Smash Mansion
"Oh, I guess I'm at this 'Smash Mansion' Shulk told ." Fiora looked around as she arrived at the Mansion after Shulk teleported her using the golden plate. Fiora arrived right at the entrance of the Mansion, Fiora is in awed looking at the large building in front of her.
"Wow, this building is huge, I think it's even comparable to Alcamoth Imperial Palace, guess I better head in then." Fiora walked towards the Mansion front door and start knocking on the door.
Seconds after, the door is opened as Lucina's the one answered the door.
"Lucina !" Exclaimed Fiora in excitement as she run to hug Lucina.
"Fiora !" Lucina also happy to see Fiora as the two girls hugged, both are happy to see each other again and then they both then let go of each other.
"Fiora, it's good to see you again, and wow you look...not mechanical anymore." Lucina commented on Fiora's now Homs body.
"Yeah, this is how I originally look, the Machinas were able to restore my body back to normal." Answered Fiora. "Well specifically they told me about the existence of a regeneration chamber so that's where we go after defeating Zanza.
"I see, so uh..since your body is now like this I guess you can't do what you did back when you were travelling with us back then ?" Asked Lucina remembering their previous adventure, well parallel Lucina, as this Lucina inherit her parallel selves memories..
"Sorry, but I can't pull off those moves anymore." Fiora sounded disappointed herself. "But I assure you my martial arts skills will make up for it !"
Ryu and Ken then appeared. "Yo Fiora long time no see." Ken greeted Fiora.
"Ryu ! Ken ! It's been a while hasn't it ?" Replied Fiora happy seeing Ryu and Ken again.
"So this is what you look like then ?" Asked Ryu looking at her now in Homs body.
"Yes, this is me in the flesh, I'm back to what I am." Replied Fiora. "So since you two are here does this means you two got dragged into this kind of situation again ?"
"Yeah, for some weird reason Ryu and I always got involved with this world hopping shenanigans, but hey at least it's nothing like last time, where we got sent to other places randomly, we're the ones deciding our destination this time !" Answered Ken.
"It's not so bad, I got to face many strong opponents that doesn't exists in my world myself." Ryu on the other hand more accepting of the situation. "Making it perfect for training."
"Is there anyone else I know in this place ?" Fiora looking at the mansion insides.
"Well there's my father, but other than him, I don't think there's anyone else you know." Answered Lucina.
"I see, well so I'm here, when should we go to Alrest ?" Fiora is raring to go.
"Let's come inside first, we need to speak to Isabelle for that." Lucina then grabbed Fiora's arm as she brought the Homs inside the mansion.
Smash Mansion - Foyer
Lucina and Fiora take a seat at the couch as Lucina pull out her golden plate, she then used it to contact Isabelle. "Hello Isabelle."
A hologram of Isabelle appeared on the device and greeted Lucina back. "Yes Lucina, what can I do for you ?"
"Let me introduce you, this is Fiora, Shulk managed to bring her here." Lucina introducing Fiora to Isabelle.
"Is that a talking dog ? She's adorable !?" Fiora gushing at seeing Isabelle.
"Oh so you're Fiora, nice to meet you, I'm Isabelle, I'm in charge of mission control, now that I know what you look like I can see why Shulk heads over heels for you..hehe." Isabelle teasing Fiora as the Homs face turns red.
"Ah young love, youth is a beautiful thing isn't it ?" Ken continued teasing Fiora.
"P-please stop teasing me !" Yelled Fiora with her face turned red.
"Haha, okay jokes over, so Isabelle who will be going to Alrest ?" Asked Lucina.
"Well we got Snake, Ness, R.O.B, Greninja, Erik, and Mac." Answered Isabelle, however something else happened. "Oh wait, Mac decided not to go on this mission."
"He's not ? I wonder what changed his mind ?" Pondered Lucina.
Smash Mansion - Auditorium
Earlier...
Mewtwo is currently talking to Snake, wanting to tell him something he needs to know.
"So you met Psycho Mantis back in Agent 3 & 4's world, I guess i should expect the FOXHOUND gang to be back." Snake crossed his arms hearing this news.
("Apalogies for not mentioning it earlier, many things happen and I got sidetracked.") Replied Mewtwo.
"No sweat, we managed to resurrect Falcon, if anything that event alone warrant celebration and embolden us to succeed in our mission." Continued Snake accepting Mewtwo's apology.
("So what will you do to your FOXHOUND comrades ?") Asked Mewtwo curious.
"Still undecided, that's something I need to think about." Snake still undecided.
("And there's a girl named Eliza, she possess psychic powers as well, I peeked her past a little, she seems to be another ally of Big Boss, and she died before you were born.") Continued Mewtwo.
"That's something that concerns me to be honest, I don't know much about Big Boss allies before I was born, they could prove dangerous opponents." Snake sighed at the thought of facing more strong enemy.
("Whoever the enemy throw at us we will triumph.") Mewtwo assured Snake as it put it's hand on Snake's shoulder. ("That's all I want to say, good luck on your mission.") Mewtwo then teleported away as Snake regrouped with his team.
"Well I figure having a diverse skill set would be valuable exploring a new world." Said Isabelle speaking through her golden plate. "Sorry for keeping you away from Samus Snake...hehe."
"It's fine, mission comes first, I'll have my chances later, so you're the one deciding on who goes to Alrest then ?" Asked Snake.
"Yeah, I know we usually volunteering on who's going where, but Alrest is a brand new world that none of us are from." Explained Isabelle.
"Makes sense, also Shulk did said Alrest is full of water so having Greninja joined us is a perfect choice." Ness approving Isabelle's choice.
"Is it okay though ? Greninja is a frog right ? Would it be safe for it to swim in the ocean ?" Snake sounds worried.
"Red told me that it doesn't matter, it seems pokemons that live in fresh water like rivers or lakes have no problem swimming in seawater."
"Also according to Shulk in Alrest there is a term called Drivers and Blades, so that's where R.O.B comes in, he could be someone's Blade." Said Isabelle.
"I will do my best to be a Blade." R.O.B tried to act as a Blade, even though he don't know how.
"You know prof, we didn't design R.O.B to be combat capable do we ?" Asked Prof. Vector.
"No, I wonder how'd it happened either, but if knowing how to fight is beneficial then we should let R.O.B participate in these missions." Prof Hector then walked towards R.O.B, he kneel down and put his hand on R.O.B.s head. "Go and save the world."
"Ness would come in handy to teleport us in case we got lost or in sticky situation." Continued Isabelle.
"Leave it to me, it would be up to me to get everyone back in one piece." Boasted Ness.
"As for me, I think it's best if I lend a hand from time to time, if there's anything need to be stolen then I'm your guy." Claimed Erik.
"Well Erik is volunteering to come, but I believe an extra manpower is helpful nonetheless." Continued Isabelle.
"Right, so now all it's left is to wait for Shulk's girlfriend and we're good to go." Said Mac.
"Hold on there Mac, I'm afraid you have to skip this mission." Doc Louis voice can be heard calling out to Mac.
"Doc ? Why are you forbidding me from this mission ?" Mac confused by his trainer sudden attitude.
"I asked Isabelle earlier on what day is it on Earth, turns out today's the day for your driving lesson appointment." Answered Doc.
"Wait, that's today !? Aw man I really lost track of time, I mean you know we're in another world right now and.."
