72. Eleven Days

World Leaders' Throne

"The Seven Lights are found, tut-tut!" Felius Umbridge shook frantically. "THE SEVEN LIGHTS ARE FOUND! The Kids Next Door have made a joke of us and it was not funny! –Felius Umbridge is not impressed!"

"The Octogan is not behaving!" King Andrew yelled as he clutched the squirming 8-ball. "It is as though it was deceived by the Fake Prophecy as well! But we will not allow these alleged writers to return to this world! The Octogan has collected more than enough souls from the Spirit World. We will conduct the Grand Inferius before long."

"It must happen soon." Lucas Stonebuddy followed. "With CP10 defeated, the Kids Next Door will become more rebellious than ever. I have taken the liberty of establishing bounties for all of them. Already, the 'Sky Dragon' Wendy Marvell stands at $7,000,000, and Augustus von Fizzuras, who insists on being called 'Stone Fist', is at 700,000 Chocolate Dollars. Shall we view the posters for the most notable operatives?" The Octogan projected holograms in the air of wanted posters.

"Maiden of Balance" Aurora Uno: $33,000

"Devil's Eye" Chris Uno: $43,000

"Sunny Fist" Sheila Frantic: $77,000

"Dark Seed" Dillon York: $23,000

"Sweet Virus" Vanellope von Schweetz: 5,000 EXP

"Quick Works" Haylee Gilligan: $20x40

"Son of Earth" Anthony McKenzie: 10,000 cents

"Thunder Storm" Fybi Fulbright: 88,000 Rupees

"Snow Sparkle" Suki Crystal: 500 gingerbread cookies (or the money it would cost to buy that much)

"Bigmouth" Chimney Ukeru: 200 train tickets

"Walking Mountain" Mocha: 50 giant coins

"Reborn Artist" April Goldenweek: $57,000

"Soccer Star" Karin Kurosaki: ¥70,000

"Mad Conqueror" Maddy Murphy: 55 free punches for your bully

"King of Fools" Zach Murphy: 6,000,000 Goober Dollars

"Overactive" Sunni Chariton: 53,000 pretend dollars

"Everybody's Friend" Cheren Uno: 10,000,000 Rupees

"You can't expect anyone to want to seize most of those bounties." Felius commented.

"Those are only joke prices." Henry mentioned, turning a page in his book. "What's life without a little humor."

"'Everybody's Friend' is a curious epithet to give him." Lucas noted.

"But it is accurate. Like his father before him, Cheren Uno's greatest talent is his ability to make friends." King Andrew said. "It'll be almost impossible to defeat a boy with as many friends as he has. But even the power of friendship does not compare to the Octogan."

"The question is, will Morgan's power compare to his?" Daphne Anderson asked.

"Ah ha ha!" Jennifer Bush laughed. "Don't worry, Morgan Dear will be fine! She'll rip that boy apart! But if she doesn't… well, we'll give her a worthy funeral."

KND Moonbase

Joey Beatles was trapped inside a glass chamber, his hands bound in thick cuffs. "Shurorororo!" Caesar Clown laughed as he stared at him. "Fifteen years ago, you made off with my greatest achievement. Now here you are, trapped and under my prying eye. So, tell me, Mr. Beatles… is the Mammal-Mammal Fruit as great as I hoped it would be?"

"Mr. Clown, we didn't bring him here to be a zoo animal." MaKayla King stated.

"Although if he wanted to, he could be his own zoo." Lola noted.

"Do you think we could use Joey's DNA to heal Mew's condition?"

"Well, of course! How do you think I created the Mammal Fruit to begin with?"

"What do you mean?"

"My good friend, Doflamingo discovered a fossil left by the Firstborn Mew twenty years ago, curiously after Arceus's little rampage. He gave it to me, and from the traces of DNA, mixed with extra ingredients, I designed a Devil Fruit that contains Mew's shape-shifting powers. Based on Darcy's story, Mew lost a great portion of energy in Team Rocket's project. Perhaps Mew can recover his lost energy through contact with Joey."

"Wouldn't that cost Joey his powers?" Miyuki asked.

"If I am both correct and lucky, Joey may be able to keep his powers. All Mew should need is the chi that is present in the DNA of all those animals. Lucario surmises that it was Mew's DNA Chi that was drained in order to revive Acnologia. Acnologia is famous for being a hybrid dragon, and Mew is considered to be the Original Hybrid. That's why his energy was perfect for restoring a hybrid and vice-versa. Joey's DNA has already been strongly altered by the Bang Gas, so at the very least, his powers will be mostly inoperable for some time. But I shall gladly help my dearest subject to recover."

"He isn't your subject." Kayla reminded. "Because Kirie's mother was killed, her family needs someone else to support them. Joey can fill Kuki's shoes… as soon as he's in his right state of mind."

"Weren't some people already trying to help some Madotsuki girl?" Terry asked.

"I think that issue is taken care of for the most part. But we really can't spend much time on them. We must prepare for the Apocalypse and whatever the World Government plans to do next."

Meanwhile, on the bridge, the operatives were viewing wanted posters on the Global Tactical Station's screen. "I'm worth 43,000?!" Chris Uno exclaimed. "That's so cool!"

"'Dark Seed'?" Dillon questioned. "It's kind of badass." He smiled sheepishly.

The base suddenly rumbled under a powerful force. "What was that?!" Aeincha exclaimed, having felt it greater.

"Oh, that's just Maddy and Sheila." Mocha replied with a casual smile. "Sheila challenged Maddy for the highest Power Level, so they're fighting in the gym."

"Sunny Fist vs. Black Fist can't be a good combo." Apis said.

"Sheila didn't want her to use that name."

"Guys, we're back from the White House!" Aaron Doblemitz called as he and Rhilliane entered the bridge. "We brought Jessie and Kimaya like you asked."

"Now is someone gonna tell me what the HELL was with that voodoo?!" Kimaya Heartly shouted.

"I was possessed by a spooky ghosty!" Suki shuddered. "I only want Jack Frost inside me!"

"It wasn't an ordinary ghost." Jessie Sidney replied. "It was Calliope, the one who wrote the prophecy. And the one we're trying to destroy is the same one Polokus told me. Lord Caliborn English. I don't know why I couldn't say his name before."

"This is bullshit, man!" Kimaya complained. "I just learned about this prophecy five days ago, now some giant green ghost thingy is gonna destroy the universe?!"

"WHAT HAVE I been telling you?!" Jinta exclaimed. "The world ends, with giant, green, skeleton. I'm smarter than ALL OF YOU!"

"Great, Jinta." Karin retorted. "Now you can DIE happy."

"You know what, why did we waste time doing this stupid quest if it was gonna bring back a monster?!" Anthony asked angrily. "Why don't we just not bring the Lights to the Gate thingy?!"

"Because the universe is doomed either way." Everyone turned to face Jagar King.

"Where does that guy keep coming from?" Quill Ramsey asked. "Scares the crap outta me."

