Author's Note:
Kept you waiting, huh?
Sorry for the late update, everyone - there was some severe weather down in the South, and it caused my Internet to go out for the entire Thursday. Went through the night, where I was unable to publish the new chapter around midnight as usual. But now my Internet is back on, and the new chapter...is here! For many of you veteran readers, it has been THREE YEARS since I last that published a new chapter this late, on a Friday. Judging by the lack of PMs, I see that most of you weren't alarmed about the story not being updated around the usual time...which means that y'all are a very patient group. Or it could mean something else...
Anyways, as you can tell by the title, this is a chapter about Pokemon Mystery Dungeon - a game that I'm sure many people are hyped for. I was gonna include Pokemon featured in Explorers of Time/Darkness, but I relegated this chapter to only having Pokemon from Generation 1 to Generation 3. It just felt right. Now, time to answer some reviews:
"Will the Mega Man Zero and ZX chapter still happen in a future chapter? (As well as the Neptunia and Tales chapters too?) will the Animal Crossing and Doom Eternal chapter be one big chapter or separate? (Since both games come out on the same day) is King K. Rool using his voice from the Donkey Kong TV show? Will any Pokemon Sword and Shield characters be Smash Mansion residents? And finally, will any scrapped Sonic characters like Madonna Garnet or Tiara Boobowski show up? (Garnet was her surname in the Archie comic)
Hopefully. The Animal Crossing and the Doom Eternal chapter will be...erm, combined. King K. Rool is indeed using his voice from the DK TV show. No characters from Sword and shield will be mansion residents. And I don't know how using scrapped Sonic characters, if they're from the Archie comics. Up next is Derick Lindsey:
"...I didn't even realize that Luigi and Daisy's wedding was also on a Friday 3rd in April the more you know."
Correction: Luigi and Daisy's wedding was on Friday 3rd...in June. Fox and Krystal's wedding will be on Friday 3rd...in April. Just wanted to clear that up. Moving on:
"Also I was wondering if you have anything planned for the Mystery Dungeon remake next week that we might read in the next chapter as well as New Horizons on the 20th?"
This chapter is about Mystery Dungeon...but that was already stated. The New Horizons chapter won't be two weeks from now, and I'm pretty stoked about writing it. Last up is PinkRose4452, with questions:
"1. Will there be a Persona 5 Scramble chapter whenever that gets released in the west?
2. What are your thoughts on the Animal Crossing Direct?"
1. There will be a Persona 5 Scramble chapter.
2. I didn't catch the Animal Crossing Direct, since I was busy that morning when it was aired online. I did catch a few details about New Horizons, while I make some...preparations, if you will.
Episode 220: RescueTeam
It was another swell Seattle morning for Mario - the plumber had just finished eating breakfast (breakfast that he fixed himself, mind you), and was now enjoying a cup of coffee as he eased his cares away. Nothing like some coffee to start off your morning right.
Mario, in his red housecoat, was joined at the breakfast table by several folks - his loving wife Peach, who was eating her scrambled eggs; Spyro and Hunter, who were eating pancakes; and Ruby and Weiss, who were enjoying some waffles. Hunter was eating aggressively as he kept a close eye on Ruby and Weiss, ensuring that the ladies wouldn't do anything malicious.
"Do you...do you love-a adventure?" Mario curiously asked Ruby and Weiss, facing them and looking at them as if he was being super serious. "Like Timmy the Tooth?"
"Who's Timmy the Tooth?" questioned Weiss, as she eyed around the kitchen; Mario, appalled by Weiss' ignorance, shook his head and sighed.
"That's besides-a the point. Answer my question - do you love-a adventure?" Mario was sounding more serious this time, banging his fist on the table.
"Yes, we do love adventure - as much as we enjoy hunting," Ruby finally answered, as Mario sighed once more, but not out of being appalled. "Was that not a good enough answer for you?"
"I knew it, you're just as starved-a for adventuring as I am..." Mario now rested his head on the kitchen table, brooding over meaningless reasons. "...everyone is going through the struggle, it seems-a like."
"If it makes you feel any better, Mario, I'm not as starved," stated Spyro, wanting to lift up Mario's spirit. "For me, every day is an adventure!"
"And every night is a voyage," added Hunter, stating a quote so questionable that Spyro had to give the cheetah a dubious look. "Excuse me for trying to be deep..."
Peach: Mario has been feigning to go on another adventure. Hasn't been on one in three years, I reckon. He's trying not to be depressed, but he's constantly sighing, and it's getting on my nerves. I haven't been to an actual hair salon in three months, and you don't see me whining!
Spyro: Mario's been asking Bowser to start human trafficking, in some country Africa. And then he can travel to said African country, and stop him. That's how desperate he's been lately for "adventuring".
"I love adventure...nothing's greater to me.." sang Mario, albeit in a very depressed tone, as he grabbed his cup of joe and trudged to the living room. "Than a journey down to the ocean...or a close encounter with a dinosaur..." The plumber plopped down on the living room couch, getting his thousand mile stare on.
"Should've taken out the VCR while I had the chance..." remarked Peach as she entered the living room, and popped out a videotape labeled Timmy the Tooth from the VCR. Who knew that Mario and Peach still had a VCR, to this day?
"You mean you should've sold the VCR while you had the chance," Hunter tried to correct Peach, only to receive a stare from the princess. "Trust me, you and Mario would be so much richer!"
"How about we mail it to the tooth fairy you supposedly believe in?" retorted Peach, shutting Hunter up in a jiffy. Just then, the doorbell rang. "Ooh, wonder who that could be!"
Placing the VCR tape on a nearby table, Peach ran to the front door and answered it. Standing at the doorstep was a cool, calm, and collected Pokemon professor - one who hailed from the Alola region. His name? Professor Kukui.
"Aloha, Princess Peach!" Kukui greeted the princess, as he waved and smiled; Peach would smile right back. Mario wished that Kukui would just go back home, and never come to Seattle again. "Can't believe we haven't seen each other in over a year!"
"I know, right? Long time, no see!" exclaimed Peach, as Mario was internally hoping that his wife wouldn't let Kukui inside the house. "Come on in!" Mario's wishes would be dashed, as Kukui followed Peach inside and closed the front door.
"Good morning, fellas and felines!" Kukui greeted those in the kitchen, giving them the same smile and wave that he gave Peach. "I see you got some company here at your home!"
"Why is he shirtless?" Hunter whispered to Spyro, barely remembering who Professor Kukui was; he and Spyro only saw him once, during Thanksgiving of 2018. "Just who is he trying to impress?"
"Like you have any room to talk..." Spyro whispered right back, as Kukui was making himself at home. It was only a few seconds later that Kukui eventually saw the man of the house, brooding alone.
"Mr. Mario! Just the guy I wanted to see," the professor said to the plumber, who didn't even want to look up at Kukui. The sadness and despair that Mario was wearing on his face almost bothered Kukui. "How have you been, buddy?"
"Leave-a me alone, and go away..." ordered Mario, as he continued to stare into nothingness. Mario spoke in a low, saddened tone - saddened enough to let Kukui know that Mario was in bad spirits.
"Aw, why the long face? You and Peach had a really big fight? Did you lose a close relative? One of your sports teams isn't doing so good?"
"Mario is a lifelong New York Knicks fan; it's a miracle he hasn't felt depressed until now," Cappy perked up, his eyes appearing out from Mario's hat. Kukui looked at the talking hat with widened eyes, and Cappy noticed. "Was that joke too soon?"
"Mario...you have a talking hat?" Kukui apparently never knew about Cappy before; he could tell that Cappy wasn't a Pokemon, since he wasn't repeating his name over and over again. "Quite astonishing, I'll say!"
"You heard that, Mario? The professor thinks that I'm astonishing!" Cappy looked down at Mario, who was still looking into nothingness. "Come on, Mario, lighten up a little! You'll go on an adventure one day!"
"I'm sorry, did you say...adventure?" Kukui was looking almost intrigued, as he raised an eyebrow. "Anyone care to elaborate?"
"Basically Mario is going through an 'adventure relapse', if you will," Peach explained to Kukui, who scratched his chin in thought and nodded his head. "He hasn't been on an adventure in so long, and it's taking a toll on him..."
"Well it's a good thing I showed up then! Because I got one heck of an adventure, and it's tailor-made for certain people...such as Mario!"
"Y-You got an adventure? For me?" Mario asked Kukui, suddenly becoming alive as he looked at the professor with eager eyes. "Do I at least-a get to kick Bowser's butt, and make-a him look stupid?"
"...if you use that as motivation, then sure, why not! But, if you wanna go on this adventure, then you gotta something first."
"Tell me, tell-a me!" Mario excitedly hopped off the couch and looked at Kukui, smiling as he rubbed his hands together. His smile would slightly fade, as Kukui took out a rag. "What's-a with the rag?"
"Oh, nothing, it's really none of your concern." Kukui would grab Mario's shoulder, and he slowly turned the plumber around. "Just stand still and..."
