Author's Note:
A little heads-up - chapter 57 has the content of chapter 58 for some reason, and I'm trying to solve this issue at hand. Just wanted to let you know. On to the reviews:
"Running out of characters for you to add. Can you add Wes, Rui, and Michael from Pokemon Colosseum and Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness? The other heroes and villains from Fire Emblem Echoes? Gunvolt from Azure Striker Gunvolt? The characters from Final Fantasy X and X-2? A Final Fantasy Explorers chapter? Is Pauline gonna show up at Mario and Peach's wedding? And finally is Alvin going to backstab the characters for comedic or dramatic purposes?"
Characters from Pokemon Colosseum, Fire Emblem Echoes, Final Fantasy X, Final Fantasy Explorers, and Azure Striker Gunvolt will be added. Pauline will show up at the wedding. And Alvin...won't spoil anything about him. Another guest review:
"When are Lann and Reynn going to appear in the series? Also, can you make Aqua, Ventus and Terra from Birth by Sleep appear in Smash Life?"
They'll show up shortly after the wedding. As for Aqua, Ventus, Terra...they won't appear, for various reasons. Our last reviewer of the day is TrekkieNerd:
"Are you gonna do something special when Star Trek Discovey comes out?"
Gotta find out when Star Trek: Discovery will debut. It will presumably air this fall.
Episode 78: Invasion Part 2
Just when it seemed like the forces of the Heartless and the Shroobs were weakening a little, thanks to those fighting against Organization XIII's resistance, Master Xehanort and Giovanni would take their invasion to a whole other level when they used a ray gun to create a vortex of Unversed, these creatures likely hailing from Aerith's universe, but wrecking havoc in the past.
Master Xehanort best described the Unversed as creatures composed of negative emotions, and to be frank, they were seriously causing a lot of negativity in Seattle, as they were now helping the Heartless and Shroobs to keep the invasion going. But there were some negative emotions building up inside Mario and company, as they stood on the cliff...and it was because of one woman, Ema Skye.
As it turned out, the forensics expert was lowkey working for the Organization - she had no qualms about joining the mansion, until Master Xehanort came to her and promised to revive Mia Fey - a deceased friend of Phoenix Wright and the late sister of Phoenix's assistant, Maya Fey - if she helped out with Organization XIII's plans. It was Ema who invented the ray gun that would be used to send out the Unversed, as she was instructed by Master Xehanort to steal certain parts for said gun from Professor E. Gadd's laboratory. So this whole time, a con artist was living in the mansion with the other residents, and nobody even knew about it...
"So you're telling me that Ema really was a double agent for the Organization this WHOLE time?!" exclaimed Sonic, after Mario recounted the whole story to the hedgehog, Tails, and Barret. Barret wasn't that all shocked, since he hardly knew Ema, but Sonic and Tails were completely astonished. "I know I might get a lot of flak for saying this, but I think it's awesome that a double agent was living with us for like seven months! Adds so much mystery and intrigue and..."
"Bet you don't think that ray gun being used to send out the Unversed is awesome," remarked Lightning, effectively shutting up Sonic. Now that the hedgehog thought about it, it certainly wasn't fun anymore.
Midna: *smirks* Hehehe...I had a glut feeling Ema was up to no good. Seriously, the woman is a forensics expert, why would she be building some ray gun in the first place? That should have been a clue that Ema was hiding something, and that she was likely working for someone during her stay at the mansion...and if today's any indication, her stay will end today. But still, how did anyone not know Ema was trouble? People are becoming stupider each and every waking day...
"Obviously somebody's gotta beat up these Unversed fools, it's not like they can beat up themselves," said Barret, although the Unversed defeating themselves would be most convenient for everyone. "So I'ma head back down to downtown Seattle and clean things up. You boys ready to go?" Barret asked Sonic and Tails.
"Sure thing Barret...unless anyone else would like to join us," Tails responded, glancing at Mario and company. Who would be willing to ride along Barret? Mario? Link? Pit? Lightning? Or what about Fox or Falco?
"I guess I'll tag along with you losers," volunteered Shadow, who was finished vomiting - thereby leaving his stomach empty and his nauseousness go away. "B.D. Joe here is a pretty terrible driver, I'd rather be stuck at sea and struck by lightning twice at the same time than go on another ride with Joe..."
"You don't even mean that!" frowned B.D. Joe, folding his arms in disgust. B.D. Joe may not be the best driver around (just watch any video of Crazy Taxi on YouTube and you'll see), but Shadow still wasn't taking any chances. "Come along for one more ride Shadow, I'll drive even better!"
"Don't try and allure me with your silly promises, I'm not gonna take any risks with you," Shadow said to B.D. Joe as he entered Barret's vehicle without Barret giving the hedgehog any jurisdiction. That was Shadow being Shadow - doing things his way regardless of anything anyone tells him. "What are you punks waiting for, - let's get moving!" Shadow snapped on Barret, Sonic, and Tails. "This dumb invasion is messing my day up, and I want it to be over with immediately!"
"Man, talk about being a bitter sourpuss..." Barret muttered under his breath as he, Sonic, and Tails got inside the vehicle and buckled their seat belts. Shadow, believing he was about everything and anything, decided not to buckle his seat belt. We'll see if he'll wind up regretting his decision later. "Me and my boys are gonna teach those Unversed a lesson - you guys should focus on rescuing Zelda and finding the whereabouts of Organization XIII and Giovanni! And maybe even the leader of the Shroobs, if she's here!" Any idea who that is? "Stay safe out there!" And with that, Barret drove off to return to the fighting.
"We should be going too - got a major bone to pick with Ema soon, if I even see that woman again," said Fox; considering how the pilot and Falco interacted with Ema since episode 47, there was no doubt that the Star Fox pilots felt the most ticked out of anyone else. "Pit, Kirby, Yoshi - you three wanna come with us? We got some room in the back - and in the trunk too!" Who would ride in the trunk? Perhaps Kirby, he would willingly agree to being used as an actual car wheel. That would sure come in handy if B.D. Joe were to experience a flat tire.
"Wouldn't six persons in a taxi be unsafe and against the law?" questioned Yoshi, being a stickler for the rules. Unwritten Rule #23: NEVER be a stickler for the rules. You'll end up universally disliked or in some cases be subjected to bullying.
"Bruh we got an invasion taking place, you really think some dumb police officer is gonna pull B.D. Joe over?" responded Falco, obliterating Yoshi's concerns about passenger safety and illegal driving - like the green dinosaur would actually care about such things. "For all we know, every police officer in this city might be scared to death of the Heartless and hiding away at police stations, waiting for this whole shindig to end."
Wolf: Something I've realized long after the invasion began...not a single law enforcement officer has been spotted in Seattle! That means I can actually rob a bank, or a jewelry store, or even a cheesecake factory...provided those places I mentioned haven't been destroyed by Heartless or Shroobs. Nothing can stop me now, I'm now INVINCIBLE!
Lucina: *reading off an alert notification on her phone* "Effective until 7:00 PM at the latest, all police stations and fire stations in Seattle will be closed until the crisis in the city has been resolved." *gives a deadpan look at the camera* ...you're kidding me, right? You're telling me that the brave men who save and protect our lives as their civic duty are not even man enough to challenge a single Heartless? Or a Shroob? At times I'd like to think how well off this city would be if not for us brawlers...
"Can Kirby and I play a game of rock-paper-scissors to decide who will be riding in the trunk?" asked Pit, even though everyone thought it would be Kirby chilling in the trunk of the taxi and enjoying it like the weirdo he was. B.D. Joe gave the two goofballs a thumbs up, kickstarting the rock-paper-scissors duel between Pit and Kirby that was super intense, despite how short the duel was. Kirby drew rock, and Pit...drew scissors, meaning that Kirby won and the loser Pit now had to ride in the trunk. "Dang it Kirby, how come you always win rock-paper-scissors and I don't?!"
"Like I told you before Pit, I can only draw rock because I have no fingers," explained Kirby, as he, Fox, Falco, and Yoshi got inside B.D. Joe's taxi. "I've convinced you many times to use paper again me, but apparently making your hand flat is an increasingly hard thing to perform..." Pit didn't agree with this, rolling his eyes as he hopped inside the taxi's trunk and closed the lid...nearly chopping his fingers off on the process. The angel would definitely be drawing rock in rock-paper-scissors games for the rest of his life if his fingers were gone.
"Okay boys, buckle in your seat belts and let's get this show on the road!" B.D. Joe told his passengers, who all buckled their seat belts (except for Pit, who'll have to settle with tumbling around in the trunk of the taxi because of his stupidity). B.D. Joe drove off, leaving Mario, Link, Lightning, and Midna by themselves on the cliff.
"Since Master Xehanort wanted to add a flair to this invasion...how about I add a flair of my own?" Midna smirked deviously, as she floated over to Link, who was worried about what the imp could possibly be thinking about. "Are you thinking what I'm thinking, Link?"
"I think I know what you're thinking, but I hope that you're not thinking about what I'm thinking what you're thinking," replied Link, slightly confusing himself with what he just said, until Midna's smirk grew into a wicked smile. "Oh, please don't tell me..."
"Yes, Link...I'm about to do something I've just been dying to do ever since I found you. Why don't we show Mario and the pink-haired woman...your wild side?"
Midna took the Master Sword from Link and pointed it at the Hylian, and snapped her fingers. Mario and Lighting looked on in shock as Link was transforming before their very eyes, transforming into a form the Hylian would take on whenever he was in the Twilight Realm...Wolf Link. Midna hopped on Wolf Link, who now had to follow the imp's directions in this canine form.
