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Tales of the Multiverse Bit 151

Congratulations! The five of you are now officially members of the Heroes Coalitions!

After announcing that they're joining the Heroes Coalitions, President Mario Martinez, Louie, Eddward "Double D, Edd" Marion Smith and Minna-Dietlinde Wilcke officially welcomed Batsu Ichimonji, Hinata Wakaba, Mail, Maximo the Brave Knight and Tyris Flare to their ranks, much to the newcomers' appreciation.

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The story opens in the city of Townsville where we head towards the junkyard area located somewhere in the city and in the middle of the junkyard is a shed with two figures standing in front of the door.

The first figure is a young man with a thin appearance and a green-colored skin tone, he had a neck-length bluish-black hair with a receding hairline, he had black-colored eyes, he had a pointy nose and a thin mustache. He wears a black long-sleeved shirt with a skull logo, gray pants with a black belt and brown-colored boots with white folds. He wears a sharp-shaped sunglasses. This is Ace D. Copular.

Gangreen Gang Leader

Ace D. Copular

The second figure is a middle-aged man with a fair complexion, he had a rectangular-shaped black hair and had thick eyebrows, and he had black-colored eyes. He wears a white lab coat with pens in it's pocket over a white-collared shirt and black necktie, black pants and black shoes. This is Professor Utonium.

Townsville Scientist

Professor Utonium

Why is the professor with a troublemaker?

Earlier today, the professor was doing some window shopping when a frantic Ace came to him. The leader of the Gangreen Gang then asked the professor for help because his friends suddenly went missing without a trace. Although skeptical at first, the professor noticed the distress look on Ace's face and decided to lend him a hand.

Ace then opens the door and the two proceeds to go inside.

"So this is where you last seen your friends?" the professor asked.

Ace nodded, "Yes, professor." he confirmed while pointing a finger on the floor, "They were just sitting there when I left them." he stated.

"For the sake curiosity..." the professor uttered, "... what did you when you left this shed?" he asked.

"I made a phone call to some friends of a band that I'm briefly part of." Ace answered.

The professor raised an eyebrow, "You're part of a band?" he questioned in surprise.

Ace rubs the back of his head, "Temporarily." he clarified, "I was asked to temporarily replace their bassist while their other member is in jail." he explained.

"I see." the professor uttered in acknowledgement, "Anyways..." he swerved while looking around the place, "... it seems like a fight had taken place here." he pointed out, "Unless the damages were done by you boys." he assumed.

"You're not wrong with that assumption, professor." Ace admitted, "The boys and I do some roughhousing from time to time but most damages are minimal since this shed is pretty unstable and could collapse in one go if we go too far." he explained, "However I swear to God that the large dents and damages we're seeing right now are not done by my friends." he insisted.

The professor thought about it, "I see..." he uttered in consideration, "Then I guess we had no choice but to use a different method." he conceded before pulling a silver & black-colored device that looks like an infrared thermometer, "This is the Playback Scanner." he presented, "This device had the ability to scan anything and plays back previous events via a holographic screen." he explained.

"It's worth the shot." Ace conceded.

The professor then pointed the device forward before pressing a red button as a red-colored infrared ray began to scan the room and after a minutes of loading time, a holographic screen appears before them where they watched Snake, Lil' Arturo, Big Billy and Grubber having a conversation on the floor when Antonio Cueto and Matanza Cueto crashes inside with the latter beating up the boys and then making them disappear in a bright flash of light, the Cuetos stood inside a for a few minutes before leaving as the playback ended.

Both the professor and Ace had a look of shock on their faces before looking at each other and wondering what the hell did they just watched.

The scene then changes in the Pokey Oaks neighborhood of the city of Townsville where we head towards the Utonium Residence. Inside the Utonium Residence, we head towards the living room where we see three figures sitting on a couch while watching TV.

The first figure is a girl had a fair skin tone, she had a waist-length orange-red hair styled in a himecut held by a red large bow on top of her head, and she had pink-colored eyes. She wears a red crop top with puffy shoulders over black high-collared shirt, pink skirt with white linings, white thigh-high socks with pink bands and black Mary Jane shoes. She also wears a pair of black-colored arm bands. This is Blossom Utonium.

