Donkey Kong leapt at Bowser, his fist drawn back, and lashed out with a punch, but Bowser blocked, and retaliated with a brutal head butt that knocked DK backwards.
As he flew backwards, Diddy Kong nimbly traversed DK's airborne body, leaped off it, and drew his hands back. When he drew them forward once more, in his hand were two pistols, seemingly made of wood.
With a screech, Diddy pointed the two guns in a cross armed maneuver at Bowser and his son. Bowser's eyes widened, as Diddy fired a barrage of peanuts, which exploded on contact as they struck the ground around Bowser and his son.
For a moment, there was only a cloud of dust. Then, there was a reddish glow from the smoke, and all of the sudden, a blast of fire careened up at Diddy and hit him full force, and explosion blasting outwards from the contact. He shrieked, as the force blasted him upwards.
"Get him, son!"
The roar rang out from the smog, and the Koopa King was suddenly visible, his fist drawn back, aiming directly upwards. To everyone's surprise, Bowser Jr. was perched on the fist in a crouch, letting out an excited snarl. Bowser let out another great roar, and lashed upwards with a vicious punch that blasted Bowser Jr. into the air after Diddy Kong.
Bowser chuckled, and but his eyes narrowed as he noticed a shape in the smoke and saw the hulkish figure of DK, his fur tussled, but very much still able to fight. Bowser's eyes focused, and he turned to face his adversary. Donkey Kong grunted, as he lifted a huge fallen boulder, before heaving it at Bowser, who punched right through it.
The Koopa turned just in time to see DK charging right behind it, and he attempted to trip Bowser, but Bowser rolled out of the way, and fired a blast of fire at DK, who nimbly dunked under the blast. The ape galloped across the ground, bounded forward, and punched at Bowser again in midair, and Bowser smirked and ducked….but his smirk melted as he saw DK's mouth suddenly curved into a grin. He used the momentum of his own punch to flip over Bowser's head, with a loud shout. Upside down, he grabbed Bowser's horns with his feet. Bowser's eyes widened, as DK flipped once more, using the momentum to throw Bowser into an arena wall with vicious force.
Meanwhile, Bowser Jr. continued to fly upwards from his father's punch. All the sudden he saw something to his side, a lone peanut flying at him. He was barely able to move his face, as it flew by, whistling with speed. He turned, and saw Diddy, wearing a jetpack of barrels on his back. Diddy smirked, and he jetted at Bowser Jr., and slugged him in the face. Bowser Jr. let out a cry as he flew downwards from the recoil, and Diddy Kong jetted down in pursuit and drew back his fist to punch again, but as he punched, Bowser Jr. blocked. Diddy's eyes narrowed, and he whipped his tail around, lashing Bowser Jr. once more. The young koopa recoiled, and slammed into the ground, extremely close to where Bowser had it the wall.
Mario winced at the collision: he didn't know what to expect at this point. He looked at Luigi, who turned and looked back with his usual fearful expression. Even Peach looked a bit sympathetic to the Koopa King's plight.
Diddy calmly landed with his jetpack, and clapped several time, as DK also grinned a large grin. Then, DK felt a presence, and looked into the smoke to see a pair of glowing red eyes…..then a roar cut loose from the smoke that blasted the debris and dust away, and sent a wall of wind through the arena.
DK turned once more, and began whirling his fist in circles, gathering power. Bowser dashed forward with his fist back, clenched extremely tight. Diddy's eyes widened to the size of small plates, as he clearly saw what was coming. Bowser Jr. staggeringly stood, but when he saw what was about to occur, he cried, " WAH!" and ducked into his shell.
"Uh…yeah. Guys, I recommend you get down. Now." Tendo spoke, as Bowser and Dk's fists seemed to pulse with force, and they struck at each other simultaneously, their fists colliding with one another.
The effect was immediate, and the air that was forced outwards was phenomenal, blasting spectators backwards, some even out of their seats.
Peach cried out in surprise, and Luigi, drowning in his own fear, sobbed as wind blew around him. Even Mario held on to the row for dear life, as the force cascaded around him.
Bowser Jr., in his shell, was blasted into the air once more, as was Diddy, who luckily managed to put his jet pack back on. He blasted straight at Bowser Jr., but was intercepted by a huge piece of debris that hit him right in the face. But the debris did not look at all normal, as it was black and sinuous, much like a dark paint.
Diddy Kong rubbed his face angrily, and eyes watering in pain, he then saw the dim shape of Bowser Jr., on a disc of what looked to be the same material. In his hand was a paintbrush, long like a staff, but a brush on the tip. The paint glowed, and Bowser Jr. laughed with great mirth, pointing at Diddy.
The monkey growled, and charged at Bowser Jr., as he whipped the brush around, sending a shockwave of paint at Diddy, who maneuvered around it, and drew his pop guns, firing shots at the disc. Bowser Jr. maneuvered around those, then leaped off the disc, screaming shrilly, and to Diddy's disbelief and complete surprise, tackled him, sending them careening off in the air as they struggled for control across the sky, twisting, and turning.
