply pulled her eye socket down while blowing a raspberry.
"Hey clown face. Pretty sure we told you to screw off." Nyx said. "And since you were harassing Chiaki again… you must be a glutton for punishment."
"Rrrgh…" Dimentio resummoned his Keyblade and freed himself from the rope. "Alright, you're just asking for-"
End BGM
Suddenly, something hit him in the back. "Huh?" He turned his head to see it was a Gooey Bomb… which promptly exploded on him. "Gah!" He cried, and then a massive orange ball Shinesparked into his back, sending him flying several feet.
The ball landed on the ground, reforming into Samus.
BGM: Menu Select (Metroid Prime)
"Sup?"
"Samus?" Ruby wondered as she also noticed PBRR and ACY right behind her, along with the Strike Team and the Bounty Hunters.
Dimentio got back up, glaring at Samus. "You! You're supposed to be retired and crippled! Guess I'll have to take away your braces then!"
Samus dismissed her armor, showing off her legs. "What braces?"
Dimentio's eyes widened in surprise. "What…?!" He said as Samus immediately used her Paralyzer gun to wrap around him and yanked him to her as she immediately gave a strong kick to his throat, then Mustang snapped his fingers to ignite Dimentio as a portal opened up underneath Dimentio courtesy of Chell as Aqua came out swinging and slashed him up in the air, then Yang jumped up while Riza and Blake shot at him as Yang punched him straight to the ground, then Ghor punched him in the face as Rundas and Gandrayda froze and electrocuted him.
Rosalina telekinetically picked up Dimentio. "Leave. My. Child…" Her eyes started glowing. "Alone!"
She immediately sent him crashing into the ground while firing a laser from her wand, then Samus went running over and flip kicked Dimentio in the air, quickly summoning her Arm Cannon and fired a Missile Storm at him, blanketing him in an explosion.
Dimentio shook it off, using Curaga on himself. "Fine, I can still-"
"PARALYZE!" A voice cried as Dimentio was hit by a paralysis shot.
"Aaaargh!" He cried as they saw Kyoko out with her Megaphone Gun, accompanied by Makoto, Aoi, Leon, and Sayaka. Junko came out a moment later with Yasuke.
"Good to see you back on your feet, Ruby. How have you been feeling recently?" Kyoko nonchalantly asked her.
"Ooooh, I've been better…"
"Nnngh… why should they… have all the fun…" Chiaki slowly rose up, immediately looking into her screens, immediately finding what she was looking for as she sported a viking outfit and a helmet.
Junko was immediately by Chiaki's side. "Don't push yourself…"
"You kidding? He's asking for it…"
Dimentio growled. "You think you can just casually ignore me after shooting me? You must be a glutton for punishment!"
"Fus… agh… fus ro…"
Kyoko smirked. "Consider that payback after what you did to me in my office."
"I'll do that again tenfold!"
"I don't die easily, so do your worst."
"Gladly!"
"Fus… ro… rrrgh…"
Chiaki looked up with anger in her eyes. "FUS RO DAAAAAH!"
"Gaaah!" Dimentio cried, being blown away from the shout as he slammed into the tree, where it actually knocked it down as he slid a few feet right after.
End BGM
"Uuungh…" Chiaki nearly collapsed but Junko held on to her as even Aoi picked her up.
"Think you spent all your energy into that shout…" Aoi said.
"He deserved it…" Chiaki mumbled.
Dimentio got up, only for Crescent Rose to be aimed at him, along with Samus's AR-15, Rosalina's wand, Aqua's Keyblade, and Nyx's crossbow aimed at him.
"Give up." Ruby said.
Dimentio let out a chuckle. "Well… I suppose even people on power highs can have a bad day…" He shook himself off. "Alright, alright… I'll bring everyone over." He snapped his fingers as everyone he had sent to his dimension was brought back. "But know this… I'll come back and I'll mess with all of you again!"
He quickly teleported away.
"Is he always like this?" Merida whispered.
"Yes." Hat Kid nodded.
"Oh…"
Kyoko chuckled. "Karma stings like a bitch, doesn't it?"
"You okay, Chiaki?" Mikan asked with concern.
"Worn out… but I'm… definitely feeling better." Chiaki forced a chuckle.
"Come on, let's get you home. You definitely need it." Hajime said as they walked off, leaving only Ruby's group, SPBRR and Kyoko behind.
Ruby awkwardly rubbed her arm. "Hey, um… Samus…? I… I just want to say that… I'm sorr-" Samus hugged her. "Oh!"
"I should be the one apologizing… had I known you were depressed, I wouldn't have lashed out so harshly." She said as she looked her in the eyes. "The truth is, I was just getting agitated for being absolutely bored out of my mind. Tried everything to get my mind off things."
"She even went on a few dates with Chell~" Rosalina smiled.
"Took you long enough." Ruby said, causing Samus to blush.
"Rosie, for the last time, it's nothing like that!" She mumbled, causing Rosalina to giggle while Chell silently whistled.
