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Oran had dropped to his knees to rest for a bit while everyone was celebrating that The End was no more. He started to get up, only to feel a stinging sensation on his back. "Nnngh… huh…?" He winced as he then felt Tails pull him up, letting him lean on him. "Tails…?"
"I got ya, don't worry. You fought well out there."
"Thanks… my back is killing me however…"
"Yeah, that's to be expected when you repeatedly get flung into an ancient death god at supersonic speeds, even with a super form and a shell protecting you… that's gotta hurt."
"Yeah…" Oran chuckled a bit. "I guess you're right."
"Now come on. I'll help you in the Great Fox to get you checked out."
"I appreciate it."
Tails nodded and began to walk toward the Great Fox with him. He then spotted an Arwing pulling the X-Tornado into the Great Fox. "Ah… I was wondering where that was…"
"So, Tails… did you think about what I offered?"
"I did, and I realized that I do want to become my own hero, but maybe with the help of other people who have something to prove, I might be able to do that better. So yeah, I think I'll join your group."
"Great. When we get back to Remnant, we'll visit Laura to make you a part of the Junior Hunters."
"Maybe not immediately though, I do want to help the other eggheads repair SAPR, but if I have free time, I'll swing by."
"I get it." Oran nodded before he wiped tears from his eyes. "A part of me wishes that it didn't have to end like that for her though. She ought to be here to celebrate with us, instead of after the fact."
Tails nodded. "Me too, but that's the perks of being a robot. She won't be gone forever."
"Yeah, you're right."
The Great Fox soon roared to life once everyone was in and then flew off.
A few minutes later, Peppy examined Oran's back as well as the X-Rays that he took of his spine. "Well, kid… you certainly did a number on your spine during that fight. From what I'm able to gather here, there are some minor fractures, but thankfully due to the extra protection your shell provides, it's nothing too major."
"What do you recommend?" Byleth asked.
"For now, put some ice on it. Also, if it doesn't stop hurting by tomorrow and you still have some pain, or it gets worse, maybe go see Mikan about it."
"And should he be moving around?" Dorothea asked.
Peppy handed Oran a bag of ice. "As long as it doesn't put him into too much pain, it shouldn't be an issue. But you should keep applying ice to it. That's what is most important at the moment."
"Thank you, Mister Hare." Oran smiled.
"Don't mention it kid, ol' Peppy is happy to help."
The trio left the infirmary as they headed back to the seating area.
"I'm sorry, Oran…" Byleth spoke up.
"Hmm? What for?"
Byleth lowered herself to face him. "We smacked you right into The Supreme at high speeds not thinking about the potential damage it could cause."
Oran gave her a hug. "It's okay, sis. We all knew the dangers of facing that thing, and I agreed with the plan you guys came up with."
"But…"
"And even then, Peppy said it was only minor. Maybe I'll be better tomorrow."
"Yeah… maybe you're right."
"That being said… once you are seated, you are not getting out of your seat." Dorothea said sternly as Byleth picked him up and carried him down the hallway.
"Sure… can you put me down next to Ruby? There's something I need to talk to her about… something I should have done a while ago."
Byleth realized what he was talking about. "Gotcha."
They soon got to the seating area as Byleth put Oran down next to Ruby, while Dorothea whispered to RWBY after they were done talking and trying to cheer Weiss up. They then leave to give the siblings some space.
"So, Dorothea told me about your back. Are you okay?" Oran nodded. "So, what did you want to talk to me about?"
"It's about the Devil…"
BGM: Home (RWBY)
"Ruby, I'm so sorry about what happened. We didn't mean for us to get our souls stolen in your place just to prevent you from suffering. Our legs just moved and within seconds, you were fine… but…"
"It's okay, Oran… you're not the only one I'm angry at. I'm angry at the Devil for taking it too far, I'm angry at him for going as far as to eating both of your souls and I'm angry that he decided to taunt me with it!"
"But you got our souls back…"
"I didn't know that at the time!" She said sharply, causing Oran to flinch slightly. Ruby noticed this and softly pulled Oran into a hug, where he felt tears fall on him.
"Ruby…?"
"For forty minutes you two were dead, and I was racing through that fortress… any hope I had at being able to save your souls started to dwindle, but I kept holding on to that hope. But that hope got shattered when I saw that the Devil had eaten your souls and started bragging about it…"
Oran looked down in guilt. "I'm sorry, I didn't know… I didn't know it was that bad. I heard what you said to Byleth, but…"
Ruby gently cupped his face to look him in the eyes. "I don't want you to feel guilty… Look, I'm not angry at you, for anything that has happened between now and when you first started following us, it's more that I worry about you."
"You worry about what?"
"That you'll make the same mistakes I did, I nearly saw it earlier with your parents and you freezing up… and I don't want that." She noticed that Oran was getting ready to speak. "And before you say anything about how you won't do it alone, I know and I'm happy that you found friends willing to help you, but you're still a kid who has a lot to learn."
"I know that."
Ruby showed her plant arm to him. "Are you sure about that? Because this is a reminder of me faltering even at my best, something I'll have to live with for the rest of my life. And as much as I hate to admit it when he made an offhand comment about it ages ago, Wade is right, Donovan is your Dark Ruby… as unfortunate as it is."
"But Wade's a weirdo. He doesn't know that for sure."
"I know that, but even still, I don't want your final fight with Donovan to end in both of you perishing or you losing a part of yourself. Not when I could have had a hand in preventing it. So promise me you'll do better, promise me that when the day comes that you have your final fight with him, that you come out of it as unscathed as possible."
"I will… I promise. I'll do my best."
"Good. Your best is all I ask of you." She pulled him into a hug, as she heard him yawn. She let out a teasing giggle. "Tired~"
"No, you're just hearing things."
"Are you sure~? Because if you aren't, then I guess you're up for a visit from the tickle monster~!"
"W-wait wait wai-"
Ruby immediately began tickling him on his sides. He tried to resist, but he started to laugh.
"Pffft! Hahaha! …Ruby…! St-stop! Stop! Hahahaha! You know I'm ticklish there!"
"Then admit it~! Admit it that you were yawning~!"
"Okay… okay! I was…!"
Ruby stopped tickling him as he tried to give her a playful annoyed glare, but he couldn't stop smiling, which amused the heck out of her. She patted her lap right after. "Well, there's no shame in having a quick nap. It was a long adventure… I'll wake you when we get home."
Oran placed his head on her lap. "By the way, I heard something about big sis becoming a combat instructor. Is it okay if I join you two with training from time to time?"
"Of course, you didn't even have to ask. You're more than welcome to join in."
"Great."
Ruby gently kissed Oran on the forehead as he began to fall asleep. "Rest well… you earned it. We all have…"
She let out a yawn and fell asleep herself.
End BGM
Meanwhile, at the Smash Mansion…
"Chiaki…? Hellooooo!" Elfilin waved his hand in front of the happy as hell gamer, where in front of her screen just had the Nintendo logo on it. "You were screaming and then you weren't."
BB-8 let out a few boops.
"Poyo?" Kirby offered some ramen in her Majora bowl.
Chiaki sat up, letting out a happy sigh. "Thanks, bud…" She smiled as she took the bowl. "I'm just… a really happy gamer right now." She ate her ramen where her phone went off. She looked up to see it was from Ibuki.
