Chapter 78: The Enemy Succeeds! The First Step to World Domination!
Mario looks at the hole that Naraku busted through on the floor. "Did Mario win?" asks Parry.
Suddenly, several tentacles burst out of the floor next Mario and catch him! "Mamamia!"
Naraku comes out of the hole again. The tentacles growing from his back are reaching into the hole and coming out from where Mario is to grab him. "I, Naraku, will never be defeated by a weak human like you! I am the lord of demons and the Darkling King! My powers are far superior to yours!" The tentacles hurl Mario high into the air and Naraku jumps up next to Mario. A sharp bone fragment grows out his hand and he hits Mario with it. Mario is knocked off the side of the Black Wing and he plummets to the earth below.
"AHHHHH!"
Peach runs to the side of the airship and screams, "MARIO! NOOOOO!" Mario keeps on falling and disappears into the trees below.
"Don't care about that fat weakling," Naraku tells her. "It is better to come with me and live in a place full of strong beings.
Peach turns to him and angrily replies, "I would rather die than to live in a world full of evil!"
Naraku squints his eyes. "If death is what you want, then I'll give you death!"
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Roy finally gains his consciousness and gets up. "Ugh… My head still hurts…"
"Roy!" shouts the voice of Link. Roy turns around and sees Fox, Link, and DK coming towards him. "We found you at last!"
"Hey guys! What's been happening?" asks Roy.
Sheik approaches them and says, "Naraku took Peach away and Mario is on his way to rescue her."
"What!"
"And a gigantic airship has risen from outside the castle!" adds Fox. "Naraku is surely on that ship. If that's true, then Peach and Mario must be on there too!"
"What are we waiting for? Let's go and meet up with the others!" says Link. "And someone will have to carry Luigi along. I'm afraid he won't regain consciousness for a while."
To make a long story short, Mewtwo found the 3 cute Pokemon and made it out the castle along with Fox and the others. When outside, they are greeted by bunch of badly mauled Smashers. "What happened here?" asks Pikachu, surprised by their appearance.
"Do you know how hard was it to fight off those hell of a Darkling…?" says Bowser, who has a swollen eye and some broken spikes on his shell.
"Well, you beat them all up anyway, didn't you?" asks Link.
"Do you think we enjoyed it!" Popo says to him.
"Anyway, have you seen a giant airship rising?" asks Ness.
"I doubt anyone can miss an airship that big," says Samus, whose helmet visor is cracked.
"And it went into the outside world using a giant portal!" adds Kirby.
"Naraku must be up to something terrible! We must stop him at once!" says Sheik.
"But how do we get out of here?" asks Nana. "The portal just closed. We're stuck here!"
"Not today!" yells a voice. They all look up and see the Final Destination descending. "Hurry aboard!" yells Master Hand. "We're getting out of here!"
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Naraku slowly steps towards Peach in a threatening way. Peach backs off in fear with the Frying Pan in front of her for protection. "You cannot hope to do anything with a metal plate like that," says Naraku. He shoots out a black fireball at her, and she uses the surface of the pan to block it.
"Fight him!" Parry tells Peach.
"I can't! I'm not strong enough to fight him!" replies Peach. "I'm getting out of here rather than fighting him!" She takes out a parasol and jumps overboard the Black Wing.
"I will not let you leave alive!" Naraku fires a black thunderbolt at the parasol, burning it. With the parasol broken, Peach drops towards the earth below.
"AHHHHH!"
"Use the skirt!" Parry.
But Peach is drowned in her fear and did not think about that. She keeps on falling and falling while screaming madly. Parry wants to lift her up, so he grabs her by the crown. Of course, the crown gets lifted away but Peach didn't. She falls into a muddy marsh below and is therefore saved.
SQUELCH!
Peach, all dirty and looking brown, rises from the marsh. "Eeeew… I'm so dirty and smelly…"
Parry flies down to her and says, "At least you survived. Here's your crown."
