RE: Mario's High School Days

[Spoilers for Persona 4 shall be placed here, fi you haven't completed the game or watched the animation, then do not this read this as there'll be no direct interaction with the current plot]

~Hospital~

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Yu listend intently at Minato and Minako's explanation, the Twelve Shadow's, Nyx's creation, Strega, SEES, Tartarus, everything, the idea of there being no tomorrow or today was unfathomable before Minako slapped her brother about this Ikutsuki betraying them, it seem their team went though a lot, especially considering the circumstances before being asked if there was anything else.

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"Then I suppose by your mention of the Universe, that means you were a 'Wild Card' in your battle." he said, he knew Naoto and Teddie wouldn't understand the true meaning behind those two words, but Yu had to guess they entere dteh velvet Room and met with the residents, as he recalled Margret speaking about her younger sister, Elizabeth who left for unknown reasons.



"Our time as persona Users was dangerous as well, but we didn't have the Dark Hour or Tartarus as you call it, we entered literally a TV that held a world within it where the Shadows dwelled, we had a killer using that method, throw someone in the TV and when the Fog came on our side, the Fog in that world lifts and the person would die." he explained and placed his hand back in his pocket. "Initially it was to find out what happened and my partner wanted to find out and from there we formed the Investigation Team after one my classmates was thrown inside, from there we learnt about Ameno-Sagiri, the one who was in control of the fog, the plan was to cover the world in Shadows, living an existence where the Truth would stay hidden." Yu took a moment to breathe and calm himself.



"The killer was a man I befriended during my tenure at Inaba who had manipulated Naro Namatame, the man who had an affair with the announcer Mayumi Yamano, Namatame thrown my friends in and..." He clenched his fist tightly. "Nanako-chan." he said with some underlying anger. "She was only a child and we...came close to losing her because of it.... but we learnt Nanatame wasn't the true culprit or the killer at all, his intentions were sounds, but misguided by the true killer, his name... is Tohru Adachi, he killed Yamano-san and konshi-san, and we learnt that Ameno-Sagiri was the cause behind the Fog, a God."

He looked at teddie and Naoto respectively and sighed. "We defeated him, lifting the fog in both worlds, but later we learnt it was condensed into another friend I made, Marie and helped her from her fate, but, there was a master behind the whole case, watching as we all run around, her name... was Izanami, I don't know fi she could be comparable to Nyx, she... only desired mankind's happiness, but e made the choice to decide our own decisions and find the Truth we all searched for." he closed his eyes to remember everything that had occurred.
"We had come a long way to be where we are now, and I'm sure you agree, your team as SEES done the same, so I would like to ask you one thing, can we perhaps work together? We may be Persona Users who experienced things no one would go through and... I think our powers will needed now more than ever to combat what we're facing." Yu offered his hand to the twins.

~Toshima, Riders, Rangers & Gokaigers-

Gokai Red fired his gun at a few of the weaker S-types as Joe masterfully used his sword to strike them down with Gokai Silver used his trident as Decade decided to unveil a Kamen Rider and pulled out a card and sloid it into his Decadriver and hit the sides. "Kamen Ride: Hibiki!" Decade form transformed into that of the corresponding Rider, wielding two shakers which lit on fire and he swung them, the fire becoming projectiles.

"You too?" CycloneJoker asked with Shotaro's voice and he jumped back from a weaker S-type and removed Joke Memory from the slot and slid it in the slot on his waist. "Joker! Maximum Drive!" it called out as CycloneJoker became surrounded ina small cyclone that raised his in the air and Shotaro called out. "Joker Extreme!" The ride slipt down the middle slightly and descended upon the S-type in question, causing an explosion.

"Rider Rocket Drill Kick!" Fourze came with his arm becoming a rocket literally with one of his feet turned into a yellow drill, cruising through some of the S-Types

"Connect~ Please!" Wizard's Driver sounded as a fire magci circle appeared beside him and he stuck his hand in and pulled out a weapon that resembled a gun and he twirled himself on his foot, firing as bullet coated in red energy were fired around, some about to hit allies had they not curved around with magic and connected with their enemies.

"Saa, It's showtime..." He said coolly.

~AOi vs CFW Magic?~

Aoi was immediately put on the defensive thanks to his comments by Magic and to back up, soone ror later, he'll be pinned down had Grey and Indigo Hearts saved him from that fate and he nodded at Grey Heart. "Just dandy." he said and heard the comment of owing Indigo. "Hai hai, just make sure the reward isn't an expensive one." he muttered and and brought his sword straight against the trident that blocked Magic's scythe and caused the lcoked weapons to unconnect and with rather timed precision, both he and Grey heart kicked Magic in the stomach to gain some room.

"Well, let's hurry and wrap this boss fight up shall we?" He asked his fellow Hearts.

~Toshima, with Marvy~

Marvy smiled at a familiar face, it was Broccoli. "Oh goodness me, Broccoli!" She said with a smile before some had interrupted them and Broccoli looked to where this person was and she did as well, threatening them if Broccoli had not added he sucked on at communicating. "Indeed, how rude to say that to a child, he wouldn't make a good father, that's for sure." Marvy inputted.

 

~Wolverine and Yukio's Home~​

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Peppy nodded and quickly got into the car with his thoughts wandering about.​

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~Gadd Science~​

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Shion, Dr. Crygor, Vexen, Gordon, the robot child, KOS-MOS, and TOM all quickly arrived at Gadd Science and proceeded to start entering the building. Shion and KOS-MOS on the other hand stood outside the building as Shion started to talk with a serious look to her eyes explaining "Now, you have to be careful when we enter. There's a man that is apart of the Government inside that you have never met before. Do not under any circumstance kill him...do you understand?". The expressionless KOS-MOS looked at Shion and said "Affirmitive, they will not be harmed". Shion then smiled and said "Good, now let's get to the professor" shortly before the two walked into the building.​

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E. Gadd sat in his office waiting as his employees started to enter before looking surprised at the two guests. Clapping his hands E. Gadd said with a cheer "TOM! It's been awhile since we last saw you here" shortly before Vexen looked at E. Gadd sternly as he explained "We found him at the memorial service. He had a pretty good speech although we told him about the discovery" "It's fine Vexen. He deserved to know...after all it was his ship. But I do have a theory on it" E. Gadd explained as Shion and KOS-MOS entered the room and sat down.​

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~Toshima District: Astral means business!~​

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Spoiler: BGM

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Astral floated above the bowl with its' arms crossed looking rather ticked off by the sudden events. Its' red eye started to glow brightly as it raised its' hands up saying in a dead-serious tone "I will not be made a fool of by some Nintendo High students!" causing every lesser S-Type in the Toshima district to stop attacking. Yoshi, Kirby, Bowser, Compa, IF, and Kairi all stopped and looked at the still S-Types in surprised confusion. Even ASIC, the captured CPUs, Inferno Obitus, and E. Tempura Wizard were surprised by the strange chilling presence that Astral was emmitting. The lesser S-Types started to sink though the floor transforming into puddles that pulsated with a blue light. Something started to come out of one of the puddles that resembled Astral in shape only those who saw it would notice that it's body and arms were red, its' head was an onage star-shaped crystal with a light-blue eye, and its' wings were an electric-purple.​

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"These are my personal elite S-Types...The Astral Praenunitus-S. This battle is over..you will perish" Astral said sternly with a expression that was dead-serious. The Astrals-S that spawned in front of the Rangers immediatly raised their hands forward while focusing encasing them in a orange light keeping them immobile while other Astrals-S fired orbs containing S-Type crystals directly into the hearts of all seven rangers. After a few moments the Astrals-S pulled the crystals out noticing that they had mutated while they were inside the hearts before releasing the Rangers from their grasp as the crystals floated near the Astrals-S.​

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"So, as an S-Type I will give you all one last chance to surrender. You do that and I will spare the lives of your friends and it will be like we never met each other" Astral said with a rather calm tone only for Arfoire to look up with anger and shouted "You keep out of my plans!" only for Astral to flat out ignore her as it said "Well, what do you say...you all surrender and we'll act like this incident never happened" Yoshi stormed up to the front of the crowd before pointing at Astral with anger on his face shouting "NO WAY! You knocked out two of our friends and still captured a whole bunch of girls! We're never going to fall for your smooth talk!" with Kirby, Compa, IF, and even Bowser nodding in agreement.​

