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I never saw much of his more famous roles (such as Spock in Star Trek), but I always knew he was a talented and well-respected figure. I think many will agree when I say that it was an honor to have him be the voice behind Master Xehanort in the Kingdom Hearts series thus far.

Rest in Peace, Mr. Nimoy. You will be dearly missed.

~Ylisse~
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"Chrom, there's a forest up ahead. It isn't much, but that little cover could mean everything right now. At the very least it might be the safest place we can reach right now."
Upon hearing Robyn's suggestion, Chrom looked to the forest she spoke of. She was correct in that it wasn't much, but she was also correct that it was their safest option.
"Good observation, Robyn. Everyone, with me to that forest!" Chrom ordered as he turned and began running, his Shepards following close behind.
"Sora, that means you and your comrades as well!" Chrom called out, turning his head back momentarily to speak to Sora.
"Right! Let's go, guys!" Sora said with a slight hint of excitement as he ran to the forest, Donald and Goofy not far behind.

~A Short time later~
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The sound of a campfire crackling broke the silence of the forest. Around it sat Chrom and his fellow Shepards, along with Sora and his partners. Since making their way into the forest, they had worked together to build a fire and gather bear meat for food, which they were now enjoying together, save for Frederick and Lissa.

Spoiler: BGM

Sora, Donald and Goofy all happily ate away at their portion of the food, enjoying every bite of it. Frederick looked at Donald and Goofy with a confused glance, something Goofy took notice of.
"Somethin' wrong, Freddy?"
"N-No, it's just...It seems strange for a duck and a dog to be dining on the meat of a bear...And don't call me Freddy."
"These two aren't just some duck and dog though. These guys are friends with a King." Sora chimed in, confidently talking his friends up.
Frederick chuckled slightly.
"A King you say? What's next? Are you to tell me this King is a mouse?" Frederick asked jokingly, laughing slightly at his own joke.
"Yup!" Goofy answered genuinely, turning Frederick's amused expression into one of annoyed disbelief.
"Oh."
Chrom, meanwhile, was lost in the deliciousness of his meal, cheerfully chomping away at it.
"Mmm...It's been too long since I last had bear meat. Delicious!" He began before noticing Lissa wasn't eating anything.
"...What's wrong, Lissa? Dig in." Chrom said, hoping to encourage his sister to eat.
Lissa, however, was not having any of it. Literally and figuratively.
"Pass!...Gods, couldn't you spear us an animal normal people eat for once? I mean come on! Who eats bear!? You're meddling with the food chain. Right, Robin?"
...No response.
"...Uh, Robin?"
Upon closer inspection, it was clear that Robin was devouring the food he'd been given, making all sorts of unattractive munching and slurping noises as he ate. Robyn, who sat next to him, did the same, almost in perfect sync with Robin.
Lissa sighed, disappointed yet understanding of Robin and Robyn's near beast-like eating.
"I suppose a person would enjoy just about anything after not eating for days..." Lissa grumbled.
"Just eat it, Lissa. Meat is meat." Chrom suggested, slightly amused at his sister's refusal to eat.
"Since when does meat smell like old boots!? Wait, I take that back- BOOTS SMELL BETTER!!" Lissa snapped back at Chrom.
"Every experience makes us stronger, Milady. Even those we don't enjoy." Frederick chimed in, hoping to quell Lissa's anger.
"Really? Then why don't I see YOU eating, Frederick?" Lissa asked, arms crossed and pouting.
"Me? Oh, well...I'm not hungry. I...I had a large lunch! Yes, quite." Frederick fibbed in response.
"Yeah right, Frederick!"
Everyone save for Lissa and Frederick shared a good laugh at the "show" the two of them had just put on.
"Man, I wish Riku and Kairi were here...I think they'd get along great with these guys." Sora mumbled to himself as the laughter subsided, having envisioned his friends sitting with him and enjoying the moment he'd just experienced.
"Who might they be, Sora? Friends of yours?" Chrom asked, having overheard Sora's mumbling.
"O-Oh, uh...Yeah. They're two of my best friends, next to these two, of course." Sora explained, pointing to Donald and Goofy as he ended the statement.
"I see. Well, for what it's worth, we'll make sure to keep an eye out for them as we travel onward." Chrom stated, a friendly smile on his face.
"Milord, are you certain that it is wise to-" Frederick began to whisper loudly, only to be cut off by Chrom.
"Hold your tongue, Frederick. I understand your duty and your concern, but I can tell that Sora is a good young man. I can't explain it, but he has a certain...light about him. Any friends of his are welcome in our ranks. And that's final." Chrom stated in a leaderly tone, prompting a sigh from Frederick.
"As you wish, Milord."

Spoiler: Support Conversation: Chrom and Sora

As time passed, most of the Shepards had began to calm down more after the recent events. The massive Reaper's leg still hung over them like a black cloud, but even still they were able to find some relaxation in the silence of the forest.
Chrom had pulled Sora aside to speak to him and get to know him better.
"...I see. So that weapon of yours chose you of its own will, making you its sole wielder." Chrom stated, having been given an explanation of the Keyblade by Sora.
"Pretty much. There're others who can wield a Keyblade too, but it's the same deal for them. Their Keyblade is tied to their Heart." Sora explained.
"Fascinating. I suppose it's like my Falchion in a way. Only those who are of Ylissean Royalty can wield it to it's full potential. If anyone not deemed worthy try to wield it, the blade becomes so dull that it's impossible to even cut wood with it."
"Heh, guess you don't gotta worry about it being stolen and used against you, huh?"
"I suppose that's true. The same goes for you as well."
"Guess so!"
Chrom let out a content sigh.
"Sora, we may have only just met today, but I have a feeling you and I will become powerful comrades. I'm happy to have you as a part of the Shepards." Chrom said, placing a hand on Sora's shoulder.
"Thanks, Chrom. I'm happy to help as much as you need me to." Sora replied, arms crossed confidently.

Chrom and Sora attained support level C.

Spoiler: Support Conversation: Robin and Donald

As the Shepards rested, Robin approached the mage of Sora's trio; Donald Duck.
"Excuse me, Dolan." Robin stated politely, tapping Donald's shoulder.
"That's Donald!" quacked the duck mage in response.
"R-Right...My apologies. Anyway, might I ask something regarding your staff?"
"Sure!" Donald replied, somewhat excited that someone was interested in something of his.
"Well, going by it's design it's clear that you focus on magic. But what exactly are you capable of with that staff? In my experience, staves are used for healing and growing the defensive capabilities of comrades. Does your staff do the same?"
Looking at his staff, Donald thought quickly to make sure he remembered all it was capable of.
"I can heal with it, but I can fight with it, too. Fire magic, Ice magic, Thunder magic, and more." Donald explained.
"You can cast those spells without the use of a tome? That's...actually quite interesting. And can you cast these spells without limits?" Robin asked on.
Donald shook his head.
"The magic runs on a special energy we mages have in my world called Magic Power. MP for short." Donald explained proudly.
"And when this Magic Power runs out, you are unable to cast any spells until it is replenished, correct?"
"Yep."
"I see...That could be useful in coming battles. Thank you for the explanation, Dalon."
"DONALD!!"

Robin and Donald attained support level C.

Spoiler: Support Conversation: Frederick and Goofy

Frederick examined Goofy. Closely. Everything from his garments to his face to his weapon.
"Uh...Can I help ya with somethin', Freddy?"
"No. I am merely familiarizing myself with you in your entirety. It is my duty to be fully aware of anything and anyone that comes close to Chrom and Lissa. And don't call me Freddy." Frederick explained.
"Okay...Anything I can do t' help ya with that?" Goofy asked.
Frederick thought for a moment.
"I suppose you could give me information about yourself. You said you were friends with a King before. Who is this king? What kingdom does he rule over?"
"Uh, well, his name's King Mickey and he's king of Disney Castle. His kingdom is...everything. All the worlds are a part of his kingdom. Nobody really knows about it though...It's kinda a rule that we're not supposed to tell folks about other worlds. I think the king called that...muddling?" Goofy explained, scratching his head as he attempted to think of the right word.
"I believe the word you're looking for is "meddling"." Frederick corrected.
"Anyway...I can assure you there is no "Disney Castle" where I come from. The kingdom I serve is Ylisse. Moving on, tell me what your position is in this supposed "Disney Castle"." Frederick inquired.
Saluting, Goofy stated his position with honor and confidence.
"I'm captain of the Royal Knights!"
Frederick looked genuinely confused at this.
"You're...a knight?"
"Yup! A Knight Captain!"
"...Where is your sword?"
"I don't got one. Just my trusty shield." Goofy explained, proudly showing his shield to Frederick.
Frederick wasn't sure how to react. The shield's size barely allowed it to cover any of it's wielder's body.
"Perhaps things are different in the realm you come from, but that shield seems exceptionally small."
"It's never failed me b'fore! Now if you'll excuse me, I'm gonna get some rest before we head out. Been great talkin' to ya, Freddy!" Goofy said as he marched off, barely taking two steps before tripping on a twig and faceplanting into the dirt.
"I'm okay!"
Frederick sighed.
"Some knight captain he is..."

Frederick and Goofy attained support level C.

Yay, Happy New Year and all that jazz.

now gimme my pin

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~Site of the Temporal Tower's destruction~
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The massive vortex that had consumed the majority of ZEXIS had faded, leaving the non-mecha-using members stranded on Disgaea indefinitely. The land around them was decimated, craters and burnt metal littering the ground. Perhaps there may have been more scrap metal had that vortex not appeared and sucked most everything up.
However, they had no time to relax, unfortunately. Shadow turned around, noticing the massive airship falling directly toward them at high speed.
Readying two of the seven Chaos Emeralds, Shadow called out the ability that would save them.
"Chaos Control!"

