Everyone arrived at the new area, where they found themselves in a waterfall that ran up instead of down. There were floating rocks, magical bubbles, and ledges. In the distance, they saw a large pipe castle with an enormous Heartless emblem in front.
(Kingdom Hearts: ost - Hollow Bastion)
"Whoooooooa." Lapis stared in astound as everyone else except the Kingdom Hearts crew. "It's so pretty..."
"What is this place?" Arios asked. "Are these... waterfalls?"
"They appeared to be reversed." Emblem Arios said.
"Whoa, S, LP, look!" Nadia pointed at the magical bubble. "It's a bubble! How is it not popping?"
"That's... a good question." Swin said.
"What is this place?" Rufus wondered. "And then notice the castle. "That building... doesn't that Emblem belong to the Heartless?"
"You're right. But what the heck is this place?" Rouge asked.
"How could this be?" Kairi rubs her chin.
"What is Kiki? You know this place?" Nadia asked
"Yeah, it's— Wait, did you just call me, Kiki?"
"Yep." Nadia casually places her hands behind her back. "It's your nickname. Pretty cute, huh? 'Course I also got one for Riki."
"Riki?" Riku tilts his head. "Wait, you mean me?"
"Wait, don't I get a nickname?" Sora asked.
"Hmm... Sorry, I don't have one for you Sora." Nadia struggled.
"Aww..." Sora frown.
"Ah, don't worry Sora. I'm sure you'll get one." Goofy said.
"If he can get one." Donald snickered.
"I heard that!" Sora pouted.
"Anyway..." Riku looks at the castle. "That's Hollow Bastion."
"Hollow Bastion?" Wario asked.
"It's...This is what Radiant Garden looked like when Maleficent was using it at her base." Kairi stares in solemn.
"Right." Riku nodded. "The castle you see there once belonged to Ansem the Wise until Xehanort took over Terra's body and lost his memories. During that time, he manipulated the other apprentices to turn on Ansem and exile him. From there. They turn this castle into this."
"Xehanort stage a rebellion and turn half of the castle into a factory?" Hazama asked. "Hmm. You know, I can see this place as something Relius would do."
"And this was thirteen in a half years ago." Mickey nodded. "Then Maleficent invaded this world with the Heartless and the rest is history. Although Maleficent also added a bit of her touch into the change after she conquered it."
"I see..." Rufus turns to the castle. 'Something about this castle... reminds me of the Empryral Fortress...'
"So this is what Radiant Garden after being twisted 13 in a half years ago..." Neve rubs his chin. "Then..." He looks around. "Could this place be..."
"Have you thought of something, Neve?" Noel asked.
"Yes. But I can only guess through speculation."
"Did we travel through time?" Goofy asked.
Neve shook his head. "No. Hollow Bastion has been reconstructed. We enter a private dimension. Or Phase Space you Zemurian would call. A personal realm where one would decorate this place as a home that exists outside of the world. It's like a pocket dimension but a much larger scale."
"Aether, doesn't this—" Paimon turns to Aether but he places his finger to his lips to shush her.
"So it's like the Shrine Sanctuary..." Rufus said.
"And the Phantom Field." Hakumen added.
"I don't know what this "phantom field" is but yes. It's like this. Whoever created this dimension recreated Hollow Bastion to repeat its role. As a base for the generator we're looking for its store here." Neve said. "But why Hollow Bastion and Radiant Garden of all places?"
"Perhaps we should ask the other Rean. I can think of no one else who can possess that level of power to reconstruct Hollow Bastion and this dimension." Jingliu asked
"If his reason was to make me mad, then it's working." Kairi muttered.
"Then should we get going?" Waluigi asked.
"Yep. We gotta get going." Mickey nodded. "If memories serve, we'll show you the way. Come on." Mickey said as they walked and then jumped into the platforms.
"Do we really have to jump?" Nadia asked. "I'm already tired."
"Once we reach the castle, then we'll walk, Nadia." Swin said.
"Once again, you lost your chance to become a gentleman." Nadia sighed. "Ursaring, can you carry me?"
"Raar." Ursaring scratches her head and then picks up Nadia.
"Pick me up too, Ursaring." Lapis requested.
"Mapapa." Magearna raised her arms as Ursaring sweatdrops and picked them up too.
"Raar." Ursaring sighed and then jumped from ledge to ledge.
"Man, I can't believe the waterfall is on reverse." Kevin said.
"I've never seen anything like this." Ries said.
"Wonders never crease as they say." Tartaglia said.
"No kidding." Aether agreed.
"Is this how the world is supposed to be?" Xiao asked.
"With the waterfall on reverse? I can't say." Kairi replied. "But the water here is frozen so you're free to step on it."
"Ooh! Can we try it out?" Nadia asked
"No." Neve said as they reached the broken staircase.
"Well, we arrived here. But now what do we do?" Arven asked. "The castle is over there and I see water."
"You know, I just realized something. Hollow Bastion means Empty Castle, right?" Nemona asked.
"Huh. You know, you're right." Carmine said.
"So... how does that help us reach the castle?" Kieran asked.
"If we're lucky..." Donald approached the platform as in the distance, a pink light flashed and then a line appeared overhead as a lift approached them.
"Oh, look it's a lift." Florian said.
"Let's use this to reach the castle." Renne said as they all hopped on and then it took them to the Castle Gate.
They hop off and they look around.
"I see countless balconies here." Jingliu said. "Heh. Hollow Bastion indeed. I don't sense any form of life here. This castle lives up to its given name. What's more, this castle being twisted into a factory by half is sad."
"No kidding. But where do we go from here?" Noel asked.
"Let's check the radar." Tartaglia said as Rufus pulled the radar and it blinked.
"Hmm. We are in the right place. But where do we go from here?" Rufus used and move around until he pointed up as the radar beeped slightly fast. "As expected. Our generator is up in the castle."
"So we're going up then." Mitsuru rubs her chin as she looks around. "I don't see any other lifts to take us there. We may need to enter the castle."
"That would be our only option." Aigis nodded. "Then let us be careful."
