Chapter 3.8: Operation: Crown Fools

Alboort smiled as he floated beside his projector. "Well, I've finally got this thing stabilized." He laughed nervously as he pulled out the button for the projector. "Too bad it's already time to get out of here." He clicked the button.

A picture of the dam showed up on the screen, and Alboort floated over to it. "After Ashley broke this dam, I found out that it was only holding back water. Then that second dam showed up." Alboort flipped the button into the air and caught it. "Now, I had to think about it for a while, but I had to laugh when I figured it out." He snickered and palmed his face. "You see, even though King K. Rool is both crocodilian and the strongest one on the island, his massive weight is too much for him to swim. So, I figure that if we can just break the dam, the Kremling King won't be able to do a thing to anyone."

Iggy nodded and pushed up his glasses. "We also figured out that the dam is, indeed, magic-proof." He smiled. "But I've put together a quick surprise that could take that thing out without too much difficulty."

Waluigi raised an eyebrow. "So the dam gets broken, and we all get to leave? That seems a little too simple."

Alboort nodded. "Indeed. I figure we should get some profit out of this whole ordeal." He furrowed his brow. "Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find the code for the vault."

Ashley rolled her eyes. "So let me guess. You want me to come along with you to carry the thing out, so you can play around with it later."

Alboort adjusted his glasses. "Well, Waluigi will need to come along as well." He clicked the button, and a collage of Kritters, Kalypso, and Kludge showed up on the screen." We may have gotten rid of most of the Kremling warriors, but there will likely be a few Kritters left to get in the way."

Waluigi leaned back in his chair. "Well, that shouldn't be much of a problem. But couldn't you just have Ashley throw the vault at the Kritters."

Alboort nodded. "I thought about that, but we have no idea what could be in the vault. I wouldn't want any jewels to get damaged, so we'll need someone to play bodyguard. After we make it out of the valley, we can let Iggy go to town on the dam." He clicked the button, and the picture of King K. Rool appeared. "Above all, we want to make sure that we avoid the Kremling King himself at all costs."

Alboort clicked the button, and the screen went black. "Now, let's get going. We're losing daylight, and I don't want to be stuck using torches."

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Alboort, Waluigi, Ashley walked out of the hideout and climbed down the ladder.

Alboort turned to his two human companions. "Okay. I was able to find the location of the vault, but it's a little difficult to specify the location itself." He turned around and floated down the path.

Waluigi and Ashley ran after the Boo. They ended up turning several times across the jungle floor, passing a couple of crumbled buildings.

Waluigi looked around and took hold of his chin. "Wow. This place is a lot different once your out of the trees."

Ashley nodded. "I don't think that even I went this far into the jungle."

Alboort pushed his glasses up as he rushed down the path. "Just clam down. We're not that far from the vault, and I don't you guys attracting any attention yet."

The threesome ran until they came across a small cave in a cliffside. The Boo led them into the cave and floated towards the back.

Alboort stopped near the back. "Okay. I'm going to need to blast the vault out of the side of the wall, so stand clear!"

Waluigi and Ashley stood back as Alboort placed a bomb on the cave wall. He floated away and blew the bomb up.

Alboort repeated his bombing on the other three sides, needing to jump to put the one on top. After the fourth side, a black vault shot out of the wall.

"Heads up." Waluigi jumped to the side.

Ashley stepped out of the way, letting the vault fly past her.

The vault clanged against the cave floor near the mouth and clattered to a halt.

Alboort gasped and caught his breath. After a minute of looking back and forth between the vault and his companions, he released his breath in a quick burst. "Okay. Ashley, if the bombs didn't attract the attention of everyone within a hundred yards of the cave, that vault probably did. So, grab it, and let's get going."

Ashley nodded and ran over to the vault. She waved her scepter over it, and a beam glowed around it. She slowly pulled the vault off of the ground until it was about a foot up in the air. She grunted. "Well, I'm going to have to focus on this a bit, so I can't really run with it."

Alboort swallowed. "I was afraid of that." He turned to Waluigi. "You need to take the lead. Don't go too fast, though, because you'll need to protect Ashley on our way back to the beach."

"Okay. Alboort." Waluigi ran to the mouth of the cave.

The first little bit was rather quiet, but it didn't take too long for the guards to come running.

One Kritter rounded the corner and pointed at them. "Hey! What do you guys have there?"

