I actually gone and done a HSD chapter finally! :O I won't waste anymore time because of this long disclaimer and I'm sure you don't want to spend more minutes reading the boring ol' author's notes that I put up before the story that could just continue to drag on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on.
Disclaimer: I do not own Nintendo, Sega, or Capcom characters. I also do not own Wonder because she belongs to Jessy1997 - Wonder, Zeena because she belongs to GrossGirl18, Champ because he belongs to Champ 15, Rugtugba because he belongs to Rugtugba, Dash because he belongs to Dash456, Michael because he belongs to Thought Cloud, Yorkie because she belongs to Yorkielover123456789, Marioliza because she belongs to Marioliza, Vinny because he belongs to Zeldamaster456, Smart One (TSO) because he belongs to The Smart One 64, Child because she belongs to Child at Heart Forever, Will because he belongs to Mudkip8330, Ace and Anna because he belongs to AceJinjo, Sheri because she belongs to Badberry123, and Laguz because she belongs to LaguzGirl13, Mech and Chopper because they belong to Mechanical Oven, Mega because he belongs to Megaman1998, and Kyo because she belongs to Kyogreperson, and Quinn and Jada because they belong to TJLoveshisMidna. I, as in ChrisMSMB, only own Chris.
That's now 21 OCs by the way. ^.^;
Chapter 25: The Next Great Adventure Part 2
"No, I said red not pink! No, not there! Over there! What part of stage lights don't you understand, get those up and running! Where are you going with those? They go over here! Where's my sandwich? Why are the directors not ready?! Get them ready! I will use my clipboard on you if I don't see something working here!"
A small Goomba in a blue cap came rushing in. "Here TSO, they kept giving me the wrong meat."
"Oh okay," TSO said calmly, despite shouting a couple seconds ago. "How's the stage going along?"
"Everything seems alright," he replied. "Except the speakers seem to be muffled or something." Poor TSO did not take the information well for he spat out some of his sandwich due to nearly chocking.
"Oh for the love of all things holy!" TSO fiddled with a walkie-talkie attached on his convenient "Manager's Only Belt" until he pressed and held a button down. "Yo Mega, where are you? Over."
"If you heard about the speaker issue, then good for you. So did I; already fixed the problem too. Over."
"Wow, that was fast! Over."
"Yeah well.."
"Wait, not over! How are things on your side? Over."
TSO heard Mega sigh over the other end, but he choose to not say anything. "Pink curtains replaced by red ones, props are now placed in the correct spots, stage lights are ready to shine, and I got my sandwich. Over."
"Okay good, so… Stop slacking! Smoke machines don't place themselves in other places!"
"What?"
"I was saying, Mega, that we should do a second thorough check before the shows starts. Over."
"Gotcha, I'm on it. Go check on our stars. Over."
"Roger that. Over." TSO epically put his walkie-talkie back on his cool manager's only belt. "Hey Goombario, go help Mega with the final checks."
"On it sir," the little Goomba said eagerly before turning around to run… Straight into a metal pole, which rendered him totally unconscious. TSO facepalmed himself with his clipboard (Maybe it should be called clipboard-palmed) as a medic team whisked him away to help nurture his possibly damaged head.
"Poor Goombario..."
"Stop slouching and finish that assignment!"
"…Do you hear that?"
"Hear what?"
"There are noises above us!"
"That's great, but that doesn't answer our question as to WHERE THE HECK ARE WE?!"
"Hey hey, you four shut your traps right now!"
"Please tell me someone has a plan of escape?"
No one answered.
"Fudge!"
"Which room did you say they were in again?"
"Room 45, sir."
"Thank you!"
TSO began a surprisingly long trek down the hall, counting down the room numbers as he went. "...42, 43, 44...45.1? Where's room 45?"
"Down the hallway, sir," someone yelled out. And so TSO continued his journey down the hallway. "47, 58, 49, 007, 148,850,973,425,094, 67, 85, 1, 29..."
And almost thirty minutes later...
"45.9, 45.001, 45.1020... Room 45! Finally!" TSO eagerly opened the door with a big smile on his face until a delicious pie was thrown onto his once beaming face.
"You sing the high note too long, Laguz! It shatters windows if gone on too long and you'll shatter their ears if you do it again!" Yorkie threw eggs at Laguz; but Laguz ate them.
"That was delicious. But this solo part is mine! You can't keep a constant note like I can so how will it get sung? Oh wait, it won't because you have it!" Laguz threw yogurt at Yorkie; and it hit her spot on.
