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CrystalphoenixBlader here, bring in another chapter to the fanfic! ..Man, was that last chapter much on my heart, with all the black holes... but what of everyone? If they are still alive, then where are they? Man, left in a big cliffhanger! So if anyone wants the truth, stay turned, since event though the battle is over, the party continues! Okay, so then, disclaimer time: I do not own any of the Mario characters or the iDOLMASTER characters; the Mario characters belong to Nintendo and the iDOLMASTER characters belong to Namco Bandai. Also, the characters “Reiji Arisu” and “Xiaomu” belong to Namco Bandai and Monolift Soft. So, with that out of the way, let’s see what happens next.
No opening theme this time... gonna have to go on a quiet tone after what happened last chapter...

“... Oh hohohohoho! Looks like he's stirrin'!”
“Hm? Oh! Him?! Come on, young chap! Please wake up!”
**Mario & iDOLMASTER Party**
Chapter 45
Awakening After the Crisis. Of White and Black Holes
*???*
“Nmrrgh... Nnn...” Producer-san slowly pens his eyes to see the Starship Mario, somehow in one piece, and the familiar faces of Prof. Gadd and Toadsworth looking at him. “Ah...!”
“Great shroom spores, you ARE okay!” Toadsworth beamed happily, while the short professor smiled. “Yabuyabu! For a young whippersnapper like you, we thought you and the others had done hit yer pretty lil' heads.”
Feeling a little disoriented, Producer-san slowly gets off his back. “Whuh?” The man stopped for a moment and sees Young Master Luma unconscious on his lap “Luma...” Managing to get himself up while holding the little creature, the man looked around and sees wrecked pieces of what was one of Bowser’s Airships.
*Airship Remnants*
*Insert Theme: “Link is Awake” (Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening)*
Producer-san looked at the remnants and what fears he had were relived as he found much of the group. Chihaya laid face-first on an unconscious Rosalina’s bosom, right next to the Observatory’s Comet form. An unconscious Polari laid quietly on Miki’s bosom, while the unconscious Futami twins held on to each other in a Yin-Yang formation. Haruka is slowly regaining consciousness, as was Mario as their eyes were beginning to open. Yayoi had already regained consciousness, but her head was stuck in Birdo’s mouth, who struggled to get her out with help from Toadette, to success, as she popped out and fell backwards on the female Toad.
At the right side of Producer-san’s sight he smiled as Ritsuko slowly was regaining consciousness, although she seems to be lying on a hapless Luigi, while Yukiho and Makoto are peacefully lying together on a big mound of broken wood and torn sails. Azusa, however, is lying down on a broken mast with some Lumas bouncing on her. Takane is peacefully lying down on Lubba's stomach, while the unconscious Hammer Bro has his hammer in his mouth and stars over his head. As for Shy Guy, he is fully awake as he was putting his mask back and waddled off. Toad was kept busy as he was dragging an unconscious Blooper away from Hibiki’s quiet face.
At his left, he looked at an unconscious Iori sitting on an unconscious Yoshi’s snout, still quietly holding her Usa-chan. Daisy was looking a little groggy after getting up as DK hauls wrecked lumber around. Wario is still unconscious, , still holding the stray geode in his clutch and sitting on Waluigi's head, which is pretty much stuck under the ground. The Lumas, as well as Bowser’s troops, are pretty much alive and well as they were brushing away wreckage to make movement easier. Peach was seen overlooking on a cliff, while Benjamin, Ai, Eri, Ryou, Yumeko and Ayane are nowhere in plain sight.
“Yow...! What a messy wreck!” Producer-san exclaimed in shock after he finished looking around. As he spoke, Ritsuko woke up and rubbed her forehead with a groan.
“Mmn... Hmm?” Haruka slowly opened her eyes and rubbed them as she slowly got herself up.
“Nngh... Hoooo... Mama mia! Dat-a was a doozy!” Mario spun his head a bit trying to regain himself.
Feeling someone right under her, Ritsuko looked downwards to see a dazed Luigi. “How did I get on him of all people of all places!” The poor green plumber could only moan as his eyes rolled in circles. Without hesitation, the young Producer gets herself, to see Producer-san alive and well. “Producer, thank goodness you're okay...” The woman began to look around for a moment. “But... lords, did those Black Holes shred these ships like dry autumn leaves...”
“Yeah...” Producer-san agreed for the moment. Luigi, after regaining his senses, began to look at himself for any damages. “Hey, I'M-A OKAY!” The green plumber exclaimed happily.
“Of course, you are, my boy!” Prof. Gadd spoke happily at the younger plumber brother, to which he was surprised. “Prof. E. Gadd?” But as the green plumber began to look at the ghost researcher, the short man stepped aside to let the royal steward talk to the two brothers. “I was almost at the edge of getting a heart attack again when I saw you all, most of all- the Princess and you two, lying motionless on the grass. But now my fears are passed, it's good to see our sovereign and champions alive and sound!”
“Eh, it's-a good to-a see you, too, Toadsworth.” Mario smiled, but before he could say a word, Daisy, brushing off some dust off her dress, noticed the group begin to stir. “Looks like almost all the crew's waking up.” Sure enough, Iori, Yoshi, Hammer Bro, Miki, Ami, Mami, Blooper, Hibiki, Azusa, Takane, Wario, Waluigi, and Lubba all regain consciousness.
(Yayoi) “Ow... my head...”
(Hibiki) “Wha... why am I covered in ink?”
(Ami and Mami) “...Owie... huh?”
(Miki) ”Ughh... huh? Is that...?”
(Chihaya) “Ughhh...”
(Hammer Bro) “MMMPH?!”
(Iori) “...Mmm...hmm?”
(Yoshi) “...Ah...Huh?”
*End Theme*
Realizing everyone is still in one piece, Haruka shed a single tear in happiness. “Thank goodness! We're all alive!” Miki, realizing what the ribbon wearing Idol meant, began to look around until she saw the person she wanted to see. Producer-san, hearing a familiar voice, turned to see the blonde Idol running towards him!