"Yes I get it, look Mac, I don't think we can cancel the appointment, we have to go to the DMV to get your license." Said Doc.
"Mac, I agree with Doc here, we already have tons of fighters in this Mansion, but very few drivers, it would be nice to have another person knowing what to do behind the wheels." Snake side ng with Doc Louis encouraging Mac to take the driving test.
"Well Mac you heard him, there's plenty of fighters here already." Continued Doc.
"Fine, sorry Isabelle but I'm not joining this mission." Mac withdrew from the mission.
"I understand, anyway Fiora's already here, so it's time to go, everyone head to the foyer." And with that the Alrest team now headed to the foyer.
Foyer
All the team members arrived at the Foyer, where they all meet Fiora for the first time.
"Okay Fiora, these are the people who's going to Alrest, they will need your guidance to navigate the place." Lucina showed Fiora her team.
"Alright no pressure there, I'll be sure to guide everyone safely." Replied Fiora nervously.
"Oh so you're Fiora, my name's Mac, it's nice to meet you, I'm not going on the mission, but I want to meet Shulk's girlfriend before I'm leaving on my...personal errand." Mac introduced himself to Fiora.
The others also introduced themselves to Fiora.
"It's really nice to meet all of you, I'm glad Shulk is doing fine here in my absence." Fiora replied with gratitude.
"Well we're all friends here, we may compete with each other in tournament, but it's all a healthy rivalry." Mac reassured Fiora that things are great here.
"WARIO COME BACK HERE WITH THAT STEAK ! DONT MAKE ME BURN YOU ALIVE !" Bowser's voice can be heard from the Mansion interior much to everyone else's chagrin.
"Yeah, unfortunately some of us are isn't exactly friendly." Commented Snake.
"I..know the feeling, I met someone who can transform into a demon like form not too long ago." Said Fiora sheepishly.
"There's plenty of time to talk, I think we need to hurry to retrieve the object first." Interjects Erik.
"Right, okay Fiora come closer to us." Asked Ness as Fiora walked closer to the Alrest team. Ness then used his golden plate to teleport to Alrest.
"Well there they go, guess it's time for me to take my driving test." Said Mac.
"Umm..wait Mac, if it's okay can I go with you ? I'm rather curious about your world." Lucina wants Mac to take her to Earth.
Alrest - Gormott Upper Level
The heroes finally arrived in Alrest, however unknown to Fiora, after Rex and his friends defeated Malos, the Titans have fused together to form one massive landmass.
"We're here, welcome to Alrest." Fiora acting like a tour guide to the heroes. "Oh wow Shulk's right, now I am physically here."
"Okay, we're here so where should we start looking ?" Asked Erik assessing the scenery as he looked at the giant tree behind.
"Let me see." Ness used his golden plate to detect the Beanstar piece, but there's nothing in their current location. "There's nothing here, there aren't any signals."
"Hold on let me try something." Erik used his Nose for Treasure technique only to not being able to find anything either. "Yeah I don't sense anything valuable here either."
"Guess we should try somewhere else." Suggested Snake. "It can't be far from where we arrived."
"It'd be nice if we have a clue, it's going to take a very long time if we search nook and cranny of an entire world." Stated Erik.
"So where exactly are we ?" Asked Snake.
"Hmm...looking from the geography, I think we're in Gormott Titan." Answered Fiora.
"You have friends here right ? Why don't you go ask them if they see something unusual." Suggested Erik.
"It's not a bad idea, but I wonder if we really should involve more people in our mission ?" Questioned Fiora.
"Kinda too late for that, the enemy is far reaching as we are, I think this world is going to be involved by our shenanigans either way." Snake give his two cents to Fiora.
"Well, if this is how it's gonna be then follow me, i'll take you to a nearby town, I remember Torigoth is this way." Fiora then led the heroes to a city to enlist help from someone she knew.
"So in this world these huge animals Titans, and people live on it ?" Asked Erik as they all continue walking.
"Yeah, that's what Rex said, similar to how we live in Bionis and Mechonis, although it's said the people in Alrest faced even more danger, as when their Titans died the people living will drowned to the Cloud Sea." Explained Fiora. "Mechonis and Bionis have been dead for very long time, but we don't suffer from infertile lands, collapsing lands or anything like that."
"Knowing people, they would do anything to survive, war could be inevitable." Commented Snake speaking from experience.
"That actually happened, the city we're going to Torigoth, was once an independent nation, but it has been annexed by the Empire of Mor Ardain, one of their high ranking official was Rex travelling companion, she said their Titan is almost at the end of it's life cycle, so they need to find a way to migrate their people, the soil in Mor Ardain is getting barren, producing foods becoming harder and harder." Continued Fiora.
"At least the reason for war isn't selfish, and that's a rarity." Continued Snake.
"You look like you have experience with war ? Your attire, is that what soldiers wear in your world ?" Fiora ask about Snake's clothing.
"Yeah it is, and I pretty much live in war, I could go on, but it would take a lot of time talking." Snake not wanting to talk too much about his past.
As the heroes continue walking a rustling on the grass can be heard, sounded like there's something moving.
"What is that rustling sound ? It's the wind right ?" Asked a worried Ness.
"There's monsters living around here we need to be careful." Fiora is grabbing her knives just in case.
"Sensing hostiles, there's 6 of them, all animals." R.O.B using his scanner to search the surroundings.
"Shouldn't be hard, I've dealt with monsters during my travel, doubt it would be any different in other words." Erik readied his weapons.
Greninja having it's tongue out able to sense the difference of movements from the wind touching it's tongue, and quickly without warning it throws several Water Shurikens on the right side where the heroes are standing, several howls can be heard from that direction.
Soon several monsters came out to approach the heroes, it's a wolf like monsters with a red mohawk like hair on their heads.
"Red Volffs ! And there really are 6 of them." Fiora pull out her knives.
"Those red hair reminds me of Sabercats, hopefully they're not as fast." Erik comparing the Red Volff to monster from his world.
Three of the Red Volffs lunged at the heroes, but Ness teleport to the front and cast Shield, Ness is protected as the attack is reflected back at the Red Volffs. Knocking them backwards.
Seizing a chance, Fiora, Erik, and Greninja dashed towards the monsters, one of the Red Volff jumped towards Fiora, but she ducked and slashed the monster's stomach with her knive. Causing the monster to fall and bleed.
As one of the Red Volff got up to attack Ness again, the beast got shot in the head three more times before it drop dead. Snake shot the monster with his gun.
Erik is faced with one Red Volff as the monster lunged at him Erik used Divide to create two doppelgangers of himself, the Red Volff is fooled as it bite the Erik clone, the clone vanished as Erik and his remaining doppelganger used Power Throw at the Red Volff, killing the monster instantly.
Greninja used Shadow Sneak to avoid the Red Volff, it merged with the shadows and reappear from behind and slashed the monster with it's water blade.
R.O.B thanks to his metallic body isn't feeling any pain being chewed by the Red Volff, he rotate his body like a helicopter and knock the beast of him. R.O.B then finish the beast by firing Robo Beam at the monster.
There's only one left, as the monster realized it's outmatched the Red Volff begin howling.
"No good it's calling for backup !" Exclaimed Fiora.
Several more Red Volff coming out from nowhere to assist it's remaining kin.
