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In Loving Memory of Alphadream

BGM: Have a Nice Talk (Mario and Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story)

"Hmm…" Gloria looked at the picture that Blake had given her. "You had fought a Cofagrigus and a Runerigus over at DK Island… or Isle, as they say." She explained.

"I've heard about the Cofagrigus, but I wasn't sure if it was the exact same one… but what's the other one?" Blake asked.

"That… is a Runerigus."

"A Rune… what now?" Blake asked.

Gloria smirked. "I'll let this do the talking." She said, taking out her Pokedex and typed in the name of the Pokemon. "Ah, here we go!"

"Runerigus, the Grudge Pokemon and the evolved form of the Galarian Yamask. A powerful curse was woven into an ancient painting. After absorbing the spirit of a Yamask, the painting began to move."

Gloria pressed another button. "There's another entry for Runerigus."

"Never touch its shadowlike body, or you'll be shown the horrific memories behind the picture carved into it."

Blake sweatdropped. "That… would explain why that creature ran off in a panic. Dogadon, I think."

Gloria chuckled. "Don't feel sorry for the wee lad."

"It was a big guy."

Glora shrugged. "Eh, whatever." She said and then pressed something on her Pokedex. "If you're curious about Cofagrigus, here ya go!"

"Cofagrigus, the Coffin Pokemon and the evolved form of the Unovan Yamask. This Pokémon has a body of sparkling gold. People say it no longer remembers that it was once human."

"Whoa…" Blake whispered. "That's incredible."

"Yup!"

"So uh… what is this… um… Galar, was it? What's it like?"

"Oh! Well, I'm glad you asked. You see-"

"Aha! There you are." A voice said as they looked over to see Sun approaching them. "I've been looking for ya!"

"What for?" Blake asked.

"I was meaning to get you to try and meet a team from Vacuo, but you went off to hang out with Donkey Kong." Sun teased.

"Oh, sorry…"

"Ah, don't worry about it. Come on, it's time to meet them!" He said, taking Blake away. "See ya later, Scottish lady!"

"I have a name, ya know!" Gloria exclaimed before sighing. "A cat girl and a monkey boy… my my, Remnant is very different than the Galar region." She chuckled.

End BGM

Meanwhile, with Yang…

Yang squared up against Ken, looking entirely different. Her hair was now in a ponytail, she was wearing a grey jacket over a yellow T-Shirt with her emblem over her chest. She was also wearing tan jeans. "Hah… hah…" She panted.

"You have mastered the Hadoken, but your leg work needs… well, work." He said, as Ryu was watching them both. "Come on. You can't just punch people forever, ya know! Throw in some kicks!"

"What do you think I'm doing?!" Yang exclaimed and then ran over to Ken, attempting to deliver a kick but Ken quickly blocked, then delivered a knee kick to her gut and then a roundhouse kick right after to knock the firecracker down.

"Hey, it could be worse. You could be fighting Chun-Li." Ken chuckled. "Or Terry!"

"I still don't see why I can't take a crack at her!" A voice said as they turned to see Mai Shiranui leaning on a wall. "I could teach her a few things."

"With what, your posing?" Ken asked. "Let's not give her ideas."

"Oh come on, flaunting my chest out in combat is my thing. Besides, Yang's not top heavy enough."

"Hey! …Okay, that's true."

"If anything, I was going to teach her… well…" She took out her fans and they caught ablaze. "This!"

"Teach her pyrotechnics?" Ken sweatdropped. "You do know that Yang's got a temper on her, right? The last thing we need is an angry firecracker burning everything down!"

"Hey, I've been getting better… Ryu's been teaching me this Inner Peace thing or whatever he said."

"That is right. You fight a lot better when you are calm. It help you focus."

"See? I can learn a thing or two from Mai."

"Told ya!" Mai smirked.

"Let's just work on the legs before we deal with pyrotechnics." Ken suggested and then turned to Mai. "And even then, I'm not sure that's a good idea with Yang."

