Chapter 18: Return of a Hero from the Past

(Unknown area)

A genie who looked very similar to Shantae was looking through a portal and saw that Tabuu had just transformed into Perfect Tabuu. She became very nervous and clenched her chest at the sight of Perfect Tabuu knocking the Super Mario Brothers' Team to the wall with just a mere fraction of his power. Just then, that red glowing sphere and that blue glowing sphere returned. However, there were several other glowing spheres behind them. Each one appeared to be a different color.

Green glowing sphere- Oh no! Is that…Tabuu at his full strength?!

Azra- It is…and he's already putting it to good use against them! Mario…his team…my daughter…I don't know how much longer they can last…

Red glowing sphere- Then perhaps it's time, Azra. We had been preparing for this moment.

Azra- But…this spell will only work for us just once. And it will only last for 30 minutes. Are you sure you want to use it now?

Red glowing sphere- I don't think we have a choice, Azra. Think of your daughter.

Green glowing sphere- Besides, we've already rounded up the rest of our time as you can see.

Then Azra looks at all the other glowing spheres behind them.

Azra- I see that. It's good to see you all again, my old friends.

Red glowing sphere- 30 minutes is all we need. Your daughter needs you, Azra. Just as Mario need me. And how his team…will need my team…

Azra- Very well then. Give me some time to prepare the spell. But we'll need to make every second count once we do.

(Back at Tabuu's throne room)

Ash's Lucario, Gengar, and Dragonite collapsed to the ground and they were looking badly injured.

Perfect Tabuu- Ha! One shot and all three of your Poke'mon drop. Calmly and his Poke'mon put up a better fight than this, Ashy boy!

Ash grunts before returning his three injured Poke'mon back to their poke'balls.

Ash- Pikachu, use volt tackle!

Pikachu was scared, but he jumped off of Ash's shoulder and rushed at Tabuu with his electricity surrounding his body, like an electric bullet. However, Tabuu grabbed hold of Pikachu with his bottom right arm and stopped Pikachu's volt tackle in its tracks. Then Tabuu flicked Pikachu in the head with his top left arm and flung Pikachu into Ash's chest, causing both to crash into the wall.

Ho-Oh- ASH!

Then Ho-Oh rushed at Perfect Tabuu with sky attack. However, Perfect Tabuu caught Ho-Oh's sky attack with his top right arm.

Perfect Tabuu- I see you're just as protective with your new master as you were with your old one, Ho-Oh. But let's not forget…I bested you before even when I wasn't in my perfect form.

Ho-Oh shot sacred fire at Perfect Tabuu, but Perfect Tabuu was completely unphased when the flames faded.

Perfect Tabuu- Foolish Ho-Oh! Not even Poke'mon such as Mewtwo, Arceus, Rayquaza, Eternatus, or even you can stand up to me.

Then Perfect Tabuu fired a beam from his eyes and knocked Ho-Oh into the same part of the wall Ash and Pikachu crashed into earlier. Then from Perfect Tabuu's point of view, it was like time had slowed down. That's because Super Sonic was rushing at Perfect Tabuu with his light speed attack at full speed from behind. Perfect Tabuu took a small step to the left and avoided Super Sonic.

Super Sonic- How did he…?! Is Tabuu really faster than me?!

Perfect Tabuu- Not really. Your speed still surpasses mine. Even Chaos was greatly faster than me. However, that doesn't mean I'm not capable of keeping up with your movements.

Then Perfect Tabuu pointed his top left palm as Super Sonic and a bunch of small laser shots were launched from it. They pelted Super Sonic until they sent him flying across the room. Then Ty fired a beam from Sacred Bunyip power at Perfect Tabuu from behind. It left a scratch on his back, but it looked like it did little to hurt him. Then Perfect Tabuu turned his head around and glared at Ty. Perfect Tabuu vanished for a second and then reappeared in front of Ty before grabbing him by the neck with his bottom left arm.

Perfect Tabuu- I should let you know, I don't appreciate cheap sneak attacks like that, Ty! And that power from the Bunyip Realm did little against me when Simba fought me with it. It won't do you much better.

Then Perfect Tabuu punched Ty in the stomach with his bottom right fist before launching Ty into the wall. Then Perfect Tabuu noticed a looming shadow on the floor right where he was standing. As Perfect Tabuu looked up, he saw Elephant Shantae drop from the ceiling of the throne room and land on top of him. However, Perfect Tabuu was holding Elephant Shantae over his head with one finger of his top right hand.

Perfect Tabuu- For a two-ton elephant, you're about as light as a feather to me. But what do you expect from Azra's daughter? A failure just like she was.

Then Perfect Tabuu threw Elephant Shantae and she crashed into Perfect Tabuu's throne before changing back into her normal form. Perfect Tabuu caught a glimpse of Donkey Kong about to swing his Monkey Punch through his peripheral vision and turned to block Donkey Kong. He caught Donkey Kong's Monkey Punch with his bottom left arm, even though his hand was so much smaller than even one finger of Donkey Kong's fist.

Perfect Tabuu- And here I thought you'd be smarter than King Kong. He too thought brute force would solve everything.

Then Perfect Tabuu swung his top right arm to punch Donkey Kong. Donkey Kong attempted to block by swinging his Monkey Punch with his other hand, but the force of Perfect Tabuu's punch just knocked Donkey Kong to the other side of the room. Then Perfect Tabuu lifted both of his top arms above his head as he caught Grand Hammer Kirby's giant mallet when it was inches from his head.

