Me: Another chapter done. Let me say that I don't own any Sonic and Mario characters.
Max: And here we are in your room sitting in front of your computer as we read this dumb fic that doesn't have us in it!
Me: Max, if you bother me about writing your own story again, I'll write one starting Chiller, got it?
Max: OKAY!! Sheesh! Well is this the chapter where those two knuckle-heads duke it out?
Me: YES! Now as Mills Lane would say: " LETS GET IT ON!!!" Mills Lane
Sonic and Mario
It's-a me, Mario! After my battle with Bowser to retrieve the Star Rod, the kingdom held a parade to celebrate, but Peach and I decided to just look at the stars. She then come up with a way to cheer up my bummed out brother, Luigi, by setting him up a date with Daisy, but she never told me it was gonna be a double date with me and her. ~Gulp~ anywise, the next day, some speedy punk attacked Donkey Kong, so he, Luigi, and I decide to teach him a lesson. We found the guy with Gombario's sister, but just when we captured him, a two tailed fox and a red dreadlock guy saves him. Now they want to fight? Just bring it on, blue boy! You're about to find out why they call me Super Mario!
Chapter 7 – The clash of the world's heroes
"Sonic……"
Sonic and Sally were dancing in mid air, in front of a beautiful fountain, with a huge star in the background and the entire area sparkled in a dazzling affect.
"I hope this moment never ends, Sonic." Sally sighed happily as she laid her head on Sonic's shoulder.
"With you…it never ends." Sonic whispered.
"Sonic…"
Sally slowly lift her head and stared into Sonic's green emerald eyes, as he stared into her sky blue eyes. As they were lost in each others eyes, they moved closer until their lips were touching each other, but then…
"SALLY! WAKE UP!"
Sally quickly woke up after she heard a loud female voice in her dream. When she looked up, the first thing she saw was Rouge, in a coy face.
"Why did you have to wake me?" Sally whined. "I was having such a wonderful dream!"
"I'm sure you did! 'Oh my little Sonikku!' Rouge mocked which made Sally blush red
"What about you, Miss 'please let my Knuckie be all right!'" Sally mocked with puppy dog eyes, which made Rouge angry and blush.
"…Touché!"
The squirrel princess rose to her feet, wiping the dust off of her fur as she scanned the green forest land. "What happened? Where are we?"
"We were shot down, and the crash separated us! What else?"
"Did you find the others?"
"All I found was Amy. She's over there picking the flowers."
"Well we better not waste time! Lets find the others, and then we'll set up a base!"
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Back in the other part of the Mushroom Way forest, Gombaria watched in horror as two teams of Mobius and the Mushroom World's greatest heroes tear each other up for misunderstanding reasons.
Hero vs. Hero:
Sonic is known for his super speed which would have Mario have a rough and close fight at his neck. Mario is known for his jumping abilities and gymnastic skills he used since the Mario 64 and the Super Smash Bros adventures, which will allow him to quickly avoid most of Sonic's attacks, and his ability to throw fireballs thanks to countless uses of the Fire Flowers.
Sidekick vs. Sidekick
Tails has incredible machinery knowledge that might match Robotnik, but they won't be of use against Luigi. However his ability to use his two tails to fly will come in handy since Luigi abilities are similar to Mario's, plus he has his own tricks.
Guardian vs. Guardian
Knuckles and Donkey Kong are both guardians of their own land. Donkey Kong's strength is far greater then Knuckles, but Knuckles fighting abilities are more skilled then Donkey's. Donkey Kong maybe big, but he is pretty fast and very agile. Both of these beings each have a bond to what they protect: The Master Emerald and the Crystal Coconut, which may prove devastating.
"Don't make any trouble, and I promise I'll end this painless and quick!" DK said as cracked his knuckles.
"I don't plan on chickening out, bud!" Knuckles said as made a few practice punches.
"Fine! Give it your best shot!"
"Oh, I will; don't you worry!"
DK wasted no time as he ran toward Knuckles and slammed his fist down at his head, but Knuckles dodged it and uppercut DK in the jaw.
DK stepped back and raged both his fist to the ground to shake the area near them to make Knuckles lose balance. DK swatted Knuckles like a fly and made him fly toward the trees, but Knuckles recovered and planted his feet on the tree and pushed himself back to DK and gave him a flying straight punch in his face.
DK fell back but did a cartwheel kick on Knuckles and send him hurling 50 feet in the air. DK got up and looked at the sky to find his opponent. But then without warning, Knuckles came back with a Diving Drill Claw, and collided with DK.
[Nicole: Downloading Linkin Park: One Step Closer……Download Complete. Playing song, now.]
