Well, people, I'm back with another helping of KooK for ya! Review time!
Lacey: For some reason, I get the impression that you don't like my story, which is OK. Everyone's entitled to an opinion. But the only thing is I don't want you to start flamming. I don't appreciate that. But thanks for the reviews anyway!
Queen B of Randomness 016: I love you because you used the word WOWZERS in yer last comment.
The Great Yoshi Rider: Yeah, Wicked was no doubt the best musical I've ever seen. And Defying Gravity blew me away...I was breathless by the time that song was done. And No Good Deed...yes, I am obsessed.
HeroInGreen: Hopefully, this meets your standards. Thanks for commenting!
He was too fast. Bowser's eyes darted every which way as Mario leapt and somersaulted all around the Koopa King. He could hardly touch the man, who kept punching and kicking from every different direction. Though Bowser's tough hide prevented him from feeling most of the blows, worry began to overcome him. How was it even possible for a creature to move that fast?
Bowser attempted to slash his mighty claws at the being, but his efforts were in vain. He growled. There was hardly anything he could do to Mario while he was traveling this fast. He needed to slow him down.
He opened his mouth, brilliant teeth shimmering in the light cast by the mighty flames that quickly burst from his throat. Mario, looking stunned, jumped backwards to evade the embers, but was scorched nonetheless. Screaming in some foreign language and running around in a small circle, Mario was now a sitting Goomba for Bowser. The King grinned as he ran up to the plumber and slashed his claws at him again.
Blood gushed from Mario's chest as the man collapsed to the ground, breathing heavily. Hope filled Bowser's heart. Maybe Mario wasn't as strong as he had remembered?
Bowser took a leap, surprisingly high in the air, and seeped into his spiked shell. He attempted to have the spiky end of the shell fall atop of Mario, crushing him. But, at the last second, Mario dodged out of the way, resulting in the heavy, powerful spikes crushing the arena. Some of the spikes shattered, while the arena began to crumble underneath the weight of Bowser's fall.
Bowser quickly got out of his shell and starred at Mario, who had gotten up and regained his composure. He didn't notice the arena crumbling to bits below him. He had his eyes only on Mario and his mind on his castle.
The Princess was now descending the dark stairs, followed immediately by Mips, as the terrible cyclone of Stars began tearing Mushroom Kingdom to the ground. Large bricks and shards of glass flew through the air like cannonballs and arrows, just barely missing the two heroes.
As they made it to the musky basement, they began to panic. The Princess didn't have a plan…nowhere to go from there. Mips stood by her side, constantly looking behind him, watching the tornado rip the stairs apart. The water that flooded the basement slowly began to rise off the ground, splashing the young girl in the face as it got sucked into the oncoming twister.
Suddenly, something caught Peach's eye. It was the Star, the last one that had escaped from her father's private library! It hadn't yet reached the Star Storm! It was floating away from her down a dark corridor.
"Mips, come on!" she cried as she began to chase down the deadly treasure. Her slippers had fallen off a while ago, but she had only begun to realize it as she slipped and slid down the corridor. Mips sprinted ahead of her, shouting, "I'll get it! You find the page with the spell on it!"
Peach nodded and slid to a stop, throwing the book down on the ground and falling to her knees. She remembered that it was in the back of the book…or was it more near the middle? Frustrated, she began flipping through the golden pages, searching for the image of the pentagram. Her heart was beating faster and faster with each turned page as she starred into the deep purple words, searching for a spell she knew.
She could hardly concentrate on the book. How could she? There was a giant twister approaching her with every passing second, a tiny rabbit was chasing the final Star that could make the tornado even more powerful, and her uncle was fighting her lover to the death in another realm. The last time she had read this book, she nearly died. How could she concentrate?
"Princess, behind you!" Mips's small voice cried out from behind a wall. Peach turned her head sharply with just enough time to watch the final Star soar up the stairs. Her eyes widened as she inhaled sharply. She could only imagine what the deadly Star was doing now. It was joining its fellow Stars, connecting in spirit and power, increasing the strength of the Star Storm.
And Mario.
The roar of the twister increased even more as the basement walls began to shatter. Mips let out a scream as he hopped over to the Princess, pulling at her arm, shouting something Peach couldn't hear.
The Princess was still on her knees, as if in defeat, as she slowly turned a page in the book. There was the page with the Star controlling spell on it.
Peach was crying.
Bowser finally had Mario right where he wanted him. The red-dressed man was bleeding from all the cuts and scrapes he had on his face and body. His clothes were ripped to near shreds and his breathing was rough and coarse.
Bowser gathered flames in his throat, ready to blast Hell at his enemy. It was going to end right there. He closed his eyes tightly as he breathes out the embers of death at Mario. The flames were so bright and so intensely hot that even Bowser was hurt in the process, but he felt it would be worth the pain to see Mario's charred corpse.
When the flames had died down and Bowser opened his eyes, he felt powerful, like he was Giga Bowser again. He looked down at Mario, expecting to see his opponent's remains blowing away in the now heavy wind.
He saw no such thing. Instead, he saw Mario, standing tall and proud, clothes seemingly new, all scars and wounds healed. He was holding fire in his very hands and his white gloves didn't have a hint of soot on them.
Bowser felt his heart sink and his Giga feeling die. Suddenly he felt like he did back at the West Wood, way back in his childhood, about to be killed by the Toad Troops. He felt like he needed Kamilia Koopa once again. Bowser felt weak.
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