"Sorry but we don't have time for this, PK Starstorm !" Ness summoned shooting stars from above hitting the Red Volffs below, some of the Red Volffs got hit and perish while other more decided to just run away as the shooting stars bombarded the entire location. "Well that should scare them off."
"Oh man you're one scary kid." Remarked Erik in awe seeing Ness's power.
"You're not the only one dealing with monsters in your travel." Smirked Ness.
"Well Ness you managed to create several small craters, hopefully the citizens won't make a big deal out of this, we're not that far anymore, let's continue." Fiora led the heroes back on track.
"Let me see on my golden plate where exactly are we." Ness tinkered with the golden plate a bit. "It's said our current location is called Plains of Evening Calm."
"Yes, and that means we're closer to the city, hopefully after seeing this the other monsters isn't dumb enough to pick fight with us." Said Fiora.
"Scanning...no more hostiles nearby." Confirmed R.O.B.
And so the heroes continue on their track to Torigoth.
Torigoth Arch
As the heroes keep on walking slowly they saw something that resembles a civilization, buildings, houses, people can be seen as they drew even closer.
"Is that the city ?" Asked Erik.
"Yep, here we are, now we're in Torigoth." Confirmed Fiora.
"We finally here, but can't we just teleport here using the golden plate ?" Asked R.O.B.
"We can, but it's best to familiarize yourself with the environment so that we know more about the geography." Answered Ness. "Also it would be safer to teleport to a location you know."
"Okay, what about here ? Any reaction ?" Asked Erik.
"Still nothing, i guess the Beanstar isn't around here either." Ness checking the signal on his golden plate.
"Didn't we teleport to a location that wasn't far from the signal ? Tails just give us the coordinate from the database, how did it gone just like that ?" Questioned Erik.
"We don't know, but I hope who we visit can give us an answer." The heroes then went inside the city.
Torigoth
"Here we are Torigoth City." Declared Fiora.
"Nice place, it got that mountain feel." Snake commented on the city. "I should know, I used to retire in Twin Lakes."
Erik looked around the place and notice something about the people. "Is it just me or these people have animal ears ?"
"You're not wrong, the Gormotti does have animal like ears." Confirmed Fiora.
"It shouldn't be surprising for us, we already have the likes of Fox and Falco on our side." Commented R.O.B.
"Yeah, I guess you guys have seen so much, so we're here at the city, where to next ?" Asked Erik.
"We need to head to Galad Residential District, it just a little further ahead." Fiora continue walking, passing the fountain and plaza and head downward, along the way they saw several black winged robots around the city.
"Have to say it's kind of scary, there's an entire ocean below us." Said Ness as everyone walked on the stairs downward.
"Sorry, please bear with it a little longer, his house isn't too far ahead." Following Fiora's lead the heroes managed to reach Galad Residential District, which is located below the plaza.
They keep on walking until Fiora make a turn and walked towards a house at the furthest part of the district.
"So the one we're looking for ?" Asked Snake.
"Yes, hopefully he's home." Answered Fiora as the heroes kept on walking.
Torigoth - Galad Residential District
"Seriously this guy doesn't have a door to his house ? What if a thief broke in ?" Exclaimed Erik.
"True, it is a problem, after all a thief did already went in." Ness looked at Erik and make a mischievous grin and everyone else tried to stifle their laughter.
"Very funny kid, let's just keep going." Said an annoyed Erik.
"Tora ! Are you home !? Poppi !?" Fiora shouted the name of the home owner.
"Tora, it seems you have guests." Said a masculine sounded voice from inside.
"Meh-meh ? Tora isn't expecting anyone ? Tell guest to wait, Tora is still doing maintenance to Poppi." Said another different voice from inside.
Just then a boy came out from inside the house, he wore a blue shirt and pants and seems to also have a helmet, the ones usually worn by divers.
"Wait !? It can't be !" The boy sounded surprised by what he see.
"What is it Rex ? You look like you've seen a ghost ?" And now a woman with short red hair coming out.
"Seriously Rex ? After everything we've seen, there's still something that scares you ?" And now another woman came out, this time is a long, blonde haired woman wearing white clothing.
"Wait !? No, I mean, why don't you two see for yourself !" Rex pointed at Fiora's direction.
"Hey Rex, Pyra, Mythra, long time no see." Fiora waved her hand.
The trio is shocked seeing Fiora standing before them.
"Fiora ? Is that you ? Really you ?" Asked Pyra still in disbelief.
Mythra walked closer and touching Fiora's face. "Wow I really can touch you."
"Okay, that's enough Mythra, I'm really here in the flesh this time." Said Fiora as Mythra backed off.
"You're really here ? But how is that possible ? Did the Archsage have anything to do with this ?" Asked Rex.
"No, he doesn't, I could explain, but things a...kind of complicated." Replied Fiora sheepishly.
"Complicated is an understatement." Snarked Snake.
"Who are these people ? Are they friends of yours ?" Asked Mythra assessing the heroes. "One of them is a bipedal frog ?"
Not long after a Nopon came out along with a robot girl behind him. "Okay, adjustment for Poppi is done, so who is this guest Rex-Rex said ?"
"Wow there's a Nopon in this world too !?" Commented Ness.
"What do you mean by that ? Nopons are everywhere in Alrest, you can't tell Tora you never seen a Nopon before." Replied an annoyed Tora.
"Masterpon, he must be from Fiora's world, maybe that's why he's surprised seeing that there's also Nopon in this world." Said the robot girl.
"Hmm...Poppi make a smart reasoning, well anyway I'm...wait Fiora ?" Tora is surprised seeing a familiar face.
"Hello Tora, and Poppi, it's been a while hasn't it." Fiora greeted Tora and Poppi.
"Well don't just stand there, come in ! Friends always welcome in Tora's house." Everyone then went inside Tora's house.
Tora's House
"Please take a seat and make yourself at home." Said Tora as the heroes sit at the table in the middle of the house. "Sorry for the mess, Tora wasn't expecting anymore company."
"It's okay, we did came here unannounced." Replied Fiora. "So Rex, I didn't expect to see you here."
"Well I was at the area, the job I took from the guild requires me to go to Gormott, and so I decided to visit Tora, it's been a while since the crew get together again, although none of us expect to see you here Fiora, is Shulk not with you ?" Asked Rex.
"No, Shulk is busy with something else at the moment, so it's just me and my other friends."
"Got to say, your clothing's are rather unusual, is that what they wear in Bionis ? Or Mechonis ?" Questioned Mythra.
"Mythra that's rude, sorry about her, she's the type to speak more bluntly." Pyra apologize for Mythra's words.
"No need, her appearance is more than making up for her smart mouth." Erik smirked looking at Mythra's clothing.
"Now that's someone with a good eye, you all can learn a thing or two from Erik." Mythra completely missed Erik's point, she then stared at Greninja. "So what's that thing ?"
"This is Greninja, it's our monster ally." Answered Ness quickly.
"Seriously ? Monster ally ? Okay whatever, you do you." Mythra given up on questioning things any further.
"*Yawn* ah that was a good nap." A voice can be heard from somewhere.
"Oh, you woke up Gramps ?" Rex looked behind at his helmet where there's a small dragon like being sleeping inside.
"Yeah, and I hear noises too, do Tora have more guest coming ?" Asked the dragon as he fly to the table. "Oh my this is an unexpected surprise."