[A/N: I also do not own One Step Closer by Linkin Park. Sorry have to say that.]
I cannot take this anymore.
I'm saying everything I've said before.
All these words they make no sense
I find bliss in ignorance.
Less I hear the less you'll say.
But you'll find that out anyway.
Just like before…
"YOU COWARD! COME DOWN HERE AND FACE ME!!" Luigi yelled at Tails who stayed flying beyond Luigi's reach.
"What's a matter? Can't reach?" Tails joked as he swooped back down and kick Luigi on the head.
Luigi spotted a floating question block. I hope that has something to help me smash that brat! Luigi ran toward it while avoiding Tails. Luigi jumped up and smashed the block and to his luck, a red leaf came. As Luigi grabbed it, he sport out a raccoon tail and ears. Luigi used his new tail to fly like Tails, except he's using one tail instead of two.
"YOU COPY CAT!!" Tails yelled as he witness Luigi flying just like him.
"What? Little baby is gonna cry? Come on, let's see you cry… No? I'll fix that!"
Luigi said as he flew toward him to tackle him, but Tails flew back away and answered back with his own tackle. Luigi recovered and came back with a Luigi upper-cut [A/N: You know. That move Mario and Luigi does in Super Smash Bros.].
"ARGH! I'M MAD NOW!" Tails yelled.
Tails flew above Luigi and motioned downward. He then did his own version Knuckles Diving Drill Claw. Not as powerful as Knuckles', but affective as it harshly hit Luigi almost to the surface.
"Take this, kid!" Luigi yelled as he threw green fireballs at Tails.
Everything you say to me.
Takes me one step closer to the edges.
And I'm about to break.
I need a little room to breathe.
Cause I'm one step closer to the edge.
I'm about to break.
"Hold still, so I can smash your skull with my feet!" Mario yelled as he tried to perform his stomping attacks, but Sonic keeps dodging them with his speed, giving the plumber a wacky raspberry (sticking his tongue out.).
"You gotta catch me first, shorty!" Sonic said to Mario who stood an inch shorter than Sonic (A/N: At least that's what I think.).
Mario jumped up in the air and threw three fireballs down to Sonic, of course Sonic dodged them with ease.
This guy is faster than Croco! Mario landed on the floor, eying the blue for who zipped around the field. Gotta slow him down like I did before!
Mario pulled out another POW block. As he smashed it, the area shook in an earthquake, causing Sonic to slow down.
Ain't gonna fool me twice, pal! Sonic thought spotted Mario trying to stomp attack him again. Sonic waited for Mario as he used stood still and charge up a Sonic Spin. Mario sees him spinning like a saw, but is unable to get away since he's falling straight toward him. Mario decides to try something he hasn't used since his Super Mario World adventure. He turned the stomp attack into a drill attack. Both attacks collided with each other, taking some damage on both fighters as they tumbled to the floor.
Gombaria watched the two teams tear each other up, and she wasn't enjoying a single moment of this.
"STOP FIGHTING! PLEASE STOP!" she cried but was not heard. "I gotta get Gombario! Maybe he'll know what to do!"
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"YEOWCH! LET GO YOU STUPID FISHES!"
Sally, Amy, and Rouge followed the strange cry and it led them to Vector as he was in a lake getting bitten by little fishes.
"Vector, will you stop wrestling with the fishes? We have important things to deal with!" Rouge yelled.
"It ain't my fault!" Vector yelled as he tried to swim back to the girls. "I was trying to swim to that little rock that had a tree full of berries, and then these…OUCH…fishes are trying to….OUCH…have me for lunch!"
"You're always getting yourself into trouble in such bad timing!" Amy said as she helped Vector out.
Sally looked around, hoping she'll find the other Chaotix, which she hasn't. "Well at least we found one of the Chaotix. Do you know where the others are, Vector?"
"Nope. I couldn't find a soul!"
At that moment, they heard something from the distance that sounded like an explosion. Then a little scared mushroom creature ran toward the group.
"Excuse me! Can you help me out? I need help!" she cried.
"Whoa! A talking mushroom!" Vector said, kneeling down at her. "Lucky for her I don't eat mushrooms."
"I'm a gomba, and my name is Gombaria!" she said. Then she took a look at the girls. "You must be the pink hedgehog in a pink dress, the squirrel with beautiful eyes, and the bat with big….I don't know, that blue guy talked about!"
"She must mean Sonic!" Rouge said.
"Yep! He's the only one who says I have beautiful eyes!" Sally said as she blushed.
"Oh, shut up! My eyes are gorgeous as emeralds!" Amy yelled.
