GROUP 1 (Yoshi, Birdo, Toad, Toadette, Diddy, Dixie, DK, Fire Bro, Bowser Jr., Larry, Bombette, Lady Sasa):
The enormous box hopped towards the group, their minds all over the place at that moment.
"…We're gonna have to fight this bitch, aren't we?" Bombette groaned.
"It's the only way we'll get out alive! All we need to do is hit him enough times, and he'll be destroyed! He's pretty easy to avoid, just don't get under him otherwise you'll be flattened like a super flat pancake!" Toad redundantly advised and everyone went into action.
DK landed a mega punch on the side of the box, pushing it to the right a bit. Yoshi flutter jumped and kicked the box with ease, knocking it backwards. Bombette did her Mega Bomb move and the box smashed open, revealing two slightly smaller boxes.
"What the!? There's two of them now!? This is a total reverse warholian experience!" Lady Sasa exclaimed. Everyone stopped moving around and gave her a bizarre look.
"Um…anyways…I completely forgot. Every time we do a few hits to the box, it splits into two smaller boxes, and it continues like that till there's no more. This may take a while!" Toad said.
"Well, we're gonna have to do it at supersonic speed because the ship is tilting even further! It's getting harder to stand straight!" Larry pointed out. The gang went back to fighting.
Birdo took off her bow, and threw it like a Frisbee at one of the boxes. It successfully hit it and the box returned to her like a boomerang.
"Haha! See Dixie? My fabulous boomerang bow isn't that weak!" Birdo chuckled, recalling the moment where she and the others fought the eel in Jolly Roger Eel. Dixie laughed at her and jumped up incredibly high and used her Helicopter Spin to easily glide over to the same box that Birdo hit and give a fierce kick near the top, breaking the box into two smaller boxes.
"Larry! You know what to do!" Bowser Jr. called out and got into his shell. Larry ran over to him and gave a mega kick to the shell. Bowser Jr.'s shell rapidly spun across the room, hitting one of the boxes, bouncing off one of the wall corners, and hitting the other two boxes. His shell was coming for Diddy but he narrowly avoided it.
"YIKES! Watch where you control that thing! Those spikes are more lethal than those damn rotating joystick mini-games in the first Mario Party!" Diddy shouted, walked over to the two boxes, and spun around rapidly, hitting the two with his tail, breaking the two boxes, into two smaller boxes each. There were now five boxes in the room.
"Hey there, Mr. Box! Have you tasted fire before? No? WELL GET READY BECAUSE YOU'RE ABOUT TO!" Fire Bro roared and released a small wave of fire from his mouth that made the larger box in the room screech and break into two smaller boxes.
"Seriously, Fire Bro? Even I could come up with a better line than that!" Toadette commented.
"Sis, stop talking and fight!" Toad yelled and headbutted into one of the boxes.
"Whoops! My bad!" she shrieked and ran up to the box that Toad just hit and gave it a good punch, breaking into the two even smaller boxes. However, Toadette cried out in pain after that. "YOOOOOOWWWCH! I GOT A FREAKING SPLINTER!"
"I have no fear of these worthless objects, for I have a black belt in Tae Kwon Do!" Lady Sasa proudly announced, ran up to one of the boxes, and punched it, sending the box back into the wall, smashing it open and revealed yet two smaller boxes. Everyone looked at her in shock.
"…Okay fine, I have a blue belt, but don't you dare tell the media!" the popstar revealed for no particular reason and flipped her hair back.
Larry managed to jump on one of the smaller boxes and pounded his fists on the box multiple times until it broke and no more boxes came out.
"YES! HOW DO YOU LIKE THEM POUNDS, HUH!? Ha! Get it? Because pounds is also a money currency in Britain and Banjo-Kazooie was made by a British company and…okay, I'll shut up now," Larry said when he realized that no one was laughing.
