In this chapter, our heroes are going under the sea! You might be surprised how many underwater levels there are in Super Mario Brothers. There are even worlds based off of water. For some strange reason Wendy O. Koopa is usually the boss of those Koopas. Rumor has it that the O stands for ocean.

Maybe I'll feature the Koopalings in this fanfic.

I figured for the boss fight I'd feature Gooper Blooper from Super Mario Sunshine. It seems appropriate considering they're underwater. I will admit that our heroes aren't at Isle Delfino though. I might feature it in this fanfic though. You think that they'll remake Super Mario Sunshine? It would probably be something to look forward to. Perhaps there will be multiple playable characters like there was in the Super Mario 64 remake.

I could use Phantamanta but I figured I would use a boss that's based off a Bowser Baddie instead. You know, like Petey Piranha.

Chapter 5: Under The Sea

Fortunately for our heroes, Rosalina happened to know an underwater breathing spell so that they could locate the meteorite and destroy it. A side effect was that they would still be able to use Fire Flowers underwater.

Having said that, they had to be careful not to go too deep or the water pressure would make them into pancakes.

Fortunately, it seemed that the meteorite wasn't deep underwater, though it seemed to sink like a stone as soon as it hit the water's surface. It could be made out in the distance.

"Thanks for your help, Rosalina." said Peach. She wasn't sure how they would reach the meteorite without her. Unfortunately, they hadn't brought diving gear with them.

"There it is!" exclaimed Luigi, pointing to the meteorite.

However, they could plainly see that it was guarded. Guarded by Bloopers. They were swimming about in the water.

"Bloop bloop bloop!" exclaimed one of the Bloopers as it swam about.

They quickly noticed that there were Cheep Cheeps in the water as well. Strangely enough, they were capable of living on dry land, as with the case with the Cheep Cheep that Mario had befriended during one of his adventures. They still seemed to prefer the water though.

"My grades are below sea level..." complained one of the Cheep Cheeps.

No doubt they had originated from the meteorite.

Now that they thought of it, perhaps the surroundings of the meteorite could impact what minions spawned from it.

That would explain why they encountered Yoshis and Birdos from the meteorite that had crash landed on Yoshi's Island...and why the minions spawning from this meteorite were all aquatic.

Fortunately, it seemed that Rosalina was helping them fight the fish. She just so happened to be a Super Smash Bros. fighter after all. Princess Peach was also one though she was more famous for being a distressed damsel.

She shot Star Bits at the Bloopers, making them dissolve into blue liquid.

One of the Bloopers slapped Luigi with a tentacle.

"Ow!" exclaimed Luigi, rubbing his cheek.

The Cheep Cheeps swam towards the heroes, but Yoshi began to swallow them.

Apparently, he enjoyed the taste of fish.

"Yum!" exclaimed Yoshi.

The Cheep Cheeps noted that perhaps Yoshi was a bad target choice. His ridiculously long tongue could grab onto them from quite a distance.

A Cheep Cheep spat bubbles at Mario.

"Ow!" exclaimed Mario. Those bubbles actually hurt.

In retaliation, he whacked it with his hammer.

The Cheep Cheep burst into cosmic liquid.

Some of the Cheep Cheeps were bigger than others.

Strangely enough, they didn't seem interested in eating the smaller ones. The heroes seemed to be delectable to them, however.

Luigi would find this out when one of the big Cheep Cheeps swallowed him.

"Help!" exclaimed the green plumber.

However, he began pounding at the Big Cheep Cheep's mouth, forcing him to spit him out.

Apparently, these Cheep Cheeps were made from more of the cosmic liquid.

As such, they were a tad harder to take down.

Also, they were too big for Yoshi to swallow.

There were also Spiny Cheep Cheeps. These ones were more aggressive than the normal ones.

They also couldn't jump on them...for obvious reasons.

"Ow!" exclaimed Alcoholic Koopa. He had attempted to punch one and it backfired.

The Spiny Cheep Cheep he had attacked pierced him with its quills.

"Quit it!" demanded the Koopa.

The Spiny Cheep Cheep refused.

The Alcoholic Koopa whacked the spiky Cheep Cheep with his bottle of beer.

"Ow!" exclaimed the Spiny Cheep Cheep, recoiling from the impact.

Perhaps he should have listened to the Koopa's warning.

Alcoholic Koopa then pulled out a Super Mushroom.

He used it to make his bottle of beer grow bigger.

"Woohoo!" exclaimed Alcoholic Koopa.

The Spiky Cheep Cheep gasped and swam away.

There were also cosmic Toads underwater. Unsurprisingly, they were wearing snorkels.

"You're going to Davy Jones' locker!" exclaimed one of the Toads.

