Chapter 17: Perfect Tabuu

Ash- Pikachu, thunderbolt! Gengar, shadow ball! And Lucario, aura sphere!

Pikachu- Pika…CHUUUUUUUU!

Gengar- Gengar!

Lucario- (RAWR)

Poke'mon Hunter J- Salamence, hyper beam! Drapion, dark pulse! Runerigus, shadow ball!

Mega Salamence- (ROAR)

Drapion- Drap!

Runerigus- Runerigus!

Then the Poke'mon attacks collided and filled the room with smoke. However, Ho-Oh emerged from the smoke and directly in front of Poke'mon Hunter J and her Poke'mon.

Ash- Ho-Oh, sacred fire!

Ho-Oh- Let's make things hot for you! Sacred fire!

Then Ho-Oh used sacred fire and struck Mega Salamence, Runerigus, and Drapion. The sacred fire also did a burn status effect to Mega Salamence.

Poke'mon Hunter J- Damn that phoenix! Let's see how well he'll be of used to you after I petrify that legendary Poke'mon!

Poke'mon Hunter J was about to shoot her petrifying laser at Ho-Oh, but Yoshi's tongue around her arm cannon and pulled it off of her. Yoshi pulled the arm cannon into his mouth, but spat it back out after chewing it into a small metal junk block.

Yoshi- YUCK! Kirby right! Tabuu power make taste horrible!

Poke'mon Hunter J- Hey! That was mine!

Before Poke'mon Hunter J could attack Yoshi, Ash jumped in and managed to punch her in the face and knock her to the ground.

Poke'mon Hunter J- Since when could you fight back and hit so hard without the aid of your Poke'mon…

Poke'mon Hunter J spat out a tooth before getting herself back up.

Ash- A lot has changed since I first met Mario. And since before Tabuu brought you back to life. But that should've been made clear to you after all the times we've battle over the previous fanfictions. Ho-Oh, sacred fire again!

Ho-Oh was about to attack again, but then a dimensional part of space flipped directly on Ho-Oh's back as Dimentio warped both himself and Fawful onto Ho-Oh's back. And Fawful was holding a jackhammer.

Fawful- Little birdie seem tense! Fawful give massage!

Then Fawful used the jackhammer on Ho-Oh's back.

Ho-Oh- Ow! Hey! Cut that out!

Ho-Oh tried to reach for them, but they were out of reach from his wings.

Dimentio- What's wrong? A legendary Poke'mon like yourself is too big to reach such small targets on the furthest part of you back from your reach?

While Dimentio was gloating, a snake suddenly slithered up to them from behind. Before they knew it, the snake had coiled itself around Fawful and Dimentio.

Fawful- Where giant snake come from?!

Dimentio- This isn't a snake! It's that half genie girl!

Then Snake Shantae threw Dimentio and Fawful at a wall. But before they could get back up, they saw Grand Hammer Kirby standing in front of them.

Grand Hammer Kirby- POYO…

Then Grand Hammer Kirby casually pulled out his hammer in its largest form and swung it at them from above. Fawful and Dimentio attempted to hold the hammer up to prevent it from crushing them, but Donkey Kong used his Monkey Punch on the other end of hammer and the force allowed the hammer to flatten Dimentio and Fawful into the floor. When Grand Hammer Kirby lifted his hammer, Fawful and Dimentio rose from the creator with their bodies scrunched like accordions. They were even sounding like accordions as they were trying to straighten their bodies back into place. Meanwhile, Hades swung his fist at Pit, but Pit blocked with the Neo Mirror Shield.

Hades- Come now, Pit. You think you actually have a chance of stopping Tabuu?

Pit- We have before as a team! And the original team beat him at his full strength when they fought him!

Hades- True, but Tabuu has yet to reveal his true colors. And let me tell you, I don't want to be within a 100-mile radius of him when he decides to turn perfect. But you won't be around to see Tabuu transform!

Then Hades managed to knock both the Neo Mirror Shield and the Neo Arrow of Light Bow out of Pit's hand, leaving only the Noe Pegasus Wings Armor. Hades was about to attack Pit with his guard broken, but Super Sonic quickly stuck Hades with a spin dash and knocked him into the wall.

Hades- You know…ouch…that almost reminded me off all the times Chaos used to spank me as a child. Telling me I needed to get my act together or I'd end up living the life of a delinquent. Pathetic bum trying to force me think more like him!

Palutena (telepathically to Hades)- He was actually trying to encourage you to lead a better life, actually. Chaos Sensei did try his best to teach make better choices in life a lot more than his other students in Jr High.

Viridi (telepathically to Hades)- You're the one who chose to ignore his advice, get expelled from Jr High, and spend the rest of your days causing mischief. Our old teacher was actually pretty upset that one of his students turned into a rotten egg.

