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BGM: Hades' Infernal Theme (Kid Icarus: Uprising)
"Time! Space! Reality! It's more than just a boring ol' linear path! It's a prism of boundless entertainment! A single choice can branch out into infinite realities and infinite amusement from yours truly! Alternate universes created from the ones that we know and love! I am Lord Hades, your handsome guide to these wonderful and boundless fun of opportunities! Follow me, if you dare… and bask in the neverending torturous question of:"
SUPER RWBY: WHAT IF?
"What If!"
End BGM
"Now that was pretty fun if I say so myself! Who knew Ruby would be efficient with a Keyblade? Not only that, but I'm pretty sure I've made a bounty hunter extremely angry at Ruby. Hahahaha! Ah, I'm sure she's fine. I doubt Samus would do anything that would harm her… but if she did? That'd be chaotically fun!"
Hades then chuckled. "That said, I'm betting there's a universe out there where Ruby gets her Keyblade but doesn't do anything with it… or would she? …Eh, I'm sure it'll be fine."
He looked through the universes once more. "Tum te tum tum~ Let's see… what shall we look into today~?"
As he looked through the universes, he failed to notice a bright light forming from the main universe, and it was getting brighter to the point where he couldn't help but notice. "Huh? What's that bright light?"
At that moment, Samus's ship slammed into his chest. "OOOOF!" He grunted as Samus punched it hard as she could as he was pushed into a universe and was sucked inside, together with SPBRR flying inside with ACY and the Strike Team following right behind them.
What If… Samus Fought Narrator Hades?
"Rrrrgh! You think you can take a wild potshot at me!" He growled as he punched the ship repeatedly until Samus did a barrel roll to knock the God of the Underworld off of it as Hades slammed into a hill and slid several feet, creating a trench in the process while Samus landed her ship on the ground.
"Where are we?" Blake wondered.
"By the looks of it, we're in another universe's Mushroom King-" Samus opened up the hatch before Rosalina could finish her sentence and ran out. "-Dom…"
"Boop bop boop." ROB mentioned, pointing toward the castle in the distance.
"Yeah, that's Peach's Castle… what about it?" Blake asked.
"Beep boop!" ROB said, pressing a button to get a better visual of it as he then pointed toward the mural in question.
"...Peach has raven black hair in this universe? And she's wearing purple?" Rosalina wondered.
"Wonder if she's a goth in this universe." Blake shrugged. "...Or… wait… would it be punk?"
Hades got up, dusting himself off, only to get Ball Sparked into his chest and was knocked off his feet as Samus launched up into the air and carpet bombed him with a few dozen Super Missiles before landing on the ground.
Once the smoke settled, Hades dusted off his shoulder. "So, I see you got my message."
BGM: Tension (Super Mario Galaxy)
"Yeah, and I've returned to sender." Samus shot back.
"How are your legs holding up?"
"Like they weren't even broken to begin with!"
"Oh, that's wonderful!" Hades chuckled. "However, I imagine there's a universe out there where you don't get your legs back at all, no matter how hard you tried!"
"Well, I'll give that Samus my regards then."
Hades smirked, seeing the rest of SPBRR, the Strike Team and ACY approaching him. "Ah, so you've sent an army? For what reason, exactly?"
"Let's see… confusing the hell out of everyone, kidnapping Ruby and making her depression even worse-"
"Kidnapping is such a strong word." Hades casually summoned a wine glass. "I prefer the term "Unwillingly recruited"."
Yang growled. "My sister didn't ask for that! Why her specifically?! Is it because Sapphire is just a corrupted version of her?"
"It wouldn't have been as fun, let alone fitting, if I let someone else take care of that problem now, would it?"
"Still, what you did to my child is unforgivable." Rosalina said with a stern tone.
"Oh, ever the dramatic! Why don't we all just take a seat and chill for a moment? After all, I actually did that with good intentions given how Sapphire was getting out of control. Despite my unwilling recruitment, I may like chaos and me being a handsome rogue to boot, but there are lines that not even I'm willing to cross."
"And yet…" Samus aimed her arm cannon at him. "This is for Ruby, you god-like son of a bitch."
End BGM
Hades smirked with a chuckle, tossing his wine glass behind him. "What is a non deity? A miserable pile of weak flesh! But enough talk, have at thee!"
BGM: Cerberus (Devil May Cry 3)
Multiversal God of Chaos - Hades
"Alright guys, spread out!" Samus ordered.
"That won't do you any good!" Hades chuckled, punching the ground as venomous stalactites rose from the ground in a random pattern, forcing them to get around them as Hades sunk into the ground and reappeared behind Samus with a smirk.
"CHUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" Pikachu cried, unleashing Thunderbolt on Hades, which didn't really bother him as he turned around to face the Pokemon, which made Samus turn around and pelted him with a Plasma Beam. Hades turned around and backhanded her, but she melee countered as she backflipped and pelted him with Super Missiles as he opened his mouth and fired a laser, but Samus rolled out of the way and jumped up, charging up her arm cannon and fired a fully charged Wave Beam in his mouth.
"Mmmph!" Hades grunted as he aimed his hand and fired a laser at Samus while Rosalina got into position and threw down a comet at him. Hades turned around and caught the comet with a smirk, crushing it with his hand as Rosalina conjured up a cosmic space bow, pulled back the string and fired a cosmic arrow, striking him in the chest as it exploded into a miniature supernova that only affected him.
"Gragh!" Hades growled as he was knocked back as he conjured up orbs of darkness and shot them on the ground, where on contact, they exploded with a large radius that knocked Ed and Al back while Mustang snapped his fingers as Hades caught ablaze, only when the fire settled, he was casually eating smores… that were promptly punched off by Armstrong, and together with Yang, they both delivered a strong uppercut to make his head snap back, where Chell switched her Portal Gun into an arm cannon and fired Missiles.
"You made me drop my S'Mores. Who're the real villains here?" He asked, casually dodging a Wave Beam from Blake… and then got his head frozen by Rundas as Ghor charged in and slammed him into a tree, and then Samus ran ahead, going into her Morph Ball mode and Ball Boosted around him, laying down Power Bombs around him and then boosted away as the Power Bombs exploded.
When the dust settled, Hades pulled up some sunglasses and tossed away some sunblock as he fired a dark laser attack as Yang went into her Shin Form and breathed fire, countering the dark laser as Rosalina threw meteors down at him. Hades backhanded the meteors while pushing his laser into Yang, only for Aqua to gracefully slide underneath Hades, pelting his chest with a Firaga barrage and then used Thunder Surge at him, which made Yang power through and struck him with his fire breath before she sprouted dragon wings and flew up and threw down a massive fireball at him.
When the smoke cleared, Hades fired dark lasers at Yang where she avoided them as he conjured up blue fire and turned to Newt and struck him. Newt roared and breathed fire at him before smacking him away with his tail as Hades got back up and clapped his hands to create a shockwave, however Rosalina telekinetically stopped the wave while Pikachu ran up to him, with Pichu riding on top of him.
"Pika Pika Pika Pika-" Pikachu used Volt Tackle. "PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA… PIKA!" Pikachu slammed into Hades' gut as Pichu jumped up and used Thundershock in Hades's eyes.
"Argh!" Hades grunted as he rubbed his eyes as Pichu landed on Pikachu's back and took off, the former playfully sticking his tongue out while pulling his eye socket down as Riza shot him in the face as Gandrayda fired lightning bolts at him, then Olivier impaled him with her rapier and then Ed and Al both punched him in the knees, then Adam hit him with the Plasma cannon as ROB fired up a charged laser attack.
"Alright, now you're making me angry!" Hades declared as he fired a massive laser from his mouth as Samus got into position and fired her Zero Gravity Laser into him, both colliding only for Samus to push it back and struck the God of the Underworld as she then activated her Speed Boost and ran ahead before stopping and Shinesparking into his chest, knocking him down as Samus then deactivated her armor and wrapped her arm around his neck into a chokehold.
"You going to give up now?!" She yelled.
"Oh, Sammy… you gotta buy me dinner first!"
Samus growled, immediately going into her Metroid form. "I WASN'T ASKING, ASSHOLE!" She yelled, planting her hand into his face. "Let's see if I can't drain a God's power!"
End BGM
Suddenly, dark purple tentacles rose up from the ground and wrapped around everyone, including Hades himself. "Rrrgh! What…?" Aqua wondered.
"Hades, are you doing this!" Ed asked.
"If I was, I wouldn't be capturing myself!" Hades grunted when suddenly a Trinity Armor landed on the ground.
"A Trinity Armor?!" Aqua yelled in surprise.
"What the HELL is going on out here!" A voice demanded as they all turned to see a raven haired woman approach them. She had blue eyes, purple eyeshadow, purple lipstick, a tiara with the Unversed symbol on it as she also wore a purple dress with purple gloves on her.
"Peach?" Samus wondered before turning back to normal.
"What? No, I'm not Peach."
"Hey Kai." Hades greeted casually.
"Kai? Is that what Peach is calling herself now?" Blake wondered.
