The Triple Trouble Team
Chapter 21: Round Two: Brain versus Brawn
Notes: I know I promised another chapter within 7 days, but Thursday night I was grounded. I have chapter twenty-two halfway drafted and am preparing to type that up when I'm done.
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Final Destination
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"Bowser won!!! Thank God. Captain Falcon deserves what he got, beating up on Zelda like that!!!" Link thought. Meanwhile, Mario was having thoughts as well.
"Whoa! If I win, then that puts me against Bowser I know I usually beat Bowser, but he seems a whole lot stronger now," Mario worriedly thought. He figured he was far enough away that Mewtwo's psychic senses wouldn't pick up his thoughts. How could he possibly beat Mewtwo if the psychic pokémon could anticipate his every move? A plan began to develop in Mario's mind.
If there was a possibility Mewtwo could only handle two thoughts at a time; one of his own and one of Mario's; then Mario could somehow think about performing one move, and then quickly perform another. He could deceive Mewtwo into performing a move or dodge that wasn't going to happen. It was his only chance of winning, and a slight one at that.
Mario walked down the stairs, wondering if his plans could possibly work.
"Mario, Mewtwo, lets finish round two!!! Start the battle!" Gigs yelled in excitement.
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The Master Hand's Holding Cell
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"Falcon, get up!" A voice called. Captain Falcon snapped awake at this. His pain had lessoned greatly since becoming the second victim of Bowser's "Death Dive" attack, but he was still badly hurting throughout his whole body.
"You feeling alright Falcon?" Luigi asked. "You look as if you're hurting pretty badly,"
"Yeah, I am," Captain Falcon responded, the pain evident in his voice as he sat up by propping himself against the brick wall.
"What happened to you?" Luigi asked.
"Whatever happened to Donkey Kong happened to me,"
"The move Bowser pulled on us, Falcon, is called the death dive. Luigi, In case Mario never told you, the death dive hurts very, very bad. I feel much better now though," Donkey Kong explained.
"That's good to hear DK, and Mario did explain to me, and demonstrated it on me. God did it hurt!!! I couldn't imagine someone with Bowser's mass performing it!!!" Luigi replied.
"That's why the death dive is a very fitting name y'ask me. Oh! And Luigi, you wouldn't want to find out what Bowser's death dive is like, OR--" Falcon started.
"Or how it feels to have Bowser's skull clashed against your own," Donkey Kong interjected.
"Hey banana butt, I was talking first!!!" The F-Zero racer snapped.
"Okay! Okay! Soooorrryyy!" DK sarcastically apologized.
"Now, as I was saying before I was so rudely interrupted," Captain Falcon began, shooting Donkey Kong a dirty look. "OR how hard he can punch,"
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Final Destination
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Mario thought about dodging the first move Mewtwo made, and then intending not to. He was certain the psychic would perform a shadow ball, as that's how he attacked during his first round match with peach.
Mewtwo began to attack; throwing a shadow ball at Mario, that he was sure would curve. As the ball of energy began to come dangerously close to him, he weighed the consequences between dodging and not dodging. Closing his eyes and gritting his teeth, he prepared himself for the impact. He could feel the sweat from nervousness running down his face and back with every passing second.
Then came the sound of electrical sparks and a few curse words from Mewtwo.
"The ball must have curved the second before it hit me! My god that was a close one!" Mario thought.
Mario thought, this time, of attacking Mewtwo in his stomach, and then actually performing the Mario Tornado on Mewtwo's head.
Mario ran at the psychic pokémon, who dodged backwards, thinking he would be attacked in his stomach. The Italian plumber got ready to perform the Mario Tornado.
He leapt into the air, coming down in a Mario Tornado on Mewtwo's head.
Mewtwo held his head in pain, realizing this Mario had some type of special power. While Mewtwo could NORMALLY get a clear reading on two or more thoughts coming from a person at the same time, he couldn't get more then one thought at a time out of Mario.
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Somewhere Unknown (and very, very distant)
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"Life or death? You're crazy! C-R-A-Z-Y crazy! I'm staying right here!!!" Ganondorf exclaimed.
"No, you have two choices, life or death. You must choose wisely, because if you choose death, it is irreversible, and if you choose life, when you wake up, you will experience pain that feels worse then anything you could imagine, even your friend Bowser's death dive. It will pulsate up and down constantly and consistently through every nerve in your body until you're cured. You'll be unable to eat, unable to sleep, unable to sit up. The choice is yours and yours alone..." The woman said.
"Oh boy,"
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Final Destination
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"God dang it! I just can't hit you, can I?" Mewtwo asked the Italian plumber.