"Now if you excuse us, we'll be the ones looking for Zelda - you two can just focus on finding anyone from Organization XIII," Midna would say to Mario and Lightning, with Wolf Link growling to show Midna how much he resented being a wolf. Lots and lots of bad memories. "Until we see each other again, look out for danger and don't get killed! Surprised nobody has died yet...though I could be wrong." So Wolf Link leaped off the cliff to fight some Unversed, as Mario and Lighting were now alone with Entei, making for quite a threesome.
"The three-a of us, working together, how-a very unlikely..." remarked Mario, who never imagined he would be fighting against the forces of evil with freaking Lightning Farron and Entei, the volcano Pokemon. That was something he could probably brag to Bowser and his friends. "You don't-a mind, do you?"
"Sure, as long as your future wife Peach doesn't mind," smirked Lightning, leading Mario to blush. Who told Lightning about Mario and Peach's wedding, was this Zelda's doing?
Dr. Wily: Criminy, criminy, criminy...I couldn't stop Ema Skye in time, and now she has given Master Xehanort that ray gun used to send out the Unversed, and now this invasion has...How did I know about Ema building the ray gun? One of the Organization members, Young Xehanort, told me all about it - how Master Xehanort asked Ema to build the ray gun and prompted the woman to stay at the so she could work on the ray gun. Of course, I wouldn't let this happen, so I broke out of prison so I could find a way to derail Organization XIII's plans...and stopping Ema before things headed south was one thing I had in mind.
Marth, Mega Man, and Ryu, who were previously dealing with the Heartless, were now dealing with the new enemies that joined the invasion, the Unversed, and were fighting against three of the more common types of Unversed - Floods, Scrappers, and Bruisers. While the Floods and Scrappers were easy to take care of, it was the Bruisers that posed to be a problem for Marth and company...but the three managed to defeat the Unversed and get the job done.
"That should be all of them - don't know exactly what those creatures are, or where they came from," said Ryu as he tightened his headband, before noticing that a certain geezer was missing. "Oh no, where is Jorge? We didn't leave him behind and allow him to be killed by the Shroobs, did we?!"
"Calm down, I'm right here you buffoon..." spoke up Jorge - who was in fact Dr. Wily, having been forced by Marth to wear a poncho and sombrero to mask his identity. "Jorge" was standing near a street light, and made his way towards Marth and company when the coast was clear. "I didn't want to face those monsters, I don't even know what they are!"
"Frankly we don't know what they are either - though I'm assuming they're reinforcements Master Xehanort and the Organization recruited from their own universe," stated Mega Man, looking around to see if there was any Unversed nearby. "They kinda function like the Heartless, I will admit..."
"Marth, are you okay?" a female voice called out; Marth turned around and saw his wife Caeda, running to the hero-king with her troupe of Raven, Lilina, and Kamui following closely behind. Once she caught up with her man, Caeda checked out Marth for any bruises and injuries. "Oh thank goodness you're safe...we saw you fighting those peculiar blue monsters, and feared for the worst!"
"Yeah we all thought you, Mega Man, and Ryu would succumb to those monsters and die, thought you'd be goners," added Lilina, earning a frown from Marth. What a great way to have the utmost confidence in Marth and company's abilities, Lilina, how will they ever thank you?
"So Marth...who's this old Mexican man accompanying you?" Raven would ask the hero-king - it was now a make it or break it time for Dr. Wily. Will he keep his guise up, or will he crack under pressure?
"This man you see here...is a man I single-handedly rescued myself," explained Marth, hoping he wouldn't crack under the pressure too. "His name is Hector."
"But you said that his name was Jorge," corrected Mega Man, putting Marth in a sticky situation. Dr. Wily, who did not wish to be called Hector or Jorge, nor did not wish to be wearing a poncho and sombrero all day long, decided to take matters into his own hands.
"Getting about tired of this foolishness...time to show everyone who I really am!" Dr. Wily took off his poncho and sombrero in dramatic fashion, making everyone gasp as the evil genius revealed his true identity. No longer was he Jorge...or Hector. Just pick whichever one you prefer more, and stick to it.
Marth: Having to admit, the whole sombrero and poncho getup for Dr. Wily worked a lot better than I expected. Much better than that other idea I had, dressing Dr. Wily up as a mime. The attire wouldn't be a hassle, but as for the face paint...now that's a different story. And what about the whole boxing in thing, how would that go?
"Dr. Wily, what business do you have here?!" Mega Man questioned his arch-nemesis, getting his Mega Buster ready as he gazed at Dr. Wily's newest creation - the cube he was working on earlier. "Working with Organization XIII I assume?"
"No Mega Man, just hear me out, I'm fighting against the Organization, not with them!" explained Dr. Wily, but Mega Man refused to believe the evil genius. "I made a huge mistake...they gave me an offer to control the Heartless, and I accepted the offer out of my own foolish ways. And when I was in jail, one of the Organization members told me about their plans...and so I'm here to correct all the wrongs that I may have played a role in. I just know that the Organization is interested in kidnapping Aerith, and I won't let them be successful!"
"Don't mind me asking, but what is that cube thingy in your hands?" Nowi inquired Dr. Wily about his cube-like invention in his hands. "Is it something that will make Organization XIII and company go away?"
"More or less - this cube I've built is a dimension cube, and it's made up of parts I used from a similar machine I had invented to send Aerith into our universe. It can transfer Organization XIII back to their universe, and it can also transfer someone from their universe into ours. Both uses can only be used twice." At least Dr. Wily was willing to tell others what his invention did, unlike some people we know... "It may not make the Heartless and Unversed go away, or wipe out the Shroob race, but Organization XIII is what we're most concerned about."
"I take it the Unversed were those creatures we just fought?" asked Ryu, to which Dr. Wily nodded his head. "So if we defeat the Heartless, the Shroobs, AND the Unversed, we can focus on getting Organization XIII out of our universe for good!"
"Precisely, and we must use the cube whenever the time is right. I'll be holding on to this cube till then, can't let it fall into the wrong...hands?" Just then, Captain Falcon arrived, piloting his Falcon Flyer. Falcon didn't find any point in using said vehicle until the invasion sprung up.
"You folks looking for a ride?" the racer asked the group, while Nowi beaming at her man. Nah just rolled her eyes, wondering what her mom saw in Captain Falcon...
"See any Heartless anywhere, you guys?" Yu asked his crew - Chie, Yosuke, Yukiko, and Teddy - as they were standing on top of a Seattle building, on the lookout for any Heartless they spotted. The Heartless numbers were dwindling down, and the same could be very much said for the Shroobs.
"No Heartless in sight, the others must have already taken care of them all," replied Yosuke, who was looking down at the city through his cupped hands. "Either that, or the Heartless spread out to the outskirts of the city."
"Yeah, and I don't see any Shroobs either - haven't seen a UFO flying about in a good while," added Yukiko, as a large Unversed popped up behind the Persona crew, accompanied by four UFOs. "Do you guys feel like there's...something behind us?" Yukiko slowly turned around, and saw the Shroob UFOs and the giant Unversed, which was called Metamorphis.
"Ack, it's a giant Heartless!" panicked Teddy, before taking note of the emblem on Metamorphis - which didn't look like the Heartless emblem at all. "...or is it a giant Heartless? Whatever that thing is supposed to be, it sure looks scary!"
"Pokemon Army aerial force leader Shaymin, to the rescue!" a certain Pokemon called out, as a flying reindeer of sorts flew by, firing an energy ball at Metamorphis. This Pokemon was none other than Shaymin, of course (if you thought it was someone else, then something's wrong with you), and accompanying Shaymin was Red the Pokemon Trainer, who was flying on Charizard, now in his Mega Evolution form. Mega Charizard X blew blue flames at the UFOs, lighting them on fire and sending them crashing to the ground, before using a Fire Blast on Metamorphis that killed the Unversed and put it out of its misery.
Red: Oh yeah, Lucario and Mewtwo asked me if I wanted to be a part of their Pokemon Army. At first I felt honored, because I would be the only human being that would do actual fighting alongside the strongest Pokemon around...and as it turned out, Lucario and Mewtwo only wanted me because of my three Pokemon. So essentially I'm being used...and here I thought I would get to use some Jeet Kune Do I learned online against the Heartless. Been learning in secret on my own, and practiced on Yoshi, my live test dummy, last week...Yoshi hasn't talked to me ever since. Wasn't my fault he fell into a coma!
"Good thing we came in time who knows what that floating alien-looking thing could've done to you guys," Shaymin said to the Persona crew as she and Red landed on top of the building. "Not sure if it was a Heartless, a Shroob, or both!"
"Thanks for the save - we're not entirely sure what the giant monster was either," replied Chie, speaking about the Metamorphis creature. "Teddy saw the emblem on its body, and it didn't look like the heart emblem we saw on the Heartless..."
"Well, I saw a vortex earlier, and there were all sorts of monsters coming out of it...so that monster we destroyed must have came from the vortex," explained Red; good to know someone around here had some awareness. "Saw Mario while I was flying overheard and asked him if he saw the vortex...he told me those monsters were called the Unversed...so the alien creature must be some large Unversed. Just another bunch of enemies for the Pokemon army to eradicate..."
Speaking of whom, let's see how the Pokemon army is handling things...Lucario, Mewtwo, Lopunny, Gardevoir, and Gallade, all in their mega forms, were leading the way, as the Pokemon army were plowing through the Unversed while advancing through the city. The numbers of the Heartless and Shroobs were decreasing, but the amount of Unversed was quite plentiful.
"Come to think of it, I've yet to see a single Nobody during this invasion, or even the leader of the Shroobs, Elder Princess Shroob, for that matter," Mega Lucario told Mega Mewtwo while beating the living snot out of the Unversed. Perhaps Organization XIII was saving Elder Princess Shroob and the Nobodies for something bigger down the road. "Whatever the heck these new creatures are, they're pretty easy to take care of..."