The fighting in there got more intense now. DK grabbed a box and threw it with great force at the wall, smashing it into pieces. Yoshi did his 'gulp' attack, but instead of turning of turning it into an egg, he did the same thing DK did and 'regurgitated' the box directly at the wall and successfully smashed it, revealing yet another two smaller boxes. Birdo grabbed Bombette out of nowhere and threw it at one of the boxes and exploded when she hit it, destroying it and also causing Bombette to become pissed off and briefly went on a swearing rampage. Dixie tried something she hadn't done in a long time, and that was grabbing one of the boxes with her ponytail, and it actually worked. She cheered and tossed it towards the wall, but Diddy managed to get in the way, jumped in the air, and kicked the flying box, changing its direction to another box, and destroying the both of them. Fire Bro got in his shell and projected himself towards a box, knocked it into it which sent it backwards, and it shattered when it hit Larry's spike shell. The koopa only felt a breeze.
And that was it. They destroyed every single living box there was, as odd as that seemed (and sounded).
"Whew…you know, that was actually fun! We should totally send a letter to Nintendo to incorporate hopping box enemies into the next Mario game!" Fire Bro cheered.
"HELL NO!" everyone else quickly responded.
"Alright now, let's climb that ladder and find the others quickly so we won't go down with this ship!" Lady Sasa said.
"Yeah, let's- wait a second…that ladder was there the entire time…meaning…we could've easily got out and avoided fighting those stupid boxes…and saved a bunch of time?" Bowser Jr. pointed out to everyone.
"GAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH! GOD FREAKING DAMNIT!" Bombette raged and exploded again while everyone else just smacked their foreheads, feeling incredibly stupid.
They all went up the ladder and reached the main floor on the outside of the ship once again, however, the ship was rising up even further and everyone was finding it harder to stand straight.
"I hate to say this, but there's no time to rescue the others! We need to get off this ship now unless we want to slide on our asses and fall into that nasty water!" Larry shrieked.
"But we haven't even found the gem yet! We can't leave this ship without it!" Toadette cried.
Suddenly, they heard a bunch of yelling and thrashing noises coming from nearby.
"What the…? Anyone else hear that? Those noises…that has to be the others! I recognize Luigi's girly shrieking anyday!" Birdo said in relief.
"It's coming from the left direction…I hope none of them are getting seriously hurt…" DK said.
"Uhh, I don't feel comfortable walking right now! Yoshi! You have better stability than I do so I shall ride on you!" Toad panicked and hopped onto his back.
"Y-yeah, same here! Besides, you're too popular to get gravely injured so therefore if I stick next to you, I'll be safe too! It's totally logical!" Bowser Jr. tried to make sense of his reasons and also hopped on his back.
"I must be on there too! I simply cannot risk this bubble dress being dirtied by this scum that you call a floor, if I should fall! It looks like it hasn't been cleaned in centuries! I mean, what good is a ship still floating about if you don't clean it every once in a while?" Lady Sasa complained and also hopped on.
Yoshi gritted his teeth and growled, the heavy weight causing him discomfort. "That does it! Next time we get back to Mushroom City, I'm buying a spike saddle so I don't have to go through any more of this physical, emotional, mental, and sexual abuse!"
Everyone gasped when they heard the last two words.
"Just kidding! I have a bit of a morbid sense of humor sometimes, hehehe," Yoshi creepily winked.
"Please stop trying to act shady, darling, and move your green booty!" Lady Sasa commanded.
GROUP 2 (Mario, Peach, Luigi, Daisy, Bowser, Kammy, Wendy, Koops, Kooper, Koopie, Pauline, Waluigi, and Rosalina):
"LET'S GET READY TO RUUUUUUUMBLE!" Peach shouted, more to attack than ever.
"Hey, isn't that Yoshi's line?" Luigi asked, then the group and the Minjos battled it out.
Mario lunged into one of them and punched the Minjo's head repeatedly…until its head actually came off, revealing some wires and other 'tech' stuff underneath.
"What the hell!? These things are robots!" Mario exclaimed.
"Robots? So does this mean we can kill them or would doing that also be considered immoral?" Bowser growled, recalling the argument the two had about killing the enemies.
"Just…shut up and destroy them all, Bowser!" Mario snapped, not in the mood to get into another argument.
