It's time to bring Dragon Ball aliens into the mix! In fact, I just learned that Dragon Ball's creator, Akira Toriyama died on March 1, 2024. May the Ginyu Force sing in his honor.
Cover Image: Star and Kid riding a Shenron roller coaster through space, alongside aliens from DBZ!
Star and Kid left Zebes' atmosphere and inputted Quintessa into the car's warp drive. "Say, Kid… you wanna tune in to Solana News?"
"Huh? Y-Yeah, we should." Kid was worried about what he would see.
Star smiled at him in comfort and tuned in to Channel 64. "This is Darla Gratch, reporting live from Meridian City, Polaris!" They could already see the X in the background. "We're facing a worse crisis than the Protopet Outbreak of Bogon! Gelatinous organisms are rapidly possessing any life form they can get their hands on. Or, whatever they have for appendages. We've received reports that Bogon, Veldin, and Pandora are facing the same crises. At first, we thought the Vilgaxians responsible, but it seems they are also being attacked by the organisms." Footage was shown of some Wildmutts and Spidermonkeys getting seized by X, with their own ships abandoning them.
"Is Sanchez even working with the Vilgaxians?" Star wondered. "Or was his being there just a big coincidence? Otherwise, he's just endangering the empire, too?"
"Fortunately, bounty hunting legend Samus Aran has come and is quickly destroying the parasites left and right." There was footage of Samus jumping between buildings, engulfing X. "And it seems Captain Qwark has arrived to assist her."
"AAAAAAH!" Qwark grabbed Samus' shoulders and tried to shield his hulking form behind her skinny frame. Five parasites were chasing him. "Save me! The soup kitchen's not safe, anymore!"
"UAH!" Samus pushed him off with vigor and sucked the parasites up.
"Currently, there's no word as to Ratchet and Clank's whereabouts, but we've heard that Ratchet's daughter is fighting more parasites on Hoolefar Island." A Zombax was creeping up behind Darla. "We'll be back later with another update-" It jumped and tore the robot anchorwoman to pieces.
"THEY KILLED DARLA!" Kid screamed.
"She's a mass-produced model." Star said. "I heard she dies every other segment."
"They're gonna be okay though… right, Star?"
"It's in Samus' hands now. We can't be everywhere at once. But we can make sure the same thing doesn't happen in Quintessa."
"I guess so…yaaaaaawn…"
"Wanna pull over for a short nap?"
"What?! We don't have time for naps!"
"I was just asking! We didn't exactly sleep well last night."
"My eyes were closed, that's all that matters! No stopping, keep flying!"
"We still have a bit of time until we get there. Just pull back the car seat and nap."
"Hmmm…" Kid did so half-begrudgingly, craning his head right. Even trying to sleep, his eyes bobbed open at the sea of stars. "This stuff prob'ly happens to you all the time, huh, Star?"
"Worrying about people? It's another burden that comes with my job. As Supreme Leader, I'm always worried about each and every operative; and as someone who needs to study every world and culture, I'm worried about every person in the universe."
"How do you sleep?"
"I… think about planets."
"…Huh?"
"I think about all the planets… and all the different things that live on them."
"But that's the same stuff that makes you worried. And you already talk about those things when you're awake…"
"I mean in a different way. It isn't a matter of studies or knowledge… I like to think about the Florans growing broccoli in the mines, the Osirins building pyramids on Secco, the Piantas dancing to the floating dandelions, the Birkans playing Shockball in Skypia… just think about all the worlds living and breathing."
"Living… and breathing…" Kid lay a hand on his chest. He thought of the World Heart inside him. Was it beating along with his own?
"It's why I love doing what I do… so the planets can keep breathing. All the sprawling fields, the roaring oceans, the fluffy skies, or even the towns that were forged from their rock. Every world is so colorful… and…?"
"…snooooooore…" Kid rolled himself on his side under his seatbelt, melting into slumber. Star smiled and patted his head.
After entering Quintessa's boundaries, Star contacted the Castle of Lions and learned its coordinates. It was floating above Planet Altea's atmosphere. Star left Kid napping in the car and met with Team Voltron on the bridge, Emperor Lotor and Shiro included. "It's a pleasure to have you back, Star!" Allura greeted him.
"Hey, Allura! I'd return the gesture, but I need to talk to you about some concerning matters."
Star told them about the Omnitrix and the relics sealing it. He also mentioned the possible threat of X Parasites. "We certainly haven't seen anything like that around here." Pidge said, horrified by the sound of them.
"So, my ancestors were involved in such a project." Allura said. "I don't know anything about what this relic could be. Coran?"
"Hmmm…it does remind me of an ancient mural I once covered in my studies." Coran stroked his 'stache. "It depicted an Altean presenting a strange item to a great lion's face, as well as three different aliens ascending to the sky. Neither of which resembled Quintessa's species."
"The White Lion…" Lotor whispered.
"The White Lion?" Shiro repeated. "So, that item could've been the relic, and the White Lion is guarding it?"
"What's the White Lion?" Star asked.
"The spirit from which Voltron's Lions originated." Allura answered. "It makes its home on Oriande, within the White Hole. Only Alteans are allowed to enter."
"By that understanding, the Vilgaxians can't get to it!" Coran chirped jovially.
"No… they could." Lotor said. "That witch… has gone to Vilgax's side."
Allura gasped. "Right…"
"You mean Haggar?" Star remembered from Beta Traz.
"She is Altean." Lotor said. "Corrupted… though she is."
"Then the relic could be in danger."
"No… the White Lion would not let that vile woman pass. Even I was not…"
"Lotor…" Allura touched his shoulder in comfort.
"…I must see to this." Lotor marched for the hangar.
"Hey!" Lance yelled. "Don't tell me you're going to Oriande!"
"If there's even a chance the witch knows where the relic is… I will not allow her." The emperor was gone.
Allura sighed. "Do you want us to go with him?" Star asked.
"No. You would not be able to follow him."
"Well, I hope he'll be okay. So, is Sector V still here?"
"They went down to explore Altea, actually." Allura turned to the monitor and flipped between images. "Rifts have appeared throughout the planet, so they're sort of… 'mapping' them." There was one of Mali giving a ride to a bunch of small Arusians, beaming a vibrant smile; one of Ralph flying his plane over Pollux Kingdom; one of Isabelle and Jason trying to hunt three-eyed yellow rabbits in a jungle; and one of Christina riding a lion across the Ariel Desert, while the Arielian Lion Riders pursued her in anger.
"Heh heh! Looks like all's good here then! One last thing… Shiro, do you know Tsumugi Shirogane?"
"Hm?" Shiro blinked. "You know my cousin?"
"Cousin?!" Star flinched. "Th-Then it's true!"
"What's this about? You seem alarmed."
"How often do you see her?"
