RE: Mario's High School Days

~Jumpman Family Origins [Part 2] [Febuary 1981]: In the Cold Storm of Honnouiji~

It was a cold snowy night in Febuary as Jumpman sped down the streets of Tokyo towards the city of Honnou on his yellow Vespa with pizzas and a bowl of Pasta in the side baskets. He eventually drove right into Honnou. Jumpman started to think. "What an odd delivery that Dad and Bro sent me on, I don't think I've heard of the Yamaguchi family before." Eventually he arrived at a large fancy apartment complex made for those above Zero and One-Star students before stopping and grabbing the food. He saw the apartment door on the top floor and immediatly jumped into the air landing right outside it. He knocked on the door before kicking it down after nobody answered the door entering the fancy white and gold adorned premises. Jumpman's jaw dropped as he walked in. "Wow, this place is much more fancier than my own house. Hello! Anyone home?" Before Jumpman could look around he felt a hard kick to the back of his head falling to the floor unconcious as the woman from before stood there only wearing a towel on her body and head shouting. "How dare you break into Fujiko Yamaguchi's apartment, you perverted idiot! I should call the Elite Four on you ass for this!" She noticed the food perfectly intact on a nearby table before her anger calmed down in realization. She picked Jumpman up and kicked him on the forehead apologizing profusely. "I'm sorry! I'm so sorry I did this to you! Don't be scared..I will nurse you back to health..just don't die on me boy!" She then scrambled into her room carrying Jumpman's body in a panic.

Hours later Jumpman's blue eyes opened up only to see the brunette posing in front of the mirror with Jumpman's yellow hat on her head. "Wow, this looks great on me." Jumpman noticed he had a bandage wrapped around his head still in pain as he spoke. "Yeah, you do look great in it." The woman froze as her cold defenses came back up. "Hmph, you better be lucky I decided to patch you up for kicking ou in the head on accident." Jumpman frowned as he looked at her. "Why are you so rude to everyone? Is this really what people from Honnouiji act like? Cold, cruel and merciless?" Jumpman looked around noticing the empty boxes and bowl before smirking. "Of course, you like my cooking...you're just afraid to admit it for the sake of your school pride." Fujiko froze in place as Jumpman stung the sweet spot. In a panic she locked all the doors and windows before jumping on the bed and leaning close to Jumpman showing him her beautiful sapphire eyes and she whispered. "Yes...I love your cooking, it has something I can't grasp in it...but I can't tell the others. They would think I'm a disgrace and my respect and reputation will be wiped clean. So..." She then clapsed her hands together in a begging position. "...please teach me your secret recipe, pretty please?" She batted her eyebrows sending the brunette male crawling back with red cheeks. "Okay, but please..after I am fully healed." As if out of nowhere Fujiko grabbed Jumpman in a giant hug squeezing him. "Arigato...Jumpman-kun."

~Unknown~

Within a starry chamber adorned in blue and gold were seven chairs overlooking a spiral floor. Eldstar appeared in one of the chairs followed by six other distinct stars. Eldstar spoke up. "Everyone, she has made it on the blue world where it lies but I also met two boys who managed to survive looking right into her eye." Apurple star that had glasses and a mustache spoke up hovering in his chair. "Survived? I thought only those from our domain could survive without ill effects." Eldstar ;ppled at th other star before responding. "Yes Skolar, this is true. Normal humans and even normal people with powers cannot endure the power of her hidden eye connected to the relic itself, however those two were a different case entirely..especially after fighting against some of the strongest S-Types that have befell Tokyo." A light-blue star with a sailor's hat asked with a smirk. "You don't think one of them could be...well you know?" Eldstar looked at the new speaker. "Well it's impossible but...there may be two on our hands this generation..."

~Rassilon's Office~

Bagular adjusted his beard as he approached the desk explaining. "I've come to give an update on recovering the data from the ship we have recovered. After tinkering with the systems and what-not Colress has informed us that we cannot get the A.I. access without the use of a T.O.M. unit. Colress however said he knows of one and went to get it. He also told me to tell you and the rest of our brothers and sisters to not intervene or the one he's after will be suspicious."

~Outside Mario & Luigi's House~

Mario, Luigi and Rosalina eventually left the house after finishing breakfast and waved at Fujiko and Jumpman as they were already working hard at the resturant with people starting to crowd in after learning about their business on Smackdown days prior. As they walked Rosalina stopped the brothers by their collars as she saw something sitting right outside Oaken's Trading Post that intrigued her. She walked over to a large teal-colored motorcycle and got on it noting that her body could easily reach the petals. She looked at Luigi with innocent eyes as she softly asked. "Luigi-kun? Can you buy this for me?" Luigi blinked in surprise with red cheeks as he said. "S-sure, Mario you go ahead..I g-got some stuff to do." Mario smirked and walked away as Luigi and Rosalina went into the building."

Mario kept going before arriving at Flynn's arcade. With a smile he entered the building and went past Belle and Vert trying to to beat the high-score on the Sailor V game. He stopped when he saw Peach standing at the DDR machine dancing with acrobatic twirls and jumps that impressed Mario. After the song was over Peach leaned against the railing with sweat rolling down her blonde hair..that was until she saw Mario clapping in applause. "Mario? What are ou doing here?" "Skipping the debate, you?" "I...am also skipping the debate..." Mario was surprised. "Wow, didn't expect the princess to be a rebel too..say can I play with you?" Peach blinked in surprise. "Sure"

Peach and Mario placed their coins into the machine before they picked a song together and stood with their legs crossed as the song started.

As the song finished and the dancers were tensed beyond belief Mario grabbed Peach's waist and spun in place on the last notes before ending with Mario on his tip-toes and Peach with her arms out as though she was flying. The scores came up as a alarm rang with Mario and Peach having topped the highest score on the machine and others assembling around them clapping. Peach asked in a dizzy sweat. "Um, Mario?" Mario added in. "Princess?" before they asked simultainiously. "Would you like to go on a date with me tonight? OF COURSE!" Noire looked at the two before commently with a smirk. "Wait until the news gets around Nintendo High about this one!" Noire pulled out her phone and began texting everyone she knew.