They walked to the door until Shadows and Darkballs appeared.
"Heartless." Neve summons his Keyblade. "Of course."
"Heh. Another fitting name for the Heartless to realm freely." Jingliu said
They attack the Heartless and then wipe them out and keep going to the Entrance Hall.
"I presume this is the Entrance Hall?" Hazama asked.
"Yep. You got it, Hazama." Sora said.
"I wonder if this castle also recreated a treasure vault." Rogue wondered.
"No, there wasn't any treasure vault the last time I was here." Riku said.
"Seriously?" Kammy asked in disbelief. "For a twisted castle, I can't believe it doesn't have treasures..."
"You can treasure hunt another time. We got a job to do." Shadow reminded them as they went up the stairs.
"This path leads to the Library." Sora pointed.
"Then let us take refuge at the Library. Neve needs his rest." Rufus advised as they nodded and headed to the Library and found mountains of books.
"It's just like how I remember this place..." Kairi said.
"All right, take five everyone."
"Phew! Finally!" Nadia stretches her arms. "LP, let's go check this library out!"
"What's a Libary, anyway?" Lapis asked.
"It's a place filled with books as you can see. It's where people go to read books to become smart."
"Oh, good! At least humanity has a place to learn."
"School is also a place to learn." Florian replied
"Yeah, I can imagine becoming the teacher's favorite student when it comes to asking questions." Arven said.
"Ooh, it would be fun to be schoolmates with you guys!" Nemona giggled as everyone split up.
Neve was sitting on the chair with a desk, lying on his back, and sighed. "Wish there was a couch but... this will do I suppose."
"Are you feeling better?" Rufus asked as he brought a chair and sat down.
"Yeah, feeling a little better. It won't be long until my stamina and magic rejuvenate. What about you?"
"I'm feeling fine. The fight is getting more and more fierce. It's a good thing we replenished our skills in battle. Can you pull that magic off even without its training?"
"Possible. But that requires I spend a high amount of my magic. Although I doubt I might be able to freeze Iblis like I did before." Neve sighed.
"Perhaps, but I would think too less about yourself. You're an accomplished Keyblade Master after all." Rufus replied.
"Heh. I know." Neve said with a smug look until he had a pensive look. "Hey, Rufus."
"Hm?"
"When this is over, you're heading back to jail, aren't you?"
Rufus gave a pensive thought. "Yes. That was the plan once we learned about this mess. I can't avoid the punishment I'll give. But I imagine my sentence as an escaped criminal will increase that punishment."
"I... suppose so." Neve folds his arms and looks sad.
"Is something wrong?"
"I just imagine the punishment. I don't like it. But I hope you've been given a fair trial. Not to mention used all the evidence we have that can help lighten that sentence."
"I doubt it." Rufus shook his head. "Whatever my punishment is, I will accept it without resistance. Even if it means death."
"Hey!" Neve glared.
"Haha. Apologies. But one can hope." Rufuslightlyt chuckled.
"This is no laughing matter you idiot."
"I know. But even so. I want to thank you, Neve. For helping me through all the way."
"Rufus, don't make it sound like you wanted to die."
"I won't. I know I'll be given a fair trial. And with the evidence in hand... well... we'll see what fate awaits." Rufus said, causing Neve to sigh.
'Why is that idiot talking about death...' Neve thought as he looked at the ceiling before shaking his head. 'No... I'm sure he won't...'
30 minutes later...
"Okay, where do we go from here?" Kieran asked as they went past the Stop Lift.
"Hmm... I'm afraid it's gonna be a long way up. If I remember right." Sora said, tilting his head a bit.
"It is." Donald muttered.
"We've gotta move around and around a few places that can allow us to reach the top floor." Sora said.
Penny sweatdrop. "Seriously? Tell me he's joking."
"Okay, we're taking a shortcut this time." Florian said as they made it outside and then he transformed into Rayquaza. "Hop on."
"Couldn't you have done that earlier?" Shadow asked.
"How was I supposed to know it's a long way up? Plus, Neve needed rest."
"Fair enough." Shadow sighed as he and the others hopped on Florian's back and flew up to it and then reached the High Tower.
The team hops off and Florian changes back as they walk the dark corridor to the Castle Chapel.
"This place looks like the Castle Chapel." Aether said.
"Aww, this place gives the creeps to Paimon." Paimon shivered
"I've seen worst." Duvalie muttered as they kept going.
"Neve. Florian, Hakumen. I have a favor to ask of you three." Shadow said.
"Hm? What is it?" Neve asked.
"It's about Mephiles and Solaris. Both of them can power over time. If possible, can you stop them with your time magic? If Mephiles and Iblis merge to become Solaris. They will split themselves to exist in the past, present, and future. We can't let that happen. We need to stop Solaris by restraining him in the present. Florian, since can you transform into any Pokemon, can you transform into Dialga to stop him from creating a space-time rift?"
"I'm no Dialga, but I can try." Florian said as he hummed. "Oh! Maybe Terapango can help too."
"Considering that Pokemon can also manipulate time as well." Shadow nodded
"I'm not sure if my magic can help against a god who has dominion over time but I'll do my best." Neve said
"Very well." Hakumen nodded. "Use my abilities as you see fit."
"Good. Let's hope this works." Shadow said until they reached the Grand Hall.
"Hm?" Arios looks up and they see staircases that lead to the large area. "What is this place?"
"This is where the previous seventh Princesses are being held here by Maleficent and their lights are passed on to new vessels." Riku said.
"I see... So this is what it looks like." Neve mused. "However..."
"Yeah. We're not alone here." Swin nodded.
"Brace yourself, everyone." Shadow said as they walked toward the stairs until they reached a large area.
The large area was replaced with pipes and the final Keyhole portal was replaced with a large space and dark brown walls.
"This... is different." Sora said.
"Yeah. This is where the final Keyhole is supposed to be." Goofy nodded. "But now it changed."
Duvalie looks around and sees the Generator. "Look! There's the generator!"
"Come on, let's shut it off!" Florian said as he stepped forward.
