A simple eerie silence came over the group as they stood at the port of the Mushroom Kingdom and stared up at the massive ship before them, it completely towered over the group, even Yukari stood with them, still thinking on what the man told her upon the roof.
" If what he said is true, I best get back to Ziden and Patchy and tell them what to do now." Yukari's chain of thought was soon broken by the sounds of a bridge dropping down from the side of the ship. A pool of darkness coming from the inside of the ship.
MArio clenched his fists and softly dropped into a fighting stance, similar to that of his Smash Bros fighting style as he saw something moving within it. Seeing that it was time to enter the ship and reach the man in charge, the group made their way inside.
Night of the Cursed [ Kingdom Hearts 2.5]
" Such eerie music for this ship of Darkness. Feels familiar even." Luigi said while looking at the swirling emptiness around them, sometimes seeing flashes of yellow in them.
Sonic noticed them too and quickly got on guard. " Hold on guys, you don't think this could be a-"
" Heartless? Might be, Heartless have been spotted on Mario's world before." Yukari answered, soon drawing her umbrella before Luigi swallowed hard.
" You guys go on ahead, I- will deal with this shadow thing myself." Luigi was placing on a brave front here to his allies, hoping to look cool, only to see that everyone was already leaving him.
" Good Luck Luigi!" Mario waved before leaping up the ladder as Luigi just watches the darkness beginning to spiral and spin around him, soon forming into a large humanoid with a large scythe, those golden eyes focusing on him, this one looked alot like another Heartless, a pureblood known as an Invisible but this one was covered in a skin like cloak and a large scythe with the Heartless emblem on its hilt.
" Mama Mia, why do I always have to do the stupid things." Luigi asked himself before the Heartless charged at him, roaring at him.
Now they seemed to be in the area of the ship that appeared to be where the cannons and such were stored. Yukari seemed to be more focused on the other side of the room, seeing someone standing there, his arms folded behind his back.
" Looks like we have a guest waiting for us on this floor. Now tell us,. are you aligned with that Shake King up there?" Shadow asked while the being stepped forward, showing the odd helmet he wore and the purple light that came from it.
" Not at all, he has been revived to help further my own goals after all, Time is on my side and I shall not let it waste because of the foolishness of heroes." The man spoke in an echoing tone, as you would expect, he is indeed, wearing a helmet.
" From the way you're talking, it almost sounds like you revived that oversized viking." Wario was already rolling up his sleeves and walking forward, only for Yukari to stop him.
" No, you guys go on, I will handle this man myself." Yukari said before Shadow walked to her side. "Shadow?"
" Don't even try and act cool about this situation, I'm gonna aid you here, whether you like it or not." Shadow stated, staring at the odd man before them before the rest of the four heroes began their run up.
Or rather, in this case, their descent going right down into a large room with a rather sizable throne in it, and who sat down upon said throne? The SHake King himself, his arms leaking that darkness from before as he looked rather concerned about this. " This body...is it wearing out? Tch. Doesn't matter to me, as long as I can get him in my hands."
" Get who in your hands buddy!?" Bowser quickly dashed to massive man and throws one holy heck of a haymaker at him, only to watch it get blocked and watched as the room was shaking violently. Tearing it apart from the strength of the duo and making it now a complete mess.
" You...have become stronger, most fascinating, in only the time of 3 days no less." Shake King was mildly impressed, seeing the 4 before him.
" Now then, before we lay the beat down on you, we want to know, why did you conquer the Mushroom Kingdom, what is your goal here!?" Sonic asked, stepping forward and having the Emeralds on standby, ready to transform.
" Why did I conquer these lands? It is simple, all I wanted was to rule over the seas with an iron grip, be the King of the Seas, to strike fear in all those that have the heart to sail upon my seas." The Shake King was seen walking over to a Lever and soon yanking on it, watching as the room was being pulled upwards, glaring down at the heroes. " But there was one who sought to challenge my rule, a pirate who dared to face me."
Mario raised a brow at this, a pirate? Not much of them, but one was coming to him. " It can't be!"
" That pirate, whom by beating me, took the title of being the King of the Seas and reigned in my absence! The Pirate King! Cortez! I will gather an army and rage to where he currently lies and raze his home to the ground! Then I will regain what I wanted before I was bested by you, Wario! You who stopped me from Conquering the Shake Dimension and capturing the Queen for myself! Before I take down Cortez! You will be my first victim!" The Shake King now felt the sea air around them, lightning cackling around his body, magical energies gathering.
" Whoa! This guy can use magic!?" Bowser seemed surprised by this before cracking his knuckles.
" Doesn't matter! I'm gonna beat you down again and send you right back into the grave buddy!" Wario was ready to brawl before Mario and Sonic stepped forward, the emeralds spinning around them and transforming them into their Super Forms, truly ready to end this here and now.
Elsewhere...
Yukari and Shadow were staring down the male before them, the male walking back and forth as if giving a speach of sorts. " So, what you're saying is that, you messed with Time and revived the Shake King to give us trouble here at this moment, why?" Shadow asked.
" Its obvious, he wants us dead and not in his way for whatever plan he has going on in that head of his." Yukari answered, those golden eyes were focused on the male before he softly bowed.
" You are indeed right, you have the potential to ruin my future plans involving your world and its heroes, hence why I have caused a Temporal Anomaly here to draw your eyes here, Gap Demon. So my best hope, is to end you here and make sure your life ends, but alas, your powers make you dificult to die. So that means I have to use other methods to make sure you fall here." The man snapped his fingers as alot of purple portals began to spin hard around him, summoning a bunch of odd men to come forth from them, cloaked in black and a skeletal design over their chest and mask. What was most notable was their belt, it showed a large bird clutching the Earth in its talons.
" EeEEE!" The men screeched from seeing the people before them, holding up odd curved knives and going to surround the duo.
" What the hell are these guys? Weird fetishists?" Shadow asked as Yukari closed her fan.
" Not sure, these guys feel like humans but don't feel like them at the same time." Yukari decided to summon her parasol and started to float.
" I am Eon, the one that will bring about a change in this Multiverse, show everyone, that the time has come for the Ancient wars to return and revive those who have fallen into the folds of time." Eon was seen laughing before fading away into a portal, leaving Yukari staring at his direction.
" Eon huh...guess we should focus on these enemies before us before we focus on him." Yukari soon got ready for a fight as the final battle for the Mushroom Kingdom was well under way.
Trivia:
1. Fans of a certain show will remember those odd men who were summoned by Eon.
2. Eon is from Ben 10 and is a major antagonist from the series at various points. so his plot should be obvious.
Author's Note: The next chapter will be the end of this lovely lil crossover and the return of ones that will lead up to the next major one. So take care guys.