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Naraku walks into the control room and presses several button combinations there. "It is time to begin the first step of my plan."
The engine of the Black Wing starts churning, releasing thick black smoke out of the large steel pipes. The smokes come out in such great amount that the entire blue sky is blotted out. Even the sunray cannot penetrate through the thickness of the cloud!
"Looks like rain," says Parry.
"No, it's the demon smoke that Naraku said!" Peach corrects him.
The smoke spreads very fast, and in just a few minutes, the entire of Onett have become dark and gloomy. The smoke didn't stop here though; it continues to spread all over the place.
Naraku presses more buttons on the controller. "Now to activate the Dark Reactor." The reactor at the back end of the ship starts whizzing loudly and releases an evil aura. Trees and other plants start to wilt and pools of water become polluted. Many of the small cute animals are suffering from the evil aura.
The ground begins shaking and purple light shines out. Peach and Parry are terrified by this sudden phenomenon, and they are even more terrified when Darkling start appearing from everywhere! "DARKLING!" scream the two.
These Darkling are much more terrifying than the ones they have met. They begin to destroy whatever they come across. "If this keeps on going, then the world will be destroyed!" gasps Peach.
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In Tokyo…
Shampoo stares out the Cat Café and notices s black color coming from the far side of the sky. "Grandma, sky looks very black. Strange weather…"
Cologne hops next to her on her cane and takes a look, and starts to worry. "Oh no… Has Naraku succeeded at last…?"
Elsewhere, Yoh is tying his shoelaces to get ready for his usual 30-kilometer run-around-the-town training, like always. Just when he was about to go out, Anna suddenly stops him, "Wait, Yoh."
"What?"
"Can't you sense it? The evil aura that is outside?"
Yoh opens the door and looks out, and is quite surprised to see the sky become black. "Um, yeah… I did sense it."
"It's best that you don't go out now."
"But how about my training? You always want me to do it."
"Maybe next time. I do care about you, you know?"
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Somewhere in the big blue sea, Luffy is sitting on his usual Going Merry's place, the ship's head. Zoro is doing his training of lifting a 500-kilogram besides him. He sees the strange phenomenon in the sky and asks Luffy, "Captain, do you see that?"
"Yeah, I see lots of fish out in the sea. Surely they will make a great meal!" replies Luffy.
"No, idiot! Can't you see something more obvious?"
"Oh yeah! I see a whale jumping out from the sea!"
Zoro grabs his head and turns it towards the sky, "The sky!"
"Seagulls! I wonder if they are edible? Hey wait… The sky is turning black!"
"You're so late to notice this!"
Nami notices this too. "Strange… This doesn't look like any weather I know of before. It surely isn't storm clouds."
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Some menacing Darkling attack Peach and she fights them back with her Frying Pan. She levels it up to its 2nd form and uses the Heat Blast to blast them into bits. She quickly step out of the woods and is shocked at the scene before her eyes; Onett is being wasted by lots of Darkling! "This is horrible!"
"Hey! Look up there!" points out Parry. Out of the black clouds in the sky emits terrible screeching sounds, followed by a horde of snake-like demons descending.
"What are those!"
The demons fly around and cause havoc everywhere; tearing down buildings and attacking anything that breathes, except the Darkling.
Naraku is very pleased with the sight that he sees. "Hahahaha! Go and play, my demons and Darkling! Have your fill! The world is now ours! Nobody can stop me now! The time for the Diablo Darkling to come is not far! Hahahahahaha!"
Peach is aghast beyond words at the scene and she does not know what to do. The Darkling and demons are tearing down the place, and there are too many of them for her to fight. "No… This cannot be…"
"Where are the others when we need them!" says Parry. Suddenly, one of the demons turns towards them and charges forward for an attack. Just before it hits, a shot flew in from the side and vaporized the demon. They both turn around and see Samus. "Sammy!"