"Hmm, this feels good for my skin... Maybe. However, I will not force our fans to listen to your ear piercing vocals! I like non-deaf fans!"
"And I like my stars clean!"
"Exactly my point TSO! Now if you would..." Laguz stopped short and followed Yorkie's gaze to the door.
"Uh-oh..."
"If only I had sharper teeth, I'd gnaw my way out this bag!"
"If only SOMEONE would actually do that, but that SOMEONE is too stubborn with her morals to do it!"
"Well that SOMEONE hates to have paper in her mouth; if I am that SOMEONE you are talking about."
"Naw, it might be me. At least I think I have sharp teeth."
"Guys shush! I hear something." The four bickering friends immediately quieted down to dead silence and listened intently.
"...Ju...ta...Alm...s!"
"Yes...bu...can...op?"
"Listen you dolts, those two would be worth a lot of ransom money. We need the cash to get supplies and for the master to..."
"Question! What about the prisoners?"
"What about them? I see no reason why we should just leave them there and rot to death for the rats. Of course, if the custodian doesn't find them first down here..."
"But sir, my sources tell me that all four of them have a close relationship with those two."
"...Really now? What kind of relationship?"
"Apparently, they knew those two even before they hit stardom. They are part of tightfisted group of fans consisting of... 21. And go to the same high school."
"...Gentlemen, I believe our plan just upgraded tonight."
Laguz felt like she wanted to just fall asleep on the spot. Listening to TSO bicker on about the power of friendship and the 'brotherly' bond she and Yorkie shared was just waaaaaay too boring. True that she was agreeing with every word of what TSO was getting across, but he was nagging her to death... Almost literally. This was like math class all over again.
"...And so that is why you two shouldn't be arguing. There is no duo singing pop star group with two. Understand?"
"Yes TSO," the girls sighed in exaggeration.
"Excellent," TSO cried out with his clipboard. " Now go get cleaned up before the show! We start in fifteen minutes!"
"You know, I'm sorry for calling your singing too obnoxiously loud," Yorkie apologized. "I really didn't honestly mean it."
"And I'm sorry that I called your music trash, bashed on your boyfriend, stole your fifty cents in anger, called you names, pulled your hair, threw food on your face, and yelled at you," Laguz smiled innocently.
Yorkie smiled happily, totally fighting her urge to blurt out that Ludwig is not her boyfriend (Yeah right). The two hugged, which surprised all three of them since Laguz would only let Ike, Yoshi, or Bowser Jr even consider to have any kind of physical contact. But even for Laguz, happy moments of making up deserve a nice finishing touch.
TSO was tearing up as well; he loved to see that he epically made a positive change in the situation. Laguz even let him join in on the hugging (She was probably screaming bloody murder in her head at the same time).
Then, TSO phone went off with the Super Mario Galaxy 2 theme song – which was also a mood killer. The group quickly disbanded (Probably to Laguz's appeal and overall joy and happiness) as TSO fiddled to answer his cell phone. "This is TSO speaking."
"Hi-ho TSO, it's Mega. Candy Kong wants us to meet up with her in the backstage now."
"...Did she sound mad to you?"
"No. Why would..."
"No reason," TSO said quickly.
"Alright, the concert starts in an hour so these pizzas need to get finished. How many left, Chris?"
"45 I believe, Ike," I replied.
"That isn't good," he thought out loud.
"You worry too much, Ike. You do know we are the best pizza making team in the country," Pit boasted.
"Not to mention the fastest too," Yoshi happily added.
"You both are right," Ike laughed. "So it is time for plan Rising Aether."
"Aw yeah, I love this plan," I exclaimed excitedly. Yoshi smiled as he begun to prepare for his part.
"Remember guys, when Yoshi starts, switch to..." No sooner did Ike finish talking when Yoshi blindly threw several pizzas behind him. Pit and Ike quickly unsheathed their trusty sharp weapons and jumped, slashing at the random flying pizzas everywhere. My job was to stuff every single one of those pizzas into the box and count them as they were properly stored.
"That's enough," I hollered. Instinctively, Yoshi stopped tossed pizzas behind him and Pit and Ike quit slashing once the last pizza whizzed by them. "That's a total of 60 pizzas altogether." Ike whistled.
"And in 53 seconds too. Quite impressive."
"And here comes Ms. Emo Girl," Ike said in a positively sarcastic way.
"Shut up, Ike," Samus also replied in a positively sarcastic way. On the other hand, Ike greeted her with a peck on the forehead (*Shot by Laguz for making a Ike/Samus pairing*). "You ready to go?"
