Random Pointless Rambling: One Piece anime in Taiwan is on hiatus currently in order to let the Japanese version progress with more episodes. I wonder when it will return though.
Chapter 28
The Door Opens! The Battle Between the Strongest Ones!
SLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASH!!!!!
With a powerful swipe of the sword, Whispy Woods tumbled over onto the ground with a thud. Meta-Knight sheathed his sword and began walking away, saying, "Put up a better fight next time."
"And we didn't need to do anything..." Nana commented.
"I don't even think we had a single role in this story to begin," Popo added.
TThen the scenery around them changed. No longer were they standing in green grassland, but they found themselves standing in nothing but darkness. "Hm? Where am I?" MK asked.
Then they heard some familiar voices calling him. "Hey! It's Meta-Knight and the Ice Climbers!"
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Mario, Link, ROB, and Kirby kept their eyes glued to the large golden door and saw hieroglyphics lighting up one by one. One of the latest to light up was a tree. "Looks like our friends are handling things themselves easily," Kirby said.
"Sooner or later, this door will have to open!" Link said. "I can't wait to end this!"
ROB looked at the row of shining hieroglyphics around the door and noted that there was only one more left that isn't lighted. "It appears that there is one more member of the Subspace Army left to be defeated."
"Who can it be?" Kirby asked.
ROB went up close to the door and examined the remaining hieroglyphic at the top of the door frame closely. "It appears to be the strongest member of them all, Mewtwo."
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Ganondorf rubbed his head as he got up from the ground. "Argh… I can't believe things went like this! I'm going to get my hands on that blue guy if that's the last thing I do!"
"You sure talk big for someone who got knocked down by Master Tabuu once already!" said a voice familiar to him. Ganondorf recognized the voice and turned to the source to see Mewtwo floating towards the same level as him.
"Mewtwo!" he said angrily. "If you get in my way, I'll kill you!"
"We are no longer in the same side," Mewtwo said to him. "Come and try me if you dare! The orders are to destroy anyone who isn't on our side, and I no feelings for any one of you here. I will no hesitate to kill you all!"
Ganondorf stood upright and got into fighting stance and said, "Then that's the way I want it to be! I will show you who the stronger member of the army is!"
"Very well; this will surely be the perfect opportunity. The wind had been blowing around saying that either one of us is the strongest. We will decide who that one is then!"
Bowser, who was lying not too far away from the two, got up and shook his head and then said, "What happened…? I seem to recall someone saying Master Hand isn't the leader of this whole army and that some guy called Taboo is…" He turned his head to the side and saw those two locking gazes with each other. "Hey, what's happening there?"
Bowser got up and approached Ganondorf and asked, "Hey you! Don't think I've already forgotten about what you did to me earlier! I'm going to get my revenge on you if it's…"
Ganondorf turned his head to him and gave him a really threatening glare and shouted, "Get in my way and you're dead!"
Bowser freaked out and jumped back a bit, saying, "Whoa! You don't have to be so angry! Fine! I'll settle this with you later then!"
Ganondorf turned back to Mewtwo and lifted one arm and started charging a ball of dark energy in his palm. "If you're not starting, I'll get you first!"
"Be my guest!" Mewtwo said to him, spreading his arms to both sides. "Come and take a shot on me if you can!"
"You're asking for it!" Ganondorf shouted. "Raaaah!!" He threw the energy ball forward and Mewtwo drifted to the side and easily avoided it. Ganondorf immediately whipped out his sword and charged straight at Mewtwo and readied to plunge it into him. At the same time, Mewtwo formed a pinkish energy in his hand that took the form of a crescent blade and swung it at the incoming Gerudo.
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"What are you all doing here?" MK asked as he approached the rest of the Smashers.
"That's what I'm trying to find out too," Captain Falcon told him. "According to the others, they were sent here suddenly when they defeated a tough opponent."
"Yeah, I defeated Petey Piranha and then both Dedede and I showed up show," Luigi said.
"The same has happened to our group," Lucario added.
"This happened to us too…" Pikachu said also.
"Hmmm… What is the meaning of this then?" Snake said, rubbing his chin. "Is there a reason that all of us are brought here?" And then he turned to Sonic and said to him, "By the way… When did you get here?"
"Yeah, I don't recall you being among us," Falco said to Sonic.
"Let's say I'm late, okay?" Sonic replied. "At least I didn't miss out the show."
"So anyway, we all have been here ever since we defeated our opponents," Marth said, trying to sum up everything. "And there has been no other path that can lead us out of here. It's as if we are trapped here with no way to go."
