Sailor Moon Chronicles R
Battle against the King Bowser Koopa
The Amazing Smash Power
"At last," said Sailor Jupiter.
Down along the crimson carpet trail, up the short set of steps, sitting regally with the menacing glare of a tyrant on the throne built with the signature structures of a castle, was King Bowser Koopa. He let out a rolling bellow of laughter. Each laugh was the bang of a big, thunderous drum. "Isn't this quaint? My arch nemesis is here once again to ruin my plans… but this time, he has help from a bunch of girly-girls in frilly skirts."
"We're girly-girls that plowed through your forces," retorted Sailor Mars. "Now, release the princess. If you don't, we will chastise!"
Bowser bellowed humorously. "You might have defeated my minions, but I am a different animal."
"Didn't we fight Koopas all the way here?" commented Sailor Moon.
"Mario!" cried Peach, who stood inside a human-sized bird cage right beside Bowser's throne.
"Don't get too excited yet, princess," said Bowser, looking over his shoulder at her. "You still owe me a cake."
"Okay, seriously," said Jupiter. "What the f*** is up with this cake?"
"All of you have overstayed your welcome in my castle," he said, getting up out of his chair, "and now I'll pulverize you. I'll Bowserize you!" With a huff and a puff, he fired off several big fireballs from his mouth that came rolling down the hall for the heroes, who readied themselves for the battle.
"Shine Aqua Illusion!"
The stream of water Sailor Mercury launched barely quenched the King's fireballs, which continued down the hallway.
"Let's fight fire with fire!" called Sailor Mars. "Burning Mandala!" Sailor Mars rapidly launched a barrage of fire rings that collided with the fireballs in a huge explosion of flames that cut off the heroes' view of Bowser.
"Where did he go?" said Sailor Venus urgently.
A whirling twister of fire formed in the wall of flames before a huge, rapidly spinning, spiked shell exploded out of the flames and came careening forth, getting corrected by hitting a pillar. And like a pinball machine, it was armed to smash into the targets.
"Whaa!" screamed Sailor Moon. "Get out of the way!"
The heroes burst apart when the shell had finally been angled to mow them down. Once Bowser, in his shell, missed, he bounced against the wall and headed back at them.
"Supreme Thunder!"
The bolt of lightning Sailor Jupiter fired struck the shell, but it failed in stopping it completely. On the contrary, now the spinning spiked shell was further armed with a whirling charged of electricity. Once again jumping out the way, the heroes avoided getting hit and watched the sparkling shell disappear into the flames. The signaling thundering roar released, causing the raging flames to dissipate instantly, revealed Bowser standing up right.
"He is strong," said Sailor Mercury. She addressed Mario. "How do we stop him?"
Mario looked intensely at Bowser and then to Peach and then back to Bowser. "Let me handle this." He stepped forth.
Bowser laughed. "If it isn't the bothersome plumber brother in the stupid red cap… It looks like we are going to settle this the old fashioned way. Fine with me."
"Do you really think he can take him?" said a worried Sailor Saturn.
"He held his own against Ventress by himself," said Sailor Jupiter. "That says something."
"Mario will beat him," said Yoshi confidently with his arms pumped. "He always does."
Meanwhile, Ventress hastily made her way to the starship Slave I, which was parked in a courtyard of the castle. Upon entering the ship's cockpit, she found Aurra Sing sitting at the controls while casually listening to World is Mine by the Vocaloids, which she quickly shut off when Ventress arrived.
"I take it that it's not going well," Aurra said. The pale, near-human bounty hunter crossed her arms and smirked. "Kaorinite already told me to get the engine warmed up."
"I may have not rid us of those pests," said Ventress, "but if Kaorinite's faith in Bowser's potential is verified, then we still may get those twits out of our way for good. Then, we can finally carry out our operation a bit more smoothly before the Republic sends replacements."
"I just want to get off this rock soon," said Aurra, curling a long finger around one of her rust-colored braids. "It's all way to cutesy for my taste."
"Even the villains are adorable," Ventress said dryly, "not intimating at all."
