The Tea Party, Part 8: One Note Musical

Play "Crimson Bow and Arrow" by Linked Horizon.

Sweetopia; Bridge of Carmel

After the excitement of the magic show, it was unbelievable that the witches still had energy to run at the speeds they were going, even considering Hannah swapped their show clothes with their gym clothes. Alas, when they were being chased by the first Titan to hunt human prey in 5,000 years, should they really question such a blessing? How ironic they were briefly chased by Bowser one month before, and they didn't feel one-tenth of the fear they felt right now.

"SHERRY, PLEASE!" Akko screeched at the top of her lungs. "DON'T EAT ME! WE'RE FRIENDS! PLEASE, STOP!"

"SAVE YOUR BREATH, IDIOT!" Diana shouted. "JUST RUN!"

"AKKOOOOOOOO!" For just a bit, Queen Sherry slowed down, for she reached into her Pink Diamond and extracted a massive sword made of Rose Quartz: "SOUL QUARTZ!!" Powerful Psychic Chi amassed on the blade as the queen SLICED! The witches jumped away from the middle. Time seemed to slow down as the entire bridge was cleaved in two. The blinding pink beam threatened to sever their very souls had they not dodged.

With the swiftest of thinking, the witches mounted their brooms, and Akko turned into a mouse as she clasped Amanda's leg. Amanda grabbed her friend and put her safely in her shirt. "Let's see that fat bitch follow us—NOOOOWWW!"

With a Titanic leap, the queen nearly SMASHED Amanda in an earth-shattering clap, and though she missed by an inch, their heads were ringing from the sound. Queen Sherry landed on Zeus, the nimbus flying with full speed after Luna Nova's fastest flyer. The great queen grew closer and closer, nearly enveloping the red-headed witch in her cavernous mouth. "AAAAAAAAHHH!" Amanda gave the briefest boost with her fire and barely avoided a crunching fate. The athlete was crying and sweating greater than ever before. She would rather sit through 1,000 detentions if it meant escaping this. "SOMEBODY KILL THIS FUCKING WHORE!!"

"AMANDA!" Barbara screamed when a tremendous tidal wave towered over Amanda like a mountain, and Pawtucket Pat was riding it like an angry surfer. Determination filling her, Amanda attached her sword to the end of the broom and spun like a drill in order to pierce the wave and perfectly pop out the other side!

Pawtucket was still hot on their tail, riding a column of water as he willed columns to erect from the sea. Amanda expertly dodged the columns, smirking in Pat's direction. With one more dodge, Amanda flew under the Sweet Commander with sword in hand. "HYAH!" With one great swing, Pawtucket's head was severed. "Boo-yeah! Killed one of the commanders without even trying!"

"No you didn't!" Diana screamed. Amanda gasped when the headless body spun and melded with the juicy water, flying faster as it kept trying to ensnare her like a snake. "The Beer-Beer Fruit is a Logia-type, isn't that what Pilaf said?! We can't hurt him without Haki! To make it worse, it's a Water-type, so he's still able to swim!"

"LOOK OUT BELOW!" Lotte screamed, the witches dodging as meteors flew up from the ground.

Ernesto Taco was riding a large white sphinx as he danced and threw meteors up with his maracas. "Más rápido, Pea, más rápido! I'll buy you a hundred sweets if we can hit them!"

"Aye-aye, Uncle Taco!" replied the sphinx.

"That must be Ernesto, the Music/Fire double-bender." Lotte observed. "And that beast he's riding… it's Cassiopea, who ate the Cat-Cat Fruit, Model: Sphinx."

Ernesto began to conjure music notes, mixing them in with the meteors as they turned into Flare Dancers. "Lotte, are they spirits?!" Barbara asked.

"No, they're just figments of his bending. But since they're made of Music Chi, we can weaken them with Silencio!" With that, they cast Silence Spells at the Flare Dancers and dispelled them.

"Wait, beer is flammable, isn't it?!" Amanda asked. "Then I'll give this bastard something to drink!" She blasted fire from her broom and set the liquid mass that was Pawtucket on fire.

Pat formed his human shape as his right hand was aflame. "Only a small fraction of beer is alcoholic, you moron! But I can still send the flammable part at you!" He threw the fire at Amanda, who simply grabbed it and threw it off. Pawtucket slashed Water Whips at the athlete, and willed them all to heat up with fire.

