In the X-Naut Fortress, Grodus was speaking to Lord Crump, who was in his projector screen. He was a bit nervous this time, due to failing Grodus a second time. However, he had an idea.

"So, Lord Crump… You bring me news, don't you?" Grodus asked.

"Whuzzat? Er… I mean, yeah! I got some good news for you!" Lord Crump nodded. "Did you know what I did against Chopper? I…"

"…Failed to defeat him and got beaten up yourself?" Grodus finished. "I can tell by the look of you that you lost. Your uniform is dirty, and you got some soot on you as well. Don't think lying to me will help."

"Oh, fine! I lost! You happy now? Blame that pink Bob-omb girl for blowing up in front of me! Yeah, Chopper's got himself another female partner…and she is REALLY tough! But, you know 'em! When you make girls angry, expect to get your butt kicked."

"So you admit losing, huh? I knew you would blow it again. You sicken me, Lord Crump."

"Look, I'm sorry. Seriously. We thought... We thought we had him cornered, but..."

"Stop talking, Lord Crump," Grodus snapped. "You just stand by until my next order. And, Lord Crump? Think of this as your last chance. Understand?"

"Roger that, Sir."

"Then leave."

The projector screen turned off and Grodus was finally alone again. He decided to stretch and relax for a little. "Finally. I have nobody to bother me now. If Lord Crump didn't get the Crystal Star, then I'm sure those Phis didn't either. I have one Crystal Star in my hands...and Chopper has five. And if I remember, only seven are needed to open the Thousand-Year Door, so if that Gemerl robot has one, then I know for a fact that he holds the next one…"

His thoughts were interrupted when an Elite X-Naut entered the room.

"Sir! Someone wishes to see you." the Elite X-Naut informed. "I think he replaced Mysterious's brother, Shadower. He came here alone, though…which I find rather odd. But, nevertheless, he wishes to see you."

"Is that so? Well bring him in. Perhaps he can be of good use."

The X-Naut nodded and gave him the X salute before leaving. At that moment, the door opened, and Tipral walked into the room, which alarmed Grodus.

"What? How did YOU get here, Chopper? Are you here to spoil my plans?" Grodus brought his scepter up, but then he took a look at him and brought it down. "Hmmm? What's this? You're not Chopper, are you? Speak now! Tell me who you are!"

"My name is Tipral, a creation that went wrong," Tipral introduced. "I know many things… Including other worlds, and how strong people are. How do I know this? I've seen a lot for a thousand years…"

"A thousand years? Hmmm... I'm guessing you're one of those people who live without aging..."

"You could say that... Anyway, I came here because you're looking for the Crystal Stars, right? Well, I can help you get them."

"Hmmm? This is interesting…" Grodus trailed. "Well, for now, I would like you to go find that Crystal Star that's in the hands of a robot named Gemerl. He must have the sixth Crystal Star. But… The question is, where could its location be?"

"I have my ways, Grodus. I'll go search for it right now. But I got something to do before going there…" Tipral disappeared using his teleporting abilities.

"Hmmmm... So he has the ability to teleport too? Well, this is a strange person to come to me... But if he has skills against Chopper, then he should be of good use!"

TEC's room-

"Hmm… So you called me in here again, TEC." Peach said as she entered the room, looking away from the computer. "What could it be this time? Do I need to answer some questions or teach you more about love again?"

"…Princess Peach…" TEC began. "I need you to do something, but I feel that it will be a little dangerous."

"What? Something dangerous? What is it?"

"While you were sleeping, I got some information on Grodus. He said that…I did have some memory before, and he keeps it in his room. He has a data disk with all information on the Crystal Stars, his plans and the answers to everything you need to ask."

"A data disk on all the information about those Crystal Stars and his plans?" Peach gasped. "…So you need me to become disguised or something?"

"Unfortunately, you cannot go in there as an X-Naut. Not only that, but the door was designed so only Grodus would be able to enter his own room. There's a scanner above the door that can identify Grodus and allow him in and keep others away. Not even Lord Crump is allowed in there."

"Then how am I supposed to go in there?" Peach asked before she noticed a robotic hand take out a pink parasol and place it in front of her. "A parasol? What does this do?"

"You can use this parasol to turn you into anybody you want, as long as you stay behind them. Right now, Sir Grodus is speaking with some X-Nauts. So… You must use it on an X-Naut and go in the room so you can be Grodus. So, go up the elevator first to the floor you were on before."