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"Naturally you would resist as expected of stubborn people like yourselves. I also expected Zordon to send his squadron in to stop my plans and I am aware that Goddess Palutena is present here as well" Astral explained before Pit would hear a gasp of surprising shock in his head followed by Palutena asking in a state of shocked confusion "H-how!? That THING shouldn't even be aware of the gods!" shortly before Astral continued its' speech "The Skyworld and the Underworld will be invaded...eventually. None of your gods can save you..." shortly before its' body started to shift about erraticly as it began to transform.​

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Arfoire quickly flew out of range of Pit's attack before she once more began to fire projectiles upon the angel as she said looking rather surprised "I had no idea that being the True Goddess of Gamindustri would get the attention of your own Goddess. She is just jealous that I rule with an iron fist and she has to send her little helper in to try and ruin all the fun. I guess she's simply too old to come and face me herself". This struck a nerve as Palutena shouted "I wouldn't be so quick to point that out considering you look like an old hag. And even then I could beat you with one arm tied behind my back..but unfortunately for you I have other matters to deal with...like making Pit fly for instance"​

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CFW Judge turned around and started to rush at Yoshi and Kirby once again in a second charge attack. Pirachu started to wake up out of his daze looking scared as he muttered "The horror...the horror" shortly before his red gaze landed on Compa's chest causing him to become starstruck. Two Astrals-S freed the trapped E. Tempura Wizard before the food mage appeared in front of Sonic, Cybercon, and Falcom just as CFW Brave and CFW Trick came along with CFW Brave declaring "Let's have an honorable battle!" only for a speeding Metal Sonic to come by and kick him hard in the face sending him stumbling back as Metal landed in front of the two girls and organic copy. The Astrals-S were firing a volley of magical orbs at Bowser's back as he stood firm trying to protect Kairi as best as could while Compa and IF were having a hard time with both the Astrals-S and Inferno Obitus.​

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Things were also getting worse for the CPUs when an oily hand came out and grabbed Rom's leg making the White Sister scream in terror as she was pulled down. "ROM-CHAN!!!!" Ram shrieked looking rather scared before Vert had managed to grab the light-blue-sleeve of Rom's jacket looking strained as she said "I'm not going to let you drown below!" shortly before Rom looked up with a smile and tears in her eyes as she said "Thank you...sis". The hands came back out in full force and grabbed every one of the trapped CPUs causing them all to scream in terror before they were forced down into the oily depths below. The Containment Field was full of the oily substance. Arfoire started to laugh in triumph before swatting Pit out of the way with her weapon and flew up to Aoi, Clair, Gris, and Violette before she said sternly "You cannot defeat me...for I've finally won" shortly in which Indigo Heart, Gray Heart, Blue Heart, and Blue Sister would feel a sharp drop in share energy​

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"UNDEFEATABLE MY ASS!" a female voice shouted loudly from the sky. Arfoire looked up at the sky shortly before she was blasted away from the three CPUs and one candidate with five shots of electric-red light. Skidding along the ground Arfoire looked up to see a female CPU descend from the sky with neon reddish/pink hair and glowing blue eyes. Landing on the ground the blue eyed CPU spun what appeared to be a white and red gun before blowing on the barrel of it with a smirk saying "You're not undefeatable and you're not even a damn goddess. You will be punished sooner or later...even if I have to beat you to a bloody pulp!" shortly before she reconfigured her gun into a sword standing at the ready to fight.​

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[OOC: Permission has been given to me]​

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~Female Pokemon Trainers' Dorm~

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Spoiler: Leaf's Team

Leaf had been silent for a while, as though her mind was elsewhere, but when her name was said she perked up slightly, and looked carefully between her friends and roommates as she considered the specifics of what it was she wanted to say.
"I think..." she said, slowly, as though picking her words carefully. "...it's not always just as straight-forward as being strong enough to win, or just winning at all."
She looked at Luna, and after a moment, placed her hand on her shoulder comfortingly.
"Selene is your sister. She doesn't want to change you; she wants... to help you to realise something. Maybe battling her today will do just that for you."

OOC: Sorry this is so short. I've been... seriously out of it for a while now. Just trying to get back into the swing of things slowly...

 

Hospital:

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Minako stared at Teddie as Yu spoke, rehashing his journey as the Wild Card for them. Her crimson gaze emptied of the light-hearted sparkle, "So...you're a Shadow too... I've never heard of a Shadow that was able to gain a Persona...or a Shadow that wasn't, somehow, trying to destroy the world or kill someone." Naoto swallowed nervously, "I assure you, Teddie is a treasured friend and an ally. He's never once done something to harm us." Minako glared at Naoto out of the corner of her eye, "Don't be fooled so easily. Shadows are tricky creatures... Lemme guess...for a while, he didn't remember anything." Pushing himself up from the floor, Minato slapped Minako's back and accepted Yu's hand, "Doesn't matter... You and I hold the power to destroy any kind of Shadow. Plus, we've got bigger issues than one Shadow running around outside of...where was it...the TV?" Releasing Yu's hand, Minato slipped his hand into his pocket and gestured freely with his Evoker, "We are Wild Card holders. I didn't know there were more....or rather...I thought the power had to be passed on. There go all my theories about how people obtain this power." Rustling through his clothes, Minato pulled out a platinum bookmark, "Good...it's still here," he waved the platinum bookmark towards Yu, "You have something like this too, right? After all...I have a weird feeling you and I met someone with a lot of secrets." Minako uneasily pulled her own bookmark from the pocket of her hospital outfit, except hers was jade. Clutching it tightly, she poked at Teddie's arm, "You really do have the same eyes as Pharos... Oh! You should meet him! Right, Minato?" Shock ran through Minato and he shook his head quickly. Despite his protests, Minako cupped her hands around her mouth and spoke loudly, "OI, Pharos! Where are you? Come on out!" Naoto looked around after a minute of waiting, "Who--" "Hi again." Of all the crazy things, Naoto had seen, this was right up there with entering a TV. A boy wearing black and white striped pajamas had emerged from a shadow in the corner. His blue eyes were frighteningly bright. "You're...Pharos, I presume," Naoto said, attempting to reign herself in. Pharos took one long look at the trio and smiled eerily, "Yup. You have the same expression Minato had when I first met him," he laughed, "Are you friends of Minako and Minato, too?" Minako hugged the small boy happily, "I didn't think you'd appear. Y'know...cause it's not the Dark Hour and we're not in Tartarus. And...the thing with Nyx and you." Pharos' smile fell a bit as he clung to Minako, "It took a very long time...and I still don't quite understand it myself, but I'm pretty sure I'm here for good." His blue gaze lifted to Minato's blank face, "You look upset. Are you unhappy that I'm here?" Turning away, Minato sat down on the edge of his bed, "Not really..." almost reluctantly, he pointed at Pharos and spoke to Yu, "This is Pharos. He's been a sort of guide for us during our ordeal. He told us Fuuka would be essential...when each of the Twelve Shadows would appear and how to use the Evokers...well, maybe just me. It seemed to come to Minako much more naturally." Pharos lifted one hand to his head, his fingers forming a gun. Winking at them, he pretended to pull the trigger, imitating how they used the Evoker. "Persona...right?" Scowling, Minato avoided meeting anyone's gaze, "Yeah... I don't particularly like this kid...he's far too cryptic and that memory is a serious issue. Not to mention all the breaking and entering." Minako, having recovered her joyful smile, looked up to Teddie, "Sorry...about what I said. Pharos is also kinda a Shadow. He's...well, he's the Thirteenth Shadow, Death, just in a harmless form. Pharos has been inside Minato and my subconscious for the entire seven years since Death was sealed inside us. Minato may not like him, but I love him~" Naoto pointed vaguely at the bookmark in Minato's hand, "Who gave you that bookmark? You said it was someone you and Senpai have met before?" Minato glanced at the bookmark, "Elizabeth gave it to me. Just like Theo gave Minako hers. I'm sure you met them...right?" Minato turned an almost desperate gaze on Yu, seeking the answer he wanted to hear.