"So you got too agitated to the point where you lashed out on me after seeing that whole thing with me having a Keyblade?"
"I'm not proud of it… took it out on that Hades that dragged you into that one universe. However, it proved to be much… more complicated than that. Don't ask, it's not worth the headache."
"She speaks the truth…" Aqua agreed. I still don't know how Vanitas would even have a kid… let alone marry Xion of all people…
Ruby sighed. "I forgive you but… honestly, I'm not so innocent either, what with the whole Dark Ruby thing… not only that…" She closed her eyes, immediately summoning her Phazon as she looked at herself. "I came to realize that this isn't worth holding in the long term… I mean… there's an obvious downside to it all. It's a reminder of your dark counterpart that made your life hell. Not to mention there are a lot of Phazon victims who'd rather not see this again after it affected them physically and emotionally. I'm thinking of talking with Yukari and see if she'll get rid of it for me."
Samus gently pressed her hand against her Phazon covered hand. "That's very noble of you."
Ruby dismissed her Phazon and hugged her. "Thanks…"
"Welp, I dunno about you… but I'm gonna head home." Yang said as she walked off.
"I'll come join you." Rosalina said. "Sweetie, you coming?"
"I'll be there in a sec…" Ruby said as everyone walked off, leaving only Ruby, Samus and Kyoko behind, though Nyx decided to hang around.
Samus smiled, rubbing her head. "You're a good kid, Ruby… don't let anyone tell you otherwise."
Ruby smiled. "Thanks, Samus…" They both hugged before Samus headed back to the Smash Mansion.
"So, how are you holding up?" Kyoko asked.
"I'm… doing better. I'm still a bit depressed, but I'm well enough to be on my feet."
Kyoko smiled. "I can tell. You've been through a lot, you deserved that kind of rest."
"Yeah." Ruby nodded. "How about you?"
"Well, I was gonna do some investigating over Dimentio's list of potential Princesses of Heart, only I was getting blood pumped back into me, so I had Naegi check it out for me."
"Ah, so you had your boyfriend do it for you?" She giggled. "Come on, Kyoko. It was way obvious that you two are dating."
Kyoko chuckled. "I never thought I'd be so careless about my love life, of all things…"
Both of them softly giggled.
"Soooo, how'd it go?" Ruby asked.
"Well, it went pretty well. We figured out who the candidates were. Elsa, Anna, Rapunzel, Tiana, Moana, Vanellope and of course, Kairi. The others were just a bonus."
"Oooh, so that explains Merida…"
"Indeed. However, we didn't anticipate Maleficent showing up and claiming that we walked right into her trap. A new Keyblade of Hearts was formed, and not only that, but Maia's Heartless had to show up to scare the hell out of her."
"Maia's Heartle-..." Ruby gasped. "Vernal!"
"Exactly. Can you make sure to have Maia comforted for a while? According to Makoto, she's scared out of her mind."
"Of course I will." Ruby smiled.
Kyoko nodded. "I know you will." She then pulled Ruby into a hug as she hugged her back, then she broke the hug and walked off. "Oh, and Ruby?"
"Yeah?"
Kyoko slightly tilted her head with a soft smile. "It's good to have you back." She said and walked off, both of them waving.
"So… you wanna hang out in the park for a bit before you head back home?" Nyx asked.
"Honestly? Yeah… I think I'd love that."
Meanwhile, with Dimentio…
"Hmhmhmhmhm~" Dimentio chuckled, leaning against a tree as another Dimentio, battered and bruised approached him. He snapped his fingers to dismiss the battered clone. "I knew it was a bad idea to go check on everyone. It's all too easy to fool them… I even set my clone on easy mode just to see how well they did."
He turned around. "My work here is done. Of course, Samus not being crippled might throw a wrench into my plans, but it's whatever. I'll work around that. Alas, Ruby's depression is wearing out and she's back in play… I'll leave her alone for now. She deserves some R & R. I still think this is my first true win!"
He laughed before sighing. "Of course, Yukari's a problem but I'll figure out a way to counter it."
He kept walking as he heard voices. He immediately perked up and hid behind a tree, noticing Weiss and co, minus Ganondorf, leaving the Smash Mansion with Mikan a bit concerned.
"We'll patch you up in no time. But you're saying Ghirahim's no longer an issue?"
"That's right. Ganondorf killed him." Weiss said, causing Dimentio to gasp.
"Well… at least that's one threat eliminated." Mikan said.
"So Ghirahim's no longer with us…" Dimentio mused. "...Fascinating. I'll have to tell Dry Bowser about this. Ha! Looks like I outlived him after all!"
Meanwhile, at Gerudo Oasis…
"What the devil is all this?" Revali wondered. "I've never seen this place so green before!"
"All of this water… it's pure!" Mipha said.
"How'd you do it, Urbosa?" Daruk asked.
"Honestly, I'm still wondering how it happened…" Urbosa said.
"Hmm…" Rhoam mused. "It's a lot nicer than it used to be."