"No," Mario replied, walking up to Mewtwo and putting a hand to Mewtwo's forearm. (As he was far too short to reach Mewtwo's shoulder. "But I can do this," He finished softly, forming a fireball, which burned the psychic's skin. Mewtwo flinched a little.
"What's with you? You can hit me, but I can't hit you!"
"That's right,"
"Why?"
"I know your secret," Mewtwo gasped in shock at this.
"Who... Who told you?"
"Pikachu told me in the first tourney, Ness could understand him,"
"Oh... Who's Ness?"
"Ness is a psychic boy from Onett. Now c'mon lets get this fight over with!"
"Do you want a fair fight?"
"Why wouldn't I?"
"Okay, you've found some way to avoid my senses, so I won't use them. I will use only my shadow ball,"
"Okay,"
Mario performed a side-jump, dodging a would-have-been perfectly aimed shadow ball. Mewtwo stood still, eyes bulging in amazement; amazement of the plumber's agility.
Mario suddenly jumped forward, throwing a fireball and performing a sideways Mario Tornado. Both attacks fell. Mewtwo surprisingly did not yell in pain, or flinch. It seemed as if the attack was weak, but the grimace upon the psychic's face told otherwise.
Mario once more jumped up, this time performing an uppercut and knocking Mewtwo over. The psychic pokémon only growled in anger.
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Somewhere Unknown (and very, very distant)
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"So what will it be?" The woman asked. "It must be one, I cannot choose for you,"
"But I want to stay here with you!" Ganondorf whined.
"Life or death Ganondorf,"
Ganondorf put a hand to his face in deep thought.
"I have yet to kidnap Zelda without that Link meddling. I have yet to seize Hyrule without Link meddling. But I have a zero percent chance of getting to pay back Giga Bowser," Ganondorf thought, weighing his options.
"Ah, Ganondorf. You want the notorious Giga Bowser dead? I am limited in what I can tell you, but I can tell you that Mario and Mewtwo are currently fighting, and that there are some very excellent fighters are in round three," The woman said, reading his mind.
"Of course they're good! They wouldn't have made it to round three otherwise!" The woman shot him a look of 'choose now or never' "Alright... I choose life,"
"As you wish,"
For the first time, Ganondorf noticed that he wasn't floating, nor lying down, he was floating even though it felt like he was on solid ground.
The woman snapped her fingers and a bed appeared.
"Lie down," The woman instructed. Ganondorf saw no hurt in this and began to lie down on the bed. Before he was halfway down though, he stopped. The Gerudo king fully sat up again and took off his sheath, gently setting it next to him on the bed before attempting to lie down again.
The bed had a brass frame, which extended upward in poles on the four corners. The mattress was white.
As soon as Ganondorf was fully on the bed, instant happiness swept over him. The bed felt lighter then feathers, and softer then a newborn's skin. He closed his eyes and instantly felt tired. The Gerudo king briefly opened his eyes and stared straight up at the pastel yellow sky, thinking about how much he would miss this place, probably even more so when he would first wake up.
Ganondorf began to feel the tiredness take control of him, steering him away from wherever he was. He fought against it, wanting to see the pastel sky one last time. He failed and was absorbed into darkness.
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Final destination
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"Mewtwo! This is where I finish this once and for all!!!" Mario shouted, his eyes filling with both concentration and determination. He held out his hands while shutting his eyes. The Italian plumber began to blindly run toward Mewtwo, fireballs rapidly shooting out of both hands. As he closed in on the stunned psychic, his accuracy got better with every shot.
"Mario," Mewtwo weakly began, his knees developing an evident shake. "In our world, a pokémon has what is called hit points. Hit points designate how much damage a pokémon can take, and I have surpassed that limit,"
"So now what happens?" Mario asked.
Without a word, Mewtwo collapsed to the floor unconscious. Mario could only gasp in shock as Giga Bowser picked up Mewtwo and threw him down casually.
"Alright, that wraps up round two. For Round three, if you win, you get to face me and Crazy, and Master Hand. You will be fight whoever wins the other match. The Round three setups are Marth versus Link and Mario versus Bowser. You four will all be down here, ready to fight at a moment's notice," Giga explained. "Marth and Link, start the match!!!"
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Next Time: Marth and Link clash swords in "En Guarde: Take Two.
Also: Now that Mewtwo's down there, how does he make a difference?
Notes: Mewtwo has lost for an IMPORTANT reason. The HP and not-so-god-like Mewtwo were because this is BASED ON THE GAME, NOT THE SHOW! Which is why I named the trainer Red, instead of Ash. I originally wrote chapter 21 and 22 together. Chapter 22 will be up ASAP. This was the longest chapter yet!
