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Two Days After Caboose Befriended All the Sharpedo
"Tum tum te tum… I miss my friends." Caboose said, sitting down on the edge of their base while looking at the clouds.
"Who, RWBY? You can easily head over to Beacon to talk with 'em." Tucker said.
"No no no, I meant the friends at the Isle of Island place." Caboose spoke up.
"The Scottish girl?"
"Silly Tucker, Sharks aren't Scottish! …At least I don't think they are."
"Ooooh, those Sharpedo. What about them?"
"I AM CABOOSE! THE SHARK WHISPERER!"
"I wonder if I can bring them here? I'd have lots of new playmates!"
"Oh, uh… Caboose? Sharks need water to survive, and… well… last I checked, the Mushroom Kingdom isn't flooded."
"What if we filled the bathtub with water, plugged the drain and then flooded the entire base?"
"Nope, I don't think that's going to work. I think it'd be best if you let 'em be."
"Aww… okay." Caboose nodded. "I'm gonna go for a walkabout. Be right back!"
"Okay, have fun." Tucker said as Caboose walked off.
"Where's he headed off to?" Church wondered.
"Ah, just going for a walk. He said something about bringing those sharks from the Isle of Armor here."
"Him? Pffft, yeah, I can see that but I don't think that'll work."
"It's Caboose, anything'll happen." Tucker said as he walked off. "If he finds a way to summon 'em, I'll kiss Carolina."
"What, you don't want another round with Esdeath? You were doing so well last time!" Church teased.
"Oh, don't worry, I'll be kissin' her and those two good lookin' melons!"
"Good luck with that, that's not gonna work!"
"Not unless I put a pipe between those melons!"
"Where are you gonna find a pi-… TUCKER!"
"Bow chicka bow wow~!"
BGM: Route 201 - Daytime (Pokemon Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl)
"Dum dum de dum~" Caboose hummed as he walked around Toad Town. "I wonder if I can find a way to bring my shark friends along for the ride? Then on the next adventure I go to, I'll impress everyone!" He said as he wandered along as he walked into a store. "Hello! Do you happen to have something that can summon sharks?"
"Uh… no? I have fish food but other than that-"
"Ah well. I'll come back later and see if you have something I need!" He said and walked off into the many stores in town but went out empty handed. He would soon reach the outskirts of Toad Town as he kept walking… before ending up at the Smash Mansion. "Ah! Maybe I can find something in here!" He said as he walked inside.
"Mmm… I smell something good!" Caboose said as he walked toward the source of the smell until he found Min Min's ramen shop. "Oooh, ramen!" He said as he walked to the desk. "I'd like a bowl of some ramen, please!"
"Mǎshàng jiù lái!" (Coming right up!) Min Min said as she turned around. "Do you want anything on it?"
"Nah, just a plain ol' bowl."
"Ah, not feeling adventurous? Understandable!" She said as she went right to work. "So, I can't say I recognize you. Who are you?"
"Michael J. Caboose, but you can call me Caboose!"
Min Min giggled. "Alright, Caboose. What brings you around here?"
"I was looking for something that I can use to summon a friend."
"Summoning magic? Interesting…" Min Min gave him the bowl of ramen. "Xiǎngshòu!" (Enjoy!)
"Thank you! Do you know where I can find magic?"
"Hmm, I haven't been here for long." Min Min turned around as she went to chop up some vegetables. "That said, I'm surrounded by magical beings like that Mewtwo guy and those two kids with their friends… Ness and Lucas, I believe. Oh, there's also that Zelda princess, which, I have to say, I thought Ribbon Girl and Twintelle were pretty but I think she blows her out of the park. Definitely prettier than I am, honestly…"
"Naw, I think you're cute too."
