Several minutes passed as Fitoria stayed in Keel's kind grasp
"Ok. I'm ready." Fitoria said
"Are you sure, kiddo?" L'Arc asked her, getting a nod
*BEEP* *BEEP* *BEEP*
The scene opens up to Zane groggily shutting off his alarm clock before attempting to go back to sleep. The door slams open and in march Keith, who shakes his partner awake.
Keith: Wake up, Z! You're going to be late!
Zane: *groans tiredly* What time is it...?
Keith: It's 2 hours before your wedding!
"WEDDING?!!!!"
"YOU CAN'T BE SERIOUS!!!
"HE'S ACTUALLY MARRYING HER MAJESTY?!!!
"Um, Wolf? Are you by any chance in the second to last episode?" Akatsuki mentally asked
"Yes. Why?" Gen Wolf answered.
"Cause Mirellia's over here blushing like a schoolgirl. I was wondering if that had anything to do with it? Plus she looks adorable." Akatsuki added with a cackle
"Well, if you think she's cute, go ask her out." Gen Wolf snickered.
"Haha. You're not funny." Akatsuki snarked
...
...
...
Zane: SERIOUSLY?!
Keith: Yes! And we still have Yenova's crowning ceremony! So, get your ass outta bed and get ready for your wedding
"Yenova's gonna be crowned queen!" Yue and Allura squealed
"Well, they're excited." Hunk blinked surprised
Zane immediately jumped out of bed and the two headed out the door. As the door slams shut, the words "1 week ago" were on it.
"Time skip. Wonderful..." Wally rolled his eyes
The door opened up and out came the two World Jumpers and their party members, who were all in their swimsuits. It was a day after the wave had finished and they had decided to relax some more on the beach. Keith decided to try some fishing today as a form of relaxing.
"I haven't fished in a while." Keel said
Zane collected the glitching shield as a souvenir and even hid the Cyber Virus cores in Keith's shield.
"Of course he did." Aqualad said
Keith, meanwhile, had buried Robbie in Lurolona village and kept Robbie's weapons and the items handed over by the World Jumper in his shield.
While they did enjoy the tropical warmth of the sun on the beach, save for Frostine and the two World Jumpers — the former being a frost dragon and the latter two not really being there to experience it.
"I wonder if they miss summer. I mean, actually experiencing it." M'gann said
"No doubt about it." Conner agreed
When they were heading back, Filo called them over after discovering something.
Filo: Masters! Come quick!
Zane did his best to stifle a laugh and tried not to imagine the unintentional innuendo.
Gen Wolf heard Reiko stifle a laugh "Pervert." he deadpanned.
The group looked over to her direction and saw Filo having saved a familiar greenette with Melty, who was coincidentally there, having called some knights for help.
Keith recognized that green hair anywhere. It was Rishia Ivyred from Itsuki's party.
"Rishia?"
"What's she doing out here?"
The group helped the sobbing greenette and led her to the inn nearby as she explained what she was doing by the sea.
Raphtalia: *in disbelief* You wanted to drown?!
"Suicide.." Batman, Naomasa and Captain America jinxed
"What would drive her to do that?" Asami asked concerned
"And why do I feel like I'm going to be disappointed?" the archers in the room asked themselves.
Filo: *chipperly* Yeah, but I saved her!
Princess Yenova: Isn't she in the Bow Hero's party?
"Oh brother gods dammit.." Emerald grumbled
Princess Melty: She told me her name is Rishia. I guess the Bow Hero kicked her out of his party. *clutches hands on her chest* She said she's lost hope, completely.
"But why?" Toph asked
Zane: Hol' up. Why?
Princess Melty: *sympathetically* She was accused of something she didn't do.
"Just like the kid. So that's why she was with him." Erhard realized
Zane blinks before slowly turning to Rishia for answers.
Rishia: *sobs* I-I... I swear...! It wasn't me! They said I broke one of Master Itsuki's favorite accessories, but I didn't do it...
"A false accusation." Shinso grumbled
Raphtalia: *sympathetically* That's awful...
Princess Melty: But it gave them an excuse to get rid of her.
"Those bastards!" Korra punched her armrests
"Guys, I think we have a new 'target practice' partner." Hawkeye said to his fellow archers who all had a devious look in their eyes
"I don't know why but I'm positive Itsuki's gonna end up a pincushion." Lyla mentally said to Wolf with a chipper attitude
Zane slammed his fist on the table.
Zane: Fucking dammit you bow and arrow prick! I'm starting to think he's equally as stupid as the spear idiot!
"He's definitely more egotistical." Artemis scoffed
Rishia just whined and cried more.
Rishia: Wah! Master Itsuki doesn't want anything to do with me, I don't deserve to live! Wah!
"Don't say that." Aang said gently
Princess Yenova: Wow, her self-confidence is so low...
"Being reduced to the pack mule was likely part of it." Aqualad said
Keith: Oi. Rishia.
Rishia stops crying and looks at Keith, who was cooking up some filet using the inn's grill.
Keith: Are you seriously going to just cry and accept that?
Rishia: *sniffle* Well, they're not wrong about everything they said... I am weak and useless...
"Not even close. Out of everyone there, Keith, Zane, their party and her majesty aside, you were the only useful one there." Toga said
"Agreed. The three heroes and their parties were useless as always." Shigaraki scoffed
Keith: Not true. You certainly helped me out during the wave, so I wouldn't call that useless.
Rishia stops crying and looks at him with surprise as Melty and Raphtalia nod in confirmation.
Rishia: Really? I helped the Glitch Heroes?
Keith: Yup. You totally did. You saved everyone, as a matter of fact.
"Exactly." Bolin agreed
Zane: And let me tell ya, you can grow far more stronger if you choose to join us rather than being with Itsuki.
"That's not the reason he's offering, is it?" Suki deadpanned
Keith slowly turns his head to Zane, who gave him a smirk and a shrug.
Keith: You only want her in the group cause she's cute.
"Why am I not surprised?" Hestia sweatdropped
Rishia: Do you believe that? You really think I'm strong?
"You show potential. Potential the bow idiot wastes." Cinder admitted
Zane: Well...
Keith: You're getting there. And you'll get there sooner with our help.
Rishia smiles joyfully, her tears of sadness turned to tears of joy.
Raphtalia: Let's get stronger together.
Filo: And maybe I can teach you how to swim.
Rishia: *joyfully* Thank you! Thank you so much for inviting me to join with you!
"Welcome aboard, Rishia." Kizuna said "Is she here?"
Gen Wolf blinked before cursing. "Shit. I knew I forgot someone."
"We can summon her later." Genesis mentally told his other self. "Besides, we have yet to get a response from the readers if they want to see videogame characters join our ever growing crazy ass family."
"I'm sure our Origins won't mind. Unless they hate the readers." Gen Wolf chuckled.
(Don't test us bitch. You know there's only two of us here.)
(We did get a response a few weeks ago. So far at least two people would like to see Conner, Kara and Marcus)
"Have you tried announcing it in a post?" Gen Wolf asked.
(Maybe after we're done here. Besides, we already have anime and western cartoons. Might as well complete the entertainment set by adding videogame characters.)
"No boo–"
(Book and movie characters are drawing a line. Adding Percy Jackson and co from the books is almost impossible due to how much we gotta read through and their movies are shit anyway — I like the CGI of the first one though. And no way in hell am I reading through all Harry Potter books nor sitting and binge watching all 7 movies)
(Never read the books. I only saw the apparently shitty movies. And I could care less about Harry Potter. Didn't care back then, don't care now)
Princess Melty: Now you're training someone else's party member? You've become a big softie, Keith.
