Psyche focuses on reading the article, smiling throughout.

Thanks, bro. And it's okay. I think I need to unwind for awhile. I just hope the others are doing okay.

They're prolly doin' fine. Methinks they've handled worse than clowny turtle kids. Anywho, here's a lil more good news to help ya wind down: Tory proved everythin' ya told me right by gettin' most kills last season.

Oh, that's great! Congratulations, big bro! Now you've cemented a place for yourself in the next Death Battle!

Yup. She might've barely missed the podiums, but I still think it's one heckuva win.

Season 175

(The season starts off, with Eye-Sicle watching from his quarters and Mitzi, Moosey, and Ickis's friends watching from the tribute summoning chamber (with considerable space between Mitzi and Moosey and the smelly Krumm).)

Oh, I think that guy's trying to smash your friend's nose or something! (Mitzi says as Ickis gets in a fight with Taslim over a loaf of bread.)

   But that wouldn't be possible. Ickie has no nose.    (Oblina says.)    And all of that over a loaf of bread without a single speck of mold on it. I'm not sure what he was planning to use it for.   

(At some point, Reptar comes on the screen again, wearing a mask and cape.) What's he doing? Is he going undercover or something?

Search me. (Krumm says.)

(Then Ickis runs into trouble; he gets ambushed by Rantaro and Astigmatism and he loses the resulting fight, despite quickly going into his "rage" mode.) JERKS! I'LL REMEMBER THIS!! (He shouts, roughly shoving Astigmatism out of his way before scampering away.)

Yikes, hope Ickis is alright after that. That was a rough fight. (Krumm says.)

Edited by kablammin45 on Aug 18th 2021 at 9:19:11 AM

Power's Home/Power's Art School

As usual, Power excuses herself to Paper, then lights up her cauldron and watches the latest season. While Astigmatism apologizes in advance for any kills they'd make, Loox fires his sphere bullets at the Forcefield and kills Golba with the ricochet.

"Whoa... did Golba try picking on him?"

Paper also watches the season and cringes at Last Summer!Libre hacking the Business School.

"Doesn't that school have the best security thanks to its Kendorian Magitek?" asks Yellow.

"Not the first time it had a security breach, though," says Blue. "I was there when Obito was expelled for killing Kronika!"

"Wait, that happened?"

"Yep, in Season 123, the day before you were employed."

"I see... but I'm sure they can undo the hacking this season!"

Power continues watching, and Loox and Astigmatism reel in disgust when the speakers fart on Juan Carlos. Loox then joins a candle ceremony with the Indonesian tributes, telling them and the others not to pick on him, while Astigmatism teams up with Rantaro and fires stronger sphere bullets at Ickis. However, Ickis pushes Astigmatism and gets away, leaving them with a black eye, but Sponge hacks the Control Room to cheer them and everyone else up with wholesome messages.

"Anyway," says Power, "how did the school tour go?"

The Art School staff smile.

"Well, it all started when I took Blue and Yellow to the extension after that season where Riverperson got 2nd..."

Las Pegasus

Dance Club

Carlos and Mikey cheer for Dad when he rams Larry into Kris's mallet while Ralphie shivers when June makes her finishing move on the Koopaling. Thinking fast, Kris finds a vinyl record and uses it as a makeshift shield, apologizing to DJ P0N-3 in advance.

Standoff

The crowd roars when Ludwig strikes a pose in the heat of the battle, then kicks Susie. She swears in pain and falls over, but gets up and tries hammering his feet. Twilight then motions to Ralsei to grab the wand with his scarf, and he tries reaching it behind Ludwig while Susie continues distracting him.

Meanwhile, Papyrus's spell breaks when Roy burrows underground to ambush Sans, and the skeletal unicorn runs away from Morton and tries blocking his hammer with a wall of bones. Wanda then pushes Sans out of the Bull's Eye-Bill's path and suddenly disappears.

"hey! where'd ya go?" asks Sans before surrounding Roy with a several bone walls.

He then hears Pinkie screaming from above.

"HEEEEEEEELLLLLP!!!" she cries as she comes crashing, hoping that she'd land safely on Ball's beach ball.

Edited by TroperNo9001 on Aug 18th 2021 at 2:16:12 AM

Persephone's castle

Persephone entered the room alongside a very weakened yet awake Proteus.

   "So the old man's awake... Is he gonna leave soon?"    Scipion asked, he and his group had finished their "trip" at Panem some time ago.

   "Oui. But first, he wishes to see how his son is faring at Las Pegasus. I should have enough strength to watch him through my crystal ball."    Persephone said, floating towards the said ball. She closed her eyes and waved her tendrils, focusing.

After some minutes the ball showed Tokage alongside the other guests being in trouble.

Naturally, Proteus got very worried and anxiously waved his tongue.

"Is that Lucian? Shouldn't we help him?" Edgar asked.

   "Helping him implies helping Aaron. It's not my business. Besides they should have already called other noms. If I help, I might throw another anger crisis."    Scipion said, shrugging, much to Proteus's frustration.

"Nin! Nin! Nin !" he exclaimed, grabbing Scipion's shoulder.

   "Shut up already. If you wanna help leaf boy already go there yourself!"   

But then Scipion noticed the shape of one of the party crushers.

   "Lemmy...? And is that the rest of his siblings?! ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME??"    he exclaimed, furious that his tribute would cause trouble despite him being against it.

   "Mom, can you make a portal to Equestria?"    Scipion firmly asked, restraining himself from blowing up.

   "Hélas! I cannot. I do not have enough strength to summon a portal in such a faraway land after using most of my magic on Proteus."    Persephone answered.

   "DAMN IT! And I can't just try randomly to find Equestria with my owns!"    Scipion roared.

   "Wow... How quickly you went back on your words. Please tell me we are actually killing some of the assholes."    Morgan cackled which didn't improve Scipion's mood.

   "If I may suggest something. Maybe we should go to the Expedition Society Headquarters. I remember Lucian is working there. Maybe we can use one of his inventions to help us."    Clyde suggested.

   "Fine, we go the Expedition Society HQ. It'll be faster to reach it rather than going to Panem then Equestria, especially since the staff back there is going to piss me off."   

   "Gehehe! Then let's go! It might be a good way to introduce myself to some of these new faces."    Freddy cackled. Morgan smirked sadistically, a plan forming in his mind.

   "Morgan. Don't. Mom, you're coming with us. We never know."    Scipion growled.

   "Pourquoi pas? Asides from Panem I never visited foreign worlds."    Persephone sighed.

"But that HQ is the enemy territory! We're practically all wanted there! And what if Equestria turns out to be a danger-" Edgar fearfully protested.

   "I said now!"    Scipion roared. Edgar gulped and everyone prepared to leave.

Proteus tried to follow them but tripped and fell, still exhausted from his operation.

   "Onox. Be a darling and carry Proteus with you, hmm?"    Persephone asked

Onox immediately grabbed the old Greninja with him and they followed the others.

Koopaling standoff

Pharynx regressed to his normal form. He was still unconscious, but he was still alive, fortunately. Ludwig dodged Susie's mallet and got away by spinning around.

"A pathetic move coming from a pathetic teenager. You bore me. I'll finish you off with my next move and move on to the main and final act of this symphony." Ludwig claimed, not paying attention to Ralsei trying to grab his wand.

Ludwig retreated into his shell and charged at Susie.

Back with the others, Roy simply grinned at Sans and burrowed once again, dodging the bones.

Unfortunately for Wanda, while her Bill lost sight of her and focused on Sans instead alongside the second Bill, Roy's head emerged from the cloud right after she became small and he pinned the hat's sides on the ground to prevent her from leaving.

"Ya shouldn't have done that, ya moron... I'm gonna crush ya inside yar stupid hat now!" he cackled.

Morton also crushed the wall rather easily with his hammer but failed to hit Papyrus. Noticing Tay and Kay, Morton created spiky balls and fired them at them.

As for Iggy's pursuers, Tokage had to give up the chase and kicked Miss Ball's ball back at Pinkie to help her land. Lemmy simply watched with his tongue sticking out, discreetly waving his wand as golden aura started to shine right at the feets of those that wished to fight him.

Dance club

June slammed Larry on the ground with her Night Daze, causing him to scream in agony.

Aaron carefully approached the Koopaling after the attack was over, ready for any dirty tricks.

To his surprise, Larry was still conscious though the Night Daze and Mr. Ramon's attack damaged him badly. He stared at the group in shock for a moment, unable to get up and put his claws on his chest... before bursting into tears

"T-T-That hurts!! THAT HURTS!! W-WHY??? I-I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A HUMAN SO THAT THE OTHERS WON'T LAUGH AT ME!! AAUUGHH!! THAT HU-U-U-UUUURTS!!!!" he whimpered, waving his arms and legs.