"Some Direct, eh?"
"Oh, you have no idea. It was the BEST."
"Obviously~! Ibuki could hear ya screamin'~!"
Suddenly, they heard a sound of "thunder" with her room vibrating. "Oh… someone just got out of hyperspace?" She wondered as she finished her ramen and then walked out with a spring in her step as she looked up, alongside Duck Hunt, Olimar, Game and Watch, Shantae, Pac-Man, Terry, Dante and even K. Rool to see The Great Fox coming in for a landing.
"Phew…" Sonic walked out stretching as everyone else started to walk out. "It's great to be back."
"Yo, Sonic! Nice sword you got there." Dante said. "Where'd you find it?"
"Long story. Caliburn, this is Dante. Dante, Caliburn."
Chiaki's eyes widened. WAIT, WHO?!
Dante raised an eyebrow in amusement. "Okay… hi "Caliburn", nice to meet you."
"Nice to meet you too, Sir Dante."
HOLY CRAP, IT IS HIM! Chiaki thought, her inner fangirl starting to come out.
"Yeah, pleasure is-..." Dante paused, realizing what was just said as his eye twitched in annoyance. "Son of a bitch, there's another one…"
"Might as well get used to it." Nero said as he walked by with a chuckle.
"Yeah, you might as well get comfy. You never know if a fourth one might show up~!" Nico chuckled.
Dante pinched the bridge of his nose. "I truly am in hell… ugh, I'm gonna see if Cereza's available so I can drink with her at Rodin's bar…"
"What's with him?" Caliburn asked.
"Eh, heck if I know." Sonic shrugged as they walked in as Caliburn spotted Chiaki trying to keep it together.
"Oh boy… there's another one."
"Breathe… BREATHE." Shantae said, nudging Chiaki.
"Gah! Haaah… hooo… this day just keeps getting BETTER!"
"Glad to hear it." K. Rool chuckled, only to get nudged harshly by Ruby. "Ooof! What did I do?"
"That was for opening up more portals and having the Devil take an interest in my soul." She said and walked off with a huff.
K. Rool scratched his head. "I don't get it… eh, she's probably tired." He shrugged it off like no big deal.
"You look high as a kite right now…" A voice said as Chiaki turned to see Futaba trying to stabilize herself.
"Yeah, I had a pretty good-... you okay?" Chiaki looked concerned. "You look like you've been through hell."
"Oh believe me, it was a wild ride…" She sighed. "So what did I miss aside from some lame Pokemon Presents?"
"Well, let's see… Donkey Kong invaded Mario's toy factory again and prices are through the roof, Haru's into Mario Kart now, there was an awesome as hell Nintendo Direct-"
"Okay, okay… slow down. One at a time. The Mini Toys are back?"
"Yes… and the scalpers got a hold of them. And it got worse over the next few days after it."
"Oh, I'm sure it's not so bad. How bad can it be?" Futaba asked as Chiaki went to the site and showed her. "...HOLY-"
Mini Ruby - 2500 Coins
Mini Weiss - 3500 Coins
Mini Blake - 4000 Coins
Mini Yang - 5500 Coins
Mini Link - 7800 Coins
Mini Pikachu - 9999 Coins
Mini Kirby - 11,500 Coins
Mini Bowsette - 18,900 Coins
Mini Umber - 50,000 Coins
Mini Chiaki - 999,998 Coins
Futaba's eye twitched. "...Unbeliev-... you gotta be kidding me!"
"That much for a mini you? Goodness…" Jade grimaced.
"Freakin' YIKES." Iris said.
Anime tears ran down Chiaki's cheeks. "I want to get them all but these Scalpers suuuuuck…"
Futaba immediately pulled out her own phone and quickly tapped into it, using her screens as backup.
"Mwehehe~ Done!"
"Done?" Chiaki blinked.
"Yeah, I just hacked into the site and turned them back into reasonable prices. AND I made it to where the scalpers are contacted by the authorities and will promptly be thrown in prison and be forced to give everyone a refund. Take a look~!"
Chiaki looked into it, hitting refresh.
Mini Ruby - 10 Coins
Mini Weiss - 10 Coins
Mini Blake - 10 Coins
Mini Yang - 10 Coins
Mini Link - 15 Coins
Mini Pikachu - 15 Coins
Mini Kirby - 15 Coins
Mini Bowsette - 20 Coins
Mini Umber - 20 Coins
Mini Chiaki - 25 Coins
Chiaki's eyes sparkled. "Oh, this is absolutely perfect~! You're a lifesaver!"
"Eh, I do what I can." Futaba said proudly.
Futaba then smiled. "Shall we then~?"
"Yeah!"
Both of them placed in their orders.
"HUH?! OUT OF STOCK?!" Chiaki yelled.
"Oh wow, I got the last one of everything!"
"WHAT?!"
"Didn't know everyone was so hungry for them. I must be the luckiest gal in the world after what happened in-"
"Um, hon?" Jade interrupted.
"What is it?"
Jade motioned her head to Chiaki, who looked incredibly annoyed with her right cheek puffed up and glaring daggers at Futaba.
"Mmmmph…"
Futaba sweatdropped. "I… probably shouldn't have said anything…"
"Ya think?"
"Soooo… anyway… you said something about Haru getting into Mario Kart? Because, if so, I wonder what character she mai-"
"Real life Mario Kart."
"Oh cool, real li-... WHAT?!" Futaba yelled. "Oh no…"
"She's actually surprisingly good at it, and she raced Jet the Hawk earlier."
"Jet the-... THAT asshole?" Futaba groaned. "So… how'd she do?"
"Well-"
Earlier…
BGM: Yoshi's Island (Mario Kart 8 Deluxe)
"Ha!" Jet spun, knocking the Piranha Plant off of its vine. "Eat that, fluffy hair!" He said as he airboarded off and over the water.
"Killing an innocent Piranha Plant… unforgivable." Haru glared as she hopped off, holding her breath as she dodged some Sidesteppers before picking up the pace, swiftly dodging a banana peel.
"This race is in the bag. There's no way she can catch up!" He said as he looked behind to see Haru charging out of the water. He looked up ahead and kept going, drifting up the hill and launching over the volcano as he landed on the clouds and drifted over… and then a Blooper popped up in front of him.
"Oh hey, you come to cheer me on? I have a fan." He smirked, only for the Blooper to spray ink over his face. "AAAAUUUUGH!" He grunted as he moved around erratically, jumping off of the ramp and barely missing the ? Cloud, but Haru snagged it as the red bridge appeared before them… not that Jet noticed as he landed on the ground.
Haru reached into her pocket for the second item, which was a Golden Mushroom. She put it into the console as fire burst out of the exhaust pipes as Haru picked up speed, drifting the corner right as Jet wiped the ink off of his face.
"Huh…? NO!" He yelled as he tried to up the speed the best he could, but unfortunately, he was the one eating dust as she crossed the finish line.
Nearby, everyone cheered while Wave and Storm simply shook their heads with a "saw that one coming" look in their faces, while also having a friendly conversation with the rest of them.
End BGM
Back in the present…
"He ate her dust pretty hard."
"Heh, good." Futaba smiled.