~Santcuary of S-Types~

:Go on ahead and head there now, do not try anything that would arouse suspicion from the people there, especially when we know S-Types are there. Now go you two." Astral looked over at Inferno Obitus and E. Tempura Wizard ordering them. "Go tell Purple Man that he and his buddy need to target the one in green, he's the strategist between him and Mario and needs to be removed." The two S-Types nodded and vanished in a blink of an eye

~Gadd Science~

"Damned Crystal Order beat us to the punch!" Vexen cursed as he slammed his fist on the meeting table in front of the other members. Shion sighed and calmly spoke up. "It's no use yelling about it, they have the AI and data. There's nothing we can do but move on...even though KOS-MOS beat that pervert up for looking at my breasts funny." KOS-MOS looked at Shion with stern orange eyes explaining. "Dandy was trying to grope you, action had to be taken..." Before E. Gadd could say anything Colress burst in with a robot unicorn rampaging behing him with a rainbow mane. "Crygor! Stop this contraption of yours now!" In the midsts of the Chaos Dr. Light walked into the room with another elderly scientist behind him that had distinct gray bat-like hair. Dr. Light placed his palms on the table. "Elvin..we need to talk"

~Vector Industries~

Shadow Mario slowly woke up in a soft bed, his red glowing eyes darting about before Darth Vader walked into the room. "Hello there newcomer...or rather..Blue Testament." Shadow Mario glared at Vader looking pissed. "Blue Testament, what the hell are you going on about!" Darth Vader walked over and sat down on th bed explaining. "My friend and I found you stumbling about almost dead and brought you home due to your sheer power interesting us. You're a kry in helping us find and learn about the Harbinger." Shadow Mario's eyes widened. "Harbinger, huh?"

~Nintendo High: Teacher's Lounge~

Peppy, Felix, Ralph, and Eggman walked into the lounge past Vergil bgefore blinking at the sight of the hole in the wall. Felix sighed before pulling out his hammer and walked over to the hole. "Well, my Job's never done..I can fix it!" He started to hammer on the wall before in a matter of seconds it was whole again. Eggman sat down beside Rose Tyler before speaking to Peppy. "First Metal Sonic acts up because I performed some upgrades on animatronics and now half of the teachers are on strike. This has already been one strange morning." It was then that everyone introduced themselves as Peppy sat down in his usual chair looking at the newcomers smiling before mentioning. "Everyone, to those who are new here my name is Peppy, my father founded this school a long time ago with the intent of keeping our prized treasure safe. Now before you go to your classes I request that you keep an eye on two boys in particular who wear red and green caps. Their names are Mario and Luigi."

~Akihabra: Outside Shop~

Matt, Pat, Woolie, and Liam stood outside carrying bags full of games, anime, manga and other things before Woolie looked at the others speaking loudly. "Man, Summerslam was nothing compared to that match on Smackdown! Especially that ending when DX just beat the **** out of Orton and Edge. You know what, **** them and the Dudley Boyz! They were garbage!" Liam took a look at the others as he held a body pillow with an anime girl on it close to him. "You realize Vince lost a lot of money in stocks and WWE's going down the toilet right?" This made Matt's eyes widen as he fell to his knees screaming with his arms out. "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! If WWE's gone then people will be out of jobs like the Baz! Then they'll be forced to work at TNA where old guys and Ric Flair were and Rustling will be garbage!" Pat smacked Matt with his bag knocking the beanie wearing man to the ground. "Dammit Matt get ahold of yourself! Things will be back to normal like nothing happened." Liam took a look at Pat's bag asking. "Why do you have a lot of Rise stuff?" Pat glared at the brunette shouting angrily. "SHUT THE **** UP LIAM!"

~Kai's Car~

"S-so, you say you can lift everything off of my shoulders. How will you do that miss Kai-chan?" Kai simply smirked with a grin before opening the glove compartment revealing a ruby-red box and a dark-red rock like object. She picked up the rock first and smiled looking at the details. On the front of it was a shining blue gem and a bit of white forming into a "mouth" of sorts. "When I first saw you in battle, it reminded me of myself and my first encounter with Model O here." Kairi blinked before pointing at the rock. "It's just a rock..." "Actually, this rock allows me to transform...but that's not the point. The point is that I want you to do something for me." Kairi blinked before Kai-chan opened the box showing that it was full of large cigars which made Kairi lean back. "I want you to take two of these and smoke them." Kairi was a bit imtimidated and confused. "What? Why would I want to do that..I would look ridiculous."

Kai then raised her finger quickly as she explained. "Studies show that someone who has witnessed or been involved in an incident that has scarred them due to life-threatening situations actually need ways to calm down and get back to normal despite PTSD-like systoms kicking in. Sometimes drugs are even required in order to increase cognitive senses and keep in control of certain elements. For instance...Model O contains power from a hybrid Reploid named Omega. People deemed him the Devil Reploid and infact was bloodthirsty and obediant to one man. The power I gained from him...was uncontrollable, various innocents and Crystal Order members were murdered and I was the cause..." Kai looked down with a frown on her face. "Just another tragic misfortune that came into my life after what happened before along with my eye."

Kairi gently placed a hand on Kai's shoulder as though an old wound had reopened in the woman's heart. "I'm sorry...I didn't know all of it happened to you. You didn't mean to kill anyone innocent, did you?" Kai slowly responded. "I was a fool in wanting to be the hero and help those who needed it..." Kairi then glared at the sad woman before stating bluntly. "No...no you're not. If you weren't a good person then you would be just like those people you don't like. You have a good cause." Kai turned towards the redhead who was smirking at her. "You said you wanted to recruit me for your group and you needed to test me to prove myself? Then..." As if her hand and body was on impulse Kairi had grabbed not two, but three of the large cigars and tried to situate them into her mouth before making a muffled. "Let's do this."