Aaron sighed at the crying teenager, feeling a bit bad for him.

Before he could react, a mechanical claw burst through a wall and grabbed Larry. Aaron gasped in shock upon seeing that the claw belonged to Iggy's car and he spotted the prisoners inside, including his best friend.

"Lucian! Wednesday! Joaquin! Veena! Are you alright??" he called out.

"W-We are!" Lucian shouted back, waving at Aaron to show that he was fine. Aaron felt a bit reassured.

"LARRY!!! YOU'RE HURT!!" Iggy screamed, immediately hugging his little brother.

"I... I just wanted to be cool and do like Lemmy... T-They b-bullied me... I-It hurts... M-My chest really hurts... O-Owww..." Larry cried.

"Listen. You'll recover in time. Koopas can do that. Just breathe, okay? No one's going to hurt you anymore." Iggy quietly said, rubbing his brother's head.

"...Please don't say anything to the others." Larry asked, sniffing, before noticing Lucian and Wednesday. The Lycanroc gulped, not knowing what to expect.

The Koopaling ran towards them and hugged his "Pokemons" tight, rubbing himself against their furs and sobbing. That took Lucian off guard. The only one who hugged him like that was Aaron when the Lucario felt down, and he didn't really like being touched by strangers.

But on the other hand, bad or not, Larry was still just the equivalent of a 12 years old Earth-prime kid. Lucian sighed and quietly patted the Koopaling's shell.

"You... You said Wednesday isn't your real name? What is it, then?" he quietly asked Wednesday, not sure if this was a personal matter or not.

But then, Iggy turned towards Aaron, June, and Mr. Ramon, staring at them with an unnatural empty expression.

His eyes twitching, Iggy pressed a button. The car opened its mouth revealing a giant Chain-Chomp that immediately barked at the group. A single chain was holding him.

What is that thing?? It looks somehow even more threatening than the Koopalings! Aaron thought at the sight of the giant dog creature. Not only that, but he feared that it might attack anything in sight, including the Ramon Kids and/or Darnell upon seeing it barking even louder.

"No one... No one makes a Koopaling cry and gets away with it." Iggy menacingly muttered with a creepy smile, ready to let the rampaging Chain-Chomp loose. Lucian got very worried, not sure if Aaron and June could take it on without trouble. Looking at Wednesday, he nervously grabbed the Thievul's arm and took a deep breath.

Aaron always stood up for him once, now it was his turn. And a part of him was sure Wednesday felt the same way towards June.

"W-Wait!" Lucian dared to say.

Iggy turned back with his creepy smile and got uncomfortably close to the two Pokémons in an instant. Lucian yelped and hugged his Thievul friend tightly, feeling a bit overwhelmed with Larry still sobbing with the two Pokémons, too shaken up to care about what was happening.

"Hmmmm??? I didn't hear you right... Did you asked me not to make those dirty brother bullies pay???" the mad scientist "calmly" asked, looking like he was about to explode.

Lucian nervously gulped and shakily looked at Wednesday, hoping he would try helping him to convince Iggy not to release the Chain Chomp.

Near food court

Wendy suddenly grabbed Jabberjaw's arm before he could reach Alex.

"Out of every single idiot, they had to send the seapony... No. You're a shark actually, hmm? You're going to end up with the Sushi in my aquarium... If I don't throw you off our town first, you degenerate!! Who do you think you are to interrupt my date???" she shouted.

Wendy retreated further into the water bubble, grabbing Alex who was still screaming for his life, his meltdown too strong for him to notice his would-be-savior. She whistled, invocating several Cheep-Cheeps that charged at the intruder.

Edited by Scipion3 on Aug 17th 2021 at 8:27:00 PM

District 3 - Map's House

"Haahh... haha... hahhh..." wheezed Map as he played tulio_gets_hit_by_falling_cans_and_dies.mp3 twelve times in a row.

Eventually, Map calmed down and said to himself "Nice to get some comedic relief, even if one of my guys went out," before laughing again.

Dobu-2 Corp - Fukuro's Office

Fukuro was watching the games on his desktop, making sure to monitor Map's tributes very carefully.

Just then, a loud farting noise is heard over over one the data clones, making Fukuro cover his ears in frustration.

"Ugh, why did you make me do this?" muttered Fukuro as he put his hands on his face.

Season 175

...What the...? (Eye-Sicle mutters when Ickis joy-rides a car into space.)

I bet Ickis is having the time of his life right now. (Krumm remarks.)

(Meanwhile, Reptar manages to acquire the Triforce of Courage.)

Isn't that guy pretty strong already, though? (Moosey wonders out loud.) ...then again, that weird-looking wrestler dude just took out Darth freaking Vader no problem.

Stand-off

HEY!! (Wanda screams from inside her hat.)

(Relieved that Pharnyx is alright, Cleo tries to figure out what to do next when she sees Roy grab Wanda’s hat with the currently tiny dino inside. Immediately, Cleo grabs the hat and its occupant with her powers and starts dragging them toward her (possibly dragging Roy over with them too if he holds on tight enough).)

Check yourself, babe! (Kay warns Tay as the spiky balls Morton threw at them approach them. They just manage to dive out of the way, one of the balls nicking Tay’s tail.)

Nice job, Tokage! (Miss Ball tells Tokage when he redirects one of her beach balls to catch Pinkie.)

Uh…guys? (Jared says, noticing the weird aura surrounding their feet.)

………

Dance Club

(June feels awful even before Larry starts crying (especially after he cried out when she attacked him), having hated to have to attack an actual child. The whole time until Iggy shows up with his prisoners in tow, she stands on the dance floor rigid with both her claws over her mouth, only turning to look briefly at Darnell (who looks every bit as shocked as she does). June feels even worse when Larry runs crying to his older brother and hugs Lucian and Wednesday tight, followed by Iggy getting absolutely pissed.)

I-I…Oscar… (Wednesday says.)

(Although he still doesn’t want he or Lucian to have to become Larry’s pets, he feels really bad for Larry nonetheless. Despite being every bit as nervous as Lucian, he tries to speak up on behalf of the others.)

L-Look, man, this is…this is all just a misunderstanding. I think he just wanted a friend but went about it the wrong way and ended up scaring everybody on accident. (Wednesday stammers. He shoots a scared expression down at June, as well as Aaron.) I can tell just by looking that they REALLY didn’t want to have to hurt him. Just call off the huge bite-y monster before anybody else gets hurt, please…

(He hopes that was the right thing to say; he’s not used to being put on the spot like this.)

……..

Food Court

ACK! (Jabberjaw shoves his way through the Cheep-Cheeps, decking a couple in the face.)

Hey, he clearly don’t wanna be here! Let ‘im go! (He shouts, grabbing for Alex again as soon as he’s able to catch up with Alex and Wendy again.)

Edited by kablammin45 on Aug 18th 2021 at 9:19:25 AM

Psyche's Fanfic School

Indeed! Anyway, I really gotta rest up now. Talk to you later, big bro!

See ya, Psyche.

The Arena

"That's right!" says Astigmatism as the louse destroys Sunkern's garden under their orders, which Sponge then rewards with a tiny glass of wine.

Meanwhile, Loox plays with the vintage action figure he got from an unknown sponsor, then the next day, he tries pulling LS!Libre away from Rage, but the latter proves to be stronger than him.

"You rude little snipe!"

Meanwhile, Astigmatism receives Twilicane, or rather, Ickiscane, from another sponsor and squints at it.

"How dare you."

They then nod grievously like Asgore when Rage tells them that they killed him several times before, mostly out of confusion, while Loox closes his eye upon seeing Reptar naked... even if he's naked himself. The next day, Loox sighs at Yosuke failing his Standing-Up School while Astigmatism sings while making an LS!Libre sandwich (thankfully without making him an actual ingredient).

Las Pegasus

Dance Club

Mr. Ramon flares his nostrils and flicks his tail at Larry, but Kris holds out their hand and tells him to stop, for Larry is just a kid who wants some friends. But before he could retort, Iggy suddenly bursts in and threatens to release a Chain Chomp for harming his brother, and DJ P0N-3 promptly hides under the turntables.

"Wednesday's right, Dad..." says Carlos, "he just wanted to have fun with us at the carnival!"

"We thought he'd be just as bad as Janet, or worse!"

"Oh, I think I heard of her," says Mikey, "but I'm just glad that she never bullied me..."

He thinks of activating his mobile suit in case things get worse, but he's in a tight spot right now. Kris tells the kids that it's still not safe to come out while Mr. Ramon remains on guard.