"HURRRR!" Constanze cocked her gun and fired a Shock Beam. Pat screamed in utter agony as volts traveled through his liquid body. "Good thinking, Conse! Water-types are weak to electricity." Lotte smirked.

"BUU LIKE SPARKY STUFF!" Majin Buu flew into the Shock Beam and slurped it up in his mouth, Constanze ceasing fire in fright. "Zibidi Zabidi ZUU!" Buu spat the lightning back, but a Stanbot jumped out and took the damage.

"Fineltina la Serana!" Diana summoned golden swords of magic to chop Buu into pieces, but the marshmallowy Majin was reforming.

Down on the divided bridge, the Breakfast Club was riding a giant cereal box wagon, pulled by a speedy Sonny. "Yaw, let's do Basket Bitch Bomb to git that squick-squawk." Lucky suggested.

With that, the leprechaun got on top of Trix, who got atop Crunch, and Tony got atop Lucky. Crunch leapt onto Sonny as the bird FLUNG them up high like a catapult! Crunch shot open his mouth and stretched his head like a spring, sending the three higher. Trix flipped upside down and kicked Lucky higher, and then Tony was the final one to leap off. Amanda and Akko gasped as the muscular tiger flew above them, ready to slam-dunk a basketball. "Grrrrrreat CANNON!" The ball turned black with Haki.

"AMANDA!" Jasminka flew in the wake and inflated herself. Her foot set aflame, Amanda KICKED her pudgy friend directly into the speeding basketball. They were at a midair stalemate for a few seconds before Jasminka deflated and fell, fortunately grabbed by Hannah and Barbara as Jasminka situated herself back on her broom. The basketball fell toward Trix, who kicked it powerfully as it BASHED Amanda in the face. The athlete fell, and Akko was flung out of her shirt from the hit.

"WAAAH!" cried the mouse, until she was snatched in the hand of her best friend. "Lotte!"

"If only you were this light when I picked you up the first—TIIIIME!" At that instant, Akko POOFED into a baby hippo, grabbing the broom with her mouth and weighing Lotte down. Akko quickly changed back and helped herself up, the girls dodging one of Ernesto's fireballs. "AAH!" Akko turned into a rabbit and fell off, but Sucy caught her and hugged her closely. "Why do I keep transforming?!"

"It's Minister Goomnut!" Diana shouted. "He ate the Force-Force Fruit! According to Pilaf, he can force anyone to use their powers by focusing on them. By doing so, he can force us to exhaust our chi."

"But if we keep moving, he can't lock on us!" Sucy followed.

"Sucy, above you!" Lotte cried as Silla the Harnitan blew herself level with them, and then she tossed Sarborg to the back of Sucy's broom.

"That's a pretty bunny, Sushi! May I hold it?"

"No, but you can hold this grease." Sucy tore open a bottle and poured it behind her, causing the robot to slip off the broom.

"Waaah! Gramma!" Sarborg fell toward the hungry Titan, but Queen Sherry SMACKED her away like a fly. "AKKOOOOOOOO!"

"Please, Your Majesty, don't hit your own kids!" Goomnut shouted, riding the queen's head. "Dammit, I wish they would stop moving!"

"We're almost at the Stanship!" Lotte beamed, seeing their vessel safe within its protective shield.

"CHAIN CHOMPS!" Hannah cried as Sky Chomps flew around them with the intention of feeding. Below, Madame Broode had used her Chomp Call to summon them. The girls barely avoided as Jasminka grabbed one by the chain and swung it into others. Jasminka then hurled it into Her Majesty, but the Chomp was sliced in two by the Soul Quartz. "I'm sorry, Chompy."

"Save it, Jasminka!" Amanda shouted. "Just get your butt into the Stanship—FUCK YOU, SUN!"

Indeed, Prometheus was hovering above the Stanship, grinning devilishly as his flares were dancing. "That's right, turn off your shield! The second you do, this ship's getting cooked!"

"They're catching up!" Lotte yelled.

"I'll distract them!" Sucy decided, flying towards the right and across the icing-coated valley. "Come find us when the ship's ready!"

"AKKOOOOOOO!" The queen changed direction and pursued them.