Kai-chan was both a bit surprised, a bit skeptical, and a bit intimidated at Kairi's boldness to go through the test as she asked. "Are you sure about this? I mean that's a lot to take in for a little girl like you." Kairi sighed. "Yes, you said I had to prove myself so I'm going to prove myself to you..so I want to do it." Kai swallowed before pulling out her lighter and slowly lit them. "Okaaaay, don't blame me if you puke." After that was said Kairi immediatly took a slow, long puff before exhaling a large cloud from her mouth, her face looking a bit green.​

 

-Narumi Detective Agency-

Seeing his partner go, Philip thought for a moment and gave Officer Jenny a whole description of what Hermione looked like and what she was seen wearing last. He bowed, "Sorry to leave you, officer, but I need to head to the school to attend. Here's the number to call if you find her. I hope you find something." He stepped out of the office to head to Nintendo High.



-Teacher's Lounge-

Dante groaned and shouted as he watched his brother walk to his classroom, "At least, I don't scare my students into wetting themselves and get complains from their parents! I actually teach a useful subject!" Billy, Tommy, Thomas, and Kimberly sweatdropped, thinking to themselves, 'And to think, he is the Red Ranger of the Power Rangers.' Billy got up and hit Dante on the head, then dragged him to the classmate. Lockon came in with Tieria, Lockon looked at Rose and smiled, "Hi there. Name's Lockon Stratos, I'm the school counselor. With me is Tieria Erde, the club activities director. I hope you enjoy your time here."

Philip came in and sat at his desk, Kimberly noticed how he looked and wondered what was wrong. Fang told him, "Yo, Phil. Say hi to the new blood." "Oh, hello, Rose Tyler." Philip said, looking at her. "My name is Philip, I'm the school librarian." "Philip, what's wrong?" Kimberly asked, Philip looked away, "I'll tell you later."



-Flower Shop-

Elsa took the parchment, making sure not to freeze it when she grabbed it from him. "Alright, be careful out there." She told him. "And thank you for taking care of me when I needed it." She held the parchment in her hands.


-Hino Family Shrine-

Rei stepped out of the shrine, dressed in her school uniform. She looked at her grandfather and his Pokemon, "Grandpa, Chad. I'm off to school. See you later." She ran to school, waving at them.



-Queen & Elizabeth-

Waiting for Shotaro at a small cafe were two girls in customized Nintendo High girls' uniforms. When the one with the flower in her hair saw Shotaro ride up, she stood up and shouted at him, "Shou-chan, over here!" The other looked at him and smiled.



-Akira & Michal's Home-

As Michal finished getting ready for school, tying his hair into a ponytail, there was a knock on the door. Akira answered the door and smiled, "Gotou-chan! It's been forever, man!" Shintaro endured Akira's bear hug while Michal quietly came upon the scene, "Hello, Shintaro-san."

 

~ Teacher's Lounge ~

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"Professor Cosmos." Ahmet scolded Yuri, waving his finger. "How many times has Headmaster Mualim told you NOT to use the walls as your own personal door?" Yuri just let out a hearty laugh. "Now, now! The problem's been dealt with! Mr. Felix fixed the hole quite easily!" Ahmet sighed. "Yes, and eventually, he's going to get tired of fixing your little 'entrances'."

Meanwhile, Charlie and Nick were listening to what Peppy had to say.

 

~Nintendo High School - Prinicpal's Office~

"My reason for wanting to teach? Well, I guess it's because I would like to put my degree in accounting to good use by teaching what I know to what may be the future of our country one day." replied Isabelle as a different reason ran through her mind: "Not to mention I need to keep an eye on Murabito..."

~In A Park Somewhere~

Growing irritated with waiting for their contact, Ozzie begins scowling as he continues looking around the area. Suddenly, he felt a tapping on his shoulder and turned to see Flea, who was pointing at Florent, who was approaching them with a scowl of his own. Ozzie narrows his eyes and mutters "Of all the people to be our contact, it just had to be HIM, didn't it..."

~Outside Nintendo High~

Having just stepped off the bus, Murabito looks around the campus grounds before heading inside the main building.

~In A Hallway In The Main Building~

Hearing a loud crash coming from the teacher's lounge, Dingodile begins swearing angrily as he begins stomping his way towards the lounge.

 

~Vergil's Classroom~

Vergil walked in casually as his first batch of students were muttering about the debate and the tightened security and he spoke clearly. "Quiet all of you, as much as you've heard, our esteemed candidates for the election are within this school to decide who will rule this country, I will say this only once, do not attempt any foolhardy steps to approach the candidates unless you value your lives from the guards, now who has advanced in the book?" No hands were up and rather, they looked pale. "Honestly, I had better times educating the Officers in the Army, how will you react if a Marionette appeared from a rift and started killing innocent civillans? Ask the local heroes to do the job? They won't be around all the time to protect your behinds, now, I understand your families have taken their sweet time to write to me, I do not care if they demand I'm sacked because of the contents, this is Demonology, an art to study such monster as Earth, heaven and hell aren't that far apart, because I been to Hell and let me tell you." Vergil stared at each and every one at them.

"I shown no mercy to my foes, I'm doing this because your dear Headmaster wanted me to make sure you arm yourselves with the knowledge as the other candidate for this subject would of started off with the minor Demons, I know Alastor Moody would agree with my views as he states to this day, constant vigilance, now let us start, if you wish to leave this classroom, go ahead, just don't expect to come back as I'll still get paid for taking my time to teach you, now let's starts with Marionettes, your P.E Teacher will keep you in shape in preparing for such a event."