"Indeed." Impa nodded.
"Even so, this is a bit eerie…" Urbosa mumbled.
"Hmm?" Revali noticed something in the corner of his eye. "Well, look who it is." He said as they turned to see Ganondorf approaching.
"Hello." Ganondorf greeted.
"Ganondorf, you have some nerve showing yourself in front of us." Revali said, reading his bow. "Give me a reason why I shouldn't put an arrow between your eyes."
Ganondorf folded his arms. "I brought life into this land."
"...Beg your pardon?" Revali raised an eyebrow.
"Yes. We restored Lanayru Desert back to its former glory. I went to Hyrule's past and helped the heroes out."
"Pah! You're bluffing. Why should I-"
"I feel he is telling the truth." Rhoam stepped up. "Given how there was that weird silver light before. Is that true, Ganondorf?"
"Look, your highness, just because you're cordial with the Gerudo Ki-"
Ganondorf nodded. "It is true."
Urbosa's eyes widened. "You… actually…"
"Oh my…" Mipha whispered.
Rhoam chuckled. "And I have a feeling you stopped that silver light too."
Ganondorf nodded.
Rhoam smiled. "You have saved Hyrule. We thank you."
"That… sounds way wrong…" Impa said.
"I agree!" Revali said.
"Ganondorf…" Urbosa whispered in awe.
"Hahahahaha! Way to go, big guy!" Daruk grinned, happily smacking Ganondorf in the back.
"Mmmph!" Ganondorf stumbled a bit. "Happy to… help…!"
A few hours later…
"...Oran…"
"...Huh?"
"...Am sorry… leaving…"
"...What?"
"...nta sorry… nta not like village… leaving… love you brother…"
"...No wait… come back…"
Oran jolted awake in his bed. "Come back!"
"Oh good, you're awake." Mikan said gently.
Oran looked around frantically, seeing he's in a hospital room. "Mikan? How long was I out?"
"A few hours. Took me a bit to patch everyone up… Weiss especially. Let me go get everyone."
Mikan left the room as Oran would notice Kala was behind him and holding him. "Mom…"
Kala held him tighter. ["I'm so glad you're okay."]
"Sorry I worried you…"
"She's not the only one." A voice said as Oran looked over to see Tai walking in with the rest of the family, minus Ruby. He noticed Oran's curious expression. "Weiss and Loid told us what happened, you had everyone worried when you were brought in." He placed a comforting hand on his shoulder. "That being said, I'm glad you're okay… and I'm sorry that you and Anya had to learn about that."
Loid immediately saw the look Oran was giving him. "Sorry, kid… but if things had gone differently, I wouldn't have had to tell them."
"It's not all bad. The way things were described, you did pretty great out there." Raven said.
"Raven, don't encourage his recklessness." Tai said.
"It's not all that bad." Mikan mentioned. "According to their blood work, a second longer and they would have been fully drained of their energy."
Raven smiled. "See? If Mikan says he's fine, then it's all good. And for the record, I'm just impressed that he fought so well. That said, I don't fully agree with his decision to keep this from Ruby. I get his reasoning, but doing so isn't as smart as you think it is."
"I just… didn't want her to suffer more for me…"
Qrow chuckled. "I get that, squirt… but Ruby's been doing better the past few days."
The door burst open. "And besides, you're a little late in wanting to keep this from me."
Oran looked surprised, seeing Ruby at the doorway. "But… how…?"
Ruby smiled. "Well… you see…"
Earlier…
Ruby waved goodbye to Nyx as she walked back home. "I hope Weiss gets back home soon. It's been quiet the last few da-"
She suddenly got slammed into a tree. "MMMMPH!" She grunted as she looked up to see her assailant, being none other than Donovan. "Rrrgh… YOU."
BGM: Face it! (Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories)
"The one and only!"
"What are you doing here? Oran hasn't been home in days!"
"Oh, I know. I had this lovely little fight with him in ancient Hyrule."
Ruby gasped, her eyes widening. "Ancient… H-Hyrule?!"
"Oh, they didn't tell you? Well, isn't this just awkward! Well, I might as well tell you then. Your brother, the ice queen and a bunch of others went into the past to stop Ghirahim from resurrecting his brother… of course, it failed and now both Demise and Ghirahim are dead!"
"So why do you look like some sort of Grimm hybrid?"
Donovan smiled sadistically. "Well, I'm glad you asked! That snot nosed brother of yours destroyed my amulet and now I'm stuck like this. Granted, I did rough him and his group up really badly and threatened to go after his new family, buuuuuuuuut who cares about the details~"
Ruby growled, immediately activating her Zinogre form and flashed her fangs angrily. "So because of that, you're here to kill me?"
"Oh no, not at all. See, you're pretty much the only silver eyed person left on Remnant as far as we know, so I'll be doing Lady Salem a huge favor! Spiting that ankle biter is just an added benefit."
Ruby electrically pushed him away. "Heh, you really think you'll succeed. Others have tried and they all failed!"
