Chapter 10
War Cry

As the group continued on through the jungle, Funky stopped and said, "I'll be heading for the bunker to kick out the uninvited guests, if there are any."

"Right, go on ahead," Donkey told him.

Funky turned to Cranky and said to him, "You should come along too for your safety. There's food and all sorts of comfortable stuff there."

"Sounds like someone knows how to keep an old man entertained!" said Cranky as he went to Funky's side.

Raising her hand, Junko asked, "Is it all right if I go with you? It's probably safer for me this way..."

"Huh? You aren't heading to the bad guy's lair?" Saki asked her. "I thought we were in this together!"

"No... I can't fight, so I won't be of any use and even be a burden..." Junko told her.

"But you did great when we went to Bowser's place that time!" Saki reminded her.

"That was only because I was given powers!" Junko told her. "I don't have any powers currently, so I can't do anything, and I'm scared too!"

"We're zombies! What's the worst that can happen to us? We shouldn't be scared!" Saki told her.

"Not everyone is brave and strong like you, okay?!" Junko said to her, starting to sound frustrated. "I'm an idol! My job is to dance and sing, not beat up people, and I never learned self-defense!"

"Just-a let her be, Saki," Mario said to the blonde zombie. "Like-a she said, not-a everyone eez a fighta. If she doesn't want to, then don't-a force her."

"Please respect Lady Junko's decision, Lady Saki," Yuugiri told her. "I, too, decide to head to this bunker place for safety, as I do not think I will be of much help in dealing with the enemy at their hideout."

"You too, Yuugiri?!" said Saki in surprise, and then she sighed. "Fine, suit yourself... I was hoping that we can all rescue Ai together."

"Don't worry; we can rescue her!" Dixie told her.

So it was decided that other than Funky and Cranky, Junko, Yuugiri, Lily, and Luigi were heading to the bunker, while the others would continue heading for Lord Fredrik's base. Funky took the others and went in their own direction, while Donkey's group pressed on ahead.

"Will they be all right?" asked a concerned Sakura as she watched the other group leave.

"Funky's not lacking when it comes to fighting, so they'll be fine," Donkey told her.

"Luigi may not-a look like-a eet, but-a he's good-a at fighting too," Mario told her.

"Come to think of it, I never saw your younger brother engaged in actual combats before, and he's supposed to have saved your hide and accompany you on adventures before?" Saki asked the plumber.

Mario nodded. "Indeed. When push comes to shove, Luigi will musta his courage and fight, but... eet'z true he prefers being an onlooka..."

As Funky led his group through the jungle, Junko asked with a worried look, "Will they be all right?"

"Relax! Donkey is one of the toughest fighters around!" Funky assured her. "I heard Mario is a pro in this as well, so you have nothing to worry about! They're beat up the bad guys in no time and return this island to normal!"

"I can't believe this island is going to partially saved by my old enemy..." grumbled Cranky. "He just has to get involved in my life whenever he can, right?"

"Is this not a good thing?" Yuugiri asked him. "It shows that he is willing to let go of past grudges. Perhaps you should let go of your grudge towards him."

"A dead person like you wouldn't understand this," Cranky said to her.

Yuugiri let out a sigh and thought about the life she had when she was alive. "Perhaps..."

They eventually emerged from the jungle and saw the garage over there, and there was a incredibly muscular Kremling standing there, holding a large wooden club in his hand that he was slowly patting his hand with, and said Kremling saw them.

"Oh boy... This is going to be harder than I thought..." said Funky as he sweated nervously.

"He looks tough..." said Luigi.

"Yeah, he's Kudgel, and he probably has the biggest muscles of the Kremlings," said Funky.

"You! I know you're hiding there!" said Kudgel while pointing at them with his club. "Come out here so I can smash you with my club!"

"What do we do...?!" asked a scared Junko.

"Don't worry, miss! I have this handled!" Funko told her before approaching Kudgel with his arms raised, and he said the Kremling, "Easy there, pal! We simply stopped by to give you a greeting! Heard that ya made your home here, and since this is my place, I came to ask and see if you are liking it!"

"Yes, this belongs to us Kremlings now! The others are down below, enjoying the hospitality you've prepared for them, and it would do good if you scram and never come back!" Kudgel said to him.

"Good to hear that you like what I have down there, but I am still the owner of this place, and I never said it's for sell," Funky told him. "I'm afraid I'l have to get it back."

"Ha! You think you have the right to tell us what to do?" Kudgel said to him with a laugh. "You better watch your mouth, or else you'll end up like those humans down there, turned into ice cubes!"

"Huh, I was wondering what you did to them," said Funky as he crossed his arms. "That's not nice, turning my first guests into ice! I'm afraid I can't let this sit by any longer."

"You want a piece of me?" Kudgel asked him.

"That's what I'm thinking, actually," replied the gorilla as he lowered his shades a bit to glare at him with his naked eyes.

