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Two Days Before SPBRR Leaves
BGM: Have a Nice Talk (Mario and Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story)
"So you mean to tell me this Keyblade of yours just simply goes back to you just like that?" Weiss asked as RWBY, the Blades, JNPR, Neo, Marnie, Pit, Cloud, Donald, Goofy and the Mario Bros were hanging out with Sora at Toad Town.
"Pretty much!" Sora said.
"Oh, I'll be the judge of that." Mythra said as Sora rolled his eyes and summoned the Kingdom Key.
"Go wild." He said, tossing it to Mythra where she caught it.
"Cool. It feels light." She said as she immediately saw a Shadow moseying around the town. "Oh hello Heartless." She smirked as she aimed the Keyblade at the Shadow. "Have a taste of a fireball!" She yelled… and then the Keyblade disappeared and up in Sora's hand.
"Sorry, has a mind of its own." He said, throwing a Firaga at the Shadow to destroy it.
"Aww… I would've looked so cool with it…" Mythra pouted, causing Pyra to giggle.
"Aw… the one thing I could've taken from you if we were sparring…" Ruby mumbled.
"Maybe next time." Yang chuckled.
"So from what I'm gathering, these Heartless creatures can be defeated by anyone but only a Keyblade can be the one to truly destroy it?" Marnie asked, casually sitting on a bench with Luigi and Neo.
"Pretty much." Cloud nodded. "The hearts they hold will fall back into the darkness and another Heartless will sprout up."
"Oh, lovely…" Marnie said.
"Aww, it's not all that bad. Heartless only thrive on instinct, so they can be easily predictable." Goofy said.
"Yeah! It's just another Heartless. It's no big deal." Donald said.
["Do we still know what he's saying?"] Neo asked Marnie.
"I'm picking up bits and pieces, but I still hear quacking." Marnie admitted and then to Luigi. "How about you?"
"Working on it." Luigi said, hearing a chuckle from Mario… and then suddenly, Sora's gummiphone went off.
"Oh?" Sora wondered as he answered it. "Yo, Riku, what's up?"
"Look up."
Sora looked up, seeing something descending toward the sky. "Heeeeey!" He exclaimed as they all looked up to see the Gummi Ship descending from above.
End BGM
BGM: Sora's Theme (Kingdom Hearts II)
"…What kind of ship is that?" Weiss wondered.
"The Gummi Ship."
"I'm sorry, gummi?"
"Mmm, now I'm hungry for gummy worms…" Nora said as the Gummi Ship landed in the grass and then the hatch opened up.
Riku was the first to climb out and helped Kairi out of there, then Mickey hopped out and was joined by the Sea Salt Trio and Namine, then the Wayfinder trio hopped out, and then Isa, Demyx and Ienzo climbed out as well.
"Heeeey, they look cooler when there's no screen in front of 'em." Mythra said.
"Your majesty!" Donald exclaimed as he and Goofy went over and happily glomped Mickey.
"Majesty?" Yang quietly mouthed.
Sora grinned. "Guys, allow me to introduce you to some good friends of mine. Riku, Kairi, King Mickey, Roxas, Xion, Lea, Namine, Aqua, Terra, Ven, Isa, Demyx aaaand Ienzo."
End BGM
Mickey chuckled. "It's nice to meet you all."
"…The mouse is a king. What." Weiss whispered.
That's a mouse? He's way too big to even be considered one! Blake thought.
"Hey, wait a minute…" Nora said as she was suddenly behind Mickey. "Are these ears real? They could be big dinner plates!" She wondered as she held them in place.
"Ha ha! Stop, that tickles!" Mickey laughed.
"Nope… ears." Nora said.
"NORA!" Ren scolded.
"What? Can't a girl be curious?" Nora shrugged, releasing Mickey.
"Long time no see… it's been a while." Cloud said.
"It has. I never would have imagined seeing you here." Riku said.
Sora chuckled. "Well, you guys already know RWBY and… well, my surrogate sisters apparently." He said, causing the Blades to giggle. "But anyway, the rest of these people are Jaune, Nora, Pyrrha and Ren, making team JNPR, Pit, Neo, Marnie, Mario and Luigi."