As the ZEXIS remnants disappeared, the ship crashed, sliding across the ground before exploding violently. The portal that had just devoured most of ZEXIS itself had evidently affected this battleship as well, taking it out of the sky.

Dirt and metallic debris littered the ground. Whoever was inside the ship was most definitely dead. Rather, that would be the case, if one of the passengers wasn't the Demigod of Wrath himself.

Spoiler

Asura, who had been picked up by the owners of the crashed ship, known as the Esquad Huckebein, armless and sparking with electricity from where his arms once were. Not long ago he had been picked up by the Huckebein family. At first there was hostility, especially from Asura, but over time friendship grew. Eventually they reached the point of considering Asura one of their own, calling him family. It was this bond that caused Asura to frantically look around for his comrades in the wreckage, which was hard with no arms to lift things with.

He kicked over every piece of charred metal that he could find, until he found the entirety of the Huckebein family, bloody and unconscious. Asura knelt down, calling their names to try to wake them up.
"Arnage, Stella, Veyron...Somebody answer me!" He called out, angered and distressed.
He got not answer.
Asura lowered his head, staring at the ground in sadness.

Spoiler: Video version of the following wall of text

Asura had only just met the Huckebein family not long ago, but in the time they'd spent together they had become close friends. Maybe even family. Asura was willing to give his life to keep them safe. But this...this was not what he expected. The sight of them all laying there, cold and lifeless in the wreckage of the Esquad was simply too much for the Demigod to handle. Quickly, his sadness boiled into rage. He quietly growled, getting louder and louder until the growls turned into yells. The rage overtook him as he let out a cry that echoed across the heavens themselves, becoming engulfed in a massive scarlet inferno of immeasurable rage, transforming him into a feral metallic monster that indiscriminately targeted and attacked everything and anything its senses could detect. In this case: The fleet of Reaper Destroyers that were floating overhead. They charged in, prepared to annihilate whatever had destroyed Sovereign not long ago. However, what they found was not something they could fight easily. The four massive arms that grew off of Asura's back shot laser fire back at the Reapers, possibly even stronger than what they were returning as a single blast wiped out any Destroyer it touched, cutting through it like butter. As he annihilated the Reaper forces above, he let out beastly, rage-fueled cries.

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A large mass of Reaper Destroyers were closing in, a fact that intensified Asura's already-cataclysmic rage. To combat this, Asura raised one of his large arms, charging a powerful concentrated blast, crying out in rage as he did so as if to warn his enemy before obliterating them. The blast was fully charged, taking up the entirety of Asura's large monster-hand, and finally fired, disintegrating anything it touched before finally exploding right on the mass of Reapers that were approaching, leaving not a single one remaining.

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The Reaper Destroyers continued to assault Asura to no avail. For every one that came to assist, Asura destroyed it and a massive chunk of the fleet along with it. Asura showed no sign of stopping, only growing more and more enraged with each passing moment. His anger began to grow to the point that the rubble on the ground around him was lifting into the air as if gravity was no longer affecting it. There was simply no stopping him at this point.

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Despite the clear loss they were suffering, the Reapers fought on and on as more and more of their forces were turned to ash that covered the land like charred snow. Asura was tired of fighting these monstrosities at this point. He was gonna wipe them out in one fell swoop. Holding all six of his arms up above him, he charged one more super-powerful blast, one that was several times stronger than the last. He poured every ounce of wrath and hatred into the attack as he fired it off, sending it flying so fast that it looked to have disappeared. Seconds later, however, the sky lit up bright as far as the eye could see as the powerful sphere exploded, eradicating anything in the skies.

The land and sky of this part of Disgaea burned as Asura continued to unleash his nigh-endless wrathful assault. A fact that the Reaper Destroyers, now not even a quarter of the force they were before, realized as they made a hasty retreat. Not all of them escaped. Asura wouldn't let them. He continued to fire on them until there were none in sight. Even after the skies were clear of all Reaper forces, Asura continued to assault it, acting as if the sky itself had become his enemy, crying out as loud as ever.

Several minutes had passed. The location that the Temporal Tower once stood on was naught but a hellscape. The skies burned a bright scarlet, and the ground was nothing but craters and charred metal-save for where Asura was standing, as well as the location of the Esquad's wreckage. His attacks had ended, but his wrath was no less powerful. Letting out echoing growls and cries, Asura swung his large four-arms around, slamming them about like a child throwing a catastrophic tantrum. That fateful moment replayed itself over and over in his head. Jumping from the Esquad and watching as it fell, the Huckebein family inside and finally the crash. The image of it all happening made his urge to scream grow until it was unbearable. He finally let out one last massive cry. This one, no doubt, was heard on most of-if not all of- Disgaea. It rumbled the Earth and parted the skies with it's sheer power. Power that belonged to not a monster or demon. Power that belonged to a broken-hearted deity that had been pushed over the edge.

~Earlier, elsewhere on Disgaea...~
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A trio of friends walked together alone in a vast empty grassland. One of them was a young man, about 16 years of age. He had spiked brown hair and his eyes were blue as the sky. His name reflected this: Sora.
With him were two less human comrades, one a short white duck in zipper-covered Mage gear, the other a...dog-thing in more casual-looking garb that still had an air of a traveller about it.

Spoiler: The Hearty Trio

The three of them walked together quietly, as they had no destination in sight. That is, until a certain loud-mouthed duck broke the silence.
"We've been going this way forever! When're we gonna find some place to rest!?" Donald quacked angrily, crossing his arms.
"Look at it this way, Donald: The longer we walk, the closer we're gonna get to, uh...Somethin'!" Goofy responded in his own dumb-yet-somehow-smart kind of way.
"Goofy's got a point, Donald. Besides, we'll never find Riku, Kairi, the King or anyone if we stay put." Sora added, resting the back of his head in his hands as he walked.
Donald merely grumbled in response.
They walked quietly for a few moments more before Goofy spoke up.
"Do you fellers ever get the feelin' that somethin's about to happen?" Goofy asked, scratching his head in confusion.
"Whaddaya mean?" Sora responded.
"I dunno, I just suddenly got a strange hunch that something bad's about to hap-"
Goofy's conveniently-timed question was cut short, as a devastatingly loud explosion occurred far in the distance. It was accompanied with a pillar of powerful energy, as well as a rage-filled cry that echoed across the now-red skies.
A hot wind blew against the trio as they turned toward the source of the intense blast.
"W-W-What was thaaaat!?" Donald quack-squealed, unconsciously clinging himself to Sora's arm.
Unlike Donald and Goofy, Sora stood silently, clutching his chest-or rather, his heart.
"S-Sora? What's wrong?" Goofy asked, holding his hat on his head as the wind blew against it.
"I can feel it...Rage and sadness...and hurt. Whatever's happening over there is because a heart was broken." Sora explained, clearly saddened by what he felt.
Sora was suddenly snapped out of his saddened trance when the sound of Reaper horns followed by laser fire and explosions echoed across the land. A blurry image of flying insect-like creatures exploding in midair could be seen, followed by ash falling from the sky like black snow.
"This is..." Sora began, his heart growing more and more pained as time passed.
"Hey! You three!" Called a man's voice from behind Sora, Donald and Goofy.
Turning toward the voice, the three were met with the sight of not just one man, but a group of six.
"This way! It isn't safe here!" The man added, motioning for the three of them to follow.
Donald and Goofy immediately complied, making their way over to the man and his posse. Sora, however, was hesitant. His heart ached from the pain that he felt emanating from the source of the destruction in the distance. He felt almost obligated to help.
"Sora, come on!" Donald advised from afar.
Sora took one last look toward the devastation taking place in the distance, a saddened look on his face, before turning around and following his comrades.

Following the man and his comrades, they finally got far enough away from the source of the "explosion" to take a rest, Sora's trio panting from exhaustion.
"I don't know what that was, but I think we're far enough away from it now. I can still hear what sounds like screaming, though..." The man said before turning to Sora, Donald and Goofy.
"But that's behind us now. My name is Chrom. I lead a force known in my home realm as the Shepherds." Chrom stated, offering a handshake to Sora.
Sora politely shook Chrom's hand, putting the sadness he felt in response to Asura behind him for now.
"Nice to meet ya, Chrom. I'm Sora, and this is Donald and Goofy." Sora replied, releasing his grip to motion toward Donald and Goofy respectively as he said their names.
"The pleasure's all mine, Sora...I mean no offense, but I must say your friends have rather...Interesting forms." Chrom responded, clearly a little weirded out by Donald and Goofy.
"What's that supposed to mean, huh?" Donald growled, crossing his arms and squinting at Chrom.
"N-Nothing! I merely mean to say that I have never seen people of your...complexion before. Anyway, If I may..." Chrom began, motioning toward those he had with him.
"With me are my fellow Shepherds; my sister Lissa, my deputy Frederick, and our two newest additions with fairly similar names; Robin and Robyn." Chrom introduced, each one of them giving a friendly smile or hello as they were introduced.

