Yoo-hoo! I'm back, everyone. I'm sorry I've been taking so long, but this
should be a chapter you will enjoy. Read on. Note: Many of the moves in
this battle could be seen as defying the laws of physics. Ignore these laws
and just read the story.
Disclaimer: I only own Scales and Pi2
Pi2 moaned and held his head in his hands. "Not again." he whispered. "I'm sorry, sir, but it's true. We have been burgled again." Said the chief of security. Last night, two more thefts had been committed. Ganondorf's Triforce of Power had been taken, along with more data from the supercomputer. "We still don't know who took the masks and now the Triforce, but we do have a clue as to who is stealing the data." Pi2 looked up. "Oh?" "We installed a small camera in the supercomputer room in an attempt to catch the theft on film. It worked! Sort of." "What do you mean, 'sort of'?" asked Pi2 suspiciously. "Well, the camera had to be small enough to fit into the room, so we had to put it right on the door. And it had to be very small in order to keep from bumping into anyone. So the problem is that we could only see the person's back legs. And since our camera feed is black and white, we can't tell the intruder's color. But after the culprit teleported in, we found out one thing." "What?" "The perpetrator wears shoes." There was a long pause. Then there was an explosion. "YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT AFTER ALL YOU PEOPLE HAVE DONE TO ENSURE THIS COLISEUM'S SAFETY, WE HAVE HAD FOUR THEFTS, NONE OF WHICH WE HAVE ANY CLUE AS TO WHO DID IT EXCEPT THAT THE PERSON WEARS SHOES?!?!?!!?" "Yes?" "GET THE HELL OUT OF MY OFFICE!!!!!!!!!!!" "Y-yes sir." The chief left the room. Pi2 breathed heavily. He grabbed a plush doll of Shigeru Miyamoto from his desk and squeezed it until it popped. His anger vented, Pi2 tried to assess the situation. They knew several things about the culprit, come to think of it. If all the crimes were committed by the same person, then thief was (a, small enough to fit in the vents, (b, able to teleport, (c, wore gloves or didn't have digits capable of leaving fingerprints, and (d, wore shoes. This narrowed down the list of possible suspects quite a bit, but still left too many possibilities for Pi2's liking. Who could have done it? Who? Oh well. There was time for that later, the next round would soon begin. And he would have to supervise, as usual.
The crowd was energetic and enthusiastic as Pi2 came on the P.A. "Ladies and gentlemen and things, welcome to day 3 of Super Smash Bosses!" He paused to wait for the cheers to die down, then continue. "Today we will have only two matches, but they will be some of our most action-packed matches yet! If any of you gamblers really feel lucky, feel free to bet as much as you want on any fighter. But be aware, you could easily blow it all on one bad move. So, without further ado, let's see what our stage programmers have for us today." The projectors came on, creating a huge octagonal platform. It looked like a mixture of metal and stone. A lightning bolt carving bisected the platform. Growing from the bottom was a series of complex-looking machinery, all harnessing a black orb. A beam of light went down from the orb, touching the ground. The conjured backdrop was really cool, blue and black with lots of neat random designs and shooting lights. "Impressive! Our challengers will be fighting each other on the last stage of the previous tournament, Final Destination!" There were more cheers. "Now, I'm sure you viewers are eager for the fight to begin, so let's start in 3." Majora floated onto the platform. "2." Bowser popped out of a Warp Pipe and stood ready. "1.Go!" Bowser quickly drew his Star Rod. "Okay Mr. Mask, I don't care what tricks you have up your sleeve for this fight, cause they aren't going to work! All I have to do is hide in my shell, and you'll be unable to do anything to me, even with your super speed!" Majora cackled. "Speed isn't what you should be worrying about in this fight, my friend. Behold!" Majora quickly transformed to Majora's Mask, then to Majora's Incarnation. As the super quick monster posed, ready, Majora initiated another transformation. His arms and legs swelled, bulging with muscles. Two things like feet sprouted from the bottoms of his legs. His head swelled, growing bigger and thinker, but the eye stayed the same. The horns grew longer and sharper. Two smaller, more normal eyes grew beneath the single big eye, slitted like a cat's. A mouth split open beneath the three eyes, full of sharp teeth and a pointed purple tongue. He blinked his three eyes, then examined his arms. Dissatisfied with them, he concentrated. Instantly, long whip-like tentacles sprouted from the ends of his arms. Majora cackled. Bowser blinked. "What the hell?" "Foolish Koopa, you are about to face your defeat. This is my strongest form to date. Prepare to feel