Summary: After the short break, Kooper, Bombette, and Parakarry are set to fight another couple teams! It starts off with Kooper and Parakarry headed to the lobby to check out the arena's hours and they run into the Darkshell Knights and there's bound to be trouble. Then after an encounter with this Koopa, Kooper seems to like, the team will fight Spike Storm. Note: This chapter will only contain 1 fight since I don't want you to wait any longer, it's almost been a month since I last updated and I've been busy with other stuff. This is probably gonna be my longest chapter so far, even though it contains 1 battle it still has some interesting stuff.
Chapter 9: Fighting Up A Storm.
After a decent good nights sleep, Kooper and his team awoke early in the morning….well him and Parakarry woke up. They were both all rejuvenated and they were ready to get back in the ring as soon as possible. Kooper started off by telling Parakarry "Aw man I feel great today! So, are you ready for another exciting funfilled, action packed day Parakarry?"
Parakarry answered "You're always so full of it after you've rested up for the next day huh! We'll I'm ready for some more fights, and I really hope we have no more stupid spiked fighters! I wanna do that new attack I used to defeat those lame Dark Koopas!"
Kooper agreed as he stuffed his face full of his bagel "I hope you can, that move was a real life saver."
"Yeah, it sure was!" Parakarry said as he spread cream cheese onto his bagel.
Kooper checked the clock and he asked "Hmm, I wonder when the arena opens, cause I really wanna get back in there!" The clock indicated it was about 7:30 in the morning.
Parakarry asked Kooper "Wanna go check it out? See if it's open or not."
"Yeah sure, We got some time before Bombette's up." Kooper also mentioned "Plus I wanna go to the Watering Hole to grab an energy drink or something."
"Sounds fine by me! After all, I can't go without a nice hot cup of coffee!" Kooper and Parakarry then headed out of the locker room and into the hall. Out in the hall as they walked towards the Lobby, they caught sight of the Darkshell Knights.
The Darkshell Knights were walking back to their locker room, all exhausted from a night of partying. Blazer(Red) and Blade(Green) carried Jet(Black) on their shoulders with his arms wrapped around his their necks, for Jet could barley stand. Kooper asked as he watched the Koopas struggle to hold up their brother "Hey do you guys need any help, he doesn't look so good." Kooper could tell from that drunken look on Jet's face supposing that Jet somehow got drunk.
Parakarry then asked "Yeah, what happened to him?"
Blazer snapped at Kooper "None of your bee's wax dude!"
Blade also threw in "Yeah! Mind your own business, losers!"
Kooper then confronted them and said "Hey! Look who's calling who a loser! I wouldn't be talking after we totally whomped you yesterday!"
Blazer then argued back "Don't get all smug pal, you just caught us off guard!" Blazer, or Red was just lucky Kooper wasn't that good with memorizing thing others said a while ago. He remembered using that line before he and his Bros tried to blast Mario and his team with the Bullet Bills during their last stand.
"Nah, I think it was more like you giving it your all, and yet you still couldn't take us down!"
Blazer was about to lose his temper and flip out on Kooper and he then told Zap "Dude, take my spot, I've got a little score to settle with this loser Koopa!"
Zap(Yellow) whined rather tiredly "But duuude…I wanna get to sleep now! We've been up partying all night!" Zap let out a yawn and stretched his arms out.
"I don't give a damn if you we're knocked out on the ground! Get over here and help Blade get Jet in the locker room!" Blazer snapped back at Zap.
All of a sudden as Kooper and Blazer were about to get a fight going on in the middle of the hall, the door swung open and nailed Zap in the face, knocking him back on the ground. He screamed in pain "OWWWWW!!!" He held his banged up face and cried out in pain "OW!!! WHAT THE HELL!!!"
Parakarry looked down at Bombette, who happened to open the door with King K standing beside her. Parakarry asked "What are you doing Bombette?"
Bombette responded as she watched Kooper and Blazer about to fight but they did halt; Blade going to help Zap get back up; and Jet trying to stand up straight, "Alright, what the hell is going on out here!"