Futaba then took a deep breath and sighed deeply. "I'm gonna go to the cafe and see if the Thieves are around… then maybe I'll catch the Direct. See ya, Nanami."
"See ya." Chiaki waved as they walked off.
"So-" A voice spoke up as Chiaki turned her head to see Hajime approaching. "You wanna go eat lunch together?"
"Yeah, sure. What are you thinking of?"
"Mmm, I'm thinking of MKHop."
"MKHop…?" Chiaki raised an eyebrow before sighing. "I dunno, babe… I'm kinda pancaked out after what happened at that other place…"
"MKHop's got an arcade in it~"
"...MKHop, you say? Let's go!" Chiaki took off running.
Hajime laughed. "Worked like a charm." He walked after her with a smile on his face.
Meanwhile, with Weiss…
Weiss tiredly walked over to Serena and Veronica, both of them chatting while playing with a Slime. "Hey, you two…"
"Hmm? Oh hey, Wei-... you look tired." Veronica said.
"Long adventure… kicked my butt pretty good… hahaha…" Weiss forced a laugh that made the girls frown in concern. "Anyway, where's Luminary? I… need to apologize to him."
"Well, he's back home playing with Filo. They got those little mini toys." Serena said.
"They were a bit expensive, but Luminary was able to cover for all of them. Good thing too, because I've seen the prices on 'em." Veronica pulled up her scroll. "I mean, it's just terrible, I mean… 999,998 coins for a Mini Chiaaaaa… aaaand it's twenty five coins?"
She blinked. "Must be a sale going on."
Weiss tilted her head. "A… sale…? Mini toys? I don't get it…"
"I'm sure you will." Veronica said, scratching her head at what she was seeing. "What are these, ninety five percent off? Augh, never mind!" She put it away. "Weiss, listen… Serena and I are Keepers. We are sworn to aid and protect the Luminary in our world. We were just concerned about how Luminary was feeling right now and well… Meryl told us what happened."
"I had a feeling she did…"
Serena frowned. "We were a bit upset over what you had said, but… we also understood given you were under a lot of stress."
"Honestly, I should've given those jerks a Kaboomle to the face…" Veronica grumbled.
"There you are!" A voice said as they turned to see Luminary approaching with Filo and princess Jade. "You should see Filo, she's really loving the Mini Kirby. Jade's liking Mini Umber."
"I… understand how the Ayami twins like him…" Jade blushed a bit before clearing her throat. "I already have a man…"
"So, how-" Luminary spotted Weiss. "Oh! Weiss…" He frowned awkwardly. "How… are you doing?"
"Tired, I guess…"
"Long adventure?"
"Yeah…"
"For some reason, I helped give off my energy toward you guys. I thought of you specifically." Luminary said. "I don't know why but… it felt like I needed to."
"Same here. I overheard Chiaki mumbling something about "Being like Earthbound" or something." Veronica said. "Heck, I overheard Ness say it felt like deja vu."
"Thanks…" Weiss forced a tired smile before looking at Luminary, tears swelling in her eyes.
"So… did you find what you're looking for?"
"No…"
"That's a shame… but I hope you-"
Weiss took a few steps and hugged him, catching him by surprise as she softly cried, saying something completely unintelligible in her tired sobs, but Luminary softly smiled, rubbing her back.
"Apology accepted, Weiss…" He smiled, rubbing his back.
"Group hug~!" Filo said and hugged Weiss from behind with a grin.
Meanwhile…
BGM: The Thirteenth Discretion (Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories)
"WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO REPORT?"
"Master, we have to report that Eggman is… well, on the heroes side now… all because he wants to stop Salem too." A Dark Gryphon said.
"THAT'S QUITE UNDERSTANDABLE… WE HAVE A COMMON ENEMY. STILL I INTEND TO CONQUER REMNANT AND DEFEAT SALEM MY WAY. AFTER ALL I STILL HAVE HUNDREDS OF HIS ROBOT'S UNDER MY COMMAND.
"And we managed to find one of the Melromarc region monsters, specifically those loyal to you." The Dark Gryphon gestured to a large skeletal swordsman with blue and purple armor with a broadsword.
"I am at your command, Dark One." The Night Knight said.
"GOOD."
The Dark Gryphon then looked concerned. "Umm... master... what about this Twilight Chiaki that the folks are talking about these days? She's very dangerous from what I heard. She could possibly come to our universe!""
"Master, in the rare chance she is eliminated... maybe you can start your invasion of that universe?" The Night Knight asked.
"WELL THAT'S NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION... BUT HONESTLY I WANT TO BE REAL WITH YOU..."
The Seer wrapped its tentacles on both of them.
"I DON'T GIVE A HOOT ABOUT HER. BESIDES, DO YOU KNOW HOW TEDIOUS IT WOULD BE TO LOOK AFTER TWO SETS OF FORCES FROM ALTERNATIVE UNIVERSES?
"...Stressful?" The Night Knight wondered.
"RIGHT. SEE WHERE I'M GOING? AND BESIDES THERE'S BOUND TO BE ANOTHER ME IN THAT UNIVERSE ALTHOUGH HISTORY WOULD CHANGE GIVEN THIS TWILIGHT CHIAKI HAD ELIMINATED MANY POTENTIAL TROOPS FOR THE OTHER VERSION OF MYSELF. AND THE UNIVERSE'S REMNANT IS DESTROYED, WHICH IS A SHAME... SEEING THE WORLD WOULD BE VITAL TO MY ALTERNATIVE SELF."
"You said it…" The Dark Gryphon mumbled.
"BUT ASIDE FROM THAT WE MAY HAVE A BATTLE OF ORDER AND CHAOS BETWEEN THESE CHIAKIS. THE CHIAKI WITH THE POWER OF CHAOS IN HER HAND, BUT RESTRAINED HER OWN POWERS AND LIVES IN FREEDOM… AND A CHIAKI WITH THE POWER OF ORDER AND UNRESTRAINED POWER, TO BRING ORDER IN HER OWN UNIVERSE THAT EVEN A SINGLE SIGHT OF CHAOS FUELS HER PARANOIA."
For someone who's not giving a hoot about her, you sure care a lot about her… The Dark Gryphon snarked mentally
"ASIDE FROM THIS ANYTHING ELSE?"
"Well, there is this Myra Shadowheart and Viola Silverlung…"
"AH...YES, THOSE TWO RECENT TALK OF THE TOWN… I NEED TO SEE WHAT THEY CAN DO... STARTING WITH MYRA…"
"Shall I send a squadron on her, master?" Night Knight asked.
"NOT RIGHT NOW...I SHALL ORGANIZE THIS PERSONALLY TO TEST HER… I SHALL TELL YOU WHEN TO SEND THEM ON HER."
"Yes, master."
"Also there's a talking sword…" The Dark Gryphon spoke up.
"An Erazor blade?"
"No, this talking sword named Caliburn."
"CALIBURN...WHY DOES THAT NAME SOUND FAMILIAR?"
"You mean that infamous mercenary, Excluckabirb?" Dark Gryphon asked.
"NO, NOT HIM... WAIT I BELIEVE MY RIGHT HAND HAD A SWORD WITH A NAME ALMOST SIMILAR TO THAT… EXO… I'LL FIGURE OUT SOON, THAT TWILIGHT CHIAKI IS STILL ON MY MIND. THAT IS ALL FOR NOW."