"You're a party pooper, you know that!" Mai folded her arms, puffing her cheek a bit.

"Alright… again!" Ken said, as Yang would attempt to deliver a kick but Ken would cross counter this and delivered a flip kick to knock Yang to the ground.

"Nnngh!"

"You'll get this." Ken said, helping Yang up.

"I hope so…"

With JNPR, at the Shy Guy Buffet…

"Wow, that's impressive!" Pyrrha smiled.

"I'll say!" Nora nodded.

"Hey guys, I found Blake!" Sun grinned. "…Where's Weiss and Ruby?"

"Weiss is still training with Lucina, and Ruby's… I think Ruby is with Byleth." Jaune said. "I honestly feel bad for her."

"I wish there was something we could do to help with her predicament." Ren said.

"Byleth is doing her best." Blake said. "So, who are these guys?"

"Oh! Right!" Sun chuckled. "May I introduce… ATMC!" He exclaimed. "…Or TMC because I'm not sure where the leader is at." He sweatdropped. "Anyway, introduce yourselves!"

"Hello! I'm Tatsumi!"

"Name's Mine! Nice to meet ya!"

"Hello. I'm Chelsea."

"If you're looking for our team leader, she went off to go get some food."

At the food area…

"Ooooh, the last piece of meat! Excellent!" Iris grinned as she went to grab it… but another hand reached for it. "Huh?!" She turned her head to see a girl reaching for it. "Who are you and why are you reaching for my meat?"

BGM: Laughter and Merriment (Kingdom Hearts II)

"I'd ask you the same question."

"Iris Icaria!"

"Akame."

"Why do you have a tower of food on your plate?!"

"I'd ask you the same thing!"

"I'm starving!"

"So am I!"

"There's only one piece of meat, and it's going to be mine!"

"No, it'll be mine!"

Both girls glared at each other, electricity shooting out of their eyes and both of them growling.

"Akame. I'm going to tell you this once. Stand. Down."

"Never."

"So, it's war then!"

"Seems like it!"

"Holy geez, it's a cat fight!" A Toad exclaimed.

"My favorite kind of fight!" A Koopa grinned.

"Ack! No no no! I just mopped the floor!" A Shy Guy complained as the two put their plates on the stands as the two of them drew their weapons. "Oh no no! Please don't hit the glass, it's brand new!"

"We fight to the death!" Akame exclaimed. "The one who destroys the other first will get that piece of meat!"

"I won't lose!"

"Neither will I!"

The two of them readied themselves, getting ready to fight… and then they heard some sucking noises as they turned around to see Kirby helping himself to the piece of meat. "Poyo!" Kirby happily waved and walked off, completely unaware of what the two were doing. The two of them stood their, standing in shock and horror as their beloved piece of meat was stolen by some puffball.

"My… my meat…" Iris teared up anime style.

"Now I'll never have a full plate." Akame cried anime style as well.

"Sooooo… did they come from a portal of some kind…?" Blake asked, sweatdropping a bit.

"Nope, they were born in Vacuo. In fact, they have a few of their friends with them but they're not here right now. From the top of my head… there's Lubbock, Leone, Sheele, Bulat, Najenda… and I believe Akame has a younger sister, Kurome… I think." Sun mused.

"They came to the Mushroom Kingdom as well?"

"Yup! They came to cheer their friends on in the Vytal Tournament. They also have their own weapons." Sun added.

"Interesting…" Blake mused.

End BGM

Meanwhile, at Garreg Mach…

Byleth was in her room, turning on a tape recorder. "Session 3 of Ruby Rose and Xena Ayami's therapy session. While I am still trying to figure out how this electrical box thing works, I am grateful that Jade gave me this so I can review the progress later down the line. So far, little progress has been made given their predicaments, but I am determined to get these two back to normal. Xena seemingly gets triggered by explosions or when images of this King Bob-omb enter her mind at random times. Same goes with Ruby and her fears of her doppleganger and the presumably deceased Chaos Kin… and then there's what had happened with Yang, where they almost killed her when she was in this robot thing named KAOS, and then was nearly killed due to K. Rool's Blast-O-Matic."