“HOOOOOONEEEEEEEEYYY!!” Miki cried out as she glomped the Producer with tears of happiness in her eyes.
*Insert Theme: “At the End of the Day” (Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time / Darkness / Sky)*
“Uwaahh! M-Miki-chan?!” Producer-san yelped, but before he could say any more, Ami and Mami, seeing their beloved producer, ran to glomp him with tears in their eyes.. “NII-CHAAANNN!!!”
“Gyah!” Producer-san yelped before beginning to lose balance. “A-A-A-Aaah... NGAAAAHHH!!!” The three Idols were crying a bit, expressing their worries until a cross Ritsuko called them off.
“Good to-a see evryone’s-a okay!” Mario smiled, knowing that all in the group is accounted for.
“Yeah, dat’s a good thing!” Luigi smiled, but before the brothers could say more, a familiar voice called out. “YO!”
“OH!” Producer-san recognized the voice as well in pure surprise, while Mario smiled and waved. “Hey!”
Ai, Eri, Ryou, Ayane and Yumeko descend from the sky with a human man. Ritsuko ran to Ryou, happy that her cousin is okay as well. “Ryou! You're alive, too!” Yumeko smirked with a smug smile on her face. “As if this idol would go down with the ship while flailing like a panicking chicken!!” Without hesitation after saying that, the sidetailed Idol decides to noogie Ryou in the head, which he didn’t take well. “YUMEKO!” AI and Eri laugh in response to this little comedic farce.
After being let down, Ayane turned to the man with a smile on her face. “Arigatou gozaimasu, we wouldn't have down without your help, Benjamin-san.”
“Benjamin-san?” Producer-san, Ritsuko, Miki, and Hibiki stare at the current incarnation of Benjamin, a 6'2 tall Caucasian humanoid young man with smooth long dark brown hair that reaches his thighs in a lowtail and brown irises, wearing round square bronze-rimmed glasses, long blue jeans with a black brass-loop belt, white tennis shoes with black shoelaces embroidered with a single green line around the heel sloping down to one side and connecting to a big blue circle on the other. The most distinguishing feature on this incarnation was an unbottoned long-sleeved turquoise/teal/cyan/aqua-blue shirt on top of an aqua-green T-shirt. The man adjusted his glasses and grins. “Yep, it's me! Since I'm here, I thought I approach the Pro and the Idols in a more comfortable form for both of us!”
*End Theme, Insert Theme:
“THIS... is supposed to make US comfortable...?” Ritsuko frown in thought with great doubt in her mind, a thought shared by Producer-san as well as he dropped a single drop of sweat. “Sure- like a normal man with superhuman powers to teleport, decode, pull things from nowhere and transform into anything and anyone he wishes as well as imitate them- is going to make us calm...” All of a sudden, Benjamin shot a glaring leer at the two producers, completely unnerving and making them respond in one simple sentence. “DOES HE READ MINDS, TOO?!”
Rosalina, who recently just regained consciousness, looked at the new Benjamin and smiled as she turned to Chihaya. “I never knew Benjamin had quite some color tastes in his repetoire, did you?” The blue songstress couldn’t find a word to say, as she was left blushing...
*End Theme, Insert Theme: “Relm’s Theme” (Final Fantasy 6)*
Makoto and Yukiho quietly regain consciousness in the broken ship debris. When the two Idols opened their eyes, the first people they saw were each other.
“Ma... Makoto...-chan...?” Yukiho quietly spoke, looking a little worn down.
“Hey... Yukiho.” Makoto gets herself up and helps her best friend stand up. “That was a thrilling once-in-a-lifetime scare wasn't it..?” But before the boyishly handsome Idol could say another word, Yukiho ran and hugged her friend. “Makoto-chan...!”
“Oh! ... Aw, Yukiho, this again...?” Makoto nervously smiled as Yukiho began to weep on her friend’s front. “I thought I was going to lose you! Twice!”
Makoto closed her eyes for a bit and place her hand on the back of Yukiho’s forehead and smiled. “Oh, Yukiho, stop it... I'm not going anywhere from you and everyone, just you like you aren't going anywhere from me and everyone.” Yukiho, shedding a few tears, managed to give a gentle smile as she looked at her dear best friend. “... M-Makoto-chaaaannnn...”
*End Theme*
“Urrrghh...”
A strange yet familiar voice echoed from under the two Idols. They decided, for safety’s sake, to look underfoot, only to see a spike between their knees. Feeling frightened, Makoto and Yukiho got off the mound of broken wood, just in time as the pieces got flung up in the air by an exasperated Bowser.
“GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUGHHHH!!!”
*Insert Theme: “Bowser’s Theme” (Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door)*
“UWAAAUUUGH!!!” “KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!” Makoto and Yukiho scream before the tomboyish Idol began to hold her best friend like how Shaggy carries Scooby Doo when they’re frightened. The screams were more than enough for the rest of the group to turn in their direction.
“Oy vey! IT'S KING BOWSER!!!” Toadsworth yelped, nearly spilling his spores, while Ritsuko stood in shock. “YOU'RE KIDDING?!”
“HE'S STILL ALIVE, TOO?!” Producer-san shouted, ready to keep Miki, Ami, and Mami safe, but oddly, Bowser seemed to be staggering already. “OWWWWwwww... Oop?!” The Koopa King began to stumble backwards until his head collided with a piece of metal from the wreckage.
*BONG!*
“O-OWWWWWWW!!!”
The group simply stayed silent as Bowser rubbed the lump on the back of his head. “Ohhhh... I'm getting a major Deja vu Whiplash...” The Koopa King groaned before catching sight of the two teams and suddenly regaining his confidence. “Oh, great. You guys are alive! I'd not have a thrill in conquering anything without a challenge in my way...”