"Well… OK. I guess I should." Peach grabbed the parasol, which happened to be the Sneaky Parasol, and she walked out of the room and went up the elevator. Once she came out, she saw an Elite X-Naut walking by. Luckily, he didn't happen to notice her.

"Use the Sneaky Parasol to turn into that X-Naut. And be quiet while doing so." TEC suggested.

Peach snuck behind the Elite X-Naut and used her parasol to turn into an Elite X-Naut herself. She looked at herself and noticed the height she was now.

"Huh... I don't feel uncomfortable right now..." Peach trailed. "It almost feels like I'm not even wearing his uniform!"

"Hold on… Sir Grodus is coming out of the locker room."

Grodus walked out of the locker room and was walking over to a door that led to the potion room, where the X-Naut PhDs were testing some chemicals.

"I need to see how those PhDs are doing. They've been telling me about a special chemical they've been creating, and I wanna see if that's true…" Grodus trailed as he walked past the Elite X-Naut and proceeded. Peach knew that it was her chance, so she used her parasol to become Grodus.

"There we go! I'm Grodus now! It's time to go to his room now to find that disk." Peach headed into the room where Grodus usually stayed in, and at the right, behind the computer, there were two red Yuxs guarding the door. Peach simply walked over to the door as the Yuxs greeted them and noticed a scanner scan her. A green light appeared over the door and allowed her to go in.

Inside, she found a huge tank full of Piranhas, a computer on a desk and a white carpet with the X-Naut symbol on it. She checked the shelf in the corner for a disk, and she found two disks. One happened to be labeled "TEC."

"This must be the one," she grabbed the unnamed one and put it in the computer, which showed an NES version of Chopper stomping on a dark-looking enemy called a Darkling a couple of times. Then his friend Flyer flew over it and made a "ding" noise, which informed that it was complete.

"YESSS! I did it! Now to put this back and go to TEC's room again!" Peach put the disk back and held on to the disk labeled "TEC", and then she headed back to TEC's room, using the parasol to turn back to normal. She was relieved to be finished with it.

"OK, TEC, I was able to put the disk with Grodus's information on it. What should I do with this?" Peach asked, holding onto the disk with "TEC" labeled on it.

"Please place that in the Main Disk Drive," demanded TEC. Peach shrugged and placed it in, which showed a loading screen. After the loading finished, the two were silent.

"So... Do you remember everything?" Peach wondered. "And what about that other disk I put in Grodus's laptop?"

"…I'm analyzing both of them right now. For now, please use my communicator."

Peach shrugged and typed up the e-mail she made and sent it to Chopper. But before she could go, another voice was heard.

"Hold on a second," Peach turned around and gasped when she saw Tipral walk into the room. "I have a reason for being in here. And what's this? The main computer is talking to Princess Peach."

"Who…are you? And why do you look like Chopper?"

"I am Tipral. That's all I'm going to say to you?"

"…Are you going to tell Grodus about this?" Peach asked, looking a bit worried.

Tipral crossed his arms and began to ponder. "Hmmmmm… If you do ONE thing for me, then I won't tell. I need the location of the next Crystal Star. You! Computer! You're 'perfect', right? If so, you can tell me the location of the next star."

"Very well… I have no other choice. The next Crystal Star is in an underground base in Desert Sands. It's hidden, so it may not be easy to find."

"Good. That's all I needed." Tipral left the room by teleporting, which left Peach a little worried.

"Oh, man... This might not be good..."

Dream Land-

Up by a cliff, Meta Knight was looking at the ocean with his cape wrapped around him. It was dawn, and beside him were Sword Knight and Blade Knight, who were watching the sun rise at the moment. Meta Knight was one to watch the sun rise on top of a cliff that was by the ocean. His ancestors used to do this before, and he wanted to keep it that way.

"So, Sir Meta Knight… You've once met Chopper before?" Sword Knight asked. Meta Knight looked at his servant, but then he looked back at the sun. He seemed rather…silent.

"Sir Meta Knight! You can tell us everything. We won't tell a SOUL!" Blade Knight assured. Their master turned around and walked away from the cliff, but he looked up and saw Fumu and Bun, which made him stop.

"Hmmm? What are you two doing here?" Meta Knight asked.

"Well we were just walking around and ended up seeing you here," Fumu explained. "But you once met him before?"

"It's OK to tell us, you know," Bun assured.