Spoiler: The Shepherds (the ones played by me, anyway)

Save for Frederick, of course. His duty to watch over Chrom and Lissa caused him to be cautious at every person they met, no matter how harmless or friendly they were.
"Milord, are you certain that these three are trustworthy? The boy may be worth trusting, but the other two of them are...well...they're not even human." Frederick said quietly.
Donald growled, having heard Frederick's comment. Goofy, on the other hand, wasn't bothered by it.
"Don't worry, Frederick. Just like Robin and Robyn, they will of course have to earn our trust. But I have a feeling that Sora and his friends will become great Shep-" Chrom was cut short by the sound of his sister Lissa screaming in terror.
"Lissa, what is it!?" Chrom asked urgently.
Lissa merely stuttered and pointed to the sky.
The Shephers, now including Sora, Donald and Goofy, looked to where Lissa pointed. What they saw would bring about the biggest shock of their lives.
"Oh, Gods...!" Chrom suddenly exclaimed, a look of sheer terror on his face.
"H-How can something that large exist...!?"
Robin and Robyn stayed silent as they stared in shock at what was before them.
"W-W-Whoa...What is that!?" Sora stuttered.
The skies that had been emptied of Reaper forces by Asura's cataclysmic wrath were now full once again. But not by a force. No, this time only one thing filled the skies.
Another Reaper, this one several hundred times larger than any destroyer that had come before it. The body alone blacked out the skies, but then it's legs pierced the clouds, expanding so far out that one leg touched the ground further away from Asura than the Shepherds had gotten.
"What unholy monstrosity is this...!?"
Suddenly, a deep, ear-shattering sound echoed across the land, causing anyone who could hear it to cover their ears from the powerful sound. The sound resembled the noise given off by the Reaper Destroyers, but much deeper and louder.

None on the planet Disgaea would have missed the powerful cry of this super-Reaper. Not a single one.

~Elsewhere...~
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After being teleported away from the oncoming carnage, Deadpool emerged alone in an unknown area. It resembled a dark city with perpetual rain-clouds. From his position, Deadpool could see a distant castle with a peculiar symbol emblazoned on it. Deadpool, being the mature adult he is, snickered at it.
"Heheh...It looks like a pointy three-headed di-"
"AAAANYWHO, anyone wanna guess why we ended up not with the others?" Interrupted one of Deadpool's voices.
"Plot convenience."
"Makes sense to me."
"Jeebus knows we need it. I swear, that fight at the tower took like a bajillion years. It's about time I got some plot!" Deadpool screamed, shaking his fist in the air at nobody in particular.
He heard a noise behind him. A dark-portal-just-opened kind of noise. He turned to it and low-and-behold, dark portal. Right there. Complete with a black-robed fellow stepping out of it.
"Well, well, well, if it isn't...Who're you?" Deadpool asked, pointing at the cloaked fellow.
He got no answer. Instead, the cloaked man approached Deadpool silently.
"Whoa...Hey now, no need to get creepy."
...No response.
"Look, dude, I don't wanna shoot you but I will. Now please. Stahp."
Again, no answer.
"Weeeelp, I warneded ya. Time for a little bang-bang to the face I can't see." Deadpool joked as he armed himself with two submachine guns, immediately opening fire on the man. It was useless, however, as every shot was blocked by rectangular energy shield that protected the entirety of the man's body.
"Oh, buals..."
Finally, the man reached Deadpool, grabbing him by the throat.
"Ack! Bro! That's my throat! I need it to talk!"
"Precisely why I'm constricting it, fool." Spoke the man, revealing his deep, menacing voice. He held Deadpool's face up to his, finally revealing what he looked like.
"We don't appreciate trespassers in our city. Have you anything to say in your defense?" He asked.
Giggling slightly, Deadpool spoke.
"What pretty eyes you have...?" Deadpool joked.
Sighing, the man carried Deadpool back through the dark portal. Nobody knows what plans he had in store for the merc with a mouth, but there was one thing Deadpool could be happy about.
He was finally getting some plot.

Spoiler: ZEXIS (HeartlessOfLight Edition)

~Temporal Tower~
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"Black things, huh? Sounds like Invaders. A perfect mission for Getter Robo. Gendo, Yui, leave it to me. I'll get in there and get that Tower- and Shin Dragon- down in no time." Musashi said, a confident smile on his face as he left to re-board Getter Robo.
Minutes later, the classic Getter emerged from the Dai-Gurren, split into three jets, heading upward.
"Chaaaaaange! Getterrrrr-2!!" Musashi called from inside one of the jets, causing them to combine into the drill-enabled Getter 2, which began falling to the ground, it's drill pointing to the dirt.
Still fighting the horde of Getter Dragons, Ligers and Poseidons, Ryoma happaned to catch sight of Getter 2 falling to the ground.
"What the-Musashi!? Musashi what're you doing!?" Ryoma asked.
"Finishing this fight!" Musashi responded as Getter 2 dug into the ground drill-first.

Yuusou​

"Musashi, that tower has got to be crawling with Invaders! You can't really expect to make it in there!"
Musashi was silent for a moment.
"You bet your ass I plan on making it in there." Musashi responded.
"But that doesn't mean I plan on making it out."
Ryoma couldn't accept that. Not after all that's happened.
"Musashi, no! Get out of there, now! Shin Getter can-"
"No it can't. Shin Dragon it too powerful for even Shin Getter."
"Then what makes you think a standard Getter Robo can handle it!?"
"I'm not fighting Shin Dragon. I'm taking out that tower with the Getter Core inside this Getter Robo. It's our only hope of beating old man Saotome and getting home-No. It's not my hope. 'cuz I'm not going home." Musashi concluded before turning off the comms.
"Michiru...Kamina...I'm comin' for ya!"

As Musashi began to dig up toward the tower, he noticed his progress was slowing.
"The hell!?"
His confusion was done away with instantly, as the black goop of Invaders began seeping into the cockpit of Getter Robo, slowly covering Musashi's body.
"Damn! Not now!!" Musashi cursed, still pushing on.
A sadistic smile grew on Musashi's face as the Invaders began to enter his body, followed by a confident- almost psychopathic- laugh.
"Hahahaaa! Good fucking luck, Invaders! You got a whole hell of a lot t' eat through before you've got all o' me!"

Back outside, a laugh could be heard from Saotome, prompting Ryoma and Hayato to react.
"What is it now, you old bag!?"
"Your fat friend is doomed! I knew one of you fools would attempt to use a drill-enabled machine to dig into the Tower, so I sent a horde of Invaders as a welcoming party!" Saotome explained.
Ryoma and Hayato were stunned.
"There's no way a standard Getter Robo can handle a bunch of Invaders trying to get inside...Musashi doesn't stand a chance!"
Ryoma began hyperventilating, before finally crying out.
"MUSASHIIIIIIII!!!"

Even underground, Musashi could hear his friend's cry.
"Heh...Ryoma, over-dramatic as usual." He said, turning the comms back on. "Yo, Ryoma, you hear me?"
"Musashi!?"
"I can hear you pissin' and moanin' all the way under ground!"
"Musashi, you have to get out of there, Saotome sent-"
"Invaders, I know. I've already met the welcoming party, and they're giving me one hell of a greeting!"
Hayato and Ryoma were silent...They were too late. Musashi was doomed, and yet his attitude was as positive as ever.
"Listen, I'm gonna get in there and use this machine's Getter Core to wipe out the tower in one go...And I ain't making it out."
"No..."
"Musashi!"
"Listen! Ryoma, Hayato, when you get back home, you make sure shit like this never happens again! And...Tell Genki I'm sorry I couldn't make it home."
Musashi then expanded his comms to the entirety of ZEXIS.
"Hey! All o' you listen up! When you all get back home, you make sure our Earth is kept safe! And if ya don't, I'll come back from Hell and haunt all o' you!" Musashi joked, his voice obviously pained from the Invaders.
"Musashi...!"
"He's really doing it..."
"Damn...Not again..."
"It's been a pleasure, ZEXIS! I'll be sure to say hi to Kamina for ya!"
Musashi was finally about to emerge into the tower from below.
"Alright, this is my stop! Musashi Tomoe, over and out for the last time!" Musashi concluded.
Emerging inside the tower, Musashi quickly changed from Getter 2 to Getter 1, slamming through the floors of the tower until he reached the floor that Neil was on.
"I gotcha, bud! GETTAAA TOMAHAAAAWK!" Musashi called, causing a tomahawk to emerge from Getter 1's shoulder, which he used to cut away at the Invaders that were surrounding the Gundam Meister.
"No need to thank me, just get the hell outta here! I'm takin' this tower down, here and now!"
When the Invaders were dispatched, Getter 1 tossed it's tomahawk to the side before impaling itself with it's own hand in the torso.
"Just you watch, you heartless animals! I won't let you ruin ZEXIS's plan!"
Getter 1 pulled the Getter Core from within it's body, holding it above it's head, Musashi mimicking it's pose inside Getter 1's cockpit.
"This is the same energy that wiped out the Dinosaurs millions of years ago on my world, and now it's gonna wipe all o' you out, too!!"
Getter 1 began to crush the Getter Core in it's hand, only to stop after making slight dents, followed by the sound of Musashi crying out in pain.
"D-Damn! The Invaders...I c-can't move!" Musashi groaned, unable to finish crushing the Getter Core.

Getter 1 sat motionless, Getter Core in hand, unable to move as more Invaders slowly slithered their way closer. With Musashi unable to move, it seemed as if the plan to eradicate the tower was doomed to fail.

210. Some of those Disney characters have hard-to-remember names.

One day I will complete this. One day!

Spoiler: ZEXIS (HeartlessOfLight Edition)

~Temporal Tower~
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"Eyes up! Temporal Tower is activating!"
On Taiga's command, ZEXIS turned to the Temporal Tower, which was lighting up as it activated.
Just then, another voice was added to the comm channel. One that laughed maniacally over the tower's activation.