"I detected a vortex forming in the sky, with the creatures falling out from it - they must come from Organization XIII's universe," explained Mega Mewtwo as he dispatched a few flying Unversed. "They act and behave just like the Heartless, I've noticed - so it's no wonder defeating them is easy. We've learned the attack patterns of the Heartless, and we've applied what we learned to these new creatures."
"Yeah, and if Organization XIII knew any better, they would just have the big and bad Heartless do all the fighting...but whatever works best for them, I suppose." Suddenly Mega Mewtwo stopped fighting, as he was looking out in the distance, like he had realized the oven was left on back at the mansion, and some lights were left on as well. Those light and utility bills would definitely be skyrocketing to the roof. "Mewtwo, what's the matter, why'd you stop fighting?"
"I've felt the presence of a giant Heartless making its way towards the city...truly must be the largest of its kind. And as strange as it sounds...I fear that something bad might've happened to Master Hand himself."
Glass Joe: Alright, so I'm now outside the mansion, and I got this urn in my hands...got no clue what's inside, but I feel something powerful inside. Usually I would be afraid to check out its contents...but I'm a man now, a true hero! Glass Joe, I won't be no more! If I wanna be a hero, I might as well be a hero NOW! *opens up urn, and releases a long, silver-haired man wearing black attire and carrying a sword...you know who this is*
Sephiroth: Ah, finally free from my wretched prison, and now that I'm here, I must extract my revenge on...Cloud? *looks at Glass Joe, who is now shivering in fear with his hands blocking his face*
Glass Joe: Pl-Please don't hurt me Sephiroth, I-I come in peace! Spare me, if you will!
Sephiroth: You are such a pathetic man...but I see some use in you. Emphasis on some. Do you know about Cloud's whereabouts?
Glass Joe: Cloud? As in like, Cloud Strife? *Sephiroth nods his head, like he believed that Glass Joe was a dummy* Wish I knew where he was...
Cloud, Aerith, the Flying Man, and Professor E. Gadd were looking for a way out of KeyArena, any way at all, but there was one problem at hand...all the exit were blocked off! Even the entrance Cloud used to enter the arena was blocked off, what with a large object in front of it preventing an exit. It seemed like Cloud and company were trapped, with no way out!
"I would fly us out of here, but I wouldn't want to risk flying out through the ceiling and leaving behind a hole in the process," stated the Flying Man; nobody ever uses KeyArena anymore, so nobody would mind...except maybe for the folks that own the building. "If there was glass, I would fly through it, but that would be dangerous - what if the glass shards fall on us, and we start bleeding? And I would opt to dig underground and dig through a tunnel, but I fear that we might be lost and there would be..."
"...Professor E. Gadd, please tell me you have some wacky invention that would teleport us outta here - the Flying Man is starting to annoy the crap out of me and I really feel like punching his beak inside that stupid face of his," Cloud implored E. Gadd, expressing extreme interest in laying a beating on someone for the first time. The Flying Man was starting to get on the swordsman's nerves.
"All of my teleportation devices are back at my lab," stated E. Gadd; the Flying Man better get ready to catch some hands from Cloud. "Sadly we'll have to put up with our bird friend's antics until he drives us crazy and kills us with his annoyance..."
"...or we can kill all of you...except for sweet, precious Aerith," a low, deep voice said - a dark corridor appeared, and Xemnas walked out of it. Cloud readied his Buster Sword, the Flying Man got in a fighting stance, Professor E. Gadd...well he just stood there, like the goofball he was. "It appears that you saved Professor E. Gadd, our little prisoner...but we have no need for him anymore. It's Aerith that we want!"
"You can't have Aerith, no way we'd give her away to guys like you," said Cloud; unbeknownst to him and the others, another dark corridor appeared, this one generating behind them. "If you want Aerith so badly, then you'll just have to get past us!"
"Why would I have to get past you...when someone can retrieve Aerith behind you?" snarled Xemans; Cloud and company turned around, and to their surprise, they saw SaĂŻx dragging Aerith away, his arm over the flower girl's mouth as he dragged away.
"Oh no you don't!" Cloud ran after SaĂŻx to retrieve his woman, but SaĂŻx took out his weapon of choice, a Claymore, and directed it at Cloud, making the swordsman stop where he was. What a wimp that man Cloud was, scared of some silly weapon...must not be as tough as he makes himself out to be.
"Run along now, your woman is ours now," SaĂŻx told Cloud, but Cloud, wanting to prove that he really was tough, and not afraid of some silly claymore that could...possibly kill people, Cloud ran to SaĂŻx with his Buster Sword, but was promptly knocked away by the Nobody, as he landed on the floor, learning of the true power of SaĂŻx's claymore. Thankfully the dude didn't die.
"Face it Cloud, we now have Aerith in your possession, and there's nothing you and your friends can do about it," said Xemnas, as Cloud tried to lift himself up from the floor, despite being racked with pain. "So why don't we take our prey with us, so that we can..."
Right before Xemnas could finish, the Nobody suffered from a little deja vu...as the Falcon Flyer came crashing through the KeyArena and running over poor Xemnas in the process. Everyone except for the ailing Xemnas looked on in shock as Captain Falcon and his passengers - Dr. Wily, Marth, Mega Man, Ryu, and Caeda's troupe - hopped out of the Flying Falcon. somehow unscathed. Surely Captain Falcon wasn't the one driving the vehicle.
Marth: Amazingly, we all survived the ride in Captain Falcon's flying machine of death, and without injury...talk about cheating death. But the Falcon Flyer wouldn't be a flying machine of death...if it weren't for the person driving it.
"Some top notch driving right there Nowi, I'm really impressed!" Captain Falcon commended the half-Manakete for whatever reason, just being nice to his girlfriend. Also, what in his mind convinced him that having a childish person like Nowi operate a flying vehicle for the first time was a good idea? While Captain Falcon was doing everything to be a good boyfriend, he may be taking things too far.
"Thank you Captain Falcon, I'd knew you had a great time!" exclaimed Nowi, although none of the other passengers necessarily enjoyed Nowi's driving. Especially Nah, who was facepalming at her mother and now wished she had a different upbringing.
"What in the...what is going on, where did you all come from?" questioned SaĂŻx, wondering where Captain Falcon and company came from. When our fateful heroes saw Aerith in SaĂŻx's clutch, they all got on the offensive, but that didn't do much to release Aerith. "And what are you doing with those cravens, Dr. Wily, I thought you were supposed to work with us! We had a deal, we even gave you control of the Heartless!"
"Yes, we had a deal...but now the deal is off!" stated Dr. Wily, as he got his cube ready. "The deal is off for one reason, and one reason only...I've detected a flaw in your plan! When one of your members, Young Xehanort, went over the details about your little plan, he stressed the importance of kidnapping Aerith, whom you believe is one of the Seven Guardians of Light, and to be one of the seven, Xehanort said you had to wield this blade, called the Keyblade...AND AERITH HAS NEVER EVEN WIELDED A KEYBLADE BEFORE!" This left SaĂŻx stunned - how did he and the Organization possibly goof up?! "I should know, there was another Aerith that died some time ago, and I'm sure if they she wielded a Keyblade...then that Aerith would wield a Keyblade too!"
"You're telling me that there was another Aerith? And that this Aerith in my possession isn't even a Keyblade wielder? We've been lied to, we were told that the seventh Guardian of Light was likely a woman who was adorned in pink..."
"My...back..." Xemnas writhed in pain, as he crawled away from the Falcon Flyer. Why couldn't the Nobody just be run over by Master Hand's Lamborghini again?
"But no worries SaĂŻx, with this invention in my hands, I can easily teleport one of the Guardians of Light right here, so that you and your pals can leave this universe once and for all! I know how you want the Seven Guardians of Light yourselves, so you can keep them away for good and focus on your other goals, so consider this as making up for my...betrayal." Mega Man and company would stop Dr. Wily, but it seemed like the evil genius knew what he was doing.
"This better be the person we're looking for, otherwise I'd have to kill you on the spot..." Understanding the stakes that were against him, Dr. Wily turned on his cube, and pressed one of the two buttons on it. A blinding burst of light was the result of pressing the button, as everyone shielded their eyes, and once the light went away, there was someone now standing in front of Dr. Wily and company...a guy with brown spiky hair, blue eyes, tanned skin, and a black attire, wielding some blade that resembled a key in his hands. SaĂŻx knew this fellow all too well...
"No...it can't be..." the Nobody said in disbelief as he released his hold on Aerith, pushing her away, while the still ailing Xemnas shared a similar disbelief. SaĂŻx was so distraught, that he literally had to utter the name of the boy he was looking at. "...Sora?!"
Dr. Wily: *grinning as he twists his mustache* Ah, my alternate universe cube worked better than I expected! Bonus points for Sora having his Keyblade with him, made things much more convenient. I learned about Sora when I conducted some "research" on his universe upon returning to my lab, looking for a viable candidate to put a dent in Organization XIII's plans. I had three other potential candidates in mind the more I did my research, but their surprise appearances simply couldn't be done...one is comatose, one is stuck in what is essentially Hell in Sora's universe, and one is actually taking up two vessels of the Organization, figuratively speaking. Try and guess who those two are.
"What's the matter SaĂŻx, you scared to see me again?" Sora asked the Nobody as he readied the key-looking blade in his hands, fittingly called the Keyblade. "How about we fight again, just for old time's sake!"
"B-But how, how are you here?!" questioned SaĂŻx, still distraught as ever. "This is just what we needed...don't be so gleeful Sora, we'll be coming for you later!" SaĂŻx summoned a dark corridor and went through it, and right before Sora could chase after the Nobody, the dark corridor vanished. Xemnas secretly summoned a dark corridor as well and crawled through it, still in pain. Organization XIII now had Sora to deal with...he was already a pest to them in the past.