the Wrath.Majora's Wrath!" With that, Majora lashed out with his whips, grabbing hold of the Star Rod. He started pulling. Bowser was surprised to find he was losing his grip on the magic wand. He quickly grabbed it with his other hand and pulled back, trying to keep it with him. Majora was surprisingly strong, and it was a tough tug-of-war. Bowser started trying to take a step back. And another. And another. As Majora's tentacles went taught, he ended up in a tough position, seeing as how he could either let go of the Rod or get dragged along and possibly flung too close to Bowser. So Majora took the third option. He suddenly pulled back on the tentacles. Bowser was quite surprised when he found himself being pulled right towards the mask. Calling on his reserves of strength, Bowser pulled harder. They now seemed to be at an impasse. Neither fighter would let go of the Rod, but neither would let themselves get pulled towards the other. Finally, Majora broke the stalemate. He opened his mouth and screeched. A series of rippling waves came forth, hitting Bowser in the face. The waves did not actually hurt, but caused the turtle to experience an awful sound echoing through his eardrums. He shook his head, roaring, still trying to keep his focus on holding onto the precious Rod. Looking at Majora, he unleashed his Fire Breath. The flames hit Majora's face. Startled, the mask let go of the Star Rod. Bowser pulled away and shook his head, the spell dissipated. Majora shook his head rapidly, putting out the flames. To Bowser's dismay, Majora wasn't even singed. "Hmm, quite good, yes, quite good indeed. However, you should understand that one born of flame cannot be burned." Majora lashed out again, trying to grab the Rod. Bowser held it over his head and activated the wand's power. The star glowed. As Majora's tentacles entered the light cast by the star, they shuddered and pulled away. "Yeah! My Rod's power seems to have an adverse effect on you, spirit! I believe I can use that to my advantage now." The Star Rod glowed brighter, basking Bowser in its light and causing him to glow too, signaling his invincibility. He swelled to twice his size and burned with a blue flame. "I'm invulnerable now, buster. Let's see you touch me without the use of a sacred relic like Ganondorf did!" Majora frowned, then laughed. "I don't need to. Ghazaki ihnola jakestri!" Majora momentarily glowed golden, then returned to normal. "There. Now we're both invincible and can harm one another. Fair, isn't it?" "How did you.no matter! My kids are depending on me, I can't lose this match!" He waved the Star Rod. Lightning streamed down from the sky, striking the mask head-on. Majora screeched and belted out another spell. Lightning bolts streamed down from the sky and hit Bowser head-on. Bowser grunted in pain. He waved the Star Rod, and the lightning went away. "Ah, much better." He glared at Majora and started preparing for a blast of fire breath. Majora laughed. "Idiot! I already showed you fire doesn't work on me. What are you doing? You actually think you can harm me? I am invinci- AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!" Bowser had spat out the flames in his mouth. Enhanced by the power of the Star Rod, the magic fire burned Majora. Bowser grinned and started running towards Majora. As Majora was frantically trying to put out the flames, Bowser hit him with an awesome punch, knocking him across the arena. Majora backflipped onto his feet and sent his tentacles straight for Bowser. Bowser quickly moved the Star Rod out of harm's way, only to find the magical object was not the focus of the mask's attack. The tentacles wrapped around his neck, constricting it and choking him. Bowser gasped, trying to get his breath, but the strangling whips would not let go. He tried to build up a Fire Breath, but it got caught in his throat. The flames started building up, getting stronger and hotter, but finding no release. As his throat started to hurt from the repressed flames, Bowser started tearing. He had to do something quickly, or he would be dead in minutes. Getting a brilliant idea despite not getting a lot of oxygen to his brain, he summoned more lightning bolts, striking Majora. The mask screeched and let go of Bowser. His throat released, Bowser immediately unleashed the most powerful blast of Fire Breath he had ever created. The blast of magical fire encompassed Majora. The mask screamed and writhed in pain, the flames burning his very soul. Bowser took the opportunity to start charging up his Star Beam attack, seeing as how Majora was too busy burning to pay any attention to him. Majora extinguished the flames surrounding him just in time to see the fully charged Star Rod fire the Star Beam at him. The beam struck him, causing more pain than any of the Fire Breaths had done. Majora was burning golden flames now, his body turning bright