Chapter 26: Seven days of training begins
"All right!" Sui announced dropping several fifty-pound weights. "You will now wear these for the next seven days, the only time that you can take them off is when we switch you to a heavier or lighter weight depending on your progress. You will get two on your legs and two on your arms. DK you are starting with 100-pound weights while Pichu, Pikachu, and Zelda will start with 25-pound weights. And for you two," Her gaze was set upon Ness and Mewtwo. "All further use of PSY is forbidden unless we tell you otherwise! So you can stop reading my mind!"
"I wish you told us that sooner." Both Ness and Mewtwo moaned now knowing the horrors that they would have to face during training.
"Now then, Rai" Sui said sweetly to her little brother. "Go with Link and The Melee Master to make sure that they come back in seven days to see the effects of the training."
"While we are gone don't kill them." Link sighed before walking away. He then turned around and faced Sui. "On second thought give the Melee Master four 500 pound weights and me four 200 pound weights."
"Link are you sure we should be doing this handicapped?"
"We'll take them off if the battle proves to be too harsh." Link replied putting on the 200 pound weights. The Melee Master did the same. "Good bye." With that they disappeared.
Sinister smiles crossed Tei's and Sui's faces. Both Ness and Mewtwo began to whimper. "We will hold nothing back!" Sui announced. "You will undergo hellish training!"
"We will start with your first training exercise." Tei sighed. Both Tei and Sui lifted up their arms. "Withstand this!" with that all of the Smashers were sent flying back by an unseen force. "We will continue to exert this pressure, your current goal is to pass us. Any use of barriers are strictly forbidden. You have 2 hour to complete this task. Failure to do so will result in doubling your weights and a punishment activity."
Shock covered their faces and in a spurt of confusion the vast majority ran forwards. A few seconds later they went flying back. Mewtwo being one of the ones who stood back began to slowly walk forwards. Suddenly he stopped for a moment before continuing to walk forwards. "I get it," Ness shouted out. "Mewtwo is allowing his body to get used to the pressure that they are exerting. As we get closer the pressure is greater and there is more resistance."
"It seems that he figured it out." Sui sighed.
"He did read our minds." Tei responded.
"Do you think the rest of the training will be this easy?"
"No." Tei glanced forwards. "Since you figured out how this works its time for a bit of motivation!" A giant firewall appeared behind them. "If we find that you aren't going at our pace this wall will burn you forcing you to continue, and if we find that you are idle for too long." A ball made out of water about the size of a baseball went flying towards Mewtwo who couldn't dodge it and was sent to the ground. "We'll force you to move."
"This isn't fair!" Pichu shouted.
"Battle isn't fair!" Tei responded. "Your opponent won't give you any time to figure out how their attacks work and how to counterattack perfectly. You have to figure out all of this during the heat of battle!"
Pikachu threw a jolt of electircty only to see it fizzle out from the extreme pressure. "You have 1 hour and 55 minutes to pass us!"
Link, The Melee Master and Rai reappeared in a desert area. "We're here." Link said.
"And so am I," A voice responded back to them.
"Does Giga Bowser know you have come here?" Link asked.
"Not yet." He replied.
"Then show yourself!" The Melee Master demanded.
From behind a rock floated Master Hand. "I'm holding nothing back, and I hope you do the same!"
Mario, Peach, Luigi and Bowser walked out of the portal appearing in front of Mario's house. They breathed a small sigh of relief when they noticed that the house was still intact.
"Where should we go first?" Mario asked.
"The Mushroom Kingdom." Bowser replied. "If there would be a war they would probably be the ones to attack first. At least according to how Giga Bowser was saying it."
"I agree with Bowser." Luigi replied.
"And so do I," Peach responded.
Mario nodded in agreement. "I also would like to see the Mushroom Kingdom first. Now please follow me." Mario led them to a warp pipe behind his house that was hidden from view by a shrubbery. "If we go through this we will appear in front of the castle." All four of them jumped into the warp pipe. Luigi was first followed by Peach. Bowser went in third and Mario jumped in last.
When they emerged in front of the castle it appeared that renovations were underway. "Giga Bowser did set fire to it." Peach reminded them.
Bowser suddenly stopped moving forwards and everyone could see why. Toads with spears had surrounded them almost as if they knew that someone was going to use the warp pipe.