Out of nowhere, Kukui applied the rag to Mario's nose. The rag, as you might've expected, had chloroform, and Kukui was using it to render Mario unconscious. Peach didn't see that coming, as she stood there frozen.
"That shirtless guy is attacking Mario!" panicked Hunter as he got up from his chair, ready to give Kukui a piece of his mind. "I'm not gonna stand for this!"
"Please sit back down, Hunter..." Ruby told the cheetah, who refused to listen as he leaped into the air to deliver a flying kick to Kukui. Kukui went down to the floor and brought Mario down along with him, as Hunter missed and crashed into the wall.
"And that...that should do it," confirmed Kukui, after Mario was now knocked out, lying on the floor with his arms outstretched and his mouth wide open. "Now we can really kick things into high gear!"
"Are you going to bring Mario back?" Peach asked Kukui, who dragged the unconscious Mario to the front door. Kukui, opening the front door, laughed at Peach.
"Absolutely! What, you think I'm gonna run a bunch of experiments on Mario, and hope that he doesn't die? Gimme a break! I'll be all finished with Mario sooner than you know it!"
"I'll be coming for you later..." a groggy and slightly in pain Hunter vowed to Kukui, lying on the floor as Kukui dragged Mario out of his own house.
Hunter: That was messed up - a shirtless man literally kidnapped Mario and dragged him out of his own house, and Peach didn't do a darn thing to stop the guy! Even worse, Ruby discouraged me from stopping the kidnapper from knocking out Mario. Told you she was secretly evil. But I can't be bothered with Ruby right now - rescuing Mario is my number one priority now!
Spyro *sighs* Yup, as expected, Hunter is roping me into his plan to "rescue" Mario. Why do I feel like the Kirby to Hunter's Pit sometimes?
Knocked out for who knows how long, Mario suddenly woke up in a darkened room. He knew it wasn't in the basement, for there were no Rabbids staring at him. And he knew he wasn't in the matchmaking room, for there were no candles, or Wolf badgering him about his marriage with Peach. This was an entirely different room.
Suddenly, a bright light was flashed upon Mario, causing the plumber to wince and turn his face away from the light. Mario, mustering enough strength to look at the light source, saw a familiar woman looking at him.
"Hiya Mario!" greeted the woman, wearing a lab coat and sunglasses on her head. Her orange ponytail was easily recognizable to Mario. "It's me, Professor Sonia."
"Oh, hello," greeted Mario, before something registered in the plumber's mind that hadn't registered before. "Hold up! Did-a you say Professor Sonia?"
"Yup, that's right! My grandma named me professor, after I published my book about the legendary Pokemon in Galar. Many people say it's a hit!"
"Who knew it would-a be that easy to become a Pokemon professor...time to add-a to my to-do list." Mario was about to take out a pen and notepad, and write down "Publish Pokemon Book on Legendary Pokemon" on his list, but he couldn't move his arms. Or his legs.
"What's the matter, Mario? Trying to move around?" Mario, who was wiggling around, soon saw that he was chained up. His arms and legs tied down. "I'm afraid that I can't let you escape!"
"You can't let-a me escape? Just what-a is the meaning of this?!" For whatever reason, Mario was wiggling around even more, like aggressive wiggling would somehow get him out of the chains he was bound under. "You're going to read-a to me your entire book, aren't-a you!"
"No way! Well, I actually would...but maybe another time. Professor Kukui here brought you here to his room, so we could run a little experiment on ya."
"Does Professor Kukui have a published-a book, too? What is it on, Pokemon-a moves? Is he going to read-a to me every single Pokemon move known to man?!"
"Can you just let me finish?! Anyways, we're gonna run an experiment on you, and we did a little tinkering with the mansion's Power Spot to get it working."
"What is my role-a in all of this? Am I just some test-a dummy, that's gonna be cast-a to the side if this 'experiment' doesn't turn-a out well?"
"It won't turn out well if you keep on worrying," replied a voice, that came from a woman other than Sonia. A woman accompanied with Professor Kukui walked closer to Mario, discernible in the light...it was Kukui's wife, Professor Burnet.
"Mario, I'd like for you to meet my wife, Professor Burnet," Kukui introduced his wife to the plumber, as Burnet gave Mario a warm smile. "While I specialize in Pokemon moves, she specializes in Pokemon...dimensions."
"I would shake your hand, but clearly you're all chained up," Burnet said to Mario, standing over the steel chair that the plumber was chained up to. "But don't worry, you'll be out of those chains soon!"
"What do you mean-a by that?" inquired Mario, as Burnet took out a clipboard and a pencil. "Surely you wouldn't want to kill me!"
"Whoever said that we wanted to kill you?" smirked Kukui, as he took off the chains around Mario's hands. "Someone sure is paranoid this morning! Are you that starved for action or something?"
"I...may have put too much-a creamer in my coffee this morning. Must've gone-a to my head...if it hadn't went down-a to my arteries."
Burnet: When it's all said and done, Mario will be ending up in a new dimensions of sorts. Won't say what this dimension is, since I'm usually not the one to spoil things, but Mario will take solace in knowing that our several other test dummies have "survived" the process...so far.
"I'm going to ask you a few questions, to get the transferring process started," Burnet said to Mario, ready to read out the first question to the plumber. "First question...a foreign person has started up a conversation with you. To be honest, you don't have a clue what this fellow is saying. How do you reply?"
"I would-a be like...'Haha, yes! Very funny!'" replied Mario, as Burnet jotted down the plumber's answers on her clipboard. Mario was unsure of what the question had to do with anything, but whatever got him back home the quickest...
"It's a weekend, but no one will play with you. What do you do?"
"Go on a trip. You're talking about-a if I go alone, right?"
"It's the summer holidays! Where would you like to go?"
"That's easy - the beach. Everyone should-a be going to the beach!"
"It's the summer festival! Do you like carnivals?"
"Do I like-a carnivals? No...I LOVE carnivals! Everything except-a for the clowns."
"On vacation outings, what would you want to do?"
"Go with-a others. And by others, I mean Princess-a Peach only..."
"Are you a cheerful personality?"
"People have said that I'm-a the happiest man alive..."
"Do you like to noisily enjoy yourself with others?
"If you meant-a that in a good way...then yes, I suppose."
"Do others often call you childish?"
"Impa used-a to call me childish, when she was still-a in town."
"You win a lottery! What do you do with the money?"
"Spend it now, before Peach gets-a her hands on it. All-a for me!"
"Final question...grab any digit on your left hand with your right hand." With his hands free, Mario grabbed a finger on his right hand with his left hand. "Which digit did you grab?"
"My middle finger...hopefully that didn't send the wrong-a message to anyone."
"Aaaaaand...we're done!" The quiz was now over, as Burnet had wrote down all of Mario's responses. The professor walked away from Mario, as the steel chair Mario was sitting in was now glowing with light. "Judging by the results of this quiz, you have a very jolly personality! Thanks for your cooperation, Mario."
"You're welcome...wait, why's this-a chair glowing?" questioned Mario, seeing the steel chair he was chained up to was glowing. "What is the meaning of-a this? Someone save-a me! Spyro, Peach, anyone!"
One moment, Mario was crying for help, but in the next...he was gone! With a burst of light, Mario magically vanished, not again seen in the steel chair.
"Now commencing stage two..." grinned Kukui, as he adjusted his glasses. Where on earth did Mario go?
Seemingly in a state of slumber, Mario would wake up once more, only to find out that he was no longer in the mansion. Rather he was outside, in an grassy open field with some forestation. By the looks of it, he was no longer in Seattle.
"What the..." uttered Mario as he looked around, observing his new surroundings. He looked up in the sky, and saw a Pelipper flying overhead. "...why does the world-a feel...smaller to me?"
"Aw man, did they get you too?" a voiced called out to Mario, who saw a Machop coming towards him. In what world would a Machop be speaking the English language? Mario was definitely in some alternate dimension. "I knew they were coming after ya, Mario!"
"Well this is what I get-a for wanting to go on an adventure..." Mario would furrow his brow, wondering how the Machop knew his name. "...what, how do you know-a my name? And why does-a your voice sound so similar?"
"You don't recognize me? It's me, your pal, Link!" Mario took two steps back, out of shock, before landing on his back. "Whoops, didn't mean to scare you like that."
"Ha ha, the view looks-a funny from here." Mario was looking at the world upside-down, and was wobbling on his back. "But why am I moving around-a so much?"
"That's because you got a shell on." Link grabbed Mario's hand, and helped him up to his feet. "Very useful for breakdancing, I'll say."
"I'm wearing shell? Show-a me." So Link directed Mario to a nearby puddle, where the plumber could see a reflection of himself. If Link was a Machop, then what Pokemon was Mario?
"There ya go..." Link showed Mario a reflection of himself in the puddle, and Mario saw that he was...a Squirtle! Oddly fitting.