Toshima:

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Falcom stared at Sonic and Metal Sonic, "Hey, they're racking up a score here! Cybercon, we're gonna fall behind at this rate." Cybercon slid her feet apart, "Then we'll make the charts skyrocket with our attacks!" Falcom grinned at Sonic, "Sorry, but we don't really need help. Though it is appreciated. Now I don't have to worry about things falling on my head while I cut up this big lug." Unintentionally, the pair had decided the battle as a competition against the odd blue hedgehog duo and charged towards CFW Brave. Falcom shouted back towards Sonic, "Keep the mage off us and we'll handle the ground units!"
CFW Magic skidded a ways back from the double kick, snarling at the multiple CPU's. "More of them..." before her attention was diverted to the new CPU attacking Arfoire herself. "Ugly CPU! Keep your hands off our Goddess! Arfoire-sama, I'll handle the runt!" Without a second glance back at Aoi, Clair, Gris and Violette, Magic leapt into the air, speeding towards the new CPU. She collided with the CPU in a violent hip-check. "Shut up, you b!tch!"

Within the containment field, as the Goddesses were drowning in the oily liquid, a bright light from their phones cracked through the murky darkness. The light expanded, surrounding the Goddesses and cleared away the liquid filling their lungs, giving them a growing bubble of light to breathe inside. In the center of the bubble a blue haired girl appeared. The light originating from her. Belle stared in awe, "What the..." Soon the containment field began to crack, Sei's voice could be heard inside the CPU's heads, "Onee-sama, you didn't really think I gave you that game because I had no social skills, did you? Daisuki desu." (I love you)

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Shiki glared at Marvy, "Who the hell wants to be a father?" Broccoli shrugged off his words, "Shiki has delusions that he will die in a glorious battle, nyu. Either way, we should help out, nyu. Nep is helpless without me, nyu." Quietly, Gema started to bounce forwards towards the battle. Irritated, but none-the-less provoked, Shiki stood still, watching the battle unfold into it's final stages.

 

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-Toshima-

"Dante, Rangers, are you guys alright?! What happened?!" Kengo shouted, looking at them. Tommy answered, "We're fine, Kengo. Though I have a bad feeling about what happened." "You think so, Tommy?" Dante said, slashing through a weaker S-Type. James and Nala just wondered what happened to them with the others, while Billy attacked with the Power Lance while Kimberly shot a arrow with the Power Bow.Den-O Sword Form was slashing with the Red Ranger while OOO used the Tora Claws to attack. Gokai Yellow and Gokai Pink swapped their Sabre and Guns, Gokai Yellow slashed with Den-O and the Red Ranger while Gokai Pink shot with the Pink Ranger. Using the Grappling Hook of the Sabre, Gokai Black slashed at the S-Types.

Clair gasped as she felt her power disappeared, Violette flew as fast as she could to CFW Magic and hit her with all her strength. Gris managed to fly and slashed at her with her trident.



-Hospital-

Big watery tears appeared in Teddie's eyes, smiling big. It almost seems that Teddie was speechless at what was happening and was so happy that someone exactly liked him for who he was despite what he was a long ago.



-Detective Agency-

Hermione looked up out of one of the windows of the agency, greatly worried about Shotaro and Philip and hoped that they were alright. She looked at the number to the Stag Phone Shotaro had. Still debating about calling them, Hermione took a breath to calm herself down from the worry and continued on what she was doing earlier.



-Remus' Home-

"Sirius, do you know where dad went?" Harry said, sitting with his sleeping adopted siblings. Sirius looked at him and shrugged, wondering where his childhood friend were and looked around the house for his friend.

 

~Hospital~

Yu listened to the conversation and Pharos's unexpected appearance, then again, he seemed to have just appeared out of nowhere, almost like a ghost or similarly, but then Minato and Minako shown their bookmarks, being platinum and jade respectively, and he knew what that referenced to the Persona Compendium and he put his hand in his jack and pulled out a rather similar bookmark but golden funnily enough.

"Margret gave me mine, she did mention Elizabeth-san." he said and stared at them. "Of course, I did have to fight her so I suspect you both did as well." he said with a hidden painful expression, velvet Room residents weren't exactly ones to hold back and were a right dilemma to fight, so they'd probably faced that situation as well.

~Toshima, Marvy~

Marvy nodded at her. "Then let's go save Neppy!" She said to her with a confident expression on her face.

~Toshima, Battle CPU~

Aoi felt a sudden drop of energy within his body from Arforie's attack and he dropped out of HDD before to the ground and crashed to the ground as he stabbed his sword into the ground and used it as support to stand. "The hell? I feel weaker all of a sudden... did that last attack absorb my power?" he thought to himself, that seemed impossible as shares were based on the people's faith in the CPU's so, either the old hag had many believers behind her or someone done a backstab and converted the faith of the people to Arforie.

~Toshima, Spandex's~

Decade slashed a S-Type with his sword and ran ah and along the blade. "Let's hurry and finish this and get to the centre of all this, any objections?" he asked as W removed the Cyclone and Joker memories and switched them out with two different ones and done the transformation motion. "HeatMetal!" As Kamen Rider W was red and silvery metal with a staff latched on his back.

"Sounds like an idea, let's settle it." Shotaro's voice sounded from W as Fourze nodded and removed a Switch. "Then i'm going to try this!" he replaced the Rocket Switch with the Elek Switch and switched it on, his arm covered in gold and wielding a sword and sliced an S-type, shocking but shocking himself in the process.

"Luppachi magic touch to go, Luppachi magic touch to go!" Haruto's driver sounded as he scanned a ring. "Koi-nee! Special... Kick Strike, Saikou!" as Wizard's foot was engulfed in flames and he chartwhelled and abck flipped before leaping in the air to deliever a Rider Kick to a S-tybe.

"Gokai Change!" Gokai red called out as his suit transformed into a different one, becoming MagiRed as the Mobirates called out. "Magiranger!" as Joe changed into ShinkenBlue as his mobirates called out. "Shinkenger!" and Gai done the same, only with a different suit. "MegaRanger!"
MagiRed sent a torrent of fire at his enemies while ShinkenBlue sliced with perfect precision and MegaSilver firing with his gun mode.

 

~Gadd Science~​

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"Yeah, no offense to you general but you should have been here minutes beforehand" Vexen explained before pointing at an open window adding "KOS-MOS just went out the window with Ms. Uzuki in pursuit, I mean her eyes turned blue and she just jumped out the window" as he crossed his arms with a gruff expression. "Yes, she was rather cryptic...something about the danger of others and the destiny of the Praenunitus" Dr. Crygor added in explaining with a smile just as Peppy came rushing into the office panting as he asked "Elvin, I saw a woman with light-blue hair jump out of the building!" shortly before E. Gadd said calmly "That would be KOS-MOS...well KOS-MOS version III to be precise" shortly before Vexen stood up and shouted "I knew we shouldn't have tried to remake that thing after what happened before! Now it's out killing everyone again!" "Excuse me, but what is he going on about?" Peppy asked looking slightly confused before Dr. Crygor intervened with sadness on his face explaining "Project KOS-MOS has been in development for around eight years...but we had a very bad incident occur within the first year of development. Vexen, Elvin, Myself, Shion, and others were involved in that incident". E. Gadd then interrupted with grief on his face as he explained "Word never got out to the public about the incident..but the KOS-MOS archetype was developed under my orders"​

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"We're still not entirely sure what had happened but KOS-MOS had activated by herself and began to slaughter and kill various scientists. She also managed to amputate Dr. Crygor requiring his cybernetic implants, made Vexen angry and insane, and killed the Chief Engineer and Shion's Fiancee...Kevin Winnicot" E. Gadd explained sternly with a hint of seriousness on his face. "Yes, I had managed to destroy the Archetype before she had managed to kill Shion. But I told Elvin that the project should be scrapped!" Vexen added looking quite irritated as E. Gadd explained "But Shion convinced me it was simply an error with the reconization system and that the Archetype didn't harm her at all". Vexen then stared at his superior and shouted "Yet you promoted her to the head of the KOS-MOS project!" "Because she was the only other person who knew the KOS-MOS OS and how KOS-MOS worked! Now don't question my decision Vexen!". Vexen grunted and sat back down with Dr. Crygor explaining "We only had one year to rebuild from the Archetype to Version I before the S-Types came in full force..so Gadd Science got in cahoots with the government in order to get the funds needed"​