Powerpuff Girl

Blossom Utonium

The second figure is a girl had a fair skin tone, she had a short black hair with sharp sides and she had green-colored eyes. She wears a green crop top-zippered short-sleeved jacket over black shirt, green skirt with white linings and a white belt with a pouch wrapped around her waist, she wears a white thigh-high socks with green bands and black & white rubber shoes. She also wears a pair of black-colored fingerless gloves. This is Buttercup Utonium.

Powerpuff Girl

Buttercup Utonium

The third figure is a teenage girl had dark skin tone and had wide hips, she had a calf-length neon cyan hair with brighter cyan highlights and a darker cyan outline held by a blue headband with a pink heart, and she had light purple-colored eyes. She wears a light purple dress with a black horizontal line, white leggings and black Mary Jane shoes. This is Blisstina Francesca Francia Mariam Alicia Utonium, also known as Bliss.

Powerpuff Girl

Blisstina "Bliss" Utonium

All three of these girls are Bubbles' sisters and due to Bubbles joining the Grand Empire, Bliss decided to join her sisters in protecting the city of Townsville while taking Bubbles' place in the mean time.

"How long is it gonna take for the professor to come home?" Buttercup asked rather impatiently.

"He probably came across a sale." Blossom assumed.

Bliss is seen reading a magazine with Eddy Skipper McGee on the cover, she then turns to her sisters, "I wonder how Bubbles is doing right now?" she asked, "I heard that she and her friends had been doing some sort of manhunt." she recalled.

"Bubbles emailed me some time ago and told me that the manhunt had been put to on-hold until they gathered enough information about their targets." Blossom stated, "And I agree with the decision since it's pretty reckless to do things without any proper plans or information." she said in acknowledgement.

Buttercup scoffed in response, "I say that they're just wasting their time by playing things safe." she commented, "If I were on their shoes, I'll get reckless." she said, "Because being reckless get things done despite it's danger." she claimed with a smug look.

"Where did you get that kind of belief?" Blossom questioned in disbelief, "From a comic?" she assumed.

"Aw, shut up!" Buttercup exclaimed.

Suddenly they heard the sound of a screeching car from outside, "I think that's the professor." Bliss announced with a smile.

"Let's go meet him!" Blossom beckoned.

The girls quickly flies out of their house in breakneck speed and upon arriving at their front lawn, they gasped in shock upon seeing the professor coming out from their car alongside Ace from the Gangreen Gang.

"Professor!" they called out.

The professor turns to them, "Oh, hello girls." he greeted with a smile.

Buttercup then pointed out a finger at Ace, "What is he doing here?" she demanded while glaring at the troublemaker.

"Now, now, Buttercup..." the professor admonished, "I know you girls and the Gangreen Gang don't see eye to eye..." he mentioned, "... but young Ace came to me for help and I decided to help him." he reasoned.

"Are you sure about this dad?" Bliss asked in concern.

"I bet that this crook is planning something bad." Buttercup accused.

"If I were indeed planning on something bad then the professor would have seen through it." Ace pointed out with the professor nodding in agreement, "And believe me, I didn't come here for trouble." he said, "I came here because the professor told me that he knew someone that had information of the bastards that attacked my boys." he reasoned.

"What happened?" Blossom asked.

"You see girls..." the professor uttered, "... young Ace told me that his friends suddenly vanished without a trace." he shared, "And it turns out, two people attacked the boys and made them disappear in a bright flash of light." he explained.

"But who would do something like that?" Bliss asked.

The professor narrowed his eyes in response, "The diabolical father and son, Antonio and Matanza Cueto." he answered.

The girls gasped in shock, "The Cuetos?!" Blossom exclaimed.

"The guys that Bubbles and her friends are doing the manhunt for!" Bliss pointed out.