"Huh? No, Peach is my mother-in-law. I'm the queen of the Mushroom Kingdo- okay, what the hell is going on out here? Someone explain right now!"
At that moment, two other women flew over and landed next to Kai.
The first had fiery red hair with a white streak as she had red and blue eyes, a red shirt with fire decals on it and black pants while the second had blue eyes, blonde hair with some green, blue shirt with purple shorts and black sneakers. She was also casually eating a chocolate bar.
"Hikari. Buru." Kai greeted.
"Hey, your majesty." The first woman, Hikari, said. We saw some fighting and-... wait, Samus? Why do you look so young? And… oh hi Aunt Rosie-"
"Aunt Rosie?" Rosalina quietly mouthed.
"-And… Blake and a dragon-like Yang? And what's Aqua doing here?"
"Uuuuh… do we know you?" Yang wondered.
"Seriously, you all look so young… what's going on?"
"I'll tell you what's going on." Buru said, finishing her chocolate bar. "Dad's messing around with the multiverse again."
"DAD/BOOP/PIKA/PICHU?!" Everyone looked at Hades with a mixture of surprise and horror.
"So I had some fun with her mother, what of it?" Hades shrugged.
"Oh god…" Samus groaned.
Kai sighed. "This isn't the first time you've done this." She said, pinching the bridge of her nose. "Alright, let's head into my castle. We can discuss things there."
Later, at Kai's Castle…
BGM: Peach's Castle (Fortune Street)
"Alright, so… allow me to introduce myself. I am Queen Kai Mario, the ruler of the Mushroom Kingdom. My husband, Vito, isn't here right now. He's out on a business trip with my brother-in-law."
At said business trip…
"Luv-15!" An announcer said.
"Ha! Good try, brother… but I'm gonna win this thing!" Paolo said.
Vito smirked. "I'm just getting warmed up." He said, proceeding to serve and smacking the racket into the ball.
Back with them…
"Anyway, if you must know, I'm more of a casual queen. I typically wear this dress and make up during meetings… in fact-" Kai snapped her fingers as darkness wrapped around her until she was in a more comfortable attire. Her hair was now in a ponytail, her makeup was gone, she wore a casual purple T-Shirt with the Unversed symbol on her chest and wore black short shorts and sandals.
"Whoa. Fancy." Yang said.
Kai grinned, flashing a peace sign. "I know ruling a kingdom is a huge responsibility, but darn it, this kingdom is extremely laid back, so why not take advantage of the casualness?"
"Since when do you don't?" Hikari teased.
"I must admit, you look better without the make up." Blake complimented.
"Thanks. All of my friends say my natural beauty makes me prettier." Kai giggled. "So anyway, where do we even begin…"
"How about start from the beginning?" Rosalina suggested.
"Sounds good to me! I know my history." Hikari said. "Okay, so this all started with an old fart by the name of Xehanort-"
Kai sweatdropped. "Not that far back…"
"Hey, she suggested it." Hikari snickered.
"We're in this for the long haul." Buru said.
"Anyway, there were just a few group of Keyblade Wielders named Terra, Ven, Aqua and a girl named Aria."
Aqua blinked. "Who?"
"You don't have an Aria there?" Hikari asked.
"We do, but she has the hots for Whitley…" Yang shuddered at the thought.
"Don't worry, this is a different Aria entirely." Hades said, leaning on a wall.
"Anyway, these four were pitted against Xehanort and they all had their own tragedies, hell, Aria ended up dying. Fast forward to several years, and you got Sora, Donald, Goofy, Sora's sister named Sabrina and Latias traveling through the worlds, ended up defeating Ansem and saving Kairi, but then there was that whole Castle Oblivion thing… and then meanwhile, Sabrina's Nobody, Xarina was collecting hearts with her twin brother Roxas, and formed friendships with Axel and Xion, but tragedy happened again and they left the Organization, Xion died, Axel didn't know what to do… and then they reunited with Sora and Sabrina again as they then proceed to fight Xemnas and the rest of the Organization, also picking up Kirito and Asuna along the way-"
"Are you getting all of this?" Al asked Ed.
"Uuuuh… slow down! You're going way too fast for my brain to catch up!" Ed complained.
"Then they defeat Xemnas, and then they go ahead and do a Mark of Mastery test, only for Xehanort's younger self to pop in and make a mess of things, and apparently trying to get Aria back from Sabrina, and then Lea comes back and saves Sora from Xehanort… and then comes the Keyblade War. They gather the Princesses of Heart and their allies, bring Aria and Xarina back, fight Xehanort and his cronies, which consisted of Princess Shroob and her sister and… Dimentio, of all people."