"Hello!" Mario waved.
"Nice to meet all of you!" Luigi smiled.
"Yeah, it's great that you guys came!" Pit smiled, and then turned his head to see Ruby staring. "Uh… Rubes? You okay?"
"Uuuum… please tell me there's not something wrong with my eyes. I'm seeing double!" She said, referring to Roxas and Ven.
"Oh good, you see it too!" Nora said.
"Obviously, they're twins." Blake said.
"Good guess… but, no. We're not related." Roxas said.
"Oh… then… I don't even know." Blake sweatdropped.
"It's best if you don't think about it. It saves a headache." Ven said.
Sora sweatdropped. "Yeesh, I know what that's like…" He mumbled.
"Well, come on, everyone! I'll show you guys around the Mushroom Kingdom." Mario said.
"Good idea. That way we can have the whole place memorized." Lea said as the Mario Bros walked off and gave them the grand tour.
"Man… they have the most interesting hairstyles." Marnie said. "Most of them look spiky."
"I'm surprised none of them mentioned that I look similar to Sora… which I still don't see it." Pit said.
"Have you two looked in a mirror together?" Mythra said.
"Uuuh… no?"
"That might clear things up." Pyra nodded.
"If you say so…"
One tour of Toad Town later…
"Oh my, that sounds terribly tragic…" Aqua said once they've heard the story of the White Fang.
"Yeah… and we're trying to make it so discrimination is yesterday's news but it's… complicated." Blake sighed.
"Discrimination is hard to get rid of… but I know you're trying your best." Aqua said with a comforting smile, putting her hand on her shoulder. "You shouldn't be ashamed for having cat ears. They look cute on you." She said, causing Blake to blush. "Plus, you and Weiss are trying to bring unity… I think that's beautiful. The White Fang has been brought back to the way it was… although Crimson Fang worries me a bit."
"I just hope they don't cause an uprising…"
"I don't think we'll let that happen." Aqua said. "If it does, I'll be right there with you and hoping we can stop Adam from doing something reckless."
"Right." Blake nodded.
"So this father of yours…" Terra said. "He sounds like he needs to be brought down a few pegs."
"If it helps, he's already in jail." Weiss said.
"Does he have a mustache?"
"Yeah… why?"
Terra smirked. "I think if I were to meet Jacques… I'll rip his mustache off."
"Terra! That's a bit much…" Weiss said. "…I want in." She smirked.
"I would've been surprised if you didn't want to join in on that."
BGM: Laughter and Merriment (Kingdom Hearts II)
"Holy cow, you've been asleep how long?" Nora said in surprise.
"Yeah, it's pretty sad, huh?" Ven nodded. "Sure, Sora repaired my heart but, honestly… I'd rather not go through that again." He said… and then Nora planted her hands on his shoulders.
"Teach me your ways! I wanna know what it's like to hibernate for that long!"
Ven sweatdropped. "It's not really… hibernation?"
"You… hold your sword like that?" Jaune asked as he and Pyrrha looked at Riku's battle stance, with Mythra and Pyra looking on in awe.
"Yeah. It's how I usually fight." Riku said.
"Hmm…" Mythra took out her sword and tried to copy Riku. "Ooooh, this feels so… so… right! I feel like I can- aaaand my arm's already tired." She said as she lowered it, then Pyra tried it herself.
"How do you do this? It feels so awkward…" Pyra said.
"Not every one can do this stance." Riku said as Jaune and Pyrrha tried it out, but with similar results like the Blades.
"I think I'll stick with my own stance." Jaune said with Pyrrha nodding in agreement.
Meanwhile, at Coconut Mall…
"Holy cow, all the paints and sketchbooks I could ever dream of having!" Namine said, her eyes sparkling. "I don't know where to start!"
"Oh, you and your love for sketching." Demyx chuckled. "I wonder if I can find a way to have a concert or two here…"
"Hmm… oh!" Namine would see a clothing department. "I wonder if I can find a different outfit." She said as she grabbed Demyx's arm. "Come on!"
"Whoa! Why me?"
"You need something more fitting than just a boring ol' Organization cloak!"