*End Theme, Insert Sound Effect: “Crickets Chirping”
Before he knew it, Bowser realized one itty bitty fact that he overlooked... that he was all alone. “AH! Wait a sec! Paraplonk? Kamek? Kammy? Iggy?! Lemmy?! JUNIOR?!?!”
“Papa!” The voice of Bowser Jr. echoed enough to make his father react. Without hesitation, Bowser looks up to see Bowser Jr. riding on Kamek's broom, Iggy on Kammy's broom, and Lemmy in the arms of Paraplonk.
“Sire, you live as well! We feared you and everyone was lost to such a horrendous aftermath...!” Kamek smiled happily knowint the Koopa King is alive and well, but then Kammy sbapped at her son with steam popping out of...where her ears could be... “You kidding me, boy?! I could've lost 15 years of my entire life after all that...!”
Shrugging off Kammy’s rant, Bowser turned to Paraplonk. “What about the soldiers?” The Koopa commander checked headcount on all of the Koopa Troop who are present. To his delight, the commander spoke. “I did a complete count, Your Concernedness. Everyone is alive and accounted for.” The very answer puzzled Bowser as he had no response.
*Insert Theme: “Dawn~ A New Morning” (Super Mario Galaxy)*
“So, any idea to where we are?” Lubba asked the group as he looked around. Apparently Peach had one answer as she was still overlooking from the cliff. “Home...”
“Huh?” Everyone else in the group responded with question marks pretty much over their heads, as did Bowser. “Unh?”
*Toad Town ~ Outskirts ~ Cliffside View*
“We’re home?” Mario wondered in confusion. Toadsworth, rubbing his furrows as he walked to the Princess, sighed in disdain. “Oh, how can the young be so daft?” He then turned to the view in question. “Take a look!”
Within moments, the two teams, followed by Bowser's group look over the cliff Peach is at. Upon gazing from where they are, they see her beloved castle in plain view. The Mushroom Kingdom princess, smiling in relief, finalized the fact of where the entire group is. “We actually made it home.”
“Nanoooo, this is so much to take iiiinnnn!!!” Miki whined in confusion, trying to get the gears in her head to work, while Ritsuko simply deadpanned at the blonde Idol’s response. “That's MY line, Miki-san.”
Prof. Gadd smiled as he once again adjusted his swirly glasses. “I suppose I'll enlighten you, youngsters. We had our attention distracted by familiar noises outside as me and ol' Toadsworth here rushed out to witness a spherical white dimensional void cut in fabric of Space spilling wood and metal junk out of it...! I even had it all recorded, too, OH HOHOHOhohoho!”
Chihaya and Haruka realize what the eccentric ghost researcher meant when they looked at each other. “Wait a minute...” The blue haired songstress started whiel her best friend added out of shocked realization. “Did we just...”
"Yes. That was a White Hole. A Black Hole's polar opposite." Benjamin answered in a straight tone, to which all of Team Mario and the Idols respond altogether. “OOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHH!”
“So that was a White Hole...” Polari looked at Benjamin for a bit, while Young Master Luma, somehow now able to speak in human tongue now, commented with a smile. “All the white and gray colors swirling together were pretty!”
Producer-san, remembering about the vision he had, asked one thing in particular. “Wait... what about the white figure who made them?”
*End Theme*
“..Figure?” Bowser scratched his head, wondering what the man is talking about., but then Takane stepped in with a shocked expression on her face. “P-Producer-san! You saw him, too?” Hibiki joined the Silver Queen with a look of complete dumbfoundment. “Wait, I thought I, alone, saw him!” Ami and Mami join in with confusion etched on their faces as well. “We saw him!”
*Insert Theme: “Amy’s Hammer” (Sonic X JAP Version)* (Thought I try this for laughs..)
“I saw him, too!” AI joined in as well, while Yumeko stood bewildered.. “My eyes weren't playing tricks on me after all!” Soon after, ALL the other Idols began to claim that they had encountered the enigmatic savior that rescued them in their time of need!
Producer-san realizing what the Idols, as well as himself and Ritsuko, had seen, finalized what the white lights were to Mario. “The white beacons being sucked into Black Holes were his work...” Unfortunately, Mario looked at the rest of Team Mario with question marks over their heads, then turned to the Producer with a look of pure confusion. “I'm-a sorry, but-a nobody from-a my side-a has-a seen any white-a figure in da White Hole...”
“HUH?!”
*End Theme with Wheel Skid Sound, Insert Theme: “Know What I Mean” (Mario Party 2)*
The Idols all stare at the red plumber with a look that pretty much says “You can’t be serious!!”. Luigi joined in the conversation while scratching his head. “All I could-a see was-a white and-a gray colors swirlin' around-a like da debris before-a losin' consciousness... sorry.” Bowser, looking a little confused as well, added in his comment while rubbing his forehead. “I’ve seen nothing of the sort... 'Cept for the headache of a lifetime.” Bowser Jr. could only look at his father with a perplexed face, as he too is not familiar with what the Idols saw. “Is that really we got through the Black Holes, Papa?”
*End Theme*
Benjamin, remembering the Black Holes, then spoke. “Speaking of the Black Holes, there's no longer trace of them in the Center of the Universe. That can be explained: Usually they shouldn't exist together in one place as long as they aren't too close to each other, 'cuz one rift will consume the other. And thanks to the fact of them growing, they came in contact, annihilating the others AND themselves." Everyone was quiet to the finality of the situation. Bowser, looking crestfallen that the empire he built at the Center of the Universe is completely destroyed, drooped. “... All of it, gone..”
*Insert Theme: “The Adventure Ends” (Mario Party 3)*
Rosalina, happy that is crisis is finally resolved, smiled and sighed a breath of relief as she turned to Peach. “What a relief... It appears the entire Universe will all fine... By the way, Princess Peach, by your word- as host, I shall begin the awarding announcements.”
