Author's Note:

Many of you might not be aware of this, I'm sure, but a remake of a cult classic game that came out in 2005 was recently ported to the Switch - Destroy All Humans. I'll be covering that game in this chapter. Why, you ask? You'll see for yourself. Let's answer some guest reviews:

"Well, WWE just released both Tyler Breeze and Fandango. What's your opinion on it, since two of the favorite characters in your fic were inspired by those two?"

It's quite a shame, really. Fandango was a long-tenured veteran (employed by WWE since 2007, I believe) who really got over well with the crowd. As for Breeze, I've read that he was well-revered in the locker room, so he will be greatly missed I'm sure (also liked him on UpUpDownDown). I still think that Fandango and Breeze should've been tag team champs in 2017. That said, those two will kill it wherever they go. On to The Reader:

"...do you think we can have a Mishima family reunion in the future? Bring out the whole family! You already got Heihachi and Kazuya. There's also the adopted son Lee, the bastard son Lars, and don't forget Jin, the grandson. If you want to go nuts, you can bring out Jinpachi (Heihachi's father) from the dead (no need for context)."

Don't think the mansion could handle that much family drama. But I'm open to this idea. Moving on:

"If you want to have a laugh just check out Lars' Tekken Tag 2 ending on YouTube. That's how I got the idea for this. Ta-ta."

Just checked out the video. A shame how the Mishimas can only get along in someone's dream. Moving on:

"Before I forget. Kazuya, there's actually some active volcanoes in the state of Washington. Mount Rainier and Mount Baker, to name a few. Might be handy for you."

Good to know...good to know. Let's see what Davis has for me this week:

"Does the Inkling Boy still have feelings for Kasumi Yoshizawa? (They haven't had any scenes yet). Will a Monster Hunter Stories 2 chapter happen this July? Has Sonic conquered his fear of water yet? Will Arthur and Maximo still meet? And finally, do you thing the DS Advance Wars games and Battalion Wars deserve remakes too?"

He might. That could happen next week, though plans are subject to change. He hasn't conquered his fear yet. Arthur and Maximo will meet. If the GBA Advance Wars games get a remake, then the DS Advance Wars games (and Battalion Wars) deserve one too. Next we have, the Romance enjoyer, inquiring about some couples:

"1. Will Little Mac and Leia spent some final moments together before she eventually leaves?
2. Anything on Dark Pit and Flora? Are they still together? Will you bring back Lilith in the future?
3. Is Ganon and Rosa dead in the water?
4. Will Sora finally man up and ask Kairi for a date? For real this time? Or will Kairi be different and instead ask HIM for a date?
5. If you remembered my suggestion on the Trails chapter, you might know that I asked for Rean to be coupled with Alisa. Is that your plan, or are you planning to ship Rean with Laura, or even Juna? (The one with Juna made no sense, though.)
6. Will we see Luka Redgrave again? Or is he still working and can't get with Bayo sooner? Is it because of Bayonetta 3 never coming out?"

1. Yes they will.
2. Dark Pit and Flora are still together; Lilith won't' be returning anytime soon.
3. As of now, yes...but I can revive some magic.
4. Either way will work.
5. Juna makes no sense - isn't she a pupil of Rean's? Alisa is a much better choice.
6. Bayonetta 3 has no bearing on Luka's status in the story. He will appear again.

Here is The Reader:

"You think the mansion residents already forgiven Dante, even with the truce and all that? And I'm really excited to hear some FUS RO DAH."

You will see how I tackle the Dante issue in this chapter. You might be in for a surprise. And there will be FUS RO DAH aplenty coming soon. Last up is A Tekken Man - knew I would see them again after that Kazuya presentation.

"I kinda don't understand why there are no other Mii costumes from Tekken. Kinda disappointing, since Tekken got a whole array of interesting characters to be put as Miis, but they only gave us Heihachi. Like they settled for him, and that's it. We could've had Jin, Nina, or Yoshimitsu. Those could've made for great costumes."

I was clamoring for Jin, Ling, and King, but yeah, I was expecting Tekken costumes as well. Yet Nintendo decided to go for the jugular, and kill people's dreams...such savagery from a video game company.

Episode 289: Cryptosporidium

Master Hand was giddy. He was usually that way whenever new residents joined the mansion. On this day, Master Hand was expected three new individuals to live at this mansion, and never before had the giant hand been so excited over a group of new residents.

So who were the newcomers exactly? One of them was Dovahkiin, also better known as the Last Dragonborn. Master Hand went through a whole lot of trouble to bring him to the US. The other was Shantae, the half-genie who hailed from Scuttle Town. She has had some history of being at the mansion, on a few occasions.

And then there was the third...Dante, the world-famous demon-hunting vigilante. Most of you might recall Dante as being of the key figures in the mansion's feud with the All-Star Manor a few years back. Now, he was going to be a mansion resident. Quite hard to believe.

Eager to greet Dante and company, Master Hand was outside at the front of the mansion to greet the three new residents. With the giant hand were Isabelle, Link, Zelda, and a fourth person. A former man of the mansion. And no, it wasn't Cloud.

"Why are you here with us, Mario?" Zelda asked the plumber, who was smiling from ear to ear as he expected a vehicle to pull up into the mansion's driveway. "You're not in charge, anymore."

"I know - I just want to greet-a Dante," replied Mario, who hoped that Dante had no ill will towards the plumber or anyone associated with the mansion. Especially given that the mansion and manor both had a truce.

"How do you think the others will handle Dante?" Link curiously asked Zelda and Isabelle; Mario might be positively receptive towards Dante, but the same might not be said for everyone else.

"We can just punish anyone who tries to give him a hard time," suggested Zelda; she had been waiting for weeks to flex some of her disciplinary power. "Though I can't imagine anyone giving a demon hunter like Dante a hard time..."

"Oh please - I bully demon lords like Ganondorf almost every other day," bragged Master Hand, as he was eavesdropping on the Hylians' conversation. "Stop acting like the folks in the mansion are softies and cowards."

Lloyd: Received a letter from Isabelle today. Oddly enough, it was the same letter that Master Hand sent me when I first joined the mansion. Let me read it for you guys... *takes out later, then starts reading it* "To Lloyd Irving...you have won, but at what cost? Welcome to the Smash Mansion - better luck next time! Insert laughter here. With much love, Master Hand." *puts the letter away* Gotta say, Master Hand has quite a sense of humor.

"Here they are, everyone!" Isabelle announced to the others, as Kapp'n's bus pulled up into the mansion's driveway. Kapp'n parked the bus and opened the door, as the first of the new residents exited the vehicle.

"BLOOD! I HAVE COME FOR BLOOD!" shouted Dovahkiin as he exited the bus, screaming as if he was in a war-torn battle. The vanquisher cooled off as he looked around, seeing that no one had heard him.

"That's not appropriate to shout out loud, buddy," the next person to exit the bus said to Dovahkiin...Dante, the demon-hunting vigilante himself. Master Hand and company knew that it was Dante just from seeing the long red jacket.

"Who are you to criticize me?!" Dovahkiin frowned at Dante as he got all up in the vigilante's grill. Dante just smirked, hardly unfazed by Dovahkiin's extreme warrior temperament. "I will have your head!"

"Aw, come on now guys, let's not fight on our first day," said the third person to exit the bus, Shantae, as she tried to play peacemaker between Dante and Dovahkiin. Dovahkiin was glaring down at Dante, who was still smirking. "Why can't we be friends?"

"Like I wanna be friends with some loser Viking guy..." scoffed Dante as he folded his arms; taking great offense to Dante's remark, Dovahkiin screamed and charged at the vigilante, only for Shantae to hold him back.

"Dante! Shantae! Dovahkiin!" Master Hand called out to the three newbies, grabbing their attention. Dovahkiin ended his rage fit and acted normal, though he still had his eye on Dante. "Welcome, welcome!"

"Hi, Master Hand!" Shantae greeted the giant hand as she walked over to the front of the mansion, with Dante and Dovahkiin following the half-genie's lead. Dante and Dovahkiin glared at each other along the way. "Thanks for letting us live at your mansion."

"It was the least that I could do. Sadly, neither one of you could make it into Smash, but you know what mansion residency is just as swell. Mario, Link, Zelda...you three get along with our new residents!"

"So you must be Dovahkiin," Link said to the vanquisher, marveling at his helmet and armor. The Hylian was trying not to feel too jealous. "Did you take an arrow to your knee during your trip?"

"I see that you have some jokes," remarked Dovahkiin, before grabbing Link by his collar and lifting the Hylian in the air, before bringing him close to his face. "Make another joke like that, and you're done for..."

"...U-Understood!" Link gingerly nodded his head, as Dovahkiin placed the Hylian back on his feet. Dovahkiin was a lot stronger than Link had anticipated.

"Had a blast at your guys' beauty salon," Shantae discussed with Zelda, as she was reminiscing about her visit to the mansion back in episode 232. "Got my nails done and my feet pampered!"

"We've upgraded the salon a bit since your visit," stated Zelda, which was good news to Shantae as the half-genie was about to squeal with happiness. "The hair-dryers have all gotten a facelift."

"Does that mean you have new hair-dryers?!" Shantae was completely over the moon - so excited that she could just faint from happiness. "Somebody pinch me, I must be dreaming!"

"Don't even think about it, Master Hand..." Zelda warned the giant hand, who was about to pinch Shantae with his big fingers. Master Hand moaned as he floated away from Shantae.

"Dante, Dante, Dante..." Mario said to the vigilante, who was looking down at the plumber with his hands rested around his belt. "...how in the world-a are you doing?"

"I'm doing just fine, thanks for asking," replied Dante, as he could tell how eager Mario was to see him. "Happy that we could finally meet, Mario." That line from Dante made Mario a little confused.

"Huh? The last-a time I saw you, there was a big-a fight between the mansion and the AllStar Manor. I was fighting against-a you, inside Krato's body!"

"Okay, you fighting inside Kratos' body? That sounds weird. And did you seriously mention the All-Star Manor? Ha! Bunch of geeks those guys are."

"Either Dante has memory loss, or he had a huge falling out with the manor," Cappy quietly discussed with Mario, as Dante took notice of the talking hat. "Could be both. The fact that he even dyed his hair from black to white says something."

"Newsflash, hat guy - my hair has always been white." Automatically assuming that Cappy was a complete noob, Dante directed his attention back to Mario. "Your hat friend is super uninformed."

"Tell-a me about, hehe...so uninformed..." Mario nervously chuckled...for he, like Cappy, had a LOT of questions that needed to be asked. Imagine the trouble that would ensue when Dante stepped foot inside the mansion.