"If we do nothing, the Netherverse's energy will leak from the moons and destroy the universe." Jagar recapped. "Arceus will leave behind survivors to design a new one, people that have six letters in either of their names. But if Lord English is reborn, not only is our universe doomed, but all parallel universes and even the Original Worlds will be in jeopardy. This is why I feared completing the prophecy. The result of opening the Time Gate is worse than letting the Apocalypse transpire."

"No it isn't!" Harvey Harper yelled. "If you defeat Lord Gnik, Lord English won't come back! Don't you think you can beat him?"

"I…I don't know." Jagar bowed his head. "Every time I try to see into the future—to this very point—I'm blind! The Octogan clouds my vision. I don't know if I'll win or lose. And even if I did, I don't know what will happen! What if… What if Calliope can't be trusted, either?"

"DON'T SAY THAT!" Aurora shouted. Jagar jumped and looked at her. The kids all faced Aurora curiously. "When Calliope was speaking to us just then… she sounded sincere. She sounded like she really wants to save us and she really wants our help. All this time, Calliope and Caliborn have been fighting for the fate of the universe. Caliborn got people like Team Gnik and Medusa to do his dirty work, but Calliope got those Dimension Rebels and the Zoni, and they've been helping us the whole way. We have to trust Calliope, and we have to believe in her. Mr. King… you're Calliope's vessel. You need to be strong for her and beat Ragaj."

Jagar bowed again. "You're right… I've been afraid for too long. For twenty years, the Chrono Staff gave me the answers to everything except this day. I guess I believed my future was set. I didn't think I could change what was to happen, and the burden of having to wait and see overcame me. But I'm going to write the future." He looked up with passion in his eyes. "I WILL defeat Ragaj and prevent Caliborn from coming back!"

"That's the spirit, Mr. King!" Aurora cheered. "First we need to wait for Sunni to rescue Cheren. They should be back soon."

Midway Peak

Sunni finally set foot on the balcony of Midway Peak. The place was quiet and vacant except for tables, as it was the former setting for a party. Near the start of this month, the five Corporate Presidents and rich nobles gathered here, and Head President Morgan led the gala. Now it was dead and quiet, much like most of the Corporate Presidents. The presidents had all been defeated, so that just left one.

Sunni drew a small Creative Summons symbol on a paper and tapped it, spawning Peas using her psychicbending. "Howdy do, Sunni!" The tiny Friend jumped on her shoulder. "Do ya have someone ya want me to beat up?!"

"No, Peas." Sunni giggled. "You were the first Friend I formed a Creative License with, so I want you to go in with me. I'm going to bring these Sacred Treasures back to Cheren, then we're gonna fight President Morgan."

"Are you sure you're up for this, Sunni? Morgan is the most powerful psychicbender in the world."

"No she isn't. At least, she won't be for long. I'll show her what true Imaginary Friendship is about. First, I wanna bring one more!" Sunni whipped out her lightsaber and cut a symbol on the floor. Sunni planted her hand against it and puffed a cloud of smoke, summoning a new Friend.

Mary Goldenweek wore a bright smile and saluted. "Salutations! Mary Goldenweek reporting for duty, Captain Sunni!"

"Calm down, Mary." Sunni grinned. "You're not soldiers in the army, you're Friends. Now, are you ready to rescue Cheren with me?"

"Are we going to fight the bad people that killed Cheren's dad?"

"Not yet, Mary. That'll come later."

"Irregardless, I am ready to help my friend!" Mary held crayons between her fingers.

"Then let's get to it!" Sunni smirked. "Mary, Peas, we're going in!" (Play "Disco Star" from the Spongebob Movie Game!)

Stage 67: Midway Gala

Mission: Rescue Cheren and defeat President Morgan!

Act 1

Sunni and Mary walked up the stairs and entered the party room of Midway Gala. Fly Guys were sweeping the floor with vacuum-mops, making them too slippery to walk across. The girls jumped on a table, and Sunni used psychic to float them both to individual tables to get across the room. They set foot on the stairs to the second floor, having to jump a rolling red carpet. Above the stairs, three Groove Guys twirled up and dove at the intruders. Mary dodged while coloring White Crayon on her spot, causing a Groove Guy to be stuck like glue. Sunni slapped the other two with Psychic Stun before they proceeded down the hall.

The further they ventured, the passage seemed to morph into a colorful, polygonal dimension. The next minute, Sunni, Mary, and Peas were on a platform within a dimension lit by a giant disco ball in the sky. The distant space was designed like flashing floor tiles, whose colors made pixel images of Mario, Link, and Sonic – switching between forms of either character. "I'm feeling a lot of psychic energy in the air." Sunni said. "This must be an illusory world created by Morgan."

"Wow… Morgan must have tons more crayons than I do." Mary said with a frown. The kids jumped across some colored tile platforms whose positions changed along with the changing background. They used Sunni's psychic for safer landing on the tiles. Afterwards, they arrived at a straight path with Invader Guys floating over – Shy Guys in UFOs. They sent yellow beams at the floor, and when Sunni was caught in one, the UFO smashed down. Sunni recovered, and they took care to avoid the saucers while crossing.

The path had a dead end, and the next area was too far to float to with psychic (why must it have limitations in levels?). However, Sunni had the idea to toss Peas into one of the UFO lights, then she pulled the Friend out before the saucer smashed down. Sunni and Mary jumped on the UFO like a platform, facing the direction of the intended area so the Shy Guy would go that way (apparently, it was confused about its purpose now, so it helped them). The kids jumped off on a platform before a series of round, rotating platforms with alternating abstract images.

Upon setting foot on the platforms, Sunni and Mary felt the need to make graceful dancing motions. Groove Guys were dancing on floating disco balls, and if the kids got underneath, they would smash down. Sunni and Mary made the right motions to avoid them, and had to make correct motions when aligned with the next platform. Eventually, they danced to a stable platform with an empty doorway, but passing it caused the dimension to morph back into a normal hallway. A locked door blocked the way, but they heard music coming from an open window above.

"Go for it, Peas." Sunni threw the little Friend up there, giving Peas view of a party room where Shy Guys occupied the dance floor. Peas crossed a mini walkway to a chandelier of candles, where half the candles lit up on their respective intervals. There was always a safe spot between two lit candles, so Peas had to jump along those spaces to get across. The pea continued on a normal path, which went under a ceiling that was being swept by Broom Guys. The giant brooms swooshed left, right, left, right, and Peas had to quickly rush across before they would shove him off. The pea located a large key and mustered the strength to pick it up and carry it back through the trials.

Peas brought the key back to Sunni, who could open the locked door. The following room had another locked door and a wall of spider webs leading up to a high ceiling. Spinarak Pokémon crawled around the webs, and Mary took the liberty of climbing up with Glue Crayons. She avoided the spider Pokémon and pulled the key free at the top of the webs, dropping down for Sunni to catch her. They opened the door to a long hallway, wherein they stood on a ledge above an electrified floor.