red. The Beam finally ended, its power drained. Majora fell to his knees, panting. Bowser grinned, smelling victory. Too bad his senses were off. Majora got to his feet and cracked his whips on the ground. Where the tentacles struck, a large bladed top materialized and started spinning for Bowser. Bowser quickly swung at a top with the Star Rod, knocking it away. The top spun away, paused, then came right back at Bowser. Bowser kept trying to deflect the twin blades, too busy to notice Majora was planning an attack of his own. Majora struck downward, his tentacles digging into the ground, pulling his body down until his "wrists" touched the platform. As Bowser took another halfhearted swing at a blade, both tops suddenly shattered. While he puzzled this over, he then noticed Majora's odd position. While he tried to figure this out as well, Majora's tentacles erupted from the ground behind Bowser, each wrapping around one of his arms. "Wha? Hey! What do you think you're doing?" Bowser struggled to break free from the masks' grip but found himself stuck fast. "Doing what I need to secure the Rod!" said Majora. His five eyes glowed (yes, five, remember he has two big painted ones) and shot heat rays at Bowser. The beams struck him in the chest, causing his shell to heat up and start getting extremely uncomfortable. Sweating, Bowser managed a scowl. "So, you want my Rod, huh? Well, you can have it.if you can survive that is!" The Rod glowed, reinforcing Bowser's body. As he started glowing brighter, the star energy washed over the tentacles, causing pain. As Majora wailed, Bowser quickly charged up and fired another Star Beam. The beam struck Majora. The mask screamed and was hurled back, his tentacles ripped from the ground by the force of the attack. Unfortunately, they were still tightly wrapped around Bowser's arms and flipped him onto his back, ending the Star Beam assault. As Bowser lay on the ground, the tentacles around his arms loosened. He groaned and shook them off, turning himself over and getting back on his feet. Majora shook his head, moaning. Bowser chuckled. "Well, well, well! It looks as if I have the upper hand in this fight. You can't seem to handle Star powered attacks! Well, I can't risk you getting this Rod, even if it does hurt you a bit. However, I think I have a way to keep it from you and still use its power." Bowser opened his mouth wide and threw in the Star Rod, swallowing it whole. Majora and most of the viewers gaped. Bowser looked over himself and was pleased to see he was still charged with the Rod's power. "Great! Now I can really show-" He suddenly moaned and clutched his stomach. He grimaced as a feeling of sickness spread over his body. As he turned greener than usual, the crowd expected him to vomit up the Rod. However, what happened was much more impressive. Bowser suddenly transformed, getting even bigger than he was now. His tail and neck elongated. His shell enlarged, more spikes appearing on his back. His arms became longer and sleeker, but still incredibly muscular. His head partially changed his shape, his horns getting bigger and more pronounced. Bowser, along with everyone else, was astonished by the transformation. He was no longer Bowser. He was Giga Bowser. His eyes changed, the cunning intelligence in them replaced by a primal rage and hatred for his foe. As the Koopas and other members of his kingdom in the audience cheered, Bowser roared ferociously, causing many to faint from sheer fright. Majora looked up at Bowser, strangely not frightened. "Is that the best you can do, turtle? I've seen monsters hundreds of times fiercer than you! Even with your new strength and Star power, you are no match for me!" Giga Bowser roared and leapt into the air, performing a titanic Bowser Bomb. Majora quickly double-jumped out of harm's way as the Koopa slammed down. As Bowser slowly got back up, Majora lashed out with his tentacles, grabbing Bowser by the horns. As the giant monster reared back his head, trying to pull Majora from the ground, the evil mask pulled back with even greater force than Bowser's, pulling him headfirst onto the ground. As Giga Bowser tried to get up, Majora kept holding him down and mentally conjured more bladed tops. The dozen or so blades spun into Bowser's face, cutting it in many different places. Screaming in pain, Bowser knocked the tops away with his muzzle, shattering them on impact. Then, looking at Majora at ground level, Bowser opened his mouth. Suddenly realizing what was about to happen, Majora leaped onto a platform of red light he had generated, barely avoiding Bowser's great Fire Breath. Seeing as how his opponent was no longer able to keep him down, Bowser got back up, still resisting the pull from the tentacles. Bowser growled and backed away from Majora, pulling the mask off the platform. Before he could hit the ground, Bowser started shaking