"Yeah Sammy, just let me clock out."
"Love the gushy nicknames," Pit laughed with sarcasm in his voice.
"Love to come over there and kick your butt," Samus smirked with little sarcasm in her voice.
"Ooooh! Burned," Yoshi and I laughed hysterically. Pit only blushed and looked the other way.
"Alright, that's enough," Ike interrupted. "You're in charge, Chris, while I'm on vacation." He tossed me the store keys, in which I caught easily. "Pit, keep doing a good job." He saluted funnily that made Yoshi and I snickered. "Yoshi, try not to eat the whole food supply." Yoshi nodded while lashing his tongue out to reach for some cheese – in which was eaten. "And tell Diddy Kong not to slack off so much, okay?" Us three nodded. "Good, well see you all in three weeks."
"Have fun in Poshley Heights," Yoshi shouted.
"Stay outta trouble," I joked.
"Try not to impregnate her dude," Pit said with high sarcasm. All three of us started to burst out laughing. That was the case until Pit was shot with Samus' paralyzing gun.
"Be happy that wasn't my Zero Laser," she said, walking out with light red all over her face. Ike was also light red in the face, but he did not say anything more and just rushed out the door.
"Pit: 1; Samus: 3," Yoshi chuckled.
"Don't forget to add last week," I urged on excitedly.
"Pit: 15; Samus: 67," Yoshi corrected.
"Sounds about right," I laughed. Too bad Pit was too paralyzed to say or do anything at the moment.
TSO and Mega could feel their faces heat up and their pulses and heart rates increase exponentially.
"So that's everything, you two. Any questions?"
TSO and Mega could not believe that they were in front of them, the sassy Goomba known as Goombella and the quiet, but master drawer known as Namine.
Unknown to very few people, TSO adored Goombella. He was only as smart as he is now because he learned everything from her. Even at an age that TSO was, she nearly experienced everything the whole wide world had to offer: From baseball to sky diving and everything in between, you name it. She has done it all. She was spunky, could fight, and was very smart. Not to mention pretty. Very, very pretty.
Unknown to most people, Mega had a small crush on Namine. They were both the same age, she was quiet like him, she could draw like him, she could probably talk as much as him too. Heck, they might have much more in common than not. Either way, Mega was definitely attracted to her. Not to mention pretty. Very, very pretty.
Why on earth that THEY wanted to also help direct a concert show with THEM was beyond even TSO and Mega's supreme intelligence.
"...So I haven't tried this yet. I was hoping to get experience here."
"And I need community hours for a Sunshine Scholarship."
"So are you all clear, TSO and Mega?" Candy Kong asked once again.
Upon hearing their names, Mega and TSO just quickly nodded even though they had no clue what they had said.
"Good. Okay Namine, pair up with Mega; Goombella you pair up with TSO. We start in five minutes; make sure nothing goes wrong." Candy Kong turned the other cheek and dazzling walked off to the distance.
"This should be fun," Goombella started. "So you're TSO, huh? Tell me about yourself."
"Oh well... I'm... Uh," TSO stammered through.
Goombella cocked herself to the right in wonder."What's up? Can't talk to little ol' me?"
TSO was now really feeling tense – almost to the point of sweating. "That was so cute," he thought to himself.
"Hey TSO," Mega called out to him, patting him on the back as well also making TSO jump up in astonishment. "You're starting to weird me out."
"Ah sorry," TSO admitted. "Must be feeling a bit overheated from all this working, you know?"
"It's almost begun!"
"Excellent, then we'll begin our plan right away."
"What about those hostages?"
"I don't see why we should bother with them, but for precaution reasons I want you two to stay behind and keep your eyes on them."
"But I want to do the dirty work!"
"Tough. Now go do what I told you to do. You as well. And you come with me; we'll meet our three other comrades above the stage."
"This stinks! I don't get a crack at the dirty work."
"Hey relax pal, maybe you'll get lucky and have a crack at action watching them."
Rugtugba, Ace, Vinny, and ML all knew they were being referred to; they just didn't know exactly who because they of course could not see anything.
"Me," ML asked.
"No, I think I was being referred to," said Vinny.
"Probably me, I plan on escaping anyway," Ace said truthfully.
"Mind if I join you on your little crusade," Rugtugba asked.
"You four must think I'm dumb... Because I'm not! I wasn't programmed to be dumb!"
"Stupid then," ML added cheerfully.
"Yeah that! Whatever it means!"
"Good to know."