"Yeah right! They look like deep little..!"
"LISTEN TO ME! SONIC, A FOX, AND A RED GUY ARE FIGHTING SOME FRIENDS OF MINE AND THEY WON'T STOP!!!" Gombaria shouted.
That got the bat's attention. "Knuckles?"
"Tails…and Sonic?" Amy cried.
Sally slapped her forehead. It figured that Sonic and Knuckles would do something stupid, and even drag poor Tails with them. "We better get over there before those idiots kill each other. Vector, find the others and try to meet us on the fighting field!"
"Yes, your royal miss….something!" he said as he saluted.
"Stop that! I hate it when people treat me like a princess! Just go!"
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Meanwhile, Luigi and Tails still fought in an aerial fight as they preformed their spinning tail attack. All was done was scratches and bruises on their faces. Luigi used his own move, the Green Torpedo, and rammed Tails in the gut and knocking him off the sky. Tails slowly got up while holding his stomach, but unknown to him; he pulled out some grass which happened to pull out a Ba-bomb.
"Huh? Bombs grow like plants in this world? Man is this place is weird!" Tails said. Tails pulled out as much grass bombs as he can and then he flew back up in the air to meet Luigi. "Okay you mustache bum! Eat this!" Tails shout as he threw a bomb.
Luigi caught it and laughed. "Kid, don't you know how to use these things?" Luigi pulled out the grass and threw the bomb back at Tails. Tails dodged out of the way before it blew.
"Oh, you gotta pull out the grass first." Tails pulled out the grass with his teeth as if they were grenades and threw it at Luigi, but he shot a fireball to stop it.
"That's not gonna work!..I got an idea!" he thought as he threw another bomb. Luigi stopped it with a fireball and blew it up. As the smoked cleared, Tails was out of sight.
"Where did he go?"
I find the answers aren't so clear.
Wish I could find a way to disappear.
All these thoughts they make no sense.
I find bliss in ignorance.
Nothing seems to go away.
Over and over again.
Just like before…
"Here's for that bomb drill in the face!" DK yelled as he punched Knuckles in the face.
DK threw another punch, but Knuckles ducked and followed with an upper-cut to the jaw. DK swatted Knuckles, and then massaged his jaw, which it was pretty bruised. Knuckles quickly got up and ran toward him, but DK pulled out his Coconut Shooter [A/N: Don't ask me from where.] and shot a few rounds, but Knuckles punched all the coconut DK shot.
"Resorting to weapons? You smelly coward!" Knuckles asked as he punched the coconuts.
Donkey Kong ignored as he threw a fruit grenade and nailed Knuckles. After the smoke cleared, Knuckles was no where in sight, but a hole was in where he was standing. DK walked up to the hole and looked in it.
"Must have dug his way out of here." DK said. Then he stood up proudly and laughed: "Guess I was too much for him!"
At that moment, Knuckles rise out of the earth, and gave DK a powerful punch that flew him up in the air.
"SEE YA!" Knuckles shouted.
But then, DK did the same thing Knuckles did to him, earlier. DK dived right on Knuckles with a butt slam.
"And that was another pay back for that drill dive!" DK said as he got up. "How did you like that?"
DK slammed his fist right on Knuckles, but Knuckles had enough energy to roll out of the way.
Everything you say to me.
Takes me one step closer to the edges.
And I'm about to break.
I need a little room to breathe.
Cause I'm one step closer to the edge.
And I'm about to break.
Mario ran at fast as he could straight at Sonic, but jumped over him when Sonic came at him with a Spin Dash. As he was still up in the air, Mario turned and fired three fireballs, but Sonic dodged them all. Mario pulled out a mallet, as soon as he landed, and slammed it hard to the ground to cause the earth to shake and slow Sonic down.
"WILL…YOU…QUIT…CHEEZING…THIS MOVE?!" Sonic yelled.
Mario then threw fireballs at Sonic, but Sonic jumped but barely avoided they as the blast threw him and made him land, face first. Mario threw more fireballs, as Sonic barely dodged them all.
"This goofball isn't gonna give in with these annoying flames he's throwing!" Sonic said.
Sonic jumped back and reflected the fireballs with his old Infra Spin Move he used in Sonic 3 & Knuckles. Mario back flipped away from his own fireballs as he landed near a Fire-Flower.
"Just what I need! More fire power!" Mario said as he grabbed the flower.
"What are you gonna do? Fight me with Flower-Power?" Sonic laughed.
As Mario raised the flower up in the air, he glowed and his clothes turned red and white. As he looked at sonic, he smiled and said: "Exactly!"