Peach smiled at the cosmic princess. “You have my permission. Toadsworth?” The steward quickly responded, as if by instinct. “Right away, Princess!”
“In that case, I’ll get the treats I’ve saved up in my canisters for the girls. Luckily, I stopped by Tayce T.’s place before I got here, and the fact Zess T. from Rogueport came by for a visit... though she didn’t seem to want to see you, Mario. Why is that?” Prof. Gadd smiled before asking Mario.
“Eh, long-a story, Proffessa Gadd...” Mario sweatdropped, remembering that small silly incident with which he accidentally stepped on the chef’s dropped contact lens and not wanting to recall the mess. While Rosalina got ready with the awards ceremony and Prof. Gadd readied the treats for the exhausted Idols, Bowser took the opportunity to turn to his team. “Once these are done, we're getting out of here.”
Kammy realized what his leader had in mind. “Giving them the slip, hm?” Kamek also followed suit. “And back to the castle? Got it.”
Pleased to know of the escape plan, Bowser shouted to his troops of the one thing he wants at the moment. “Get me an icepack!”
“Make that two!” Bowser Jr. called out as he sat down and rubbed his forehead.
“Three!” “Four!” Iggy and Lemmy waste no time joining the Koopa King and Prince on the medical aid.
“And a couple of massage therapists!” Kammy added, feeling that the incident did not help her spine one bit.
*End Theme with Sounds: “Shave and a Haircut ~ Outro” and “Sad Trombone”*
Meanwhile, outside the 765 Pro Building....
*765 Productions ~ Talent Agency ~ Outside*
The streets where the 765 Productions were based began to quiet down in the sunset, with people heading for home after work. As if by a sudden turn of events, a lone black motorcycle with a single side car appeared out from an intersection and parked nearby. The driver of the motorcycle got off his ride and looked at the building. “..So this is where the rift was spotted? We got sent from HQ to a talent agency, of all places?” The driver, clearly male in his tone, spoke in a serious tone.
“And not just any talent agency. This is the headquarters of 765 Pro! Oh man, what I would do to get the Idols’ autographs, since I have a rare poster of them in hand!” The rider, clearly female in her tone, trilled with excitement over wanting to meet the Idols. Her partner, however, was not as thrilled.
*Insert Theme: “Trembling City of Aris” (Namco x Capcom)* (Yep, you know who these two are by the theme!)
“Xiaomu, we don’t have time for your otaku-like hobbies right now; we’re here on business! ...Or do I have to punish you again?” The man frowned, after removing his helmet, revealing a young man with black hair on his right side and white hair on his left, wearing a vivid red jacket of the organization he works for with metallic black shoulder plates over a black vest and white collared shirt, padded red and black arm bracers with black gloves, black pants, and armored red leg bracers over black shoes. What was distinctive of this man besides the hair is the visible scar on his forehead.
“Aww... Reiji, you’re no fun! ..But you’re right; we ARE on business after all.” The female pouted after removing her helmet, revealing a woman looking like a young girl, but is in actuality a Sage Fox in human form, wearing a red vest over a black chinadress, with red high heeled shoes. The distinguishing feature of the woman was her yellow hair, which looked exactly like fox tails.
Within moments, the two agents of the special unit Shinra, Reiji Arisu and Xiaomu, stare at the building before readying to walk inside.
“So Reiji. Tell me again, why ARE we here in the first place if we’re not here for autographs?” Xiaomu asked her partner out of curiosity, to which the man crossed his arms and closed his dark colored eyes for a bit.
“HQ had detected a small rift in the building, but as soon as they found it, it completely disappeared. As to HOW it appeared... well, that’s why we were sent here from our shifts in Shibuya.” Reiji answered her partner with a straightforward explanation of their current mission, to which the Sage Fox scratched her head.
“But why just that one rift? I mean, compared to our battles with Ouma, our adventures in the Endless Frontier, and that incident with the Portalstone, this is pretty much low tier!” Xiaomu frowned, which was enough for Reiji to scratch his head.
“Sigh.. for once I understand what you mean, Xiaomu. Compared to what we’ve been through, this IS pretty much underwhelming. But our other agents at HQ had just informed us that the Idols themselves had ventured inside that rift.” The muscular Shinra agent answered, which was enough to get Xiaomu on edge.
“WHAT?! What are those girls doing?! These rifts could be very dangerous! And they just... waltzed right in one like it was a cakewalk?!” The pretty Sage Fox frowned.
“Take it easy... that’s why we must talk to the President of the place... or at least the attendant...” Reiji made certain of who to talk to about the current matter at hand.
“Heehee, I hope they have some fried tofu on hand!!” Xiaomu smiled, thinking of her favorite food.
“Sigh... whatever. Let’s just go. Oh, and we’ll better be on guard. Saya will have most likely known of that rift by now be nearby even as we speak.” Reiji pointed out before the Shinra duo walked inside the front door of the building, not knowing that his arch nemesis, a were fox and agent of Ouma with silver hair with two points looking like fox tails, a black ribbed jacket over a strapless black bolero, showing her sexual appeal and black short shorts, was watching him from the rooftop. The woman smirked in a calm yet confident and mischievous manner as the duo walked inside. “As a matter of fact, I’m much closer than you think, boy.”
*End Theme*
That’s the end of the chapter. Everyone’s accounted for and, after many chapters, the Space Observatory Arc is nearing its end. But while the results are tallied, it seems Bowser is gonna be making his getaway! Some thigns never change... But one thing is certain, who is the Superstar of the Space adventure? Find out next chapter.
Oh, and next arc, believe it or not, I’m adding Reiji Arisu and Xiaomu from “Namco x Capcom” in as special guests, this time to keep an eye on things... as well as Saya, if anybody likes her. This powerful duo is not going to participate, though; just keeping an eye for trouble. Also on why, think on this Boromir based meme: “One does not a have a Namco-based crossover without Reiji and Xiaomu in it.” I heard it somewhere before....I think...

