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Tales of the Multiverse Bit 132

Congratulations, H.I.V.E. Five! You're officially part of the Heroes Coalitions!

President Mario Martinez and Louie congratulates Billy Numerous, Gizmo, Kyd Wykkyd, Mammoth and See-More as they got inducted to the Heroes Coalitions while Buccaneer "Buckles" Murphy, Gillian "Gill" Norman, Akatora Tsujimiya, the Creepy Guy, Robin, Starfire, Beast Boy, Raven, Cyborg, Kid Flash and Jinx watches them with a smile.

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It was a fine morning in Neo-City as we head towards the Dormitory Village and inside one dorm building, we see a lot of tenants gathered inside the dining area either eating breakfast or just starting to get their breakfast.

When all of a sudden, the doors to the entrance slammed open revealing the new recruits, Joey Hollard, Kylie Hollard, Oswald "Ozzy" Wizner and Suzuka "Suzie" Takahashi, "GOOOOD MORNIIIIIING EVERYOOOOONE!" Kylie greeted cheerfully and loudly which resulted of her getting hit by a ladle on the top of her noggin, "OWIE!" she yelped in pain.

Standing next to them is Olive Oliveras, whom is giving Kylie a scolding expression, "Must you be this loud early in the morning?" she questioned in disbelief, "There are people here still tired from their missions and you're giving them headaches with your shouting." she pointed out.

"S-Sorry..." Kylie squeaked, "It's just that I'm so excited." she reasoned, "It's our first day of training and I can't wait..." she added.

"Getting excited is fine but there's a time and place for that." Olive chastised, "Now grab a tray and choose your food." she advised, "You kids will have a long day of training." she pointed out.

Suzie nodded, "Hai." she replied, "Onii-chan always said that having a well-balanced meal gives you enough energy and stamina for training." she shared with sparkles in her eyes despite her stoic expression.

A minute later, we see the Mississippi Four having breakfast at one table alongside Rex Salazar, Danny Fenton, Gertrud Barkhorn, Andres "Singko" Alvarez and Aoi Futaba when everyone noticed that Ozzy poking his breakfast with a troubled expression.

"Hey Ozzy, what's wrong?" Danny asked, "You look like you lost a bet from a camel race." he described before drinking a cup of coffee.

Ozzy sighed in response, "That Raya girl..." he uttered, "... she's still mad at me." he shared.

~Flaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaashback~

Last night, after settling in their room, Ozzy decided to go out to buy some snacks. As he got out of the door and at the same time, the door of the room right in front of them opens and out came Raya Amanda.

"Oh no..." Ozzy muttered in dread.

Despite her eyes being obscured by her shades, Ozzy can definitely tell that she's giving him a deadly glare, "You..." she growled, "... you got some nerve to show your face in front of me!" she hissed.

Ozzy gulped while raising his hands in defense, "Um, calm down..." he advised, "... look I'm sorry about earlier..." he apologized, "... it was just a joke, no harm meant.'' he reasoned.

"Oh, a joke?" Raya growled, "Oh, I can take a joke but when the joke is about my height, then the jokes all on you because the next time you made a joke about my height, I won't think twice in castrating you!" she threatened.

Ozzy grimaced at the thought, "Look, I'm really sorry!" he apologized once more, "Can't we just let it go and forget about it!" he beckoned.

Raya scoffed in response, "Sleep with one eye open kid!" she advised, "You're in thin ice.'' she hissed before walking away.

~End Flashback~

Singko stares at Ozzy with a blank look, "You know..." the idol uttered, "... when you make fun of someone and later treat it as a joke, you know they'll get a lot angrier." he stated.

Ozzy slumped down, "I know..." he uttered, "I should've chosen my words better." he admitted.

"That's what you get for making fun of her height." Suzie uttered bluntly before taking a bite of her toast.

Joey then turns to Rex and Danny, "By the way, I know you're leader is gone for a while but I'm curious what is he like?'' the older Hollard asked in curiosity.

"A jerkass, a child in a man's body, a rude dude..." Rex listed off.

"A slap happy maniac, a coffee addict, a random phantom...'' Danny furthered.

The Mississippi Four sweatdropped on how they described their leader while the two continues on.

"He is also a brilliant but lazy, a combat pragmatist, a determinator...'' Rex added.

"He is a humble hero, a magnetic hero, a very dangerous individual once motivated...'' Jake furthered.