~Kazu Tokura~

Kazu heard about the debate going on and shrugged, deciding to meet up with Akiza.

~Shotaro~

Shotaro parked nearby the girls and removed his helmet. "I got a job for you, Elsa, of Arendelle, anything you can dig up for me about her and her last known location?" Shotaro asked her.

~Haruto~

Haruto and Koyomi went through the scanner and headed for Ali Mualim's office to requesta change in class for Koyomi.

~Harold~

Harold looked to Elsa and asked her. "Where can I find her?" He asked her politely.

 

~ In A Park Somewhere ~

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"Ah, if it isn't the Tweedles." Florent greeted rudely. "Well, let us get it over with, and quickly! I cannot have the public eye see me with your ilk."

~ Crystal Order HQ: Dungeon ~

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"I appreciate your sympathies." Elise replied. "And I suppose you being against the Order's goals is somewhat understandable, if what you say is true." She then stood up and began to leave. "I must be leaving. I will read those books you've spoken of. Thank you for your help, Your Majesty."

~ Edenia: Royal Court ~

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Once Jade took the stand, the judge looked down at her. "Now, Lady Jade." He said. "You have come to testify on the behalf of the accused. Is this correct?" Jade nodded. "That is correct, Your Honor." "I see. And on the late King Jerrod's soul, you swear your testimony truthful?" "I do." Jade replied. The judge nodded. "Then you may speak." Jade looked around to address the crowd. "Mileena's crimes against Edenia, and her service with Shao Kahn will not be forgotten. However, perhaps against my better judgement, I do believe she needs no longer to be imprisoned. I have overseen Kitana's recent visits to her cell. During these times, Mileena has shown great improvement in her demeanor. She has not been aggressive nor threatening to the Princess, who has been able to enter her cell on two occasions without incident." After a pause of thought, Jade spoke again. "However, taking caution, I believe Mileena should be put under the Queen's custody rather than completely released, yet not left imprisoned."

~ Tokyo Streets ~

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George, Lizzie and Ralph were seated in front of a building with a large screen on it. The debate was being shown, and the three monsters decided to watch it.

~ Nintendo Elementary ~

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Jr.'s parents dropped him off at the school. Annoyed, the little koopa stomped into the building.

~ Scum Labs: Testing Facility ~

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Eustace entered the facility, and found his researchers crowding around one of the containment cells. Going over, he saw what had drawn their attention: a purple, winged gargoyle-like creature with sharp teeth. It was the size of a large building. "What is this?" Eustace asked. "This, sir, is the result of long periods of work. We have perfected our formula, and as you can see, the results are more than exceptional!" A scientist explained, gesturing toward a vat of glowing, purple liquid. "And that is not the best part! Give it a command!" "Hrm, very well." Eustace said. "Er, scratch your head." The monster did as it was told. "Roar." The monster let out a loud roar. "Excellent!" Eustace praised his men. "You've all done very well! The experiment was a success!"

"That's right, sir! And if we can capture another S-Type, we can use the formula to mutate it and create another!"

~ Nintendo High: Auditorium ~

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Amy and Sammy entered the auditorium, followed by Vaughn, Tiny and Crunch. The twins took a seat near Gaston, Trixie and Vanitas. "Now listen up, Samey." Amy said to her sister. "Don't embarrass me in front of Gaston and them, got it?! Just because you humiliated yourself at that party last night doesn't mean I'm going to look stupid, too! So, don't do anything you-ish! Otherwise, I'll start calling you Spare-mey again!" Sammy meekly nodded, before sighing and setting her eyes on the debaters. One day, she thought, she would stand up to her.

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Tiny, Vaughn and Crunch sat down at another part of the auditorium, when Tiny noticed Myriam seated with the reporters. "Myriam?!" He called out. "What you doing over there?! And where's your box?" Myriam looked at Tiny, and smirked. "Kekekekeke! As reporter for the school paper, I get to sit with the press!" She gloated. "And since I'm not doing any undercover work today, I didn't need my box."

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Max stormed into the auditorium, tired and angry. He took a seat near Vanitas and scowled. "That ungrateful bus driver!" He fumed. "No one treats evil that way! Just wait until I join the Crystal Order! I will make it my life's mission to...break his windows!"

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On the stage, Mike Schmidt and Jeremy Fitzgerald were helping with security.

~ Pendleton Apartment ~

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Murphy's sleep was being disturbed by a nightmare. He was in an abandoned building. It was dark, and he noticed a large figure off in the distance, and though it was hard to see who it was, he could see them holding a large object in both hands.

~ Belli Residence ~

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Fiona saw the debate being covered on the news and decided to watch.

~ Nintendo High: Space Engineering Classroom ~

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Fay entered the classroom, where she found a few students waiting for Yuri Cosmos. Taking her seat, she waited for him as well.

~ Sanctuary Of S-Types ~

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"Aww." Golden Freddy playfully said. "I was hoping to break a few minds today. Oh, well We shall have fun, won't we, Noob?" As the two left to their mission, an annoyed Noob Saibot replied deadpan. "I severely doubt it."

~ Jumpman's Home/Restaurant ~

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Maria's thoughts on her vision were interrupted by an overwhelming hunger. Seeing Jumpman's place nearby, she decided to get a meal and got in line.

~ Nintendo High: Robotics Classroom ~

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Freddy and the animatronics entered the classroom and began admiring the machines inside.

~ Teacher's Lounge ~

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"Well, anyway." Yuri said. "I must be off to my classroom. Lots of brilliant future astronauts to teach!" "Do you need one of us to open the door for you?" Charlie asked, starting to get up. "No need, dear boy! I'll take the shortcut!" With that, Yuri drove his segway through the wall again, leaving another hole in the exact same spot as before! "And he smashed through the wall...AGAIN!" Ahmet sighed in exasperation. Nick had just noticed John Smith watching Dante and Rose. "Hey, man." He asked. "Something bothering you?"

