The Darkened Quarry--for millennia, many worlds have fallen to their dark arts, and now our world is their next target.

To combat the threat of this close knit group, the corporations of the world decided to extract the mystical energy of a gem, creating an armor-like suit that sleeps within a person's heart, only to awaken when the subject's Heart Song, normally used to induce Mega Evolution, is sung.

After three rounds of successful testing, my friends and I were the first five out of a pool of millions to use these modern marvels to fight against the Darkened Quarry.

This is our story...

Together, we are the Glittering Celestial V!

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Episode 5: The yellow ninja, Topaz Dagger!

In the Crystal Castle...

"Topaz Dagger, report." Diamond Saber sighed.

Almost immediately, a black haired young man in a hooded dull yellow suit and a cape to match appeared from the wallpaper. "You called, chief?"

"What is one way we can move in for a takeover without alerting the defensive forces of this world?" Diamond Saber asked, petting his Pyroar.

"Everyone else has been making a big show about it..." Topaz Dagger explained. "So if you send a monster on the rampage, of course the defense forces are going to notice! The key is stealth, my specialty--move in with the defensive forces unaware, catch them off guard, and defeat them before they know what's going on."

"Hm..." Diamond Saber thought for a moment. "I never thought about it that way...so I'm putting you, my stealth master, in charge of this mission."

"The guardians of this world are in for a surprise..." Topaz Dagger grinned before pulling up his hood, grabbing a monster egg, and disappearing in a puff of smoke.

Meanwhile, in the Jewel Training Center...

"It was a good idea to spend the day playing with the kids that are training..." Misty smiled as she and the others dug through a box of small instruments for the next game they planned to play.

"Probably a welcome break from training for many of them..." Ash agreed before unearthing a red kazoo in the box.

An idea came to him, prompting him to buzz one of the harmony lines from the Chocobo theme, making Serena giggle. Inspired, Misty found a blue kazoo in the box and played the other harmony line.

May and Brock joined in soon after--May buzzing the melody line on a purple kazoo, and Brock buzzing the bass line on a green kazoo. Once Serena had found a yellow kazoo in the box, all five of them proceeded to play the iconic game theme together, making some researchers try oh-so-hard not to laugh as the sound of five kazoos in five part harmony drifted down the hallway.

Just then, Clemont peeked from his workshop and grinned when he heard the kazoos. Bonnie would love this! he smiled before adding some vocal percussion to the kazoos.

After playing three spirited renditions of the song, some laughter and applause snapped the group to attention. "That was very clever, you guys!" Mr. Hamada grinned. "Never thought I'd hear a kazoo band in the training wing before..."

"It was Ash's idea..." Misty explained.

"We were looking for stuff for a musical game for our next activity, Ash found a kazoo, and it took off from there." Serena explained, toying with her kazoo.

"Wanna hear Mario?" Brock offered, readying his kazoo to play again.

Mr. Hamada chuckled. "Go for it--Touya would love you all for doing Mario on kazoos. In fact, you guys are already his heroes for 'taking on Bowser better than Mario', in his words."

"I can record it!" Clemont offered as the group prepared to play again....

Later that evening...

"That was fun!" Serena smiled as the group departed the training center.

"Bonnie laughing as we played the Chocobo theme on kazoos...priceless." Brock agreed. "We need to learn some more...songs...for...next...time..."

"Brock? Is everything okay?" Misty asked as Brock approached the city athletic complex.

Brock pressed the emerald button on an earpiece, summoning his tracking visor. "Something's inside the athletic complex--the patrons of the athletic complex have no idea anything's wrong."

"Can you see what it is?" Ash asked as the group made their way inside, past the young men and women running on treadmills, stretching and lifting weights.

"I'm not sure what is it just yet--it's hiding inside the wall." Brock reported as the group made their way into the corridors leading to the pools, the ice rink, the skate park, and the tracks. "It looks like a Kecleon crossed with a Servine."

As the group made their way into one of the track centers, Ash called "Okay, Darkened Quarry, come on out!"

Topaz Dagger emerged from the wall with his summoned monster. "Aw, why did you have to spoil my ambush?"

"You forgot that Gaia Emerald has tracking capabilities." Brock replied with a grin.

With that, he held the emerald pendant he wore close and sang Imultaos, ame no hao bakezo... creating a green burst as the jewel in his pendant flickered for a few seconds, creating a cocoon of leaves, crystals and light.

Inside the cocoon of leaves, green light and crystals, five glowing leaves formed on Brock's hands, expanding into one armplate, with a second set forming the other some seconds later. The legplates formed not long after that, then a quiver full of sparkling green arrows appeared on Brock's back as the chest plate, with a glowing emerald inside, formed in an explosion of leaves. "Gaia Emerald, bloom!"

"Ah, so that's Gaia Emerald..." Topaz Dagger smiled. "Good luck trying to hit Kachiburu--if you can even find him!" With that, he warped away, leaving Brock to deal with the serpentine Kecleon-like monster alone.

Brock just summoned his visor. "Okay...guys, if you'll go ahead and transform, I'll be your eyes for you so we don't cause any unnecessary damage."

"Right!" May replied as the others nodded in agreement.

Jao wiisha nes chiel com yutuul... Ash sang, creating a burst of fire and rubies that lit up the track infield.

Inside the fiery cocoon, two heavily armored deep red leg plates appeared on Ash in a shower of rubies. Two armplates and gloves came next in another ruby explosion. A red chestplate was next, with a glowing ruby in the center, and a helmet with a ruby in the center rolled up with a swish, replacing his humble baseball cap. "Fire Ruby, burn!" he called to his sinewy opponent.