"Dimentio…" Rosalina frowned.
"I see you've met him." Kai said.
"Oh, we've met." Yang had her arms folded. "Guy refuses to go away too."
Hikari sweatdropped. "I see… anyway, they defeat Xehanort and rescue Sabrina because he impaled her at the end, but she ended up okay. Then we fast forward to Sabrina jumping between universes because apparently Count Bleck somehow knew about different universes so he tried to take them all down, and while she was doing that, Sora gets kidnapped by Yuno Gasai of all people-"
"Yuno who?" Samus wondered.
"Oh, you never met her? Good." Kai said. "Although the Yuno we have now is pretty laid back unless you piss her off."
"Sooooo, a majority of us then." Riza guessed.
"Pretty much."
Hikari chuckled. "Sabrina caught wind of this after that and then gathered her friends up and proceeded to go into Yuno's world where they make allies with Minene and proceed to get Sora back. Why Yuno would kidnap Sora, even we don't know. Then Sabrina and Riku have their wedding, only for Maleficent to interrupt and make them go on a quest to retrieve the Grand Stars in every other world, and once they resume the wedding… Sabrina ends up pregnant, only to get whisked away into the Mushroom Kingdom during the Sticker Star event thanks to Maleficent, but luckily out friend Nitori made a robot version of Sabrina while she sat in Mario's house comfortably controlling her-"
"I'm sorry, what?" Aqua wondered while Chell rubbed her head.
"And then Sabrina heads to Bowser's Castle once all is said and done, only it was a trap because apparently, there was some darkness that Xehanort had left when he impaled her, so thanks to Maleficent, Xehanort was revived-"
"Oh my goodness." Rosalina said.
"I beg your pardon?" Samus asked with a raised eyebrow.
Blake looked at Yang. "And I thought our lives were interesting."
"No doubt… this is all kinds of messed up."
"And then thirteen years later, Xehanort finally made his move again as his plan was for everyone to get older so he can knock them down one by one or hold everyone hostage. He thought the next generation of Keyblade Wielders would be weak too, but… that didn't work out so well." Hikari chuckled.
"Yup, I'm one of them." Kai grinned. "Isaac, Tristina, Flare, Nan, me, Hina and Maria. We're pretty badass if I say so myself."
"Just out of curiosity… who are your parents?" Aqua asked.
"Ah. Isaac is the son of Sabrina and Riku, Tristina is Aria and Terra's, Flare's is Sora and Kairi, Nan is the son of Xarina and Demyx, I'm the daughter of Vanitas and Xion-"
"WHAT?!" Aqua yelled in shock. …Someone actually wanted to marry Vanitas of all people? What… how… dude's an asshole! She thought.
"I know, it's crazy. He's totally mellow now. Heck, he taught me how to use the Unversed and now I'm the Unversed Queen!" Kai grinned. "Anyway, Hina is the daughter of Roxas and Namine and Maria… well, she's the daughter of you and Lea."
"...I'm sorry, I married WHO?" Aqua asked. "...Goodness me, there's not a chance in hell I would ever think about marrying Lea."
"That's because you're interested in Terra." Yang teased.
"Yeah! …Wait… no… we're just good friends!" Aqua blushed. "...Anyway, what about Ven?"
"Ah, yes, Ven… he wasn't there when Xehanort came back. But he did marry a girl named Sarah and had a daughter named Julia."
Aqua blinked. "...Good for him?"
"Anyway, Xehanort gets his ass kicked and thanks to Dialga and Palkia, they both combined their abilities and proceeded to completely erase him from existence. No chance of coming back, nothing. He's only a bad memory… and same goes with Maleficent." Hikari continued.
"Hardcore. Nice." Samus smirked.
"Aaand fast forward five years later, a ragtag group of assholes show up, calling themselves the Legion of Darkness-"
"Pffft! That's the best they could do?" Samus scoffed.
"Aaaand when they were bested, the Malevolent Seven were next."
Samus laughed. "Where did they come up with these names, did they find a suggestion card out of a cereal box?"
"And in those adventures, that's when I came in. You see, we came from a bad future and me, together with Buru, Kai's husband, Paolo and a few others, we all came to help out with those bad guys. Now this is our future!"
"Who are these others? I'm curious." Yang said.
"Pit and Viridi's son, who I'm happily married to." Buru said, causing Blake and Yang to do a spit take when they drank some tea.
"WHAT?!" Yang and Blake yelled.
"There a problem?"
"Where we come from, Pit isn't dating Viridi. He's dating my sister!" Yang said.