The walls on either side had unlit candles. Mary stylishly tossed an Orange Flame Crayon across the right row, lighting the candles up perfectly, but the left row was too low for her to get a good angle. However, those candles were close enough for Peas to jump across, and they led to a small platform with a red nozzle. Peas jumped on the nozzle's switch to shoot fireballs across the candles. When both rows were lit, the electricity vanished, allowing Sunni and Mary to cross the hall without worry.

The passage became wider as they viewed paintings on either side. They were portraits of the Corporate Presidents. The left wall had Carter Pewterschmidt, Norman Osborn, Charles Burns, Don Quixote Doflamingo, and Gozaburo Kaiba. The right wall had Morgan Uno, Mom, Ted Wassanasong, Giovanni, and an unknown president with white hair, a white mustache, and white tuxedo. "I guess he's a new recruit?" Sunni wondered. "They have been losing a lot of members." The group continued past a door, but the level didn't end here. (End song.)

The path ahead was lined with giant Vikings, wielding axes and spiked pants. The only parts of their pants that weren't spiky was the pelvic area. Sunni noticed a maestro on her left, ready to conduct, and a sign above that read Giant Nuts. No doubt this was a music level. And Sunni knew just what to do. (Play "Ode to the Nut Shot" from Robot Chicken!)

Act 2: Giant Nuts

Sunni ran forth, the first giant raised its axe, then Sunni jumped and kicked him in the groin! She ran and kicked another one, then up to another one, the giants charged from ahead, but she jumped and kicked their groin with excellent timing! Giants dropped from above with legs conveniently split, they flew back clutching their groins from Sunni's strong kicks! A row of giants charged ahead, a giant flew from behind with a leg extended, so she ducked and allowed that giant to kick the others down like dominoes! To cross their bodies, Sunni jumped up a stairway of Fly Guys, bouncing in tune with the music.

Once up top, Sunni kicked more giants' nuts that came with the faster beats. An upside-down giant was clogging a hole she had to jump down—Sunni had to Ground Pound his groin three times to get through. The music grew softer as the following giants tried to brace their selves, only to fail. A giant squirrel was making an acorn pile—Sunni kicked through it. A giant astronaut was slowly descending, she jumped and kicked him in the groin, watching him fly up and collide with a moon. The song ended as Sunni encountered the maestro. The man was humbly bowing to his audience, so Sunni charged one final kick to his groin. The final note strummed and Sunni completed the level. (End song.)

"If that wasn't the weirdest thing I ever did." Sunni remarked as they entered a gymnasium. She gasped, "CHEREN!"

The boy had just defeated another team of Anti Guys using Demon State. He whipped around. "Sunni!" The Fury Mode vanished as he ran over. "Did you actually hear my telepathy?"

"It's not telepathy when you're thinking something." :P Sunni stuck her tongue out. "I just happened to hear what you're thinking at the time."

"Friend Cheren!" Mary jumped up and embraced him in a hug.

"Ah! Mary!" Cheren blushed. "You came all the way up here, too?"

"Well, I did the flying part." Sunni noted. "Then I warped her and Peas up here."

"Howdy!" The pea saluted on her shoulder.

"I think these belong to you?" Sunni reached in her pocket and pulled out the mini Sacred Casket. After she resized it, Cheren touched the magenta gem as the box flashed open, the Three Sacred Treasures appearing on his person.

Fi leapt out of the Master Sword. "Master, it is wonderful to be with you again."

"Fi! Did you and Nerehc finish in Gravity Falls?"

"According to Rogue Goddess Medusa, further use of the Multiverse Portal is no longer necessary. However, by some unidentified phenomena, the portal and all of the material within the laboratory has mysteriously vanished. The Ocarina of Time has gone back to Tries-To-Be-Cool-As-Master Nerehc's hands. With his permission, I have returned to my base inside the Master Sword."

"I'll have to talk to Nerehc after this. I'm glad you're here, Fi, because it's time for our next challenge. We're going to fight Aunt Morgan and bring her back to our side."

"I shall happily grant advice if it is necessary." Fi returned to the sword.

"Are you ready for this, Sunni? I don't think I can beat her without a psychicbender's help."

"Oh, I'm ready." Sunni smirked. "I got something to prove to her as well."

"It's time to strike at Aunt Morgan's rear quarters!" Mary cheered.

"That's the spirit, Mary." Sunni said with a sweatdrop.

The team of four headed up some stairs outside the gym, to the chamber where Morgan was drinking tea with General Shy Guy. "You know, Cheren, I don't recall either of us being allowed to ask for help as part of your challenge."

"Like you weren't going to summon Friends to fight for you." Cheren retorted.

"Or as she probably calls them, servants." Sunni followed.

"I think 'weapons' is the word you were looking for." Morgan replied. "A servant is one who follows trivial demands. Trivial and… pleasuring."

"And I still declare the trials to be inhumane!" her Lilliputian butler, Benjamin yelled from her pocket.

"How cute, you also have a tiny guy to keep you smiling." Sunni passed a grin to Peas.

"Morgan, before we settle this, tell me the truth." Cheren demanded. "Why did you decide to work for the World Government? And leave your old friends behind?"

Morgan closed her eyes as she recounted her thoughts. "Well, first the Kids Next Door. I joined them after the Firstborn Quest and became a member of the Undersea Lab. My Imaginary siblings and I designed 2x4 weapons that could utilize bending powers. The other scientists were afraid of being outshined by someone with a superior psychic brain, so they submitted the design ideas without crediting me, and they began to shun me. They also said that my so-called 'siblings' weren't contributing because they're just part of me. I didn't get the same appreciation as Mika or Danika got for their talents, so I decided to leave the Kids Next Door.

"In my hometown, it became public that Buddy, Athena, Sophie, and Beckah were Imaginary Friends. Even though they behaved like their own person and I loved them, nobody else accepted them as real. And in time, I would feel the same. They didn't age alongside me. Until the secret was known, I mind-tricked everyone into thinking they had always been by my side and they were always growing. The spells wore off when everyone learned the truth, and I didn't want to keep exhausting power in misleading them. I dropped my siblings off at Foster's before starting high school.

"After senior year, I began traveling to different colleges to find one that I would enjoy. And during a trip to visit West Coast Tech, I met an unusually peppy woman named Jennifer Bush, who was on a casual vacation. Little did I know I was talking to a World Leader. Jennifer sensed the powerful Psychic Chi I possessed and offered me a position in the Corporate Presidents. Jennifer gave me the opportunity to design weapons for the Government, so I helped create weapons based on my old ideas for 2x4 tech. As you could expect, the Government used superior technology.

