Lie and Truth

Hyrule; Hang Mountain

Sector MG, now known as the Sky Dragon Pirates, had been sailing on the Sky Sea during the weeks they've been investigating Hyrule. Currently, they were sailing on dark clouds, a bulbous orange moon looming in the black sky. "Hey, wasn't it just daytime a minute ago?" the helmsman, Kiki asked. "Look, my watch says it's 16:14."

"Mr. Facilier once told me that some areas have time frozen to a certain time of day." Wendy Marvell replied. "Like Twilight Town or the Forest of Darkness. …I think this means we're heading in the right direction. The demons said that Sakura was being transferred to a haunted castle in 'eternal darkness.'"

"I hope that's the right one." Romeo said, pointing port side. In the distance was a mountain range with spiky, needle-like peaks. A castle was built on the peaks, almost blending in with them. Of course, what really gave it away were the ghost ships floating in the skies above it.

"Sheesh, if you're gonna camouflage your fortress, don't have a crowd around it." Phil remarked.

"You guys should hide inside the Vanishing Box." Kiki suggested. "Then I'll retract the ship and fly us in before they can notice."

With a nod, Wendy and Oliver shrunk Romeo and Phil, then their selves, hiding in the purple box, which Kiki stashed in her bag. The Rogue Delivery retracted into her broomstick as the Asian witch flew with full speed toward the castle.

A little red bat-like demon was flapping around the outside of the castle. He perked up when he saw Kiki flying overhead, making land on a tower. The bat pulled out a large cellphone and said, "A-Ashley! I think the KND are here. That Kiki girl from school? She just showed up; her sector's probably nearby."

"Good. They can do the hard part for me."

The teammates were restored to normal size. The haunted castle contained Gothic architecture and Halloween décor. There were banners and flags with Jolly Rogers of either Mandy or the Cortez Pirates. "If ghosts occupy this place, there's no point in being stealthy." Wendy said with determination. "So, let's dash right through!"

"We'll catch up with you in an hour." Romeo remarked. "Oliver, mind if I ride with you?"

"Hop on." Oliver held his broom ready. (Play "Hang Castle" from Sonic Heroes!)

Stage 11: Hang Castle

Mission: Rescue Sakura Kinomoto.

The wind mage channeled Air Chi to her feet and dashed a spiraling path down the tower. She then ran along a stable path, seeing floating lanterns up ahead, which took the form of Poes. A ghostly barrier blocked Wendy, so the Poes attacked from behind, landing a few lucky blows before she kicked them away with air blasts. A quick spell from her wand was enough to extinguish the barrier. Wendy proceeded to a castle gate, which couldn't be penetrated with magic. Blue flame spirits (Embers) ignited and spat fire at Wendy. She noticed the unlit torches, but Fire Spells wouldn't work, so she summoned Romeo and Ollie down, asking the former to grab the Embers in his firebending and light the torches.

The gate opened as Wendy headed into a hedge garden. There were Reapers in gardening attire cutting the hedges with scythes, but turned their sights on Wendy and cut through the air. Wendy dodged their blades and shot Fire Spells to light their cloaks, followed by a Sky Dragon roar to blow their ashes away. One of the hedges was shaped like a chest, and sure enough, some gold was hidden. Wendy grabbed a noose-shaped hose and was lifted up to a rail, grinding with wind speed around some towers, all the while jumping over blue torches.

The rail dropped Wendy into a tower, which had a round switch. When she touched, spirits flew out. "WHOOOAA!" The castle flipped upside-down as Wendy fell and plopped onto the ceiling.

"AAAH!" Even the broomstick riders outside nearly fell off, turning their brooms over as they climbed up. "W-W-What the heck happened?!" Phil panicked. "The world's upside-down!"

"Did I just break the world?!" Wendy freaked.

"It's probably a magic mechanism!" Oliver assumed. "See if there's a way to fix it!"

Wendy exited to a walkway under the roof, blowing away some Embers that were flying around. She found a clothesline and shrank herself to run up it, arriving at a ceiling where she resized. Chandeliers were still "hanging" from the ceiling-floor, but some Stalfos were reeling them in. Her wind attacks went through the skeletons' bones, and they shot her with arrows. Wendy pulled the spears out and used Reducto to explode the Stalfos, then cast a quick healing charm for her cuts. She unreeled the chandeliers and used them as platforms to get up to a hallway—she heard a cry for help and spotted a Rito boy glued to the "floor" by a spider-web. Wendy cut the web with magic to free him, then requested the prisoner get in the Vanish Box.

This hallway was short, but the window was locked, and several cackling jack-o-lantern ghosts hung from the floor. Wendy searched under their capes and saw a key inside one, shooting a spell to destroy the ghost and catch it. After opening the window, Wendy was about to step onto a floating carpet—she jumped back when a giant axe swung down. She ran after the axe passed, seeing axes swinging either over or under the carpet. The carpet would twist and cause Wendy to run along either perspective, sliding under whichever axes threatened her. The carpet would continue twisting and disorienting her as it led her "up" a tower, wherein she would run into the roof and hit another orb.

The castle flipped back to normal, gravity pulling Wendy toward the floor. She dashed through a graveyard—"AAAAAIIIIIEEEEEE!" but was frozen with fear at the shrill cry of a ReDead. The graveyard was full of the horrid zombies, and the one that scared Wendy proceeded to choke her by the neck. She struggled to shake free, so Oliver flew overhead and called, "LUMOS SOLEM!" A ray of sunlight froze the zombies stiff, but she bothered not to stick around before the spell wore off. Wendy hopped on a set of parallel grind-rails to go over a spiked path. Gravestones popped up on some rails, prompting her to switch between and avoid crashing.