Hades- I've done well with the choices in my life and without Chaos telling me what to do!

Pit- You were killed by me after you tried to start a war among the humans and now you've become Tabuu's slave.

Hades- At least I'm on the winning side! And besides, how can you say Chaos choosing to forsake both his immortality and right to be a god after his innocence was proven wasn't stupider than anything I've done? And all because of that female hedgehog he met during his time as a mortal.

Super Sonic- I'd say falling in love sounds like a good reason to stay mortal. A lot better than working for Tabuu. Rather be true and free!

Hades fired a few energy balls at Super Sonic and Pit, but they dodged. Pit then grabbed the Noe Arrow of Light Bow and the Neo Mirror Shield, but Hades sunk his hand into the floor to have a shadow version of it attempt to grab Pit from behind. Unfortunately for Hades, Super Sonic used his spin dash to slice the shadow hand right off from Hades' wrist. Hades immediately pulled his arm out of the floor and screamed in pain with his hand chopped off. Hades immedicably used his powers to grow it back like how he regrew body parts in Kid Icarus: Uprising, but the next thing he saw was Super Sonic about to spin dash into his head. After Hades was knocked into the wall again, he saw Pit about to shoot a light arrow at him.

Pit- Hey Hades! Catch!

The light arrow exploded in Hades' face. Meanwhile, Tabuu fired lasers from his eyes at Mario, Luigi, Link, and Ty. Luigi and Ty dodged, but Mario blocked with Marco's sword and Link blocked with the Master Sword.

Tabuu- Your friends joining the fight won't save you, Mario! I've come too far just to be defeated by the Super Mario Brothers' Team again!

Ty- You oughta chill, mate!

Then Ty tossed his Freezerangs and they landed between Tabuu's feet. Before Tabuu could react, his entire body was encased in ice. However, it didn't take long for Tabuu to shatter that ice and become unfrozen.

Tabuu- Foolish Tasmanian tiger! You didn't think that would hold…

Before Tabuu could finish, he noticed that Mario, Luigi, Link, and Ty were nowhere to be seen.

Tabuu- Where did they go?

Link- Right here!

When Tabuu looked up, he saw Link dropping above him and about to swing his Triforce cut on him. The Master Sword cut part of Tabuu's face when he attempted to step back and dodge Link's attack, but then Luigi struck Tabuu in the back with a perfectly timed Super Jump Punch. This almost sent Tabuu flying, but he immediately grabbed Luigi without turning around while also grabbing Link with his other hand. Then Tabuu caused Link and Luigi's heads to collide with each other.

Tabuu- That's using your heads!

Then Ty fired a beam using the Sacred Bunyip Spiritual energy at Tabuu. Tabuu was damaged by that spiritual power, but Tabuu held his hand in front of the beam to attempt the block the attack. But then Mario got in close without Tabuu realizing it and he quickly swung Marco's sword. Tabuu quickly moved his other hand over a particular part of his chest before Marco's sword knocked Tabuu into the wall.

Ty- That was strange…

Mario- What was?

Ty- The way moved his right arm…it was as if he was more concerned about protecting a particular part of his chest more than anything. And that's what baffles me, mate.

Link- What part of the chest was Tabuu trying to protect?

Ty- If I know me anatomy…I'd say that's where the heart is supposed to be located. Why focus on protecting that if Tabuu's already an immortal god?

Mario- That is strange…especially since I already cut Tabuu in the chest with Marco's sword earlier.

Then the smoke cleared and Tabuu was standing up again…with his rainbow-colored wings sprouted.

Tabuu- Alright…you ****ers had your fun! But I've had enough of this!

Then Tabuu began building up power through his body as he prepared to launch the Off-Wave.

Luigi- Oh shit! Here it comes!

Palutena (telepathically to Mario)- Hold on, I think I have something that might help!

Then a red star appeared in Mario's hand.

Mario- You want me to turn into Ultra Mario? I know it's my strongest powerup yet, but not even Ultra Mario could stop Tabuu's Off-Wave even before he regained 100% of his power.

Palutena (telepathically to Mario)- Try and use Marco's sword while you're Ultra Mario. You'll see what I mean.

Mario ate the red star and turned into Ultra Mario just as Tabuu launched the Off-Wave at them. Then Ultra Mario swung Marco's sword and to everyone's surprise…it shattered the Off-Wave completely.

Ultra Mario- Did I just…

Link- Woah…

Luigi- No way!

Ty- I'm speechless, mate!

Tabuu- This…this can't be happening…

Tabuu's stared at the Off-Wave shattering to pieces while his left eye twitched.