Min Min blushed a deep red. "O-oh! Xièxiè!" (Thank you!) She said, a little flustered. "I… I don't normally get complimented like that." She cleared her throat. "A-Anyway, there is this one world that has a lot of magic condensed in these little marbles… materia, I believe. I think that's where that Aerith girl comes from… though, I think she said she came from this world called Radiant Garden? It's a bit confusing… but it's not so bad. I think the other world was… Midgar, I think? Or was that just a town…"
"Where can I find Midgar?"
"Oh, you'll find these portals nearby. If you see one in the shape of… I think… Moogle? Yeah… if you see one, you're in the right spot."
"Great! Thanks cute lady!" Caboose said as he walked off, causing Min Min to blush a deep red again.
"Uh… aheheheh… y-you think I'm cute?" Min Min asked, completely flustered as she brushed her ramen hair to the side. "Um… tha-thank you…" She said, turning around. "I apprecia-… huh? Tā qù nǎ'erle?" (Where'd he go?) She would then look down to see the entire bowl of ramen empty. "Ai yah, how could someone eat ramen that fast?!"
"That was a nice lady." Caboose said as he came across the room of portals. "Ah, portals! Let's see… which one was the Moogle… uh… could it be that one?" He wondered as he walked over to a portal and found himself in the city of… Midgar!
"Ooooh, industrious!" Caboose said as he walked around while whistling, then he came across a civilian. "Excuse me! Where am I?"
"Midgar."
"Yay! I'm in the right place! First try! Now to find me a way to summon my shark friends!" He said as he walked off. "Tum tum te tum, gonna get me some shark friends and we'll hug and they can help us out with the Grimm… it'll be so much fun!" He said.
End BGM
Sometime later…
"Oooh, am I in some sort of market? Fancy!" Caboose said.
"Welcome to Wall Market, the pleasure capital of Midgar that's got everything for everybody!"
BGM: Wall Market (Final Fantasy VII Remake)
"Oooh, something for me?" Caboose walked around with a hum. "Wonder if I can find what I'm looking for!" He said as he walked through town, casually ignoring all the… raunchy stuff going around town.
"Hey honey~" A voice said as Caboose turned around to see a scantily clad woman leaning on a wall. "How's about you and I go somewhere private~?"
"Private? Ooooh! You got something that can make me summon my friends?"
"Hmhmhm~ I can get you something better than that~ Come here with me to the alley way~" The lady urged him to move closer as she and Caboose walked into the alleyway… and about five seconds later, there were sounds of said lady screaming before getting knocked out, then Caboose casually walked out.
"Tum tum~ Don't mind me, she just wanted to wrestle but I overpowered her. I might have gone overboard and knocked her out!" Caboose then stopped and turned toward the alleyway. "Weird how she wanted to take her weird clothes off. She must be into sumo wrestling!" He said as he casually walked through town while whistling until he came across a shop. "Ah! A shop!" He walked through.
"Huh, that's a new one…" The shopkeeper mused.
"Excuse me! You wouldn't happen to have anything summonable right?"
"So what if I do? It costs a lot." He said. "This Summoning materia will cost you an arm and a leg."
"Can I go and get said arm and a leg from Lopez? Or how about Simmons? He's part cyborg!"
"No can do."
"How about if we arm wrestle? I win, I get the material thing."
"And if I win, you get lost!"
"Deal!"
The shopkeeper smirked. "Heh, I've never lost an arm wrestling competition before. Bring it on!"
Five seconds later…
"WAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" The shopkeeper was thrown out of the shop and landed in some barrels.
"Yay! I win!" Caboose cheered as he took the materia. "Hmm… now how do I use this? Curious!" He said as he raised it up in the air… and it started to glow. "Oooh, shiny!"
End BGM
However, a very large creature was summoned as everyone in Wall Market screamed in terror. It was none other than… Leviathan.
"Who dares to summon me!"
"Cooooool!" Caboose said. "Uh! Hello! Mighty dragon lady!" He called out to Leviathan.
Leviathan looked down at Caboose. "A mere human with a strange weapon has summoned me?"