The rails brought her to the entrance of the castle library. The path continued upward, but even when using Ascendio, the shelves stretched far too high. Bookends (books with sharp teeth) flew out of some shelves and threatened to lunge at Wendy, but she got the first move with Home Attacks. By Home Attacking a stairwell of Bookends, leading up and around the shelves, Wendy could set foot at the top. She then hopped up some shelves that formed tall stairs, with Bookends flying out and trying to bite her. She noticed some of the books formed a path to a chandelier with a chest, Home Attacking up them to collect the gold.

Once up the shelves, Wendy viewed a straight hallway with shelves lined up on the left. It was then the castle began rocking uncomfortably, the shelves sliding either side. As Wendy ran along, she would have to stop in front of the shelves' gaps to avoid being crushed when they slid, but some gaps required her to jump. Near the hall's end, she Home Attacked up some jack-o-lantern ghosts, using the after-bounce to slip through the gaps, until she reached the exit up top and touched the orb.

Again the world flipped, and Wendy screamed as she fell toward the great moon! She noticed that the end of a Mandy banner fell with her, grabbing both points and clenching the wand in her teeth. The banner was still attached to the roof and supported Wendy's weight. She swung back and forth to build momentum before releasing, grabbing a ghost lantern chain that hung from the roof. She swung a series of lanterns, keeping her fears to herself. "Wendy, watch out for those Bullet Bills!" Kiki yelled when the towers shot the homing missiles at their leader.

"I'll take care of 'em!" Phil readied his gun and shot the Bills down from Kiki's broom. Relying on her teammate's aiming, Wendy was able to land on a path. As she raced along, the castle tilted rightward, but Wendy remained stable. A series of platforms up ahead fell right with the gravity, stopping at different points, so Wendy performed constant sidesteps to cross them. The castle tilted left and the platforms followed, Wendy sidestepping that direction—"AAAAH!" A misstep caused her to fall, but Kiki swooped down and grabbed one of her arms, with Phil hugging Kiki's waist to keep her steady. They lifted Wendy back on the path as she kept running.

Now past the platforms, Wendy was on a ceiling over a marsh. The gravity caused chunks of mud to drop up, taking the form of ReMelts (blobbish ReDeads). Like their solid brethren, the zombies choked and smothered Wendy in mud. "Glacius!" Romeo shot ice flames at the ReMelts to freeze them. After breaking free, Wendy shattered the zombies. She found a key inside one of them and opened the door to a dark hallway filled with Watch Poes, whose lanterns shone on the floor like searchlights.

Wendy had to flip a large hourglass, which opened a door at the end of the long, snaking passage. If she were noticed by the Watchers, not only would the door seal, but Stalfos would jump out and attack. Wendy sidestepped and ran past each set of Watcher, though some of them shifted position. Near the end, three Watchers lit the floor, but Wendy could go up a track along the right wall and go over them, successfully sliding under the door just as it was closing!

She was outside again, overlooking a zipline that stretched between some Watchers and ending at a giant Mandy statue with glowing eyes. "Eeeeeek! Lord Mandy knows we're here." Kiki clacked her teeth. "She's watching our every move!"

Wendy flipped another large hourglass. They watched as the massive statue rotated. The opposite side depicted a statue of a smiling girl on a chair. "Hey… doesn't that look like the wheelchair girl from the cruise ship?" Romeo inquired.

"Forget about that, look!" Oliver spotted an opening on the girl's belly. "There's a prisoner! Hurry, Wendy!" With a nod, Wendy reset the timer and began zooming over the zipline. She swung left or right to avoid the Watchers, knowing one slip-up would miss their chance entirely. With 5 seconds to spare, Wendy landed on the statue's lap and boosted into the door where the prisoner was held. Trapped in the spirit cage was Shiki, a member of Sector REAP.

After Wendy freed her, Shiki yelled, "Please tell me you rescued Mr. Mew!"

"I'm sorry, who's that?"

"Mr. Mew, my kitty!! Darn it, he must be somewhere in the castle. I'll save you, Mew!" Shiki flew away.

"Huh?! She must've been a spirit operative. Uh-oh!" The timer ran out, so the statue rotated to its previous position. Wendy exited and hit a spring, bouncing her along a series that went around to the Mandy statue. She bounced up more springs, avoiding lines of Embers, and saw an orb within the enclosing of Mandy's horns. She Home Attacked the orb and dropped onto a wide platform after the world flipped. A stairwell led up to a cage holding a girl wrapped up like a mummy. "There she is! That must be Sakura!"

"NOT so fast, kiddies!" With a start, the five faced up: there was a ghost with a gaping yellow mouth, its body made of giant candles with blue flames. "I am Candelabracadabra, the guardian of this castle! By Captain Cortez's orders, no one is allowed to…?!" Instead of listening, Wendy, Romeo, and Ollie were playing Janken. "Hey! I'm talking to you!"

"Oh, we're sorry, Mr. Candle." Wendy said. "We're trying to decide who should fight you."

"Yeah, it wouldn't be very fair if we just ganged up on you." Ollie reasoned. "Sweet! I won!"

"Knock him dead, Ollie!" Phil cheered. "Er, knock him alive, in this case."

"How DARE you mock me! Taste my wax, you little brats! ROOOAAAR!" (Play "Mini-boss" from Majora's Mask.)