"Hello to you too Azurda." Fiora greeted the dragon.
"I see this world have a talking dragon too." Commented Erik as Fiora instinctively shushed him.
"Hmm..what was that ?" Azurda questioned Fiora's action.
"No, it's nothing important, haha..ha." Fiora laughed sheepishly.
("So we're not telling them then ? And by the way It's me Ness, I'm using telepathy.") Ness spoke using his telepathy to Fiora much to her shock.
("Ness, you scared me there, and yeah I guess it just slipped out.") Replied Fiora. ("I guess this is the course we're taking.")
"So..uh is that your Blade ?" Rex point at R.O.B.
"Rex, there aren't any drivers and blades in Bionis, is there ?" Asked Mythra.
"Why...yes, I am Snake's Blade, my name is R.O.B." R.O.B follow up with the lie.
"Yeah, we uh met during exploration." Continued Snake.
"Oh, so there are Drivers and Blades in Bionis." Pyra is surprised.
"Yeah, it's very rare sight alright, ha..ha." Fiora laughed nervously.
"What about you two ? Are you friend of Fiora ?" Asked Tora.
"Yep, they are, Erik and Ness are friends of mine from Colony 9 !" Exclaimed Fiora.
"Well a friend of Fiora is a friend of ours as well, so Fiora what brings you here to Alrest ?" Asked Rex.
Somewhere Above the Ocean
"So are you certain it's located around here ?"
"Very sure, this is the location where the World Tree fell, so what we're looking for should be here."
"Hmm..we did managed to find one we're looking for, so the other one shouldn't be too far away, these creatures, Pokemons was it ? They possess very useful powers."
"They sure are, their assistance made our job easier."
"And for the second objective ?"
"According to our spy it should've located in Gormott, but we haven't heard anything, but we dispatched our soldiers alresdy."
"Keep looking, continue until we find both objects, and if things gets difficult, I entrust you to fix things for us Rosa."
"Of course." The Umbra Witch nodded obediently.
Tora's House
"So you're looking for this ?" Rex and co. looked at the picture placed on the table.
"Yeah, we were sure it was around the Upper Levels, but so far we haven't found anything." Said Fiora.
"Either a monster eaten that thing, or do you think it's those bandits again ?" Pondered Pyra.
"Oh yeah, we haven't heard anything from them after the imperial army arrest them." Stated Rex.
"Bandits ?" Asked Erik.
"Yeah, we dealt with bandits before, when the imperial soldiers are called back to the capital, security become weak, and those bandits seize the chance to plunder a village, leaving several children homeless and orphaned." Answered Rex.
"Bandits have hideout at the Upper Level, why not start there ?" Suggested Tora.
"Well, what do you think ?" Asked Fiora.
"It's not like we have any other lead, maybe we should check the place out." Agreed Snake.
"Right, let us go then !" Rex standing up.
"Oh you're coming with us Rex ?" Asked Fiora. "I mean I appreciate it, but this is our problem, you don't tneed to get involved."
"Salvager rule number 2 : always help those who helped you, it's alright, I'm done with my work for today so we can lend you a hand, isn't that right Pyra, Mythra ?"
"Of course, you're our friend Fiora, and we want to help when our friend is in trouble." Pyra want to help Fiora.
"I could use a bit of action myself, let's get those bandits !" Mythra itching for a fight.
"Now, now Mythra we still don't know if what Fiora's looking for is with those bandits or not." Rex calming Mythra down. "Anyway that's settled, we can show you the way to their hideout, this world maybe new, but the Titans personal geography remains the same, so we're still familiar around these areas."
Erik whispered to Fiora."Guess there's no more weaseling out of this one."
"Unfortunately it seems so, hopefully there won't be anything big going on." Replied Fiora.
"Oh right, what about you Tora ?" Asked Rex.
"Can't, Tora must watch over house while dadapon running errands." Answered Tora.
"Sorry that we can't go with you, give those bandits a good spanking for Poppi."
"Will do Poppi." Smirked Mythra.
"So we need to go to the Upper level right, then..."
"Yes, specifically we need to head to Waytree, did you see a giant tree the way here ?" Asked Rex.
"We do actually, that's where we arrived, does their hideout located at the tree ?" Asked R.O.B.
"Not really at the tree, i can show you the way, but we need to head to the tree first "
"Well I can teleport us there." Ness then teleport the heroes plus Rex Pyra, and Mythra to Gormott's upper level.
Gormott - Upper Lever Right
With Ness's power the heroes gets teleported back to the Upper Level, and there's a giant tree behind the heroes.
"Whoa, what just happened, weren't we at Tora's house earlier ? And now we're here !?" Mythra is shocked that she's now suddenly at Gormott Upper Level.
"No need to thank me, I am a powerful PSI user after all." Ness bragging about his powers.
"PSI ? What's that ?" Asked Pyra
"Oh, well it's really hard to explain, let's deal with the bandits first." Ness realized he almost gave himself out quickly changing the subject.
"Okay, so see that tree behind you, that's where we need to go." The heroes turned around and make their way to the Waytree.
On the way Snake looked upwards as he saw familiar birds sitting on the tree branches. "Are those ravens ?"
"Is something worng Snake ?" R.O.B turned around and approach Snake.
"N-no, it's nothing, let's go." Snake had his suspicions as the heroes continue walking until they finally reached their destination.
"You know, on the way the monsters were avoiding us don't you think ?" Asked Pyra.
"They kinda did, then again, it seems all of Fiora's friends looks strong." Rex looked at the heroes. "You think that's why monsters are avoiding us ?"
"Well we're no strangers to dealing with monsters so, they make a wise decision not to engage us in combat." Said Erik.
"I still can't help being curious about the blue frog one, I mean monster ally ? Did you really tame a monster and have them fight by your side ?" Mythra questioning Greninja's presence.
"They'll listen once you well...tamed or train them." Replied Snake.
The heroes keep walking, but then they all feel something on their golden plates.
"It's picking up signal !" Exclaimed Ness looking at his golden plate.
"We really are heading to the right direction." Added Snake.
"Let's keep going, we're getting close !" Exclaimed Erik as the heroes finally found a clue picking up the pace.
"Okay we're here, everyone find a place to hide." The heroes finally reached the Brigands Hideout and hide behind the rocks near the cave.
Brigand's Hideout
Inside the cave there's 3 men inside, one of them is a fat looking man, and the other two are masked men.
One of the masked men holding something green in his hand.
"What you got there Jo ?" Asked the other masked man.
"Don't know Grzeg, but isn't it pretty, and also it looks like a a piece of something whole."
"Collecting junk again ? We should think of a way to loot nearby cities and villages, we have been laying low for far too long, ever since the those black robots attack the city we're able to escape by taking advantage of the chaos, and now it's time to get back to business, now that all Alrest become one giant landmass travel should be easier."
"Great idea boss, where should we target first ?" The bandits begin plotting their move.
"Guess those bandits really are the culprits." Said Rex.
"What is the black robots they mentioned ?" Asked Snake.
"It's got to be Malos's Gargoyles, Malos launched an all out attack on Alrest as we make our way to Elysium." Answered Pyra. "Did you all see a black robots around Torigoth ?"
"Now did you mentioned it, we do see it, but we didn't think much of it since it looks deactivated." Answered Snake.