Standoff

Susie tries outrunning Ludwig but gets easily KO'd in her normal form.

"Oh noooo!" Ralsei cries out, but Twilight signals him to use the wand against Ludwig.

"But I don't know how to use it! I do magic with just my hands!"

"Trust me, Ralsei."

He gulps and waves it at Ludwig and gasps at the random spell it casts, which will stun him if it hits.

Meanwhile, Sans quickly redirects his bones through the tunnel to pierce Roy on the other side and tries teleporting away from the Bills at the last second, hoping that they'd crash into each other. At the same time, Papyrus gasps when Morton misses, but he notices his hooves shining gold.

"OOOH, SHINY!"

Meanwhile, Pinkie lands safely on the ball and bounces it towards Lemmy, not noticing her hooves glowing.

PMD!World

Still running, Scipion suddenly stopped in his tracks upon hearing his school alarm ringing inside his mane.

   "FOR FUCK SAKE I DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THAT BULLSHIT!!! FUCKING MII PRICK!!"    Scipion roared, hastily yeeting himself into a portal. To make things worse, Sponge was in his pajamas, furthering the Zoroark's disgust.

The Mii soon left right before Scipion unleased a giant Night Daze in his fury.

Koopaling Standoff

After disposing of Susie, Ludwig was about to attack Twilight when he saw at the last moment Ralsei attacking him from behind. The Koopaling retreated into his shell, preventing him from being stunned, but it stil did some damage.

"I see... Behind this cute little face, hides a scheming trickster, hmm? You're lucky you are not facing Lemmy right now. From what I've heard, you have a great distaste of anything related to circuses." Ludwig grunted, noticing his wand.

"So that's your plan? Do you think because you have my wand, I can't use magic? I've got news for you brat."

Ludwig growled as his hands got caught in the same blue fire he usually fired from his wand.

"Only the best magicians can use magic without their wands in my world. I still prefer to use it because it will take much more time for me to recover after the battle... No matter."

Ludwig focused and shot several bolts of lightning at Ralsei.

Like Sans planned, the Bills collided with each other and exploded. But Roy got out of the ground at the last moment before he could get hit, carried by Wanda's hat.

"Ya're still kicking, huh? Ya're fat, but ya're tough... I'll finish the job and put ya two out of commission! Then it'll be the loser bones' turn!" he roared at Cleo

Roy put the hat and Wanda inside his shell, before retreating into it, ready to hurt Cleo with the spikes on it and his own weight.

Back with Lemmy, his ball suddenly turned giant, making him dodge Pinkie's attack. The golden auras beneath Tokage, Miss Ball, Jared, Papyrus and Pinkie turned into giant balls as well.

"Whoah!" Tokage yelped, trying to keep his balance on the slippery balloon. He wasn't sure what was going to happen if he fell at such height, but he was determined not to find out.

"Nyahaha!! Let's play together! I'm going to train you to stand on my balls!" Lemmy cackled, summoning some bombs. He juggled with them for a moment before throwing it at every heroes that were on the balls.

"Are you kidding???" Tokage exclaimed, trying to juggle with them so that they wouldn't explode on his face while trying to keep his balance.

As for Morton, noticing his brother struggling against Sans, he took over and attempted to ram into him with his huge shell.

"PUNY LITTLE SKELETON ANNOYING. BUT PUNY SKELETON PUNY. IF MORTON DEFEAT PUNY SKELETON, SIBLINGS WIN EASIER!"

Dance club

Motivated by Wednesday's speech, Lucian took a deep breath and started to speak too. Even though he wasn't used to being in the spotlight too, he hoped he and his friend would be able to prevent Iggy from doing something really bad.

"Y-Yeah... I-I mean, I-I know you're bad g-guys and all but... T-They panicked! Aaron is my best friend. He would do anything to keep me safe. June cares a lot about my friend too. A-And Mr. Ramon was just trying to p-protect his family. We... We're just very close like you and Lemmy are. T-That's why they hurt Larry like that. S-So, please... I... I don't want anybody to get hurt." he pleaded.

Iggy stared at the two Pokémons with his angry smile. He grinned madly and Lucian started to fear the worst.

"You two really should see the look on your face. You look like you saw King Boo in person for the first time, bwahaha!"

Iggy sighed and pushed a button, encasing the Chain-Chomp back inside the car. Lucian couldn't help but let out a relieved chuckle and looked at Wednesday with pride.

"W-Wow... We did it, Oscar!" he exclaimed only to cup his mouth.

"I-I mean... I-If you're not comfortable with me saying your actual name I can just keep calling you Wednesday." he nervously chuckled.

"You're lucky that's just me. If it was someone like Roy or Ludwig who saw this, those losers would be dead. Deader than dead." Iggy sighed as Larry finally let go of "his" Pokémons.

"Sniff... You make good pillows..." Larry muttered, wiping out a tear. He looked angrily at the heroes down here.

"Ya know... I'm angry at them but... maybe you're right. If you are this close to Aaron and June, maybe I'll just let you go." he said, rubbing his mohawk.

"R-Really? W-What about Joaquin and Veena?" Lucian asked, Larry raising his hopes.

"Nah! They're Lemmy's friends so they're a different case! The losers gonna have to rescue them. Besides, they're a sort of coupl-." Iggy said, only to accidentally press a button. The Koopa car got a pink light projector right above the two reptiles as it played a typical love theme with saxophone. Lucian blushed and hid his face behind his paws.

"Why do you have that option, Igs??" Larry exclaimed, covering his eyes too.

"I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHY!! OR MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE I CAN PREDICT THE FUTURE AND I WITNESSED THOSE TWO BEING TOGETHER IN MY CAR DESPITE THE FACT I NEVER FORESEEN ANYTHING AT ALL!!" Iggy shouted, immediately making it stop.

"Sure... Anyway, I'm willing to release you two. BUT! You will make up for your friends bullying me! So we'll play a game..." Larry giggled at Lucian and Wednesday, rubbing his claws

"Win against me, and I'll let you go. Lose, and I'll take you and your Pokémons friends to make sure you won't feel alone. Maybe the old geezer too since he's June grandpa."

Iggy madly cackled pressed a few buttons and his car put racing googles on Lucian and Wednesday's eyes to protect them.

"W-W-Wait! We didn't say yes! W-What are you going to do?" Lucian protested, starting to panic.

"Hey, relax, it's not that dangerous. Pretty sure you never did that, but trust me it's easy to handle. You might even find that fun." Larry said, stretching his limbs before doing a thumb-up at Iggy.

Larry screamed in joy as he suddenly fell into a hole the car created.

"H-Hey! S-Stop this isn't fun-EEEEEEEKKK!!" Lucian tried to say before another hole appeared right under the two canine Pokémons, making them fall inside the car's interiors.

Lucian held on tight to Wednesday as they slid down a slide. The duo landed in what seemed to be a miniature version of the Koopa Clown Car.

"O-Oh god...! W-What's happening?" he stammered, hyperventilating.

The shy wolf took several breaths, trying to calm himself down. The shape of the vehicle seemed familiar to him though. Perhaps he had enough knowledge to know what it was.

"W-Wait... I... I think that's a car for two drivers. I can touch the wheels and the accelerators... B-But where are the brakes?"

"There isn't! Bwahaha!! You're gonna race against Larry at full speed! Karting is his favorite sport right after tennis and things with horses! After all, what's a good carnival without a little race? WAHAHAHAHAAA!!!" Iggy cackled from below, grabbing a racing flag out of nowhere.

"B-B-But we never drive before! Oh n-n-no..."

Lucian gulped and shakily gripped the fox's paw and a part of his wheel, bracing himself for the worst.

Aaron heard Iggy's cackling and frowned, pretty sure that Wednesday and Lucian were going to freak out as soon as Iggy would launch them out of his clown car.

"June... Even though this looks better than I thought, I think Lucian and Wednesday will need our help." Aaron whispered to the Zoroark.

Near food court

The Cheeps-Cheeps tried to ram into Jabberjaw. While some hurt him, they got defeated rather quickly. Wendy got distracted by yelling at her fish minions, allowing the seapony to grab a petrified Alex's arms.

"Let go, fish brain!" Wendy shouted back, grabbing Alex's legs, not giving up so easily.

Edited by Scipion3 on Aug 18th 2021 at 4:46:37 PM

Season 175

(The season goes on.)

(Reptar managed to lose the cape and mask he just found and retreats back to his camp. Somehow everyone treats him like he’s naked even though he wasn’t even wearing anything before. Eye-Sicle is visibly puzzled.)

(The kaiju interrogates some of the other tributes over why they spectated a previous tribute’s death. Eye-Sicle wonders how they were able to understand Reptar’s unintelligible growling.)