"That sounds scary if you ask me…" Pichu said.
"I'm scared…" Lucas whimpered.
"There has to be a way out of here!" Olimar said. "Maybe we have to create a way out ourselves?"
"I tried to shooting all over the place," Samus told him. "But it was equivalent to shooting empty air. I couldn't get any results from scanning either."
"I'm starting to be afraid now…" Luigi cried.
"Mario isn't here…" Peach stated.
"Link too," Zelda said. "Come to think of it, the only ones in our group that are not here with us currently are Mario, Link, ROB, and Kirby."
"Where can they be?" Nana asked.
"Who's knows…?" Popo replied.
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Tabuu sat on his throne and watched the fight between Ganondorf and Mewtwo through a holographic monitor. "The battle between the two of the strongest members," he thought. "This will prove to be entertaining! Who will be the winner then? Only Mewtwo is left to be defeated before the gate open for the chosen ones, and then it the time when I show them my true power!"
The monitor before him faded away and another one showed up. This one showed the predicament of the Smashers that were trapped in the darkness. "As for you lot," he said to no one in particular. "Congratulations on overcoming your enemies, but you will not prevail for long! It is only a matter of time before you all become lost for eternity in the darkness of the Subspace!"
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The fight between Ganondorf and Mewtwo was a violent and rough one as can be proved from Bowser's jaw-dropping expression.
Both sides assaulted each other furiously with energy projectiles, kicks, punches, and several more. Ganondorf fell onto his feet with a wounded body and so did Mewtwo. "I will not lose to the likes of you!" Ganondorf growled.
"I have no intention to lose to the likes of you too!" Mewtwo said. "I will not miss my opportunity to become the most powerful being in the world! Once I destroy you, I will proceed to pull Tabuu down from his throne and prove myself as the leader!"
Ganondorf was surprised to hear this. "Oh? I see… So you have your own agenda too. I guess this world is all about black eating black, eh? But if there is anyone who is to rule the world, that is me!"
"Keep on dreaming! I am the ultimate life form and I am destined to rule over everything in this world!" Mewtwo said furiously. "Die!"
Both sides charged at each other again to attack. Ganondorf swung his sword while Mewtwo attacked with an energy blade, and both the attacks clashed with each other with great strength and canceled out each other. The both hopped back to their starting positions and Mewtwo shot a dark energy ball at Ganondorf who swatted it away with his sword before running at him again. He brought down the sword on Mewtwo, but he flew back into the air and avoided it. From the air, Mewtwo pointed his hand at Ganondorf and fired a rapid stream of stars.
Ganondorf tried to jump away, but the speed of the stars were much too fast and he was shot in the legs before tumbling onto the floor. Mewtwo charged at him and released a sword-like beam out of his hand to impale him, but Ganondorf held up his hand and created a vortex-like energy in his palm that seemed to absorb the beam. He jumped back up and, out of rage, hurled his sword at Mewtwo, who easily dodged it and then used telekinesis to bring the sword under his control and flung it back to Ganondorf. Ganondorf pulled back his fist and delivered a powerful punch at the sword and smashed it into two pieces, but he didn't care about it.
Mewtwo floated to the floor again and Ganondorf immediately charged at him with one hand outstretched as if he was going to choke him. Mewtwo opened his arms to 'welcome' him and when Ganondorf was in range, a stream of fire suddenly came pouring in from between them and nearly burned them. They looked at the source of the flame and saw the culprit as Bowser. "Haha! You guys sure are enjoying this!" he said. "I'm not going to left out of this! As you said, this is a black eat black world!" He took a deep breath and released another stream of fire.
Mewtwo held out his hand and nullified the incoming fire using a barrier, and while he was holding this up, Ganondorf saw this as an opportunity for an ambush, and he charged towards Mewtwo and tried to grab his neck. Mewtwo saw this coming however and moved back with the barrier deactivated, and the fire went right into Ganondorf, burning him head to toe. "UUUUUUUUUUUWAAAAAA!!!"
"Haha! Serves you right!" Bowser laughed. "Now I'm going to give you back what you did to me!" He ran up to Ganondorf who had just shaken off the fire from his body and caught him by the collar and then performed a spinning jump into the air before falling back down with the Gerudo thief underneath him, thus flattening him against the floor with his weight.
SMAAAAAAAAAASH!!!
After dealing with Ganondorf, Bowser got up and looked at Mewtwo, saying, "You're next!" When he walked forward however, Ganondorf shot back up and caught Bowser by the back of his shell and then slammed him violently to the side.