Perfect Tabuu- I told you before, Kirby. That silly little Void Spawn, Kimberly couldn't do so much as scratch me with her Super Abilities, like Ultra Sword Kimberly. What makes you think you can do any better?

Then Perfect Tabuu threw both the giant mallet and Grand Hammer Kirby across the throne room. Then Yoshi's tongue wrapped itself around Perfect Tabuu. However, black smoke was coming from Yoshi's tongue and a Yoshi felt like his tongue was burning away. Yoshi immediately unwrapped his tongue around Tabuu and pulled it back into his mouth.

Yoshi- It burns! Tabuu suddenly taste like death moment Yoshi try grab him with tongue!

Perfect Tabuu- It's my dark power. It surrounds every part of my body. The same thing would happen if Kirby were to try and inhale me. I'll admit, I never fought Ihsoy, but from what I can tell, he was just as much of a fool as you, Yoshi.

Then Perfect Tabuu formed an energy rope in his top right hand and lassoed it around Yoshi's neck. Before Yoshi knew it, Perfect Tabuu had reeled him in and pounded Yoshi into the floor. But then a light arrow was shot at Perfect Tabuu from behind. However, Perfect Tabuu grabbed it with his bottom left hand and saw that it was fired by Pit still equipped with the Three Neo Sacred Treasures.

Perfect Tabuu- You know, Icarus was also equipped with the Three Sacred Treasures when we fought. Kyrin and Dyntos might've made them a little bit stronger after rebuilding the sacred treasures, but even their light could never purge my darkness.

Perfect Tabuu fired a laser from the tip of his finger and aimed at Pit. Pit tried to use the Neo Mirror Shield to block, but it exploded in Pit's face and knocked him to the floor. Then Perfect Tabuu held his top left arm out to block Link's Triforce Cut.

Perfect Tabuu- Fast like Wolf was, but not even the Master Sword destroy me. Hurt me like Marco's sword, but useless overall.

Then Tabuu created a huge broadsword materialize in his bottom left hand before knocking Link into the wall with one swing. Then Tabuu turned to Ultra Mario and Ultra Luigi.

Perfect Tabuu- And then only the Mario Brothers remain…

Ultra Luigi- Mario…please tell me you have a plan!

Ultra Mario- Sorry, but I don't. But we still can't give up!

Perfect Tabuu- Optimistic until the end…just like Marco.

Ultra Mario- You were still defeated by Marco and his team. That's proof enough that you can be bested even in your strongest form! You even mentioned you were in your perfect form when Marco beat you!

Perfect Tabuu- I underestimated Marco back then. And I'll admit, I've underestimated you and your friends several times. But not anymore!

Then Perfect Tabuu rush at Ultra Mario and Ultra Luigi with speed that could come close to Sonic's. Ultra Mario and Ultra Luigi each fired a fully charged white fireball before combining them into one giant swirling fireball. It exploded in Perfect Tabuu's face, but Perfect Tabuu still rushed through the smoke to reach them. Even though that combo fireball did do some damage to him. Ultra Luigi tried to use his Super Jump Punch, but Perfect Tabuu swung that large broadsword and knocked Ultra Luigi to the floor with part of his shirt sliced through. But before Perfect Tabuu could turn his attention to Ultra Mario, Ultra Mario swung Marco's sword and managed to cut a wound into Tabuu's bottom right arm.

Ultra Mario- I see this sword can still hurt you even in your perfect form!

Perfect Tabuu- Yeah, but I already told you…

Perfect Tabuu swung his sword and Ultra Mario blocked with Marco's sword. However, Ultra Mario was struggling to hold Tabuu back.

Perfect Tabuu- Just because you have a weapon that can hurt me…doesn't mean you can beat me!

Then Perfect Tabuu managed to knock Marco's sword out of Ultra Mario's hand and land halfway across the throne room. Before Ultra Mario could do anything, Perfect Tabuu fired an energy blast from his top right hand and knocked Ultra Mario to the ground.

Perfect Tabuu- And now…I DEFEAT THE SUPER MARIO BROTHERS ONCE AND FOR ALL!

Perfect Tabuu rushed at Ultra Mario and was about to impale him in heart with that broadsword.

Ultra Luigi- MARIO!

Super Sonic- NO!

Donkey Kong- Look out, Mario!

But just when things were about to turn for the worst, a bright light was admitting from Marco's sword. As soon as Ultra Luigi, Yoshi, Donkey Kong, Link, Grand Hammer Kirby, Ash, Super Sonic, Ty, Pit, and Shantae noticed, Marco's sword lifted from the ground like it was being wielded by someone invisible.

Pit- Lady Palutena…what's happening?

Palutena (telepathically to Pit)- I…I don't know…

Then Marco's sword rushed over towards Ultra Mario and immediately blocked Perfect Tabuu's sword.

Ultra Mario- Huh…?

Perfect Tabuu- What the?! What sorcery is this?!

Mysterious voice- I told you before, Tabuu. The power of teamwork and hope is something you can never overcome!

Perfect Tabuu- What the…YOU!

Then a bright light came out of the sword until it took the form of what appeared to be a man that was now holding the sword. This mysterious being swung the sword and shattered Perfect Tabuu's broadsword and knocked Perfect Tabuu into the wall. The light surrounding the strange man began to fade and his image became more clear. Both Ultra Mario and Perfect Tabuu went wide eyed at the sight of this man. He had a face similar to Mario's, had a mustache just like Mario's, and wore red clothes. However, he was dressed like a knight instead of a plumber.

Perfect Tabuu- I-it can't be…Marco Mario…

Ultra Mario- What?!