"Wait." Renne places his hand over his shoulder. "Don't forget. Just like before, someone is gardening it."
"Ah, right." Florian nodded and then looked up. "We know you are hiding! Come out!"
(BGM ended)
"Heh." A voice mockingly laughed as a blue portal appeared in front of the generator and came out was Mephiles and a black portal appeared and Infinite came out.
(Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance ost - Nightmares)
"Mephiles. And Infinite." Shadow glared at them. "As I thought. If Iblis is here, so are you two."
"Ahahaha! Indeed, Shadow the Hedgehog." Mephiles smirked behind his no mouth. "But I must admit, I didn't expect that you would manage to defeat Iblis. Let alone freeze him in ice. It surprises me of much of a formidable group you found, Shadow."
"But no matter how formidable your group is, we cannot allow you to interfere or shut down the generator." Infinite said. "But first, as a Wiseman would do, it would be wise to finish you one by one. A large group would easily outmatch us in numbers and strength. So we're going to pluck a couple of you. Starting with that rat." He turns to Mickey.
"Me?" Mickey took his stand.
"Yes. Your meddling has greatly upset our benefactor. Your meddling with the death of Rean Schwarzer and Lloyd Bannings by using the Power of Waking drove them to a fury greater than Iblis's fire. Perhaps enough to go to your world and destroy it as another form of punishment."
"He wouldn't dare...!"
"You're free to ask him yourself." Mephiles said
'If they know the Power of Waking...' Neve whispered.
'They must have eavesdropped or aware of what Keyblade Masters can do.' Hakumen said.
"Of course, the benefactor is already aware that you somehow managed to destroy the curse he placed on those two after our assassination attempt. You can imagine the ire he's in." Infinite said
"He's even aware of that?" Xiao asked.
"As the caster, it makes sense." Aether muttered
"I don't know how you managed to break that impossible spell, but the Keyblade has a hand on it. Which is why the benefactor decided to focus his attention on you, Rufus Albarea. As well as the girl. Congratulations on getting his attention." A voice said as two teleportation circles appeared and then came Dahlia Hawthorne and Manfray von Karma.
"Who the heck are you two?" Rogue asked.
"Manfred." Manfred answered
"And I am Dahlia Hawthorne. A pleasure to meet you." Dahlia greeted with her fiendish fake smile.
"Manfred and Dahlia, huh? So you two are from Phoenix World." Kammy said.
"Hmm..." Manfred's eye twitched.
"Oh? So you found out did you?" Dahlia asked. "You're correct." Then she shows her true face. "The two of us hail from dear Pheeny's world."
"Well, look who decided to throw her true face." Nadia said with a smug look. "I thought someone with a pretty face would hide such a nasty smile."
"Hehehe. Shouldn't I say the same thing to you, little girl? After all, I can tell behind that cute smile is a demon. No different from me."
"We both may have cute faces. But don't compare me to you. Unlike you. I'm not a monster. I'm just a sweet girl who just to tease."
"Sure, keep telling yourself that." Dahlia flips her hair.
"So it is you too, after all." A voice said as Dahlia turned her head and saw Rouge in the video call hologram were Phoenix Wright, Maya Fey, Miles Edgeworth, and Franziska Von Karma.
"Pheeny..." Dahlia said coldly.
"I thought it was impossible, but..." Miles Edgeworth grits his teeth and then stares at Manfred. "Hello... "sir"."
"Daddy..." Franziska closes her eyes in solemn.
"Miles. And Franziska." Manfred gives a cold look. "And you... Phoenix Wright. Same for your Spirit Medium. Maya Fey."
"Oh, so you haven't forgotten about me." Maya pouted. "We heard quite a bit from you, Manfred. Who knew something diabolical as you would be here? Course I would say that if you weren't a fake."
"A fake?" Manfred smirked. "Do you think of me as some dead man?"
"It is already confirmed that you died. After Phoenix won the trial. And..." Edgeworth glared. "And... that you kill my father."
"..."
"Yes. You're right." Franziska quietly said. "I know you are not my real father. But it's uncanny to see you like this."
"Yes. Is this what you told me Phoneix? A simulacrum?" Miles asked
"From what my friends told me, yes. A robotic clone." Phoenix answered. "Even seeing these two is unnerving."
"Heh. We may have died back in our world. But here..." Dahlia played with her hair. "We are reborn. But she inherited our memories from our past lives. What could be better to get our revenge on you too, Phoenix Wright? Speaking off..." Her grin darkens. "How is Iris doing?"
"Grr! You don't deserve to speak her name!"
"Well. Either way, this is where we draw the line. We can't have the rest of you getting in the way of our revenge." Dahlia summoning butterflies. "Once we're done here, we'll be coming for you Phenny. You and your friends too."
"Yes." Manfred channels wind powers in his hand. "I will undo my past life mistake. And I—" His eyes giving a menacing look. "—will not allow the mistake the "old" me has made. I will rewrite everything... my perfection will never be strained again."
(BGM ended)
Mephiles raised his hand and then punched the ground.
(Sonic the Hedgehog 2006 ost - Boss Mephiles Phase 2)
A pool of darkness appeared underneath the group and then Iblis channeled energy and unleashed a powerful force.
"Waah!" Penny yelled as she, Rufus, Nadia, Swin, Neve, Sora, Donald, Goofy, Mickey, Riku, Kairi, Renne, Florian, Nemona, Arven, Hazama, Kevin, Ries, Mitsuru, Aigis, Labrys, Rouge, Omega, Kammy, Arios, Noel, Aether, Paimon, Hakumen, Jingliu and the Pokemon were pushed away, leaving Carmine, Kieran, Shadow, Tartaglia, Wario, Waluigi, Duvalie and Lapis as a force field block them from entering.
"LP, everyone!" Nadia yelled as a large number of Heartless appeared behind them.
"And now we got Heartless to deal with!" Ries muttered.
"Excellent. We have Shadow and a few weaklings of the group." Infinite smirked behind his no mouth.
"Weak!?" Carmine seething. "You dare call US weak?! I'll show you weak! Kiki, time to kick their asses!"