Even though Mario can throw fireballs without the Fire-Flowers, the flowers give him even more power as Mario threw even bigger fireballs.
"Oh, CRUD!" Sonic yelled as he ran away from the huge fireball.
Everything you say to me.
Takes me one step closer to the edges.
And I'm about to break.
I need a little room to breathe.
Cause I'm one step closer to the edge.
And I'm about to… Break!
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Unknown to the battlers, a hovering spy-bot was watching the whole fight for Robotnik and Bowser as it send the vision over to the computer, Robotnik installed in the castle.
"You see, my friend? By making two heroes pit against each other, they will fight until they destroy each other!" Robotnik said.
"Gotta hand it to you, doc; that blue spiked robot sure pulled a hell of a show to get these clowns kick the hell out of each other!" Bowser said.
"Yes, but I wonder why Metal Sonic hasn't reported back?" Robotnik asked as he rubbed his chin. "Computer, put in a vision from spy-bot 23E in to screen two, and locate subject Metal Sonic."
~Accessing~
Another screen showed up as a picture of a shredded and damaged Metal Sonic showed on the screen.
"What the heck happened to that thing?" Bowser asked as he inched closer to the screen.
"Computer, give me a status report on subject Metal Sonic!" Robotnik said.
~Subject Metal Sonic: All but Metal's memory bank circuits, destroyed~
"Log in to Metal's memory bank, computer!"
~Accessing~
A data file on Metal's memory showed up on the screen. Some of the information brought Robotnik's attention. "It said that Metal never even entered Toad Town!"
"Then who or what made those meddling plumbers fight each other?" Bowser asked.
"That is a mystery! It also said that Metal didn't see the attacker. Who ever it is, I doubt it's on our side or the hedgehog and the plumber."
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Tails flew to the damaged Tornado and looked inside the undamaged trunk. "I hope it's still in one piece…HERE IT IS! MY SLINGSHOT GUN! This thing can hold to at least three projectiles like un-clip grenades which it won't let them explode. It'll probably work for these bombs, too!"
Tails pulled out the grass out of one of the bombs and slid it into the slot. He waited for a minute to make sure it didn't explode, which it didn't.
"All right!" Tails put two more un-clip bombs in the gun and pulled out a bag from the trunk and then pulled out more bombs from the ground and putted them in the bag.
"OKAY!" he shouted as he set the gun. "NOW I'M READY!"
Luigi flew around the forest, searching for Tails. "Come on out, kid! I got candy!"
"HEY OVERALLS! LOOKING FOR ME?" Tails yelled from behind. When Luigi turned around, Tails shot a bomb straight at him. Luigi tried to throw a fireball, but it was too slow for the incoming bomb as it nailed Luigi and made him lose his raccoon tail. Luckily Luigi fell in some bushes, but now he had a problem, as Tails shot two more bombs at him.
"MAMA MIA!"
Luigi ran from the incoming bombs that Tails shot. Luigi ran to another question block, smashed it, and a Fire Flower popped out. As Luigi grabbed it, his clothes turned green and white. Luigi fired a bigger, slower fireball at Tails, which he dodged it easily, and fired his last bomb. Luigi back flipped away from it as he fired more fireballs. Tails dodged them all, but one of them destroyed his slingshot gun.
"Uh, oh! Guess I'll just throw these by hand!" Tails said as he pulled a hand full of bombs from his bag and threw them, before he pulled out the grass. There were too many bombs coming at Luigi for him to destroy before they hit him. So Luigi stood and put his hands together like he was doing a hadoken, and fired an even bigger fireball, which drained all his Fire Flower energy and he reverted back to normal. The huge fireball hit all of them, but blast engulfed Tails and Luigi. As the blast cleared, Tails was found lying motionless and unconscious on the ground while Luigi stood staring at his fallen opponent.
"Well……you did good, kid…." Luigi said before he fainted.
*Battle over: Luigi wins*
Shut up when I'm talking to you.
Shut up
Shut up
Shut up
Shut up when I'm talking to you.
Shut up
Meanwhile, DK and Knuckles were putting everything they had, laying a punch of punches at each other, and not showing any signs of quits. DK still had his moves he used in Super Smash Bros, and he put them in to good use as he used his Gorilla Spin.
Knuckles got out of the way by digging underground, again, but this time DK kept hit the ground and shaking the earth until the earthquake forced Knuckles to come out. As soon as he came out, DK gave him a fierce punch. Knuckles answered back with a Dash Punch to the gut, then moved to the back and slammed his fist on his spine.
DK was hollering in pain as Knuckles punched him in the face which sends him flying near a red mushroom. As DK got up, he ate it and it healed most of his injuries.
