Sparkster flew ahead and slashed at "Master". Master dodged and countered with a strike to the shoulder. Sparkster winced in pain.

"Don't be foolish, Sparkster...I know more about the rocket knights than you think.."

"That voice..."

The man in the hooded cloak still hid his face. Sparkster then pulled back the hood to find something very shocking..

"What the hell? Master? Master Minfune?"

The age-old opossum looked into Sparkster's eyes, and the only thing he could find was disappointment.

"Why? Why would you do this?"

"After Axel Gear wounded me, I fled. Axel, who had been fooled into thinking he killed me, left before I had awakened from being passed out..."

"And you decided to turn against us?"

"I couldn't decide! Bowser had taken me in when I fled the kingdom. He hypnotised me into thinking that you were the enemy..It still haunts me that I am responsible for many deaths. After Bowser manipulated me, we came up with a plan. If I became Mario's master, then I could doublecross him."

"Master..."

"I have failed you, I can see it in your eyes..you have disowned me as a master.."

"Master, I can forgive you, but we need you right now."

"Bowser! I am finished being your puppet! You must be brought down!"

"Three against one? That's not fair, only if I have the power of these! I am unstopable! I have the power to control all that are in my grasp! So come on! You think you can stop me? Then go ahead and try!"

Minfune took his sword and lunged at Bowser. Bowser went into his shell and the hardness made the blade bounce off. Bowser then lit Minfune on fire with his breath. Minfune did a spun his cloak around his torso, making the flame extinguish with lack of oxygen.(don't try at home) Minfune then stabbed Bowserin the stomach, but his undershell reflected the blade once again.

"Keep trying old man! You can't break my shell! It's impossible!"

Minfune stared at his feet, then at the edge of the clown car. Minfune then kept on lunging, lunging, and lunging. This made Bowser recoil many times. Right before Minfune made the final blow, Bowser set his hand on a button, then the clown car started to plummet. Ignoring the situation, Minfune luged as hard as he could, pushing Bowser over the edge and sent plummeting to the surface below. Everyone then realized what happened. The clown car was sent on a destruction course for the kingdom of Zephyrus!

"No! What are we gonna do?"

"Wait! I've got an idea!"

Minfune found a bomb in the "glove compartment".

"Well, I've got good news and bad news. The good news is that we can destroy the clown car before it reaches Zephyrus."

"The bad news?"

"The bomb is manually detonated. I'll have to destroy this clown car myself."

Minfune looked up at Sparkster.

"Master, I guess this is the last time we'll see eachother."

"Sparkster, you were my favorite student. If it weren't for you, your kingdom would've been destroyed long ago. Thank you, for everything."

Sparkster nodded, a tear just gently running down his cheek.

"Well, you two must be going."

Mario flew off in a hurry, and Sparkster waited a few seconds before taking flight. The two flew off, Sparkster looking back at his old master one last time.

"Sparkster...Mario...take good care of yourselves.."

Minfune pushed the button on the bomb and set it for five seconds. When the timer eached "1", Minfune looked up and said, "Bless my soul.."

In an instant, Sparkster looked back at the explosion made by the bomb. His tears flew off his cheeks and into the darkness of night.

Mushroom Kingdom

Mario landed in his own kingdom, kissed on the cheek by Peach in happiness that he saved the kingdom.

Meanwhile..

Sparkster could see the lights of his own kingdom. He flew in to land right in his backyard, and was greeted by his son, wife, and daughter.

At the dinning room table during dinner, Sparkster's wife, Anna, decided to ask a question.

"So, honey, what all happened?"

"In that instant, Sparkster looked up and swallowed his food to speek.

"It's pretty long, and I couldn't be more anxious to tell all of you about it..."

Credits

Story by...RocketKnighter

"Sparkster vs Mario" series by...RocketKnighter

Sparkster trademark copyright of...Konami

Mario trademark copyright of...Nintendo

Thank you for reading!