 

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-Teacher's Lounge-

Philip rubbed his head and sighed while Kimberly noticed but she didn't want to bother him about whatever it was bothering him. Lockon got himself a glass of water while Tieria made copies of the clubs and their members as well the activities. Yami came into the room as did Serah and Snow. Sirius sat at his desk, making the lesson plans for his classes while Eiji stretched. Serah thought about what to teach in her Beginner's Magic class while Snow was eager about what Bruce was going to teach today.

Tommy sat at his desk and laughed as Fang sighed that because the auditorium was being used for the debate and comforted her about it. He noticed the Lockseed and wondered what it was. Yami looked through his cards and thought his lesson for his class.



-Koyomi & Haruto-

Koyomi held Haruto's hand and went to Ali Mualim's office, hoping that they would be able to change her classes so they would be able to be together. She wasn't that interested in the debate as was Haruto.



-Akiza-

Akiza met with Kazu, smiling at him and wondering what they were doing to do. Yusei, another student of the school, rode by, making deliveries to help pay his rent. He took notice of Akiza and Kazu, noting that they were duelists. He smiled and continued his deliveries.



-Bookshop-

The bookshop was quiet, the three employees were busy working. Johanny came up with a few boxes of new books, he asked Yazoo, "Where do you want to put these?" "Hmm, put them in the back for now." Yazoo said, looking at him. Allelujah quietly took the remote and turned on the TV so they could listen to the debate while they were working.



-Shotaro-

"Elsa?" Elizabeth asked, as Queen thought for a moment about any rumors she had heard about the visiting queen. "I think there's a rumor she ran from the treaty signing after revealing she had some kind of power. Some people say she ran to a flower shop, but the person wore a cloak so they can't tell."



-Akira & Michal's Home-

"Hey, Gotou-chan, how bout you come with me and Michal to the debate at the school." Akira said, smiling. Goto thought for a moment and said, "Okay, sure." Michal sighed and nodded.



-Abandoned Shop-

While struggling through her bind, Hermione looked at Kazari who kept a eye out for anyone who might come to save her. Hermione looked at the mini Luna memory, and wondered if Shotaro and Philip still had theirs.



-Flower Shop-

"I'm not sure, I think there is some kind of hotel that they went to after I ran off." Elsa said, trying to think about where they went. "I just hope that she will be alright. Can you ask her if she's okay with my power."

 

~Harold~

"i'll try and ask, but I can't promise anything if I get arrested or something." Harold answered and left the chest, closing it and getting a coat on as he went out the flower shop. "If the hotel had a name to go by, well, this is where magic comes in handy." Harold walked in a direction to find a secluded area to pull his wand out from a pocket. casting an advanced version of Point-Me Spell, getting a rather magical thin trail. "Bingo." Harold followed the trail.

~Shotaro~

Shotaro looked to them, a flower shop? "Any idea which shop it was?" he asked them, curiously.

~Albert Simon~

Albert watched as Elise departed from his hiding spot and he melded into the shadows to emerge elsewhere within the Crystal order HQ. "How troublesome... it seems Silvert's daughter isn't dedicated to the cause, I'll have to pass this on to Rassiion." and so, ALbert walked to the direction of the Leader's Office.

 

~Nintendo High School: Principal's Office~

Pleased to learn that she had gotten the job, Isabelle smiles and says "Thank you, Mr. Mualim, sir! I won't let you down!" before collecting her folder and leaving the office, only to bump into Murabito outside, sending the young boy to the floor. After shaking his head a few times to regain his senses, Murabito looks up and with a look of surprise, asks "Isabelle!? What are you doing here!?"

Isabelle, surprisingly not...surprised to see Murabito there, simply smiles and says "Ah! Murabito! Good to see that you've made to your new school on time!" before helping Murabito to his feet. After dusting himself off, he looks at Isabelle and says "Not that I mind seeing you here, but what brings you to my new school all of a sudden? Dad didn't forget to send something with me, did he?" With a shake of her head, Isabelle says "Nope. Tell you what; go introduce yourself to Mr. Mualim first. I'll wait here." before taking a seat outside Al Mualim's office again.

"Alright, but I think" said Murabito as he pointed at Riku "that he was going to meet with the Principal first. I'll wait until after he's done with his meeting." before taking a seat next to Isabelle.

~In A Park Somewhere~

Seething inwardly at Florent's insult, Ozzie's scowl deepens and with gritted teeth, he growls out "You would be wise to watch your mouth, human. You may be an associate of the Crystal Order, but that won't save you from our wrath should you keep provoking us." before taking out a manila folder with a red 'CONFIDENTIAL' stamp mark on it and shoving it in Florent's hands roughly. "That's Dalton's report on the Mammon Machine and his latest findings on Lavos' energies. This is for the Order leader's eyes only, got that?" said Ozzie, before muttering "You ask me, something like that should be left well enough alone. That beast was sealed away for a good reason." as he approached Slash and Flea and with a motion of his head, all three leave the park, leaving Florent with the folder.

~Veldin Repair Shop~

With it being a non-business day, Ratchet was free to use the day however he pleased; whether it be sitting around watching television, going out to eat or even heading down to the local arcade to play Street Fighter II (his personal favorite). But he wasn't doing any of those things; rather...

*BOOM!*

It would seem he's trying his hand at inventing something again.

Blackened with soot from his latest failure, Ratchet looks at the mangled mess on his worktable before sighing and muttering "Another failure. Great. Just great." After disposing of his failed creation, he heads back over to his slightly charred drawing board and begins drafting another design for his next, and hopefully successful, creation.

Seeing Ratchet back to work at the drawing board again, Clank sighs in annoyance before a question begins forming in his metallic mind. Approaching Ratchet as he continues drafting, Clank looks at him and asks "Why do you want to be an inventor so badly, Ratchet?"

