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The Next Day After Everyone Tried to Cheer Blake Up
BGM: Toad Town (Mario and Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story plus Bowser Jr's Journey)
"Alright, so, you guys got anything?" Cardin asked as they met up in the park, all bundled up after the snow storm. Except for Whitley, who was just casually standing there in his regular rebel clothing. "…And WHY are you not bundled up?"
"I'm from Atlas. This is nothing." Whitley chuckled.
Cardin sweatdropped. "Typical…" He mumbled.
"Okay, so we rehearsed our songs and dance number… the Phantom Thieves are on board with this…" Chelsea said. "Do we even have a venue?"
"Leave that to me." Whitley said. "I have an idea on where to make our debut."
"Oh? What is it?" Ling asked.
"The Smash Mansion."
"Ooooh! That's a great place to have it!" Ling grinned.
"Well, it's better than freezing our butts off, that's for sure." Cardin chuckled.
"H-how many people are in this Mansion anyway…?" Kokoro asked.
"Let's see…" Chelsea rubbed her chin in thought. "RWBY, JNPR, CFVY, JINX… I know ATMC got in, Carolina… Shantae, Dante, that weirdo from that one world… uh… Dovakiin? Dragonborn? I'm not sure… Cuphead…" She trailed off. "Oh, about… a hundred or so?"
"Don't forget the B roster." Whitley added.
"Oh riiiiight! Like Captain Toad, Toadette, Tails, Impa, literally all the friends Lucina has made in Ylisse…" She sweatdropped. "Not to mention Nohr, Hoshido, and every other area, then you have the Assist Trophies who tend to wander around… we're looking at… oh… two to three hundred?"
End BGM
Kokoro paled. "O-Oh… I see…"
"Damn… that's a lot." Cardin said. "Heh, not bad for a first audience!"
"Can we… um… do a smaller crowd first?" Kokoro requested. "I… I'm not comfortable with an insanely large crowd!"
"Could be worse… we could fill an entire football stadium." Cardin said, causing Kokoro to start sweating like crazy.
"I think you're dreaming." Ling said.
"Aaaah… maybe." Cardin shrugged.
"Well, I say it's a good start." Whitley said. "All we need now is to find Namine and ask her to do another poster for us where we can easily spread the word."
"And try not to go overboard like last time." Ling sweatdropped.
"It was't that bad, was it?" Chelsea asked.
"Twelve to fourteen dozen." Cardin responded.
"Huh?! Guys! That's a bit much, don't you think!" Chelsea said, sweatdropping as all of them were unaware of Kokoro having a small panic attack over an insanely large crowd.
"Okay okay… we admit, it was a bit overkill." Whitley said. "But on the bright side, we had it all figured out."
"So… so many… people…" Kokoro whispered, immediately flashing back to what happened in Vacuo. Tears started to swell in her eyes. "No… no no no no…"
Chelsea glanced at Kokoro. "…Kokoron, are you okay?"
"I… I… forget it!" Kokoro exclaimed as she took off running in a panic, nearly making Whitley and Ling fall.
"Whoa!" Ling yelped. "Kokoron? What's wrong?"
"…Something's not right…" Chelsea said. "Come on, we need to follow her!"
"Good luck, that girl's a speed demon." Cardin said as they tried to chase after her, but Kokoro was blazing ahead.
"Why can't you do anything right, you stupid girl?!"
"I'm… I'm so sorry…"
"No… I can't… not in front of a large crowd… never again…!" Kokoro said, tears running down her cheeks as she kept running, flashing back to Vacuo.
"All that I ever wanted was for you to be proud of me…" Kokoro said, looking at a figure that looked like her mother, who was giving Kokoro a harsh glare. She would then look down, on the verge of tears. "…All that I ever wanted was for you to be happy… and yet… no matter how many times I keep on practicing and practicing, and doing my best, it's always the same old end result…"
She would look up angrily at her. "Right now… I don't even care anymore… I wish you were the one who's dead instead of father…!"
"Huh?!"
Kokoro kept running, quickly disappearing into a building and running past a few Toads and Faunus. Toadette also spotted her. "Kokoro…?" Toadette wondered. Maybe something happened… wonder if it was a Grimm? She wondered as she continued walking, letting her have some space.
As she rounded a corner, they would see Whitley, Ling, Cardin and Chelsea with their hands on their knees, panting while trying to search for Kokoro. "…Hmm." Toadette mused as she walked over to the group.
"Dammit… how can a girl like her run so fast like that…" Chelsea panted.
"Let me respond to that… after I find my lungs…" Cardin panted.
"What's going on?" Toadette asked.
"We're trying… to… to find Kokoro." Ling panted. "Have you seen her?"
"Oh yeah, she ran into Ms. Focaccia's bakery… she looked like she was panicking over something."
"Thanks. Let's go." Chelsea said as they would head over to the bakery, walking in and seeing an orange capped Toadette with brunette pigtails washing a plate. "Excuse us."
"Hmm? Oh! Hello, welcome to my bakery. How can I help you?"
"Have you seen a little girl run through here? Her name's Kokoro." Whitley said.
"Oh! Are you her friends? She was talking highly of you this morning." She smiled. "I'm Ms. Focaccia, nice to meet you all."
"Nice to meet you too." Whitley smiled back.
"Anyway, as for Kokoro, she's upstairs. She was looking rather… panicked about something. She shut the door before I could even say anything."
"Mind if we go up?" Chelsea asked.
"Go right ahead." She nodded, opening the small door leading behind the counter.
"Thank you." Cardin said as they started to climb up the stairs.
"So… who's gonna talk to her?" Ling asked.
"Mmm… I'm not sure." Whitley said.
"I think I should." Chelsea spoke up. "Out of all of us, I was the first one to befriend her…"
"That's probably a good idea." Whitley agreed where Ling and Cardin nodded in agreement.
In Kokoro's room…
"Hey, Koko! You want to try out that new song I've been working on lately?"
A young Kokoro giggled. "Sure thing, daddy!"
Kokoro watched a video recording on her scroll, listening to the two sing their hearts out while the father played on the piano, while she was in a fetal position.
"Heheh, oh, you two…" Kokoro's mother chuckled in the background.
Kokoro smiled a bit, before frowning as tears swelled up in her eyes. "Daddy…" She quietly said to herself.
There was a small knock on the door. "Kokoron? Are you in there?"
"Chelsea…? …Come in." She said softly as Chelsea lightly opened the door, closing it behind her as she walked over on the bed… but Cardin would lightly open the door so he and Whitley could eavesdrop while Ling rolled her eyes.