"Talk about robots can wait, first we need to take the Beanstar piece from them, and considering they're bandits I doubt they'll give it to us by asking nicely." Erik said from experience.
"Guess a fight is inevitable, okay is everyone ready ?" Asked Rex. "They have Blades with them, but I think we still can take them out."
"As long they don't have weird techniques I think we can deal with them." Commented Ness.
"Don't worry, they only have the standard skill set, alright then, everyone move out !" By Rex's cue the heroes quickly stormed the hideout.
"Hold it right there !" Rex readied his sword, preparing for a fight.
"What the ! Boss, we're surrounded !?" Jo pointed at their current situation.
"You ! You're the kid who got us arrested ! I've been waiting for a chance to get my revenge." The bandit boss having a grudge towards Rex.
"Sorry to barge in like this, but you have something we want, if possible we would like to avoid fighting." Said Pyra.
"That green object you hold, that thing belong to us." Said Ness.
"What ? This thing ?" Asked Jo as he showed the heroes the Beanstar piece.
"Yes, that's ours, and we would like to get it back." Answered Fiora.
"That thing is that important to you huh ? Then I guess it's more reason for us to keep it." Said the bandit boss.
"You better start opening your eyes Benjamin, you're outnumbered." Rex remind the bandit boss of his current situation.
"Yeah, you may have number advantage, so what ? You only have a few more people than us, we can take you down !" Declared Benjamin, confident his crew can emerge victorious.
"This is to be expected, everyone, the time for talking is over, if they want to do things the hard way, then let's do what they say." Erik preparing for a fight.
"Since they're just bandits, I suppose is shouldn't feel guilty putting bullets to their head." Snake is pulling out his gun.
"You underestimate us ! Let's go boys ! Time to get our payback !" Benjamin rallied his crew.
"Yes !" Exclaimed both Jo and Grzeg in unison.
And so the two sides finally clashed with one another.
Grzeg swings his axe at Rex as he blocked it with his sword. Erik cast Ridgeraiser spell to set a trap for the bandits.
Jo thrust his lance at Ness only for the boy to teleport away, Snake then shot the bandit to the head, however it's not enough to kill him as he only screamed in pain.
"Huh ? Quite the tough skin, no matter I still have more tricks up my sleeve."
Pyra shot a fireball at Jo, as he's still distracted from Snake's bullet, the fireball hit him as he fell to the ground, flailing from the burn on his face.
Mythra on the other hand assisted Rex by shooting a light beam at Grzeg, also knocking the bandit down.
Grzeg's Blade is about to attack with his axe only for R.O.B to fire a diffusion beam, R.O.B increasing the output and managed to overpower the bandit's Blade.
Jo's blade about to strike Erik with his lance, only for Snake to throw a C4 at his feet, it triggered an explosion as the Blade send crashing through the wall from the impact.
Ness reappeared behind Benjamin and cast PK Freeze at the bandit boss, with Greninja follow suit by using Ice Beam at Benjamin's Blade.
Fiora stepped on Benjamin's Blade, using it as a stepping stone and dive kick Benjamin's head, the impact caused him to fell to the ground as the ice shatters.
"These guys are too strong ! We have to retreat !" Benjamin got up and attempts to escape, but Erik's magical trap activated and large rocks erupts from the ground, Benjamin who coincidentally stepped on the edge of the rock, got launched upward and hit the ceiling with his head.
"That took care of them." Rex unsheathed his weapon.
"I have to admit that was easier than last time." Pyra comparing this fight to their previous encounter.
"Considering who we faced throughout our journey, a mere bandits are just small fries." Said Mythra.
"Well everyone else also did an amazing job as well." Pyra complimenting he heroes.
"Considering the kinds of enemies we dealt with, bandits did located at the very bottom of the totem pole." Snake agreeing with Mythra.
Erik scrounging on Jo's pocket and found the Beanstar piece. "Alright you guys I found it, I guess it's safe to say mission's complete."
"Well Rex, Pyra, Mythra, thank you for your help, if it weren't for you we may have to travel all over Gormott to find it." Fiora thanking Rex.
"No problem, although what we did is just pure speculation ourselves, we don't know if those bandits did find what you're looking for." Admitted Rex.
"So what is that thing ? It looks like a piece of something ?" Pyra curious about the Beanstar.
"Let's just say it's a memento from my parents, and I'm just glad I can find it again." Answered Fiora.
"But how is something from Bionis ended up here in Alrest ?" Mythra's question is starting to put the heroes into a corner, what will they do to keep Rex away from this incident ?"
"Before we answer that, we have a question for you, did a bright light appear out of nowhere and engulf this place ?" Asked Ness.
"Come to think of it, something like that did happened, but I was working in Uraya when that light showed up, the city was in brief panic, but they all calmed down when there's nothing weird or bad is happening." Explained Rex.
"Look Fiora, if the light reached this world too, I believe it's best to tell them what's going on." Suggested Snake.
"I agree with Snake, just so the people here don't get caught off guard, and someone at least know what's going on." Continued Ness.
Fiora looked behind to see R.O.B, Erik, and Greninja nodded in agreement.
"What is it ? Is there something that we should know ?" Rex is getting curious.
"Well that's..." Before Fiora can continue speaking something or someone approached the heroes at very high speed and snatched the Beanstar piece from Erik's hand.
"What the !? The Beanstar piece ! It's gone !?" Erik is shocked to see that the piece he's holding suddenly disappear.
"I also felt an air in here, it's like someone is running past us in incredible speed." Fiora also feeling an unusual breeze.
"Gre gre !" Greninja pointed outside where it saw two hooded figure.
The heroes then run outside the Brigand's hideout the confront the two hooded figures.
"Hey ! Give those back ! They don't belong to you !" Rex yelling at the two figures.
"Those black robes, it seems the Warriors of Fallen Stars are deployed here." Said Snake.
"Warriors of Fallen Stars ?" Muttered Rex wondering if that's what the robed figures are called..
"So who's dead enemy or ally coming back to haunt us this time ?" Asked Ness sarcastically.
One of the two figures pull out a black plate attempting to escape rather than fighting.
"A black plate ! They're attempting to escape !" Exclaimed R.O.B.
"We can't let them leave with the Beanstar !" Erik pull out his boomerang and about to attack, however much to everyone surprise, Greninja emerge from the shadows and struck down the two figures from behind by using Shadow Sneak, forcing the figure to drop the golden plate.
The two figures fall to the ground, and as the heroes rushed towards them, they were stopped by a barrage of machine gun bullets blocking their path to the two figures.
"Where'd that come from !?" Fiora looked around inin response to that surprise attack.
Another robed figure appears before the heroes standing on the right side of where the heroes stand.
"*Sigh* I suppose I should've seen this coming, I guess the raven I saw earlier was a sign, so long time no see Vulcan Raven." Snake said to the third robed figure as the figure removed his robe, revealing himself to be a bald, big muscular man with darker skin tone and with tattoos in his body.
"Long time no see too Snake, but still that's your reaction ? I was hoping for more to be honest, like your mouth agaped." Vulcan Raven voiced his disappointment to Snake's casual reaction.
"Yeah well a kitty cat told me Psycho Mantis is back, so it's just the matter of time until I see more of you, I suppose I need to look forward to seeing Sniper Wolf and Decoy Octopus one day." Remarked Snake who became a unfazed by everything.
