Challenges start! Hope those pupils are ready for a smackdown!

Chapter 12: The Strength Trials, Brain vs Brawn

"It's decided then, we split up into pairs and search for the disciples!" Taka determined the strategy after the gang discussed a plan.

"Alright this is how we're going to do it:

Mario and Kyoko, search for Beef Cloud.

Kiyotaka and Toko, go for Sorrow Fist.

Luigi, Makoto and I must find Thunder Zass.

Finally, Mondo and Byakuya, look for Heavy Zest." Dreambert said.

The rest nodded and split up.

Mario and Kyoko took the white pipe and began to search for Beef Cloud.

"Mario, while we look for Beef Cloud, please tell me everything you know of the personified countries. I know you didn't tell us since it was part of their protocol, but I need to uncover some hypothesis I have in mind" Kyoko requested.

Mario, despite feeling cornered, agreed and told everything he knows from the events of The Thousand-Year Door to Kyoko.

15 minutes later

The two finally reached Beef Cloud's house. During their track, Mario explained Kyoko all the details of his adventure with Japan, Goombella and the other teammates.

"Hold on!" the guide rushed between the heroes and Beef Cloud, "This will be Round 1 of the Beef-off!

For this fight...

No special conditions!

Are you ready to fight?" the guide asked Mario and Kyoko, to which both nodded.

"Here I go…" Beef Cloud said before falling asleep.

"Round 1…. FIGHT!" the guide shouted and the battle began.

Mario quickly stomped the big disciple but as soon as the plumber lands on the ground, Beef Cloud magically heals his wounds.

Kyoko, upon looking deeply into Beef Cloud, reached a conclusion. "Mario, he'll keep healing as long as he's asleep. We need to strike with an attack the wakes him up!"

"Then let's give him a hot awakening!" Mario grinned and shot several Fireballs to Beef Cloud, followed by a Shield Breaker from Kyoko.

Beef Cloud woke up "Can't sleep" he nervously said.

"Now's our chance, Mario, follow my lead" the detective said, Mario nodded and both jumped into the air, starting an All-Out Attack.

The two then pummeled Beef Cloud mercilessly.

Kyoko landed in front of Beef Cloud "Accept the truth of your defeat" she said as he is sent flying with a burst of stars and dropping 100 coins.

"Victory to Mario and Kyoko!" the guide cheers, "Here you go, a Hooraw medal for beating one of Big Massif's disciples!" he adds as Kyoko is handed a golden badge.

"You can return to the pipes' area though this one" the guide points to a green pipe before leaving the duo.

"Well done my friend!" Mario chirps, something to which Kyoko gives soft smile and the duo return to the starting point.

With Kiyotaka and Toko

"We are almost there Toko, don't slack now please!" the moral compass encourages the writer.

"Shut up you loser who has feelings for Mondo!" Toko snaps. Taka widens his eyes and blush, "You thought we didn't notice the way you looked at Mondo after that girl accepted the bean guy proposition?"

Taka just blushed more and began to tear up "My feelings are not something to be mocked!"

The writer sighed and told Taka to calm down as they finally reached Sorrow's Fist house.

The guide caught up with them, "Hold up! This will be Round 2 of the Beef-Off!

For this fight… You must win by using your Final Smash on your opponent!

So… are you ready to battle?" the guide asked.

"We accept the condition and we're ready to engage in combat!" Taka roared.

"It's useless… I'll lose…" Sorrow Fist sniffed before breaking down. Taka patted his shoulder "You must put your mind to it and give it your hardest! Anything can be achieved through hard work!

"Maybe. So if I try my hardest, could I totally defeat you?" Sorrow Fist lit up.

"Of course you…" Taka froze as he realized something he shouldn't have said, to which Toko rolled her eyes.

"Round 2… FIGHT!" the guide shouted and the battle began.

"Come on, we can have either of us the Final Smash if we attack our opponent repeatedly.

However, Sorrow Fist struck by surprise with a wiggly punc, which sent Toko towards Kiyotaka and the two were sent to a wall.

Both groaned in pain as they got up. Sorrow Fist tried to strike them again but this time Taka fended him off with a Slip Counter.

"This will take forever!" Fukawa groaned but she wasn't heard as Ishimaru followed the counter with a Jolt Haymaker to Sorrow Fist.