Keith: I am a big softie, I just have a tough exterior.
Robin glanced at Batman
Wally gave Conner a teasing glance
Korra hoped to god that the younger Toph was softer than her old lady self
L'Arc, Therese and Kizuna smirked at Glass who rolled her eyes at them fondly
Filo's rumbling stomach caught everyone's attention.
Filo: Hey, where's the food?
"Glutton~" Lili teased
The group giggles at her question, making her pout. Of course the glutton would ask that.
{ Next Day }
The group were now boarding the ship that would set sail back to Melromarc.
Queen Mirellia: Thank you again, Glitch Heroes. Words cannot express my gratitude for everything you've done.
Keith: Well, we couldn't have done any of it on our own. Our friends played a major role.
Zane: And most especially you, Your Majesty.
Mirellia giggled at that.
Queen Mirellia: You are giving me too much credit.
Princess Yenova: But next time, I don't think we'll be lucky. The other heroes are still completely useless.
"Agreed." T'Challa nodded
Queen Mirellia: I couldn't agree more.
"Wow. Even the queen thinks they;re useless." Lance said surprised
Zane: Oh god, do we really have to talk to them again?
Queen Mirellia: Yes. And sooner rather than later.
"Why?!" Korra complained
"Because they need 'jolly cooperation'." Gen Wolf said.
"They can't even talk in the same room for 10 minutes." Asami sighed
Zane scoffs at that. He really didn't want to speak to those guys after what happened in the previous council.
Queen Mirellia: By the way, Glitch Heroes. Did you ever figure out the reward that you wanted?
"Don't say 'reward' in front of Zane." Wally warned
The two glance at her.
Queen Mirellia: I still have to find a way to repay you for the part you played in eliminating the pope, remember? And now there's so much more that you've done here in Cal Mira. If I don't do something soon, I'll never be able to repay you.
"Anyone else have an idea what Zane's reward is?" Hawkeye asked
"Oh yea." Robin nodded
"Yup." Keel said
Keith: You don't really–
Zane: I may have an idea.
Keith elbows Zane's gut, making the redhead grunt and bend over in pain.
Keith: As I was saying, you don't really have to. But if you're insisting, there is something I'm thinking about.
Keith glances at Raphtalia and whispers to Mirellia his request.
Superman and Conner heard it with their super hearing and gasped in unison
"What is it?" Wonder Woman asked
"I'd like to share but I'm positive that would spoil the surprise." Superman said
"What a boy scout." Gen Wolf thought with a snicker
Queen Mirellia: *smiles* Of course, I should've guessed you'd request something selfless like that.
Keith smiles and turns around when one of the crew requests him to sing another sea shanty. Keith shrugs and obliges while Zane recovers from his abdominal pain that Keith inflicted.
Zane: Well, now that he's gone.
Zane approaches Mirellia and takes a deep breath before speaking.
Zane: I kinda know my own request, ma'am. If it can't be possible then it's fine, I'll think of an alternative...
Queen Mirellia: Oh? And what might that be?
Zane rubs the back of his head, a little nervous.
Zane: Well, since your husband– Er, ex-husband isn't on the throne anymore... I was wondering if... Um... I wanted to ask if... I could, well, ask for your hand in marriage...?
"Ok, ignoring the beginning, which now makes more sense with context, is that possible?" Shinso asked
"I've heard about people in their 30s - 40s marry someone around their early 20s. It's uncommon but not unheard of." Gen Wolf said.
"Well, that answers that but what about–" Robin was cut off
"Melromarc is a matrilineal ruled country. It's up to the queen to decide if she wants to marry him." Gen Wolf answered. "Besides, Melty is next queen anyway. So once Her Majesty passes, Zane won't be king anymore as Melty will be the next queen. Unless Melty marries Zane then he's still king, if not then that's the end of his reign."
"If she does, I hope she's at an appropriate age." Captain America said
"Also, I'm positive a marriage between a human and demi-human is either, unheard of, rare, unaccepted, or a mix of the three." Batman said
"It's not rare, but when it comes to royalty... Yeah, you'll see a problem there." Gen Wolf said.
Mirellia blinked a few times, trying to process his request.
Queen Mirellia: *confused* I beg your pardon?
Zane: Yeah... it's a weird request. Keith said before that Melromarc and Siltvelt needed to strengthen their relationship so... what better way to do it than have the Glitch Hero, who's a demi-human, and the Queen of Melromarc be wed together.
"That would be a way to do so. But there are still nobles who are against demihumans." Yue pointed out
"But they will see the positive. Having a hero as a consort will be beneficial, especially if it's a demi-human. Remember, it's a matrilineal country, so the odds are in their favor rather than Siltvelt's." Gen Wolf said.
Mirellia thought about it for a while. He was right about strengthening the alliance between Melromarc and Siltvelt since the latter respects the Glitch Heroes in high regards to the point they'd worship them as gods.
"Wait, they really worship the glitch heroes, or Shield hero in shield kiddo's case, as gods?" L'Arc asked surprised
"That's a bit much." Kizuna said
"Siltvelt's religion is the Church of the Shield. Melromarc now has the Four Heroes Church." Gen Wolf said.
If she and Zane would marry, then it could strengthen the relations between the two countries.
Zane: If it's an impossible request then I understand.
Queen Mirellia: *baffled* No, no. It's just... I'm simply baffled, is all. I never took you for someone who'd be interested in political marriage.
"That's not the actual reason. Well, that's the official reason but there;s another" Coran figured
Zane: Well, that's simply the official reason. The actual reason why is because... I like you, Your Majesty.
The queen recoiled a little, completely bewildered by his statement.
Allura knew how she felt when Lance confessed to her
Zane: It's not that I'm into people who are, well, old — You look great despite your age to be completely honest.
"Never bring up age, kid. That's how you get your ass kicked." Hawkeye said with several guys nodding in agreement
"I still don't understand why that is. A man can't ask a woman her age, but a woman can ask a man his age. Humans are still humans at the end of the day, regardless of gender. So I find 'don't ask a woman her age' as utter bullshit." Gen Wolf snarked.
Several people blinked.
"That's....a pretty good point." Keith admitted
"The same can be said with the term, 'don't ask a man his salary'. What's wrong with asking about his salary if you can ask a woman about hers? They're all in the working class, so why is it forbidden to ask about a man's salary?!" Gen Wolf snarked.
"Well, don;t ask Mr Stank his salary unless you wanna hear him brag." Hawkeye snarked while Tony glared at him for the 'Stank' joke
"I will never get humans. They are both entertaining, but annoyingly stupid." Gen Wolf grumbled.
"Not all of us are stupid." Spider-Man said as several people glanced at him. "What? We can't deny, us humans can be idiots."
"Yea, that's true." Ryuji agreed
Batman nodded as well. The goons he fought on a daily basis were living proof of that
"Yeah, like that one kid who dropped out of art school and started World War II. He's definitely not stupid." Gen Wolf snarked. "As well as the racist pricks out there who can't even see past the colors of skin to know that they are all humans at the end of the day."
Zane: But it's mainly because I like you. You're smart, you're beautiful — hot too, you're awesome as well, not to mention being rich, and have two daughters who are part of our party. *mutters* Although, one is a stowaway and the other is a slave.
"That was...surprisingly heartfelt. And this is coming from Zane of all people." Hestia said
The queen hides her blushing face behind her fan.
Queen Mirellia: *blushing* I-I... It's nice you think of me that way, Sir Grayson, but our age gap is too far from one another.