"Just once a year on Christmas… though I didn't really see her last month… Even before moving to Coruscant, I was never close with her… What is this about?"
Shiro seemed genuine. "The truth is… she was involved in a massive criminal plot. If you heard about the Aionios incident on Planet Mira, she forced all of its citizens to fight each other in a war game."
"Yeah, I read the article about that." Pidge said. "Shiro's cousin was…?"
"I don't believe it." Shiro said. "I always thought she was an odd one, but I never would've imagined… I'm very sorry, Star."
"Heh, it's okay. Maybe I'll go down and speak with Sector V. Only fair they know about the-"
Alarms blared, everyone jumping with a start. "A fleet of unidentified ships just showed up at our six!" Pidge exclaimed. "They came out of hyperspace!"
"Get a visual up!" Keith ordered.
The fleet was made of white and black van-shaped ships that had what looked like insect legs and yellow ovular parts. Their leader was a round ship with a similar design, defined by a small, bubble-shaped windshield where Lord Frieza oversaw. "Star!" Kid rushed into the room. "I heard an alarm, what's happening?!"
"I think we're about to find out…"
"The Castle of Lions." Frieza smirked. "Let's have a taste. Debezizizi!" He stuck his finger into a slot and channeled chi into it. A laser began to grow on his ship's cannon.
"QUICK, GET THE SHIELD UP!" Coran ordered. The castle projected an energy shield of hexagonal panels.
The laser unleashed like a trail of fireworks, concluding with a powerful explosion against the shield. It shattered and damaged the castle's engines. "QUIZNAK!" Coran cursed. "That was a powerful blow!"
"Paladins, get to the Lions!" Keith ordered, the five immediately rushing to the hangars.
"My… perhaps I overdid it a touch." Frieza said awkwardly.
"I bet we've got them terrified." Captain Ginyu said. "Shall we move in for the attack?"
"Indeed. Frieza Force, move down and scatter across the planet. Threatening their home turf will raise the stakes a bit."
The ships dove toward the atmosphere and spread. Before the operatives had a chance to ponder their motives, Frieza's visage displayed on their monitors. "Greetings, Castle of Lions. On behalf of Emperor Vilgax, I have come to acquire the Altean Relic. The one associated with the Chozo, Lombaxes, and Galvans. If you know of what I speak, surrender it to me or I will destroy every corner of this world."
"We will never surrender anything to you!" Allura vowed.
"I was almost hoping you'd say that!" Frieza's ship flew toward the atmosphere. The Lions soared after him, leaving streaks of their color, and the W.A.R.P.S.T.A.R. was among them.
"I'm calling the Voltron Coalition." Coran said. "We can't risk holding back on THAT monster!"
In the Arus country, the Arusians—impish aliens with thick, curled corns and beaver tails—were on their knees beggingly as a Frieza Force troupe trampled their homes. "Dooheheheheh!" Their commander, Dodoria was a pudgy, pink-skinned alien measuring seven feet, with long ears and a spiky head. "These are the great Alteans?! They're so PUNY!"
"W-W-We aren't Altean!" the elder stuttered. "Please! We are just a humble village! Leave us be!"
"W-Where'd the giant girl go?" a boy asked.
Mali and Laruta had taken cover behind a large boulder when they saw the brutish aliens landing. "Laru-chan… they're scary…"
"Just stay calm, Mali. As soon as the others get here, they'll be toast. Maybe we can make a beeline for the portal. I'll peek and see when it's safe."
Mali took a very careful peek herself. "Those horns o' yours look pretty crunchy!" Dodoria declared, raising his foot. "I wonder how it'll FEEL!"
"AAAAAHHH!" The helpless aliens cried for their lives.
"STOP IT!!"
"DUUH!" A massive, childish palm SLAMMED Dodoria in the face, blowing him into some of his troops. The commander stood up and growled, wondering who had the gall to oppose him… and was more furious to see it was an oversized twerp.
"MALI!" Laruta screamed.
"Leave the poor snail-heads alone!" Mali yelled, hiding her fear beneath bravery. "Pick on someone your own size!"
"Hnnnn!" Dodoria smirked. "Is that right?! I can't wait to see how well YOUR skull crushes!" He folded his hands together and leapt at the kindergartner, Mali dodging as his impact dented a massive crater in the earth.
"I better help, too!" Laruta raced out and bombarded his minions with Gas Bombs.
In Ariel Desert, Commander Zarbon—a handsome alien with light-blue skin and ponytailed green hair—struck the Arielians with energy arrows, looming over their town with a jetpack. "This sunlight will be awful on my skin. Perhaps I should request Lord Frieza to have a tent built over this town."
"If ya can't stand the heat, GET OUT OF THE DESERT!" Zarbon's ponytail was nearly threatened by Christina's blazing sword. The commander faced the operative leaping up behind him and deflected her weapon with a kick. Christina flipped her own leg up to stomp a flame kick, blasting Zarbon back.
"How unrefined! If you damage a single strand of my hair, I shall have you compensate me tenfold!"
"Compensate THIS, you toffy-nosed prick!" Christina loudly clapped her hands, shooting firecrackers.
Zarbon crossed his arms to mitigate burns to his visage. "Pah. Merely a sizzle compared to Lord Frieza's combustion."
The W.A.R.P.S.T.A.R. landed several miles from Altea's capital. Star and Kid watched as five figures flew out of Frieza's ship, engaging the Lions in the open field. "They're only sending five at us?" Allura asked.
"Don't drop your guard." Keith advised. "They're doing something."
"They're… posing?" Lance blinked.
GINYU FORCE RULES! GINYU FORCE RULES!
"UuuuuurrrrrrrRRRRAAAAAHHHH!" The second-largest member at 7'7", an orange-haired, human-looking man, squatted with both arms pointed down, then directing them to his left. "I'M RECOOME!"
"HaaaaaAH!" The largest member at 8'3", a blue alien with a yellow head crest screeched. "I AAAAAAM…" He squat, aimed his right arm up diagonally, and placed the left over his gut. "BURTER!"
The second-shortest, a red-skinned alien with long, fluffy white hair, flicked his hair at the Paladins, got down on one knee, and flipped it back. "HrrrrrRAH!" He raised his hands and bent them down like wings. "I'M JEICE!"
The shortest member, capping at 3'3", a green toad-like alien with four eyes, made a similar pose. "I'M… GULDOOOOOOOO!"
GINYU FORCE RULES! GINYU FORCE RULES!
Finally, the leader in the middle, with purple skin and two long, black spikes jutting from his veined bald head, faced his back to the Lions. "Iiiiiiiiii'mmmmm…" He bent down as his upside-down head faced the Lions past his muscular legs. "GINYU!"
They all formed new poses and announced in the same order: "Lions!"
"Of!"