his head, flailing the evil mask in the air in an attempt to get him to let go. Majora managed to conjure another light platform ion the air. As he was swung around, he made contact with the platform, allowing him to kick-jump off of it, spinning through the air and landing on Bowser's head. He immediately let go of Bowser's horns and dropped to the ground, his tentacles wrapping tightly around Bowser's supple neck in the meantime. Before Bowser could claw at the whip tentacles, Majora ran towards Bowser's underside, pulling the neck down with him. Before he could do anything, Giga Bowser suddenly found himself unbalancing as his head was pulled beneath his shell. He was flipped over by the incredibly strong pull, causing him to land on his back. Majora let go of Bowser's neck and turned around, facing Bowser's upside-down head. Due to his extreme size, Bowser was having more than a little trouble getting back up. Now was the masks' chance. He raised his head, looking to the skies. He mentally chanted the spell he needed, readying his current form's most powerful attack. All he needed now was to use it. High above the arena, a small moon materialized. All gasped in shock. The moon was cratered like a normal moon, but had an actual face. The moon above the arena had orange-yellow eyes and a hideous grin, leering down from above. The audience members from Termina fainted in recognition of that which had almost destroyed their land. "MOONFALL!" The moon suddenly fell, hurtling at astounding speeds towards the arena below. It started to flame, like an object in reentry. Giga Bowser looked up and saw the celestial object falling towards him. He kept trying to get up, to move out of the way, but he could not. He looked back at the moon, and for the first time in the tournament his eyes showed fear. The moon impacted right on Bowser's stomach. There was an explosion of unbelievable proportions, the deadly blast kept in check only by the force fields protecting the audience. Even though they were safe, many screamed or ran, thinking they were going to die. The flames of the blast eventually shrank as several powerful fire extinguishers went on, all aiming at the enshrouded Final Destination. When the fire was finally out and the smoke cleared away, the audience was astonished to see both Smashers were still alive, actually surviving the blast. Majora was completely unharmed, in fact he actually looked refreshed. Bowser had returned to normal, and was now lying n his belly, blackened and burnt. The Star Rod lay next to him, glowing dimly. Majora calmly strode over to Bowser, his tendrils trailing behind him. The mask bent down near Bowser's head, examining it. He smiled to himself. The attack had worked perfectly. When the smoke had still been covering Final Destination, before the flames were completely out, Majora had quickly drained the Star power from Bowser, not to mention taking his soul as well. The Rod had been spat up as Bowser lost consciousness and was now weakened greatly, most of its power gone. He stood up and walked away from the comatose Koopa and bent down over the Star Rod. As he crouched over it, hiding what he was doing from the audience's view, the evil spirit grabbed onto the Rod with his tongue, draining the rest of its power. The star on top of the Rod flickered and went out. Majora stood up and waited as the platform faded away, lowering both fighters and the dead Star Rod to the ground below. Majora heard no cheers from the crowd. They were all stunned by his incredible Moonfall attack. He shook his head a bit sadly. How disappointing. His attack hadn't killed anybody. All it had really done was cause Giga Bowser to go back to normal. If only those stupid force fields hadn't been in place, he could have killed everyone in the audience. Oh well, maybe next time. Smiling at the thought of future deaths caused by his hands, the evil mask changed back to normal and floated into the Coliseum. A forklift was driven into the arena. A separate agent came with it, picking up Bowser's Star Rod to give back to him when he woke up. If he woke up. As the forklift picked up the prone Bowser and started taking him out of the arena, Majora started laughing as he remembered what Bowser's last words had been before he had lost everything: "Kids, I'm sorry I failed you."
Was that ending sad enough for you? Well, now we know the reason all of Majora's opponents are comatose, right? It seems the villain has a plan, but what is it? What will happen if he wins the tournament? You will have to see for yourself. Next time: One of the greatest matches in the entire tournament is about to begin. Scales the Biolizard must confront the lethal Heinrich. Only one of them will walk away from the arena alive. Which will it be? Which of the two warriors will make it to the final round with Majora? Find out on the next.Super Smash Bosses!