"Hey…" Chelsea gave her a reassuring smile before gently sitting on the bed.
"Please… don't be mad at me…"
"I'm not mad, but I'm just… wondering what that was all about."
BGM: Luma (Super Mario Galaxy)
Kokoro looked down. "I'm sorry… but… there's a reason why I don't do large crowds or why I don't sing when it's not that important… you see, back when my daddy was alive, we would have a few concerts here and there in a large crowd. It was scary at first but… I enjoyed it. He encouraged me to not let the "scary audience" get to me… and so, I did. I moved past it. But then… something happened.
He contracted some kind of disease… and normally, nothing every really kept him down but it did a number on him. Before we knew it… he passed. Out of the two of us, my mother took it pretty hard and soon… she became a totally different person. She would start drinking, hanging out with her "girlfriends", and above all else, she'd flat out ignore me."
"Oh…"
"To make matters worse, when she did pay attention to me… it was because I was "embarrassing her" in front of her friends. I would try to dance and sing to make her happy and for her to be proud of me but she thought I wasn't enough… that I couldn't do anything right, saying I was a stupid girl because I didn't get the dance right or I sang a little off key… it was enough to "embarrass" her. Finally… I snapped and out of my frustration, I told her that I wish she would have died instead of my father… I know it was in the heat of the momennt, but… I ran away the next morning. As far as my mother is concerned, she didn't even care that I left."
"Oh… honey…"
"That's why I don't do large crowds anymore… because I'm afraid I might embarrass someone. All that abuse made me… well, introverted…" She mumbled as she looked up at Chelsea, tears swelling in her eyes. "And… now… now you know…!" She said, her voice breaking.
"Come here." Chelsea said, opening her arms as Kokoro would immediately latch on to her, burying her head into her chest and crying. "Poor thing…" She whispered, rubbing her back.
"Please… please don't be mad at me…" She sobbed.
"Shhh~ It's okay…" Chelsea said in a motherly-like tone. "I was never mad, I was just concerned…"
"I think all of us were." Chelsea turned her head to see the trio walking in.
"Hey…" Cardin knelt down, rubbing Kokoro's head. "Glad you were honest with us, kiddo."
"Yeah, that's a hell of a story… even I'd have second thoughts if that happened to me." Ling said.
Whitley sat down on the bed. "If you want… we could just postpone the event."
End BGM
"No…" Kokoro sniffed, wiping her tears. "I have to conquer this new fear somehow… although a lot of people at this Mansion is a bit much…"
"Hmm… we could have the lights off and people can just wave around glow sticks." Ling spoke up. "That way, you don't have to see the crowd."
"People do that?" Whitley asked.
"According to Haru, yes. Something about showing support… oh, and they have different colored sticks to support certain individuals of the unit."
"Huh… well, we can definitely try that out."
"It's… it's a start." Kokoro said, sniffing a bit before smiling. "And yeah… Cardin's right, it's not like we're filling up an entire football stadium."
"Heh, got that right." Cardin said.
Kokoro took a deep breath. "Let's do this."
"First, we need to advertise ourselves." Whitley said as he pulled out his scroll. "And I know just the gal to do it." He said and started texting.
"Hey."
"Hmm? Oh hi Whitley, what's up?" - Namine
"We need a favor."
"Shoot."
Meanwhile, at a cafe…
"I know what it's like to be at your lowest…" Aqua said as she was drinking hot chocolate with Weiss and Blake. "You try everything you can to save everyone but you end up just… falling into a dark abyss." She said.
"You know what that's like?" Weiss asked.
"Yeah. Ven fell into a deep sleep after a hard battle with a guy that went by the name of Vanitas. I had to hide him, so I had transformed the Land of Departure into a void known as Castle Oblivion after Xehanort made it fall into darkness… and then I went to try to get Xehanort out of Terra's body-"
"…How did he…?" Blake wondered.
"It's… complicated." Aqua admitted. "It was a long hard battle… and I tried to save Terra who had fallen into a dark abyss, but I sacrificed myself to save Terra… and I had fallen into a void. I woke up in the Realm of Darkness… and to put it bluntly, I was in there for ten years… completely isolated."
"TEN?!" Weiss and Blake yelled in surprise.
"Time is nonexistent there… a day there could be like… a year outside of the realm." Aqua said as she wrapped her arms around herself, hugging herself as she had a pained look in her eyes. "It was horrible… being stuck in there with nothing but Heartless constantly hounding you… or yourself…" She said, flashing back to the Dark Aqua clones, and before that, Dark Hide/Red Eyes.
"Aqua…" Blake whispered.
"It's unimaginable to being isolated for that long… but I've experienced it…" She said, as Weiss and Blake would see that it looked like she was having a mild panic attack. "Of course… I found someone in there that goes by Ansem the Wise. He gave me hope that Sora would come and rescue me… and then…"
Flashback!
"Where is your Keyblade?" Ansem, the Seeker of Darkness asked.
Flames appeared in Aqua's hand. "That's none of your concern!" She said, throwing Firaga at Ansem, but his Guardian would come in to protect him and then the Guardian disappeared into the ground. Aqua would quickly front flip to avoid getting ambushed from the ground and threw a Blizzaga at it… and then Ansem snapped his fingers as dark vines would grab a hold of her and ensnared her. "Nnngh!"
"No!" Ansem the Wise reached out, but Xehanort's Heartless would grab him.
"Finish her." He smirked as the Guardian formed a dark ball of energy and threw it at her, smacking her in the head.
"AAAAGH!" Aqua cried, as she was thrown into the water while Ansem the Wise stared on in shock, falling to the ground.
"No…"
"Let's go."
Later…
"This Keyblade…"
Mickey's eyes widened. "Is that…?"
"Mickey…" Aqua would turn toward him, her eyes yellow and filled with hate. "You're too late."
Back in the present…
"Aqua…? Aqua!"
"Huh?" Aqua opened her eyes, finding herself being held by Weiss and Blake.
"You okay? You kinda worried us." Weiss said.
"Y-yeah, I'm fine… just bad memories." Aqua said, rubbing her head and controlled her breathing. "But yeah… I'm finding myself relate to you, Blake. You were at your lowest, especially with those video logs you've made. I was at my lowest too…"
"But… you were alone. I was with a team and we had to go fight our way through endless amounts of X-Parasites, not to mention that damned Metroid and SA-X… ten of them…" Blake shuddered.
"Think back at your last video you made. What do you remember feeling?"
"Like I was alone… helpless, like I couldn't do it anymo-" It then dawned on her. "Oh…"
Weiss sighed. "On the one hand, I'm glad the X-Parasite thing is no longer an issue but on the other hand…" She shook her head. "I just wish they wouldn't kill their host when they're infected… because we would've stormed on in and helped everyone out."