Zane: Well, you know as they say back in my world ma'am?
Mirellia quirked a brow.
Zane: "Love knows no bounds."
The queen looked at him in surprise.
Zane: Be it gender, age, race, love is love. And like that saying says, I don't care about our age gap. As far as I see, you look young to me.
"Smooth." Tony approved
Zane flashes her a genuine smile, which causes Mirellia's blush to deepen.
Queen Mirellia: *stammers* I-I-I uh... *clears throat* Ahem. I'll think about it, Sir Grayson.
"She;s genuinely interested." Ant-Man said surprised
"Smooth Zane. Smooth." Wally approved
"Smoother than big bro, that's for sure." Akiza mentally joked with Gen Wolf
"I heard that!" Akatsuki mentally growled before Gen Wolf heard Akiza squealing and laughing
"Suki Stahahahaph ahhahahaha" Akiza cackled under her brother's tickle attack
The queen subtly glances at him and sees Zane clapping like an excited child, that genuine smile was now full of excitement and joy. And she had to admit, he was honestly good looking. But then again, Aul– Garbage (Aultcray) was still her husband.
However, as much as she didn't want to admit it, Garbage (Aultcray) was no longer the same man she fell in love with. And to be honest, Zane could probably be a better father for Melty — or if not then Keith is.
"How did that old fart woo her exactly?" Korra asked
"You know, he wasn't always old, right?" Lin said.
{ 2 Days Later }
The group had finally returned to Melromarc the day before and were currently inside Erhard's shop.
Erhard: Oh, welcome back kids. *sees Rishia* Hey, where'd you pick up a cutie like this?
"Real subtle." Welf deadpanned hs fellow blacksmith
"You got another pink dress to spare?" Spider-Man raised a brow
"Customers left them there, dammit!" Erhard exclaimed
"Sure..." Spider-Man chuckled.
Keith: *jokingly* Swimming in Cal Mira.
"Not funny, man." Lance scolded while the LoV snickered at the dark joke
Yenova slaps him in the shoulder.
Princess Yenova: Sir Erhard, is it possible for you to put together some equipment for all of us? Rishia included, of course.
"Throw in a dress as extra." Robin snickered
"For god's sake, people left them there!" Erhard shouted
Keith: Right, I'll buy whatever I can as thanks for letting me copy your shields last time.
"Any dresses they can copy?" L'Arc jokes, making his party hold back snickers
"Don;t start!" Erhard scolded
Keith recalls how he literally had to buy all the shields he copied and pretended he hadn't copied them yet in front of Erhard. He swore to himself never to cheat on his business partners again unless need be.
Erhard: Now that's what I like to hear! You planning to stick around for a while?
"I got plenty of dresses for the girls to try on." Gen Wolf joked in Erhard;s voice, getting some people cackling
"Oh come on! Why?!' Erhard complained
Keith: Nope. Just a pit stop. There's somewhere we need to be.
Erhard: *smirks* Oh yeah, I almost forgot.
Raphtalia: Where are we going? What are you guys talking about?
Zane: Let the adults talk, Raphtalia.
Raphtalia: But I am an adult!
"Yes and no." Zuko said
Keith: Physically, maybe.
"That's still kinda confusing. So will she mentally age or...?" Oscar asked
"Eh, kind of." Gen Wolf said.
Raphtalia pouts. The blacksmith leans on the counter.
Erhard: You know, you sure are a lucky little lady.
"I still have one more dress right here. It was definitely left here by another customer." Gen Wolf continued with Erhard's voice.
"Seriously?!" Erhard gawked while several people laughed. Even Fitoira was covering her mouth giggling
Raphtalia was clearly confused now.
Erhard: Come back if you need anything. My door is always open.
"So if you got another girl, let me know. I got plenty of dresses back here." Gen Wolf joked, getting more laughing fits from the audience
Erhard just groaned in his hands
Erhard gives them a thumbs up and Keith smiles and returns the gesture.
{ Small Timeskip }
The group was on the road, heading somewhere.
Raphtalia: Master Keith?
Keith: Hm?
"Why does Mr Erhard have so many dresses?" Keel barely got out before laughing
"Not you too!" Erhard groaned
Raphtalia: Can't you at least tell me something about where we're going?
Zane: The only clue is that it's Keith's reward from the queen.
Raphtalia: The one you were talking about on the boat?
Keith: So you overheard, huh? It should start becoming noticeable now.
Raphtalia grew confused until she sniffed the air.
Raphtalia: Is that... Is that salt that I smell?
"No way..." Keel realized, a smile growing on her face
Princess Yenova: *jokingly* And the surprise is ruined.
Raphtalia: Does that mean?
Raphtalia moves the front tarp of their wagon to see in front. She then sees the sea and the village they were closing in on. It was Raphtalia's village, Lurolona village.
"My home!" Keel shouted excitedly
The wagon halts and the first to notice them was none other than Keel.
Keel: Hey, it's Raphtalia!
Raphtalia: Hi there, Keel! You look good. I'm glad you recovered.
Keel's smile dwindled. Seeing this just made her more impatient to see Raphtalia
"We;re almost done, Keel." Fitoria said,returning the kindness the dog demi-human showed her
Lord Reichnott: Recovered so well in fact that Keel's working harder than everyone else.
Wasp patted Keels head like a proud mom, making Keel lean against her, enjoying the soft touch
"It;s nice to see Van's doing alright too." Bolin said
Raphtalia: Oh, hey Van. What are you doing here?
Lord Reichnott: I see. You still don't know why you're here?
Raphtalia: *confused* What?
Princess Melty: Yeah, Keith can be a big jerk sometimes.
"Melty too?" Oscar gaped
Filo: *gasp* Hiya Mel!
Filo transforms into her human form, the puff of smoke getting puffed near Keith's face.
Keith: Smoke for breakfast. Delicious.
Raphtalia: Master Keith, will you please tell me what's going on?
Keith: See for yourself, Raphtalia.
Keith gestures to Melty, who unravels a scroll.
Princess Melty: "In the name of Queen Mirellia Q Melromarc, I, second princess, Melty Melromarc, hereby bestow Seaetto's demi-human region to the Glitch Hero — whose name is Keith Levi. Along with all governing rights.
" No way..."
"He's a lord."
"He's the lord of of Seaetto."
"And that means....Shield kiddo did the same thing."
"The shield hero's our region;s lord?" Keel gaped "AWESOME!"
Raphtalia: *surprised* What?
Keith: Surprise! That's my reward from the queen. I'm officially the lord of this region.
"She can grant that?" Lin asked in disbelief
"Well, she is the queen after all." Tenzin reasoned
Raphtalia: *disbelief* Are you all being serious?
Keith: Yup. We need a home base if we're going to continue fighting the waves.
"The shield hero living in my village. I-I can't even begin to imagine it. Oh Rifana, you'd love this." Keel said
Princess Melty: You could've lived in the capital if you wanted to, you know?
"And run into those three idiots and lose brain cells everyday? No thanks." Korra declined
Keith: Yeah, but if I did that, we'd run into the three blokes again. I don't wanna lose any more brain cells from them. Plus, Trash will probably trash our place there so no thanks to that.
"He would be that petty." Aang sighed disappointedly
Melty groaned in disappointment but didn't argue further.
Filo: Can we go play, Mel?
Melty smiles and nods to her friend, who immediately goes to hug her
"They;re too cute together~" Hestia and Ann cooed
Keith nudges Raphtalia gently and gestures for her to follow. The raccoon follows along and sees boats being built by the beach.