Byleth turned around on her swivel chair that Master Hand had given her and the other students as a gift for having their Monastery be turned into a stage, much to Rhea's chagrin. "If I can just find a way to prevent explosions that triggers Xena's more unstable side, I believe we can find a way to combat this. While I do admire Mewtwo's dedication to try and help Xena, I find his methods… extreme. As for Ruby, I will look into something that will help her predicaments. I don't care how long this will take. I will find a way to put a stop to these nightmares she constantly gets and have her be at peace once more. Everyone is worried about these two… but what bugs me is why this Ozpin would let Xena loose when she's completely unstable. This is unacceptable. Why would he let her loose like this? He knows that she's not ready… so why put everyone at risk?"

Byleth stood up from her chair and sat down on her bed. "I do not trust Ozpin… something about his ways makes me uneasy. But no matter the cost, I will do my best to put a stop to Xena's predicament. I will put an end to this… I am worried about the both of them. They need help and if it takes years for these two to move on? So be it… I'll do everything in my power to heal them, because that is what teacher's do. End transmission… where's that stop record button… okay, seriously, they oughta label these things! Ah, here we are." She pressed the stop button.

Once she put it in her pocket, Byleth sighed. "Those two… I will find a way to heal them." She said, clenching her fists. "Ozpin… I don't know who you are… but you are putting everyone at risk with Xena." She muttered. "I'll heal these two, no matter the cost." She walked out of her room and saw Ruby and Xena chatting with each other, with Ruby having her cloak similar to what it looked like in Volumes 4-6. With a smile, she walked over to Ruby and Xena, and then looked behind. "I wonder how Sothis is doing?"

With Sothis…

Sothis tapped her foot impatiently, looking down at Rhea. "Child. Explain yourself."

"Mother… I have had my reasoning…"

"Oh give me a BREAK!" Sothis exclaimed. "Did you honestly expect this to go on for much longer?"

"I… I thought you were dead. I was just doing what the church wanted!"

"By killing innocents?! By putting everyone's lives at risk?! Executing anyone who turns their blade to the church?! While I understand self defense, there's a point where things go too freaking far! The power has gone to your freaking HEAD, child!"

"Ironic that you're calling me a child when you're the one who-"

"I AM NOT A CHILD!" Sothis yelled. "Compared to you, I'm a goddess! So what does that make you?" She glared. "Oh, and what's this about you inviting Byleth over to your room? Your obsession for her is insane! Oh, and don't get me started on her fainting after I merged with her, and then what happens? You had her head on your lap! That's EXTREMELY creepy!"

"I was just protecting her!"

"Protecting her from what?" Sothis folded her arms. "I'm waiting."

"From… the evil!"

"Oh, the evil? Those Who Slither in the Dark? Seriously, who came up with that name, a five year old?" Sothis rolled her eyes. "If we can handle Solon, I'm sure we can handle the rest of them… and while we're at it, WHY are you prepping all of these kids for war? It's like you're raising pigs for slaughter, ESPECIALLY with what you're doing with Byleth! You are so obsessed with her, it's downright creepy!"

"I have taken a shining to Professor Byleth for reasons."

"What are those reasons? You don't just meet a person for one day and immediately slap them with a teaching position. As far as I'm concerned, your obsession for her is not only creepy, but downright unhealthy." She clenched her fists. "I know what needs to be done."

"What is that?"

Sothis smirked. "Effective immediately, I will take over as archbishop of the church where I will turn things around for the better. I am relieving you of your duties."

Rhea's eyes widened. "You will do no such thing!"

"Oh, I am. What are you gonna do about it, Rhea? Or should I say Seiros… the Immaculate One?" Sothis smirked. "I am your mother, and you will resign effective immediately."

"Lady Sothis!" A voice called out as she turned to see a soldier approaching her. "Edelgard, Dimitri and Claude wish to speak with you. They are in the cathedral."

