The party got back to where Kolorado was standing. He appeared to be napping, with a snot bubble coming from his nose. Everyone grimaced at the sight of the nose bubble, especially Bow, who looked the most disgusted. It's like Kolorado was just too lazy and just wanted to get some sleep. They knew they had to do something to get him up.
"Uh… Can anyone explain why Kolorado is sleeping?" Chopper asked. "I mean, he knew we'd be back. Someone wake him up."
All it took was a simple smack from Bow to wake him up.
"Who! What! Where! I'm sorry, my wife! It's not my fault I left the pie in the oven for over an hour when it was meant to be in there for twenty five minutes! Koopla, I didn't mean to accidentally take your sneakers to a trip to Dry Dry Desert!" Kolorado cried.
"You WHAT?!" Koopla exclaimed.
"Umm… What did I just say there, Chopper? I fell asleep while you went out to do stuff, and since I got so bored, I did just that. Is there anything you got, my boy?"
"I got a ruby stone from that shadow thief and the leaf," Chopper said as he pulled out a ruby stone. "I think it'll fit in the door over there. …And why do you keep calling me 'my boy'?"
Chopper got on Yosho's back, and he jumped up to the door. Chopper inserted the stone in the door, and it opened up, revealing some sort of cave.
"It's up here. Let's go, buddy." Yosho suggested.
"Going through a cave to meet him? Well this is definitely old for me." Bow sighed.
They headed into the cave, and they found a ladder and a Save Block at the end of the pathway. Chopper hit the Save Block to save his game, and then they climbed up the ladder.
"Umm… I can't get myself up there. I don't have any arms." Bruce noted.
"Don't worry, I'll get you up…" Parakarry assured as he helped Bruce up the ladder.
C-2 Choppor noticed some kind of hole with something in the way. "Chopper, my scans indicate there is something you can move at the top of the ladder."
"Really? Let me see…" Chopper pushed something at the top, and he saw the sky. He got out of the cave and found himself at the top of Yoshi Mountain. He could see the Yoshi Village to the left, and an ocean filled with ink around a cave. From what they could tell, that was Blooper Cave.
"Huh? Who're you people?"
As Chopper helped the others out, they turned around and saw an old Yoshi with a cane and a white beard. He appeared to be meditating on a rock.
"Are you the Yoshi Elder that Yoshgin was talking about?" Chopper asked.
"My grandson sent you? Hold on… Let me take a good look at you, son. Come closer…"
"Uhhhhhh... I'm not so sure about that."
"Go ahead, Chopper. Just go to him. He told ya to do it." Yosho suggested.
"Uhh… All right." Chopper slowly walked toward the Yoshi Elder, and when he got near him, he began to cough, making him cover his face to avoid getting his spit on him.
"Cough… Hack… Wheeze… Sorry, son. Now, what is it that you want?" the Yoshi Elder asked. "I just needed you to come closer so I can hear you."
"Oh, all right. Well, we need to get to Blooper Cave. Your grandson wanted us to see you so we can know how to get there."
"I see… Let me think for a moment." Chopper nodded, and he waited for about a minute. After a little bit, the Yoshi Elder knew.
"Tell me son… What's your name?."
"My name's Chopper."
"I see it now. Chopper, there is a vine you can grind down that'll take you to a beach where Blooper Cave rests. There's some water there that's polluted, so you'll want to be careful. Once you're in the cave, the ink shouldn't be inside. Expect to do a lot of swimming in that cave, because Bloopers stay underwater for the most part. If you have the Water ability, you should be able to swim around without any problems. Did you understand all that?"
"Yeah, so I gotta go down the vine to the east and I'll be at Blooper Cave. It makes perfect sense, Elder!"
"Good, now let me meditate at peace again. That Yoshi with you will be definitely of good use in the cave." the Yoshi Elder then stopped for a moment. "Hold on one moment. I need to give you this. This will be very helpful."
The Yoshi Elder gave Chopper a red orb called an Ultra Stone.
"That's an Ultra Stone. I kept it on my staff for many years, and when the one who climbed up Yoshi Mountain would come, I would give it to him. Whenever you find a Super Block, you can upgrade one of your party members from Super-Rank to Ultra-Rank. This should surely help you on your quest. Now that I explained that, I wish you luck!"