"I honestly wouldn't have minded that…" Blake said, blushing a little.
Aqua smiled, reaching over and gently putting her hand on Blake's arm. "We're all here for you, Blake…" She said as Blake smiled back at Aqua.
"Ah… friendship." Weiss giggled, and then noticed a poster being plastered on the window, noticing that it was Namine who did it. "Namine?"
Namine would spot the three through the window and happily waved, pulling out her gummi phone and texted the three.
"Hey, have you heard what Whitley and his friends are doing?" - Namine
"Whitley? What are you talking about?" - Weiss
"Not that I know of…" - Blake
"What's up?" - Aqua
They would see Namine grinning. "Prepare to be amazed~!" She texted and then snapped a picture before sending it to them.
Weiss would take a sip of her hot chocolate when she received the picture message… and did a spit take. "WHITLEY'S DOING WHAT?!" She yelled.
"Nice form of that spit take, ice queen." Namine teased.
"Sea5ons?" Blake wondered.
"Come watch Sea5on's debut at the Smash Mansion! Come enjoy Sea5on's live hip hop music and dance unit as they bring together harmony between humans and faunus! Show starts at 7:00 PM!"
"Oh, I get it… Five Seasons." Aqua said, looking through the list.
"Starring:
Whitley Schnee - Winter
Ling Amaryllis - Spring
Cardin Winchester - Summer
Chelsea Neves - Fall
Kokoro Kinokoishi - Midsummer"
"…Midsummer's a season?" Aqua tilted her head.
Weiss would immediately send Whitley a text.
"Bro!"
"What?"
"How come you didn't tell me you were doing a hip hop thing?"
"I wanted to surprise you. Surpriiiise!"
"Why exactly are you doing this?"
"Well, just the other day, I got inspired after watching a hip hop group do their thing so I thought: Why not do the same?"
"There has to be more than that."
"I'm doing this to tell our old man to shove it."
"…You're becoming more and more rebellious. In any other family, I'd be concerned… but considering this is just to tell our father to fornicate himself… I'm all for this now."
"Glad you're on board. Mom and Klein are all for it too."
"I had a feeling! Alright, see you at the Mansion."
Weiss would immediately text the sister. "Have you seen this?"
"We JUST saw Namine plaster it on the library. We're headin' over there now!" - Yang
"You coming?" - Ruby
"Oh, you know it!" Weiss would put her scroll away and stood up. "Girls… we're gonna go to the mansion and support my brother." She smirked.
With Grif and Simmons
"Huh… that's interesting." Simmons said as he was looking at a poster. "Looks like Weiss's brother is doing something pretty special."
"…Oh, you gotta be shitting me." Grif said, taking a closer look at the name.
"What? What's wrong?"
"The way that number is positioned in the name… I don't like it."
"What? It's Five Seasons!"
"Yeah, but it's reminding me of a movie title! I know it's not their fault but… holy shit, this is completely coincidental."
"Oh please, what kind of movie title would have that?"
"Oh, I dunno… something about… the Fantastic Four?"
"Oh don't be ridiculous. They didn't do tha-"
"As in the reboot!"
"Oh. Oooooh… yeah, now I see it. That movie sucked."
"For once, we are in agreement."
"I thought the Fan-Four-Stick movie was pretty good!" Caboose said in the background.
"We know!" Both of them said in unison.
Later, at the Smash Mansion…
"Alright, everything is all set up." Master Hand said. "Heh, I'm honored that they chose this place as their debut. Truly a special moment." He said and then rubbed his finger in thought. "Hmm… brother, did we have anything scheduled for an event?"
"Well, in a few days from now, Crush 40 from Mobius is gonna come and they're gonna crush it like they always do!"
"…Usually, I tolerate your puns but this is the last straw." Master Hand would then finger flick him.
"Ooof!"
"Excuse me!" A Toad waved them down. "I don't think we have enough glow sticks and bracelets!" He said.
Master Hand snapped his fingers, as the Toad was buried in a mountain of glow sticks and bracelets. Surprisingly, they were all sorted and organized by color. "Would this suffice?"
The Toad crawled out, dusting himself off. "Okay yeah, NOW we're good."
"Wait a second! Hold up!" Crazy Hand exclaimed, snapping his fingers as a video screen popped up behind the stage.
"Uh…"
"Just in case if they start singing Japanese, they're gonna need a translator." Crazy Hand said.
"…For once, you've done something smart."
"Brother, I've done smarter things in my life, you just don't see it!"
"Don't push it."
"I'm crazy smart, but I don't do it masterfully."
"…I take back what I said."
"Let's see…" The Toad started going down the list. "Blue for Whitley, green for Ling, Orange for Cardin, red for Chelsea, yellow for Kokoro… and white for supporting all of them. Alright, we got 'em all!" He said as he turned around, hearing the first footsteps as they saw the Mario Bros approaching him. "Ah, the Bros! Good, you're right on time!"
"That's… quite a mountain." Luigi said.
"Mama mia, where did you-… wait, the Hands?" Mario guessed.
"Bingo. Alright, feel free to grab a light stick or a bracelet. Enjoy the show, you two!" He said as Mario grabbed himself a red bracelet and Luigi snagged himself a green glow stick.
One crowded place later…
"I do not understand… how exactly do you fight with these weapons?" The Dragonborn wondered, holding a white glowstick.
"You don't fight with them. You shake the glowsticks to show your support!" Palutena pointed out.
"…So I shake this in front of my enemy to support them?"
"Oh boy…" Dante sweatdropped.
"Well, I don't know about you, but I'm ready to shake my arm until it's jelly!" Pit grinned, standing right next to Ruby.
"Heck yeah!" Ruby grinned, holding a blue glowstick.
"Where's Pittoo?" Palutena asked.
"Ah… well…" Pit rubbed his cheek.
"Hey Pittoo! You want to go to this concert in the mansion?"
"That depends… is it heavy metal?"
"Nah, it's a group called Sea5ons. It's performed by Whitley, Ling, Chelsea, Kokoro and… Cardin, of all people."
"…Who?"
"Ya know, Whitley? Weiss's brother?"
"Weiss has siblings? Not interested… if it's not heavy metal, I'm not interested."
"It's hip hop!"
"Still not interested!"
Palutena sweatdropped. "Oh well, what can you-… wait… where's the Dragonborn?!"
"Raaaaah!" A voice cried out as they turned to see the Dragonborn whacking and shaking his glow stick at Charizard. "I am showing my support on this dragon by shaking this weapon!"
