The World Rings, Night 4: Die, Big Brother

Play "Hyrule Field" from Zelda: Twilight Princess!

Stage 2: Hyrule Field

Mission: Get to the hospital where Gon is!

Nagisa and Killua raced over the lush green field, charging toward a Bokoblin camp. The demons screeched and waved their weapons at seeing the humans, but were unprepared when the white-haired performed a Shave and beheaded a Black Bokoblin. Two more of the demons tried to pierce Nagisa with spears, but he blocked with his Iron Body. Morgiana grabbed him and spun, using him as a bat to send the Bokoblin flying. Killua threw his twin yo-yos and wrapped them around the necks of two more, throwing them into a Silver Bokoblin. Afterwards, Morg smashed Nagisa into said monster, then Killua impaled him in the chest.

"Hey, you use yo-yos to fight just like Sally Harper!" Maria noticed.

"Yeah, pretty cool, right? Wanna try one?"

"Okay!" Maria held her hands out, but when Killua dropped the yo-yo in, it pulled her to the ground.

"Gotcha! They weigh 50 kilograms."

"Man, your family is really obsessed with strength."

The journey resumed up a short hill before they arrived at a cliff. Large boulders were rolling off, so Nagisa and Morgiana jumped up to determine the problem. Earth Likes (Like-Likes that could burrow underground) were spewing the boulders, so the two dealt away with them. The others climbed the rugged cliff to join them. It wasn't long before they came to a vast chasm with Bulblin Archers riding on Kargaroks. One of the archers flew over to them and launched Bomb Arrows, the group splitting up as Index chucked Goombella toward him and knocked him off.

Maria made a Long Jump and tossed her hat onto the Carrier Kargarok. She allowed the others onto her back, but quickly felt the weight of them breaking her back. "Caw caw caw! (I hope I don't get arrested for animal abuse!)" The other archers attempted to shoot them out of the sky, so Maria dodged as her riders used their projectile attacks to defend her. Maria's wings were wearing down, but she came to rest on a platform before releasing the Kargarok. Another one flew over as its rider shot more arrows, but using the same tactics, Goombella sent the Bulblin falling and Maria took control of it.

Once they made it to the ledge on the other side, Maria dropped the Kargarok and they entered a field of giant Cyclopes called Hinoxes. The one-eyed beasts spotted the tiny prey and ripped trees out of the ground. The first two smashed the trees down at them, Morgiana dodging and jumping up to stomp one in the eye. Index punched Light Spheres up to blind the other one, and Killua used Tempest Shave to slice off one's foot.

Since the Hinoxes were wearing large straw hats, Maria chose to stay out of this fight. "Maria, watch out!" Goombella yelled, the two dodging as some distant Hinoxes were throwing boulders at them.

Maria hurried over behind a pile of boulders to hide from them. "Huh?" Curiously, she discovered a wooden crate labeled From Mushroom Kingdom. Maria Ground Pounded to break it and gasped as a Mega Mushroom came out. "Come to Mama!" Maria swallowed the mushroom whole and grew to the size of the Hinoxes. "ROOOOAAAARR!" She raised her hands like claws and ran to jump on every Hinox in her sights. The red ones she could take out with no problem, but the blue ones required two jumps. By the time she reached the Black Hinox, however, she could only score two jumps before the power-up wore off and she shrank back to normal.

Morgiana hurled Iron Body Nagisa into the beast's eye to finish it off. Maria ran before the Hinox could collapse on her, but the demon poofed into darkness and dropped a golden page. "It's one of the Lost Pages." Index said, going to claim it. "Nice going, you guys!"

"Just asking, but can ANY of us use Mushroom Power-Ups?" Goombella asked.

"Yes, but your bodies aren't adapted to them." Maria smiled. "If Morg ate that, for instance, she could've broke the planet."

"But the planet is already broken…" Morg replied with a blush.

"Look, Big Brother! Horsies!" Alluka pointed excitedly at a group of the frolicking animals. "I wanna ride a horse!"