Suddenly, Ratchet stops drafting, puts down his pen and looks at Clank with a serious expression, causing the small robot to worry that he upset Ratchet, until the Lombax sighs again and says "I never told you about my father, did I?"

~Nintendo High School: Outside The Teacher's Lounge~

Finally arriving at the teacher's lounge, Dingodile is about to open the door when suddenly Cosmos crashes through the nearby wall and speeds off, leaving the dingo-crocodile hybrid bewildered at the sight...for about five seconds before he realized that he had to clean up whatever mess the eccentric Space Engineering teacher left behind.

With that fact now in mind, Dingodile shakes his fist in rage at the fleeing Cosmos while shouting numerous obscenities at him, uncaring whether anyone heard him or not.

 

~ Nintendo High: Auditorium ~

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Seeing the guards, Max stood up. "You heard me!" He yelled. "I will be the most feared being in the world! I will be unstoppable! I am EVI-" The guards grabbed Max and began dragging him out of the auditorium. "Ouchie! That hurts! Lemme go!" He whined.

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Seeing a seat closer to Gaston's group open up, Amy immediately grabbed Sammy's wrist and dragged her over. Taking Max's seat, Amy pointed at the floor. "Sit right there, Samey." She ordered. "But, umm, wouldn't it make more sense for me to have stayed over there?" Sammy asked, pointing to her old seat. "Oh no." Amy snapped. "You're staying where I can keep an eye on you!" Sighing, Sammy sat on the floor while Amy began swooning over Gaston.

~ Outside Crystal Order HQ ~

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Elise left the HQ, deciding to go to the nearest library to read up on the Crystal Order, if what King Candy said was true.

~ Teacher's Lounge ~

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"Yes." Ahmet replied. "I will be coming with you two. Charlie? Nick?" "Oh. No, I'm afraid I can't." Charlie answered. "With Dr. Robotnik not here yet, I'll probably have to take over the Math Sciences class for a while, so I'll be reading up on today's lesson." "And I got some business back at my classroom." Nick added. "Well, then. I suppose it's just me." Ahmet said, following Sully and Rose.

~ Auditorium: Stage ~

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Mike and Jeremy watched a few other guards dragging Max outside. "Kids these days." Mike said, shaking his head slowly. "This Crystal Order's a major threat to the country, and they treat it like a new video game or something." "Well, kids are pretty impressionable." Jeremy replied. "And that Max kid isn't exactly the most normal."

~ Tokyo Streets ~

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Eris began running, following the trail of chaotic energy until it had become stronger. It felt powerful and somewhat familiar. With an idea of what it was, Eris smiled and began running faster.

 

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-Teacher's Lounge-

Fang got up and headed to the dojo, Tommy followed her while Kimberly got up and stretched, she looked at Philip and asked, "Philip, are you coming?" "No, Kimberly," He said, standing up. "I'll be in the library, if you need me." He went to the library while the other teachers went to the auditorium for the debate. Lockon stretched as Tieria sighed, the two of them headed for the auditorium for the debate, Yami sighed and followed his fellow staff to the auditorium. When Philip reached the library, he went to his desk, sitting down.

Reaching into his shirt, Philip pulled out the necklace that Hermione made and wondered where she could be and what happened to her. He hoped that she would be found safe and sound.



-Hotel-

Anna stepped out of the hotel, scratching as she needed some fresh air and wanted to explore a bit of Japan, while still waiting for her sister. She sighed and wondered where Elsa could have gone. Anna sighed and blinked when she thought she saw a bright pink stream going by and decided she was seeing things, rubbing her eyes in disbelief.



-Akira & Michal's Home-

"Well, time's a-wasting! Lets go!" Akira said, smiling. Michal and Shintaro nodded and left the home, Akira locking it and putting the key in his bag, the three began to walk to the school. Michal kept quiet and Shintaro just talked about how work was, not sounding interested and got excited about the Rangers, Riders, and Gokaigers.



-Shotaro-

Queen looked through her phone to find the location of the shop and showed it to Shotaro, "Here's where the shop is. It's owned by probably the nicest woman you could meet, but people gossip that she is so mysterious." As Shotaro got up, saying that he would go check it out, something fell out of his pocket. Elizabeth caught what caught fell and smiled at seeing the necklace that Hermione had made him, she said, "Shou-chan, this is so adorable. Where did you get it?"



-Abandoned Shop-

Hermione tried to stand up when she saw Kazari close his eyes for a nap, she attempted to get away but fell to the ground, not having anything to eat in the past few days. She tried to move through her binds, looking at the window, Hermione thought she saw a small red bird carrying a grasshopper with glowing eyes. Shaking her head, Hermione didn't see it that time and tried again to escape.



-Alice-

Stretching, Alice sighed as she thought about the past few days, she didn't want to believe it but she was beginning to enjoy having Yuri around, he got along with Blanca and helped her when she needed it. She sighed, telling Blanca that she was heading out for a bit and walked by herself for awhile, smiling and thought maybe getting Yuri a gift for being such a big help.

 

~Outside The Teacher's Lounge~

Looking at Minamimoto with a bloodshot eyed glare, Dingodile yells "Chill out? Chill out!? How do ya expect me to 'chill out' when I have to clean up **** like this!?" as he points at the debris and numerous object strewn all over the hallway floor due to Cosmos'...newly-created 'entrance' to the teacher's lounge. After finishing his tirade, he clutches his head and cringes in slight discomfort as the effects of his hangover makes itself known again.

~Veldin Repair Shop~

"...Your father? No, I do not believe you have told about him, Ratchet. Was he an inventor?" inquired Clank as he sat down next to Ratchet, who nodded and said "Yeah, he was. He even had a job working in R&D with some kind of agency connected to the Japanese government. Never told me much about it, though." with a wistful look on his face as his eyes look at an old newspaper article pinned to the wall.