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~Toshima District: Undefeatable!?!~​

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The female CPU was knocked back a few feet before quickly regaining her footing and simply scoffed CFW Magic commenting with a smirk "You're just a little ****ty whore who worships the old hag. You're not that much of a threat" just before Arfoire placed a hand on CFW Magic's chest giving one simple order "This CPU is mine..." and blasted forward. The two collided and started to clash with a fury of sparks. "CPU Crimson Heart...correct?" Arfoire asked rather calmly without as much as raising her tone shortly before the CPU said "Yeah, I'm Crimson Heart alright...and you're just the old hag that's the True Goddess of Gamindustri" "I am the True Goddess...and your shares are plummeting quickly CPU" "Like hell I'm going to sit back and let you kill these people!" "I'm afraid you have no say in the matter. The people are already noticing who they should worship..." with Crimson Heart starting to look rather strained under Arfoire's ever-increasing power. Afoire however didn't notice that the containment field was pulsating with a white light and cracking until there was a loud glass-shattering boom. As the two continued to clash a large white axe came smashing into Arfoire's head sending her back quite a bit.​

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Spoiler: BGM

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The axe arced into the air as it spun back towards its' owner who caught it. Arfoire looked up before Blanc's voice shouted aloud "Hey b!tch! You made the one mistake....never...ever mess with the real CPUs!". Arfoire's gaze then noticed twelve freed CPUs that stood where the containment field had been..all in HDD. Pirachu noticed this with shock on his face yelling "Sonofabitch! They're free!". Vert looked at Arfoire with clear irritation on her face as she said calmly "Nepgear, Uni...cover Ram and Rom's eyes and ears...what you're about to see isn't very lady-like of me" with Black and Purple Sister closing their eyes. Purple Heart, Black Heart, White Heart, and Green Heart slowly walked towards Arfoire with Noire speaking up "You know, if I was in a good mood I would congratulate you for managing to outsmart and trap us" "But we're not in the mood since you almost killed us and used us as a part of some complicated plan." "Yeah, using your little followers and **** just to become all powerful and tried to kill those we know and love. Such BS" "You know Bar Whore...the four of us only have two words for you".. Arfoire snarled with anger on her face "Oh yeah..what would those two words be from those who are losing power quickly". The four CPUs looked at one another before looking at Arfoire with smirks as they raised their middle fingers up at Arfoire with Blanc saying coldly "Fu*k you"​

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This gesture caused Arfoire to become very pissed off as she brust forward screaming "HOW DARE YOU!!!!" before swinging her weapon at the girls..only to be met with a *clang* as the four stood firm with their weapons out blocking Arfoire's swing. Neptune casually yawned as she said sarcasticly "Seriously? Is this all you got Bar Whore?" with Noire adding in "You're not really THAT impressive. ya know" simply shruging Arfoire's attack as the CPU Candidates flew in to join the battle with Ram yelling with a smirk "Let's just finish her off!" causing Neptune to kick Arfoire up into the air. Ram and Rom stood back to back pointing their staffs at Arfoire before casting a speedy ice spell that encased her in a star-shaped shard of ice. Vert and Noire quickly rushed into the air and slammed into Arfoire's sides as Uni fired a large beam of energy that pierced through Arfoire's body. Blanc sped into the air and slammed her axe with tremendous force on Arfoire's had gritting her teeth as she screamed "NOW!". Neptune and Nepgear sped up into the sky and started to descend quickly from the sky with their feet out spinning like a large purple-flamed drill. The duo slammed directly into Arfoire's chest making a large colorful cube of energy form as the eight CPUs landed on the grond and snapped their fingers causing a massive explosion of Purple, White, Black, and Green energy before Arfoire fell to the ground barely concious as the Share Energy started to rise once more.​

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Crimson Heart crossed her arms with a smirk as she muttered "Well damn, they beat her good. Rather surprising though" shortly before Pururut walked up to Crimson Heart and said with a sly smile "Oh little Kurenai-chaaaan <3. So busty and full of angry fire...if we weren't in a fight right now I would make you happy" as she wrapped her arms around Crimson Heart's waist and gently started to grope her breasts. Crimson Heart freaked out and jabbed into Pururut's stomach sending Iris Heart reeling back as she said "Dammit! I am not one of your pets! I normally hate your beasty acts but your mother would kick my ass if you died. So I came to help" causing Pururut to smile cutely as she said "D'awwwww. Little Kurenai came to save me..I think you deserve a reward!" "DAMMIT, NO WAY!"​

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Astral's body finished transforming as Bowser notice that its' body had become somewhat more human with four long fingers and a thumb while having pointy feet connected to a pair of long legs, there was also a pulsating electric-blue line that stemmed from the arms and legs directly to Astral's heart. Astral's wings reappeared on it's back as it landed with a thud smirking at everyone that stood before its' red gaze saying coldly "I'm done playing around witth you people...." before vanishing quickly in a dark orb. Astral reappeared behind Fuuka and clutched the sides of her head before immediatly scanning her brain. Astral then kicked Fuuka hard in the back hard enough to send her flying forward as it vanished again. Reappearing behind Falcom and Cybercon Astral grabbed their heads and started to spin around with their heads still in its' hands, it then threw them hard at the wall across from it as it quickly fired and onslaught of black fireballs at them.​

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Bowser quickly ran with determination towards the flying Fuuka and caught her quickly sending the big turtle back a bit..only for three bolts of lightning to strike them both down to the ground with Astral's hands crackling with electricity. Focusing quickly Astral made Metal Sonic float up enveloped within the same blue light before ripping hs head, arms, and legs apart. It then threw Metal's head and body hard at Sonic and Pit's stomachs knocking them to the ground. A pair of Astrals-S appeared behind Thor, Loki, Luna, and Vanellope while Astral began to focus with a bright aura surrounding it. Every Astral-S in Toshima started to twitch with those in the battle noticing their eyes changing from light-blue to red with Astral's voice speaking aloud "Assuming direct control!" before the Astrals-S pointed their hands at Thor's Group, The Rangers, Riders, Gokaigers, and those within the bowl that weren't S-Types or ASIC with Astral smirking and saying calmly "Fire...". The Astrals-S were quickly casting powerful explosive spells that would knock their targets down to the grround immediatly with Astral's overwhealming power truly being felt in the area. Astral looked over the fallen warriors that laid before it laughing maniacly. However on the ground there was a small, unoticeable twitch being made from a set of brothers as Peach screamed. A red and green firey glow would be noticeable as the Astrals-S turned towards the military.​

 

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~Toshima~​

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Sonic could hardly collect his thoughts after all that had happened just now. First Metal Sonic appears and is actually helping, and before Sonic was able to say a word to the robot copy, it was ripped apart in front of him, it's body parts used as ammunition against Sonic and Pit. But even before the blue hedgehog or Angel guardian could gather themselves after the powerful blow, they were bombarded with even stronger explosive spells.​

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Sonic was hurt badly, but even through the pain he managed to stay awake...barely.​

"N-Not...Cool..." Sonic mumbled as he struggled to even get up on his knees.​

Sonic's hearing was...Muffled, at best due to the explosions, and his eye sight was blurred.​

"...nic..."​

Sonic continued to try and stand, fighting through the excruciating pain he was in.​

"...onic!..."​

Sonic was beginning to notice his name being spoken, though he couldn't make out who's voice was saying it.​

"I just...Gotta...Stand up..."​

Sonic was finally on his feet, but still he trembled. He took a moment to look around at the condition of everyone else who'd taken a hit, but it was still hard for him to see anything.​

"Sonic!" Said a deep voice in a somewhat angered-yet-concerned tone.​

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Sonic's ears twitched as he heard his name yet again. He turned to see the blurry-yet-familiar face of Shadow the Hedgehog looking at him from afar, with the military behind him.​

"Sh-Shadow?"​

Shadow quickly sped over to Sonic and helped him stand all the way up.​

"What happened?" Shadow asked.​

Sonic raised his arm and pointed to Astral.​

"He happened..."​

Shadow held out his free arm and in it appeared a larger-than-normal gold ring, which he handed to Sonic.​