"One day, the Head Corporate President Norman Osborn was killed by the Man With the Red Eye. I was promoted to Head President only because I was Jennifer's apprentice. That's when I was allowed to meet The King. He showed me the Octogan and the future that was to transpire as a result of the Twenty Keys Prophecy. The prophecy that would only come to light due to the Kids Next Door's reckless efforts. And so, I thought back to when they disrespected me, when I began to detest them. My cousin and my old friends hadn't let go of their old habits and began to raise their children to be monstrous delinquents who think they control the world. The Kids Next Door think their actions are just, when in reality they will destroy the universe blindly following their 'destiny.' I swore to King Andrew that I would-"

"Shut – the – fuck – up – you – whiny – hag." Cheren interrupted. "Is that supposed to be a reason for me to feel sorry for you? Why didn't you talk to my mom if the scientists were being mean to you? At that point, the KND should've learned better. But you chose to side with some jerk in a frying pan helmet and his magic pool ball instead of trusting your friends. I think you were just blinded by your own success and thought you were above everyone you used to care about."

"I never believed that!" Morgan argued. "All I wanted to do was help everyone, the same thing King Andrew wants! That's why I used my political powers to give wizards and witches more rights. They were resented in the same manner I used to be, I could understand their plight. Of course, Red Eye and that Sky Dragon girl don't help the mages' case. I never wanted Nigel, Kuki, or anyone to die, and the only reason they are is because you chose to follow this stupid prophecy!"

"Didn't you see that message in the sky?!" Cheren tightened the hold on his sword, infuriated by that statement. "King Andrew is the blind one here! The Octogan is controlling him, controlling the World Government through him! We have a chance to save the universe by helping Mr. King defeat his Negative!"

"Do you honestly believe that? How do you know this 'Calliope' isn't the deceitful one?"

"Because SHE hasn't tried to kill us a dozen times! Morgan, you seem to forget that your old friends beat the snot out of Supreme God Arceus while YOU were crying for Negatar Gnaa! They did the impossible and saved the universe! Do you honestly believe we can't do the same thing, given how 'monstrous' we are?! I think you strayed farther from reality than you care to admit, Aunt Morgan! We're going to bring you back, and then I'll bring King Andrew back!"

"Over MAH dead carcass!" General Guy shouted. "This battle is 2-on-2! I'll make the first move with my Tiny Man Attack!" He grabbed Benjamin and whirled his hand.

"Wait, Master General Guy! At such a velocity, I'm bound to- WAAAAAH!" The tiny butler was thrown at Sunni fast as a bullet, but Peas leaped forth and stopped him with a kick, letting Benjamin fall to the floor. Sunni scoffed and proceeded to kick him away.

"Actually, General, I would rather fight the two of them myself." Morgan said. "Your Bo-bobo Kempo is very… uneducational."

"UNEDUTAMEABLE?!" the Shy Guy screamed. "Well, FINE! I'll go over here and eat some square-shaped rice!" He stomped off.

"That's fishcake." Morgan corrected. "Now then." She whipped out her lightsaber and cut a Japanese symbol on the floor, using her psychic to spawn Chompjaws into being. "Remember this one, Cheren? He's been waiting for the second round, so why deny him? I wonder what will happen if he swallows you. Get grinded into waste or be converted into psychic energy? Let's find out." (Play "Graceful Assassin" from Kingdom Hearts: Re:Chain of Memories!)

Boss fight: Morgan Uno

Chompjaws lashed its tentacles at both kids, but Cheren and Sunni dodged to either side as the former charged a Skyward Strike to slice a tentacle off. Its individual ball parts divided and threatened to explode, so Sunni gathered them all inside a psychic bubble to contain most of the explosion. Cheren jumped on a tentacle that swung down and let it throw him up to Morgan, afterwards performing a jump attack, which the woman blocked with her lightsaber. Cheren and Morgan clashed swords on Chompjaws' head, then Sunni flew up to aid him. Morgan swiftly defended from both attackers before flying up and shooting a giant Psycho Sphere down, missing the kids, but plowing Chompjaws into the ground.

Sunni quickly caught the sphere in her own grip and scattered its energy before it could explode, then she whipped up her lightsaber to block Morgan's ambush. "You almost killed your Friend, didn't you notice?!" Sunni shouted.

"A fair risk in an attempt to dispose of you." Morgan jumped back and banished Chompjaws back to Foster's. She teleported when Cheren jumped her from behind, appearing above and tossing five Psycho Spheres that he blocked with his Mirror Shield. Morgan binded him in place with a psychic grip before yanking Cheren up, but that's when Peas jumped out of Cheren's shirt and dove under Morgan's. "UAH!" Morgan dropped her nephew and tried to grab the tiny Friend. "Dammit, get out of there you little creep! You're as perverted as Kweeb!"

"Really, because there can't be much under there!" Sunni grabbed Morgan's feet in psychic and brought her to the floor.

Peas jumped out of her clothes and scampered across the floor, but in Morgan's attempt to chase, she found her feet were glued to a white crayon splotch. "What?!"

"Hm, hm hm, hm hmm, hmmmm." Mary hummed merrily and wagged her white Glue Crayon. Cheren and Sunni jumped the grounded president, but Morgan burst psychic and blew them back before teleporting herself free and destroying that spot with a Psycho Sphere.

Morgan warped several feet away and cut a Creative Summons symbol on the ground. "I summon Lord Perfection!" The Imaginary Friend to spawn was a purple amoeba with an angry face and jeweled crown. Lord Perfection lunged at Cheren, who sliced him in half with his sword, resulting in the amoeba dividing in two. The giant germ continued multiplying as Cheren and Sunni struggled to slice them all.

"What's this one's story?" Cheren asked as he sliced.

"I heard Lord Perfection was a psychicbender's creation, designed to be some alien overlord for a make-believe game." Morgan answered. "Sadly, he was abandoned after only a year. Goes to show how quickly Imaginary Friends lose their appeal."

"RAAAAAH!" Cheren burned into Demon State and blew the pile of Perfection clones off. Cheren dodged to Morgan at swift speeds and threw forceful attacks with his flaming sword, which Morgan blocked with a bubble. The bubble was shattered, so the woman flew above and shot a psychic beam, but Cheren dodged and rocketed up for a flaming up-slash, only for Morgan to evade still and attempt to crush him with a psychic bubble.

The Lord Perfection clones were recovering, so Sunni summoned a giant vacuum Imaginary Friend. "Vacuumy, slurp them up!" Like a Pokémon, it obeyed its master and slurped all the amoebas into its glass capsule. Sunni saw Cheren's situation and shot a sphere up to break Morgan's hold, and Demon Cheren fell to the floor.

"In any other situation, what use would you have for a vacuum Friend?" Morgan questioned. "Making it clean your room like a tool?"

"For your information, I bought him cookies!" Sunni retorted.

"How sad. Let's see how he compares to Weldar!" Morgan summoned a giant black welding torch with a snaky neck, a bulky metal body, and hissed like a snake as blue fire formed its tongue. Weldar coughed blue fireballs at Vacuumy, but Sunni defended him with a psychic shield. "Vacuumy, cough them up!" Sunni ordered, so the vacuum spat the Perfection clones at Weldar, sticking them over his body and clogging his mouth.

"Mmmmff!" Weldar burned through Perfection and spoke, "Lady Morgan, please get these off of me! I fear they are contagious!"