Boss fight: Boogey Phantom Division Combatant, CANDELBLABLAH

The spirit lashed candles at Ollie, who dodge-rolled to get away. Candelbra performed a rapid spin attack, Ollie protecting with Protego, but the shield shattered just as the attack concluded. Oliver was knocked away, but recovered in time to dodge its next onslaught of attacks. This time, Oliver cast Ice Arrows to weaken the candle's flames. After enough hits, Candelah flew away and conjured Embers. The spirits danced around and spat fire, Ollie evading and dousing them. Just as he finished, the phantom brushed a wave of fire along the floor, so Ollie used Ascendio to leap over them. Landing behind Candabra, Ollie shot Light Arrows to heavily injure him.

Candleman flew to the air and molded chi into his breath: he unleashed a Snuff Out over the field, blinding Oliver in darkness. Even light spells couldn't cure his vision, and he could only make out the light of flames flying toward him. Oliver shot ice in those directions, but one of them turned out to be Candabra himself; though the candle was doused, a waxy punch flung Oliver away. Luckily, the blindness wore off. Oliver ran from the next attack and quickly healed himself. The boy shot Light Arrows, countered by Candelar's flames, but a few shots were able to wound the spirit, whilst Oliver was a much trickier target on his end.

Candelguy began to swoop around the field, ensuring Oliver couldn't hit him, and spat Embers to fight in his stead. Once more, Oliver doused the flame spirits, but was unprepared when the boss swooped down and, "BOOOOOOOOO!" Oliver's eardrums vibrated furiously, his nerves jiggling to the point where he could only move slowly. Candelab whacked him with his wax, then set Oliver aflame. He called a water spell to douse himself, but his reduced movement made him vulnerable to another Snuff Out. "Ascendio!" Oliver shot into the air just as darkness flooded the field. In the brief instance during his descent, his wand aimed at Candab, so he shot a Light Arrow in the ghost's throat, cancelling the attack. Oliver landed and was not blinded, and the impact ridded him of his jitteriness.

He healed himself of the burn wounds, running from Candle's attacks. The ghost spat Fire Snakes that flew around the air. Oliver struggled to hit the quick-moving targets, but managed to before they could reach him. Another band of Embers surrounded Ollie, twice as many as before, and while they distracted him, Candelabra retracted his own candles into his body, building up his chi. By the time he was complete, five Embers remained, so he sucked them back into his throat. "Let's see you make a joke out of this: WACKO LANTERN!" Three breaths of fire left his throat, and they swept to and fro over the field. "Ha ha ha… WHAT?!"

The flames began to compress into a core: Oliver sucked all the fire into his wand. "Fire is energy you know, and energy is light! EXPECTO PATRONUM!" The congested energy burst into a blinding light. The light took the shape of a tremendous mouse, which bellowed at Candelabra and grabbed him in its teeth.

"GYAAAAAAHH! STOP! I have a dentist appointment in the morniiiiinnng…!" The mouse carried the ghost all the way to the moon, his cries fading into the night. (End song.)

"Huff…hah…" Oliver fell on his knees.

"Oliver!" Wendy ran to his aid and gave him healing. "Oh, I really wanted to help, but Romeo kept holding me back."

"I had total confidence!" Romeo grinned.

"Ugh, no more one-on-ones from now on." Kiki said. "Let's get Sakura-chan out of here."

They ran up to the cage and opened it, pulling the mummified Sakura out. "Sakura, you aren't hurt, are you?" Wendy undid her bandages. "We could really use your-" Dust fell out. "AAAAAAHH! She's already dead!"

"Hang on, this looks like a fake!" Phil observed. "They must've taken her…?" They heard a noise and looked around.

They peeked over the platform to a lower one, seeing a short, pigtailed girl shrinking the real Sakura (still bandaged) and putting her in a Vanish Box. A red bat looked up and gasped, "Ashley!"

"Hm?" She was met with five stares. "Darn. Time to go." The red-clothed girl mounted a broom and flew away.

"COME BACK!" Kiki mounted her broom and gave chase. (Play Ashley's Song from Smash Bros.!)

Sub-boss: Dice Pirate Mage, ASHLEY

Ashley left a trail of tiny exploding candies, Kiki maneuvering around them. With a wave of her wand, Ashley shot large fireballs that homed on Kiki, who doused them with water. Ashley then conjured barriers, Kiki flying through the gaps; the last barrier's gap shifted position, Kiki bumping her head as she passed it. She was able to catch up to Ashley, casting Blast Spells at the enemy witch. Though she took damage, it did little to shake her. "You were always the weakest in class, Kiki!" Ashley remarked, dodging her spells with ease while dropping more candies.

"Class? I don't remember seeing you in school."

"Oh, right, you don't remember. Well, how about a recap?" Ashley conjured giant flowers that spun like fans, quickly shifting in rotating fashions. Kiki eyed their movements carefully and chose the best time to fly past, keeping Ashley in her sights and shooting magic. Ashley sent her bat, Red to bite at Kiki's face, the blue-dressed witch frantically trying to swat him off. Red finally retreated, Kiki facing forward to see a bunch of flower fans aligned to make Ashley's shape with matching colors. The dress had red flowers, face had yellow, and eyes were red… but Kiki realized the right eye was actually Ashley! She shot magic at the crafty witch and chased her through the gap.

This time, Ashley sprayed purple gas from her broom, flying in circles so it would go everywhere. When Kiki breathed it in, her movements became inverted: up was down, down goes up, etc.. Kiki tried to remember these facts as she evaded more Pop Gum and fans. Ashley dropped the hazards suddenly, and in reacting quick, Kiki forgot the curse and drove into some, taking damage. Ashley formed more barriers, some of which had tunnels that Kiki carefully steered through. One of these tunnels was a loop-di-loop, but Kiki kept a constant down (up) tilt and got through.