Meta Knight turned around and hung his head low as he closed his eyes. "Yes, I did meet him once, but it was only for a brief moment. What I do know, however, is what he was given by his mother. It was a rainbow heart that chooses its host, thus he was the one to get out of the planet. As for me, I barely managed to escape before it exploded."

"But why was Chopper the one chosen to leave?" Fumu asked. "So, if he's the last of his kind, there's no chance of them ever returning?"

"I don't have all of the answers, Fumu."

"Aw, man... I was hoping you knew..." Bun frowned.

"Anyway, I can't stay here any longer. I have other matters to attend to." Meta Knight spread his wings out and he flew off, leaving Fumu and Bun with many questions.

As Meta Knight flew, he looked down to see two Waddle Dees holding spears slacking off by the forest. He noticed this and flew down to them, defeating the enemies that tried to attack him with Galaxia.

"What are you two doing at this moment?" Meta Knight asked, making the two Waddle Dees jump up and turn around.

"Err… Nothing! We were just patrolling! His Majesty ordered us to patrol this place!" the first Waddle Dee cried, noticing Meta Knight's sword pointing at him.

"You should know your place. If His Majesty told you not to slack off, listen to him. I don't care if you're picking up flowers or thinking of rainbows. Do your job, and you'll be fine. Got that?"

"Yes, Sir Meta Knight!" the Waddle Dees saluted and then Meta Knight walked away. Once he was gone, they sighed in relief, glad to have not been harmed by him.

Meta Knight went back to flying around Dream Land, where he passed by Cappy Town and Hatty Town, and then by a hill, he saw a vehicle he knew from before. That white limousine with the golden front and the green back was enough to know who owned it.

"What is King Dedede and Escargon doing right now? Is this another one of their schemes again where they fail?" Meta Knight thought as he flew down to the vehicle. Apparently, the two got stuck in some mud.

"Uh oh… Escargon! Why are we stuck at this moment?" King Dedede cried as Escargon kept hitting the pedal as hard as he could. Sadly, the mud pit was deep, and it was difficult for them to get out.

"Well, I'm not so sure..." Escargon trailed.

"Then find out!" the king kicked his secretary off the car and into the mud. Escargon grumbled as he brushed himself and noticed the wheels stuck in the mud pit.

"Bad news, Your Majesty… We're stuck in a mud pit. Let me try pushing it." Escargon began to push it, while King Dedede got in the driver's seat and kept hitting the pedal. Unfortunately, for Escargon, he got more mud all over himself.

"Almost got it…and…YES!" King Dedede got the limousine to move again, and he stopped for Escargon to get back on. "Geez... You look pretty dirty. When's the last time you bathed?"

"Let's... Let's just keep going..." Escargon mumbled, taking back the driver's seat.

They then drove up a steep hill, and at the top, they found Meta Knight in their way.

"Hey! What do you think you're doing, Meta Knight?!" King Dedede exclaimed in surprise. "You're in our way, you know!"

"What exactly are you doing right now, Your Majesty?" Meta Knight asked. "Are you possibly searching for those Crystal Stars?"

"Well of course! That's why we're here! We need to get those so we can be filthy stinkin' RICH!"

"Yup! We'll be able to get all we want!" Escargon grinned.

"Your Majesty, you know you won't find anything here," Meta Knight noted. "There's a ninety-eight percent chance that you won't find a Crystal Star here. They're around a place called Rogueport. Not here. Not to mention Chopper can use those stars to fight. There's no way you can beat him now that he has five of them in his hands."

"What made him collect those? Did you help him?" King Dedede wondered.

"You traitor! You're on our side!" Escargon growled.

"That's absurd. I'm your faithful servant. I do anything His Majesty wishes." Meta Knight slightly chuckled before he kicked the car, which began to go down the hill into the mud.

"WAH! Not again!" King Dedede cried.

"Hey! If you're a servant, you could've shoved a bit lighter!" Escargon shouted as the masked warrior heard a crash.

"It's probably better that they don't find them," Meta Knight muttered. "I may not be much of a hero, but we can't have the whole universe in total darkness."

Phi Base-

Gemerl was sitting on his chair and was looking at the computer screen to make sure if anyone was sneaking through the base like he saw before. He was tapping on the keyboard with his robotic fingers to change the areas of where the camera was while he fired a laser at the Bombette dummy he made.

