The Triple Trouble Team
Chapter 17: Round One: Red Dominance
Mario was still in such a state of shock that he didn't hear Giga Bowser call his name.
"Uh, Mario?" Link asked, putting an arm to Mario's shoulder. Mario jumped at this, looking to his left and right.
"Um, sorry if I scared you, turn around," Link said.
"No problem," said Mario, staring up at the dreamy, dark purple sky. He turned around to face Link.
"Listen," Link began, "You have to go up now and face Fox. He is very, very tough. I should know, I had him last time; gosh darn stun lasers searing through my left arm every five seconds,"
"Ow, well what's his weakness?" Mario asked.
"That leader, he's so balanced that you need to keep beating on him 'till he's dizzy and bruised, and that could take a while," Link explained. Mario slightly winced at the sound of this.
"Hey Mario! Fox is waiting, get your slimy rear end down there now!" Giga Bowser yelled.
"Just watch out for his laser and you'll be okay," Link said.
Mario nodded his head somewhat uneasily and stood up. He slowly walked toward the battlefield, mind hyper about how he was suppose to win, but then Link's final words came into mind and reassured him.
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The Master Hand's holding cell
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"Peach, get up!" A somewhat high-pitched voice pleaded.
Peach opened her eyes. Her vision was blurry, and her stomach throbbed in the places Mewtwo had shot her.
"Toad?" She asked in a somewhat groan.
"Yes," The mushroom head responded. "Are you okay princess?"
"Yeah, though I think I would have preferred to have Bowser kidnap me yet again, at least he didn't beat me up and throw funny looking purple balls at me," Peach complained, slightly chuckling afterward.
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Final Destination
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Mario stood, teeth grit across from Fox, who had a look of seriousness about him. The one thing that caught Mario's eye was the holster on Fox's waist.
"How fast would he be able to draw and fire that gun?" Mario asked himself.
All he knew was that he didn't want to find out as Bowser yelled "Begin!"
Mario had never in his entire life seen anyone pull out a blaster and shoot it in less then a second; that changed now. Mario dodged and sidestepped each one of Fox's laser bolts; he had shot only five.
"Two can play at this game!" Mario shouted, shooting a bright red fireball at the Star Fox leader. Mario's fireballs were much, much slower hen Fox's blaster, so Fox easily stepped over them. In midair, Fox shot a blaster bolt quickly. Mario ducked with such speed, that he had to hold his red cap on.
"You're not bad if you can avoid my first shots, but let me tell you Mario, the best is yet to come. You have my promise," Fox said.
Mario stood frozen in shock at Fox's words. He thought it had been all too easy, compared to Link's description. The thought of something much, much, harder scared him.
He was so frozen with blinded with shock that he didn't see the laser blast so perfectly aimed at his left shoulder. It took another three seconds after the shot made contact for Mario to yelp in pain and clutch his bleeding shoulder.
As Mario stood still grimacing in pain, Fox was readying his next attack. Mario was too blinded by the pain and saw nothing as he felt himself get hit by something extremely fast, possibly too fast for the naked eye to see.
Mario fought to keep his almost glued eyelids open as he heard Fox taunt.
"C'mon! It thought that the legendary Mario, Mario could fight better then that!"
"Yeah... I'm fighting all right, fighting to keep awake that is," Mario replied. He slowly climbed to his feet, still clutching his shoulder. He looked at Fox with a newborn fire in his eyes. Ignoring the pain in his shoulder, Mario charged toward Fox. He caught Fox off-guard and dove at him. Fox fell to the floor, Mario on top of him. Mario began to rapidly punch Fox.
Mario was on fifty percent rage, fifty percent fear; the fear that Fox would maul him if he stopped. Mario then remembered Link's words: "You need to keep beating on him until he is dizzy and beaten, and that could take a while," They seemed to echo in his head as he continued his assault. Fox could now feel the warm trickle of blood now running down his nose. Mario's fist felt like a steel bar that hit constantly.
The Italian plumber dragged Fox up and began to swing him by his hands as he had done to Bowser. Mario swung him around and around, until he finally let go and Fox went flying. Mario stuck out an arm for balance as he usually got dizzy from swinging opponents.
Fox dizzily got to his feet. He felt like he was about to throw up anytime from being spun so hard and fast.