"Buu, Smoothie, help the queen!" Goomnut ordered. "The rest of you, subdue those witches!"

"Hey, Sunny-boy!" Amanda lit her sword aflame. "How about we fight fire with fire?!"

"I have a better idea!" Diana flew in her way. "AGUAMENTI ENGORGIO!" She watered the sun with a giant water spell.

"AAAAAAHHH!" His body searing with pain, Prometheus began to shrink and shrivel up. "COLD! SO COLD! Agh, I need some fire!" He flew away.

The seven witches landed, but the pirates were seconds from reaching them. "Girls, I think it's now or never." Diana decided. "Sector SD, I hope you're READY!" She whipped out a small Vanish Box and opened it, pouring the four operatives out as they burst to normal size!

"HUH?! They had backup with them?!" Pilaf exclaimed.

"Good, I was getting hot in there." Alibaba smirked, drawing a sword as it lit on fire. "What's the plan?!"

"Hold them off while Constanze starts the ship!" Diana ordered.

"It would be nice if we could mow down a few of their troops, but I guess we'll play it safe then."

Sucy flew into a canyon, but the ravenous queen still followed suit on her trusty nimbus. Sucy looked up right, seeing Smoothie racing along the cliff on her long legs. To her left, Buu was flying, the bubbly genie casting beams from his antenna that Sucy dodged. "Looks like all we can go is straight."

"Hey, Sucy, maybe you should go back and help the others. I can lead her away and you guys can pick me up later."

"Forget it. Without the Shiny Rod, you'll never be able to defend yourself."

"But I'm fast, I can outrun them!"

"You know you can't do anything on your own."

"Sucy…" The words drew Akko into tears. Sniffling, she said, "I hate feeling so helpless."

"Relax, dummy." Sucy hugged the bunny gently, smiling warmly. "I'm not gonna let her get you. None of us are. …Hey, look at those caves." They were flying into an open area, seeing multiple caves within the cliffside. "Maybe we can lose 'em in there." She locked her sights on the smallest entrance near the bottom and shot inside.

"Buu, get in after them!" Goomnut ordered.

"Hide-and-Seek, yay!" The Majin obeyed.

"AAAAAKKOOOOO!" Queen Sherry jumped off of Zeus and forced her overweight body into the tight cave, forcing Goomnut to follow her on his own feet. Zeus decided to keep watch on the caves outside, and Smoothie stayed put atop the cliff as well. (End song.)

Party Plaza

The party-goers engaged in heavy conversations, many of them filled with massive worry. "Please let us pass!" Mrs. Antonenko pled to the guards. "They're chasing our children, we have to go and help them!"

"No!" yelled the Toad guard. "Nobody leaves the plaza until we receive word from the Commanders."

"And what's going to become of my niece?!" Daryl demanded. "The one who's supposed to marry that Pringle man?!"

"Speaking of which, where'd he go?" Maril asked. "Is he helping in the chase?"

Little did they know that Jaune Pringle was hiding under a table with Roger in his Chess Guy disguise. "So… you are the one that has-a stolen my heart."

"Yes, my Pringle." Roger replied with loving eyes. "I'm sorry for deceiving you. I just wanted to get close to you."

"Oh-a Roger. How I long to be with you. But alas, Grandmama wants me to marry Diana."

"We'll find a way, Jauny. I know we will."

This was under the table of the Stork Family. "Man, I sure wish we could help those guys." Lola said.

"We can't. Not without risk of them hurting our friends." Terry replied. "Sigh… and here I was thinkin' they could do something to help us."

"Vick, is your grandmother going to be okay?" Éclair asked with worry.

"Oh, she'll be fine. You know, we have a funny name for this sort of thing: we call it the One Note Musical. Our queen is usually so jolly and emotional, but whenever she gets like that, it's like she has no personality at all. Still, this is the first time she ever craved a mortal soul before. She always takes pieces of soul every week since she came back. What could be so special about that girl's soul?"

Luna Nova

"BIG NEEEWWWWWS! Queen Sherry has gone on one of her infamous hunger rampages! And by the craziest twist of fate, her teeth are set on the young witch in charge of her magic show! How will this grand chase play out?! Well, I'm betting Big Twos on the Big One!"