"You're a giant welding torch, you can't contact disease!" Morgan argued, but decided to comply with the request and banish Perfection back to Foster's. "Now snuff them out!" At this, Weldar blew sapphire flames all around the room, setting the place aflame.

"WAAAAH!" Peas ran fast as his little legs could. "SOMEBODY HELP! I don't wanna be roasted pea!" Mary snatched the tiny Friend in her hand and drew dark-blue crayon around her area, wetting the floor and preventing the fires from burning over.

Cheren had trouble controlling the fire, so Fi told him, "Master, my analysis dictates the flames around you are partially composed of Psychic Chi. I estimate a 40% chance of commanding them to your whim."

"Then we'll control them together!" Sunni declared, contributing her own Psychic Chi with Cheren's firebending. They both redirected the fire at Weldar, quickly moving it away from Peas and Mary before either of them melted.

Mary gasped at seeing Morgan with her back turned a few feet away, so with an eager smirk, the painting child ran to color Orange Flame Crayon on her. "MARY, BEHIND YOU!" Peas cried—the Morgan illusion vanished, and Mary whipped around when Morgan charged her from behind, lightsaber raised.

Mary felt herself freeze as she stared at the light sword. Time seemed to slow when Morgan jabbed the saber toward her. Life flashed before Mary's eyes, from those endless decades inside the gallery, meeting Ib and Garry, growing furious as she tried to kill the latter, going on adventures with April's friends, being forgiven by Ib, and hugging April after she was brought to Foster's. She came back to reality to watch the end in the form of Morgan's sword.

STAB!

Mary gasped and choked on her breath. Sunni warped in front of Mary and took the stab through her shoulder. "SUNNI!" Cheren cried.

"AAAAH!" Sunni blasted an astonished Morgan with psychic and fell to her knees, gripping her wounded shoulder.

"You fool!" Morgan shouted. "You took the hit for an Imaginary Friend?! They're just bodies of psychic energy, living off your own! They aren't worth saving!"

"YOU'RE WRONG!" Sunni whipped around. "When I formed contracts with all these Friends, I made friendships with them. I got to know them. If you knew an ounce of Mary's background, you would know she has a real soul!"

"Hmph. Even if I wanted to believe that, you can't possibly tell me that you share a special bond with all of them. In reality, you only formed these friendships so that you could use them as weapons!"

"For your information, I gave them the choice to fight with me if they wanted to! Not as weapons, but as actual teammates and comrades!" Sunni cut another symbol and summoned a floating roll of bandage tape. "Bandy here watched his own creator die of blood loss and regretted not being able to save him in time." Sunni explained as Bandy proceeded to wrap up her wound. "And Vacuumy was abused by his creator, a circus carny who only made him clean elephant poop."

"That's a sensitive topic!" Vacuumy yelled embarrassed.

"Sorry. The point is, I took the time to understand them so that I could be friends with them."

"Brilliant. Now maybe you can accomplish your dream of surpassing your mother."

"Oh, screw that. I just wanna beat the snot out of you." Sunni warped behind Morgan and swung her lightsaber, the woman whipping around to defend, only to be struck from behind by Cheren. Morgan expanded a bubble to knock them back before throwing a Psycho Sphere at Vacuumy, but Sunni warped in the way to grab the sphere and throw it elsewhere. "You can leave now, Vacuumy." Sunni said before banishing him.

Morgan also decided to banish Weldar before making illusions of herself. The illusions scattered to attack Cheren and Sunni, who swung their swords to disperse the fakes before Cheren found himself clashing with the real Morgan. He surprised Morgan with a shield bash, leaving the woman open for a round of blows against her front. Cheren grabbed an Ice Arrow from his quiver and shot it, only for Morgan to teleport, but Sunni grabbed the projectile in psychic and threw it at Morgan when she reappeared, freezing her solid.

Mary danced over and colored the ice with orange and yellow crayon. "Fire makes ice melt! Water conducts electricity! I know science!" So the Fire Crayon melted the ice while the Shock Crayon gave a zap to her wet body.

Morgan flew above and announced, "You may be used to the Psychic Bubble by now, but how will you fair against a Psychic Diamond?" She moved her hands from top to bottom in diagonal fashions, encasing herself in a diamond-shaped barrier. Sunni shot Psycho Spheres, but they did little to penetrate, and forceful attacks from Cheren's flaming Master Sword wouldn't cut it. She spawned four Psycho Spheres around her and made them rotate rapidly as she sent them off, the kids keeping a safe distance when they did. She landed on the floor and threw attacks from a single standpoint. The bottom part of the barrier seemed to phase through the floor.

"Master Cheren, the Psychic Diamond appears to be of a heavier concentration of Psychic Chi. Morgan's ability to stabilize such energy around her is further attribute to her talents."

"Wanna give us something helpful?" Sunni asked, close to Cheren so she could hear Fi.

"In stabilizing the barrier while simultaneously using offensive attacks, she has chosen to stay grounded. However, to achieve such a feat, she has removed the bottom portion of her barrier."

"So we have a weak spot!" Sunni cut a symbol in the ground. "I summon Ghost Dude!"

A ghost wearing a backwards cap, sunglasses, and a shirt that said 'Spiratical' appeared. "What up, flesh bods?"

"Ghost Dude, fly underneath and attack her!"

"No lifespan, liquid masses!" The ghost rode a skateboard, flew up, and phased through the floor. He popped up from below Morgan and propelled her upward, stopping the shield. The ghost soared around and came back for another hit, but she grabbed the spirit in psychic and threw him down to Sunni.

"Ghost Dude was abandoned for cheating at a skaters' contest." Sunni explained, catching the Friend. "A lot of kids didn't like him for his creepy expressions."

"Sunni, I know you're trying to make a point, but I don't think these Friends want you telling her about their sensitive backstories." Peas informed.

"Good point." ^^;

Morgan cut up another symbol. "I summon Lord Demoso!" A massive Extremeasaur with a black and purple, smoggy body, red eyes, and huge bull horns appeared. "ROOOOAAAAARRR!" The demon lashed its chains and caught Ghost Dude, aiming to pull him into his bowels of wailing souls.

"Ghost Dude!" Sunni grabbed him in psychic while Cheren flew up and cut the chains with his flaming sword. "You're not becoming dinner today!" Sunni yelled before banishing the Friend.

"True lungs, smelly dungs!" Ghost Dude gave thumbs up as he vanished.

"Yeesh, his expressions are awful." Peas said.

Demoso bellowed again and swung his chains across the floor, Mary grabbing hold of one before she was thrown up to the ceiling. Mary screamed when Demoso was about to eat her, but Sunni pulled her to safety with psychic as well. "Mary, I think we should send you back, too." Sunni said. "This is getting a bit dangerous."