Waluigi didn't use words to answer. Instead, he pulled out a Whiskered Eggplant and threw it at the Kritter.
The Kritter practically caught the thing in his mouth. He doubled over and fell to the ground.

Waluigi pulled out his thorn whip and started lashing at the Kritter until it disappeared. He turned around. "What's the progress?"

Ashley grumbled as she pushed ahead with the vault.

Alboort floated around Ashley. "We're making steady progress, but we may take a while." He held out one of his bombs. "Look, you just keep taking care of the front. That's where most of the new guards should be coming from. I'll plant bombs to cover our tracks."

Waluigi nodded. "Got it." He turned around and whipped a Kritter running at the caravan. He lashed at it several more times until it disappeared.

Ashley was able to rush forward a bit after the Kritter was gone, but the little spurt didn't last long.

Waluigi turned back to Ashley. "Don't worry about it, Ash! We still have about an hour before sunset. You just take your time and take care of the loot." He lashed his whip into empty air. "I'll take care of anyone who gets in our way."

The little troupe ventured back towards the hideout. It was a relatively slow go, but Waluigi kept whirling his whip over his head.

Once, about three Kritters cam at the same time. Waluigi threw a Whiskered Eggplant at each of them, forcing them to cripple down to their knees. He ran up to the lot of them and slammed them into the ground with his heel.

Alboort kept laying bombs down behind the group. Only about one Kritter came from that direction, but Alboort kept blowing the bombs up so he could place one nearer the group.

Soon, Waluigi lashed a Kritter over the head, and it disappeared. He looked ahead and pointed. "We're almost back to the clearing, guys. Just a little bit more."

Ashley just huffed as she walked forward.

Alboort patted the witch on the shoulder. "Just stay focused, Ashley. There's going to be one more obstacle before the beach." HE floated around the weight-lifting girl. "Hey! Waluigi! You mind bringing up the rear? I'm pretty sure no more Kritters are going to come from the front."

"Okay." Waluigi ran around Ashley and gripped his whip firmly. Only two more Kritters made their way after the band of thieves, but Waluigi kept them at bay with his whip.

The threesome soon approached the treehouse.

Alboort pushed up his glasses. "Okay. Now, we just need to go around the hideout and up the hill to the beach.

Ashely's eye twitched. "Hill?"

Alboort nodded. "Well, of course. If it was flat all the way to the beach, then there wouldn't be much point in trying to flood the island.

Waluigi walked up beside the witch. "Don't worry, Ash. I'll help you get the thing up there."

As Alboort stood at the bottom of the hill, Waluigi kneed the vault, so that the heavy metal chest would fly up a bit. Ashley kept it from falling back down.

It took a little work, but Ashley and Waluigi soon rounded the top of the hill.

Ashley let the vault drop into the sand. "I need to take a rest." She slumped beside the vault.

Red popped back into his normal self. "Don't worry, Ashley. I'll get you something."

Alboort climbed up onto the beach and nodded. "I'll tell Iggy that it's time to break the dam." He pulled out his Thieftech.

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Iggy Koopa was tightening the last bolt on a barrel with wings and a propeller. He pulled out a ringing Thieftech that looked completely cybernetic. He flipped it open and held it between his ear and shoulder. "What is it?"

Alboort's voice echoed over the cell phone-like device. "Okay, Iggy. We're on the beach and waiting for the flood.

Iggy nodded. "Okay. I just finished my quick, little invention." He tapped the barrel a couple times. "I just hope it lasts the hour. I didn't get to spend much time working on it."

"I'm sure it's fine. What is it, anyway?"

Iggy pulled the Thieftech away from his ear and held it up to the barrel. "It's just a simple airplane made out of some of the local resources. I wish I had better ammo for my turret than grapes and pebbles, but I had to make do."

Alboort nodded. "Well, it doesn't have to be perfect. It just has to take out that dam."

Iggy nodded. "Okay. I'll call you when the deed is done. He flipped the Thieftech shut and stuck it in one of his lab coat's pockets. He jumped into the small airplane and was soon off the ground.

As Iggy flew around for a moment, he tapped his small dashboard. "Okay. Systems check. I just press the control stick left and right to turn." He swerved to the left and to the right. "Okay. That seems to be working. Now, I press down on the control to go up, and up on the control stick to go down." He rose a little and dove some more. "Okay. Steering seems to be in order," he turned to the right, "so let's go see about this dam."