"Ooooh! She's got good taste~!" Buru smiled.
"Then there's my husband. Then there's Abigail, who she goes by Abby, that's Samus's daughter."
"MMMPH?!" Samus coughed when she swallowed her tea wrong as Rosalina and Chell had to pat her back. "S-s-say wh-what…?!"
"Yuuup!" Hikari grinned.
"W-We-Well…!" Samus cleared her throat. "That's… very good to know."
"You okay?" Rosalina whispered.
"I should be…"
"Bad future?" Gandrayda whispered, causing her fellow bounty hunters to shrug.
"So anyway, I married Vito once that song and dance was over with and… here we are. Enjoying our new lives. I'm the queen of the Mushroom Kingdom, Maria's the queen of Sarasaland, Flare's totally chilling with her husband in Dreamland while she's writing a ton of books, Isaac and Tristina are in Hoenn where his wife is currently a Pokemon nurse, Hina opened up a diner here with her husband, Souji, who's also from the bad future, and Nan and Julia are royalty in New Camelot in the ice regions of this world."
"...How the hell did they become royalty?" Olivier asked.
"Long story." Kai said. "So anyway, that's us. Although I will say, Hina doesn't really use her Keyblade anymore and is more of an MMA fighter, which makes me wonder what it'd be like if she let her fists do the talking back then… eh, it doesn't matter!"
"Soooo, how about you guys? What's your universe like?" Hikari asked.
"Ha… where do we begin?" Yang asked. "You see-"
"Allow me, sweetie." Rosalina said.
"Oh, okay."
"You see, in our universe-"
One recap later…
Rosalina smiled. "And with that, here we are."
Kai blinked. "Damn… that's a lot to take in. I feel so sorry for Ruby though."
"Yeah, you guys teamed up with us in this universe and Ruby didn't get the short end of the stick here. Poor girl…" Hikari said.
"I personally don't blame you for going after dad though. He did this in another universe too." Buru said.
"What, if I can mess with that Reimu and Marisa's universe, I don't see how I can't do the same with the RWBY multiverse!" Hades grinned.
"Oi vey…" Buru rubbed her head while everyone else sweatdropped.
"Long story short, when that universe's paper universe collided with that, Hades took the opportunity to revive that universe's Hades and Paper Hades. So there were three of them making a mess for the hell of it." Kai said. "Yukari dragged him out of there while Toadette and I went off to get Cirno. Long story on how she got there… aaaand then we went back again because things got really hectic."
"I doubt it was that insane. Try us." Rosalina said.
"You ever heard of the Rabbids? Weeeeell-"
End BGM
Meanwhile, with this universe's Yukari…
"Hmm… my adorable nieces seem to be bored. Oh, I know~" Yukari smiled as she opened up a gap. "If my silly husband can do it, then so can I~!"
Back in the main universe…
"Alright, Nyx. A new trap was installed for ya! You ready?" Jade asked as they got back from Sparkling Waters.
"Let's do this!" Nyx grinned, readying her crossbows… when suddenly two gaps opened up and pulled them away.
Back in the Sabrinaverse, at a lone home on a private island…
"Mmm, this is the life…" A brown haired girl with blue eyes said, leaning against the pool in a green bikini.
"You said it, Liz." A red haired girl said as she had the same eyes as Hikari, only inverted and having a red bikini with fireballs painted on it. "How's it over there, Annie?"
"Ah, pretty good, Yoshiko." Anastasia said, where she had blue eyes and black hair with a red streak. She also had tattoo sleeves on her arms, consisting of chains and she also had a tattoo of a heart with a banner underneath reading "Freedom" while also wearing a light blue bikini with lightning patterns on them.
Yoshiko smiled and looked down, seeing another brown haired individual swimming in the pool, wearing a cotton candy bikini. She also had tattoos on her neck, which seemed like a dragon scale pattern in a blue-purple hue, matching her eye color. "Look at Parv go."
Anastasia chuckled. "Yeah."
At that moment, a gap opened up as Jade and Nyx fell in. "WAAAAAAAAAH!"
SPLASH!
BGM: Have a Nice Talk (Mario and Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story plus Bowser Jr's Journey)
"What the hell?!" Yoshiko wondered as Parvati turned around with a hint of concern and curiosity as Jade and Nyx swam up to the surface.
"Blagh! What the heck was that all about?" Nyx wondered. "Hell, where are we?"
"I have no idea…" Jade responded as they both saw the girls staring at them. "Oh… hi!"
Parvati looked at them curiously. "You guys look like you got press-ganged into something."