………

(Meanwhile, Ickis writes down a question for one of the other tributes to answer.)

What did he just write? (Mitzi wonders out loud.)

   Oh, with Ickie it could be just about anything.    (Oblina says.)

It’s a good thing our teacher isn’t here or he’d be getting on Ickis’s case for interactin’ with humans so much. (Krumm muses.)

(Ickis gets his response from Karno.) “Blue…whale…” …WHAT?! How’d you know? Oh, never mind…

(But instead Ickis gets sucked into playing a strange board game with several other tributes. Their surroundings change wildly every time they pick a card.)

Remind me to NOT ever get that game. (Eye-Sicle remarks up in his quarters.)

………

Stand-off

(Cleo takes Roy in his shell right into her stomach, causing her to emit a pained draconic screech as the shell leaves gashes on her stomach. Due to her pain, she’s not in much position to really fight at this point.)

Cleo! (Wanda’s muffled voice comes from within her hat. She knows it’s too late to just grow back to normal size (Roy might be a jerk (and his shell may stink) but she doesn’t want to KILL him), so she resorts to firing lightning from her claws right there from within Roy’s shell (just enough that she hopes that, at the very least, he’ll release them both).)

Whoa!! (Jared says as well, flapping his wings wildly as he tries to maintain his footing on the ball that suddenly appeared beneath him. Not prepared to have to juggle either, he fumbles with the bombs thrown at him for a moment before dropping all of them. Ball has no such problem standing on a giant ball or juggling balls (even with four legs) and easily deflects the bombs thrown at her away from anybody.)

(Kay and Tay quickly run over to assist the skelebros, eggs flying.)

……….

Dance Club

Oh, don’t worry, you’re fine. (Wednesday tells Lucian.) Honestly, maybe I should start going by my real name again more often. That was just the code name the other thieves back home gave me anyway.

(Wednesday grimaces and Joaquin and Veena are wildly embarrassed when Iggy inadvertently creates a heart-themed projection above the latter two’s heads.) I mean, any other time this might be nice, but…

Si… (Joaquin agrees.)

(Wednesday and the others get worried when Larry challenges them to a kart race (with the losers having to go with Larry along with the other Pokémon in the building) and drops the two canine Pokémon into a two-person kart.)

Whoaaaa-oof! (Wednesday yelps. He looks frantically at the dashboard, not understanding how any of it works.) Yeah, me either!

Yeah! But what should we do? How d’we help ‘em when they’re in that thing? (June asks Aaron.) Should we hop in with ‘em?

(Darnell also walks over to see what he can do to help (he certainly doesn’t want June, himself, or the others to have to leave with Larry).)

……

Food Court

Nuh uh! YOU let go! (Jabberjaw shouts, tugging harder and trying to swim backwards fast enough so that Wendy might lose her grip on Alex.)

Dave's Home Base, Medical Wing

6k1 was about to start when Mimi, in a fit of growth spurt, zaps Dave and Fira with overcharged healing beams. The strength of the beams left them heavily disoriented.

"Ugh.... Risen.... wolves.... Risen riding wolves...." the Lord High Protector mutters in his daze.

"I see trees of green, red roses too...."

The daze vanishes in a moment, only to be replaced by something worse: nausea. Hans, who notices, quickly grabs a pair of sickness bags, and hands it to the pair, who proceed to vomit quite intensely into it.

Fortunately, the bout was there only for a short while. The Vice Head Advisor shakes his head, and goes about to grab some drinks for everyone.

"Whew.... that was intense," Fira says, after a moment to catch her breath.

"I was about to say that. Mimi, I appreciate the concern. In fact, I do feel a bit better. Well, outside of the nausea just now."

"Are you still having trouble with that growth spurt of yours?"

Las Pegasus, Standoff

Things quickly went into chaos.

Starfall, while confident in his allies, was not so sure of himself. While he is not weak by any means, the Koopalings are no pushover themselves. He needed something that could add more to his allies' side.

Then an idea flashed into mind. A spell from a particular universe that he had studied during the search for Dave and his family. However, it would require time for him to gather up the mana needed to do it. In the heat of the fight, and him being left alone, he realized that he has a chance to do it, and hid behind a bunch of crates nearby. The others, meanwhile, were too preoccupied to notice.

A pained draconic screech is heard. Starfall, still behind the crate, realizes that time is running out. It's now or never. He begins his incantation.

"O great gods above, I beseech thy help! Grant me the strength of warriors to protect the things that matter! I INVOKE THY POWER!" he shouts.

A bright flash of light erupts, flinging the crates aside, to reveal three humanoid-shaped warriors. Two of them are females riding pegasi and wielding lances◊, but one of them has a throwing spear and a sword for backup, while the other has a simple iron lance and a healing staff at hand. The other is a male fighter in an unfamiliar garb that inspires dread, wielding a sword and an axe.◊

The pegasus riding knights immediately jump into battle, the one with the spear and sword immediately targeting Roy with a shot from its spear, while the other heads out to help Ralsei. The dread fighter, meanwhile, stays near its summoner to protect him.

"Welp, that puts me out of the fight for the time being...." Starfall mutters weakly to himself. "I can only hope these invoked warriors are strong enough.... I'd prefer not to die, if I can."

Dave's Home Base, Medical Wing

"I... hope that this won't be as bad as the last one..." says Mimi, her voice now slightly lower as an adult.

But somebody has to monitor you while I give my latest vessel a test run after 6001 tells her stories to David Hutchinson about her adventures, says Ally.

Dupe points to himself and mews, as if to ask if he's given the task again. Deep down, he feels left behind because his "siblings" are growing up so fast, but he doesn't show it to them.

Meanwhile, 6k1 watches the season and is tempted to make an Outertale joke when Astigmatism briefly sneezes themself into space, but she nearly gets a heart attack when Sukarno-Hatta brutally pick on their nominator while LS!Libre destroys another nom school, this time Bale's School for Culinary Arts.

"D-Dave...? I thought Sukarno-Hatta went after you, assuming that you nominated them back in Season 8... and I hope LS!Libre doesn't come for the Art School next... But anyway, it's my turn to get you up to speed about my adventures..."

She decides to start with her most recent one.

"You know that you gave me a sign when you nominated Navi back in S168, right? Well, that was just after I saved Asriel and reunited him with his family..."

Las Pegasus

Dance Club

Mr. Ramon sighs in relief when Iggy retracts the Chain Chomp while the kids blush in embarrassment when the Koopaling accidentally "sets the mood" for Joaquin and Veena.

"So what?" says Mr. Ramon, "Veena over there's just tickled pink!"

Kris facepalms while the kids groan, even Carlos.

Larry then challenges Lucian and Wednesday to a kart race.

"I'm not sure if we should join them either," says Mr. Ramon, "because if we are, then someone has to watch over the kids..."

Kris shrugs, but considers joining the race since they played their world's version of Mario Kart with their Asriel when they were kids.

Standoff

Ralsei quickly hides behind the pegasus rider from Ludwig's lightning bolts and waves the wand again, for he only knows how to cast healing spells with his hands. He randomly summons a forcefield around himself and the rider, which is as strong as Twilight's when she bubbled her old library when "Gabby Gums" published fake news about her.

Meanwhile, Sans continues stalling Roy and Morton's fight and dodges out of the way of Kay and Tay's projectiles and the other pegasus rider's spear.

"no way i'm fallin' to friendly fire, even if none of your attacks are on fire!"

Suddenly, Pinkie and Papyrus find themselves juggling bombs while rolling on giant balls.

"Hey, I've an idea!"

"WHAT IS IT?"

"Let's play hot potato with these!"

"JUST LIKE METTATON?! OH NO YOU DON'T!"

Pinkie internally cringes at his name, remembering when he, in his NEO form, sliced her and her Mirror Pool clones with the Genocide Cutter in Season 23. She shakes it off and throws her bombs at Papyrus, who throws his bombs at her in return.

Meanwhile, Twilight goes to Susie and guards her, still observing the battle.

Near food court

Wendy may be strong, but Jabberjaw was physically stronger. Wendy gasped as she lost her grasp and Jabberjaw pulled Alex away from the bubble.

"UUUURGHH!!! You...!! I'll be back for you!" she hissed, retreating as Alex started to regain his senses.

"A... Are you an angel?" he groggily muttered at Jabberjaw.

Dance club

"Just in case you've forgotten, you're gonna race all around the town. The first one who comes back to the dance club wins!" Iggy said to the racers inside the car.