'EXPERIMENTAL TESTING FACILITY EXPLODES; TWENTY DECEASED'

Seeing the article and the look on Ratchet's face, Clank's expression of curiosity fell quickly as he realized he had touched upon a sore subject for his friend. "I did not know that your father was such a delicate issue, Ratchet. I apologize for bringing it up."

"It's alright, Clank. You didn't know." said Ratchet as he turned back towards his drafting desk.

 

~ Nintendo High: Auditorium ~

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Seeing that her sisiter has occupied with Gaston, Sammy took the opportunity to start crawling across the floor, hoping to find another seat. After crawling around for a moment, she found an empty seat and took it. Turning, she saw herself next to Vanillope's group. "Oh!" She gasped. "Um, is it okay if I sit here? I promise not to bug you."

Spoiler

Myriam sat with the press, discussing topics the debate would bring up, and which candidate they supported. She didn't really favor either over the other, so her article would be unbiased.

~ Auditorium Stage ~

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While Jeremy took his position on the stage, Mike approached Saxon and Cosmos. "Alright, so we got all the entrances guarded." He explained. "Some of the other guards handled some loud kid screaming about how he'd join the Crystal Order, and we got a few guys on the roof just in case."

~ Tokyo Streets ~

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Eris was led to a nearby car crash, where two cars were embedded into each other. Nearby, she saw the drivers standing aside, bickering. Her attention went back on the cars, where she saw a familiar face sitting inside one of them. Whoever it was recognized her as well, because he imediately rushed over.

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"Uncle Mayhem!" Eris greeted. "What are you doing here?" The man laughed and patted Eris' shoulder. "First, I'm not your uncle, kid." He teased playfully. "And second, your old man sent me down here to keep an eye on you. He heard about your little war on your first day. I spent a while looking for you." He then gestured toward one of the drivers. "Then I got caught up in being this guy's faulty GPS. I made him crash into a bunch of stuff. It was fun. Anyway, shouldn't you be at school?" "Oh, pff!" Eris snarked. "I'm skipping the debate. Politics bore me." Mayhem sighed and began leading her back to the school. "Can't let you do that, kiddo. Your pop and older brother would never let me hear the end of it if I let you skip school. Come on."

~ Murphy's Nightmare ~

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Murphy slowly approached the figure to get a better look. As he got closer, he heard the voices of children reciting a poem.

Spoiler: Bogeyman's Rhyme

Poor little Steven Skelter,
Even the chaplain won't forgive you.
"Forever lies!" your pleading cries.
But Suzy knows you felt her.

Nowhere left for you to run,
Every fault laid bare in the open
Along with your skin, splayed out from within
Once the monster has his fun

Take heed, it's not too late.
Mistakes needn't haunt you forever.
Though you have regret, you can't just forget
You alone decide your fate.

Once the voices went silent, Murphy found himself able to see the figure completely.

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The large hooded figure stood silently, holding a large hammer. It looked at Murphy for a while, before knocking him down. Murphy was parlyzed with fear as the large hammer was brought down on him.

Murphy jolted awake inside his home.

~ In a Park Somewhere ~

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Florent frowned and wiped the folder with a cloth. He left to give the folder to Al Mualim.

~ Celadon Gym ~

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Erika smiled as she gave out her third Rainbow Badge that day. She was very glad that there were so many great trainers in the world. It would keep her very busy until Spring came, when the flowers would be at their finest.

~ Outside Vector Industries ~

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"Remember, shell." Noob told Golden Freddy coldly. "We are only to scout the building. Do not try to attempt your usual way of doing things." "Oh, Noob, you underestimate me greatly." Golden Freddy responded. "I will keep my mindbreaking tendacies aside, I promise you."

~ Rassilon's Office ~

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Daniella finished making a cup of tea and placed in on Rassilon's desk. "Your tea, sir." She stated.

~ Edenia Royal Court ~

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Jade was dismissed, and the court took a few moments to consider her testimony. A while later, they called Kitana to the stand. "Princess Kitana." The judge greeted. "You also wish to testify on Mileena's behalf?" "That is correct." Kitana replied. "I truly believe she is worthy of the chance to redeem herself." "And do you swear upon your father's soul that your testimony is honest?" "I do so swear, Your Honor." The judge nodded. "Proceed." Kitana began to speak, hoping her testimony would be enough. "As Jade previously claimed, I have been able to visit Mileena without incident as of late. I will not lie. Our first visits were very rough, but over time, I have come to understand Mileena's envy. She has simply wanted what all of us want, I am sure. A home, a family, those who do not look down upon her. Respect is something she yearned for, and is no crime. Something I was blind to at first. I believe that if Mileena were to be put in Mother's custody, she would come to earn those things."

 

~Harold~

Harold followed the trail and was mindful of the other civilians and of course, road laws, he knew he wouldn't get lost, fi eh did, he'd just apparate back to his room in full detail and reached one of the more expensive hotels and the trail was leading inside and he looked up at how big it was. "Sweet Merlin, that's certainly... huge." Harold said with amazement before noticing the trail point in a direction, it seemed Anna had stepped out of the hotel for fresh air with some guards watching over her and two others. "Now how to get there without causing alarm for the guards?" Harold considered.

~Shotaro~

Shotaro nodded and when one of the girls asked him where he got it, he took it and he answered. "Oh, from our landlord, she went missing a few days ago, I'm having Jenny handle that department and hopefully she'll get back to me, thanks for the info, I'll be sure to call upon you again." Shotaro said and rode on the HardBoilder to the Flower Shop and found a parking space as a car had been pulled up in front of the Shop and Shotaro took his helmelt off and placed it on the bike.

"Ifalna's Flower Shop huh?" Shotaro thought and stepped through. “Pardon the intrusion~” Shotaro heard the bell of the shop chime and there were already two another customers, one he was kind of familiar with, Tucker, one of Officer Jenny’s members and someone else, maybe his partner and he seemed interested in the flowers. “Ohayou Gozaimasu, Tantei-san.” Shotaro said in rather fluent Japanese. (OOC: since I suspect carter never took the time to learn.)