"If what SaĂŻx said is any indication, the rest of Organization XIII must be lurking around..." Sora thought out loud, as the others were marveling at the sight of the Keyblade wielder. "...eh, as long as I can take 'em out, then it's all good." Sora turned to face Aerith, who was now safe and sound from SaĂŻx's clutches. "Oh hey there Aerith, long time no see! How ya doing? SaĂŻx didn't hurt you, did he?"
"Hello Sora, it's good to see you again," smiled Aerith, as she and Sora were now cherishing their little moment together. "No, SaĂŻx didn't hurt me, but it's a good thing you came along to deter SaĂŻx away." Don't forget Xemnas - Aerith must've forgotten about the guy ever since Nowi ran him over.
"Just doing my job as always, everyone has to be a hero sometimes..." remarked Sora, as he looked around at Dr. Wily and company. "Well, I sure as heck don't know what world I'm in, but it's pretty clear that you made some..." Sora would come to a stop, when his eyes fell upon one person he recognized...Cloud Strife. Little did Sora know that this Cloud was not the Cloud from his respective universe.
"Any idea why this Sora kid is looking at me?" Cloud whispered to Ryu, as Sora was looking at the blonde swordsman with starstruck eyes, like he was a fangirl in the presence of a pop superstar. Sora ran up to Cloud, more eager than an eager beaver.
"Cloud my man, how you been doing?" Sora greeted the ex-SOLDIER, wanting to hug Cloud but didn't knowing that Cloud (or at least his universe's Cloud) wasn't a huge fan of hugs (unless it was from Aerith). "How did your fight with Sephiroth go? Did you win? Ah, who am I kidding, I know you were the one who came out on top!"
"Well I did fight with Sephiroth once...happened almost a year ago. Dude tried to kill Aerith or something, but thanks to Tifa and I..." Sora furrowed his brow in confusion when Cloud mentioned Tifa's name; this was a detail the Keyblade wielder found quite peculiar.
"But how? Last time I remembered, you and Sephiroth flew up to the skies to start your duel, and then Tifa showed up afterwards and said that you would return soon. You're telling me Tifa somehow discovered your whereabouts?"
"Should we tell Sora, or just keep this playing out until he learns the truth?" Lilina whispered to Dr. Wily, while Sora went on and on and Cloud did his best to tune the brunette out. Now Sora was talking about how Cloud supposedly went ham at some coliseum, and wrecked the competition.
"We'll just give him thirty to forty minutes, at the very least," replied Dr. Wily, wanting to focus on the task at hand - getting rid of the Organization.
Sora: Tell me, what exactly goes on in this world that I need to know? Is there any bad guys being bad?...There's multiple bad guys in this world?! How many?...Too many to count?! *dons Keyblade* Just wait until they get a taste of my Keyblade, that'll teach 'em a lesson!
Corrin, Kamui, and their siblings - Leo, Camilla, Elise, and Xander - were going up against four Unversed in Seattle's shopping district, called Iron Prisoners. These Unversed proved to be tough foes for the Nohrian family, and at one point, all the siblings were lying on the ground after the beating the Iron Prisoners gave them.
"Woah would you look at that, Corrin and his folks just got pummeled by those strange creatures!" exclaimed Vector, as he and his Team Chaotix buddies, as well as Alvin and Chrom, arrived at the shopping district. "So who's gonna go over there and help them? Those bad guys are really creeping me out, especially the one with the giant hammer! Kinda reminds me of Amy's hammer..."
"Not so fast, we got more Heartless on our hands," alerted Alvin, as a group of Shadows appeared. Alvin and company could easily sweep the floor with these Heartless, though Alvin wished these Shadows were more challenging... "Let's take care of these pests before we help out..."
Before Alvin could finish, a bunch of large ice shards were poured on the Heartless, wiping them from existence. A moment afterwards, the Ice Climbers, Nana and Popo, leaped down from a burning Shroob UFO; said UFO crash-landed, killing the poor Shroob inside in the process.
"Samus was right, flying in a space vehicle is fun!" exclaimed Popo, shortly after he and Nana leaped from the UFO. Technically the Ice Climbers were flying on a UFO, not in it...but whatever floats Popo's boat. "Admit it you guys...we looked legit defeating those Heartless! Bet you're super jealous!"
"Like we would be jealous of you, amirite...Alvin?" said Chrom as he turned to face Alvin...but Alvin wasn't even there! In fact, the swordsman was now taking on the Iron Prisoners, fighting the Unversed like a boss without any help whatsoever. "Can you believe that, Alvin straight up betrayed us! The nerve of that guy..." Once he finished off the Iron Prisoners for good, Alvin turned to face Chrom and Team Chaotix, who were all salty about his betrayal.
"Chrom, Team Chaotix, it's been real - but there's more work that needs to be done," Alvin called out to the four; while Alvin was a traitorous fool, what he did was nothing compared to Ema's actions. "I'll be doing things on my own for now. Ciao!" Alvin gave Chrom and Team Chaotix a two-finger salute as he ran off. After Alvin departed, Corrin and his siblings all woke up from their unconsciousness, and saw that the Iron Prisoners were all gone.
"The chained monsters we faced...they're all gone..." observed Corrin, as he steadily rose up to his feet. Xander and the others did the same. "This can only mean one thing...I was responsible for making those monsters go away!" Corrin's siblings all rolled their eyes at their brother, who was making himself out to be some goofball acting like he eradicated all the Unversed creatures.
"Corrin you silly brother you, it's pretty evident someone took care of the monsters while we were down for the count," smiled Kamui, as Corrin flaunted about his "victory" and his siblings felt somewhat embarrassed for him. "We may never know who this person was, but we should be grateful that..."
"...YOU should be grateful that my presence was enough to make those monsters go away. The monsters ran off because they knew how capable I would be at defeating them once my consciousness returned! They wanted to save themselves!"
Corrin: Ever since I cosplayed as Grand Admiral Thrawn, I saw my levels of confidence completely skyrocket. I feel more confident in my abilities, and my strengths, and more willing to accept my weaknesses and faults!
Leo: *appearing behind Corrin* Really Corrin, cosplaying? You went from some idiotic doofus to some loser dressing up in costumes? And you say that dressing up and playing pretend gives you "confidence"?
Corrin: Leo, Leo, Leo...it's not called "playing pretend" - I like to think of it more as, an "artistic voyage", "art in motion" if you will. *Leo shakes his head and walks away sighing* YOU SHOULD TRY IT OUT ONE DAY LEO, IT'LL CHANGE YOUR LIFE FOREVER, LOOK WHAT IT DID FOR ME!
"Would you look at that, the brown-haired swordsman did all the work for the Nohrian siblings, and Corrin is acting like he did some great deed," Nana said as she, Popo, Chrom, and Team Chaotix watched Corrin continue to make a buffoon of himself. "Someone oughta go over there and knock some sense in him!"
"Stand right here Nana, I got this..." Popo told his best friend...or sister...or girlfriend...or side chick...cracking his knuckles as he headed over to Corrin...and doing the exact opposite of what Nana expected from her best friend...or brother...or boyfriend...or side guy. "Corrin, you idiotic buffoon, you didn't defeat those monsters...because that was MY doing! Stop taking all my glory!"
"What is this 'glory' that you speak of?" Corrin fired back at Popo, as Nana facepalmed at her best friend/brother/boyfriend/side guy (is there such a thing as a side guy?). "Obviously my presence was enough to scare those monsters away - the monsters you didn't even know were here!"
"Yeah, yeah, you and your folks wouldn't be alive if it weren't for me, it was thanks to the ice I brought with me from the mansion's freezer that I managed to defeat those creatures. You all should be thanking me and kissing my feet..."
Suddenly a loud noise was heard, accompanied by the rumbling of the earth. Corrin, Popo, and everyone else looked around, wondering if there was some earthquake about to occur in Seattle...it was certainly no earthquake, but it was something just as bad, if not worse. Why don't we check it out?
"Did you guys feel any rumbling?" Lucina asked her troupe of Serah, Chun-li, Blaze, and Marta, as they were inspecting the outskirts of Seattle. "If there's going to be an earthquake, then I'm done." Accompanying the five ladies was the Paleozoic Pokemon Genesect, who was using its Techno Blast to good use by dispatching as many Heartless, Shroobs, and Unversed as possible. The ladies hardly had to do any fighting!
"I do hear some loud roaring up ahead - might be another giant Heartless," stated Serah, as she heard a loud roar followed by another shaking of the ground. "Sure hope it would be the last Heartless we have to deal with..."
Now on the fringes of the city, Serah and company finally encountered the thing that was responsible for all the tremor...it was indeed a giant Heartless (who would have thought) but this one was perhaps the biggest of 'em all...it was a titanic Heartless called the Groundshaker, and its size was enough to send shivers down the ladies' spines...Genesect didn't have a spine, so it just felt nothing.
Mega Mewtwo: Still not quite done with the Heartless, or the newer creatures that are now fighting along with them - Lucario and the army are taking care of the Heartless right now. But I'm afraid there's one large Heartless left, and it's quite immense and strong...it would take a joint effort to take it down. Right Lucario? *looks behind him for Lucario, who wasn't with the Pokemon army* ...Lucario? Lopunny? Where'd you run off to?
"Ahoy ladies - you weren't gonna beat that thing by yourself, are you?" a voice called out from above; the ladies turned around and looked up, and saw Professor Kukui, flying on a Lugia. Four trial captains - Kiwae, Lana, Sophocles, and Mallow - were riding on top of Moltres, Articuno, Zapdos, and Ho-oh, respectively, and they were flying high with Professor Kukui and Lugia.