Raphtalia: Boats?
Keith: Yenova thought of the idea since this place used to be a fishing village. Besides, if we're starting a village, we can't depend on being traveling merchants or an adventurer salary alone. Plus, we already have a fishing expert.
Keel smiled proudly at her tanuki friend
Keith glances back at her. The raccoon girl simply points to herself, asking for confirmation. Keith nods at her question.
Keith: You think you can teach these guys the ropes?
Raphtalia gets surprised by the question but nods.
Keith then leads her to the town hall, where they meet Elrasla Grilaroc.
Elrasla: Well, if it isn't the Glitch Hero.
"The old lady from the last wave too?" Twice gaped surprised
Keith: I see you're working hard already, ma'am.
Elrasla: I'll train as many new recruits as you can scrounge up and bring to me.
Keith: *salutes* You got it, ma'am.
Elrasla: *laughs wholeheartedly* I can hardly wait!
Keith then turns his attention to two other familiar faces.
Apothocarist: Hey, I stocked us up with plenty of medicine.
Elderly Witch: If you need anything else, just let us know.
"The shopkeepers too?" Morgana raised his brow surprised
"Is Mr Erhard there too?" Oscar wondered
"I doubt that. I'm likely still in Castle town." Erhard said
Raphtalia: So all of you moved to Seaetto?
Keith: After finding out that I was going to be the new lord here, they insisted on helping.
The blonde leads the brunette girl up to the roof of the town hall, where they overlook the town. The town looks fairly rebuilt and majority of the buildings were already built up as many demi-humans have gathered from Reichnott's land to help.
Raphtalia: Why here?
Keith: Simple. It's to be a symbol. This village was destroyed by a wave in the past, but now it's being rebuilt stronger than ever before. Besides, if we're going to train up an army of adventurers, we might as well give them places to stay. Rishia won't be the last person we recruit. There's still slaves out there that need a home to go to. I'll gladly take them in and take care of them like I have done with you and Yenova.
"A symbol of hope." Superman sympathies, looking at the S on his chest. On his home planet, it meant hope. And that's what he'll give the people of earth.
Keith then thinks back to where the show ends. It's here. This day, this place, this roof... This is where Season 1 stops. Season 2 has yet to be released so he doesn't know if he and Zane will just disappear after today or if something unexpected will happen.
"I didn;t think about that. What is gonna happen to them now?" Sokka asked
Even so, the timeline is already a bit messed up. So after today, who knows what will happen.
Raphtalia: *somberly* You make it sound like you're going to leave...
That's another thing Keith had his mind on. After this, would GM force them to leave? Guess they'll find out, huh?
Keith: Nah. I'm just taking precautions. We don't know how strong the waves will be in the future so having backup to defend the villages the waves will attack is a good idea, no?
"If they do have to leave, I doubt they'll just leave you." Bell assured
"But wouldn;t they still need to worry about the waves?" Yamato pointed out
Raphtalia: I guess so...
Keith: And you wanna know something.
Raphtalia turns to face him.
Keith: After the death of the Glitch Hero, Luminosity, during the last wave, I knew that we had to take up his mantle. All this time, the word Glitch Hero was just a title to us. But now...
Keith looks at the Sakura tree by the graveyard. He planted it there and had Yenova use her Forest element to help it grow from a sapling and into a tree.
"What is that?" Ezor asked innocently curious
"Ah, those are cherry blossoms." Keith answered.
"They look lovely." Zethrid said.
On the base of the tree was a replica of the Glitch Hero's helmet as Keith kept the actual armor in his Shield's inventory.
Keith: Now it's more than a title. It's a name — a duty that we have to uphold. This is where it begins. This is where we Rise.
Keith smiles and looks back at Raphtalia, who looks inspired.
Keith: You'll stay by our side, won't you? You're our dear companion, after all.
Raphtalia: *proudly* Yes! Of course I will, Master Keith!
Raphtalia hugs the blonde, who chuckles and hugs her back. It was so weird hugging an anime character but hey, she's waifu material.
"He better take care of her or else." Keel grumbled
Filo: Hey, that's no fair!
The two blinked and looked at the door, confused. It bursts open, revealing Zane, Filo, Melty, Keel, Elrasla, the Elderly Witch, the Apothecarist, and behind them were a few demi-humans who wanted to see what was going on along with Yenova.
Filo: I wanna hug, Master!
Fitoria chuckled fondly at that
Filo chipperly giggles as she attempts to hug Keith, only to bump into a wall as Frostine pulls Keith out of Filo's way. The frost dragon girl, who was in her human form, then hugged him next.
Filo pouts and attempts to join the hug, only for Frostine to try and pull Keith away from the filolial girl, who then began chasing them.
"So selfish." Hestia smirked
Lili and Yamato slowly turned towards Hestia, considering the big boobed goddess more or less hogs Bell to herself
Zane just snickers at Keith's predicament. The blonde looks at his partner with a deadpan expression.
Keith: Help. Me.
Zane: No thanks man, you deal with your two kids.
"Our resident shadow idiot knows how you feel." Gen Wolf thought snickering.
*Theater 1*
"Sister! Stop hogging father!" Melty whined as she chased the warfare goddess who held her father like a plushie
"No!" Hitori refused, blowing a raspberry at her adopted younger sister as she ran from her while carrying her dad
Akatsuki, being carried by his daughter, simply blinked in surprise.
"Uh, why aren't you fighting this?" Lyla asked
"Pretty sure my Origin did this to mess with me." Akatsuki deadpanned
Filo: Frostie! Stop hogging master all to yourself!
Frostine sticks her tongue out at the filolial girl and blows raspberry at her. Filo grew a tick mark, causing Keith to crack up at the sudden red animated tick mark that appeared on her forehead.
A few people cooed at Frostine's cute immature moment while others laughed at the scene
"Pfft. Wolfy, tell me you're seeing this." Akiza snickered showing him what Akatsuki's going through
"We see." Gen Wolf and Genesis answered in unison.
Keel then runs up to the small tower of the town hall where the flag pole is. She excitedly raises the flag, letting it wave against the wind as everyone below starts to applaud.
"Now that's a symbol." Superman approved
"You won;t break them so easily!" Lili cheered
Raphtalia: *tearfully* Are you watching Rifana? Can you see the flag flying over our village again?
Keel couldn't help a small tear as she imaged her friend watching with them in spirit
Rishia: And it's such a beautiful flag too!
Princess Yenova: It truly is.
The sun shone upon the flag as it transitioned to show the sun shining down on Garbage's (Aultcray's) cell. He was granted a rest day during the seventh day of the week.
"Nice place you got there." Tony snarked
He was sitting by his barred window, scowling. He then hears doors opening. He looks at his cell bars and sees Keith standing there with a plate of a well cooked meal and a glass of wine.
Keith: Greetings.
Garbage: *growls* Come here to gloat?! To take something else from me?! Humiliate me further?!
"Tempting." Morgana smirked
"Well, Keith technically does the last two things." Gen Wolf thought with a smirk
Keith: Came to offer you food. I wanted to visit you earlier today but we may have been busy raising the flag of a new village.
Garbage: *scowls* I heard. You somehow convinced my wife to give you demi-human devils a domain! I wouldn't dare give you anything after what–
"Who fucking cares..." Mercury scoffed
Keith: After what we've done, blah, blah, blah. Nothing changed.
Keith puts the food through a small openable hatch and places it on the table in Garbage's cell.