"Are you two alright?" ask Samus as she approaches them. She is accompanied by the rest of the Smashers, except Mario.
"Everyone… It's too late…" says Peach. "Mario loss and is nowhere in sight… And now everything is demolished by Darkling… We lose the battle…"
Master Hand turns to the scene of wreckage. "Indeed… We are a bit too late… Naraku has successfully spread darkness into the world… But nothing is ever too late!"
"Do we still have a chance?" asks Bowser.
MH points to the Black Wing that is hovering high in the sky. "If we can destroy THAT thing, then we still have hope!"
"Right on!" says Link.
"But we have something bigger to deal with first! We must save Onett!"
"Right! It's our hometown after all! We do not want it to be destroyed, right?" mentions Ness.
"And Lilina is there!" gasps Roy. "I must rescue her!" So he quickly runs into Onett.
"What do we do now?" asks Ganondorf (He has changed back to his normal form).
"Talk about Naraku later! We have something more vital at the moment!" MH tells him.
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Naraku goes back working on the controller. "Now for massive destruction!" He sets the weapon control system to auto-control. The large guns and turrets all around the Black Wing starts aiming around by themselves. One of them shoots out a large ball of black energy. It drops towards the earth and when it hits the ground, it creates a large explosion that shakes everything.
Peach and some of the Smashers are knocked to their feet from the explosion. "What was that!" gasps G&W.
"The airship is firing at us!" points out Falco.
"It's more like firing randomly," Samus tells him.
The turrets begin firing like crazy, demolishing all that is below. "Hahahaha! Destroy them all!" laughs Naraku. "I will destroy this worthless place and create a whole new world where only evil exists!"
A black energy drops next to the Smashers and blasts them aside.
BANG!
"Whoa! That was close!" says Pichu.
"We can't let him keep up like this!" says Mewtwo.
"What can we do?" asks Yoshi.
"Help me!" cries a voice. Ness turns to the source of voice and sees Pokey being chased by a Darkling! "Ness! Help me!"
"Pokey!" Ness takes out the Ultimate Bat, runs towards him, and swings the bat into the Darkling's face, killing it.
"You're my hero, Ness!" Pokey bows down to him. "I am thankful that you saved me!"
"Talk about this later, we got business!"
"NESS! Watch out!" Mewtwo shouts to him.
Ness looks up and sees a black energy shot falling towards him and Pokey. He quickly lifts up Pokey using telekinesis and hurls him aside to safety. However, Ness did not run himself.
"NESS!"
The shot hits Ness and explodes. Everyone is shocked, but when the explosion of the smoke cleared, they see Dr. Mario and Ness inside a barrier. It appears that Dr. Mario made it next to Ness just in time to activate a barrier using his Heal Staff.
"Phew… I thought I was a goner…" says Ness with a sigh of relief.
More shots drop down everywhere and cause more destruction. Barney is running across a wilted flower field, trying to escape the rain of energy shots. "Run like the wind!" he sings happily and at the same time in fear. Unknown to him, a single energy shot drops down towards him from above.
"Barney! Watch out!" Peach shouts to him.
"Huh?" Barney looks up and…
BANG!
Too late; Barney is consumed by the explosion of the energy shot. All that is left is a large crater on the earth. Peach is shocked at what she saw. "No… Too many people have died…"
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"MONSTER!" scream Usopp and Chopper as they run back and forth on the ship deck.
"What are these creatures!" screams Nami, who is hiding under a table.
Several snake-like demons are pouring down from the black clouds and are attacking them. "Whatever they are, they are annoying!" says Zoro. A horde of demons approaches him, and Zoro performs a spinning sword attack. "Dragon Twister!" When he spins, wind blades are created and are flying in an upward spiral, cutting the demons into pieces.
A rather large demon aims for Sanji. When it opens its mouth to swallow him in a single gulp, he leaps into the air and slams his heel down onto the demon's head, crushing it. "Tsk! Annoying pest!"