Jade wrung her hair out as she and Nyx climbed out. "Yeah, I can see that…"
"I feel like my aunt was involved." Yoshiko said. "Anyway, I'm Fujiwara no Yoshiko."
"Elizabeth Gadd. You can call me Liz."
"Anastasia Mario, nice to meet ya! My friends call me Annie."
"Parvati Skullhunter. Daughter of a sky pirate, Nohrian royalty, and apparently on my father's side, I'm quarter American/quarter Canadian."
"I'm Jade Gadd."
"Nyx Shadow-" Nyx blinked, looking at Liz. "Wait a moment, did you say "Gadd"? As in Elvin Gadd?"
"Yup, he's my grandfather!"
Jade jawdropped. "W-wait a moment! He's my grandfather!"
"Okay, I see what's going on here." Parvati said. "Alternate timelines, right? I've had experience with those."
"Yup… this sounds like an alternate timeline." Yoshiko said.
Nyx sweatdropped. "Okay, yeah, that checks out. A bit out of our comfort zone but that's not too surprising."
"Hoo boy… soooo, Mario-" Jade began to ask.
"-Is my grandfather." Anastasia finished for her.
"Interesting!" Nyx said.
"Wow… kinda feel like the odd one out here, not gonna lie." Parvati said.
"Aaand you said you were a pirate? As in the treasure hunting kind? That's cool! We're friends with some thieves ourselves." Nyx said.
"Totally~! Though I only ever bust out the thievery tools against those who are in need of some "redistribution" of their funds, if you catch my drift." Parvati giggled.
"Nice!" Jade smiled.
"That's cool!" Nyx chuckled. "And I have to say, nice place you got here."
"Thanks! It's got a lot in it, but I assume I don't have enough time for a house tour." Parvati then got out of the pool, unintentionally showing off her figure to her guests. Her round breasts peeking out of her bikini top, her bikini bottom showing off her well toned thighs. Not only that, but she showed off her muscle-toned body and her six pack, seeing that she was more well toned compared to the other girls.
"H-holy…!" Jade jawdropped.
"Daaaaaaaaamn." Nyx looked on with wide eyes.
Parvati giggled. "Genetics and dedicated training got me this figure~!"
"...Just out of curiosity, who's your mother?" Nyx asked.
"Camilla. And my father fights like a Buccaneer."
"Yeah… that checks out."
"Totally out of your league~" Jade teasingly whispered, hearing a snicker and a playful elbow from Nyx.
"Soooo, what were you up to before dropping in on us?" Yoshiko asked as the other girls climbed out.
"Well, I was just about to test a new device Jade made for me. It's based on the explosives that the Inklings and Octolings use." Jade explained.
"We just got back from Sparkling Waters while our friends went off to do whatever." Jade explained.
"Oooh, Inklings and Octolings, you say? We've done Turf Wars here firsthand ourselves!" Parvati said.
"Oh?" Nyx looked intrigued.
"Yeah, I created a suit that can easily be cleaned off, and now we have some Inkling Weapons that make their own ink." Liz explained.
"Fellow Gadd, if you need a guinea pig for this, I'm your gal. I'm Liz's product tester around these parts." Parvati smiled.
Jade's eyes sparkled. "Really? Well, if you insist~!"
"Product tester?" Nyx tilted her head.
"I own the company!" Liz smiled.
"...Holy crap." Nyx said.
"And if you couldn't tell, I'm kiiiiinda built to last~!" Parvati added with a smile while also flexing her muscles for the heck of it.
"Mhm." Anastasia nodded in agreement.
Jade's eyes widened. "Oh my… I… I guess it didn't occur to me I'm gonna have to carry the torch when my grandpa passes."
"Eh, you got plenty of time. Plus, my grandfather's still alive." Liz said.
"Oh, okay!"
"And besides, if you're anything like my "boss" here, you'll be fine." Parvati chuckled.
"Yeah! You just gotta make sure you have a good group with you!"
Jade smiled. "I already got them…"
"Okay!" Parvati clasped her hands together. "I'm gonna go suit up, and meet you all… wherever the heck we're testing this bad boy."
"Out front should do." Yoshiko said.
"Alright, let's head over there then!" Nyx grinned.
Once out front…
"Wow… talk about a hell of a view." Nyx said as she looked around, seeing nothing but beach and ocean, complete with palm trees, grass and shrubbery.
"Not bad indeed." Jade with a low whistle.
"Yup, it's Parv's own little slice of paradise." Yoshiko said.
Jade pulled out her scroll. "Mind if I take a few pictures? Our friends probably wouldn't believe us if we told 'em."
"Oh no, go ahead." Liz said as Jade turned around and snapped several pictures of her surroundings.