"Oh, Akko!" Ursula gasped, swallowed in utter horror as the chase began. The students could not have been more engaged with the giant screen. Some called it the best assembly ever, but others were sincerely praying that their friends would return home. "Akko, you poor thing. I have to do something! M-Maybe they have a spare ship." She was about to run off.

"Stay put, Ursula!" Finnelan ordered. "You still aren't able to fly. And even if you could, it's pointless. The pirates will gun you down before you even set foot on the planet. There's nothing we can do. We can only hope other operatives are watching this and will go to help them."

Choco Tunnels

"Oh, Akkoooo? Akkooooo?" Buu's voice echoed throughout the chocolate tunnels. "Come out, come out, wherever you aaaare."

"AKKOOOOO!" Sherry took up the entire width of the cave, ensuring there was no safe space to hide.

Buu came to a fork. He glanced left, but saw only a dead end, so he flew down the right path. However, Sucy and Bunny Akko were hiding behind a rock near that dead end. "Aaaaaakkoooooo…" Their hearts raced endlessly when the Titan queen crept up to the turn. "Akko…Akko… Don't leave me… Akko…" She glanced left and right, her big nose sniffing for that succulent soul. "Uuuuhhh…" But all she could smell was chocolate. So, she sunk her teeth into the center wall of the fork and bit off a chunk. "This doesn't taste like Akko's soul! GIVE ME AKKOOOOO!" The queen began to burrow a new tunnel into the chocolate.

"No, Your Majesty, don't eat through the ground! Ugh!" Goomnut grunted. "There's no reasoning with her. Until she gets what she wants, she'll mindlessly eat anything and anyone that gets in her way." The Goomba hurried after the Titan.

Sucy and Akko carefully peeked out. "Okay… now might be our chance." The Filipino mounted her broom and flew back the way they came.

"Hmm… I wish I could go in there." Zeus frowned as he observed the holes. "But I really don't like tight spaces. Huh?" He saw Sucy whoosh out of a cave in the corner of his eye.

"ZEUS, they're getting away!" Smoothie cried.

"Up yours." Sucy passed her the finger as the Amazon drew further away.

"Sucy, not now!" Akko hissed.

Smoothie jumped down onto the nimbus. "Zeus, let's get them!"

"Hey, you're not my mama!"

"JUST GO!" Zeus yelped at her demand and began chasing the witches. Sucy saw them and flew skyward, but the duo still followed suit.

"How about a little Shrink Potion?!" Sucy spilled the pink potion onto the cloud, causing Zeus to shrivel in size. "AAAH!" Smoothie screamed, forced to take the fall.

"Way to go, Sucy! Now let's go join the others before Grandma comes back."

Stanship

Pisti played her red feather flute and used her Animal Telepathy to have the Sky Chomps attack Madame Broode and Sasha. Amanda engaged General Tsao in a sword clash, attempting to kick the Rito off his feet, but he flapped his wings and flew up before kicking her down. Tsao tried to stab her, but Amanda dodged her head right and got up to continue attacking. "You think you can defeat me, the greatest swordsman of the Rito Tribe?!"

"Please, you're nothing but a chicken! And chickens ALWAYS taste better when roasted!" Amanda leapt away and entered Fire Fury, unleashing flames all over the chicken.

"CACAAAAAWWW!" The armor made it even worse for the chicken. Tsao began to swell up until his very yolk burst out of his flesh. Amanda looked with confusion as the yolk swelled up and Tsao came out, taking to the sky in a Robin Hood uniform. "Strike me down as much as you wish, but like the phoenix, I will always be reborn from the ashes." Tsao held a bow and arrows in his talons as he shot at Amanda from a safe height. "Perhaps you should expand your skillset. I have more abilities than I know what to do with."

"I prefer to keep my mind clear." Amanda remarked, mounting her broom and chasing the Rito as she easily sliced away his arrows.

Alibaba wielded a long, black sword called Amol Saiqa. He absorbed the fire from Ernesto's Flame Whips, and by combining them with his own firebending, he dealt blows against the Tostarenan. Ernesto twirled on his toes to escape from him, sending out music notes. At the same time, Piantas were rushing Alibaba from multiple angles, but he dodged them with keen Observation Haki and knocked them out.