Garbage stands up, his scowl never leaving as he walks up to Keith. He then picks up the plate of food and throws it angrily at Keith-
"Screw you too." Pidge scoffed
"What a waste of food." Hunk sighed
-who didn't react at the food being thrown at his face. He even managed to get some in his mouth and he gladly ate it.
Keith: *mockingly* Is so delicious. I bet that wine tastes good too.
Garbage growls and grabs the wine glass and splashes its contents on Keith, who licked his lips for a taste.
Keith: Tasty.
Garbage: *huffs* Leave me alone, you damned demi. I don't want your pity.
Keith could see that Aultcray was getting tipsy, basing on the blush on his face. He just continues to smile.
"Luchol wine." Naomasa knew from seeing Aultcray getting drunk just from the fumes
"He's getting him drunk to lower his guard. But for what?" Yusuke wondered
"I have a good feeling what it's for." Akira said, pushing up his glasses.
Keith: Fine, I'll leave you alone. Just sign this document so they know I interacted with you.
"I see." Batman understood
The former king growls and snatches the scroll that Keith presented him and the inked quill on his other hand. The former king didn't even bother to read it as he was feeling a little sleepy so he just signed it just to be done with it.
Once he signed it, he threw it at Keith and he did with the quill before marching back to his chair and looking out the window, slowly falling asleep. Keith just picks up the scroll and smiles.
The blonde leaves the dungeon and wipes away the remaining wine off his body and licks it off.
Keith: Man do I love Luchol wine.
He then removes a small pouch that had some crushed Luchol fruits, which was giving off a very powerful alcoholic aroma. He discreetly hides it in his shield's inventory as the shadows could be watching his every move.
He then unraveled the scroll, which says: Letter of Divorce. Keith smiles and skips away like a little kid who knew he did a bad thing but doesn't care.
"A divorce document." Hawkeye realized
"I see. Aultc-Er, Trash was still married to Her majesty, so he snuck in with a divorce document. However, Keith couldn't let him know that so he snuck in those crushed berries and some wine for good measure to get him drunk and lower his guard. Combined with the fact he's a demihuman, he knew Trash would do anything to get him to leave. He was counting on the wine and his hate of demihumans." Akira summarized
"Well, looks like a bit of Akechi rubbed off on you Joker." Makoto said, though the group's mood turned somber.
"Is something wrong?" Shazam asked the phantom thieves concerned
"Don't worry about it." Haru assured.
{ Small Timeskip }
Queen Mirellia: *disbelief* I never knew that he would actually sign it...
Keith: Oh believe me, he did. He was so angry on seeing me he just literally signed it without reading and just told me to leave.
"Leaving out a few details.." Bolin trailed off
Queen Mirellia: *sighs* T-Thank you for letting me know this.
Keith: So... Are you and Zane really... you know...
"Apparently." Lin said a tad surprised it's actually gonna happen
Queen Mirellia: Yes, it seems that we are.
Keith: Should I keep my mouth shut for now or...
Queen Mirellia: No. I'll announce this later today so tomorrow we can begin the preparations.
Keith: Are you sure about this?
Queen Mirellia: Yes. I've made up my mind, Sir Keith.
Keith: Alright then. I'll leave you be, Your Majesty.
Just as Keith leaves, Mirellia turns to her shadow by the window.
"Where did she come from?" Ryuji asked
Queen's Shadow: Do you doubt your decision?
Queen Mirellia: It's difficult to take in. However, I'm certain of my decision. Did Aultcray really...
Queen's Shadow: Yes. He did. He insulted the kitsune — who offered him a meal but he throws it towards him, the kitsune hands the scroll right after and he indeed signs without a second thought.
"Keith was right to be cautious about being watched." Ms Marvel said
Queen Mirellia: *sighs solemnly* It seems that Aultcray truly is no longer the man that I once loved...
"You deserve someone better." Black Canary agreed
"She really does." Wonder Woman nodded
Queen's Shadow: But this demi-human boy. Do you love him back?
Queen Mirellia: Well, he may be immature but that's because he's young.
"Sure...that's why..." Mr Compress drawled
Queen Mirellia: But he does have a good heart. *smiles* I know it.
Later that day, Mirellia had made the announcement that due to her former consort being removed from status, Melromarc was in need of a new king. Nobles would've asked for her hand had Zane not entered the throne room and knelt before Her Majesty, taking her hand and kissing it
After that, it was announced that Zane will be her new consort. Despite the clamors and unacceptance from other nobles-
"I figured other nobles would be against it." Yue sighed
"But they have to admit, this will strengthen the relations with Melromarc and Siltvelt." Allura said
-they had no choice but to accept and had to admit that this could strengthen the relations between Melromarc and Siltvelt.
"And point proven." Shiro said
Keith had also suggested that the wedding should be done immediately as not everyone would take too kindly that the queen marrying a demi-human and something bad could happen.
"Are people that against it?" Coran asked
"Think of it as people claiming that they are marrying the enemy." Gen Wolf said.
It just so happens that Yenova had also decided that her crowning ceremony would be done on the same day.
The next days passed by with wedding rehearsals, crowning ceremony rehearsal, and even preparations.
{ Present Day }
The two got to the wedding ceremony with over 15 minutes to spare. It was a special wedding but not too grand due to it being done in a hurry but also not too plain.
Zane was in a red silk suit jacket with cufflinks, black dress shirt and vest underneath, a red satin tie, red silk pants, and black leather shoes.
"Looking good, Zane." Pidge approved
"I've never seen anyone we're red at a wedding." Ann said
Keith was wearing a white leather suit jacket, white dress shirt, a black bow tie, white pants, and black shoes.
"Why does Keith look more like he's the one getting married?" Wasp chuckled
'Here comes the bride' began playing and the two saw Mirellia, who was wearing the classic white wedding dress.
"She's gorgeous." Wonder Woman complimented
"See this, Garbage bin? You pushed this beauty aside all for your hate against the shield hero." Mr Compress scolded
"Hope you're proud of yourself." Lili scoffed
"Was it really worth it?" Bell asked disappointed
"Now you have nothing." Welf shook his head
"Born as a noble." Yamato said
"Now you'll die in a cell." Toga smirked
"And only the roaches will mourn you." Spinner snorted
"I doubt even those things would." Cinder smirked
Filo, Raphtalia, and Rishia were flower girls and Melty was the ring bearer — mainly because Rishia is sometimes a clutz, Raphtalia looks happy but is clearly jealous and has a chance of tossing the rings away-
Keel snickered at the jealous look on her face
-and Filo... well, we all know she'll eat it.
Fitoria chuckled fondly at that
The wedding went smoothly since the three heroes and their party members aren't invited to the actual wedding to ruin it.
However, it was ruined during the wedding reception. Well, not exactly ruined but still ruined. The three heroes and their parties invited themselves unannounced and thought it was a celebration for defeating the wave.
"Brother gods dammit! What the hell are they doing here?!" Emerald shouted
"They got the celebration part right but it's not for them." Shiro scoffed
"Even so, they didn't do shit during the last wave. Why would anyone celebrate them?!" Twice exclaimed
Don't worry, Keith kicked them out with Filo punting Motoyasu in the nuts like she usually does.
"Thank you." Shigaraki sighed
While most people think that this is simply a political wedding, it was different to the bride and groom. To the bride, she was still loyal to her former husband but couldn't help but feel a fresh start. To the groom, he was still in disbelief that he's married to an anime waifu.
"Living every nerd's dream." Spider-Man snorted
"Every weebs dream you mean." Wally corrected
After the reception, it was now night time, Keith used his teleport ability to teleport them to Lurolona village to attend Yenova's crowning ceremony.