"All in all, our leader is a little bit of a scumbag but a great and influential leader.'' Rex concluded.

The Mississippi Four looks at each other in confusion when Suzie spoke, "How come such a person become a leader?'' she asked indecorously, "I mean..." she uttered, "... from the sound of it, he is nothing like this Hunter-person but it seems your leader isn't exactly an ideal one either." she stated.

Aoi took a sip of her drink before speaking, "Believe it or not, despite his flaws, Marcus is an excellent leader." she admitted, "He managed to lead us time and time again during our missions.'' she explained.

"I see..." Joey uttered, "Anything that we should know about him?'' he asked.

Aoi, Danny, Gertrude Rex and Singko looks at each other for a minute before facing the Mississippi Four, "He is a prince.'' they replied at the same time.

"More specifically, one of the prince of the Royal Sakurada Family from Sakurada Kingdom.'' Rex clarified, "His sister is also a princess.'' he added.

Joey did a spit-take in response, Kylie almost choked on her food, Ozzy dropped his fork and Suzie's eyes went wide as saucers, "HUUUUUH! HE'S A PRINCE?!" they shouted in unison with a shock expressions.

But what shocks them the most in their minds is that the royal family that Rex mentioned is the Sakurada Royal Family from one of their favorite anime Castle Town Dandelion.

"Adopted prince." Gertrud corrected.

Singko crossed his arms, "It was a shock really, not only that Marcus is Arinah's long lost brother but he is also the missing prince of the Sakurada Kingdom.'' he stated.

"H-how did that happened?" Kylie asked.

"We'll tell you later at lunch..." Gertrud replied, "... but right now, you should focus on your first day of training." she advised.

bzzzttt...

Later that day in the Training Camp, we see Mississippi Four amongst the trainees gathered around the middle of the training area and all four of them are more than ready for training.

The Scout then steps in front of everyone, "All right losers!" he shouted, "I'll never get tired of saying this!" he advised, "You'll be practicing you're speed and dodging skills, and I'll train you losers over and over again until you perfected it!" he declared when Ozzy raised his hand, "You, what is it?" he answered.

"Uh..." Ozzy uttered, "... is there any other nicknames you got for us besides loser sir?" he questioned, "Because I've been called that a lot back home and I'm rea~lly getting tired of being called that." he reasoned.

There was a short pause before Scout spoke, "Oh okay..." he uttered, "... then how about I start calling you "Mr. I don't want to be called a Loser" instead." he suggested while snapping a finger, "Oh! That's right! It's a nice name!" he mused, "Hey everyone!" he called out, "Say hello to Mister I don't want to be called a Loser!" he egged.

"Hello Mister I don't want to be called a Loser!" everyone greeted including Joey, Kylie and Suzie who played along.

Ozzy slumped his head own, "That's not what I meant." he uttered glumly.

"It's okay Ozzy, it's only the first day and everything's gonna be A-Okay." Joey assured while Suzie patted Ozzy on the back in comfort.

"Couldn't this day get any worse?" Ozzy grumbled.

bzzzttt...

Later that day, their next training is dodging heavy traffic and they are currently being monitored by Major Richard Stronghold.

Joey goes first and being quick on his feet and his mind, he dodged all the cars without a hitch.

"WELL DONE HOLLARD!" the Major complimented, "WIZNER, YOU'RE NEXT!" he shouted.

"Bring it on!" Ozzy said confidently and started across the heavy traffic.

"Don't get cocky now, Oz!" Joey advised from the other side.

"HA! Relax man!" Ozzy reassured while passing the first two cars, "I can pass through this jam, easy-pea-!" but before he could finish, he got hit by the third car, making him roll over the roof.

"Oooooh!" his friends uttered alongside other trainees while cringing at the same time.

"You alright man?!" Joey called out in concern.

Ozzy then got up while wiping the dirt off his clothes, "I'm okay!" he reassured then *BAM!* "I'm still okay!" Ozzy cried out as he slowly got up, *BAM!* *BAM!* *BAM!* "I'm still okay!" Ozzy replied in a bit of a daze as the world started spinning around him and then *HONK!* *HOOOOOONK!* *BAM!* he got hit by a truck, "STILL ALIIIIVE!" Ozzy yelled while getting up on his knees with his arms raised up high before *BAM!* he was once again hit by another car.