The Yoshi Elder sat back down on his rock, and Chopper looked at the vine. "Well, what are we waiting for? Let's go down to the east!" Chopper walked to the vine, and he began to head down, grinding on it as if he was sliding down the vine.
C-2 Choppor began to follow him with his jetpack. He didn't need to use the vine. Bow and Parakarry didn't have to either.
Koopla headed down on the vine by going into her shell, and Bruce slid down on his butt. Kolorado looked at the vine as he began to sweat.
"I say, is this actually safe to be doing? I'm rather worried I'll get hurt if I go down this vine. Well, I have to try!"
Kolorado got on the vine, but he ended up flipping upside down because he lost his balance. His feet were still keeping him from falling off, but he went down like that, and he got hit by some trees.
Chopper saw the beach coming near, so he jumped off the vine and landed on the sand. He saw a huge gray cave with rocks around it up ahead. Luckily, there were logs to get there.
Once the others got down, and Kolorado recovered from being dazed, they used the logs to get across, and they landed in front of the cave. There was a Save Block and a Heart Block, so Chopper hit both.
"Well, let's not waste any time, Chopper," Kolorado suggested. "Of course, you can lead the way, since I don't think I could really handle this and all. You protect us from any harm!"
"What? You gotta be kidding me…" Chopper face palmed. "My partners and I will take care of this, all right? Now let's just get in."
"If anythin' dangerous is found in there, we'll take care of 'em in a snap!" Yosho assured, turning to Chopper's friends. "Right, guys?"
"Affirmative," C-2 Choppor nodded. "We can not spare any time to do anything else. We must go. We need that Star Spirit to stop Bowser…and also get revenge upon him for what he did."
"It sure seems dark in there. But, I couldn't care less." Bow said, turning to Chopper. "But you, on the other hand..."
"I think I'll be fine," Chopper assured. "Let's head on in and NOT get scared by the darkness inside."
Kolorado decided to just move on ahead. But, when they got in, it didn't become so dark. However, they could see the grayness around them since they're on a place made of rocks and stones. They could see some water droplets coming down from the ceiling. It's really a small area, despite it being bumpy.
"So this is Blooper Cave, huh? Bow, you thought it would be dark here. Is it dark at all? Absolutely not!"
"Well I thought it would be. But, you never know. We could end up finding ourselves in a dark area with no light." Bow noted.
"Yeah, and perhaps you and me could spend a little quality time in that room. Alone…" Yosho smirked.
"Yosho, is that all you do? Hit on girls?" Bruce asked.
"Well, I gotta do somethin' in my life. I'm pretty much a ladies man! Yup, everyone wants a piece of Yosho."
"Oh man… Not this again…" Chopper face palmed. But, he decided to press on and not worry about it. C-2 Choppor followed, and so did Bow. The others caught up.
But, the entrance to the next part of the area got blocked when a Blooper appeared right in front of Chopper.
"Bloobloobloop! (Oh, great… The kid Chopper King Bowser told about is here! I better go warn the others!)" it shouted as it left the room.
"Whoa… That was weird…" Chopper looked confused. But, he decided to press on along with the others.
They found some rocks that were floating on the water. Some of them drifted back and forth, while others stayed put. Thankfully, there wasn't any ink in the water. Kolorado was standing near the first floating rock, pondering,
"Hmm… I sense danger here…" he murmured. "All adventures are dangerous, though, so what of it? We must press on toward the glory of an unknown treasure!"
Kolorado took a couple of steps back, and then he charged toward the rock and jumped on the first rock. He saw that it was sinking down into the water.
"Uh oh… This isn't good." the rock sank down deeper into the water, and so did Kolorado. To everyone's surprise, he rocketed up in the air after being bit in the butt.
"Yeeeeeeeeeeeoooow!" Kolorado landed back back by the group and held his butt in pain.
"What's wrong with this rock? It sank right into the water! Chopper, how about you go on first."
"Really? Fine, I will!" Chopper jumped onto the rock, and he jumped onto another before they sank into the water. "Wait, why am I trying to not fall in the water? It's not going to HURT me or anything!"
But when he looked down, he noticed a couple of blue and white fish called Piranhas swimming around.
"There's Piranhas down there. So, it may not be a good idea fallin' in there…unless you want to get some Star Points." Yosho informed. "But, all I see down at the bottom is sand. But, I guess it's part of the ocean."