"Voltron!"
"Prepare!"
"Yourselves!"
"WE ARE THE GINYU FORCE!"
". . . . . . ." The Paladins could only stare. What had they just witnessed? "Is this a circus act?" Hunk asked.
"I see you are stunned speechless by our pose!" Jeice said.
"Something like that." Pidge said.
"Is the long shouting really necessary?" Keith asked.
"The purpose of striking a pose is not to become like wallpaper." Ginyu said. "That's why we chant loudly when we pose: to draw attention to our magnificence. I know… I'll just have to raise the stakes a bit. The best poser gets a candy!" He picked up a small piece of candy in a vanilla wrapper.
"Yeah… how 'bout we spare you the trouble?" So, Keith fired a beam from his Lion's jaw, the Ginyu Force scattering. "Form Voltron!"
The five lions became like colored stars! The Ginyu Force gazed as they soared high into the sky and transformed. The Black Lion shaped like a human torso. The Green Lion took the place of its left arm. The red became its right. The yellow inserted itself into the left leg socket and the blue became the right. Then the Black Lion's mouth opened to bare the proud, shining face of Voltron. Red jetpacks stretched from its shoulders and it bore a great blue sword!
"Wait a minute, guys! Something's not right!" Pidge exclaimed. Voltron was wearing a pair of red speedos, and the Yellow and Blue Lions became thick, hairy legs. "Lance!"
"What?" Lance blushed. "I thought speedos made Voltron look sexier."
"Ugh!" Keith groaned. "Alright, disassemble and take those speedos off!"
So, Voltron did the splendid sequence in reverse. The Ginyu Force waited in disbelief as Lance pulled the speedos off and "shaved" the leg Lions. Afterwards, the transformation commenced again. Voltron raised his great sword and brought it down unto the invaders, but the Ginyu Force scattered.
"Hey, who said you could have the first move?!" Burter zipped around in his jetpacks at blinding speed, striking Voltron from several angles. A direct hit to the yellow knee knocked it off balance, leaving Recoome to ram the blue knee with an elbow strike and topple Voltron. Voltron was quick to recover as the Ginyu flew around it like annoying hornets. Voltron dealt a direct punch to Recoome, sending him flying, but Recoome endured the blow and returned the favor with his Renegade Bomber; twin cannons on his waist that fired continuous lasers. Voltron used its wing shield for temporary defense, but Guldo used telekinesis to bend its wings and disable the shield. "A psychicbender!" Pidge exclaimed.
"FINGER PISTOL!" Burter and Jeice pummeled the giant with strong chi beams from their fingers. Voltron divided its sword into smaller twin swords, swiftly slashing the two; Jeice was blown away, but Burter retreated to the ground, maneuvering around with great speed to blast Voltron's ankles. "?!" Allura surprised him by sending a wave of ice from her Lion, intercepting and freezing Burter. The Yellow Lion threw a kick at him, but Guldo stopped it with psychic. Hunk smirked as Voltron's shoulder cannon emerged to blast both of them, anyway. Recoome grip-hugged the yellow knee, Jeice seized the green arm, and Ginyu choked the neck, twisting these parts intensely.
Voltron shook them off and took to the sky, firing each of its lasers unto the Ginyu. The Ginyu evaded some shots while having to tank others. Burter and Jeice flew toward Voltron, linking together and spinning. "PURPLE SPIRAL FLASH!" As their energy cannons fired, they appeared as a spinning disc of white and purple, bullets flying in every direction. Voltron simply flew under their line of fire and stabbed up at both of them with its combined sword. Guldo used psychic to hold Voltron in place, with Ginyu and Recoome assisting by shooting the wings. "PURPLE COMET HURRICANE!" Jeice and Burter linked again and spun into a purple orb. They rammed Voltron directly in the chest and smashed it into the earth like a comet. However, Lance managed to shoot lava out of his Lion that would drop down and burn the red and blue opponents.
"Come on, Voltron, kick their butts!" Kid cheered. "Those Ginyu guys aren't much, all they can do is fly and shoot lasers!"
"Except for the psychic guy." Star said. "We better do our part, too, Kid. Let's knock out as many aliens as we can. Their allies will be here soon."
"Yeah!"
…
"Debezizi…it's nice to go out on an invasion once in a while." Frieza snickered as his ships ravaged the landscape. "Let Sanchez have his fun with biological warfare… All I need is raw power."
"Do not overestimate yourself."
"What?" Frieza gasped as Haggar's image appeared on his monitor. "And just what do you want?"
"There are powers in that galaxy even you cannot comprehend. I doubt the emperor was wise to entrust this to you."
"If there are such powers, I will conquer them. Focus on your own projects… and do not question me again."
"Hmm…" Transmission ended.
Frieza glanced down at the planet and noticed Star and Kid. "That boy really gets around. I wonder if they know where the relic is? Perhaps I'll watch them for a while." (Play "Corneria" from Star Fox Assault!)
Stage 12: Altea
Mission: Fend off Frieza's invasion!
Star and Kid entered Altea's capital, a posh white and high-tech city. Two Frieza Troops ambushed them, flying jetpacks and blasting rapid lasers. Star planted a Warp Space and ran from their onslaught, afterwards warping himself and Kid back. They surprised the confused troops with the S.P.I.T.R.A.P. and Sprinkler S.P.O.R.E., followed by an A.B.D.U.C.T.O.Y. to lift them away. A sky train drove overhead, Star linking his G.R.A.P.P.L.U.H. to a point underneath it. It pulled them along as they swung left and right to avoid some obstacles, then they would swing off to the right and Warp Dash to a ledge. They faced a small, but open street where three Frieza Troops flew out from behind buildings, took a quick shot, then hid again. Star shot each of them three times with the N.A.V.S.C.O.P.E. before advancing to a train terminal. He placed Ed's Tomato on the terminal. Their 8-bit hacker had to shoot webs between a top and bottom train, pulling herself to either to dodge obstacles. She got hit and had to make four attempts to get to the end.
The train was able to get moving as the boys grappled to its roof. With holo-barriers threatening to break them, Star Warp Dashed through. They gasped as they were about to hit an overhang wall, but thankfully, a portal was on it. "UUF!" They tumbled along the field of Pollux Kingdom, outside its capital. The sky was cloudy and the weather felt wintery, the trees bare over the dreary grass. The capital seemed to be a walled city lined with defense towers, shooting Frieza's ships out of the sky. Star also recognized Ralph's plane, engaged in a dogfight with Commander Sorbet, a short blue alien.