"Whoa…" laughed Tendo, from the stands, seemingly enjoying this arcane move. Luigi's eyes were glued to the scene, and he cried, "Mario! Look!" However, Mario was completely focused on the battle occurring below.
Bowser and Dk had been blasted backwards from the recoil of their punches, but this time, they had landed on their feet. With abandon, the two rushed forward and began a brutal brawl, trading blow after blow; but neither would go down, or back off.
Donkey Kong finally dodged one of Bowser's blow's, and pushed Bowser away with one of his feet, giving him just enough room to draw both arms backward, and clap them together. From the clap, a wave of force cascaded outwards, a shockwave of sound that blasted Bowser in the chest, throwing him backwards into the ground. Donkey Kong paused a moment, and looked around where Bowser should have landed, but there was nothing. But, then he heard a cracking sound, as Bowser tunneled out of the ground in his spiked shell, causing DK to be expelled into the air with a grunt of pain.
Bowser re-emerged from his shell, and opened his mouth, which flared red as red light drew inwards, and the koopa fired a colossal fire blast at DK, who stabilized himself, and drew his hands forward, and caught the blast.
He tried desperately to hold it back, but it kept pushing him upwards. Bowser began to laugh, but DK drew his right fist back, and once more began to whirl it around, as he was pushed higher and higher into the sky. He then, with a loud grunt, punched the center of the fireball, sending it right back down at Bowser, whose face suddenly crossed with a look of shock….and the blast hit, sending arena debris everywhere, as well as red light and embers.
It took a few moments for the smoke to clear, and DK landed on the ground, his hands burnt. He saw Bowser, wounded, but still on his feet, and snorted.
Bowser growled in exasperation, as the task was harder than he believed it would have been. Meanwhile, Diddy and Bowser Jr. continued to spiral around the sky, fighting for control. Diddy kept trying to whack Bowser Jr. with his tail, but he kept swatting it away, until finally, Bowser Jr. bit down on his tail. Diddy shrieked in agony, his eyes watering comically. Bowser Jr. spat out the tail, and coughed a couple time, and unknowingly spit out a few embers…..some which hit the Jet pack. Diddy's eyes widened as the jetpack began to catch on fire. Bowser Jr. stopped coughing, and noticed it too, his eyes widening with great fear. They looked at each other, and both cried out pitifully, holding on to each other for dear life as they began to spiral towards the ground.
Peach cried out, "Oh my!" , pointing to the sky. Mario looked up, as did Tendo, and a few other fighters, and there were Bowser Jr. and Diddy Kong, hurtling recklessly toward the arena.
Bowser's eyes widened, as did DK's, as they both heard the commotion, and looked up to see the incoming youths. They both tried to get away, but it was too late, as the pack and both figures crashed into the ground with a huge explosion that obscured everything.
"Well….that may be it," thought Tendo, bending over to look into the debris. The spectators were whispering, not sure of the outcome. The dust slowly cleared, revealing…all four fighters completely knocked out. Tendo laughed. "A double KO? Wow, didn't expect that at all."
Mario gasped, as he too, saw. The spectators sounded confused, as they didn't know who would advance if no one was standing.
Tendo pondered for a moment, then said," I guess they'll both not advance. They look too ragged anyway."
He laughed, and then he snapped his fingers. Both Donkey Kong, and Bowser disappeared in a flash of light.
"Where are they going?" asked another fighter, an anthropomorphic animal that looked like a fox.
Tendo turned, and replied, "This stadium as a state of the art infirmary. I sent them there for healing." He looked around at the other fighters. Then he turned back to the animal/fighter. "Would you care if you were next….Fox McCloud, right? You ,and Falco Lombardi?"
Next to Fox was another humanoid creature , a blue falcon. Fox nodded, acutely, and hopped into the arena. Falco leaped after, and landed.
"Aaaaand," Tendo muttered, looking around at the fighters. Then, two more figures leaped into the arena. Tendo turned to look. One figure, donned in a yellow shirt and yellow cap with blue overalls sashayed around the arena, looking smug and important. The other wore exactly the same clothes, except rather than yellow, they were purple. The yellow one was squat, and fat, the other purple one was lanky and tall. Mario gasped, as he recognized them.
"Hm, Wario and Waluigi, huh?" muttered Tendo. "Eh."
He snapped his fingers, and suddenly, the arena repaired itself, chunks of debris suddenly repairing themselves and putting themselves back together. In a few brief moments, the spectators gazed in awe as the entire arena was good as new.
Wario had a dark smirk on his face, as did Waluigi. Mario couldn't place it, but he felt something different about them. He could see it in their eyes…but could only watch as Tendo gave the okay, and the match began!