"I'll be right there." Sothis said and turned to look at Rhea. "You disgust me." She said and walked off. "Oh, and by the way, I'm going to tell Byleth to get a restraining order from you!" She closed the doors behind her.

Rhea got up, glaring at Sothis. "No mother… it is you who is disgusting. If you think I will resign right now… you are sorely mistaken."

Meanwhile, at Peach's Castle…

Peach sat down on her throne, watching two people approach her while the Toads were on guard. "My dearest Princess Peach. I am the ambassador of the Beanbean Kingdom. We wish to strengthen our bonds with the Mushroom Kingdom." The ambassador said as Peach let out a nod. "Here is a gift that we have prepared for you." The ambassador said as the gift holder walked forward and knelt down on one knee… and then suddenly green smoke shot out and enveloped the princess.

"ACK!"

BGM: Danger! (Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga plus Bowser's Minions)

"PRINCESS!" A Toad screamed as they aimed their spears at the two. "You want to strengthen relations?! This is the opposite of that!"

The ambassador smirked. "EEHYAH HA HA HA HA!" She cackled, proceeding to unveil herself as Cackletta and shot down purple lightning to scare the Toads.

"AIYEEEEE!"

The gift holder unveiled himself to be Fawful, summoning his machine as it sucked up the green gas around Peach. Peach immediately fell unconscious right after.

"EEHYAH HA HA HA HA!" Cackletta cackled again as she and Fawful quickly took off.

"QUICK! GET THE BROS AND RWBY!" A Toad yelled.

"Right!" A few Toads nodded and quickly took off.

End BGM

At the Mario Bros residence…

BGM: Mario's House (Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga plus Bowser's Minions)

Luigi hummed to himself, putting Mario's clothes on the clothesline right as a Toad came running up. "Luigi! Have you seen what's going on at the castle?!"

"No?" Luigi looked on in the distance. "Looks pretty normal to me."

"Oh! Never mind! I'll go get Mario!" Toad exclaimed as he ran in.

CRASH!

"Ow! Ooof! Gah!"

"Oh! Watch your footing, I have boxes everywhere!"

"Mmmph… so I've noticed!" Toad called out from inside the house.

Inside the house…

"Ugh… what, is Luigi moving out or something?" Toad wondered as he shook it off. "No time for that! Oi! Mario! Where are you!" He called out from the house, quickly running up the stairs to see the beds emptied, he hurried off into the kitchen and saw that it was empty. He checked the living room and saw the TV was off as he looked over the couch and didn't see Mario taking a nap. He then checked the attic, the basement, he even checked the fridge to see if Mario was eating pasta inside the fridge.

"Come on, where are you?" He wondered and then saw the bathroom door open, and then heard singing. "…Do I dare?" He wondered. "…Maybe Mario is just shaving!" He told himself as he quickly ran in. "Hey Mari-AAAAAAAAAAH!" He quickly ran out the room in a panic, running in circles to boot. "I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING! I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING!" He screamed and then slammed into more of Luigi's boxes, falling over. "Oooogh…"

Mario came out with a towel of his waist, completely unaware of what had happened. "Toad? What's wrong?"

"P-Princess… P-P-Peach… is in… tro-trouble…"

Mario's eyes widened, clenching his fists as he ran out the door and jumped into his clothes in the clotheline, somehow managing to do all of that in two seconds and ran off, while also dragging poor Luigi away. "ACK! MARIO! I WASN'T DONE YET! AAAAAAAH!" He yelled, catching the attention of both of their Pokemon as they chased after them.

End BGM

At Peach's Castle…

Mario ran into the scene, still unintentionally dragging Luigi with him. "Princess, what's the situa-" He quickly spotted a certain spiky shell, along with a man with a cane and a girl with brown and pink hair. His eyes widened and quickly skidded to a stop… but Luigi didn't stop as he was launched directly toward Bowser, slamming into him.

"OOOOF!" Both of them yelled.