"Good idea. With Extreme Speed, I should be fast enough to catch up with our friends' car. Maybe I could grab you along so that we can both hold on to the car's side and help them get through this." Aaron said to June. He then saw Kris and Darnell approaching them.

"Hmm... If you're coming with us, I fear it might be dangerous. But... I don't know if you can turn back into a Delphox or at least use magic since you're still a Kirin, sir, but maybe Kris can use your magic to guide us since they look like they know what this kart thing is all about." Aaron said to Darnell, grateful for his and Kris's help.

"YOU KNOW I CAN HEAR YOU LOSERS FROM HERE!! LET'S SEE WHAT LARRY THINK OF YOUR LITTLE PLAN!!" Iggy cackled, mocking them.

"Won't lie Igs. "Spike" and "Arsene" both look scared. If their friends can catch up with them, I won't mind if they're four against me... because I'll have something that they don't, so gotta be fair for once." Larry said from the inside, cackling from his own car as he turned his wand into a tennis racket.

Iggy then waved his flag, starting the countdown as the Koopa Clown Car opened its mouth, revealing two small cannons the size of the cars.

"I-I can hear my own heart beating... A-Arceus...! I-If we don't survive this... it was nice knowing you Oscar." Lucian whispered, very afraid and unaware of Aaron and June's plan.

"GOOOOOO!!" Iggy shrieked as the Koopa Clown Car fired Larry and his opponents. Lucian felt his eyes popping out despite his googles and he immediately gripped his wheel for dear life as soon as his and Wednesday's kart accelerated at hair-raising speed.

It wasn't as fast as the roller coaster, but it was certainly intense enough to make the Lycanroc's heart skip a beat.

"WHOAAAAH! WHOAAHH! WHOAAAHH!" Lucian screamed, struggling to keep hold of the wheel despite the speed. Giving how much he was panicking, he would need to cooperate with Wednesday just to control the kart. Larry was cackling, right next to the duo.

"We can't lose sight of them, June! Let's move now!" Aaron shouted back at June, offering his paw to her. Should she take it, both would chase the car at high-speed thanks to Aaron's Extreme Speed move and attempt to hold on to its sides.

Koopaling Standoff

Roy growled in surprise as Wanda shot her lightning from inside. The brute got her and her hat out of his shell and threw them on the ground.

"Wanna know something? I thought ya girls would just be a waste of time. But ya actually give me trouble... I'm actually enjoying my time with ya. Who would have thought..." Roy said with a grin, crossing his arms at Cleo's defeat.

It was at this moment that Wendy went back to the battlefield, still fresh.

"YO WENDS! Ser'sly what took ya so long???" Roy angrily roared at her.

"I was busy with my new boyfriend when that ugly shark got in the way!" Wendy complained.

"Forget about the punk! Not gonna lie, fighting by myself like that's starting to tire me." Roy growled, sweating.

"Of course you would say that. Let professionals take over, hmm?" Wendy teased, looking down at Wanda and Sans as Morton regrouped with them, having completely countered Kay and Tay's attacks... by opening his mouth wide to gulp the eggs with ease.

"BIRDO AND YOSHI EGG GOOD." he giggled.

It was at this moment that the warriors Starfall summoned made their surprise entrance. Roy got slashed by the first knight while the second one protected Ralsei from the lightning, much to Ludwig's displeasure.

Unfortunately, the Koopalings noticed the unicorn guarded by the last fighter.

"COWARD!!! GET YAR GIRLY UNICORN ASS OVER HERE AND FIGHT LIKE A REAL MAN!!! EVEN THE FAT DRAGON HAD MORE GUTS THAN YA!!!" Roy shouted at him, enraged.

"Right... How could I forget about you? I indeed thought better from the pony counterpart of the famous and respected lord High Protector..." Ludwig hissed at the unicorn. He looked at his own fiery hands and chuckled.

"But perhaps you had the right idea. Some of the folks that are watching us must certainly like crowded battles. Since we are playing this game of minion summoning... How about we show you how it's properly done?" he said, looking at his three other siblings who grinned too. Ludwig mentally contacted Iggy who gladly summoned a teleportation portal with his car.

From the portal, a small army of around 100-150 soldiers showed up. More specifically, an army made entirely of Hammer Bros with normal ones, Boomerang Bros, Fire Bros, Ice Bros, and Sledge Bros. They were led by a Hammer Bro wearing a gray helmet with horns.

   "Hammer Bros Forces ready for action, your evilness! What's the emergency?"    Army Hammer Bro asked Ludwig, he and all the others saluting their commander.

I didn't really want to involve you, but since some fools have started to appear on the other side, I figure you would be useful. See those 3 human fighters and their friends? Assist my siblings and defeat them." Ludwig said, pointing at the heroes.

   "Got it. Do we have to kill those troublemakers?"    Army Hammer Bro asked.

"Keep them alive with the least injures possible. None are world-threatening villains or tried to actually kill us, which is to be commended. Knocking them out will be enough." Ludwig ordered.

   "What about the civilians?"   

"Don't harm them either. They are spectators. If they ask, pose with them for souvenirs." Ludwig said, looking at the crowd before posing once more. The Hammer Bros also gasped at the spectators' sight and either tried to shyly hide or eagerly waved at them.

   "Alright boys! Let's show'em what the best minions of the Koopa Troop can do!"    Army Hammer Bro. roared. The minions roared and charged into battle with pretty much everyone in the area, firing their respective projectiles (or smashing the floor for the Sledge Bros, as Morton or Roy would do). Unlike the Koopalings, those minions were a lot and persistent, but easier to defeat.

"Before I forgot, Starfall... We'll still come for you. But first, I'll take my wand back from that green pest." Ludwig said to the unicorn before charging at Ralsei's forcefield.

"Don't think I forgot about you, shrimp!" Wendy cackled, combining her magic with her brother's to burst through the magic barrier before letting Ludwig fight the knight while she chased after him, trying to summon rings to immobilize him.

"MORTON HELP ROY DEAL WITH PUNY HUMAN ON PUNY PONY AND PUNY SKELETON PONY." Morton said to Roy.

"Right... Knocking the idiot out of her flying pet's gonna be easy. But for Sansy, we'll have to use our brains and anticipate the sneaky bastard." Roy cackled, burrowing once again while Morton charged Sans with his hammer.

Back with Lemmy, the bombs exploded in rainbow lights as soon they were dropped. Tokage dropped some but dodged the explosions, preventing his fall.

I'm really glad I was raised by a Greninja... he thought.

"Booh! That's too bad! But look at your seal friend over there! She's doing very well!" Lemmy exclaimed, standing on one hand and looking proudly at Miss Ball easily dealing with them. The bombs exploded in the air, safely this time. Pinkie and Papyrus fared well and even started to exchange their own bombs before they safely exploded in the air too.

Tokage frowned upon seeing a cackling Iggy getting near their position.

"HEY! LOSERS!! JUGGLE WITH THAT!! BWAHAHAHA!!" he cackled, showing them his butt before throwing yet another cannonball at them.

"We're quite high from here... Maybe this time we can reach that damn car." Tokage said to the others as Lemmy sent one giant bomb at each hero to juggle with this time.

Edited by Scipion3 on Aug 18th 2021 at 11:58:49 AM

Season 175

(Continuing to only be able to speak in incoherent growls and roars, it's not surprising that Reptar's attempt at a trivia game doesn't go quite as unexpectedly well as Ickis's did.)

(Speaking of whom, Ickis has found himself at Bale's cooking school alongside one of the alternate Libres, and he's frustrated by the instructions.)

These eggs aren't rotten...no bugs in the flour...this stinks! I'm getting better ingredients! (He pours the contents of a nearby wastebasket into his mixing bowl.) I'm fixing this recipe!

(The next thing everyone knows, the entire building goes boom. Everyone back at Eye-Sicle's lair is shocked until they see Ickis and the alternate Libre alive and well within the wreckage.)

Wow, what do you suppose happened there? (Mitzi wonders out loud.)

(Nobody can really give an answer.)

(Things go from zero to sixty afterward, though; in one fell swoop Ickis takes out Scathach-Skadi while Reptar is hired by none other than Mr. Krabs to keep the Krabby Patty Secret Formula a secret.)

   ...Oh my.    (Oblina simply says.)

Wow, Ickis, we're just supposed to SCARE people not.... (Krumm remarks.) She, uh...she gonna be alright?

She should be. Most folks revive their tributes afterward now from what I can tell, so what Ickis just did shouldn't matter. (Moosey says.)

Food Court

Nah, just a shark. You 'kay there, pal? (Jabberjaw says as they exit Wendy's water bubble.)

Dance Club

It was nice meeting you, too... (Wednesday gulps.)

