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"You built those cardboard cutouts all by yourself? That's actually pretty impress--" Akihiko began to utter when the strange-looking mastermind reared his unpleasant face before them all, before being snapped out of his stupor when the bizarre looking humanoid figure suddenly appeared before them all, its intent clear to protect its master and the Chaos Emeralds he held.

Bingo, there they were. Of course, the trick now was to snatch them right out of his arms.

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"Fine, then. If you wanna play rough, we can play rough," the young man said with a rejuvenated breath. Their mission had finally yielded fruit; all that was left was to take that fruit for themselves.

Like they were in the Garden of Eden.

Whoosh!

Removing his Evoker from its holster once again, Akihiko swiftly aimed it at his forehead and pulled the trigger, wasting no time in summoning his Persona. As Caesar materialized by his side, he decided to start out simple and synchronize with his allies, dashing to Dural's side to flank her, and then...

Zio!

With a mere thought, Caesar did as Akihiko willed, firing a swift and quick wave of electricity toward Dural, intent on grabbing her attention while Kirby attempted to suck her up in the meantime.

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Getting to his feet, Goroh covered the side that wasn't taken care of by Akihiko. He rushed Dural, katana in hand. With two different opponents at once, maybe that weird puffball had a chance!

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The lightning struck true and Dural was engulfed by the energy. Akihiko suddenly, however, found something flying towards him that looked like sharp metallic blades. The crackling of energy subsided and Dural still stood firmly in place.

As for Kirby as he started sucking in Duralm, its head turned slowly towards the pink ball of hope and the metal on what could be described as its face opened up to reveal a dark empty void inside. Dural commenced with its own attempt to suck Kirby in instead!

With its freehand shaping itself into a blade, Dural blocked the oncoming slash from Goroh’s katana with its own. Its technic, however, seemed very familiar to Goroh only for him to realize that it was his own!

“WAAAHAHAHAHAHA!” Waluigi seemed quite cocky from behind his hiding place as he pointed a finger towards the group. “Yes, I worked really hard on them!” That seemed to be a remark aimed at Akihikio specifically. “But flattery won’t get you anywhere! Only getting flattened!”

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"HEY!! Get your own fighting style, you bag of bolts! Only one person can truly master the Goroh technique, and that's ME!!" The bandit, furious at being stolen from, decided to engage Dural in a swordfight. The absolute nerve! Now he didn't even care if it was a distraction or not. This machine needed to know who it was messing with!!!

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"What the--?!"

That was all Akihiko could utter as the blades suddenly materialized around him, no doubt intent on skewering him like a pig. He had to act fast, and not a second too soon!

In a flash, Caesar hovered protectively in front of the silver-haired young man, arms swiping faster than the eye could see in order to deflect the blades! Though a few managed to graze his arms, Akihiko turned out no less for wear fortunately, but it mattered little considering they did their job in holding him at bay, long enough for Dural to advance on its other opponents. But with it preoccupied by Goroh and Kirby...

"Yeah? We'll see who's gonna get flattened!" Akihiko exclaimed as he shifted his attention toward the taunting Waluigi, gathering his bearings as he attempted to slip past Dural's notice, beginning to run forward toward the supposed mastermind.

Sonic Punch!

With yet another mere thought, Akihiko's Persona dashed forward, faster than he could run, making a beeline for Waluigi's position and beginning to bring forth a swift punch toward him!

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"HEY!! Get your own fighting style, you bag of bolts! Only one person can truly master the Goroh technique, and that's ME!!" The bandit, furious at being stolen from, decided to engage Dural in a swordfight. The absolute nerve! Now he didn't even care if it was a distraction or not. This machine needed to know who it was messing with!!!

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Goroh found that every blow he hit it with Dural countered it with one of its own. This would've probably gone on for a while, or until Goroh got tired if not for Akihiko timely charge.

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"What the--?!"

That was all Akihiko could utter as the blades suddenly materialized around him, no doubt intent on skewering him like a pig. He had to act fast, and not a second too soon!

In a flash, Caesar hovered protectively in front of the silver-haired young man, arms swiping faster than the eye could see in order to deflect the blades! Though a few managed to graze his arms, Akihiko turned out no less for wear fortunately, but it mattered little considering they did their job in holding him at bay, long enough for Dural to advance on its other opponents. But with it preoccupied by Goroh and Kirby...

"Yeah? We'll see who's gonna get flattened!" Akihiko exclaimed as he shifted his attention toward the taunting Waluigi, gathering his bearings as he attempted to slip past Dural's notice, beginning to run forward toward the supposed mastermind.