Sonic took the ring and gripped it tight, absorbing the ring's healing power and causing the ring itself to shrink and eventually disappear.​

Sonic's body was still a bit beat up, but now he was able to function properly.​

"Thanks. Got any ideas?"​

Shadow was silent.​

"No. The enemy here is too strong. I'd suggest letting the military handle the rest of it, but-"​

"I ain't running away, if that's what you're suggesting."​

Shadow smirked slightly.​

"As confident as ever, aren't you?"​

"You know it."​

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Just then, Pit had risen to his feet not too far away from Sonic and Shadow.​

"Ow...That's gonna hurt for a while..." Pit groaned, rubbing his back.​

Pit dismissed the Viper Blade, as it proved to be useless against his current targets.​

"Maybe it's time to go for a more ranged approach...But what weapon?"​

Pit thought for a moment, before recalling the name that Shadow was calling out to mere moments before hand.​

"That's it!"​

Pit held out his hands in a way that looked like he was holding a large weapon, before the weapon itself materialized in his hands.​

"Sonic Cannon, ready to go."​

Pit's new weapon, the Sonic cannon, began to glow as it charged up.
The cannon locked on to Astral. All that was left to do was for Pit to pull the trigger.
"Eat this, scumbag!" Pit opened fire on Astral, forgetting a crucial factor that would make his attempt at dealing a blow against the enemy all for nothing.
Astral had eyes everywhere via the Astrals-S. It could see everything.

 

Toshima:

CFW Magic ducked Violette and blocked Gris' trident. "Futile!" Her attention turned to Arfoire as the CPU's broke free, striking at Arfoire. "ARFOIRE-SAMA!" Shoving Gris and Violette back, she moved to go to the aid of her Goddess when Kuro and Belle appeared in front of her, trapping her between Gris, Violette and themselves. "It's over!" "No...NO! I'LL KILL YOU!" She slashed at Belle with her scythe only to be blocked by Kuro's sword. "You're the one who's gonna be killed!" The pair of CPU's struck Magic down, sending her colliding into the ground.
Fuuka felt Astral's power rise, Lucia vanishing as she lost concentration. Having her brain scanned and then kicked through the air, Fuuka cried out in pain. Her slender body curling inwards as she was caught by Bowser and then jolted by lightning. Unconscious, Fuuka oddly remembered the first time she entered Tartarus... Why wasn't her power as evolved as it once was? Had her heart fallen back into that slump she'd been in before? Would Lucia remain Lucia...or would she evolve into Juno again if she was able to change a bit more? Her mind repeated these questions until everything went black.
Slammed against a wall, Falcom and Cybercon were only able to glimpse a moment of the onslaught of fireballs coming at them. Covered in burn marks, the girls struggled to push themselves up. "Hurts... Falcom...a-are you..." Watching Falcom fall back to the ground, Cybercon grit her teeth against the pain radiating through her body.
Shiki noticed Astral's actions and rushed in front of Broccoli and Marvy, pulling them into the circle of his arms, shielding them from a majority of the damaging explosive spells. Shiki glowed an emitted a purple aura, somehow remaining kneeling over the girls, his face contorted with pain. Broccoli looked up at Shiki, her brown eyes wide, "Why did you...? You're really dumb, nyu." He cracked open a red eye and glared down at her, "Shut the hell up...you damn brat. This freak...is going to destroy Toshima at this rate. I was hoping they'd draw out Nicole...but this kind of chaos is going to drive him away. I'll kill it...." Standing, Shiki drew his katana and started walking slowly towards Astral, the wounds on his back from the explosion healing at a rapid rate.

Hospital:

Minato nodded, "Elizabeth didn't pull any punches..." Minako, however, looked rather happy from the memory, "I dunno why you're so depressed. Theo was just as strong as Elizabeth and Margaret...but at least he was polite about it." Shaking his head, Minato resisted the urge to shake her, "You'd think that would make it worse." Pharos wormed out of Minako's hug and peered up at Teddie. Oddly knowing blue eyes crinkled as he smiled, "You're special too, huh? Sounds fun." His eyes shifted to Yu and a wary look passed through blue depths, "Someone like Minato and Minako...who didn't sign a contract. I suppose...things were really different with you. Your heart is unique...introverted but with an unexpected ability to express yourself. I see...chosen by Izanami." "Is that name familiar to you, Pharos?" The boy shrugged, "Not one bit. But the past hardly matters now. You all have a new ordeal to face. Something a bit more challenging than before. Honestly, I worry if you can overcome this one. There are many leaves on a tree, but roots always run deep into darkness. So be careful." Minato glowered at the boy, "Riddles again." Naoto, lost in the conversation, but still keeping an eye on the peculiar way Pharos held himself. Like he was very important and yet still uncomfortable with being the center of attention. If she took him to a doctor, like they had Teddie, would they also not be able to find anything out about him? This boy was just as much a mystery as Teddie. "The rest of your team...do they know the things you do, Minato-san?" Minato shook his head, "To a certain degree. I've no idea what happened to them after we fell asleep. Nobody knows about Pharos though...we were the only ones who could see him before."

 

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Struggling to stand, the Rangers, the Riders, and the Gokaigers gasped for air, James gasped, noting to himself this wasn't how he expected his first fight as a Ranger to go, but he didn't regret having been chosen as one. Nala was thinking the same, as well as she was great to have accepted her new role. Dante gasped as he felt the demonic instincts rising in him and slowly beginning to appear, changing into his demon form. Luka tried to protect Ahim and aim her Gokai Gun at the S-Types while Don and Basco tried to stand and fight. Kengo watched and wished there was something he could do to help them.



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Teddie looked at Pharos in surprise before he vanished, he had never another Shadow like himself and was utterly speechless, without witty remark, comment, or anything to say. He softly smiled, knowing there was another being like him somewhere in the world and really happy to have met Minako and Minato to know that fact. He took his breath to calm himself down.



-Detective Agency-

Setting up the revised sign for the agency, Hermione looked around before heading back into the agency and turned on the radio to listen if there was any news or something about what Philip and Shotaro were doing. She took a breath, telling herself that they were fine and she was just checking to make sure as their chief.

 

~Toshima, Staggered Spandex!~

Explosions occurred on the Riders, Gokaigers and Rangers as the explosive spells made contact and the dust cleared, revealing rather weakened warriors with their weapons dug into the ground and on their knees or lying face down or on their backs, smoke coming off the suits, it was quite lucky, they were quite durable to survive such attacks but of course it would still hurt like hell and if enough damage is done, their transformations would disappear, the suits weren't invincible after all.

"They still had this up their sleeve? Sneaky monsters." GokaiRed said with a bit of heavy undertone as Joe stared up at the -Stypes, struggling to stand again but his body wouldn't obey and Gai was trying the same. "If we don't get up...the Earth will be...!" he didn't want to think of what would happen if they fallen here.

"What arrogant creatures." Decade muttered as he too was on his knee and the Ride Booker to be used as support. "Now I'll really destroy them all." he said with a bit of boast as Wizard was the same. "We are...the final hope for everyone who lives on this planet...so, I won't give into despair!" he stated with convinction as Double spoke in Shotaro's voice. "Heh, that's right... we won't give up, we won't make the inhabitants of this word shed tears again." he added.

~Toshima, CPU's~

Aoi smiled, the new band of CPU's was more than enough for CFW Magic to handle and looked at them. "Let's go for an all-out CPU bash!" he cried out and charged forward towards Magic, sword raied as blue flames covered his blade and he struck where Magic fell. "Take this, Super Special Move! BLUE FLAME!" he said, slicing across Magic's body.

~Persona Crew~

Yu wasn't surprised about Minato's comment about Elizabeth's strength, after all, he faced her during the Grand Prix and noticed Pharos's eyes gazed upon him talking about a contract but he seemed to know Izanami, he wondered if this child knew her but Minato's question blew that thought away and he riddled them cryptically, something about a bigger ordeal and the only hints were about a tree and how far the roots would go, if he recalled, Igor said something about a great mystery being forced upon him and if he didn't see through it, his future would be forever lost, that came in the Inaba Murders and the Fog as Naoto asked them if the other members of his team knew what the twins knew but it seemed it was up to certain amount.