BGM: Boss Bossa Nova (Donkey Kong Country 2 GBA)

"Try your worst!" said Kudgel before bringing down his club, but the gorilla leaped out of the way

"Missed me!" said Funky before jumping onto Kudgel's head and slamming his fists onto it hard. Kudgel grunted in pain as he got knocked down a bit, only to recover almost immediately afterwards to hit the Kong with his club, but missed again. Despite his relatively large build, Funky displayed great agility by jumping around at a fast speed to avoid the hits.

"Yeah! Get him, Funky! You can do it!" cheered Lily while punching the air.

"You can get-a him! I believe in you!" Luigi called out to Funky.

Kudgel was eventually able to catch Funky by the leg and slam him onto the ground hard. The gorilla bounce off it a bit before standing back up, looking dazed. "Oof! That hit the spot...!" he said before getting sent flying by a club swing from the Kremling.

The others were shocked to see this, and then Kudgel turned to the others and said to them, "You're all next!"

"Oh no!" gasped Junko.

"Who wants to die first?" asked Kudgel as he approached them while patting his club against his hand. Junko and Lily were grabbing onto Yuugiri while trembling in fear, and the courtesan had a nervous look on her face, albeit she remained looking serious. Luigi was trembling while holding onto Cranky, who had an angry and annoyed look on his face, in fear.

"Get off me, green Jumpman!" said Cranky in frustration as he pried Luigi away and shoved him towards Kudgel.

Luigi tripped in front of the large Kremling and then looked up to see him staring down at him with an intimidating expression, and the former smiled awkwardly at him while waving. Without saying anything else, Kudgel slammed down the club, but Luigi rolled out of the way before standing back up to avoid the club swings that came afterwards. The man in green screamed in fright constantly as he kept on moving around the Kremling at a fast speed, and the latter couldn't hit him at all.

"Stay still, will you?!" said Kudgel in frustration as he kept on trying to hit Luigi. Luigi eventually jumped onto the back of his head out of desperation and karate chopped him on top of the head over and over. Kudgel cried in frustration as he shook his body to get him off, but Luigi somehow managed to latch onto him.

"Yeah! Luigi! Get him!" cheered Lily while pumping his fist in the air.

While Luigi was still holding onto Kudgel, Funky came running back into the scene and tossed himself at the Kremling, tackling him onto the ground before punching him in the face over and over, all the while with a large smile on his face.

Kudgel roared in anger as he forced himself back up and then punched Funky, but the latter ducked underneath it before jumping up to hit him in the chin with an uppercut. Luigi, on the other hand, tried to pick up the club that had fallen to the ground, but found it too heavy. Kudgel seemed to have ignored his club in favor of engaging in a fist fight with Funky.

Luigi continued to try to pick up the club, and after mustering enough strength, he was able to lift it off the ground slightly, just enough to swing it through the air and hit Kudgel in the legs from behind. This made the Kremling fall on his face, and then Funky used his opportunity to jump above him and come falling onto his back with a powerful elbow slam that made him cry in pain.

"Good going, Luigi! Now give it to me!" said Funky as he snatched the club from Luigi afterwards. Kudgel was getting back up when Funky swung the club into his face.

SMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASH!

Kudgel was sent for a spin after getting hit until he fell on his knees, feeling dazed from the painful hit. When he looked up, he saw Yuugiri glaring at him, and before he knew it, he received a powerful slap to the face from the courtesan. Combined with the club hit earlier, this was enough to knock him out.

BGM Ends

Luigi had a look of surprise on his face, while Funky gave her a thumbs up. "Nice one, lady!" he said to her.

After several minutes of traveling through the jungle, Donkey's group saw a building made of ice up ahead. It wasn't that big of a building and was only two stories tall.

"That should be it," said the gorilla.

"Looks like trying to get into eet won't-a be easy," said Mario, taking note of the Snowmads wandering around the place with weapons in their hands.

"You guys got any ideas on what to do next?" asked Saki.

"Before, we would always charge forward and beat up anyone who gets in our way until we make it to our destination," replied Diddy.

"That sounds reckless..." said Sakura.

"Always worked for us," said Donkey.

"Sounds like a good plan if you ask me!" said Saki.

"So let's try that method! They will never see it coming!" said Donkey as he got ready to step out of the bushes he was hiding behind of.

"Maybe we should reconsider things..." a worried Sakura said to him, but the gorilla had already grabbed the enemies' attentions by shouting out loud.

"Hey you! You are not welcomed on this island!" he angrily shouted. "Get out of here at once or else I will smash you all to pulps!"

The Snowmads stared at Donkey for a few seconds, and they all raised their weapons while charging at him at the top of their voices. Grinning enthusiastically, Donkey charged forward as well to engage them.

"This is too reckless! Look at how many of them are there!" cried Sakura. She then saw Tae growling angrily before charging into the battlefield. "Tae!"

"Who cares about that now? I can't wait to get join the fight!" said Saki enthusiastically before charging forward. All the other Kongs, Mario, and Rambi also entered the battlefield, while Sakura remained behind the bushes with a look of shock. "I... I... Ah... Why did I to tag along again...?"