"You got it, Sis!" Killua ran toward them, and while the horses tried to escape, Killua threw his sister onto the back of one. "Wheeeee!" She held tight as the horse tried to fling her off, but when Killua jumped onto the horse afterwards, he submitted. Alluka wrapped arms around his stomach as he controlled the horse, same with Nagisa and Morgiana, while Maria took control of a horse and let Index and Goombella ride her.

"Hey, what's that switch?" Index pointed at a square-shaped button in the ground with a "?". Maria went to step on it, and they could hear a distant voice: "Horseback Brats vs. the Timer: I wonder who will win?"

"Aw, gee, it's The Riddler." Nagisa said.

"Race you!" Killua slapped his horse and was off, the others quickly following. There were holographic circles above some fences, and touching them seemed to add more seconds to the timer. The track carried them over a stone bridge with more fences to jump, and they had two seconds to spare as they galloped past an open cage and swiped another Gold Page.

"Does that mean The Riddler got ahold of some of the pages?" Index wondered. "I suppose that's not the worst thing, if he's just going to lock them in cages."

They arrived at a rickety bridge, and the horses were too cowardly to cross it. The group made light steps across the bridge, secretly watched by Kalluto Zoldyck. The youngest Zoldyck drew his fans and sliced the end of the bridge. "WAAAAAH!" They grabbed hold of the bridge as it slammed against the cliffside, but the armless Goombella ended up falling in the river. "Goombella!" Index dove in after her and quickly swam to catch her Goomba friend. "I gotcha!" Index grabbed her and kicked her feet up to reach the surface and use Light Feet to run on the water. Large spikeballs were rolling downriver, Index dodging left and right.

Killua tossed one of his yo-yos down for her to grab. He and the others had climbed up the bridge, and Killua pulled the girls up using the yo-yo. "Well, that almost became an unexpected detour." Goombella sighed. "I'm sorry, guys."

"Don't worry about it." Nagisa said. "We should've gone over one at a time."

"On the bright side, we've made it to Kakiri." Killua said. "You ready for this, Alluka?"

"Big Brother, I want to see Gon and learn why he's so special!"

"Hey, one request at a time, alright?! But I would be happy to oblige." (End song.)

Kakiri was a rather large town with primarily Hylians and Sheikah, but other types of Hyruleans were present. Killua led them to a white building whose Hylian letters translated to Kakiri Care. "Gon is in there." Killua confirmed. "I have to warn you, though… it's pretty messy."

"Yeah, we can take it." Goombella said.

They entered the hospital and approached the receptionist, a Goron woman. "Hello. We're here to visit Gon Freecss." Killua said.

"Gon Freecss… oh. I'm sorry, we can't permit visitors-"

"I'm with KND Sector XX." Killua held up his KND badge. "I was on the mission with Gon, and I think I have something that could help him."

"Oh, you're that Zoldyck boy… well, if you insist. But only a few of you should come."

"Morg, Maria, Goombella, wait here." Nagisa ordered. "I know Index wants to come…"

The four kids were led to the basement as the Goron unlocked a double-door. The moment they entered, a spine-chilling feeling coursed through their spines: lain on the bed was a being covered in bandages, encased by a black aura of Dark Chi.

"Good Lord! What on Earth happened to him?" Index asked.

"Like I said, it's a long story. But hopefully, this can be how it ends." Killua approached Gon with Alluka beside him. Now that the girl had met Gon, her Wish Mode returned. "Alluka… please… heal Gon."

"…'kay." The girl softly touched Gon with both hands. At that instant, there was an incredible outpouring of power, so tremendous that it caused the entire valley to quake. Maria, Morgiana, and Goombella could strongly feel it from outside.

It lasted a few minutes before the quaking stopped. The darkness that had plagued Gon had faded. Alluka changed back to normal, her eyes closed, and she fainted. "Alluka!" Killua caught her.