"We found these legendary bird Pokemon shortly after they were freed from being Heartless," explained Mallow, as the legendary bird Pokemon were making Genesect feel somewhat jealous. If the Paleozoic even knew what feelings were. "After seeing this Heartless from up in the sky, we wanted to take care of it because it enters the city and start some trouble!"
"While that Genesect may be strong, you can't rely on it forever - one legendary Pokemon isn't going to defeat a Heartless of that size." Even Professor Kukui was intimidated by how massive the Groundshaker was. "But six legendary Pokemon...now we're talking!"
"Your help would be most appreciated," remarked Marta - she and the others were gonna need all the help they could get.
Snake, Shulk, Reyn, Ness, and Lucas had just finished off a bunch of Shroobs, and just when it seemed like the four would be done with Shroobs, a Shroob mothership flew overheard, meaning that there was more Shroobs to dispatch.
"This better be the last batch of Shroobs I have to take care of, otherwise I'm heading back to the mansion and calling it quits," remarked Snake as he and the others pressed forward, before Barret drove by in his vehicle.
"You boys need a ride?" the burly man asked Snake and company, opening the back of his vehicle just by pressing a button on his dashboard. "Think I got just about enough room for y'all!" Snake and company were unsure about riding in Barret's trunk compartment, but it might be a (somewhat) smooth ride.
"Sure thing pal, we'll just hop on board...or in the back of the truck, it should be cozy in there," replied Reyn as he and the others got inside. Once they were all inside the vehicle, Barret drove off, chasing after the mothership. B.D. Joe would drive up next to Barret, joining in on the chase after the mothership.
"B.D. Joe you chasing after the spaceship too? I would question you, but seeing your passengers..." Barret glanced at Fox, Falco, Kirby, and Yoshi, who all look like they would have no problem with the Shroobs. Only person Barret didn't see was Pit, who may find riding inside the trunk of the taxi boring and lonesome (unless he was some weirdo who enjoyed boring and lonesome things).
"Obviously I won't be doing any fighting - I'll leave that up to my passengers," stated B.D. Joe, as he and Barret chased after the mothership. They wouldn't be the only ones chasing the spacecraft, when a certain Gunship would join in on the chase, flying in-between the taxi and Barret's vehicle.
"Hope you boys aren't trying to capture my prey; after all, I've been chasing that alien mothership longer than you both have," Samus said to B.D. Joe and Barret, her voice heard from inside the Gunship. "And if anyone here knows a thing or two about aliens, it's me..."
Samus: *wearing her Power Suit while Pikachu rests on her right shoulder* Been a long time since I found a great excuse to wear this thing again... *pats Arm Cannon* ...and it's only fitting enough that I can do what I love against the Shroobs. Fighting against the Shroobs (and the Heartless, but I've reached the point where I don't even care about the Heartless anymore) would be more grander if Anthony was here...I bet you he'll show up randomly and say some crappy cheesy line like "Remember me?" to a bunch of people he has never even met before. Anthony would easily make himself out to be the biggest fool of the entire invasion, and the Galactic Federation...and I would be enjoying every little moment of his humiliation.
"Wait, so you're insinuating that the Shroobs were actually aliens this whole time?" exclaimed Pit, his voice heard from the trunk of B.D. Joe's taxi. "Man, this whole time I thought the Shroobs were zombified Toads or something! Why didn't anyone disclose this information to me?"
"Pit why are you even..." Samus was about to question why Pit was riding in the taxi trunk, but knowing Pit, the bounty hunter opted to save her breath.
The chase after the Shroob mothership would continue, until a mass of dark particles passed by, nearly knocking Samus off-course. The bounty hunter knew exactly what this dark mass was, and she was determined to defeat it.
"You boys keep chasing after the mothership - apparently I have bigger fish to fry," Samus told B.D. Joe and Barret as she drove away on her Gunship. A foe Samus once dealt with had somehow returned...
Mario, Lightning, and Entei were on the hunt for Organization XIII, and they would find several membersOr on top of the Columbia Center - the tallest building in Seattle with a height of 933 feet (967 to the tip). The members were standing on the building's roof, looking over the chaos and mayhem that was taking place.
"Guess we finally found-a where Organization XIII is-a located," stated Mario, as he looked up at the Columbia Center. Only problem was how to get to the Organization, all the way from ground level. Could Entei perhaps perform some super epic jump that would take Mario and Lighting from the ground, all the way to the Columbia Center roof? Sounds impossible, yet entirely epic at the same time.
"Surprised they didn't take over this entire building and held everyone inside hostage, if they haven't done that already," remarked Lightning, also seeing Giovanni on the roof speaking with someone on his cellphone. "What if they turned everyone in the building into Heartless...?"
"There you are Mario, we've been looking all over for you!" Peach's voice was heard; Mario and Lightning turned around, and Mario saw his fiancee fastly approaching, accompanied by Luigi and Daisy. Once she reached Mario, Peach embraced her fiance in a hug that nearly suffocated the plumber. "Not a single scratch or mark on you - you're still safe, just as I hoped!" Peach ended her hug after she said this, much to the joy of Mario.
"Hehe, those Heartless were-a no match for me...especially with-a this Entei me and-a my crew found," Mario pointed at Entei, who acknowledged the presence of Peach, Luigi, and Daisy with a nod. "Entei was turned into a Heart-a less by the Organization, and..."
"Outta our way, coming through!" shouted Yuffie, as she and Greninja came through, riding on an Raikou and a Suicine, respectively. Mario and company both had to jump out of the way as both Raikou and Suicine came to a stop, joining their fellow legendary beast buddy Entei. "You were right Luigi, these Pokemon really are strong! Stronger than I've ever imagined!"
"Oh yes, Raikou and Suicine were both turned into Pokemon too...Luigi, Daisy, and I saved them, and Yuffie kinda begged us if her and Greninja can ride on them," explained Peach with a smile. "I'm sure they're both having tons of fun!"
Greninja: *shakes his head in indifference*
Luigi: I take it that-a the pink-haired-a woman with Mario is Lightning Farron? Gotta admit, she looks-a beautiful...but second only to-a Daisy in terms-a of looks! Daisy, if you-a ever see this...I did not mean-a a single word I just-a said!
"You've-a never met Lightning Farron, have-a you?" Mario asked Peach, bringing her fiancee closer to Lightning. "Peach, this is-a Lightning; Lightning, this is-a Peach. Of course-a you know that Peach is my-a fiancee, some-a one must have..."
Mario would soon be interrupted, when Captain Falcon's Falcon Flyer came through, landing a few feet away from Mario and company. Captain Falcon, who had dropped off Caeda and her lady friends somewhere in Seattle, leaped out of the Falcon Flyer as the hatch opened. Inside was Dr. Wily, E. Gadd, Marth, Mega Man, Ryu, the Flying Man, Aerith, Cloud and Sora..and Sora was chatting away with Cloud, wanting to "revive" the swordsman's memory.
"Kid for the last time, I've never met Squall Leonhart in person," Cloud tried to tell Sora, who wasn't convinced that this was true. "And I'm quite sure he wouldn't like to be called Leon. Never met any of the Gullwings either."
"But you did Cloud, you were fighting at their side against the..." Sora ran his mouth, until his gaze fell upon a certain ninja girl, sitting on top of Raikou. "Yuffie!" Sora exclaimed Yuffie's name, and the ninja looked around in confusion.
"Um, do I...know you?" questioned Yuffie; apparently Sora did know the ninja, as he gleefully hopped out of the Falcon Flyer to greet a chick who may have her own alternate universe counterpart in Sora's universe.
"Wow Yuffie, you look pretty much the same since I last saw you! Maybe you know what Leon is up to!" As Sora was now annoying Yuffie, Luigi looked over to the Falcon Flyer, and saw Dr. Wily and E. Gadd - two inventors the plumber kinda wanted to see.
"Dr. Wily, Professor E-a Gadd, how do-a you do!" Luigi greeted the geezers, who felt obliged to hop down from the Falcon Flyer and speak with Luigi. "Haven't seen-a you two since last-a June. Funny seeing your-a faces during this invasion!"
"Ha ha ha...we both had our own various ways of ending up here," chuckled E. Gadd, fixing his glasses. Very common tic of most glasses-wearing folks. "Organization XIII took my time machine when I refused to give it to them, and then they held me hostage in this city's KeyArena. It was thanks to Cloud and friends that I'm now free!"
"As for me, I knew what Organization XIII's plans were, so I decided to take action and stop them," added Dr. Wily, making sure he had his cube with him. "Apparently the Organization enticed Ema Skye, the brunette who's been at the mansion, to assist them in their plan - which had to do with finding the Seven Hearts of Light and holding them hostage so they could focus on their other devious plans. But I saw a flaw in their plan - they thought Aerith was one of the Seven Hearts...but in order to be one of the seven, you must be able to wield a blade called a Keyblade, just like that boy over there!" Dr. Wily pointed at Sora, who was still running his mouth with Yuffie. "Reason why this invasion is happening is because you guys refused to give up Aerith, and now that the Organization has learned the truth...I think they have changed their course of action."
"Ema Skye, a double agent? I never would-a have guessed! So what should we-a do to drive Organization XIII away?"
"We must send the Organization back where they came from with this," Dr. Wily held up his cube for Luigi to see. "If we can somehow get the leader of the Organization, Master Xehanort, to press this button I'm pointing at, and his fellow members are within his vicinity, then the Organization will be sent back to their universe, and we won't have to put up with them again!" Dr. Wily looked towards Sora, who was now speaking with Mario and Peach and introducing himself to the future married couple...Dr. Wily stroked his chin as he thought up of a plan.
Dr. Wily: I got the perfect plan to send Organization XIII back to their universe. If they want to leave in one piece...then you gotta give them what they want.