"But I don't wanna go back!" Mary said with a bright smile. "I don't wanna leave without my friends!" Sunni made a sheepish smile at that statement, knowing Mary was making a reference. Mary looked determinedly at Demoso. "And if I wanna be a Kids Next Door operative, I gotta be brave!" She ran at the demon and grabbed its chain when he swung it. Mary was thrown above, seizing the chance to chuck Green Gas Crayons into his open mouth.

Sunni pulled Mary to safety as they saw Demoso gagging on the gassy sticks. Cheren pulled a Fire Arrow ready, enhancing its power with his Demon State and loosing it to explode the demon's lungs. "Nice thinking, Mary!" Cheren cheered as Morgan banished the Extremeasaur back.

"Master Cheren, your Demon State has been active for roughly 20 minutes. I advise you revert to your regular power to avoid crucial energy loss."

"Darn." Cheren's flames dispersed. "We've barely laid a scratch on her."

"On the contrary, Morgan's dependence on powerful Imaginary Friends came at great sacrifice. Her overall Power Levels, while still very vast, have reduced by 35%."

"But I still have power to spare!" Sunni smirked. "Anything more you wanna throw at me?"

"Hmph." Morgan readied her lightsaber and cut four symbols into the wall. "Then I guess it's time to bring back some familiar faces. I summon The Quads!" She slapped her hand over each symbol. "Buddy! Athena! Sophie! Beckah!" Her four Imaginary siblings landed on the floor. Cheren and Sunni braced their guard. "Attack them!"

"Whoa whoa whoa, time out!" Buddy stated, turning around. "You haven't summoned us in years and not even a 'hello'?"

"Yeah, Morgan, what's your deal?" Athena questioned.

"I didn't summon you to chat, I summoned you to FIGHT! NOW!"

"Slow down for a minute, Bellatrix Lestrange." Sophie raised hands and made the slow-down gesture. "We think this whole 'Head President' thing is starting to get to your head. I mean, you seriously called us to beat up some kids? Even Sirius wouldn't approve of this."

"And we were just in the middle of Goblet of Fire before you called us!" Beckah shouted.

"Should we stop the boss music?" Cheren asked, snickering with his friends. "It looks like you need a minute."

"UGH! I don't have time for this!" Morgan decided to banish all four of them. "AAAH!" Sunni grabbed her in psychic and started slamming Morgan around the walls and floor. She released the woman and unleashed a Psybeam, and Cheren joined her by shooting Light Arrows. Their combo lasted for five seconds before they decided to drop, Morgan collapsing on the floor.

"Had enough?!" Cheren slashed at the air.

Morgan gasped for breath and pushed herself up. "I'm through playing games." Her body turned blue as she expanded a bright bubble.

"Mary, hold Peas!" Sunni tossed the tiny Friend to the former as she and Cheren were engulfed by the bubble, the world turning white as they teleported. (Play "Vector to the Heavens" from Kingdom Hearts 1.5 HD!)

Cheren Uno and Sunni Chariton were adrift miles above the vast ocean, glowing orange under the twilight. They gaped in awe at the marvel above them: the sky-blue silhouette of a giant, lovely angel. Her wings were long and flowing, her body was slender and smooth. "Oh… Why don't you speak?" Morgan spoke in a soft, beautiful voice that would shame the angels. "Is my Fury form so powerful that… you've lost all your senses?"

Cheren glared. He grabbed the Fierce Deity Mask from his pocket and slapped it over his face. "EAAAAHH!" In a flash, he was a few feet taller and holding the sword with twin loops, for he assumed the form of Link's Negative. At the same time, Sunni punched her head and opened her Psychic Gate, a strong psychic aura forming around her. This average Fury Mode didn't compare to Morgan's.

Boss fight: Psychic Angel, Morgana

Morgana formed a bubble shield around herself, flying away from the two as they pursued with terrific speed. Swarms of clones that looked like Mika, Danika, and Kami formed from her energy and flew to attack, but Cheren sliced them into nothing with the Deity Sword. Sunni teleported closer and grabbed the bubble, ripping it open with her own power so Cheren could rocket inside. The Fierce Deity slashed airwaves at the Psychic Angel, but could only land three blows before Morgana warped.

The Psychic Angel appeared in the sky, shining a blue aura over the world as Psycho Spheres rained everywhere. "So, this is why you're called the Non-Logia Logia." Sunni said as she redirected spheres back up.

"Whether she's Logia or not," Cheren smirked, batting bundles of spheres up, "it makes no difference to ME!" He blasted straight up and caught several spheres on the tip of his sword. He shot above Morgan and threw all the spheres down at her, sending her falling toward the surface at high velocity. Morgana blew the spheres off of her, but Cheren was quick to zip around her body and land blows wherever. Morgana launched feathers from her wings, and the psychic projectiles pursued the deity like missiles. Cheren batted them away, but he was instantly blown miles off by a pulse from Morgana.

A devastating Psybeam shot up from below and struck the angel, who looked down at Fury Sunni. Sunni flew up and made a psychic drill above her head, and Morgana spawned a bubble to protect herself. Sunni's drill pierced it after three seconds, but Morgana warped further away and lashed psychic whips at Sunni. Sunni caught both whips and wrapped them into a psychic tornado, whirling Morgan around in the process. Sunni flew at the angel and slashed her with giant psychic blades, but Morgana recovered and warped off again.

The angel performed a graceful dance as whirlwinds appeared in the air, conjured by swirling psychic energy. Sunni made psychic walls around herself to push the wind back, but Morgana kept a safe distance from her by dancing. "RAAAH!" Fierce Deity Cheren shot down from the sky with a surprise attack, forcing Morgan to defend with her wings, but the deity scored a few cuts to her face. The angel started to cry, and from her glittering tears came illusions of her child self on a broomstick, herself wielding a bow, herself as a swimsuit model, and herself holding a rose quartz sword.

"Master, it appears that these illusions originate from Morgan's fantasies." Fi said.

"Too bad I have to crush her dreams." Fierce Deity Cheren mercilessly sliced the illusions with the Deity Sword, but the energy fragments reformed around him in attempt to bind the deity. Morgana turned to face Sunni, who held a sharp glare.

"It's time to destroy you with my ultimate weapon." Morgana used psychic to form a giant Creative Summons. "Slifer the Sky Dragon, destroy them all!"

"ROOOOOOOAAAAARRR!" The tremendous orange, shiny snake dragon with two mouths screeched across the heavens. Sunni stared unflinchingly as the dragon charged its powerful breath, meant to obliterate her on the spot.

Sunni formed her own midair Summons. "I summon Plasma Pal!" An orange blob was the Friend to appear, average sized and harmless. The sentient jelly took the blow of Slifer's breath and scattered into pieces.

"How pointless. Slifer will destroy ALL opponents on the field." Morgana echoed.

"Then he has his work cut out for him!" Sunni smirked as Plasma Pal reformed. Slifer destroyed him again, but he reformed, Slifer destroyed him, he reformed, and the dragon would not focus on his other targets until that plasma is dead.

"No! Slifer's only weakness is respawning enemies?!"

"Take a long time to look, because he won't stop unless you banish him! And I assume his being here puts a strain on you?"