"Hah,.yeah you're right, look forward to FOXHOUND reunion ! It's just like old times !" Exclaimed Vulcan Raven.
"Snake, you know this guy ?" Pyra looked to Snake.
"Yeah, former comrade, dead, but now under some magic spell that controls the dead." Snake summarized everything shortly.
"What's that ? He's dead, but now he's here ? Because of magic spell ?" Mythra is confused by Snake's word.
The two robed figure got up and one for them pull out a sword and about to slash Greninja, however the frog pokemon launched itself upward by generating water from it's body. Greninja then used Surf as it summoned a tidal wave from nowhere and about to drown the two figures, however one of them revealed to have ice power as it froze Greninja's wave. Greninja jumped and return to the heroes side.
"Raven, tell your colleague to drop the disguise, I don't think it matter anyway whether we know who's under there or not." Snake asking to Raven so remove the other two robes
"Fine, suppose there's no difference anyway, hey you two ! Just remove your robe, with these guys around you can't keep your identities secret for long anyway." Raven agreed with Snake urging his colleague to remove their robe.
The two figures decided to remove their robe. revealing two figures, a man and a woman, the man has a long shoulder length white hair, he's also wearing a mask and the woman has a red hair and dressed like samurai, with black shoulder guard and leg guard.
While the heroes had no idea who these two are, Rex, Pyra, and Mythra is at loss for words.
"It-it can't be !? J-Jin !? But you !? We saw you !?" Rex unable to speak coherent sentence due to his shock.
"L-Lora ? It-it can't be !? You were dead 500 years ago !? How is this possible !?" Mythra also shocked seeing someone she knew a long time ago reappear in present day.
"Mythra, I'm glad we meet again, unfortunately this isn't a happy circumstances." Replied Lora with a of speaking..
"Jin, we saw you, when you and Amalthus fight, you..."
"Say no more, there's no point in talking, Rex prepare yourself." Lora and Jin take on a fighting stance.
"Everyone be careful ! Jin is very strong ! He can move in a speed of light and controls ice !" Exclaimed Rex, telling the heroes what Jin is capable of.
("Speed of light he said, I wonder if..") Ness decided to activate his telepathic ability to get a good grasp on Jin as he open a telepathic channel among the heroes, linking their minds to each other. ("I link our minds to each other, if this Jin is as strong as Rex said, we may have to go all out, I'm gonna read his mind too so that we can predict his every move.")
("Good call Ness, but apart from those two there's also Vulcan Raven, he possesses mystical powers due to being a shaman, unfortunately I don't know the extent of his powers.") Snake explaining what he knows about Vulcan Raven.
("We can learn as we fight, we can't hesitate for a moment.") Said Fiora.
Jin then begin his first move as he dashed towards Greninja, fortunately Ness already read his mind before he make his move. Jin stand right in front of Greninja and slashed the pokemon with his sword. However Greninja turned into a green doll, revealing that it prepare a Substitute beforehand.
"What the !? Jin picked up the green doll as Greninja slashed Jin on the back with it's water blades. Jin screamed in pain as he fall down on his knee, and as Greninja ready to finish the job Lora used her whip to restrain Greninja's right arm.
Erik and Fiora run to help Greninja only for him to be ambushed by small dinosaur like creature, Erik fell down and rolled on the ground, luckily he only suffer minor damage.
"That's !? A Reeking Douglas !?" Rex revealed the creature's name.
"Despite it's small size, this thing possesses great power, you're not the only one with monster buddy you know." Boasted Vulcan Raven.
"And how did you get that thing to follow you ? Your shaman powers ?" Asked Snake.
"I didn't get to show what I'm truly capable of did i Snake ? Well now you're going to see the full might of my power !" Vulcan Raven is getting serious. "Reeking Douglas ! Attack !"
The monster goes after Snake as he's the closest proximity, Snake threw a grenade, but the monster avoid it, the Reeking Douglas the jumped at Snake, causing the ex soldier to fall, Snake make sure to pushed the monster away as the Reeking Douglas trying to bite Snake.
Mythra run off to confront Lora, with her speed she's able to stand in front of Lora in short time. Mythra attempt to cut Lora's whip as Jin got up and grabbed Greninja's tongue, attempting to freeze the frog pokemon, Greninja feeling it's tongue slowly frozen, used Shadow Sneak, it melds with the shadows and escape Lora's whip.
Mythra attempt to strike Lora with her sword, however she stops midway. "Lora, why are you doing this !?"
"Sorry Mythra, but I don't have a choice." Lora then punched Mythra in the face kicked Mythra's sword away from her arm.
Jin looking at his surrounding for Greninja, as Greninja emerge from the shadows, Jin quickly slashed it with his sword, only for the Greninja to disappear, and then multiple Greninja's appeared out of nowhere, Jin slashed them all with his sword, only for the Greninjas to disappear, Jin started looking around brazenly as Greninja who has been hiding under Jin's Shadow silently emerging and used Thief, stealing the Beanstar piece Jin took earlier.
Seeing this, Jin about to chase after Greninja, but the pokemon used Spikes, throwing sharp metallic spikes to the ground, Jin accidentally steps on it and scream a little as fell down and plucked the spike off him.
Rex and Pyra is at a loss by the ensuing chaos. "Pyra, just what is going on here ?"
"Well this is...?" Pyra also didn't know what to do or say.
"Rex, I think it's best to help our friends first, then we can ask questions later." Suggested Azurda.
"Oh...right Gramps, Pyra, let us help our friends first !" Rex readied his sword.
Pyra agreed with Rex suggestion, as she throw a fireball at the Reeking Douglas, getting it off of Snake. Seizing an opportunity Snake pull out his gun and shoot the monster on its mouth.
"We can't get close like this." Said Erik as he and Fiora is still haven't land a hit on Vulcan Raven, thanks to the machine gun he carries.
Vulcan Raven preparing himself for another shot as Ness steps in and cast Shield on himself, Erik, and Fiora. Erik and Fiora run towards him as Vulcan Raven kept shooting at them, thanks to Ness Shield, while Erik and Fiora still hurt by the gatling gun barrage of bullets, it's barely don't any serious damage..
As Erik and Fiora gets near, he drop the ammo drum and decided to fight barehanded, Erik attempt to slash him with his dagger only for Vulcan Raven to parry the attack and grabbed Erik's arm, he then threw Erik onto Fiora, causing the two to collide and fall to the ground.
"You two have great speed and movement, unfortunately that's not enough to stop me." Vulcan Raven used his shamanic powers to enhance his physical attack, as he ready to completely crushed Erik and Fiora. He got attacked by a blast of cold energy, causing him to flinch briefly.
As Vulcan Raven about to make his move he heard Jin shout his name. "Raven ! The enemy have the Beanstar !"
"That thing is our priority." As Erik and Fiora about to strike back, Vulcan Raven teleported away to intercept Greninja, Erik and Fiora almost attack each other, fortunately they stop before their attacks connect.
Vulcan Raven reappeared in front of Greninja, catching the frog pokemon off guard as it stops running. "Give me the Beanstar piece froggy, or we will have frog stew for dinner !" Vulcan Raven point his gun at Greninja.
Snake about to shoot Vulcan Raven, but the Reeking Douglas still not down yet as it lunged at Snake, it jumped on Snake's back as the ex soldier trying to shake the monster off him.