"Maybe… but what I've heard, you've had help all those times. And nobody is here to help you as everyone is in the hospital. I'll kill you and nobody's the wiser. The funny thing is, you spent the better part of the year fighting for your life, only to be killed by some nobody right after. Isn't that just poetic!"
He raised his Grimm claw up while Ruby readied herself.
"Time to say goodbye, Ruby Rose. I'm sure they'll remember you!"
He lunged, attempting to stab her in the gut while she raised her Zinogre claw to try and counter… only to get punched away by a massive figure.
End BGM
"MMPH!" He grunted as he slammed into the ground several feet from them. He looked up and gasped in shock. "G-Gonta?! You're alive? And when did you get so big?"
"Gonta see Donovan alive as well. Wonder how Donovan survived village destruction. Gonta got big in wild!"
Donovan laughed. "Oh Gonta, you're still stupid as ever! Don't you get it? I helped with the destruction of your village… and guess what! I murdered your parents! Ahahahahaha!"
Gonta frowned as he immediately reached for a wasp nest that was nearby. "Gonta want you to leave girl alone!"
"Hmm, I was gonna kill her but I think I can add you to that list if it means spiting him!" He said as wasps immediately came out of the nest, surrounding Gonta but they were facing Donovan.
"Get him." Gonta said as the wasps all charged at him.
"Ack!" Donovan grunted as he tried to bat them away, only to get stung several times. "Agh! Argh! Alright, alright! I'm leaving… just get them away from me!" He said as Gonta whistled, commanding the wasps to stop. "Very well then… I'll leave you be for now… but I'll be back. And Gonta… I'm coming for you too next time we meet!"
He quickly flew off, immediately wincing from all the stings he received. I really gotta get some ointment for these…
"Um… thanks for that… but why help me? Not to mention who are you?"
"Gonta remember Donovan from old village. Gonta is gentleman so Gonta help. Gonta is Gonta Gokuhara-Moss."
Ruby sweatdropped. "Noted… oh! I remember now, you're the one who Kyoko mentioned before. Didn't your file say that your semblance allowed you to copy the powers of animals or something like that?"
"Boss told Gonta to go visit Miss Kyoko. And Gonta make mistake with file. Gonta not good with words. Gona control bugs. Gonta talk to bugs."
"Ooooh, okay." Gotta let Kyoko know about tha- She paused, her eyes widening. "Wait, did you say "Moss"?! You known Oran?!"
"Oran little brother of Gonta, but Gonta knows he's dead…"
"But he's alive! We adopted him a while back. Come on, I can take you to him."
Tears formed in Gonta's eyes. "No…"
"Why?"
"Gonta leave parents and brother to die. Brother probably mad at Gonta. Probably hate me. Gonta leaving is why Gonta spend time to become gentlemen. To atone."
"You really think he's going to be mad at you?" Gonta nodded. "Gonta, Oran is incredibly forgiving. Look, after we adopted him, I basically pushed him away for a week because of a nightmare, and he forgave me. He even saved me from my soul getting stolen."
"Really?" Gonta's eyes lit up.'
Ruby nodded. "Really! Now come on, I'm sure he'll be delighted to see you!" She gently took his hand and walked off with him.
Back in the present…
"Aaaand that's when I ran into Weiss who explained everything to me while giving me a big hug. She also said you can keep the Light Arrows and ask Zelda if she can give you a refill if you ever run out. And… look, I'm not mad. A bit disappointed, but I do get where you're coming from."
She walked forward and hugged both Oran and Anya. "Besides, after hearing what he revealed, I can't be too mad at you. I'm sorry for what he did, and I'll help you both to get back at what he took. However, it's not too bad."
She turned her head to the door. "Gonta, you can come in now!"
Gonta walked right in. "Uh… Gonta says hi. Does little brother remember Gonta?"
Oran's eyes lit up, reaching his arms out as Gonta smiled and hugged him. "I do… I never forgot about you."
"Gonta is sorry. Gonta leave village after argument with parents after Donovan tried to murder you. Gonta not like village."
"It's okay… I never liked the village either. And I forgive you… I'm just glad you're here again. Promise you won't leave again…"
"But Gonta need to talk to detective… and Gonta have job."
"No no, not that. I don't want you to leave me again… I missed you. So please, stay."
Gonta thought about it for a moment, then he got up. "Okay. Gonta stay. Gonta go talk to detective now in big building."
As Gonta left the room, Oran looked over at Tai. "Um, dad… if it's not too much trouble…"
Tai smiled. "We'll contact Peach to get it sorted out."
Byleth chuckled. "Another sibling, huh… didn't see that coming."
"If it's what Oran wants… besides, I wouldn't mind having him around, and there's probably still a room left. …If not, we can just ask the Mario Bros to make a few extra rooms." Or another floor if they feel like it… He sweatdropped.
"Also, I did some thinking. I'm making my last name Rose-Moss, so it becomes Rosey Moss."