Star and Kid approached a pair of Frieza dropships letting smaller soldiers out onto the field. Star trusted Kid to deal with them using the Z.A.P.B.L.E.R. and S.C.H.O.O.L. while he took out the dropships with the S.P.O.R.E. and S.N.O.B.O.M.B.E.R.. "Uh-oh. Those saucers are gunning right at the palace." Star noticed three sturdy saucers blasting Pollux Palace. "Looks like those spots on the bottom are weak. Be back in a flash, Kid." Star ran underneath each ship with his speed shoes, stopped, and Shinesparked straight up to shatter them!
Their victory earned them entry into Pollux City, filled with cheering Alteans! There were posters of Princess Romelle, who had blonde hair in two long braids. She looked like Princess Zelda, Star thought. Numbuh 20x40 had a stall set up in town.
"Hearin' all the high-pitched whirry sounds these ships are making, gets me in the mood for a classic. Presenting the K.A.M.E.H.A.M.E.R.!" A large laser bazooka shaped like a green dragon. "Hold down the trigger to build up a big mamma-blamma of a laser!"
"We'll take it!" Star paid 15,000 bolts.
Galactic Kids Next Door: K.A.M.E.H.A.M.E.R.
Kontinuously Amasses Massive Energy Having Adversaries Mega Eliminated Radically
A rift near the town entrance served as a shortcut back to Altea's capital, but Star and Kid instead dropped down a sewer rift. This transitioned to a deep cavern hole, landing above the ledge of a waterfall cavern. They were in the Ariel Mine. Some Frieza Troops were harvesting orange crystal, Corite deposits. Star and Kid took the pleasure of dispatching them again. They jumped down the waterfall and would need to swim down an underwater cavern; but as any good adventure would have, there was a Gold Bolt hidden behind the waterfall. The cavern was narrow and mines were planted in their way, but the Warp Dash could zip through them as well.
The water let out into the mines' forge. "Legend has it these mines were where Voltron's Lions were first created." Star said.
"Ya think so?"
Three lions spirits, Krelshi, spawned and snarled at the intruders. "Yeah, just a hunch." They looked like mythical Japanese lions with wide lips and swirly aesthetics. The boys divided and were only able to damage the Krelshi after they attacked, turning temporarily solid. One of them charged Star with strong speed, but his Warp Dash went through it. After they had subdued two of the Krelshi, the third one pounced-
Stop, kitty!
It suddenly held back and about-faced at a magenta-haired, green-skinned girl in an orange dress. "Trella!" Star exclaimed.
It's okay! These boys aren't bad. Trella patted the Krelshi's snout. Let them come through.
"Grrrrr…ROOOAR!" Its roared caused the lava channel to open. Star figured they could Space Ball up that tunnel.
"Thanks, Trella!" Star said.
Trella smiled and climbed on the Krelshi's back. They told me about another weird portal that opened. We're gonna go check it out! With that, they galloped off. Star and Kid Space Balled into the lava channel, along its ceiling to avoid the lava. It led to a rift, which led up out of the trunk of a tree. There was a canoe on the side of a river, a lion carving on its bow, and an adult-sized sloth to serve as their rower. "Well, nothing like a relaxing river ride." Star said as they boarded the canoe and allowed the current to take them.
Expectedly, Frieza Troops flew down from the trees, so the boys shot them down before they could damage the canoe. By making them fall in the river, the S.C.H.O.O.L. was free to chow down on them! When a dense fallen log impeded their path, Star made Space Blocks to go over them and catch the canoe as it flowed underneath. The river picked up speed flowing downhill, the kids having to use the momentum to jump over long lines of spiked trunks, with one stretch requiring the Warp Dash. After that tense ride, the canoe let them off on the shore of a temple covered in roots. There were two lion statues facing each other and a lion carving on the ground.
Isabelle Rivera was gracefully dodging gunfire from five Frieza Troops while returning Music Notes. "Hey! Just in time!" she cheered upon seeing Star and Kid. While Kid used the S.P.I.T.R.A.P. to yank the enemies together, Star held down the trigger for the K.A.M.E.H.A.M.E.R.. As energy amassed in the dragon's mouth, it sounded like, "Kaaaaa…meeee…haaaaa…meeeee…" Star released the trigger, unleashing a great laser upon the enemies, "HAAAAAAAA!"
Kid zapped the downed aliens with P.O.G.O.S.H.O.C.K. while Isabelle's notes KO'ed them. "Guys, Jason chased some aliens in that temple."
"We'll look for him. Take care of things out here, Isabelle."
"Aye-aye!" Isabelle raced off. The boys climbed over and underneath the dense roots on the temple stairs, but the entrance was only a rift. It led to another forest of reddish leaves and grass.
"Well, I'm not hearing any invading. Jason probably kicked their butts by now."
"Maybe." Kid stepped forward while looking around. "Oof!" He bumped into the tall shell of a turtle. "Whoa. What's this thing?"
The startled turtle panicked and fired a cloud of colorful dust at the boys. "Uhh…" When the dust cleared, their perspective had dramatically changed. The grass had grown as large as trees and the turtle the size of a mountain.
"STAR! Everything's huge!"
"I think we shrunk!"
"What do we do?!"
"Maybe it'll wear off! Let's just keep going for now." They followed a path through the forest of grass, where enormous yellow, three-eyed rabbits roamed. The rabbits tried flattening the tiny humans, so they gave them a full serving of weapon fire. They scared the rabbits into retreating, with one of them going through a rift.
The boys crossed into a greater valley of gigantic, three-eyed elephants called Yalmors; though at normal size, they wouldn't seem so big. They had vanilla undersides and dark-reddish backs. The Yalmors would hoot and swipe their trunks if the tinies got too close, but Shinesparking would easily outrun them. There was a path to the left where a Yalmor was guarding a Gold Bolt. Star planted a Warp Space midway through the path before the Yalmor started chasing them. Star Shinesparked to get away, afterwards warping to the space to get behind the beast. He could retrieve the Gold Bolt, then repeat the process to return to Kid.
Star could Gravity Shift them onto a tree trunk to reach the back of a wandering Yalmor. "Oi, Star! Didn't think Oi'd see you here!"
"Jason?!" The raccoon captain was already riding its back. "So, this is where you ended up!"
"Aye! Too bad Isabelle didn't get to see this! Ah wonder where this beastie's takin' us?"
The Yalmor was meeting up with five others in a circle, linking their antennas together. They stuck their trunks in the ground to sap something out, producing strange bubbles. "Oi, that looks fun! YAHOOOO!" Jason jumped in one of the bubbles before Star could tell him 'no.' As they watched him float up, Jason's body seemed to expand.
"Kid, I think these are resizing bubbles! I never thought I'd say this, but Jason's reckless example was right for once! Hurry!" They both leapt into their own bubbles. Within moments, all three boys blew up to normal size, scaring the Yalmor apart.
"Haha, that was awesome!" Jason exclaimed. "You think these elephants make good eatin'?"
"Just don't go near those turtles again." Star advised. "Later, J." He and Kid entered the next rift.