"Oh come on, what's wrong with my look?"
"It's outdated, not to mention that Xehanort is gone for good so… that basically means you're no longer a vessel for Xehanort." She pointed out. "Seriously, have you looked in a mirror lately? Your eyes are going back to their natural green."
"Are they really?"
"Yeah!" Namine smiled. "Now then, let's change this outdated look of yours."
One outfit change later…
Namine walked out of the changing department, sporting sunglasses on her head, a white T-Shirt with paint splatters on it with an Inkling in Squid form on the front of the shirt while also having "Woomy" above the Inkling, jeans that were a bit ripped over the knees and some sandals. "Ah, much better than a plain ol' white miniskirt."
"Heeey, you're definitely right about that. My eye color is coming back!" Demyx said as he walked out, sporting a blue hoodie with a Greninja head, light green shorts and also wearing some natural blue tennis shoes. "Heh, you're right… I think it was time for a makeover."
"Told ya!" Namine smiled and once they paid for it, they walked out feeling a lot more stylish than earlier.
With Sora and Pit…
"Do they really think of us as similar? I don't really see it." Sora said. "I'm human, you're an angel… I don't really get it."
"Thank you! I don't get it either." Pit said. "They say I look like you, and you look like me… but honestly-"
"Oh for the love of…" Weiss spoke up as she conjured up an Ice Mirror with her Kacrackle magic. "Take a good look at this." She said as they both stared at their reflections.
"Oooooh! It's our similar hairstyles that are throwing everyone off." Pit said.
"That makes sense now." Sora agreed and then suddenly, he smirked a bit. "Heheheh…"
"What is it?"
"Oh, I have an idea."
With Ruby and Kairi…
"A scythe that is also a gun…" Kairi said as she rubbed the back of her head. "I don't really see it."
"Here, let me show you." Ruby said, stabbing the ground with her scythe and then aimed at a small Beowolf Grimm that was sniffing the ground nearby, only to get shot at and disintegrated easily.
"Whoa…" Kairi whispered. "Cool. Mind if I…?"
"Go for it." Ruby said, handing her the scythe where Kairi nearly stumbled.
"Whoa!" She yelped. "It's quite heavy… how are you-"
"You get used to it."
"I see." Kairi nodded, looking through the various details about the scythe.
"Hey Ruby! Kairi!" Sora called out.
"Yeah?" Ruby turned around. "What is-… WHAT THE?!" She yelled in surprise as Sora was wearing a toga, a head wreath, sandals and makeshift wings while Pit was wearing a shirt and pants similar to Sora while also hiding his wings behind the shirt and also wearing big shoes.
"Oh… Oh my goodness…" Kairi started snickering while Cloud, Ren and Mickey turned their attention to the duo.
"What in the name of…" Cloud said in disbelief while Ruby started snickering and burst out laughing .
"Oh my goodness, you guys look ridiculous!" Ruby laughed, falling on her back.
"Can you tell us apart?" Pit grinned as Ruby got back up and walked straight to Pit.
"Your hairstyles might be similar… but I know that it's you, Pit." Ruby smiled and kissed him.
"Aww… and I made such good work on those outfits. Knew I should've changed your hairstyles too." Palutena pouted, and then a heavenly light surrounded Pit and Sora as their clothing turned back to normal.
"Agh! I don't think I'm gonna get used to that…" Sora said, hearing Kairi giggling.
End BGM
With the Sea Salt Trio…
"You three make quite the interesting pair." Lea said, referring to Luigi, Neo and Marnie. "A friendship born of Neo losing her friends to amnesia, Marnie making new friends after visiting Remnant and Luigi gaining a few new friends as well. Kind of reminds me of our group… kinda."
"I'm amazed though…" Xion spoke up. "You lost your eyes and arm and yet, that's not holding you back. It's amazing." She smiled.
"Well… some days are better than others." Marnie admitted. "Some days I feel a bit melancholy because, well, I lost a part of myself… and I also get the occasional nightmare from that asshole you call Damian. Yeah, it sucks but I still don't regret saving Junior. Earlier today before I came to Toad Town, Byleth actually came to check on me when she caught wind of what happened." She turned to Luigi. "Thanks for that, by the way."