Mario ran towards Fox and jumped up. Mario was a good jumper. He had learned how to jump high and far when DK had kidnapped Mario's ex-girlfriend, Pauline. About the time Mario reached Fox's head, he whirled himself into a Mario tornado, rapidly kicking Fox's head. Fox climbed to his hands and knees, coughing up blood onto the floor of the platform. He fell to his stomach as he did this. Fox slowly stood up, eyes half opened. He could be heard slowly, weakly muttering "I... Have... Failed," before passing out.
Crazy went over to Fox, ready to pick him up, when he was suddenly stopped by Giga Bowser.
"Stop Crazy, I want the honors of throwing the last victim of a round," He said as his massive claws gripped the unconscious Fox.
Giga casually threw Fox down as one would do to a garbage bag. Mario walked back to his seat, clutching his still bleeding shoulder. Mario took a seat next to Marth.
"Hey Marth, would you mind bandaging my shoulder with these?" He asked, pulling the gauze out of his pockets. "I'm getting kind of dizzy,"
Marth took the gauze.
"Sure, just hold still," Marth replied. Mario obeyed as Marth unrolled the gauze. Mario winced a little as the gauze was applied to his injury.
"There, all done," Marth finally said. Mario smiled.
"Thanks," He replied before being interrupted b Giga.
"Well now, congratulations to you all for beating your first round opponents. I could have done better myself though. As we speak, I am performing a spell that will heal your smallest cuts, the bigger one's will remain,"
Mario couldn't feel a thing, he figured he probably couldn't feel his cuts go away because of his throbbing shoulder.
"For round two, your opponents, with the exception of Yoshi, will become more worthy," Giga began.
At this, a tear of sadness streamed down Yoshi's face.
"It's okay Yoshi," Mario sympathetically said.
"All right, for round two, the match-ups are as follow:
Marth versus Roy
Yoshi versus Link
Bowser versus Captain Falcon
And, finally... Mewtwo versus Mario," Giga shouted.
Marth and Roy looked at each other in a strange way, Bowser roared, and Mario raised a triumphant fist to the air.
"Marth and Roy, you're next!"
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Next Time:
Roy gets a rematch in "Test Practice"
Chapter 17: Round One: Red Dominance
Mario was still in such a state of shock that he didn't hear Giga Bowser call his name.
"Uh, Mario?" Link asked, putting an arm to Mario's shoulder. Mario jumped at this, looking to his left and right.
"Um, sorry if I scared you, turn around," Link said.
"No problem," said Mario, staring up at the dreamy, dark purple sky. He turned around to face Link.
"Listen," Link began, "You have to go up now and face Fox. He is very, very tough. I should know, I had him last time; gosh darn stun lasers searing through my left arm every five seconds,"
"Ow, well what's his weakness?" Mario asked.
"That leader, he's so balanced that you need to keep beating on him 'till he's dizzy and bruised, and that could take a while," Link explained. Mario slightly winced at the sound of this.
"Hey Mario! Fox is waiting, get your slimy rear end down there now!" Giga Bowser yelled.
"Just watch out for his laser and you'll be okay," Link said.
Mario nodded his head somewhat uneasily and stood up. He slowly walked toward the battlefield, mind hyper about how he was suppose to win, but then Link's final words came into mind and reassured him.
---
The Master Hand's holding cell
---
"Peach, get up!" A somewhat high-pitched voice pleaded.
Peach opened her eyes. Her vision was blurry, and her stomach throbbed in the places Mewtwo had shot her.
"Toad?" She asked in a somewhat groan.
"Yes," The mushroom head responded. "Are you okay princess?"
"Yeah, though I think I would have preferred to have Bowser kidnap me yet again, at least he didn't beat me up and throw funny looking purple balls at me," Peach complained, slightly chuckling afterward.
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Final Destination
---
Mario stood, teeth grit across from Fox, who had a look of seriousness about him. The one thing that caught Mario's eye was the holster on Fox's waist.
"How fast would he be able to draw and fire that gun?" Mario asked himself.
All he knew was that he didn't want to find out as Bowser yelled "Begin!"
Mario had never in his entire life seen anyone pull out a blaster and shoot it in less then a second; that changed now. Mario dodged and sidestepped each one of Fox's laser bolts; he had shot only five.