Description
CrystalphoenixBlader here, bring in another chapter to the fanfic! ..Man, was that last chapter much on my heart, with all the black holes... but what of everyone? If they are still alive, then where are they? Man, left in a big cliffhanger! So if anyone wants the truth, stay turned, since event though the battle is over, the party continues! Okay, so then, disclaimer time: I do not own any of the Mario characters or the iDOLMASTER characters; the Mario characters belong to Nintendo and the iDOLMASTER characters belong to Namco Bandai. Also, the characters “Reiji Arisu” and “Xiaomu” belong to Namco Bandai and Monolift Soft. So, with that out of the way, let’s see what happens next.
No opening theme this time... gonna have to go on a quiet tone after what happened last chapter...

“... Oh hohohohoho! Looks like he's stirrin'!”
“Hm? Oh! Him?! Come on, young chap! Please wake up!”
**Mario & iDOLMASTER Party**
Chapter 45
Awakening After the Crisis. Of White and Black Holes
*???*
“Nmrrgh... Nnn...” Producer-san slowly pens his eyes to see the Starship Mario, somehow in one piece, and the familiar faces of Prof. Gadd and Toadsworth looking at him. “Ah...!”
“Great shroom spores, you ARE okay!” Toadsworth beamed happily, while the short professor smiled. “Yabuyabu! For a young whippersnapper like you, we thought you and the others had done hit yer pretty lil' heads.”
Feeling a little disoriented, Producer-san slowly gets off his back. “Whuh?” The man stopped for a moment and sees Young Master Luma unconscious on his lap “Luma...” Managing to get himself up while holding the little creature, the man looked around and sees wrecked pieces of what was one of Bowser’s Airships.
*Airship Remnants*
*Insert Theme: “Link is Awake” (Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening)*
Producer-san looked at the remnants and what fears he had were relived as he found much of the group. Chihaya laid face-first on an unconscious Rosalina’s bosom, right next to the Observatory’s Comet form. An unconscious Polari laid quietly on Miki’s bosom, while the unconscious Futami twins held on to each other in a Yin-Yang formation. Haruka is slowly regaining consciousness, as was Mario as their eyes were beginning to open. Yayoi had already regained consciousness, but her head was stuck in Birdo’s mouth, who struggled to get her out with help from Toadette, to success, as she popped out and fell backwards on the female Toad.
At the right side of Producer-san’s sight he smiled as Ritsuko slowly was regaining consciousness, although she seems to be lying on a hapless Luigi, while Yukiho and Makoto are peacefully lying together on a big mound of broken wood and torn sails. Azusa, however, is lying down on a broken mast with some Lumas bouncing on her. Takane is peacefully lying down on Lubba's stomach, while the unconscious Hammer Bro has his hammer in his mouth and stars over his head. As for Shy Guy, he is fully awake as he was putting his mask back and waddled off. Toad was kept busy as he was dragging an unconscious Blooper away from Hibiki’s quiet face.
At his left, he looked at an unconscious Iori sitting on an unconscious Yoshi’s snout, still quietly holding her Usa-chan. Daisy was looking a little groggy after getting up as DK hauls wrecked lumber around. Wario is still unconscious, , still holding the stray geode in his clutch and sitting on Waluigi's head, which is pretty much stuck under the ground. The Lumas, as well as Bowser’s troops, are pretty much alive and well as they were brushing away wreckage to make movement easier. Peach was seen overlooking on a cliff, while Benjamin, Ai, Eri, Ryou, Yumeko and Ayane are nowhere in plain sight.
“Yow...! What a messy wreck!” Producer-san exclaimed in shock after he finished looking around. As he spoke, Ritsuko woke up and rubbed her forehead with a groan.
“Mmn... Hmm?” Haruka slowly opened her eyes and rubbed them as she slowly got herself up.
“Nngh... Hoooo... Mama mia! Dat-a was a doozy!” Mario spun his head a bit trying to regain himself.
Feeling someone right under her, Ritsuko looked downwards to see a dazed Luigi. “How did I get on him of all people of all places!” The poor green plumber could only moan as his eyes rolled in circles. Without hesitation, the young Producer gets herself, to see Producer-san alive and well. “Producer, thank goodness you're okay...” The woman began to look around for a moment. “But... lords, did those Black Holes shred these ships like dry autumn leaves...”
“Yeah...” Producer-san agreed for the moment. Luigi, after regaining his senses, began to look at himself for any damages. “Hey, I'M-A OKAY!” The green plumber exclaimed happily.
“Of course, you are, my boy!” Prof. Gadd spoke happily at the younger plumber brother, to which he was surprised. “Prof. E. Gadd?” But as the green plumber began to look at the ghost researcher, the short man stepped aside to let the royal steward talk to the two brothers. “I was almost at the edge of getting a heart attack again when I saw you all, most of all- the Princess and you two, lying motionless on the grass. But now my fears are passed, it's good to see our sovereign and champions alive and sound!”
“Eh, it's-a good to-a see you, too, Toadsworth.” Mario smiled, but before he could say a word, Daisy, brushing off some dust off her dress, noticed the group begin to stir. “Looks like almost all the crew's waking up.” Sure enough, Iori, Yoshi, Hammer Bro, Miki, Ami, Mami, Blooper, Hibiki, Azusa, Takane, Wario, Waluigi, and Lubba all regain consciousness.
(Yayoi) “Ow... my head...”
(Hibiki) “Wha... why am I covered in ink?”
(Ami and Mami) “...Owie... huh?”
(Miki) ”Ughh... huh? Is that...?”
(Chihaya) “Ughhh...”
(Hammer Bro) “MMMPH?!”
(Iori) “...Mmm...hmm?”
(Yoshi) “...Ah...Huh?”
*End Theme*
Realizing everyone is still in one piece, Haruka shed a single tear in happiness. “Thank goodness! We're all alive!” Miki, realizing what the ribbon wearing Idol meant, began to look around until she saw the person she wanted to see. Producer-san, hearing a familiar voice, turned to see the blonde Idol running towards him!