"Hey, better safe than sorry, right?"
Marnie smiled. "Yeah." She nodded. "Had a little therapy session goin' on and I know it's gonna be a long process given how Ruby and Weiss are holdin' up, but… I'm not complaining. It's better to get help instead of stewing in your own melancholy." She said, wrapping her arms around both Luigi and Neo.
"Aww!" Xion smiled.
"The way I'm hearing this, we definitely needed some kind of therapist in The Castle That Never Was." Lea said. "Would've definitely helped. Hell, I came up with the idea myself one day but Isa shot me down!"
"I didn't think it was necessary." Isa said as he walked up. "We didn't have hearts so I didn't think it was necessary to hold a therapy session for the three of you."
"Yeah, and good ol' Xemnas was a big fat liar. Feelin' kinda dumb now, don't ya think?"
"You fell for it too." Isa said.
"That's…! Ugh… Roxas, back me up here!"
"Can't help you there."
"Xion?"
"Sorry… you're on your own." Xion shrugged.
Lea sweatdropped. "Lovely…"
"So… aside from you working with this Bowser guy now, I can tell you're still great friends despite being on opposite sides, right?" Roxas asked.
"Yeah. Neo and I work for Lord Bowser, Luigi's siding with Toad Town but honestly? Nothing can keep us apart." Marnie smiled. "After all, I'm also loyal to the Mushroom Kingdom too. I didn't think it'd be possible being loyal to both sides and yet, here I am."
"Oh boy… I can imagine that kind of battle. One against two? That's bad luck right there." Lea said.
"Oh, I'm sure I can manage." Luigi said.
Lea grinned. "Heh, that's my guy! Do you guys have a usual hang out too?"
["As a matter of fact, we do."] Neo said and turned to Luigi with a nod as Luigi called out Hoopa.
"Helloooo!" Hoopa waved.
"Huh?!" Lea grabbed Luigi's Pokeball and looked at Hoopa, then back at the ball. "…Isn't being squeezed in there really uncomfortable?"
"Uh… not really. Such a tiny ball can also store bigger Pokemon." Hoopa said and turned to Marnie. "Hey Marn, do you mind?"
"Not at all." Marnie said, calling out Grimmsnarl.
"Snaaaarl!"
"Whoa." Roxas and Xion looked at in awe.
"A big creature can be stored in such a tiny contraption. How fascinating." Isa said.
Lea, meanwhile, looked absolutely dumbfounded. "Okay. HOW." He said. "How can-… but how-…?" He wondered as Marnie recalled Grimmsnarl. "…Ya know what, I'm not even gonna question it." He said as Hoopa opened up a ring portal as they walked through and found themselves standing on top of the Shine Gate at Delfino.
BGM: At Dusk, I Will Think Of You… (Kingdom Hearts 1.5 HD ReMix)
"Whoa! Are we at a tropical island?" Xion wondered.
"Pretty much!" Luigi nodded.
"Cool!" Xion said as they sat down on the edge and Hoopa opened up a portal and pulled out fudgecicles.
"Fudgecicles, anyone?"
"Fudgecicles? Pffft, I got something better." Lea said, pulling out a small minicooler and opened it up. "Y'all ever heard of Sea Salt Ice Cream?"
"…Sea Salt what now?" Marnie tilted her head.
"Heh, here ya go!" Lea said, tossing them the ice cream as they would take a bite out of it.
"Huh… salty and yet… sweet." Marnie said.
"Delicious!" Luigi said as Neo gave them a thumbs up.
"Eh, a bit too salty for me… but it's good!" Hoopa said as they stared off into the ocean while the two bell towers rang.
"So, do you usually do it in the afternoon?" Lea asked.
"Nah, we usually do it around sunset. It's prettier." Luigi said.
"Heh, well… when we get that base up and running and Ienzo gets a portal set up so we can travel to Radiant Garden more easily, we'll take ya to Twilight Town. I'm willing to bet the sunset there is far prettier than here."
"Your bias is showing." Isa said.
"It's not bias if it's the darn truth!" Lea said, causing Roxas and Xion to snicker as they all happily ate their Sea Salt Ice Cream while staring at the ocean.