And then the blind friends heard a WHACK sound echo throughout the room.
"What was that?" Vinny asked, suddenly becoming frightened. Then light hit his eyes in like less than three seconds, ultimately blinding him for a few moments.
"I can see the light," Rugtugba said jokingly.
"I can literally see the light," ML added, trying to be the funnier one for no apparent, random reason.
Ace had his eyes adjust to the lights first. "I can see a big guy on the ground."
"I can literally see Dash too," Vinny exclaimed as the three others saw him too, smiling and all.
"All the Pocky is gone..."
"And so is most of the food..."
"All thanks to Kirby and Kyo." The group made a semi-evil look kind of glare at them; Kirby and Kyo just smiled innocently as if nothing was wrong.
Kyo looks exactly like Kirby, only she's blue... With orange feet... And hair, actual good to honest brown hair in a ponytail. She is the third random-est random person you'll ever know, some may even call her annoying (Which is very hard to tell). She's good at being very funny, she's computer savvy and video game savvy, and calls herself an irresponsible author for some reason. Besides playing video games, computer, or just plain being in school she has friends she likes to hang out with her friends.
Unlike her romantic interest, Kirby, she is a vegetarian, who hates most vegetables, who also can't gorge on meat because she also hates meat, no doubt. She likes to say bacon though, which is weird but normal for her I guess. And she loves to eat watermelons and Pocky (Which I found out to be biscuit on a stick with chocolate coating today).
"Wipeout of Rose Way" is one of her stories I've read before. I don't understand what the game Wipeout is, but her story is actually pretty funny, if you ask me. And it had Kirby in it, her romantic interest. How cute is that?
"Luckily, I called Chris to bring us some special pizzas," Child grinned with her phone in hand.
"I thought Chris still had that when he was kidnapped and held in a cage somewhere under a casino," Mech said.
"I got it back."
"Man, those Pockies were delicious," Kyo exclaimed, "I'm stuffed... Oh hey, corn! And applesauce!"
"Poyo!" (Yay, more food!)
"Come on now, the show is about to start anyway," Chopper said excitedly, leading the way. Then he was suddenly glomped by his suitor, Luvbi.
"Pray, I found thee," she cried, kissing Chopper all over like she meant it.
"Ah no gross! Cooties!" Chopper wiggled free, but was soon in her grasp once again..
"Thou cannot escape thee," she giggled.
Why no one even helps Chopper when Luvbi is around was beyond anyone's comprehension; the pairing must be too cute to break up, so I was right the whole time!
"Come on guys," Will urged, "Our friends are almost up; Sheri and Wonder already left for their seats!"
Everyone nodded and proceeded to their seats; Quinn dragging Chopper and Luvbi at the same time.
The curtains pulled back, smoke started to slowly emit from the stage, the lights started to flicker wildly on and off, and the crowd was getting really excited. The time has come for the big show to start.
"Hello everybody," Laguz shouted through her microphone. The crowd went into a wild uproar, already showering Laguz and Yorkie with red roses; all the males hoping to attract them. Yorkie and Laguz laughed as the beat of their song was first starting to play from their own personal band. The crowd knew what was coming and they were pumped for it.
But it did not mean they knew what was really about to happen. And neither did Candy Kong's entire music crew.
"So far so good," Mega shouted over Yorkie's mesmerizing singing.
"Let's hope it stays that way," TSO confirmed.
Five people remaining in the shadows could only chuckle to themselves.
"Just like a walk in the park."
"So you morphed into one of the lackeys and snooped around," Ace asked in astonishment.
Dash nodded. "Yep, I've been after this group that is after Laguz and Yorkie right now for quite a long time. They are called the W.I.L.Y, the biggest mafia gang to ever exist in the world."
"...Are they dangerous?" ML asked the obvious.
"Plenty. They are the most notorious mafia to ever exist in history. There is nothing they haven't tried; nothing they never failed at."
"How do you know so much about this group anyway," Rugtugba asked. "I never heard of these people until they decided to kidnap us."
"I'll have to tell you later, Rug. Right now, I can see them." He pointed in the distance and the group of five was able to pinpoint where they were.
"Hey, there's TSO and Mega too," Vinny exclaimed.
"Here ML, take this." Dash handed her something that looked like a giant... Pencil?
"A pencil?"
"It is one of their prototype weapons," Dash begun to explain. "Any surface, including the air, you can draw on. Whatever you draw will come to life. It has the potential to be the greatest weapon to help those in need or the greatest nightmare to ever occur."