“HOOOOOONEEEEEEEEYYY!!” Miki cried out as she glomped the Producer with tears of happiness in her eyes.
*Insert Theme: “At the End of the Day” (Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time / Darkness / Sky)*
“Uwaahh! M-Miki-chan?!” Producer-san yelped, but before he could say any more, Ami and Mami, seeing their beloved producer, ran to glomp him with tears in their eyes.. “NII-CHAAANNN!!!”
“Gyah!” Producer-san yelped before beginning to lose balance. “A-A-A-Aaah... NGAAAAHHH!!!” The three Idols were crying a bit, expressing their worries until a cross Ritsuko called them off.
“Good to-a see evryone’s-a okay!” Mario smiled, knowing that all in the group is accounted for.
“Yeah, dat’s a good thing!” Luigi smiled, but before the brothers could say more, a familiar voice called out. “YO!”
“OH!” Producer-san recognized the voice as well in pure surprise, while Mario smiled and waved. “Hey!”
Ai, Eri, Ryou, Ayane and Yumeko descend from the sky with a human man. Ritsuko ran to Ryou, happy that her cousin is okay as well. “Ryou! You're alive, too!” Yumeko smirked with a smug smile on her face. “As if this idol would go down with the ship while flailing like a panicking chicken!!” Without hesitation after saying that, the sidetailed Idol decides to noogie Ryou in the head, which he didn’t take well. “YUMEKO!” AI and Eri laugh in response to this little comedic farce.
After being let down, Ayane turned to the man with a smile on her face. “Arigatou gozaimasu, we wouldn't have down without your help, Benjamin-san.”
“Benjamin-san?” Producer-san, Ritsuko, Miki, and Hibiki stare at the current incarnation of Benjamin, a 6'2 tall Caucasian humanoid young man with smooth long dark brown hair that reaches his thighs in a lowtail and brown irises, wearing round square bronze-rimmed glasses, long blue jeans with a black brass-loop belt, white tennis shoes with black shoelaces embroidered with a single green line around the heel sloping down to one side and connecting to a big blue circle on the other. The most distinguishing feature on this incarnation was an unbottoned long-sleeved turquoise/teal/cyan/aqua-blue shirt on top of an aqua-green T-shirt. The man adjusted his glasses and grins. “Yep, it's me! Since I'm here, I thought I approach the Pro and the Idols in a more comfortable form for both of us!”
*End Theme, Insert Theme:
“THIS... is supposed to make US comfortable...?” Ritsuko frown in thought with great doubt in her mind, a thought shared by Producer-san as well as he dropped a single drop of sweat. “Sure- like a normal man with superhuman powers to teleport, decode, pull things from nowhere and transform into anything and anyone he wishes as well as imitate them- is going to make us calm...” All of a sudden, Benjamin shot a glaring leer at the two producers, completely unnerving and making them respond in one simple sentence. “DOES HE READ MINDS, TOO?!”
Rosalina, who recently just regained consciousness, looked at the new Benjamin and smiled as she turned to Chihaya. “I never knew Benjamin had quite some color tastes in his repetoire, did you?” The blue songstress couldn’t find a word to say, as she was left blushing...
*End Theme, Insert Theme: “Relm’s Theme” (Final Fantasy 6)*
Makoto and Yukiho quietly regain consciousness in the broken ship debris. When the two Idols opened their eyes, the first people they saw were each other.
“Ma... Makoto...-chan...?” Yukiho quietly spoke, looking a little worn down.
“Hey... Yukiho.” Makoto gets herself up and helps her best friend stand up. “That was a thrilling once-in-a-lifetime scare wasn't it..?” But before the boyishly handsome Idol could say another word, Yukiho ran and hugged her friend. “Makoto-chan...!”
“Oh! ... Aw, Yukiho, this again...?” Makoto nervously smiled as Yukiho began to weep on her friend’s front. “I thought I was going to lose you! Twice!”
Makoto closed her eyes for a bit and place her hand on the back of Yukiho’s forehead and smiled. “Oh, Yukiho, stop it... I'm not going anywhere from you and everyone, just you like you aren't going anywhere from me and everyone.” Yukiho, shedding a few tears, managed to give a gentle smile as she looked at her dear best friend. “... M-Makoto-chaaaannnn...”
*End Theme*
“Urrrghh...”
A strange yet familiar voice echoed from under the two Idols. They decided, for safety’s sake, to look underfoot, only to see a spike between their knees. Feeling frightened, Makoto and Yukiho got off the mound of broken wood, just in time as the pieces got flung up in the air by an exasperated Bowser.
“GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUGHHHH!!!”
*Insert Theme: “Bowser’s Theme” (Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door)*
“UWAAAUUUGH!!!” “KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!” Makoto and Yukiho scream before the tomboyish Idol began to hold her best friend like how Shaggy carries Scooby Doo when they’re frightened. The screams were more than enough for the rest of the group to turn in their direction.
“Oy vey! IT'S KING BOWSER!!!” Toadsworth yelped, nearly spilling his spores, while Ritsuko stood in shock. “YOU'RE KIDDING?!”
“HE'S STILL ALIVE, TOO?!” Producer-san shouted, ready to keep Miki, Ami, and Mami safe, but oddly, Bowser seemed to be staggering already. “OWWWWwwww... Oop?!” The Koopa King began to stumble backwards until his head collided with a piece of metal from the wreckage.
*BONG!*
“O-OWWWWWWW!!!”
The group simply stayed silent as Bowser rubbed the lump on the back of his head. “Ohhhh... I'm getting a major Deja vu Whiplash...” The Koopa King groaned before catching sight of the two teams and suddenly regaining his confidence. “Oh, great. You guys are alive! I'd not have a thrill in conquering anything without a challenge in my way...”