The gas wore off, so Kiki could fly normal again. Ashley raised her wand and shot fireworks around the air, the force of them threatening to bounce Kiki around. The blue witch kept shooting her red opponent, but one of the fireworks hit her, bouncing her into two more, driving Kiki dizzy. She was able to get a tight grip on her broom, facing Ashley with determination and stomping the gas! Ashley stood on the broom and cast an array of spells, which flew around Kiki's sides, changing into random things like fireworks or Bullet Bills. Kiki dodged them all and drew ever closer, feeling Ashley's broom would snap any minute with all the hits she's taken.

"Eye of newt: I cast a hex on you." Ashley stood on her broom and faced Kiki, waving her wand. "Grandma's wig: this will make you big!" Her hair brimmed white with immense power. "Kitten spit: now your pants won't fit! Pantalones Giganticus!" A powerful spell struck Kiki directly.

"Kyaaahh-AAAAAHH!" Kiki's pants inflated like a balloon. She dropped her broom and held on as her pants became a parachute. Ashley steered away, watching as Kiki crashed into a Mandy flagpole. But she hit the middle of the pole, so she was denied the Gold Flag.

"Later, tater." Ashley remarked, flying straight for the ocean, where the Overtale was in view.

"Oooog…" Kiki moaned, flapping along with the flag.

"Eh, Houston, I think Kiki had herself a little accident."

"Phil, shut up and get me down! Ugh…" That song was already stuck in Kiki's head. "Ashley… why does that sound so familiar?"

The witch in question landed on the deck of the Serket flagship. She set the Vanish Box down and opened it to study Sakura's mummified form. "You always liked to look down on me, Sakura, so this feels very satisfying. I can't wait for Kokichi to finally expose your lies." (End song.)

Rescue Sakura: MISSION FAILED. MINUS 10,000 POINTS.

Sweetopia; Ice Cream Mountain

A terrible blizzard had enveloped the universe's biggest bowl of ice cream. The Big Mom ships of the Dessert Division were specially designed to sail the creamy surface, but the Kremlings' Snowmads were equally prepared. Through the cold darkness, the sparks of cannonfire were seen, both pirates trying to gun the other. Taking advantage of this battle, the Dice Pirates were sailing the snows, their ship disguised with ice cream. "Captain Kokichi, I saw White Fang members climbing off that ship." The large crewmate said, viewing with binoculars. "There's a chance Adam is with them."

"Dammit." Kokichi swore under his breath. "We had a scuffle back on Hyrule… It's like he knew I would be here. But isn't that strange?" He sported a wicked smile. "Just now, Artie's group said they encountered Kremlings when they went to save Lola. And now, we're here to find Miyuki, and the Kremlings are back again! It's almost as if the Kremlings have a spy in the Sky Gods, making sure they get the jump on us."

"But who could it be?" asked a female member named Suyin.

"Either way, I'm sure the KND will be here any moment, too. We'll let them handle the dirty work, but we'll walk away with the goods~"

The Luxury Pirates could easily hide their submarine by an iceberg, as Weiss formed an Ice Road along the water for them to reach the shore. Fortunately, the rich kids brought coats. Pacifica opened a lunch box as a small body of ice jumped into the snow. Pacifica aimed a flashlight on it, shining a blue light as Suki Crystal grew to normal size. "HOW CAN YOU LOCK ME IN A LUNCHBOX WITH NO LUNCH?!"

"Because you wouldn't bloody control yourself!" Ciel stated. "But you've finally got your wish. Miyuki is being held somewhere on this mountain."

"Sister-chan is here?! She's been eating all this ice cream without me?! Well, I'll show her! I'm gonna turn into a snow monster and eat ALL this ice cream!"

"Nonononono, Suki!" Weiss halted. "Remember what happened last time? You and Sector IC were beaten by these pirates, even though you're a Logia. Save your strength until we find Miyuki, we can't attract too much attention. I'm an icebender, too, so let's work together, okay?"

"No!" Suki folded her arms and about-faced grumpily. "No one but Sister-chan or Jack Frost!"

"I'm filthy rich and can buy you anything you want."

"An ice cream mountain even bigger than this?"

"You name it!"

"YAAAAAY! Sister-chan, here I come!" Suki skied off into the snows!

"I may need to borrow some money later." Weiss whispered to her team, shortly before going. (Play "Frozen Hillside" from Smash Brawl!)

Stage 12: Ice Cream Mountain

Mission: Save Sister-chan!!

Weiss and Suki glided across the snow on one foot, performing majestic poses. Even in the midst of war, they would always allow the frigid air to enlighten their spirits. They quickly shifted into focus when three Snowmad ships crashed onto the snow behind them, blasting flaming cannons. The girls gracefully slid left and right, evading the cannons, but as the ships moved closer, they had to sprout large icicles with their bending to push the ships back. Despite breaching their hulls, the ships persevered, determined to melt the benders. After enough hits, two of the ships were destroyed. "Suki, this way!" Weiss slid up a path to their right, Suki following, and the third ship sailed on by.

The path winded for a bit up a chocolate mountain slope, letting out in a small field where ice cream snowmen (Mr. Blizzards) emerged. Wearing bowl hats and wielding large spoons, they flung chunks of chocolate ice cream at the girls, laced with explosive sprinkles to ensure Suki could take damage. Regardless, it was easy for them to grab the snow-made creatures and throw them into each other. The girls exited the field to a smallish strawberry lake, which they could easily cross by freezing a path. A distant ship blasted cannons trying to destroy their paths and sink them.