"MAMA MIA!" Mario was shocked, as he fell back on his shell once more. He was wobbling around on the ground, as Link chuckled.
Link: Really enjoyed being a Machop, gotta say that the Pokemon suited me very well...it was totally worth the weird questions that Professor Burnet was asking me. Like would I shake a human hand that extended itself from a toilet...what kind of question is that, of course I would shake it! I'm not a rude person.
"C'mon, being a Squirtle isn't that bad as it seems," Link said to Mario, as he helped the plumber back up on his feet. "You can squirt water at ease!"
"Yeah, but I don't have-a strong muscles like you do," stated Mario, once he was back on his feet. It was gonna time him some time, walking upright like a turtle. "Think I sabotaged my own-a self taking that quiz..."
"Hello boys, can you both hear me?" Professor Kukui's voice called out to Mario and Link, sounding like it came from up above. Mario and Link were both looking up at the sky, searching for the source of Kukui's voice.
Speaking of Kukui, the professor was in a separate room, watching Mario and Link on a large computer screen. He was gathered around with Sonia, Burnet, and Cappy, who couldn't make the trip with Mario.
"Professor Kukui where-a are you?" Mario asked the professor, as he and Link were the only ones visible on the large computer screen. "Most importantly, where on earth-a are we?"
"You fellas are in a Pokemon world - within a Pokemon dimension!" replied Kukui, who was speaking into a microphone connected to the large computer screen. "I'm speaking to you through this microphone. I'm not too loud, aren't I?"
"Nope, not at all - you're loud enough," replied Link, giving a thumbs up; the Hylian was unsure whether he was looking at Kukui and company on the large computer screen or not, but it didn't matter. "Now how do we get outta here?"
"Woah woah woah, hold your Mudsdales - we can't take you back to the mansion just yet! You gotta round up the squad first."
"Squad? What squad?" There was a lot of explaining that needed to be done, as Burnet took the microphone from Kukui.
"We...might've...sent some mansion folk into the Pokemon dimension, while operating during the night hours," admitted Burnet as she spoke into the microphone, showing some fault in her voice. "Not like we kidnapped them in their sleep and quizzed them...hehe."
"Just like you fellas, the people we quizzed took a personality quiz," Kukui spoke into the microphone, leaning his head in close to Burnet. "Which helped determine what Pokemon they would be."
"And since they've been stuck in this dimension since last night...it's up to you boys to rescue them. Consider this...an adventure."
"Woo hoo, I'm going on-a another adventure!" cheered Mario, leaping into the air before hugging Link with his stubby Squirtle arms. "My prayers, they have-a been answered!"
"How many people...erm, Pokemon, do we have to find?" asked Link, who did not appreciating Mario hugging all up on him. Didn't even feel like a real hug to him.
"We've sent about four people into the dimension...so about four Pokemon, in total," replied Burnet, meaning that Mario and Link had a long adventure ahead of them. Not that either one of them would complain.
"There's no telling how long the mansion's Power Spot will allow this dimension to exist," said Sonia, as she spoke into the microphone. "So you two better get to it, or you'll never see your friends again!"
"Ooh, some added stakes...I like-a where this is going," smiled Mario as he excitedly rubbed his hands together. Or at least he tried to. Those Squirtle arms of his were really holding him back. "Let's get-a crackin'!"
"Can we just say a quick prayer first, in the event something goes wrong?" Link asked Mario, only for Mario to grab the Hylian's hand and run away. "A quick prayer always helps!"
Thanks to some medication and some much-needed rest, Yukari has been feeling better over time. Sure, some of her symptoms were still lingering around, but the young woman didn't feel like crap compared to the past couple of weeks. Many of her Persona pals were keeping her company, waiting for Yukari to become fully healthy again.
"You look pretty bothered today, Kanji," Joker said to the delinquent, hanging out with Minato, Junpei, Teddie, and Haru in Yukari's room. Other than Minato, Kanji was the one person that visited Yukari the most.
"Why do you care..." mumbled Kanji, refusing to look Joker in the eye. He was looking down at the floor, feeling some type of way about something. "...it's none of your business."
"He's totally thinking about Naoto again," Junpei whispered to Minato and Yukari, with a sly grin on his face. He knew exactly who Kanji's heart belonged to.
Kanji: Alright, guys, I'm doing it, I'm actually gonna do it - I'm gonna kiss Naoto! If Minato, Yu, and Joker haven't kissed their girlfriends yet, that'll buy me some time for me to deliver the kiss of a lifetime. I won't go around telling anyone that I kissed Naoto that soon, but I will have some bragging rights.
Toad: I was totally there when Joker kissed Makoto - saw it from the driver's seat in my bus! Felt like a proud papa witnessing that moment, as weird as it sounds. It's my own little secret... *pauses* ...you're gonna...delete this video footage, right?
"Hello! I got some stories to tell!" Bowser was heard from outside Yukari's room, knocking on the door. People like Bowser were one of the reasons why Yukari wished to have her door closed, at all times.
"You can't come in, the door's locked," Yukari called out to Bowser, not wanting to put up with the koopa king today. But that didn't stop Bowser from punching the door down with his fist, alarming Yukari and the others with his brute strength.
"Some locked door that's supposed to be..." Bowser walked his way inside Yukari's room, holding a storybook. He saw Joker seated in a chair next to Yukari's bed, and shoved the young man to the floor before sitting in his chair. "...now, who loves a good story?"
"You're asking us this because why, exactly?" questioned Joker, helping himself off the floor. By the time the young man got back on his feet, Bowser shoved him back down to the floor.
"That question was meant for Yukari, now shut up..." Bowser snapped on Joker, before bringing all his attention towards the uncomfortable Yukari. ...now, Yukari, who loves a good story?"
"I dunno...little children, I guess?" answered Yukari, with a slight shrug; Bowser looked at the young woman for a good five seconds, before laughing out loud.
"Not just little children - sick people! Sick people enjoy stories, it's a commonly known fact that's been proven by science."
"Okay...and what story do you plan on reading to me?" Bowser was overjoyed that Yukari asked the question, as he happily flipped through the pages of his book.
"I originally wanted to read to you 'Three Blind Mice', but that sounds boring. Also sounds stupid, from a logical standpoint. So I'm just gonna read you the entire story of Beowulf, since that'll kill us some time."
"Go ahead and read your dumb story...I'm outta here," Kanji said to Bowser as he was about to leave the room. Better leave while he still could.
"Where are you going, Kanji?" Joker asked the delinquent, as he was looking for something to sit in after Bowser pushed him out of his chair.
"It's, uh...it's really none of your business. Just gonna get some fresh air, that's all." Looking nervous all of a sudden, Kanji hurried out of Yukari's room.
"Just what is that guy hiding..." Joker watched as Kanji left Yukari's room with the swiftness, while Bowser put on his reading glasses and cleared his throat.
"You ready to begin, Yukari?" Bowser asked the young woman, who had her arms folded and looked grumpy. "Great, let's begin! 'NNow we have heard, by inquiry, of the glory of the kings of the people...'"
Kanji was out in the hallway, walking with his hands in his pockets. He was looking down at the floor, with a bunch of thoughts going through his head.
"How should I go about kissing Naoto...?" the delinquent wondered out loud, as he was now scratching his chin. He passed by Fox and Falco, and the former stopped after he had overheard Kanji.
"Bro did you hear that?" Fox whispered to Falco, who also came to a stop as Fox pointed at Kanji. "That man Kanji was talking about Naoto!"
"Yeah, I like to talk about other women most of the time, too," Falco whispered back, before something eventually clicked in the avian pilot's mind. "You don't think...Kanji seriously has the hots for Naoto, do you?"
"I dunno, man, I've seen him hanging around that girl a lot...personally, I don't know what he sees in the chick, but if Robin thinks Lucina is a good enough girlfriend, then we should have no room to judge Kanji."
"Dang straight. And if Kanji does like Naoto more than just a friend, then we should start him off on the right foot."
"Kanji, you left your jacket in the room!" Joker poked his head out of Yukari's room and called out to the delinquent, who didn't respond and kept on walking. Fox and Falco watched as Joker shook his head, and headed back inside Yukari's room.
"You thinking what I'm thinking?" Fox asked Falco, who was nodding his head as he rubbed his hands together.
Mario and Link - as Squirtle and Machop, respectively - ventured into a part of the Pokemon world they were in called Pokemon Square. Before the duo could rescue any of their peeps, they first had to be registered as a rescue team, at the Pelipper Post Office.
"So you want your team name to be...Team Smash?" the Pelipper at the front desk asked Mario and Link, who both nodded their heads. "Gotcha. Lemme hand you your scarfs, to signify that you're a rescue team!" Pelipper took out two blue scarves, handing them to Mario and Link.
"You know what...I want to change-a our team name," Mario told Pelipper, who was perfectly chill with changing the team name. "Since we're both-a wearing blue scarves, we shall call our-a selves...the Crips."