The ceremony had Yenova meditating and letting a small Fox Fire flame to form from her cupped hands. She offers the flame to the sakura tree, in turn causing a visage of a giant fox made of golden fire to appear.
"It's amazing.." Zuko said, reminded of the two dragon masters
The fox spirit bows towards the princess and she does a curtsy back.
The flaming fox dissipates into a golden stream and surges into the princess, who felt the Fox Fire burning strongly within her. The crown, which was sitting on a pedestal underneath the sakura tree, then changes shape and turns from a tiara and into a golden laurel crown adorned with white and orange flowers.
"A fitting crown for a queen." Fitoria said
Keith then walks forward and holds up the crown before walking in front of Yenova, who kneels. Keith then quickly reads through Kozuhara's/Fox Fire diary before bestowing upon the crown to Yenova.
Keith: I now pronounce you, Yenova Blazehart II, as the new Fox Fire Queen.
"Congratulations!" Keel cheered as other politely applauded
Meanwhile Azula seethed in anger and jealousy
A small celebratory party commences right after and her coronation ends at midnight after a lighting of paper lanterns and letting them fly up to the heavens.
"What are they doing?" Toph asked
"Lighting paper lanterns." Superman answered
"What's the point of that?" Opal asked
"In some cultures , it's to mourn loss. In this case, likely to celebrate the crowning." Akira said
As the paper lanterns fly into the sky, it transitions to a different place. The location appears to be a tropical island during dawn. It then shows the same small girl with a fishing rod from Glass's memory.
Kizuna gasped. That was the infinite labyrinth.
She was away from an archway when she heard a faint... "Oh fuck! Not this again!" from the sky.
???: What the?
The girl looks up and sees a blonde boy wearing barbarian-esque armor falling from the sky and crashing deep within the forest. She gasps upon hearing the loud crash and runs to find him.
She eventually finds the crash site and gawks upon seeing the boy standing up and dusting himself like he didn't just fall from the sky.
Blonde Boy: Seriously, that's the second time now! Well, no time to complain. It won't be long before I'm forcibly thrown back to Melromarc.
"That's not possible. How did he get there?" Kizuna asked the wolf
"You'll see." Gen Wolf said.
???: Melromarc? Where's that?
Blonde Boy: Time to find Kizuna, and fast. I could get forcibly thrown back any moment by my cardinal weapon.
"Thrown back? I don't understand." Kizuna grasped her head
The girl tensed up upon hearing that. His Cardinal Weapon? Was he a cardinal hero?
She sees a fish-like swamp monster sneak up and try to pounce on the boy. As she tries to help, she is shocked to see him grab the monster by the throat and snap its neck with ease and absorb it into his shield.
Blonde Boy: Now then...
His shield switches into a boomerang looking one and aims at the girl's direction. Aims at her direction?! The girl yelps upon the shield getting thrown and hits the tree beside her.
"Hey!" Glass shouted
"Watch it!" L'Arc followed out
"Calm down, guys." Kizuna said gently
Blonde Boy: Based on that noise, you're a human, yeah? And I'm right to assume that this is the Infinite Labyrinth? And if it is, I assume that you're Kizuna Kazayama?
"Infinite labyrinth?" Aqualad repeated confused
"What are you doing there?" Conner asked
"I'm trapped there." Kizuna sighed sadly
"What? Why?!" Asami exclaimed
"It'll probably be shown or explained later." Kizuna said, not wanting to talk about it
The girl gasps in surprise but doesn't hesitate to show herself. She steps into the light of the rising sun and reveals herself to him.
Kizuna: Yes, I'm Kizuna Kazayama, and I'm one of the four cardinal heroes — the Hunting Hero, to be exact.
"So does your world also have a spear, sword and bow hero?" Keel asked
"No. We have me — the Hunting hero , the Ofuda, Jewel, and Blunt Instrument." Kizuna answered.
"Please tell me they're not useless idiots." Korra pleaded
Kizuna and her friends stayed quiet.
"I'm gonna say they're not." Katara said
"Sorry if that was mean." Korra apologized
"We don't mind." the group of friends waved off.
Keith: Well, let's keep this brief. I'm Keith Levi. Glitch Hero and Shield Hero of the Four Cardinal Heroes.
Keith raised his Guardian Shield and changed it to the Legendary Shield's original form.
"Now there's a form I recognize." Erhard said with a fond smile
Keith: I see that your weapon is a fishing rod. Fitting for a hunting hero.
Keith gestures to her weapon, which is literally a fishing rod that has the same kind of gem that the legendary shield has.
Kizuna: W-Wait, hold on. You're a cardinal hero too, right? But that's–
Keith: Impossible? Yeah, but I can explain it later. Right now we need to leave or else your only way out of here is going to disappear.
"What?" Several people muttered still lost
"The Cardinal Weapons are not meant to leave the world they are occupying without permission from the spirits of the legendary weapons. If they do, they'll be forced right back. L'Arc and Glass are allowed to cross between worlds because their weapons don't have such restrictions." Gen Wolf answered.
"The weapons have spirits in them?" Sokka gaped "Can they hear us?"
"That's a question I cannot provide an answer to." Gen Wolf answered.
Kizuna: *confused af* H-Huh?!
Keith: Ugh! Come on, Japanese lady! You wanna escape this place, yeah? To see Glass, L'Arc, and Therese?
Kizuna: H-Hey! How do you–?!
Keith: *sighs, mutters* Goddamn anime characters and their questions... *outloud* Forget the pleasantries, come on!
The anime characters in the audience were puzzled but that. They don't ask that many questions....right?
Keith threw his Blade of Chaos at her, catching her off guard. She would've blocked it if she wasn't confused as to why it only wrapped around her waist. Her confusion was answered when Keith pulled her towards him.
Keith then pulls out an ancient nordic styled accessory and points it to the sky.
"It's Nordic." Wonder Woman said
"That could only mean.." Thor realized
Kizuna looks up and sees a shining light up in the sky. The two were then engulfed in a rainbow beam of light like the Bifrost from MCU and disappeared.
"He can access the Bifrost?!" Thor exclaimed in shock
{ Meanwhile }
Zane, in his avatar, wakes up and finds himself face-to-face to a peacefully sleeping Mirellia. After Yenova's crowning ceremony receptional, it was already late at night around 2 am. Everyone was tired and Mirellia had fallen asleep on Zane's shoulder as the two were practically together during the entirety of the party, much to Raphtalia's jealousy.
"Well, they got close pretty quick." Asami said
"Oh my, Your Highness~" Korra teased
"And poor Raphtalia's so jealous~" Futaba teased
"I'm so messing with her for this." Keel snickered mischievously
Zane smiles and gently caresses his lover's cheek and gives her a gentle peck on the lips.
The queen stirred awake from that and saw Zane smiling at her.
Zane: Good morning, Your Majesty.
Queen Mirellia: *smiles, blushing* G-Good morning, dear.
"She grew attached to him quickly." Yue said
"Well, she needed someone after the old man became who he is." Katara reasoned
Zane: *chuckles* Aw, that's cute. You don't have to call me that if you're not–
Queen Mirellia: I-It's alright. I'm just getting used to it.
Zane nods understandingly. He then gently tucks her hair behind her ear and gives her another kiss on the lips before sitting up, switching his vanity clothing from formal wear to his Cloudy Wolf attire.
Queen Mirellia: Going somewhere?
Zane: Um, kinda. Keith found something earlier today and wanted my help investigating it.
Queen Mirellia: I-I see. Very well then.