​

"Saotome! What is it now!?" Ryoma asked angrily.
"Hahahaaa! You bunch of fools! You've played right into my hands!"
"What's he talking about?" Hayato asked.
Saotome scoffed.
"Is it so hard to figure out? I'm going to use the Tower to do the very thing you imbeciles were arguing over! I'm going to bring my Michiru back to me!" Saotome explained.
"What!?"
"That wasn't the plan, Professor!"
"It may not have been your plan, Hayato, but this was my goal from the start! And once my dear Michiru is brought back to me, Shin Dragon will send every last one of you to your graves!"
Just then, the area surrounding the Tower began to change drastically. Trees and plants sprouted out of nowhere until the landscape surrounding them was almost jungle-like. But more than just the scenery had changed, as creatures began to appear with the new landscape...Prehistoric creatures. Dinosaurs.
Noticing the various dinosaurs appearing around ZEXIS's battleships, Ryoma growled.
"Damn it...I hate dinosaurs. Musashi, let's-...Oh no."
"Musashi's still back there with the Professor!"
"Don't worry about me, guys! Getter 3's got enough power to hold this old coot down 'till he turns to dust!"
Ryoma and Hayato were silent. They both knew what Musashi said was true, but they also knew that Shin Dragon was a massive threat and could seriously hurt Musashi-Or worse.
"What do we do?"
"I don't know..."
Then, faint music began to play. Music that sounded like it belonged in a movie with a title referring to the state of water when it's reached a certain low temperature.
Then, out from the back of the room, Deadpool emerged. On his head was a wig that resembled a certain princess who wasn't bothered by the cold.

Getter Rays glow bright on the Tower tonight, not one Beam to be seen
Musashi's been isolated, left behiiind by his team
The voices tell me you guys are a bunch of diiiiicks
If I had to choose, y'wouldn't be my piiiiiicks

Don't let it in, why don't you see
The ****ing dino that's coming here quickly
It's on the bridge, outside the windooooow
And now we knoooow

Let him go
Let him go
Can't hold Saotome anymore
Let him go
Let him go
Getter 3 can't change no moooooore

HE DON'T CAAAAAARE WHAT THE OLD MAN SAAAAAY-​

The music stopped with a loud bang as Deadpool was shot through the skull by Ryoma, who was holding the just-used firearm in his hand.
Others looked at Ryoma like he was insane. They wouldn't be far off.
"He was pissing me off." Ryoma grumbled as he left the room. Hayato followed, knowing he would have to pilot Shin Getter alongside Ryoma.
Seconds after, Deadpool could be heard grunting as he stood up, acting as if he'd just been simply knocked out.
"Ow...MAN that stung." He groaned before looking at the others.
"Heh, I guess he really jumped the gun on that one, eh?...Nothin'? Okay."
It was then that Deadpool realized he was getting surprised looks from some people.
"Oooh, that's right, this is weird to you guys. Long story short: Super awesometastic healing factor. Makes it hard to kill me. Anyway, you guys get back to the plot, I'll just sit back here and watch." Deadpool concluded, taking a seat in the back of the room.
Slowly turning from the mercenary, ZEXIS returned to the matter at hand, noticing the dinosaur that had somehow managed to make it's way to the bridge of the Dai-Gurren.
Before a reaction could even be given, Shin Getter Robo flew by, slicing the dinosaur in half, revealing the black goopy insides that showed it's Invader-like properties, before charging straight for Professor Saotome and Shin Dragon.
"Musashi! Let 'im go, I'll tear him in half!" Ryoma yelled out.
"You got it, Ryoma! Open, Get!" Musashi called out, Getter 3 separating and bailing out to let Ryoma cut loose-literally.
Tomahawk in hand, Ryoma shouted as he prepared to swing at Saotome, whose Getter Dragon sat completely still, as if to let Ryoma hit it.
Before he could get close enough, a barrage of green energy beams cut off Ryoma's approach.
"Forget something?" Saotome said, a cocky tone in his voice. Ryoma looked toward the source of the barrage. It was Shin Dragon, which towered over his Shin Getter menacingly.
"As long as Shin Dragon is here, your efforts are futile! The tower WILL be used to bring Michiru back!"
Ryoma growled.
"Like hell it will! GETTAAA BEEEAAAAM!" He called, firing a pink energy beam from Shin Getter's torso. It hit it's target, Shin Dragon, but only dealt minimal damage as only small bits and pieces fell from Shin Dragon.
Saotome laughed at Ryoma's effort.
"Try as much as you want, Shin Dragon will not fall. Especially not to something that uses Getter Rays as an energy source."
"Damn it...Dayakka, we're gonna need ZEXIS out here!"
"No can do, Ryoma...There's only a few of us left that can fight...We're running dangerously low on ammo and energy, we can't handle another fight like this!"
"What's the matter, Ryoma? Is your team running out of that fighting spirit you enjoy boasting about so much?" Saotome said with a laugh.
"This is hopeless...We don't stand a chance against him with our forces drained like this." Hayato groaned.
"Then I will do you all a favor and end you quickly!" Saotome said as his Getter G flew up to Shin Dragon's head, where Saotome exited his machine to stand atop the massive beast. The Getter he was piloting then became one with Shin Dragon itself.
"Shin Dragon! Begin your assault!"

Tekijou​

"Dragon! Liger! Poseidon! Destroy them all!" Saotome ordered. Shin Dragon's arms then began to break apart from the fingers down, the three forms of Getter G forming en masse in the sky above.
"Th-There's so many!"
"I'll cut all of 'em down!"
Shin Getter took to the skies, tomahawk in hand, as it began slicing away at the Getters single-handedly.
As he tried to hold off the Getter assault, Ryoma noticed something strange.
"...Why aren't they fighting back?"
Stopping for a moment, Ryoma watched as the force of Getters passed him by, heading straight for the Dai-Gurren, Ikaruga and Ptolemy.
"They're charging the battleships!"
"Damn!"
The Dragons charged the Dai-Gurren, the Ligers charged the Ikaruga and the Poseidons charged the Ptolemy.
Shin Getter fell back, Ryoma and Hayato read to protect ZEXIS at all costs.
Meanwhile, Musashi had re-formed into Getter 3 on the ground.
"This isn't good...Without our full force there's no way we can-..."
Musashi took note of something in his cockpit. The energy readout of his own Getter.
In the center of it was the machine's power source.
"...I guess this is what I'll have to do. But not yet. There may still be a chance to fight this thing."
Getter 3 aimed it's two shoulder missiles to the air.
"GETTAAAAA MISSIIILE!" Musashi called, firing the missiles, managing to take out a few of the enemy Getters in the resulting explosions.
Not wasting time, Getter 3's arms extended up toward the enemy force, wrapping around a few of them, before Getter 3's body began to spin rapidly, signaling Getter 3's signature attack.
"DAISETSUZAN OROSHIIIII!"
The resulting tornado from the attack tore apart a fair amount of Getters, but there were still an overwhelming amount in battle, and even more still stored within Shin Dragon.

Professor Saotome's seemingly unstoppable force was right on top of ZEXIS, who was weak from the result of the last battle. Their ammunition and energy supplies were running thin, yet Saotome's force was near-endless. The following moments would decide if they would get to use the Temporal Tower to go home, or if Saotome would steal that away from them for his own desires.

So we got five days 'till the game's out everywhere that's not Japan (six if you live in Australia). Has anyone chosen a character or characters they wanna try and master right off the bat?

For me, I'm definitely going straight to Pit when I load up the game for the first time. After seeing how he's changed between Brawl and this game, he's looking to be a much better character overall in my opinion.

I'm also gonna be giving Little Mac, Palutena, Dark Pit, Bowser Jr., Sonic, Mega Man and Pac-Man a try as I'd like to have them be my main few.

99,999,999,999,996,835

From bottom to top:

5. Shingeki no Kyojin/Attack on Titan. A lot of people like to hate on it for reasons that I don't really care to read about, but I thoroughly enjoyed it. The animation and art style was great, the music was fantastic, and the story progressed nicely in my opinion. Plus the Titans creeped me out, which helped me share that feeling of "these things need to die" that the characters in the series had.

4. Gundam Build Fighters. This one makes my list for a very simple reason: The fight scenes. They're fantastic and a blast to watch. I didn't think I would enjoy a series where there's no real risk to the main characters aside from losing a tournament involving plastic Gundam figures, but in the end I enjoyed the simpler story and looked forward to each new episode to see what kind of customized Gundam or Mobile Suit would come into play in the next match.

3. Kill la Kill. DON'T LOSE YOUR WA-nope. Early on I was sorta turned off by Kill la Kill's fanservice-y...fanservice. I'm not a fan of it to begin with and I felt like I would end up dropping the series because it would be nothing but fanservice. But then it grabbed me by the nads and made me forget the T&A All Day the series had going with it's over-the-top fights and interesting story. I will admit, there were some things I felt to be a bit unnecessary (dat bathtub scene), but in the end I was so overtaken with hype at what was going on that I stopped caring within minutes.

2. Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann. JUST WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK I A-nope not that one either. This one is on my list because, like Kill la Kill, it satisfies my hunger for stupidly over-the-top action sequences. And mecha. And lots and lots of explosions. Explosions exploding from explosions. Eat your heart out, Mikey B.

1. Getter Robo Armageddon. Barely anybody knows about Getter Robo in general and I hate that. Anyway, Getter Robo Armageddon revolves around six protagonists. Three of them are known as the "original Getter Team". They are Ryoma Nagare- A man who's been imprisoned for a murder he didn't commit, Hayato Jin-An ex-comrade of Ryoma's who pinned the aforementioned murder on him, and Musashi Tomoe-The third member of the team who generally doesn't get involved with Ryoma and Hayato's tomfoolery. The remaining three are the "new Getter Team". They are Go Saotome- A young man artificially created by a mad scientist, Kei Kurama- Daughter of an old friend of the Original Getter Team: Benkei Kurama, and Gai- A large young man who was originally working with Benkei. Over the course of the series, these characters are faced with the ever-growing threat of an alien force known as Invaders. These black living goop-like monsters can take the form of anything they come into contact with, making them a formidable foe both physically and mentally. The protagonists have to use a newly-created version of the classic mecha Getter Robo- called Shin Getter Robo- to fight and defeat these Invaders. At the same time, Professor Saotome- the mad scientist that created Go- is bringing to life a massive beast-like mecha called Shin Dragon, claiming that it will bring about Armageddon. If it isn't clear by the long as balls story description, I reeeaaally like Getter Robo Armageddon. It's everything I want in an anime. Easy-to-follow plot, awesome action sequences, great characters and giant robots.