"Oh… thanks for breaking my fall…" Luigi groaned, and then realized who he was sitting on. With a yelp, he jumped back to meet up with Mario… and then Bowser got up, growling.

"HEY! What's the big idea!" Bowser yelled. "Attacking me from behind, eh?! I knew you were cowards!"

Roman and Neo turned around, aiming their cane and umbrella at them. "Well now, it's three of us against two of you! I like these odds." Roman smirked, and then noticed a boomerang flying over to him, forcing him to duck as the boomerang returned, landing in someone's hands.

"Guess again!"

"Looks like little red has a new toy!" Roman said, as RWBY made it into the fray, Weiss wearing a different combat skirt similar to her outfit in Volumes 4-6. It wasn't just RWBY who entered the scene, JINX and JNPR had entered the fray, and during the commotion, the Toad's caught ATMC's and Byleth's attention as they were at the scene as well.

"Heh! Just because you have some new friends doesn't mean anything!" Bowser exclaimed as he readied himself along with Roman and Neo. "SHOWTIME!"

BGM: Come On, Again! (Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga plus Bowser's Minions)

Bowser and Mario charged right at each other, both of them ready to throw down as did the others, ready to fight!

"EVERYONE STOOOOOOOOOOOP!"

*record scratch*

Everyone stopped mid attack, looking at a Toad who had bravely stopped the fight. "Now is not the time for a boss battle! We have a situation on our hands!"

"And that is?" Bowser folded his arms.

Toad looked at the crying princess and nodded, as she nodded back and attempted to speak. ")* !$&%!" She said, the symbols appearing above her head and dropped down, causing the whole castle to shake.

"Wah!" Nora exclaimed. "What the heck was that?!"

"The ambassador from the Beanbean Kingdom took Peach's voice and replaced it with-" Peach spoke again, symbols dropping on the ground and shaking the castle again. "-That!"

"Grrrr! What's the big idea!" Bowser growled. "We come all this way to kidnap Peach, but with an explosive voice like this, my whole castle is gonna fall apart!" Bowser folded his arms. "That settles it! We gotta go to the Beanbean kingdom and teach those punks a lesson!"

"What's the Beanbean Kingdom?" Ruby asked.

"A neighboring kingdom that's close by the Mushroom Kingdom." Mario explained. "Think of it like the Mushroom Kingdom and Sarasaland."

"Ooooh, gotcha." Yang nodded.

Peach tried to speak again, but more symbols appeared… aaand this one created a few bombs. "AAAAH! LOOK OUT! SHE'S DROPPING BOMBS!" A Toad yelled.

"TAKE COVER!" Another yelled.

With Daisy…

"Here's your latte, princess!" A Koopa grinned.

"Thank you!" Daisy smiled as she walked out the door of the Koopa Cafe as she slowly took a swig… aaaaand then a large explosion rattled the entire town. "Wah!" She exclaimed, tripping and her coffee spilling all over her shirt. "Awww!" She groaned as she got up and looked to see Peach's Castle on fire. "Peach?!" She quickly ran off in a hurry.

Back at the castle…

"Ugh… well that was explosive…" Yang groaned.

"…Yang, you have five seconds to make a better pun before I throttle you…" Bowser grumbled, as the castle's sprinklers kicked in and started watering the entire area… and then Daisy came running in.

"Hey! Why is my sister-in-arm's castle on fire?!" Daisy yelled and then saw Bowser and his minions. "You!"

"H-hey! Wait a minute! This one's not me this time, I swear!" Bowser defended.

"Oh yeah, then who did?!" Daisy glared, folding her arms. "Was it Roman? Was it the ice cream chick? I demand to know!"

One calmed down Sarasa Princess later…

BGM: Level Select (Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga plus Bowser's Minions)

"Alright, minions! Form up!" Bowser ordered as his minions approached the Koopa Cruiser. "That's it, single file!"

"Where did you get this? Got tired of the airships?" Yang asked.