"All right! No more mister nice Kong!" he shouted.
As Knuckles ran toward him, DK slammed his fist hard to the ground to make the trees fall on Knuckles. Knuckles defended himself by upper cutting the trees, but as he was smashing falling trees, DK swung his arm around, then ran toward Knuckles and punched him with his charged arm. The force made Knuckles fly toward a tree.
Knuckles slowly got up, but was horribly weakened; He looked as he was about to faint at any second but he can't give up to some over grown gorilla. Knuckles breathed hard as DK slowly walked toward him. Knuckles closed his eyes and clenched his teeth as green energy charged from his fist.
He opened his eyes and ran toward DK with his charged fist. With the power of the Master Emerald within him, Knuckles gave the hardest punch he ever threw straight at Donkey Kong's gut, and caused him to faint.
Knuckles watched the motionless body of Donkey Kong as he breathed hard. But as soon as he cracked a smile, he fainted.
*Battle over: Knuckles the Echidna wins.*
Shut up
Shut up
Shut up
Shut up…..I'm about to break.
Meanwhile, Sonic ran in circles as Mario tried to hit him with his powered fireballs. Mario jumped high into the air while he charged his fire power and then he threw a bigger, but not as big as the one Luigi threw, at the spot he stood and the blast knocked Sonic off his feet. Sonic caught himself by landing on his hands then pushed himself to his feet. As Mario landed a distance from Sonic, Sonic found the flower, he picked up earlier, sticking out of his glove. He then just remembered what Gombaria said.
"Careful! They're not just any flowers!"
He also remembered his opponent using them. As Sonic grabbed the flower from his glove, Mario noticed the flower in his hand and cringed.
SHOOT! He's got a Fire Flower! Mario threw a fireball straight at Sonic before he used the flower and nailed him. "That was close…WHAT THE…?!"
As the smoked cleared, Sonic was found surrounded in a fire shield. A fire shield? I haven't used this baby in a long time!
"How did you do that? The Fire Flowers are supposed to give you the power to throw fireballs, not give you a fire shield!" Mario shouted.
"It must be my way with flowers!" Sonic grinned as he went back to his stance. "Shall we continue with the dance?"
Fire Mario and Fire Sonic continued the fight with Sonic charging at Mario with the infamous Comet Dash (A/N: You know that move Sonic did in Sonic3 and Knuckles with the fire shield.) But Mario jumped out of the way and fired a fireball, but Sonic's fire shield protected him. Mario fired three more fireballs to slow him down then jumped to a nearby question block.
"I hope this thing has something I can use!" Mario said as he jumped up and smashed the block. A yellow mushroom popped out of the block and Mario grabbed it.
"Yes, it's an Electric Mushroom!" Mario said.
(A/N: One of the items from Paper Mario. When an enemy hits you, they get shocked)
As Mario ate it, his body surged with electric energy, along with his fire power.Now let's see if speedy can touch this?
At that moment, Sonic caught up with him and jumped high into the air and flew toward him with a Comet Dash. Mario saw this and came at him with a Super Jump Attack powered by the Electric Mushroom. Both fighters hit each other as the power of fire and electricity collided and exploded. Both fighters flew back with their fire and electric powers were gone.
Sonic fell in a huge pond while Mario fell in some bushes near the pond. Sonic surfaced out of the water, but because of lack of swimming, he was being pulled down in the deapths.
"AHH! HELP ME! I'M DROWNING! AGGAH!!"
Mario got out of the bushes and noticed Sonic freaking out of the water. "What's a matter? You're afraid of a little harmless shallow water?" Mario laughed.
"Huh?" The blue boy slowly looked at himself. He was harmlessly sitting on the water. He only landed on shallow water. "Heh…it's lucky I fell in the kiddy pool." He quickly leaped to his feet and took a confident stance. "Let's end this right here, right now, Mustacheo!"
"Your funeral, Blues Clues boy!"
Sonic curled into a ball and rolled vigorously, while Mario pulled out a Wing Cap. Mario put it on and jumped three times to get himself high into the air. As he reached high into the air, probably over 200 feet, Mario glowed in red energy as a image of the clubs slowed up behind him
Everything you say to me.
Takes me one step closer to the edges.
And I'm about to break.
I need a little room to breathe.
Cause I'm one step closer to the edge.
And I'm about to break.
As Sonic spin around, blue sparks began to fly into him. Sonic stopped spinning and stood up while the blue energy surged all over his body.
Ready…!
As Mario charged up enough energy up in the air, he shouted: "ULTRA JUMP!" Mario shot back down at Sonic while he spun like a drill with his feet first and was coated with red energy.