They were overlooking a village that seemed to be built within a giant ditch. The villagers; insect aliens called Krellians, were in battle with Frieza Troops. Star surprised them with a few shots of the N.A.V.S.C.O.P.E., but once the aliens were aware of them, the boys rushed down for direct combat. Kid stunned them with the Z.A.P.B.L.E.R., followed by the S.N.O.B.O.M.B.E.R.. When the soldiers tried to shoot Star, he deceived them with the C.L.O.U.D.B.L.U.F.F., then threw out three A.B.D.U.C.T.O.Y.s to whisk three of them away.
The Krellians celebrated their victory and brought out a feast of golden mush with red and green, jewel-like ingredients. Star and Kid helped themselves with a few samples before exploring the village. There were three rifts. One led back to Pollux. Another led to a stone road leading up to a tower, situated on a mountain over a forest. They were still in the Krell region. The boys traveled up to the tower and followed a spiral stairway inside it. It led to a telescope. Kid peered through and moved it around until it focused on a moon. "…!" The moon cracked and began to hatch. A Spoof came out! It flew away, dropping a Gold Bolt onto the tower.
The boys went back to the Krellian village and took the third rift. It led directly into a bedroom. "Mmmmm…oooohh…" There was a couple making love under the blanket.
"Uh-oh." Star cringed.
"What?!" The couple acknowledged the intruders with a start. One was a human man with a mustache, the other was a blue mantis woman. "HOW DID YOU KIDS GET IN HERE?!" the man exclaimed.
"We're sorry!" Star panicked. "We were just following the portals, we didn't know… wait, aren't you Omni-Man from Superbia? So, this is where he disappears to…"
"I'LL TEACH YOU TO INTERRUPT A PRIVATE MEETING!"
"KID, RUN!" They bolted up the hallway as the blanket-covered hero began trying to crush them. He flew above before denting the floor with his fist, the boys dodging each attack with Warp Dashes.
The end of the hallway had a rift that warped them to the stage of an enormous, outdoor concert stadium in Reiphod. There was a band singing about Voltron… but they were all stunned to see the three interlopers appear, particularly the naked superhero. Omni-Man blushed as he comprehended the situation. …He grinned and began to dance goofily, acting as a backup dancer. The Reiphods shrugged and continued cheering!
Star and Kid could platform across posters of Voltron the fans were holding up. Groups of fans were bunched together to make "puzzle posters," turning them between images of the Lions and their Paladins; the boys had to jump whenever the posters flipped. The next round of fans were shifting small, spiked Lions left and right. Their open mouths were wide enough for the Space Ball to roll into, traveling through their inner tunnels as the Lions' tails linked with the next mouth. Once out of the last Lion, they platformed across some stable posters. Then Star noticed…
"Silica?!" The lazy gamer was kicked back on a Reiphod raising her in the air, playing her game. "Don't you have more important things to do?! Your friends are fighting off an invasion!"
"I'll get to them in a minute…"
"Geez!" Silica's body at least made a decent platform to reach a rift.
It dropped them in Ariel Desert, miles away from town. There was already another rift close by. But when the boys approached, "WHOA!" a huge white lion's face gnashed out of it. "Didn't expect that! But we can get through like this!" Star grabbed Kid and Warp Dashed through the beast. (End song.)
"Huh…?" They were in a mystical, pink dimension of floating, marble islands with cracks of glowing blue ore. The central, largest one was whitish in color. "Is this the Netherverse?" Kid asked.
"No… the Riftdar didn't go off. But it's not Altea…" They were able to Gravity Shift between the islands. "Trella!" Star saw the Pumparian on one of them.
Star! I didn't think you would get in here, too!
"Is this that strange rift you mentioned, Trella?"
Yeah. I asked the White Lion really nicely if I could come in. This is Oriande!
"THIS is Oriande? Then… Lotor must be somewhere inside. Let's go see."
Outside the rift, Frieza landed. He gazed into the White Lion's maw curiously. "Alright," Omni-Man jumped through the other rift, "Where did those little snots go?! Oh?" Frieza touched him. Omni-Man combusted on the spot. He returned attention to the rift.
With Voltron
All five Ginyu linked together, spinning into a rainbow shuriken. "NEON GINYU SUPER STAR!" They soared directly at Voltron, who seemed ready to strike them with its sword. But just as they took the swing, "PSYCHE!" the Ginyu Force split apart. They linked behind Voltron and used the reserved momentum to go for its back.
"That's what I thought!" Keith announced as Voltron separated the same way. The Ginyu were taken aback as the Lions all reunited, mouths-first, with the aliens in the center. "AAAAAAAHHHH!"
The Paladins broke up, smirking confidently as the Ginyu collapsed on the earth. "Gyyyyy…" Ginyu groaned. "Alright… new plan… divide and conquer!" They kicked on their jetpacks and took off across the planet.
"You cowards!" Lance shouted.
"Each of you pick one and follow them!" Keith ordered. He tailed Ginyu, Lance went after Burter, Pidge after Guldo, Hunk after Recoome, and Allura chased Jeice.
Guldo took cover in the jungle. Pidge smirked as she had the Lion bend the trees in attempt to grab the imp, but Guldo used his own telekinesis to counter the art. Following the motions of his fists and legs, the Green Lion's jaw bent right, her chest was punched, and her front legs flipped as she fell over. Pidge got her up and wildly pounced Guldo—the alien clamped his mouth and held his breath. With a great surge of psychic, everything around him froze, as if in time. He flew away from Pidge's range before breathing and unfreezing everything. He telekinetically grabbed the Lion's tail and slammed her on her back, followed by a tight neck twist.
Feeling the thundering, Isabelle climbed to the top of the tree and watched the battle.
Lance chased Burter to Dalteria (the Yalmor forest). He was afraid to use the Red Lion's fire in the forest—"OOF!" Burter punched him from the right. "Why, you-!" He swiped its claw, but Burter laughed as he zipped away, flying about the air like the fastest fly ever. As Burter punched and shot lasers from several angles, the Red Lion rolled around like an itchy cat in its failed attempts to hit him. "YOU'RE SO ANNOYING!"
"You'll never stop me! I'm the fastest in the universe! Burhurhurhur!"
A certain raccoon's ears twitched from hearing those words.
Hunk and Recoome engaged miles from Reiphod's stadium. Recoome dodged Yellow's cannon and grabbed him by the jaw, flipping the Lion on its side. Recoome flew above and pummeled the Lion with hip lasers. Hunk shot him away with the tail laser, having his Lion pounce up for a strong claw swipe. Recoome crashed as Hunk charged energy in his Lion's jaw. "Aaaaahhhhh-!" Recoome opened his mouth wide. There was a turret built into his throat, with mechanical channels around his mouth building energy on it. "RECOOME ERASER GUN!" A powerful beam fired, taking Hunk by surprise as his Lion's laser fought against it. They pushed each other for a while before exploding in the center.