Dante: I kid you not, this is my first time being at the mansion. So all these questions you're asking me right now - about some fake treaty and stealing food, or even being at some "wumpa maze", I have no answer for. But I do remember being in Seattle before, to handle some demon. Just some kid in a Halloween costume.

As Dante, Dovahkiin, and Shantae conversed with Mario, Link, and Isabelle, an unidentified flying object suddenly flew over the mansion, sounding like it was about to crash. The conversation stopped, as everyone looked up at the sky and saw nothing out of the ordinary.

"You guys heard that?" Link asked the others, who had no idea what had flown over the sky. Master Hand might know what it was...if he was as "all-knowing" as he claimed. "Sounded like a dying airplane..."

"Do you even know what a dying airplane sounds like?" Dante asked Link, who shrugged his shoulders; a crash was suddenly heard from the distance, but it wasn't enough to startle Link and company.

"Isabelle, why don't you take our three new residents inside?" Master Hand asked the Shih Tzu, not affording to waste the newbies' time with further chitchat. "Show them to their rooms."

"On it!" exclaimed Isabelle as she took out her trusty clipboard. "Follow me, guys!" the Shih Tzu said to Dante, Dovahkiin, and Shantae, as she led the three inside the mansion.

"Dante sure looks a lot different from the last time we saw him," Zelda said to Master Hand and Mario after Dante had entered the mansion. "I see that he decided to go back to his white hair."

"He doesn't even remember anything about-a that whole feud!" said Mario, who was under the impression that Dante had some sort of memory loss. "Has-a no recollection of the treaty...or so he claims."

"Hey guys," Cloud greeted Mario and company as he showed up around the corner. Like last week, Link was acting fidgety around the swordsman. "I take it that Dante and the others have already arrived?"

"Uh...yes they have!" Link nervously replied, as he suspiciously backed away. "I should go...get them acclimated." Still acting suspicious, Link fled from the scene, as Cloud furrowed his brow.

"Still acting funny, huh?" Cloud couldn't help but shake his head, wondering why his best friend was acting so strange around him. "Almost like he still won't trust me even after he forgave me."

"But did he FULLY forgive you?" Master Hand asked Cloud, as he gave the swordsman something to think about. "You should talk things out with Link, see what's up with him. And if he tries to run away...chase him down!"

"Never would've expected sound advice from you, Master Hand...but, stranger things have happened. I'll give it a shot." Cloud better hope that Link would listen to him.

Pit was surprisingly diligent at his job as a Cafe Leblanc barista, as he rarely got sidetracked while serving coffee and curry. However, the angel would find himself distracted when his best friends, Kirby and Incineroar, entered the cafe.

"Pit! Have you forgotten what today is?" Kirby asked the angel, who had just served a bowl of curry to Wolf. Took Pit a few seconds to realize what today was.

"Oh yeah! How could I forget?" responded Pit, as he took his apron off; Joker looked on, furrowing his brow. "Sorry, Joker, but I have to take the day off."

"Take the day off?" Joker frowned at Pit, as he refused to work the cafe alone on a Friday. Friday was usually the busiest day. "It's not the Fourth of July yet!"

"I know, but today is World UFO Day! Basically, Kirby, Incineroar, and I sit around and look up at the sky for UFOs. It's kind of self-explanatory."

Kirby: Believe it or not, I have seen my fair share of UFOs. I've seen plenty here in Seattle. Every time I report a UFO sighting to someone, I always get accused of "hanging out with Pit too much". I've become so used to that insinuation that it's lost its effect over time.

"Sooooo you guys just stare at the sky looking for nothing?" Wolf asked Pit, as he and Joker were very skeptical about World UFO Day. Pit shook his head at the mercenary's cynicism.

"Once a hater, always a hater..." the angel remarked as he led Kirby and Incineroar out of the cafe. "Come on, you guys. Maybe one day, Wolf will finally smell the roses." Pit and friends would leave the cafe, as Wolf smirked and shook his head in disbelief.

There was a minor room change in the mansion; Lloyd, who used to stay in the same room as Gil, was moved up to the fifth floor where he had a new roommate, in Dovahkiin. The swordsman didn't mind the change as much. Also staying on the fifth floor were Dante and Shantae, who were both roommates. Quite a coincidence, if you consider that their names rhymed.

"A demon hunter and a half-genie, living in the same room..." remarked Dante as he stood in his room with Shantae and Isabelle. The vigilante couldn't help but feel amused. "...now this is quite the combo."

"We also have an assassin in the same room as a talking cup, named Cuphead," stated Isabelle, as Dante gave the Shih Tzu a highly inquisitive look. "You will understand once you get to know Cuphead better. He's had his run-ins with the Devil just like you!"

"You're saying that I should be friends with a talking cup? Think I'll pass on that one." Dante looked out the window in his room, as he saw Steve outside crafting something for Impa. "I will admit, you guys have welcomed a lot of oddballs..."

"I have some business to handle, so if you guys need me, let me know," Isabelle said to Dante and Shantae as she left the room. Feeling oddly relaxed, Dante yawned and stretched out his arms.

"I'm gonna go to the beauty salon," Shantae said to Dante, as she was about to leave the room; Dante was ready to leave himself. "Can't wait to check out the new hairdryers!"

"Don't hurt yourself," Dante advised Shantae, who scurried out of the room unable to contain her excitement. Dante would leave the room as well, and the first people he saw once he stepped into the hallway were Sonic and Crash.

"Master Hand said that Kazuya used to be a sneakerhead, right?" Sonic asked Crash, as he and the bandicoot were holding several Air Jordans in his hands. They were headed in Dante's direction. "Once we show him these kicks, maybe we can get him to like shoes again! Promise me you won't tell Kazuya that we got these shoes from a parked delivery truck."

"Woah!" exclaimed Crash, as he and Sonic came to a stop; Crash was pointing at Dante, who strongly appreciated the fact that he was recognized.

"Yo! It's Dante!" Sonic didn't expect to see Dante this soon; he imagined that a nighttime arrival would've been appropriate for the vigilante.

"Well, well, well, if it isn't Sonic the Hedgehog...and Crash Bandicoot." Talk about a moment of real recognizing real. "Never expected to see you two together at the mansion."

"And we never expected you to even be here living with us! Bet you're happy that you ditched the All-Star Manor." The second time that someone mentioned the All-Star Manor to Dante, who laughed and shook his head.

"Like I ever wanted to be at that trash heap... a bunch of posers over there." Dante had Sonic and Crash both perplexed, as he walked past the two friends. "...hope that we can hang out later, or something."

Sonic: Sheesh...not only did Dante disrespect the manor but he also straight-up denied that he ever lived at the place! Personally, I would've done the same thing if I were in his shoes. Good to know that the opportunity of being a mansion resident finally gave that man a much-needed change of heart.

Following their brief conversation with Dante, Sonic and Crash pressed forward in their search for Kazuya. They would soon find the businessman at the end of the hallway, speaking with Popo.

"You want to start a business...delivering ice cream?" Kazuya asked Popo as he furrowed his brow, and he couldn't help but feel skeptical about the Ice Climber's proposed idea. "As in, an ice cream truck?"

"Yeah, kinda like an ice cream truck, but only better!" replied Popo, who imagined that summertime was the perfect time to launch his business. "Lloyd had some success delivering food, so I want to replicate that success."

"Lloyd ran a successful food delivery service?" Kazuya found that very hard to believe, considering how incompetent he thought Lloyd was. "Well, if he had any success, then I suppose that you can too."

"Hey! What's that supposed to mean?" Popo frowned at Kazuya, as Sonic and Crash were listening on with eavesdropping ears. "You don't think I have what it takes to run a delivery service?!"

"Your proposed idea sounds like nothing more than an ice cream truck going around the city. So no, I don't think you have what it takes."

"Could you at least give me some pointers? I mean, you run a business yourself..." Popo was looking up at Kazuya with desperate eyes, and Kazuya refused to grant the Ice Climber's humble request.

"Meh...I'll think about it." Kazuya gave his barely definite answer, walking away as Popo lowered his head. The businessman soon ran into Sonic and Crash.

"Mr. Mishima! Wanna check out our Jordans?" Sonic asked Kazuya, as he and Crash held up their sneakers. Before he could answer, Kazuya heard his cellphone ringing in his pocket.

"Not right now - I have an important call to attend to. Maybe later." Kazuya pulled out his cellphone and walked away, as he answered the call. "Hello? This is Kazuya Mishima..."

"Kazuya would rather look at some stupid sneakers...than giving me some business pointers..." lamented Popo, as he was holding back some tears. Seeing how sad Popo was, Sonic and Crash came over to comfort him.

"Aw, don't be so sad Popo!" Sonic said to the Ice Climber as he patted him on his back, while Crash massaged his shoulders. "Kazuya seems like a stuck-up kind of businessman anyway. You'll just have to prove him wrong!"

"Prove him wrong, how? I wanted Nana to run the ice cream delivery service with me, but she walked out before I even finished my proposal! That girl needs some serious help."

"Nana might not believe in you...but Crash and I would." Hearing that made Popo feel encouraged, as confidently he lifted his head. "We could find some other peeps to help out, and get your business started on the right foot!"

"You would do that, for me?!" Popo's spirits were immediately lifted, as he was smiling. "Golly, I sure do appreciate it! Thank you!"

With his wedding a few months away, Link asked Zelda's maid of honor, Impa, to check out the wedding band that Iori assembled. Impa oversaw the band practice for Iori's band at the Pokemon sanctuary, the one place where Master Hand wouldn't complain about the band being "loud".

"I'm surprised - collectively, they don't sound like a dying horse," Impa offered her two cents on the band's performance after the band was done practicing. Some of the band members looked offended.

"What do you mean, you thought there would be a weak link among us?" Waluigi asked Impa, giving the Sheikah a piece of his mind as he angrily shook his fist at her. "Who could it have possibly been?"

"I'm looking right at him..." Impa was staring at Waluigi, who acted all fidgety as he backed away from the Sheikah. The stare that Impa was giving him sent chills down his spine.

"Have to admit, Waluigi isn't that bad of a trombone player," Link said to Impa, who had to admit that Waluigi had some musical talent in him. "Much better than Pit at Fox's wedding, but anyone can be better than Pit at..."

"So much for seeing how Dante and the others are doing," Cloud said to Link, as he made a surprise appearance at the sanctuary. Just like before, Link acted very sheepishly around Cloud. "How are they handling things? Do you even know?"

"Uh, yes...yes I know! They're all doing just fine! Dante, Shantae, Dovahkiin...they're loving it!" When he heard the three names that Link mentioned, Waluigi started to feel some type of way.