"Rowr?" Charizard raised an eyebrow. It didn't hurt him, but he was wondering why this strange viking was attempting to beat him with something that kinda tickled him.
"Grenin…" Greninja facepalmed behind the Charizard while Cuphead, Pac-Man, and Shantae had to drag the confused Dragonborn away.
"Round two is in your future, dragon!"
"…What was that about?" Leaf wondered with Red shrugging.
"No idea."
The lights started to dim. "Ladies, Gentleman, Faunus, Pokemon… and many other species that are here tonight! Please give a warm introduction to the live debut of Sea5ons!" Master Hand announced as the spotlights shined down on the arena where Whitley and his unit were in poses, all of them staring at the audience.
"Oooh boooy…" Kokoro whispered, paling a little.
Chelsea would put a hand on Kokoro's shoulder. "You got this." She whispered, winking at her as Kokoro looked up at her and nodded back, mentally slapping her cheeks.
Go time. Kokoro thought, getting her game face on and having a look of determination.
"WOOO! GO CHELSEA!" Mine and Akame cheered, drowning out Tatsumi's voice as he cheered on as well.
Willow smiled in the audience. "Make us proud, kiddo." She said, staring at her son with a proud smile on her face.
"Cardin! Cardin! Cardin!" The rest of RDL chanted for Cardin.
"Go Ling!" Weiss cheered.
"Not sure who the Faunus is, but you go girl!" Coco would call out with Velvet whistling.
Aww, they like me… Kokoro thought with a cute smile.
"You ready?" Whitley asked as his team nodded and then turned to the audience with a smirk. "Now let's get this party started." He said as the music started to play.
BGM: Ready Steady (Project SEKAI: COLORFUL STAGE! Ft. Hatsune Miku)
As the song started playing, the group would proceed to dance in sync. "Ha! I'm so glad we decided to give them a few more songs to try out." Ann smiled.
"Yup." Makoto agreed, fist bumping Ann as they started to shake their glow sticks as everyone would proceed to shake their glow sticks in approval while the unit proceeded to sing their hearts out.
Well, almost everyone.
Ganondorf was in the library, reading a book as he felt it'd be silly of him to wave around a glow stick, but the music was loud enough that he would subconsciously nod his head to the beat. "Catchy." He said.
"Blasted music!" Ridley said, as he was in Dark Samus's room, both of them scheming and not caring about what was going on… buuuut the music was annoying the space pirate.
"Calm yourself, Ridley… they are but a distraction." Dark Samus said.
Dark Pit was in his room, casually playing Metal Gear Solid 4. He let out a growl and turned up the volume. "Much better." He said.
Wolf was in his room as well, fiddling with his weapons. "It ain't my style, but it's got a catchy tune."
Mewtwo was outside on the roof, not seeming that interested in the dance unit while Mew was accompanying him… but was totally into it as he was dancing around on the roof. "Mew! Meeeeew!"
"Glad you're having fun." Mewtwo said, as he glanced over at the other side of the roof, noticing Sephiroth was staring out into the cold, although Mewtwo would notice Sephiroth was nodding his head to the beat.
Probably wasn't even realizing it either.
In Futaba's room, she was busy looking around Remnant's network to even realize what was going on. "Don't need sleep… I need answers." Futaba said, subconsciously nodding her head to the beat. "Huh… are they have karaoke night already? Eh… whatever." She shrugged. "Eh… it's kinda loud for karaoke but whatevs. Ooooh, hellooo… what do we have here? …Ew… definitely need to set up a firewall for that. The code is all broken…"
At Rodin's bar…
Samus walked in, closing the door behind her as she walked over to Rodin. "What's wrong, you don't want to show your support to that group?"
"It's not really my thing, not anymore anyway." Samus said.
"I hear ya. I do have the TV set up if you want to watch the group. They're pretty good."
"I'll keep that in mind."
End BGM
"Alright, we're just getting warmed up!" Whitley said on the TV as the crowd was cheering. "Hit it!"
BGM: RAD DOGS (Project SEKAI: COLORFUL STAGE! Ft. Hatsune Miku)
"I will admit, they're not bad." Samus said, sitting on a stool as Rodin send a glass of wine her way while she watched the unit sing and dance at the same time. "Thanks." Damn, they're so in sync, it's incredible…
"Hmph, I had no idea you were a drinker."
"Eh, I'm not as bad as say… some other individuals here." Samus said. "Every once in a while, I'll have a glass or two."
"That sounds reasonable for the bounty hunter." Rodin nodded. "So, you mentioned the concert isn't really your thing anymore. Why's that?"
"Eh, I just grew out of it. It was all the rage when I was a teen… helped keep my focus. Nowadays… I'm not really into it."
"Ah, although there was a poster you kept in your old ship. Something about a… Justin Bailey." He said, nearly causing Samus to choke on her wine.
"Wh-where did you hear about that?" She asked.
"Bayo did some snooping around in your ship out of boredom. Shared it with me and Jeanne… those two thought it was adorable you had a huge crush on this intergalactic pop singer."
Samus blushed a deep red. "Damn that umbra witch…" She said as she glanced over and noticed a certain hedgehog leaning on a wall. "Shadow? What are you doing in here?"
"It's not my style." Shadow said. "I could've gone to Mobius, but Rouge thought it'd be best I stayed here for "support"."
"I see." Samus nodded. Would it kill him to lighten up?
"Heh, I see it's none of our styles in here." Rodin chuckled, casually cleaning a glass. "Strange, I had a feeling Meta Knight would've been in here hiding."
Speaking of Meta Knight…
"Hmph, I will admit… they're actually pretty good." Meta Knight said, as he was hidden above the stage and bouncing his head to the beat of the song. "I wonder if I ask for a signed copy…"
"Hiiiiiii!"
"Kirby?!" Meta Knight yelped in surprise as Kirby waved at him cutely. "…This secret stays with us."
"Poyo!" Kirby smiled, sitting down next to Meta Knight. "Poyo poyo poyo."
"You thought I was lonely so you came over to accompany me?"
"Poyo."
"Hmmhmmhmm… what are we going to do with you." Meta Knight said as Kirby would wave his white glow stick… both of them unaware of Dedede who was watching this from a pair of binoculars.
"Heh, glad someone caught him." Dedede chuckled as Bandana Dee looked at him curiously, who was sitting on his shoulders so he could see the dance unit. "What? I ain't gonna snitch on the guy. I don't wanna embarrass him." He said as Bandana Dee nodded.
"Yang? What are you doing?" Weiss asked, noticing Yang holding up her scroll.