Nyx sighed. "It must be nice not having to worry about getting attacked all the time."
"Yeah, but we have fun regardless. Going out and exploring, hunting down treasures or just doing goofy things for fun." Yoshiko explained.
"You guys get attacked all the time?" Anastasia asked.
"Let's see… Grimm, Bowser, sometimes the Heartless… other surprises and what have you." Nyx said. "Did I miss anything, Jade?"
"Nah, you got 'em all." Jade responded.
"That sounds about right…" Anastasia nodded.
"Well, hey, cheer up! You guys are doing a hell of a good job keeping things in order, so don't worry about a thing!" Yoshiko smiled.
Nyx smiled back. "Thanks, Yoshiko."
Jade turned around and took some photos of the girls. Yoshiko wrapped her arm around Nyx and both of them did the peace sign with a smile. Liz did a friendly wave… and as for Anastasia, she proceeded to do a few cute poses that made her friends laugh.
"Oh, that's Annie for ya. Always looking for an opportunity to model." Yoshiko giggled.
Anastasia swiftly zipped toward Jade, taking her scroll. "Selfie~!" She said, snapping a photo of the two and handing it back. "Here ya go."
"Ah, thanks." Jade giggled.
At that moment, they heard Parvati announcing herself from her bedroom window on the second floor. "Ladies and… well, ladies, iiiiiiiiiit's-" Parvati jumped out of her window, landing with a punch on the ground that propped her up standing while she struck a pose while suited up. "Showtime~!"
The suit in question had clothing material being made from heavy duty rubber, Parvati's Splatoon ensemble consisted of a royal purple form fitting bodysuit as a base layer, a hoodie, goggles and a facemask. The gloves on her bodysuit were a crimson red to invoke the image of boxing gloves, and the boots were an obsidian black. On the legs were emerald green thorny vines climbing up with ruby red roses dotted across them. The facemask was a transparent sky blue color with her goggles having royal purple lenses. Around her suit waist was an obsidian black belt with a matching color buckle featuring two cutlasses crossing blades, and on the back of the hoodie was the emblem of Nohr with a ruby red rose with emerald green petals invoking the coloring on jewels.
"Whoa…" Nyx said. "That's impressive. Both the suit and the landing. You made that?"
"I certainly helped with it!" Liz smiled proudly.
"Yup, she helped! I just make it look good."
"I've noticed." Nyx chuckled while Jade snapped a few pictures of Parvati.
"Maaaaan, Futaba's not gonna believe this when I show her." She giggled.
"Soooo… let's see this cool thing you're wanting to test out. I'm already amped for it!" Parvati said.
"Alright!" Nyx pulled out her crossbows and proceeded to form them into a trap launcher, immediately catching Liz's attention.
"Mechashift tech… fascinating."
"FIRE IN THE HOLE!" Nyx yelled as she fired off… a bigger than usual Super Chump.
Parvati gasped with her eyes sparkling. "Super Chump!" She exclaimed as she ran off toward it.
"W-wait! Parv! Hold on a-"
Parvati immediately hugged it as she got closer.
"-Second…?" Nyx blinked.
"They're just soooooo cute~! Right up there with Autobombs!"
"Yeah, that's the usual with her." Yoshiko said nonchalantly while Jade burst out laughing while Nyx couldn't help but snicker while Jade took a picture of Parvati hugging said Super Chump… and then the Super Chump exploded into ink, and a bunch of Splat Bombs, Curling Bombs, and Auto Bombs burst out and surrounded her.
Parvati looked at the bombs, a moment of realization hitting her. "Ooooh, now I get it." She said as the bombs lit up, unleashing rainbow colored explosions right after.
"We call it the Splatsplosion." Nyx said, fist bumping Jade.
Parvati was in a fit of laughter as she stood up, ink dripping from her armor as she wiped her face mask. "That was awesome!"
"Yeah, that's some pretty impressive engineering there." Liz agreed.
"Thanks. Jade helped put it together." Nyx said as Jade chuckled to herself proudly.
"And Yoshiko's right, me doing silly stuff like that is par for the course. But they love me for it, so it's all good."
"That sounds about right." Jade giggled with Nyx.
"Mhm. I'm this group's medic. Brought on after some… Rabbids stuff if I remember the story right. Her Majesty was looking for a doctor for her daughter, and my parents sent me here. Been living in this kingdom ever since, and nowadays I've got this slice of paradise I can call home in between adventures and treasure hunts."
"That's great!" Nyx smiled before she tilted her head. "Rabbids? What's that?"