"COOMOOMOO!" Recoome laughed, swiftly leaping to kick Yellow's jaw upward. "That's why they call me Recoome," a knee kick, "'cause it rhymes with doom," gut punch, "now I'll fill ya with gloom," he flew up for a spine crush, "you'll be hurting all too soon! Yeah! I rule the room!" He flew for another jaw punch, but Hunk equipped and swiped the Lion's jaw blade. "AH!" It sliced Recoome's jetpack. "CRUD!" He flew around uncontrollably.
"Yeah, well my name's hunk! I'm gonna throw you out with the JUNK!" With a great claw swipe, Recoome went flying all the way above the stadium. "Uh-oh. He might hurt somebody!"
"WAAAAH…" The crowd of Reiphods rose quickly closer in Recoome's vision. "At least these chumps will break my fall!" He was about to crash on a pudgy human girl playing a game. "Maybe I'll hide among them and regain my energy! Then I'll crush that-"
"ROOOOOOOAAAAAARRRR…" Hunk was horrified as a shadowy, fanged behemoth emerged from the stadium… then receded.
"Uhhhh…" Perhaps Hunk went too far in giving him whatever punishment that was.
Allura chased Jeice to Pollux's outskirts, her Lion's ice rays countered by Jeice's heat cannons. Jeice flew circles around the princess firing an array of heatballs. Allura spat quick, concentrated ice puffs at each of them, shrouding herself in a steam cloud. Jeice watched the cloud carefully. Allura saw him from outside and shot a tail laser to trick him into dodging, afterwards pouncing Jeice in that brief distraction. With a direct shot, Allura froze him solid.
Keith followed Ginyu to Arus, but lost track of the captain. He saw Laruta running from a crowd of soldiers, panting exhaustedly after knocking several of them out. Dodoria charged at Mali, who bent up a soda can shield to block the impact of his spiky head, resulting in a sticky explosion. "GRRRRR!" Dodoria struggled to rip off the cans stuck to his spikes, but Mali had the chance to CLAP him, then blow him away with a Gas Bomb!
"I have to help them. I'll find that guy later." Keith ejected from his Lion, landing to combat the invaders.
Captain Ginyu watched the battle from a safe distance. "Ginyinyinyinyin…this is my chance. With my Switch-Switch Fruit, I'll steal that Paladin's body and gain control of his Lion! But I need to approach him carefully… perhaps a smaller, harmless vessel to drop his guard." He saw Laruta jogging toward him. "Like a shrimpy little girl! Perfect!"
The rabbit that had gone through Dalteria's rift peeked up at the captain curiously.
Oriande
It had only been a month since Lotor set foot here. The White Lion Temple's doorstep. Would it even show before him? He entered the whitish pyramid, his steps echoing within its dark, gray interior. The guardian statues glared at him as he passed.
Lotor opened a gate beyond the statues. The chamber was filled with gifts brought from prior Alteans who had taken the trial. "…I see." One of these was the relic. Lotor couldn't guess which one. He hoped to at least speak with the Lion and warn it about the danger… but it seems it wasn't meant to be.
"Lotor!"
"?!" Lotor turned with a start. "Star?! How did you get in here?"
"Well, we… came through a rift on Altea." Trella and Kid nodded. The latter curiously walked around and studied the treasures.
"A rift?! This place is less secure than I thought."
"I mean, we only got in thanks to superpowers." Kid shrugged, noticing a mixtape. It was labeled I'll Give You Romance. "So, like… if you didn't have powers, you couldn't get in!" He decided to pocket the mixtape.
"Ugh. Regardless, this temple is still in danger of Haggar. We should relocate the relic, but I don't know which one it is."
"Right now, the Vilgaxians are invading Altea." Star said. "They probably have no idea where it really is. The relic will be safe here, but we need to stop them from hurting anyone else. We could use your help for that."
"Yes… you're right. Let us go…"
They returned to the temple pavilion. "What a lovely place this is." (Play "Moebius Cutscene" from XC3.)
Their hearts nearly stopped. Neither of them were mentally prepared to find anyone else out here… least of all an alien they didn't recognize. He was much shorter than Lotor at 5'2", with a thin, but muscular build. His skin was mostly white with purple components, such as over most of his scalp. He had six toes in all, but still 10 fingers, and a long, lizard-like tail. "Who are you?!" Lotor drew his sword.
"Emissary of the Vil Galaxy Empire, Lord Frieza. It's a pleasure to make your acquaintance… Emperor Lotor and Supreme Leader Star."
"How dare you set foot on these sacred grounds!" Lotor charged the enemy, but his sword swings were swiftly countered by motions of Frieza's tail, even tolerating Lotor's violet flames. Lotor went for kicks to the hip amid swings, but Frieza blocked them with his hands, and one flick to Lotor's chest sparked an explosion that blew him back into the temple. Star panicked and quickly fired the S.P.O.R.E. and S.N.O.B.O.M.B.E.R., while Kid electrified him with the Z.A.P.B.L.E.R.. Their stunning effects were useless on Frieza, and he willed the Bomb Spores to burst prematurely. Star planted a Warp Space just before he and Kid were whipped away by his tail, the latter's head serving as the tail's impact point.
"If my son couldn't defeat someone as weak as you… he never was fit to serve this empire."
"Your son?" Star achingly pushed up. "…Wait…" He noticed the lines under Frieza's eyes. Those lines were indicative of the Mamodo race. "YOU'RE Zofis' father?!"
"How astute. Of course, I bear no discourse over his fate. This is pure business and pleasure."
"Star… that really hurt." Kid was bleeding through his broken earphone, his glasses dented.
"He's using Haki… Your blob powers won't protect you from that."
"Fortunately, you have more value to us alive." Frieza aimed a finger at them. "But needless extras, however…" He fired a Combustion Beam; Star warped himself and Kid to the Warp Space. Lotor rushed out of the temple and assaulted Frieza with a volley of fire, the Galran dodging Frieza's tail and using rocket-powered jumps to evade his explosions. Star then pondered Trella's safety; the Pumparian was hiding behind the temple entrance. She was knelt down in prayer, uttering something in her silent voice. Star drew the K.A.M.E.H.A.M.E.R. and began to charge it up. "Kaaaaa…meeee…haaaaa…meeeee…HAAAAAAAA!"