Weiss saw something glittering in the deep, so she dove into the lake. Sharks with icicle teeth (Sharksicles) tried to eat her, but Weiss fought back with her Myrtenaster sword. She found an open chest at the bottom and sucked the treasure into her Infi-Cube. After resurfacing, the girls danced in a circle to make an ice pillar lift them up, aiming to get atop a cliff, but the ship destroyed the pillar. They decided to ski to the other side, form a short pillar, then a taller one as they jumped off, making a stairway that would bring them up to the cliff.

Entering a larger snowfield, polar bear Mobians wearing tuxedos began blasting miniguns at them. These bears had a "B" symbol on their suits, for they served the mafia boss, Mr. Big. The girls flung iceballs to KO the bears, having to shoot several against the durable bears. The bears fell in defeat, so they proceeded across the field. There was lots of room to ski around and nothing to obstruct them—that is, until cone missiles were launched from the distance. The missiles burst into flames and splashed ice cream into the air, the girls evading more swiftly than ever. "Someone help me!" a voice cried nearby. Partly to the left, Weiss saw a caged penguin operative, so she slid over to free him quickly, escaping just as a missile crashed on that spot.

The girls glided ever faster to reach the mountain where the missiles came from. A trench was cut through the popsicle peaks, the girls sliding in as giant ice cream balls with explosives rolled up and down the sides. Turret towers fired the snowballs from up top, so Suki conjured a giant snow shovel to scoop the balls up and throw them back, destroying the towers. They formed a snowy stairwell to go up a wall, the path sloping upward as giant penguins begun sloping down in the hopes of stopping them. Whenever a row of penguins came, the duo would make icy arches to go over them. Along this path, Weiss snagged a chest that was half-buried in the snow.

The slope curved left after the penguins stopped coming. They exited the trench, seeing an arched gateway labeled Snow Bunny Village. The ice cream igloos were melting as the snowy residents, be they yeti or Glacians, were mercilessly slaughtered by White Fang. "Round 'em all up!" an officer ordered as Faunus were catching fleeing Snow Bunnies in nets. "You know the drill, every animal is a soldier."

"Hey, those masks look familiar…" Weiss said. "Could they really be-"

"SAVE THE BUNNIIIEEES!" Suki formed a snowy baseball bat as she skied swiftly and bashed the Faunus in the heads. A leopard Faunus imbued his staff with Haki to hit Suki's head and knock her down, but he was quickly stabbed my Weiss' icicle, followed by an ice-kick to the head. Suki recovered as they hurriedly froze the Faunus or took them down with sword and bat. One of the pirates caught Weiss' leg with a spiked whip and slammed her into a sherbet iceberg. She suffered head trauma, but Suki cut the whip, only for the leopard to grab her neck and choke her with Haki. Weiss recovered in time to cut his arms with icicles and kick him in the head.

"Augh… Never thought I'd see a Schnee here… You're all the same as ever." The Faunus said before fainting.

Weiss lightly gasped in realization. "They really are the White Fang…"

"Why did that guy call you a sneeze?" Suki asked.

"No, he meant my last name, Schnee. Um, I'll explain later; we should probably help these villagers." They searched for any surviving children or adults and had them take refuge in the Infi-Cube, and they freed the Snow Bunnies from their cages so they could frolic once more. Beyond the village was an even greater strawberry lake, and it was clear in view as the blizzard calmed down. They slid down the hill to cross the great field between them and the lake. Yeti fired snowballs from cannons, some impacting and exploding, but the girls were able to evade the danger and reach the lake.

Big Mom ships were on the lake, blasting Snowmad ships on the hills. "There's a lot of them, Suki. Maybe we should go underwater."

"But I can't swim."

"Well, then make an air tunnel!"

"But I'm not an airbend—OOOOHHH!" Her eyes shone with an idea. Suki froze the water at the shore, then willed her chi through the middle of the ice. She opened a hole and revealed a tunnel going underwater. The girls had fun in looping around and around the twisty tunnel, losing all perception of up or down! A Sharksicle rammed the outside, causing them to fall on their backs as they still slid around. Suki reinforced the ice as they resumed, the young bender having to form the tunnel around mines.

The tunnel stretched all the way across the lake, and Suki said 'bye' to the fishies before directing it to the surface, forming stairs to climb. The two crossed the shore, but stopped before a cliff over a deep chasm. On either side, there were humongous ropes, stretching all the way to the top of a mountain that resembled three ice cream scoops. "Maybe Sister-chan is on that tasty mountain!"

"Suki, why don't you call her 'Nee-chan'?"

"My sister's not a knee, silly!" Weiss giggled at her joke. While the two ropes were meant for gondolas, the girls found it easier to ski along the top of them. They were slightly nervous at being so high up, but then they were utterly terrified when the top scoop of the mountain turned and revealed its face: it was a gigantic snowman!! With a terrific breath, its eyes brimming with energy, the snowman blew. Suki conjured a giant ice penguin to protect them from the powerful wind. She laid the penguin down along both ropes, the two pushing it up to use as a constant shield. When the ropes angled up, they conjured ice from their feet to glue them to the ropes, and they eventually made it to the top of the snowman.

Beyond his head was a path through a canyon. They stepped onto an ice field where seven TNT barrels were sat. "OUAH-OUAH!" The barrels were actually Kabooms, the red Kremlings zooming around the slippery ice. Weiss and Suki tried to hit them, destroying three of the bombs, but when the last four shot up, the girls brought up an ice barrier. The explosions shattered the ice and damaged them, but the girls endured and continued.