"Yeah! Don't underestimate us!" Kieran got out his Sai's.
"I can't believe you would insult me to think I'm so weak to you. I guess I'll just have to prove you wrong." Tartaglia said, readying his blade.
"Yeah! I'll show you who's the weak one here!" Wariocracksk his fists with an anime cross on his foreheads.
"Yeah! No one messes with Waluigi!" Waluigi readied his purple vine whip.
"How dare you insult the head knight of the Stalritter!" Duavalie took her stand. "For that, I will have your head!"
"How dare you think of me so little!" Lapis got her axe out. "I'll show you a Rosenberg Doll is NEVER to be considered weak!"
"A puny doll like you is meant to be a doll and destroy." Manfred channels wind energy from his hand. "Begone, all of you!"
"Hmph. Fools to the end." Shadow took his stand with everyone else.
Old Archenemies - Mephiles, Infinite, Dahlia and Manfred.
Carmine forms a combat link with Kieran, Wario form a combat link with Waluigi, Duvalie form a combat link with Lapis, and Tartaglia forms a combat link with Shadow.
Manfred forms a combat link with Dahlia, and Mephilesformsm a combat link with Infinite.
"Mephlis is vulnerable to Mirage Arts: Fighting types, Ghost Types, and Psychic Moves." Waluigi's AI Master Quart informed
"Infinite is weak to Time Arts: Bug Type, Ice Types, and Dark Types Moves." Tartaglia's AI Master Quart informed
"Manfred is weak to Fire Arts, Fire Types, Flying Types, Dragon Types, and Fairy Types moves." Waluigi's AI Master Quart informed
"Dahlia is vulnerable to Time Arts, Fairy Types, Dark Types, Bug Types, and Ghost Type moves." Lapis AI Master Quart informed.
Dahlia aimed her butterflies to fly toward the group to attack while Manfred tapped his staff to generate a tornado while Infinite and Mephiles levitated into the air and channeled powers to distort while everyone else dodged the attack.
Infinite deactivated gravity to cause them to float.
"Whoawhoawhoa! What's happening?!" Lapis exclaimed as Mephiles swung his arm for a slash projection and knocked them away. "Augh!"
"Gravity shift, huh?" Tartaglia recovered and then bounced off the barrier fast and slashed Infinite, but he blocked and was kicked away.
"Hmph!" Infinite grunted while Tartaglia swiped kick Mephiles as he used his arms to shield himself as he was knocked away, then Shadow Homing Shot Mehiles by kicking him, then teleported around him and kicked him away.
The reality begins to shift as Infinite, Mephiles, Dahlia and Manfred grow into giants and the arena extends.
"What the heck!?" Kieran exclaimed as Manfred aimed his hand and fired a jet of wind while Dahlia summoned giant butterflies to the group as they dodged. "When did they go full giant?!"
"Don't fall for it! It's an illusion created by Infinite!" Shadow yelled as the reality itself began to change. "His powers can affect perceptions!"
"Like the power of Mirage?!" Tartaglia gasped.
"What kind of badass powers does he have?!" Carmine yelled as reality changed to multiple versions of Dahlia, Manfred, Mephiles, and Infinite scattered around and each one firing attacks toward them.
"Wah!" Waluigi was knocked away while others shielded themselves or dodged.
'This was one of his powers with the Phantom Ruby? But I don't see any sign of him using it. So how did he gain this much power?' Shadow thought as he threw Chaos Spear to one of the versions of Dahlia and made her disappear.
"Everyone!" Fuuka yelled. "I'll help you navigate through this with my Persona. Keep dodging the attacks, I'll find the real Infinite."
"Then we're counting on you, Fuuka." Shadow said as Infinite manipulated gravity for all of them to float.
"Oh, not this again!" Duvalie growled as Mephiles summoned dark vines to throw at them.
"Dodge it!" Fuuka yelled as they dodged it, and then Dahlia and Manfred rained down fireballs and summoned tornados onto the battlefield as it pulled them in.
Tartaglia pulled his Bow and then fired a shot to piece the tornado.
"Found him! The second one on the right!" Fuuka yelled
"Gotcha!" Shadow lung toward one of the Infinites and then kick him,
"Hngh!" Infinite winched as the illusion shattered. "Meddling Persona user!"
Shadow jumps off as Mephiles throws an energy sphere at him. Manfred fired a blast of wind toward the group as Duvalie moved swiftly around and lung toward Manfred to slash him while Carmine threw her staff at Dahlia but she blocked it with her Umbrella as Kieran ran up to slash her.
Dahlia swung her Parasol at Kieran but he blocked and parried and then jab and slash combo, then reversed his right sai and punched Dahlia's face and went for a low kick to trip her as Carmine leaped over and dived for a stomp on her stomach.
"Augh!' She winched as Carmine hopped off.
Dahlia surrounded herself with a fiery tornado as she flew, glaring, and then tossed her parasol in the air and then she threw fireballs at Carmine and Kieran as they dodged. Manfred was swinging his cane against Wario who dodged, grabbed the cane, and punched Manfred's stomach to force him to let go and then tossed it away. Wario pummeled Manfred's stomach and then headbutted him as Waluigi jumped over Wario and repeatedly kicked his face and kicked him down. Manfred fell on his back and then Wario was gonna do a Butt Smash, but he rolled and then used wind magic to levitate in the air and throw wind slashes.
Waluigi pulled up his tennis racket and started swinging to deflect them while Wario pulled out a Bob-Omb and threw it at him. Manfred used his magic to redirect the bomb to throw it back to them as Waluigi hit the Bob-omb to toss it back. Manfred redirected the bomb to the nearby wall to explode, then Wario pulled out an Ice Flower and absorbed it, punching the ground to create Ice spikes for Mnafred to dodge while Waluigi jumped high and dived and kicked Manfred down.
Infinite fired multiple dark cubes toward Lapis as she slashed them as she ran toward him. Mephiles summon shadows to surround her, only for Tartaglia to shoot each one while Shadow teleports to kick him. But Mephiles catches the kick and throws Shadow to the pool. Duvalie lung and slash Infinite. Infinite throws a blast of energy at Duvalie's back but she cartwheels to the left as Lapis jumps to slash him, he catches the axe and tosses her to Duvalie, knocking them both away while Tartaglia shoots and marks Mephiles and Infinite.