Pi2 moaned and held his head in his hands. "Not again." he whispered. "I'm sorry, sir, but it's true. We have been burgled again." Said the chief of security. Last night, two more thefts had been committed. Ganondorf's Triforce of Power had been taken, along with more data from the supercomputer. "We still don't know who took the masks and now the Triforce, but we do have a clue as to who is stealing the data." Pi2 looked up. "Oh?" "We installed a small camera in the supercomputer room in an attempt to catch the theft on film. It worked! Sort of." "What do you mean, 'sort of'?" asked Pi2 suspiciously. "Well, the camera had to be small enough to fit into the room, so we had to put it right on the door. And it had to be very small in order to keep from bumping into anyone. So the problem is that we could only see the person's back legs. And since our camera feed is black and white, we can't tell the intruder's color. But after the culprit teleported in, we found out one thing." "What?" "The perpetrator wears shoes." There was a long pause. Then there was an explosion. "YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT AFTER ALL YOU PEOPLE HAVE DONE TO ENSURE THIS COLISEUM'S SAFETY, WE HAVE HAD FOUR THEFTS, NONE OF WHICH WE HAVE ANY CLUE AS TO WHO DID IT EXCEPT THAT THE PERSON WEARS SHOES?!?!?!!?" "Yes?" "GET THE HELL OUT OF MY OFFICE!!!!!!!!!!!" "Y-yes sir." The chief left the room. Pi2 breathed heavily. He grabbed a plush doll of Shigeru Miyamoto from his desk and squeezed it until it popped. His anger vented, Pi2 tried to assess the situation. They knew several things about the culprit, come to think of it. If all the crimes were committed by the same person, then thief was (a, small enough to fit in the vents, (b, able to teleport, (c, wore gloves or didn't have digits capable of leaving fingerprints, and (d, wore shoes. This narrowed down the list of possible suspects quite a bit, but still left too many possibilities for Pi2's liking. Who could have done it? Who? Oh well. There was time for that later, the next round would soon begin. And he would have to supervise, as usual.
The crowd was energetic and enthusiastic as Pi2 came on the P.A. "Ladies and gentlemen and things, welcome to day 3 of Super Smash Bosses!" He paused to wait for the cheers to die down, then continue. "Today we will have only two matches, but they will be some of our most action-packed matches yet! If any of you gamblers really feel lucky, feel free to bet as much as you want on any fighter. But be aware, you could easily blow it all on one bad move. So, without further ado, let's see what our stage programmers have for us today." The projectors came on, creating a huge octagonal platform. It looked like a mixture of metal and stone. A lightning bolt carving bisected the platform. Growing from the bottom was a series of complex-looking machinery, all harnessing a black orb. A beam of light went down from the orb, touching the ground. The conjured backdrop was really cool, blue and black with lots of neat random designs and shooting lights. "Impressive! Our challengers will be fighting each other on the last stage of the previous tournament, Final Destination!" There were more cheers. "Now, I'm sure you viewers are eager for the fight to begin, so let's start in 3." Majora floated onto the platform. "2." Bowser popped out of a Warp Pipe and stood ready. "1.Go!" Bowser quickly drew his Star Rod. "Okay Mr. Mask, I don't care what tricks you have up your sleeve for this fight, cause they aren't going to work! All I have to do is hide in my shell, and you'll be unable to do anything to me, even with your super speed!" Majora cackled. "Speed isn't what you should be worrying about in this fight, my friend. Behold!" Majora quickly transformed to Majora's Mask, then to Majora's Incarnation. As the super quick monster posed, ready, Majora initiated another transformation. His arms and legs swelled, bulging with muscles. Two things like feet sprouted from the bottoms of his legs. His head swelled, growing bigger and thinker, but the eye stayed the same. The horns grew longer and sharper. Two smaller, more normal eyes grew beneath the single big eye, slitted like a cat's. A mouth split open beneath the three eyes, full of sharp teeth and a pointed purple tongue. He blinked his three eyes, then examined his arms. Dissatisfied with them, he concentrated. Instantly, long whip-like tentacles sprouted from the ends of his arms. Majora cackled. Bowser blinked. "What the hell?" "Foolish Koopa, you are about to face your defeat. This is my strongest form to date. Prepare to feel the Wrath.Majora's Wrath!" With that, Majora lashed out with his whips, grabbing hold of the Star Rod. He started pulling. Bowser was surprised to find he was losing his grip on the magic wand. He quickly grabbed