Rosalina smiled. "Oh, that's adorable~!"
"That explains the search term on the computer…" Maia chuckled.
"Nice pun, kiddo." Tai chuckled and looked at Qrow smugly. "You owe me twenty Lien." He said, causing Qrow to grumble in response.
"Well, if it makes you feel any better… I have some good news. That test you took before the both of you left… it was actually the entrance exam to Hatahway. Both of you passed." She smiled as both Anya and Oran's faces lit up with smiles.
Meanwhile, with ATMC…
"Phew… I'm beat…" Tatsumi said.
"You said it." Mine agreed.
"You think people will get freaked out by us now?" Akame wondered. "I mean, the demon form I have left an impact on me. Tatsumi made up with Tyrant and now one of his eyes are draconic, Mine's got her Demon Soul form mostly figured out-"
"Ah, it just means nobody would want to mess with us."
"True. Though I kinda feel left out…" Chelsea said.
"Honey!" A voice called out as they turned to see Yor approaching with Kokoro and Maki.
"Oh, hey mom, hey sis. Hey Maki. What's up?"
"We were going to give this to you in Skyloft, but unfortunately we couldn't get it all the way finished. That said, we finished it up… and Maki threw in a few suggestions too."
"Yup." Maki nodded as Yor handed Chelsea a present.
"Open it!"
"Okay." Chelsea nodded as she opened her gift, noticing a fresh pair of clothing alongside with what looked like a make up kit.
"We call it the Gaea Foundation." Maki said. "It's where you can stuff your dust and other tools for when you travel. You can infuse your tools for enhancements and it has a variety of effects ranging from actual make up or weapons. Oh, and you can also install your needles inside of them. I made sure it's pretty durable too."
"Do you like it?" Kokoro asked.
"I love it!" Chelsea gushed, hugging the three of them as she proceeded to go change her outfit behind a few trees, making sure no one was around.
She came back a minute later decked out in her new outfit. She had pink steel toed boots as she also wore a blue low cut tank top as she wore jeans with a belt around her. Her hair was let down to her shoulders and she also had a red cape around her. She had also played around with her makeup as she had a black heart on her left cheek.
"How do I look~?"
Maki blinked. "How the hell did she change that fast…?" She wondered while Yor and Kokoro smiled as the rest of her team nodded in approval.
Meanwhile, with Weiss…
Weiss sat in the hospital bed, looking through her scroll as there was a gentle knock on the door. She looked up to see Nayru approaching. "Oh… Nayru."
"Hello Weiss." She smiled gently.
"Um… if you're wondering about the Triforce of Wisdom, I gave it back to the princess." She looked at her hand. "Of course, now I have the Triforce engraved in my hand, but what can ya do…"
"I know."
"So what are you doing here anyway?"
"Oh, you thought you'd get rid of me that easily~?" She giggled as she sat on her bed. "Even though you no longer have the Triforce of Wisdom, you still held it. That means you and I can still communicate with each other."
"Seriously?"
"Yes. And honestly, did you really think I'd just give you that temporarily? I intended my gift to be used indefinitely. So not only do you have your Fierce Deity form-"
"I still have my Sheikah form…"
"And you still have Nayru's Love~" Nayru smiled.
Weiss smiled. "You really are the sweetest…"
Nayru giggled. "If you ever need someone to talk to, just give me a call~" She smiled, gently hugging Weiss as she returned the hug. "Oh, by the way, your family and friends are chatting with someone that looks like you. Just thought I'd let you know." She said as she walked off.
"Huh? Is someone copying my look?" Weiss wondered as she heard footsteps coming in as she saw Seryu and Sheele walking in. "Hey girls."
"Sup? You're looking better… kinda." Seryu said.
"Well, ya know, I've been better. I'll take this over a wheelchair though." She laughed.
Sheele giggled. "There's someone who wants to see you."
"Who?"
Whitley walked in casually. "Why her, of course!" He said as Dark Weiss walked in.
"HUH?!" Weiss yelled in shock.
"Hey." Dark Weiss greeted.
"Wh-wh…huh… how…?!"
"Easy…" Dark Weiss said calmly. "It's alright, I'm not here to kill you. After I died, I mellowed out after a bit." She approached her as Weiss looked at her warily, but noticed that everyone else was calm.
Even Willow was calm when she walked in with Kirumi.
"Wha- what…" Weiss snapped out of her shock. "What are you doing here?"
"Oh, Damian escaped the Underworld for good so Hades sent me, the Axem Rangers, Smithy and Ridley after him. Well… actually, he sent them after Damian. As for me-"
"Just between you and me, I'm not sending you after Damian. I'm sending you to have a proper one on one with Weiss."
"...And what will I do after that after the fight is over?"
"Honestly? You can do whatever the heck you want. After all, you did one heroic thing and that was getting Whitley out of the burning mental hospital. That's plenty of reason to get you back out there. Enjoy your new life!"