"Livestreaming! I figured they could get noticed around the world!" Yang grinned.
"That's… actually a good idea. I wonder if Winter will see it?" Weiss wondered.
Beacon Academy…
"Man, check these guys out!"
"Wait, is that Cardin?!"
"Heeey, it's Chelsea!"
"That's that Schnee kid, right?"
"Those two Faunus are so cute!"
Ozpin was watching it from his office. "Heh, look at them go. They're pretty good." He said, as he was joined by Oobleck, Port and Glynda… the latter trying her best not to nod her head to the beat, but she was subconsciously doing it anyway.
Atlas - The Happy Huntresses
"…Who are these guys?" Robyn asked.
"Apparently they're this dance group that's having their debut." May said.
"Yeah, and they're really cool!" Fiona smiled.
"I'll take your word for it."
Ironwood and his Ace-Ops…
"Marrow! Would you stop watching whatever it is on your scroll!" Harriet demanded.
"You guys are missing out!" Marrow said, putting his scroll on the TV.
"Hmm?" Ironwood looked at the screen. "…Whitley?" He asked, seeming to be more interested.
"This is their debut too! They're cool!" Elm folded her arms, having a grin on her face. "For their first time, they're pretty good." She said.
"Indeed." Vine nodded.
"Heh… that Schnee kid ain't bad." Clover said.
"Okay, what is this?" Harriet asked.
"They're called Sea5ons and the unit is comprised by Whitley, Ling, Chelsea, Cardin and Kokoro!" Marrow grinned.
"…Who?"
Winter Ops...
"Is that Chelsea?!" Kurome said. "Whoa... I didn't know she had it in her."
"Coooooool!" Sheele grinned.
"That big burly guy... he looks cute." Bulat said.
"Dude, he looks high school age. It ain't gonna work." Leone said, who was wrapped up in winter clothing. "And even if he wasn't, I doubt you'd have luck dating a street performer."
"Yeah, considering male celebrities tend to have fan girls flocking over to them like seagulls." Lubbock said. "You'd be better off dating some other guy."
Bulat let out a laugh, rubbing the back of his head. "You do have a point there, bro."
"Their music... it's absolutely wonderful." Bols said with Wave agreeing.
"Hey, what's going on?" Winter asked, walking in with a cup of hot chocolate in her hand. "Oh, watching a band, are we?"
"It's a street performance." Najenda said.
"Ah, I see." Winter said as the camera on the TV panned to Whitley while Winter took a sip, only to do a spit take. "WHITLEY IS DOING WHAT?!"
"My my! They sound so good!" Esdeath said, completely intrigued by the dance unit.
End BGM
"Alright! Are you guys having a fun time?" Whitley called out as everyone cheered. "Alright, there's more where that came from!" He said, having a proud smile on his face. "Let's hit it!"
Echo (Project SEKAI: COLORFUL STAGE! Ft. Hatsune Miku)
"I... I can't believe it..." Winter said, as she was not expecting her younger brother to do something like this.
She knew Whitley was trying to break out of those chains that their father put on him... but seeing him doing a hip hop group, something that Jacques openly hated.
It brought a smile to her face. A proud tear ran down her cheek. "That's my boy..." She said, trying her best to contain herself.
The Branwen Tribe (plus Akechi)
"Heh, they got good taste in music." Akechi said.
"I've never heard these tunes before... nor do I understand what they're saying." Raven said, looking to be a little better and well rested while Vernal and the other tribesman looked confused.
"Ah, allow me to translate for you."
Mushroom Kingdom Jail...
"What is that lousy racket!" Jacques demanded as he walked over to a group of inmates who was partying and cheering.
"Ah, hey Schnee! Get a load of this group!" One of them said with a smirk.
"Hmm? Why, it's just a dumb hip hop group with lousy Faun-... IS THAT MY SON?!"
"Yes."
Jacques' eye twitched. "Why that lousy good for nothing-" He would suddenly clutch his chest. "Hnngh! Here I go...!" He winced and fell on his back.
"He took that better than I thought."
"Yup."
"I know it's Jacques, but no one dies on my watch. CLEAR!"
Crimson Fang...
"You have got to be joking." Adam said, watching the event unfold.
"Mmm, I'm torn..." Seryu said. "On the one hand, they're good. On the other... it's got traitorous Faunus AND that Schnee with them."
Adam turned his head to Seryu. "You know what you have to do."
Seryu stood up, loading ammo into a gun. "I'll be right back... and unlike you, I won't have a gigantic dinosaur fall on me." She said with a teasing smile and then walked off.
"...I just had to say something." Adam mumbled, still feeling angry over losing to Aqua.
Cinder, Emerald and Mercury...
"Hmm, they're not bad... but I've heard better." Cinder said.
"...Uh, Cinder?" Emerald pointed to Mercury who was mimicking the dance moves.
"Mercury, what are you doing?"
"What? The dancing's infectious." Mercury said, causing Cinder to facepalm while Emerald let out an amused chuckle.
At a hut just outside of Toad Town...
"Hmph." Hazel grunted, nodding his head to the beat. "Not too shabby, honestly."
With Cardin's family...
"Cardin?!" His mother said in surprise as a little girl watching Cardin dance.
"Go big bro!" The little sister cheered.
MAJC...
"I swear, that little kid looks familiar." Mona said, munching on chips while looking at Kokoro. "Did I run into her at one point... I'm not sure."
"Regardless, they're pretty good." Camrin said and then whistled. "Damn, those dance moves are flawless."
"The song is catchy too." Zoey added with Chloe agreeing.
"What in the name of Remnant are you guys watching?" Anthony wondered while Jen was nodding her head to the beat.
End BGM
One dance performance with a few other songs later...
Kokoro would use her semblance to make lights come out of the floor, acting like sparklers while everyone cheered.
"Thank you, everyone! You've been an excellent audience tonight!" Whitley said.
"Yeah! Now for the crowd surfing!" Cardin exclaimed.
"Yeah, crowd surf- wait, crowd surfing?!" Whitley said in surprise as Cardin would take a running start and jumped over, hoping people would catch him.
...However, the only thing that caught him...
THUD!
...Was the ground.
"Mmph!" He grunted while his fellow performers either sweatdropped or facepalmed.
Cardin let out a groan and saw Duck Hunt snickering at him while the duck was quacking up laughing. He would then look up and see Pyra, Camilla, Elise, Aerith, Kamui, and Lissa all looked down at him with curious expressions.
"Heh... ladies~" Cardin said, attempting to play it cool, and then the women giggled and then walked away, causing him to sigh. "Well, worth a shot."
"Please tell me you got that." Ruby said.