King K asked "Yea homies, some of us are tryin' too sleep an we got's you out here in da middle of a gang war!"
Kooper shouted out at the same time as Blazer pointing at each other like kids would "He started it!!!" Kooper knew he their arguing had somehow woken up Bombette and King K, and Bombette
Parakarry explained to a furious Bombette "Me and Kooper were just headed out to check what time the arena opens, and then we were going to go to the Watering Hole when all of a sudden these douche bags show up! We try to ask what's going on and if their bro is okay, but this guy and Kooper almost got into a fight."
King K tried to keep the peace by saying "Hey c'mon K-Money, you know he ain't worth it. Sides' you already got your chance to kick his sorry turtle ass anyways!"
Knowing Kooper would probably be the one to start an actual fight, Bombette ordered Kooper "Kooper, just walk along…and YOU guys get the hell away from my friends!" She sneered at Blazer and his bros and she sounded pretty pissed at them, which frightened Zap and Blade.
Blazer growled at her and snapped his fingers and said "C'mon dudes, let's get outta here, I don't even know why we're wasting time with these lame losers anyway!" He and his bros then walked into the locker room as Bombette watched them head for the back room.
Bombette told Parakarry and Kooper "Alright, now that they're gone, I'm going to go check the roster, since I'm already up. We may as well just schedule a match already since you had to wake me up to settle your immature arguments!"
Kooper argued back "Hey! I'm not immature, he's the one who started the argument!"
"Yeah, but you continued it!" Kooper and Parakarry then walked out into the lobby. Bombette walked back in with King K. and she walked over to the interface. She pressed 'Check Roster' and looked at it She read out "You are currently ranked 16th place. Okay…So, who will we face soon." Bombette viewed the list of competitors and looked at the 15th and 14th ranked teams. She read out this time "Alright, Spike Storm and The Mind Bogglers."
King K walked over to her and gave Bombette some advice "Yo, babe you wan' some advice!"
"Yeah, sure!"
"Be careful wit' Spike Storm, you'll be up agains' dis annoying Lakitu son-of-a-bitch who tries to flood da arena wit' Spinies. You'd better take out dat' damn Lakitu firs'." King K spoke with a more smooth guy like voice than his usual gangster voice.
"Wow! Thanks for the tip. I'll be sure to get Parakarry to use his strongest moves on him."
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In the main lobby Kooper and Parakarry checked with one of the guards about the arena. Kooper asked "Hey, can you tell us when the arena is open?"
The guard replied "I believe the arena opens in exactly 30 minutes sir."
Kooper thanked the guard "Thank you, we'll be off now." They then headed back to the locker room to give Bombette the news.
Parakarry asked as they walked back to the left door "Hey Kooper, do you actually think Spike will keep his word?"
Kooper was pretty confident that they would get even the slightest amount of help from the small Red Yoshi and replied "C'mon! He looks like a pretty trustworthy guy! I mean he did help Mario after all right."
"Yeah, you're right about that! Come on, let's go tell Bombette so we can go to the Watering Hole quickly. I seriously need my coffee." They walked out of the lobby and headed towards the locker room.
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Back in the locker room, Bombette waited on Kooper and Parakarry. She was chatting with King K and now Bandy Andy who walked in with a huge sack of money said "Hey homies what's up!"
King K said "Yo B-Money! Waz' up!"
"Just robbed the Inn and walked away with 100 coins! I'm on fire baby!" Bandy Andy set down his sack of money and sat down by King K.
Bombette asked "Why did you rob the inn! It just makes no sense!"
"Cause! I'm a bandit. It's what I do!"
At that moment Kooper and Parakarry walked in and Kooper announced "Hey Bombette, we still got another 30 mins. Me and Parakarry are going to go to the watering hole ok!"
"Okay, I'll hang out here and wait for you guys!" Bombette replied since she really wanted to hear Bandy Andy's story. Kooper and Parakarry then walked out of the locker room, and headed outside.
King K asked Bandy "So homes, tell us how da hell you robbed dat high security inn."