Dark Weiss chuckled. "Funny how things work…"
"But… you're… you were sadistic. You… you kidnapped mom, you-"
"I know, I know. I still think I don't deserve it but… honestly, here I am." She shrugged. "Alive, well, totally less sadistic like I used to be… the last time I was sadistic, I said I'd enjoy every moment of Dark Ruby suffering but… to be honest, I got tired of it."
"So… is Dark Blake and Dark Ruby-"
"Nah, they're still in the Underworld. I asked Dark Blake if she wanted to come along but… she seemed more interested in watching Dark Ruby suffer along with Maine. Soooooo… it's just me."
Dark Weiss reached over to Weiss, causing her to flinch and close her eyes. She felt a hand touch her cheek as she open her eyes to see Dark Weiss softly smiling. "It's okay… I'm not going to hurt you."
"Dark…" Weiss whispered. "This… this can't be real. Did I get a concussion while I fought Demise…?"
"Nope. This is definitely real." Dark Weiss said. "And hey, we can have our duel when you're a hundred percent better."
"Oh…! Uh… okay."
"By the way, I heard what you did with my Grimm counterpart… or more like what she did. That just proves to me that you're not totally antagonistic toward me."
"I… suppose…"
Dark Weiss smiled, giving her a hug. "Get better, okay? I look forward to our one on one duel with no interruptions… I hope."
Weiss looked at everyone else with a "Is this for real?" look on her face with all of them nodding. Holy crap…
An hour later, with Ieyasu and Sayo…
"Wait, are you writing again?" Sayo asked.
"Yup! Finally figured out what I wanted to write!" Ieyasu grinned, and then heard his scroll go off as he answered it. "Yo!"
"Ieyasu! Hey buddy!"
"Tatsumi, hey there. What's up?"
"Nothing much. Just wanted to see how you and Sayo were doing. And to see if you can actually publish a book for real this time."
Ieyasu chuckled. "Funny you should mention that, I'm actually almost finished with the first chapter! And I'm also thinking about how I can finish it."
"Oh, nice! What are you gonna call it?"
"I'm calling it: "The Legend of Zelda: Knights of Skyloft"."
"Oh man, I can't wait to read your new novel once you finished and published it. Good luck out there, man! I wish you the best!"
"Yeah, you too, man. Stay cool out there!" He said as he hung up and continued writing.
"Wow… I've never seen you write so fast before. I'm impressed!"
Meanwhile… with Mira, Laxus and Mavis…
"Sooo, I guess you'll be heading off?" Laxus asked.
"Nah. I want to stay a bit longer. Besides, I want to see Salem bite the dust myself."
Laxus let out a hearty chuckle. "Sounds good to me."
Mira glanced over to Mavis. "Should we tell him?"
"Tell me what?"
"Wellllll… Mira's not the only person that wanted to come visit…"
Laxus's eyes widened. "Wait, you don't mean…"
With Pyrrha…
"Thank you so much~!" Pyrrha smiled as she turned around from the counter and held a plate of a strawberry shortcake. "I've been craving it for so long, I-"
Someone backed up into her, accidentally bumping her and knocking the strawberry shortcake off of her plate.
SPLAT!
"Ack!" Pyrrha yelped.
"Huh? Oh, I'm so sorry! I didn't see you there."
"No no, it's okay. I can just buy-"
"YOU!" A sword was almost plunged into the guy's nose.
"Yipe!" The man whimpered as Pyrrha looked to see Erza pushing him to a wall.
BGM: Let's Party! (Fairy Tail 2014)
"You knocked my descendant's strawberry shortcake to the ground. You honestly have no self respect for desserts, do you!"
"What the hell is your problem, lady?!"
"ANSWER ME!"
"Your… descendant…?" Pyrrha wondered before her eyes widened. "Wait a moment!"
With Tatsumi…
"I'm proud of him."
"Heeeeeey!" A voice called out as they turned to see Natsu and Lucy approach him.
"Wait, who's that?" Mine wondered. "...Wait! Is that Natsu and Lucy?"
"Holy moly, it is!"
"Yo!" Natsu waved, only for Mine to shove an uppercut into his chin to send him flying. "Yaaaaaaaagh!"
"THAT'S FOR NAMING MY DEMON SOUL FORM "SATAN SOUL", YOU ASSHOLE!" Mine yelled, causing Tatsumi and Lucy to sweatdrop.
"Uuuungh… what did I doooo…?" Natsu groaned with his spirit leaving his body.
"How the heck is your spirit leaving your body when you're already a spirit?!" Lucy asked in surprise.
"Deserved…" Kotoko said with a chuckle.
With Sheele…
"Excuse me!" A voice said as Sheele looked around.
"Huh?" She then looked down to see Wendy. "Oh! Hi. What's your name?"
"I'm Wendy Marvell. I'm your ancestor!"
Sheele gasped. "Wendy?! Oh my gosh, you're cuter than I thought!"
"Hold on, I thought the picture you showed me has her an adult." Seryu said.