Morgana was suddenly attacked by Fierce Cheren, so the angel formed Psycho Diamonds to bat him around. Cheren drew the Mirror Shield and blocked the diamonds, and Sunni pelted Morgana with a storm of Psycho Spheres while she was focused on him. Sunni created a circle of Creative Summons, and from them summoned Vacuumy, Ghost Dude, Bandy, Wilt, Eduardo, Coco, Mary, and Peas. Psychic auras brimmed around them, for they were given the energy of Sunni's Psychic Fury.

"Sunni, you know it's dangerous to summon this many Friends!" Peas yelled.

"I won't need you guys for long! Everyone DOGPILE!" At her command, Eduardo grabbed the right leg, Vacuumy the left, Bandy the left arm, Wilt the right arm, Coco bit the right wing, Ghost Dude caught the left wing, Mary stuck Glue Crayon on the chest, and Peas decided to hop on Morgan's nose. "They've got her down! Now's your chance, Cheren!"

"Time to bring you back to the REAL world, Morgie!" Cheren charged a Skyward Strike in his powerful blade and impaled the Psychic Angel's stomach. Morgana wailed as her psychic energy ran rampant, the Friends got off, and her marvelous body dispersed. Sunni banished the other Friends back before warping the three humans, Mary, and Peas back to Morgan's office. (End song.)

"Huff, huff, huff…" Now returned to human form, Morgan clutched her wounded stomach as she lay on the office floor. Cheren took off the Fierce Deity Mask and became human, too.

"You'll have to wait a few minutes if you want me to call Bandy." Sunni panted, holding her aching head. "Turns out, your head can hurt from thinking."

"Lady President!" General Guy ran up in a panic. "What in the Seven Seas and 54 ways to kick in the nuts have they done to ya?!"

"I don't understand…" Morgan panted. "I poured every ounce of power into that form… and still lost? How can I… when I have so much more experience than you?"

"Our parents had as much experience as you." Cheren replied. "Maybe more, given they stayed with the Kids Next Door. We were lucky to have them as teachers."

"But I don't wanna credit my mom for my recent training." Sunni noted. "I had to fend for myself. I never knew how easy psychicbending was."

"Is it?" Cheren asked.

"Well, not totally easy. I mean, there's a lot of mental patience, you gotta remember a lot of stuff- ow, my brain hurts again!"

"AHH HA HA HAAA!" They whipped toward a screen as Jennifer Bush's image appeared. "Why, Morgie, you look under the weather! It's not like you to be beaten by little kids."

"Master Bush?"

"Aw, and I thought for sure you could win, Morg. With CP10 out of the picture, you were our last hope! Well, except the Inferius, so no biggie! Oh, and also, your services to the World Government will no longer be required. King Andrew is coming to give you a going-away present! Bye, Morgs!" The screen went black.

"Which brings me to another matter!" Benjamin yelled from the doorway. "I am officially retiring as your butler!" Benjamin pressed a tiny button on the wall, escaping as the room barricaded in steel.

"Look on the TV!" Mary pointed. The screen showed the outside of the mountain as a man in knight's armor and a purple cape floated in midair.

"What is he doing?" Morgan asked as a light was forming in his mouth.

King Andrew took a great breath and charged power for a Hyper Beam. He unleashed directly at Midway Peak. "AAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!" Morgan, Sunni, Cheren, General, Peas, Mary—everyone screamed at their inevitable demise, the world flashing white as the whole of Midway Peak burst into flames, completely destroyed. King Andrew floated and stared at the flames.

"That wasn't very nice." a woman with a Hispanic accent said. His Highness whipped around, seeing Mikaela Chariton floating in midair. She smirked as Morgan, Sunni, General Guy, and the others appeared around her, having been warped and now floating by her powers.

"MOM!" Sunni beamed. "Y-You're back! How did you escape Team Rocket?"

"Easy! The handcuffs weren't even chi-blocked, I coulda warped out whenever! I just stuck around for the free food. So, I guess you went and became a master psychic without my help." Mika grinned.

Sunni blushed. "Y…Yeah."

"King Andrew!" Morgan exclaimed. They all faced up at the armored man in the purple cape. Cheren's eyes locked dead on The King, mouth agape. Andrew glared at him with his one blue eye, while the Octogan flashed wildly in the other.

"You…You killed my dad!" Cheren yelled.

"He did?" Mary questioned. "So, is he the bad guy?"

"Technically, Daphne Anderson laid the final blow." Andrew corrected. "But I suppose we're all guilty in your eyes. Nigel Uno was a great man… before we learned he was a filthy demon."

Cheren gritted his teeth, whipped out the Fierce Deity Mask, and slapped it over his face. "AAAAAHHH!" He morphed into the godly figure and flew at Andrew with his sword ready. King Andrew lit his fists Armament and clashed them with the god sword, causing the very air to vibrate with their power. Cheren slashed airwaves that Andrew blocked, then the Fierce Deity flew in for a strike. The King smacked the sword away and grabbed Cheren's face forcefully. Power surged as a light grew from Cheren's form, later to flash the area white.

"Aaaahh-!" Cheren fell and was caught in Mika's psychic, back in his human form. They looked up as King Andrew raised the removed Fierce Deity Mask proudly. The King clenched his mighty hand and crushed the mask. A light-blue spirit drifted out of the mask.

"King Andrew, you said you wouldn't kill me!" Morgan yelled. "I thought I meant more to you!"

"I didn't want to kill you." Andrew said. "But the Octogan thought it best in order to destroy those two. Just as it desired to kill Mr. Uno."

"YOU DAMN FOOL!" General Guy shouted. "My Shy Guys were still in there!! You burned them up like tomorrow's egg rolls!"

"The Octogan…" Morgan spoke solemnly. "So you are…"

"Let's get out of here!" Mika decided before teleporting them all.

Cleveland

They reappeared on the street in front of Sector V Treehouse. The kids recomposed from the exciting adventure. "Morgan, just what the heck have you been doing all this time?" Mika asked with reproval. "Working for the World Government, attacking my daughter and your nephew? I thought I was the mad one!"

"Now do you understand, Aunt Morgan?" Cheren restated. "King Andrew is possessed by the Octogan! You let yourself be manipulated just like he did! You might not trust Calliope's story, but someone as smart as you has to realize the Government are the bad ones here! Your fellow Corporate Presidents – Doflamingo wiped people from existence, Carter Pewterschmidt abused a sick town – all the Government has been doing is hurting people! But who's always there to make things better? The Kids Next Door. And maybe we DON'T know what's gonna happen in the end. This whole thing is just a fight between two all-powerful deities. At least it seems like one of those deities wants to help us. So which side are you gonna choose? The side of the corrupted King, or the army of snot-nosed kids that have been helping people like CRAZY these past few months?!"