The monster hissed, and tried to whack away Ash. "The monster is based on a Grass type, so fire should be effective." Brock reported to Ash. "However, I can't tell if it has a Kecleon's Color Change ability or not."

"Only one way to find out!" Ash smiled before firing some thunderbolts from his hands.

"Now do it again and see what happens." Brock suggested.

Ash nodded, and fired another wave of thunderbolts at the monster, sending it rearing backwards. "It worked still!"

Brock heaved a sigh of relief. "That means we won't have to worry about my worst fear--this thing has Kecleon's Hidden Ability, which changes its type to the move the monster itself uses, not what last hit it."

Rou iitsa ron selga vichii... Misty sang, creating a burst of waves and icy crystals that embraced her like a warm blanket. The armplates came first, then the chestplate appeared in an icy explosion, complete with a glowing sapphire in the center. After the royal blue legplates formed, Misty proceeded to perform a few karate kicks, as if challenging the long and skinny Kecleon-like monster.

A high pitched A note signaling that a small tiara that was part of Icy Sapphire's helmet was forming got the boys' attention. "Icy Sapphire, freeze!" Misty announced before summoning the Aurora Bow, and nocking a shot.

Karuto, iichiida shou... May was next to sing, creating a red and blue tornado of wind around her. Inside her wind cocoon, the armplates of May's suit came first, each one punctuated by a fountain of amethysts. Next, the two halves of the chestplate bonded to her body, complete with a glowing amethyst in the center. The legplates came next, neatly forming from a stream of light that rolled up May's legs. Her bandanna then became the suit's helmet, complete with small Eon wing ornaments on the sides. "Stormy Amethyst, ride!"

Seios, higarima laisido... Serena sang before a burst of yellow light lit up the room. Inside the cocoon of yellow light, Serena's legplates came first--first the left leg, then the right. Next came the armplates in explosions of yellow diamonds, with the right armplate holding a small projectile weapon that looked similar to a Fennekin tail. A stream of light wrapped around her body and became the chestplate, complete with a yellow diamond in the center, followed by a rain of light wrapping around her head and becoming the suit's helmet. "Shine Diamond, sparkle!"

"We are the Glittering Celestial V!" May announced to no one in particular. "Our rainbow light pierces the darkness!"

"That's everyone..." Brock noted, still observing the monster as it blended in with a wall. "Okay...it's headed for the championship banners on the wall...."

"Luster Purge!" May charged a huge ball of blue light, and hurled at the spot Brock indicated, sending the monster falling in the floor with a thud.

"Golem Fist!" Brock next punched the floor, seemingly impaling the monster on a stalagmite. He grimaced when the visor showed him that his target had merely blended in with what had been meant to destroy it, rendering the punch harmless.

"Prism Shot!" Serena called as she aimed the Fox Tail at the camouflaged monster, knocking it off the stalagmite and onto the floor.

"Two can play at this game..." May mused. "Air Body!"

Misty gasped as May seemed to disappear. "May? Where'd you go?"

"I'm still right here, I'm just invisible, like this monster is." May assured her friend as the monster looked around confused. "However, I can only stay like this for a short time."

"May, see if you can fly on top of the creep's head!" Brock called.

"Let's fly, Stormy Amethyst!" With that, May soared into the air, landing on a catwalk overlooking the room as her Air Body wore off. "It started to move again as I took off, so I landed on a safer vantage point." she explained to Brock down below.

"Freeze Frame!" Serena called, freezing the monster in time where it was. "There--now we can pound away at it for a little while!"

May summoned a few Feather-kens and heaved them at the frozen monster. "Thanks!" Misty called as she charged a rainbow light in her hands. "Bubblebeam!"

She jumped out of the way as time started again, and the monster angrily tried to swipe at her, only swiping the air instead. Not one to be deterred, Misty summoned the Aurora Bow and fired a shot, turning the floor to ice. Despite the monster's frantic attempts to claw Misty, its frantic attacks only made it slide about even more.

"Prism Shot!" Serena fired another volley of prisms at the monster, knocking it about even more.

"Doing great, Serena!" Ash grinned as he watched the tiny shining prisms knock the monster about like a giant golf ball.

"Marksman training has its advantages." Serena replied. "Some of what you learn there can also apply to archery."

Misty grimaced as her next arrow appeared to sail through thin air. "We'll be fighting this thing all night at this rate..." she grumbled.

Gatrandis favel, secret, edena... Serena sang as wings appeared to form on her back as she floated into the air.
Emusto ronzen fine el balaziis... At this, a rainbow aura formed around her.

"Did she just transform into an angel?" Ash gasped as he watched and listened to Serena's Swanna Song.

Katoradis favel siicletu edena... Serena continued as her rainbow aura continued getting brighter.
Emusto koron zen fine, si...

The others shielded their eyes as the monster was engulfed in a rainbow explosion, which also fixed any damage in the room.

May soared down and caught Serena in her arms. "Here...this is to return the favor when I used my Swanna Song."

"Thank you...May..." Serena wheezed as she came to. "I didn't want to...use it...but I had to...before..."

That was as far as she got before a kazoo triumphantly buzzing the Final Fantasy victory theme got everyone's attention. "You STILL have the kazoo you played earlier?" Misty gasped when she saw Ash holding a familiar red kazoo.

"Why not? Mr. Hamada said we could keep them." Ash grinned.

Serena weakly smiled. "Thanks, Ash...we did win, after all." Everyone laughed in agreement unaware of the silver humanoid being flying past the window, headed for the mountains....

To Be Continued...