"I'm going to admit, he is made of steel" Nicco Bondarev commented with a grin.

As Nora Valkyrie brought out a bugle, she began to play the Taps as everyone gave Ozzy a salute, "You've done good Slick..." Joey complimented with a salute, "... you done good..." he uttered as if giving respects to a fallen comrade.

"I'M STILL ALIVE MAN!" Ozzy groaned loudly while holding the right side of his back before hearing a loud honk, he then turns to see an 18-Wheeler Truck coming towards him, "No! No! No! No! No-"

bzzzttt...

During the Soldier's training, the Mississippi Four weren't having any trouble at all with running as they were the ones ahead of the other trainees while other trainees purposely lags from behind.

Aka Red then managed to catch up with the four, "How come you guys have no trouble at all with running?" she asked.

"Well, we already went through this type of training hell!" Joey answered.

"Yeah! Joey and Kylie's dad was the one who trained us in this type of hell after we gained our Gifts and it was the horror!" Ozzy said in agreement.

"And now this type of training is no problem at all for the four of us! To us, it's just a walk in the park!" Kylie cheerfully added.

"Also, I was part of the Track Team back at our old school, so running at this pace is normal for me." Joey shared.

Aka raised an eyebrow, "I see." she uttered before slowing her phase and then joining everyone from the back.

Then Soldier then overheard their conversation, "Your father is very admirable!" he commented, "I applaud him for training you kids!" he praised, "By the way, what kind of training you kids do?'' he asked.

"I'll tell you some other time sir!" Joey replied.

The Soldier shrugged in response, "Anyway! Since the four of you had no trouble with running, how about joining me with my usual running routine?!" he suggested.

"Sure!" Joey replied, "How long is it?" he asked.

"500, 000, 000, 000 miles!" the Soldier answered, "Give or take! Ahahaha!" he mused with a loud laugh.

The Mississippi Four suddenly stopped running, "Eh?!" they muttered at the same time in shock.

They then turn around just in time to see the other trainees running inside a portal created by the Demoman, the drunkard had his arms crossed before leaning his head towards the portal, telling them to come with them.

The Mississippi Four then looks at each other with puzzled faces when Suzie spoke, "So...'' she uttered.

"500, 000, 000, 000 miles..." Ozzy uttered in horror before running through the portal.

"Even dad can't run that long!" Kylie admitted while following Ozzy.

"500, 000, 000, 000 miles..." Joey uttered, "... a legitimate reason to ditch this training.'' he concluded before he and Suzie jumps to the portal followed by Demoman.

The portal then vanished in thin air with the Soldier kept on running and had no idea that his trainees are gone.

bzzzttt...

Their next training is testing out their Gifts with the Pyro monitoring the trainees.

Pyro then spoke in a muffled voice behind his mask while gesturing a hand towards Joey which told him to go first.

Joey nodded before walking forward and unholstered his Nerf N-Strike Elite Disruptor Blaster which made everyone wonder why he brought out a toy gun, "What's with the toy gun?" Rusty Spokes asked.

As if hearing what he said, Joey smirked as he pulls the "slide-back" of his blaster and the dart chambers on the rotating drums started to glow blue as he points it at the target as it made a humming sound much to everyone's surprise upon hearing the humming sound coming from a toy gun and with a pull of a trigger, the toy blaster fires a laser bolt, hitting its target, surprising everyone present even more minus Kylie, Ozzy and Suzie. Joey continued shooting and it seemed like it was endless and they looked closely at Joey's blaster and the rotating drum kept rotating itself at every shot and the "slide-back" kept pulling itself back and forth without Joey pulling it as if it was the cause of recoil.

"Amazing!" Lincoln Loud said in awe.

Joey then took a deep breath before pulling back the "slide-back" of his blaster and held it with both hands as it made a humming sound as it glowed an even brighter shade of blue and then with a pull of the trigger, he unleashed a blast of blue energy, destroying the target, earning him a loud applause.

Joey smirked and like any cool looking gunslinger, he blew off the smoke of his blaster's barrel and twirled it with his index finger, only for his big bulky blaster to hit him on the face, "Ow!" he yelped in pain while nursing his nose as he holstered his blaster, "I'm okay!" he reassured while returning to the rest of the trainees.

Next up, came Kylie, she pulled out her wand as it extended to its default length. She held it with both hands as she closed her eyes and took a deep breath as she focused.