Yosho jumped over to Chopper, and Koopla and Bruce jumped on the rocks to get to him. For Bruce, this was not an easy feat to get through. They got to the end of of the room, and they saw a big rock in their way. Chopper simply threw Bruce at it, who proceeded to blow it up.
The next area had more rocks floating around on the water, and there appeared to be another area up ahead on a rock. They had to jump onto a couple of rocks to get over there. There appeared to be another doorway to another area underwater.
Apparently, there was a gap to get to the area up ahead, so Parakarry carried Chopper over there and also Koopla and Bruce. Luckily, Yosho could jump high enough to prevent himself from falling in.
The next area was flat, and it had Cheep-Cheep Puffs that could stay above water. They could even poison you as well. Chopper simply defeated them with his hammer, because stomping on them could cause them to puff up and have their spikes appear. He even burned one of them with his Fire Hand ability.
Chopper then got on Yosho to jump over some high ledges, and they found an Upgrade Block up ahead, so Chopper hit it.
"Hmmm… Who do I want to upgrade? That's the tough question…" Chopper pondered. "I know!"
He decided to upgrade Bow to Ultra-Rank, which didn't make Bruce so happy.
"You're picking Bow over me? That's not fair…" Bruce grumbled.
"It would've been cool if I got the Ultra-Rank, but it's yer call, Chopper." Yosho assured. "If ya want to upgrade me next, I'd be fine by that."
"How nice of you to do that, Chopper," Bow smirked, giving Chopper's cheek a pinch, much to his annoyance. "Someone at least understands who's more important."
"...Maybe I should've let Choppor be upgraded instead," Chopper frowned.
Bow had the blue power orb go into her, and she learned the move Fan Smack, which allows her to smack enemies with her fan five times in a row, each doing 2 damage.
"My Fan Smack! Now I can finally smack my enemies with this!" Bow squealed. "I thank you, Chopper, because if I didn't have this, then I don't know what I'd do!"
"Now then… Let's just head back to the other area and dive back into the water." Chopper and his friends headed back, and they went into the water.
Koopla sighed as she began to hold their breath. They could see some Buzzy Beetles with oxygen masks on, with spikes on their shells going after them. They saw to the right at the bottom of the water, a metal block that was a red color with a yellow trim. There was a Save Block also, so Chopper saved his game for the heck of it.
"Hmmm…" Chopper swam to the block, and he whacked it with his hammer. Sadly, it didn't do anything.
"My scanners show that there is a hidden floor panel on the ground. Chopper, use your Spin Jump right over there." C-2 Choppor pointed to the center of the floor, and Chopper used his Spin Jump on it, sending him through a hole in the ground. He began to see that he was going deeper in the Blooper Cave. The others followed him down as well.
They all found themselves in an area of a cave with two blue ! Switches across a large gap. It was a little too far for Parakarry to fly Chopper across to, so their only good choice here would be Koopla. There were also some blue blocks that could be pushed on a higher ledge in the area to the northern part of the area, and it seems that only Yosho could reach there, due to the ledge being pretty high up. Hopefully, that block could be used to get across the gap.
"Hmm… All right, we gotta hit that blue switch over there first, so Koopla, I'm gonna need you for this one." Chopper pondered.
"Well it's about TIME!" Koopla grinned. "I was hoping there would something where I'm required to do something. But since there's this here, I feel a little better. So, just kick me while in a shell, and let's get this started."
Chopper walked to the edge of the inky water from the Bloopers, and Koopla walked to the edge as well. Chopper stepped back, and when Koopla got in her shell, he kicked her at the switch. This made the entrance to the next area that was sealed off open.
"That did something. So, this means we gotta push that block down there, am I correct?"
"Well, it would make sense to do that," Yosho replied. "That's how we can probably get to the other side anyway. So, go ahead and do that, Chopper."
Chopper got on Yosho, and they jumped up the ledge. Chopper pushed the blue block down, and then he pushed it down into the water, allowing it to float.
"That was a pretty good plan, Chopper. Now that you did that, I can fly you over there. Come on, let's go!" Parakarry declared as Chopper grabbed Parakarry's arms and began to fly across the water. They refused to touch it, feeling that they would get infected by the ink's poison.