"...not exactly sure what these Crips are supposed to be, but I can make the change." Pelipper had no official documentation to make the change, but he gave Mario and Link all the power to change their name as they...erm, Mario, pleased.
Mario: That poor Pelipper had-a no idea what Crips are...how sad. His innocence will only doom-a him in the end.
"Really, Mario? The Crips?" Kukui questioned the plumber, his voice shouting down to Mario and Link from above. Pelipper shuddered in fear, ducking underneath his desk as he shivered in fright.
"Wh-Who was that?" the water bird Pokemon asked Mario and Link, so frightened that he could literally poop out a Pokemon egg. "Are we being watched?"
"Guess you could say that," replied Link, his response not doing much to make Pelipper's fears go away. Mario and Link would head out of the post office, as Pelipper mustered enough courage to poke his head out from his desk.
"That Dusclops must be messing with my dreams again..." Assuming that he was stuck inside some bad dream, Pelipper assumed his original position at the front of the desk, trying to play it cool.
Mario and Link were outside the Pelipper post office, taking a look at the bulletin board. On this bulletin board were loads of rescue jobs, showing Pokemon that needed rescuing.
"What four Pokemon should-a we be saving?" asked Mario, as Kukui, Burnet, Sonia, and Cappy were watching Mario and Link on their large computer screen.
"You should rescue the Skitty, Cyndaquil, Treecko, and Totodile," replied Kukui as he spoke into the microphone; Link took out the posters that had the aforementioned Pokemon down from the bulletin board. "Those are the four that we transferred to the Pokemon world."
"We better rescue those four, before another rescue team does," stated Link, as he placed the four posters in his imaginary pocket. "Would be very problematic if..."
"Well look what we have here...another rescue team on the block," someone said, as Mario and Link looked over and saw an Alakazam, standing with a Charizard and a Tyranitar. All three Pokemon were looking tough.
"I take it that you're a rescue-a team yourselves?" Mario asked Alakazam and company, sizing them up. Mario and Link might have some minor competition!
"Of course we're a rescue team! What do you think we are, a bunch of groupies? You can call us...Team A.C.T.!" Alakazam, Charizard, and Tyranitar would pose, but all three Pokemon were above that noise.
"Team A.C.T.?" Link raised an eyebrow; Alakazam and company must not be the creative bunch, if they used their initials to form their team name. "Are you a rescue team that helps get Pokemon admitted into college, or something?"
"Nooooo...we do what any other rescue team does, and rescue Pokemon from danger," replied Tyranitar, putting his foot down to let Mario and Link know that he and his squad meant business. "Many have said that we're the best rescue team around!"
"We love you, Team A.C.T.!" shouted a bunch of rowdy Pokemon, who were gathered behind Team A.C.T. and chanting their name. Most of these Pokemon were female.
"Why are they following us around?" Charizard whispered to Alakazam, not used to be adored by fans. Alakazam just shrugged, not knowing himself. "Is this a symptom of being too awesome at your job?"
"They're just fangirls, Charizard...they really have nothing better to do," Alakazam whispered back, before turning his attention back to Mario and Link. "You fellas better stay out of our way if you know what's good for you."
"And you oughta do the same and stay out of our way!" frowned Link as he shook his fist at Alakazam; Mario had to hold the Hylian back.
"Settle down Link, that Alakazam is a little out of your league..." Mario told the Hylian; being a Machop, Link would easily get destroyed by Alakazam and his powerful psychic powers.
"Smell ya guys later..." Charizard said to Mario and Link, as Team A.C.T. walked away with the Pokemon fangirling over them following closely behind. With Team A.C.T. gone, Link took out two of the posters he pulled down from the bulletin board.
"According to these posters, the Treecko and the Totodile are in Tiny Woods," stated Link as he read the location listed on the two posters. "The sooner we can find those two Pokemon, the better!"
Mario and Link went down to Tiny Woods, on the search for Treecko and Totodile. It was smooth sailing so far for the duo, as they didn't encounter anyone standing in their way...
"Hello, have either of you seen my mommy?" a Caterpie approached Mario and Link, looking extremely kind and docile in nature. Definitely looked like it didn't want to start any trouble. "I lost her in these woods and..."
"DIE, VERMIN!" Link shouted at Caterpie, headbutting it in and knocking it out in the process. The Hylian stood proudly over the defeated Caterpie, before looking back at Mario whose mouth was agape.
"What was that-a for?!" Mario scolded Link, no doubt thinking that the Hylian was completely and utterly out of line for what he did. "That Caterpie did absolutely nothing wrong!"
"He did absolutely nothing wrong...yet. He was just trying to make it seem like he was lost, only to reel us in and beat us up. I had to take care of him - who knew what tricks he had up his sleeve."
"Like a feeble Caterpie would actually hurt us...c'mon, let's-a keep moving." So Mario and Link pressed onward, searching every nook and cranny of Tiny Woods for the missing Treecko and Totodile. As the duo adventured further into the woods, they came across a Sunkern.
"I don't mean to alarm you guys, but this space is mine, all mine," the Sunkern told Mario and Link, letting them know who was the boss around here. "No intruders allowed - turn back or else!"
"Don't-a do anything hasty now," Mario warned Link, who confronted Sunkern by himself; instead of having an adult conversation with Sunkern, Link instead punched the seed Pokemon, sending it flying into the tree. "Link what are-a you doing?!"
"Everything...hurts..." Sunkern moaned in pain as it landed on the ground, as Link dusted his hands off. Mario's mouth was agape once again, as Link had a lot of explaining to do.
"That Sunkern was trying to flex his authority on us," Link explained to Mario, trying to make the plumber see his reasoning behind what he did. "You think I was just gonna sit around and let him do that?"
"Punching him like-a that was very uncalled for, Link," Mario scolded the Hylian, who didn't think that he did any wrong. He just wanted to put Sunkern in its place. "It was very...stupid of you."
"Well it's not the first time I've done something stupid in a while." This caused Mario to laugh, which befuddled Link greatly. "What's so funny about that?"
"Not doing some-a thing stupid in a while...like the things-a you've done to torture poor Yukari wasn't stupid?" Link was bewildered, wondering how Mario even knew. "Cloud told-a me what you did."
"That snitch...well, what I did to entertain Yukari was stupid, but that's just a minor example." A minor example? Mario was more than ready to tear Link a new one.
"What about that time you pretended that you and-a Zelda weren't a couple, only because your childhood-a friend Ilia was around at the ice-a cream social? Was that a minor example, hmm?"
"It was, at the time...but that was three weeks ago, on Valentine's Day. That's in the past. Just what point are you trying to make, Mario?"
"The point-a I'm trying to make is that...you've been acting pretty stupid-a as of late. First at the ice cream social, then in the presence of Yukari, and now in these Tiny Woods. You're stupid, man! Stupid, stupid, stupid!"
Cloud: For the longest I've told Link how dumb he's been acting recently, and the guy just laughs it off. Laughed at me the last time I told him. That's when I spoke with Mario, and told him all about the crap I had to put up with. Mario is such an easy guy to let out my frustrations on, he just sits there and listens. Heck, I could literally tell him how crappy of a human being he is, and he would listen to every word I say with a genuine smile.
"Have I...really been acting that way?" Link just stood there in wonder and amazement, as he reflected upon the things he had done in the more recent episodes.
"Um, are you guys gonna rescue the two Pokemon or what?" Sonia called out to Mario and Link, her voice calling down to the duo from up above. "Pretty sure the Pokemon you're looking for are nearby..."
Link broke out of his trance, as he and Mario looked further down into the woods and saw a group of Wurmple, harassing a few Pokemon. The Pokemon that were being harassed? Treecko and Totodile, who were being wrapped together by string that came out from the mouth of the Wurmple
"There's Treecko and Totodile!" exclaimed Mario, as he and Link ran over to confront the Wurmple. The Wurmpl kept tying up Treecko and Totodile, before they saw Mario and Link standing in their presence. "Let those Pokemon-a go, Wurmple!"
"Or else what?" one of the Wurmple questioned, not at all afraid of Mario and Link. "What are ya gonna do, make us go crying to our mommies?"
"Quick, Professor Kukui, what moves-a can I use?" Mario looked up to the heavens as he called out to the Pokemon professor, as the Wurmple looked confused.
"Why is that Squirtle calling out to the sky for?" one of the Wurmple asked, as Mario waited patiently for a response from Kukui. Or at least any of the other Pokemon professors.
"The moves you know what now are Water Gun, Water Pulse, Tail Whip, and Bite," responded Kukui, his voice ringing down to those down below. The Wurmple were all shuddering in fear.
"Was that...was that Arceus?" a Wurmple wondered; with the Wurmple momentarily distracted by fear, Mario used Water Pulse on them, sending out a wave of water that pushed the Wurmple away.
"You punks want-a some more?!" Mario asked the Wurmple, who knew better than to cross the plumber. Mario really meant business now. "There's more where that-a came from!"