"I refuse to fight!" the girl declared and crossed her arms but suddenly began to glow the moment Sorrow Fist landed in front of her.

"Fukawa! Please use your Final Smash! It's the only way to defeat our opponent!" Taka pleaded.

"No!" she deadpanned. "Togami would have liked that you showed him how strong you are" the moral compass said.

That was enough for Toko to unleash her Final Smash: Volt Tackle.

She dashes forward with an electric tackle and connects, then she dashes around the Sorrow Fist to deal more damage and ends with an electric blast.

Sorrow Fist was sent flying in a burst of stars as dropped 100 coins and said "Thank you… for making me believe in myself…"

"Kiyotaka and Toko win! Smashality!" the guide shouted as he handed Taka one Hooraw medal.

"Use this pipe to return to the pipes' area" the guide said and left.

"Excellent! We're one step closer to reach Big Massif! Let's hope the rest give their hardest and win their fights!" Taka smiles. However, the Final Smash also switched Toko to Genocide.

"What did I miss master…? Oh, it's you" the murderer sighed.

"You managed to win a battle needed to find Big Massif and now we must rendezvous with the others" Taka simply said and the two left.

With Luigi, Makoto and Dreambert

"Leon was pelted with 1,000 baseballs?! Mondo was turned into butter?! Celestia was rammed by a Firetruck?! Alter-ego was smashed with an excavator?! You almost were crushed by a press?! And Junko went through all previous executions?!

Man, you were subjected to a nightmare!" Dreamy Luigi says as Makoto told him how everyone was executed.

"Yes. Meanwhile, Sayaka was stabbed, Mukuro was impaled by spears for attacking Monokuma, Chihiro had their head cracked by a dumbell, Kiyotaka and Hifumi were killed by a hammer to the head, Sakura commited suicide by drinking a poison.

That's how the Killing School Life went down. I always thought the survivors had to carry the will of those who fell, but thanks to Palutena we're now reunited and teamed up with you and Mario" Makoto smiled.

"And we'll do everything in our power to stop Junko from plunging this world into Despair! We already beat Count Bleck, Dimentio with our Total Drama Friends one month ago, including our executions, where the latter burned us to death with explosions..

Plus, we also defeated the Shadow Queen with the Nations four months ago" Luigi replies.

"I'm still curious how is that possible" the lucky student wonders. "Well, Mario and I can tell you everything with detail after Antasma and Junko are stopped" Luigi says as they finally arrive to Thunder Sass' house.

Just as they got to battle stances, the guide came in a rush.

"Hold up! This will be Round 3! For this fight... You must parry your opponent's attacks and then attack with some of your own!

Any attacks you make before a Parry will only hurt you!

Do you accept the condition?" the guide asks.

"We don't have a choice if we want to find Big Massif" Dreambert whispered. "We accept!" Luigi and Makoto state.

"SASS TIME! But first some cardio…" the fighter said before running a lap.

As soon as he returned, Thunder went into a battle stance, followed by Luigi and Makoto.

"Round 3… FIGHT!" the guide rings the whistle and the battle began.

"I'll lend you my powers!" Dreamy Luigi said and fused into Makoto

Thunder Sass rushed to Makoto and tried to attack him with a flurry of punches but the luckster managed to lift his Smash Shield and Parry the attack.

With the little window of movement, Makoto grabbed Thunder Sass with Clawshot and threw him upwards, following with a Spin Attack enhance with Dreamy Luigi's strength.

Thunder Sass landed on the ground but quickly got and rushed to Naegi again. Sadly for him, the lucky student managed to Parry him and sent him flying with a side smash.

Not giving up, Thunder Sass called for several reinforcements who surrounded Makoto and began to toss the little fighter in the air.

They tried to throw to Makoto but he parried again and this time sent Thunder Sass into the skies with another Spin Attack, winning the fight. Thunder Sass groaned as he dropped 100 coins.

"Victory to Luigi and Makoto! Here you go!" the guide congratulates the pair and gives another Hooraw medal.

"To return to the pipes' area, use this one here" the guide added and left.

Luigi and Makoto fist-bumped and the trio left.

With Mondo and Byakuya

The two surprisingly managed to reach Heavy Zest's house since Byakuya explained Dreamy Mondo how Junko went down at Hope's Peak Academy.

"Heh, serves that bitch right!" Dreamy Mondo chirps as the guide rushed to them.