"I don't think I can..."
"You can handle it. You are a great artist, aren't you?"
Dash's face suddenly began to distort and shape into something new, but it was not only his face morphing – it was his entire being. His body became huge and bulky, totally steel, and his chin and lower mouth shot a bit outward. Rugtugba, ML, Vinny, and Ace all thought he turned into some hideous creature.
"This is Gutsman," the morphed Dash explained. "You know, the one we all stepped over to escape?" Everyone nodded in realization. "Okay, I'm going to go over there and distract them while you all ambush them from behind, got it?"
Before anyone could have nodded in agreement, a huge boulder was chucked at Dash! It made a direct hit and stumbled over, forcing a loud thud to be heard within a long distance. Everyone in the back stage heard it. They all turned around to see Dash, Ace, Vinny, ML, Rugtugba, a very furious Gutsman, and the mysterious gang in the shadows.
One of them took off his hoodie, his face exposed a vampire face. "Well, what a terrible outcome," he sighed. "Now none of you are allowed to see the light of day ever again."
"I will pummel you to dust," Gutsman yelled, jumping up in the air at the same time and aiming to crush Dash like a bug.
Meanwhile, up in front, no one even noticed what was going on back stage – especially most of the fanboys, who were so much in love with singing superstars, Laguz and Yorkie.
"They literally have men dying at their feet," Child laughed.
"I know," Sheri giggled. "That's so funny!"
"BACON," Kyo cried out to Child.
"Ya?"
"A wild Chris is approaching!" Sure enough, I finally came back to the story with my little pizza group.
"Alright, where should these pizzas go?"
"Over at the buffet would be good."
" Or what was the buffet," Diddy Kong joked.
"Well, good thing we came," Pit commented.
"Not soon enough," Yoshi said, sadden that he wasn't going to eat any food from the buffet.
"I'll load up the pizzas over the tables; you four get the remaining pizzas out the car," I instructed. They obediently obeyed, which was cool considering I just hit this assistant manager job recently. So far, it is going good. I then heard footsteps so my first customers might be on their way.
"Hello good sirs and ladies," I greeted warmly. "What kind of pizza is suiting your need tonight?"
I heard laughter so I turned. "Hi sis, hi Will, hi Wonder, hi Quinn, hi Sheri, hi Chopper, hi Luvbi (She looked at me with disdain. She has an ill temper against me for no reason, often calling a 'fatty turtle'), hi Champ, hi Mech, hi Kirby, hi Kyo? You're here in this story?"
"Of course I am, duh!" X3
"...What's with the 'X3' in your sentence?"
"What 'X3'?" X3
"Nevermind."
"That seems cool," Champ and Will cried out. "I want to try that!"
Will: :D
Champ: D:
"Why the sad face?" Wonder wondered.
"I must have did it wrong; I'll try it again..." DX
"That's even worse," Mech chuckled.
TSO barely escaped from being slashed into a million pieces. How was he supposed to beat this guy who had Wolverine-like claws without possibly being killed himself?
"Sit still, you easy prey," the Reploid growled. "Let Slashman here have fun into slowly killing you the fun way."
"No thanks," TSO shouted without looking back. "I like my various body parts intact!"
"But that isn't fun! Oh well, this wouldn't be fun if it were too easy anyway." Slashman continued to toy with TSO, making a game out of it whereas TSO was taking it completely seriously and running as if his life depended on it – and it did.
"Mega, one of those robot things is attempting to nab them from above! Look!" Namine pointed up to the scaffolds and sure enough, a green robot with propeller wings was getting ready to kidnap them.
"This is bad, I would not be able to make it in time. Maybe if I had something to throw..." A bright light suddenly flashed (The audience saw it too, but they thought it was more stunning props so they cheered on) and quickly vanished as it appeared. Mega felt his right arm feel more weighted and sure enough, he was holding something that made Namine gasp in astonishment.
"That's... A keyblade... The Oathkeeper," she whispered to herself. "Mega, go ahead and throw it like a boomerang!" Mega did as he was told, without a second thought, even though he was confused. The keyblade cut through the air like knife through butter, and in no time it hit the Reploid perfectly (Sparks spew from the contact and the audience once again only thought it was just more amazing props). The reploid fell all the way down on its back; the keyblade magically appeared right in Mega's hand once again.
"What is this?" Mega asked in wonderment. This weapon looked funny, but he sensed much power in it.
"That's a keyblade," Namine explained. "A terrifying weapon capable of much power. There are many keyblades that exist looking for someone worthy enough to wield it. "
"So... It choose me?"