As Sonic heard him shout those words he thought: "GO! LIGHT SPEED ATTACK!!" Sonic shot up into the air in blue energy as he span incredibly fast.
Both fighters flew at each other like a speeding bullet, and collided with each other and got knocked back by a huge energy blast they created.
.
Everything you say to me.
Takes me one step closer to the edges.
And I'm about to break.
I need a little room to breathe.
Cause I'm one step closer to the edge.
And I'm about to… Break!
[Nicole: End song…Complete.]
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The blast can be seen by Sally and the group as they watched the blast in awe. It was like a powerful firework or something from one of those sci-fi movies when a ship blows up.
"Did you see that? Those red and blue lights hit each other into that!" Amy said, pointing up the sky.
Sally studied the energy shockwaves. "Sonic is the only one I know who can dash in blue energy, but who was the one in the red energy?"
"I think that was Mario. Gombario told me that the Star Spirits gave him a special power when he saved the world!" Gombaria said.
"OH NO! KNUCKLES!!!" Rouge yelled as she ran toward a motionless body of Knuckles. She slowly held him close to her as a tear escaped from her eye. "Are you okay, Knuckles? Come on, say something!"
But there was no response.
Sally came up to them and put a hand on Knuckles' neck. "He's okay; he's just unconscious." Then she went to the gorilla's body and felt his pulse. "This guy is okay, too. They must have had a rough fight. Gombaria, is this one of your friends?"
"I never met him but he is Mario's friend. I'm sure his brother is close by. He was fighting that two-tailed fox."
"Why would they fight them? You said that this 'Mario' is the hero of this world?"
"He is, but he said that your friend attacked Toad Town."
"Impossible. It must have been Metal Sonic or something."
At that moment they heard a faint scream from Amy as she shouted Tails' name. The Sally and Gombaria ran to the call. As they got to where Amy is, they found Tails and Luigi, also lying unconscious.
"Tails….please wake up!" Amy cried as she held his burned body close to her.
Sally walked up to them and felt Tails' pulse. "He's okay too. You stay with him, I'll find Sonic, and don't argue about me finding Sonic, because this..!"
"I'm not! I want to stay here!" Amy said as tears dripped from her eyes.
This was a shocker. Who would've thought Amy cared for the young fox more than she took credit? Strange indeed.
Gombaria walked up to Amy with a red mushroom in her mouth. As she spit it out near Amy, she said. "When he wakes up, give him this. It'll heal him up, a little."
"Thanks."
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Back in Bowser's Castle, Robotnik fiddled with his computer as his screens showed nothing but static.
"What the hell is wrong with those flying cameras?" Bowser asked.
"Sonic and that plumber collided with each other and created an energy blast. It destroyed the spy-bot that was watching the fight!"
"You think they're done with?"
"Perhaps. But if they are not, then I'll send a robot after them, and have some of your powerful minions there too. Then we'll set phase1."
"And what's phase 1?"
Robotnik set the computer to set a hologram of the Chaos Cannon 2 aiming for Star Haven. "Phase 1, is test out the Chaos Cannon 2 on the place you call Star Road."
"It's also called Star Haven, but it doesn't matter. Are you gonna destroy it?"
"If my calculations are correct, it won't destroy it, but it will cause it to do something else."
At that moment, the computer beeped and showed a hologram of the map of the Mushroom World.
~Chaos Emerald 1 found. Location: Mushroom Kingdom~
"Ah, it appears that satellite I shot in to orbit has found the first chaos Emerald!" Robotnik said.
"In the Mushroom Kingdom? Oh yeessss!" Bowser sneered. "The perfect opportunity to persuade Peach. If I help you, you help me with the princess!"
"~sigh~ Very well. I may have a way to make her do your bidding." Robotnik said. Then he motioned to his computer. "Computer, send subject: Chase Master: Zero to destroy the hedgehog and the plumber."
~Acknowledged~
"Kammy, send some Hammer Bros to help." Bowser said.
"Yes, my lord!" Kammy said as she bowed.
"And computer, prepare the Egg Carrier. Set it to designation: Mushroom Kingdom." Robotnik said. "You better prepare an army of your troops, Koopa. When we get out there, we'll rage war on the kingdom!"
"Yeeessss!" Bowser said then he and Robotnik laughed, villainously.
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Chapter 8- The partnership of heroes.
"Interesting battle they brought upon."
"Interesting? It wasn't as I expected to be. I believe they do have more that they could've shown in their epic fight."
"Indeed, but the results are null. They have ended in a tie."
"Shame…very disappointing."