Sonic Punch!

With yet another mere thought, Akihiko's Persona dashed forward, faster than he could run, making a beeline for Waluigi's position and beginning to bring forth a swift punch toward him!

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"WAAAAH! Not the face!" Dural disengaged mid parry allowing Goroh to get a good slice of its shoulder as it charged to block Akihiko's attack against Waluigi. It seemed like whoever programmed it had given Dural very specific commands with very little wiggle room. Perhaps it could be used to the group's advantage?


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Kirby

Kirby would take a moment and then as he was getting away from the void, he would pull out his knife and threw it at Dural. At the same time, he would rush forward with his hammer and go to smash the thing to the side.

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Goroh took note of the turn of events, and put two and two together. In order to give Kirby a helping hand, he would go in for a slice at Waluigi, making sure to make it a big spectacle. "Take THIS!!!"

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Kirby

Kirby would take a moment and then as he was getting away from the void, he would pull out his knife and threw it at Dural. At the same time, he would rush forward with his hammer and go to smash the thing to the side.

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Goroh took note of the turn of events, and put two and two together. In order to give Kirby a helping hand, he would go in for a slice at Waluigi, making sure to make it a big spectacle. "Take THIS!!!"

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Seeing Goroh go for Waluigi Dural attempted to intercept allowing for Kirby’s attacks to both connect, the hammer blow sending the metal-clad being flying right into an elbow drop courtesy of Mika who had recovered from her attack. “Take this!” The two hit the ground with such force that it created a small crater. Dural was bent out of shape and dented as it flung Mika off her to try and protect Waluigi once more.


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"Don't worry about your face! Even after this is all over, there's nothing I can do that'll make you look that much worse!" Akihiko taunted confidently as his gambit seemed to pay off, even if it seemed to garner Dural's attention once again. They had the advantage in numbers here; they just needed to make good use of that.

He skidded to a halt briefly as Dural attempted to intercept him, but regained his momentum once the others took back its attention, the young man feeling enabled to get up close and personal for this exchange as he dashed forward, not even bothering to attack by proxy via his Persona, leaping into the air and throwing a wide swing right for Waluigi!

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Akihiko's move gave Goroh the perfect opportunity for his revenge. As Dural no doubt went to protect Waluigi, he took the chance and made a slash at the machine. eager to take it down once and for all!

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Dural attempted to stop Akihiko but having left its guard wide open allowed Goroh a clear shot at its abdomen. The sword sank into its side and would have been stuck there if Mika hadn’t helped by bashing Dural from the opposite side by a devastating clothsline that hit such force that Dural was slashed in two. As the upper half of its body fell to the ground the legs continued running for a bit before they too fell to the ground lifeless.

This meant that the boxer had a clear shot at Waluigi who could only beg having realized his situation. “Not the face! Not the FAC-!“ Time seemed to stand still as Akihiko’s fist connected to Waluigi’s chin sending ripples through his entire face before time resumed and he was flung towards the display case of the emeralds that it shattered and caused the emeralds to fall to the floor as Waluigi skid on the ground before hitting the nearby wall.

It seemed like they had won and the emeralds were theirs for the taking.



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Goroh rubbed his hands together. Finally...all this stupid running around, over! The man started gathering up the emeralds. "How are we s'posed to use these things, anyway? I'm ready to get back home!"

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Goroh rubbed his hands together. Finally...all this stupid running around, over! The man started gathering up the emeralds. "How are we s'posed to use these things, anyway? I'm ready to get back home!"

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Kirby

Kirby would look at the emeralds and tilt his head. " Kirby wanna go home too, will eating the emeralds help?" He asked.

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"I don't think you should eat them, Kirby." Mika replied. "Aren't they supposed to be really powerful or something. In turn, she picked up the now unconscious Waluigi by the back of his collar. "And what are we supposed to do about this guy?"

As Goroh went and gathered up the emeralds he found something weird on some of them. One of them seemed to be chipped and another had a sizeable chunk missing from it.


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"W-What the...?" Goroh held up the Emeralds to show the others. "What the heck is this?! These are all cracked!!"

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"What?!" Mika exclaimed. "Emeralds aren't supposed to do that, right?" On closer inspection, they found that the "emeralds" weren't emeralds at all, but copies made from glass. "But that doesn' make sense! Why would Waluigi have stolen fakes?"

"Because," An unfamiliar voice responded. "That was the plan all along." The group found the source of the voice to be the Dural unit they thought they had defeated.


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