"Yeah! Uh… can we be best friends!"
"Best friends with someone like you? You dare insult me with friendship! YOU SHALL BE WASHED AWAY!"
BGM: Hydraean's Wrath (Final Fantasy XV)
In an instant, Leviathan summoned tidal waves that flooded the entirety of Wall Market, as everyone was screaming to get away but their screams were quickly silenced. Caboose surfaced and climbed onto a building roof. "Ah! Refreshing!"
Leviathan looked down. "You are no ordinary human. You would have been swept away by now."
"Naaaah, but I did appreciate the bath! Listen nice dragon lady! I was wondering if you could help me out with a problem!"
"Why would I help out a human who has insulted me!" Leviathan hit Caboose with a stream of water, pushing Caboose in the water… and he came back out as if nothing happened. "You DARE insult the Lord of All Waters! You shall be swept away!"
Several washed up hours later…
"Well! Now I don't have to take a bath for the next several months!" Caboose said as he was still fine, yet all of Wall Market was completely destroyed… and Leviathan was totally exhausted.
End BGM
"You… you are no human, little blue one… what are you?"
"Oh, I'm just Caboose!"
"I see… and you need my help?"
"Yes! I was wondering if you can help me summon some friends of mine. They're Sharpedo!"
"…What is a Sharpedo?"
"A shark! But it's a Pokemon."
"I see… perhaps if you make a whistle, I can enchant it… and you can summon these creatures."
"I can? Oh! Thank you nice dragon lady!" Caboose said as he dove into the flood and swam around… before coming back up and finding some scrap as he would piece it together in the shape of a whistle, but had Sharpedo's features as he dove back into the water and then came back out with paint as he painted it exactly like a Sharpedo. "Done!"
"Very well, I shall enchant it." Leviathan said as a magical enchantment was used on the whistle. "There, now blow into it."
With a nod, Caboose blew into the whistle… and right on cue, a portal opened up as several Sharpedo came swimming through the portal. "Shar! Shar Shar!" The Sharpedo chanted.
Caboose gasped. "Friends!" He exclaimed, diving into the water and hugging them all. "Awesome! I can summon you at any time now!"
"My work here is done. Please, put my materia back where you found it."
"Okay! I'll put it in this whistle for safe keeping and I can summon you too!"
"That's not what I-… oh never mind, I give up!" Leviathan grumbled before disappearing.
Caboose patted them on the heads. "My work here is done. I'll let you know when I need you, friends!"
"Shar! Shar!" The Sharpedo all nodded in agreement as they offered him a ride as they swam out of what was left of Wall Market and toward the portal, then the Sharpedo disappeared.
"I made lots of new friends! I am the Shark Whisperer!" Caboose said as he headed out of the portal and started to head back to base… but tripped on something along the way. "Oh!" He yelped as he looked down and saw a ring… a Mega Ring with a Sharpedoite in it.
"Oooh, cooool!" Caboose said as he picked up the Mega Ring and put it inside the flute. "Must be important! Oh, I can't wait to see the looks on my friend's faces when I can summon my shark friends!"
One universal reset later…
"Hmhmhmhm~" Caboose hummed as he walked around. "Ack! Oh no! I forgot to summon my shark friends in space! It would've helped out against Dark Ruby! …Oh well! I'm sure I'll remember it next adventure I go on! Maybe I can show off the dragon lady too. It'll be so fun! Oooh, maybe I can use it on that loud Hiyoko lady… maybe my shark friends will calm her down and not make her so uptight!"
Caboose chuckled. "Yeah, that'll be perfect." He said as he walked off. "I AM MICHAEL J CABOOSE! THE SHARK WHISPERER!"
Funny thing is, i've meant to show off the Sharpedo summon in the first RWBY Galaxy, but it just kept slipping my mind every chapter. And well... I finally showed that off!
Ibuki: Better late than never!
Yup!