"Wah, how is it that the mansion keeps getting new people, but the tower doesn't?" the lanky man whined; he, along with the other tower denizens, was out of the loop about the new arrivals until later in the day.

Waluigi: The tower always gets the short end of the stick. They get Dante and Shantae, while I'm stuck with the same old people. It's simply not fair. I say we need an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. Since the mansion got Dante and Shantae, the tower would need Vergil and Risky Boots to balance things out. *pauses* Though I have to imagine that being under the same roof as Risky would make things...awkward.

"Link, I think you have some important news to share with Cloud," Impa said to the Hylian, doing her best to make him stop acting so suspicious. "So what are you waiting for? Out with it!"

"Yes, Link, I would love to hear this 'important news,'" Cloud said to his best friend as he folded his arms, expecting Link to tell him. But Link was apparently reluctant, as he bit his lip.

"Well, I would tell him the news, Impa..." Link told the Sheikah, sweat running down his face as he twiddled with his fingers. "...but I don't think that, uh, that he could handle it."

"What makes you think that? You've been acting very weird lately. How about you explain why, before you tell me the news?" Cloud was applying the pressure, and Link couldn't handle it anymore.

"Excuse me..." Looking for an avenue of relief, Link retreated from the sanctuary to avoid further questioning. Cloud wanted to chase Link down, but decided against it.

"I would tell you the news yourself, but you deserve to hear it from Link's lips," Impa said to Cloud, who watched as Link left the sanctuary. "It would mean more that way..."

Mario still had a lot of questions about Dante, but more particularly about how relatively "green" the vigilante was. According to Dante, he has no recollection of being an All-Star Manor resident, claiming that he has never met the likes of Kratos, Nathan Drake, and many others. The questions Mario had lingered in his mind, as he, Spyro, and Hunter were helping Peach plant some new flowers in the garden.

"Apparently, he has no idea about-a the treaty we signed," Mario explained to the others, as he couldn't shake off the suspicions that he was having. "Or even the truce! It's so bizarre."

"Maybe we're dealing with a different version of Dante," theorized Hunter, before he dropped the flower pot he was holding as a tantalizing theory soon entered his mind. "There might be multiple Dante clones, running about!"

"Yeah...that's just as believable as Dr. Wily 'hiring' the RWBY gang to expel us from Seattle," Spyro said skeptically to Hunter, who was angry that his purple dragon friend seldom had his back. "Such a conspiracy theorist, Hunter..."

"It's not a conspiracy theory if it's true. And people like you call things conspiracy theories because you're too afraid to admit just how ignorant you are. Why can't everyone be modest for a change?"

Hunter would soon be interrupted, as an alien spaceship appeared in the sky. Mario and company looked up, as they watched the spaceship make its descent into Mario's front yard. Once the spaceship landed, the hatch opened as a blue alien with red eyes appeared.

"Greetings, earthlings..." the alien greeted Mario and company, as he had his ray gun pointed at them. "...the name's Crypto. Prepare to have your planet..."

"NO WAY, IT'S AN ACTUAL ALIEN, I GOTTA TAKE A PICTURE!" Pit exclaimed from atop the mansion roof, chilling with Kirby and Incineroar. The angel was celebrating over the fact that he saw a UFO, as Crypto quickly ignored him.

"...well that interruption was called for. Now where was I? Oh yes..." Getting back on track, Crypto pointed his ray gun at Mario, as he stared them down in a menacing manner. "...prepare to have your planet destroyed!"

"Aw, it's a cute little alien!" squealed Peach as she held her hands together, while Crypto felt heavily offended by the princess's remark. "He came from his home planet just to visit us."

"Lies! I am not 'cute', I'm supposed to be menacing! Fear me, FEAR ME!" Crypto shook his hand at Mario and company, who were more or less unaffected by the alien's threat.

"You really think-a this alien is cute?" Mario asked Peach as he gave his wife a baffled look; poor Crypto felt like he was being ignored. "He looks just-a as ugly as every alien I've ever seen."

"Why aren't you afraid of me? Do you not care about the fact that I'm going to destroy your planet? What even are your priorities, for crying out loud?!"

"Hey, Hunter, this guy's name rhymes with Ripto," Spyro said to his cheetah friend with a smile, as Crypto found himself allured by the purple dragon. "Must mean he's not that much of a threat!"

"What is this? A talking dragon?" Crypto was perplexed beyond words, as he backed away in deep confusion. "Did I somehow travel through time? Thought for sure that this was 2021..." The alien soon backed up into his spaceship, banging his head against the aircraft and falling unconscious.

"Ha! He even knocked himself out! He's definitely in the same league as Ripto." Spyro would laugh at Crypto's misfortune, as Mario and Peach went over to the unconscious Crypto.

"This guy looks like-a he's all bark, but no bite," Mario said to Peach, as he found Crypto to be not a threat at all. "We should-a take him in, and see what he's really all-a about." So Mario picked up Crypto, carrying him as he and Peach went to their house.

With the band practice over with, and Link apparently being MIA, Impa stopped by the beauty salon for a little R&R. At the salon, the Sheikah spotted Shantae trying out one of the new hairdryers.

"So we have like three new settings - medium speed, high heat, and cool shot," Samus explained to Shantae, who had her head under an operating hairdryer. Shantae was digging the hairdryer so far, as Impa looked on. "The one you're using, high heat, might burn your scalp..."

"Sorry, did you say something Samus?" Shantae asked the bounty hunter, as she was too busy having her hair dried to listen. "I can't hear you over this hairdryer - and this great euphoria that I'm in."

"I give up..." Throwing her arms up in defeat, Samus sighed as she walked away from Shantae. Impa watched as Samus left, smiling amusingly.

Samus: There was no reason for Shantae to even use the hairdryer - her hair is practically dry! She's going to use up all our resources, and I'm afraid that no one is going to stop her.

"This is the life..." Shantae sighed in deep relaxation, smiling as the hot air was blowing on her scalp. Impa approached Shantae, who took sight of the Sheikah standing next to her. "...oh, hi there!"

"I reckon that we haven't met before," Impa said to Shantae, who turned off the hairdryer so she could hear the Sheikah better. "I am Impa. And you are?"

"Shantae - I'm a half-genie!" Half-genies were nonexistent from where Impa came from, so Shantae immediately had Impa's full attention. "I was one of the folks who joined the mansion today."

"I have been hearing that new residents were coming today..." Imagine how Impa would react to meeting someone like Dante. "...so I assume you're unaware about Link and Zelda getting married soon."

"Link and Zelda are getting married?!" Shantae was so excited, that she literally leaped out of her chair. Impa marveled at the half-genie's excitement. "Why didn't they tell me?"

"Well, now you know. The wedding is only three months away...so as Zelda's maid of honor, I can fit you into our plans."

Touma had hit a snag while planning the next episode of his show, Force Five. No, it didn't have anything to do with Gex, who was unable to be in town for a second consecutive week. Touma was running out of villains to appear on his show, and he exhausted his options asking his fellow residents to play a villainous role. Well...most of his options.

"Why not peg Dr. Cortex to be the next villain?" Fox discussed with the cast members of Force Five - Touma, Itsuki, Tsubasa, Kiria, and Yashiro - in the Star Records room. Falco tried to sell the suggestion as he nodded his head, though Touma and friends were all reluctant.

"He's a literal punching bag," added Falco, although Touma and friends still weren't convinced. "Who wouldn't love beating him to a pulp?"

"We want our villains to have some redeemable qualities," stated Kiria; she already had to deal with Cortex in Force Five's pilot episode, and didn't want to go through that trouble again. "What positive traits does Cortex have, aside from his intelligence?"

"Pfft! That's easy. Other than being smart, Cortex is..." Falco's mind soon reached a blank, unable to come up with anything, as he looked towards Fox for some much-needed backup. "...Fox, help a man out!"

"Wait...you guys hear that? Fox asked the others, as he heard some loud sounds from outside the Star Records room. In a curious state of mind, Fox peeked outside the Star Records room, along with Falco...

...and saw Little Mac lying on the floor, writhing in pain. Standing over the fallen boxer was Dovahkiin, who was looking mightily victorious.

"Everything...hurts..." Little Mac wheezed in pain, as he couldn't found the strength or willpower to get up on his feet. Dovahkiin must've gotten him good.

Little Mac: Challenged the new guy, Dovahkiin, to a simple fistfight, but I don't think he got the memo. The dude headbutted me right after I threw the first punch! *holds an ice bag to his head* We were supposed to use our fists. Dovahkiin sadly didn't get the message, and I highly doubt that he ever will.

"I have reigned victorious!" bellowed Dovahkiin, screaming in victory as he placed his foot on Little Mac. Little Mac yelped in pain, as Touma joined Fox and Falco at the door and saw Dovahkiin. Had the biggest smirk on his face.

"Jackpot..." the redhead said, rubbing his hands in anticipation as he saw a lot of potential in Dovahkiin. Would the vanquisher be a good fit for Force Five?

Pit had taken multiple pictures of Crypto's spaceship on his phone and sent the images to the other residents. Much to the angel's chagrin, not a single person had responded to the images.

"Does every person have their phones turned off or something?" wondered Pit, as he was left scratching his head. "Would be kinda unprecedented, if true."

"Maybe they just have their phones on silent," assumed Kirby, before looking down below from the roof and seeing a black government car pulling up into the mansion's driveway. "Uh oh..."

"Uh oh, what do you mean, uh oh?" Pit joined Kirby at the edge of the roof and saw the black government car. The Turks - Reno, Rude, and Elena - all exited the car, as they saw Crypto's spaceship.

"An alien spaceship...don't see that every day," remarked Reno, as he led the Turks to the side of the mansion. Pit saw the Turks on the move and wanted to get their attention.

"Reno! Rude! Elena! Up here!" the angel called out to the Turks by name, waving his arms erratically. The Turks looked up at Pit for only a brief moment, before continuing on their way.

"Of course he would butcher my name..." groaned Elena as she and the Turks went to the right side of the mansion, completely ignoring Pit and friends. Elena looked through one of the windows in the living room, looking for anything worth noting.

"See anything?" Rude came over to ask Elena, who kept her eyes peeled as she looked around in the living room. "I would really hate it if our recon mission was all for naught."

"You hating something? Talk about newsworthy." Looking through the half-open blinds, Elena was able to make out a few individuals standing together in the living room. "All I see is a rogue gallery of doofuses. Oh, and Sonic."

Inside the living room were Sonic, Crash, and Popo, along with a fourth resident that Sonic and Crash recruited - Banjo. Kazooie was there too, so she could be considered a fifth resident. Although she had no part of what was being planned.