So there's my top 5. I may have rambled on in my number 1 description, but meh. I really like that one.

This is...unexpected. But I'm not complaining. While I am looking forward to FFXV, I'm looking forward to KHIII WAAAY more, so this is extremely good news imo if it means quicker development of the game.

I am about to remove a larger portion of your health points than I usually would as this attack is a critical, therefor it inflicts more damage.

I like to inform my opponents.

ZEXIS cheered in unison as their victory was assured with the spectacular Giga Drill Breaker attack. They'd won! They'd survived this Reaper's attack. Not only that but even Kamina miraculously had come back from what seemed like certain death. As the cheers died down, everyone exited their machines to congratulate the blood brothers on their victory on a more personal level.

And then...the rain began to fall. As the sky's teardrops fell upon them all, ZEXIS could only drop tears of their own.

For on that day...They lost something that could never be replaced.

Kittan, Rossiu, Kidd, Iraak, Dayakka and all of Team Dai-Gurren's original members tears flowed with the most sadness. The very embodiment of Team Dai-Gurren itself was gone. Yoko took it especially hard, her eyes wide with disbelief as tears flowed down her face, staring at Kamina's bloodied, lifeless body. Of course, it went without saying that Simon was the most broken by this death, as he was down on his knees crying out over the loss of his blood brother.

Ryoma, Hayato and Go approached the scene, having been among the last to arrive. Go was completely emotionless, as he had no idea who any of the people that surrounded him were. Hayato was surprisingly hit hard by this, his head lowered in sadness and mourning.

Ryoma, however, did not accept this. He couldn't.
"You...You..." He choked out as he began speaking, his head also lowered to hide his face.
Hiding his face quickly became unimportant to Ryoma as he looked straight at Kamina, tears running down his face, and pure rage in his eyes.
"You think this is some kind of a damn joke!? You think it's funny to make us think you're okay and then go and die anyway!?" He yelled with pure white-hot anger.
Obviously, he got no response, which only angered him more.
"Answer me! ANSWER ME, GODDAMMIT!" He screamed as he tried to approach Gurren's open cockpit and punch Kamina, only to be forcibly held back by Hayato.
"Ryoma! You need to calm down!"
Breaking Hayato's hold, Ryoma turned to him, fist raised.
"DON'T ****ING TOUCH ME!" Ryoma yelled before throwing a powerful punch at Hayato's face. It connected with so much force that Hayato flew back a few feet, landing on his back. Blood ran down his face from his nose, which was likely broken from the punch.
Ryoma's fist was red on the knuckles from Hayato's blood, his arm still outstretched and trembling.
Falling to his knees, Ryoma slammed his bloody fist into the ground, the tears now falling from his face to the dirt below him.
Sitting up with his hand covering his nose, Hayato watched as Ryoma weeped on his knees. It was shocking to Hayato. Not once in his life had he ever seen Ryoma this sad...this broken.
"Selfish...bastard..."

Sorry for the double-post buuuuut, reserving:

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Their identity will be revealed later.

OOC: Warning: This post is the longest thing ever. That is all.

Spoiler: ZEXIS (HeartlessOfLight Edition)

BGM​

Things were clearly not getting better. Not in the slightest. Kamina was undoubtedly...out of commission, and the massive Reaper atop the tower was still staring the group down, now even going so far as to be firing it's hellfire-esque beams down upon any ZEXIS member that tried to approach.

Finally regaining his strength, Ryoma surprisingly responded to Madoka's question.
"You're right. He...He wouldn't want that." Ryoma began, no emotion in his voice whatsoever. "But...What choice do we have now?"
"Ryoma..."

There was silence for a moment, before something appeared on Shin Getter's radar system. Ryoma didn't bother to look. Hayato, however, was surprised and confused at what he saw.
"This is...Getter Rays!" He exclaimed. This got Ryoma's attention, prompting him to look at his the radar in his own cockpit.
"There's so many of them...And they're getting close." Ryoma pointed out, some emotion returning to his tone.
The amount of readings began to increase in number as they drew closer.
Suddenly, a massive Getter Energy signature was detected behind the numerous smaller ones.
"Ryoma, that must be the source. We need to-" Hayato was cut off suddenly, as a pink beam flew towards them, Shin Getter dodging with minimal effort.
Shin Getter looked upward toward the source. It was met with a sight that Ryoma and Hayato (and even Musashi) would be shocked by.
"That's...!"
"Getter Robo G!"
The attacker, apparently known as Getter Robo G, in it's Getter Dragon formation, was not alone. It was backed up by countless other Getter G's, each one staring ZEXIS down as they approached.
Soon enough, the mourning army was surrounded by the identical Getters. However, it seemed as if they were not on the same side as the monstrous Reaper that sat atop the Temporal Tower, as it began focusing it's fire on the Getter G's as well as ZEXIS.
"This is getting out of hand. We need to find the source of these Getters and and stop any more of them from attacking us." Hayato stated.
Without a word, Ryoma sent Shin Getter skyward, above the army of Getters and even the Reaper before flying at top speed toward the massive Getter Ray signature.
"Are you just going to leave the rest of ZEXIS back there without us!?" Hayato asked.
"They can handle themselves." Ryoma responded bluntly.

Just then, Ryoma caught sight of a white building-like structure with an opened roof. In the opening was a trio of pods filled with green liquid, and an old man standing on top of them.
"Now we will atone for our sins!" Called the old man to nobody in particular. Ryoma's and Hayato's eyes widened, as they knew exactly who this old man was.
"This is impossible!"
"...You son of a bitch."
"Yes! Foolish people who tried to trifle with Getter Rays as a source of infinite energy, without even trying to understand it's true nature! Not only them, but anyone among any world who foolishly attempted to harness an unknown energy for their own selfish desires! Come! Confess your sins on the last dawn of this world!" The old man concluded, laughing maniacally.
"Shut up!" Ryoma called, Shin Getter charging at the old man. "And take your own damn advice!"
"Ryoma!" The old man replied.
Shin Getter landed just in front of the structure the old man stood on, several Getter G's ready to attack it.
"It's been a while...Professor Saotome!" Ryoma said aloud, his emotions now overflowing with anger. "I don't know how the hell you managed to come back to life, but I'll make damn sure you stay dead this time!" Ryoma finished as Shin Getter took out one of it's large Tomahawks.
It began to mercilessly cut away at the surrounding Getter G's, Ryoma crying out the entire time.
"Stop!" Saotome yelled. "For your own sake, stop this now!"
"Yeah? And why should I?"
Saotome chuckled to himself slightly.
"Before that, I must give you due praise for managing to stay alive this long on a foreign world and for managing to find me, Traitor!"
"Can it! Don't think I've forgotten what you were plotting to do with Getter Rays!" Ryoma said, pointing Shin Getter's tomahawk toward Saotome.
"And besides, You shouldn't be here. You've gotta die regardless. I'll make sure to do it with my own hands this time!"
Saotome lowered his head for a moment.
"Hm. Is that what you said before you murdered my dear Michiru?"
Both Ryoma and Hayato were shaken by Saotome's question.
"Rrrgh! SHUT UP!" Ryoma cried out, letting loose a huge swing with his tomahawk, wiping out several Getter G's in one slice. He following this up by running Shin Getter into the thick of a Getter G horde, cutting them all down with the blades coming from Shin Getter's arms. Finally, as another horde charged Shin Getter head on, Ryoma cried out his Getter's signature attack:
"GETTAAAAA BEEEAAAAAM!"
The powerful beam melted the on-coming Getters in seconds, showing off Shin Getter's huge difference in power between it and the G's.
A seat and controls then appeared in front of the platform Saotome stood on. Walking to it and taking a seat, he then pushed a handle forward, prompting a new set of Getter machines to emerge from underground. They were again Getter G's, but instead they were in their Getter Liger formation (middle blue machine). The Getter Ligers poured from underground en masse, attempting to constrict Shin Getter's movements by latching on to it.
"Not happening! BATTLE WIIIIING!" Ryoma called out, Shin Getter's wings wrapping around the machine in a deadly purple tornado that tore the attacking Ligers to shreds.
Immediately after, Shin Getter charged toward Saotome, swinging the tomahawk directly at him and the pods beneath him. The tomahawk stopped short, however, as some unseen force was holding it back.
Ryoma didn't bother to question what it was, instead letting out a powerful yell as he pushed harder and harder.
Saotome was mere centimeters from the sharp blade of the Getter Tomahawk, his arms outstretched to the left and right of him as a strange green energy protected him from the attack.
"Dammit! Why won't you just die already!?" Ryoma yelled.
Laughing, Saotome spoke up.
"You really don't understand anything, you fool!" He began. "Listen to me carefully, Ryoma! You too, Hayato!"
Hayato was somewhat surprised Saotome knew he was there, as he'd said nothing to him before now.
"What stands behind me is what everyone who was involved with Getter Ray research has dreamed of! We have to take fate onto our shoulders! If I stand down here, all of that would be for naught!"
One of the green windows on Shin Getter's head opened up, allowing Ryoma to hang out of his cockpit. Taking a black handgun from the holster on his side, Ryoma pointed it at Saotome.
"Shut up! Now you listen to me! I don't give a damn about you or any other crack pot scientist you worked with! I care even less about that stupid capsule! I just want to kill you, the one who tore our team apart!" Ryoma said, angered.
His grip on the gun tightened.
"And when I'm done with you, Hayato's next!"
"You can't do that." Said a foreign voice into the minds of Ryoma, Hayato and Saotome. Each of them instantly turned their attention to the capsules that were being protected by Saotome, as if by instinct.
A body was inside the capsule, that began to move slightly, implying the voice was coming from that body.
"You can't do that...because..."
Before the voice could finish, a blinding green light began to explode from the capsule, shooting directly into the sky. The light seemed to catch the attention of not only ZEXIS, but the Reaper that sat atop the Temporal Tower.
Seconds after the light emerged, mechanical tendrils emerged from the ground, moving on their own toward a spot next to the structure that the capsule sat upon.
"What the!? What's going on?"
Just then, every single one of the Getter G machines reverted to their jet forms, all flying to the same point that the mechanical tendrils were going to.
"The Getter Machines...!"
"They're all going to the same spot...What are they doing?" Hayato thought.
"What the hell is going on!?"
And then, it became visible. All of the Getter G jets were combining with each other. All of the Dragon jets stuck together, as did the Liger and Poseidon jets. Within seconds, a giant monstrous form was being created from the combining jets.
The size of the form continued to widen as more jets combined, quickly engulfing Shin Getter.
"Shit! Open Get!"
Shin Getter attempted to split apart, just barely escaping being consumed. Flying not far from the forming beast, Ryoma and Hayato watched in awe.
Just then, Ryoma saw a familiar face within the formation, that of Getter Robo G's Dragon form, although it was much bigger than normal.
"Dragon!?"
Hayato caught sight of one as well, this one being Getter Liger's.
"Liger!?"
And finally, all the way back in the Dai-Gurren, Musashi was able to see the massive formation. He also caught sight of a familiar mechanical face.
"P-Poseidon!?"
The giant monstrous machine was nearing it's completion. Saotome stood proudly next to the monster, still in front of the capsule.
"Do you see now, Ryoma? This is the being that will bring about Armageddon! It's name is..."
Cutting Saotome off, the one inside the capsule finally emerged from it.
His hair was a dark green and his body below his neck was entirely red.
Running to the very edge of the structure, the young man finally spoke aloud.