Shadow burst out of the pool of darkness and threw a kick at Infinite, but he used his arms as shields to block the attack and then fired a blast of energy at him, only for Shadow to leap over and then Homing Shot Mephiles. Mephiles shields himself with a barrier as Tartaglia rains down rays of arrows over the duo as Lapis forms a spinning wheel to Infite and slashes him as Duvalie follows up with combo slashes.
Mephiles raised his arms to summon dark hands from the pool to grab the part, but Duvalie cut one dark hand while Wario, Waluigi, Lapis, Kieran, and Carmine were captured until Tartagia shot the hands and helped them escape. Mephiles matelized stone pillars and threw them toward the group. They dodged as Wario punched the ground to create ice spikes toward Mephiles and Infinite as they dodged.
Waluigi used his whip to slash them and then Shadow hopped and hopped from pillars and then punched Mephiles down, dispelling the pool of darkness, and then kicked Infinite down. Manfred channeling wind spheres and then summons multiple tornados to pull the team as Dahlia transforms herself into a vortex and unleashes heatwave attacks on the group.
"Diamond Nova!" Lapis throw the Orbal art and rain down Diamon Nova onto Dahlia, Manfred, Mephiles and Infinite.
"Grr!" Dahlia growled as Duvalie created clone of herself as she lung toward and slash through the four with Tartaglia throwing his Double Lance around them like a Boomerang and then grabbed, spin clockwise and transformed it into a bow and fired Homing Shots at them.
"All right, time to use this craft I've been working hell to get it—"
Flashback...
"All right. You two converted the basics with your weapons. Now it's time I've taught you techniques." Ei said.
"Techniques? You mean like the crafts the others have?" Carmine asked.
"That's right. But as you know, you're still a beginner. You still have a long road ahead of you to increase your stamina, combat, and develop techniques. The Reverie Corridor will only help you grow since time here does not exist. So this will be the perfect training ground until master your crafts."
"I honestly can't believe how brutal you are as an instructor..." Carmine muttered
"That's because you and your brother are too slim. But you hail in a world of Pokemon. So it makes sense that you rely on your Pokemon. But now here in our world. There are enemies who will go after you and ignore your Pokemon. That's why you must learn to protect yourselves, your loved ones, friends, and family alike."
"It still feels unreal that we're doing things straight out of a manga." Kieran said
"Well, now you're in reality now. All right. You know how to channel energy and elemental power. Remember. They're a part of you now. But it takes time for you to completely master it through hard work, muscle memory, and your body. Now. Let's begin teaching you."
Flashback end...
"— Rapid Tide!" Carmine imbued green energy into her three-section staff and swirled her weapons, extending the range as it repeatedly hit Dahlia and Manfred as she rotated her body and then rotated clockwise for a slam attack, causing earth green energy to erupt under them, allowing Kieran to follow up an attack on Dahlia, kicking her away.
"My turn!" Kieran's imbued his Sai's with purple energy. "Panther's Fang!" He throws one Sai as it forms into a fang, passes through Manfred and Dahlia, then throws the other as Kieran's Sai returns to his hand, crosses his arms and throws his Sai's as it forms a purple rays, passing through hut physically harming them as the Kai's return to Kieran's hands with Carmine follow up by slacking Manfred's face,
"Nngh!" Manfred growled as he and Dahlia glared.
Both of them fired a stream of fire and wind but the two of them dodged as Duvalie moved in the speed of light and slashed both of them, then Lapis ran up to Dahlia and downward slash on her.
"Augh!" She winched as Camine swirled her Three-sector staff into her battle stand.
Manfred raised his harm to create a vortex of lightning and rain down on the four, but they dodge as Dahlia stomp her feet to spread flames of waves at them. Lapis rotate overhead and slam hard to create a cleaver attack to cut through as Duvalie imbued her sword with power to lung and slash around them at different angle, then created clones to sent down slash projections as Kieran ran up and then swing for a couple of combo slashes against Manfred while Carmine swing and wrap Dahlia's neck and toss her overhead and slam her and Kieran Twin X slash Manfred.
Mephiles swing his laser lance fiercely against Shadow but he dodge and duck until Tartaglia shoot at him, forcing him to tilt his neck and then dive Shadow an high kick on his face, throw Chaos Spear to immobilized him, then teleported to kick him around and then kick him toward Tartagalia. Tartaglia switch to Duel Blades and then he lung and slash through him, then step on the air and then slash around him with phantom slashes in different angle and then change into a war axe and slam Mephiles to the ground, hard enough to crack the floor.
Infinite summon walls of blocks to slash toward Wario and Waluigi, but Waluigi fired a jet of water to push Infinite away and Wario grabbed a piece of the earth and then throw it at Infinite, hitting his face.
"Nngh!" Infinite growled as he channeling energy and then summon a sun and throw it at them.
Waluigi grabbed a Bat and then imbued it with purple energy and swung hard on it until launched it back at Infinite, causing a large explosion. Infinite bursts out of there, firing laser beams at him but Waluigi and Wario dodge them until Wario throws a fire punch at Infinite. Hitting him and then Wario open his mouth and chomp Infinite, shaking him and spitting him toward Waluigi for an uppercut, launching him into the air, and then used his whip to pull him back down and smash him on the ground as Wario go for a butt smash.
"BUTT SMASH!" He yelled
"AAAUGH!" Infinite yelled. "Get off of my you fat—"
"Hehehe." Wario smirked. "Here I go!" Then Wario he Wario Warts, launches him into the air. as nasty gas surrounds and harms Infinite.
"Aaauagh! *cough* *cough* *cough* What the absolute hell did you—"
"Butt Smash again!" Wario butt slam him again to the ground severing the combat link.
Mephiles created electricity balded to orbit around him and then raised his arms to create black electricity to reverse the flow of time.