Hannah garbed herself in a fancy tuxedo and top-hat to combat Topper. The Broodal formed a tower of green hats on himself, but when he slammed them onto Hannah, the hat that made contact was sliced as all the ones above it came off. "I'm a sharp dresser, aren't I? So sharp that I can cut through fabric!"

Barbara had grown a Baby Mandrake and was wearing it like a backpack as it shot Poison Darts at the pirates behind her. The pureblood witch was continuing to stun Pawtucket with lightning spells, until she had to dodge Sasha's stomping boots. "What the-?!" Sasha yelped when Cuccos flew into her nose and her ears. "Gaaah! Tsao, your chickens are going crazy!"

"I hope you don't get goosebumps!" Pisti remarked, playing her flute and controlling the chickens.

"Ha- ha- ha—HACHOO!" Sasha sneezed rapidly. "ACHOO! ACHOO!"

"CUCKOO-CUCKOO!" Sonny leapt up and—"AAAAH!" snapped Pisti's left leg in his beak, pulling the airborne girl back to earth and bashing her against the ground.

"HAH!" Jasminka grabbed Sonny's beak and was able to pull him off, smashing the bird against the ground, but the chubby witch was jumped by Trix as he began strangling her. "Hey, Trix!" Lotte yelled. "One of the Broodals stole your yogurt!"

"WHAT?!" The rabbit leapt off and charged at Rango first, bringing the tall Broodal down and punching his teeth out. "WHY CAN'T YOU JUST SHARE WITH ME?!"

"AAH!" Lotte yelped when Lucky grabbed her from behind and stuck his pistol down her throat. "Yaw what's-a happen' with you tricky chicks?" Lucky twisted the gun. Lotte began to cry and sweat, sensing that any second could be the moment of her death. "Bet ya chickities like to suck awn mah boogily-boom. Come awn lickity-lurp, give it a slurpity-slickity."

"Metamorphie Faciesse!" Diana cast a spell to turn the gun into spaghetti. Lotte escaped, quickly shooting an Ice Spell at Lucky.

Captain Crunch tried to gnash Jasminka while she was holding down Sonny, but the strong witch used her left hand to hold his teeth up. Growing steadily weaker the more she kept restraining the mascots, Tony the Tiger began to charge at her. "She's gonna brrrrrrrREAK!"

At this time, Aladdin was descending from the sky on his magic carpet, sights fixed on Jasminka. In that brief second before Tony rammed her, Diana cast "Reducio!" to shrink Jasminka a millisecond before Aladdin grabbed her and whooshed away, and that moment when Crunch's teeth came down was the same as when Tony made it to Jasminka's spot. "AAAAH!" The tiger's arm ended up being crunched.

"I bet you don't wanna be a marshmallow." Aladdin remarked, holding Jasminka to his hip.

"No way! I love marshmallows!" Jasminka flushed.

After restoring her to normal and dropping her down, Aladdin flew beside Diana, who was casting magic swords at the sphinx Cassiopea. "Thanks for helping Jasminka."

"No problem!" Aladdin replied, shooting Blast Spells at the sphinx. The boy was using a Genie Lamp wand, which was golden with a lamp tip.

Toads and Hylian pirates were getting inside the Stanship, only to be shot by Dende. "Is the ship almost ready?!" he asked Constanze.

After a few more button pushes, she gave a thumbs-up, "Hmm!"

The operatives heard the engines roaring outside and looked up as the ship rose off the ground. "The ship is ready!" Diana exclaimed. "Everyone inside!" They swooped into the opening, with Aladdin carrying Alibaba, but the pirates let loose all attack power on the vessel. As it flew, the witches threw out all the unconscious pirates.

Dende's antennas glowed as he healed Pisti's leg. "I know you probably hoped we would take some of them down." she spoke with regret. "But as operatives, we can't kill anybody unless there's no other alternative."

"It's all right." Dende sighed. "As long as we can escape this planet in one piece."

"Look, there's Akko and Sucy!" Lotte pointed.

"Hey, guuuuyyys!" Bunny Akko called. Behind them was a fleet of Hamburger Saucers with faces.

"I can see they brought company!" Amanda panicked.

"Hurry and get in here!" Diana yelled, the entrance opening as the two swooped inside. Akko could finally change back to normal. "What happened to Great Grandma?"