Both Chopper and Parakarry got to the other side, and Yosho got Bruce and Koopla over there. As for Bow and C-2 Choppor, they simply flew across, not needing to use any help.
"All right, good. We got over to the other side." Chopper sighed. "I wonder why there's ink in that water. Oh well. Let's just get going."
They headed into the next area, and they saw some floating rocks in the polluted water. To the upper right, there was a metal block, and to the left, there were moving rocks that lead to the other side of more rocky ground. There were some Bloopers in the water too. However, what caught their eyes the most was a large chest. But, the metal block to the upper right was blocking their way to get it. Thankfully, there was another way to get over there, and that's with the rocks.
"OK, I think we gotta use those rocks. The other way isn't going to work out for us. So… I'll go first for this." Chopper jumped onto the rock floating near, and it began to drift away. A Blooper came out of the water, but he fried it up with his Fire Hand, which allowed him to jump onto the next rock.
He got to the other side, and Yosho decided to follow him, because to get to the chest, they had to jump over a tall wall, and only Yosho's jump could work.
"Now that I'm here, I can help ya get what's in the chest," Yosho declared while Chopper got on his back. "So... Hold on tight!"
With that, Yosho leaped over the wall and got to the big chest.
"Oh, you're already there? Go ahead and open the chest." Bow suggested. "Let's hope it'll help you get out of here."
Chopper walked to the big chest and began to open it. A red hammer with face being yellow came out of the chest. Chopper smiled as he held the new hammer up high.
You got the Ultra Hammer! The attack power of Chopper's Hammer and Copy Abilities increases! On top of that, you can now destroy Metal Blocks!
Chopper simply threw his Super Hammer into the chest, and he closed it shut before doing anything else.
"This hammer will DEFINITELY be of good use! Let's see what this thing can do!" Chopper walked to the Metal Block and took out his Ultra Hammer, which smashed the Metal Block. This caused Koopla, Parakarry, and Yosho to have their mouths drop. Bow smirked at this, and C-2 Choppor simply nodded at Chopper.
"Whoa… Did he just…smash a Metal Block? But I thought Metal Blocks were impossible to destroy?!" Koopla gaped.
"Let's just head back to where that one Metal Block was standing," Chopper suggested. "I can smash that now."
Room with Metal Block-
They all headed back to where the Metal Block was blocking the way underwater. Nothing seemed to change in the room, so it wasn't going to be a problem getting rid of it.
Once Chopper smashed the block, the water in this area began to drain and go down the hole.
"The water drained? Now that's something you don't see every day." Bruce gawked.
"Yeah, I agree," Chopper nodded.
"Coming through!" Kolorado jumped down and walked to the doorway. "My finely honed intuition tells me that great discoveries lie just beyond here… But, now that you smashed that block, we must go. Onward to glory!"
Kolorado headed on through the next room, and Chopper and his friends followed. They saw they were on a high ledge in this new room, and they could see water down below with Bloopers and Piranhas. There wass also a grinding rail to help go down to a lower ledge.
Kolorado then began to smell something. It got his attention. "Hm? It smells like treasure! Treasure, old boy! Make way—I'm going ahead!"
And at that moment, Kolorado began to run on ahead, but he noticed once he moved, he was not on the ground. He was over the water now. Kolorado began to fall, but he was trying to hurry toward the edge as his legs fluttered, somehow not falling just yet. But, once he got near the ledge, he plummeted to his doom.
"GyaaaaaAAAaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh!"
As they heard him scream, they heard a loud splash.
"Is he all right? I mean, he fell right in the water!" Bruce gaped.
"I'll ask him," Chopper looked down and noticed Kolorado was floating in the water. "Hey! Kolorado! Are you all right!?"
"Don't you worry, my boy! Everything's fine down here!" Kolorado assured. "The water doesn't have any ink in it, so I should be fine! I think I should be safe!"
Suddenly, a Piranha bit Kolorado in the butt, and he shrieked. "You go on ahead! I'll try to take care of this!"
Kolorado grabbed the Piranha by the tail, and he began to whack the other Piranhas and Bloopers that tried to attack him. He didn't seem to be winning the fight, unfortunately.
"He's...whacking them with a fish," Chopper blinked.
"You heard the archaeologist! We better move!" Yosho shouted.
"All right, fine," Chopper got on the rail, and he began to grind down. He was near the water when he got to the next doorway, and there was even an Upgrade Block.