(The race is on. Wednesday keeps a death grip on the wheel as it shoots off ahead)

Hmm, actually... (June turns herself into another Lucario.) There! Now we can both keep up without you havin' t' keep ahold of me! Extreme Speed, go!!

(She blasts off after Lucian and Wednesday's kart.)

(Darnell is worried and turns to Kris.) Kris, what do you believe is the best course of action for us here? I don't want anyone to get hurt.

Stand-off

Ow. (Wanda grunts when Roy tosses her aside. She starts growing back to normal size (at a much slower speed that she did when she shrank) and dizzily goes over to Cleo.) Cleo, you good?

Worse has happened to me... (The dragon grunts.)

Hmm, maybe we should look for a different angle, Tay. We're just giving Morty there lunch. (Kay tells Tay.)

(But before they can come up with something, a MASSIVE crowd of X Bros. enters the carnival.)

Oh...my...GOSH!! (Jared's eyes go wide as the Bros swarm in and hammers go flying everywhere. He's so shocked he lets the bomb ball that Ball threw at him whizz right past him. At least now they have back-up too, thanks to Starfall.)

(More much larger bomb balls are thrown at them.)

Guys, let's try to chuck 'em at all those guys that just showed up! (Ball suggests to the others, tossing her bomb at the approaching Bros.)

(Jared catches his, then swoops up into the air and pitches it at some of the Bros as well.) But what about Iggy? (He asks.)

(Back on the ground, Tay shrugs.)    Well, I figure we could send eggs their way. They're less likely to just eat them.    (Tay tells Kay. They move toward the riders who just arrived and fire more eggs at the mooks.)

Edited by kablammin45 on Aug 18th 2021 at 11:13:27 AM

District 3 - Map's House

"Oh, you shouldn't have looked," commented Map over Juan Carlos' folly; "Ah well, time to get ready for the next one," he said, searching on his tablet.

Dobu-2 Corp - Office

Fukuro looked at Map's remaining tribute getting killed by a dinosaur over some sort of recipe, he then stood up and relievedly said:

"Finally, now I can get back to more important stuff," before leaving the office.

The Arena

While Loox makes a poster of himself that says, "Now Panic and Freak Out", Astigmatism catches wind of Sukarno-Hatta brutally picking on their nominator and teleports Bung Hatta to the Netherlands.

"Take your last look," they say as they then fire more sphere bullets at a crack in a dike. Astigmatism then teleports back to the Arena, leaving Hatta to drown in the ensuing flood.

Astigmatism then hunts down Bung Karno the next day and closes their belly eye, revealing their menacing face before shining a flashlight that disintegrates him. Meanwhile, Loox joins a contest and gets shocked when Yosuke takes off his mask after losing to reveal that he was Herlock all along.

Las Pegasus

Dance Club

Kris' and Mr. Ramon's hair get windblown from the karts being shot out of their cannons. The former then tells Darnell that from what Lucian said about Kirin, he could transform into a speedy, fiery Nirik if he gets provoked, but that risks burning down some sections of the carnival.

"If that sounds too dangerous," says Mr. Ramon, "then you can watch over the kids here while I be Kris's kart for the race."

They ask if he's strong enough to carry them.

"Of course, I am! I used to give Carlos piggyback rides when he was a baby!"

Meanwhile, Mikey crawls from under the table and trots to the exit while Carlos and Ralphie chase him.

"Brother, what are you doing?!"

"Chasing them, of course!"

"But Dad and Kris will get mad at us!"

"But now's my chance to test how fast my mobile suit can run!"

Mikey prepares to activate it with another button of his wheelchair. Darnell only has a few seconds to notice him and try intervening.

Standoff

Suddenly, Ludwig calls upon the Hammer Bro. Forces to turn the tide of the battle. Ralsei wraps himself with his scarf and runs away just when his barrier breaks, then tosses the wand to Sans, who catches it in his mouth.

"i wand-er what dish doesh?" he says, muffled, as he shakes his head to wave it. He randomly fires spread magic shots at Roy, Morton, and some of the mooks, but the other heroes might get caught in the friendly fire if they don't dodge fast enough.

Meanwhile, Twilight crawls under Susie to carry her on her back and flees from the mooks, but a boomerang knocks her out for a moment.

"THERE'S TOO MANY OF THEM!" she shouts to Pinkie and Papyrus. "WE NEED MORE COVER!"

"ON IT!" they shout back before throwing their bombs at the mooks.

Edited by TroperNo9001 on Aug 19th 2021 at 9:53:24 PM

Near food court

"I... I don't even know... I want my daddy." Alex answered, still frozen in fear, looking traumatized. Instead, he took his hat off, with his father's mega-stone still hidden inside, and pulled the hat against his chest, hugging it.

"I-I just... I just need a moment..." he weakly muttered, trying to center himself.

Koopaling Standoff

Many X Bros. were sent flying away by the various attacks and got easily knocked out. while others kept throwing hammers, boomerangs, sledges, fire and ice balls at their opponents.

"Tch! I'll finish the kid off. Without their healer, they're done for!" Wendy scoffed, firing more rings at Ralsei, not wanting to let him escape.

"Nevermind. Forget about that cursed wand... I should have enough mana to wrap things up here." Ludwig cursed at Sans grabbing his wand and knowing that he was much more troublesome to catch. He turned towards Starfall and prepared to attack him.

   "Don't concern yourself with that weakened unicorn your evilness! We can handle him and his bodyguard!"    Army hammer bro exclaimed, leading around 20 X Bros towards Starfall.

"If you insist... Which means..." Ludwig said, giving a devilish look at Twilight right under Susie.

Ludwig chased after the princess himself and summoned fireballs from his hands.

"PUNY SKELETON GIVE BACK WAND!" Morton roared, bulky enough to resist Sans's spells that he didn't deflect with his hammer. Roy occasionally got his head out of the cloud but mostly stayed hidden, waiting for the best opportunity to catch Sans while recovering since he wasn't as sturdy as Morton.

Back with Lemmy, Tokage got an idea.

"Joaquin! Veena! Hold on!" The Grovyle shouted, sending the bomb right at Iggy's car instead of the minions. The mad Koopaling shrieked again as the car got upside down before returning to normal, this time with an angry face.

But Tokage took this opportunity to grab the Koopa clown car's sides, using all of his strength to blend himself with his camouflage abilities, hoping that Iggy wouldn't notice him.

Lemmy was about to throw even more bombs when he noticed something going on.

"Hmm?? What's that sound?" he said, running away with his giant ball and making the other ballons disappearing, leaving Iggy to deal with the others.

"KKYYAAAAHHHHH!! YOU MORONS!! YOU'VE DONE IT NOW!! MWAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA!!!" Iggy shrieked, trying to slam the ones fighting him with the car itself.

Race

Aaron barely had the time to blink that June turned into a Lucario and ran after their friends' car.

Oh right... She's still a Changeling. She's quick-witted. he thought. He also gave a thumb-up at Kris and Mr. Ramon wanting to join before running after her.

Miraculously, Lucian and Wednesday's car had enough space for the two Pokémons to hop inside right behind them. Aaron wasted no time grabbing one of the two racing googles Larry left for him and June and got behind Lucian leaving June to get behind Wednesday.

A-Aaron???" Lucian said.

"Are you alright?" Aaron asked his friend.

"Alright??? Are we alright??? We're racing for our lives, we're going too fast, we don't know how that thing works AND WE'RE FUCKING SCARED!!" Lucian screamed.

"Lucian, calm down! I know it's not easy for you bu-Watch out for that building!!" Aaron warned as the Pokémons's kart was going straight towards a house. Lucian freaked out and turned the wheel fully to the right. It caused the car to spin around itself, though it managed to dodge the building

"Wait don't turn the wheel around that MUUUUUUUCH!!" Aaron shouted, his face becoming green for a moment. He almost felt sick again but did his best to ignore it and focused on his hysterical friend.

"I'M SORRY! I CAN'T CONTROL ANYTHING!" Lucian cried on the verge of tears. He gasped when Aaron gave him a big hug from behind.

"Lucian. It's okay. Everything will be alright." he gently, yet firmly muttered.

"B-B-But...! But I'm useless! I can't eve-"

"Shhhh... Remember how you fared against Scipion twice? Or how you tried to reassure me during the roller coaster ride? You and Wednesday even managed to convince Iggy to not release his Chain Chomp and you knew how insane he is. That's not what I call being useless."

"O-Oscar... T-That's his real name." Lucian muttered, glancing at his new friend. Aaron smiled and pet Lucian.

"You're both stronger than you think. And you're not alone. I and June will watch your backs. Mr. Ramon and Kris will join us shortly to help us. You focus on driving. We can beat Larry together. Okay?"