"Oh yeah, I caught it." Yang grinned before she stopped the stream, causing Ruby to snicker.
"If someone clips that, send me the link." Ruby giggled.
Later...
"Well, that went better in my head." Cardin said, having an ice pack on his head as the group was walking out of the mansion.
"Yeah, obviously." Chelsea rolled her eyes. "I can't even believe you would do that."
"Hey, it seemed like a good idea at the time!" Cardin admitted.
"At least you walked away with a bump on the head..." Kokoro said.
"But hey, you did pretty good out there!" Chelsea smiled, playfully elbowing Kokoro, causing her to blush.
"Ah, it was... nothing..." She responded, blushing.
"So, ready to take on a football stadium?" Cardin teased, earning an elbow from Ling and Chelsea.
"Um... baby steps..." Kokoro sweatdropped.
"Well, I say we call that one a success." Whitley said.
"Oh yes, definitely!" Ling smiled.
"Heeeey!" A voice called out as they would turn around to see Weiss running over to them and tackling Whitley to the ground.
"Waaaaah!"
"Whitley, that was incredible! You were awesome up there!"
"Mmph! Choking me... can't breathe...!" Whitley gasped as Weiss pulled away from him as Whitley sat up from the snow, brushing himself off. "You thought I was great?"
"Yeah! This big sis is proud of ya!" Weiss grinned.
"I will admit, it actually helped me feel better... just a little bit." Blake said as she approached them along with Aqua.
"Oooh... Blake..." Chelsea grimaced, seeing her scars. "I've heard the stories, but I didn't think it was terrible..."
"Eh, I'll live." Blake said, waving it off as Ruby and Yang walked their way.
"That was awesome!" Ruby praised.
"Yeah, and thanks to that livestream, all of Remnant saw ya!" Yang smiled.
"Wait, livestream?!" Whitley said in surprise, suddenly grabbing Yang by the shoulders. "Yang, are you suggesting we went viral overnight?"
"Prooobably~!" Yang grinned. "You're welcome!"
"Oh wow, that's crazy!" Ling said.
"Definitely." Chelsea nodded.
"...Suddenly, I have a bad feeling." Kokoro said.
"I bet a lot of people will remember my fresh dance moves." Cardin said proudly.
"Or that belly flop." Yang teased, causing Cardin to slump and gave her a glare.
"Ooof course you caught that..." He mumbled.
"I... just hope no one watched that maliciously." Whitley said.
"Define maliciously." Weiss said, sounding a bit worried.
"Shady record deals, i'm assuming." Cardin said.
"No, more like... someone watching with the wrong mindset."
"Oh, so rabid fans? Paparazzi?" Yang guessed. "We can always sic a Tauros on those losers."
"That's a bit much." Aqua said.
"You're right. We'll sic a Reznor on them."
"Still a bit much..."
"Okay, Chain Chomp!"
"No."
"You have no idea what the paparazzi is like, do you?"
"No, and I have a feeling I shouldn't." Aqua sweatdropped.
"Maybe it's just the nerves speaking." Kokoro said as she started to walk off. "I mean, we all did a good-" Her ocelot ears twitched. "Huh?"
"...Ling." Blake got in a stance, her ears twitching.
"Right!" Ling nodded as the two lunged and tackled Kokoro to the ground right as a bullet flew just inches from Blake's head.
"What the heck?!" Cardin exclaimed.
"Weiss! Gravity!" Blake yelled as Weiss would quickly cast Gravity Glyphs on everyone.
"You know, just because you have Gravity glyphs protecting you doesn't mean a damn thing!"
Weiss let out a gasp. "Oh no…" She whimpered as they turned to see Seryu approaching them with a Sniper Rifle in her hands.
BGM: Seryuu no Seigi (Akame Ga Kill) (Start at 1:40)
"You…" Blake glared.
"Who the hell do you think you are?!" Yang asked, and then heard heavy panicked breathing coming from Weiss. "Weiss? What's wrong?"
"…That Faunus?" Whitley spoke up. "It's Seryu."
Yang let out a gasp. "THAT'S Seryu?!"
"Oh my gosh…" Ruby whispered. Aaaagh, does she have to be a dog Faunus? She thought.
"Ah, so this is the rest of Team RWBY…" Seryu said, tossing the rifle to the ground and clapped her hands, forming a shotgun. "Good, open season… however, I'm more interested in that band right there." She said. "…Starting with the faunus, and I don't mean the deer!"
Kokoro paled up. "Wh-what do you want with me?"
"Well, you're siding with humans and the Crimson Fang doesn't take kindly to Faunus siding with humans." She said, pumping her shotgun and then aiming at Kokoro. "I will admit, you're great on the dance floor but you have got to go."
Before anyone could swoop in to get in front of Kokoro, she instinctively conjured up a flash grenade. "G-GET AWAY FROM ME!" She yelled, throwing it where Seryu would be blinded in a flash of light.
End BGM
"AAAGH! MY EYES!" Seryu yelped, rubbing them and when she could see again… she would be met with two fists consisting of both Yang and Cardin.
BGM: Gekisen (Akame Ga Kill) (Start at 1:32)
"Nnngh!" She grunted as she slid through the snow, narrowly dodging needles thrown at her from Chelsea as Ruby would use her semblance to get behind Seryu and wrapped her arms around her neck.
"I got her!" Ruby said, but Seryu would grab her arms and threw her to the ground. "Ooof!" She grunted as Seryu would aim the shotgun at Ruby, but she would summon her Rose Palm and blasted Seryu away as she would quickly recover, this time forming a pistol as she would aim at Ruby, but an arrow would strike her in the shin.
"AGH!" Seryu grunted as she would see Pit coming in next to Ruby, aiming his Palutena Bow at her.
"Don't even think about it!" Pit said. "…Who's this?" He asked Ruby.
"Seryu."
"Wait, the one who nearly killed Weiss?!" Pit said in surprise before giving Seryu a glare.
"More intrusions… whatever… I'll just kill all of you!" Seryu said, running toward the two and pulling out two Magnums, but suddenly a chain whip would wrap around the guns and yanked them away from the Faunus. "Nngh! What?!" She wondered and saw that Sienna pulled her chain whip back and held both magums, aiming them at Seryu.
"Seryu, stand down." Sienna ordered.
"You…" Seryu snarled. "The one who caused Adam to form the Crimson Fa-" Suddenly, someone came running in from the side and kicked her in the face, which belonged to none other than Ilia as she was knocked further along… and then Aqua aimed her Keyblade and held Seryu in place with Zero Graviga and threw in Seeker Mines, where Seryu dropped and landed on them. "GYAAAAH!" She yelled, as her aura broke.