"We lost her in a cave. That genie guy was in there, too."

"Then let's get out of here before she comes back." Amanda suggested. The Stanship faced up at the sky as the firebender kicked power into the engines and blasted off.

Akko took her seat, catching her breath as Sucy fed her an Ether. The drink felt like a sanctuary, for she was exhausted after holding a transformation that long. Not to mention her head was throbbing after so much stress. "We can easily breach the blockade by going into hyperspace." Diana said. "But they will in all likelihood pursue us. We have to hide Akko somewhere they wouldn't think to look."

"We need to evacuate Luna Nova." Hannah inputted. "You know that's the first place they're gonna search. Even if she's not there, they'll threaten everybody until they find her."

"Blytonbury, too." Amanda noted. "Hell, the whole kingdom's in danger. We'll have to get the whole Kids Next Door to fight them."

The discussion ended when they heard sobbing. Each word was a knife to Akko's heart, and so her emotions came out in the form of tears. "A-All I wanted to do… was make people happy. And every time I try… every time I have a chance to make people laugh… it always ends badly. Because of me, King Mickey tried to kill the Supreme Leaders. Because of me, Queen Sherry and her pirates are trying to kill us. And now I've put the whole kingdom in danger."

"Okay, slow down there, Try Hard." Amanda replied. "Instead of blaming yourself for things that you had no idea would happen, why don't you thank yourself for all the GOOD things that happened to us? Like saving the country from an evil missile, or exposing Mickey as a corrupt bastard, to name a few."

"Akko, you must accept the fact that even good deeds will have negative consequences." Diana said, using her handkerchief to wipe away her friend's tears. "Things will happen beyond our control. We must stay strong and do everything we can to pull through."

"Thanks, Diana. But what can we do? We have no choice but to go to war with the Big Mom Pirates. All because of me. I wonder… if I give myself up, what if they let the rest of you go?"

"Not gonna happen." Amanda stated firmly. "Constanze, just switch on the Warpdrive and get us back to Avalar. We'll warn everybody before it's too late and get started with a counterattack."

On the planet's surface, the ground rumbled as Queen Sherry emerged from the frosting ground. "AKKOOOOOO!" Still blind to the path forward, she charged into the valley, tearing down candle trees and cake rocks.

Goomnut hopped his way out of the hole as he received a call in his earpiece. "Minister, the operatives' ship has just left the atmosphere and went into hyperspace. Unfortunately, the blockade ships are still fighting with the Kremling invaders."

Above that region of the atmosphere, cannonballs flew between Kremling and singing vessels. A small squad of Flying Krocks guarded the Brotherhood's ship as they sailed through the blockade. "It looks like we're home free, fellas!" Cuppa Joe declared. "Not only did we make off with the cake, we actually injured the Big Bitch!"

"I still don't get it, though." Butcher said. "I thought all the crewmen would be after us by now. Instead it's just a few strayglers."

"'Stragglers.'" Knightbrace corrected. "But I agree that it is pretty strange. But as long as we get to the Gangplank Galaxy, we'll be home free."

"What do you suppose this cake tastes like, anyway?" Mother Mae-Eye asked. "Do you think K. Rool would be kind enough to award us some slices?"

"Hey, we're under orders not to take a single bite!" Joe reminded. "Or else we'll go crazy just like her. Honestly, the only thing we should get for a reward is a safe place to hide from them."

On the planet, Goomnut began to sweat. "Grrr… this is bad. If Grandma comes out of this craving, she's going to want the cake next. If she finds out we let the Kremlings take it, our heads will roll. The only way we can avoid that… is if Akko's soul turns out to be more delicious than the cake. But that couldn't possibly happen."

"Minister, what will we do?" Smoothie asked, returning with a tiny Zeus in hand. She squeezed the cloud, using her powers to extract the potion from his fluff, thus restoring him to normal size.

"Akkoooooo…" Queen Sherry seemed to have her blurry sights set on Whole Cake Capital.

"I've already had my crewmen evacuate the town just in case. The commanders are getting ready to fly after the witches. They'll most likely head back to their school."

"…Wait a moment…" Goomnut's eyes widened in curiosity. "Could Her Majesty be intending to use… THAT?!"