"It must've been quite a sprain on her. Don't worry, she'll be fine if she sleeps it off. I just hope you're ready to pay the price."

"Relax, Nun, I can take it."

"Yeah, but if you can't, we can't risk anyone dying. We'll be forced to kill Alluka if it comes to that."

"Index?!" Nagisa yelled.

"Well, with that amount of energy, we could end up getting killed, too!"

"Not on my watch." Killua stated. "Sigh… but to think it actually worked. There's an inn down the block that we can stay at. I don't wanna leave town until Gon wakes up. …Or until I fulfill Alluka's requests."

"That's probably best. …No matter what you say though, I don't have a good feeling about this."

Suddenly, Index and Nagisa's communicators rang. "Guys, get up here! Someone's here for Alluka and Index!" Maria shouted.

Killua carried his sister as they rushed up to the lobby. "Uh… who installed the disco ball?" Nagisa asked, taking note of the glittery ball in the now-darkened lobby.

"He did." Morg pointed. (Play "Careless Whisper" by George Michael!)

A white unicorn slowly stepped into the lobby, ridden by a man in a red and black suit. He had twin swords and guns on his belt, and he played a a silver saxophone through his mask. The song provided a pleasant feeling in the air, though the operatives didn't feel too comfortable in the man's presence. "Following kids across the field," he sang, "riding in on my se-xy uni-cooooorn!" He hopped off the horse and said, "You remember that song, right? It was at the end of Horrorverse. It foreshadowed me, comin' in to ***k you guys up."

Agent of CP0

WADE "DEADPOOL" WILSON

"A CP0 agent?!" Nagisa responded to Goombella's analysis in fear.

"Hailing from Planet Superbia, he has a Power Level of 10,211. He's a master of Rokushiki, swordplay, and marksmanship, and he is able to regenerate his own flesh. But then there's his Observation Haki: rumor says that it's so great, he can see beyond the 'Fourth Wall.'"

"Look, kids, Uncle Deadpool don't wanna get dirty. All I want is the girl in the fancy religious dress," he pointed at Alluka, "and the…" then Index, "other girl in the religious dress. Boy, isn't that a coincidence."

"I know you!" Killua pointed. "You're Kalluto's teacher!"

"Oh, it's you!" Deadpool said with giddy eyes. "You're-"

"Killua, yes. And we're on an important mission," he twitched his brow, "so could you stay out of our way?"

"Oh, I getcha little man. But Deadpool's on a mission, and he don't mind roughin' up a few kids to complete it." He set the saxophone down and drew a sword. "Lucky I only got one hand to work with."

Boss fight: Deadpool

Deadpool tossed his sword up and caught it backwards, whacking the blunt side of it against Morgiana, who countered with her legs. Nagisa Shaved behind the assassin and stabbed him with twin Finger Pistols, but Deadpool kicked back, knocking Nagisa out the exit. Morgiana clapped his sword in both hands and swung a kick at his crotch, but Deadpool was quick to flip over her, the front of his sword flipping toward her face, so Morg released and dodged. Maria tossed her hat to his head, but Deadpool caught it in his fingers. "Deadpool ain't got time for no parlor tricks." He tossed the hat back with such speed that it knocked Maria down.

Killua tossed a yo-yo around Deadpool's arm, trying to rip it off, but the assassin grabbed the string and yanked him over. Killua did a midair flip that Deadpool blocked with his arm stub, and when the boy landed, he dealt some rapid Finger Pistols that Deadpool blocked with his own. Deadpool kicked at his legs, but Killua leapt above and stomped down on his face with Armament Haki. Deadpool sensed Nagisa run up to stab his knee joint, so he kicked back, but missed due to the boy's Paper Art, so Nagisa could Finger Pistol the other joint.

"You didn't tell me you could use Haki!" Nagisa said.

"I didn't want you to feel behind!"