Later, at Toad Town…
"I have to say, your weapons are all very… unique." Riku said, looking at RWBY and JNPR's weapons.
"Yeah, that's how we do things around here." Yang grinned and then suddenly, they heard screaming nearby. "Huh?"
"I'll go check it out." Mario said as he ran off to investigate, only for Mario to get knocked back to everyone and landed on his back, but he recovered and shook it off. "We got trouble!" He said.
"Something tells me this isn't Bowser…" Ruby said as suddenly a massive Heartless jumped into the fray, as said Heartless looked like it was a knight.
"A Guard Armor?!" Sora said. "Wait, something's different about it. I see glowing green eyes on its helmet!"
"It's a Malicious one." Blake said, and her ears twitched, turning her head as she saw Malicious Grimm approaching them. "And the panic has attracted those guys."
"We'll hold off the Grimm! You fight that Heartless freak!" Mythra said as she, Pyra, Donald, Goofy and Cloud ran off to deal with them.
"Where's Roxas and the others?" Kairi asked.
"I'm sure they're fine." Sora responded and then summoned Remnant's Requiem as the other Wielders summoned their Blades while RWBY and JNPR readied themselves, Pit readied his Bow and Mario's hands burst into flames, as Guard Armor's hands glowed red and blue.
"Let's do this!" Ruby exclaimed.
BGM: Shrouding Dark Cloud ~Gigas Blast~ (Kingdom Hearts III)
Knight in Heartless Armor - Malicious Guard Armor
Yang and Terra jumped in as the Guard Armor Firaga Punched them, but Yang and Terra rolled out of the way as Terra swung hard at his chest while Yang used a Firaga-like Shoryuken to knock it back and then Terra jumped over and unleashed Ars Solum.
The Guard Armor quickly spun around, using an Aeroga-like spin attack to push away Yang and Terra, then gravity glyphs surrouned the Guard Armor. "Aqua! Go!" Weiss yelled as Aqua jumped on the Gravity Glyphs and gracefully flipped off of them, delivering a Triple Blizzaga attack as the Guard Armor tried to swipe at her with a Firaga punch, but Weiss made two ice glyphs to hit the arm as Aqua landed on one behind the Guard Armor and used a Thundaga Shot at it.
The Guard Armor stomped on the ground, creating a Thundaga shockwave but Ruby grabbed a hold of Kairi and Sora and used her Semblance to get around the Guard Armor as Ruby and Kairi were then behind it as the two would then jump up and slash at the head from behind, while Sora slashed at the feet before jumping back and using Ragnarok on it.
"Jaune, over here!" Ven called out as Jaune ran over to him and then got into position as Ven jumped on his shield and then Jaune gave him a boost as Ven would unleash Tornado Strike on him before using Magnega to bring him close as Jaune swung his Rejuvenator at its foot to destroy it… but it immediately regenerated its foot and kicked Jaune away.
Ren lifted himself up with his wind magic as he used a burst of wind to get Mickey up with him as the duo flew over, the former bringing out his Ren Bow and firing a few Bomb Arrows, striking him in the head as Mickey slashed through the head at the same time, and then Nora jumped in and hammered the head with a smirk, but Guard Armor grabbed Nora and slammed her into the ground and tried to stomp on her with a Waterga Stomp, but Pyrrha would swoop in and fire slashed the Guard Armor to knock it back and helped Nora up, then the duo surrounded themselves in fire and electricity as they shot off a fire/lighting combo stream and struck it on the head.
Riku would then swoop in with Blake as the latter unleashed a Kazammle Laser at it, striking it on the head as Riku would then jump in with a Dark Firaga, but the Guard Armor would bat away the Dark Firaga and then Firaga Punched Blake, but would destroy an ice statue of her instead as Riku took Blake's hand and used Dark Aura, with him and Blake summoning her Belladonna Claws and slashed through the Heartless before they jumped up together and slashed down, creating a dark filled explosion.