"Hold up! This will be Round 4 and the final one! The rest of the disciples have been defeated!

For this last round, you must defeat Heavy Zest and all of his reinforcements!"

Heavy Zest gasped "It's all up to me defeat them and make Master proud!

ALL RIGHT BEEF-OFF! BEEF-OFF! BEEF-OFF!"

"Final Round… FIGHT!" the guide rang and the battle started.

Heavy Zest quickly called for reinforcements, who used the same strategy as Thunder Sass but Byakuya dodged them with his Teleport while Dreamy Mondo applied a Parry.

"Man, what a pain in the ass! How could we beat them all at once?" Dreamy Mondo groaned.

His answers were answered quickly as he glowed the aura.

"I suggest you use it now" Togami said from a distance. "Thanks for helping idiot! But I never thought I'd get it so suddenly" the dream hero says before cornering all opponents and unleashing his Final Smash: Team Star Wolf.

Dreamy Mondo yells "Wolf pack!" and summons his Wolfen, the opponent is swept into dream space. Dreamy Mondo then shouts "Grahaha! The hunt is on, boys!" while the Star Wolf crew fires laser blasts at the trapped opponent.

The foes fell hard to the ground all exploded in a burst of stars except for Heavy Zest, who Dreamy Mondo grabbed before falling and sent him flying with an up smash.

Heavy Zest cheered his defeat and drops 100 coins.

"Victory to Dreamy Mondo and Byakuya!" the guide says as he hands Dreamy Mondo the last Hooraw medal.

"Congratulations, you and the rest defeated all the disciples! Please use this pipe to rendezvous with them at the pipe area" the guide says and leaves.

"I usually don't give praise to displays of violence, but good work, I guess there's potential in you" Togami adjusts his glasses.

"Thanks?" Dreamy Mondo says cautiously before the pair leaves.

Back with everyone

As the team was gazing at the three medals, Dreamy Mondo and Byakuya emerged from the pipe with the last one.

"Good work everyone! With this, Big Massif must finally concede that chance to speak with him!" Taka congratulates the team.

"Over here guys! Head to the centre!" the guide shouts at them.

The gang quickly gets to the centre as they see the guide talking in the phone.

"These eight fighters defeated all of them!

Ah, you're already here? Ok, I'll tell them, see ya!" the guide turned to the gang.

"Big Massif has just arrived!

Without further ado, here's Big Massif!

BIG MASSIF!" the guide shouted but nothing happened.

Kyoko began to stare at the guide with suspicion before whispering to a teammate "Mario, the guide is Big Massif"

Mario widened his eyes and was about to ask something but Dreambert interrupted him.

"What is this? Where's Big Massif?" the prince asks.

The guide begins to snicker to which the gang went into battle stances.

"Explain you insolent laughter!" Dreambert demanded.

"It's just too funny!" the guide says before turning into… Big Massif!

"You were Big Massif all along!" Kyoko glares at the beanish. "Da! Whole time in disguise!" he shouts.

"Well, we don't any time for games! You must get your ass up!" Dreamy Mondo barks but Big Massif shakes his head. "We must climb Mount Pajamaja!" Makoto pleads.

"NYET! In Dream World, I battle challengers of ture beef! Is best way to pump up muscle and mind!

Big Masif will stay in Dream World!"

"Then so be it! We'll take on you! But be warned, we have a great teamwork and managed to overcome many trials" Dreambert declares.

"NYET! I will battle who I want! And I challenge that blond cutlet!" Big Massif points at Byakuya!"

"Hooraws! Come! We show daily beef routine!" Big Massif summoned his disciples.

The four disciples proceed to launch rock from afar and those were shatter by a mere kick of Big Massif, leaving the team astonished.

"These muscles laugh at rocks! They laugh at blond cutlet as well!" Big MAssif smirked.

The team looked at Byakuya.

"You can do this Byakuya!" Mario smiled, "Give all you've got and life will reward you!" Kiyotaka enunciated. "I know you can win!" Dreamy Luigi says, "You say you're the best in everything, it's about damn time you show it!" Dreamy Mondo grins. "I believe you can win Byakuya!" Makoto gives him thumbs up, "He'll rely on brute force, rely on your wits" Kyoko advices him. "Master will destroy that stupid meathead!" Genocide says before sneezing, switching back to Toko.

The writer looks at Byakuya "I don't what's going on, but master is the best! He'll always come out on top!"