Still shaking, Lucian took a deep breath and nodded.

"A-Alright... W-Whatever happens, d-don't let me g-go." he gulped with a scared, yet determined look.

Back in the Dance Club, X Bros hastily gathered around Kris and Mr. Ramon. Instead of attacking them, they immediately started to build a mini-portal that would teleport the two right at Larry and the Pokémons's level. The Koopaling was still slightly ahead of them, having not accelerated for the whole time.

"Took you long enough! Y' know I'm not usually fair-play but that wouldn't have been fun. Now the real race can begin." he cackled.

The young Koopaling noticed Kris and Mr. Ramon and sighed.

"Ugh... Turns out some of your friends want to race with us, uh? That means I'll need my own teammate!"

"I'll help! And now we're 4 racers!" A tiny voice laughed.

The Pokémons gasped in shock as Lemmy's giant ball showed up right behind them.

"H-HOW THE DISTORTION WORLD IS THIS BALLOON SO FAST??" Aaron shouted.

"Careful! Careful! It's giant so my ball could make you flat-flat if I roll all over you!" Lemmy giggled. Kris/Mr. Ramon and the Pokémons now had to deal with both Larry and Lemmy.

To the Pokémons's surprise, some X Bros were also all around them, watching the race alongside the ponies.

Larry and Lemmy were bold enough to pose inside his car/on his ball, earning cheers from their own minions.

"W-We don't have to pose like them, r-r-right?" Lucian stammered.

Surprisingly, some Bros also cheered for the Pokémons and/or Kris.

I won't lie, those Koopalings and their army are much better to deal with than Flowey and that giant bird back at the party. Aaron thought, surprised by how fair-play the minions were as none attacked the racers.

Eventually, the racers would come across the first wave of item boxes the minions hastily left. Aaron called out to Kris and asked him about them.

Edited by Scipion3 on Aug 19th 2021 at 4:58:20 PM

Eye-Sicle's Lair

AUGH! BAD MEMORIES! BAD MEMORIES! (Ickis yells as his disembodied head lies on the ground after a botched attempt to take Sponge out of the season.)

OUCH! Poor Ickis! (Krumm exclaims.)

(Reptar doesn't fare well either, getting taken out by the old-fashioned detective just over refusing a delicious drink. Eye-Sicle can be heard grumbling from up in his quarters.)

(Once the season is over, Ickis and Reptar are safely revived.)

Aw, I was robbed! (Ickis grumbles, rubbing his neck.) The sad human cheated!

   As much as everyone else were?    (Oblina asks.)

Glad to see ya better though, Ickis. (Krumm says.)

Welp, time to figure out who's next. (Moosey says.)

   Hmm...actually, might I join this next season?    (Oblina asks.)    Now I'm curious how far I could go. Perhaps I could make it further than Ickie.   

(Ickis grumbles again.)

Well, I don't see why not. (Moosey says.) Just gotta get someone else to go with you. Krumm?

Nah, it's more fun to just watch. (The strange monster says.)

Well, pull someone in, Moosey! (Mitzi says.)

(Moosey attempts to, but the tribute chamber fails to pull someone else in.)

Nuts, the thing's on the fritz again. Guess you're going to be Eye-Sicle's only participant this time, Obby. (Moosey says.)

   It is OBLINA. And very well....   

Food Court

Oh, uh, no problem. (Jabberjaw says, giving Alex a moment to compose himself.)

Standoff

(With Lemmy wandering off, the others have one less Koopaling to have to deal with.)

(At this point, Joaquin and Veena hang on to each other as tight as they can, wishing there was SOMETHING they could do to help the others. They stay hushed while Tokage camouflages himself against the Clown Car, not wanting to give his location away.)

(Cleo drags herself and Wanda away from the fight while the others continue to fight back against the wave of Bros with their various weapons/abilities.)

Racing

(Wednesday is puzzled when two Lucarios clamber into their kart until he recognizes the one who isn't Aaron.) J-June? What are you guys doing here?

We're here t' give ya a hand! (June says, turning back into her Changeling self.)

(It couldn't be more obvious that the Pokémon are well out of their league trying to control a Mario Kart; the kart spins out as Lucian and Wednesday struggle to control it.)

Oh my goodness, WHY did it have to be a car or whatever this is?! (The Thievul moans, slamming his head onto the dashboard.)

Don't panic, Ozzy! Just listen t' me 'n Aaron and we'll win this thing! C'mon! (June says.)

(Oscar swallows nervously and prepares to get moving again.)

Yikes! Those aren't going to hurt us, are they? (Wednesday ask as they approach the Item Blocks.)

Dance Club

Oh! Young man! Hold it! (Darnell gallops over to Mikey.) '' This is dangerous, and I don't think any of us want you to end up hurt.

Dave's Home Base, Medical Wing

Everybody gets a surprise when Sukarno-Hatta beat up their nominator.... but it's not Dave, much to everyone's relief. The man really doesn't need any more injuries any time soon.

6k1 then starts recounting. "While I did send Navi into the Arena, her decision to give out the signs are all her. I told her nothing of the sort, merely for her to do what she felt is best," Hans says.

"It worked out in the end, though, doesn't it?"

"Yes, I suppose it does."

"Asriel? I haven't heard of him in a while. Did something happen to him?"

Las Pegasus, Standoff

Reinforcements arrive in the form of ''many'. Eyes widening, Starfall attempts to get up, only to fall. The Dread Fighter, however, stood its ground, using its speed to blindside and beat down the Hammer Bro. Forces attack near its summoner, while the Falcon Knights continue what they were doing, dodging attacks with not much sweat and resisting most magical attacks from friend or foe alike.

"C'mon.... tell me this is going to work...." the weakened unicorn mutters.

Then other X Bros. close in from a different side, but the Dread Fighter is preoccupied with its current enemies to notice.

"Uh oh...."-

But suddenly, a blast of lightning stream forth into the attacking X Bros. From behind the flung crates, another humanoid shape appears, its face hidden under a hood as thunder cracks forth from its right hand. A yellowish book is on its left hand.

The hooded figure then stores the yellow book, and grabs a different one from underneath its cloak, this time in green. It points its hand towards the clouds, and unleashes forth a torrent of wind towards any hostile, before storing it as well and grabbing a jagged sword, ready to face anyone else who is the way.

"Heh.... I guess miracles do exists, after all...." Starfall mutters. "This spell's mana drain depends on what and how many is summoned, after all. And this warrior is a powerful one in their time, so no wonder it's so draining."

Edited by dave_the_assassin on Aug 20th 2021 at 12:11:38 AM

Dave's Home Base, Medical Wing

"Yes... he turned into Flowey and crashed Scipion's party..."

6k1 recounts how she was busy training in the Mystery Dungeon World as a Mudkip when Flowey ruined it for everyone.

"Arky and I got trapped by his Malice..." says Mimi.

And before that catastrophic event happened, I tried my best to protect Asriel Dreemurr while 6001 and her other assistants were at the party, adds Ally. The Blight Ganons destroyed my previous vessel and the backups, and then pilfered Asriel's ring and made the thieves scapegoats for transforming him.

Dupe bows his head and mews sadly.

"He says that Bonnie and Clyde deeply regretted pulling off the heist as they didn't wanna harm Azzy..." says Mimi, "so they returned the ring and are now back in prison for the crime. It wasn't easy for them, however..."

6k1 then grimaces at SHH!Libre killing Astigmatism, to Yosuke and Mr. Lancer's horror, followed by Loox drowning in a waterfall. She'd tell Dave that these particular monsters weren't data cloned because they wanted to fight just like old times, but she'll save it for last. Instead, she calls Asgore about their revival, telling him that Astigmatism should be put on trial for assassinating Indonesia's former president and vice president, even if they had a good reason for doing so.

"And I'll call your family later when I go home, alright?"

"Alright, my child."

6k1 ends the call and tells Dave, "that was my dad. He and Mom made amends yesterday and are now dating again."

Las Pegasus

Dance Club

Kris keeps their makeshift weapons and mounts Mr. Ramon. then the latter flies through the portal to the racetrack.

"But Don Darnell!" says Mikey, "they just left! And I still wanna help rescue June and Wednesday with my mobile suit..."

Carlos sighs. "Let them handle this, bro."

"But if you're still worried about them," says Ralphie, "why don't we watch the race instead?"

"And we can cheer for Dad and Kris!" adds Carlos.

Mikey smiles. "Sure thing!"

Race

Theme Music

As the pegasus crowd roars for the new racers, Mr. Ramon flies neck-and-neck at the others while Kris orders him to fly straight ahead and steer clear of Larry and Lemmy.