"You show yourself now Bowser?" a Toad asked. "And with your servants disguised none the less!"
"Commander," Peach sternly said. "Stand down this is all a misunderstanding!"
"Silence imposter!" the Toad shouted. "How dare you come dressed as the late Princess Toadstool."
Peach was about to shout back however Mario stopped her. "Remember there were no witnesses to see you escape from the burning castle."
"So why are you here Bowser?"
Bowser looked at the commander. "I'm here to prevent a war!" Bowser replied. "I will turn myself in." He then faced Mario, Peach and Luigi. "You must go back to my castle and inform everyone that I have repented for my sins."
"No," the Commander Toad laughed. "They will die with you. Do you think your single life will be able to repay the hundreds slaughtered?"
"Giga Bowser was right," Luigi whispered. "Its nearly impossible to stop this war!"
"Silence!" The Toad once again shouted. "We will not have you talking amongst yourselves."
"Before you take me away," Bowser said. "I want to know do you all hate the Koopa Clan with all of your heart and that you would give nearly anything to eradicate them off of the earth?"
"Yes!" All of the Toads replied.
"You're so easily manipulated." Bowser laughed knowing that this strengthened Giga Bowser.
"Now all of you come peacefully or die!"
"Okay." Bowser replied. He looked like he was about to walk forwards. "I'm sorry but it would appear that my foot is stuck in the warp pipe!" Mario, Luigi, and Peach looked at Bowser's foot. It was stopping the warp pipe from closing. "GO!" Bowser shouted kicking it open. Mario, Luigi and Princess Peach jumped towards it.
Suddenly all of the Toads threw their spears. A few of the Toads rushed towards them trying to stop them from entering the warp pipe. It looked like they were about to be skewered alive however a giant shield appeared out of thin air blocking the spears. "Your Weapon of Heart!" Mario shouted to Luigi before they went down the warp pipe.
"Rescue me!" Bowser shouted before he destroyed the warp pipe.
"No one will be rescuing you scum!" The commander Toad replied.
When they reemerged form the Warp Pipe they were breathing a sigh of relief that they got out of that situation unscratched. "Did you summon your shield?" Mario asked.
"No," Luigi replied. "It summoned itself as though it had a mind of its own and was only trying to protect me. This has never happened before, save for the first time that it was summoned."
"That may have caused us more trouble than necessary." Mario sighed. "Princess does anyone else beside you in the castle know that Luigi's Weapon of Heart is a shield?"
"No why?" Princess Peach asked.
"I was hoping that they could of connected the dots and find out that you were the real princess."
"Sadly if one did know they would probably say that you two had betrayed the crown and sided with Bowser."
"But that's stupid!"
"That's how war works. It creates panic. Mind you we can use this to our advantage." Princess Peach replied. "If they do know they would have entered a state of panic. Besides we now have a hostage." Peach pointed to a young toad that had been knocked into the warp pipe by Bowser as a parting gift. He now was on the ground unconscious.
"And they have Bowser I'm pretty sure that Bowser outweighs nameless peon #1337 in worth and in general"
"This situation probably will be a lot better with out your sarcasm." Princess Peach shouted. They all stopped and took a brief second to catch their breath. "So what do we do from here?"
"We go to the Koopa Clan." Mario replied. "Bowser wanted us to go there."
"Yes we can just see how well that will go" Luigi sighed. "'Hi I'm the ex-princess Peach. By now it's a well known fact that the last peace talks was really just a huge disaster and in reality it was torn down by an evil clone of Bowser who is actually Bowser's son given birth by the unending selfish wishes of the people in the universe and Bowser using the Star Rod. He would like noting better than to watch a war start and see people eradicate themselves. Oh did I mention that Bowser is now captured by the Mushroom Kingdom and sentenced to death?' yes that would work SO well."
"Except that the Koopa Clan does know about Giga Bowser!" Mario replied. "Would they be trusting of us is the question." Mario's eyes focused on the unconscious Toad. "Princess, do you have an item with you that you can use to identify yourself as the Princess of the Mushroom Kingdom?"
"Yes." Peach replied.
"Good, I just figured out what we are going to do with this Toad!"
To be continued...
Boy I hope that my story doesn't screw up again and chapters mysteriously vanish…