A Minjo leaped onto Luigi and bit into his arm like a wild animal. The plumber cried and managed to rip the evil thing off of him and threw him at the wall. He then picked the Minjo back up and threw him into the water, electrocuting it. Daisy did some karate-like moves at a few minjos that came at her, roundhouse kicking and uppercutting all of them without a sweat, destroying them all with just one hit. Peach was pushed up against the railing of the ship by one of the Minjos and almost fell over it, but managed to retaliate by kicking the Minjo in its face, and kicked it one more time in its chest area, sending it flying backwards and its entire body fell apart as soon as it hit the wall. Bowser didn't have to do much, all he did was just body slam two minjos that were trying to run to him, destroying them instantly. Kammy shot a blue ray out of her wand and it hit a Minjo, disintegrating it. Kooper ran up to a Minjo and punched it, knocking it down, then kicked its head off which rolled away like a soccer ball. Koopie didn't do much either, all she really did was just push every Minjo over the railing that came after her. Koops pushed down a Minjo while its back was turned and proceeded to repeatedly jump on its back, crushing its internal…parts. Wendy sliced one of the Minjos with her nails, screamed when she realized that she broke a nail, then out of anger, grabbed the Minjo by its legs and repeatedly banged its entire body against the wall until all of its parts were detached and broken. Pauline grabbed a Minjo's neck with one hand and another Minjo with her other hand and smashed the two into each other a few times, mangling their faces and exposing circuitry. Rosalina saw a Minjo run up to her, and as soon as it was an inch away from her body, she pushed the Minjo, actually sending it thousands of feet away into the air.
"Well, if that wasn't the most random fight I've ever had, then I don't know what was!" Kooper exclaimed.
"Crap, that was a distraction! Look how much higher the ship is now! Did anyone else see where the witch bitch ran off to!?" Kammy asked in panic.
"I don't know but it's getting a lot harder to stand straight! WE HAVE TO GET OFF THIS INSTANT BEFORE WE START SLIDING DOWN INTO THE WATER!" Koopie screamed.
"WAIT, I SEE GRUNTY UP THERE! And I see her holding something in both of her hands…don't tell me that's the gem and one of the others she's got!" Wendy pointed to the sky, towards the rising bow.
"YOU GUYS, HOLD UP!" DK called out from behind and ran up to Mario's group with the others.
"Woah, what the hell happened here!? Did we miss a party?" Larry asked, noticing all the broken and ripped apart robot parts of the Minjos.
"Eh, nothing too important. Are you all alright? Did you guys see Grunty?" Luigi asked.
"Yes, we did! She set off a box of TNT and made a hole in the ship, that's why it's sinking! Then she threw us in some compartment and we had to fight this box enemy! I'm never going near another box AGAIN!" Fire Bro pouted.
"Huh, I figured that's how she managed to sink the ship. But at least you're all okay. But now, we have to see what Grunty is doing at the bow and see if the others are there, too! We can't waste any more time!" Mario ordered and led the bigger group towards the group, struggling against the incline now.
"You guys go ahead! I have to check on Waluigi!" Rosalina called out and ran back towards the entrance to the engine room, trying her best not to fall down and slip. She got back up to where the smokestack was and found Waluigi lying on the floor, still looking drained.
"Waluigi, come on! The others may be in trouble and the ship is sinking faster by the second! We need to move!" Rosalina said and helped him up.
"Ugh, I-I want to but I feel so weak…I'm so sorry…" Waluigi said, out of breath.
"What are you sorry for? For saving me? Don't! You were incredibly heroic…I-I've never had someone do that for me before…" Rosalina comforted him and kissed him. Waluigi popped open his eyes and gasped.
"Woah! What was…why do I feel so much better all of a sudden!?" he stood up and laughed a bit.
"It's magic, my dear," Rosalina winked and also laughed.
"I think it may be more than that…"
GROUP 3 (Goombella, Goombario, Lakilulu, Parakarry, Wario, Mona, Jojora, Banjo, Kazooie, Vivian, and Flurrie):
As the group got back outside, they were greeted by a wicked presence.
"Mweeheehee! Hello bear and bird! Long time, no see, you're adventuring with these basic creatures, so I've heard!" Grunty cackled, floating in the air on her broomstick.
"GRUNTY! I should've known you would try to stop us from getting the gem! Why don't you just back the hell off and let us be on our way so we never have to see each other again!?" Banjo growled.
"And who the hell are you calling basic!? That's it, I'm ready to beat this fatass down! You can even call me a whore BEFORE you call ME basic!" Lakilulu angrily yelled.
"Lakilulu, shut your face. You're the most basic bitch in the entire kingdom," Wario commented while rolling his eyes.