Namine nodded; Mega looked at his Oathkeeper keyblade. He never had any real experience actually fighting with a sword before, only experience he ever had with a sword was play fighting with his childhood friends, Sora, Riku, Kairi, and sometimes rarely TSO, at the beach. Now he was hoping all that fooling around was actually worth something, because that Reploid was getting back up – and he looked quite angry with him.
Dash's hand morphed into a flamethrower that he mercifully let loose on Gutsman, but the big Reploid saw it coming and chucked a big rock that flew right through the flames and straight to Dash's way. Dash's hand morphed once again into a bigger hand that matched Gutsman big hands and punched through the rock. Dash shot his big fist into the ground (It caused a minor shake up for Laguz and Yorkie that slightly forced them into the air. They back flipped and landed safely on the ground in which all some of the fanboys fainted under their amazing stunt. In the girls mind, they were wondering what was going on backstage, but didn't let it interfere with their show) and it shot up a piece of the ground under Gutsman. The big Reploid stumbled backwards, which gave a prefect amount of time for ML to suddenly draw a Bom-omb in the air. The Bom-omb exploded on Gutsman and he in turn, exploded in thin air (The audience took it as a light show and cheered).
"How did you know his weakness was bombs," Dash asked.
ML looked at him in confusion. "It was? I didn't know, I just like to explode stuff!" :3
Dash raised an eyebrow. "How did you add ':3' to your sentence?"
Ace and Vinny ducked behind some boxes.
"Give us the guy who can use fire," Ace exclaimed. Ace and Vinny felt the boxes behind them just turn to ashes.
"Heatman has you now," the Reploid smiled evilly. "Take this!" He shot flame balls at the two; both evaded successfully. "This is really boring," Heatman whined, "You two aren't putting up a fight! You're just running away!"
"It's not running away," Vinny countered, "It's successfully not getting scorched with..."
"Shaddup!" For some reason, Heatman felt like grabbing the little Chickorita and he ran somewhat slowly at him. Vinny stood his ground and waited.
"Yay, you gave up," Heatman cheered as he tried to burn Vinny at point blank; but Vinny escaped between his legs, which allowed the fire to whiz by onto another box that upon contact with the fire, began rumbling instead of incinerating. "What?"
"You just got double team-ed," Ace said coolly as he body slammed Heatman into the box that instantly went off with dazzling fireworks and exploded the Reploid at the same time.
Needless to say, the audience was spellbound by the fireworks; Vinny and Ace high-fived each other.
"What a gullible idoit," Vinny laughed.
"...What's an 'idoit'?"
"...And we shall conquer the economy, and then the the kingdom hierarchies, and then the other countries and regions, and then pretty soon the world! And then..."
"Can you shut up now," Rugtugba finally said. "I get the picture, you wanna take over stuff. I get it, typical bad guy stuff blah blah."
"You dare interrupt me, Shademan, one of the generals of W.I.L.Y? You shall pay for your insolence!" Shademan began to store energy into himself as Rugtugba went into a fighting stance. "I hope you like to have noise ringing in and out of your ear because you will be when I..." Shademan was knocked over by something along his size.
"Ugh, the Gyroman is not going to lose to you," Gyroman, the green Reploid with propeller wings, stated.
"It seems like you are," Mega countered awesomely (In all honestly, he was just glad all his play time training was paying off).
"Fool, you dare interfere with the one of the great generals of W.I.L.Y?! I will have you know..." Before he could finish his sentence, a box was flung in his direction, upon which he exploded.
"Sorry Mega," Rugtugba said. "I wasn't going to let him talk for another hour."
"None taken." Mega grinned.
"Now that leaves us with just one more," Rugtugba and Mega looked at Gyroman.
"The Gyroman must now make a strategic retreat. Do not worry, for the Gyroman shall return again another time and wreck havoc." His wings started going in a clockwise motion faster and faster, pretty soon giving him the ability of flight. Once he was off the ground, Gyroman did exactly what he said: He made a 'strategic' retreat.
Away from everyone else, TSO was all alone to face up against the savage Slashman.
"Come on little mouse, I know you are here somewhere..." Slashman instantly cut through a steel enforced box only to find TSO wasn't there. "It's only a matter of time..."
TSO was really starting to freak out. What could he do? One false move and he'll reach a game over. What did he have... A belt with various items not meant for battle and a clipboard. What was a clipboard going to do against metal claws?
"Psst TSO!" He nearly freaked out and jumped, which turned out to be good because his hiding spot would have been exposed. Thankfully, it was only Goombella.