Zane: Oh and um, Keith had also taken the liberty of bringing your clothes from the capital so you can change into some more, comfortable attire.
Queen Mirellia: Ah, Mr Levi didn't have to but it's well appreciated.
Zane nods and awkwardly waves goodbye, still getting used to the fact he's now married to the queen and literally had his avatar sleep with her.
"Lucky bastard..." Ryuji thought, jealous before his mind drifted to that black and orange haired girl he saw. "Her dad will like me enough to let me ask her out...right?"
"We'll see." Gen Wolf told him. "Better him than Motoyasu, anyway."
After getting dressed, the queen heads out the bedroom and finds a plate of food prepared for her by Keith and sees her fellow queen dining in and Melty and Filo eating together.
Queen Yenova: Ah, morning Your Majesty.
Queen Mirellia: Good morning to you as well, Your Majesty.
"Do they have to refer to each other as such when it's so casual?" Ann asked
"They're still respectful to each other, I suppose." Allura smiled.
Yenova bows politely and her fellow queen returns the gesture before joining them on the dining table.
Queen Mirellia: Say, do you know where my newlywed husband went?
Queen Yenova: I saw him jog outside to find Sir Keith. Sir Keith apparently found something interesting.
Queen Mirellia: Any idea what it could be?
Filo: We're not sure, Your Majesty.
The Melromarc queen grew curious and decided to visit the town hall after finishing her delicious meal.
She arrives in the town hall and sees Raphtalia, Keel, and Rishia helping on tidying up the place. She was about to leave but the sound of stone scraping against the wooden floor caught her attention, along with everyone else in the building.
She turns and sees Zane and Keith emerging from a hidden passageway from the wall, the blonde was carrying a large hourglass with him.
"Hidden passage? Interesting." Akira said, now paying close attention
Keith: So it's been confirmed after like a few tests.
Zane: It still feels weird.
"What's confirmed?" Sokka asked
The two noticed the curious and confused looks the people in the hall were giving them.
Keith: Well... let me explain what is going on, or best if I show you.
???: Show them what?
"Oh God..." Artemis groaned
Keith's eye twitched and slowly turned to look at the door and saw the three heroes there.
Zane: What the fuck... are they doing here...?
Queen Yenova: They thought you kidnapped the queen after teleporting away.
*SLAP*
That was the collective sound of several loud facepalms
"Can these three be any dumber?!!" Shigaraki yelled
Keith: Did they question the queen's maids first or did they just barge in without a care?
"The latter. It's no debate. They did the latter." Tenzin sighed
Queen Yenova: I'd say the latter.
Ren: So, what's this hidden passageway for?
Keith looks at Zane who shrugs. Keith rolls his eyes before he leads the curious people down the hidden passage that leads directly below the town hall and into a fancy room.
"Whoa.." Oscar muttered in awe
"What is this place?" Pidge asked
"Tyr's temple.." Thor muttered
"What?" Mai asked
"This is the Bifrost room. It's one of our ways to traverse to the 9 realms using the Bifrost." Thor said, "It looks different from what I remember."
"I guess this is what it looks like in a different universe." Tony said in awe.
Queen Mirellia: *in awe* Sir Keith, what is this place?
Itsuki: It's probably a secret room or a hidden ea–
"Don't even start." Spider-Man scolded
Keith: I'll stop you, right there. This clearly wasn't built here by your predecessors because if it was, your weapons would've reacted.
Ren: That's a fair point.
"At least he's civil." Coran sighed
Queen Yenova: So, what is this?
Keith: It's called the Realm Travel Room. Activated only by the Bifröst.
Filo: Bifrost? What's that?
Keith pulls out the nordic accessory.
Keith: This is the Bifröst key. The Bifrost itself is the rainbow bridge that connects the 9 realms in Norse Mythology.
Princess Melty: Norse?
Keith: Don't worry about it.
"So theoretically, they could travel to Asgard..." Wonder Woman said
"I am curious what this version of my home realm would look like.' Thor said curiously
Zane: Yo! We going or what?! We still have other worlds to explore, don't we?
Zane was standing on the platform in the middle of the room where the trunk of an astral tree was present.
Raphtalia: Wait! You're leaving?!
Keith: Yeah... About that... We did a few tests on it and we found out that time freezes in place when both Zane and I leave this world.
"Like you did with us." Keith said, seeing how similar the two's situation was to theirs.
Keith: But if only one of us leaves, time doesn't stop. We proved it when we used an hourglass.
Frostine, who was in her hatchling form, popped out of Keith's back sash.
Keith: Oh yeah, and we had Frostine help test it.
"And they can bring the others with them." Keel said
"Well, the platform looks big enough to fit a few people." L'Arc noticed.
Frostine: They speak the truth.
Keel: So, you are leaving?
Zane: You guys can come with!
Filo: *chipperly* Can we really?! Can we master?!
Keith: I mean, if you're interested in seeing other worlds and knowing comfortably that this world is on pause then yes.
"It is odd knowing time is frozen in our worlds." Superman admitted
Motoyasu: So you guys are saying...
Itsuki: *points accusingly* I knew it! You did meet an admin! How else–
"Yup. I'm webbing you to the top of the Empire State building. Or whatever really tall structure that exists here." Spider-Man promised
Keith: The Glitch Heroes of the past built this. Not us.
Itsuki clamped his mouth shut.
"Yea, just be quiet." Spinner snarked
Keith: And apparently, our boss was one of them. There weren't just two Glitch Heroes, there were a lot.
Yenova widened her eyes in surprise upon hearing that as did Mirellia. She never knew that there were more than just two Glitch Heroes.
Zane: Keith, we going or what? We still have lunch to eat later.
Keith: Yeah, yeah, I'm going.
Keith was about to jog over to Zane but turned to the others in the room.
Keith: You coming or what? We promise you that the waves won't suddenly arrive when we're gone.
"They;re not?" Keel asked the reality wolf
"Nope." Gen Wolf promised, "I think." he snickered.
"You think?!" Erhard exclaimed
Filo immediately ran to him with a gleeful giggle. She then turns and begins tugging Melty with her, the princess squeaking in surprise.
Filo: Come on, Mel! I wanna go with Master.
Princess Melty: W-Wait! F-Filo!
"You're too excitable." Fitoria sighed
Zane walks over to his bride.
Zane: My lo– Ahem, Your Majesty...? Dear? I'm uh... Heh, I'm kinda new to this so I don't know how to address you, ma'am. But, um, other than that — would you wish to come with? Leave your queenly duties for a while and join us?
Mirellia was bewildered at his request at first but then thought about it. Time was going to halt once the two left and Frostine herself confirmed this. What's the harm in it? Well, she should inform one of her shadows just in case.
"Not like that would help if time's gonna freeze. Wait, will they age while time;s frozen in their world? What magic is stopping this? So many variables.." Zatana muttered
Queen Yenova: Is there anything we should bring?
Keith: Just keep the package light. Something of value and anything like that.
Filo: Oh! Can we–
Keith: Filo, the cart can't fit in the platform.
"Of course that's what she wants to bring.." Oscar sighed
Fitoria patted Wolf nuzzle to get his attention
"I-is there a cart of some kind within the mansion?" Fitoria asked bashfully
"Don't you have your cart?" Gen Wolf asked.
"I-I do..."
Gen Wolf sighs, "But you want a normal cart for yourself, huh?"
Fitoria nodded bashfully as her filolial instincts resurfaced for a moment
"I'll see what I can do." Gen Wolf hummed.
Filo pouts at him.
{ Timeskip, Next Day }
Everyone was packed up and just in case, said goodbye to the people of Lurolona just in case something goes wrong.