Erik grabbed his dagger and used Sleeper Hit on the monster, the technique put the Reeking Douglas to sleep.
Lora and Mythra are still fighting, with Mythra very much holding back, not wanting to fight Lora, still feeling guilty for what happened 500 years ago. Lora kicked Mythra in the stomach as she fall to the ground. "I'm sorry Mythra, I really do wish things never came to this." As Lora about to continue her attack, Fiora saves Mythra by using her Butterfly Step technique, Fiora slices Lora repeatedly as the redhead screamed and fall down.
Jin, hearing Lora screamed, decided to help her and fight off Mythra instead. Jin create a sword made of ice and about to strike Mythra, but Fiora grabbed Mythra and pull her away, causing Jin to miss his attack.
Vulcan Raven begin shooting, however none of the bullets even reached Greninja, instead the bullets went upward where there's some kind of energy field, turns out Ness was using PSI Magnet to absorb all of the projectile away from Greninja.
"These people possess such strange tricks, they seem to have counters to what I have, well I still doubt they can do anything about this." Vulcan Raven placed his hand in front of Greninja as a Raven shaped constructs appeared from his hand and touched Greninja. "You can't move now, you're marked for death."
Greninja struggled to move it's body to no avail, as no matter what it do it can't move.
Vulcan Raven walked closer and picked up the Beanstar piece that Greninja hold. "Lucky for you, our mission are only to get the Beanstar piece."
Not long after, Ness teleported near Vulcan Raven, catching him by surprise and swiped the Beanstar piece from him. "What a colncidence, getting this thing is our mission too."
"Get back here with that kid !" Vulcan Raven then looked at Greninja. "Give me the Beanstar piece or froggy here gets it." Vulcan Raven point his gatling gun at Greninja.
The heroes are faced with tough choice as either let Vulcan Raven get the Beanstar piece, or refuse to give the Beanstar piece and Greninja will be killed. Ness looked around to his teammates, the others are at loss what to do as well, except however R.O.B who give Ness a nod,.which indicate he may have something in mind.
"Alright, I surrender, you can have this back." Ness then throw the Beanstar piece at Vulcan Raven, as the shaman focused on the Beanstar piece, R.O.B fire a huge Diffusion Beam at Vulcan Raven, he got blasted and sent flying for a good amount of distance, Ness then picked up the Beanstar piece.
"Vulcan Raven !" Jin attempt to rescue his colleague only for Mythra to stops him.
"You're dealing with me now." Mythra stand before Jin, getting in his way.
"Out of the way !" Jin swings his sword only for Mythra to block the attack with her sword. Soon a ring of fire formed with Mythra and Jin inside. "We need that thing !"
"Sorry Jin, i don't know what's going on, but I'm going to trust my friends." Rex and Pyra entered the ring of fire ready to fight.
Things looks bleak for the villains, Reeking Douglas is still asleep, Vulcan Raven got blasted rather far from the heroes, Fiora and Erik ganged up on Lora, and Jin also have to deal with Rex, Pyra, and Mythra.
And suddenly someone else enter the fray, an umbran magic circle appeared, and Rosa came out from it. "I was wondering why it took so long, I see this is why ?"
The heroes stop what they're doing and take a look on the woman coming out from the portal.
"Isn't that Bayonetta's mother ?" Asked Ness.
"There might be more of them, but that won't mean we can't prevail !" Exclaimed Snake.
"It's good to have determination, but I'm afraid I don't have time to play with all of you." Rosa placed her hand forward and activate Witch Time, she walked towards Ness and take the Beanstar piece from him, the With Time only affecting the heroes and not the enemies.
"What should we do with them ?" Lora hoping they don't have to do anything more.
"Our mission is to get the Beanstar piece that's all, and we already completed our mission." Answered Rosa.
Rosa then take a step further from the heroes as Witch Time is over.
"Mission complete, I suppose I'll be seeing you all in the near future." Rosa formed another umbran portal and entered it along with her colleagues, seemingly return to their base.
"Curse it ! We let them escape !" Erik upset at the failure of their mission.
"They let us go ?" Pyra confused by Rosa's action.
"Their mission was just to get the Beanstar, they don't have to kill or capture us to get it." Explained Snake.
"I guess I'm glad it's Bayonetta's mom who showed up, she's not evil after all at least from what I hear from Bayonetta." Stated Ness.
"Well Vulcan not insane like few of my enemies, we're lucky we faced him instead of well...Liquid Snake."
"Right, you mentioned you have brothers." Said R.O.B.
"Yeah, he really hates me and Big Boss, I wonder how Big Boss is going to deal with him, I can imagine Liquid will throw temper tantrum and do anything to disobey Big Boss's orders, not that he can considering his status." Snake pitting Big Boss condition.
"Umm..Fiora ? Everyone ? Just what is going on here ? Why is your family heirloom is after by so many people ? And what kind of craziness did we get ourselves into !?" Rex demanding an answer after what just happened.
"He's involved now, I guess there's no need to exclude him from all this." Snake said to Fiora, and then he turned to Rex. "Kid, and ladies, you seem to know that masked man and that red haired girl, who are they ? Fallen friend ? Or enemy ?"
"Well, that is..." Rex is hesitant to answer, but Fiora interjects.
"Maybe we should go back to Tora's House first, we can tell them everything there, there's no turning back it seems for the people of Alrest as well." Suggested Fiora.
"If it concerns us, then we need to know, maybe Tora should know as well, he is our travelling companion after all." Pyra agreed.
"Yeah, we may also need to tell Nia, Morag, and Zeke as well." Continued Rex.
"Fiora, you talk like you know more than we do about this situation ?" Mythra asked inquisitively while crossing her arms.
"I'm sorry, I would rather not involve you in all of this, the truth is I didn't know much about the details myself, Snake, Ness, and R.O.B know more than I do, you can say I'm a new member to their team if we're putting it like an organization." Replied Fiora.
"Like we said, we tell you everything back in Tora's House, it would be better if we have allies in Alrest as well." Ness used his PSI power to teleport everyone back to Tora's House.
Tora's House
Thanks to Ness PSI power, the heroes able to return to Tora's house with a blink of an eye.
"Oh friends back ! Did friends get Fiora's heirloom ?" Tora greeted the heroes as they're back from 'helping Fiora.'
"Tora, I don't know we have guests." An older looking male Nopon entered the living room with a female robot dressed like a maid.
"This is more people than expected, looks like Lila have to prepare more tea for guests." Said the robot maid.
"It's okay Tatazo, Lila, we won't be here long, although we do have something important to talk about." Rex looking at the heroes.
"Rex-Rex makes a serious face, should Tora and Dadapon stepped outside ?" Tora wanting to give them privacy.
"No, Tora you need to hear this too, apparently our world are involved in something big." Rex then take a seat at the table, and the others follow suit. "Now then, let's talk."
"Okay, but first answer me this, it seems you know about the white haired man and that red haired girl, what can you tell us about them ?" Asked Snake.
"I'll answer." Mythra raised her hand. "That red haired girl, her name is Lora, and that white haired man, his name is Jin, and Jin is Lora's Blade."
"I know you and Jin mentioned her before, so that's Lora ?" Rex wanting to Mythra to confirm his guesses.
"Yeah, she was Jin's driver...500 years ago." Continued Mythra. "But we saw her, and Jin said she died, so how..."