Somehow, someway, by their own true ambition, several cameramen of the Smash Life documentary crew managed to climb up the Columbia Center and to the roof, where Organization XIII belied. Whether they climbed up the stairs or used an elevator shall remain unknown, but let's just hope they went with the latter option. Anyways, the cameramen were hiding away on the roof, capturing footage of Giovanni who was still on the phone.
"How many times do I have to tell you, you were NOT planned to come with me to Seattle!" Giovanni spoke on the phone with a few Team Rocket grunts, most likely Jessie, James, and Meowth. "Thought I made that clear in our meeting yesterday. I'll be the one representing Team Rocket proud. Got it?...Okay, just don't bother me again, please! Thank you and goodbye!" Giovanni ended his phone call and walked towards Master Xehanort, who was looking over the city with Ansem and Xemnas. "So now that we've learned the truth about Aerith, what's next on the agenda?" Giovanni asked the three Organization members.
"A boy that has been a thorn in our side, named Sora, has somehow appeared," stated Xemnas, still in some pain from being run over by Nowi. "We had planned to make him a vessel in our Organization...so we suppose we'll pick right up from where we left off."
"Sora is a very strong fighter, and he has a lot of...darkness, within him," added Ansem, though Giovanni was unsure what particular darkness Sora possessed. "He would be a stellar asset to our..." Ansem would be cut short, when a wolf ambushed the Heartless and tackled him to the floor of the roof. That wolf was none other than Wolf Link, who was now gnashing away at Ansem as the Heartless tried to get the wolf off of him.
"Where in blazes did that wolf come from?!" Master Xehanort wondered as a large hand grabbed both Xemnas and Giovanni and tossed them to the side aggressively, knocking both of them out as their heads hit the roof floor. That hand belonged to none other than Midna, who gained Xehanort's attention by tapping his shoulder. "You again?! How did you get here, what do you want this time?!"
"Climbing up buildings is pretty easy when you're riding on a wolf..." replied Midna, before grabbing Master Xehanort by the collar and lifting him up in the air. Forget Sora - Midna must be Master Xehanort's number one enemy! "Princess Zelda...where are you keeping her? Tell me now, or I'll end you and throw you over this building!"
"Th-The princess is with Ema and the others in the Sky View Observatory! We ran everyone in there out, so we could..." Having heard enough, Midna dropped Master Xehanort and called out to Wolf Link, who stopped attacking Ansem and went to Midna, who sat on the wolf as they pressed forward to the Sky View Observatory.
With a lone cameraman now accompanying them, Wolf Link and Midna journeyed to the Sky View Observatory to rescue Zelda...but when they arrived at the observatory deck, they saw SaĂŻx, Xigbar, Young Xehanort, and several hooded Organization members lying on the floor unconscious. Standing in the center of it all was Sheik, who was holding an unconscious Ema Skye over her back.
"Usually I don't tend to mind playing the damsel in distress role, but I'm sure you two know that I can handle things myself," Sheik said to Wolf Link and Midna, who were shocked, but not entirely shocked. Why didn't Zelda change into Sheik earlier? "Allowed myself to be kidnapped just so I could...gain some intel. Also nice seeing you back in your wolf form again, Link."
Sheik: Had a pretty candid private conversation with Ema when I was being held hostage...she only agreed to work for Organization XIII because she knew how much Phoenix and Maya missed Mia, especially Maya - poor girl must still be depressed with Mia's death, and how Mia died. Ema was doing favors for the Organization thinking she was doing something good...when in actually she was doing something very, very bad. So, after I turned into this persona and creamed the other Organization losers, I knocked Ema out unconscious and I'm planning her to bring her back to the mansion, so she can fess up to everyone.
"Well you certainly saved us a lot of work, that's for sure," remarked Midna, as Wolf Link walked towards the large window of the Sky View Observatory. "Let's get out of this place before any of these creeps wake up..."
Samus finally caught up to the dark mass in downtown Seattle, with Soda Popsinski, Heihachi, Eleonora, Bayonetta, and Presa fighting against said mass. Samus parked her Gunship, and her and Pikachu got out of the spacecraft to fight the dark mass...which was actually Master Core, now in its Master Giant form.
"Anyone know how to defeat this thing?" Eleonora asked the others, her arrows not working on Master Core. Bayonetta, who fought this Master Core on occasion before, was ready to provide an answer.
"Only the strongest of attacks will work on Master Core, and as it takes damage, it will change forms," stated Bayonetta, as she summoned a fist of Madame Butterfly, hurling it into Master Core. The dark mass screamed, as it changed into its second form, a Master Beast. "Aha, Madame Butterfly certainly has done the trick!"
"Perhaps another punch will finish it off for good!" exclaimed Soda Popsinski as ran up to the Master Beast to deliver a wicked uppercut, only to jump away in fear when the beast attempted to bite the Russian boxer. "...on second thought, Madame Butterfly might have to do the work for us!"
"Or Pikachu and I can do all the work and destroy Master Core by ourselves," stated Samus, grabbing everyone's attention, as she and Pikachu started charging up. Samus fired a large Charge Shot, and Pikachu fired Thunderbolt, all on Master Beast, and the monstrosity screamed in pain before turning into its third form - Master Edges.
"Great, just how many forms does this thing have..." groaned Presa, too distraught to even be intimidated by the Master Edges. Not even the size of the swords made Presa feel afraid. "This better be the last form we have to deal with."
"Crap my Arm Cannon isn't working..." worried Samus, as her trusty Arm Cannon was not cooperating with the bounty hunter. Without a well-functioning Arm Cannon, Samus was pretty much rendered useless. "Do you have any electricity left in you, Pikachu?"
"Pika pika..." replied Pikachu, trying to generate electricity but failing to do so. That Thunderbolt he unleashed on the Master Beast unfortunately drained all the electricity out of the mouse Pokemon. Well worth the risk, though.
But help would soon be on the way, when a bright beam of light was fired, and struck the Master Edges. This beam was strong enough to defeat the Master Edges and Master Core entirely, as the dark matter was slowly fading away due to the light. Samus and company were also able to make out a few Shadow Heartless within dissipating dark matter that were being destroyed by the light beam, and once all the dark matter and Shadow Heartless went away...only thing that was left in the center of the scene was Master Hand, who was sprawled out with his hand open.
"Master Hand!" exclaimed Heihachi as he and the others ran over to the giant hand to see if he was okay. "Please tell us you're alive! Do you need CPR? Granted you don't have a mouth...but I can find it!" Heihachi's worries would soon vanish away, when Master Hand slowly rose up from the ground, shaking a little, before outstretching his hand and sighing in relief. Just like that, Master Hand was back to normal.
"Ah, I feel alive and well again!" the giant hand exclaimed, as he looked around and Heihachi and the others. "I can't believe you all came over to see if I was okay! Especially you Samus, deep down I always knew you were a caring person...still owe me one for what you did to my Lamborghini."
Samus: Totally forgot Master Hand still owns a Lamborghini...I pray and hope that the Heartless destroyed that overrated piece of junk.
"Obviously none of you saved me from the Heartless that went all Grand Theft Auto on me, so who should I be thanking?" wondered Master Hand as he looked around for his hero. That hero would show up at the scene with a staff, and Doc Louis and Little Mac following her for whatever reason...that hero was Leia Rolando.
"Excuse me everyone, but did that dark matter stuff go away, I kinda saw it from far away and I wanna know if it's gone," Leia said to the group. Little did she know that the dark matter was actually Master Hand...who now grabbed the nurse and held her real tight. "Hey, Master Hand, what gives? Put me down!"
"Leia, you saved me from those stupid Heartless! Don't know what that staff of yours does, but I know that it got the job done, and now I'm saved! Normally I refuse to tell others this, but...Leia Rolando, you're my hero!" Would what Master Hand is doing to Leia constitute as a hug?
"Enough with the flattery, just put me down already..." Midna was right - maybe Leia really was more than just a nurse.
Barret and B.D. Joe finally reach the Shroob mothership, which was positioned near the Space Needle. Barret, B.D. Joe, and their occupants all got out of their vehicles to confront the mothership, which had a large laser gun sticking out of it.
"It's not going to obliterate the Space Needle, is it?" fretted Ness, but his concerns would soon be met when the mothership directed the laser gun at the Space Needle. Of course the Shroobs would go after the most notable landmark in the city...
"We can't just stand around and let the Shroobs destroy valuable public property!" stated Fox; the Space Needle, being "valuable public property"? "Time to take action and stop these fools!" Fox whipped out his Blaster, and fired shots at the mothership. The mothership turned its attention to Fox and company...and reverted their attention back to the Space Needle they were preparing to destroy. "...good thing I didn't waste any ammo."
"I would take down this mothership with a rocket launcher...but I forgot where I put that darn thing," said Snake, scratching his beard. Memory loss must be a truly terrible thing. "Curse you accelerated age..."
Pit, the only person in the group that could fly, would see if he could take the mothership down, but the angel didn't have to...as a flying figure slashed the mothership's laser gun completely with a long sword, before slashing the mothership and sending it crashing to the ground, a couple of yards away from the men. The figure would descend to the ground afterwards, revealing himself to be none other than Sephiroth. The group was in awe of the one-winged angel.
"Typically I don't work for the good guys, but I had no choice in the matter," stated Sephiroth, brushing his hair back. "That craven over there put me up to it." That craven was none other than Glass Joe, who arrived at the scene feeling somewhat confident.
Sephiroth: Here I am, working with the most futile human being I've ever seen in an effort to save the world, when I could be using my time looking for Cloud...the two of us have still unfinished business, if you didn't know.