Good question...

Raising his arm into the air, Donkey slammed his fists back down to somehow create a shockwave that knocked quite a few Snowmads to the ground. Rambi then charged past Donkey, trampling some of the fallen Snowmads and also knocking away the ones still standing with his horn.

Diddy grabbed onto the face of a walrus and began pulling his moustache. The walrus cried for him to let go, and another walrus wielding a club came to a rescue by hitting Diddy with his weapon, only for the spider monkey to jump away and end up hitting his partner instead.

Lanky balanced himself on his head and then stretched out his arms before spinning at a fast speed. Like a top, he moved around the place while spinning and knocked away everyone who approached him.

Thanks to her small stature, Tiny was able to move around at a fast speed, zipping around the Snowmads and kicking them while on the move. Two rabbits wielding hammers charged at her from both sides to smash her, but she got away at the last second to make them hit each other. Their helmets didn't help much.

Despite being hair, Dixie was somehow able to use it as a whip and strike with enough force to knock down enemies. She even picked up a struggling rabbit with it and threw her at walrus hard enough to knock them both out.

Tae leaped onto the head of a walrus and bit his head hard, making him cry in pain while running around and crying for someone to get her off. Saki came running towards said walrus and struck him in the face with a flying kick that knocked him out. Removing the club he was wielding, the blonde zombie swung it around in the air with a grin before using it knock away a penguin who tried to axe her from behind.

Mario avoided a spear strike from a penguin and got behind him to pick him up. As the penguin cried to be let go, Mario turned to another group of approaching penguins and threw him at them, knocking them down like a bowling ball knocking down pins.

Ellie sucked up snow into her trunk and then shot out snowballs rapidly like a machine gun. Despite being snowballs, they somehow managed to hit the Snowmads with a force strong enough to send them onto the ground.

"Get them!" shouted someone. Donkey turned to the source and, to his surprise, saw K. Rool standing at the top of a small hill, and he had commanded a large amount of Kremlings to charge into the battlefield.

"K. Rool!" Donkey angrily said to the obese crocodile.

"We meet at last, Donkey Kong!" K. Rool said to him. "This time, I'm going to win! You will never prevail against my army!"

"That's not going to happen! You will get off my island now!" the gorilla angrily said to him.

"I hate to say this, but... I think we're really outnumbered..." Diddy said to Donkey as he looked in fear at the approaching Kremling army.

Donkey looked around the battlefield and saw there were more Snowmads pouring out of the ice fortress. He growled in frustration and realized that they were indeed outnumbered.

There was then the sound of various animals, and Sakura felt the ground shaking. All of a sudden, animals of various kinds came charging out of the jungle behind her. She was freaked out by it and ended up running into the battlefield. "WAAAAA! WHAT'S HAPPENING?!" she cried.

"Whoa!" exclaimed Tiny as she and the others saw all the animals running into the battlefield to begin fighting the Snowmads and Kremlings in awe.

"Wow! All the animals on this island are joining the fight!" said Diddy in awe.

Indeed, the animals who made their home on the island were less than happy that their environment was ruined by the Snowmads and the Kremlings, so they had decided that they wanted to fight to take back their homeland.

Donkey watched in awe and saw some animals that he recognized. There was Squitter the spider, Squawks the parrot, Rattly the rattlesnake, Parry the Parallel Bird, Winky the frog, Expresso the ostrich, and Hoofer the wildebeest.

The Snowmads and Kremlings were surprised by the appearance of these animals, but nevertheless readied their weapons to fight. Soon, the battlefield became much more intense than before.

K. Rool watched angrily at the chaos going on from the hill he was on. "Argh! This is supposed to be a one-sided massacre against the Kongs!" he said while stomping the ground. "Why are those stupid animals getting involved?!"

"K. Rool!" shouted Mario, who was standing at the bottom of the hill.

"Mario! What are you doing here?!" the crocodile said in surprise to him.

"That-a doesn't matta! I'm going to help-a Donkey Kong take-a you down!" said the plumber as he got into a fighting stance.

"Oh yeah? This should be a nice change of pace!" said K. Rool. "I'm going to do what Bowser couldn't do, and that is to destroy you!"

"Try your worst!" Mario said to him.

While the battle went on, Lord Fredrik watched everything from a window on the second floor of his base. Some of his men were watching besides him as well. "Are there any further instructions, my lord?" a penguin asked him.

"Keep the base secured! Don't let any of them come in!" Lord Fredrik told him.

Down below, the battle continued to rage on. The only person who wasn't fighting was Sakura, who was running around the battlefield aimlessly, trying to get out of harm's way. "I SHOULD HAVE CHOSEN TO GO TO THE BUNKER!" she cried at the top of her voice in fear.

TO BE CONTINUED

Behold, the battle of epic proportions that put The Lord of the Rings to shame!

All those animals are enemies from DKC Returns. Remember that those animals aren't evil but simply brainwashed by the Tiki Tak Tribe, so it makes sense for them to aid the Kongs in fighting for the island.