"Of course, how else would you explain about the Velvet Room to someone? Yosuke did wonder how many Personas I held once, but I couldn't just possibly tell them I see Cards before me and I grab one to gain a new Persona or a Arcana." Yu thought to himself, only people who knew at least one of the existence of a Velvet Room resident was Margret during their Winter Vacation to save Marie, he did jokingly turn Igor and the Velvet Room into a Ghost Story, then again, there was the Culture Festival and Margret somehow came posing as a fortune teller, man, was he lucky that AI didn't get the answer she wanted.

"Well, my team is kind of... spread out at the moment." Yu admitted, it was only by luck that Naoto happened to come by to investigate the attack and Teddie being well, Teddie, he didn't know what the others were up to nowadays, from what he gathered, Yosuke still was a part-timer at Junes along with Teddie, Yukiko was learning how to manage the Amagi Inn so she can take over, Rise went back to her Idol work and boy, did her return cause a spark in the fanbase and Kanji was running the textile shop, making dolls or whatever there was despite his appearance.

"But I suppose I ought to bring them back together." He said with a thoughtful expression, it would be nice to return to those times again, then again, when was anything ordinary for the Investigation Team?

~Toshima, Marvy, Broc and Shiki~

"Just...what is he?" Marvy asked as she watched Shiki cover for them and his wounds healing rather quickly.

 

Luna looked at Leaf. "I guess you're right... But I'd feel a lot more confident if I knew what I was supposed to realize." She sighed and sat on the bed again. This was just giving her such unnecessary stress. It was bad enough that she had a contest tomorrow, but she figured that if she lost to Selene, getting out there and being fabulous would be just the thing to make her feel better. "What about Red? I'm sure he can help, can't he?" Luna asked. Red seemed like he knew what he was doing. Then again, he didn't actually want to be champion, he just wanted to one-up Blue. "...Nevermind."

OOC: Sorry for shortness, I am pressed on time.

 

~Toshima District: Blazing Climax!! Soul Bros. Unison!!~​

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Astral just grinned as it smacked the shot of the Sonic Cannon away yelling "You cannot stop fate, Angel Boy!" shortly before blasting Shiki with a strong ice spell that would freeze him to the ground "Just face it, if this is the best that Toshima...no...that Tokyo has to offer then I might as well simply destroy this entire district with you all in it!". Bowser groaned in pain wincing while holding onto Fuuka as he snarled "Damn....that thing's strong..." falling to his knees. Noire looked on with fury on her face as she leaned against her sword yelling "How could that thing be even stronger than the Goddesses!?" with Vert holding Blanc up looking distressed and damaged with Vert asking "Is that thing unstoppable?" with Yoshi and the others in pain trying to move. Astral simply scoffed as it said "I will admit, you did put up quite an effort...but that effort was all for nothing" not noticing that the burning orbs behind him were pulsating with a burning white. Turning to face Shiki with its' red eye Astral said "Akira would be surprised that you decided to defend two little girls who mean less to you than all of the people you have murdered" shortly before there was a loud booming explosion and two pillars of red and green fire behind Astral. Inferno Obitus and E. Tempura Wizard watched the pillars. KOS-MOS also jumped onto the roof staring at the visible firey pillars with a lack of emotion on her face. Everyone would also notice the two pillars of fire as Astral turned around yelling "WHAT!?!" in absolute shock as two familiar figures stepped out from the fire.​

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Spoiler: The Triumphant Return!

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"Hey Astral! Do you remember what I said" Mario asked with a intense glare from red eyes and his fists curled up. Luigi gritted his teeth as he said loudly "Well you're going to remember the names Mario and Luigi!". Astral started to growl in anger with anger showing in its' eye before yelling "I will be damned if I let you two of all people defeat me!!!". Peach and everyone else looked at the transformed Mario Bros. in shock and surprise. KOS-MOS blinked and calmly watched the new developments unfold.​

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Mario and Luigi rushed in and slammed their fists together into Astral's face hard sending the S-Type Commander flying into the air and collided with the side of a building busting all of the windows in it from the force. Astral stared outwards looking pissed before flying out and attempted to punch both Mario Bros only to meet with their fists making a rather loud thundering boom with a rush of wind being felt from the collision. Luigi looked at Mario as the Bros exchanged kicks with Astral saying with a stern face "Mario, leave this thing to me. You go rescue Peach!" before Mario nodded and jumped back away from Astral and Luigi's fight. Mario quickly ran at Peach with determination on his face as Astrals-S appeared in front of him. Mario grit his teeth with his fists glowing in a fury of red fire as he punched the Astrals-S out of his way yelling "You're not going to stop me!!!". The Astrals-S collided with the walls in the bowl looking rather injured as red fire crackled on their persons. Mario jumped high into the air before grabbing the Astrals-S that latched onto Peach's arms ripping them off and throwing them aside in a fury of fire as he forcibly kicked the third Astral-S off Peach. The two fell with a worried Peach screaming shortly as they landed on the ground safely. Mario set Peach down before rejoining the battle.​

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Astral and Luigi were trading a flurry of magic/fire-infused punches and kicks leaving small green flames that dotted Astral's body shortly before Luigi grinned and pulled his fists back as they started crackling with a combination of green fire and lightning. "Luigi Special: SUPER ELECTRICAL EXPLOSION PUNCH!!!!" Luigi shouted before slamming his fists into Astral's stomach making a large green explosion of crackling electricity as it sent Astral into the air spinning about in confusion. "OH HELL NO!" Inferno Obitus shouted with a angry glare before he and E. Tempura Wizard rushed up to Luigi only for Mario to run right in front of them smirking and waving a finger at them going "No no no...." before launching into a flurry of quick burning punches that sent E. Tempura Wizard flying backwards and Inferno Obitus into a daze as Mario was wailing on the Hell's Death Guardian. Mario stopped the combo and jumped onto Inferno Obitus' body grabbing his head and pulled hard sending the large S-Type into a screaming roar before being split into two different S-Types. One of the Guardian of Hell Inferno while the other was the Guardian of Death Obitus. Mario then jumped onto the skull of Obitus and bounced on it for about three minutes before jumping off of the stunned S-Type and rejoined Luigi.​

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Spoiler: Climax Time!!!

Astral was now really pissed as it stopped and warped into the middle of the sky shouting "THAT'S IT!!! I'm gonna kill all of you right now!!!" as it raised its' hands starting to charge a large swirling sphere of blue and black energy as Astral's head tilted to the side laughing loudly. Mario and Luigi gasped with an expression of sheer shock as the sphere started to grow to the point where it was as big as the entire Toshima District. "Luigi! We have to stop that thing right now!" Mario said aloud with his eyes looking at the deadly orb that stood above their heads. The Bros. looked at each other and made an insane smirk at each other with glowing eyes. Mario jumped onto Luigi's shoulders once more before the two jumped into the air and began to spin rapidly with red and green fire enevloping their bodies as it took the form of a large burning phoenix and blasted off towards Astral. "You ready for the Climax, Luigi!" "Yes I'm ready! Let's finish this off with a bang of intensity unlike what's never seen before!" "This is the start of a revolution Astral. And it all begins with your defeat!!!" "Let's Go! PHOENIX BROS: CLIMAX FINALE!" the Mario Bros. shouted in unison with the screech of a Phoenix echoing in the starry sky before they collided with Astral and the large ball of energy causing a massive blinding explosion of white with Astral screaming in sheer pain and terror. Mario and Luigi gently dropped to the rocky ground below as they adjusted their hats. Mario gave a victory sign with his fingers with Luigi giving a thumbs up. However the Bros. failed to notice Astral's winged head falling directly into E. Tempura Wizard's hands as Inferno remerged with the dazed Obitus. With shock on his face that Astral had been defeated E. Tempura Wizard shouted "Retreat! RETREAT! RETREAT!!!" as all of the S-Types quickly grabbed the various ASIC members and sunk through the ground in a rushed hurry. However there was a small flying camera in the sky that had been watching the entire Toshima battle closely.​

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~Unknown Location~​

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Sitting in a large chair was a young woman that had been watching the events of Toshima with heterochromatic brown and blue eyes focused on a large flat-screen that had began to play back with a smirk on her face saying "Well, looks like you've finally been had Praenunitus. Your mind couldn't even see that coming" as she brushed her long brown with red-streak hair out of the way and turned around placing a hand on a large black desk. Her eyes then looked at the figure that was before her eyes as she said with a smile "Hello there Agent Ashinuma. Come sit down and have a large cigar or something. I have alot of things to discuss with you pertaining to the recent events that have been going on throughout the entirety of Tokyo" before pressing a button on a small black keyboard that halted the video and brought up a map of Tokyo. "So, as a recap...alot of strange things have been going on all throughout Tokyo all within the last seven years or so. We're not entirely sure what exactly all of it is about...but there have been alot of connected events. The attack on Nintendo High School, the attack at the Shibuya 109 building, and the attack in Toshima...all three attacks involved the entities refered to as the S-Types. But there has also been action from the terrorist organization known as the Crystal Order."​

 

-Gadd's Office-

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After a while of the writer of this post doing nothing but sit on his rear end and look back and forth between tabs, a familiar Chaser walked into the building. His chainsaw was currently hidden. Jack took a look around, then spoke when nearby. "So, anyone mind filling me in on what sort of crap has been going on lately?"