"Heeheehee! You really think I would waste such a precious opportunity to take you down? Don't be stupid, I'm making the ship sink, and you're all gonna drown!" Grunty said.
"Listen here, you gigantic rhyming oaf! There are plenty more of us on this ship so unless you want a trip to the hospital, you better buzz off before you get put back into the ground a second time!" Goombario threatened.
"Yes, I saw your stupid friends and I took care of them! I foresaw your group's arrival, trying to take some random gem! My magic is more powerful these days, and I've worked hard at it, so you better give me some praise! I placed a curse in that room you guys went into, boy what a mess, it was a dream come true!" Grunty laughed, remembering the random insanity that happened in the map room.
"Wow. A curse that made all of us temporarily go insane. You are an evil genius." Parakarry sarcastically spoke. "But how did all of us except Mona and Vivian get affected by the magic then?"
"Shut your trap! I'm still improving, don't talk such crap! And whoever did not get affected by the magic, that means that their mind is completely stable, so for the others…how tragic!" Grunty answered, offending everyone except the two girls that weren't involved in the chaos.
"BS! My mind is as stable as a horse stable! …Okay that didn't make much sense, but still, I call an objection on that!" Banjo whined.
Grunty rolled her eyes at the bear. "By the way, how did you like the picture I drew? I think it's cute, do you think so too?" Grunty asked in a teasing way, looking at Mona.
Mona gasped and took out the picture that she and Vivian found earlier. "Y-you drew this!? But it looks so real, like you took it with an actual camera!"
"It's called the power of magic! It's my first ever painting, but it looks so tragic! The poor koopa falling to his demise…I saw it in a brief vision, my improved magic is truly a prize!"
Goombario snatched the picture from Mona and examined it. "Wait…a vision? Why were you doing that? Did you know that we were going to come here?"
"You are correct, my chocolate-colored shrimpy friend! I tested new spells that had to do with seeing what's ahead, it was a bit messy and brief, but I was not misled! In the vision, I saw that the purple alien would come, he would try to destroy the ship to look for the gem, and that would be no fun! I stopped him and sent him back to where he came, but it doesn't stop there, this is the beginning of the game! Then I saw you lot heading here, and I saw the rooms you would explore, so I planted my traps without fear, and then I said 'SCORE!' You fell right into them, and right now, I shall simply take the gem!" Grunty explained and held her wand out. The gem suddenly floated to the witch very quickly like it was a magnet. Everyone else shrieked, definitely not seeing that coming.
"Heeheehee! See? You all thought that I'd be as easy to get rid of like in the first game, right!? WRONG! Also in my vision, a few other random things came to my sight. It didn't connect to the main vision, for whatever reason, I still have a few clunks to fix for a revision! I saw, like I said already, the koopa falling out of a building window, and that purple alien talking with his twin or some doppelgänger about some evil plan to…uhh…what rhymes with window?" Grunty asked, failing to come up with a decent rhyme for once in her life.
Everyone got freaked out even more.
"Y-you saw Koops falling out of a window!? And two Tatangas!? Oh god, one was already bad enough! What kind of divine presence would allow that chaos to happen!?" Wario cried.
"Who the hell knows, and who the hell cares!? I'm getting bored so I'll kidnap the basic bitch with the ugly reddish hairs!" Grunty drew out her wand again and Lakilulu uncontrollably flew to her at a high speed like a magnet, like with the gem. Grunty grabbed the lakitu and held her by her hair.
"AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! OH MY GOD! GET HER OFF OF ME! SHE SMELLS SO GROSS! UGH, I AM SO SHAMPOOING MY HAIR ELEVEN TIMES WHEN WE GET BACK TO THE HOSPITAL!" Lakilulu squealed.
"If you want the gem and this broad back, then follow me on my track! But only if you think you can survive…because I promise that you won't get out of this world alive! Mweeheeheehee!" Grunty then flew off towards the starting area and over the building.
"Oh my stars, she has the gem! We have to follow her this second or it could be lost forever!" Flurrie exclaimed.
"Uhh, we also have to rescue Lakilulu too you know," Goombella said with a raised brow.
"What do you mean? Oh…Lakilulu was captured as well? My word, that lady is so forgettable that I didn't even notice!" Flurrie gasped at this revelation.