"Pffft! No! I wanted a change of pace! This has been in development for a good while and now it's time for it to shine!" Bowser chuckled.

"…While I don't mind teaming up temporarily… does she have to come with us?" Yang asked, glaring at Neo who playfully stuck her tongue out at her.

"You can settle your differences at the Beanbean Kingdom, firecracker. As much as I want to take you out and little red, we've no choice but to team up for a bit." Roman said.

"Mmph… fine…" Yang grumbled.

"Are you sure you can handle this by yourself?" Pit asked, his hands on Ruby's shoulders. "I can go with you."

"Pit, you're sweet… but I can handle myself just fine."

"I know, but it's your PTSD I'm worried about." He said.

"She's in good hands, Pit." Byleth walked over to her. "I'll keep an eye on her."

"Mmm… okay… if you say so." Pit nodded, still a bit worried.

"I'll be fine." Ruby smiled, kissing him on the cheek as she boarded the Koopa Cruiser.

Byleth turned her head. "Hey! You guys coming or what?"

"We're coming!" Sothis called as she walked over to the Koopa Cruiser with Edelgard, Claude and Dimitri right behind her, along with someone else.

"Ugh, I don't know why you want me to come with you…"

"It'll be a good experience, Hilda." Claude grinned. "You'll be fine."

"I'd rather be taking a nap…" Hilda grumbled as she got onto the cruiser.

"Master Luigi! Why aren't you boarding the cruiser?" Toadsworth asked.

"Well… I'm still packing a lot of things for my new home that Villager and his crew are building for me." Luigi informed.

"Nonsense! You can pack up later."

"But-"

An arm touched Luigi's arm as he looked up to see Daisy. "Come on, sweetie. You can worry about packing later." She said, winking at him.

"Oh, alright…" Luigi nodded as he reluctantly got on the Koopa Cruiser… and then Gloria approached the Koopa Cruiser and looked to her friends.

"What do you say, lads? Do you want to go see what all the fuss is all about?"

"Mmm… sure." Hop nodded.

"Sounds like fun." Marnie said.

"Eh, I don't see why not." Bede said as they approached the cruiser.

"Hey! We want to get on too!" Gloria said.

"Great! More minions! Hop aboard!" Bowser grinned.

"Uh, sire, I'm not sure bringing those four is a good idea." General Guy said.

"Why not?" Bowser asked as he whispered in his ear while the Galar Quad went inside. "One of them is Scottish, eh? Eh, I'm sure it'll be fine." He then saw JNPR, JINX and ATMC boarding the cruiser as well. "Alright, if that's everyone, we're shoving off! Bwahahahaha!"

End BGM

A few hours later…

BGM: Koopa Cruiser (Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga plus Bowser's Minions)

Yang would look up at Claude, who was casually sitting down on the ceiling… even a few Koopas were looking at him. "How are you doing that?" Yang asked.

"Heh, I'm just gifted." Claude grinned, casually giving Yang a wink.

"Witchcraft!" A Koopa exclaimed.

"He's a witch!"

"…Wow…" Yang whispered in amazement.

"Gotcha!" Daisy yelled, slamming a barrel down on a Goomba.

A Koopa sweatdropped. "Not exactly how I would've gone about it, but that works too!"

"Putting these Goomba things in barrels is… interesting." Edelgard said. "What is the point, exactly?"

"Beats me… but it's fun to mess with these punks!" Daisy grinned.

"Seems a bit… inhumane."

"So, do you have any threes?" Dimitri asked, sitting down at a table.

"Son of a bitch!" Gloria suddenly flipped the table. "I would enjoy this shite more if everyone didn't take my fokin' cards!"

"Good heavens, she IS Scottish!" A Hammer Bro exclaimed as Gloria was going on a Scottish tangent, all the while bagpipes were playing somewhere.

"Where are those bagpipes coming from?" A Shy Guy wondered while Dimitri sweatdropped.

"What did I get myself into with this girl?" Dimitri wondered.