"Oh, you'll get there eventually." Liz chuckled.
Jade sweatdropped. "Eventually?"
"You wanna fill in the blanks for them?" Parvati asked.
"Nah, if it hasn't happened for them yet, let them find out on their own."
Jade whispered to Nyx. "Should we be worried?"
"Uh… I dunno." Nyx shrugged.
"So… anyway, how's Peach holding up here?" Jade asked.
"Last I checked on my grandmother, she's doing well especially since she stepped down and let my mom take control after that whole Malevolent Seven fiasco." Anastasia explained.
"Huh… that doesn't sound like Peach…"
"Yeeeah, though if she had a successor lined up, then I can imagine she must have felt the kingdom was in good hands." Nyx said.
"True."
"Mhm. She and dad have it all under control. As for me, I'm their rebel princess. Didn't like being tied down to the expectations of the people. I even had a Keyblade once, but with everything on my plate, I didn't feel like it anymore and just wanted to go my own path. Took my mom by surprise but she fully supported my decision. Aaaand, well, when we universe hopped, I destroyed my Keyblade and tossed it into the lava. Besides-"
Anastasia's eyes glowed as her body crackled with electricity as she casually produced electricity in her hand. "Why have a Keyblade when I have the Thunder Hand?"
"Yeah, and I have the Fire Brand!" Yoshiko smiled. "I also helped with her rebellion… gave her that push she needed."
"Hey, that's good. Setting your own path is good!" Nyx said.
"Yeah. The people didn't like it, but I stopped giving a damn." Anastasia said. "I had support from my friends and family, that's all I ever needed."
At that moment, Yukari walked in via a gap. "Alright, I think it's time these two headed home. I figured you four could use the company."
"Thanks for that." Parvati nodded and turned to Liz. "You mind hosing me off when these two leave?"
"Of course!"
"Alright, let's head off, Nyx." Jade said.
"Yeah, it was nice seeing you two! Maybe we'll meet again some day!" Nyx smiled.
"Yeah, maybe!" Yoshiko chuckled
"You two as well!" Liz said as the huntresses walked into a gap that Yukari made for them, and then it closed behind them.
End BGM
Back at Kai's Castle…
"Sooooo… how the hell are you not exhausted?" Yang asked. "Seriously, running a kingdom AND you're the head nurse of the hospital?"
Kai smiled. "You'd be surprised."
"Daaaamn, you have my respect right there."
"So… do you know of anything that could get us back home?" Samus asked.
Kai giggled, pulling out her phone. "I know a lady."
"I can help too!" Buru added.
Later…
The doors opened up as Nitori walked in. "I'm here, your majesty! What do you need? Is it-" She spotted the heroes as she blinked. "...Universe hopping?"
"Hades." Kai said.
"Again? Good heavens…" Nitori shook her head. "Alright, let me find my notes here… I should be able to get 'em back home after a few tests."
"I'll help you out with that!" Buru said.
"Thanks!"
"You guys might want to get comfortable. You might be here for a while." Hikari said.
"That's fine. We're in no rush." Rosalina smiled.
Nearby, Hades let out a chuckle as he looked at the screen. "So, will our heroes go back home in time before something else happens in the main universe? Will I ever not be a stinker? We'll see you again on the next What I-"
"Who the hell are you talking to?" Ed asked as he walked by.
"Eh, don't worry about it, small fry."
"SMALL FRY?!" Ed yelled as he immediately lunged at him, only for Hades to casually put his hand on his head while casually leaning.
"We'll see you next time." He said as Edward flailed his arms angrily.
"I'LL SHOW YOU WHO'S SMALL! LET ME AT YOU, YOU JERK WITH A GOD COMPLEX! I'LL RIP YA FROM LIMB TO LIMB WHEN I GET MY HANDS ON YOU! AAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!"
At first, I was thinking of Hades dropping in on the Zonai universe where Samus would get some Zonai tech to use for herself (Goes to show how much I've been playing Tears of the Kingdom...) and when my friends talked me out of it, I was like "Well, there's always Sapphire's universe." but then Cody went "Actually, how about this Hades is actually Sabrinaverse Hades and they push him into his universe?" and next thing I know, it turns into another collab with me, Flash and Cody. It works out!
Ibuki: Hoo boy, the Sabrinaverse! That takes Ibuki back...
Deadpool: You're tellin' me!
For those who read my Sabrinaverse fics (and are a fan of it), I'm sure this was probably major fanservice for y'all. For those who don't know anything about the Sabrinaverse... weeeell, hopefully that recap helped because hoo boy, the Sabrinaverse is a wild one and I still love the heck out of it.