"Let's scram!" one of the Wurmple shouted, as he and his fellow worm Pokemon scrambled away from the scene while they still could. After the Wurmple vamoosed, Link tore off the string that bounded the Treecko and Totodile together.
"You guys alright?" Link asked the Treecko and Totodile, after he finished untying them; Totodile was particularly happy, gleaming with delight as he gave Link a hug.
"Link, if this is really you, and that's really your voice...I'm so happy you rescued us!" the Totodile said to the Hylian, speaking with an innocent, boyish charm. A kind of charm that Link easily recognized.
"Pit...is that you? You're Totodile?" The Totodile, which was in fact Pit, nodded his head as Link looked over at Treecko. "But if you're Totodile, then who's Treecko?"
"It's me, Wario..." replied the Treecko, a.k.a. Wario, as he adjusted the leaf that was in his mouth. "...quite honestly, this leaf in my mouth is the only thing I like about being this Pokemon. Makes me feel like the man."
"Was that Professor Kukui who was speaking down from the heavens just now? Man, I knew that voice sounded so familiar!"
"Yeah, that's the same bozo that sent us here, him and his wife...hoo boy, I can't wait to get my hands on him once I'm out of this place!"
Pit: I passed Professor Burnet's personality quiz with flying colors (I think), and ended up as a Totodile in the end. Mainly because I have a naive nature - that's not the same as being dumb, is it? I hope not...
Wario: According to that dumb personality quiz I took, I have a very...sassy personality. It's best if you don't ask.
"So how do we get outta here?" Pit asked Mario and Link, looking for a way out of Tiny Woods. And out of the Pokemon world, in general. "I need to get my beauty sleep in! Stupid Wurmple..."
"Uh...I believe the exit out of these woods is not-a that far from here," replied Mario, who pondered over the reason why Pit would even need any beauty sleep. "We have two more Pokemon-a to rescue, in another location."
"Great, I'm a part of some rescue mission...totally what I signed up for when I ended up in this wretched place," frowned Wario, throwing his arms up in defeat as he followed after Mario and company. "Sure hope Professor Kukui's neck is real used to my ginormous hands!"
Spyro and Hunter were at the mansion, on a mission of their own - to "save" Mario from the clutches of Professor Kukui. The former was far less interested in the mission than the latter.
"Pick up the pace, Spyro - you can't save Mario walking slow like that!" Hunter told the purple dragon, who was walking slowly behind the cheetah. Spyro yawned, hating that he was roped into Hunter's shenanigans.
"What if Mario really isn't in trouble, and is probably chilling with Professor Kukui or whatever?" asked Spyro, while Hunter checked inside a nearby room to see if either Kukui or Mario were inside. "What if you're worrying about Mario just for nothing?"
"Just for nothing? Just for nothing?! Dude, Professor Kukui rendered Mario unconscious, and dragged him out of his house like how any kidnapper would! Not that I've seen a kidnapper in action, but I've heard stories."
"Stories from who, Agent 9? He's the king of telling make-believe stories, if you ask me..." After checking inside another room, Hunter ran into Pyra and Mythra.
"Hey ladies - have either of you seen a Hawaiian guy around? This tall, wears a lab coat, and is shirtless?" Pyra placed her finger underneath her chin, thinking of a man that matched Hunter's description. "He kidnapped Mario."
"You must be talking about Professor Kukui, right?" Pyra asked Hunter, who quickly nodded his head. "I remember seeing him walking into the producers' room."
"The producers' room? First he kidnaps Mario...and now he's taking over Brad and LeVar's own personal headquarters?! Kukui's reign of terror must be stopped!"
"You're being a bit too overdramatic about this, Hunter," Spyro said to the cheetah, who turned around and ran down the hallway. "Where are you going now?"
"We have no time to waste, Spyro - we gotta let Brad and LeVar now that their base of operations is being taken over!" Heaving a sigh, Spyro was left with no choice but to follow after Hunter.
"Not sure if this is an actual thing, or just another instance of Hunter being delusional..." murmured Mythra, having some sympathy for Spyro as she walked away. Pyra had sympathy for Spyro too, looking down the hallway before following after Mythra.
Kukui and company were chilling in the producers' room, watching Mario and Link on the large computer screen. Mario and Link were now joined by Pit and Wario, and were registering the two into their rescue team at the Pelipper Post Office. There was only one problem, though...
"Only one out of those two are allowed to join your rescue team," the Pelipper at the front dresk informed Mario and Link, after taking a gander at Pit and Wario. "No more than three people allowed!"
"Screw the rules around here...this is our yard," Link told at Pelipper, intimidating the water bird Pokemon slightly. Mario approached Pelipper, laying out some gold coins on the front desk.
"Where'd you find all that gold from?" Pelipper gawked at the pile of gold coins Mario laid out, unable to break away from its golden allure.
"We found it in the Tiny Woods. I would-a let you have all of it...only if you allow our rescue team to hold up to four-a members."
"Say no more, my friend!" Pelipper quickly dug into the drawers of the desk, and pulled out two blue scarves. "Here are your blue scarves!"
"Excellent!" After accepting the blue scarves from Pelipper, Mario handed them to Pit and Wario. "Congratulations, boys...you are now a part-a of the Crips."
"Aw man, am I gonna get in trouble with Lady Palutena over this?" asked Pit, as he and Wario placed their scarves around their necks. "If she ever finds out that I'm a part of a gang..."
"We're stuck in a Pokemon world, you nimrod...it's not like she'll ever find out," responded Wario, who wasn't really feeling his blue scarf. "Also, I'd much rather be a Blood than a Crip. Bloods are the superior street gang!"
"Y-You guys are a street gang?" Pelipper nervously asked Mario and company, shuddering slightly in fear. "Do I need to call the authorities on you?"
"Just ignore-a my friend - he was just-a being overzealous," Mario told Pelipper in a reassuring manner, before directing his attention to Link. "Where-a to next, Link?"
"The other two Pokemon we have to find are Cyndaquil and Skitty," replied Link, glancing briefly at the two remaining posters in his possession. "Both of them are at Thunderwave Cave."
"Great, the sooner we rescue those two Pokemon, the better!" exclaimed Wario, as Mario led his rescue team out of the post office. "That jacuzzi in the mansion is calling out my name..."
Upon exiting the Pelipper Post Office, the Crips came across a fellow rescue team, this one consisting of Gengar, Ekans, and Medicham. The three members of the rescue team were conversing with one another, discussing something in private.
"So after we rescue that Kecleon from Mt. Steel, we're gonna start taking over the world!" Gengar whispered to Ekans and Medicham, as an eavesdropping Mario stepped closer so he could listen more clearly. "But how should we go about it?"
"We should ask Xatu, he might show us the way," suggested Medicham, thinking that consulting the most wise Pokemon would be the best option. "Or he'll just turn us down..."
"Yeah, that Xatu is too much of a goody-two shoes anwyays," stated Ekans, as Mario was creeping even closer. "What we need to do is find that Groundon, and..."
Mario got a little too close, as he accidentally stepped on Ekans' tail and caused the snake Pokemon to shriek. Mario jumped back, as Ekans, Gengar, and Medicham were all looking at him.
"Hey! Watcha doin' trying to sneak up on the Meanies?" Gengar snapped on Mario, trying to intimidate the plumber with his size. "Don't ya know any better?"
"I was just...trying to get some-a pointers, on being a good-a rescue team," replied Mario, as his friends joined him at his side. Gengar saw Link, Pit, and Wario standing with Mario, and smirked.
"What's this, a rescue team with four members? Last time I checked, that's supposed to be against the rules! Got a bunch of rulebreakers out here!"
"We tend to break the rules too, Gengar," Ekans said to Gengar, prompting the shadow Pokemon to bonk him on the head. "Just making a statement..."
"Look here, Squirt, you can go ahead and break all the rules that you want - but just know that we're the best rescue team around! Not Team A.C.T. - us! Team Meanies!"
"Yeah, better stay out of our way!" Medicham said to Mario and company, as Team Meanies left the scene. Although the exchange between Team Meanies and the Crips was brief, Team Meanies' presence was still felt.
"That's the second rescue team to tell us to stay out of their way..." remarked Link, noticing some kind of pattern that was taking place. "...didn't know rescue teams were that authoritative."
"Must be only the hard-a headed ones," assumed Mario, making sure not to cross two rescue teams during their rescuing exploits. "We're the more-a graceful kind. Now let's go!"
"Who would ever call a bunch of Crips 'graceful'?" wondered Wario, as Mario led his rescue team away. No one would ever call a bunch of Bloods graceful either, would they?
The Crips, as they were called, arrived at Thunderwave Cave, searching diligently for Cyndaquil and Skitty. Pit couldn't help but notice a certain Pokemon following them during the search...
"Mario, why is there a Magneton following us around?" the angel curiously asked the plumber, constantly looking behind and seeing a Magneton hovering in the air behind him.