"I need to know who's sneaking into my base so I can obliterate him! If Grodus sent one of his X-Nauts to sneak into the base, then that's a big problem." Gemerl grumbled, who was starting to get bored. However, he noticed the mysterious figure run through the base, which caught his attention. "There it is! I wonder how he's able to get through here…"

Gemerl noticed an Elite Phi walk into the room. It happened to look exhausted and a bit beaten up as well.

"Bad news, sir… Unfortunately, we lost the battle." the Elite Phi informed. "Neither did the X-Nauts win the battle. …BUT, before you get angry at me, I have some more interesting news that you would DEFINITELY want to hear!"

"I wasn't going to get mad at you anyway. You get more respect, you know that?" Gemerl reminded. "Of course, you're not a higher rank than some other Phis like me, because I'm the best of them all. But, I would like to hear what you have to say. It better be important."

"OK, I'm gonna tell you. After doing a little bit of searching, I was able to find out where Chopper is going to next. Gemerl, sir… He…is coming here."

"WHAT?! Oh, this isn't good… Now we're going to…" Gemerl paused and realized something. Now he was starting to chuckle.

"What is it, sir?"

"Actually… With Chopper coming here, this can actually be a GOOD thing!" the Phi leader realized. "If we're prepared, then there's no way Chopper will make it through here alive! Besides, he won't even get down to the bottom floor now that my pets are guarding it."

"Are your pets the Smorgs you captured while out in the desert?"

"Yes, those are the ones! It was pretty dang easy, too!"

"Hmmm… I don't know, sir… Chopper already took down an eel, and he had 40 HP…both rounds, that is. Yeah, so that guy has about 80 HP, really."

"But Unagi isn't like me. I'm much stronger. I'm the Gizoid, don't you remember? I'm the ultimate weapon! Now that I can control my weapons and power, I can be considered a perfect robot…next to that E-123 Omega guy… I THINK I'm perfect, but I don't know exactly."

"Well, of course we can take on Chopper!" the Elite Phi assured. "You are indeed a tough enemy to face off against, I'll give you that! Now, let me think for a moment… What else did I have to say?"

The Elite Phi began to think, and then it snapped its finger. "Ah-HA! I remember! Remember when you said someone was sneaking around? Well, we were able to get a confirmation on that!"

"Oh, really? What does this person look like?"

"We don't have her full appearance, but we just got a silhouette."

"Oh, so he's actually a she... Then I suppose I was wrong with one guess." Gemerl remarked. "Well, great... So much for this place being a secret... We need better security here. Well, since Chopper's heading here, you go help everyone get prepared. I'll keep the Crystal Star in a safe place."

"Yes, sir!" the Elite Phi nodded as it quickly exited the room. Gemerl turned back to his computer and began to search the desert. He noticed a small town with an apartment called "Our Apartments" there. He looked a little surprised to see someone walk in there, but he couldn't see who it was.

"What?! There's a small town here too?! Oh great… Perhaps that intruder lives there. Well... Perhaps something needs to be done about that place, like blowing it up. Yes… That sounds nice…"

Gemerl leaned back on his chair and put the Garnet Star in a safe capsule. "I'm ready for you, Chopper... If you somehow manage to make it all the way here, be ready to face against me! I'll bring you down the same way as I wanted to bring down that fat scientist that kidnapped me and attempted to make me serve him!"

Unagi's Cave, near the entrance-

Chopper was jumping onto each of the broken ship parts at the beginning of the cave, trying to get out as fast as he could. His friends were following him. Vivian and Shadower were lucky, since they could simply float over the water, which seemed to tick Scrub off a bit.

"You gotta be kidding me! They can float above water while I, a baby Yoshi, have to jump onto these ship parts? Man, this sucks…" Scrub grumbled as he looked back and saw Bombette jumping to them, but she ended up falling in the water.

"Well look who's talkin'! I have no arms to help me! Ye can at least grab onto things! Arr!" Bombette growled as she tried to swim, but she wasn't worried because Unagi was dead because of the sword being stabbed in his head. Kooplang happened to notice them coming up to the ship and gaped.

"Oh my gosh! Guys! They're still alive!" they all took a look and they, too, saw Chopper jump onto the ship, along with his friends. Well Bombette needed help getting on the ship because of her lack of arms.

"You guys are still alive? What happened to Unagi?" Bambo wondered. "And what about the Crystal Star?"

"Hold on! Cool your fuse!" Chopper began to search through his "pockets" and pulled out the Sapphire Star. Everyone except for him and his friends gaped as they gazed at it.