Then all of a sudden, the star inside her wand started to glow a brilliant white as sparkles glittered around it, Kylie then opened her eyes and with expert flourish, she twirled her wand with her right hand as she drew a white circle with a diamond inside and with a thrust of her wand, "HAAAAYYYAAAAHHHH!" she shouted before unleashing a beam of silver energy, destroying her target.

Pyro then clapped his hands in a rapid pace as Kylie bows and returned to the rest of the trainees.

Next was Ozzy as he walked forward while twirling his Peacemaker pistols with expert flourish as he twirled them almost everywhere and he even flipped and caught them a bit before returning them back to his holsters.

"Show off." Joey muttered.

"Hey, why was he twirling his guns if he wasn't gonna use them?" Rusty questioned.

"It helps him calm down when nervous sometimes." Joey answered.

The African-Texan then took a deep breath as he slowly lifted up his arms and with a flick of his hands his whole hands were now lit on fire making everyone but Joey, Kylie and Suzie "Ooh!" at Ozzy's Gift.

Ozzy then swirled his hands around in a spherical motion until he created an orb of fire and then threw it at the target incinerating it. Ozzy smirked before slicking back his head and putting out the flames on his hands.

Ozzy then turned to see everyone sans his friends staring at him with wide eyes, he then looked at them with a raised eyebrow, "What?" he asked.

"Ozzy..." Joey uttered while gesturing towards his head, "... your head's on fire." he pointed out casually.

"Huh?" Ozzy uttered blankly before someone held out a mirror as it revealed a reflection of Ozzy with the top of his head on fire like a torch, "Oh..." he mused before calmly tapping the top of his head putting out the fire leaving his head unscathed as if it wasn't on fire at all as he casually went back to the rest of the trainees.

"How come you're so calm when your head was on fire?!" Zach Gurdle questioned in disbelief.

"That's because Ozzy's immune to fire." Suzie answered when Pyro called her over.

"Whoa! Really!" Stella Zhau uttered in awe.

"Yes, not only Ozzy's Gift allows him to create and manipulate fire but Ozzy's also a living fire conductor." Joey added.

Suzie was now in front of her target as she then closed her eyes as she took a deep breath.

Then she snapped her eyes open as she did a few hand signs like a ninja before holding out her right hand in a hand sign in front of her chin with her pinkie and ring finger and thumb folded and her index and middle finger pointed up as she unleashed a streaming breath of fire from her mouth as it burns down the target.

The other trainees gave her a loud cheer as Pyro gave a thumbs-up.

bzzzttt...

After a long day of training, we head towards the cafeteria inside the Training Camp where we see a lot of people having lunch and at one table, we see the Mississippi Four, alongside with Rex, Jake Long, Luna Loud and Herald, having lunch and conversation at the same time.

"Ugh..." Ozzy let's out a groan, "500, 000, 000, 000 miles?" he uttered, "I'm a tough guy but even I had limitations!" he admitted, "What the hell is that guy thinking?!" he complained.

"Good thing you guys didn't." Rex said while taking a bite of a burger, "We managed to survive 50 miles but 500, 000, 000, 000 miles, I rather ditch that." he admitted.

"Call us lazy but that kind of running routine is suicide." Herald described.

Then they heard Nicco shouting from one part of the cafeteria, "Hey! DAN Army is back!" he announced while the aforementioned team entered the cafeteria though they would go to separate tables.

Kylie's eyes sparkled when she saw Trixie Lulamoon, whom is currently hugging Edwin "Ed" Horace Williams at one table while Ozzy was awed to see Dan Mandel, Chris Pearson, Elise Pearson and "Ninja" Dave Bauza whom he recognized as characters from the western animation, Dan VS.

"Looks like Dan Army is done with their mission.'' Jake assumed.

"What kind of mission?'' Suzie asked.

Jake shrugged his shoulder in response, "No details were given but from what we heard, they avenged a village that was being oppressed by a tyrannical empire." he shared.

"And the results are far from pretty if I had to guess.'' Luna assumed while watching Ed hugged a shivering Trixie while Adagio Dazzle rubs her back in comfort, "Geez, what just happened in their mission?'' she questioned in confusion.

Joey then stood up from his seat and went towards to Dan before standing in front of him, "Hey! Whattaya want?!" the jerk demanded in annoyance.