CHAAAAAAAAAAANGE!
GETTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
SHIN!
DRAAAGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON!!!
​

Go's scream was followed by the formation finally completing, the beast's face and name finally being revealed.
"Shin...Dragon!?"
"All of those Getters...Have they always been capable of this?"
Shin Getter re-formed into Getter 1, Ryoma assuming they were at a safe distance.
Before even a moment's peace could be had, Shin Getter was pinned down by an unseen Getter Dragon that hadn't combined with Shin Dragon.
"You really are no less dangerous than you were before, Ryoma." Said Saotome's voice, confirming his position in the cockpit of this particular Getter.
"On the other hand, it's painfully easy to predict your next move!" Saotome continued, the gem on Getter Dragon's forehead lighting up, signifying that it was about to fire a beam.
"Open Get!" Called Hayato, taking over and splitting the machine again.
"Change! Getter 2!"
With Getter 2 formed away from Saotome's Getter Dragon, Hayato fired a Drill Missile at the opposing Getter. It didn't pierce the machine's head, but it knocked it to the side, causing the beam to misfire and hit something in the distance.
"Hayato! It's about time you participated."
"You...How are you alive?"
"Heh. You can't really be expecting me to give you that answer so easily-" Saotome's response was cut short when the ear-piercing sound of a giant laser being fired was heard. The laser's source was the Reaper on the Temporal Tower. It's target: Shin Dragon.
Shin Dragon took the full force of the hit, taking considerable damage.
"No! I will not allow Shin Dragon to be destroyed!" Saotome said, attempting to retreat, only to be stopped by the sudden emergence of long arms from underground that wrapped around his Getter Machine.
"What!?"
"That's Getter 3's arms!"
Immediately after binding Saotome's Getter Dragon, Getter 3 emerged from the ground, tightening it's grip.
"Getter 3! But how?"
"Damn it all! I should have ended those two from the start!"
"Haven't you done enough, Doc? It's like you said, Shin Dragon's gonna bring on Armageddon. Sorry to burst your bubble, but I like my world nice and un-ended."
"Musashi!"
"Don't worry, guys! I've got 'im!"
Saotome struggled, an air of despair in his voice.
"Ryoma! I know you've got no reason to do anything for me, but I've got one request: Defeat that mechanical beast sitting on top of that tower. But take Go with you. Have him serve as Shin Getter 3's pilot."
"Sorry, old man. We've already got a pilot for Shin Getter 3, and it's Musashi."
Musashi cut in.
"Do as he says, Ryoma."
Ryoma was not having any of that.
"Are you insane!? You want me to help the guy on the old man's side!?"
"We don't know who's side he's on! I agree that Doc's gotta die again, but that kid just came outta that capsule not even ten minutes ago. Give him a chance to show what he's fightin' for!"
"Damn it..."
"He's right, Ryoma. And besides, ZEXIS needs us. Shin Dragon is damaged and Musashi can easily handle the professor on his own with Getter 3."
Ryoma was silent for a moment.
"Fine. Musashi, make sure you leave the old geezer alive long enough for me to tear his heart out." Ryoma said as Shin Getter, using it's current form's speed, made it's way to Go, splitting apart it's form so Go could enter the empty Getter Machine.
"Listen up, kid. Get in the-"
"I know." Go said, interrupting.
Ryoma growled in response.
"This little punk better be worth helping." Ryoma mumbled.
Go entered the third Getter Machine, taking a seat in the cockpit.
"Ready."
"Then let's go. Ryoma, you know what to do."
"...Right..."
Shin Getter 1 was formed once again, before flying back toward ZEXIS and their fight against Sovereign.

Would Go be a worthy ally of the Getter Team? Or would he betray them and serve the revived Professor Saotome? Only time will tell, it seems.

OOC: many thanks to Dark for allowing me to control Go in this post. It really helped. c:

There's a theory going around that the reason the roster is all unorganized like that is because not every character has been unlocked in that roster. There was a screenshot (one that I unfortunately am unable to find at the moment) that showed that All-Star Mode was in the game, but had a lock symbol over it, meaning it was locked (obviously). For those unaware, All-Star Mode in Smash Bros games is unlocked when you unlock every playable character.

Another thing that helps this theory (in my opinion, anyway) is that in past Smash Bros games, when you were still in the process of unlocking all of the characters, the available roster usually did not have any kind of specific order or layout, thus some characters were placed in weird areas on the screen.

Take a look at Melee's incomplete roster, for example. There's some organization, but clearly some characters are placed in strange areas, such as Pikachu sitting in between Mario and Bowser. Brawl's did the same thing when no characters were unlocked yet.

As for the Duck Hunt Dog, it's actually not as out-there as it seems. Well...Okay, it's definitely a strange choice, but Melee and Brawl had their own strange additions with Mr. Game & Watch and R.O.B. respectively. With those two in consideration, it's not that big of a stretch to think that the Duck Hunt Dog is Smash 4's "weird character", so to speak.

TL;DR: It's possible that the roster doesn't have everyone unlocked yet, and the Duck Hunt Dog is this game's version of Mr. Game & Watch or R.O.B.

Spoiler: ZEXIS (HeartlessOfLight Edition)

Kamina's cry of pain echoed through all of ZEXIS's ears, prompting everyone inside of a battleship to step find out what happened as fast as they could.

Hayato, who still remained on the bridge of the Dai-Gurren, was among the first of the pilots not already in their mecha to witness what happened. The cigarette he once held had fallen from his hand as he stood frozen in shock. The massive Reaper's shadow hung over Hayato and everything around him.
"What...Is this...!?"
Just then, Ryoma emerged from the Dai-Gurren, the rest of it's pilots close behind him.
"Hayato, what the hell was-...Holy shit..."
Ryoma, as well as ZEXIS's other members across the three battleships, looked in terror at the metallic monster.
"What is that thing!?" Kouji asked.
"It's fucking huge!" Ken cursed.
"Is that...some kind of mecha?" Ryo asked.
"Whatever it is, it doesn't look friendly." Jin responded.
Just then, Ryoma's gaze went from the skies to the ground, as Gurren's near-destroyed form lay motionless on the ground.
"Kamina!" He called out before running as fast as he could back inside to get inside Shin Getter Robo again.
Hayato, agreeing with Ryoma's unspoken plan, turned to the other pilots around him.
"We need to get to our machines, now!" He ordered, despite his lack of leadership status.
Needless to say, the other pilots agreed with him anyway before making their way to their respective machines.
As Ryoma and Hayato got in their Getter Machines, Hayato spoke.
"What about Musashi?"
"He ain't in any shape to be fighting right now, especially against whatever the hell that thing was!"
"Damn it...That means we're one pilot and one Getter form short...But I agree." Hayato said before opening up comms with Dayakka, their short distance allowing for a choppy-but-audible message to go through.
"Dayakka, we need everyone out here, now!"
"..."
"Dayakka!"
"S-Sorry! What is it?" Dayakka finally responded, a hint of grief and uncertainty in his voice.
"I'm aware of the danger involved, but if we're gonna fight something this large, we need all the firepower we can get."
"Right...I'll get everyone who can fight prepped for combat-"
"Wait. Keep Musashi inside. He's in no shape to be fighting."
"...You sure?"
"You heard him, Dayakka." Ryoma said, cutting in.
"If you think it's for the best then I'll keep him safe for you guys.
"Thank you, Dayakka."
Closing the comms, Hayato followed Ryoma's Getter machine, which had already taken off outside. Musashi's was on auto-pilot, staying close behind Hayato.
"Hayato!"
"I know."
Just then, the jets combined, forming Shin Getter 1.
On the ground, Genome was freaking out in his Lagann. He was scared quite a bit by how sudden the attack was, and by how close it was to him, but what got him the most was the sound of Kamina's cries.
"Kaminaaaa!" He called out, unable to establish a video-comm link with Gurren.
It was then that Shin Getter landed near the motionless Gurren.
"What happened!?" Ryoma asked.
Genome's Lagann pointed toward the Reaper that sat atop the tower.
"THAT happened! It shot these powerful lasers at Kamina out of nowhere! I don't know if he's okay, he's not responding and I can't establish any kind of comm link with him!"
Genome continued to try to do what he could to contact Kamina...without actually looking inside Gurren. He didn't want to accept the reality of the situation. Not now. Not after everything that's happened.
"You can't...You can't be...!"
Ryoma growled inside Shin Getter-1's cockpit, gripping the controls tightly. The Mecha's green lights grew brighter, as if responding to Ryoma's emotions.
His growling slowly grew into an enraged yell as Shin Getter turned around...Only to stop in place.
"What!?" Ryoma asked nobody in particular. "Don't fuck up on me now! GO!"
Shin Getter stayed still, shaking slightly as Ryoma tried to move it.
"Ryoma, stop! Shin Getter must be damaged, and trying to get it to-"
"Shut up!" Ryoma yelled, cutting off Hayato. "God damn you...GETTAAAAAAA BEEEEAAAAAAAM!"
As Ryoma cried out the Beam attack's name, Shin Getter's green lights intensified even more as a startlingly large pink beam fired from Shin Getter's torso, hitting the Reaper head on...But to no avail.
Hayato was shocked by this, and knew that Ryoma needed to stop before they got shot as well.
"Ryoma, knock it off!"
Ryoma ignored Hayato, letting out an angered cry that seemed to caused the beam to increase in size.
Even still, the beam did little to even leave a burn mark on the Reaper's metal skin.
Finally, the beam faded. Not because Ryoma knew he had to stop, but because he was physically unable to keep going. As if Shin Getter had stopped using it's own energy and began using Ryoma's life energy.
"Damn it..."
Shin Getter managed to turn back towards Gurren.
Hayato, despite his cold and emotionless attitude, felt his own share of grief over this. He may not have seen Kamina like Simon or Ryoma did, but he still had a high level of respect for the man.
"Kamina...This wasn't your destiny. Nobody should die in a world other than their own."
Ryoma, meanwhile, only grew angrier and angrier the longer he looked at the motionless Gurren. His angered growls soon grew into...Something different. If any listeners didn't know any better, they may have thought it sounded like Ryoma was beginning to cry.
Finally, his angered and saddened groans erupted into a single yell. One that contained the emotions of a man that had lost his blood rival.