Star released the trigger. Frieza glanced to his right as the beam enveloped him. It was plain to them that Frieza was barely hurt by the weapon, but at the very least, he came out with burns. As Frieza brushed the soot off his face, Lotor directed his burning sword at his neck. Frieza only let out a cough; but it was then Star noticed the aura field around him. "LOTOR!" Star planted a Warp Space and dashed to grab the emperor, warping him out just as explosions riddled the field. Star used gravitybending to lift a bunch of the debris from the field and throw it at the Mamodo, but Frieza had them explode, shrouding himself in smoke. Frieza kicked out of the smoke and punched at Star's face, the boy Warp Dashing with Kid, while Lotor chopped Frieza's hand.
The enraged Mamodo swat Lotor away with his tail, but when he came out of his spin, Frieza was sniped in the face by Star's N.A.V.S.C.O.P.E.. Frieza leapt away to have all three of them in view, charging an energy disc above his raised hand. "Death Saucer!" He threw the red disc, but Star grabbed both his allies and Warp Dashed through it—the disc let out an explosive shockwave and blew them down. "Debezizizizizizi! You three are annoying at best. How could you expect to fight the empire?"
"No matter how strong you are… we will not give in to you!" Lotor vowed.
"Then you will face punishment beyond your imagination. But before I get ahead of myself… I have an artifact to find." Frieza flew into the temple. The statue guardians, sensing his menacing aura, arose to thrust spears at him, but Frieza dodged and toppled the golems with explosions. "What dated security…hm?" He noticed Trella by the entrance, kneeling and smiling. Frieza aimed his hand, intending to shoot a beam. "?!" He then noticed a pink gate open beneath him. "AAH!" A pair of claws snatched the Mamodo.
"Hello? Mr. Kitty? Can you hear me?" Trella called out in a voice only audible to spirits.
She found herself in an illusory sky. The White Lion's great face appeared above her. "This temple has become endangered. Dangerous hands dare soil it. I have no option but to seal Oriande entirely. All of you will be banished from this space."
"Um…I'm sorry to ask, but… could you keep that bad guy in here with you? He seems really scary… and my friends are getting hurt."
"You ask that I allow a heathen to remain in this temple? Even as a prisoner, this place is only meant for those with the mark of the chosen."
"Pleeeeeaaaaaaase? Pretty please please please? Just for a little bit? I'll even give you one of my monkeys to help! I found this really big monkey spirit in space!"
"Hmm…very well. But know that my prison may not hold forever. When this one is freed… you must be prepared."
"Thank you. Also… can I call you Kimba? You look like Kimba!"
"Well, it's better than Space Mufasa."
"Huuuuuurrrrrr!" Frieza pressed his hands against the rim of the portal, fighting against the lion's pull. "What is this sorcery?!"
"Trella!" Star, Kid, and Lotor rushed in. "What's happening?"
"Is that… the Lion?" Lotor gasped.
Let's get out of here, guys! Kimba promised to hold him! Saiyamonkey's gonna help him!
"But we cannot-"
"RAH!" Frieza shot a Combustion Beam, the group narrowly dodging. "If you fools think this will hold me… you have a lot to learn!"
"ROOOOAAAAR!" The spirit of a massive, beastly gorilla with red eyes phased through the ceiling, smashing Frieza into the portal.
Columns of light surrounded the four as they were quickly blown across Oriande like a vacuum. "I have read the heathen's mind… He intended to seize this."
A very thin, white crown appeared before them, a small red crest in the center of it. "Is this the Omnitrix relic?" Star asked.
"It looks… a bit like Allura's crown." Lotor said.
"Young lord of Galra and Altean blood… if you wish to retake my trial, care for this treasure tenderly."
"I…I shall…" (End song.)
The four landed in Ariel Desert, the rift disappearing. "Hey, what about my ship?!" Lotor remembered. Another rift briefly opened, dropped the Sincline upside-down, then closed. "…Thanks?"
"Man, that was a close one." Kid sighed. "That guy was invincible."
"No, we were hurting him." Star assured. "But he was so strong, it was hard to notice. We better get you some treatment. Are you gonna be okay, Kid?"
"I think…" Kid removed his headphones and rubbed his wound. "I didn't think… I could still bleed as a blob…"
"No one's invincible, Kid." Star put an arm around his friend to help him stand. "Are you sure you wanna keep traveling with me? Between Frieza, Sanchez, and Vilgax himself… things might only get worse. I'd hate to keep putting you in danger."
"Do you… want me to leave?"
"I don't… want you to feel pressured to stay."
"I…I…" Kid managed a smile. "I like being… your protégé…"
"Heh…heh heh…" Star was flattered… yet it still hurt him.
"Oh." Lotor noticed the fleet appearing in the sky. "Seems the Coalition has arrived."
With the Paladins
Pidge struggled to regain control of her Lion as Guldo bent its limbs at various awkward angles. "PIDGE!" She heard a girl's call and saw Isabelle waving from a treetop. "You need to free your mind!"
"What?!"
"You can escape from psychic grips if you let your mind wander free! Your brainwaves will release a chi that softens the bender's!"
"Really? I never knew that!"
"Most people try dancing! Want me to play some music?"
"I'm not much of a dancer… but how about pretending to play a game?" Pidge smirked and imagined herself playing a space shooter. She barrel-rolled and dodged asteroids, getting in the "zone," and her Lion would adapt her mood.
"Huh?!" Guldo gasped as Pidge shook free of his hold. The gamer faced the alien like her in-game target, blasting lasers that he was still swift to evade. However, Pidge pounced and swat the toad away with her claw, flying above and charging the mouth cannon. Guldo held his breath and "froze time" again. Pidge grunted, struggling even now to escape the hold. So, she imagined herself racing Lance in a kart game. As Guldo flew far away from her, Pidge grew determined to catch up with her rival racer. She kicked on the boost and flew free of the frozen time. Guldo panicked, too late as Pidge fired a seed and strangled the shortest Ginyu in its vines. "NEW RECORD!"
Though in a similar situation, Lance was barely lucky enough to land four hits on the speedy Burter, while his Red Lion's energy levels were quickly depleting from Burter's laser blasts. "Blimey, you're fast!"
"HUH?!" Burter realized he had a hitchhiker: Jason was hugging his head.
"How fast can you fly across the planet?! Wheeeeeee!"
"LET GO OF ME!" Burter punched Jason furiously, but the captain endured and weighed him down with his strength.
"Thanks, Jason!" Lance said. "This'll cool his jets! Or not." With them floating around the air, Lance charged Red's flamethrower and singed Burter top to bottom. Jason's tail burned in trying to jump off last second, but it was no big deal. The Ginyu crashed in defeat.
In Arus, Dodoria ran miles from Mali before dashing back, headfirst with extended spikes. "YOUR HEAD WILL BE MY TABLE!"
"NO IT WON'T!" Mali Gas Rocketed toward him with her own headbutt, a helmet of soda cans over it.
"It kind of already IS a table!" an Arusian shouted.