CRASH!
"YEOW!!"
"You're asking for a death wish, aren't you?!" Ganondorf said with rage. He picked up Bowser by the neck and began zapping him with dark magic, and that's when Mewtwo dashed forward with a blade formed out of psychic energy in his hand, ready to impale the both of them. Ganondorf quickly tossed Bowser upwards and then swinging a fist of dark energy at Mewtwo, who took a step back to avoid it. Ganondorf then leaped up and caught the airborne Bowser to hurl him down onto Mewtwo, who dodged it.
"OW!! That hurts!!" Bowser shouted. "Now I'm angry! I'm going to tear you into shreds!" He opened his mouth to ready to breathe fire again, but before he could do anything, Ganondorf slammed his fist into his stomach at the same time Mewtwo delivered a psychic-powered punch into his back.
"You stay out of this!!!" they both shouted.
SMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASH!!!!!
"OOOOOOOOF!!!!!"
After taking the powerful blow from both sides, Bowser fell onto the floor, curled up and squealing in pain. With the Koopa King out of the way, Ganondorf and Mewtwo glared at each other and panted heavily because of all the strength they wasted in battle. "Now let us finish this…" Ganondorf said.
"As you wish…" Mewtwo said.
Ganondorf lifted up both hands and a large ball of dark energy started to form while Mewtwo hovered back into the air and cupped his hand in front of him to begin charging up energy.
"DARK RAIN!!!"
"FOCUS BLAST!!!"
And both the attacks were unleashed…
BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANG!!!!!
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"Eet lit-a up! Da last-a one!" Mario said, pointing to the last hieroglyphic that resembled a cat.
"That means Mewtwo is defeated!" Link said. "Who can be so powerful to bring him down?"
Then the golden door let off a bright glow and slowly opened outwards. Behind the door, they could see white light pouring out and it nearly blinded them. "So Tabuu is in there?" Kirby asked.
"I am affirmative of this," ROB said. "Let us proceed on."
"Great! Time to take down that man in blue!" Link said.
"Let's-a go!" Mario said, and he led the way.
They stepped into the door which then closed up behind them again. After stepping into the light, they were greeted with once again darkness and a path made of crystal-like substance leading to a tall staircase that went all the way to a large platform at the top. They all ran up the staircase and expected to meet Tabuu, which they did. There was Tabuu, sitting on a throne made of unknown substance.
"I congratulate you four for making it here!" Tabuu said. "Or rather, you are the chosen ones who will fight me!"
"Da game eez up!" Mario said to Tabuu while getting into fighting position. "You surrenda now and return da world back-a to normal!"
"Or else I'll crush you with the power of the Master Sword!"
"We won't let you take over the world!" Kirby said.
"You have gone too far!" ROB said to Tabuu. "Your reign of evil ends here now!"
Tabuu got up from his throne which disappeared without a trace and walked up to them while saying, "I see that you are filled with the determination to defeat me. Very well; I will grant you the privilege to see the true power of the Subspace Leader which is I!"
Then butterfly wings spread out from behind him and he took off into the air. As he flapped his wings, they began to glow brightly and he said, "Despite saying that, I will give you a quick and painless death! With a single Off Wave from my wings, you all will be reduced to ashes! It is better to end things quick than to let you suffer!"
"The Off Wave! The strongest attack Tabuu has!" ROB gasped in shock. "None of us can survive that! That attack is powerful enough to devastate a whole city and take lives!"
"What do we do then?!" Kirby asked in panic.
"We must get to a farther distance in order to avoid it! We must act fast!"
"You people are not running anywhere!" Tabuu said. "Die!" Right when the Off Wave was about to be released, Master Hand came charging into him from behind and gave him a powerful sock to the wings. "WAA!"
POW!!!
Tabuu crashed onto the ground violently and his wings were battered up badly. The Smashers were surprised and looked at Master Hand. "Masta Hand!" Mario exclaimed.
"I'm sorry for everything that I've done…" MH said weakly. "I can never forgive myself for this… This is the best I can do for you in this state… Smashers! Give it all you got! I have damaged his wings so that he can no longer perform the Out Wave!"
Link nodded and said, "You can count on us!" He turned to Tabuu and said, "Get up and fight us fairly now!"
Tabuu crawled up and glared at them angrily, saying, "It does not matter! You have no seen what I am capable of yet! You will all tremble before the true power of the Subspace!"
TO BE CONTINUED
The final battle is approaching, which also means the end of this story is coming too. I hope you look forward to it!