*End Theme, Insert Sound Effect: “Crickets Chirping”
Before he knew it, Bowser realized one itty bitty fact that he overlooked... that he was all alone. “AH! Wait a sec! Paraplonk? Kamek? Kammy? Iggy?! Lemmy?! JUNIOR?!?!”
“Papa!” The voice of Bowser Jr. echoed enough to make his father react. Without hesitation, Bowser looks up to see Bowser Jr. riding on Kamek's broom, Iggy on Kammy's broom, and Lemmy in the arms of Paraplonk.
“Sire, you live as well! We feared you and everyone was lost to such a horrendous aftermath...!” Kamek smiled happily knowint the Koopa King is alive and well, but then Kammy sbapped at her son with steam popping out of...where her ears could be... “You kidding me, boy?! I could've lost 15 years of my entire life after all that...!”
Shrugging off Kammy’s rant, Bowser turned to Paraplonk. “What about the soldiers?” The Koopa commander checked headcount on all of the Koopa Troop who are present. To his delight, the commander spoke. “I did a complete count, Your Concernedness. Everyone is alive and accounted for.” The very answer puzzled Bowser as he had no response.
*Insert Theme: “Dawn~ A New Morning” (Super Mario Galaxy)*
“So, any idea to where we are?” Lubba asked the group as he looked around. Apparently Peach had one answer as she was still overlooking from the cliff. “Home...”
“Huh?” Everyone else in the group responded with question marks pretty much over their heads, as did Bowser. “Unh?”
*Toad Town ~ Outskirts ~ Cliffside View*
“We’re home?” Mario wondered in confusion. Toadsworth, rubbing his furrows as he walked to the Princess, sighed in disdain. “Oh, how can the young be so daft?” He then turned to the view in question. “Take a look!”
Within moments, the two teams, followed by Bowser's group look over the cliff Peach is at. Upon gazing from where they are, they see her beloved castle in plain view. The Mushroom Kingdom princess, smiling in relief, finalized the fact of where the entire group is. “We actually made it home.”
“Nanoooo, this is so much to take iiiinnnn!!!” Miki whined in confusion, trying to get the gears in her head to work, while Ritsuko simply deadpanned at the blonde Idol’s response. “That's MY line, Miki-san.”
Prof. Gadd smiled as he once again adjusted his swirly glasses. “I suppose I'll enlighten you, youngsters. We had our attention distracted by familiar noises outside as me and ol' Toadsworth here rushed out to witness a spherical white dimensional void cut in fabric of Space spilling wood and metal junk out of it...! I even had it all recorded, too, OH HOHOHOhohoho!”
Chihaya and Haruka realize what the eccentric ghost researcher meant when they looked at each other. “Wait a minute...” The blue haired songstress started whiel her best friend added out of shocked realization. “Did we just...”
"Yes. That was a White Hole. A Black Hole's polar opposite." Benjamin answered in a straight tone, to which all of Team Mario and the Idols respond altogether. “OOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHH!”
“So that was a White Hole...” Polari looked at Benjamin for a bit, while Young Master Luma, somehow now able to speak in human tongue now, commented with a smile. “All the white and gray colors swirling together were pretty!”
Producer-san, remembering about the vision he had, asked one thing in particular. “Wait... what about the white figure who made them?”
*End Theme*
“..Figure?” Bowser scratched his head, wondering what the man is talking about., but then Takane stepped in with a shocked expression on her face. “P-Producer-san! You saw him, too?” Hibiki joined the Silver Queen with a look of complete dumbfoundment. “Wait, I thought I, alone, saw him!” Ami and Mami join in with confusion etched on their faces as well. “We saw him!”
*Insert Theme: “Amy’s Hammer” (Sonic X JAP Version)* (Thought I try this for laughs..)
“I saw him, too!” AI joined in as well, while Yumeko stood bewildered.. “My eyes weren't playing tricks on me after all!” Soon after, ALL the other Idols began to claim that they had encountered the enigmatic savior that rescued them in their time of need!
Producer-san realizing what the Idols, as well as himself and Ritsuko, had seen, finalized what the white lights were to Mario. “The white beacons being sucked into Black Holes were his work...” Unfortunately, Mario looked at the rest of Team Mario with question marks over their heads, then turned to the Producer with a look of pure confusion. “I'm-a sorry, but-a nobody from-a my side-a has-a seen any white-a figure in da White Hole...”
“HUH?!”
*End Theme with Wheel Skid Sound, Insert Theme: “Know What I Mean” (Mario Party 2)*
The Idols all stare at the red plumber with a look that pretty much says “You can’t be serious!!”. Luigi joined in the conversation while scratching his head. “All I could-a see was-a white and-a gray colors swirlin' around-a like da debris before-a losin' consciousness... sorry.” Bowser, looking a little confused as well, added in his comment while rubbing his forehead. “I’ve seen nothing of the sort... 'Cept for the headache of a lifetime.” Bowser Jr. could only look at his father with a perplexed face, as he too is not familiar with what the Idols saw. “Is that really we got through the Black Holes, Papa?”
*End Theme*
Benjamin, remembering the Black Holes, then spoke. “Speaking of the Black Holes, there's no longer trace of them in the Center of the Universe. That can be explained: Usually they shouldn't exist together in one place as long as they aren't too close to each other, 'cuz one rift will consume the other. And thanks to the fact of them growing, they came in contact, annihilating the others AND themselves." Everyone was quiet to the finality of the situation. Bowser, looking crestfallen that the empire he built at the Center of the Universe is completely destroyed, drooped. “... All of it, gone..”
*Insert Theme: “The Adventure Ends” (Mario Party 3)*
Rosalina, happy that is crisis is finally resolved, smiled and sighed a breath of relief as she turned to Peach. “What a relief... It appears the entire Universe will all fine... By the way, Princess Peach, by your word- as host, I shall begin the awarding announcements.”