"Huh?" Wendy looked down. "AAAAAH! What happened to my body?! I thought I was in my adult body when I came down here!" She exclaimed before sulking, anime tears rolling down her cheeks. "No faaaair…"
With Esdeath and Futaba…
"You definitely needed this…" Esdeath said softly.
"Hwaaaah, I did…" Futaba softly sighed, completely putty in her hands.
Esdeath then turned to Kurome. "I understand why you kept it a secret… but assassin or not, you're still my companion." She said, pulling her into a hug.
"Haaaaa~ I was worried you'd be upset…"
"I'm not… I'm a bit disappointed, but I also understand…"
"Hey." A voice said as they looked up to see Gray and Juvia approaching.
Oh my! Futaba thought.
Esdeath blinked. "Wait, are you-"
"That'd be us." Gray said, his shirt already off.
"Gray, dear, your clothes…"
"Hmm? Eh… whatever." Gray shrugged.
"Oh goodness, it's so great to meet you! I can't wait to show you to my father! …Wherever he may be."
Speaking of Ironwood…
"Hahahaha! So that's where I get it from!" Ironwood said as they were in Nesta's kitchen.
"Let me tell ya, she's as light as a feather. We can definitely trade and see how they both feel!" Gajeel said.
"Heh, it doesn't take much to carry Nesta over my shoulder too."
Nearby, both Nesta and Levy had their signature deadpanned expression while Cardin, Masaru and Laura were trying to hold in their snickers.
"You too, huh?" Nesta asked.
"Some things never change…" Levy mumbled.
Back at the Rose/Xiao Long/Branwen household…
"Home sweet home." Ruby said as she opened the door, only to see Bisca munching on a cookie while Alzack was cleaning a gun and a teenage Bisca was watching TV.
"Hey." Bisca greeted. "Hope you didn't mind if I used the oven. I felt a bit munchie."
"What are you doing in our home?" Rosalina asked, ready to throw down.
"Hey, relax… we're on your side." Alzack said.
"You are?" Tai asked.
"Yes. We're Ruby and Summer's ancestors." Bisca said.
"HUH?!" Ruby yelled.
"She's tellin' the truth." A voice said as they saw Cana leaning in the kitchen while drinking a bottle of whiskey. "Their line married a silver eyed warrior down the line. As such, they're related. Oh, by the way, hope you didn't mind me taking the last bottle."
"Who the hell are you?" Qrow asked.
"Isn't it obvious? I'm your ancestor, bozo."
End BGM
Back with the trio…
"That's just a few of them too." Mavis said. "I'm sure Elfman and Lisanna are running around here somewhere… along with the original Thunder Legion."
"It's gonna be a family reunion~!" Mira smiled.
Tears immediately swelled in Laxus's eyes. "You mean…"
"Yes. Laxus. We're here until Salem bites it." Mira said as Laxus immediately hugged the two.
"Thank you…" He whispered. "Never thought I'd actually miss the lot of them…"
"You're welcome!" Mira smiled and then looked at Mavis. "You got Sting, Rogue and the other allies, right?"
"Yeah… they ought to be… somewhere. I'm not sure where though." Mavis shrugged.
Meanwhile, at the Smash Mansion…
"Sooo, Ghirahim is dead… huh…" Master Hand mused. "Well, nothing we can do about that."
"No, we cannot." Crazy said. "However! We can do this!" '
He pulled out three Smash Invites and handed them to Lana and Cia. "We could use some more Zelda reps around here."
Lana's eyes widened. "Wh-what…?!"
"Oh my Hylia…" Cia whispered. "Wh-who…"
"You can thank him." Master Hand pointed to Ganondorf who waved while having Young Link, who was a lot better, on top of his shoulders.
"But wait… who's the third invite for?" Lana asked.
"That'd be for me." A voice said as they turned to see Midna approached with the invite in her hand. "Guess who just got promoted to Smash Fighter~!"
"Indeed. We've replaced Midna's Assist Trophy status to Wizzro." Master Hand said.
"As for Ghirahim… we replaced him with… well…"
"Why are you…?" Midna wondered as she heard a familiar screech. Her eyes widened. "NO…" She turned around to see a familiar face.
"I'm baaaaaaack!"
Midna's blood boiled, gritting her teeth angrily. "WHAT THE FU-"
A few days later…
Tuesday - May 4th - 7:00 PM
Weiss found herself face to face with Dark Weiss at Mushroom Hills. "You ready?" Dark Weiss asked.
"Ready as I'll ever be." Weiss said.
Dark Weiss smiled. "Good."
BGM: Blinded by Light (Final Fantasy XIII)
Fire swirled around Dark Weiss as ice wrapped around Weiss, both of them unsheathing their rapiers.
Both of them smirked as they lunged, clashing with their blades as Dark Weiss jumped back, throwing fire at her as Weiss deflected it with her rapier, conjuring up glyphs and threw ice at her.
Dark Weiss melted the ice as Weiss swooped in and stabbed her a few times and knocked Dark Weiss back.