It didn't take long for the small airplane to approach the golden dam. Iggy traced his finger over the dashboard to check his readings. "Okay. Everything looks fine. I should be in the air for a while." He looked up and pushed back his glasses. "Now, the ruby may protect the dam from magic, but I'm guessing it's the physically weakest part of the dam." He took a firm grip of the steering wheel and flipped open a pair of lids. "Okay. I can hold down the B button to shoot. Unfortunately, this gun isn't high quality, so it might burn out, if I shoot for too long."

Iggy dove the plane towards the dam and started shooting. The bursts of makeshift bullets were short, but they were getting the job done.

Iggy snickered as he turned the plane away from the dam to avoid crashing. He rose up in the air and flew away a bit before turning around to repeat his attack.

As Iggy shot at the dam, he looked down. "Blast! There's still a few Kritters left to repair the dam." His clawed finger hovered over a red button on the dashboard. "I'll just have to get rid of them by pressing the Z button to drop a bomb."

As Iggy approached the dam, he turned to the left and dropped a coconut bomb on top of the Kritters on that side. When he came back for his third pass, he blasted away the Kritters on the right of the dam.

The dam was soon cracking terribly underneath the pounding Iggy was giving it.

Iggy was diving in for a final go, when something hit his ship. "What the heck was that!?" He turned around to see a bunch of small, brownish-green Kremlings with propeller on their hats.

Iggy pounded the side of his airplane. "Kopters! Curses! I can't let them attack this ship too much, or it will fall to pieces." He swerved out of the way of a Kopter that tried to tackle him. "Okay. I can use the A button to speed up the plane a bit, and by pressing the C button while moving the control stick, I can preform basic evasive maneuvers."

Iggy turned forward. He raised his hand up to his head and pulled his flying goggles over his glasses. "Time to do a barrel roll!"

Iggy spun his airplane to the side and out of the way of some incoming Kopters. He spun back the other way as more flew forward.

Iggy growled. "I'll never break the dam at this rate. Those Kopters just keep regrouping." He pulled back on the steering wheel. "So it's time to bring the fight to them."

The airplane rose high in the air and looped behind the airborne Kremlings. Iggy went to town and blasted the Kopters out of the air. "There. That's good."

Iggy sped forward to the dam. He raised his turret gun and began shooting like mad.

Soon, the two King K. Rool heads on the dam fell off from all the cracking. Water began to squirt through the many cracks until the whole dam crumbled beneath the flood. The waterfall beneath the dam became a flying Nile River.

Iggy flew up high into the air and pumped his arms. "Yeah. And that's the way we Koopalings roll. I'd like to see Bowser Jr. do that."

Iggy's Thieftech started rining.

Iggy fished into his pocket and pulled it out. He flipped it open to see Ludwig. "What?"

Ludwig looked both ways. "You have not broken the dam and let the vater run loose yet, have you?"

Iggy smiled. "Why? You, Roy, and Wendy still stuck in the tree?"

Ludwig shook his head. "No. Ve are on the beach vith the others. Vell, Roy and myself, anyvays."

Iggy pulled his goggles up. "Where's Wendy?"

"Ach! Like I am supposed to be Vendy's keeper!" Ludwig straightened his bowtie and cleared his throat. "Vut I mean to say is that Vendy vent out to look for some more Kritters. Toadsvorth vent vith her, but I do not think the either vun will be happy to be stuck in the middle of vater."

Iggy smacked his forehead. "Why didn't you tell me this before I broke the dam?"

Ludwig shrugged. "I did not realize you vere breaking dam so early."

Iggy sighed as he flipped his Thieftech shut and turned the plane around. "I sure hope this thing can support some more weight."

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Wendy and Toadsworth sat on top of a fair-sized plateau in the middle of the jungle.

Toadsworth walked over to the edge of the plateau. "By my grandfather's marmalade! I do believe we are stuck, princess."

Wendy pouted. "What do you mean stuck? I can't be stuck."

Toadsworth turned around and adjusted his spectacles. "Well, princess, unless you are volunteering to swim us over to the beach, I'm afraid we can't do much until the floods recede."

Wendy looked horrified. "I can't go swimming! I just did my hair and make-up."

Toadsworth walked over to Wendy and sat down. "Then I suppose we will simply have to wait for rescue."

Wendy sighed as she sat down beside the old Toad. "Well, this certainly isn't what I had in mind."

After a minute, a pretty good-sized tree floated towards the plateau.