The Guard Armor sprang up, aiming its armor directly at the group and fired a laser, but Pit jumped in and used his Guardian Orbitars to reflect it back, engulfing the Guard Armor as then Pit flew up, summoning the Babel Club and then swung it down on his head before flying back and landing near Namine as she clapped her hands and unleashed Baloonga where Pit and Mario would swing their weapons at the magic and sent it to the Heartless, pelting it with balloons.
Suddenly, a fiery ring surrounded the Guard Armor as Lea jumped in and together with Luigi, they both swung their weapons on top of the head and then Lea snapped his fingers as the fiery ring consumed the Guard Armor. "Hope you don't mind if we crash the party!" Lea said.
Guard Armor expelled the flames and saw Neo and Xion running toward them as it grabbed its legs to use as hammers and hammered the two, only for the two of them to shatter as the real Neo had put down some pillars of ice with her Kacrackle magic as Xion jumped on these pillars and then aimed Neo's umbrella with it, unleashing pillars of light from the tip of the umbrella and struck the Guard Armor's head, then Xion floated back down and gently landing near Neo, handing back her umbrella as Xion then summoned the Omega Weapon and quickly slashed through the armor.
Roxas rushed toward the Guard Armor, readying his Oathkeeper and Oblivion as he slashed at the Guard Armor's feet where they were destroyed, but it would regenerate in its arms and batted away Roxas and knocked the Keyblades in the air, but this only made Roxas smirk as Marnie teleported to the Keyblades and swiftly kicked them, lodging them into Guard Armor's neck as Roxas would jump over and grabbed his Keyblades before spreading his arms apart to "behead" the Guard Armor… and then Isa jumped in and used his Claymore to bat away the body of the Guard Armor, and then a tidal wave from Demyx struck the Heartless.
Sora's Keyblade quickly morphed into its scythe form. "Come on, Ruby! Let's finish this in style!"
"You got it!" Ruby smirked as she grabbed his arm and used her semblance to move quickly toward the Heartless as it swung its hammer-like legs at them, but Ruby moved up to avoid it and then in the air, Ruby spun around and then threw Sora down to Guard Armor as he did a Spiraling Zantetsuken to pierce through the Malicious Guard Armor as he landed underneath it as the Guard Armor fell behind him as a heart flew up into the sky, disappearing.
End BGM
"And that's how you do it!" Sora grinned, high fiving Ruby as everyone else cheered that the Heartless was destroyed, while nearby, the Blades, Cloud, Donald and Goofy watched on.
"Hmph. Always showing off." Cloud said while shaking his head with a chuckle.
"Oh, that's just how he rolls." Goofy said with Donald nodding and the girls giggling in agreement.
Later that night…
"Alright, found ourselves a spot just near that mall…" Ienzo said. "We can build our base here."
"That works." Sora nodded.
"Man… despite the moon looking destroyed, it's still pretty to look at." Namine said, staring at the moon with Roxas and Xion.
"Heh, eat your heart out, Kingdom Hearts." Lea said. "You've been dethroned by this destroyed majestic beauty!"
"Those guys were pretty great with their abilities." Ven said.
"Yeah… I think we'll fit right in." Aqua agreed.
"And I think those three found new friends." Riku said, referring to the Sea Salt Trio talking highly about Luigi, Neo and Marnie.
"Fellas, I have this feeling we'll be here for a long time." Mickey said.
"I'm not complaining." Sora said, sitting down and looking at the stars. "After all, it's a nice change of pace…" He said as he laid on his back and saw Kairi. "Wah!" He yelped, sitting up and caused Kairi to laugh. "Yeesh… always like to give me heart attacks."
"It's what I do." Kairi giggled as she sat down with him. "So, where exactly have you been sleeping the past few days?"
"Oh, Cloud let me bunk with him in that Smashing Mansion or whatever it's called. The girls were sure excited though."
Kairi giggled. "They definitely act like siblings to ya, don't they?"
"Heh, you're definitely right about that."
"So… do you think we'll be able to wipe out this Salem chick?" Kairi asked.
"Oh, I'm sure we will." Sora said. "They need all the help they can get."
"Agreed." Kairi said, reaching for Sora's hand as the two of them held hands and smiled at each other before looking at the stars and the moon together.
Ah yay, the whole gang is here now!