"I don't let you!" Tartaglia fired a shot on Mephile's arm.
"Augh!" He winched.
"Tartaglia. Hit me as a curl ball!" Shadow said as he curled into a ball and spun rapidly as Tartaglia changed into a bat and swung at Shadow, knocking him toward Mephiles and knocking him to the wall with a heavy blow and fell to his knees.
Lapis and Dahlia swing at each other until Duavalie jumps to slam down on her but she backflips as Lapis forms a spinning wheel. Dahlia used her parasol to block the attack as Lapis grind her defensive. Dahlia empower her parasol with fire and then cause an explosion to push Lapis away and then Dahlia shoot a beam fo fire into the air and form a vortez to rain down fireballs. As she and Duvalie dodged, Manfred teleport behind Lapis to aim a blast of wind, knocking her directly to a fireball and cause an explosion.
"Oouch!" She winched as Manfred surround himself into a tornado and pull the fire ball to him, causing the tornado into a fiery tornado and then pull Duvalie, Kieran and Carmine in.
"Whooooa! Will you give it a rest?!" Carmine spin around and then aim and throw er staff at Manfred's face and hit him, canceling the attack as Manfred rub his face, giving Kieran to land on his feet and then he lung and slash through him, revealing his machine stomach.
"Aaaaaugh!" Manfred yelled.
"You're next!" Duavlia created clones.
"I think not!" Dahlia surround herself with a barrier as Duvalie lung and slash hard on the barrier but won't budge. "Hahaha! You can't reach me!"
"But I can!" Lapis yelled as she was casting Orbal Arts. "Diamon Nova!"
Dahlia look up as the comet raining down on her.
"Nnngh!' Dahlia struggle to hold the barrier
"Shouldn't let your guar down." Tartaglia appeared behind her, causing her to gasped as he impale her.
"AAAAAAUGH!" She yelled in agony as Tartaglia pull his Double Lance out of her as she fell on the ground.
(BGM ended)
The barrier vanished, just at the fight time the others finish off the Heartless
"No..." Dahlia reach out her hands. "I... can't..." then she shut down.
"Damn... you..." Manfred shut down.
"Auugh..." Mephiles groaned as Infinite slowly got back on his feet...
"NnNGH... You... wretches... Augh..." Infinite groaned.
"Enough with these games. I had enough! Iblis!" Mephiles raised his arm and Iblis flame ball appeared over him.
(Sonic the Hedgehog 2006 ost - The Resurrection of Solaris)
"I won't let you!" Shadow lungs toward Mephiles but he places a barrier around himself. "Ngh!"
"I waited too long until I and Iblis to return as Solaris! I will not allow myself to be erased from the timeline this time! We will undo the mouse's action and end you all by obliterating time!" Mephiles roared as he and Iblis began to fuse together, creating a bright light.
"Now!" Shadow turn to the others.
"Terapago, we need your help!" Florian tossed his Pokeball and came out Terapago.
"I'm here!" He said as Florians transformed into Dialga.
"Stopza!" Neve raised his Keyblade to create a dome of time to freeze.
"I'll help too!" Noel impales Aetherius to the ground as its powers booster Stopza's power.
"Now!" Hakumen raised his gleaming with white power as Florian unleashed the roar of time, Terapago unleashed sparkling energy and Hakumen swung down toward the light.
The attack caused the light to expand, causing everyone to shield their eyes as the light dimmed, but everyone disappeared and Stopza vanished.
(BGM ended)
Everyone uncovered their eyes, revealing themselves to be located in a different dimension.
"Whoa..." Swin look around. "Where... are we?"
"We're located in a dimension that is outside of Radiant Garden." Hakumen answered.
"Did our plan work?" Florian asked.
"From the looks of it, yes." Neve said. "It seems your plan work Shadow."
"Yes... however..." Shadows look up and they see a ball of light above them.
(Sonic the Hedgehog 2006 ost - Boss Solaris Phase 2)
The Ball of light emerge was Solaris, he unleashed a roar.
"That thing is Solaris?!" Noel exclaimed
"Yes. That's Solaris." Shadow said. "Everyone, get ready to put up a fight."
"I'll support you, everyone." Fuuka said as Juno appeared.
"It is time for this god to be destroyed." Hakumen took his stand.
"Is it even possible for— Oh never mind..." Swin muttered
"Terapago!" Florian pull out his Tera Orbs and glow with power and toss it over his Pokemon's head and then encases it with Tera power.
"PAAAAAAA!" Terapago roared.
"What the heck?! Terapago is so pretty!" Nadia exclaimed
"Admire it later! We got a fallen god to slay!" Duvalie yelled
"Heh. Who would have guessed I'd have the chance to slay a god." Rufus smirked.
God Erase from Time - Solaris
Rufus forms a combat link with Raven, Swin forms a combat link with Emerald, Nadia forms a combat link with Lapis, Renne forms a Pokemon link with Kieran, Carmine forms a combat link with Noel, Wario forms a combat link with Florian, Waluigi form a combat link with Penny, Arven form a combat link with Kammy, Rogue form a combat link with Nemona, Shadow form a combat link with Hazama, Omega form a combat link with Labrys, Mitsuru form a combat link with Kevin, Ries form a combat link with Aigis, Neve form a combat link with Hakumen, Jingliu form a combat link with Mickey, Donald form a combat link with Kairi, Riku form a combat link with Sora, Goofy form a combat link with Tartaglia, Arios form a combat link with Aether, Xiao form a combat link with Duvalie, and Lechter form a combat link with Claire.
Rufus forms a Pokemon link with Gallade, Swin forms a Pokemon link with Ceruledge, Nadia forms a Pokemon link with Ursaring, Lapis form a Pokemon link with Magearna, Noel form a Pokemon link with Blastoise, Jingliu form a Pokemon link with Froslass, Aether form a Pokemon link with Cinderace, Florian form a Pokemon link with Terapagos, Duvalie form a Pokemon link with Sirfetch'd, Penny form a Pokemon link with Sylveon, Arven form a Pokemon link with Scovillain, Nemona form a Pokemon link with Ribombee, Carmine form a Pokemon link with Toucannon, Kieran form a Pokemon link with Porygon-Z, Tartaglia form a Pokemon link with Urshifu, Arios form a combat link with Staraptor Claire form a Pokemon link with Cryogonal, Lechter form a Pokemon link with Exploud, Kevin form a Pokemon link with Salamance, and Ries form a Pokemon link with Dragonair.