Deadpool did a spin-kick and knocked the boys away. He Shaved over to Index and tried to karate-chop her, but Morgiana blocked his arm with a kick. Deadpool swiftly grabbed her ankle and threw her toward the boys, but Nagisa grabbed and helped her recompose. "Index, take Alluka and get out of here!" The nun nodded and lifted the sleeping girl, using Lightspeed to make a quick escape. Deadpool Shaved over in attempt to catch them, but Maria belly-slid in his path and caused the assassin to slip.

"Son of a Monday-Friday monkey feather!" Deadpool flipped back to his feet and used Paper Art to dodge Killua, Nagisa, and Morg's attacks. "Why the hell was a 7-year-old like Jessie allowed to cuss, but I gotta be censored?! What, too many angry parents reading Candied Adventure? No wonder Big Mom got blown to the sun." He kicked Nagisa, punched Killua, but Morg scored a kick to the rear, which Deadpool endured before tossing Killua's yo-yo to bump her in the face.

With that, Deadpool hopped on his unicorn and rode her out of the hospital, searching for Index and Alluka. The two had just found the inn when Alluka was stirred awake. "W-Where's Killua…"

"Killua's in the middle of something, you'll see him soon."

"Sooner 'an you THINK!" Index gasped when Deadpool rode up to them.

Morgiana hurled an iron-hard Nagisa straight for the unicorn's rear, the animal turning with the intent to pierce her horn into his head. A worried Deadpool quickly jumped and kicked her aside, causing Nagisa to ram headfirst into his pelvis. "OOOG! Sorry, kids!" Deadpool hissed. When Nagisa dropped, Morgiana flew up to swing a fiery kick, Deadpool blocking with an arm as his feet slid across the ground.

"I thought you would try to protect your girlfriend!" Goombella said, riding Killua's back. "I know that's not really a unicorn. It's a human who ate Caesar Clown's Horse-Horse Fruit, Unicorn Model!"

"Shit, your Tattle ain't no joke! Hell, it's even better than Fukuro's!"

Killua tossed a yo-yo at the unicorn, but Deadpool worked to grab it, only for Killua's other yo-yo to hit him from above, adding more damage with its imbued Haki. "And no matter how good your Haki is, it takes a calm mind to be able to use it."

"Big Brother!" Killua looked over at the awakened Alluka.

"Alluka! Are you feeling better?"

Darn it, do we have to deal with this now? Index thought.

"Big Brother…" Alluka weakly ran up to him. She made a gun gesture and said, "Die!" (End song.)

Killua sported a smile. In a split second, he was headless, his body dropping. The others were royally horrified, including Deadpool. "Yaaaaay!" Alluka clapped joyfully. "Now get up!"

Killua was back on his feet, pulling his shirt down. "Now, put your foot behind your head!" Killua obeyed and bent his leg far back to do so. "Hee hee! Hee hee! …" Then, her scary face appeared.

"Impossible!" Index stated. "With the amount of energy Alluka had to exert, she should've asked for WAY more than just playing dead!"

"I say now is the time to end this fight." Killua decided. "Alluka, I wish Deadpool was in the place my family found Mike!"

"'kay."

"Who the hell is Mike?" Deadpool asked. But before he could receive an answer, Alluka snapped her fingers and warped him.

The assassin poofed in a dark field. His white eyes widened at the sight of a pack of giant monstrous dogs, resembling the beast guarding the Zoldyck Estate. "Oh… that's Mike."

Having granted the wish, Alluka passed out again. Killua softly held her in his arms. "You've done enough, Alluka. From now on, only small wishes."

"'kay…" she spoke in her sleep.

"What've you done to him?!" yelled the unicorn.

"Even I don't know the answer to that question." Killua replied. "But hey, if he's as strong as he is, he'll be just fine."

"RAAAAH-!" The unicorn charged, but Morgiana and Nagisa kicked her upside the head and knocked her out. She morphed into a dark-haired woman, and before long, Sheikah officers arrived to arrest her.

"Hmm…" Index still wondered why Alluka's conditions were so small. "Maybe it's because… Killua made a wish for someone else's well-being."