"WOW… I don't believe it! You actually beat Unagi! You, my friend, deserve a medal!" Kooplang congratulated. Chopper blushed and shook his head, telling him that a medal wasn't necessary, and that he needed to go back outside. With that, they sailed outside and away from Unagi's Cave.

"Whoa! Look at the water!" Bambo gaped, noticing the water becoming clear. "This water's gorgeous!"

"Bambo, I believe you owe Chopper an apology," Kooplang informed.

"Wait, what?! No way!"

"Well, you should..."

"Oh, fine..." Bambo turned back to Chopper and walked over to him. "Look, I'm sorry I doubted you guys. I was just trying to help you guys prevent yourselves from getting eaten. But, I guess you proved me wrong."

"You're dang right I did!" Chopper smirked. "And for that... You... Actually, you don't need to do anything."

"Good riddance."

When he finished his conversation with the two, Bobbery walked over to Chopper and is friends.

"Well, Chopper, we sure had a great adventure…but sadly, it'll come to an end, I believe," Bobbery stated. "I enjoyed sailing with you, and I hope one day that we get to see each other again. Ah, good times we had…"

"Yeah, this was pretty interesting," Shadower agreed.

"Now, muchacho, before you go… I have something to give you. This is a very important item, and I want you to treat it with care." Cortez floated over to Chopper and gave him a red orb. "This is an Ultra Stone. I don't really know what powers it can give you, but I hear it's very useful. I don't really want it, so I'm sure you can use it for something. Think of it as an apology for before."

"Ummm… OK!" Chopper put the Ultra Stone away for now as they were heading back to Rogueport.

"Yar? Where are we goin' now?" Bombette wondered.

"We're going to a place called Rogueport," Vivian explained. "That's basically where we go for the most when we get a Crystal Star."

"Rogueport? Arr! That sounds like a place filled with thieves! But is it a good idea to go there anyway."

Chopper explained to her that they need to be there because Professor Frankly was there and he had all that good information on the Crystal Stars. She seemed to nod to his explanation and understood everything.

After about forty-five minutes, they made it back to Rogueport Harbor.

"Oh, and Chopper… Anytime you want to go sailing again, let me know." Bobbery noted. "You're always welcome to come sailing with us!"

"Thanks! Now I gotta get going. I gotta go find the next location of the Crystal Star. I don't know if it'll be easy or not. But see ya!" Chopper waved goodbye as they left the harbor and returned to the center of town.

"So... What do we do with that weird red orb?" Scrub wondered.

"I think I remembered something like that," Vivian recalled. "It looks like a crystal ball! I think a fortune teller would be interested in it!"

"Merlon!" Chopper realized as he headed over to Merlon's house. When he showed it to the Shaman, he took it in surprise

"An Ultra Stone? Chopper... I had no idea you had this!" Merlon gasped. "With this, I can raise your partners to Ultra-Rank!"

"Really? Well, that should be nice!" Chopper smiled.

"Just tell me who you want to upgrade, and this will do the trick.

Chopper had enough Shine Sprites with him, so he upgraded all of his partners to Ultra-Rank. Right now, Vivian had 40 HP, Scrub had 35, Kirby had 35, Shadower had 45 and Bombette had 50.

"Then you may go!" Merlon declared, as there was no one left to upgrade. Chopper still has 6 Shine Sprites left, though. Vivian learned Infatuate, Scrub learned Stampede, Kirby learned Fireball, allowing him to ram into all enemies on the ground, Shadower learned Shadow Attack and Bombette learned both Hold Fast and Bob-omb Blast.

"…I just realized that I have the least amount of HP right now," Chopper realized. But nonetheless, they went outside and both Chopper and Kirby summoned their Warp Stars. Bombette decided to join the Warp Star Chopper was on, so now he had Vivian and Bombette with him.

But before they could go, Chopper heard his Mailbox SP go off.

"You should check that e-mail, Chopper," Vivian suggested, so Chopper took out the Mailbox SP and read the message.

Dear Chopper,

I have good news! An odd computer named TEC found out about his memory disk, and I was able to retrieve it for him! With the memory disk, perhaps he might know about my reason for being held here. If TEC's memory comes back, then he can tell me everything. I'll give you the information once he tells me it, so be patient, OK?

-Princess Peach-

"She got information from an odd computer named TEC? How odd…" Chopper trailed.

With that, they decided to take off. Chopper decided he would not go to the Mayor and went to the Fountain of Dreams.