Emblem Riku appeared next to Rufus, Emblem Joker appeared next to Neve, Emblem Arios appeared next to Arios, Emblem Hakumen appeared next to Jingliu, Emblem Kairi appeared next to Sora, Emblem Sora appeared next to Kairi, Emblem Lief appeared next to Florian, Emblem Arianrhod appeared next to Noel, Emblem Celica appeared next to Penny, and Emblem Loewe appeared next to Renne.
"Solaris is vulnerable to Mirage Arts: Ghost Types, Ice Types, and Dragon Types." Wario's AI master Quarts informed.
"All of you distract the god, I shall put an end to it." Hakumen said as he cloak in power.
"All right, let's go!" Aether declared as he took his stand.
Xiao summon energy spears and throw them at Solaris as it backhanded and Raven using her Miaden's powers summoned multiple shards of ice to him while Noel sent out slash projections. Solarius shields himself.
"Emblem Engage!" Renne tap into her Emblem Ring and merge with Emblem Loewe, summon Kerviter and flew and slash through Solaius and his barrier.
Solaris roared and fired multiple laser beams toward the group as they split up. Emerald firing bullets along with Aigis and Omega. Ries begins to cast Orbal Arts as Wario and Waluigi throw water and fireballs at Solais while Nadia throws needles and Lapis casting Orbal Arts. Solaris clone itself and each one fired toward the group but Kairi, Riku, Sora, Mickey, and Neve combined their reflectga together to repel the attack and then Donald threw a magical attack while Goofy tossed his shield and grind attacked him.
Gallade throw Psycho Cuts, Cinderace throw Pyro Ball, and Sylveon throw Moonblast along with Ribombee. Porygon-Z fired Hyper Beam with Exploded. Margearna fired Fleur Cannon with Blastoise firing Hydro Pump, Froslass firing Ice beam along with Cryogonal., causing multiple explosion as Solaris aim its arms and firing spheres of energy toward the group. Noel swing for his slash projections to hit them and intercept as Kieran throw his Sai's and Carmine begin casting Orbal Arts with Nadia, Rogue, Kammy, Lapis, Waluigi, Penny, and Ries.
"Emblem Engage!" Rufus along with Neve, Arios, Jingliu, Kairi, Sora, and Noel Engage with their Emblem Partners and flew toward Solaris as each of them seal slashes but Soalris form a barrier and then flew around them as it aim his arms and firing laser beams at them.
The group dodge them while Albion Wolf, Diamond Nova, and Zero Genesis were launched toward Solaris to deal criticals hits. Tartaglia firing shots and hit on Solaris's wings and marked them as Kevin unleash his stigma's power and then he and Tartagia firing orbal and Water arrows toward Solaris. Solaris dodge them and then fired energy until Hazama throw Ouroboros at him, and pull him toward toward the group and the Emblem Warriors flew and unleash a flurry of slashes on them. Jingliu lung toward and then slash around Solaris with ice-imbued attacks as Neve created multiple blades of ice and aim them toward Solaris's winds and break them.
Solaris fell to the ground as Duvalie lung and slash around Solaris as her blade imbued with power.
"Prism Calibar!" Duvalie slam her sword, creating a powerful explosion as Aether raised his arms and summon countless rocks and throw them at Solaris with Xiao adding energy blades, crushing Solaris until be burst himself out of there. Swin lung and impale Solaris and slash through him with Ceruledge used Shadow Claw. Solaris spin rapidly and then flew into the eye and charge energy and fired a massive beam toward them until Noel flew with the other Emblem Users and thrust their Emblem and their weapons to the energy to create a hole as the laser beam that was clever leave destruction.
"Rock Slide, Ursaring!" Nadia yelled
"Raaaru!" Ursaring roared and summon rocks and launch them at Ursaring, hitting hit the back as Arven cast the Orbal Arts to buff the group with Insights as Scovillains throw Fire Blast.
Nemona throw La Forte to buff the party as Waluigi and Rouge buff the group with Crescent Mirror. Solaris unleash a massive rays of light onto the group, but thanks to Crescent Moon, it reflected back onto him as Mitsuru and Labrys summon Artemisia and Ariadne to throw Mirage Punch and Mabufudyne. Clare firing orbal shots while Lechter casting Orbal Arts. Staraptor flew and used Steel Wing to attack Solarius while Urshifu jump up and then dive for a kick to knock Solaris to the ground and hop off for Sirfetch'd to rapidly slash him, then Lapis throw her axe and slam hard on the face as Renne throw Albion Wolf on Solaris, dealing critical damage as Kieran, Shadow and Carmine attack each.
Solaris unleash a shockwave to push them away and then Florian unleash Roar of Time on Solaris as he counterback with a mega laser beam. Wario ran to the left and then he charge a large fireball and throw it at Solaris, hit him to weaken the beam and then Roar of Time deal a critical hit on Solaris as Toucannon used Beak Blast. Salamacnce and Dragonair fired Dragon Pulse on him while Terapago unleashed Star Starstorm by fires a white pillar of light from the center of its shell into the sky as multiple meteor-shaped masses of energy onto Solarius.
"Hazama, pin him down!" Hakumen yelled
"Oh all right, since you ask nicely." Hazama said as he throw Ouroboros and chain Solaris.
"I'll help too!" Neve said as he throw Bind to restrain Solaris.
"Unleashing Slaying God: Time Killer!" Hakumen took a stand as he unleashed a powerful white aura that skyrocketed. "Empty Sky true form—" He lung toward Solaris. "—True Form: Judgment of the Sword!" He unleashed a massive slash, causing Solaris to roar in agony as the core exploded in fire and unleashed a surge of power that covered the area as everyone cover their eyes once more.