"Well, we really just walked in and robbed them. Some security guards they are!" The three of them started to laugh for a moment.
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Kooper and Parakarry stood in front of the Watering Hole and they were watching the owner of the hot dog stand flip out over something stupid. Kooper said before they went in "Wow, someone seems pretty pissed!"
"No kidding!" Parakarry said to Kooper. The two Koopa friends walked in the Watering Hole and walked up to the front counter.
The bartender greeted them "Hello sirs, what may I get you?"
Parakarry asked "Can I just get a Rougeport Blend Coffee."
"I need a Koopa Crusher." Kooper asked for the high caffeine energy drink, which Parakarry somehow sensed NO good would come out of that. Parakarry knew for sure when the bartender pulled out a massive can of the energy drink.
Parakarry thought to himself 'Not any good is gonna come out of this!' He then told Kooper "Hey, go easy on that energy drink. I hear Koopa Crushers are some of the most caffeinated drinks out there."
"Relax dude! Besides, I don't get as hyper as you think! Besides I could care less!" Kooper said as popped open the can of soda.
"Yeah you do! You ate one of those cakes before we went to Lava Lava Island, and I swear I wanted to kill myself! Even ask Bombette about that, she'd say the same thing!"
"Alright so what if……" Kooper watched as a pink shelled Koopa with blonde wavy hair entered the room.
Parakarry asked "So what if what?" He then looked at Kooper and asked as he noticed he was in shock "……..Are you alright Kooper?"
Kooper watched as the Koopa approached the counter and as his heart beat faster as she approached, he snapped out of his little moment and pulled Parakarry to the side. He said "Dude, That's her!"
"Her? This is the one you were telling me about?"
Kooper whispered "Yes! Tell me what to do, I'm at a total loss for words!"
"Just introduce yourself man, it'll be alright!" Parakarry then pushed Kooper away telling him "Go get her Kooper!"
Kooper approached the Koopa, sweating like crazy. He watched as she sat down and waited, and placed himself on the seat next to her and said "Hey…My name's……." She didn't even notice him as she grabbed a bottle of water and left, and as she walked out the door he continued "Kooooper……" He had failed at his first attempt to gain her attention and as Parakarry flew back over to him to pick up his coffee he asked "Uh….Was she ignoring me?" Kooper sighed.
"I guess she didn't see you there. I mean she did come in pretty fast and go in only a few seconds."
"I guess you're right…Ah well, I guess I'll have to try harder next time!" Kooper said as he started to chug his energy drink down like there was no tomorrow.
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Back in the Locker Room with Bombette; Bombette was currently scheduling a match. She noticed it was 8 by now and she approached the interface and pressed schedule a match. Jolene appeared on the screen and greeted Bombette "Hello Ms. Bombette are you ready for another exciting day of Glitz Pit action? Let's see today you're facing…Ranked 15th in the Glitz Pit…Spike Storm. Nor listen closely, I want you to avoid using items at all times okay. Now, good luck!"
Bombette said as the interface shut down "Great, no items!"
King K knew that the use of items would be their best bet if the arena did get flooded with Spinies and he said "Yo, you gonna have to use some' of yo bes' moves on dat bitch!"
"I know, Spinies seem to have the most resistance to damage than any enemy I've seen before."
King K looked around the locker room and noticed Kooper and Parakarry were still out. He asked "Yo, shouldn't K-Money and Parkarry be round' here"
"Oh yeah! Do you got a phone? I have to call up Parakarry on his cell and tell them to get their asses down here."
"Mah' cell's dead babe!"
"Well does anyone else have a phone I can borrow?"
"Not dat' I know of…Ya know wat' I'll go get dem' fo' you!"
"Really?"
"Yea' I'd do it fo' anyone as cool as you's three'"
"Well thanks!" After Bombette finished talking King K walked out of the Locker Room, but unfortunately the Security Escort arrived just as soon as he walked out into the hall.
The Escort said "Team Bombshell, would you please follow me."
Bombette replied "Uh can you wait a bit! Can't you see I'm waiting on my team."