"Move aside boys, the new and improved Glass Joe has arrived!" exclaimed Glass Joe, who was no longer scared of Sephiroth after the initial meeting. The boxer strutted his way to the downed mothership, as Fox and the others laughed at Glass Joe's claims. Glass Joe stopped at the mothership, and winded up his fist for a punch.
"You know things are headed south if Glass Joe has to do something heroic and impressive," snickered Yoshi...right before Glass Joe delivered a wicked, powerful punch, strong enough to send the mothership flying into the sky where it would explode into pieces. Glass Joe dusted off his shoulder as Yoshi and company looked on in shock, wondering if Glass Joe had taken steroids prior to the invasion.
"Just like I said, I'm new and improved, ain't scared of nothing now!" Yet Glass Joe was afraid of meeting Sephiroth earlier... "Though I wouldn't feel that way if it weren't for Sephiroth! Hats of to him!"
"I don't need your remarks, I only helped out because I felt like it," replied Sephiroth as he cleaned off his Masamune sword. "Now that we got that done, show me where Cloud is, before I...wait, what are you doing, why do you have that thing? You're not gonna put me back inside there, are you?!" Sephiroth panicked as Glass Joe whipped out the urn, and opened it; Barret, seeing where this was going, grabbed Sephiroth and threw him towards the urn, with the artifact sucking up the one-winged angel and Glass Joe closing the lid once the action was done.
"Cloud is so gonna thank me later for this," grinned Barret, wiping some sweat off his forehead.
The battle between the Groundshaker and Lucina, Serah, Marta, Blaze, Chun-li, Genesect, Professor Kukui, Kiwae, Lana, Sophocles, Mallow, and the legendary Pokemon birds was still going on, as everyone was doing everything they could to wear the Heartless down. Four others would join in on the fight - Phosphora, Magnus, Tifa...and Shovel Knight.
"Come hither, foul beast, and receive a mighty taste of my shovel!" Shovel Knight dared the Groundshaker, who was already preoccupied with the legendary birds flying about and attacking its head. "...verily today would be nice!"
"Less talking and more action!" Magnus shouted to Shovel Knight as he struck one of the Groundshaker's legs with his sword. "You've been nothing but an absolute chatterbox, so will you please..." Magnus would be cut off short when the Groundshaker knocked him away with its massive feet.
"Aw Magnus, you sound such like a downer, why can't you just tune out Shovel Knight like me?" asked Phosphora...who wasn't even participating in the battle. Probably just wanted to receive the credit of actually being present.
Magnus: The work I'm doing in this invasion will be all in vain if I don't get any money. Sole reason why I bothered to come here was to get some good ol' moolah...I think that's how you say it.
Phosphora: *scoffs* Only here for the money, unbelievable...I, on the other hand, am here looking for cute guys! Haven't found one yet, but I'll keep my eyes peeled!
Magnus: So really we both have no business being here... *nods his head* ...makes sense.
"It really would be nice if Lucario and his Pokemon army came by and killed this thing," remarked Tifa, punching the Groundshaker hard, but little did she know that her wish would be answered...half-answered. The Pokemon army didn't show up to face the Groundshaker...but Mega Lucario and Mega Lopunny did, and Mega Lucario looked stronger than ever.
"Everyone get back from the Heartless, I got this..." the aura Pokemon said, but nobody hardly listened. "I SAID, EVERYONE GET BACK FROM THE HEARTLESS!" Now you knew everyone listened then, as they all did as they were told and backed away from the Groundshaker. Mega Lucario took a deep breath, as he marched towards the Groundshaker feeling bad...in a good way, of course!
"Lucario are you okay, you look...different," Blaze said to the aura Pokemon, as a rainbow color pulsated around him. (Hint, hint?) The Groundshaker turned his focus to Mega Lucario, who was more than ready to kick some Heartless butt.
"Ran back to the Smash Mansion and consumed as much protein, calcium, and rare candies I could find..." replied Mega Lucario, tightening his fists and cracking his knuckles. The aura Pokemon meant business! "This ends right here, right now...FEEL MY POWER!"
After shouting from the top of his lungs like a crazed maniac, Mega Lucario unleashed a flurry of punches all over the Groundshaker, travelling all over the Heartless's body via ExtremeSpeed. This was enough to bring the Heartless down to its feet, and once he was done, Mega Lucario unleashed Aura Storm on the Groundshaker, screaming with all his might, as he unleashed a powerful beam. The impact did not only defeat the Groundshaker for good...it also resulted in a massive shockwave that was slowly spread throughout the area, and into Seattle.
"See those guys mingling about over there?" Wario asked Ike and Roy, as he pointed at a bunch of Heartless, Shroobs, and Unversed from a far distance. "Once I eat enough garlic, I'll unleash a fart of epic proportions that will spread throughout Seattle like wildfire, and kill the Heartless, the Shroobs, and those other things that fell from the vortex in the sky! Almost reaching my goal!" Wario, wanting to be a folk hero, chomped down on a garlic, before chomping down on another one...and another one...and another one...
"Should we...go take on the Heartless ourselves?" Roy asked Ike, as Wario continued to eat the garlic. Nobody was stopping the swordsmen.
"Nah, I wanna see if Wario will get bloated from eating too much garlic, I'd laugh in his face if that happens," replied Ike with a chuckle. But Ike nor Roy wouldn't have to worry about the Heartless...
...when the shockwave from Mega Lucario's Aura Storm passed through, wiping out the Heartless, Shroobs, and Unversed completely. Wario, Ike, and Roy were stunned, and seconds later Wario's cellphone rang - it was a call from Dark Pit. The fatso answered the call right away.
"Wario, did you witness that shockwave that breezed through the city just now?" Dark Pit asked Wario on the phone, which was on speakerphone. "I'm scanning the entire city, and the shockwave wiped out ALL the Heartless, Shroobs...and those creatures we never saw before. But all those evil guys and whatnot are all GONE!"
Ike: Hmm, not sure what's more impressive...the fact that the shockwave wiped all the Heartless and company from existence, or the fact that said shockwave didn't destroy any buildings, or killed anyone for that matter. I do see some damage on a few buildings, but not a lot. Magic, bro...
"Master Xehanort, all our members have been rendered unconscious," Ansem told Xehanort, the remaining Heartless having to bring the last unconscious Organization member to the Columbia Center roof where the other unconscious members were. "Is there something wrong, Master Xehanort? You aren't responding..."
"The Heartless, the Shroobs, the Unversed...they've all been wiped out!" exclaimed Master Xehanort, having witnessed the shockwave. "A shockwave came through and...where did the shockwave come from?"
As Master Xehanort looked for answers, the Falcon Flyer flew up to the Columbia Center roof, and hopping out of it and onto the roof of the building was Sora, holding a large sack in his hands. Master Xehanort saw the Keyblade wielder, and he smiled evilly...his future fourteenth vessel had returned to his presence.
"Hey Master Xehanort, hey Ansem, you two missed me?" Sora greeted the two, sounding way too candid in the presence of two villains. Granted Sora was an easygoing guy, but still...
"Greetings Sora...I've been told that you were here," Master Xehanort smiled even more evilly, wanting Sora to be in his Organization pretty badly. Didn't care if the brunette was being candid with him, and not beating him up or anything like that. "Tell me, what's in that sack?"
"Oh, nothing...just the Seventh Guardian of Light I heard you guys were desperately looking for." Just like that, Master Xehanort's smile had more of an evil tint to it. "And, since I know you wanted me as a vessel in your Organization...I'm officially turning myself in!"
"Yes, Sora, that's a good boy, knew you would come around!" Sora walked towards Master Xehanort with the sack, while Ansem looked on suspiciously. Sora was acting a little too nice. "But before you can turn yourself in, why don't we see what's in the sack?"
"Sure thing Master Xehanort, I'd be glad to show you what's inside!" Sora placed the sack down at Master Xehanort's feet, and opened up the sack...
...as Peach popped out from the sack, with Dr. Wily's cube in hand. Master Xehanort was shocked, and Ansem was just as shocked too. Master Xehanort, the master manipulator, just got hosed!
"You said you were looking for a woman adorned in pink...so here I am!" Peach exclaimed to a shook Master Xehanort. "Here you go!" The princess smashed the cube against Master Xehanort's face, making sure Xehanort's nose hit the button that wasn't used. A bright blinding light radiated from the cube and spread about, and while Master Xehanort and Ansem shielded themselves from the light, Peach ran over to grab a still unconscious Giovanni as she and Sora ran back to the Falcon Flyer and got inside.
"Enjoying your little gift, Master Xehanort?" Dr. Wily poked his head out from the Falcon Flyer to jeer Master Xehanort. "Enjoy it all you can, because it's gonna take you back to your universe, where you belong! And you can't come back either! So with that being said...tootles!" Dr. Wily waved, before returning to the Falcon Flyer.
"Dr. Wily, you can't do this to us, I thought we had a deal..." said Master Xehanort, the light from the cube covering the entire roof of the Columbia Center and encompassing all the Organization members as the Falcon Flyer flew away. "We had a deal Dr. Wily, you had your end of the bargain and you didn't do it...how could you betray us like this?! DR. WILLLLLYYYYY!"
Soon after the Falcon Flyer took off, the light shone brighter than before, then completely vanished, along with Dr. Wily's cube...and Organization XIII.
Captain Falcon: Today was a great day...got rid of Organization XIII, got rid of the Heartless, and got rid of all the other creeps that were wanting to start stuff. But just to make sure things are back to normal, I'll just do a quick scan of the city in my Falcon Flyer...
"Ryu will you PLEASE get your butt out of my face?!" Daisy snapped at Ryu, as the princess was crammed inside the Falcon Flyer with not only Ryu...but Mario, Luigi, Peach, Lightning, Sora, Cloud, Aerith, Dr. Wily, E. Gadd, Marth, Mega Man, Flying Man, Yuffie, Greninja, and the three legendary beasts - Entei, Raikou, and Suicine. Yuffie really wanted to bring the beasts along for the ride. "I'm trying to breathe here, you know!"