it with his other hand and pulled back, trying to keep it with him. Majora was surprisingly strong, and it was a tough tug-of-war. Bowser started trying to take a step back. And another. And another. As Majora's tentacles went taught, he ended up in a tough position, seeing as how he could either let go of the Rod or get dragged along and possibly flung too close to Bowser. So Majora took the third option. He suddenly pulled back on the tentacles. Bowser was quite surprised when he found himself being pulled right towards the mask. Calling on his reserves of strength, Bowser pulled harder. They now seemed to be at an impasse. Neither fighter would let go of the Rod, but neither would let themselves get pulled towards the other. Finally, Majora broke the stalemate. He opened his mouth and screeched. A series of rippling waves came forth, hitting Bowser in the face. The waves did not actually hurt, but caused the turtle to experience an awful sound echoing through his eardrums. He shook his head, roaring, still trying to keep his focus on holding onto the precious Rod. Looking at Majora, he unleashed his Fire Breath. The flames hit Majora's face. Startled, the mask let go of the Star Rod. Bowser pulled away and shook his head, the spell dissipated. Majora shook his head rapidly, putting out the flames. To Bowser's dismay, Majora wasn't even singed. "Hmm, quite good, yes, quite good indeed. However, you should understand that one born of flame cannot be burned." Majora lashed out again, trying to grab the Rod. Bowser held it over his head and activated the wand's power. The star glowed. As Majora's tentacles entered the light cast by the star, they shuddered and pulled away. "Yeah! My Rod's power seems to have an adverse effect on you, spirit! I believe I can use that to my advantage now." The Star Rod glowed brighter, basking Bowser in its light and causing him to glow too, signaling his invincibility. He swelled to twice his size and burned with a blue flame. "I'm invulnerable now, buster. Let's see you touch me without the use of a sacred relic like Ganondorf did!" Majora frowned, then laughed. "I don't need to. Ghazaki ihnola jakestri!" Majora momentarily glowed golden, then returned to normal. "There. Now we're both invincible and can harm one another. Fair, isn't it?" "How did you.no matter! My kids are depending on me, I can't lose this match!" He waved the Star Rod. Lightning streamed down from the sky, striking the mask head-on. Majora screeched and belted out another spell. Lightning bolts streamed down from the sky and hit Bowser head-on. Bowser grunted in pain. He waved the Star Rod, and the lightning went away. "Ah, much better." He glared at Majora and started preparing for a blast of fire breath. Majora laughed. "Idiot! I already showed you fire doesn't work on me. What are you doing? You actually think you can harm me? I am invinci- AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!" Bowser had spat out the flames in his mouth. Enhanced by the power of the Star Rod, the magic fire burned Majora. Bowser grinned and started running towards Majora. As Majora was frantically trying to put out the flames, Bowser hit him with an awesome punch, knocking him across the arena. Majora backflipped onto his feet and sent his tentacles straight for Bowser. Bowser quickly moved the Star Rod out of harm's way, only to find the magical object was not the focus of the mask's attack. The tentacles wrapped around his neck, constricting it and choking him. Bowser gasped, trying to get his breath, but the strangling whips would not let go. He tried to build up a Fire Breath, but it got caught in his throat. The flames started building up, getting stronger and hotter, but finding no release. As his throat started to hurt from the repressed flames, Bowser started tearing. He had to do something quickly, or he would be dead in minutes. Getting a brilliant idea despite not getting a lot of oxygen to his brain, he summoned more lightning bolts, striking Majora. The mask screeched and let go of Bowser. His throat released, Bowser immediately unleashed the most powerful blast of Fire Breath he had ever created. The blast of magical fire encompassed Majora. The mask screamed and writhed in pain, the flames burning his very soul. Bowser took the opportunity to start charging up his Star Beam attack, seeing as how Majora was too busy burning to pay any attention to him. Majora extinguished the flames surrounding him just in time to see the fully charged Star Rod fire the Star Beam at him. The beam struck him, causing more pain than any of the Fire Breaths had done. Majora was burning golden flames now, his body turning bright red. The Beam finally ended, its power drained. Majora fell to his knees, panting. Bowser grinned, smelling victory. Too bad his senses were