"AHHHH! IT'S COMING AFTER ME!" screams Nami. Another demon is coming towards her for an attack. Sanji quickly rushes to the demon and kicks it away.
"Don't you dare hurt Nami-san!"
"There's even more coming!" gasps Robin, pointing to the sky.
"That's it!" Luffy starts twisting his upper torso, and he had twisted for many rounds, he untwists and his upper torso starts spinning furiously while he lets loose a barrage of fast and deadly punches. "GUM GUM STORM!" All the incoming demons are punched into smithereens by his super punches.
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The same is happening in Tokyo. Yoh is busy defending his house and Anna from the attack of demons. "Celestial Slash!" He shoots out a crescent-shape beam from his oversouled sword and slices a good amount of demons.
Some of the demons are able to get pass him and goes for Anna. "Anna! Run!" Yoh shouts to her.
Anna whips out her prayer beads and it miraculously lengthens. It automatically wraps around on the demons and zaps it with some strange energy, and soon the demon vaporizes. "I'm your fiancée, so it's my duty to help you, not run," Anna tells him.
"Um… Right…"
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The same is happening in Hidden Leaf Village. The strongest ninjas are busy defending their village from the onslaught of demons. "This will never end!" complains Sakura.
"Don't worry, Sakura! I will protect you!" Naruto tells her. A demon swings it tail at him and knocks him to his feet, and then it opens its mouth to bite him. Suddenly, Sasuke rushes towards the demon and slashes it away with a kunai.
"Are you all right, coward?" Sasuke asks him.
"Hey! You don't have to call me that, do you!"
Tsunade, being the Hokage of the village, has the biggest responsibility of defending the village. Using her monstrous strength, she knocks all the demons away with a single but powerful punch. "The Darkling King has succeed…?" she says to no one in particular.
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Most of the Smashers are fighting the Darkling and demons in Onett now, along with the wireframes. Peach is still standing at the mouth of the forest, watching the scene going on. "This is too much… I can't take it any longer…"
"Naraku… How can you do this…?" says MH angrily.
"Mamamia…" says a voice. They both turn around and see Mario stepping out from some bushes.
"Mario!" says Peach happily, and she runs to hug him.
"You escaped, Peachy. But-a I have a score to settle with-a Naraku!" Mario turns to MH. "Masta Hand, gimme a warp-a star!"
"A warp star? What for?" asks MH.
"I'm going afta Naraku!"
"Are you sure about this?"
"Yes! I will not-a be satisfied until I defeat-a him!"
"Hmmm… It can work. You take on Naraku while the others take on the Darkling. But are you sure you can go alone?"
"Yes! I will fight-a him alone! Eet eez my own payback!"
MH sees confidence in Mario's eye, and agrees to give him a warp star. He got one for him and Mario hops onto it, and he says one last thing to Peach, "Peachy, I'll be back."
"I trust you, Mario. You must come back alive!" And so, Mario zooms into the sky using the warp star, heading for the Black Wing.
"Naraku! Here I come!" says Mario.
TO BE CONTINUED…
That was REALLY exciting, wasn't it? If you're expecting the final battle to come next chapter, then I'm afraid not yet. There is one thing that MUST be answered first…
And by the way, it's Zoro, not Zolo.
Preview
Kagome: Hi everybody! I'm Kagome Higurashi and I'm…
Inuyashal: Kagome! Let's get back through the well and continue looking for Shikon jewel shards!
Kagome: Wait, okay? I have to keep the readers accompanied first.
Inuyasha: Who cares about them? Just come with me! You're my jewel shard detector!
Kagome: Sit!
SLAM!
Inuyasha: Wa!
Kagome: So anyway, the next few chapters will be dedicated to the story of what exactly happened 500 years ago! See you next chapter!
Coming up next chapter: A Feudal Fairy Tale! The Story of a Schoolgirl and a Half-Demon!