"Where are they at the moment?"
"They're at the Watering Hole, but King K just went out to get them!"
"Alright, I'll give you a minute, but if they're not back in time….It'll mean an automatic forfeit."
Bombette sighed "Oh don't worry they'll be here!"
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Kooper and Parakarry sat down at a table in the corner chatting about really anything. Kooper was still chugging down that massive energy drink he bought, and Parakarry rolled his eyes as he watched him. Parakarry said "My god Bombette is going to kill you when you get on her nerves!"
Kooper replied, already acting hyperish "Since when have I ever gotten on anyone's nerves! Does it look like I like to annoy people!"
"Uh…you always get on her nerves! Do you ever wonder why she blows up on you?"
"She only did it that one time in Rougport, the other times were all Goombario!" At that moment, King K burst in and ran towards Kooper and Parakarry.
King K ordered them "Yo, you homies gotta get back to da Pit now!"
Parakarry asked "Why?"
"Cause, you got a match! Bombette's waitin' on you homes'"
Kooper was excited for the first match of the day and said excitedly "Well what are we waiting for! Let's go already!" The three Koopa's ran back to the Glitz Pit to meet Bombette.
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Back in the Locker Room Bombette stood watching the clock, and it's been about 2 minutes already. She asked "Sir, can you wait a little more, they should be arriving very shortly!"
The guard replied "I'm not giving you any more time, either they show up now, or it's a forfeit!" The door burst open, right behind the guard, causing him to be knocked to the ground, shouting "WHAT THE HELL!!!"
Kooper and Parakarry burst in, Kooper panting from the race against the clock. Kooper said as he raised his hand to the guard "We're here! Can we get this match started already!"
The guard got off the ground and brushed himself off. He replied "Alright, now that you're all here please follow me to your match." After that the group walked out of the door.
King K gave them the thumbs up and said "Good luck homies."
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The arena had flooded with guests ready for the 1st match of the day. Jolene was ready to announce the match, and Cortez was already sucking up the souls of the two Toads that stole his box seat. Jolene announced as Kooper, Bombette, and Parakarry entered the arena "In this corner, the Dynamo Trio…BOMBSHELL!!!"
The crowd now held signs for the rising stars and they started cheering "BOMBSHELL! BOMBSHELL! BOMBSHELL!!!"
Kooper, Bombette, and Parakarry walked onto the stage, waving to the audience and fans. Kooper shouted out when they reached the stage "GOOD MORNING GLITZVILLE!!!" Kooper sent the crowd into a frenzy as they anxiously awaited their next battle.
Jolene continued "And in this corner, the Midnight Spike-Bombers, SPIKE STORM!!!" After she said that, two Spinies crawled onto the stage, followed by the Lakitu who floated up.
The Lakitu stared to gawk at Kooper, Bombette, and Parakarry "Yo, we're gonna spike-bomb you into submission, punks!"
Kooper shouted back "OH YEAH!!! C'MON!!!"
Parakarry threw in "Bring it!!!"
Jolene waited for the audience to settle down and she explained to the teams "Alright teams, in this match I want to see you avoid using items this time. Ready? BRAWL!!!!"
Bombshell vs. Spike Storm
The match had finally begun, and Kooper was going to start off. The Spinies had a total of 5 HP, 3 attack power, and a defense of 3 which would prove a problem for the group. The Lakitu had 12 HP, 3 attack, and no defense. Bombette told her team "Alright, Parakarry you go for the Lakitu and use some of your strongest moves on him, if we don't defeat him quickly, he'll keep throwing out spinies."
"Alright! I'll do it."
Kooper then said "Alright, I'll start the match!" Kooper then retreated to his shell and launched himself at the first Spiny taking away only 2 HP from it since it has such a high defense.
Parakarry was next, and he did the same as Kooper, but targeted the Lakitu and flung himself at him. It was a direct hit, taking away 7 of the Lakitu's HP. Parakarry cheered "Yeah! That's how it's done!"