"Alright, just stand still so I can take your picture for your passport. No posing!" A Koopa ordered, taking normal pictures for Daisy, Byleth, Chelsea, and Nyx.

"Wait… wait… can you pause for just a second?" Luigi asked. "Ah… ah… ACHOO!"

Click!

"Mmm…" Luigi looked at his photo. "Can I do a retake?"

"Nope! Sorry."

"Aww…"

"Don't feel too bad… they got a photo of me yawning!" Hilda complained.

"Could Mario, 'Green Stache and his friends make way to the deck on the double! That is an order!" Bowser's voice called out from the intercom as they all made their way to the top, while Luigi noticed a button.

"Oh, wonder what this does?" Luigi asked, pressing it.

General Guy let out a gasp. "Wait wait, no! That's the-"

A claw suddenly grabbed Luigi and quickly brought him to the desk. "WAAAAAH!"

"-The… claw machine…" General Guy said as everyone else sweatdropped.

"Well, that's one way to get up there." Ruby said as they hurried up on deck where Bowser, Roman and Neo were waiting while Luigi was dangling by the claw.

"This is not a way how I envisioned getting pantsed…" Luigi grumbled.

"Here, you're our lookout." Bowser said, handing him binoculars. "We're almost to Beanbean Kingdom. Once we cross over, we invade, kick ass, get Peach's voices back and we can all go home before sunrise."

"And let me guess, you get a head start with kidnapping Peach?" Blake asked.

"Heh! You know me too well, kitty cat." He smirked.

"ACK!" Luigi yelped.

"What is it?" Roman asked.

"We got company!" He exclaimed, pointing over dead ahead as they turned around… and then Bowser got blasted by a powerful shot.

"ARGH!" Bowser yelled.

"Bowser! Are you okay?!" Nyx exclaimed. "…There's something I never thought I'd say."

"Heh, I'm fine!" Bowser got back up. "Who did that!"

"EEYAH HA HA HA HA HA!" A voice cackled as they turned to see Cackletta approaching them on a hover chair. "Well now! I wasn't expecting you to catch up with us!"

"Who are you! Are you the one who stole Peach's voice?" Pyrrha asked.

"That is indeed correct! I am Cackletta, and I will use Peach's voice to take over this rotten world! I've got plans so I've no need to fight you right now!" She said and flew off. "Fawful! If you please!"

"Eeyah ha ha ha ha!" A voice cackled as Fawful appeared on top of the cruiser.

BGM: Fawful is There (Mario and Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story)

"Hello, you wonderful people! It is I, the great Fawful and minion to Lady Cackletta!"

"Hey!" Bowser roared. "What is your beef with Peach anyway?"

"Beef? What is beef? Fawful is lacking in beef…"

"Never mind that!" Bowser roared. "You give us Peach's voice back or else!"

"Or else what?"

"Or else me and my minions will strike you down!" Bowser declared as everyone took out their weapons, or Poke Balls in the Galar Quad's case.

"I HAVE CHORTLES! You honestly expect me to go down easily to the likes of you?"

"Obviously, you don't look like you're a smart bean!" Bowser smirked.

"Oh really? Can a dumb bean do this?" Fawful smirked, quickly pulling out a laser gun and shooting Bowser point blank.

"AAARGH!" Bowser fell on his stomach hard.

"I'm a little quick draw! Nyahahahaha!"

"We'll stop you!" Ruby declared.

"Oh, you believe so? Well, since I have places to be, I will lend you a parting gift. I will give all of you some mustard!" He grinned ear to ear. "THE MUSTARD OF YOUR DOOM!" He cackled and then his machine rained magic all around the ship, not even bothering to hit them.

"Wow! You are a terrible shot." Tatsumi smirked.

"That was not meant for any of you!" Fawful grinned as suddenly the ship started shaking violently.

"What's going on?!" Mario exclaimed.

"I HAVE CHORTLES! Have a nice fall!" Fawful waved and then flew off, as parts of the ship started exploding.

End BGM

"Hang on to something, this might get interesting!" Roman exclaimed.