Like I said… Dark Gryphon rolled his eyes.
"Yes, master!"
The Seer turned off.
"LET'S SEE WHAT TO SET UP FOR MYRA... A BUNCH OF MY MALICIOUS MONSTERS FOR HER. LET'S SEE SOME BOOS AND WIGGLERS… DEFINITELY GOING TO ADD SOME MAGIC USING MONSTERS ON HER... HMMM... MONSTERS FROM THAT FLOWER KINGDOM… NAH, ANOTHER TIME…"
End BGM
Speaking of Myra…
"Have you seen all the secrets in Peach's Castle yet?" Nyx asked as she, Myra and Xena were chilling at Nyx's home.
"There's so much to see, I'm still surprised to see all the various secrets. Like, sheesh… I swear there were routes that weren't there when Lemony was around."
Xena giggled, dipping a breadstick in some marinara sauce. "You might want to play around with the paintings. It might surprise you."
"Paintings?" Myra raised an eyebrow. "Those priceless art pieces? What, is there a secret button?"
Xena smiled. "We're not gonna say anything."
"...Uh-huh." Myra sweatdropped.
"Ah, I think I know what you mean by that!" Rouboo said, taking a bite out of a hot wing. "Oooh! Hot! Hot! Spicy!" He took a sip of a fruit drink. "Aaaah…"
"Told you the buffalo sauce was hot." Nyx snickered.
"I thought it'd be mild!"
At that moment, the front door opened up. "I'm home…" A tired voice said as they all turned to see Jade walking in yawning.
"Jade!" Nyx smiled happily. "...Where're the others?"
"Iris went to Vale to help Rantaro with something and Futaba decided to head to Sojiro's for a bit… it's just me right now-"
Jade spotted Myra. "Oh… hey."
"Hi…" Myra awkwardly waved. "Um… I can leave if you want me to, I understa-"
"No, it's fine." Jade said, giving her a tired, yet friendly smile at her, which was enough to catch Myra off guard.
"You hungry?" Nyx asked.
"I'm good, I'll just take a nap real quick…" Jade yawned again and went upstairs.
"Should we tell her about your new outfit? And the bike that Kazuichi tricked out for you?" Yagami asked.
"I think when she's more coherent, we'll show her." Nyx said. "Man… wonder what kind of adventure happened there that caused her to get tuckered out?"
Myra, meanwhile, was lost in her own thoughts.
She wasn't hostile unlike last time… could it be…?
Myra gave a small smile. We'll see how that plays out.
Back with Ruby and Co…
Ruby and her family, plus Oran being carried by Ruby, approached their home. Everyone else was outside chatting while drinking lemonade while the Monsters were chilling with them. Zwei perked up and barked happily, catching their attention.
Qrow raised an eyebrow at Oran. "Any reason why the squirt had to be carried?"
"The final fight took a lot out of him." Byleth said. "And the whole adventure kinda drained everyone. Buuut… launching into an ancient metallic death god at supersonic speeds does a number on your spine."
Rosalina's eyes widened. "Wh-what…?!"
"Don't worry, though. Oran said it was fine and Peppy told us that if it doesn't get better by tomorrow, we should see Mikan."
"Yeah." Oran nodded in agreement.
"Okay, but why is Gonta shirtless?" Tai asked.
"Chaotic rock blow Gonta's shirt off."
"How'd… that even happen?" Raven wondered.
"It's a long story…" Dorothea said.
"I can see that." Rosalina shook her head with an amused chuckle. "Come here, you." She said as she pulled them all into a loving hug. "Now, come on, let's go inside. You can tell us all about it."
Later…
"That's quite the journey you had." Loid said.
Anya hugged Ruby. "I'm just glad you're all back here in one piece. The house wasn't the same without you guys."
Rosalina nodded. "So am I. I was feeling a bit lonely."
"Drama queen." Qrow teased.
"Don't give me that, Qrow. You were feeling rather bored without Yang to keep you company." Rosalina shot back.
"Yeah, and what am I, chopped liver?" Raven gave him a playful glare. "Still, you sure you guys are okay, given that some of you lost your physical forms?"
"We got our bodies back, didn't we?" Yang pointed out.
"That is true." Rosalina nodded and turned to Oran and Gonta. "You two alright?"
"Gonta is fine, for Gonta went to help siblings and Gonta was able to help siblings."
"So am I, by giving it a place, I think I'll be able to face him better the next time I see him."
"Gonta feels the same."
Rosalina softly giggled, pulling Oran into a hug. "Okay, if you're sure… but no getting into any trouble for a week, young man."
"I won't, mom."
"Cut the kid a break. He punched Jacques in the face. I'm jealous… I never got to do that."
Rosalina gave him a glare.
"Ha! I've seen worse."
Rosalina shook her head before kissing Oran on the forehead. "I will have to visit Weiss at some point. She will need it."
Ruby chuckled before sighing. "Okay… I think it's time. I've held this off for far too long."
"What are you talking about?" Tai asked.
Ruby pulled up her scroll and started to call someone.
"Hello?"
"Hey Samus, it's me. Can you bring your ship around to Patch?"
"Uh… sure…? What for?"
"I'm heading to Gensokyo. I'm going to get rid of this Phazon for good."
Knock knock knock
"Coming~!" Anya walked over to the door and opened it up, immediately seeing Samus at the door.
"I got 'er all situated. Let's go!" Samus said.
"What? Uh…" Ruby looked at her scroll, then back at Samus and then back at the scroll again. "How did…? Never mind!"
"I thought you got rid of it a long time ago?" Qrow asked.
"Well, I was going to… but then Eggman invaded. And then by the time I thought about it again, Azure got Wyvern-napped… and by the time I thought of it again, I got wrapped up in the Starfall Islands. I want to nip this in the bud before I get wrapped up in another adventure."
"Got side tracked that hard? I get it." Samus nodded. "I, for one, am never opposed to finding another Energy Tank, or missile or another Power Bomb…"
Rosalina walked up to Ruby. "I'll go with you."
"So will I!" Tai nodded.
"Cool! Space adventure~!" Anya grinned.
Ruby smiled, seeing everyone on board. "Thanks, guys…" She turned to Samus. "Let's go."
"Right."
Meanwhile… with Iris and Rantaro…
"Ah… I dunno about this…" Rantaro said, approaching the Winchester's.
"We're gonna have to face it sooner or later."
"Mmm… but what if she doesn't recognize me?"
"It'll be fine." Iris said, gently taking his hand. "Trust me."
Rantaro nodded. "Right…"
Iris knocked on the door, and a few moments later, Emerald answered it with a towel over her shoulders. "Oh, hey Iris."
"Hey Em. There's something I need to show you."
"Hmm? Let me guess, you found some really rare food that you, in your rare conscience, decided to share but only left like… a crumb?"
Iris blushed. "That was one time…" She mumbled. "But no, this is different."
"Oh really?" Emerald folded her arms. "Then what could possibly-" Iris moved out of the way, revealing Rantaro. "-...Be… different than… this…?"
"H-Hey, Em…" Rantaro gave a shy wave.
"T-Tari…? Is that…?"