"I think that's one-a of the cameramen, from the documentary crew..." replied Mario - did this cameraman have to take a personality quiz before ending up in the Pokemon world, like Mario and the others did?
"Pit can I ask you a quick, honest question?" Link asked the angel, reeling in close to him. "It's a little on the personal side..."
"As long as we aren't comparing chest chair or pubic hair, I'm all ears," replied Pit, causing Link to give him an inquisitive stare. "Or do you wanna compare armpit hair instead?"
"No, absolutely not...anyways, Mario and I had a conversation earlier, and he said that I've been acting stupid lately. You see me around at the mansion, Pit - have I been acting stupid?"
"Compared to other Hylians, no - granted I've only known four other Hylians, in my lifetime." That didn't give Link a shred of confidence. "But compared to everyone else...yes?"
"Just thought I should ask you, since you're the king of acting stupid. No offense. But how do I stop acting stupid? Maybe I just act stupid subconsciously."
"You wanna know what I do, to stop acting stupid? Try not to be a show-off. Dark Pit says that I act stupider than normal whenever I show out."
"Yeah, that's it, that's the problem - I'm being too selfish! I gotta be selfless, and humble...like how a hero would! I gotta be a hero!"
"HALT!" screeched Mario, as the Crips came to a stop. In the distance was an Elekid and Poochyena, who had a Cyndaquil and a Skitty cornered.
"Aren't those the two Pokemon twerps we have to rescue?" asked Wario, who cracked his knuckles as he went to confront Elekid and Poochyena. "Sit back and let a professional handle this!"
"No, Wario...I got this," Link assured the fatso, stepping to the forefront. Wario would look at Link out of disbelief, before snorting at the Hylian.
"So you think you could teach that Elekid and that Poochyena just because you're a Machop, is that so? Ha ha! I bet you'd punch weaker than Pit would!"
"I'll take that as a compliment!" Pit called out to Wario, loud enough to garner the attention of Elekid and Poochyena. The two Pokemon directed their attention on Cyndaquil and Skitty to the Crips, and were both snarling.
"Just what we needed, some more company..." frowned Elekid, as he was charging up the electricity in his fists. "...we were gonna put the hurt on Cyndaquil and Skitty, but we can let you punks have first dibs!"
"I got this..." Link told Wario, before he confronted Elekid. He was standing toe-to-toe with the electric Pokeon, looking brave and unshaken.
"So I take it that you wanna be first, eh?" Elekid asked Link as he crossed his arms. It wasn't often that others willingly wanted to cross Elekid. "Don't act all surprised when I leave ya in a shock!"
"Because I'm a considerate person...I'll let you go first." Elekid was left stunned, as Link held out his arms at his side. Link was open to being attacked, which left Mario and company confused.
"Wow, talk about a punk move! If that's what you really want...then consider your wish granted!" With electricity charged up in his fist, Elekid sent his fist flying towards Link...
...only for Link to grab Elekid's hand in the nick of time without flinching. Elekid was just as stunned as Mario and company were, as the electricity in his fist went away.
"I believe it's you who's the punk...I, on the other hand, am a hero," Link informed Elekid, before catching the electric Pokemon in a clothesline move and throwing him to the ground. Poochyena backed away for his own good, as Elekid slowly got up while staring at Link.
"Wh-Where did that come from...you're something else, man!" Those we're the last words Elekid said to Link, before he and Poochyena ran away. Link sure felt heroic, for what he did.
"Huh, didn't even know I had that much in me..." As Link dusted his hands off, Cyndaquil and Skitty both approached the Hylian.
"Wow, Link, you sure caught me off by surprise," Cyndaquil spoke to the Hylian, speaking in a voice that Link could easily recognize. That Cyndaquil was Cloud! "Didn't know you had that much in you either..."
"Cloud! How did you know it was me? Also, why are you a Cyndaquil, of all Pokemon...?"
"Like you expect me to not recognize your voice...as for why I'm a Cyndaquil, let's just say that Professor Burnet's personality quiz screwed me over."
"Speak for yourself..." mumbled Skitty, who was in fact Samus. Safe to say that the bounty hunter didn't appreciate being a Skitty for one second. "...of all the Pokemon I could end up as, and I had to be a cute one."
"You say that like being cute-a is a bad thing," Mario said to Samus, who glared down the plumber with her closed Skitty eyes. "Of course, cuteness is subjective..."
Cloud: The results from Professor Burnet's personality quiz claim that I have a timid personality...perfectly explains how I ended up being a Cyndaquil. Not sure how my answers insinuated that I was timid...
Samus: I ended up as a Skitty...because I supposedly have a "hasty" personality. Answered all of Burnet's stupid questions as apathetically as I possibly could...and somehow that means that I'm a hasty person. *sighs* I hate taking personality quizzes so much...
"We found all the missing Pokemon, now let's head back home already!" exclaimed Wario, who was just dying to bathe in that Jacuzzi at the mansion. "Gonna miss having this leaf in my mouth, though..."
"You can always have a leaf in your mouth regardless, out in the real world," Pit informed Wario - like the fatso would go out searching for the perfect leaf. If he wasn't so lazy.
Spyro stood outside a door in the hallway, where the producers of Smash Life - LeVar and Brad - were having a private meeting inside Corrin and Kamui's currently unused bedroom. The meeting was momentarily interrupted by Hunter, who came out from the bedroom after speaking with LeVar and Brad.
"Just spoke with LeVar and Brad; apparently they're both aware that Professor Kukui is using their computer room, among a few others," Hunter informed Spyro, as if the purple dragon was supposed to care.
"Cool, so that means Professor Kukui asked them for permission to use their room," assumed Spyro, who was just dying to head back home. "Which means this whole kidnapping Mario thing is a big non-issue!"
"...or perhaps Professor Kukui brainwashed LeVar and Brad, and made them agree to letting him use his room to do unspeakable things to Mario! That could be why they were lookign so tense, when I spoke with them."
"You sure it isn't because they're, I don't know...having a private meeting?" Hunter didn't listen to Spyro, as the cheetah sprinted away. "Where are you going now?"
"To foil Professor Kukui's evil plans, by shutting down the mansion's computer system. Samus might know what to do!" Spyro would let out a sigh, as he begrudgingly followed after Hunter.
Hunter: I was eavesdropping on Brad and LeVar's private conversation; they were having a discussion about the coronavirus going about, and how they could keep it out of the mansion. Which is good - it's about time people stopped drinking Corona. Cream soda gang RISE UP!
Samus was in no shape to help out Hunter and Spyro, for the bounty hunter was stuck as a Skitty, and stuck inside the Pokemon world with Mario's rescue team...the Crips. Before Mario and company could leave the Pokemon world forever, there was one thing Mario had to take care of first...
"Seriously, you wanna add two more members to your rescue team?!" Pelipper frowned at Mario, at the Pelipper Post Office. The water bird Pokemon shuddered in fear when Link approached him, and Link...did nothing.
"The Skitty and the Cyndaquil will only be joining us, as honorary members," the Hylian kindly told Pelipper in a civil manner, before holdingo out his hand. "Two blue scarves, please."
"And why do you think that I would even..." That's when Mario went up to the front desk, and dropped piles of gold coins in front of the allured Pelipper. "...you have more gold coins?"
"Found 'em all at Thunderwave-a Cave," replied Mario with a smile on his face, as he saw Pelipper staring at the gold coins like a madman. "I'll let-a you have them, but only if..."
"Shut up and take these scarves!" Pelipper pulledo out two blue scarves and handed them to Mario and Link, before gathering up all the gold coins in his mouth and flying away. "I got enough gold to buy my daughter a Poke Doll, woo hoo!"
"People always turn-a into fools whenever they see money..." Mario shook his head, as he and Link handed the scarves to Cloud and Samus. "Congratulations, Mr. Strife and-a Miss Aran...you are now members of the Crips."
"Weird name for a Pokemon rescue team, but thanks for the opportunity, I guess," said Cloud, as he and Samus accepted their scarves and placed them around their necks. "So now that we're all here, what's next?"
"All we have-a to do now is head-a back home. The professors brought us here, so they'll likely take-a us out."
Mario and his rescue team, the Crips, were gathered together in Pokemon Square waiting around for...well, they were just waiting. Everyone save for Mario was restless.
"Sooooo why are out here again?" Pit asked Mario, watching a Snubull and a female Nidoran ran past by. "Is something gonna happen?"
"I think the professors are gonna beam-a us outta here - like-a how they do in Star Trek," replied Mario, like he was expecting some spaceship to fly in and take him and the others away. "Just gotta give them some-a time..."
Professor Kukui and company were looking at the Crips rescue team on the large computer screen, watching as the six were waiting around for nothing. Cappy frowned, as he looked towards Kukui, Burnet, and Sonia.
"You guys do know a way to get Mario and the gang outta there, right?" the talking hat asked, certain that the professors knew of a solution. There was some tension, as Burnet and Sonia both looked at Kukui.