The professor nodded in response, "Indeed." he confirmed, "It seems like that they made their presence in this city and the members of the Gangreen Gang become their unfortunate victims." he explained, "Right now, I'm going to contact Bubbles and tell her our discovery." he said, "And at the same time, young Ace will be asking her a favor." he added.

"What favor?" Bliss asked.

"I may not be a good guy nor a hero material but I'm not the type to sit around doing nothing after what those bastards did to my friends." Ace growled.

Buttercup crosses her arms, "What are you up to now?" she demanded.

"I'm joining the Grand Empire!" Ace declared.

Bzzzttt...

The story then changes back to Twilight Town as we head inside a cafe where see Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Lola Bunny having a conversation with Aqua at one table while Kanade the Kane, Mariegold and Terry Matthew McGee are having a conversation with Hayner, Olette and Pence at another table.

"So, what do you do in your town?" Olette asked.

"Before I started training..." Kanade mentioned, "... I used to work in a library." she shared, "And sometimes getting myself involved with my friends' daily scams." she added which made Matthew snort in response.

"Don't you go to school?" Olette asked.

Kanade shook her head, "Sadly, I never had the chance to attend school." she admitted.

"You don't go to school?" Pence uttered in surprise, "Man! Ain't you lucky!" he exclaimed.

"I don't mind going to school but I just wish that school life doesn't interfere my life at home." Hayner admitted.

"Like doing your homework?" Olette pointed out.

"Exactly." Hayner confirmed.

Matthew chuckled in response, "I hear ya, kid." he said in agreement.

"But how do you learn things if you don't go to school?" Pence asked.

"My caretaker Mrs. Ranallo thought me a lot of things." Kanade answered, "But after she passed away, Mariegold took over of teaching things to me." she pointed out.

Mariegold rubs the back of her head, "It turns out that I had a knack for teaching kids." she shared.

Matthew raised an eyebrow, "Wait? The Mariegold I know had been aiming of becoming a teacher before she disappeared." he recalled in his thoughts, "Could she really be the Mariegold that I know?" he assumed.

"So, how long have you guys been travelling?" Olette asked.

"Quite a while now." Mariegold answered with a smile.

Meanwhile at the other table, Aqua just finished sharing information to Bugs, Daffy and Lola.

"And that's all I can say for now." Aqua concluded.

Bugs nodded in acknowledgement, "I see." he uttered, "Thank you very much for sharing this information to us." he said in gratitude, "I know that you're busy with a lot of things but we appreciate that you took the time in meeting us." he stated with a smile.

"It's not a problem, your majesty." Aqua reassured, "I haven't see you all for a long time, so I'm really happy that I get meet you all again." she expressed with a smile.

"How are the others doing?" Lola asked.

"Master Yen Sid sends Donald and Goofy to inform the other people searching for a certain someone of a recent discovery." Aqua shared, "Master Yen Sid also send Mickey to Scala ad Caelum to investigate the ancient Keyblade Masters." she added.

Bugs nodded in response, "That's a good development." he complimented.

Daffy then crossed his arms, "I hope that blabbering mess of a duck gets lost on their task." he grumbled.

Aqua sighed in response, "I see that your hatred with Master Donald hasn't change a bit." she commented in disbelief.

"I don't hate him." Daffy dismissed, "I DESPISE him." he clarified rather darkly.

"That's the same thing." Lola pointed out.

"Anyway..." Aqua uttered before turning to Bugs, "Master Yen Sid wants me to inform you which regards the current and only holder of the Heartblade." she mentioned.

"You mean Kanade?" Bugs assumed, "What is it?" he asked.

"Although the Keyblades and the Heartblade are very different from each other, Master Yen Sid seems interested on testing the latter's capabilities through a certain exam." Aqua explained.

Bugs' eyes widen in realization, "You mean..." he trailed.

Aqua nodded in confirmation, "Master Yen Sid wants Kanade to take the Mark of Mastery exam." she revealed.

A/N: Inspired from someonestupED, damnlastwords, Jamesdean5842, Hope the Victor and Ace Neptune. All OCs and concepts not created by moi were given permission for me to use by it's respected creators.