off. Majora got to his feet and cracked his whips on the ground. Where the tentacles struck, a large bladed top materialized and started spinning for Bowser. Bowser quickly swung at a top with the Star Rod, knocking it away. The top spun away, paused, then came right back at Bowser. Bowser kept trying to deflect the twin blades, too busy to notice Majora was planning an attack of his own. Majora struck downward, his tentacles digging into the ground, pulling his body down until his "wrists" touched the platform. As Bowser took another halfhearted swing at a blade, both tops suddenly shattered. While he puzzled this over, he then noticed Majora's odd position. While he tried to figure this out as well, Majora's tentacles erupted from the ground behind Bowser, each wrapping around one of his arms. "Wha? Hey! What do you think you're doing?" Bowser struggled to break free from the masks' grip but found himself stuck fast. "Doing what I need to secure the Rod!" said Majora. His five eyes glowed (yes, five, remember he has two big painted ones) and shot heat rays at Bowser. The beams struck him in the chest, causing his shell to heat up and start getting extremely uncomfortable. Sweating, Bowser managed a scowl. "So, you want my Rod, huh? Well, you can have it.if you can survive that is!" The Rod glowed, reinforcing Bowser's body. As he started glowing brighter, the star energy washed over the tentacles, causing pain. As Majora wailed, Bowser quickly charged up and fired another Star Beam. The beam struck Majora. The mask screamed and was hurled back, his tentacles ripped from the ground by the force of the attack. Unfortunately, they were still tightly wrapped around Bowser's arms and flipped him onto his back, ending the Star Beam assault. As Bowser lay on the ground, the tentacles around his arms loosened. He groaned and shook them off, turning himself over and getting back on his feet. Majora shook his head, moaning. Bowser chuckled. "Well, well, well! It looks as if I have the upper hand in this fight. You can't seem to handle Star powered attacks! Well, I can't risk you getting this Rod, even if it does hurt you a bit. However, I think I have a way to keep it from you and still use its power." Bowser opened his mouth wide and threw in the Star Rod, swallowing it whole. Majora and most of the viewers gaped. Bowser looked over himself and was pleased to see he was still charged with the Rod's power. "Great! Now I can really show-" He suddenly moaned and clutched his stomach. He grimaced as a feeling of sickness spread over his body. As he turned greener than usual, the crowd expected him to vomit up the Rod. However, what happened was much more impressive. Bowser suddenly transformed, getting even bigger than he was now. His tail and neck elongated. His shell enlarged, more spikes appearing on his back. His arms became longer and sleeker, but still incredibly muscular. His head partially changed his shape, his horns getting bigger and more pronounced. Bowser, along with everyone else, was astonished by the transformation. He was no longer Bowser. He was Giga Bowser. His eyes changed, the cunning intelligence in them replaced by a primal rage and hatred for his foe. As the Koopas and other members of his kingdom in the audience cheered, Bowser roared ferociously, causing many to faint from sheer fright. Majora looked up at Bowser, strangely not frightened. "Is that the best you can do, turtle? I've seen monsters hundreds of times fiercer than you! Even with your new strength and Star power, you are no match for me!" Giga Bowser roared and leapt into the air, performing a titanic Bowser Bomb. Majora quickly double-jumped out of harm's way as the Koopa slammed down. As Bowser slowly got back up, Majora lashed out with his tentacles, grabbing Bowser by the horns. As the giant monster reared back his head, trying to pull Majora from the ground, the evil mask pulled back with even greater force than Bowser's, pulling him headfirst onto the ground. As Giga Bowser tried to get up, Majora kept holding him down and mentally conjured more bladed tops. The dozen or so blades spun into Bowser's face, cutting it in many different places. Screaming in pain, Bowser knocked the tops away with his muzzle, shattering them on impact. Then, looking at Majora at ground level, Bowser opened his mouth. Suddenly realizing what was about to happen, Majora leaped onto a platform of red light he had generated, barely avoiding Bowser's great Fire Breath. Seeing as how his opponent was no longer able to keep him down, Bowser got back up, still resisting the pull from the tentacles. Bowser growled and backed away from Majora, pulling the mask off the platform. Before he could hit the ground, Bowser started shaking his head, flailing the evil mask in the air in an attempt to get him