Maria looked up, seeing the sky was gaining a hint of orange. "I'm getting tired… Can we find a place to rest?"

"Sounds good to me." Killua said, carrying his sister into the Kakiri Inn.

Killua paid for their room and got sleeping bags for his friends. Alluka was laid to rest on the bed as Killua pulled her boots off. "I never thought she would ask me to do anything that could kill myself." Killua said as he took his shirt off. Everyone had a view of his muscular, scar-ridden body, something Nagisa had already seen before. "My parents saw the heart of an assassin inside me… so, they tortured me, forced me to experience hell, until I possessed an iron will. Alluka was never given that pain because she was too sweet. She was the only one in my family that made me happy. Still… it was nothing compared to how Gon made me feel…"

A flock of golden butterflies began to flap around the white-haired boy. Only Index could see them. "…I'm sure it was that light that prevented the curse from backfiring on you."

"What kind of person is Gon like?" Nagisa asked.

"He's a baka." Killua smirked. "To sum it up in one sentence. Telling you the rest would take all night."

"I hope Gon recovers soon." Index said. "I want to find the other World Rings before other villains do."

"Index is right." Morg replied. "That CP0 agent was strong, even if his Power Level was slightly under ours combined."

"Come on, Morg, Sephiroth's was higher than his, and we survived." Nagisa said with a grin. "Now that Killua's in our team, we can handle anything!"

"Baka, who said I'm joining your team?"

"The Law of KND Adventure Stories!" Nagisa whacked him with a pillow.

"Then I get to be the leader, right?" Killua hit him back.

"No way, I'm the leader!" Nagisa hit him.

"I'm a princess!" Maria hit him.

"And I'm a Firstborn!" Hoopa came out and grabbed his own pillow. Soon, all four were in a pillow fight, laughing exuberantly.

"Well, having him around is going to be a pain." Morgiana sighed.

"Relax, Morgie, I'm sure Killua likes Gon more than Nagisa." Goombella remarked. "Eh, Shezzy? Huh? Huh?" She nudged Index.

"Hmhmhm!" the nun sported a giggle. Index then frowned, staring at her hands.

The next morning…

The team slept wonderfully after a long day of fighting. Maria and Goombella had shared a sleeping bag, the princess holding the mushroom like a stuffed toy. At 8 am, they had woken up and went exploring the town. They ordered breakfast at a restaurant before Maria wanted to go shopping in a clothing store. She asked them to dye her hair and clothes in a Link style, Weiss Schnee style, Dimentio style, and Madotsuki style, using her magic hat to save all the various styles in her "closet."

"I believe THIS will cover the expenses." Maria held up her special Gold Mushroom Card.

"We don't accept Mushroom currency." the woman said.

"D'AAAAAHHH! Killua, pleeeeaaase?"

"Baka…"

Maria was in her Link Form as they returned to the hospital. They watched as a boy with tall, spiky dark-green hair was walked out in a wheelchair, standing up afterwards. He looked down and saw Killua with a group of strange kids. His face was beaming. "KILLUA!" Like he was never in a coma at all, Gon raced down and embraced his friend in a hug.

"Gon!" Killua hugged back.

Seeing the warm moment gave them all butterflies. A greater flock of the golden butterflies were flying around Gon. "…Have you guys ever heard of the Rukh?" Index asked.

"I've heard of them." Morg replied. "They're known as the Guides of Fate."

"Scheherazade had the power to see them. They only appear around people who lead the path toward the future."

"What does that mean?" Nagisa asked.

"It means people that never want to turn back and keep moving forward no matter what trials stand in their way. What's more, their bright spirits influence the people around them. Our Supreme Leader is an example of such a person. And when we were in New Galaxia, I saw the Rukh flying around Luffy, Naruto, and Natsu as well."

"What about Ichigo?" Goombella asked.

"Yeah, but only a few. And it seems our Killua was well influenced by Gon."