Emerald's eyes widened, memories coming back to her as she was separated from when Amon attacked the island.
"Stay in this rowboat, you'll be safe!"
"Okay…!"
However, the attacks from the Grimm made the boat be pushed into the waves, causing the boat to float away.
"Wha…?! Oh no no no no no no! I don't know how to swim…! HEEEEELP! TARIIII! SOMEONE!"
Emerald called out to Rantaro for help, calling everyone else to help as she waved her arms frantically in a panic, but everyone was too pre-occupied by the Grimm that no one had heard her. Tears swelled in her eyes as she was taken by the ocean.
"I thought Amon ate the boat with you in it or a Grimm found you and took you away but… I… had hope that you were still alive…"
"I called out to you… but you didn't come!"
"Amon had a roar that was deafening. We couldn't hear anything else…" Rantaro looked away.
"I was stranded at sea for a week!" Emerald said, her voice breaking. "No one came! My only companions were fish that were stupid enough to jump into the boat for me to eat. You want to know what it's like eating a fish raw? It's not pretty! It's because of that… I… swore off fish the moment I made landfall… and at that point, I was a street rat for years just to try and get by."
"Em…" Rantaro frowned. "I'm so sorry, I-"
"Don't apologize to me… because it's not your fault. It's Amon's." Emerald wrapped her arms around him tightly, softly crying in her chest. "I missed you… I thought you were dead…"
Rantaro softly smiled, hugging her back as he tried to fight back tears. "It took me a while to find you… but I finally did."
"Awww…" Iris smiled, trying not to cry over this reunion.
"What's going on?" A voice asked as Esdeath approached.
Emerald broke away from the hug. "Mom… this is my long lost brother, Rantaro."
"Hi-... wait a minute, your mother is ESDEATH?!" Rantaro said in surprise.
"Adoptive mother." Esdeath said before smiling. "I didn't even know she had a long lost brother… hmhmhmhm~ Well, consider me your long lost adoptive mother~!" She said, happily hugging Rantaro.
"Mmmph?!" Rantaro yelped in muffled form, as his face was in her chest. He side eyed Iris with a "help me!" look in his eyes while blushing… but Iris simply pulled out her scroll and took a picture.
"Aaaaand sending that to the girls later!"
You suck… Rantaro thought.
Meanwhile, at Gensokyo…
BGM: Swing a Fish To Drive Away Flies (Touhou 10.5: Scarlet Weather Rhapsody)
"Zzzz…" Reimu snored on the rooftop as she was accompanied by Himiko, both of them sleeping soundly.
The wind started to pick up as Samus's ship came flying in for a landing, which was enough to wake the two up.
"Wha…? Huh… what are they doing here?" Reimu wondered, stretching as she hopped off as Himiko did the same, though she quickly caught herself with levitation before gently landing. "Not bad, kid." She smiled as they approached the ship as Ruby's family and Samus walked out.
"Yo!" Ruby waved.
"Sup. Not that I don't mind you guys visiting… but did you have to park in the middle of the shrine grounds?" Reimu asked.
"Not like you get any customers. What's the harm?" Samus pointed out.
"I… well… okay, you got me there." Reimu sweatdropped. "I mean, Kirby lands there all the time too…"
"Do you know where Yukari is?" Ruby asked.
"Oh, I believe she's in the middle of her nap. Why do you ask?"
"I want to get rid of the Phazon that I still have. I don't think anyone wants it around… and I thought I could control it but unfortunately, it's getting really unstable the more I use it, so… I want to get rid of it before we have another Phazon War incident."
"Oooooh… bad timing…" Reimu grimaced.
"She just took a nap, didn't she?" Qrow asked. "We can wake her up."
"It's not that simple. You see, Yukari is just… built different, as you guys say. Once she takes a nap, she's nowhere to be found. She's in her own realm that no one can visit, except for maybe Ran…?"
"Okay… so just call her up. You're all buddy buddy with her." Yang said.
"That's the thing… she takes long naps."
"...How long?" Ruby asked.
"Oooooh, uh… I'd saaaay… about a month or so…?"
*record scratch*
"...What." Ruby said in disbelief.
"A month?! You gotta be joking!" Raven said.
"That's too long, even for me!" Anya said.
"Is that… possible…?" Loid wondered.
"HOW?!" Qrow and Yang yelled together while Byleth and Bereto were scratching their heads in bewilderment while Dorothea was too speechless to say anything.
"Oh my stars, not even I sleep for that long!" Rosalina said.
"I… what… huh… WHAT?" Tai wondered.
"A month long nap?!" Oran asked.
"Gonta jealous…"
"I… I got nothing… how is that…?" Samus wondered.
"Wish I could sleep for that long…" Himiko mumbled.
"...And. How long. Has it been…?" Ruby asked, her eye twitching.
Reimu pushed her pointer fingers together. "Oh… um… I'd say… it's been… three and a half weeks?"
"ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!" Ruby yelled, loud enough for Reimu and Himiko to flinch. "How much longer do I have to wait until she wakes up?! She could be waking up while I'm in my next adventure and by the time I get back, she'll probably take another nap! The Phazon is starting to act up and I'm pretty sure we're gonna have another Dark Samus situation if she doesn't HURRY THE HELL UP!"
"I agree!" Samus said, donning her Varia Suit. "Do I have to find my way into this realm and set a damn alarm clock for her?! Because I got a Power Bomb that could EASILY be an alarm clock!"
"Yaaaaaaawn… talk about noise…"
A gap opened up as Yukari walked in, rubbing the sleep out of her eyes while wearing a night cap. "Mornin'..." She greeted sleepily.
Oh thank goodness… Reimu sighed in relief.
"Oh, hey guys… fancy meeting you here…" Yukari said. "What's this about Phazon…?"
"I want you to get rid of it for me for good." Ruby said. "I've met some people who are still reeling from the Phazon War and… honestly, I don't want to be a reminder of what happened. I thought it'd be fun to control it, but it's so… erratic and unpredictable. It's frightening me. Sure, I used it to kill Dark Ruby but… it's not feasible to have it anymore."
"Hmmm…" Yukari nodded. "I understand. Sure, I made it possible where you can control the Phazon, but I have a sneaking suspicion that it behaving erratically is one last middle finger from Dark Samus, and if she wants to come back… I do not think so."
Yukari closed her eyes. "To be honest, I was caught by surprise that you wanted the Phazon for yourself, because I had thought you wanted to get rid of it. But I assumed you would have it under control… it turns out I should have gone with my gut feeling."
Ruby sighed. "I'm sorry…"
"Don't be. It was worth a try." Yukari said as she waved her hands as Ruby let out a grunt, closing her eyes and letting out a soft cry as the Phazon was extracted out of her. Once it was all out, Ruby fell on her knees as her family surrounded her to catch her as even Samus joined in to check on her.
Yukari snapped her fingers, causing the Phazon to explode into danmaku, where butterflies flew around until nothing remained of it.
"Ugh… you could've warned me that it'd be uncomfortable…!" Ruby winced.
"Oh. Well, you'll feel some slight discomfort, sooooo…"
Ruby gave her an annoyed deadpanned expression.
"Tough crowd…" Yukari chuckled, opening up a gap. "Well, I'm off to wander around Remnant. Toodles~!" She walked in, closing the gap behind her.