Wendy stood up and pointed at the tree. "Oh. Someone's bringing us a boat! We're saved!" She clasped both hands together. "Oh. I certainly hope the man saving us is handsome."

As the tree approached the plateau-turned-island, two big green sets of claws could be seen over the edge. King K. Rool hoisted himself over the tree and landed heavily on the plateau.

Wendy cringed. "Oh, wow. You're not handsome at all."

King K. Rool growled. "Well, you're not my type of girl, either." He pointed at the broken dam. "And both of you don't look like the type to be on my island! Were you the ones that broke my dam!?"
Wendy huffed and placed her hands on her hips. "Well, I never! Even if we did, you should be thanking us. That thing was nothing more than an eyesore."

King K. Rool roared. "Watch your tongue! That thing was of prime beauty, and I'm holding you responsible for its destruction!"

Toadsworth stood in front of Wendy. "I say, dear boy. That is no way to talk to a princess. Even if you are a king, it's most disrespectful of you to speak in such a manner towards the royalty of another kingdom."

King K. Rool pointed at Toadsworth. "So what? You think you can challenge me." He chuckled and flexed his arms. "Very well, but I'm not the kind of guy who's happy when his buildings get destroyed."

Toadsworth jumped forward and raised his staff. "Tally-ho! To battle I go! Pip pip!"

King K. Rool roared as he ran forward. He swung two heavy haymakers down at the old Toad, but he missed as his target jumped nimbly out of the way.

Toadsworth turned to King K. Rool and tensed. Brown and gold spores shot out of his head and towards the Kremling King.

King K. Rool lunged at the old Toad, but as soon as he hit the spore cloud, he flinched back it a hacking fit.

Toadsworth chuckled as he ran over. He smacked King K. Rool several times with his staff before jumping back.

King K. Rool sneezed the spores away. He turned back to Toadsworth and swung a might fist down at him again.

Toadsworth merely jumped out of the way and blasted spores at the Kremling King again. When he had the massive Kremling in a hacking fit, he ran over and smacked him several more times.

King K. Rool sneezed away the pernicious spores and growled, his bloodshot eye growing larger and even more bloodshot. He growled as he ponded the ground around himself.

Toadsworth was just able to jump out and run away from the mess of attacks. He stood watch until the Kremling King stopped.

King K. Rool ran towards Toadsworth again, heaving haymakers back and forth.

Toadsworth jumped out of the way as the Kremling King passed. As his opponent turned around, he sprayed more spores at the massive Kremling.

King K. Rool hacked and wheezed in all the spores.

Toadsworth nodded and ran up to the Kremling, smacking him over and over with his staff.

After King K. Rool sneezed away the third cloud of spores, he jumped away form Toadsworth and into the middle of the plateau. He pointed viciously at Toadsworth, seething. "Okay, twerp, you want to play with the big boys!" He pulled his crown off his head and threw it at Toadsworth.

Toadsworth tried to jumped out of the way, but the crown was too fast. He was struck by the golden projectile and shot down to the ground. He slowly slid over to Wendy's feet.

King K. Rool caught the crown as it flew back to him. After placing it on his head, he laughed. "That's what you get when you try to act bigger than you are."

Toadsworth looked up at Wendy slowly. "Princess, I'm sorry."

Wendy looked up from the old Toad to the fat Kremling. She placed her hands on her hips and hissed. "I already told you that we weren't the ones who broke your stupid old dam."

King K. Rool laughed. "What? You mean to tell me that you want to go a round?"

Wendy jumped forward and crossed her arms. "What I'm telling you is that you better not throw that crown at me." She smiled. "That is, unless you expect me to keep it."

King K. Rool raised his hand to his crown. "Very well. Then come and see what happens when you cross the King of the Kremlings!" He threw the crown at Wendy with enough force to shoot it clean through a bulldozer.

Wendy jumped to the side as the crown flew by and stepped back the other way when it returned. She blasted King K. Rool several times with water."

King K. Rool shook the water off and ran towards Wendy, pulling back his fist.

Wendy jumped out of the way just as the Kremling King smashed his hand into the ground. She turned around and blew a Flirty Kiss at him.

King K. Rool went in in a heart-crazed daze as he stumbled back and forth.

Wendy nodded and walked up to the massive Kremling. She grabbed him by the chest and smashed him into the ground. She jumped back and blasted some more water at him.