Lying almost dead on the shallow waters, Sonic and Mario were powerless, depleted of energy. Blood flowed on the water around them, and they breathed hard and weakly. Neither the blue furry nor the plumber human heard of the silent god voices that spoke with no ears heard in the darkness.
"Perhaps now wasn't the perfect time for these warriors to unleash their fury upon each other. We need to time it perfectly, for they are the main course."
"Yes, you are correct...For now…leave them be till the time comes."
With that, they disappeared.
Minutes later, Sally and Gombaria came across the pond where Sonic and Mario fought. Sally spotted them lying in the pond. As she ran to Sonic, she noticed Sonic awake a little but very weak to get up, and he was mumbling something.
"…dum….musta….when I…..kill…..that….!" he mumbled.
"Sonic! Thank god you're all right!" Sally said as she held him close to her and grabbed a mushroom, given to her by Gombaria. "Here, eat this."
Sonic nibbled on it, weakly. Every bite he ate, healed him, a little, and gave him strength to eat the mushroom more.
"Ugh….Thanks Sal!" Sonic said as he tried to get up, but was still a bit weak. Sally helped him up by putting his arm over her neck.
"Take it easy, Sonic. You need rest." Sally said.
"As soon…as…juice back…up…I'm gonna nail…that mustache…!" Sonic weakly said.
"I said take it easy. Anyway, that guy didn't mean any harm. Now shut up and don't speak!"
Gombaria gave Mario a mushroom. It healed him a little, but he was still too weak to get up. Sally ran up to him, with Sonic, and helped Mario up.
"Who…are you?" Mario asked.
"I am Princess Sally Acorn of the Knothole Island Kingdom in the planet Mobius!" she answered.
"Are…you with….this….terrorists punk?" he asked, sweating and breathing.
"Man….when…I get enough…juice…I'm…gonna….!" Sonic breathed hard.
"Both of you shut up!" Sally shouted, silencing the two. "What ever happened in your town, Sonic is innocent."
"Well….you….seem to be an honest kid, but…..never mind..." Mario said. "See that…. valley of mushrooms?" he asked as he weakly pointed to it.
"I see. Just relax and I'll get you two over there!"
As Sally got the two to the edge of the pond, Amy and Rouge was already there with Knuckles and Donkey Kong on Rouge's shoulders, and Luigi and Tails on Amy's.
"Boy we're just a bunch of crutches for two, huh?" Amy joked.
"Can I put these two down? This ape smells!" Rouge said.
"Put them over that patch of mushrooms, there." Sally said as she pointed to where Sonic and Mario are as they ate some of the mushrooms.
The other four heroes joined in as they ate some mushrooms, and their strength was returning little by little.
"The materials in this… world are amazing!" Tails said as his strength was returning, but still was weak. "I think I'll take some of these...with me…and research them."
"My, are….you a…scientists kid, aren't you?" Luigi asked.
"Look who's talking….inventor boy!" Mario said.
"How many more…do we…have to eat?" Sonic asked, munching on some.
"Probably….a lot…..Don't worry…there's plenty for all of us." Mario said.
The girls were amazed at this. One minute they were tearing their skins off and breaking their bones, the next they were talking like war buddies.
"These guys are already starting to get along quick, after they kicked the crap out of each other, huh?" Amy asked as she watched the guys eating the whole mushroom valley.
"Yeah for some reason, men get along quick after a good fight." Rouge said.
"Men!" Sally and Gombaria said.
At that moment, the robot known as Zero, and a bunch of Hammer Bros. appeared from the sky. Amy was in shock, but then anger took over her as she pulled out her Pico Hammer.
"It's that robot that wouldn't leave me alone, last year!" Amy shouted. "What do you want?"
~"Priority one: hedgehog! Priority two: plumber! Priority three: freedom fighters! All must be destroyed by order of Dr. Robotnik!"~ Zero said.
"Lovely." Rouge sarcastically said.
As the robot faced the girls, Sonic tried to get up and save them, but he was still too weak to prevail.
"Easy, kid." Mario said. "I'm sure by the…looks of her…she can take care of herself."
"Yeah but, what Amy told me about that….thing…is inscrutable!"
Meanwhile, as Sally handles the Hammer Bros., Rouge and Amy handles with Zero. Rouge flew over him and dived at him with her Drill Heel, but all it did was pushed him back. Amy attacked him with her hammer, but no damage was made.
"Aw shot! He's not even calling his mommy!" Amy said.
Meanwhile, Sally wasn't making any luck with the hammer bros, as they out numbered her. Sonic couldn't take watching her get the crap beat. Sonic quickly ate some more mushrooms, and try to stand up. He stood but had trouble running. Sonic then spotted some floating blocks nearby Sally, then he remembered what they where for.