"You scared me," he whispered.
"Are you a hammer kind of guy?" She asked.
"What kind of question is that?"
"Just answer the question."
TSO thought about it. "I remember horse playing around with Mega at the beach with swords and stuff. Mine was kind of like a hammer... I remember swinging it like it was one."
"Close enough I guess." She somehow handed TSO a gray hammer. "Use this. It's probably your only way of defeating him."
"...I have to defeat him?"
"You want him to kill you?"
"NO!"
"Found you!" The box that contained TSO in it was instantly shredded into pieces. "And I see your little friend is here too!" TSO unconsciously grabbed the hammer and rolled out the way; Goombella doing the same, only she didn't grab the hammer obviously.
"This guy is Slashman," Goombella began reading from her book, "He is one of the lackeys of the huge mafia group, the W.I.L.Y. HP: 50, Attack: 3, Defense: 0. He only attacks at close range and sometimes uses gooey eggs to trap his victim in place. That's gross! If any of that gooey stuff got into my hair, it would be there for weeks!"
Slashman: HP: 50/50
TSO: HP: 20/20
Goombella: HP: 10/10
TSO was unsure why all of a sudden he and Goombella were standing out in the open with Slashman standing over at the other side, waiting for them to attack him first or something. He also had no clue where this entire audience of Koopas, Goombas, Dry Bones, Boos, even Champ was in the audience as well, came from. Nevertheless, he choose to see how his hammer would fare against Slashman, so that's what he did. Something in his mind told him to hold off whacking Slashman as soon as he went up to him, so he held it a little longer and nailed him with it. Slashman received 2 damage.
Goombella took her turn and used her mulitbonk technique, successfully chaining a 10 hit combo! Slashman took 10 damage.
"Not bad," Slashman complimented, "But no where near as good as this!" Slashman went up to TSO and slashed him, giving him 3 damage.
Slashman: HP: 38/50
TSO: HP: 17/20
Goombella: HP: 10/10
"That kind hurt," TSO winced.
"Don't worry about it now," Goombella said. "Besides, you're doing awesome right now for a beginner!"
TSO blushed. "Really?"
"Yep really!" Then, she pecked TSO, giving him an extra turn.
Still blushing, TSO went up to Slashman and pounced him with his shoes twice. Slashman received 2 damage.
"Hey TSO," Goombella interrupted. "Take this badge, it's called the Power Smash. It'll power up your hammer attack, but you have to hold it up a bit longer to get it to its full power."
TSO nodded and proceeded to do just that. He did it perfectly and nailed Slashman, giving him 3 damage.
"Grr, you runts are not so bad." Slashman back flipped to the wall behind him and pushed himself forward. He nailed TSO with a critical hit of 5 damage.
Slashman: HP: 33/50
TSO: HP: 12/20
Goombella: HP: 10/10
"This is bad," TSO mutter to himself.
"Here, I'll go first," Goombella offered, going in front of TSO and then using her mulitbonk ability again, this time only 7.
TSO went next and used his Power Smash technique again, dealing another 3 damage to Slashman.
"This is beginning to get on my nerves," Slashman stated. He rolled himself in place and threw eggs all over the place, covering Goombella in goo. Before Goombella could say anything, Slashman went up to her and slashed her. 3 damage for Goombella.
Slashman: HP: 23/50
TSO: HP: 12/20
Goombella: HP: 7/10
Goombella was stuck in place with no way to go, so TSO was forced to go. He used his Power Smash again, this time he got a critical damage bonus and dealt 6 damage at Slashman! The audience cheered for him!
"Awesome," Goombella exclaimed. "You were able to get a critical hit! I believe every time you attack, there is a 10% chance of it happening, but your attack is doubled whenever it shows up. There are ways to raise the percentage, but I don't know where and how."
"Enough with the rambling," Slashman shouted. "He went up to Goombella again and slashed her twice! 6 damage total!
Slashman: HP: 17/50
TSO: HP: 12/20
Goombella: HP: 1/10 *Peril*
Goombella was finally freed from the gooey mess, but she was not looking very hot. TSO stepped in front of her as a means to protect her. "I have to end this soon," he thought to himself. "Or both our games will end!" Somehow, a Shy Guy climbed up on the stage and began running back and forth. Eventually, he ran back stage and must have clipped something. A dumbbell fell on Slashman's head, giving him 1 damage and also made him dizzy.
