Stage 5

**Stage 5** is the sixth (or fifth if you do not count the Tutorial level) Stage of the Main Story. This Stage is a follow-up of Stage 4 and takes place in a large, crystallized island, that when inside appears to be a crystallized continent or realm (called the Pure Crystalline Dominion). It lies south-west of Stage 4, west of Stage 6, and east of Stage 1 and Stage 2. The Cosmic-Dragon 2000 is the boss of this level, fought in level 5-6.

## Overview

Stage 5 is a crystalline realm that is mainly comprised of pinkish-red to turquoise-blue crystals as its main aspects, while having crystallized land as its base. It appears to be a crystal realm that is revealed to be a large, artificial island that apparently resembles a crystalline candyland. This gives way to a crystalline colosseum (made purely out of crystals) where the boss is fought.

## Plot

Having finished Dynamix Master's battle from the previous Stage, the player still continues their ultimate journey, only to find a strange exit that seemingly connects to the previous Stage's location. Once the player enters, they discover a strange crystalline world ranging of different sizes and colors. At level 5-2, the player is somehow met with two Cosmic girls. Among the Cosmic girls that appear in the original BGA (Brandy - Cross Time, from Pump It Up Prime 2), the one with the red hair is named 'Rio', and the one with the blue hair is named 'Rou'.

After reaching level 5-3, the Cosmic girls set up a challenge by adding an extra dance battle with the both of them. The player has to time all of these correctly, otherwise the player would lose to both dance battles. If done successfully, the player will be able to advance onward to the remainder of Stage 5.

After reaching level 5-6, another dance battle occurs after the Dynamix Master quickly smuggles the Cosmic girls after seeking for revenge from the player. After the challenging dance battles of both levels, the player now has to defeat the Cosmic-Dragon 2000 (who is summoned by the Dynamix Master), which is a fusion of both Cosmic girls into one monstrosity (the Cosmic girls act like the boss' core). The only weakness to the boss battle is fighting the core, which would probably shatter parts of its body, revealing its true weakness, being made out of melted metal and wax. The player now has to attack this part multiple times in order to vanquish the monstrosity and bring back the captured Cosmic girls.

The player is able to defeat the strange monstrosity. The Cosmic-Dragon 2000 shrieks in defeat as its body melts simultaneously. It reveals the captured Cosmic girls from the previous levels. They are the same girls that were formerly encountered in the previous levels. Now since the player rescued them, they (including the saved Cosmic girls from their distress) advance onward to Stage 6.

## Levels

**NOTE: Bold** indicates that the level contains a boss battle.

## Trivia

* This is the only stage to have a song composed by Brandy.
	+ This is also one of the Stages to retain their song names, as the others were replaced or changed entirely.
* The only level that does not feature the Cosmic girls is the first level of Stage 5, level 5-1. Level 5-2 would later introduce the latter characters into the storyline. The Cosmic girls that appear in this Stage appear to be slightly revealing.
* This is also the only stage to have this condition: after the song, after the Cosmic girls being fused together, and after the Cosmic-Dragon 2000 appears, it approaches the player and starts the fight. This was later retained in the new version of The One Billion Survivor with different graphics, details, and appearance.
* At the end of the final section of level 5-6, the main villain uses their powers to fuse the Cosmic girls together, as the fusing transforms into a monstrosity called the Cosmic-Dragon 2000. Defeating the boss will cause it to melt and shriek simultaneously, then explode into shards of the remained crystals, freeing both the Cosmic girls.
	+ Plus, after the dance battle of the latter level, the song immediately shifts to a 230-BPM version of the "Dark Meta Knight" theme (titled "Revenge For Hard Mode" in RaidKiller24's YouTube channel) by Jonny Atma from *Kirby & The Amazing Mirror* when the confrontation with the Cosmic-Dragon 2000 starts. The track is composed in 6/8 time signature. While short, it's an intense battle theme.
		- The track also appears as part of Arcade Mode of The One Billion Survivor.
* The song for this Stage also appears in both the Golden Challenges and the Fright Zone Challenges.
* The Cosmic girls introduced at level 5-2 purely appear to be the Cross Time girls from both O2Jam and Pump It Up Prime 2. Plus, their appearances between Pump It Up and The One Billion Survivor appear to be truly identical.