Fountain of Dreams-

"Say, Chopper… How come we didn't walk over to the Fountain of Dreams like we usually did?" Shadower asked as they landed by the fountain.

"I didn't want to waste time," Chopper answered as he walked over to the pedestal. "We can't just sit and talk, you know. We gotta hunt for those Crystal Stars!"

Bombette looked confused as she stared at the fountain. "Yar? What the heck IS this place? Wait… A different world… Err… Chopper, I'm gettin' a little confused."

"Eh… We're not going to be here that long, so you don't need to get confused." Chopper jumped on the pedestal and held up the Sapphire Star, making it disappear and then making it appear around the blue light, along with the other four Crystal Stars.

"Whoa… This looks pretty cool." Bombette was awed at this, but then she saw the map floating above Chopper, which was glowing a white color as it began to reveal a new Crystal Star.

The map began to show a base in a desert, and further away from the base, to the left, was a town with a pink apartment. It showed a dark orange Crystal Star at the base. Once Chopper took a look at it, he gaped.

"Wait a second… The Crystal Star is in some kind of base?" Chopper pondered for a moment until he realized where it could be. "Wait a minute… Guys! We're going back to Frankly's! We gotta know something right now!"

Professor Frankly's house-

"Interesting location, my friends…" Frankly trailed. "It looks like this Crystal Star is located in one of the newest places around Rogueport. It's in Desert Sands, a desert that can be calm at times, but there are a couple of sandstorms that can occur."

"So it's in Desert Sands, huh? Interesting…" Chopper trailed. "But there's one other question… The Crystal Star is pointing to some kind of base. You have any idea where that could be?"

"Hrrmmmm… I don't know much about it, but let me see if I have something." Frankly walked over to his shelf and found a book on Desert Sands. "Ah! Here we go! This is it! It says that a robot was spotted one day out in the desert. Some gray kind of robot, I presume?"

"Poyo! (Those are the Phis!)" Kirby cried.

"Phis!" Everyone else shouted.

"Hrrrmm? A Fee? I have no idea what you're talking about? What's a Fee?"

Everyone instantly toppled over on the ground.

"It's 'Phi'! Not 'Fee', ya nutjob!" Scrub corrected, getting up. "Man, how many bricks piled your head anyway?"

"Oh, never you mind now! Unfortunately, I don't know much about getting there. I'm sorry, but that place is new."

"I'm back, Professor Frankly!" Goombella informed as she walked into his house, which gave Frankly an idea.

"Ah! Goombella! Perfect timing!" Frankly exclaimed. "You DO know how to get to Desert Sands, don't you? If so, would you mind telling them where it is?"

"Certainly!" Goombella nodded. "All you gotta do is go to the sewers through the opening in West Rogueport and go down the pipe near your right. There, when you find a crack in the next room, you'll find a tan pipe behind it. I hope that helps!"

"I guess it does. We should go check it out, Chopper." Vivian suggested.

"Yeah! We can kick some Phi butt!" Scrub grinned.

"An' let's make sure they don't steal the treasure!" Bombette added.

"Uhhhh... I think they already have the star, Bombette..." Chopper trailed.

"Oh... Then let's take it back!"

They all went down to the sewers to where they were when they had to go to Twilight Town. But instead, they jumped down to the pipe near their right and walked through a pathway to the left, and then thy went down some stairs to their right to see a crack in the wall.

"Whoa! What happened to the Goombas?" Chopper wondered, noticing no Goombas around. "All I can see now are Koopatrols and Hammer Bros.! Did Bowser's minions find this place and come here? This isn't good…"

"Chopper! I see the crack! Throw me to it and I'll blow it up!" Bombette declared.

Chopper picked her up and threw her at the cracked wall, which blew it up and revealed a small room with a tan pipe.

"There it is..." Vivian trailed.

"Well, since we're here, we might as well get a move on. Let's go, everyone!" Chopper quickly jumped into the pipe, with his friends following. One thing for sure was that they were looking forward to kicking some Phi butt.

Chapter 6 is probably going to be a cool chapter. Yeah, I think it'll be the coolest of the three Chapter 6's. It's interesting, I suppose, and the boss is pretty tough, too. There wasn't a desert in Paper Mario 2 (though I guess Riverside Station is kind of like a desert...), so I thought putting a desert here wouldn't be such a bad idea, even if I'm not a big fan of them.

Yes, we're going to see LOTS of Phis in Chapter 6.