"Yes," TSO fist-pumped. Eagerly, he pounced on Slashman again, the second bounce netting himself a critical bonus. A total of 3 damage.
Even though Goombella was frustratingly worn out, she still used her headbonk ability and nailed Slashman twice. A total of 2 damage.
"Hey TSO," Goombella said, "Did I ever tell you about guarding and super guarding?"
"No."
"Oh well, you can guard his attacks to lessen the attack by 1. But if you super guard at the last second..."
"You two think making illusions of yourself as a way of getting me confused would work huh," Slashman bellowed. "Well, you two are out of luck! I know which ones are the real ones!" Slashman jumped back to the wall and pushed himself forward, aiming for TSO. TSO waited nervously, but at the last second he spun around and stopped Slashman's brutal attack cold and also giving him 1 damage in the process!
"You did it," Goombella cried out. TSO face became flushed again.
Slashman: HP: 11/50
TSO: HP: 12/20
Goombella: HP: 1/10 *Peril*
TSO used his Power Smash to deal 3 damage on Slashman; Goombella headbonk-ed Slashman twice again for another round of 2 damage; Slashman completely missed the both of them due to dizziness.
"That was a boring turn," someone whispered in the audience.
Slashman: HP: 6/50
TSO: HP: 12/20
Goombella: HP: 1/10 *Peril*
In a similar fashion from the last turn, Slashman received 5 damage total. Sensing the urgency, Slashman rolled in place again and threw eggs all over TSO, encasing the poor boy in a gooey mess. "I've used this when that annoying Megaman wanted to just be off my reach!" Slashman ran up to TSO and slashed both him and Goombella with he long slice! It dealt a whooping 5 damage for Goombella and a big 10 for TSO, due to the critical bonus!
Slashman: HP: 1/50
TSO: HP: 2/20 *Danger*
Goombella: HP: 0/10 *Fainted*
TSO was stuck in a gooey mess and couldn't do anything this turn!
"Game, set, and match," Slashman grinned. "Of course, I win in the end!"
The poor overconfident Reploid was then pelted by a rock from the audience. 1 damage was all it took to take the Reploid down in a stunning explosion.
"Thanks Champ," said the seriously grateful TSO, who now got out of the gooey mess.
"Your welcome TSO," he grinned happily, "Glad I just found it lying on the floor!"
Slashman: HP: 0/50 *Exploded*
TSO: HP: 2/20 *Danger*
Goombella: HP: 1/10 *Peril*
"You did it TSO," the now awake Goombella cheered, somehow giving TSO a hug that felt really good in his case.
TSO and Goombella received 100 Star Points! They leveled up! TSO and Goombella received +5 HP, the Peril Badge, and the Peril Badge P!
"What did all that mean," TSO asked Goombella.
"I'll tell you later. There's a concert left to run."
In the end, the concert was a major success! The extra lights and sound effects from the fight in the back really promoted the show – and the audience went nuts. Getting Laguz and Yorkie's autograph at the after the show was a mess, but if you were truly a fan of either girl, then getting their autographs plus their first pre-release album (Which only contained two songs) was definitely worth the time.
Admist all my thinking, I had not realized I just bumped into someone. "Zeena?"
"Hello Chris," she said in a sweet tone, in my opinion.
"When did you get here?"
"I was here around halfway through the song when you were coming in with the pizzas."
"Oh, then how come you didn't say hi?"
"I did, but I guess you never saw or heard me." For some reason, when she finished that line, she sounded hurt.
"Oh... Um sorry Zeena. There was just so much noise going on I couldn't hear you and too many people in the way that blocked your beau... face. Yes, face." I honestly wished I would have finished that word but I was too embarrassed to say it.
Zeena looked at me questionably but decided to let it go. "Alright, I think I'll let it slide this time," she smiled (In which I thought was cute).
I blushed purple from seeing her smile; she in turn looked away. What? Did I scare her or something? Then, I looked around to see all my friends too far away to hear anything, which was good. What I was about to do would embarrass me so much.
"Hey Zeena..."
She turned her head.
"Do you... Want to... Want to... Hang out sometime..."
"You mean with everybody? Sure, I can. What time?"
"No no," I said nervously, trying not to crack my voice. "Just... You and... Me..." I literally squeaked the last word as 'me' came out my mouth.
"Chris, are you asking me out on a... Date?"
"I... No, nevermind. Yeah, we should hang out with everyone sometime. Look... I'm going to go now. So, I'll see you later." Without waiting for a response, I just left. I didn't turn around, I didn't look back, I just kept calling myself stupid the whole time.