King K. Rool stood up and brushed the water away from himself. He pulled his crown off his head and threw it at Wendy.

Wendy jumped away from the boomerang crown and landed gracefully on the plateau. She blew another kiss and waited.

King K. Rool was running to hit the Koopa princess, but he met the kiss and started stumbling back and forth again.

Wendy ran up and performed another Heartbreaker. She smiled as she jumped away.

King K. Rool soon jumped heavily onto his own feet. He picked his crown up off his head and threw it again.

Wendy just barely avoided the crown this time, and the return was far too close for comfort. She looked back at the Kremling King to see him running at her again. She jumped back from the punches and blew another kiss.

King K. Rool stopped his punching as his eyes turned from red to pink.

Wendy ran over and slammed the Kremling King into the ground again. She jumped back and smiled.

This time, when the Kremling King stood up, he saw two Wendys.

Wendy and her clone smiled as they raised their hands. They both started pelting the massive Kremling with blasts of water.

King K. Rool sputtered as he reached for his crown, but his hand never made it. Instead, he gave out a very low groan and wobbled back and forth. He fell forward with a heavy thud, his crown rolling away from his head.

Wendy picked the crown up of the ground and smiled. "I warned you." She placed the crown on her head in between her tiara and her bow. She pulled out a hand mirror and examined herself. "Well, it's not my color, but replacing some of the gems should fix that easily enough."

Iggy flew low and landed carefully on the plateau-island. He jumped out of the plane and looked around. "Wow. What the heck happened here?"

Wendy smiled as she walked over to the plane. "A king just learned who really rules the roost."

Iggy looked over at King K. Rool and sighed. He walked over to Toadsworth and picked him up. He shook his head as he walked back to the barrel-plane. "Well, your highness, I certainly hope you don't mind flying coach because I'm going to need to drive."

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The plane flew over to the beach quite gracefully, but the landing all but crunched the barrel-plane to pieces.

Iggy jumped out of the plane and walked towards the rest of the group. He hoisted Toadsworth off of his shoulder. "Okay, old man, can you walk?"

Toadsworth coughed a couple times and adjusted his spectacles. "Well, I had the wind knocked out of me, but nothing seems to be broken."

"Good." Iggy placed the old Toad on the sandy beach.

Toadsworth walked over to the rest of the group. He coughed again. "Quite a brute, that K. Rool fellow."

Alboort nodded. "I'm sorry you had to go up against him."

Wendy walked past the old Toad. "Ahem! I was the one who took out the fat freak."

Roy crossed his arms. "So what do you want? A medal?"

Ludwig nodded. "You shouldn't have gone out in the place. You knew ve vere planning to leave."

Wendy scowled. "Fine, you bunch of killjoys."

Cranky Kong and Funky Kong rounded the end of the beach. They walked over to the gang.

Cranky Kong stepped towards Team Waluigi. "Well done. Well done indeed." He pointed his walking stick at the flooded jungle. " Even if that water ever gives out, it will take forever for that place to dry out, let alone to rebuild the Kremling empire."

Alboort adjusted his glasses. "I'm glad you're happy with what we did."

Waluigi leaned against the Boo. "Yeah. We took care of our end of the bargain."

Cranky Kong held up his cane. "All right. I get the point." He pointed his walking stick at Funky Kong. "Pay them."

Funky Kong smiled. "Right on, senior." He threw the crate from his shoulder in front of Team Waluigi.

Waluigi and Ashley walked up to the crate. Ashley popped the lid open, and Waluigi reached in.

"Bananas!" Waluigi pulled out two bunches of the fruit. "It's all bananas!"

Alboort floated up between Waluigi and Cranky Kong. "I apologize. My associate isn't familiar with your local currency."

Cranky Kong shrugged. "It's the best bananas we have."

Roy picked up the crate. He plucked a banana out and ate it whole. "Then what are we complaining about?"

Alboort nodded. "We did end up with a fair part of King K. Rool's fortune."

Waluigi ran down the beach. "I'll go get the van."

It didn't take long for the big purple can to race around the edge of the beach and down to the rest of the gang.

Alboort turned to Funky Kong. "By the way, would you mind coming along with us?"

Funky Kong held his chin. "Well, there haven't been any swells around here."

Alboort waved his hand towards the van. "Well, we do happen to be going on a world tour."

Funky Kong gave Alboort a thumbs up. "Sounds radical, dude."

Waluigi jumped out of the van. "Yeah. Now our only problem is that the ferry won't be back until tomorrow."