"Ain't no way I'm gonna be a part of some lousy ice cream business!" Kazooie said to Popo and company, as she felt like Banjo was wasting his precious time. "Why can't the city folk just buy their own ice cream?"

"This is our way - no, my way - to give back to the community," stated Popo, believing that if Lloyd can make a difference, then he could as well. "One that I love dearly, and hold close to my heart."

"Ha! What a lie that is! You tried to sue some boys and girls club because they refused to let you serve ice cream." As one might expect, Popo's lawsuit against the club fell through.

"I just wanted to put some smiles on the kids' faces! Clearly, I care more than whoever's in charge of that stinking organization. Still wish that those bombs I planted at their headquarters went off."

"Hey, is this the meeting about the ice cream delivery service?" asked a certain Inkling, as Popo and company saw the female Inkling enter the living room. She wasn't alone, for the male Inkling was with her.

"We want in," the male Inkling said to Popo, who was full of overexcitement as Kazooie facepalmed at the Inklings. "Hope you got some room for us!"

Female Inkling: Sonic told us about Popo wanting to deliver ice cream around Seattle, and I was interested in joining his pact. Ice cream during this time of the year is mandatory if you think about it. And everyone knows that ice cream's better than cake.
Male Inkling: Ice cream is better than cake? *laughs* Ice cream is just frozen milk.
Female Inkling: That's not even true...and I don't think that anyone could ever prove that...
Male Inkling: They make ice cream cake, right? But has anyone ever made cake ice cream? Checkmate!
Female Inkling: Why are you just echoing what Pearl said at that one Splatfest? Don't even know how to have your own unique, do you? Guess that should be expected from a dude who was a huge simp for Callie.
Male Inkling: *remains quiet as his lips are pursed*
Female Inkling: Anyway, the male Inkling is only coming along just for the "clout". Have no idea how he can obtain that from delivering ice cream, but whatever makes him feel important...

"Awesome, we got more people on board!" exclaimed Popo, as he was really liking how things were going. "You invited the Inklings, didn't you Sonic? You and Crash are such a big help..."

"Imagine putting your trust in that blue furball," Kazooie whispered to Banjo, confident that Popo was only setting himself up for failure. "What is he even thinking? What are you thinking, Banjo?"

"Come on, Kazooie, this could be a good thing," Banjo whispered back, as Kazooie rolled her eyes and shook her head. "If this delivery service turns out to be a success, then Popo won't be so annoying anymore!"

"Surely you have enough ice cream to make this work," Sonic discussed with Popo, as Dante crept around the corner and saw everyone gathered around in the living room. "All we need is a truck to deliver it in!"

"Ice cream? What's this I hear about ice cream?" inquired Dante as he approached the group while folding his arms. "Got some for me?" Banjo was the most afraid to see Dante, as he cowered at the sight of the vigilante.

"Watch out guys, it's Dante!" Banjo warned the others as he grabbed Kazooie from his backpack and held the redbird as a sword. He held Kazooie by the neck, leaving his bird friend gagging for air. "Saw him at that Wumpa Maze...he still wants to kill me!"

"Wumpa Maze. Nope, I was never there." Dante stated his innocence, as a slightly convinced Banjo placed Kazooie back in his backpack. Kazooie sighed in relief, as the oxygen returned to her lungs.

"Chillax, Banjo! Dante isn't a threat," Sonic assured the bear, making all of his concerns go away. "Dude's amnesiac now - forgot about his time at the manor, so he isn't as dangerous as you think he is."

"Never was at the manor, but hey, whatever keeps you asleep at night..." Surprisingly, being called a former manor resident didn't bother Dante that much. "...so, tell me about this whole ice cream discussion."

"Popo here wants to run an ice cream delivery service in Seattle." Sonic brought Dante's attention to Popo, who was keeping himself composed while standing in Dante's presence. "Kazuya Mishima thinks he doesn't have what it takes, but I do!"

"Kazuya Mishima...I sure got a bone to pick with him. And it's got nothing to do with him being part-demon." Hearing Kazuya's name made Dante scowl. "That man thinks he's more deserving to be in Smash than I am? As if!"

"Uh oh, sounds like you got plenty of bad blood already! That means you'll help Popo with his ice cream expenditure, right?" A very intriguing offer for Dante, as he weighed his options. The time to make his decision was pretty short.

"If it means getting to spite Kazuya...then yeah, I'm in." Dante was now a part of Popo's crew, as Popo and the others cheered in celebration. Elena, who was still spying through the living room window, walked away.

Crypto was unconscious, having knocked himself out by accident when he banged his head against his own spaceship. Much time has passed, and the alien would soon wake up, as he opened his eyelids.

"Where...am I?" wondered Crypto as his eyes were fully open; he saw that he was now inside someone's house. He also saw Dr. Mario inspecting him, as he poked Crypto's nose, or at least where Crypto's nose would be. "Why are you poking me like that?!"

"How remarkable - this alien can breathe-a without a nose!" remarked Dr. Mario, acting as if an alien without a nose was the most fascinating thing in the entire galaxy. "The lack of nose must be some kind-a of defense mechanism. How does he survive?"

"Kirby can breathe without a nose, and he's making it out just fine," Peach said to Dr. Mario, as Crypto looked around and saw Dr. Mario, Peach, Spyro, and Hunter surrounding him in the living room.

"How can you be so sure, Princess-a Peach? Maybe Kirby does have a nose, and we just haven't seen-a it yet." After Dr. Mario schooled his wife, Crypto sat up on the living room table that he was resting on.

"Okay, you punks have a lot of explaining to do," Crypto said to Dr. Mario and company, as he now wished that he never traveled to earth. "Are you taking me hostage? 'Cause it should be the other way around!"

"We're not taking you hostage, silly!" Peach assured Crypto, who didn't know whether he should trust the princess or not. Had a hard time trusting women, since those were virtually nonexistent on his home planet. "We're just comparing you to...other aliens that we've seen."

"Other aliens? You mean that other alien creatures tried to invade earth before we could?!" Crypto would be devastated to learn of the Shroobs' invasion attempt back in episodes 77 and 78.

"What do you mean by 'we'?" Spyro interrogated Crypto, as he gave the alien an interrogative look. "How many of you are there?"

"If you must know...I'm a clone. Cryptosporidium-140. There are hundreds of us, millions even, and you don't even know it!"

"Is there a Cryptosporidium-139?" Hunter asked Crypto, who sighed deeply as he looked down at the floor. "Hey, don't take it personally, my question wasn't meant to be funny!"

"No, you're fine...Cryptosporidium-139 died after crashing his ship not that far from here. So I had to go in his place. Some of us get sent out to other planets like chopped liver..."

"Man, sorry to hear that. But I'm sure that Cryptosporidium-139 was a great man. I mean, alien." Hunter looked up at the heavens, wondering how awesome Cryptosporidium-139 was, as the others gave him weird looks.

Hunter: "Alien Lives Matter"...that could work, can it? Just make the initials A-L-M, it's so easy! Alm could even be the spokesperson...for mostly obvious reasons. Every movement needs an ally; it's as important as a good message.

"We'll let you rest, Crypto, for now," Dr. Mario said to the alien, as he took his ray gun away from him. Crypto reached out for his ray gun, only for Dr. Mario to hold it away from him. "Nuh-uh uh! You won't get-a this back till later."

"No! You can't do this to me!" Crypto snapped at Dr. Mario, who left the living room so he could find a good hiding spot to put the ray gun at. "How am I supposed to destroy this earth unarmed?"

"You have two arms already," quipped Peach as she pointed at Crypto arms; Crypto took great offense to what Peach said, as he smacked the princess's body with his hands in a fit of rage. "Aw, you look so cute trying to fight like that!"

"I AM NOT CUTE!" Crypto grew furious, as he saw that his attacks had little to no effect on Peach. Peach smiled and went to the kitchen, leaving Spyro and Hunter alone with Crypto.

"Let's go Hunter - this guy isn't so threatening without his ray gun," Spyro said to his friend as he left; Hunter stayed behind, staring at Crypto with intent in his eyes. "Isn't that threatening to begin with..."

"Yeah, tell me about it," Hunter agreed with Spyro, still keeping an eye on Crypto as he followed after his purple dragon friend. Crypto watched as Hunter left, before sighing as he rested his head on the living room table.

Impa was spending some time with Shantae, getting to know the half-genie while also getting her somewhat acclimated to mansion life. Told her the kind of residents she would have to watch out for, that kind of stuff. During her friendly discussions, Impa also asked Shantae about a role she could fill at Link and Zelda's wedding.

"Yes, I would love to be the special entertainment for the wedding!" Shantae expressed her desire to Impa, who had learned of the half-genie's spectacular belly-dancing moves. "It's just for the wedding reception, right?"

"I can't imagine any belly-dancing at the altar," Impa responded with a slight smile, as she and Shantae both exited the beauty salon. "Or down the aisle. Zelda made it abundantly clear that she doesn't want any dancing during the..."

Upon exiting the beauty salon, Impa came to a stop as she suddenly cringed with disgust. Shantae came to a stop as well, as she and Impa saw Steve standing in their presence.

"Long have I waited for you, my love..." Steve said to the disturbed Impa, his computerized voice concealing how insanely romantic he was. "...would you like to see the bust I have crafted for you?"

"No thank you, not interested in seeing trash," replied Impa, before leaning in close to Shantae and whispering to the half-genie, "Shante, use your ponytail to whip Steve away. I beg of you..."

"I dunno, he looks pretty docile," Shantae whispered back as she glanced at Steve, easily downplaying how much of a manly man the craftsman was. Steve was the pure essence of an alpha male.

"Thanks to this tracker, I was able to detect where you were," Steve said to Impa as he took out a tracking device, before showing it off. Impa couldn't be any more unnerved, as she saw a blinking red dot on the device's radar map. "Works like a charm."

X: Steve asked me to make a tracking device that can track Impa's every movement, and for some reason...I gave in to his demands and built it for him. *sighs, then facepalms* Literally built a device for a bona fide stalker...but to be fair, Steve already looked like one before his love for Impa took hold. It's in the eyes.

"Okay, this guy is super creepy!" remarked Shantae as she and Impa both backed away from Steve. Steve walked closer to the two ladies, as he kept his eyes locked on Impa.

"Took you long enough to realize," responded Impa, wishing that she had some kind of weapon on her right now. "Now would be a good time for you to put that hair of yours to good use..."

"Steve, the Creepers are running amok in the basement," Alex alerted the craftsman as she poked her head from around the corner. Steve stopped as he turned his head around at Alex. "They have raged war against the Rabbids yet again."