"Then there's no doubt, this Lora girl is a part of Warriors of Fallen Stars." Said Ness.
"That's right, I heard you said that word in the Brigand's Hideout, what is this Warriors of Fallen Stars ?" Azurda popped out from Rex helmet.
"You can say they're the people we've met during our journey, whether they're friends or enemies who died, and now their souls are bound by necromancy, a god with power over death is pulling the strings, and it seems he's also targeting this world as well, the proof is there, the fact that this Lora and Jin are a members further proves it." Explained Ness.
"As for the rest, let's start from here..." Snake begin telling the Alrest inhabitants about what's exactly happening. Nonetheless what Snake said give them foreboding feeling.
"So, there's this being called Galeem if released plan to wipe out the universe ?" Questioned Pyra.
"And the enemy is using Jin and Lora to carry out their deeds." Mythra clenching her fist.
"But what does Fiora's heirloom have anything to do with it ?" Asked Azurda.
"It's not an heirloom to be honest." Answered Fiora.
"That green thing we're after is called a Beanstar piece, when put together it will form a complete Beanstar, and when assembled, it has the power to grant wishes." Explained Snake.
"A wish granting object !" Shouted the Alrestians in unison.
"I know, sounds like something came out from a fairy tale, but if it wasn't true then the enemy won't go after it right ?" Stated Erik trying to convince the Alrestians.
"If Tora can have a wish, Tora could wish for a bigger house, and maybe more costumes for Poppi to wear !" Exclaimed Tora as he just realized he said something he shouldn't have said out loud, everyone else looking at Tora with disapproving stares.
"Poppi losing even more respect for Masterpon." Poppi snarked at Tora.
"Wow, a wish granting object, something like that would solve every problem in the world." Said Pyra.
"Well it's not that easy, even if the Beanstar is assembled it can only be activated by someone with a pure heart, so evil people can't get their hands on it." Added R.O.B. "But knowing people like that, they will always find a way."
"And if it activated by people not pure of heart, the Beanstar would only broke apart again and scattered in different places, I don't think the enemy want that to happen again." Said Ness. "And that's pretty much the story."
"I see, but there's still something I would like to know, what about your case ? Mr. Snake, you seem to know that bald guy with tattoos in his body.
"Vulcan Raven ? We used to belong in the same military squad, but things happen and we all ended up fighting each other, he was eaten by birds in his dying moment." Answered Snake.
"What about that lady in black ?" Asked Mythra.
"She's a witch from the past of my world, what she did to us was a power to control time, she slowed time, which is why she's able to take the Beanstar piece from Ness's hand without resistance.
"And what connection does that lady have with you ?" Asked Mythra.
"It's not us directly, but one of our companions is her daughter." Answered Snake.
"Okay, so how did all of you ended up involved in all this ?" Asked Azurda.
Ness begin explaining about the Super Smash Bros tournament hosted by Master Hand. "That's how we all met, also Galeem's subordinate Tabuu, was once our enemy and he wanted to continue what he started before we stopped him the first time."
"A tournament where the best of the best gets to duke it out and show what they're capable of ? Things are getting interesting." Mythra smiled smugly.
"Well that's Master Hand's decision who to bring to his world so it's not up to us." Remarked Snake.
"Alright, I made my decision, please lete come with you, I can't just stand by knowing Alrest and the entire universe in danger, I wanted to help !" Rex makes a declaration as he stood up.
Pyra and Mythra caught unaware by Rex sudden declaration, but the two looked at each other and nodded. "If Rex is doing this, then it's natural that we come along right Mythra ?"
"Obviously, if these people really are the best of the best as you say, then they would make great sparring partners !" Mythra pounded her fists.
"Tora wanted to come too, can't have the world gets destroyed."
"Poppi wanted to help too."
"Thank you, Tora, Poppi, but we need you to stay here, can you informed Nia, Morag, and Zeke about this ?" Asked Rex.
"Tora understand, Tora will friends of situations."
"Then you'll be needing this." Ness give Tora a golden plate. "That's not a real gold bar so please don't sell it, it's a multipurpose device to communicate to our companions across time and space. It's easy to use too let me reach you how to do it."
After teaching Tora how to use the golden plate, the heroes now know they must be back to the Mansion.
"Unfortunately our mission failed, let's just hope our comrades succeed." Commented Erik.
"We hope so, something like the Beanstar should never fall to the enemy hand." Replied Ness.
"Time for us to go, it's nice meeting you Tora, Poppi, Tatazo, and Lila." Ness and the others waved goodbye as Snake used his golden plate to teleport them all back to the Mansion.
Indol
Floating above the ocean near the World Tree used to be is the Titan Indol, unlike the other Titans this one is airborne and not a part of the new landmass as this one was destroyed as Rex and his companions about to climb the World Tree.
Courtesy of Rosa Indol is currently at Purgatorio and so invisible to the naked eye.
In here a blue skinned man is standing alongside his Blade, a girl that looks like a Japanese shrine maiden.
Soon an Umbran portal appear and Rosa came out from it, with Jin, Lora, and Vulcan Raven, and the Reeking Douglas that Vulcan Raven tamed with his power.
"I take it your mission is a success ? Asked the blue skinned man.
"Here you go." Rosa give the man the Beanstar piece.
"Excellent, with this..."
"Sorry to interrupt, but you're no different than the rest of us, you may be appointed to lead us, but in the end you're still a Warrior of Fallen Stars Amalthus." Said Rosa.
Amalthus groan after hearing Rosa's word, as much as he want to object she's not lying.
"No matter, we can figure out the rest later, Haze what about the other mission ?" Amalthus asked the female Blade.
"The water Pokemons successfully retrieve what you're looking for Praetor, although this is the only thing they can find." Haze give Amalthus what looks like a severely broken crystal.
"This'll do, with the help of our friends, we can always return this core crystal to it's former glory, I'll be looking forward to our reunion Malos."
Brigands Hideout
"Uugh, those guys beat us up good." Jo woke up scratching his head.
"They took that green thing with them too !?" Exclaimed Grzeg.
"They can't be far from us ! We have to track them down !" Benjamin ralying his goons.
"Yes, right away boss ! No one make a fool out of us and gets away with it !"
As the bandits left their hideout they don't see anyone outside, as they continue walking, Benjamin accidentally stepped on the black plate dropped by Jin.
"Huh ? What is this ?" Benjamin picked up the black plate and scratching his head, he randomly tapped the black plate and soon, their body glows and get teleported to somewhere.
Done at last, these chapters are getting harder and harder to write.
Reeking Douglas is one of Xenoblade 2 superbosses.
So at the end of Xenoblade 2 there's one landmass and the Titans fuse together to that landmass, of course the locations inside the Titans doesn't change, like for example Torigoth always stays at Gormott.
So it's stated that Vulcan Raven possesses spiritual powers thanks to his shamanic training, I'm gonna expand what powers he had, in the games, paralyzing and controlling animals seems to be what he's able to do, but they never show us what else he can do with those powers
Character debut : Rex, Pyra, Mythra, Tora, Poppi, Tatazo, Lila, Vulcan Raven, Jin, Lora, Red Volff, Reeking Douglas, Amalthus, Haze, Cartbreaker Grzeg, Menacing Jo, Benjamin the Brain.
Boss battle : Benjamin, Jo, Grzeg, Jin, Lora, Reeking Douglas, Vulcan Raven.