Ruby got up, rolling her shoulder. "Ugh… that was…"
"You okay?" Samus asked.
"Yeah, I should be…" She said as Samus dismissed her armor and hugged her as Ruby hugged her back, then the ladies parted.
"...After that experience… I'm gonna need a heavy drink."
Samus looked at her in concern. "Um, you sure you want a lighter drink that's not… alcoholic?"
"No. I need a heavy drink."
Samus side eyed Qrow. "What. Did you do? I swear, if you gave her that flask, so help me…!"
Qrow let out an amused chuckle.
"WHY ARE YOU LAUGHING?! We're talking about underage drinking here! It's not funny!"
Later, at Patch…
"Aaaaah… just what the doctor ordered. A heavy drink…" Ruby said, as said heavy drink was hot milk from the microwave.
"...WHAT?" Samus asked in disbelief while Qrow cracked up laughing. "The way you made it sound, it sounded like you got into alcohol!"
"Why would I drink that crud?"
Samus sweatdropped, sighing. "...Rosie."
"Yes?"
"You got any wine? I'm gonna need it…"
Meanwhile, with Futaba…
"Sheesh! Talk about a low blow…" Ryuji said as Futaba sat tiredly at Sojiro's, drinking some coffee.
"Tell me about it…" Futaba said, rubbing the bridge of her nose. "I'm ready for a nap…"
"I don't blame you. You definitely need one after all that." Ann said, giving her a hug as even Akira hugged her.
"So, where's Jataro?"
"Heading back to Mushroom City…" Futaba responded. "He'll check in as soon as he's there."
"Okay." He nodded as Sojiro knelt down and hugged her as well.
"We'll be here if you need anything." Yusuke said.
Ding!
"Hey!" A voice called out to them as Futaba looked up to see Phoenix and Maya approaching.
"Oh… here for some coffee?" Futaba asked.
"Actually, we're here for you." Maya said. "Eggman recommended us to you."
"Oh… that's ni-... HUH?!" Futaba yelled in surprise.
"So, uh… care to give a descriptive appearance of your mother?" Maya smiled.
Futaba's eyes widened. There's no way he'd… She thought before gulping and gave a detailed description of what her mother looked like. With a nod, Maya closed her eyes and clapped her hands, filling the room in bright light as before anyone knew it… Wakaba was in the room.
"Wa-Wakaba?!" Sojiro exclaimed in disbelief.
"Holy shit…!" Ryuji said in awe. "Dude… your mother was-"
"Okay, that's enough out of you." Makoto yanked him away by the ear and covered his mouth.
"Mmmph! Mmmph!"
Akechi, meanwhile, started to grimace as he backed away slowly before ducking underneath a table.
BGM: Alleycat (Persona 5)
"Hmm…? Where am I…?" Wakaba wondered, looking around. "Am I in some sort of high tech cafe?" She asked herself, unaware of her daughter staring at her. "Curious, not sure how I-" She spotted Futaba. "Oh…! Futaba!"
"Mom…" Futaba whispered, immediately getting teary eyed.
"Let me guess, you desperately wanted me and wished me here? You truly are selfish, aren't you?" Wakaba shook her head teasingly. "What am I gonna do with you? Even when I'm dead, you pull me away for your attention."
She chuckled. "I'm kidding… I missed you."
"I knew you were joking…" Futaba said, tears filling her eyes. "And I know this isn't some trick by The End… it really is you."
"Yes… I've… seen what happened. The one time I decide to check on you, I was surprised to see a mere copy of me, and then I saw Shido… the bastard." She folded her arms. "Honestly, if our roles were switched, I would have easily torn him in two."
Futaba looked down. "I… I know I got over your death after I got out of my shell, but-"
"-It's not easy seeing a loved one die in front of you, isn't it?"
Futaba said nothing, tears falling from her cheeks as Wakaba approached her, pulling her into a hug.
"My brave girl… you've been through so much. Hunted by a general, seeing one of your friends being corrupted in that gunk-" Haru shuddered at the memory. "-Being forcibly made as the Winter Maiden and now this…"
"How… do you know about that?"
Wakaba smiled. "What, you thought I wouldn't try and research everything about the world you dropped in on. I check on you periodically to see how my daughter's doing… and next thing I know, a little boy's adopted into the family."
"Well…" Sojiro rubbed his head. "Kyoko kinda sprung that up on me, but I didn't mind watchin' over another youngster."
Wakaba chuckled. "I can tell. All of you have been through a lot… and don't think I don't know you're not there, Akechi."
"Ack…!"
"I know what you did to me. And honestly, I am going to give you a massive earful when you finally kick the bucket because I have words for you. But I'm not here for that so you are off the hook… for now."
Akechi grimaced. Great…
"Granted, I know it was Shido who sent you, but I'm still upset that you went through with it."
"Mom…? I think he gets it."
"I'm just giving him a heads up, that's all." Wakaba said before looking back at her daughter, softly kissing her on the forehead. "You've definitely grown since I've last seen you… I'm proud of you."
"I just wish you were still here… alive."
"I wish that all the time… but unfortunately, life just loves throwing curveballs." She said, putting her hands on her shoulders. "You're a lot stronger than you are, and even though you watched me die, I know you have the power to get over this."
"I know…"
"You just needed some reassurance from your mother? I understand… everyone needs that every now and again." She said as Futaba nodded, sniffling. "I love you."
"I… love you too." Futaba softly smiled, wiping her eyes.
Wakaba looked around at the rest of the Phantom Thieves. "You have such wonderful friends… take care of her for me."
"We will." Ann smiled as the rest nodded.
"That goes for you too, Sojiro."
"Of course…" Sojiro chuckled.
"And Akechi… stay out of trouble, you hear me?"
"Noted…" Akechi nodded.
Wakaba backed up, softly smiling. "Goodbye, my daughter…"
"See ya… mom."
"Oh, and tell your girlfriend I said hello. She's a cute one." She winked, causing Futaba to blush.
"Right…" Futaba smiled again as Wakaba slowly disappeared, slowly blowing a kiss directly toward Futaba before disappearing.
End BGM
"How do you feel?" Akira asked.
"I feel… a lot better." Futaba said.
"Good for you… meanwhile, I don't feel fantastic at all…" Akechi groaned. "I have a hot date with a scorned mother when it's my time to go, wonderful." I'm gonna have to keep a 1-Up Mushroom on me just in case… or like, find the Mushroom Kingdom equivalent of the Fountain of Youth if one such exists…
"Sooo, Mr. Sakura… you up to making some coffee?" Phoenix asked.
"Of course. What would you two like?"
Futaba closed her eyes, taking a deep breath and sighing deeply, smiling. "Eggman, you wonderful son of a bitch…"
Meanwhile, with Nagisa and the others…
"What?" Blaze said in surprise as Silver was walking through Mushroom City with the others.
"Yeah… I'm gonna be around a lot more. I talked with Nagisa and Dipper and, well, I decided to stay and join the Warriors of Hope."
"This is actually a good idea! I'm proud of you for this."
"Wait… really?"
"Of course! This could be a great opportunity to make more friends here in the present compared to the future. I wholeheartedly respect this."