"Whaddyou mean I can't come?!" Gon asked in a huff.

"You just got out of the hospital, Baka, give yourself time to rest."

"But if I stay here, you know Bisky's gonna torture me."

"Then I expect you to be even stronger when I get home."

"Waaaaah, I wanna cooooome!"

"Brother, I wanna go on an adventure!"

"You're coming, Alluka, relax."

"Hey, if Alluka will just grant Killua's wishes with little backlash, does that make us invincible?" Goombella asked.

"If Alluka grants too many wishes, she'll run out of life force." Index stated. "Only small wishes from now on, ones that don't require magic."

"Good idea. But we can at least make her more easy to manage. Alluka, I wish you were the size of an action figure."

"'kay." Alluka snapped her hands and shrunk to five inches tall. "Big Brother, fly me around!"

"Okay!" Killua picked her up and ran around, raising her skyward. "Wheeeee, wheeeee, wheeeeee!"

"Well, using magic on herself shouldn't hurt." Index said.

"Killua, you didn't tell me you had a magic sister!" Gon chased them. "Come on, I wanna play, too!" The others smiled and shook their heads in disbelief.

Triple-S.C.A.M.P.E.R.

With their new friends in tow, Sector SA took off from Planet Hyrule. "You can stay in there Alluka, okay?" Maria said into her hat.

"'kaaaaaay!" Alluka was rolling in a pile of clothes.

"Hey, I just realized something!" Goombella perked up. "We're in the Nintendia Galaxy, right? We're close to Mushroom World!" This made Maria gasp.

"Hey, I can sense the Ring of Fate on Mushroom World!" Hoopa proclaimed.

"Perfect! Index, set a course for Mushroom World!" announced Nagisa.

"NO!" Maria yelped. "I vowed that I wouldn't return home without Louise!"

"Come on, Maria, we're right there." Index said.

"I WANT LOUISE, I WANT LOUISE, I WANT LOUISE!"

"Okay, okay, fine!" Nagisa consoled. "Index, belay that order. What's another planet we can go to?"

"Planet Poké is nearby." Hoopa said.

"Sector $ already had that covered. They should call us if they need help or if they're successful."

"Okay, how about Avalar? The Ring of Pleasure is on there."

"Then set a course for Avalar!"

"Man, detours are such a pain." Index said. "Hopefully, finding the Ring of Pleasure won't be as bad."

Planet Avalar; Luna Nova (Play "Confront the Broodals" from Mario Odyssey!)

Lunch was currently taking place in this school for witches. The peace was disturbed when alarms rang, and a dark-skinned witch yelled, "Everyone, look outside! There're pirate ships!"

The students scrambled outside to see the fleet of candy-built pirate ships hovering in the skies, led by a white ship called the Bridal Barge. Its figurehead was a scary rabbit with a big open mouth, and it was adorned with white flowers and bridal gown ribbons. One of the students noticed the Jolly Roger – a skull with red lips and pink hair with a sun and moon. "Lotte, it's the Big Mom Pirates." Emily whispered.

Four rabbits in colored clothes jumped off the deck and landed before the crowd, laughing snidely. "We're the Wedding Planners of the Big Mom Pirates! You can call us the Broodals! Name's Topper!" said the bunny in the green suit and top-hat.

"Harriet!" said the bunny with blonde pigtails and purple dress.

"Spewart!" said the one in a purple suit.

"Rango!" said the tallest rabbit in overalls.

"Why are you all here?!" the headmistress demanded.

Topper unraveled a scroll. "'Minister of Sweetopia's Chips Province, descendant of Queen Sherbet Linlin, Jaune Pringle, has asked the hand of Diana Cavendish, Heiress of the House of Cavendish, in holy matrimony!'" Everyone's eyes were directed toward a blonde girl with green highlights. "'Failure to comply will result in the death of your closest friend.' On an unrelated note, if any of you are friends with Diana, could you please raise your hand? You're, uh, invited to the wedding. Hehe."