Peach smiled at the cosmic princess. “You have my permission. Toadsworth?” The steward quickly responded, as if by instinct. “Right away, Princess!”
“In that case, I’ll get the treats I’ve saved up in my canisters for the girls. Luckily, I stopped by Tayce T.’s place before I got here, and the fact Zess T. from Rogueport came by for a visit... though she didn’t seem to want to see you, Mario. Why is that?” Prof. Gadd smiled before asking Mario.
“Eh, long-a story, Proffessa Gadd...” Mario sweatdropped, remembering that small silly incident with which he accidentally stepped on the chef’s dropped contact lens and not wanting to recall the mess. While Rosalina got ready with the awards ceremony and Prof. Gadd readied the treats for the exhausted Idols, Bowser took the opportunity to turn to his team. “Once these are done, we're getting out of here.”
Kammy realized what his leader had in mind. “Giving them the slip, hm?” Kamek also followed suit. “And back to the castle? Got it.”
Pleased to know of the escape plan, Bowser shouted to his troops of the one thing he wants at the moment. “Get me an icepack!”
“Make that two!” Bowser Jr. called out as he sat down and rubbed his forehead.
“Three!” “Four!” Iggy and Lemmy waste no time joining the Koopa King and Prince on the medical aid.
“And a couple of massage therapists!” Kammy added, feeling that the incident did not help her spine one bit.
*End Theme with Sounds: “Shave and a Haircut ~ Outro” and “Sad Trombone”*
Meanwhile, outside the 765 Pro Building....
*765 Productions ~ Talent Agency ~ Outside*
The streets where the 765 Productions were based began to quiet down in the sunset, with people heading for home after work. As if by a sudden turn of events, a lone black motorcycle with a single side car appeared out from an intersection and parked nearby. The driver of the motorcycle got off his ride and looked at the building. “..So this is where the rift was spotted? We got sent from HQ to a talent agency, of all places?” The driver, clearly male in his tone, spoke in a serious tone.
“And not just any talent agency. This is the headquarters of 765 Pro! Oh man, what I would do to get the Idols’ autographs, since I have a rare poster of them in hand!” The rider, clearly female in her tone, trilled with excitement over wanting to meet the Idols. Her partner, however, was not as thrilled.
*Insert Theme: “Trembling City of Aris” (Namco x Capcom)* (Yep, you know who these two are by the theme!)
“Xiaomu, we don’t have time for your otaku-like hobbies right now; we’re here on business! ...Or do I have to punish you again?” The man frowned, after removing his helmet, revealing a young man with black hair on his right side and white hair on his left, wearing a vivid red jacket of the organization he works for with metallic black shoulder plates over a black vest and white collared shirt, padded red and black arm bracers with black gloves, black pants, and armored red leg bracers over black shoes. What was distinctive of this man besides the hair is the visible scar on his forehead.
“Aww... Reiji, you’re no fun! ..But you’re right; we ARE on business after all.” The female pouted after removing her helmet, revealing a woman looking like a young girl, but is in actuality a Sage Fox in human form, wearing a red vest over a black chinadress, with red high heeled shoes. The distinguishing feature of the woman was her yellow hair, which looked exactly like fox tails.
Within moments, the two agents of the special unit Shinra, Reiji Arisu and Xiaomu, stare at the building before readying to walk inside.
“So Reiji. Tell me again, why ARE we here in the first place if we’re not here for autographs?” Xiaomu asked her partner out of curiosity, to which the man crossed his arms and closed his dark colored eyes for a bit.
“HQ had detected a small rift in the building, but as soon as they found it, it completely disappeared. As to HOW it appeared... well, that’s why we were sent here from our shifts in Shibuya.” Reiji answered her partner with a straightforward explanation of their current mission, to which the Sage Fox scratched her head.
“But why just that one rift? I mean, compared to our battles with Ouma, our adventures in the Endless Frontier, and that incident with the Portalstone, this is pretty much low tier!” Xiaomu frowned, which was enough for Reiji to scratch his head.
“Sigh.. for once I understand what you mean, Xiaomu. Compared to what we’ve been through, this IS pretty much underwhelming. But our other agents at HQ had just informed us that the Idols themselves had ventured inside that rift.” The muscular Shinra agent answered, which was enough to get Xiaomu on edge.
“WHAT?! What are those girls doing?! These rifts could be very dangerous! And they just... waltzed right in one like it was a cakewalk?!” The pretty Sage Fox frowned.
“Take it easy... that’s why we must talk to the President of the place... or at least the attendant...” Reiji made certain of who to talk to about the current matter at hand.
“Heehee, I hope they have some fried tofu on hand!!” Xiaomu smiled, thinking of her favorite food.
“Sigh... whatever. Let’s just go. Oh, and we’ll better be on guard. Saya will have most likely known of that rift by now be nearby even as we speak.” Reiji pointed out before the Shinra duo walked inside the front door of the building, not knowing that his arch nemesis, a were fox and agent of Ouma with silver hair with two points looking like fox tails, a black ribbed jacket over a strapless black bolero, showing her sexual appeal and black short shorts, was watching him from the rooftop. The woman smirked in a calm yet confident and mischievous manner as the duo walked inside. “As a matter of fact, I’m much closer than you think, boy.”
*End Theme*
That’s the end of the chapter. Everyone’s accounted for and, after many chapters, the Space Observatory Arc is nearing its end. But while the results are tallied, it seems Bowser is gonna be making his getaway! Some thigns never change... But one thing is certain, who is the Superstar of the Space adventure? Find out next chapter.
Oh, and next arc, believe it or not, I’m adding Reiji Arisu and Xiaomu from “Namco x Capcom” in as special guests, this time to keep an eye on things... as well as Saya, if anybody likes her. This powerful duo is not going to participate, though; just keeping an eye for trouble. Also on why, think on this Boromir based meme: “One does not a have a Namco-based crossover without Reiji and Xiaomu in it.” I heard it somewhere before....I think...