-Toshima Alleyway-

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As the battle slowly came to an end, Janus and his lackeys looked on as Astral had been eliminated. Clearly, Dario and Romero were both shaking with mouths gaping, while Janus himself was sweating from the heart delivered by the Mario Bros. He slowly began to go back into the alley to prevent being spotted, the other two mercs following after him behind the building where the alleyway connected.
"Er, Boss? Think we're in for something we've never seen?"
"Why not? Two pipsqueaks throw balls of fire is proof enough. Whatever those things were, they must leave behind some sort of reputation. Where there's a group of inhuman blokes wanting to tear the place apart, there's work."
"Sure hope it's not back-breaking..." A smack upside the head by Janus and Romero shut up.

 

Toshima:

"A monster, nyu." Frozen solid to the ground, Shiki was about to break free when Astral spoke a name he hadn't heard aloud for years. The familiar blood lust he'd felt before vanished along with the odd purple aura. To Broccoli, it appeared as if their Dark Horse had simply given up. 'Akira, hm? A name familiar to Shiki, nyu,' she thought as she watched the Mario brothers tear Astral apart.
Having been beaten and additionally burned by Aoi, Magic was nearly unconscious by the time the S-Types pulled back.

Once ASIC and the S-Types had vanished, Shiki broke free from the ice and without a word to Broccoli, headed off further towards the ruined portion of Toshima where the Igra tournament was still being held. She watched him leave and quickly rolled over to the CPU's, "Are you all alright, nyu? I didn't know Goddess' could actually lose a fight and still make it look like they won, nyu." Kuro whimpered, "That hurts, Broccoli...you shouldn't say such cruel things when we were just beaten to a pulp." Ignoring her, Broccoli looked back at Marvy and waved her over, "We should gather up the Goddess' and take them back to their home, nyu." The woman in blue from earlier landed beside Neptune and extended one of her multiple hands down to her, Sei's voice still echoing from the non-speaking woman, "Nee-sama...I'm sorry I couldn't be of more help...breaking you all out of that container and surviving that attack took most of my energy. I'll have Usui here help bring you all ho--" Usui flickered and faded away as little pixels before she could off her help.
Radiating pain, Fuuka willed her eyes to open for more than a few seconds after the enemies had vanished. Her powers informing her of the lack of malicious intent for the time. "Oh...good...everyone's safe...." She looked up at Bowser and smiled weakly, "Did you save me...? Thank...you..."
Cybercon struggled as she wobbly stood for a while before dropping her daggers and collapsing back onto her face on the ground beside Falcom.

Unknown Location:

Behind the black desk, a black haired girl stood watching the video, dark gray eyes intense as she followed the battle to the end. Sliding her gaze to her companion who'd addressed her, she smiled hesitantly, "Please don't offer me one of your cigars...the taste isn't to my liking." Brushing a long pigtail of black hair over her shoulder, she examined the map, taking in what her companion had said and slowly pulled a pack of Menthols from her skirt pocket. Placing one cigarette in her mouth and lighting it, she crossed her arms over her chest, "From the vid just now, it's plausible to say the S-Types are working with this group we saw in the video. I did a little extra research on them and found their group name to be ASIC...I'm not even going to waste my breath explaining what it stands for because it's just that stupid. From the data we were able to gain from their previous attacks...not all of them are intelligent like this Astral." Ashinuma gave a look to her companion and took over the keyboard, pulling up screenshots from the attacks on Nintendo High and Shibuya 109 building of the S-Types and people involved. "There are a lot of factors that don't match up. Such as these two..." enhancing the picture of Fuuka and Tekken from the Shibuya 109 building attack, "Yamagishi Fuuka and Tekken were present at one other attack, but not the first." Sliding to the pictures of the S-Types, "These creatures did not think for themselves during the battle. They acted upon survival instinct to attack and avoid attacks. Other than that...there was no indication of attempting to communicate with our skilled fighters. Someone else is pulling the strings...issuing orders." Exhaling a puff of smoke, Ashinuma felt her phone buzz and lifted it to her ear, "Ashinuma here..." A loud voice came through the speaker nearly deafening Ashinuma, "Numa-chin~~ Can you hear me?" Holding the phone away from her ear for a moment, Ashinuma ground out her cigarette, "Yes, Atsushi, I hear you. Did you need something of me?" The voice adopted a childish tone, "Numa-chin, Muro-chin said I needed your permission to use club funds for snacks." Hanging up the phone immediately, Ashinuma stared at the map of Tokyo again, "All that's left....is to piece together how the Crystal Order are connected to the S-Types...or even if they are connected. And to predict the next place they'll attack..."

Hospital:

Minako's stomach growled loudly and she flushed a bright pink, "Ah...ehehe...looks like I'm hungry again." Almost ignoring his sister, Minato pulled off his shirt and reached for his old school uniform. The lack of wound or scar on his body from the sword attack caught Naoto's attention, though her cheeks turned slightly pink as she looked at him, "Um...I read in your file that you were admitted here because you were stabbed...but there's no wound," she quickly turned to Yu, "N-Not that I was staring." Minato probed the area, "Yeah...weird. Pharos...uh, Pharos?" He looked around for the odd boy when Pharos' voice came from behind Yu. Pharos stood clinging to Yu's jacket, "Major wounds will heal like that because a piece of your souls are still attached to the Great Seal you placed on Nyx. But each time you get hurt like that...the both of you will feel the pain of your regeneration." Nodding, Minato donned his old school uniform, attaching his Evoker onto his belt, "Makes sense... Yu Narukami...can I call you Yu? We're the same age physically...but I guess you're my kohai. I'd like to see Mitsuru again and get the rest of the missing pieces of our memory sorted out and what's happened since we've been asleep...but I'd like to meet you guys again. Maybe when we meet again, we could have a mock battle or something." Pharos released Yu, padding back to Minako's side, "You guys should team up. In order to overcome this new Ordeal...I think you'll need as many allies as you can." Minako nodded, pursing her lips, "Yeah, we should be friends!"