The left side of the canyon was now gone while the right side had giant snowmen trying to blow them off. They once again created a large wall to block the wind off, marching across slowly while keeping it steady. They made it past and reached a point where the path sloped into a tremendous, icy spiral, ending at a hole in the center. There was a chest in front of them—"OUAH-OUAH!" it was a Klobber, the Kremling immediately bolting down the slide, so the girls chased.

The wind made Weiss' hair fly as they slid ever faster, dodging bombs in the road as they hoped to catch that chest! The slide was growing tighter as it was about to compress in the center, and Weiss caught the Klobber just in time! They slid into the hole—"WHOOOOOAAAA!" it was the mouth of another massive snowman, and it BLEW them all the way to the sky! On the way up, they had to dodge flaming owls called Hot Hootz. Blending in with these Hootz was a cage holding a Solaran operative, so Weiss grabbed and threw it in the Infi-Cube. They finally reached the height of the wind and had to bounce across a series of Pufftons (fatter Hootz).

The girls landed on another slide that brought them down to another canyon, allowing the ice to carry them until they stopped at a forest of giant snowmen. They surveyed the area for a moment, until someone came around the middle snowman. (End song.)

Some music played as a Glacian man with a pointy nose and glittery blue shirt appeared. "I'm Mister White Christmas, I'm Mr. Snow." He bore a pleasant smile. "I'm Mister Icicle, I'm Mr. 10 Below. Friends call me Snow Miser… whatever I touch:" he picked a flower up, "turns to snow in my clutch!" It did so, and he gave it to Weiss, who blushed. "Hah! I'm too much!"

Suddenly, his neck was grabbed in a psychic grip. Suki raised him to the air, hand positioned as if choking him. "Mr. Snow Miser, where's my sister?"

"S-Sister! Y-You must mean the white-haired girl." He gasped. "S-She's in that snowman!" He pointed to a snowman that looked like Miyuki. Weiss took it apart, revealing the elder Crystal frozen in vanilla.

"Thank you!" With that, Suki threw the man miles across the mountains!

Weiss cut the ice open with her sword and pulled Miyuki out. "Sister-chan!" Suki ran to her aid. "I knew you would get brainfreeze one day! Here, I'll help you." She gave her sister a gentle hug. Slowly, all the cold in Miyuki's body was sapped into Suki.

"Mmmm…" Miyuki awoke from a pleasant warmth. When she wondered how she could be feeling so warm in this cold, she knew the answer when she looked down. "Suki…"

"Miyuki-chan!" Her sparkly eyes met Miyuki's glum eyes. "I was so scared when you got eaten by a marshmallow!"

"Sigh… I knew sending Lola and Terry to spy on Big Mom was a bad idea. But thanks for rescuing me, Suki."

"And White Sneeze helped, too!"

"No, it's uh… never mind." Weiss simply spared her a chuckle.

The three began a long journey down the mountains, allowing Miyuki some time to rid her body of the stiffness. Kokichi watched them through binoculars. "Say… that's Weiss. I guess the others must be nearby."

"I'm glad I decided to take Kayla's yoga classes. Speaking of, I still can't believe they're forcing Terry to marry her." Miyuki said.

"Yeah, but the grossest part is they're making Kayla drink Terry's blood." Weiss mentioned. "That's what Lola said. Apparently, it's part of the Linlins' Sweet Gene. It forces her to get all delirious and swoon over Terry."

"So, even if we rescue George, MaKayla might not be able to fight. And I doubt Terry is strong enough to-"

A massive force burst out of a pile of snow, snatching the trio in massive hands. "Hah hah hahn haaaahnnnn!" They poked their heads out and met with the cocky expression of a giant teenage girl. "You aren't making off with our prisoners that easy, you little—what the-?!" Sasha realized her hands were freezing. The ice retracted to form Suki, who shot icicles at Sasha's eyes, forcing her to release her grip to pull them out.

"Look, kiddies, I don't wanna get rough with you, but I don't want Uncle Pat on my case either. If you be good kids and cooperate, I won't have to hurt you, okay?" Sasha spoke with the tone of a belittling big sister.

"You must be one of the pirates." Miyuki figured. "Escaping from you is going to be hard, I feel. Suki, you wanna teach her a lesson?"

"Yeah!"

"Sigh, little kids think they got all the power in the world." The giant shook her head in disbelief. "Alright. A couple swings of the sword should scare you." (Play "Boss 1" from Kid Icarus: Uprising!)

Boss fight: Big Mom Minister of Salt, SASHA BLOUSE

While not intending to stab them, Sasha raised her sword and stabbed it in the ground near the girls—Miyuki slowed the giant in time as Suki shot icicles at her eyes again, and as Sasha tried to rub them out, Miyuki shot a Chrono Beam at her face. Sasha fell on her rear, growling and kicking the two in frustration. The Crystals were blown back, with Suki shattering into ice. "What?! That girl just broke!" But before her eyes, the snow swirled around, and Suki grew to Sasha's size in the form of a snow monster. "Oh, you're a Logia! You must think you're invincible, don't ya? Well, how d'ya like THIS?!" Sasha got to her feet and PUNCHED Suki with Haki!

"OWIE!" The snow monster fell over and collapsed.

"Suki, stay your normal size! She'll have a harder time hitting you." Following Miyuki's advice, Suki jumped out of the snow in normal form. Sasha swung her massive boot and sent them flying again, and with the added Haki, blood flew out of their bodies. They plopped in the snow, feeling groggy for a moment.