Back at the battle…
Bowser spewed a stream of fire at the zigzagging plumber to no avail, for the jumpy plumber was quite quick and resilient to the intense heat. Since he found so much invigoration in releasing the destructive flames, before Bowser knew it, Mario had swung around the monstrous turtle and grabbed hold of his tail. Once the white gloved-hands held the scaly yellow tail, Bowser's stream of blazing fire ceased with a gasp as he was yanked back and fell onto his belly. Slowly, Bowser's big scaly slid along the floor; Mario, pivoting on his heels, whirled around and around. With each spin the spinning quickened and quickened, faster and faster. This diminutive man's strength was astounding, for he alone was able to lift the big, whopping monster of the ground and was singing around as though he were competing in a hammer throw event. The colors that made up Bowser all blurred into a smear of citrine above Mario. On a dime, Mario stopped spinning and released his grip on Bowser's tail, letting him soar roaring. His wailing, flailing flight sent him onto a pillar, making the pillar crack and crumble when into pieces on top of him when he collided with the floor with a boom. With gravel and dust blanketing him, Bowser groaned sluggishly and then burst out of the pile.
"Now is our chance!" called Sailor Moon. She grabbed her tiara and transformed it into a spinning disc. "Moon Tiara Action!" The tiara soared into the air and then stretched out into an arc that formed a ring and shrunk around Bowser, entrapping him.
"What is this?" roared Bowser, hopping around on his feet while trying to break the magical restraint.
Sailor Venus summoned her glistening, golden, luminous chain. "Venus Love-Me Chain!" She leapt up and sent the chain forth and struck Bowser right on his cheek, knocking him backwards onto his shell.
"We did it!" cheered Sailor Moon.
Tuxedo Mask, meanwhile, had snuck over to Peach's cage and freed her, and the two of them regrouped with the others.
Bowser groaned miserably. "I can't believe I lost again!" In a child's tantrum, he flailed his arms and stubby legs.
A swirl of darkness manifested near Bowser, and Kaorinite appeared when the darkness dispersed. Bowser rolled onto his knees and brought his hands together in a plea-shape. "Kaorinite, I'm so happy you are here. I was handling things just fine, but they got some lucky shots –"
"Silence," Kaori said in a huff. Even through her voice sounded calm, it was just a mask for her growing frustration. Her face was nearly as red as her hair. "I have had enough of your bubbling incompetence and astounding idiocy."
"Just give me a hand, Kaori, and I will stomp on these bugs."
"Give you a hand?" Kaorinite looked at the pitiful monster with snide wickedness. "I can give you a hand." The evil dark witch raised her hands above her head. A mass of darkness formed at her finger tips and grew bigger as sparks of dark energy lashed off of the mass more and more. A sickening chill radiated outward and clenched the hearts of the onlookers. "Dark Power!" With a grand swing of her arms, she sent the sphere of dark energy colliding into Bowser and completely engulfing the monster in darkness. He screamed as the energy enveloped him and surged with every fiber of his being and thinned around his form until disappearing under his skin, leaving the king convulsing and twitching violently until he let out terrifying roar. This roar was much more monstrous than his normal one. It shook the castle's foundation. The pillars in the chamber began to shiver and crack. The heroes tried to stand their ground and shield their ears. His eyes were ablaze with hellfire. His appendages began to contort unnaturally before growing in size to match the growth of his body and head. The bright yellow scales darkened to a sickening rusted gold. Every color on his body was darkened. Even the white of his shell, teeth, and claws yellowed. Every sharp point sharpened and grew in length, especially his horns, which curved into far beastlier horns of a demon. The horrible shine is his eyes faded to reveal two gems of blood and hate surround by ivory rage. The face that housed those evil eyes was much more grotesque and fitting. Only a dragon would find him attractive. At the transformation's end, this monster stood at twice the size of the already immense original Koopa King.
"Raise, Giga Bowser!" Kaorinite announced victoriously.
Everyone met the iniquitous leer of the monster.
"What did you do to him?" Peach gasped in horror, placing her hands on her terrified face.
"I gave your little nemesis a power boost… Plus, he was bugging me so I transformed him into an even ugly monster completely void of what once made him an individual. Now, he is a servant of the Dark Kingdom."
"You aren't going to get away with this," said Sailor Saturn.
Kaorinite laughed. "He begs to differ. Giga Bowser, Sweetie, destroy them." She vanished.