Goombella irritably shook her head. "Okay, can we stop with all the Lakilulu hate? It's getting really old! We need to, like, rescue BOTH the gem and her! Not one or the other! Got it!?"
"Damn straight, Goombella! I love it when you take charge!" Goombario giggled, annoying Goombella even more.
The others reached the group in relief, along with Rosalina and Waluigi trailing behind.
"You guys! We saw Grunty in the air! Did she take the gem!?" Kooper asked.
"Yeah, and she also took Lakilulu with her too! It was completely awful!" Vivian cried.
*cricket noises*
"OH COME ON! I at least didn't expect this from you, Mario!" Goombella grunted.
"S-sorry! I was honestly trying to remember who that was. There are so many people in our group that I get turned around sometimes, you know?" Mario said in defense.
"ANYWAYS! We have to leave now and follow Grunty! She went back towards the area where we parked the arwings at!" Bombette said.
"Which means we're gonna have to use our arwings to follow her because there is no way around that…uhh, architecture over there," Luigi noted.
"No, we don't. See that gigantic, gray-ish garage door over there? I think we'll be able to open it if we all pull our strength together. I think I know where she is going," Kazooie pointed.
"Wait…it leads to Quagmire, doesn't it? The area where you can reach that Cauldron Keep tower place?" Toad asked in shock. Banjo and Kazooie nodded their heads.
"AHA! So the stop 'n swop rumors were true then! I am definitely posting this on all the gaming forums!" Diddy cheered.
The ship tilted further and now, everyone fell over and started sliding down.
"SHIT! EVERYONE, IF YOU CAN, JUST GET TO THE RAILING ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SHIP AND JUMP INTO THE WATER! IT WILL BE THE QUICKEST WAY TO THE LANDING AREA!" Pauline shouted in fear, grabbing the railing and attempted to pull herself over it.
"YOU ARE FORGETTING THAT SOME OF US HERE ARE HEAVYWEIGHTS, MEANING THAT WE WILL IMMEDIATELY DROWN IF WE JUMP THAT HIGH INTO THE WATER!" Bowser screamed and freaked the hell out.
Some of the characters slid down the rough floors towards the opposite side of the ship. It was pure hell as their clothing was getting little tears and their skin was getting bruised by the second, and they also tried to avoid hitting any objects down the way.
"Wheeeeee! This is totally awesome! I should go on sinking ships more often!" Fire Bro cheered while sliding down on his shell, being the only one in the entire group that was actually enjoying this.
"Luigi, hang on to the railing, I'm gonna help pull you over!" Mario yelled, climbing to the other side of it with Daisy and Peach. The three struggled to pull him over but successfully managed to and the four jumped into the dirty water.
"Banjo, I'm gonna jump in your backpack then I'll fly us off the ship, okay!?" Kazooie tried to keep her calm and stuffed herself into Banjo's backpack, as the bear hung on to dear life at the railing at the tip of the bow. Kazooie popped her head and wings out and began to fly towards the entrance.
"Ugh! Geez, Banjo! Lay off the Krispy Kreme donuts! How many times did I tell you that having that for breakfast each day is extremely unhealthy?" Kazooie complained, noticing the weight being heavier than usual.
"IT'S NOT ME, IT'S THIS BOZO THAT GRABBED MY FOOT ALL OF A SUDDEN!" Banjo screeched.
"I'M SORRY BUT IT WAS TOO GOOD OF AN OPPORTUNITY TO LET YOU GUYS FLY AWAY WHILE I WAS RIGHT NEXT TO YOU! PLEASE DON'T BLAST ME WITH YOUR GRENADE EGG!" Larry cried.
"GAH! YOU IDIOT! I CANNOT CARRY MORE THAN ONE PERSON, IT'S TOO MUCH FOR THIS SKINNY BREEGUUUUUUUUUUUUULL!" Kazooie screamed, her flying becoming lower and lower by the second and the three eventually fell into the water.
"Kammy, use your magic to, uh, do something! Anything! There's no way in hell I'll survive dropping in that water! I'll sink instantly!" Bowser panicked, holding onto to the railing with his witch partner.
"Well…I have an idea…but you won't like it…" Kammy sighed.