"KAMINAAAAAAAAAA!!"​

It was then that ZEXIS's other members made their way outside in their mecha.
Quickly learning of the situation, ZEXIS turned to Zero for orders on what to do next.
"Well? What do we do now, Mr. Master Strategist?" Kittan asked, angered beyond belief over this. "Team Dai-Gurren's leader is dead and we got this giant freakin' monster starin' us down from the top o' the tower!"
Kittan was furious. So much so that he was close to lashing out and attacking Zero, despite the fact that there probably wasn't much he could have done to prevent this.
Much of ZEXIS seemed to be looking to Zero for an answer. He'd lead them straight so far...They expected him to do the same now.
Nobody, not a single one in Team Dai-Gurren, felt anything less than anger and grief over the loss of their seemingly-indestructible leader.
Rossiu especially was among those taking the sight hard, trying his best to keep his composure even with the sight of Gurren before him while inside Blodia's cockpit. He was failing, unfortunately, as he began to sweat a lot and was breathing heavily.
Jin, who was in shock just like the others, caught a glimpse of this from his position on Blodia's shoulder, prompting him to manually open the cockpit and look inside.
"Rossiu, are you alright?"
"I...I don't know, Jin. Kamina, he's...he's..."
"I know, Rossiu."
"What are we going to do!?"
Jin sighed before turning to look at Gurren.
"I wish I could answer that."
Floating next to King Kittan, Kiyal's head lowered in sadness. She really liked Kamina and saw him as a brilliant leader.
Those thoughts continued to flow through her mind, until it brought her to tears.
Kidd and Iraak, who were among the original members of Team Dai-Gurren, found themselves brought to tears over the loss of their leader.

Meanwhile, on the Dai-Gurren's bridge, the non-mecha-piloting forces had gathered, getting their first glimpse of the terror before them.
"N-No...No way..." Sonic stuttered.
"How...How did we not see something that big coming!?" Tails asked, obviously angered over it.
Shadow, despite not knowing Kamina for that long, was just as upset as his comrades. Had it not been for Sonic's explanation of Team Dai-Gurren's way of doing things, Shadow may not have cared like he did now.
"That...Machine. It will pay for this."
"Dear God..." Marcus mumbled.
"This is..." Master Chief stuttered, unable to even finish his sentence over what was before him.
Viral stayed silent, gripping a fist near his heart over the the loss of Kamina, who had accepted him into Team Dai-Gurren.
"That metal bastard..." Dante said to himself, aiming Ivory at the Reaper but not firing, as he knew how useless it would be.
The Wonderful Ones, with their normal team of 100 dwindled down to just 7, felt absolutely powerless against such a massive foe.
"Whoa...Th-This beats any o' the Geathjerk stuff we've gone up against, hands down, man!"
"Sacre Vert, how are we to fight such a large enemy!?"
"I-I don't suppose it is too late to NOT join this team?"
"Wh-Th-A-I-...we are going to die..."
"..."
"It seems...We have finally encountered a foe...That we cannot defeat."
"Don't lose hope, everyone! And that goes for all of ZEXIS, not just the Wonderful Ones! With our collective powers and skills, we may be able to take that giant mechanical monstrosity out, AND avenge Team Dai-Gurren's leader!"
Joey, Heroman next to him, had fallen on his behind, having lost the will to even stand after seeing all of this happen so quickly.
"We're dead...This is the end, isn't it?"
Among the mecha-less ZEXIS members on the Dai-Gurren, Yoko was the most disturbed by these events...More so over Kamina's uncertain condition. Her heart raced and her eyes were unsteady just thinking about the possibility of Kamina being more than just hurt by this.
"It...It can't be...!" She managed to choke out before falling to her knees, tears beginning to flow from her eyes.
"Kamina..."

Heero and Trowa, despite their silence, were undoubtedly taken aback over what just happened. Perhaps not over Kamina's downfall, but more so over the massive enemy that stood before them.

Lasse, despite not knowing Kamina as well as some of the others, was upset. Very upset. Upset that he had to watch yet another one of his comrades fall. What hurt the most was that their battle was supposed to be over. They had won...They were going to go home.

Jun and Tsugumi stood side-by-side, looking down from the Ptolemy at what was going on below. Needless to say they were frightened, Tsugumi especially.
Seeing the extreme distress on her face, Jun tried to comfort the girl.
"Tsugumi, try and stay calm, okay?" Jun said to her, placing his hands on her shoulders.
"I...I don't think I can..." She said in response, her heart rate picking up as she tried and failed to calm herself down.
She then let out a short scream, followed by a wall behind her inexplicably exploding, as her power as an Element User caused random explosions when her heart rate gets too high.

Riddhe, manning his Delta Plus Mobile Suit again, went outside and landed near Zero, hesitating on asking what to do next as he could see that Zero was being drilled with the same question already. He looked up at the Reaper, it's massive size sending a chilling fear down Riddhe's spine.
"Are we really expected to stand a chance against something that big!?" He thought.

Musashi had been brought to the control room with Dayakka to help with things there as he couldn't fight in Shin Getter. Unfortunately, most of Musashi's time was spent lamenting over the fact that his injured arm was preventing him from being Shin Getter 3's pilot as he knew he should in this desperate situation.
"Forgive me, guys. I promise...I'll make it up to you both, one way or another."

Lastly, there was yet another member of ZEXIS that was shocked by this. A member that nobody expected would even care that such a thing happened.
"Oh god...Not again!" Cried Deadpool, who was legitimately freaking out over what he saw.
Deadpool was so distraught by the sight of Kamina's death, that even the voices in his head were silent.
He began to vividly remember things he hadn't remembered for a while. It was a situation similar to this one. People from different dimensions and worlds had gathered somewhere unknown. A different Simon, Kamina and Yoko were among them. In fact, any duplicates from his memory that were also in ZEXIS had to be different versions, or else wouldn't be as shocked as they are.
He remembered a battle against a sort of dark god...a battle that ended with the death of the mighty Kamina. He remembered the anger. He remembered Simon's grief. And now he was going to have to experience that all over again.
"Once was bad enough...But god dammit, twice is just too much!"

It's very likely that the Kingdom Key has some kind of connection with the X-Blade. What that connection is? I'm not sure.

However, I have a small theory that would minimize the connection between the Kingdom Key and the X-Blade, though that doesn't mean the connection isn't significant. I shall explain, but I'll put it in a spoiler juuuuust in case:

Spoiler

The X-Blade was (and still is, I suppose) the counterpart to Kingdom Hearts. It was essentially a "guard", if you will, as it was made to protect the "unseen land known as Kingdom Hearts", as Master Xehanort put it. When the people of the ancient world started trying to get the Light of Kingdom Hearts for themselves, they created Keyblades in the image of the X-Blade as a means of fighting for said light. With that in mind, I have a feeling that the Kingdom Key was merely among the first Keyblades ever created, and thus was based heavily on the Kingdom Keys seen on the X-Blade itself. From there on, for whatever reason, more Keyblades were made in different sizes, lengths and styles, probably so it's user could differentiate themselves from those he or she was fighting. But yeah, that's how I see it.

tl;dr: The Kingdom Key was just the first Keyblade ever made by man and was based on the Keys that are on the X-Blade itself.

As for the OP's actual questions;

1. I think, since the X-Blade came first, it was just a matter of "that's just how it looks". I don't think there's a reason as to why the Kingdom Key specifically is on it, it just IS.