Kooper then warned Bombette before she went to attack the 1st Spiny "Hey Bombette! Don't use a body slam on it. Go nuts and BLOW HIM UP!!!"
"Kooper, I'm not an idiot, I know there's spikes on it!" She then strolled over to the Spiny, with a lit fuse, and she exploded on contact, taking away 4 damage, resulting in a KO. "Yes! Just take out the Lakitu, and this victory is as good as ours!"
The Lakitu then threw a Spiny at Kooper, but Kooper wasn't quick enough to dodge and he took minimal damage. Kooper bragged "Ha! Barley left a scratch!"
"Uhhh Kooper…" Parakarry said to Kooper.
"What!?"
"Your cheek's bleeding!" Parakarry pointed out the scratch from the Spiny's spike.
Kooper looked at his right cheek from the corner of his eye and said "So?"
"You don't care that you're cheek's bleeding?"
"Dude! I have more important things to worry about than my cheek!" Kooper scoffed at Parakarry. At that moment, the Lakitu pulled out a Spiny Egg over his head.
The remaining Spiny curled up into a spike ball, and rolled towards Bombette, causing Bombette some damage, taking away 3 damage from her total of 40 HP.
Next Kooper followed up the Spiny's shell toss with his own shell toss at it, once again taking away 2 HP.
Bombette then blew up on the last of the Spinies resulting in another KO. As she fell back down she told Parakarry "Alright, the Spinies are down, finish off that Lakitu now Parakarry!"
Parakarry replied with confidence "I'm on it!" He then went for a Sky Dive for the Lakitu's face, but he forgot he still had the Spiny Egg.
As he got close Kooper warned him "PARAKARRY!!! THE SPINY!!!"
"The Spiny?" He turned his head towards Kooper, but before he landed the kick the Lakitu blocked it with the Spiny Egg, causing immense pain to Parakarry's foot, shouting out "YOOWCH!!!! WHAT WAS THAT ABOUT!!!" He flew back to his position, and he ended up taking some damage.
Bombette rolled her eyes and said sarcastically "Great….Real smart Parakarry!"
After that, the Lakitu threw down the Spiny Egg, and it hatched into a new Spiny. The Lakitu then pulled out another.
Kooper sighed "Great, another one!"
"Just finish it off!"
"Alright! And Parakarry don't Sky Dive it this time!"
"Don't worry, I'll do a Shell Shot at him this time!"
Kooper then tossed himself at the Spiny, dealing 2 damage to it. He then told Bombette "Finish it off!"
Bombette replied "Screw finishing it off, I'll finish both of them off!" She then lit her fuse and walked over to them, and after she began to fume, she released a tremendous explosion. The Spiny was KO'ed, but somehow by defying the laws of Paper Mario, the Lakitu flew way up, and dodged the attack. Bombette cheered as she reformed "Oh yeah! We won!"
Parakarry pointed out the Lakitu "Uh…He's still alive."
"WHAT!!!"
The Lakitu shouted out to them "HA HA!!! You thought you could defeat me with that….OH SHI…!" Parakarry then finished the job off with a Shell Shot, hitting the Lakitu square in the face. He fell to the ground and it resulted in their official defeat.
Jolene shouted out to the audience as Spike Storm laid on the ground in a daze "BOMBSHELL WINS!!!"
As the crowd went wild Kooper cheered "YAHOOOO!!! WE WON!!! WE WON!!!"
Parakarry said "Oh man that was such a great win!"
"You said it!" Bombette agreed.
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The team met once again in the locker room with Jolene who told them "Congratulations Team Bombshell, you are now ranked 15th place, and here is your prize money."
Jolene handed Kooper, Bombette, and Parakarry 7 coins each and left the room. Kooper asked "Hey, who's next?"
Bombette replied "The Mind Bogglers. That sound sorta weird!"
"Sorta does!" Kooper said.
Well that's Chapter 9, leaving the next chapter with The Mind Bogglers and finally we get to see Bandy Andy in action. Plus some mischief from the Koopa Bros and just remember with Cortez around anything can happen!