Joey then put his right hand on Dan's left shoulder and began to speak in his military persona, "You did the right thing soldier." he complimented, "They were suffering." he uttered, "And you answered their call to end that suffering." he continued, "You have my highest respect..." he paused before giving Dan a salute, "Captain Mandel!" he declared.

Despite the respect he just received, Dan had nothing to do with that and suddenly pointed a finger at Joey, much to his surprise, "Listen here and listen well, buddy!" he demanded, "Don't talk to me, don't touch me and don't praise me like we're friends!" he advised, "And don't call me, Captain Mandel!" he shouted, "I don't need a rank when I don't even deserve one!" he admitted with narrowed eyes before walking away.

Chris whom was standing behind Dan, shrugged his shoulders in response before looking at Joey, "Sorry about that.'' he apologized with a smile before following the jerk.

Ozzy then stood next to Joey and placed a hand on his shoulder, "Joey..." the second male member of the Mississippi Four uttered with a grin, "... you knew better not to talk to a psychotic sociopath like Dan." he said with an amused smile, "You know that never ends well." he teased.

Joey gave him a blank look in response while mentally smacking his forehead in embarrassment forgetting about Dan Mandel's personality. He then heard someone yelp from behind before turning around to see his sister Kylie cuddling none other than Luluco, whom is taken by surprise.

Still wearing a blank look, the older Hollard slowly removed Ozzy's hand from his shoulder and walked towards his sister.

Kylie is so busy gushing over the Space Patrol Officer that she didn't notice a certain twin approaching her until she felt a hand on her shoulder which cause her to freeze, sensing an aura of dread.

"Hey, Kylie... " a dark voice uttered as Kylie slowly turned her head while making a funny creaking sound before noticing Joey with a blank look and a scary looking aura around him, "I think it's perhaps about time that we talked about those hugging habits of yours." he announced.

"Eep!" Kylie squeaked in response.

Moments later, Joey is seen dragging his sister by the collar of her blouse towards the cafeteria doors while she struggles to get out of her older twin's grasp.

"Help! Somebody save me!" Kylie begged while flailing her arms as she tried to reach out for something, "Ozzy! Suzie! Pakiusap! Tulungan nyo ako!" she pleaded towards her friends with teary eyes.

"You've put this on yourself Kylie!" Ozzy called out, "You'll have to face the consequences sooner or later!" he said while sipping his soda.

"Yeah, face it like a grown up!" Suzie advised while taking a bite out of an apple.

"HINDIIIIIIIIIIIII!" Kylie exclaimed in dismay.

Those who were watching this predicament found this spectacle quite amusing with some couldn't help but laugh at Kylie's misfortune and some even started filming it in their tablets.

Although despite being a victim of Kylie's sudden 'hug attack', Luluco couldn't help but feel worried, "Is she gonna be alright?" she asked in concern.

"She'll be fi~ne." Ozzy reassured casually.

"They do this all the time whenever either of them do something they shouldn't." Suzie explained, much to Luluco's surprise.

At one table, we see Lingyin "Rin" Huang, Houki Shinonono, Cecilia Alcott and Alexander "Xander" Campbell II watching Joey dragging his sister towards the doors, "Hah! Well will ya look at that!" Rin mused, "Serves that girl right for hugging people without their permission!" she snarked.

Suddenly, Joey stopped dragging his sister upon hearing that but still kept her in his grasp and slowly turned his head, making a creaking sound towards Rin with his blank stare and ominous aura still showing but this time his aura became more menacing and it was directed towards Rin.

The Chinese IS candidate raised her eyebrow in annoyance at Joey's blank stare while oblivious to his ominous aura, "What are you looking at?!" she demanded.

A silent atmosphere occurred between them for a few seconds before Joey spoke, "Butt out of our business..." he uttered, "... ya Chinese Tsun-Yan." he insulted before continuing on his way with Kylie who gave in and let her brother drag her away.

Rin raised an eyebrow before shrugging her shoulders, "I've been called worse." she admitted.

"And what is that?" Xander questioned.

"Go ask Cecilia, she knows what I meant." Rin advised.

Note: This chapter is edited by moi but is originally written by AuraBolter, so all the props goes to him.

A/N: Inspired from someonestupED, damnlastwords, Jamesdean5842, Hope the Victor and Ace Neptune. All OCs and concepts not created by moi were given permission for me to use by it's respected creators.