Sasha stomped over and gently picked them up. "Hey, that wasn't too hard, was it-" Suki was quick to awake and ski up the giant's arm while freezing it. Sasha enclosed two of her fingers on Miyuki as she tried to grab Suki, but the latter jumped onto Sasha's head whilst forming an Ice Hammer, bashing the back of the head. Suki stabbed Sasha's right wrist with an icicle, forcing her to drop Miyuki, whom Suki caught by making a soft snow pile. Miyuki awoke as they ran, but an angry Sasha performed a great aerial flip and stabbed her sword right between them.

Suki tried to freeze it, but Sasha yanked it out and swung a kick while twirling. The girls ducked, the sole of the boot barely grazing them. Suki held her sister as they skied away, Sasha continuing to chase and kick. The giant made a misstep on Suki's frozen path, her body flipping over and head smashing into the ground! The Crystals shot her face with Chrono and Ice Beams until Sasha recovered and did a breakdance to kick them away.

Sasha ran several yards across the field before stopping to ready her bow. Giant arrows came flying at the sisters, Miyuki slowing them in time so they could avoid. In return, Suki created Ice-Make Arrows and sent them at Sasha, large enough to puncture the teen giant. Sasha dodged some, and their shooting game went without pause until—"YOW!" a cannonball hit Sasha's back. She turned angrily to find Snowmad ships closing in. She endured the cannons as she furiously severed the ships with her sword. "OOF!" An Ice Arrow stabbed her rear. "Time out, you little brats!" Sasha lifted one of the ships and chucked it all the way to the Crystals. Miyuki poured even more power to slowing it so they could dodge. Suki kept loosing arrows, but Sasha blocked them with the ships.

One of the Waldough on the ships grabbed a phone and cried, "Boss Adam, please help us deal with this giant girl, she's crushing our—SHAAAAH!" His ship was thrown next, but just as the girls dodged it, Sasha made a tremendous leap over, sword cartwheeling until it CRACKED the ground between them. Sasha used it as a prop while she kicked both girls with either boot. "OUCH!" A bullet shot her left eye, the titan angrily facing where it came from.

The only thing in the sky was a Pichu hot-air balloon, its occupants the Luxury Pirates. Ciel was aiming a sniper rifle. "Oh dear, she's spotted us."

Sasha grabbed a bundle of snow in her hands and molded a giant snowball. "You're not supposed to use guns in a snowball fight!" With a godly throw, the snowball went hurdling toward the balloon.

"Dodge!" Carol yelled, Pacifica steering the balloon left and barely missing the snowball. Sasha kept trying to hit them, unaware that Miyuki was focusing Time Chi around her. "Alright, this one's sure to-" Sasha bore a confident smirk, but suddenly found herself shrinking into a 5-year-old body. "Hey! What gives?!" She struggled in her oversized clothes, so Miyuki and Suki lay whatever hits they could.

From far away, a red-haired Faunus in a skull mask observed the battle. He viewed toward the left and spotted Weiss on the hill. "So, that Schnee brat really is here. Figures she would make her buddies do all the fighting."

"What'll you do, Adam?" a rabbit Faunus asked.

"We're gonna do our brethren a favor and be rid of her. Come along, boys. And leave the giant to me."

Weiss' team was able to land the balloon beside her. "Weiss, why don't you help them?" Carol asked.

"Because she's not even trying. Just look at the way she fights."

The Age Regression wore off on Sasha, and once back to normal size, she began trying to stomp the Crystals. In one of her stomps, Suki erected an icicle that pierced her boot. "Yow!" She pulled it out, but while standing on the other foot, Miyuki shot her rear with a Chrono Beam and knocked Sasha forward. The giant about-faced, but Miyuki froze her in time just long enough for Suki to freeze both her eyes. Sasha ripped the ice off, but her head was grabbed by Suki's two giant Snow Hands, the child performing a suplex with the titan, slamming her crown into the ground. Sasha flipped sideways and freed herself, but upon landing, Miyuki froze her legs in time, causing Sasha's upper half to fall backward. She forced her body up, only to suffer a giant Ice Fist to the face and fall back into the snow. (End song.)

"You know, you're never gonna beat them with that shabby performance of yours." Sasha faced up (down), seeing Weiss's group approach in her upside-down vision.

"What are you, a battle critic?"

"Yep." Weiss smiled wittingly. "For a swordsman as big and aggressive as you are, you've been holding back a ton. You threw those ships just slightly away from the girls, same with the arrows, and your stomps were slow. If I were to guess, you're one of the kinder members of the pirates."

Sasha sighed and rolled onto her belly in a laid-back-teenager fashion. "Hey, I like kids. I'm the voted 'Best Big Sister' five years running. Sometimes I have to be aggressive, but I don't like hurting kids. Even with you KND prisoners, Grandma says she wants to make you part of the family, so I wanna make sure you have a good time."

"Yeah, nothing says 'Welcome to the family' like threatening to kill your friends if you don't get married." Weiss chuckled.

"Heh, what, is that what you're going through?" Sasha asked with a cocked brow.

"I think she meant Terry." Miyuki clarified.

"Uh… Cousin Terry? Wait, are you guys Terry's KND buddies? How did you get c—AAAAAHH!"

To everyone's horror, the giant's left arm was cleanly chopped like a log. They thought it would have taken a giant guillotine to cut one of her limbs, but all that was needed was a simple, crimson sword, wielded by Adam Taurus. "Nothing more worse than a human besides a giant human. Let's get you out of here, fatty." Adam stabbed his Wilt into Sasha's waist, using immense strength to lift and throw the colossal teen.

"Pirate lady!" Miyuki and Suki ran to her aid.