The queen cut a clear path through the center of the capital, crossing the bridge en route to her castle. "I'll come for you, Akko! Oh, I'll chase you to the ends of the universe!" Zeus and Prometheus were quick to rejoin their Creator. "You'll never be able to hide from my invincible fortress! SOUL CAKE CASTLE!" Queen Sherry PUNCHED her heart and entered Psychic Fury!

Her pink aura spread to the entire castle, the world rumbling as it rose off the foundation. A pair of eyes and a great big mouth grew on the floating fortress. "CASTLE~ CASTLE~ CASTLE~"

"Does she actually know to go to Luna Nova?!" Goomnut wondered. "Or is she acting on pure instinct?" The castle began to glow white. "She's teleporting! Majin Buu, we have to join her, quickly!"

"Okay, Goomy!" Buu lifted the Goomba and flew up into the castle. Hisoka smirked as he stretched his arm, grabbed a window, and launched himself into the fortress. In a flash, it completely vanished from the air.

Luna Nova

"Ah, home sweet home!" Lotte beamed as they reentered the atmosphere. "And look! They're already coming out to greet us."

"LOOK, THEY'RE BACK!" Wangari pointed from a window. Immediately, everyone in the school piled outside, agape at seeing the Stanship.

"Oh, thank goodness! Is Akko okay?!" asked Ursula.

Diana used Sonorus as her voice rang from the ship. "People of Luna Nova, the Big Mom Pirates will be here any moment! Everyone needs to evacuate! Return to your home countries if possible!"

"GIRLS, ABOVE YOU!" screamed Headmistress Holbrooke.

Immediately, a shadow fell over the school. Both sectors faced up, going pale and losing any shred of hope: "CASTLE~ CASTLE~ CASTLE~" The giant-sized fortress easily dwarfed Luna Nova. This much was obvious, even with how high it was in the sky.

"You've gotta be fucking kidding me." Amanda's sentence came out in partial laughter and partial crying. "What the fuck is this bitch? Why can't she just piss off?"

"ALL STUDENTS, TO THE LEY LINE!" bellowed Finnelan as everyone mounted their brooms. Sadly, a storm of beams rained down from the castle, destroying all their brooms as the students plopped onto the ground.

"Buu no get to play with you last time!" Buu cheered, flying down. "New friends stay and play with Buu."

"AKKOOOOOOOOOOO!" They could see the madness in Sherry's eyes from there.

"I have to run!" Akko stated, opening the door. "I have to lead her away from the school."

"I have an idea." Pisti began. "Akko, change into a mouse and let me carry you, and some of you can fly and split up in different directions. We'll try to confuse her."

"Good idea." Aladdin agreed. "She may not expect someone else to carry her. The rest of us will stay and defend the school."

"Urgh… very well." Diana sighed. "Please be careful."

Akko took a breath to relieve her fear and poofed into a mouse. Pisti picked her up and hid her under her pink top. Hannah was the first to take flight, then Barbara, then Pisti, then Sucy. The Artemyran lightly kicked the air as her wings allowed her to fly. "Your Majesty, one of them must have the girl!" Goomnut stated.

"EEEEeeeehhh! Akko? AKKO?!" Sherry's head spun as she looked in each of the four directions.

"Constanze, I think you know what this calls for." Amanda implied.

"HMMPH!" With a firm expression, Constanze flipped over her control panel and pressed a huge button with a robot symbol.

"Burning Soul converted to magic power. Seven shiny stars of justice! Believe in the heart that believes in magic! Grand Charion, the Magic Warrior is here!"

With Constanze at the helm, the Stanship transformed into a mighty and steadfast robot, defined by red, white, blue, and golden segments, with Luna Nova's symbol marked around its body. Seven distinct gems were shining on it, and as the Charion posed, those gems lined up like the Big Dipper.

"Akko?!" Queen Sherry gawked at the mecha, its shining eyes glaring up at the Titan on her castle steps.

"What a neat toy!" Buu beamed.

"Well, that was unexpected." Hisoka commented.

Primed and ready for action, the Grand Charion launched to the sky! "Okay, Master Constanze! Let's kill da ho!" It pulled its right arm back, readying for a rocket punch as the Great Grandma readied her Soul Quartz. "Beeeeetch!"