"Kukui, sweetie, did you find a way to send humans from the Pokemon world back into our world?" Burnet asked Kukui, who was looking nervous as he stuffed his hands in the pockets of his lab coat. "Please tell me you did it, before we embarked upon this experiment..."
"I...might've...overlooked doing that," replied Kukui as he nervously smiled, the sweat pouring down his face as he was feeling all sorts of guilty. Burnet sighed and facepalmed, as Sonia frowned.
"Great, now that means the six are gonna be stuck in that Pokemon world until we find a way to get them out," stated Sonia; it was only inevitable that the professors would run into a major problem, sooner or later. "This is all your fault, Professor Kukui..."
"Hey, what's going on in here?" a voice asked from outside the large computer room, before Sonic entered the room with Shaymin. "Oh cool! You guys playing some kind of Pokemon life simulation game?"
"No, Sonic, we used the mansion's Power Spot to build a contraption that can send any human inside a Pokemon world within an alternate dimension. We can see the results on this large computer screen right here."
"Wow, that's really neat! Only one problem though...how come I wasn't a part of your little experiment? I'm too good for ya, huh?" Did Sonic not hear a single word Sonia said?
"Like I just said, the contraption can send humans inside the Pokemon world...only humans. Mario, Link, Cloud, Wario, Samus, and Pit were our test dummies, so to speak."
"No fair, Pit isn't a human, he's an angel! And it's strongly debatable whether Wario is human or not, so he shouldn't be in that Pokemon world either!"
"Well they have very human-like qualities...so obviously there was some bypass. And now, thanks to Professor Kukui, they're trapped within the Pokemon world..."
Meanwhile, back in Pokemon Square, Wario looked up at the sky, and pointed at a Xatu flying around overhead. Like it was trying to send a message to the townsfolk.
"Look at that, you guys, it's a Xatu!" exclaimed Wario, bringing everyone's attention to the Xatu up in the sky. "Maybe he could teleport us back to our world! But how do we get his attention?"
"We can shoot him down, with a gun," suggested Pit, as the others gave the angel weird looks for his very questionable suggestion. "Anyone here have a gun? Is there a gun around?"
"We're in a Pokemon world, Pit...there's no guns to be found," stated Cloud, saying what was common knowledge to pretty much anyone.
"So there's no guns? What about knives, are there at least knives here in this world?" Befuddled by Pit's question, Cloud shook his head no. "Then what kind of weapons are even available for us to use?!"
"We do have Pokemon powers, you know..." responded Samus, who just couldn't wait to get away from the Pit the moment she returned to the mansion. "...me being a Skitty and all, I can't possibly be that useful."
"If that Xatu can bring-a us back home, then we should-a do everything in our power to garner his-a attention," said Mario, looking up at the Xatu flying overhead. "Us humans can't afford-a to stick around any longer..."
"I'm sorry, did you just say that you guys were...humans?" inquired a certain shadow Pokemon, as Gengar showed up at the scene with Ekans and Medicham. "Oh, no no no, we can't have your kind around here!"
"It's Team Meanies!" Pit cried out, acting like Team Meanies were a force to be reckoned with. Cloud and Samus couldn't help but smirk.
"You know what happens, when humans show up in our world?" Medicham asked the Crips, causing a scene as all the townsfolk in Pokemon Square showed up. "A bunch of natural disasters start happening!"
"That can't be true, it must-a be coincidence," said Mario, before looking around and seeing the townsfolk murmuring among themselves. "Don't believe-a this Gengar, everyone - he doesn't know what he's-a talking about!"
"What's with all the commotion?" asked Alakazam, as he and Team A.C.T. arrived at the scene. "This better not be a stand-off - you guys remember how the last one went."
"It turns out that those guys are actually humans!" Gengar said to Alakazam, as he pointed at Mario and the Crips. Akazam gasped. "Their presence is gonna cause natural disasters!"
"Come to think of it...there was an earthquake that happened not that far from here. If those guys are really human, then there's one thing we go to do...we have to kill them!"
"Sounds a bit drastic, don't you think...?" asked Link, as Alakazam and Gengar rallied all the townsfolk and ganged up on Mario and the Crips. For a moment, it seemed like the Crips were in a pit of trouble...
"That is ENOUGH!" a voice bellowed, causing everyone to stop in place. Everyone looked up, and saw the Xatu that was up in the sky land on a roof of some house.
"Watch it, that roof is very fragile!" a Murkrow that owned the house snapped on Xatu, who stared at the darkness Pokemon and sent chills down his spine. "I mean...take your sweet time..."
"Denizens of Pokemon Square...lend me your eyes. The six peculiar Pokemon you see before you are not responsible for any natural disasters that have befallen our world. They are not the ones to blame."
"Well if they aren't responsible, then who is?" asked a Makihuta, one of the townsfolk; while the Crips were revealed as not being culprits, Team A.C.T. and Team Meanies still had a close eye on them.
"I have spoken with Ninetails and Absol, and they claim that Groundon is the one that's been causing the earthquakes, as of late. I'm afraid that he has awakened, and he must be put back to sleep at once."
"A Groundon? Not a problem," said Alazakam, confident that Team A.C.T. is up to the task of quelling Groundon. "Just leave it to us!"
"You guys go handle that Groundon...we'll keep a close eye on our visitors," Gengar told Alakazam, smiling as he looked at Mario and company. "We'll keep 'em nice and tidy..."
"Just don't lick-a us, and we won't have any problems..." Mario said to Gengar; he never got licked by a Gengar before, and he did not wish to know what it was like.
Spyro and Hunter were uanble to locate Samus...for obvious reasons...so the duo had to ask X to shut down the mansion's computer system. X did not oblige, as expected.
"Sorry guys, but I can't shut down the computer system without Master Hand's permission," X said to Spyro and Hunter, as he carried a few boxes of copy paper into the printing room. "You fellas are on your own."
"This is bad...now X has been brainwashed by Kukui!" fretted Hunter, after X went inside the printing room; Spyro rolled his eyes. "Master Hand could be brainwashed too, since he told X to leave the computer system alone."
"Perhaps that was a mandate Master Hand already enforced," stated Spyro, only for Hunter to walk away. Hunter couldn't rest while Professor Kukui was at large. "What's next on your agenda now?"
"I think you mean OUR agenda...and what's next is that we're gonna take the fight to Kukui and his cronies. Gonna need some weapons first!"
Mario and the Crips were waiting around in Pokemon Square, dying to leave the Pokemon world for good. Only obstacle that was standing in their way was Team Meanies - Gengar, Ekans, and Medicham - who were keeping watch of them.
"You know, Team Meanies sounds like a grammatically-incorrect team name when you think about it," stated Pit, as everyone looked at the angel - some in disbelief that he could make such a profound statement. "Why not just call yourselves the Team of Meanies?"
"Hey bub, Team Meanies sounds fine just the way it is!" retorted Gengar, who was getting all defensive for no reason. Ekans and Medicham had to hold the shadow Pokemon back. "What would someone like you know about grammar anyways?"
"Well, the only grammar I know is Andy Grammer. And I'm not even a fan of his. But I really felt like sharing my opinions out in the open."
"Mario, can you hear me?" Sonia called out to the plumber, her voice echoing down from above. The Pokemon that were outside shuddered in fear. "I think I know a way to get you and the others back home!"
"Lay it on-a us!" Mario called out to Sonia, as Gengar and the other Pokemon were looking around up in the sky for the source of Sonia's voice.
"I did some research...since Professor Kukui is greatly unreliable...and according to what I read, the best way to get back home is to put an end to the natural disasters taking place in the Pokemon world. A huge comet might be coming your way!"
"Is that another human?" Ekans asked Medicham and Gengar, having some serious questions about Sonia. "What if she's the reason behind the natural disasters?"
Professor Kukui: I could've found a way to bring our human subjects back home...but I was in a time crunch! And it was late at night, too! What, did Burnet want to catch me sleeping while figuring out how this Power Spot works?! Sonia was no help - she showed up in Seattle so late, I thought she went missing! Who knew that being a Pokemon professor could be so stressful at times?
"That comet will be coming any minute now, so you guys have to be on the lookout," Sonia informed Mario, and Mario knew one Pokemon that was the right Pokemon for the task.
"Xatu, can you be on the look-a out for the huge comet?" Mario asked the mystic Pokemon, who was still perched atop the Murkow's house looking directly at the sun like he usually does. Surprisingly the roof of the house hadn't given in yet.
"This isn't my first rodeo, looking out for comets...I'll keep my eyes peeled," assured Xatu, as he looked up at the sky and looked for any comets. Just then, Team A.C.T. returned to Pokemon Square, all tired and weary as Alakazam, Charizard, and Tyranitar trudged their way inside town before collapsing.
"That Groundon was too much for you?" Cloud asked the members of Team A.C.T., who looked like they went through war. That's what a Groundon can do to ya...