The Luxury Pirates readied their weapons as White Fang surrounded them. "Well, Miss Heiress, aren't you going to introduce us?!"

"Miss Heiress? …Does he mean you, Weiss?" Pacifica asked, knowing neither she nor Carol were heiresses to anything.

"These guys… they're the White Fang. I think I mentioned them once or twice… A band of Faunus pirates that terrorize Mobius."

"Only because of the constant discrimination our kind faces every day." Adam lowered his weapon as he calmly marched around the group. "Spawns of bestiality, sins of nature… we heard it all. But none do it more than the Schnee Family." Adam grabbed his mask and pulled it off. His charming blue eyes were exposed, along with the letters 'SDC' burned and scarred onto his left eye.

Weiss felt her stomach churn with disgust. "You were one of… my family's slaves…"

"He was?" Carol whispered. It's true that Weiss admitted to them of her family owning Faunus slaves, but seeing it in person was still horrible.

"I was 10 years old when I got this scar, and your dad was the one that did it. These boys are no different. True, they still got their eyes, but our pain was none like you can ever imagine."

"I'm sorry." Weiss spoke with full honesty. "My father never lets me see the factory… especially not the mines. But I knew he was doing bad things, and it's always been my dream to-"

"No one cares, Snow White. You wanna be the noble hero and erase your family's sins? You can start by killing yourself!"

"Yeah!" yelled the rabbit. "K. Rool promised to help us kill the Schnees, anyway! You can save us the trouble by offing yourself."

"KILL YOURSELF! KILL YOURSELF! KILL YOURSELF!"

"Hey, I don't care what your deal is," Carol said, "but that's a terrible thing to ask of someone!"

"And I absolutely won't!" Weiss vowed. "I'll surpass my father so no one will go through what you've been through ever again."

"Nothing but fancy words from a hypocrite!" Adam drew his blade. "Fine! I'll do it myself!"

"You're the only hypocrite here, buddy!"

A new voice caught their attention, one that sounded rather kiddish and cocky. A white-clothed figure was behind Sector $, and he stepped through them to present himself to Adam: Kokichi Oma. "Hey, you're that bastard from Hyrule!" Adam recognized.

"Hey, Schnee girl! This guy's a total liar." Kokichi pointed. "He was never discriminated a day in his life!"

"The hell do you know?!"

"HEY, MIYUKI!" Kokichi called. "You can look at peoples' pasts, right?! Hurry up and study this guy!"

"FUCK OFF!" Adam lunged at Kokichi, the group splitting apart. The liar used Haki to swiftly dodge his Wilt, getting his gun to shoot Adam's knees with Dark Bullets. The bullets didn't wound him, but Adam felt weak in the knees and slumped. "AGH!" Adam was squeezed in a giant hand, the right hand of Sasha. The giant had rolled her way over, growling furiously at the Faunus. Adam tried to break free, but Kokichi shot and weakened him further. Miyuki was able to go up and touch Adam's head.

Her eyes closed, Adam Taurus's past played like a movie in fast-forward. Her eyes shot open in shock. "It's true… Adam was never a slave! He gave that burn to himself just to impress some rich cat girl."

"Just as I thought!" Kokichi smirked. "You're nothing but a faker! A phony trying to get popular through racism! Why should we ever waste our time with a pointless sack of vomit like you?!"

"I'LL KILL YOU!" Adam squirmed in Sasha's grip. "You sons of bitches, you're ALL on my—LIIIIIiiiiiiist…" He went flying across the mountains via Sasha's godly throw.

…

"Ohhhh… my back…" The Cold Miser weakly recovered. "Huh?" He looked up.

"-aaaaaaaAAAAAH!" Adam flattened the Glacian man.

…

Propping herself up with that arm, Sasha glared at the other Faunus. "I'm seriously hungry, and you guys look like MIGHTY good eatin'!"

"WAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!" They fled like the small and helpless animals they are. Sasha sighed and let her body collapse again.

"Phew… glad we didn't waste too much time with that loser." Kokichi said. "Now that I have a moment… WAH HAH HAAAAAHH!" Suddenly crying, the liar grabbed Carol in a hug. "CAROOOOL! I MISSED YOU SO MUCH!"

"Heeeey! Get OFF me!" Carol pushed his head away.

"And Ciel, you're as beautiful as ever!" He switched attention to the earl.

"Unhand me, you hideous ghoul!"

"Why does this guy seem to know you?" Raleigh asked.

Kokichi faced him in shock. "Oh… my-God. You actually went and replaced me." He let go and turned away, head hung in sorrow. "I guess you guys didn't miss me at all. I mean, what's the point of being sad if you can just buy a new pet? Wah hah hah…"

"Actually, I think I do recognize you." Carol said, bringing up an image on her laptop.

"You do?!" Kokichi whipped around, face full of hope.

"Yes, Louise described you. Kokichi Oma, one of the Sky God officers. You have a dangerous Devil Fruit ability."

"Oh… that's where. Nee hee hee… you really don't remember. All this time you were partying after your little Apocalypse was over, you had no idea how much danger you all were in."

"What are you even blathering about?" Ciel asked.

"Miyuki, you wanna lend me a hand?"

Kokichi held a hand open, prompting the timebender to take it. She cleared her mind and viewed into his past. "…! I don't believe it!" She gasped.

"You found something?!" Carol jumped.

"This guy… he used to be a KND operative. And not only that, he-"

"He's the worst operative to ever befall the Nextgen Kids Next Door!" Kokichi sported a crescent grin. "Numbuh Gamble, Kokichi Oma! The one who will spell the E.N.D. of the KND!"