2. Was it ever stated that the Kingdom Key and Kingdom Key D specifically were needed to close the door? My memory is hazy, admittedly, but from what I remember, there just needed to be a Keyblade of Light on the Realm of Light-side of the door and then that Light Keyblade's Dark counterpart needed to be on the other side in the Realm of Darkness. If what I'm remembering is correct, the Kingdom Keys used by Sora and Mickey used were just coincidental.

Spoiler: ZEXIS (HeartlessOfLight Edition)

~Battlefield~
​

"I never thought I'd be sitting in a cockpit waiting to get home again after the last time, but... this has been something." she admitted. "Piloting didn't used to be something that I enjoyed, it was just... something that I did because it was the right thing to do. Now I feel like... this is somewhere I belong. I think I owe that to you and the rest of Team Dai-Gurren, Genome."
"Heheh...Thanks, Noriko. I'm glad you feel that way." Genome said, his red-face intensifying slightly.
"There ain't a Team in the universe that can compare to Dai-Gurren after this! Noriko, you've got the rocking body of a woman, but inside you've got the indomitable heart of a real man!"
Noriko laughed and looked firm with a smile in response.
"When I arrived here I thought I was just going to help people that needed it. It's only been two days and already I feel like this is my home. Kamina... I've decided. When we use the Temporal Tower to all go home... I want to stay with Dai-Gurren. My world is in the distant past now, and while I'd love to see it again, I feel as though making a new home with you all is more important to me now."
"You better believe we'd accept. Besides, somebody's gotta take care of that head of Genome's before he goes bald like the Spiral King, right?"
"H-Hey! I'm not gonna go bald...Am I?"
It was at this point that Nono began chiming in, allowing Genome an opportunity to remove his Lagann from Gurren, thus ending the combination of Gurren Lagann Xros.
Unbeknownst to the others, Genome was gently stroking his hair, still worried over the thought of losing it.

~Dai-Gurren~
​

Ryoma stood cross-armed in the Dai-Gurren's mecha hangar, staring at the inactive Shin Getter Robo, which stood to an equally inactive Getter Robo.
"Damn you...I dunno what the hell your game is, but if you know somethin', you better speak up." Ryoma said to Shin Getter, which obviously did not respond.
Growing more angered at the machine, Ryoma walked up and threw a punch at Shin Getter. Surprisingly, when the punch connected, Shin Getter's green lights lit up for a split second before dimming down again. Ryoma simply played it off as nothing.
"Tch...Piece o' shit...Messin' with my head like that."

Hayato was on the Dai-Gurren's bridge, where he looked out over the aftermath of the previous battle, smoking a cigarette.
Exhaling smoke, Hayato began to speak to himself.
"Maybe he's just lost it. Maybe all of his years being the psychopathic pilot of Getter-1 have gotten to him." Hayato began. "...But then again, our current situation makes it hard to ignore any possibility. And if that's the case...I fear what could be coming for us."

Musashi walked through the halls of the Dai-Gurren's living quarters, his injured arm now wrapped in a cast.
"Good thing it happened near the end of the fight. My arm's killin' me now..." He said to himself.
Looking out one of the windows, Musashi looked at the wreckage of the fight. There was a lot, but it meant little to him. What mattered was being able to go home. And with Ryoma, Hayato and ZEXIS by his side, he knew he'd make it back. It was almost guaranteed.

Most of ZEXIS's forces that originally were on the Dai-Gurren (ooc: and by that i mean the ones played by me so i don't end up godmodding people into a room) re-boarded their battleship in a group, heading to the lounge to celebrate their victory.
"Way to go, guys. We whooped both of those forces and not a single one of us got hurt. I think that deserves a celebration." Kouji suggested.
"Sounds good t'me. How 'bout we get somethin' t'eat already! I'm starving." Ken said, leaning back in the seat he had taken and putting his feet up on the table in front of him.
"Food does sound good. That battle was quite tiring, even for me." Ryo added.
Standing at the other end of the room, as if out of nowhere, Viral (aka the good one that's been with Team Dai-Gurren for a while) and Dante stood behind the bar before looking at each other and nodding. Dante stylishly jumped over the bar table as Viral tossed him some dough from...somewhere behind the bar. Dante caught it with ease before he began walking around the room and spinning the dough, tossing it in midair repeatedly as it went from it's blobby form to what looked like a naked pizza as Dante placed it on a just-cleaned table.
Viral then tossed the ingredients for pizza sauce out to Dante. Managing to keep them all bunched together, Dante kneed them into the air before instantly equipping Beowulf, leaping into the air and performing The Hammer on the ingredients, splattering them down onto the pizza dough with 100% perfection.
Next, Viral tossed out various cheeses, which Dante grated with ease as he equipped Agni & Rudra, using them to unleash a flurry of blindingly-fast swings before the grated cheese fell on to the sauced pizza with no less perfection than before.
Finally, Viral threw a slew of toppings at Dante, prompting him to switch back to Rebellion and perform the Prop Shredder move, cutting each topping into thin sliced as they passed his blade, before falling perfectly on to the most stylishly made pizza ever.
"And for the final touch..." Dante began before re-equipping Agni & Rudra. He then stomped as hard as he could in front of him, causing the table that the pizza was sitting on to jump from the floor and thus toss the pizza into midair.
"Tempest!" Dante called, creating a flaming vortex around himself just as the un-cooked pizza came overhead, making sure to stop the flames just before they hit the ceiling.
Finally, Viral quickly tossed Dante a pizza-sized plate as the flames faded, which Dante caught with ease. The pizza landed on the plate, which Dante had held out for just that purpose, before Dante served it to the hungry mecha pilots of ZEXIS.
"Bon Appétit." Dante said elegantly before walking away, dusting his jacket off as the mecha pilots stared at him in a mixture of awe and confusion.

Wing Gundam and 00 Gundam sat next to one another as as the pilots hung from their cockpits, their eyes locked in a silent stare-down.
Nobody knew what either pilot was thinking. Only Setsuna and Heero knew that. But one thing was clear: They saw each other as equal pilots of Gundam, despite their machines' distinct difference in abilities.

Finally, Zero began speaking over the comms, his voice being heard in all of ZEXIS'S battleships and mecha.
"The mission... was a success. We, ZEXIS, overcame this challenge together with our allies and friends. Dai-Gurren, Black Knights, Celestial Being, Power Rangers, GGG, Aquarion, Getter Team, Jersey Club, and so many more... I thank you for making this possible. A strategist without an army is nothing more than a man of ideals. But an army without a strategist still has hope. I, Zero, can only say... that working alongside you all has been a true honor. I'm grateful."

Dayakka sat in the Dai-Gurren's comms center as he listened to what Zero had to say. As Zero finished, Dayakka took hold of the Dai-Gurren's own communications speaker and began to speak.
"It's been an honor working alongside you too, Zero. I know you got quite a few, uh...questionable comments when ZEXIS was created, but I think we're all starting to get used to the idea of our separate teams coming together. I know I'm glad to have a strategist like you on our side." Dayakka said before putting the speaker down and cutting off outgoing comms from that speaker. A few moments later, Yoko entered the room.
"Hey, Dayakka." She said, happy to see a fellow Littner as usual.
"What's up, Yoko?" Dayakka asked, turning to his fellow Littner.
"Nothin' much. I was just passing by when I heard what you said to Zero. I hope this doesn't sound rude to ask, but...Did you mean what you said to him? About being glad he's on our side?" Yoko asked.
"Of course I did. Zero might be a bit shady with how he does things...with the mask and all...But he's got the same goal as all of us: Find a way home. Plus, he's a great strategist. It's like he can think 20 steps ahead of anything." Dayakka explained. "Is something wrong, Yoko? Are you not as happy about partnering up with Zero?" Dayakka asked.
"Well...If I'm honest, I'm not thrilled about us not being just Team Dai-Gurren anymore...And his mask does kinda creep me out..." Yoko answered.
Chuckling a bit, Dayakka stood up and approached Yoko.
"I get what you mean, Yoko. But you gotta put that behind you for now. In the end, Team Dai-Gurren is still Team Dai-Gurren, even if it's a part of an even bigger group. I wish I could give you some advice about the mask thing, but unfortunately I don't think I can." Dayakka said to Yoko, laughing a bit at the end. "Even if we lost the Team Dai-Gurren name, we still have Kamina. In the end, even if Zero goes rogue or whatever else, Kamina will lead us in the right direction, even if it kills him. That's just the kind of man he is." Dayakka concluded, placing a friendly hand on Yoko's shoulder.
Yoko smiled a bit, blushing slightly at the thought of Kamina and the moment they shared not long ago.
"Yeah...You're right. Thanks, Dayakka." Yoko said, giving a friendly smile to her fellow Littner.
"Anytime, Yoko." Dayakka responded as Yoko left the room, waving as she did so.
Dayakka then took a seat in his rotating chair, turning toward a small, almost hidden refrigerator that sat under a desk. He opened it and pulled out a bottle that was clearly filled with an alcoholic beverage.
"Ahh, time to celebrate." He said to himself as he popped it open, taking a large drink.
He removed the bottle from his mouth, hiccuping a bit.
"...i don't have a problem." He whined.

Some of these are kinda going into OC-territory, but Reserving:

Lumaria (Marluxia's somebody) (Kingdom Hearts)
Dolur (Luxord's somebody)(Kingdom Hearts)
Aeleus (Lexaeus's somebody)(Kingdom Hearts)
Dilan (Xaldin's somebody)(Kingdom Hearts)
Even (Vexen's somebody)(Kingdom Hearts)

And with Aragorns' permission, I am also reserving:

Relena (Larxene's somebody)
Myde (Demyx's somebody)
Zexion (Ienzo's Nobody)

I know this is a lot, but the first five have been free for a long time (granted Lumaria and Dolur are half-OCs, as are Relena and Myde), and the last three I was given permission for.