The impact was ground-quaking. Many of the cans got stuck to Dodoria's spikes again, and as the momentum of Mali's head kept enclosing, the spikes bent, and her skull would smash Dodoria's directly. The commander, dazed as if his brain had been punctured, fell unconscious. The tiny Arusians cheered their young hero!
"Good job, Mali!" Keith praised.
"Thanks! I better go find Laruta! Owie…"
Laruta, still hiding a safe distance from the village, sighed in relief. "Good job, Mali…" The yellow rabbit peeped up at her.
"Let's go congratulate her together." Ginyu sneered.
"Huh?!" Laruta turned. "AAAAAAAHH!" She was dumbstruck before the towering purple alien.
"Or better yet, I'll go in your place! CHANGE, NOW!" He outstretched his arms and bellowed a beam from his mouth.
But just before it could reach the gaping Laruta, the rabbit leapt in its wake. The beam connected with the rabbit's mouth, the rodent plopping on the ground. Ugh…what? Ginyu pushed himself up. Why was his new body all furry? Huh?! The girl he was trying to possess was now taller than him! No! This is the wrong body! Where did this rodent come from?!
As a consequence, his real body propped its arms up and started sniffing around like a rabbit. "You poor little thing." Laruta picked the bunny up. "Are you hurt? You jerk! How could you do that?!" Laruta faced her rear to the captain. "TAKE THIS!" The bunny-possessed alien was blown back by the Gas Bomb. Cringing from the stench, he scampered away. "That's right! You better run! It's okay, little guy." Laruta petted the bunny. "At least you don't look too hurt. I wonder what that beam did?"
Blast! I can't yell 'Change, now' in this squeaky bunny voice! But maybe I can write it…
"Big Sis!" Mali's thundering footsteps approached. "You screamed! Are you okay?"
"Just had a close call, Mali. But look at my new friend!" Laruta held up the bunny.
"Awe, a bunny!" The rodent panicked as Mali's thick, clammy fingers reached down and clenched him. "Heeheehee!" Mali pressed him to her cheek. "I love bunnies! Oh!" She pulled him away. The bunny passed out from her clutch. "Uh…bunny?"
"Maybe best put him down, Mali." Laruta suggested awkwardly.
"Okay…" Mali gently set Ginyu down. "Bunny needs to sleep."
At Ariel Desert, Zarbon was nearly out of breath. Who would've thought this fiery child could push him this far? "You've left me no choice. There's a very good reason I keep my full powers hidden. You see, exploiting them calls for a drastic transformation. Quite a distasteful one, in fact. Hideous, even. I am reluctant to sacrifice my looks… but you asked for it! RAAAAAHHHH!"
The handsome commander morphed and enlarged into a reptilian beast, his smooth skin replaced with scales, gritting the fangs of his elongated mouth. "Now you will know… what a true predator is like-?!"
"RAAAAAAAAHHH!" Christina bore a flaming mask of fangs, horns extended from her head and claws on her nails. She munched the beast's fangs, scratched and peeled his scales off with her claws, and pierced Zarbon's eyes with her horns.
"AAAAAAHHH! OH, HELP ME, HELP ME! LORD FRIEZA, HELP ME! AAAAAHH!"
The Arielians only hid in their homes. Between Christina and Zarbon… they understood what a true predator looked like.
"Lord Frieza! Come in, Lord Frieza!" Kikono, a small yellow officer shouted into his comms.
"We've lost contact with Lord Frieza!" yelled Berryblue, Frieza's impish blue attendant. "The Ginyu Force aren't responding either!"
"The enemy called for reinforcements! They're overwhelming us!"
"Frieza Force, retreat at once! Reconvene at Sadala and report to Vilgax!"
Altea's sky would be clear of the Frieza Force's presence. Cheers erupted across the planet!
Castle of Lions
The Ginyu Force and most of Frieza's officers were frozen in the castle's containment chamber. Due to the state the engines were in, they had to make landfall. "Things were pretty iffy for a while… but I say that's a job well done!" Coran cheered.
"Now let's get back to adventuring!" Jason yelled.
"Captain!" Isabelle shouted.
"Our victory will not last for long." Lotor said. "Once Frieza escapes from his prison, he will return for this relic. We must keep it secure at all costs."
"Why don't you let us have it?" Star requested. "We could hide it somewhere they'd never expect."
"No… protecting it should be my duty. It is what the White Lion entrusted me."
"Lotor…" Allura sighed. "Alright… why don't we hide it together?" She folded her hands over the crown and his own hands. "I know a good place…"
"I…" Lotor blushed. "Very well…"
"All's well that ends well." Star smiled. "Right, Kid?"
"Haha!" Laruta had given him a nice checkup, with help from the castle's medical equipment. Pidge fixed up his headphones, too!
"Ah!" Shiro perked up. "My boyfriend's calling. He's part of the Coalition army. He wants to go on a victory date."
"You have fun, Shiro." Keith smiled.
"Lance, you up for some F-Zero?" Pidge asked. "That last battle got me inspired!"
"Heh, me too! You're on!"
"'Guess we should hit the road, too, Kid." Star said. "I think we oughta go for some training before our next big mission."
"Yeah, good idea. Look out, Vilgax, we aren't through, yet!"
…
Shiro met with his boyfriend, Curtis, at a nice restaurant in Ariel. The décor was pleasant and authentic to behold. "I heard Christina really did a number on this town. At least this place wasn't hurt. Isn't it nice?"
"It's lovely, Shiry." Curtis was a gray alien with a dark wig over his large head. "So, tell me what happened? I missed all the action~"
It's funny that Frieza isn't really that tall; a handful of the teenage Nextgenners are about his height or taller. XD I also feel like Frieza's voice sounds like Dr. Nefarious, especially when he shouts in some scenes. But before we end off for today…
(Play "I'll Give You Romance" from Dragon Ball.)
Star drove his car beneath a peaceful starry sky. He smiled up at Kid, sat on the roof in bliss. The young hero looked to his right… and saw a monkey-tailed boy with spiky hair, soaring on a nimbus.
Be as brave as you can be
A childlike love, a fantasy
The world… is a mystery for you and meeeeee!
Seven orange orbs grazed the sky. A blue-haired woman rode a motorcycle across the valley.
A miracle, adventure, too
A single wish waits for you
The beating of your heart will see you through
An old, bearded, bald man rode the sea on a turtle. A green alien joined them in the sky. Eleven Heroes were riding the back of a dragon on their epic quest.
When you think you can't go on
Give it another try
The power of your youth is strong
And as big as the sky!
A purple-haired robot girl with glasses scampered the valley. An older male and female android flew alongside her, the female carrying her short, bald husband on her back.
So show her the valley
The mountains and you'll see…
Believing in yourself sets you free!
The seven balls released the stars inside them. They shaped a constellation of Akira Toriyama.