Dark Weiss got back up, noticing Weiss switching weapons to Eiskonigen. With a smirk, Dark Weiss did a "Come at me" gesture as Weiss ran over and slashed her, but Dark Weiss backflipped.
"WEISS!"
*Record scratch*
"Oh come on…" Dark Weiss mumbled as Weiss turned to see Winter approaching.
"Winter, what's up?"
Winter panted. "Check your scroll…"
Weiss immediately pulled out her scroll as Dark Weiss curiously looked over, where she would see Eggman's logo. "Huh?!"
At that moment, Eggman appeared on the screen.
"OHOHOHOHOHO! Good evening, people of Remnant. It's been a while since we've last had a chat, hasn't it?"
To Be Continued In: RWBY: Winter's Dusk
Post Credit Scene #1:
Donovan returned to the castle crawling in exhaustion. The door opened up to see Salem with her arms folded and looking incredibly disappointed.
"And where have you been? And why do you look like that?"
"Uh… I can explain."
Salem took him in, where he sees the rest of the group while Aria was trying to stifle her laughter. "Start explaining."
"Okaaaay, so a few days ago, Ghirahim recruited me for a plan he was pulling off. I got two fights in with the heroes and my amulet gets destroyed in the second one… aaand now I'm stuck like this. And also Ghirahim is dead… anyway, then I tried to kill Ruby, only to have a beehive thrown at me."
Salem sighed, pinching the bridge of her nose in annoyance. "Give me one good reason why I shouldn't leave you to rot in the dungeon for the next month for working with the enemy?"
"Um… because I brought a few souvenirs back for you." He pulled out a vial of Gloom and gave it to Salem.
"What's this?"
"This is Gloom. It's something that drains the energy of those who got close to it. I managed to keep a part of it and thought we could throw it into the Grimm."
"Anything else?"
"Well, I learned how to create Grimm with my amulet."
"Doesn't really help when you got your amulet destroyed!"
"Yeah, and there's something else you won't be too happy about." He turned to Tyrian. "Mr. Callows… next time you're on a mission, do it properly."
"I… beg your pardon?"
"What are you blabbing about?" Watts asked.
"Oh, well, you see, not only did a few assassins survive the Nightraid massacre, but Mr. Callows threw the wrong sword into the ocean and now it's in the possession of a member of the Winter Ops."
Salem's eye twitched while Tyrian started to pale while sweating nervously. "Everyone but Tyrian… leave at once!"
"But what about-"
"You will get your new amulet in a week. You will find your own way to get healed. NOW GET OUT!"
Donovan, Aria and Watts quickly left while Tyrian let out a small whimper.
"TYRIAAAAAAAAAN!"
Aria ran through the halls with Donovan and Watts. "You're not getting any of my ointment, skinwalker!"
"I expected as much. Can't say I didn't miss you."
Aria entered her own room. "Also, the clown left a little gift behind. Oh, and if I see any of my ointment missing… I'll skin you alive!"
"Wouldn't have it any other way." Donovan closed his door as he walked in, seeing a gift on his bed which consisted of a DVD, a recorder and a note.
"Dear Hyena, as an olive branch for losing your foot, I have included a recording of the person suffering who cost you your foot. Enjoy the recording!
Signed, Big D."
Donovan looked at the CD and chuckled, leaving his room. "Heh, more like "Small D". What a nice little gift though. Although…" He scratched his head puzzled. "Who still uses CDs in this day and age?"
Post Credit Scene #2:
"Hey, Chiaki." Sojiro approached her while she was in the cafe with Ibuki, Hajime and Junko. Elfilin and BB-8 were also with them.
"Oh hey Sojiro." Chiaki smiled.
"Found this on the floor the other day. Decided to glue it back together myself and I thought I'd give it to you the next time I saw ya."
He gave her the Galaga hairclip, as it was glued back together.
"My Galaga hairclip?" Her eyes widened.
"Enjoy it." He waved as he walked by as Chiaki smiled, putting it back on.
"There. I feel like my old self again." She giggled.
Post Credit Scene #3:
Kyoko walked into her apartment, softly sighing. Her boyfriend was still out with Leon and Sayaka, so she had some time to herself for a while until he came back.
She put her coat up in her closet as she went to grab something from her fridge.
She paused. She narrowed her eyes as she felt someone else was in the room.
She pulled out her Megaphone Gun. "Show yourself."
"My my, you're quite perceptive~" A voice said as the chair turned around to reveal Celeste, casually drinking tea.
"Celeste…"
"Hello Kirigiri." Celeste smirked while flashing her vampire fangs. "We have much to catch up on~"
And with that, it's done! Major shout out to everyone who helped, including Yoshi who wanted to see another episode of the Pop Culture Tunnel and for Log who had the idea for having Gonta be the sibling of his own OC!
Ibuki: Woohoo! And Chiaki-chan's back in action!
Deadpool: I'll get the party horns!
Man, it feels so good to be done with this story. I still had a lot of fun with it though! Take care and I'll see you in the next story!