Giga Bowser roared and charged. Easily, he was frighteningly quicker in this form. The heroes scattered as fast as they good, but they could still feel the wind waves released by the swipes of his razor claws. All of his strikes were quick but had a vicious beast's grace. Sailor Jupiter fired a lightning ball at him, and Sailor Mars shot off several fire rings. Both attacks hit the mark, but Gigi Bowser didn't even flinch. He did have, however, targets to attack and a reason. Tuxedo Mask, Luigi, and Yoshi stayed close to the princess to keep her out of the monster's rampage. Sailor Mercury hit him with a jet of water. The water quickly crystallized around him, but he broke free a mere second after it was done freezing. He didn't even flinch when Sailor Venus whipped him in the face with her chain. The flames he breathed were joined by a molten drool that added more hazards to the already tattered battlefield. Neither that nor Mario's punches to his chin seemed stray him from his single-minded wrath.
"He is much tougher," said Sailor Venus. "What do we do now?"
Sailor Mercury watched him carefully with her Mercury Goggles to see if she could pinpoint a weakness. "The best thing to do is wear him down and then turn him back to normal with the Moon Stick."
"Why can't I just use it now?" asked Sailor Moon.
"The concentration of Dark Power is far too strong right now."
"I can help with that," said Sailor Saturn. She charged up her attack… "Death Reborn Revolution!"…and threw the ball of energy and nailed Giga Bowser. "Everyone, attack; hurry!"
"Sabao Spray!"
"Flower Hurricane!"
Sailor Mercury's bubbles swarmed and swirled around Giga Bowser, trapping him and, most importantly, keeping him in one place to get blasted by the barraged of the flower petals Sailor Jupiter fired to further bind him.
"Crescent…"
"Fire…"
"Beam!"
"Soul!"
The stream of fire and beam of energy fused together and struck Giga Bowser. Flames singed all of his body. Once the fired fizzled out, he stood motionlessly.
"Is it over?" asked Peach.
Giga Bowser roared ferociously and flexed his bulging muscles. His gaze was just as hellish and horrific as it was when he just finished transforming.
"He is unstoppable," said Sailor Jupiter with anxious disappointment.
"Mario!" called Peach. She pointed up to the ceiling. "Look!"
All of the heroes looked up. Floating gently, blissfully, aglow with the reflection of the flames that burned throughout the chamber, dawned with little cherubic wings, was a flock of Question Blocks.
"Flying Question Blocks!" Luigi gasped. "If we hit those, maybe something that will come out of them will help us stop Giga Bowser."
"I'm up for anything at this point," said Sailor Venus. She looked at Giga Bowser, who was waiting menacingly for them to make the next move. "We need to do it soon."
"Mario, Luigi, get those blocks to release something good," said Sailor Mars. "We'll distract this monster. Ready?"
"I'm ready," said Sailor Saturn pulling out a Poké Ball from her waist. "Let's do this. Harutomo, stage on!" She threw the Poké Ball, unleashing her trusted and beloved Gallade. "Use Double Team!"
Harutomo landed quickly after emerging from his Poké Ball and split into multiple copies that dashed around the chamber, leaping from pillar to pillar and hopping around Giga Bowser to agitated him. Meanwhile, Mario and Luigi leapt up as high as they could to hit the Flying Question Blocks. The lower floating ones were hard enough to hit. Unfortunately, none of them released anything other than coins, one right after another, leaving dull Used Blocks. Giga Bowser had swatted away many of the illusionary Gallades until finally swiping the real one with a smack of his hand. Sailor Saturn gasped. Before Giga Bowser came in for the final stomp to crush the Pokémon, Sailor Mars knocked him off balance with a blast of fire rings, which gave Sailor Saturn enough time to recall her dear friend back into his Poké Ball.
"We have to hurry and get the higher ones, Bro!" Luigi said urgently. Mario looked and found one hovering within the range one he had already struck, turning it into a Used Block that stayed in the air. He hoped onto the block and stuck the landing. He watched the remaining Question Block closely; it was floating side to side, bobbing up and down. Mario had to time this just right to jump and hit it in one go because Giga Bowser was still rampaging down below and had knocked down both Sailor Venus and Sailor Mars. He reared back. He had his eye on the prize. He timed it right… and… jumped up as high as he could up into the air and hit the Flying Question Block and released what was inside. When he land his neck craned to see what had come out. Something was above the block, something glowing. Now everyone was looking up at the radiant source of light high above. Floating down and then up and then around, brilliantly aglow with a prodigious gleam of luxuriant, rainbow colors was an orb with a striking symbol.
"What is that?" Sailor Moon said in awe.
"It's a Smash Ball," said Yoshi, amazed. "Smash Balls are items of incredible power. We have to activate it before Giga Bowser does!"