"I don't need your cheap encouragement. And besides, he's already annoying me with all that muscle talk. Taking him down might be a fun challenge for my wits and for him to learn his place" Byakuya coldly says.

"Enough chit-chat!

LET'S BEEF!" Big Massif shouts as the rest of the team clear the battlefield.

Big Massif runs towards Togami, trying to ram him but he's spun around by the latter's Confusion move.

"Too easy it's almost insulting" Byakuya says as he hit the beanish with his side smash. Big Massif is sent flying towards the center and wrecks a ball, "So cutlet got spirit? More fun beating him!"

The heir however managed to strike him first with a Shadow Ball and totally broke Big Massif's focus. "As I said, too easy for me" Byakuya smirks.

"Whoa, the asshole is actually defeating him without breaking a sweat" Mondo whistles, "Mewtwo's powers were a solid choice for him as I predicted back with Palutena" Kyoko says.

"Just give up and we can be done with this one-sided-" Togami is interrupted when he's kicked in the face by Big Massif. "Strong Beef fight until the very end!" he shouts.

"Take this!" Big Massif roars before launching a giant rock towards Togami. Since the heir was still stunned from the kick, the rock slammed him hard but he managed to Teleport before being squashed against the wall.

"You're starting to anger me…" Byakuya glared a the beanish and warping again to grab him and shoving him with a front throw.

As on cue, Byakuya glowed the aura, "Just give up before being further humiliated"

This was met with another kick but the heir dodged it this time. "Such a shame..." Byakuya frowned and immobilized Big Massif with Disable.

The Ultimate Affluent Progeny unleashed his Final Smash: Psystrike.

Togami throws forward a large energy sphere which traps Big Massif, who is hit with a mental shock, effectively defeating him while dropping 400 coins.

"He trashed the master… WHAT IS THAT DUDE?!" the four disciples yelled.

"I knew Master will win!" Toko blushed before sneezing again, switchin to Genocide, who just laughs at the beating beanish.

Big Massif's disciples, upon seeing his master defeated, fled the place.

"Is crazy… blond cutlet have big muscles…" Big Massif pants.

"I hope you get it now. Being strong can come in various ways!" Dreambert tells the beanish. "Is crushing…

I go to real world. I rethink training!

Blond cutlet! One day we have rematch!" Big Masif grins. "Not matter how many times you try, the outcome will be the same" the heir coldly said.

"I leave… Dream World!" Big Massif says before disappearing. "I sense the events here will make Big Massif wake" the prince says.

"Let's return to the Real World" Dreambert chirps and sends everyone back.

At the Real World

The gang leaves the portal as Luigi, Mondo and Big Massif wake up.

"JUST BAD DREAM!" the beanish says before turning around and seeing the the crew.

"It's time to work! You're our tour guide!" Starlow snarks.

"OVERSLEEP!" Big Massif shouts before turning into stone.

At the clock tower

"Larger bro returns! Is late but not never! So now is time for Mount Pajamaja tour!" Lil' Massif yells.

"Is shameful oversleeping and tour lateness! Is bad! In amend-making time, I must do the ultra rare… BEEF! ULTRA-BEEF ASCENT!"

"Mount Pajamaja is north of Pi'illo Castle FYI" Lil' Massif comments and the two body-builders take off

"Let's go to the mountain!" Luigi states, everyone but Togami and Fukawa agree. "I said my cooperation will be temporary.

I will stay here and watch for any news about Junser and Antasma just in case.

Genocide, stay with me in case of backup, just don't let Toko take over for now" the heir says. "For master, I'll do anything!" the murderer cackles.

"I leave the rest to you. Mario, take care of Naegi and Kirigiri, the other two are still not worthy of being my friends" Byakuya commands.

"Don't worry Byakuya, you can count on me!" Mario smiles.

With that, Byakuya and Genocide leave the team and head to the hotel area.

"Well, let's make haste to Mount Pajamaja and stop Junser and Antasma!" Taka crosses his arms.

The rest nod and rush to leave Wakeport.

Once outside, they pick up the pace and run to the mountain, hoping to stop a catastrophe from happening.

Just as in previous places, Mukuro comes out of her hideout and follows them in silence...

Chapter 12: END

Current Party: Mario, Kiyotaka, Luigi, Mondo, Makoto, Kyoko, Starlow, Dreambert

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