"Well, if my close friend is happy about this decision, then… hey, I'm happy too. By the way, are you willing to like, you know… hang out later?"
"Yes! If I have free time, I'll definitely come hang out with you."
"It's a date then!" Silver smiled before blushing. "Um, well… not like that… of course…" He chuckled nervously, causing Blaze to giggle before they ended the call together. "Hmm… I had a feeling she'd be supportive of this."
As Silver and the WoH were chatting, Nagisa was lagging behind as he was deep in thought and looked melancholic. "Nagisa?" Masaru spoke up. "You okay?"
"I'm fine…"
"Oh, don't give me that bull." Kotoko said. "Something's buggin' ya."
"Is it what happened with SAPR?" Dipper asked as gently as he could.
"Yes…" Nagisa nodded, almost tearful. "While I'm glad she can be brought back… I… can't forget what happened between me and R3-B7 that led to her current state and… all of that could have been prevented. I mean… you should've seen Penny on the way back. She was… catatonic. I've never seen her like this. She's always so cheerful and upbeat and… seeing her so devastated, it just… kinda breaks my heart."
"Hey… cheer up!" Jataro said. "I'm sure you and Penny will see SAPR again some day."
"Yeah, they can repair her! She'll be back before you know it!" Masaru smiled.
"And she'll give you the biggest hugs imaginable." Kotoko also smiled.
Nagisa gave them a soft, yet sad smile. "Yeah… you're right." He kept up his pace shortly after. "Come on, let's not keep Mabel and Kokoron waiting."
"I wonder how those two are doing…" Masaru said.
"Knowing my sister, she's doing her best to keep everyone's spirits up on the sidelines." Dipper said.
Meanwhile…
BGM: Bad Romance (Lady Gaga) (Start at 4:09)
"Hah… hah… hah…" Kokoro panted as she tried to keep up with her competition on Dance Dance Revolution. Her competition? Waddles… and he was surprisingly good at it. "Mabel! How is your pig so good at DDR?!"
"I dunno! He just is!" Mabel shrugged. "I just found this out like… four minutes ago!"
"Crazy thing is… he's kicking my butt!"
"You got this!" Mabel cheered her on.
"Mrow!"
And then… the song ended.
End BGM
"Winner! Player Two!"
"Oh my…" Mabel said as her eyes sparkled. "Waddles is a dancing machine~!" She said as she immediately cuddled Waddles. "Who's my special dancer~? You are~! You are~!"
"Hah… hah… whose side… hah… are you on…? Hah… I just… hah… got my butt kicked… hah… by a pig…!"
Ding dong!
"I got it!" Mabel walked over with Waddles following her.
"Haaaaah…" Kokoro sighed as she grabbed a towel and wiped her forehead.
"Aaaaah! You guys are back!" Mabel exclaimed in joy and relief.
"Hmm?" Kokoro's ears twitched before shaking off the feeling. No, don't get your hopes up. They're still stuck in Cyberspace…
"Hahahaha…! Waddles, stop! That tickles!" Jataro laughed.
Kokoro gasped, freezing on the spot as she turned her head toward the door. She stumbled over as if she was in a trance. She stepped out and saw Masaru, Kotoko and Jataro back in their bodies again.
"Hey, we're back!" Masaru smiled.
Kokoro was too stunned for words as tears swelled up in her eyes before she couldn't contain her emotions any longer and immediately tackled the trio in happiness, knocking them down. All they could do was laugh.
"You guys… welcome back…!"
Jataro smiled. "Thanks."
Kotoko smiled, sniffling a little. "It's good to be back…"
"Yup yup, like Nagi and my bro promised, they brought back our friends safe and sound~!" Dipper smiled before locking eyes with Silver. "Oh hey, I know you! You're… Silvery Sonic, aren't you?"
Silver sweatdropped. "That's a new one…" He mumbled. "It's Silver."
"Ah, okay!" Mabel giggled.
At the Pollendinas…
"This is all that's left…" Penny said somberly as she brought out her core and the remains of SAPR's old body, that was unfortunately wrecked even harder by the tide and the Nobodies.
"Oh Penny…" Pietro said somberly as Miu put her hand over her mouth.
"I… I tried to protect her but… but…!"
"Come here." Pietro hugged her as Penny sobbed into her shoulder. "We'll fix her… I know we will."
A deep growl escaped Miu's lips as she turned to face Eggman who had accompanied them. "You…! Have a lot of NERVE."
"I'm well aware…" Eggman nodded as Sage curiously wandered around the shop with Cave and GLaDOS showing her around.
"I know you "retired" from being evil, but you… you're responsible for this…! OOOOH! If I wasn't being held back by Wall-E and Eve, I'd be throttling you right now!"
Eve let out some robotic gibberish while Wall-E let out a curious whistle.
"I understand that this is troubling, but I can assure you… I can help fix her. She was my original creation after all."
Pietro smiled. "I would be glad to help assist you on that. I have been curious about the inner states of your mind."
Eggman smirked. "I'm not going to reveal all my secrets to you, doctor Pollendina."
Pietro chuckled. "What I'd expect from the great Doctor Robotnik." He said as he pulled out his scroll. "I'm going to call up Nitori and Dr. Light… perhaps I ought to give the Crygors a call too."
"You do that." Eggman nodded as he felt his phone go off, reaching into his pocket while Penny walked out with K1-B0 following her to keep her company. "Hmmm…? A bill? I could've sworn I paid the electric bill earl-... A BILL FORWARDED TO ME COVERING THE COSTS OF THE ASSISTANCE OF STAR FOX?!"
A deep growl escaped his lips before chuckling, smirking. "Well played, Kiri…"
At the Future Foundation…
"Hmhmhm~" Kyoko smiled mischievously and put her phone away. "Ah… it feels good to be back."
With Weiss…
"Easy…" Blake said as she gently sat her down with Winter and Mine, placing her on the couch with the help of her family.
"You've been through so much lately…" Willow said. "You poor girl…"
"I know… and… I should've stopped SAPR… if I had stopped her, I-"
"Shhh… don't blame yourself. None of you would have stopped her." Kirumi said, gently sitting down next to her.
Weiss sighed, closing her eyes. "Right…"
"By the way, where's Meryl?" Klein asked.
"She said she had to go to Coconut Mall… something about a new look." Winter said.
Whitley chuckled. "I was wondering when she'd do that." He said as suddenly, the door opened.
"I'm home~!" Meryl said, sporting an entire new look.
She was now wearing a black-colored mini dress with a flared skirt that reaches above her knees decorated with red burning snowflake patterns underneath a matching black jacket with ruffles around the collar and sleeves that stop beneath her elbows, a black bracelet on her left wrist, and a pair of red and black wedge sandals with an ankle strap and a braided jute sole. She was also wearing a white hip-length hooded cape with a red underside and the Schnee emblem imprinted on the back, a garnet pendulum necklace with a black braided cord adorned with beads and a small yellow knot, and a white thin leather belt with a silver buckle around her waist.
In fact, her hair was tied into a side braid wrapping around her neck, ending in a loose, wavy ponytail with wispy bangs covering her face.
"Oh, you look absolutely cute!" Willow smiled.
"I agree." Kirumi smiled.
"Absolutely stunning." Klein smiled.