Orihara Apartment:

Silence stretched long in Izaya's home as Akashi expertly played game after game of Shoji against himself and Izaya kept tabs on the battle. He seemed neither pleased nor angered that the S-Types had lost. Clicking out of an email, his eyes slid to Akashi. "Can I get you another cup of coffee, Akashi-kun?" Akashi looked up from his game, "Please, do." Heterochromia gold and red eyes followed Izaya into the kitchen before returning to his game, his thoughts everywhere except on the game. 'What's going on? He hasn't moved in the past hour from that computer and now he wants to refill my coffee? An odd behavioral pattern...or is it...?' The sound of a cup clinking down on the table beside his hand pulled Akashi from his thoughts. Lifting the white cup to his lips, he drank about half of the hot beverage before a numb feeling spread through his body. His hand dropped, crashing the cup into the table. Lifting a shaky hand to his face, Akashi's vision blurred. "Ugh...Izaya!" Attempting to stand, Akashi's legs gave out and he fell to his knees on the ground, "What...did you do?!" Izaya grinned, "I've decided to give you what we discussed, aren't you happy?" Akashi forced his numb body to fall into the rhythm he kept himself in when he played basketball. His heart rate and breathing would remain steady and he wouldn't fall past a light state of sleeping if he lost consciousness. "You drugged me! What for? Unhappy with your payment, Izaya?" Crouching beside Akashi, Izaya happily spoke, "Not at all. It's just...we're too much alike. The fact that neither of us can win a game against each other is proof enough of that. We both can see and predict our next moves ten moves ahead of where we actually are. This becomes an issue in this state of affairs. You're fascinating, Akashi-kun. But working with you would make this...'our' war instead of my war. I won't share the end result with you for the reward is only meant for one person." Anger seared through Akashi and his golden eye started to glow, "You make me sick..." Izaya backed up a step, "Oooh, scary...the Emperor Eye in all it's glory." Through Akashi's Emperor Eye, he saw every muscle contraction that occurred in Izaya's body, his breathing, his pulse...all of it was normal. "What do you gain from drugging me, Izaya." Izaya shrugged, "If I told you...it'd ruin the fun of finding out. You're helpless, Akashi-kun. You can glare at me all you want from down there...I will stand above you." Despite his numb body, Akashi pushed himself up using the Emperor Eye to tell which of his muscles to contract and move to get himself up and reached for Izaya, "I'll kill you... If you oppose me, I'll kill you, no matter who you are." "Try." Unfortunately, the drugs worked faster the more Akashi willed himself to move around and he fell to the floor, unconscious. Sitting in Akashi's spot on the couch, Izaya placed a Shoji piece called the Sacrificial Pawn in the center of the board and stole the King from Akashi's side, "And now...the fun can begin, right, Seijuro-chan?" Striking a match, Izaya tossed the lit match onto the Shoji board and watched it burn as he dangled the black star-shaped gem on a cord above the fire, "Try to make this interesting, alright?"

 

Spoiler

-Toshima-

Seeing the battle had ended by the power of Mario and Luigi, the Rangers, Riders, and Gokaigers managed to stand up, catching their breath from the fight. "So what now?" James asked, "Head back to the Command Center?" Nala shrugged, dusting herself off. Dante managed to get his demonic side from coming out and sighed, putting a arm around Nala's shoulders, he said, "Well, Nala, how about you and I go out to celebrate being teammates and Power Rangers?" "No, thank you. I need to finish unpacking at my apartment." Nala said, not looking at Dante. Luka helped Ahim stand up and smoothed out her hair, Basco wondered how strong the brothers really were and smiled, thinking how to fight them.

"Kisaragi, you know we were supposed to train with Kino-san today to help strengthen the Elec Switch today!" Kengo shouted at Gentaro, mad at that he used the Elec Switch before they were supposed to train with Jupiter. Gentaro nervously laughed, "Sorry about that, Kengo-kun!" Kengo groaned at Gentaro who used his first name rather than his surname. Billy managed to stand and say, "Now the battle's over, if you want, everyone, just give me and Tsukasa your communicators and we'll add a audio function to them."

Clair flew to her brother, smiling through falling tears, she said, "Onii-chan, you're okay!!!!! You did it!!!!!" "Heh, getting hugged by your Candidate in front of your fellow Hearts. Must be embarrassed, Blue Heart." Violette said, smiling at Aoi and Clair, Gris simply said, "Good to know you're not hurt, Blue Heart."



-Hospital-

"Of course, I want to be your friend, Mina-chan!" Teddie said, smiling at Minako. Thinking about his other friends, Teddie said, "But I do want to see Yosuke-kun, Kanji-kun, Yuki-chan, Chie-chan, and Rise-chan again. I miss them so much. And Nana-chan." Teddie looked down as he remembered the other members of the Investigation Team and Nanako.



-Detective Agency-

With a sigh, Hermione sat in one of the sofa chairs and thought to herself, 'Today is so slow too, I wonder where is there to be any business. Philip and I worked so hard on the sign. And I wonder if Shotaro and Philip are alright. Guess I'll read one of Shotaro's detective novels.' Getting up, she worked to the book cabinet, picking one of the books and heading back to her seat, beginning to read the novel.



-Nero-

Training somewhere in private, Nero swung the Red Queen before switching it for the Blue Rose and shooting at various targets he had set, each bullet hitting its target and destroying. Twirling Blue Rose before putting it in its holster, Nero fell on his back, taking a breather. Looking at the sky, Nero wondered where did Dante go off and what was taking him so long. If he knew Dante, he had to guess that he was fighting a random demon or trying to flirt with some pretty woman. Meanwhile, Vergil was off, doing who knows what. Nero thought about his friend, Kyrie, and felt about leaving her. Sitting up, Nero took a piece of paper and a pencil, beginning to write a letter to his childhood friend.

 

~Toshima, Marvy~

Marvy nodded to Broccoli and wen to help Lady Noire as Aoi was tackled by Clair and Violette and Gris's comments, gently pushing off Clair as to not embarrass him further. "We just got lucky Claire, if they were serious when our shares were being taken away, we might not have survived." He said said rather seriously, it bothered him the Shares power was depleted for that moment, were the people's faith wavering because of the S-types?

~Toshima, Rangers, Gokaiger and so~

Tsukasa looked at Billy, "Let Alpha and Zordon fix the problem, after all, if they want us to work together, they fix their own problems, not us." he said with a shrug and started walking away. "Where are you going?" Haruto asked and Tsukasa turned his head. "Somewhere where there isn't a fight going on, I want to take my photos, after all, I'd rather fight my own way, not by the orders of someone else, but if our paths do meet, I'll fight alongside you again." he said and walked off, raising his hand off as a signal and placed them in his pockets.

"Let him be, Tsukasa-san has his own way of justice." Shotaro said as he cancelled his transformation as did everyone else. and Haruto stared at the retreating Rider as Marvelous crossed his arms. "I like his attitude, it's almost pirate-like, then we'll protect the Earth our own way." Marvelous said and turned on his heel as Joe followed him, Gai looking at them going. "B-but aren't we supposed to last longer as a team!" and Marvelous spoke. "Gai, you saw how we were easily beaten today, we're going to train so we can get stronger, after all, we have no intention of protecting Earth, they already got guys protecting it already, all we do is...kick the ass of anyone who gets in our way!" he declared and continued on.

Haruto wondered if Marvelous was referring to the Rangers and the remaining Riders, did Marvelous really trust them to protect the Eartth?

~Hospital~

YU nodded at Naoto who denied she was staring at Minato's body, he gave a small smile, they didn't walk away without injuries either and Pharos had clung onto his jacket after being called, surprising him slightly, talking about the Great Seal and Nyx and how their injuries were healed cause of that and he heard Minato's words. "I suppose you are my senpai then in that regard." He smiled and Minato suggested they all meet again and perhaps have a mock battle and pharos's and Minako's suggestion of being friends.

"We'll see what happens Minato-senpai." he said with a smile and Teddie's vocal words of seeing the others again, he nodded, perhaps he could make a caal yo Yosuke later and if they can rebuild the Investigation Team once more and looked at Minako. "Well first, I think we should attend to Minako-senpai's stomach before anything else, she sounds like she could eat a Mega Beef Bowl challenge." He said and a small laugh escaped his lips, remembering the hardships of that challenge, everyone was surprised he managed to stuff that down and not throw up, truly, it was a challenge in itself.

 

~Toshima~​

With all of the enemies gone, Sonic let out a sigh of relief.
"Man, that got pretty rough there for a second."
"Why are you here?"
Sonic raised an eyebrow.
"What do you mean?"
"I mean, why did you come here to fight this? Nobody asked for your help."
"What, I gotta have a reason to help some guys out who're about to get their butts handed to them?"
"I doubt you were much help considering you were almost dead when I found you."
Sonic gave Shadow an annoyed look upon hearing that.
"Look, the red and green dudes handled it, so it's all good. Now if you'll excuse me, I got some Z's to catch."
Sonic then left the area in a flash, looking for a place to nap.
Shadow sighed before turning to the members of the military that were with him.
"We're done here. Let's head back to base."
Finally, Pit contacted his Goddess.
"Lady Palutena, everything looks clear here. Mind givin' me a ride back home?"