"And so their war continues...I will handle them," said Steve, as he put his tracking device away and followed after Alex. But before the craftsman left, he stopped and creepily turned his head around at Impa. "I will be back for you, my love..."

"Don't count on it..." Impa responded with a frown, as Steve turned his head back around and left the premises for good. Impa sighed in relief, as Shantae rested a hand on her back. "...I'm ashamed to admit that the buffoon you just saw harbors a crush on me."

"I would know a thing or two about men chasing after me," Shantae sympathized with Impa, as she proceeded to massage the Sheikah's back with her hand. "Though my outfit might have much to do with it..."

"Easy for you to say. That Badlah, dare I say it...is very exposing. Nothing about me physically is enough to make the men go wild."

"Aw, don't say that! I'm sure there's something about you that men like. Steve has a crush on you for a reason!"

"And so did King Dedede..." The thought of King Dedede liking Impa caused Shantae to make a disgusted face. "...yes, I've had my fair share of admirers."

Though it seemed like a controversial decision on the surface, Touma managed to land Dovahkiin as a villain for the latest episode of Force Five. The filming for Dovahkiin's audition would take place at the mansion's backyard, where the vanquisher could be as reckless as possible.

"Considering that Dovahkiin nails his audition, what would his debut episode be about?" Force Five director Eleonora discussed with Fox, Falco, and Touma, while Dovahkiin scoured the backyard for any suitable weapon he could get his hands on.

"I'm glad that you asked!" Touma smiled with glee as he rubbed his hands together; he had the perfect plotline mapped out. "The plot of the episode is, Dovahkiin will be angry because his girl cheated on him, and he becomes so heartbroken that he destroys the..."

"Hold up, is this Force Five, or some crappy soap opera?" Fox asked Touma as he needed some clarification, making sure that Touma was talking about the right show. "Why is Dovahkiin the one getting cheated on?"

"Because it would be funny! Also, the show could use a little bit of flavor." Fox wasn't in much agreement, as he furrowed his brow. "Soap opera storylines are the best way to raise viewership and ratings."

"Remember, Fox...this is the same guy who wanted to do an episode around necrophilia," Falco whispered in the pilot's ear; the avian pilot was hardly a fan of any episode Touma pitched. "He watches too much wrestling in his downtime."

"Yeah, but what does wrestling have to do with necrophilia?" Fox whispered back, failing to see the correlation between the two subjects Falco mentioned. "What kind of wrestling have you been watching?"

Touma: Wanted to do an incest angle on Force Five, but Fox and Falco talked me out of it. Little do they know that it was based on a rejected wrestling storyline. It was even pitched by Vince McMahon himself! Google it for yourself!

Itsuki: Never said this on camera, but...Touma is such a carnie.

Zelda was out in the gardens, having a word with her wedding florist, Haru. Done with her conversation, the princess returned to the interior of the mansion, where she ran into Impa and Shantae.

"Hello, princess," Impa said to Zelda, who assumed that Impa and Shantae were getting along just fine. Which they were. "I've informed the new resident here, Shantae, about your wedding."

"I'm going to be the special entertainment!" squealed Shantae as she showed off her belly dancing skills. King K. Rool glanced at Shantae as he passed by, smiling and nodding his head.

"I think...we might have to put a limit on what you can and cannot do," Zelda said to Shantae, as she saw K. Rool's reaction to the half-genie with the corner of her eye. "Impa, how about we take this discussion to the shrine?"

"If it means staying away from Steve, then so be it," replied Impa, as she and Shantae followed after Zelda. Steve poked his head from around the corner, spying on his favorite Sheikah.

Crypto was stuck in a rock and a hard place, as he was held captive at Mario's house. The alien wanted to destroy, but he couldn't do any of it with his ray gun confiscated by Mario. All he could do right now was watch television in the living room, with his arms folded.

"Made you a BLT sandwich," Peach said to Crypto as she showed up holding a plate with a BLT sandwich on it. Crypto just stared at the TV, dead inside, as Peach nudged the sandwich in the alien's face.

"I do not care for your stinking earth food," grumbled Crypto, who was in too sour of a mood to have lunch. Disheartened, Peach looked down and saw Poochy lying on the floor.

"Do you care for a BLT sandwich, Poochy?" Peach asked the dog, who excitedly sprung up on his feet with his tongue out. Peach giggled. "Oh, I just knew you would!" Peach gave the sandwich to Poochy, who ate it one gulp.

"Stupid dog..." Crypto was absolutely seething, as Peach knelt and petted Poochy on his head. Then out of nowhere, Poochy leaped on the living room couch and licked Crypto's face. "Gah! Get away from me, you filthy animal!"

"Poochy, stop that!" Peach grabbed Poochy and pulled him off the couch, ending his licking barrage. "Crypto might be allergic to dog saliva, for all we know." Peach carried Poochy away, as Crypto wiped the saliva off his face.

"I wish that I was allergic to dog saliva..." Crypto was feeling even worse than before, as Hunter entered the living room unseen. He could tell that Crypto was down in the dumps, and he wished to cheer the alien up.

"I know how you feel, man..." Hunter said to Crypto as he took a seat next to the alien. Crypto, as a precaution, inched away from the cheetah. "...not being able to go around the city zapping people and junk. I feel your pain."

"Erm, I'm more into stealing human brains than killing humans," admitted Crypto - he still had a bloodlust for killing people, mind you. "Us Furons specialize in that kind of stuff."

"Brains, huh? So I guess that makes you more of a zombie alien than anything." A zombie alien sounded like a unique combination to Crypto, and he dared not to question it.

"Not really, but...what's your catch? Why are you, a talking cheetah, speaking with me?" The more his conversation with Hunter went on, the more Crypto wondered if he really was in 2021.

"Even if you prefer stealing brains, I can tell that you still like zapping people to death. It's practically in your nature!"

"Yes, but how can I zap people to death without my ray gun? I'm useless without it! I don't even feel like an alien anymore!"

"Bet you won't be feeling useless anymore..." Hunter had the biggest smirk on his face, as he pulled out Crypto's ray gun. Crypto's eyes went wide.

"My ray gun!" exclaimed Crypto, before keeping his voice low so that the others wouldn't hear him. "Where did you find it, talking cheetah?"

"I've lived here long enough to know where Mario hides everything. Gotta stay in the know." Hunter twirled the rya gun with his finger, before accidentally pulling the trigger and firing a hole in the wall. The cheetah sheepishly smiled.

Spyro: Mario showed creativity when he hid Crypto's ray gun; he literally placed it in his housecoat pocket. His housecoat pocket. Mario sucks at hiding stuff; it's one reason why I usually know what I will get for Christmas before Christmas Day.

"You must have found my ray gun for a reason," Crypto said to Hunter, who returned the ray gun to the alien to prevent himself from causing more trouble. "Tell me what it is!"

"Glad you asked - there are four chicks that I want out of my life," Hunter said to Crypto, and it was kinda obvious who these four chicks were. "All of them are nothing but trouble. Their names are..."

Hunter would soon be interrupted when he heard someone eagerly knocking on the door. Hunter answered the door and saw Pit standing by, with Kirby and Incineroar.

"Hi, we wanted to stop by and see the alien," Pit said to Hunter, before looking past the cheetah and spotting Crypto in the living room. "There he is! Hi, alien guy, I'm Pit! You look so cool!"

"What? An angel, some muscular cat, and living toxic waste?" questioned Crypto when he saw Pit, Incineroar, and Kirby at the front door. The alien was bewildered, putting his hands on his head. "Is this 2021, or am I stuck in some paranormal universe?!"

"What a coincidence, I've been asking myself that same question!" Pit was overjoyed, happy to know that he and Crypto already had something in common.

"Shh! Keep it down..." Hunter shushed Pit, before turning around to see if either one of Mario, Peach, or Spyro was around. "...I can't let the others hear."

"Let the others hear what?" whispered Kirby, wondering why Hunter was being so secretive. He had every right to feel suspicious. "What are you up to?"

"I asked Crypto here if he wants to kill some people, and I think he's game." Keep in mind, Crypto had yet to accept Hunter's offer. "Ruby, Weiss, Blake, and Yang - they're all going down!"

"You're going to have them killed?" Kirby moaned as he saw nothing good coming out of the entire RWBY gang being wiped out. "Pit, please talk Hunter out of this, before he does something reckless..."

"I totally see where you're coming from," Pit said to Hunter, as Kirby questioned why he even asked his friend to be a voice of reason. At worst, Pit was the opposite of reason. "Those girls are gonna be history!"

"Dang straight!" exclaimed Hunter, as Spyro appeared in the living room and saw his cheetah friend speaking with Pit at the front door. Spyro then saw Crypto and noticed that he had his ray gun back.

"What the heck is going on?" Spyro finally spoke up, as everyone turned their attention to the purple dragon. Hunter bit his bottom lip, too nervous to say a word as a drop of sweat ran down his face.

"None of your business!" Hunter grabbed Crypto and pulled him off the couch, as he ran out of the house. "Come on guys, let's go!" Hunter closed the door behind him as Spyro stood there, confused.

"Well then...this might get real ugly." Deep down Spyro knew that with Hunter and Pit working together, things would be quite chaotic...especially with a bloodthirsty alien added to the equation.

Before he could start his ice cream delivery service, Popo first had to ask Link for permission to have his business started. Always important to have the head of authority in the know.

"So, what do you think?" Popo asked Link inside the gaming room after giving him the rough details. Everyone that was a part of Popo's ice cream initiative was gathered around.

"Sounds like it has a lot of promise," Link gave his two cents, thinking about the success Lloyd had with his own delivery service. "Long as you're doing it for a good cause, you're good to go."

"You heard that, Kazooie? Link approved of Popo's idea!" Banjo said to the redbird, as Popo was feeling all sorts of happy. Kazooie remained a skeptic.

"Meh, he only did that just to be nice," Kazooie shrugged, believing that Link was only trying to get on Popo's good side. "Nothing more."

"We're gonna need a vehicle to deliver the ice cream in," Popo discussed with Link, as Kazuya - who had just finished off Ken Masters in a game of pool - looked over at the Ice Climber. "Is Toad's food truck available?"

"It is...but it might be a loose fit for what you're going for," replied Link, with Kazuya furrowing his brow as he eavesdropped from the distance. "Unless we give the food truck an extreme makeover."

"Wanna play another round, Kazuya?" Ken asked Kazuya, who furrowed his brow even harder as he tossed his pool stick on the floor and marched over to Link and the others. "Kazuya...?"