"How about you get your face out of my butt?" Ryu fired back, even though Daisy couldn't get her face out of Ryu's butt. Also, that sounded wrong on so many levels. "Captain Falcon, when will you be done with your scanning of the city, so we can land?"
"Hold that thought Ryu - I'm getting a call from Lucina!" responded Captain Falcon, taking out his cellphone and answering the call. Calling someone and driving at the same time has and will always be a dangerous hazard, but don't tell that to Captain Falcon. "Sup babe, how's it going?...You don't want me to call you babe? Anymore? Whatever you say, babe...Lucario isn't responding?! Oh man...I'll be down there real quick...Bye."
Captain Falcon would land his Falcon Flyer at the site where the Groundshaker was fought; the racer and his passengers all got out of the vehicle, and saw a large crowd of people, consisting of the Pokemon army, everyone who fought in the invasion, as well as a few noisy pedestrians. Mario and company raced to the crowd and pushed people aside until they arrived at the heart of the scene...a seemingly lifeless Lucario, now in his regular form, was on the ground. Leia was doing her best to revive the aura Pokemon, as Mewtwo, Lopunny, and everyone else looked on with concern.
"Mama mia, what-a happened to Lucario?" questioned Mario, as Leia was now using smelling salts on Lucario...which didn't work.
"Lucario pretty much went full ham on this colossal Heartless by using up a whole lot of aura, and he may have lost all his life energy in the process," explained Kiwae, as Leia continued to work on Lucario and revive him. "Tried using a max revive on him, but it didn't work..."
"I'm afraid Lucario's heart must have been stopped - checked his pulse earlier and felt nothing," added Link, who was now back to his original form. No more Midna telling him what to do. "Would really suck if Lucario really is dead..."
Sora soon arrived at the open area, and saw Lucario down for the count, and Leia doing everything she could to revive the Pokemon. The Keyblade wielder wanted to help out in any way he could, and he stroked his chin in thought...before snapping his fingers when he came up with a brilliant idea.
"Maybe the power of love can bring this Lucario dude back to life," Sora whispered to Mario, at which Mario thought over. The plumber thought it was a good idea, so he went over to Leia and whispered to her Sora's idea.
"Really, you're sure it can work?" Leia asked Mario, who shrugged; either the idea will work, or Sora will be the biggest idiot at the scene. But it was trying this idea out, so Leia motioned Lopunny to come over. "You think kissing Lucario might revive him?" Going forward with what Sora originally suggested, Lopunny knelt down at Lucario's side, and gave the aura Pokemon a genuine kiss, a kiss that little kids like Toon Link couldn't see due to an adult like Ganondorf shielding their innocent eyes...
...and then, by some crazy miracle, Lucario lifted open his eyes, and the first thing he saw was Lopunny, his lover. The aura Pokemon slowly sat up, receiving some cheers from the crowd, before getting up and standing on his own two feet, receiving even more cheers as the crowd showed Lucario all their love and appreciation. Lucario, general of the Pokemon army, was now standing strong!
Meowth: That kiss...Lopunny gave to Lucario...felt so cheesy and somewhat cliche. Yet just like that friendship cake Fox and Falco caked, I strangely liked it...I haven't been feeling the same ever since I became Pokemon army lieutenant, I feel so sentimental...must be some sort of virus on me.
"Lopunny...did you do something to resuscitate me just now?" Lucario asked the rabbit Pokemon...who gave the aura Pokemon yet another kiss. The crowd went "Aww...", as little kids like Toon Link were still prohibited from seeing this PDA take place. "...I'll take that as a resounding yes!"
"Guys, I have terrible news, my Lamborghini's been DAMAGED!" Master Hand showed up, the only person who wasn't initially present at the scene. Sounds like Samus's prayers were answered. "Went to go check on my boo, and I saw scrapes and flat tires and everything! I blame those Heartless and Shroobs, they must have..." Master Hand stopped when he saw Lucario and Lopunny, standing in the center of the crowd. "Did I miss something important? Blah, no matter, I'll hear about it from Isabelle later. Since I was busy with my Lamborghini...Lucario, can you provide me with an update on the..."
"...all the Heartless, Shroobs, and other creatures have been vanquished, Master Hand," answered Dark Pit, leaving Master Hand pleased. "Flew over Seattle to check everything, not an evil creature in sight!"
"Not to mention-a that we got rid-a of that nasty Organization XIII too," added Mario, leaving Master Hand even more pleased. He would credit Dr. Wily for coming up with a plan to send Organization XIII away, but the evil genius probably opted to go incognito, for now.
"Excellent work, everyone (except for you noisy bystanders), you all pitched in, and your efforts have paid off! Now we won't have to deal with Organization XIII OR the Heartless ever again." Master Hand looked around at the crowd, and saw Zelda standing with Link and Midna, an unconscious Ema still over her shoulder. "I take it Ema got knocked out cold in battle?" The giant hand asked the princess, who smiled faintly.
"Well actually..." Zelda started, as she looked at Link and Midna. Some things were gonna be explained soon...
While some of the guests left Seattle and return to their destinations (you know Shadow was one of those guests), other guests opted to remain at the Smash Mansion and chill for a bit. However, the many denizens of the Smash Mansion were told to gather in the meeting room, where Ema had to issue an apology to everyone, under the order of Master Hand. Luigi, Daisy, Yuffie, E. Gadd, Dr. Wily, and even Sora were in attendance - you'll see later on why the latter person was sticking around.
"Yes, I know I was in the wrong for agreeing to work with Organization XIII...but they gave me a very enticing offer, an offer of bringing back Mia Fey," Ema said to the residents as she was giving out her apology. "Obviously Phoenix Wright and Maya Fey had a very deep connection with Mia, and I just wanted to make them happy...but I was ignorant at the time, ignorant of the Organization and ignorant of how the deal played out. Since Master Xehanort was from a different universe, reviving Mia was obviously nigh impossible...but alas, I got all caught up in the moment. So in short, I just want to apologize to everyone...to Master Hand, to Zelda, to Mario, and most especially to Fox and Falco, whom I worked with a lot during my stay at the mansion. And now I'm asking Master Hand...if I can leave the Smash Mansion, effective immediately. I will come back for the wedding, but since I lost the trust of many people here, I feel like my time at this mansion is...over. Again, I'm sorry, and I hope you will all forgive me soon."
"Well said, Miss Ema, hopefully you can own up to your mistakes soon," Master Hand said to the forensics expert, who nodded her head as she took a seat. "Quick question: did anyone turn Giovanni in to the police?" Peach gave Master Hand a thumbs up. "Okay, just making sure. Moving on to rooming matters...Soren, where are you? Did I get your name right, Soren?"
"It's Sora...and I'm right here," answered Sora as he raised his hand; wanting to save himself from more trouble, the brunette got up and walked to the front of the meeting room, standing with Master Hand. Leave it up to Master Hand to botch Sora's name.
"Whatever works best for you Soren...anyways, I want everyone in this room (except Ema and folks living at Luigi's place) to look at your future fellow resident, who happens to be from the same universe as Aerith. Dr. Wily brought this kiddo from Aerith's universe to stop Organization XIII (as Mega Man told me in private), and apparently Dr. Wily can't send Soren...or Sora, back to his universe because his stupid cube could only work two times, and for two different functions, and now the cube is likely history, as far as I'm concerned."
Mega Man: Never had a chance to tell Dr. Wily this...but sometimes he can be a gigantic doofus. That alternate universe cube he invented was exhibit A. Dr. Wily would make Dr. Doofenschmirtz proud...
"Before I continue, I must ask Soren/Sora this million dollar question...would you mind living here at this Smash Mansion, until Dr. Wily can make another invention that can bring you (and maybe Aerith) back to your universe?" Master Hand asked the Keyblade wielder, who thought over his options.
"On one hand, I can continue my Keyblade training here...but on the other hand, I will miss my good friends, like Donald, Goofy, Riku...but at least I have Cloud, Aerith, and Yuffie!" replied Sora - oh how Cloud and Yuffie yearned to slap Sora in the face.
"Sora is friends with Disney characters?" wondered Rosalina, after hearing the names Donald and Goofy.
"There's a Rikku from Sora's universe?" wondered Geno, putting his Square Enix acumen to good use.
"Figured you would say that Soren, and it's a good thing I picked out your roommates..." said Master Hand, as he glanced at all of Sora's possible roommates (sans Ema, Luigi's crew, and the two scientists, E. Gadd and Dr. Wily). "Soren, or Sora, you will be bunking with...Cloud Strife!" Cloud angrily got up, displeased with the decision. "Congratulations Soren, you'll be roommates with Link AND Cloud! That's like winning the lottery right there!"
"Master Hand how could you...why would you..." Cloud, now at a loss of words, stormed out of the meeting room. "Thought you were better than this, Master Hand," Cloud said these words as he exited the meeting room, feeling bitter. Don't be surprised if Cloud has to leave the Smash Mansion altogether, if it meant getting away from Sora.
"Don't worry about Cloud, Soren, I'm positive he'll come around soon. Just gotta be patient with the guy, he requires a ton of patience...Aerith would know. Now that I got that out of the way...meeting adjourned." Everyone got up and left the meeting room, but Sora was the only person remaining; the Keyblade wielder had his hands on his hips, and sported a confident smile on his face.
"Training at this mansion may not have been intended...but I suppose I'll make the most of my opportunity," stated Sora, before exiting the meeting room and closing the door behind him. So Organization XIII and the Heartless are gone forever, and Sora has moved in into the mansion...
...out with the old, and in with the new.