End BGM
Once the smoke cleared, Seryu would get up and panted. "Damn you…" She growled. "All of you humans and you Faunus that side with them… WHY WON'T YOU DIE?!" She yelled.
"What the HELL has gotten into you!" Yang yelled. "Just because a few bad humans did this to you doesn't mean you should go around massacring them, let alone Faunus who side with humans!"
"Zip it!" Seryu snarled. "Who the hell is in charge of this band?"
"That would be me." Whitley said, fearlessly stepping forward.
"Whitley…" Weiss tried to say, trying to reach out but finding herself frozen in fear over Seryu. Ling was right by Weiss's side to comfort her, but even she was wary of what Whitley was doing. Chelsea and Cardin, meanwhile, was in front of Kokoro.
"There has to be a good reason for why you're doing this." Seryu glared.
"There is. Sea5ons is an independent group of street performers who want nothing more than to bring unity with humans and faunus." Whitley said.
"…Unity? A Schnee is talking about… PFFFT, HAHAHAHA! OH THAT IS RICH!" Seryu laughed. "A damn filthy Schnee wants to unite humans and faunus! Guess what! That ain't gonna fly with me or the Crimson Fang. Not after what had happened… I refuse to believe such a thing!"
"Would you get Jacques out of your damn mind for two seconds!" Whitley glared. "Yes, what he did was horrible… but there's no reason to blame all of us for what that bastard had done!"
"You know… when the SDC blew up, I was really hoping all of you Schnees would've gone with it. It would've been a dream come true!" Seryu smirked.
"Okay, that is low!" Cardin said. "Yeah, their old man was a bastard, but there's no need to hoping that all of them would have blown up sky high!"
"What will it take for you to see that humans and faunus can live in peace together? Wars and massacres aren't the answer." Whitley said. "We can unite them in a more peaceful way… hip hop, inviting them in our social circles, whatever it may be… there are better ways than just going in guns blazing and shooting everything in sight in the name of "justice", as you so bluntly put it."
"…What will it take for you humans to realize that peace is no longer a damn option!" Seryu shot back.
BGM: Sheele (Akame Ga Kill)
"Yes, I understand what you're trying to do… and deep down, I appreciate that you humans and faunus are trying everything to bring peace to our races… a peace treaty was a good start… but… is it enough? Is it ENOUGH?! There will always be people like Jacques who will make people like me stand up to justice!"
"Then why not side with us?!" Whitley said. "With your… complex vision of justice, we could find a way to end this discrimination."
Seryu would glare at Whitley. "Really… side with humans? ME? SIDING WITH SCHNEES?! Forget it! I'd rather go down my own path… the Crimson Fang will deliver the equality we Faunus and you sorry humans deserve!"
"But won't that make you no better than people like my father or Adam?!" Whitley pointed out.
"There's no other option… we Faunus have tried everything but you humans would always spit in our faces!" She would then pull up her shirt, revealing the SDC logo branded on her abdomen. "YOU SEE THIS?! Jacques did this! A damn Schnee did this! I recognize that you Schnees are NOTHING like Jacques… but you… you're affiiliated with that no good piece of shit!"
It was then that Seryu started to tear up, her voice starting to break. "How many… how many massacres will it take you before you humans need to be more reasonable with the Crimson Fang! There will always be humans like Jacques!"
"Agh, for crying out loud!" Pit said. "Yes, there are humans out there who aren't the most well behaved citizens nor are there humans who don't care what they do to others… but that doesn't mean all of them are bad! A few bad eggs doesn't mean everyone is bad! Doing massacres will only make people afraid of the Faunus! Your backwards logic is hurting your cause!"
"He's right." Sienna said. "I didn't see it when I praised Adam for his… extreme measures, but someone had told me that there are better ways to do things. Better ways to unite humans and faunus in harmony than going to the extreme. I used to believe that… but not anymore. I understand that you're angry, I get that! I feel that anger because I was like that too… but massacres aren't the way to go!"
"Why should I listen to you… traitor?" Seryu glared. "As far as I'm concerned, this is how it's gonna end… massacres are the only way for humans to listen…"
"BULLSHIT!" Yang yelled. "Yes, I get it! You have problems with humans… especially with what we heard before you conducted that infamous massacre in Atlas! You want peace with humans, that's fine… but massacres or terrorist attacks is the last thing that will bring peace! Your skewed perception of justice is bringing nothing but harm! You want to know why some humans are afraid of Faunus? THIS IS WHY!"
"Who the hell cares! Fear will only work… it's the only fairy tale ending I'll ever get…"
"Fairy tal-… ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR DAMN MIND?!" Yang yelled. "Not everyone gets a fairy tale ending, Seryu! You want a fairy tale ending so badly? Then stop doing this shit and focus on doing better things than… I don't know, blowing up a damn train!"
Ruby let out a sigh. "I think she's too far gone to listen to reason…" She said with Aqua solemnly nodding.
"The only one who's too far gone is Jacques…" Seryu said. "If anything, he's the terrorist and so are his so called fami-"
"DAMMIT SERYU, I AM NOTHING LIKE JACQUES GELE!" Whitley snapped, which was enough to catch even Seryu off guard. "Yes! It's true that my sisters and I were children of an incredibly racist man who ruined countless lives of several Faunus, but I'm never going to go back to being the carbon copy I once was for Jacques! Winter and Weiss have stepped out of that shadow too and look how far they've come! How blind do you have to be in order to not see things clearly because obviously, you've lost it!"
"Rrrgh…" Seryu clenched her fists, looking down at the ground. "After that Atlas massacre… I realized I could never go back… once you step on that slippery slope… there's no coming back…" She raised her head up and glared at them. "Fine… you all live for another day, all of you filthy Schnees and humans… but the next time we meet, you better be damned prepared for what I'm about to unleash on you humans!" She said, throwing down a flash bang and running off… and once the light disappeared, she was long gone.
End BGM
Aqua let out a sigh. "That girl… she has a lot of darkness in her to the point she can't even see the light anymore… is there a way to make her see it again?"
"Honestly? I don't think there's a way…" Sienna said, all of them unaware of Willow who had watched the whole thing from afar.
"Jacques… what did you do to that girl…" Willow whispered.
"Deep breath… she's gone. Deeep breath." Ling said as Weiss finally managed to find herself breathing again as tears ran down her cheeks and hugged Ling tightly, silently sobbing in her shoulder.
"You okay?" Chelsea asked Kokoro.
"Yeah, I'm fine… it's just… who was that?"