"Well, a regular ice cream truck might be too tongue-in-cheek," Popo said to Link, who was soon confronted by Kazuya. "Oh no, Kazuya!" Kazuya grabbed Link by his collar, pulling the Hylian close to his face.

"Tell me you aren't okaying that Eskimo's ice cream idea," Kazuya said to Link, as Popo and the others cautiously looked on. Dante was itching to put his hands on Kazuya. "Trust me, it's going to fail!"

"I think it has some promise..." Link gave his honest opinion, as Kazuya shook the Hylian silly. Dante couldn't stand to see Link being manhandled by Kazuya, deciding to take matters into his own hands.

"Hey man, lay off of him will ya?" the vigilante confronted Kazuya, as he pushed the businessman away from Link. Dante and Kazuya were staring each other down, as tensions were running high. "Quit being such a hater."

"Whoever said that I was hating? I was merely trying to warn Link. You're the one who's blowing things out of proportion."

"Well, at least I'm not criticizing someone else for wanting to be great. I mean, what's so bad about Popo delivering ice cream?"

"Everything. He has no idea what he's in for, and he must be put in his place!" As the verbal spat between Dante and Kazuya went on, the others watched.

"You know, I have this personal vendetta against demons...and you happen to be one of them! Wouldn't be a hassle to put you out of your misery."

"Not unless I put you out of your misery first..." The tension in the gaming room was at an all-time high, as Link and the others were helpless in playing peacemaker between Dante and Kazuya. One bad move would spell misfortune for everyone present.

"Yeah, you show him who's boss!" Yoshi cheered for Dante, who was in an intense staredown with Kazuya. Several others were cheering on for Dante, while Captain Falcon made a brief observation.

"Wait a minute...that's Dante!" the racer exclaimed after he took the time to analyze Dante's attire. "Knew I recognized that red jacket from somewhere."

"You mean former All-Star Manor resident Dante?" asked Diddy Kong, causing Dante to groan; the manor stuff was really bothering him today. "He must be really happy to be living at a far superior residence!"

"Hey Dante, how does it feel to leave Polygon Man for a better leader?" Wario asked the vigilante, before cringing when he took into realization the words that came out from his mouth. "Did I just talk about Master Hand in a positive light...?"

"The two of us had that street race with one another," Captain Falcon approached Dante, who didn't seem to know what the racer was talking about. "Remember it like it was yesterday! I was driving a taxi, and Lara Croft was with me, and you were..."

"I don't recall," responded Dante, as he left Captain Falcon a very devastated man. "I'm not the guy you're looking for." Captain Falcon was now depressed, as he trudged back to the pool table.

Captain Falcon: No one believed me when I told them that I was street racing with Dante in the streets of Seattle. Lara refused to speak of the race, for her own reasons, so I expected Dante to confirm that the street race took place. And what does he do? Denied that he was ever even there! *grunts* He and Lara must be secretly working together to make me look bad. Got no clue what they would gain from it, but...

"So much for getting the new guys acclimated," Cloud said to Link as he suddenly appeared, causing Link to jump back in fear. "The guys in here didn't even know that Dante arrived. Sure are slipping on your job, Link."

"Uh...right you are!" Link agreed with Cloud as he sheepishly backed away towards the gaming room exit. "I should go see if Shantae and Dovahkiin are both acclimated!" The Hylian ran out of the gaming room, as Cloud sighed.

"I will deal with you later..." Kazuya vowed to Dante, pointing at the vigilante as he returned to the pool table. Dante watched as Kazuya walked away, with a giant smirk on his face.

"Go right ahead...I'll still be the last one standing," remarked Dante, as Cloud approached the vigilante. Dante was slightly ecstatic to see the swordsman. "...ah, you must be Cloud Strife."

"Yup, that's me," responded Cloud, not making a big deal about being recognized. The swordsman wasn't that big on name recognization. "And you must be Dante. But you look different..."

"...here we go again." Dante threw his arms up in defeat, expecting Cloud to acknowledge him as a former manor resident. "Let's make one thing clear - nothing about he has changed. Hair's the same, clothes are the same, my job's the same..."

"No, I know that nothing about you has changed. What I was about to say is, you look different from the other Dante that I dealt with."

"'Other Dante?'" Dante looked confused at first, and soon enough he found himself smiling at Cloud. "Oh, so you've figured me out, huh? You must be one smart cookie, Cloud..."

"Dante, we got to go," Sonic called out to the vigilante, as he and the other members of Popo's entourage were standing at the gaming room exit. "Still need to find a vehicle."

"Give me a sec," Dante said to Sonic, before turning his attention to Cloud. "We should chat later. Got a few things I wanna get off my chest."

"Looking forward to it," responded Cloud, as Dante followed Sonic and the others out of the gaming room. So far, it looked like Cloud was off to a great start with Dante.

The Turks' recon mission had to be done mostly in secret, so the trio could not be seen by anyone by any means. So when Samus appeared at the side of the mansion to throw away some recycling stuff, the Turks retreated to the backyard. Their current position was a spot behind some shrubbery, as Reno and Rude poked out their heads from behind the bushes.

"I am now ready for my audition!" Dovahkiin bellowed to Fox, Falco, and Eleonora, as they and the Force Five crew were waiting on Touma. Dovahkiin was armed with a garden rake, ready to go. "When shall I begin?"

"We're still waiting on Touma," replied Fox, as Reno and Rude were spying on everyone. The pilot looked towards Reno and Rude's direction, and the Turks both retracted their heads. "He said that your audition needed 'a second person'."

"Who is this second person? Is it the mistress that will be cheating on me?! I will beat her to a bloody mess!" Dovahkiin was erratically swinging the garden rake away, before accidentally hitting Yashiro in the head.

"Ow! Watch it!" Yashiro shouted at Dovahkiin as he held his head in pain. Dovahkiin was a mere inch away from literally raking the idol singer's eye out.

"I will give her this, and then this! And some of that!" Dovahkiin was now swinging the rake like a sword as Yashiro and the others moved away from the vanquisher for their own safety. "Die, you adulterous woman!"

"Oh, guys...I'm back!" Touma announced to everyone, as he returned to the backyard with Ridley. Dovahkiin stopped swinging the rake, as he sized up Ridley. "Guess who will be doing the audition with Dovahkiin?"

"We are NOT using Ridley," Eleonora said to Touma, putting her foot down, as Touma stared at the blonde like she was crazy. "Ridley would potentially make things worse."

"That's what you think! And who are you to tell me what to do? This is my show, I can do what I want!"

"Oh yeah? Well, I'm the director - I call the shots around here. And I say that we don't need Ridley."

"Okay, you two, settle down..." Itsuki said to Touma and Eleonora, stepping in between the two. Falco, who had just pulled his phone out, grumbled as he put his device away. "...we can do the audition with Ridley if Dovahkiin feels like it."

"But I don't get it, Ridley has very little to do with Touma's pitch. I mean, what bearing does a space dragon have on infidelity?"

"A space dragon is still a dragon, and Dovahkiin must've seen plenty," stated Touma, as he rested his elbow on Dovahkiin's shoulder. Took his elbow away when Dovahkiin gave him a death glare. "It's a perfect fit."

"I would love nothing more than to have my hands wrapped around a dragon's neck," expressed Dovahkiin, dropping the garden rake unto the ground as he looked at his open hands. Ridley was now wearing for his livelihood. "To choke the dragon to death, and rip its scaly flesh off the bone..."

"...easy there, pal, don't get too descriptive," Falco advised Dovahkiin as he put his hands in front of the vanquisher. "I think Ridley can enhance the audition some. As long as we have a few rules in place."

"True dat," Touma agreed with Falco, clicking his fingers at the avian pilot while Eleonora facepalmed. "But since Ridley's gonna be on camera, he'll need a touch-up. Twintelle will have him looking nice!"

"Why would Ridley even need a touch-up...?" questioned Tsubasa, as Touma ran back inside the mansion to see if Twintelle was available. Having seen enough, Reno and Rude poked their heads back behind the shrubbery.

Mario: Had myself the most-a wonderful shower in recent memory. Those skincare products of Peach's work-a like a charm! Hopefully, my wife won't notice-a that her products are either almost empty or in-a the trash. Otherwise, I'm a dead-a man. Speaking of my wife, I've heard her call-a my name while I was showering...or maybe I was just-a hearing voices again. Heard Smokey Robinson singing to me while-a washing my hair once.

Wondering why Peach was calling his name, Mario ran down to the living room where he saw his wife present, along with Spyro. The plumber had yet to put on any clothes, so he still had a towel around his waist.

"Mario, can you seriously put some clothes on?!" Spyro requested Mario, as he was afraid that the plumber's towel would drop to the floor. Wouldn't be the first time that happened - or the last.

"I can't help with the fact-a that you won't appreciate my chiseled bod," retorted Mario, thinking very highly about himself, before looking around the living room and seeing someone missing. "Hey, where's-a Crypto?"

"Take a wild guess..." After a few seconds, Mario soon realized that Hunter was missing from the house too, as he gasped. Spyro and Peach watched as Mario frantically ran upstairs to his room, before coming back down with his housecoat.

"Mama mia, he even took-a his gun!" Mario had checked both his housecoat pockets and didn't find Crypto's ray gun in either one of them. "How did-a he know where to look?"

Zelda and Impa were at the shrine with Shantae, going over some things with the half-genie. Shantae was picked by Impa to be the special entertainment at the wedding, but there were some rules that she had to adhere to - all of which were laid out by Zelda.

"So in summary, you are allowed to dance at the wedding," Zelda summarized to Shantae, as the RWBY gang were watching Zelda and company from the couch they were sitting on. "But nothing too expressive."

"But I have to be expressive...that's what belly dancing is all about," Shantae pointed out; not having the freedom to move her hips would make the half-genie feel miserable. "You want me to just tap dance instead?"

"You would still be a better dancer than anyone at the mansion, regardless," replied Impa, as Zelda and Shantae both shared a laugh. Partly because they knew that Impa was speaking facts.

"Kinda wish that we were the special entertainment," Ruby said to her lady friends, as she fantasized about putting on a spectacular performance for the wedding guests. "But what, don't we have special entertainment already?"

"You mean that wedding band?" snorted Yang, who couldn't help but laugh. "Waluigi's in that band, that should tell you a lot. The genie chick sounds like an insurance plan."

As the RWBY girls had their discussion, Hunter and Crypto were spying on the four ladies through a shrine in the window. With them were Pit, Kirby, and Incineroar, who wanted in on the plot at hand. Well, one of them.

"Incineroar and I are going back on the roof to celebrate UFO Day," Kirby said to Pit, as he and Incineroar walked away from the shrine. "We want no part of Ruby and friends potentially dying."