Iggy stepped forward. "Well, I have a simple solution for that." He pulled a remote out of one of his pockets. "You see, I got awfully bored on the trip here, and I was able to finish this fun little project this morning." He pressed the button.

Waluigi and the rest jumped back from the van as it started to shift. Before long, a massive motorboat stood in place of the van.

Funky Kong laughed. "Totally radical!"

"Yeah, radical." Waluigi jumped into the driver's seat. "Next time. Let's wait until the thing is in the water."

Roy, Funky, Ludwig, and Iggy pushed the boat towards the ocean as the others jumped in. As soon as the vehicle was in the water, the whole gang jumped in, and they sped off.

After becoming stabilized, Alboort floated up beside Waluigi. "You know, we got paid and ruined all of King K. Rool's plans, but I can't help thinking that we forgot something."

Waluigi snickered and pulled his hat over his eyes. "I didn't forget a thing."

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Kalypso swam up to a ledge by what used to be the waterfall. She pulled herself up and brushed herself off. She looked up and placed her hands on her hips. "Well, would you look at that."

In the light of the setting sun, a dark rainbow was pasted across the arcing river, skipping orange and yellow but holding lots of pink and black-blues.

Kalypso leaned back against the cliff. "Well, I think this has to be the prettiest place in this dump." She looked around. "I wonder if that guy from earlier is going to show up."

Kalypso's search was stopped when she saw something stabbed into the rock face. She walked over and pulled a purple rose out of the rock, a note attached to the stem. Her eyes gazed over the writing.

Dear Kalypso,

Sorry I couldn't be here, but I was called in to take care of some business concerning the king. Maybe we can try this again sometime.

Later,

Kwaluigi

Kalypso laughed. "Well, that figures." She placed her hand on her hip. "But that is a strange name, indeed. He must be from one of those northern islands."

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Alboort sat in the back of the motorboat van. He looked around to see Waluigi driving and the rest of the gang sitting in the back. Ashley was reading, Red, Toadsworth, and the Koopalings were sleeping, and Funky Kong had hooked his surfboard to the back of the boat, so he could surf off the wakes the motorboat made.

Alboort pulled out his laptop and opened it. It shone in the fading light. He pulled up his cyber-journal and began typing.

Well, this certainly has been exciting. It's not often you get to flood an island. The Kongs seem to have taken it well.

It seems we'll need to work on the Koopalings' discipline. I admit, when we first started this business, I figured Waluigi would do whatever it took to get the gold. Thing is, it turns out he's more prideful than greedy, and he's not interested in letting anyone die on his account. Seeing how I'm not all that great in the field, he might want me to stay out of trouble myself.

Anyways, I better get to work. That vault isn't going to open itself.

Until next time.

Mission complete,

signed,

-Waluigi

-Alboort

-Ashley and Red

-Toadsworth

-The Koopalings

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Okay, I realize that, as far as a need for Nintendo love goes, I should have picked Candy Kong. There are two reasons that I couldn't, though. One, she would have been a seductress character, and Wendy O'Koopa already takes care of that. Team Waluigi couldn't use her. Two, if Waluigi so much as talked to Candy, Donkey Kong probably would have jumped out of nowhere and knocked Waluigi's lights out, GAME OVER floating over the poor thief's head.

Swanky Kong would have also been a good pick for Team Waluigi, but Toadsworth would probably need to go back to Princess Peach first. Swanky might have more muscle, but he'd probably play all but the exact same as Toadsworth.

Funky Kong, on the other hand, definitely needs some live. Sure, he's made plenty of appearances, but he was always standing in DK's shadow. Diddy at least got to be DK's partner in adventure, but Funky always had to be DK's go-to boy. Funky is physically stronger than Donkey, and he has unique abilities. He needs to stand in the spotlight for a while.

Now, as far as the boss battle goes, I decided the use the two characters who specialize in condition-inflicting. This is mostly due to the fact that Toadsworth, despite being an awesome old guy, is simply too small to fight off some like King K. Rool. Wendy probably wouldn't usually fight unless it was Mario or she absolutely had to. Besides, I like the idea of Toadsworth thinking he needs to protect the Koopa Kingdom Princess like the Mushroom Kingdom Princess. It just is sort of how serious he is about his job.

Anyways, please enjoy and get ready for the next chapter. Reviews would be really nice to know how I'm doing so far.