"Turns out...he wasn't responsible for causing those earthquakes," stated Tyranitar, who was nearly on the verge of passing out. "He threw a hissy fit after we accused him, and then we got into an ugly fight..."
"I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but Groundon isn't the one behind the earthquakes." This drew the attention of Alakazam, who perked up and looked at Cloud. "The natural disasters have been caused by a huge comet, that's coming our way."
"A huge comet?!" shouted Alakazam, as the psi Pokemon leaped up on his feet, his own exhaustion be darned. "That's not good! We're gonna need Rayquaza to Hyper Beam that comet out of existence!"
"Too late...the comet's coming this way," alerted Xatu; everyone looked in fear, as a comet that was large in size was coming towards the earth. "We won't have any time to inform Rayquaza."
"Guess that means we're gonna have to stop this comet together," said Link, before he looked around at the Crips, and Team A.C.T. and Team Meanies. "It's gonna take some cooperation..."
"Are you insane, you think we can stop that comet together?" Charizard asked Link, thinking that the Hylian was completely out of his mind. "We could all die trying to stop that thing!"
"But it would be very heroic if we did something...wouldn't it?" Charizard gave some thought over Link's question, as Link looked towards Alakazam and Medicham. "I'll need you two to use your psychic powers, and send me flying towards that comet."
"Not sure where you're going about with this, Link, but whatever gets the comet destroyed..." responded Cloud, as Link got himself in position. Alakazam and Medicham also got themselves in position, albeit with some second doubts.
"You sure about doing this?" Medicham asked Link, who was feeling confident as he nodded his head. Medicham and Alakazam both covered Link with psychic energy, as Link was mustering all the strength in his Machop body.
"I can't bear to look..." fretted Pit, grabbing Samus and using her to cover his eyes. Samus frowned, despising being a Skitty oh so much.
"On the count of three..." Link told Alakazam and Medicham, as the huge comet was coming closer and closer. "One...two...THREE!"
Professor Kukui and company watched closely on the large computer screen, as Alakazam and Medicham sent Link flying towards the huge comet with their psychic powers. Link's fist could collide with the comet, and then...the screen went black.
"Oh no! What happened?" worried Burnet, as Kukui was scrambling across the keyboard that was connected to the large computer screen. Nothing he could do was able to bring the image back up on the screen.
"It seems like we lost the connection, somehow!" replied Kukui, who now had his hands on his head as he feared for the worst. "This isn't good...Mario and the others might be trapped in that Pokemon world forever!"
Professor Kukui and company's fears would vanish away, as Mario, Link, Cloud, Pit, Samus, and Wario magically appeared in the room. Along with the cameraman, who was the Magneton following them around. The seven landed on the floor, as Kukui and the others were relieved.
"We're back!" celebrated Mario, pumping his fists in the air as Cappy rejoined the plumber by landing on his head. "We're back and-a we're alive!"
"Did I do it, did I stop that huge comet?" wondered Link, who was impressed by the feat he believed he accomplished. "Thought I would be a goner..."
"Yep, you destroyed it!" smiled Sonia, who was holding up a small laptop that was connected to the large computer screen. Everyone looked at the monitor, and saw the denizens of Pokemon Square, happy and relieved that the comet was destroyed.
"Huh, so I did destroy the comet...or maybe I died in the Pokemon World when I collided with the comet, sacrificing myself to destroy it. That could be it."
"Judging by their reactions, I'd say that the Pokemon don't have to worry about a comet or some natural disaster again." On the laptop screen was Xatu, who was staring at the sun before turning his head. The mystic Pokemon was now looking at Mario and company.
"Thank you..." thanked Xatu, no doubt thanking Mario and company for their efforts...although Link deserved most of the thanks.
Sonia: I used a special data thing for the cameraman that we sent into the Pokemon world - he was our first test subject. Completely bypassed the personality quiz and everything! His data is still within the Pokemon world, and it's tied to the Magneton he was masquerading as, so that's how I get to see Pokemon Square. You get to see everything from the Magneton's perspective. Pretty cool, huh?
"Sup guys, I'm back!" Sonic told Professor Kukui and company as he returned to the large computer room, surprised to see Mario and the others that were in the Pokemon world. "Sup Mario! Heard that you were in some kind of Pokemon world. Which got me thinking...is putting humans in an alternate dimension with nothing but Pokemon considered illegal?"
"You're in big trouble now, Professor Kukui!" shouted Hunter, ambushing his way inside the room and knocking Sonic down to the floor in the process. The cheetah was armed with Samus' Paralyzer, and would lower his guard when he saw Mario and company, safe and sound.
"Why do you have my Paralyzer?" Samus asked Hunter with an angry scowl, as Hunter nervously hid the Paralyzer behind his back and looked around while whistling innocently.
"Totally not like I stole because the others wouldn't let me use their weapons...anyways, I came here to rescue Mario, but it seems like..."
"...it seems like that you were greatly mistaken," Professor Burnet said to Hunter, amused as she watched Hunter realize that he was an idiot. "Mario wasn't in any danger whatsoever."
"Yeah, he was used for some Pokemon experiment, but that's about it," stated Wario, who was now missing the leaf he had in his mouth as a Treecko. "Save for that comet that was taken care of, he was hardly in any trouble!"
"I tried to tell Hunter that Mario would be just fine..." stated Spyro, who walked inside the large computer room while shaking his head. "...but he never listened."
"Guess I got a little carried away..." Hunter grinned sheepishly, as he scratched the back of his head. "...got carried away trying to be a hero."
"Link, back in Pokemon Square, I thought you were gonna pull off something stupid..." Cloud said to Link, before resting his hand on the Hylian's right shoulder. "...but what you did there was actually pretty heroic. More of a hero than Hunter is."
"What about me, Cloud, am I a hero?" asked Pit, looking for some validation as he gleamed at Cloud. Cloud just gave Pit a blank stare, making Pit hang his head low. "At least Lady Palutena thinks that I'm a hero...I think."
Thinking about Naoto, Kanji was in a hallway bathroom, practicing kissing...by kissing himself in the bathroom mirror. Fox and Falco saw this, while standing at the open bathroom door.
"Of all the vain things I've seen...this is the most recent," Falco murmured to Fox, who nodded his head. Done with his "practice", Kanji exited the bathroom, startled when he saw Fox and Falco standing by.
"Woah!" the delinquent jumped back out of fright, hoping that Fox and Falco wasn't watching him (even though they did). "How long were you guys standing there?!"
"That's none of your concern," replied Fox, standing close with Falco so that Kanji wouldn't have any room to escape. "We passed you by in the hallway earlier, and we heard you talking about Naoto."
"Yeah, so what if I was talking about Naoto? What I was talking about had nothing to do with kissing Naoto...n-not that either one of you guys care."
"Bruh how are you gonna kiss Naoto, are you even in a relationship with her?" Falco questioned Kanji, who looked like he didn't want to answer. "You're not even boyfriend-girlfriend!"
"I know, I know...but kissing Naoto could begin our relationship. I was thinking about being more than just friends with Naoto...gotta make that move."
"But kissing Naoto is a big move...a really big move. You gotta plant the seeds first, my man, before you move on to the exciting stuff."
"And how am I gonna plant these seeds? I want Naoto as a girlfriend, but I might screw something up...kissing her will be an easy way out for me."
"We spoke with a few of your friends...namely Joker, Yu, and Minato," stated Fox, causing Kanji to blush - what if Fox told Joker and company about Kanji having the hots for Naoto? "Since they got girlfriends and stuff. They agreed to help you show the ropes in pursuing a romantic relationship with Naoto, since that's clearly what you want."
"Uh, I don't think I would ever need their help with anything...but any assistance is fine, I suppose. What about you guys, what are you gonna do?"
"We're still tied up with the big wedding coming up soon, so we got our hands tied. But we'll be rooting for you, from the sidelines..."
With Mario out on his adventure, Peach was able to have a tea party with Zelda at her house. Of course, Ruby and her friends were invited, and the fact that Hunter wasn't around to bother them made the tea party even better.
"I didn't know that you and Mario still owned a VCR, Peach," Zelda said to the princess, glancing at the Timmy the Tooth videotape resting in the living room before taking a sip from her tea.
"I meant to throw it out earlier, for the sake of Mario," replied Peach...and speaking of whom, Mario entered the house, along with Spyro and Hunter. The plumber was looking more jovial than he did that morning.
"We're-a home!" announced Mario, seeing that Peach, Zelda, and Ruby and her friends were enjoying the tea party. "I can't possibly feel-a any better!"
"You look like your usual happy self again, Mario! I take it that Professor Kukui took you out on some adventuring?"
"i did-a some adventuring...really got my spirits back-a up again. I did the adventuring part, and Link...he did-a the hero part."
Link: Never realized how dumb I was acting until today. Mario really opened my eyes for me. I should stop being the idiot of Hyrule, and start being the hero of Hyrule that I was meant to be! Stopping that comet in the Pokemon world was a good start...just have to build up from there.