"Amazing." Winter smiled.
"You look great! …Now I can tell you two apart even more." Whitley teased, hearing everyone snicker as Meryl sat down next to Weiss.
"You… look great." Weiss said with a tired smile.
"Thank you." Meryl smiled, wrapping her arm around her and kissing her on the cheek. "For now, let's just focus on you feeling better. We can worry about that duel way later, okay?"
"I was hoping you'd say that…" Weiss said as she leaned on her mirror twin's shoulder and closed her eyes. Meryl smiled, gently caressing her hair.
"Call us if you need anything." Blake said.
"Okay…" Weiss nodded.
Knock knock knock!
Winter walked over to the door and saw Sonic at the door holding a bag. "Oh, hey Sonic."
"Hey. Is Weiss here?"
"Sonic…? What are you doing here?"
Sonic smiled, walking over and placing the bag down on the coffee table. "Just came by to cheer you up." He said, pulling out a take out box and handing it to her, where she opened it up to reveal a chili dog. "As promised, a chili dog."
"...Oh… thanks." Weiss said, smiling. "I suppose I ought to eat this before I take a nap…"
Sonic grinned, pulling one out for himself. "Dig in."
With Ratchet and Clank…
"What do you suppose Nefarious could be up to?" Clank asked.
"Eh, heck if I know." Ratchet said, eating sea salt ice cream. "Huh… salty and sweet, interesting combo."
Ratchet took another bite. "Nefarious is probably still at Starfall Islands, but honestly… he could be up to no good still. And when he strikes, we'll be ready."
"Indeed!" Clank nodded as they walked around Toad Town. "I wonder if they have ice cream suitable for robots…"
Meanwhile… back on Starfall Islands…
Nefarious looked at the remains of the wreckage of several airships from Eggman's Fleet. "Ya know, with this… we could easily make something worthwhile. We can go to Remnant and mess with Ratchet and Clank and their goody two shoed friends again!"
He frowned. "Still, I feel kind of bad that I'd do this… but eh, what can you do!" He said. "LAWRENCE! Hand me that contraption! We got work to do."
Meanwhile… somewhere in Paldea…
A young woman about sixteen years of age sat in her room and had just settled into her new home. She had light blue hair with some orange highlights, wearing a sun hat and star shaped glasses on her forehead. She wore a purple tank top with a Wurmple watching a Flygon fly by with "Dream Big" written on it. She also had light blue shorts and sandals.
She had a few studs in her right ear and also had an eyebrow piercing on her left eyebrow as her fingernails were painted blue. She also had blue lipstick on with some eyeshadow.
She had the build of a fashionistic supermodel.
She put up a picture on her desk as her brother came in as he had red long hair to the shoulders with white highlight stripes resembling feathers. He wears a safari hat with regional bird feathers. He wears a blue t-shirt with all the fossil Pokemon together. He wears red safari pants and red tennis shoes with the Gimmighoul symbol. He has a young build that looks like an explorer.
"Heh, I thought you left that back in Galar, Aless. You always did look toward the future and not look back on old memories."
"Oh, I can keep old memories if I wanted to, Cian." She smiled.
"I'm well aware."
"Alessandra! Cian! Dinner's ready!"
"Coming!" Both said as Cian ran downstairs as Alessandra smiled at her photo.
"Why do I have a stinkin' feeling I'm gonna be seeing you again, Glori?" She smiled as she ran down the stairs
BGM: Title Theme 2017 (Pokemon Movie 20) (Start at 0:19)
To Be Continued In…
Her photo was of her at a young age, posing in a picture with a young version of Cian, Gloria, Hop, Victor and Leon, alongside a Growlithe that posed with a happy dog smile on his face.
RWBY: The Paldean Treasure
End BGM
Post Credit Scene #1!
"As you can see, the Smash Mansion is a wonderful place to hang around and have fun!" Crazy Hand said.
"So, what do you think?" Master Hand asked.
"Hmm…" Jin rubbed his chin in thought. "It does seem like it's never a dull moment here." He mused before folding his arms, nodding. "Alright, I'm in."
"Excellent!"
Meanwhile, with Chiaki…
"FOOT DIVE!"
"KO!"
"Another crayon eater that plays Dr. Doom with only his Foot Dive… ugh… I'd rather be struck by Ness's PK Fire…" Chiaki mumbled.
"Man, this player really is annoying, isn't he?" Elfilin wondered.
BB-8 let out some colorful boops.
Chiaki shook her head. "Yeah, I'm done for the day…" She said, turning the game off and heard her phone go off with dozens of notifications. "Hmm?"
She took a look out of curiosity.
"Tekken character finally added to Smash… oh, Kazuya finally got in."
She put the Smash cartridge into her Switch and booted it up, waiting for the data to download and then it started to play.
"Might as well lab him for a while." She said, taking a swig of her water.
JIN MISHIMA IS READY FOR BATTLE!
"HMMMPH?!' Chiaki swallowed, where the water instantly went down the wrong pipe, causing her to cough up a lung.
At that moment, Futaba immediately called her as Chiaki answered.
"DUDE! ARE YOU SEEING THIS?!"
"I… *cough!* Yeah, I'm having… *cough!* A hard time… *cough!* Believing it…! *Cough cough!"*
"Are you okay…?"
"Y-yeah! Hah… just… went down… *cough!* The wrong pipe…!"
Meanwhile…
Kazuya folded his arms at the news. "So. He decided to join Smash…"
Nina flicked her glasses. "This is truly fascinating. You oppose Smash, so your son gets in."
"He is no son of mine."
Outside of Moonview City…
"Hmmmm…" Akuma had his arms folded.
"Oh dear me, it seems like you are having issue with this barrier." A voice said as Akuma turned his head to see Yukari casually walking. "Whatever are we to do about this?"
"Who are-"
Yukari snapped her fingers, the barrier opening in front of Akuma. "Go in and make him your plaything. I made it so that you can go in and he can never get out~"
Akuma looked at the barrier and slowly reached his hand forward, seeing that he can out his arm through with no issue.
His eyes widened… before a nasty smirk formed in his face. He walked in with the barrier closing.
"Hmhmhmhmhm~ Have fun!"
She casually reached into a gap and pulled out some popcorn. "This should be quite entertaining."
Post Credit Scene #2:
"Hmm… Bard?" Masaru suggested as they were all contemplating what Silver could be. "Nah, you don't look like a Bard to me." He started to mumble. "If anything, I think that's what Kokoron could've been if she didn't choose the Ranger…"
"Hmm… Artificer?" Dipper thought before shaking his head. "Nope, I feel like that that would belong to someone else."
"How about Berserker?" Mabel asked before giggling. "Pfft, nah, he doesn't look the part!"
"How about the Paladin instead?" Silver suggested before chuckling fondly. "I mean… Blaze does often see me as a heroic and chivalrous knight of sorts who's always there to protect his friends."
Nagisa smiled. "Paladin it is."
Silver then chuckled. "Yeah, and besides… I don't even look like a mage anyway."
Ibuki: *snickers* No, he does not.
Credit to everyone who worked so hard with me on this story, especially Qwark! Expect a message from him real soon! And here's to the new story coming up!
Deadpool: Who's that Pokemon? All the Paldean mons!