Morgan said nothing for a moment. She bowed her head. "…What have I been doing? I really thought I was helping people… I thought the Government was trying to rectify the Kids Next Door's mistakes. I was aware of the evils of Doflamingo and let him do what he did for my own selfish reasons. Just like Mom in Galaxia… the only people creating chaos was us. I…I don't know what came over me."

"The answer is obvious, Morgie." Buddy said. Morgan looked up in surprise at The Quads and Beckah. "You're just dumb." The brother smirked.

"Buddy? How did you all find us here?"

"We came back after you banished us." Athena said. "We're psychicbenders too, you know. We might be your Imaginaries, but we have free will, don't you remember that?"

"We escaped ourselves before Andrew blew up the place, and we floated close to you when Mika warped us." Sophie followed. "Honestly, you've been real sour since you abandoned us. Like you left four pieces of you behind."

"Well, of course." Peas replied. "Imaginary Friends are a part of their creators. They're the same heart. So when an Imaginary is away from their creator, that person is missing a piece of their heart."

The Quads approached Morgan. "And even though you're old and wrinkly now, we still love you, Morg." Buddy smiled.

"Let's live together again!" Beckah beamed. "We'll pretend to be your children this time! And you'll teach us about human things, which we'll misinterpret as we set off on misadventures!"

"…Guys." Morgan allowed the four in for a hug. "You four… really are part of me. I guess all Imaginary Friends are…"

"Not just Imaginary Friends." Sunni smiled. "I think everyone is a part of each other in some way. …Which is either really cheesy or really crazy."

"I like to think it's both." Mika nodded.

"Hm… Perhaps we are." Morgan smiled. "Imaginary Friends… they're as real as the people that created them. They're proof that we… have hearts."

Mary gave a bubbly smile at the touching moment. "Hmm…" Cheren relished in the happiness by saying, "And just wait until everyone else sees you, Morg. They're gonna be so happy."

"Why is that?"

Moonbase

"YOU'RE IMPRISONING ME?!" Morgan exclaimed, trapped in a glass cage with chi-blocking cuffs.

"EVERYONE!" Cheren cheered to all on the bridge. "The Corporate Presidents have been DEFEATED!"

"YEEEEEAAAAAAHHH!"

"As Supreme Leader, I gladly congratulate you ALL for your work! The Seven Lights have all awakened! But we aren't finished, yet! It's time to take the fight to the World Leaders!"

"Wait just a second!" Mom spoke up. "I wanted you to KILL her, boy!"

"And I said I wasn't gonna!"

"It's pointless, anyway." Morgan said. "Chances are I'm losing my title as Head President. And if I were to guess, the Leaders are gonna elect President Schnee as the next Head. We already agreed to let him replace Carter. I certainly doubt they favor you as much, regardless."

"Ugh." Mom sighed. "Well, then I guess I have a new assassination to plan. WALT! LARRY! IGNER!" She smacked her three sons. "Pack your things, we're going back to Coruscant." Her sons followed her to the hangar. "I wanna leave this planet before the Inferius begins."

"So, are we really going against the World Leaders?" Sugar asked.

"You bet!" Cheren declared. "King Andrew is being corrupted by the Octogan. I'm going to take him down and tear that 8-ball right out of his head!"

"How can you hope to do that?" Morgan questioned. "The Octogan gives Andrew control over time AND souls. He's extremely powerful! He crushed your Fierce Deity form like it was nothing!"

"The Fierce Deity Mask?!" Panini exclaimed.

"Don't worry, I can still beat him." Cheren assured. "Because by now, I'm worthy enough to be Azelf's Guardian!"

"Yyyyeah… Um…" Azelf drawled. "No."

"WHAT?!?"

"Uhh, according to Fi's report, Sunni was more active in the fight than you were. But hey, we still got one Firstborn out of the deal!"

"Mew!" A certain white kitten floated out.

"Mew!" Sunni beamed. "You're all better!"

"Mew Mew Mew!" Mew twirled. "Mew Mew!"

"Mew located the fragments of his energy inside Joey's body." Lucario explained. "He did not need much in order to fully recover. A Firstborn gradually heals after a sufficient energy loss, but a god's power is infinite regardless."

"Feels kinda easy, doesn't it?" Terry asked.

"Sure, but think of all the steps previous." MaKayla replied. "There was rescuing Mew, there was securing Joey, and Sunni had to bond with all those Imaginaries and learn a moral, so… yeah. I say she's earned a Firstborn."

"Don't mind if I do!" Sunni smirked. "Mom?"

"Here you go, Honey!" Mika tossed her the white Spirit Ball. Sunni threw it and caught Mew, and bippity-boppity-boop, the Firstborn was claimed. The ball flashed white and glowed, a 'II' forming on its forehead.

Sunni Chariton captured a FIRSTBORN! Only 3 more to go!

"So, what's next on the agenda?" Panini asked.

"First, I'm going to the Negaverse to see how Nerehc's doing." Cheren decided. "If there's only one more Darkness to find, it won't be long until he does. Also, did you guys contact GKND and tell them the news?"

"The GKND haven't responded to our calls in forever!" Francis yelled from the static Global Tactical screen. "What the heck are they doing up there?!"

"Maybe we should find out. Does anyone volunteer to go up to Galaxia and check up on them?"

"My sector can do it!" Karin Kurosaki raised her hand. "We didn't get to do much in Enies Lobby, anyway. Well, except Ururu."

"Wait!" Yuzu exclaimed. "Maybe Nebula is looking for Jirachi! He's a Firstborn too, isn't he?"

"In that case, I hereby send Sector JP to aid in a Firstborn hunt." Cheren declared. "Let's try and round them all up before the Apocalypse."

"I think Uxie took Emily to do some kinda trial." Harvey mentioned. "She might have her caught by tomorrow."

"Good to know she's already getting started." Cheren smirked. "Kids Next Door: let's all do our very best in our final 11 days in this universe!"

"HOI!" Chimney, Sector W7, and Mary raised fists.

"YEAH!" Sector W and Michelle stomped their feet.

"It'll be an Apocalypse to remember!" Miyuki said.

"I am Groot!" Suki cheered. "Seriously, Miyuki-chan, what are we talking about?"

"Someone needs to explain this quest to her." Terry sighed.

"King Andrew done blew up my Shy Guys!" General Guy saluted. "My devotion is now to YOU, Kids Next Door!"

"Cool, we need someone to clean the restroom." Larry MayHence gave him a plunger.

"D'oh, swag sticks!" General cursed.

Jagar King smiled at the energetic children. He closed his eyes and could hear her voice. Thank you all for your hard work, children. I promise I won't fail you.

Underworld Prison

The deepest dungeon was dark and quiet. The prisoners were still and patient.

A bald man binded by too many strong locks to count.

A brown-haired man tied to a chair like a mummy.

A spike-haired man with chained hands, feet, and a blindfold over his eyes.

A red-haired man trapped in a classroom cell as he worked on endless homework for remedial English.

A cracked yellow diamond behind a magic barrier.

A purple giant whose left arm was chopped off.

Two cells that were empty. One had a round pedestal.

They were excited, too.