"And you guys keep your eyes on the road and turn carefully at every corner!" Mr. Ramon shouts to Lucian and Wednesday.

He then flies towards the Item Box, which Kris grabs with their free hand. The contents shuffle between various items that they can use on themselves or throw at their opponents. A banana peel then appears on their hand, and Kris throws it in front of Larry.

Standoff

Twilight bites her lip when Ralsei gets caught in Wendy's rings. She rushes to Cleo and Wanda with Susie in tow, hoping that she can still dodge Ludwig's fireballs.

"Ugh... you're so heavy, Susie..."

Meanwhile, Sans tosses the wand to Pinkie just as she and Papyrus fall off when the balls disappear. They both stick the landing, and Pinkie catches the wand in her mane and waves it, randomly casting a spell that deflects the remaining projectiles back at all the Koopalings.

"OUTTA THE WAY, EVERYONE!" Papyrus warns to the heroes.

As the battle rages on, the sun starts to set...

Edited by TroperNo9001 on Aug 21st 2021 at 3:14:58 AM

Near food court

After a while, Alex opened his eyes and got out of Jabberjaw's hug, putting his hat back on.

"Man, I must look like a mess... Thanks for saving me. I mean it. Now, I'm going to make those pests pay for what they did." he growled, fire in his eyes.

Koopaling Standoff

The troops led by Hammer Army Bro got crushed by the newcomer and the hammer Bro general had to retreat to protect his troops.

   "Listen up guys! That guy's strong! We can't beat him and his buddies, but we can wear them out so that our leaders can finish them off! We have the advantage in number!"    he roared, galvanizing the X Bros who started to focus solely on the four warriors.

"Ah... I did not expect to deal with these abilities outside of the Battlefield... By that, I mean the literal one. No wonder why summoning such warriors is so draining for you." Ludwig said to Starfall, smart enough to recognize the spells.

"LUDWIG KNOW SPELLS?" Morton loudly asked.

"You should too... Magical books controlling thunder, fire, wind as well as other elements? And this jagged sword? It should be obvious from where those fighters are from."

"...Robin's one? That boring wizard bookworm guy who's from the same main universe as that stupid red-haired copycat who can't even lift two Whomps despite us being around the same age?" Roy guessed, having met with Robin and Roy in a certain tournament.

"MAYBE HOODED HUMAN REALL ROBIN?" Morton pondered.

"UGH! Who cares! No wonder why those guys look the same! They are from the same, stupid anime thing for edgelords! Starfall must really have garbage taste!" Wendy complained, causing the others to look at her with annoyance.

"How about ya tell him yarself?"

"Of course I will since nobody else can do their job properly! I'll wait for the minions to weaken the humans though, I hate wasting my time fighting with idiots." Wendy complained, throwing Ralsei away after capturing him with her rings and incapacitating him.

Morton got back to fighting and attempted to grab Sans when he tossed the wand at Pinkie just as he, Roy, and Wendy fired at him and Ludwig fired another spell at Twilight.

Even though they retreated inside their shells in time, the counter clearly wore them down.

"WHAT KIND OF PISS LUCK IS THAT? ALL OF THAT BECAUSE OF THE GREEN TWERP!!" Roy roared.

Morton chased after Pinkie towards Iggy's group while Roy and Wendy focused on the others by retreating into their shells and charging at them. Ludwig grunted and charged Twilight with his physical strength.

"If I were you I would drop this dead weight and defend myself!" he blamed her, attempting to punch her with his fiery fists.

Regarding Iggy's battle, Tokage managed to get inside the car and quietly summoned his leaf blades as he approached the prisoners, as Iggy kept trying to crush the others with his clown car.

But Iggy's hyperactivity worked in his favor as he managed to hear the Grovyle.

"...You're a crafty one, you know that? you hide reaaaaaal sneaky like this... Heehehehehehe... YOU MORON!!!!" Iggy shrieked, looking madly at Tokage.

To hell with the discretion... Tokage thought as Iggy used a clamp to grab him. But Tokage was faster. He dodged and cut the seatbelts restraining Joaquin and Veena, freeing them.

"GYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!!!!" Iggy madly shrieked as Tokage hopped away, managing to land safely on one building with his agility.

Iggy cackled as he grabbed a telescope and screamed upon seeing Starfall invocating his warriors and Twilight trying to hide.

"Hehehehe... Those unicorns over there are DEFENSELESS! If I take them down, we'll win for sure!! WAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAAAAAAA!!!!!" Iggy madly cackled, pressing a big red button that scanned Twilight and Starfall as the car started to dangerously beep.

"Your pathetic friends are done for! That next attack is inescapable, other leaf-head!!" Iggy maniacally gloated.

"Oh crap." Tokage growled.

"FOOOOOOLLSSS!!! I WON'T LET YOU CRETINS HURT THAT KOOPA CLOWN CAR ANYMORE!! TIME TO SAY GOODBYE TO YOUR STUPID PRINCESS AND HER STUPID-LOOKING FRIEND!!! BWAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHA-" Iggy continued to cackle, firing dozens of fast green fireballs at the same time at the others... Only for them to be redirected at his own car instead thanks to Pinkie's spell.

"-HAHAHAHAHAHAHAA-U-UH? Uh oh..." Iggy gulped before the engine exploded, sending Iggy straight to the ground.

"I... don't know what you just did Pinkie... but that makes one down." Tokage complimented her, confused.

Iggy was resilient and immediately recovered, though he had a hard time standing up and his wand was buried somewhere in his car's ruins.

"NNOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! Luckily I have another version of a Koopa Clown Car that I should finish very soon. BUT STILL!!! YOU WILL PAY!!!" Iggy shrieked, lunging at the heroes for one last attack... only for Alex to show up and give the Koopaling a good punch in the face.

"Alex! Are you okay?" Tokage asked his friend, grabbing his claws in worry.

"Better than ever." the Charmeleon answered with a smug smile, holding Iggy through the arm looking as the nerdy Koopaling laughed nervously.

"Hehehe... H-Howdy partner! Haha... N-No hard feelings abo-"

"Your sister put me through hell and you were hurting my friend. My inner fire's all pumped up." Alex growled, ready to punch Iggy again.

"EEEEEEEPP!! D-DON'T HURT ME PLEASE!!!" the mad scientist madly pleaded, hysterically sobbing.

"Let him go. He's beaten." Tokage said, summoning a string of leaves to immobilize Iggy. Alex grunted and let him go.

"Heh... One down... Six to go." he smugly said, looking as a furious Morton approached them at the sight of Iggy's defeat and ready to avenge him.

Roaring, Morton summoned a giant spiky ball and threw it at the group.

Race

"So these are items? Grab them!" Aaron shouted at Lucian and Wednesday.

Larry was the first one to collide with the items, getting a green shell. He was followed by Kris and the Pokémons who were together for now.

Lucian narrowed his eyes upon seeing his item in the dashboard.

"A... A mushroom? How is that supposed to help us?" he said, looking as Larry taunted Kris when he threw his shell to counter their banana.

"We won't know until we try... Everyone, brace yourselves just in case." Aaron warned the other passengers.

Lucian gulped and pressed the item button at the same time as Wednesday would, resulting in the car accelerating even further.

"OHSWEETARCEUSTHISISINSAAAAAAANE!!!" Lucian screamed, gripping the wheel to prevent a crash. Aaron screamed too, holding tight his best friend. Clearly, the Pokemons weren't made for karting.

To their and Larry's shocks, however, they went ahead of the Koopaling.

"W-We're... We're first! W-WE CAN DO THIS OSCAR!" Lucian exclaimed at Wednesday, letting out a scared laugh.

"Kssh! That's beginner's luck! I'm just getting started!" Larry exclaimed.

"Both of you stay calm. Now, we just have to dodge attacks without getting off-tracks, like Mr. Ramon said." Aaron firmly said to Wednesday and Lucian.

"A-Aaah... O-Okay... W-Wait a minute... Where's Lemmy? A-And I hear something..." Lucian shakily said.

To the Pokemons' horror, Lemmy, being last for now, got a star. The small Koopaling was covered in rainbow alongside his giant balloon, cackling while doing one pose after another. He tried to ram with Kris and Mr. Ramon, but failed and bypassed them. He got ahead of Larry, much to the latter's anger, and was now chasing after the Pokémons.

"IDONTLIKETHISIDONTLIKETHIS!!!" Lucian screamed, panicking again at the idea of either being sent flying away or just crushed by the sheer size of the giant balloon.

"STAY CALM! JUST DRIVE AND DODGE!!" Aaron shouted.

Edited by Scipion3 on Aug 19th 2021 at 11:32:52 AM