Filo also said goodbye to her two wagons, the old wagon she got from Lute and the wagon she got from Fitoria.
"Really?" Azula deadpanned
"Seriously?" Cinder sweatdropped
Fitoria hid a giggle behind her hand at her sister;s antics
Much to Zane's annoyance, the three idiots decided to join them — thinking that this could help them level up faster.
"Dammit!" Korra complained
"Why?!" Toph whined
"Cause they're stupid, that's why." Keith groaned.
"Oh, so like Lance." Pidge joked, getting an annoyed tick mark from the blue paladin.
"Whaddya say, shortie?!" Lance shouted while Allura giggled.
"It's Katie, not shortie. Get it right." Pidge smirked.
"Katie the Shortie, got it." Lance snickered, getting a tick mark of annoyance from the green paladin while a cackle from Hunk and Keith.
Shiro, Allura and Coran just sighed fondly at the younger paladins
Mirellia had even instructed her shadows to keep an eye on the throne and in case anything happens, Reichnott was the most trustworthy to act as acting king.
"A wise choice." T'Chala approved
Also, Bitch was coming along as Yenova didn't want to leave her beautiful pet behind.
"On one hand, it's unfortunate she's coming too. On the other hand, that means her suffering continues." Salem said
"Making her life even worse sounds fun to me." Spinner smirked
And speaking of pets, Zane also brought along a familiar raptor looking dragon. It was Motoyasu's dragon.
"Moron-yasu;s dragon." Toga remembered
"Where has she been?" Zuko asked
Apparently, according to both the villagers and Keith, Motoyasu abandoned his dragon for losing to Filo and Zane during the race.
Iroh, Zuko and Aang froze.
"He what?" Iroh asked with a cold tone that sent a wave of fear through Zuko and Azula
The poor dragon was so depressed but thankfully was cared for by the villagers until Zane, who wanted a dragon so bad, decided to adopt it. He didn't really care if its color tone was mainly blue and flightles but a dragon is a dragon.
"At least she has a home now." Aang said kindly, thinking of Appa and Momo
Unfortunately, that got jealous looks from both Filo and Frostine as Zane was far more attached to his new dragon friend than the one he's been with the entire journey and the filolial he raised, mainly raised by Keith than him though.
"Zane...dude....really?" Wally shook his head
He even named it Blue in homage to Jurassic World's raptor, which was fitting since both the raptor and the dragon's share the same gender.
"Jurassic World?" Kizuna repeated
A sequel to the Jurassic Park trilogy." Gen Wolf said.
And let's just say: That dragon does not like its former owner. Even when Motoyasu greeted it and Zane, the dragon just growled and glared at her former master and stuck close to Zane.
"I'm surprised she didn't try to eat him." Akira admitted
Once everyone was ready to leave, Keith stabbed the Bifrost on the key slot — instead of causing realm towers to appear, what appeared was a space-like map, kinda like Stellaris.
"Like a space map" Ant-Man muttered
"What's space?' Bell wondered
"It's the vastness past the sky where the stars, sun, and moon reside." Gen Wolf said.
Turning the dial caused the map to shift into a different one. This one is now a map that shows the world of Melromarc and a line that connects to another world parallel to it and another line connects to the one in the middle, which was just a building.
"Likely the mansion to which they were summoned." Yamato reasoned
Pressing the building, which was now selected — given that the building was now highlighted, he was about to turn the key when he looked up and recounted who's joining them.
Raphtalia, Filo, Yenova, Bitch (Malty), Frostine, Mirellia, Three Stooges, Rishia, Keel, Blue (Zane's new dragon), and for some odd reason, Motoyasu's party? Why were they joining along?
"I'm going too?" Keel asked confused
"Well, you wouldn;t wanna leave Raphtalia right?" Wasp reasoned
"....why is his party here?" Opal deadpanned
"I don't know.." Bolin sighed
Keith: Hey, Spear prick, why is your party coming along?
Motoyasu: Huh? Whaddya mean by that? I wanted them to tag along? You got a problem with that?
"Yes!" Several people jinxed
Keith: Yeah, because now even I will have to be responsible for them.
Lesty glared at him, Elena rolled her eyes, while Rino felt like she needed to leave. But before the witch could do so, Keith had decided to fuck it and turn the key. The bridge made of ghastly white roots disappeared and light shined from the tree.
To the ones not on the platform, the group just disappeared in a flash of light. But to those on the platform, all they saw was white light swirling around them and then the room around them was completely the same, except that there was a set of double doors in front of them.
Keith: Now just go through that door and wait. Ignore the others in there.
Keith and Zane walked over to the side and closed their eyes before their bodies went stiff.
"Don;t tell me..." Morgana trailed off
"They're gonna meet the boys in person." Akira realized
"Fiction meets reality." Yusuke said before acting in his glamorous self, "Such beautiful contrast."
Princess Melty: What does that mean?
No response from the two.
Princess Melty: Uh, hello?
Again, no response.
Princess Melty: Hey! I'm asking you guys a question!
She kicked Zane's shin but got no reaction from the redhead.
Frostine: Come, princess. They'll join us in a while.
Frostine leads them to the door. Upon opening it, they find themselves looking at a luxurious living room.
"Swanky." Wasp approved
"Looks fancy." Wally said
While the room was great to see, those that were present were not.
???: Well, well, look who's here.
"Us too?" Kizuna, L'Arc, Glass and Therese jinxed
Motoyasu/Ren/Itsuki: YOU!
Raphtalia: Glass?!
Filo: L'Arc?!
Princess Yenova: Therese?!
L'Arc, Therese, and Glass were sitting on the couch by the fireplace.
"When did they get there?" Lili wondered
L'Arc: Nice to see you idiots again.
"Cheap shot." Kizuna snorted
"I'm not wrong tho." L'Arc shrugged
Motoyasu/Ren/Itsuki: Meteor–!
"Not inside, you idiots!!" Team Avatar shouted in unison
Cue a loud laughter echoing from the other theater from the resident pervert horsewoman of death.
"Again?" Conner gaped
*bonk* *bonk* *bonk*
The three idiots were hit with a familiar shield shaped in a boomerang. It flies up to the balcony and attaches to the arm of a boy.
???: You guys are actual idiots. Do you know how dangerous it is to fire your skills in an enclosed space?
"And now they see the man behind the God of War kitsune." Kizuna said
They look up and see a boy with white hair, green eyes, and pale skin. He wore a white turtleneck long sleeve shirt, denim jeans, and light blue Converse high cut shoes.
Beside him was a taller boy with auburn hair, burgundy brownish-red eyes, and fair skin. He wore a dark red short sleeve shirt that showed off his muscled arms, black jogging pants, and red Nike high cut shoes.
"And the man behind the Hell Razer." Hulk nodded
The most odd thing about them was not the way they're dressed. But the fact that... They have a different animation style from the Shield Hero cast!
(Shield Hero cast animation style:)
(Keith and Zane Real-Life:)
Keith: Hello there.
Cue Gen Wolf getting the 'Hello there' meme from Lyla
A collective "EH?!" echoed in the room as the scene fades to black.
"So now they meet in real life. This should be interesting." Allura said
"Tho, if I remember right, this is the last viewing for this. Is that correct?" Coran asked
"There's the epilogue and then we're done." Gen Wolf confirmed.
"We're so close." Keel and Fitoria thought, growing more impatient
"This has been interesting. But what do you plan to have us do once this is over?" Batman asked
"You'll just have to wait and see." Gen Wolf smirked.