"What are you, a pirate?" asked Speedster T. Granted, he didn't dress the part, but still.

They seemed to be able to swim through the water fairly well. However, the ones wearing Frog Suits were capable of swimming even faster. It seemed that the Toads knew which powerups would work best for their environment.

"Sorry, I'm not in the mood for kissing frogs." apologized Peach as she whacked the Toads wearing frog suits away.

"The only girl I have my eyes set on is Toadette!" exclaimed one of the Toads.

One of them swung their fists at Speedster T. Strangely enough, they knew at once that he wasn't a member of the Cosmic Army.

He quickly ducked underneath and retaliated with a few punches of his own. Having such fast reflexes was coming in handy.

"It feels strange fighting my fellow Toads..." noted Speedster T. He was expecting to fight more members of the Koopa Troop. However, he could tell these Toads were literally out of this world.

Rosalina shot Star Bits at the snorkeled Toads.

She was an efficient shot.

"These would be so delicious if she wasn't using them as a weapon against us..." noted one of the Toads as he was pelted by the Star Bits. Apparently, Lumas loved eating them.

There were Goomdivers present as well. And yes, there were diving suits small enough to fit them.

"All these diving lessons are paying off!" exclaimed the Goomdiver.

"But we were born just yesterday..." said another Goomdiver, recalling his origins from a cosmic meteorite. He didn't recall having those.

"Whatever!" shouted the first Goomdiver.

However, the Goomdivers weren't much tougher than their land counterparts. It seemed some things were constant among the Goombas regardless of whether they could fly, had spikes on their heads, or whatever.

Gooper Blooper suddenly appeared as they closed in on the meteorite.

"Trying to reach the meteorite? Get ready for a burial at sea!" exclaimed Gooper Blooper.

Once again, it seemed the cosmic clones were using a huge enemy as a last line of defense. It seemed as good of a strategy as any.

However, the heroes wouldn't be so easily deterred.

"Mamamia!" exclaimed Mario. Another enemy from Super Mario Sunshine. He remembered fighting it in order to obtain the Shine Sprite. The Piantas were grateful for Mario's help, though at the time they weren't aware that he wasn't responsible for polluting Isle Delfino.

"That's the biggest Blooper that I've ever seen..." noted Speedster T. Considering all the Bloopers he had fought not long ago, that was really saying something.

This Blooper seemed a lot stronger than the one he had faced before.

Gooper Blooper shot out bursts of ink at the heroes.

Speedster T was blinded.

"Oh man, I can't see!" exclaimed Speedster T, trying to rub the ink out of his eyes. How was he supposed to attack if he couldn't even see his opponent? It was a shame, since it would be a big target otherwise.

As he was doing so, the Gooper Blooper knocked him down with one of his tentacles. It seemed that he wanted to take advantage of his opponent's predicament.

"Ow!" exclaimed the Toad.

Fortunately, he regained his sight shortly afterwards.

Thankfully, the other members of the group managed to avoid the ink so that they weren't blinded as well.

Gooper Blooper then followed by swinging one of his many tentacles at them.

The heroes swam away from the tentacle.

The giant Blooper let out a roar, and some of his fellow Bloopers appeared.

"Oh no! It called for help!" exclaimed Peach. Things were about to become more complicated.

The Bloopers began to swarm them.

"Let's get 'em!" shouted one of the Bloopers.

"Get them off me!" exclaimed Luigi, trying to shake off the squids that were attacking him.

Speedster T punched the Bloopers away.

"You're not turning me into fish food!" exclaimed Speedster T.

Luigi frantically whacked them away with his hammer.

Yoshi simply ate the Bloopers attacking him.

However, Gooper Blooper grabbed him and tossed him into Peach.

"Ow!" exclaimed Peach.

"Wah!" shouted Yoshi.

Since Gooper Blooper was using its tentacles against them, Mario decided that he should try getting rid of them.

He succeeded in pulling off one of its tentacles, but it was starting to regenerate.

Alcoholic Koopa attacked the giant Blooper as well.

"Eat broken glass you ugly ostrich!" shouted Alcoholic Koopa, throwing bottles of beer at Gooper Blooper.

"Ow!" exclaimed the giant Blooper.

Gooper Blooper attempted to cover his face with his tentacles to protect himself from the broken glass.

The Bloopers attempted to attack Alcoholic Koopa, but he threw bottles of beer at them as well.

"Face my wrath you toxic spaghetti platters!" exclaimed the Koopa.

"Swim away!" exclaimed the Bloopers. They were in over their heads.

The Bloopers decided to retreat.

Gooper Blooper sighed. There went his advantage.

"You think his face is his weak point?" asked Speedster T. He had witnessed Gooper Blooper shielding his face with his tentacles.