Inside the ship…

"Goodness! What is going on up there?" Wendy asked as she was with Roy and Iggy, the latter sitting on a barrel containing a Goomba. "Are Mario and Lord Bowser having an argument again?"

"Bah, it's probably blondie and ice cream girl sparring." Roy shrugged it off.

"Bahahaha! I don't think it's any of that!" Iggy laughed.

"EVERYONE!" A Koopa yelled. "Brace for impact! The ship is about to explode!"

"WHAT?!"

"Bahahaha! I knew it'd be something more fun than that!"

"Wait, what's this about the ship exploding?!" The Goomba inside the barrel asked.

"Ugh, did Yang throw a temper tantrum again?" Wendy asked in annoyance.

"No! Worse! It's worse than that!" The Koopa exclaimed.

"Did Morton break something again!" Roy yelled.

"No! WORSE THAN THAT!"

…But before anyone could say anything else, the ship exploded in mid-air, sending everyone flying toward the different areas of the Beanbean Kingdom.

On the ground…

"Sir! Something just exploded over our border… and lots of shooting stars are going to hit the kingdom in multiple places!"

"…Dear lord…"

"What are we going to do?"

"First, we'll have to see how landed at the border first, then deal with everything else!"

"Right!"

Meanwhile, at a different area of the kingdom…

A ship came out of the portal, cruising ahead before coming to a gentle stop. "Mmm…" Luminary was the first to get up, groaning. "Is everyone okay?"

"I'll be fine…" Veronica groaned. "Where are we?"

"I'm not sure, but something tells me we're not in Erdrea anymore." Luminary said and turned to the others. "Let's find out where we are and then go back to Erdrea."

"Luminary… about that." Hendrik pointed toward the portal as they saw the portal closing behind them.

"Ugh! Such a naughty portal!" Sylvando said. "Looks like we're stranded here!"

"Alright… I guess we'll find a way back to Erdrea a different way." Luminary said and turned to the Beanbean Kingdom. "Let's just pray Calasmos' evil energy didn't make its way through the portal." He hoped as Sylvando docked at a nearby dock. "Let's move out!"

"Right!" Everyone else nodded and took off.

Goodness gracious! I expected some people getting slightly upset over me not wanting to do MAGC: Conker's Bad Fur Day, but I never imagined the salt would be THAT bad! Geez, just because I don't want to do a story because I know little to nothing about Conker's Bad Fur Day (I'm only aware about the Great Mighty Poo and the Xenomorph, by the way... and the raunchy jokes thrown in everywhere.) doesn't mean I should be forced to watch something and then have me slap a story into it later! That's not what you do. Let me enjoy myself. If I want to do something like that, i'll do that on my own terms. Goodness!

Also, WHILE a RWBY Twinsanity would be an interesting fic... i'm not really into Crash Bandicoot. I didn't grow up with him, and then I watched Alpharad play some N. Sane Trilogy and... I just don't see the appeal? So, IF Crash Bandicoot is confirmed to be playable for Smash... then, eh, good for him! Won't mean i'll make a RWBY story starring him though.

Anyway, enough about my small ramblings.

You might be wondering to yourself: "Nan! Why haven't you done a Touhou: Superstar Saga story but did all the other games but you're doing a RWBY Superstar Saga?"

The answer is simple! My first Mario and Luigi game was actually Partners in Time, and I didn't really have a GBA (Despite the DS having a GBA port inside), so I was introduced to Fawful in Partners in Time, but I completely forgot his existence until he REALLY shined in Bowser's Inside Story. There's also the fact I kept forgetting Superstar Saga existed.

When I wrote Touhou: Partners in Time, this was way before Chugga started up an LP of Superstar Saga... and then I finally played the Superstar Saga remake on my birthday.

So... this story is basically me making amends for not writing up a Touhou style version of Superstar Saga. (And no, I don't have plans to write a Touhou Superstar Saga once i'm done with my remakes.)

Anyway, take care, y'all!