Chapter 21: Round Two: Brain versus Brawn
Notes: I know I promised another chapter within 7 days, but Thursday night I was grounded. I have chapter twenty-two halfway drafted and am preparing to type that up when I'm done.
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Final Destination
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"Bowser won!!! Thank God. Captain Falcon deserves what he got, beating up on Zelda like that!!!" Link thought. Meanwhile, Mario was having thoughts as well.
"Whoa! If I win, then that puts me against Bowser I know I usually beat Bowser, but he seems a whole lot stronger now," Mario worriedly thought. He figured he was far enough away that Mewtwo's psychic senses wouldn't pick up his thoughts. How could he possibly beat Mewtwo if the psychic pokémon could anticipate his every move? A plan began to develop in Mario's mind.
If there was a possibility Mewtwo could only handle two thoughts at a time; one of his own and one of Mario's; then Mario could somehow think about performing one move, and then quickly perform another. He could deceive Mewtwo into performing a move or dodge that wasn't going to happen. It was his only chance of winning, and a slight one at that.
Mario walked down the stairs, wondering if his plans could possibly work.
"Mario, Mewtwo, lets finish round two!!! Start the battle!" Gigs yelled in excitement.
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The Master Hand's Holding Cell
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"Falcon, get up!" A voice called. Captain Falcon snapped awake at this. His pain had lessoned greatly since becoming the second victim of Bowser's "Death Dive" attack, but he was still badly hurting throughout his whole body.
"You feeling alright Falcon?" Luigi asked. "You look as if you're hurting pretty badly,"
"Yeah, I am," Captain Falcon responded, the pain evident in his voice as he sat up by propping himself against the brick wall.
"What happened to you?" Luigi asked.
"Whatever happened to Donkey Kong happened to me,"
"The move Bowser pulled on us, Falcon, is called the death dive. Luigi, In case Mario never told you, the death dive hurts very, very bad. I feel much better now though," Donkey Kong explained.
"That's good to hear DK, and Mario did explain to me, and demonstrated it on me. God did it hurt!!! I couldn't imagine someone with Bowser's mass performing it!!!" Luigi replied.
"That's why the death dive is a very fitting name y'ask me. Oh! And Luigi, you wouldn't want to find out what Bowser's death dive is like, OR--" Falcon started.
"Or how it feels to have Bowser's skull clashed against your own," Donkey Kong interjected.
"Hey banana butt, I was talking first!!!" The F-Zero racer snapped.
"Okay! Okay! Soooorrryyy!" DK sarcastically apologized.
"Now, as I was saying before I was so rudely interrupted," Captain Falcon began, shooting Donkey Kong a dirty look. "OR how hard he can punch,"
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Final Destination
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Mario thought about dodging the first move Mewtwo made, and then intending not to. He was certain the psychic would perform a shadow ball, as that's how he attacked during his first round match with peach.
Mewtwo began to attack; throwing a shadow ball at Mario, that he was sure would curve. As the ball of energy began to come dangerously close to him, he weighed the consequences between dodging and not dodging. Closing his eyes and gritting his teeth, he prepared himself for the impact. He could feel the sweat from nervousness running down his face and back with every passing second.
Then came the sound of electrical sparks and a few curse words from Mewtwo.
"The ball must have curved the second before it hit me! My god that was a close one!" Mario thought.
Mario thought, this time, of attacking Mewtwo in his stomach, and then actually performing the Mario Tornado on Mewtwo's head.
Mario ran at the psychic pokémon, who dodged backwards, thinking he would be attacked in his stomach. The Italian plumber got ready to perform the Mario Tornado.
He leapt into the air, coming down in a Mario Tornado on Mewtwo's head.
Mewtwo held his head in pain, realizing this Mario had some type of special power. While Mewtwo could NORMALLY get a clear reading on two or more thoughts coming from a person at the same time, he couldn't get more then one thought at a time out of Mario.
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Somewhere Unknown (and very, very distant)
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"Life or death? You're crazy! C-R-A-Z-Y crazy! I'm staying right here!!!" Ganondorf exclaimed.
"No, you have two choices, life or death. You must choose wisely, because if you choose death, it is irreversible, and if you choose life, when you wake up, you will experience pain that feels worse then anything you could imagine, even your friend Bowser's death dive. It will pulsate up and down constantly and consistently through every nerve in your body until you're cured. You'll be unable to eat, unable to sleep, unable to sit up. The choice is yours and yours alone..." The woman said.
"Oh boy,"
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Final Destination
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"God dang it! I just can't hit you, can I?" Mewtwo asked the Italian plumber.