"Ooh! An Upgrade Block! But… Who to upgrade…? Oh, I know…" Chopper got Yosho to come over, and he felt power going into him. Yosho became Ultra Ranked, which gave him the ability to use his Yoshi Charge, allowing him to run over a couple of enemies on the ground as he charges toward them.
"Sweet! I got my Ultra Rank! Man, I KNEW ya'd choose me to be the one to upgrade next! Yer awesome, dude!"
"Thanks, Yosho," Chopper smiled. Once everyone got down to him, they moved on. They were in another tunnel like the beginning of the cave, but C-2 Choppor sensed something.
"Danger! My sensors detect something behind us!" C-2 Choppor warned. A round Thwomp surrounded by spikes called a Spiny Tromp came down, and it began to roll after them.
"Yeeeeeeeeeek! Run for it, guys!" Chopper cried as he began to speed down to the exit and escape out of the doorway. Bow got out next, and then C-2 Choppor, Yosho, Koopla, Parakarry, and then poor Bruce, who almost got crushed.
They found themselves in a room with water around. Apparently they were going to have to swim in order to get through this room. Chopper jumped in the water and began to swim to the other side. He decided to become Water Chopper because he could clean things off and swim faster.
At the other side where there's another entrance, there appeared to be some Blooper Ink. Chopper spewed out some water at the ink, and it began to wash off. The others got to him, and they found themselves in an area with, to the upper left, a Spiny Tromp and all the way to wall with nothing interesting. All they could see was a block that looked like it could be used to get onto the ledge where the Spiny Tromp was being blocked by the Metal Block.
Once they took a step to that wall that's shaded lightly, they could hear Kolorado's voice again.
"Chopper! Wai… Wait one moment!" They saw Kolorado quickly running to the wall. "Huff huff huff… According to the information I've gathered…the hidden treasure should be right around here. But I need to go a little farther!"
"Let me see if I can smash that Metal Block over there. I'm gonna need to push this block, though." Chopper noted as he began to push the block all the way to the ledge to the left. He smashed the Metal Block, and the Spiny Tromp began to roll down.
"Guys, I suggest you move out of the way!" Chopper fled to the wall and got out of the path the Spiny Tromp was moving. The others knew they had to move, but unfortunately, Kolorado didn't seem to get the idea.
"Aiigh!"
Just like that, the Spiny Tromp had rolled over the archaeologist and went through the hole in the wall. The others has rushed over to the Koopa lying on his back.
"Are you OK?" Chopper asked.
"Barely nicked me…my boy…" Kolorado wheezed, weakly raising an arm to give a thumbs up. "Oh…my poor shell…ow…"
"See, uncle? This is what happens when you don't get out of the way." Koopla groaned. They simply left him and moved on through the doorway, and they found themselves in a room with a path leading to a doorway. There also appeared to be a slope going down into the water.
Kolorado, who somehow managed to recover from the injuries, ran over to the end of the room. Unfortunately, all that he found was the Spiny Tromp stuck to the wall.
"Close! So very close! My treasure-hunting senses are going simply mad right now! My intuition tells me…" Kolorado looked at the entrance to the next room up ahead. "It's over here!"
Chopper noticed a Heart Block near him, but before he hit that, he and the others followed Kolorado.
They saw the next area had nothing, but Chopper found a Super Shroom and Maple Syrup. Kolorado looked at the wall, where the Spiny Tromp was stuck, and he saw nothing.
"Oh… Huh? There seems to be nothing…" Kolorado sighed. "Alas… Even my finely honed intuition can be wrong on occasion. I shall not give up just yet! Let's head back the other way. Perhaps the treasure is a bit deeper down in the cave. Chopper, you go check over there first!"
"All right, I might as well," Chopper sighed. "Guys, we should be prepared for this, because we did not see ANY giant Blooper around here. So we might be a little close."
"That Bloopink is goin' to get it for polluting our waters!" Yosho growled. "Chopper, keep that Water ability on, 'cause it's goin' to help us beat him!"
"I will. C'mon guys. Let's just leave Kolorado to his stuff." They all agreed with Chopper, and they began to head back to the last room with the slope going into the water. Perhaps Bloopink is underwater?
Well, now you see why it's called "Kolorado's Epic Fail Adventure". :P