"Your loss," Pit said to Kirby and Incineroar before returning to looking through the window with Hunter and Crypto. "Those guys never have too much fun."

"So those are the women that I must zap to death?" Crypto asked Hunter, as he found Ruby and Weiss to be easy pickings. Blake and Yang were the only chicks that he was unsure of.

"Yep...those girls are ruining my life," confirmed Hunter, unable to hide his animosity. "Now, how should we get inside?"

"I know how..." said a certain craftsman, as Hunter and company turned around and saw Steve. The craftsman was raring to build, with an ax in hand.

Once Ridley got touched up, it was time for Dovahkiin's audition for Force Five to finally begin. Ridley only had one job during the audition - and that was to make Dovahkiin look good.

"So about this episode I'll be in..." Dovahkiin said to Touma and the others, as he was armed with his garden rake. "...will I be able to kill my mistress for committing infidelity against me?" Touma was scratching his chin, while everyone else exchanged concerned looks.

"If we can find a suitable stunt double, then sure," replied Touma, giving absolutely no indication who was going to be killed. "You ready to do this?"

"Ready as I will ever be! Just give me the word." Dovahkiin showed how ready he was as he roared, while Ridley took a few steps away from the vanquisher. Even Ridley was intimidated by Dovahkiin's might.

"If Ridley dies, this is all your fault," Eleonora frowned at Touma, before turning her attention to Ridley as she held up her cut board. "Aaaaaand...action!"

"GRRAAAAAAH! I am so ANGRY!" Dovahkiin was shouting at the top of his lungs, as he smacked the ground with the garden rake. Ridley was sheepishly looking around for a possible escape. "My mistress cheated on me! The audacity!"

"So far, so good..." Fox said quietly to Falco, as an angered Dovahkiin turned his attention to the nervous Ridley. "...now let's hope that Ridley will survive!"

"YOU! You shall be my unfortunate victim. All the rage that I've built from my heartbreak, I will unleash on you! Prepare to die, cretin!"

"This is getting good!" Touma cheered quietly, as Dovahkiin started to smack Ridley endlessly with the rake. He didn't stop until Ridley was lying on the ground, wracked in pain.

"MISTRESS! YOU WILL ONE DAY PAY FOR THE HEARTBREAK YOU HAVE BROUGHT UPON ME!" Dovahkiin got on top of Ridley and put the space dragon in a camel clutch. Also used the garden rake to apply some extra pressure.

"Touma, you have to tell him to stop..." Tsubasa stressed to the redhead, as Ridley was tapping out. "...look at how much pain Ridley's in!" Dovahkiin was screaming at the top of his lungs, as he was applying more pressure.

"Chill out, Tsubasa, Ridley is trying to sell Dovahkiin's maneuver," explained Touma, oblivious to the fact that Ridley was gasping for air. "I see you don't watch that much wrestling..."

Tsubasa: Force Five has been going on since 2018, and we haven't had any injuries on set. Or deaths. Which is...quite the miracle, I'll say.

Dovahkiin's audition would have some intruders, as Toad led Popo and his ice cream entourage through the backyard. Now was a good time for Eleonora to end the audition - something that she was already about to do, for Ridley's sake.

"CUT!" shouted Eleonora, as Toad and company heard the blonde as they came to a halt. But Dovahkiin was still applying the pressure on Ridley, who was almost out of breath.

"Oh, were you guys filming something?" Toad asked Eleonora and the others, as Sonic turned around and saw Ridley tapping out on the ground. "We're sorry - I was just showing these guys where my food truck was."

"Haha, you look funny getting choked out like that, Ridley!" Sonic laughed at the space dragon, amused by his panic-stricken face, as Dovahkiin kept on applying the pressure. Sonic grew concerned. "Um...is he gonna stop?"

"Alright Dovahkiin, that's enough!" Fox shouted at the vanquisher as he and Falco rushed in to save Ridley. The pilots got on top of Dovahkiin and pulled him away from Ridley.

"No, I wasn't done yet!" Dovahkiin frowned at Fox and Falco, as Ridley clutched his neck with his other hand on the ground and was gasping for air. "Why did you stop me from killing the dragon?"

"You weren't supposed to kill him," Falco informed Dovahkiin, who looked confused; Dovahkiin almost felt like he was lied to. "Also, your audition is over."

"It's over already? How come no one told me? Hope that I did an excellent job - otherwise, I will have that red-haired boy's head for sure!"

"Is this the Dragonborn dude?" the male Inkling asked Touma as he pointed at Dovahkiin. "You seriously didn't ask him to try out for your show, did you?"

"Not try out...audition," Touma corrected the male Inkling, getting all snappy with his hands on his hips. "Get it right, kiddo." The male Inkling turned his head away from Touma, as he waved him off.

"Whatever. He's nothing compared to the other new guy." The male Inkling looked around, seeing that the "new guy" was amiss. "Where is he, anyway?"

"Sorry, I'm late, everyone," Dante apologized to the male Inkling and the rest of Popo's entourage, as he finally showed up outside. Touma was starstruck to see Dante, as well as a few others. "That Isabelle must have a knack for holding people up."

"No way! It's Dante!" exclaimed Touma when he saw the vigilante, who looked at Touma and friends and gave them a small wave. "He's actually here!"

"That madman Master Hand did it!" cheered Falco, as Dante did not expect the celebration surrounding him to be so big. "He brought Dante over from the manor. That's crazy!"

"Again with the whole manor crap?" facepalmed Dante, now contemplating about revoking his residency status at the mansion."When will it ever end?"

"FREEZE!" shouted a voice, as Reno appeared from behind the shrubbery he was hiding behind while holding his nightstick. Rude and Elena appeared as well, as they had their eyes set on Dante.

"Oh boy, it's the Turks..." fretted Sonic, as the Turks approached Dante. Reno was smiling, twirling his nightstick around as he circled Dante.

"So you must be the famous Dante..." Reno said to the vigilante, whose eyes were locked with Reno's. Dante stood in place, keeping his cool. "...first day at the mansion, right?"

"How did you know?" Dante asked Reno, who soon stopped in place so that he could look at Dante face-to-face. "You government agents must've been spying on me, I bet."

"You could say that we have..." Reno's smile grew bigger, as he eyed around the backyard. "...or maybe we just had a hunch. You wouldn't mind answering this golden question, would you?"

"Lay it on me." Dante was willing to remain peaceful with the Turks - unless Reno tried to pull something funny. "If it has to do with the All-Star Manor..."

"We're glad that you brought that up," Elena said to Dante as she approached the vigilante, brushing Reno to the side. Reno frowned at Elena, who pulled up an image of someone on her cellphone and showed it to Dante. "You recognize this man?"

"Is that...who I think it is?" Dante looked at the image and saw a man with black hair. Sonic and Banjo gathered around, wanting to see the image for themselves.

"I know that guy - that's Dante!" Banjo pointed at the image, as he recognized the man from his brief encounter at the end of episode 184. "Saw him outside the Wumpa Maze."

"Yeah, that's you right there, Dante," Sonic said to the vigilante as he pointed at the man in the image. "Back when you had black hair...for some incredibly weird reason."

"You just don't get it, do you?" Dante shook his head at Sonic, ashamed by how ignorant everyone at the mansion was - except for Cloud. "That's not me in the picture - that's a different Dante."

"Just as I thought," remarked Elena, putting her cellphone away as all the residents outside were left stunned. "So that means you were never at the All-Star Manor, at all."

"Never was. Polygon Man wanted me so bad, but I turned down his invitation. So he had to settle for an alternate universe version of me. Sucker..."

Female Inkling: The Dante we used to feud with two years ago was from...an alternate universe? And Polygon Man wanted him even though he's not...*pauses* ...guess that kinda makes sense, when you think about it.

Elena: Us Turks caught wind of Dante joining the mansion when we did recon work in Seattle this past Monday. We just needed some clarification to see if it was a different Dante that was at the manor. Boss's orders.

Cloud: How was I one of the only people who suspected that the Dante I met today and the Dante at the manor were both different? Madness, I tell you...

"Cool, so we got the OG Dante, and the manor's stuck with dollar store Dante," Fox summed things up, glad that the Turks got everything cleared up. "Which means that we got the better Dante! The mansion stays winning."

Suddenly a loud explosion was heard from the distance, followed by some loud screaming. Everyone looked towards the source of the explosion...which was the shrine.

"What on earth...?" muttered Reno, as he saw smoke rising from the shrine. No point in standing around - best to see what went down.

The Turks ran to the shrine, where they saw a giant hole present. The agents went through the hole and entered the shrine, where they saw Crypto holding Ruby and friends at gunpoint. Steve was ogling at Impa, who kept her distance from the craftsman while Zelda and Shantae shielded her.

"Do not fear, my precious Impa," Steve assured the Sheikah, who wondered if filing a restraining order was the right course of action. "The hole I made in your shrine will be repaired shortly."

"These are the girls that you want dead?" Crypto asked Hunter for confirmation before he could pull the trigger on his gun. Hunter stood behind Crypto, looking like a smug snake.

"Zap away, my friend...zap away," Hunter gave the green light to Crypto, backing away as he joined Pit at the back of the shrine. Pit had no dog in the fight - he just wanted to see Crypto do his thing.

"This is so not cool, Hunter..." Weiss said to the cheetah, as Crypto menacingly approached the RWBY gang with his ray gun charged up. "...not cool at all!"

"Are we really letting this pipsqueak alien intimidate us?" Blake asked her friends in a disappointed manner, as she was the least afraid of the four. Crypto was offended that Blake was hardly afraid. "Where is your backbone? Yang?"

"Well, if you aren't so scared of him..." Yang said to Blake, before grabbing the Faunus and holding her out in front. "...you can go out first!"

"Would you look at this, this could be the end for me..." Blake was acting rather sarcastic, and it only added more fuel to Crypto's fire. "...I am so scared."

"You're doing it all wrong, you're supposed to be scared of me!" Crypto chided Blake, furious with the Faunus for not getting along with the program. "But no matter, you'll be my first victim anyway..."

"Not so fast, alien creep..." Reno said to Crypto, as he pointed his nightstick at the alien. Crypto, who was seconds away from pulling the trigger, grunted as he turned around at Reno. "...back off, if you know what's good for ya."

"Silence!" Crypto gave Reno a quick zap with his ray gun; the zap didn't kill Reno, but it was enough to inflict some pain as the Turk yelped and got down on one knee. "I don't need any interruptions..."

"You tell 'em, Crypto!" Pit cheered on for the alien, who turned his attention back to Blake as Rude and Elena checked on Reno. Crypto was about to zap the life out of Blake, until...