"Looks that way..." nodded Mario. That would explain why he was trying to protect it.

If so, they should try aiming at his face.

In order to do that, they would need to get rid of the tentacles first.

Luigi whacked off another tentacle with his hammer.

Speedster T spin dashed into another tentacle, detaching it.

Peach removed yet another tentacle with her frying pan.

The giant Blooper had a worried expression. Now he was defenseless!

Well, he could still shoot ink from his mouth. That had worked against Speedster T.

However, Mario was fast enough to avoid it.

He then whacked Gooper Blooper in the face.

It looked as if they had found his weak point.

However, Gooper Blooper quickly regenerated his tentacles.

"That's better." said the giant Blooper.

He then started defending his face again, as well as attacking the heroes once more.

Now the team were back to square one.

Afterwards, he summoned a whirlpool by rubbing his front tentacles together.

Alcoholic Koopa fell victim to it.

"I'm getting dizzy!" exclaimed the Koopa as he spun around like a record. How was he going to get out of this mess?

However, the heroes pulled away the tentacles once again, making the whirlpool disappear.

Alcoholic Koopa rubbed his head.

Since Gooper Blooper was vulnerable, Speedster T decided now would be a good time to use a powerup.

He chose a Starman. It really increased his offensive power.

It also increased his defensive power too, so that was a nice bonus in case Gooper Blooper's tentacles regenerated while he was using it.

Speedster T used the Starman and the spots on the top of his head turned yellow. His blue coat turned yellow as well.

However, it was a short-lived powerup (especially in comparision to other power-ups, which could last a long time as long as the user wasn't hit), so he knew he had to make it count.

Fortunately, a few moments were all that he needed.

Speedster T finished off Gooper Blooper, causing it to explode into blue dust.

"Yay!" cheered Yoshi.

A few seconds later, Peach destroyed the meteorite and the enemies disappeared.

"There wouldn't happen to be a way to track the Cosmic Army, now would there?" asked Peach. She wasn't sure where Cosmic Yoshi would send the next meteorite. That, and they had a fairly wide area to search for him.

However, chances are he would be somewhere on Yoshi's Island. To their knowledge, Cosmic Yoshi hadn't actually left.

Fortunately, Rosalina had a way to detect them.

She pulled out a device.

"Let's see now..." said Rosalina.

Apparently, Cosmic Yoshi was located in an ancient temple near the jungle. Perhaps he was using it as a base of operations.

Now that they thought of it...that did seem like an ideal hiding spot. The Yoshis didn't visit that temple much...unless they were searching for treasure. It also had traps that would deter invaders.

"I guess we're heading to the temple next..." said Speedster T. It wasn't far from the village, thankfully.

Now that they had destroyed the meteorite, the heroes decided to return to the surface.

The Yoshis celebrated upon the heroes' return. Now they could go surfing again.

They immediately went to get their surfboards.

As much as Yoshi wanted to join them, he knew that their quest to stop the Cosmic Clones wasn't done yet.

However, it wouldn't be safe for them to go into the jungle.

It was a shame, considering all the fruit that grew there.

Hopefully the heroes could take care of the meteorite so they could forage again. Yoshi's Island wouldn't be as cheery if it weren't for all the fruit.

They could see the entrance up ahead.

Meanwhile...

Monitoring their progress, Cosmic Yoshi discovered the defeat of the cosmic Gooper Blooper. The heroes were a nuisance to the Cosmic Army, that was for sure. At this rate he was going to have to make the Cosmic Army retreat. The princesses would be disappointed.

It seemed that the heroes had managed to destroy the meteorite that had landed in the ocean as well. They weren't going to invade Yoshi's Island from the sea.

He was rather disappointed. It seemed that even a Blooper of that size wasn't enough to stop the heroes from destroying the meteorite.

Well, he would simply have to try again.

"It looks like they made calamari out of Gooper Blooper...disappointing. Let's see how well they do in the jungle..." said Cosmic Yoshi. The jungle was an ideal place to ambush them, so why not send his army there?

Cosmic Yoshi sent a meteorite into the jungle. If they wanted to get to the temple, the heroes would have to destroy it.

Numerous Shy Guys began to emerge from it. Some of them were carrying spears.

They began to look for Yoshis to oppress.

The evil Yoshi smirked.

I hope you enjoyed this chapter! I guess our heroes won't be sleeping with the fishes. Once again they did the Yoshis a big favor. Well, except for the heroic Yoshi. He was the one doing the favor.

In the next chapter, our heroes will be visiting the jungle! And in the chapter after that they'll be visiting the temple, I suppose. Hopefully they can remove the cosmic clones from the island.