"No," Mario replied, walking up to Mewtwo and putting a hand to Mewtwo's forearm. (As he was far too short to reach Mewtwo's shoulder. "But I can do this," He finished softly, forming a fireball, which burned the psychic's skin. Mewtwo flinched a little.
"What's with you? You can hit me, but I can't hit you!"
"That's right,"
"Why?"
"I know your secret," Mewtwo gasped in shock at this.
"Who... Who told you?"
"Pikachu told me in the first tourney, Ness could understand him,"
"Oh... Who's Ness?"
"Ness is a psychic boy from Onett. Now c'mon lets get this fight over with!"
"Do you want a fair fight?"
"Why wouldn't I?"
"Okay, you've found some way to avoid my senses, so I won't use them. I will use only my shadow ball,"
"Okay,"
Mario performed a side-jump, dodging a would-have-been perfectly aimed shadow ball. Mewtwo stood still, eyes bulging in amazement; amazement of the plumber's agility.
Mario suddenly jumped forward, throwing a fireball and performing a sideways Mario Tornado. Both attacks fell. Mewtwo surprisingly did not yell in pain, or flinch. It seemed as if the attack was weak, but the grimace upon the psychic's face told otherwise.
Mario once more jumped up, this time performing an uppercut and knocking Mewtwo over. The psychic pokémon only growled in anger.
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Somewhere Unknown (and very, very distant)
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"So what will it be?" The woman asked. "It must be one, I cannot choose for you,"
"But I want to stay here with you!" Ganondorf whined.
"Life or death Ganondorf,"
Ganondorf put a hand to his face in deep thought.
"I have yet to kidnap Zelda without that Link meddling. I have yet to seize Hyrule without Link meddling. But I have a zero percent chance of getting to pay back Giga Bowser," Ganondorf thought, weighing his options.
"Ah, Ganondorf. You want the notorious Giga Bowser dead? I am limited in what I can tell you, but I can tell you that Mario and Mewtwo are currently fighting, and that there are some very excellent fighters are in round three," The woman said, reading his mind.
"Of course they're good! They wouldn't have made it to round three otherwise!" The woman shot him a look of 'choose now or never' "Alright... I choose life,"
"As you wish,"
For the first time, Ganondorf noticed that he wasn't floating, nor lying down, he was floating even though it felt like he was on solid ground.
The woman snapped her fingers and a bed appeared.
"Lie down," The woman instructed. Ganondorf saw no hurt in this and began to lie down on the bed. Before he was halfway down though, he stopped. The Gerudo king fully sat up again and took off his sheath, gently setting it next to him on the bed before attempting to lie down again.
The bed had a brass frame, which extended upward in poles on the four corners. The mattress was white.
As soon as Ganondorf was fully on the bed, instant happiness swept over him. The bed felt lighter then feathers, and softer then a newborn's skin. He closed his eyes and instantly felt tired. The Gerudo king briefly opened his eyes and stared straight up at the pastel yellow sky, thinking about how much he would miss this place, probably even more so when he would first wake up.
Ganondorf began to feel the tiredness take control of him, steering him away from wherever he was. He fought against it, wanting to see the pastel sky one last time. He failed and was absorbed into darkness.
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Final destination
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"Mewtwo! This is where I finish this once and for all!!!" Mario shouted, his eyes filling with both concentration and determination. He held out his hands while shutting his eyes. The Italian plumber began to blindly run toward Mewtwo, fireballs rapidly shooting out of both hands. As he closed in on the stunned psychic, his accuracy got better with every shot.
"Mario," Mewtwo weakly began, his knees developing an evident shake. "In our world, a pokémon has what is called hit points. Hit points designate how much damage a pokémon can take, and I have surpassed that limit,"
"So now what happens?" Mario asked.
Without a word, Mewtwo collapsed to the floor unconscious. Mario could only gasp in shock as Giga Bowser picked up Mewtwo and threw him down casually.
"Alright, that wraps up round two. For Round three, if you win, you get to face me and Crazy, and Master Hand. You will be fight whoever wins the other match. The Round three setups are Marth versus Link and Mario versus Bowser. You four will all be down here, ready to fight at a moment's notice," Giga explained. "Marth and Link, start the match!!!"
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Next Time: Marth and Link clash swords in "En Guarde: Take Two.
Also: Now that Mewtwo's down there, how does he make a difference?
Notes: Mewtwo has lost for an IMPORTANT reason. The HP and not-so-god-like Mewtwo were because this is BASED ON THE GAME, NOT THE SHOW! Which is why I named the trainer Red, instead of Ash. I originally wrote chapter 21 and 22 together. Chapter 22 will be up ASAP. This was the longest chapter yet!