"SALLY! HIT THOSE BLOCKS!" he yelled.
"WHAT GOOD WILL THOSE DO?" Sally yelled as she dodged the incoming hammers.
"JUST DO IT!"
Sally did what he said and smashed one block. A Fire Flower popped out, and Sally jumped and grabbed it. As she held it, it glowed and it incased her in a fire shield.
"Well what do you know? Pay back time, you reptile freaks!"
Sally ran toward them as they kept throwing their hammers at her, but the shield protected her. She grabbed one of their hammers and used it against them.
"I don't get how the flowers give you a shield instead of giving you the power to throw fireballs?" Mario asked.
"Less talking, more eating!" Donkey Kong said.
"TERRIRA!! HERE COMES THE CALERY!!" a familiar voice called.
At that moment, the Chaotix showed up, charging with all their glory. But there was something different with Mighty.
"WHOA! How did Mighty grew so big?" Knuckles asked.
"Must have found a magic mushroom!" Mario said.
"NO TALKING! EAT!!" DK yelled, freaking out the boys.
Mighty ran toward the Hammer Bros. with his arms spread out, and clothesline all of them. He looked down at the princess and helped her up.
"Thanks, Mighty. Now let's help the others. The rest of you Chaotix, keep these turtles busy!"
"YES MA' AM!" they saluted.
Fire Sally and Giant Mighty aided Rouge and Amy. Mighty made a few punches and send him further back, thanks to his super strength and the power of the Magic Mushroom. Sally and Rouge also made a few kicking attacks, together. But no matter what they do, he was still going strong. Zero charged his robotic hands with electricity and slammed them to the ground. The electric shockwave went to the heroes and electrocuted all of them and made Mighty and Sally lose their powers.
"SALLY!!" Sonic cried. The entire mushroom valley was almost cleaned out, but the six heroes were refreshed and ready for action. "ALL RIGHT! NO MORE MR. NICE HEDGEHOG!! LET'S GO!!
The heroes rushed in a dramatic charge at their foe. Donkey Kong and Knuckles attacked the robot with their strongest punch, but it still wouldn't give. Sonic attacked with a Sonic Spin while Mario jumped on him, but that still didn't work.
"Mama mia! What is this guy made out of? Anamantium?" Luigi asked. [A/N: I know. Bad spelling.]
Tails eyed the robot beast, trying to conjure a calculated plan. All he got was info Amy gave him once. "Now I remember! Amy told me you need to electrocute this thing to have him reveal his weak spot!"
"Good thing I brought my Lightning Bomb." Luigi said, fishing through his pocket.
He threw the bomb at Zero and at that moment, Zero was electrocuted like crazy. As the electricity ran out, the dome over his head popped out, revealing a flashing blue sphere.
"There it is! Sonic! Mario! Hit it, NOW!" Tails shouted.
Sonic spun around to charge up blue energy for his powerful attack while Mario pulled out his Wing Cap again and flew over Zero while he charged up with red energy. Sonic stopped and ran ran toward Zero, as he and Mario shouted:
"ULTRA JUMP!!"
"LIGHT SPEED ATTACK!!"
Both attacks nailed Zero's weak spot, and caused him to explode. Mario and Sonic emerged from the flames, unscratched, as they were coated in red and blue energy. As the energy faded, both heroes faced each other, and smiled.
"Nice job, kid!" Mario said.
"Thanks. And the name is Sonic. Sonic the Hedgehog!"
"Well you can call me Mario!"
As they shook hands, their friends cheered in not only their victory over Zero and the Hammer Bros., but Sonic and Mario shaking hands. Sonic and Mario smiled knowing this is the start of their partnership and friendship of the two greatest heroes in video game history.
For they are Sonic and Mario!
End of part 3….
Max: Wish I brought a camera for that handshake. Now that Sonic and Mario joined forces, will they be enough to foil whatever scheme Robotnik and Bowser are planning? Stay tuned and find out!
Me: But before we sign off let me get a shout out to all those kind people who reviewed me.
Super Secret Mario & J-078 () – Thanks for the review. You bet I'll keep up with this story.
BeJammin- Don't worry about Wario, Geno, and Mallow. They'll make an appearance shortly. As a matter a fact, I got a surprise for Wario.
Anthony Bault- Thanks for the reviews, and backing me up against that flame, Gamemaster!
Mallory: That's very nice of you, Anthony.
Me: Thanks, but don't call me that! It's AnT!
Terra: Who are you, Max?
Me: Now you know where he got the rest of his traits. See you soon!