Giga Bowser was immediately draw to the Smash Ball and lunged for it. Mario, too, went after it. The two collided in a flurry of blows: Mario's hit but did little; Giga Bowser's blows fortunately missed. The unusual battling duo traveled after the moving Smash Ball. They struggled for it; each getting a hit one right after the other, causing the orb to flash brighter as it was struck. After getting hit up higher into the air by Giga Bowser, it was nearing its breaking point; one more hit would do it. The hero and the monster jumped up, and, in a photo-finish, Mario hit it. The Smash Ball broke, and all of the magnificent power inside flowed into Mario, making him radiate rainbow light. He landed graceful and turned to face the monster. He put his hands together at his side and then thrust them out in front of him, aimed at Giga Bowser. From his palms, like a rocket, amazing dragons of fire burst forth, radiating flames, crisscrossing in a helix as they waltz. The fiery dragons smashed into the beast with a burst of fireworks. The fire carried him backwards until finally stopping in a beautiful blast of light and fire that lit up the whole chamber. Light poured out of the windows. From Slave I, Ventress and Aurra watched with curiosity.
When the fire disappeared Giga Bowser remained standing but didn't make a single motion. Suddenly, he keeled over and slammed onto the floor with a loud slam.
"Holy cr*p!" gasped Sailor Moon, shocked by the entire show.
"Now, Sailor Moon!" called Sailor Mercury.
"Right!" Sailor Moon called on the Moon Stick, which quickly materialized in her hand. Within the arch of the golden crescent moon, a beautiful orb of light formed. She waved the Moon Stick, leaving a trail of golden dust. "Moon Healing Escalation!" Beams of light emitted from the Moon Stick and landed on the beast along with a flurry of mystical balls of white energy.
Giga Bowser groaned and then screamed "Refresh!" as light engulfed his form. When the light faded, ordinary Bowser was left in his place, out cold.
Kaorinite materialized in the burned chamber, livid and whiter than usual in rage and clenching her teeth. "I will get you next time Sailor Skanks!" She vanished again.
"Can we go now?" asked Luigi, who was cowering behind a pillar.
"Yes," said Peach. She faced all the heroes and smiled gleefully. "All of you deserve a special reward."
They had all returned to the castle safely. All the heroes sat in a posh sitting room draped in pink poof, pink ruffles, and pink fuzz.
"Finally," Sailor Moon said with glistening eyes. "We finally get to have some cake."
"I was thinking about it the whole time we were fighting Giga Bowser," added Sailor Venus.
"I hope this cake is better than the ones I sampled today," Saturn said with a sigh.
"They weren't good?" said Mercury.
"They weren't bad," she explained. "They just weren't spectacular. Wedding cake is the best kind of cake. It has to absolutely mind-blowing, you know?"
"I agree," added Sailor Jupiter. "The cake is the most important part of the reception."
Peach entered the room. Two Toads followed her carrying a castle of a cake on an ornate silver platter. The cake was gorgeously decorated with pure, snow white frosting jewelry berries.
"It looks so pretty," said Sailor Moon.
"It tastes even better than it looks," Mario added cheerfully.
Everyone took a bite and was instantly enamored, having entered a magical, sweet-induced euphoria.
"Sweet Silver Crystal!" gasped Sailor Moon. "This is incredible!"
"It beats all of the lame wedding cakes I tried earlier today," Sailor Saturn said as she took another joyful bite.
"Are you getting married?" Peach asked with blissful curiosity.
"Yes. Say, could you bake the cake for my wedding. This cake has everything that a wedding cake needs: appearance, taste, smell; everything. I am blown away by this cake."
"I would be honored," said a gleeful and bubbly Peach. "You all risked your lives to save me and worked so hard."
"Then, it is settled then!" cheered Sailor Moon.
Meanwhile, back at Bowser's castle, Bowser was still lying on the floor of his throne room in the same spot the heroes left him. King Boo's crown came floating into the room. Suddenly, King Boo appeared underneath the crown, having the ability to revive himself if his crown is intact. He floated over to Bowser and poked him. Bowser groaned. King Boo poked him again.
"What is it?" Bowser moaned. "I'm tired."
"There is a note taped to your shell," said King Boo.
Bowser's fumbling hand felt around his shell until he touched the paper note and pulled it up to his face. It read:
Dear Bowser,
We are leaving and will contact you when we need you. Don't call us. Seriously, don't call me.
Sincerely,
Kaorinite
P.S.
I don't bake, so don't ask me.
"Daww!" Bowser moaned.