"Two can play at this game!" Mario shouted, shooting a bright red fireball at the Star Fox leader. Mario's fireballs were much, much slower hen Fox's blaster, so Fox easily stepped over them. In midair, Fox shot a blaster bolt quickly. Mario ducked with such speed, that he had to hold his red cap on.
"You're not bad if you can avoid my first shots, but let me tell you Mario, the best is yet to come. You have my promise," Fox said.
Mario stood frozen in shock at Fox's words. He thought it had been all too easy, compared to Link's description. The thought of something much, much, harder scared him.
He was so frozen with blinded with shock that he didn't see the laser blast so perfectly aimed at his left shoulder. It took another three seconds after the shot made contact for Mario to yelp in pain and clutch his bleeding shoulder.
As Mario stood still grimacing in pain, Fox was readying his next attack. Mario was too blinded by the pain and saw nothing as he felt himself get hit by something extremely fast, possibly too fast for the naked eye to see.
Mario fought to keep his almost glued eyelids open as he heard Fox taunt.
"C'mon! It thought that the legendary Mario, Mario could fight better then that!"
"Yeah... I'm fighting all right, fighting to keep awake that is," Mario replied. He slowly climbed to his feet, still clutching his shoulder. He looked at Fox with a newborn fire in his eyes. Ignoring the pain in his shoulder, Mario charged toward Fox. He caught Fox off-guard and dove at him. Fox fell to the floor, Mario on top of him. Mario began to rapidly punch Fox.
Mario was on fifty percent rage, fifty percent fear; the fear that Fox would maul him if he stopped. Mario then remembered Link's words: "You need to keep beating on him until he is dizzy and beaten, and that could take a while," They seemed to echo in his head as he continued his assault. Fox could now feel the warm trickle of blood now running down his nose. Mario's fist felt like a steel bar that hit constantly.
The Italian plumber dragged Fox up and began to swing him by his hands as he had done to Bowser. Mario swung him around and around, until he finally let go and Fox went flying. Mario stuck out an arm for balance as he usually got dizzy from swinging opponents.
Fox dizzily got to his feet. He felt like he was about to throw up anytime from being spun so hard and fast.
Mario ran towards Fox and jumped up. Mario was a good jumper. He had learned how to jump high and far when DK had kidnapped Mario's ex-girlfriend, Pauline. About the time Mario reached Fox's head, he whirled himself into a Mario tornado, rapidly kicking Fox's head. Fox climbed to his hands and knees, coughing up blood onto the floor of the platform. He fell to his stomach as he did this. Fox slowly stood up, eyes half opened. He could be heard slowly, weakly muttering "I... Have... Failed," before passing out.
Crazy went over to Fox, ready to pick him up, when he was suddenly stopped by Giga Bowser.
"Stop Crazy, I want the honors of throwing the last victim of a round," He said as his massive claws gripped the unconscious Fox.
Giga casually threw Fox down as one would do to a garbage bag. Mario walked back to his seat, clutching his still bleeding shoulder. Mario took a seat next to Marth.
"Hey Marth, would you mind bandaging my shoulder with these?" He asked, pulling the gauze out of his pockets. "I'm getting kind of dizzy,"
Marth took the gauze.
"Sure, just hold still," Marth replied. Mario obeyed as Marth unrolled the gauze. Mario winced a little as the gauze was applied to his injury.
"There, all done," Marth finally said. Mario smiled.
"Thanks," He replied before being interrupted b Giga.
"Well now, congratulations to you all for beating your first round opponents. I could have done better myself though. As we speak, I am performing a spell that will heal your smallest cuts, the bigger one's will remain,"
Mario couldn't feel a thing, he figured he probably couldn't feel his cuts go away because of his throbbing shoulder.
"For round two, your opponents, with the exception of Yoshi, will become more worthy," Giga began.
At this, a tear of sadness streamed down Yoshi's face.
"It's okay Yoshi," Mario sympathetically said.
"All right, for round two, the match-ups are as follow:
Marth versus Roy
Yoshi versus Link
Bowser versus Captain Falcon
And, finally... Mewtwo versus Mario," Giga shouted.
Marth and Roy looked at each other in a strange way, Bowser roared, and Mario raised a triumphant fist to the air.
"Marth and Roy, you're next!"
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Next Time:
Roy gets a rematch in "Test Practice"