to let go. Majora managed to conjure another light platform ion the air. As he was swung around, he made contact with the platform, allowing him to kick-jump off of it, spinning through the air and landing on Bowser's head. He immediately let go of Bowser's horns and dropped to the ground, his tentacles wrapping tightly around Bowser's supple neck in the meantime. Before Bowser could claw at the whip tentacles, Majora ran towards Bowser's underside, pulling the neck down with him. Before he could do anything, Giga Bowser suddenly found himself unbalancing as his head was pulled beneath his shell. He was flipped over by the incredibly strong pull, causing him to land on his back. Majora let go of Bowser's neck and turned around, facing Bowser's upside-down head. Due to his extreme size, Bowser was having more than a little trouble getting back up. Now was the masks' chance. He raised his head, looking to the skies. He mentally chanted the spell he needed, readying his current form's most powerful attack. All he needed now was to use it. High above the arena, a small moon materialized. All gasped in shock. The moon was cratered like a normal moon, but had an actual face. The moon above the arena had orange-yellow eyes and a hideous grin, leering down from above. The audience members from Termina fainted in recognition of that which had almost destroyed their land. "MOONFALL!" The moon suddenly fell, hurtling at astounding speeds towards the arena below. It started to flame, like an object in reentry. Giga Bowser looked up and saw the celestial object falling towards him. He kept trying to get up, to move out of the way, but he could not. He looked back at the moon, and for the first time in the tournament his eyes showed fear. The moon impacted right on Bowser's stomach. There was an explosion of unbelievable proportions, the deadly blast kept in check only by the force fields protecting the audience. Even though they were safe, many screamed or ran, thinking they were going to die. The flames of the blast eventually shrank as several powerful fire extinguishers went on, all aiming at the enshrouded Final Destination. When the fire was finally out and the smoke cleared away, the audience was astonished to see both Smashers were still alive, actually surviving the blast. Majora was completely unharmed, in fact he actually looked refreshed. Bowser had returned to normal, and was now lying n his belly, blackened and burnt. The Star Rod lay next to him, glowing dimly. Majora calmly strode over to Bowser, his tendrils trailing behind him. The mask bent down near Bowser's head, examining it. He smiled to himself. The attack had worked perfectly. When the smoke had still been covering Final Destination, before the flames were completely out, Majora had quickly drained the Star power from Bowser, not to mention taking his soul as well. The Rod had been spat up as Bowser lost consciousness and was now weakened greatly, most of its power gone. He stood up and walked away from the comatose Koopa and bent down over the Star Rod. As he crouched over it, hiding what he was doing from the audience's view, the evil spirit grabbed onto the Rod with his tongue, draining the rest of its power. The star on top of the Rod flickered and went out. Majora stood up and waited as the platform faded away, lowering both fighters and the dead Star Rod to the ground below. Majora heard no cheers from the crowd. They were all stunned by his incredible Moonfall attack. He shook his head a bit sadly. How disappointing. His attack hadn't killed anybody. All it had really done was cause Giga Bowser to go back to normal. If only those stupid force fields hadn't been in place, he could have killed everyone in the audience. Oh well, maybe next time. Smiling at the thought of future deaths caused by his hands, the evil mask changed back to normal and floated into the Coliseum. A forklift was driven into the arena. A separate agent came with it, picking up Bowser's Star Rod to give back to him when he woke up. If he woke up. As the forklift picked up the prone Bowser and started taking him out of the arena, Majora started laughing as he remembered what Bowser's last words had been before he had lost everything: "Kids, I'm sorry I failed you."
Was that ending sad enough for you? Well, now we know the reason all of Majora's opponents are comatose, right? It seems the villain has a plan, but what is it? What will happen if he wins the tournament? You will have to see for yourself. Next time: One of the greatest matches in the entire tournament is about to begin. Scales the Biolizard must confront the lethal Heinrich. Only one of them will walk away from the arena alive. Which will it be? Which of the two warriors will make it to the final round with Majora? Find out on the next.Super Smash Bosses!