"Someone with a very skewed perception of justice…" Cardin mumbled as they turned to Whitley. "Damn dude, I've heard you got shot in the shoulder by that woman but I never thought you'd stand up to her like that."
"I thought I could try to reason with her… unfortunately, she's too far gone to even be reasoned with. It's a pity, she probably would've made a strong ally."
With Seryu…
"Rrrgh, good for nothing… they think they can talk down to me like that, they must be out of their damn minds!" Seryu growled, angrily kicking a rock that was peeking out of some snow. "Assholes… all of them!"
"Ahahahahaha! I have to say, that was quite the spectacle!"
"Huh?! Who said that?!" Seryu said.
"Up here!"
Seryu would look up. "Where are you? Show yourself!" She demanded… and then a certain jester popped into existence.
BGM: Dimentio, Charming Magician (Super Paper Mario)
"And so, I appear like an arctic fox popping out of its den!"
"Who are you!"
"Me? I am the pleaser of all crowds, the dimension hopping dashing young rogue, the man who went from paper to 3D… I am… Dimentio!"
"Dimen… tio?"
"Yes, that is my name. Remember the name well, Seryu Ubiquitous." He said, casually floating down to the snow.
"How do you know my name?"
"Ah, traveling around the world in a 3D environment… you get to see new things, hear things, and most of all, hear about infamous people like you."
"Tch, get lost… I've no time speaking with a human."
"Ahahahaha, I may appear human, but I can assure you… I'm not even human. I am a magician."
"…Isn't that the same thing?"
"Where I'm from? Absolutely not!" Dimentio smiled. "I couldn't help but overhear your plight over those sad pathetic humans who have shaped you into who you are. Perhaps we should team up… I could offer you gifts that you couldn't possibly imagine."
"Pass." Seryu said as she walked past him. "Now piss off before my aura recharges and I shoot you between the eyes."
"Hmm, such a shame… to think you could gain the upper hand on those Schnees."
End BGM
Seryu stopped walking. "…What did you say?"
"Ahahahaha… good, I have your attention!" Dimentio grinned, turning around. "I just need one small favor."
"What is it?"
"Bring me to your… Adam friend. Hmhmhmhm, perhaps he could use a boost as well after his performance last night~"
Meanwhile, with Futaba…
"Firewall here… firewall there… goodness, what's with all these horrid codes? It's a good thing I'm here otherwise someone could easily hack into the internet here." She said. "…Oh wait, I'm doing that." She snickered.
"Let's see… anything el-… what in the world…?" She wondered as she clicked on an icon as a chess piece popped up in front of her. "Okay, now you have my attention…" She mused as she started to do some debugging on it, and her eyes widened in surprise. "What in the…?!"
She immediately hopped into her Discourse. "Are you seeing this?"
"I most certainly am! This is quite curious…"
Futaba immediately started texting her fellow Phantom Thieves. "Guys, get your butts in here PRONTO."
"What's wrong?" - Akira
"I found something of interest…"
A few minutes later…
"What is it?" Makoto asked.
"Okay, so you know I've been busy trying to hack into Remnant's network? I ran into a snag and a friend helped out." She brought up her Discourse and started typing.
"My friends are here, say hello!"
"Good evening, Phantom Thieves."
"SonicFan70?" Morgana wondered.
"Yeah, it's a disguise, but we all know it's Tails." Futaba giggled. "Anyway, he helped me out figure out this problem and together, we finally hacked into the network. I was putting up some more proper firewalls when all of a sudden, we come across this." She said, pulling up the chess piece.
"A chess piece?" Yusuke asked.
"It's what's inside of it." Futaba said. "I did some decoding and… it ain't pretty." She said, pulling it up.
"Step one: Recruit Roman Torchwick and Neopolitan.
Step two: Infiltrate Beacon Academy.
Step three: Hack into Beacon's computers.
Step four: Wait for the Vytal Festival.
Step five: Ensure there are some "accidents" that go on in Anmity Tower, causing discourse amongst fans.
Step six: Hack into the tower and start blaming Ozpin for his failures, and others if necessary.
Step seven: Watch as the chaos unfolds when the Grimm starts wreaking havoc everywhere in Vale and at Beacon.
Step eight: Profit"
"FOR REAL?!" Ryuji yelled. "What the eff is THIS nonsense?!"
"It appears to be some kind of scheme…" Akira mused. "Well, it's a good thing the Vytal tournament got delayed."
"Yeah, but when it starts to happen again? It's gonna be nothing but chaos!" Ann pointed out.
"So what do we do?" Haru asked.
"First, we get to the bottom of this." Akira said. "Roman Torchwick is our interest, perhaps we should pay him a visit…"
"Are you suggesting a calling card, my good man?" Ryuji grinned.
"Indeed. We'll need to get as much information out of him as we can, find out where his palace and treasure is… and we steal his heart."
"Hell yeah, the Phantom Thieves are stealin' a heart in Remnant! That's what I'm talking about!" Ryuji exclaimed.
"Yeah! And I'm gonna go with ya!" Futaba grinned. "…Oh, that reminds me." She started typing in her Discourse. "Thank you so much, dude! We're gonna go steal Roman Torchwick's heart!"
"Might I suggest something? Bring the Investigation Team along."
"Ooooh, good idea! Thank you!"
Futaba turned around. "Tails is suggesting the Investigation Team to tag along."
"Good idea, let's go!" Akira said as they took off running.
On the other side of the screen…
A man let out a chuckle, pulling out some kind of device with a smirk.
"You know, I'm curious about something. What do you want the most? What do you crave?"
"Oh, it is quite simple. I want power. I want everyone to bow down to me."
"Ah, so you want to look down at people who are against you?"
"Yes. And nothing will stand in my way."
"And what kind of power do you want?"
"Don't tell anyone of this, but I want the Maiden powers. Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter. I want all the power to myself… and nothing will stand in my way once I have all four of them."
"Maiden powers, hmm? Sounds intriguing, but if it is something you want, I will not get in your way."
"Good, because you are a mere obstacle to my plans."
"Indeed I am. I am nothing more of an obstacle to your plans. However, may I offer some advice?"
"Hmm?"
"I suggest you watch your back. You never know who will stab you in the back."
The man continued smirking. "No Futaba… thank you. Heheh… your days are numbered, Cinder." He said. "Hmhmhmhm… OHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHO!"
Top Secret Story Unlocked!
To Be Continued in: The Burning of Rome
Dun dun DUUUUUUUUUUUUN! Shout out to Log for coming up with that beautiful title name!
Another shout out to DarkRebellion for another collab! This was a lot of fun to write!
I wonder how many people correctly guessed Eggman was "SonicFan70"?