(BGM ended)
Everyone uncovered their eyes and they all realized they were back to where they were.
"Are we... back?" Emerald asked.
"Looks like it." Raven said.
"I... can't believe we slay a god." Swin stare in disbelief.
"Seriously. Although Hakumen took the heavy part." Nadia said.
Shadow see the Singularcum of Dahlia and Mandred are there, only for Noel to take them by transporting them by a pool of water.
"Nngh..." Infinite groaned as he getting back on his feet.
"Oh, you're still here." Shadow said mockingly.
"Grr... Shadow... you..."
"How could this be possible...?" Mephiles's voice spoked as Shadow and the others had an ?! over their heads as they stare over Infinite and see Mephiles flying but completely injured.
"What?! Impossible!" Hakumen yelled. "How did you survive my Time Killer?!"
(Sonic the Hedgehog 2006 ost - Mephile's Whispers)
"Hehe... Hahaha..." Mephiles weakly laughed. "It seems... the Benefactor's protection work. His powers defy all logics, even time holds no meaning to him. And now his blessing grant me... true immortality... But to think... Solaris... has been destroyed... along with Iblis... Grr... you will pay for this... Infinite... we must retreat."
"You're not going anywhere!" Hazama throws Ouroboros.
"Oh we will!" Infinite formed a barrier to bounce Ouroboros off and then he and Mephiles teleported away.
(BGM ended)
"Grr!" Hazama muttered. "*sigh* This is rather annoying."
Hakumen grumbled. "So the other Rean can do the impossible... It is like with Izanami... but..."
A portal appeared and it reveal to be Dialga and Paldea.
"Dialga and Palkia! What are you guys doing here?" Florian asked
Dialga low growl.
"Huh? Why are you mad?" Florian asked as Dialga respond with a roar, causing him to sweatdrop. "That's WHY you're mad? The situation call for it. Plus you were busy, weren't you?"
Palkia softly hummed and waved his hand, causing Dialkga to growl at him, causing Florian to sweatdrop with the Pokemon.
"Um... what are they saying?" Arven asked
"Dialga is mad at me because I transform to him without his approval." Florian sighed. "And Palkia comment I make a better Dialga because he's too hot headed."
Everyone sweatdrop.
"All right, that's enough of that." Penny said as she approached the generator and begin to shut it off.
The Generator was shot off as the hatches open, revealing to be Entei, Raikou and Suicune.
"Suicune, Entei and Raikou!" Nemona gasped.
"Come on, we need to get them out of here!" Florian yelled as everyone nodded.
Later...
(Trails into Reverie ost - The Sunset We're Always Look)
It was Afternoon hours as the sunset show how time passed. In the Center Plaza was Ansem, Mcduck Family, Even and Ienzo.
"We can't thank you all enough for saving our world from the forces of darkness." Ansem bow in respect. "Peace has return to this world once more."
"I'm so glad." Kairi smiled. "Hah. Man I'm tired after all that."
"Yeah. Have you guys found anything devices that were near the villa?" Riku asked.
"No. We have not." A voice said as hey turn and see Leon, Yuffie, Aerith, and Cid.
"Hey guys!" Yuffie waved her arms and she ran to them.
"Yuffie, Leon, Aerith, Cid!" Sora waved at them. "Man, it's good to see you guys again! Where have you been?"
"We were busy looking on the outskirts of Radiant Garden for any clues." Aerith answered as she smiled. "But we found nothing. No matter how hard we look."
"Turns out that the portal you guys enter is indeed lead to a private dimension. But it won't last long since the barrier is deactivated." Leon said.
"I thought as much." Hazama said.
"And with that, we should head back to our world now. We got a fight that is coming up." Raven said.
"Already leavin' eh?" Scrooge asked. "Oh, I got just the idea!"
"Oh, what's that Uncle Scrooge?" Donald asked
"You all work so hard to save this world. But how about we also help ye out too? Besides, I wanted to visit Zemuria for quite some time. You wouldn't mind if we visit Zemuria?"
"Yes. That is an excellent idea." Ansem nodded in agreement. "It's time that we return the favor. Perhaps our assistance can help you."
"In that case, we'll be glad to take you along with us. Would that be all right, everyone?" Rufus asked
"The more help, the better." Renne nodded her head.
"Excellent! Now what say I give you all some Seasalt Ice cream?" Scroogue suggest
"Ice cream?!" Nadia eye sparkling. "Ooh! I can go for some ice cream right now!"
"Oh! What about good! I wanted to try all the food!" Lapis eye sparkling.
"Hell no with you Lapis!" Neve said with anime cross on his forehead. "Last time, you and Nadia completely drain my money! I'm not gonna let that happen again."
"Aww, come on Neve!"
"Ahahaha! So ye a bit hungry, eh? In that case, I'll gladly serve you all to a nice meal."
"Do I have to pay for it?" Neve asked.
"Nope."
"Be careful what you wish for, Scooge. Have at it Lapis."
"WOOHOOO!" Lapis cheered.
'Just two more generators to go. I wonder how the other teams fair...' Rufus thought.
And Rufus chapter Act 6 has been complete! Wooohooo! Niiice! Here's the battle data for our enemies.
Dahlia Hawthorn: A simulacrum of Dahlia from Phoenix Wright's world. A woman who the master of deceit, now has pyrokinesis by Elysium.
HP:678942
Manfred Von Karma: A singularcrum of von Karma from Phonix Wright's world. A criminal mastermind who seek perfection, now granted aerokinesis by Elysium.
HP: 678421
Mephiles: Solaris's cunning mind with the power to manipulate time. Seek revenge against Shadow and summoning monsters of darkness created by his truly.
HP: 1,038,527
Infinite: A mercenary once hired by Eggman who seek revenge against Shadow and Sonic. His powers can affect reality by giving false information to the brain and merge both unreality and reality for his attacks.
HP:1,025,764
Solaris: The God of Time in Soleanna. Mephiles and Iblis reformed back together. Ripping time and space into a continuum, unleashing rays of light to obliterate enemies.
HP: 1,582,110