"JUST DO IT BEFORE I START PRAYING TO EVERY SINGLE STAR SPIRITS AND GODS THAT I KNOW OF!" Bowser started to sob. Kammy pointed her wand at Bowser, then a flash of red light zoomed out of the tip, and Bowser was blasted over to the landing area. He made a huge hole when he landed.
The remaining characters who did not slide down the ship followed Pauline's earlier instructions and jumped off the railing and into the water. They were easily able to swim and climb onto the entrance area.
However, the ones who did slide down and ended in the water at the other end of the ship had a harder time…
"H-help me please! I-I can't swim all that good! I've never swam in a pool my entire life!" Koops cried and stayed on the surface by dunking Birdo's head under the water. Birdo screamed, rose up to the surface, and pushed him off of her.
"KOOPS, STOP! That is NOT the way to stay afloat! And cut your nails for once!" Birdo shouted in frustration.
"Here Koops, hang on to my back, I'll help swim us to the entrance," DK offered.
"AAAAGGGGGGGHHHHHH! OH MY GOD, I GOT SOME OF IT IN MY MOUTH! GET ME THE FUCK OUT OF HERE, SPACE LADY!" Wendy screamed while shaking Rosalina by the shoulders.
"Will you calm yourself!? Freaking out is not going to solve anything! Just swim over to the entrance area and don't even think about anything else! GO!" Rosalina yelled and led the small group over to where the others were going to.
"Uhhh what about the people who don't have arms!? I HATE BEING A GOOMBA!" Goombario cried while Goombella struggled to stay afloat.
"Oh, the both of you can just hop on to my shoulders and I'll supersonically swim my way over there! Yeah, I won first place in all the swimming competitions at the London 2012 Olympics and set a new universal record with a time of 26.85 seconds!" Fire Bro obviously lied.
"Fire Bro, shut up! You didn't even go to the Olympics!" Waluigi yelled, knowing this for the fact because he competed in the 2012 Olympics with some of the other Mario characters.
"Ugh, what the hell is in this water anyways!? How the hell does Snacker the Shark survive in it!? WHY DOES THAT SHIP ONLY HAVE ONE LIFEBOAT!?" Bowser Jr. questioned while flipping out.
The small group reached the entrance area and got onto it, giving the others who had already reached safe land a sense of relief.
"Help me open this door, it's heavy!" Dixie called out, trying to push the door to the side.
"No need to do that!" Rosalina said, extended her hand out, balled it into a fist, and quickly moved her fist to the right, opening the door at the exact same time.
"How mystical! Now everyone, follow me! If she's going where me and Kazooie think she's going, then it isn't that far! Come on!" Banjo ordered and ran off with everyone else tagging along. Vivian was about to follow until she saw Jojora out of the corner of her eye to the left.
"Jojora! Are you okay!? Where is Watt at?" Vivian asked.
"Watt…she…um…s-she…" Jojora had no idea how to tell her about what happened to poor Watt.
"VIVIAN, HURRY! THERE'S NO TIME TO WASTE!" Koopie shouted from afar.
"Come on, go get Watt and follow us! Grunty has got the gem and Lakilulu!" Vivian said in a rush and ran to the now open exit.
Jojora gulped. She had to tell the group that Watt was dead. It was killing her inside to keep it to herself. But she was also terrified of what the others would think and say about letting Watt drown. She knew that the you-know-what would hit the fan if she did. She ran after the group.
EOC.
Next chapter should be pretty interesting and I'm excited to start typing for it! Now…as for the two fics I mentioned in the previous chapter…'Color That Was Drained From My Soul' will be discontinued. It was premature. I had already known who the killers were and their motives, however, I didn't bother to fill in all the middle stuff beforehand (like clues and important dialogues), thus leaving me at an ends. I REALLY did not want to rush the fic because I wanted a good build up to the climax, but I honestly have no idea how to execute it and I certainly don't want to post the next chapter with the characters somehow quickly finding the murderer. I terribly apologize for this, it was very poor planning on my part. Now, for Mario Party Deluxe…I'll start writing the next chapter, however, since it's viewer-based on the votes, I may not continue it if I get less than 4 votes on the poll for the new chapter because I feel like it wouldn't be very fair and fun for the story to go that way, and I know for a fact that less people are going to read it because of the long hiatus I took. I guess we shall see then.