"Man, this is the lamest shrine I've ever seen," remarked Dante as he showed up at the scene. Pit and Hunter gasped at the sight of the vigilante, as Crypto growled in frustration.

"Again with the interruptions?!" Crypto shouted angrily as he frowned at Dante, who was looking around at the shrine's interior. "Why, why must this happen to me?"

"Gotta admit, the inside looks nice...but the exterior could use a makeover." Dante would stop speaking, as he saw Crypto pointing his ray gun at him.

"Can't you see that I'm in the middle of something? That talking cheetah wants those four females dead. And you're getting in my way!"

"Ah, I see you must be an alien. Aliens really aren't my cup of tea, personally...but I can call in an audible. DOVAHKIIN!"

Dante whistled into his fingers, and right on cue, Dovahkiin into through the hole in the shrine screaming while also bringing the garden rake. He approached Dante, who pointed at Crypto, and Dovahkiin towards the alien screaming once more.

"A Viking, here in the city?!" marveled Crypto, as Dovahkiin grabbed him by the head with his manly hand. "This really is a paranormal universe!"

"DIE, YOU SCUM!" Dovahkiin growled at Crypto, as he threw the alien against the floor before beating him senselessly with the rake. Touma and Popo poked their heads through the hole in the shrine, watching Dovahkiin go to work on Crypto.

"Yeah, Dovahkiin, show him who's boss!" Touma cheered on for the vanquisher, who put Crypto in the camel crutch with the garden rake. Touma was enjoying the beatdown, while Popo, on the other hand, did not.

Popo: Dovahkiin sure looks scary with that rake...could you imagine how dangerous he would be if he had Cloud's Buster Sword? *shudders*

"Uncle, uncle, UNCLE!" Crypto tapped out, as he couldn't take the punishment any longer. Debatable if Crypto even had an uncle, but Dovahkiin released his hold on the alien anyways. "I give up..."

"Yes! I reign supreme!" rejoiced Dovahkiin with his hands raised high, as if he had won a grueling wrestling match. Hunter was about to go over and check on Crypto until Dante held his gun at the cheetah to keep him at bay.

"Stay in your lane, pal," Dante said to Hunter as he went over to the RWBY gang. "Hey, you ladies okay?" Dante asked Ruby and company, as Blake finally let go of Blake.

"We're fine, thanks for asking," Ruby replied with a relieved smile, as Crypto was lying on the floor in pain. The Turks all stood around Crypto, with Reno no longer in pain.

"What a pity, his mission was a failure," remarked Steve as he saw Reno taking out a pair of handcuffs to put on Crypto. The craftsman soon turned his attention back to Impa. "But my mission still ongoing..."

"Shantae, can you please do something?" Impa pleaded to the half-genie, wanting her to be useful for once. Stepping up to the plate, Shantae confronted Steve and hit him with a ferocious whip from her ponytail. She whipped Steve so hard, that she had the craftsman flying out through the hole.

"I WILL HAVE YOUR LOVE, IMPA!" Steve called out to the Sheikah as he was sent far away. Shantae was surprised that her hair whip had so much force.

"Good riddance..." Impa sighed in relief, as she and Zelda approached the surprisingly powerful Shantae. "...you did well, Shantae. You did well."

"Didn't know I had that much in me, hehe," giggled Shantae, as Impa smiled at her - one that was less slight than the one from earlier.

Spyro and Peach were huddled together at a living room window in Mario's living room, on the lookout for either one of Hunter or Crypto. They saw Crypto being escorted out of the shrine by Reno, handcuffed, while Rude confiscated Crypto's ray gun. Elena walked Pit and Hunter outside.

"There those two are!" exclaimed Peach when she saw Hunter and Crypto, figuring that the latter was in big trouble. "I bet Crypto was the one who set off that explosion."

"Mario, you can stop calling the authorities," Spyro called out to the plumber, who was upstairs in his room getting in touch with the police department. Should've been calling the state government. "Hunter and Crypto were at the shrine."

Link thought that he had gotten away from Cloud for sure, as he was in the computer room meeting with his wedding stationery, Adeleine. Adeleine had developed some new wedding designs, and wanted Link to see them.

"The gold bordering looks nice, I will admit," Link said to Adeleine, as Cloud quietly entered the computer room and saw his Hylian friend sitting at a computer with Adeleine. "Could you add a little green to it?"

"As in, a green border?" asked Adeleine, as Link nodded his head. Cloud drew closer to Link, literally inches away. "Yeah, I can make it work." Adeleine pulled up the customization tool on the program she was using, as Cloud positioned himself behind Link.

"Got the new guys all acclimated, Link?" Cloud asked the Hylian, putting his hand on his shoulder. Link turned around, as he looked up and saw Cloud.

"Ah!" the Hylian screamed as he jumped out of his chair, before landing on the floor. Cloud would've laughed at Link if he even had the urge to do so. "Why do you keep following me around, man?"

"Just wanted to see if you were doing your job." Cloud watched as Link pulled himself up on his feet, using the computer desk for some support. "Since I'm, you know, a former man of the..."

"...yeah, yeah, I know." Link realized that he had nowhere to run, as Cloud was obstructing his path for escape. He had to face the swordsman like a man. "So what do you want, Cloud?"

"Impa mentioned that you had some news you wanted to share with me. So what is it?" With Link hesitant to answer, Adeleine took it upon herself to answer for the Hylian.

"Ooh, I know what it is!" the painter spoke up, even though Cloud wished to hear the news come out of Link's mouth rather than her's. "Link wants to make you his..."

"...my preferred guest to sit at the front row, yes," Link finished for Adeleine, as he covered the painter's mouth with his hands. "I know, I know, it's not that big of a deal, but..."

"That doesn't sound like big news to me," said Cloud, as "Link's preferred guest to sit at the front row" barely meant anything to him. "So what is the actual news, Link?" Having to give Cloud what he wanted, Link sighed as he took his hands away from Adeleine.

"The news is...the big news is..." started Link, mustering up the courage to finish the rest of his sentence. "...I want you to be the best man for my wedding."

"Best man for my wedding, hm?" Cloud widened his eyes at the role he would have, wondering why Link was too chicken to tell him in the first place.

"Impa kind of talked me into it, and so did Zelda. Both Zeldas. I asked Rex to be my assistant until I finalized my decision...but by the time I did, I had learned about your project."

Link: Yeah, I could've asked Champion Link to be my best man, since we're both Hylians and all, but he's been so out of the loop. He keeps thinking that the wedding will take place around Thanksgiving. As if Zelda would get married that late.

"Do you still forgive me for working on the project?" Cloud asked Link, as he wanted full forgiveness from the Hylian. "I mean, you were acting kinda suspect at that welcome back party..."

"Yes, I forgive you, it's just..." Link replied before coming to a stop, as he looked for the courage to tell Cloud how he really felt. "...I'm worried that if I make you my best man, you'll start acting out again."

"Trust me, Link, I've already learned my lesson." Cloud walked over to Link, putting an assuring hand on the Hylian's shoulder. "Those Phantom Thieves made sure of it, too."

"You're right about that...those guys are some miracle workers." Link held out his hand to Cloud, as he had a smile on his face. "So...you still want to be my best man or not?"

"It's a very enticing offer..." Didn't take Cloud that long to think over his decision, as he shook Link's hand to cement his best man role. "...I'm in."

"Yay! This is great!" gleamed Adeleine, taking the handshake as a sign that Link and Cloud were back on being the same page. "The wedding planning just got even better..."

Dovahkiin's Force Five audition was a mixed bag of sorts. While the vanquisher exhibited the might and ferocity necessary for his role, he also choked out Ridley and nearly suffocated him. Everyone associated with Force Five was hesitant about Dovahkiin...almost everyone.

"You have got to be kidding me," Eleonora said to Touma in the Star Records room, as Touma was smirking with his arms folded. "You still want Dovahkiin to be on Force Five?"

"I think he's a perfect fit for what we're looking for," replied Touma, as the others were looking at the redhead in utter disbelief. "Have him tone down the aggression, and he'll be all set!"

"Better start looking for that 'stunt double'..." Fox said to Falco, who was not a fan of Touma's decision as he facepalmed. Asking Dovahkiin to tone down was asking...a lot from the vanquisher.

Mario and Peach stood outside in the mansion's driveway, as they met with the Turks near their government vehicle. Crypto's spaceship was tied to the vehicle, while Crypto himself was inside the vehicle handcuffed.

"This little troublemaker's gonna be spending some time at our incarceration center," Reno said to Mario and Peach, tapping on the car window as Crypto was seen seething. Probably salty that he couldn't get any brains. "He won't be zapping any humans in there!"

"This is our fault," Mario admitted to the Turks, although Hunter should be the one admitting his fault. If he even had it in him to do it. "We should've kept a closer eye-a on Crypto."

"Well, he's not your problem anymore," responded Reno, as he and Turks were ready to head back to their base. "The spaceship is coming with us - this alien will be under maximum security until he's ready to go back home."

"Okay then," said Peach, as Reno opened his car door ready to hop inside the vehicle. "You all have a safe trip!" The Turks got inside the vehicle, as Reno turned on the car and drove out of the driveway.

"Crypto wasn't such a bad-a alien at all..." Mario said to Peach, as the government vehicle took off down the road. You honestly think that, Mario? "...Hunter just got him-a in a killing mood."

"Elena told me that Hunter used Crypto to have those girls killed," Peach told Mario, as the couple walked back to their house. Mario didn't have to ask what four girls Peach was referring to. "What is it with him?"

"His paranoia towards those-a girls is really taking hold. I think he just needs-a some counseling..."

Meanwhile, sitting on top of the roof were Kirby and Incineroar, who were both waiting on Pit. They didn't have to wait any longer, as Pit returned to the roof to be with his friends.

"You just missed it," Kirby said to Pit, who sat at the edge of the roof with the pink puffball and Incineroar. "The Turks took the alien away."

"They did? Darn it!" frowned Pit, "I wanted to ask that alien for an autograph."

Pit: Lady Palutena chewed me out for enabling Hunter, and letting him get away with having Ruby and her friends zapped by Crypto. Also, in other news, Princess Peach is such a tattletale.

Dark Pit: Wait, so those pictures Pit sent to everyone were real? It wasn't super elaborate photoshop? *sighs in relief* Phew...thought for a moment that Pit learned a new skill that I didn't have!

"How would you rate this World UFO Day?" Kirby asked Pit, as he found this UFO Day eventful compared to the previous ones.

"We got to see actual UFO...and an alien on top of that," replied Pit, figuring how where today's UFO Day ranked among the others. "I'd say that this is the best one yet!"