~Yuri~

Yuri watched as Alice was bumped into but he didn’t care about it, the idiot bumped into her in the first place.

 

-Flower Shop-

"Oh, hello, Carter." Aerith said, smiling when she saw him enter. She noticed Lee and Shotaro, she told them, "I'll be with you two in a moment, let me handle this one first. Please look around and see if any flowers you'd like to get." She smiled at Lee admiring her flowers, turning to her attention to Carter, "I'm fine, Carter. Working hard as usual." Coming out from the back, chaos smiled and set some flowers in the window still, watering them while Lenne stayed in the back, planeting new flowers for the shop.



-Abandoned Shop-

'A Gastly? It doesn't seem to be a wild one.' Hermione thought to herself, looking at the Pokemon that had happened in front of her. Managing to sit up, she asked, "I know that you don't belong to me, but could you help me escape before he wakes up?" "Before who wakes up?" Kazari said, standing behind her eyes with dull eyes, Hermione watched as he changed into his Greeed form and tried to slash with his claws, but Hermione moved to have it so he slashed at her binds, freeing her. Grabbing the Luna Memory, she looked at the Gastly and asked, "Please, please use Lick on it." While Kazari was distracted by the Gastly, Hermione ran out of the shop.

When she got outside, Hermione ran into Eiji who had transformed into OOO, he held her in his arm, "Granger-san, are you alright?" "OOO, how did you......" She asked when Kazari appeared, he scoffed, "OOO, how unexpected." Eiji pulled Hermione behind him, standing ready. Kazari figured if Eiji was here, then Ankh must be around as well.



-Hotel-

Anna looked at Hans and Olaf, she smiled and said, "Sure. I wouldn't mind watching you two play tennis." She went to join them at the courtyard.



-Near the School-

Date looked at the hospital that was near the school and said to Michal and Shintaro, "You two go on ahead, I'll stop by the hospital." Michal and Shintaro nodded, heading for the school while Date walked to the hospital.



-Alice-

"Sorry, it was my fault, I wasn't looking where I was going." Alice said, smiling at him and rubbing her head. "Are you alright?" She looked at him, worried.

 

~Outside Al Mualim's Office~

Upon seeing Riku leave the office and hearing Al Mualim call for his next visitor, Murabito stands up from his seat and goes inside. Once inside the office, he nods in greeting to Al Mualim before taking a seat in front of the desk.

~Outside The Teacher's Lounge~

Scowling, Dingodile says "Well, good. Means less work for me to do. Now if you'll excuse me, I have a hangover to go sleep off. Nighty-night." before staggering off back towards the boiler room, emptying the contents of his stomach in a nearby trash can along the way.

 

~Kai's Car~

"Now Kairi, there's a small favor I must ask of you. think of it as a little bit of training from me." Kai explained as she looked at Model O in her hand. "I want you to take Model O and try to control it's power." Kairi slowly turned her head towards the brunette, her face having somewhat turned less green, her eyes however looked a bit watery as she exhaled another cloud from her mouth into Kai's face and started to slightly cough. "Control it's power?" Kai nodded. "Yes, one day something might happen to me and I will need someone to take the power and use it. It's why I entrust you with it considering what I've seen so far..."

Outside the car and on the side of the road Astral appeared on the sidewalk looking at the people and cars fly by it. As soon as Kai's car flew by it Astral jumped onto the hood and glared at the girls causing Kairi to freeze in place as she noticed Astral just standing there not saying a word or moving at all. Kai didn't notice as Astral quietly sunk through the hood of the car vanishing without a trace. In a bit of an impulsive panic Kairi grabbed three more cigars from the box and shoved them into her mouth, she quickly lit them all up before taking constant long puffs as she tried to relax, her panic having grown. Eventually she stood still looking a bit woozy before she puked right on the floor of Kai's car coughing. Kai was grossed out. "Ewwwww, I just got that carpet cleaned." Kairi looked at Kai smiling somewhat. "Okay...I'll take Model O..."

~Nintendo High: Teacher's Lounge~

Felix sighed as he brought out his hammer again. "You guys go ahead and head for the debate, I will fix the hole...again" Felix started to hammer on the wall before fixing it just as Peppy, Eggman, and Ralph left the lounge heading for the auditorium.

~Crystal Order HQ~

Bagular quietly left Rassilon's office and proceeded to walk down the halls of the HQ before meeting with Astral, Inferno Obitus, and E. Tempura Wizard in front of a particular door. Bagular typed in the combination before the group entered a dark room. In the middle of the room was an armored man wearing what appeared to be overalls sitting cross-legged on the floor in meditation. Astral spoke up. "It's time...I know you want to see your big brother Jumpman again..." The figure immediatly stood up and walked out of the room.

~Oaken's~

Luigi and Rosalina blinked as they were given the tour around the summer blowout sale before Luigi asked. "Yes, how much for the motorcycle out front? The teal one? It won't matter how much it is I'll buy it and charge it on tab to Jumpman's resturant." Luigi seemed to have experience with money and bartering.

~Mario & Luigi's House~

It was chaos as people were running in and out of the resturant with food orders leaving the couple no time to rest. It seemed as though thanks to Smackdown the other night their business had been growing with a boom. As everyone scrambled about Lady Jumpman stood at the register noticing Maria and spoke up. "Next customer please!"

~Vector Industries: Lobby~

Within the lobby several nameless scientists were carting around various crates, some were filled with weapons while the rest were filled with S-Type crystals. Some of the scientists went into an elevator before they went down a few floors into a basement where it seemed as though hundreds of crystals were stored, there was also a white-haired woman asleep in a tuve and a massive white sphere that had a single red eye, it was surrounded by crystals hovering around it.​