Tabuu- The Off-Wave…my strongest attack…destroyed…that's never happened before…not even to my father…

Palutena (telepathically to Mario)- If memory serves, the strength of the sword increased when Marco used a powerup to boost his power. Though it returned to normal strength when Marco lost his powerup. Anyway, I noticed the swords was capable of holding back the Off-Wave in Mario's normal form. So, I figured…

Viridi (telepathically to Palutena)- It could cut through the Off-Wave in Mario's ultra form! That's some pretty good deduction work you did there.

Palutena (telepathically to Viridi)- Thank you, Viridi. It's not very often I get a complement from you.

Luigi- Hey, give me the red star too!

Viridi (telepathically to Luigi)- Would it kill you to say please?

Palutena (telepathically to Luigi)- Here you go, Luigi.

A red star appeared in Luigi's hands and he ate it to turn into Ultra Luigi.

Ultra Luigi- Alright Mario, let's see how much more powerful Marco and Loewy's combined fireball technique is in our ultra form!

Ultra Mario- That does sound like a good idea!

Then Ultra Mario and Ultra Luigi each launched a fully charged white fireball that combined into one swirling white fireball at Tabuu. When it hit Tabuu, it knocked him back into the wall and almost blew him straight through it. Also covering most of the room in smoke. Then Yoshi, Donkey Kong, Grand Hammer Kirby, Ash and his Poke'mon, Super Sonic, Pit, and Shantae ran up to them.

Super Sonic- Nice shot!

Shantae- Such power!

Grand Hammer Kirby- Did we do it? Did we beat Tabuu?

Then they saw faint image of Tabuu's silhouette standing to his feet. However, Tabuu's eyes were glowing red and shining so bright, they could be seen even with all the smoke in the room.

Tabuu- THAT DOES IT! THAT'S THE LAST STRAW! I'M DONE ****ING WITH YOU AND YOUR TEAM, MARIO!

Suddenly, the entire area seemed like it was getting darker, like all light was being devoured by darkness. Tabuu's power was surrounding his silhouette in the smoke cloud, like he was using his power to change his current form.

Pit- Uh…What's Tabuu doing?

Tabuu- SOMETHING I SHOULD'VE DONE FROM THE START! EVEN IF IT SEEMED INSIGNIFICANT AT THE TIME!

Dimentio- For some reason…I feel as though I need a new pair of pants!

Fawful- And Fawful's leg fee like they turn to stone!

Poke'mon Hunter J- And why does it feel like the temperature dropped colder than Fredrick's ice?

Hades- You remember how I've told you that there is a side of Tabuu you don't to see…?

Ultra Mario mustered what courage he could and tried to charge at Tabuu with Marco's sword, but a beastly claw with gray scales reached out of that smoke cloud and grabbed Ultra Mario's wrist. Then another claw reached out and attempted to punch Ultra Mario. Ultra Mario blocked, but then two more claws reached out of that smoke cloud and knocked Ultra Mario into the ceiling of the throne room before Ultra Mario crashed back to the floor. Then the smoke could faded and what stood before the Super Mario Brothers' Team was a beast that looked like Tabuu, only it had four arms instead of two, gray scales covering most of its body, large fangs, and horns coming out of each side of its head.

Fawful- Master Tabuu…

Perfect Tabuu- But of course, Fawful.

Poke'mon Hunter J- Hold on a second…THAT'S TABUU?!

Dimentio- Oh…my…

Hades- Unfortunately so…this is Tabuu when he's at his strongest. In short, Perfect Tabuu!

Ultra Mario struggled a bit, but he managed to stand back up.

Perfect Tabuu- You should really be proud of yourself, Mario. The last person to push me to using 100% of my full power was your ancestor, Marco!

Link looked at his hand and noticed he was trembling.

Link- What's this?! Is this fear I'm experiencing?!

Shantae- I…I'm feeling the same thing….

Ash looked at his shoulder and noticed that Pikachu was shaking like crazy and was refusing to pull his face out of Ash's jacket.

Ash- Pikachu…what are you acting strange all of a sudden…

Then Ash noticed Ho-Oh was taking a step backwards from Perfect Tabuu.

Ash- Ho-Oh…you too?

Ho-Oh- I remember that form…and how much more powerful Tabuu has become when he transforms!

Perfect Tabuu- Fear…that's good. You're all realizing the gap between you power…and mine!

Then Tabuu unleashed a burst of energy from his body that knocked Ultra Mario, Ultra Luigi, Yoshi, Donkey Kong, Link, Grand Hammer Kirby, Super Sonic, Ty, Pit, and Shantae to the wall like they were in a tornado.

Perfect Tabuu- And you'll see how pointless this futile struggle is. Let us mark the end of this…millennium long conflict!