By the end of this chapter, I think you guys are going to be surprised. And I mean in a good way.

Chapter 9:Dyna Blade: An Awesome Discovery

The two have arrived at a valley with platforms of different colors. After questioning every possible thing about them, they moved forward. Seeing a Burning Leo between them and a hill, Josh flew forward and grabbed it. He then slammed it into the ground, destroying it.

"Nice,"Trent said.

"I like this power,"Josh said with a chuckle. Trent shook his head.

"Just try not to go overbo-OUCH!"Trent was suddenly blasted in the face with a cannonball. He quickly stood and they both looked up the hill, seeing the cannons taking aim at them.

"Uh, since when could those things aim downward...?"Josh asked, taking a few steps back. Trent cracked his knuckles.

"This is going to be pain,"he muttered, then jumped to avoid another shot. Josh sighed as he sidestepped another.

"Okay, you take care of the cannonballs and I'll get rid of the blocks holding them up. Sound good?"

"Let's do it."They charged forward. Trent reared his fist back as he ran in front of Josh, punching away the cannonballs at high speed. Josh immediately leapt over him and grabbed the block holding the first cannon up, pulling it away and allowing the cannon to fall down the gap. He then hurled it at the second block, making the other cannon fall as well. They both smirked at each other.

"Teamwork is a beautiful thing,"Josh said as they climbed to a small bridge. But Josh stopped to think as Trent punched a chick and turned to see a Burning Leo charging at him. He created an energy ball in his hands. When Josh saw this, he panicked and held a hand forward.

"Wait, dude!"Too late. Trent hurled the energy ball at it, destroying it. Trent turned to look at him.

"What?"he asked. Josh sighed irritably.

"We needed that to get into the secret area!"he said angrily. Trent blinked."The fuse for the cannon! Remember!?"

"Heh heh...oops,"he muttered embarrasedly. Josh rolled his eyes.

"Maybe we'll run into another one,"he muttered. They moved past the bridge and avoided a chicken flying by. They saw a waterfall blocking the way; with 5 hotdogs floating around it. They didn't bother questioning it, instead they just dived into the water and swam through it, Trent taking a hotdog to eat. The two landed right next to a Noddy on the other side, but ignored it. They ran over to a very high platform. Josh calmly floated up while Trent grudgingly climbed up the side. A moment after Josh floated over the top, Trent heard him shout out."Incoming chicken!"

"Say wha--?"Trent muttered, looking over the ledge. He couldn't duck in time to avoid a chicken flying right in his face. He flailed and shouted a bit before falling back on his rear."Why does this crap always happen to ME?"Just after he finished his question, he heard Josh begin to sing the song "Why does this always to me?"With a growl, Trent muttered "star form" and appeared next to Josh, who was facing away from him and still singing. Teeth clenched, Trent pulled his fist back; and with a shout of anger, swung forward. Hearing the shout, Josh turned around curiously with a mutter "What the...?"Trent's fist slammed right into his face, throwing him into a rock wall, flattening him to it. He slowly pulled himself off with a groan, hitting the ground with a light thud.

"Duuuuuude..."Josh slurred, eyes spinning."If I still had teeth, I'm pretty sure you would've knocked half of 'em out."Trent smirked as his friend stumbled to his feet and went through the door. He followed him quickly. The two appeared on a platform of blocks with a stake in the middle. The area looked like a construction zone made entirely of large, metal bars consisting of the floor and walls. A Poppy Bro threw a boomerang at them from across the small platform, but Josh quickly caught it and hurled it back, taking it out. Trent then smashed the stake with his hammer, causing the platform to disappear. The two then fell into a white cannon that was bigger than they thought, which began to spin at an incredible speed.

"SINCE WHEN DO THESE CANNONS SPIN SO DAMN FAST!?"Josh screamed, getting tossed around like a ragdoll.

"F-CK THAT!! HOW DO WE STOP THIS CRAZY THING!?!?"Trent screamed, trying not to get sick. Suddenly, the two were shot into another cannon, which tossed them around a bit before shooting them into a third cannon. This time they were shot into a wall and bounced into yet another cannon, which did the same thing with another wall. Finally, after three more cannons, they were shot into a small crawl space in the rock that Trent could BARELY fit into. Josh smashed into a bomb block which showed a path leading down and out of the crawl space. The two dropped near a door, panting heavily.

"I never...want to...do that again...for the rest...of...my life,"Josh panted out. Trent just groaned in response."Too bad this only the first time we'll run into those cannons."Trent groaned even louder. Regaining their composure, the two stumbled through the door. Unfortanutely for Josh, a bird flew right into him and knocked his suplex power out of him. Trent quickly knocked the bird away as Josh ran after the star. But as luck would have it, a frog creature jumped and swallowed it whole. Josh froze in place, thinking it might have absorbed the power of the star. But after waiting for a moment, the frog did nothing but croak once. Trent, after taking out the flower creatures, smashed the frog. He looked at Josh curiously, who just shrugged his nearly non-existant shoulders.

They jumped up through a platform and saw another bird creature flying towards them. Josh quickly inhaled it as Trent took out a scarfy, turning into Bird Kirby. Josh started flapping his wings quickly, taking off into the air. Trent followed him up the stairs, going through a waterfall and landing in a small lake. Well, Trent landed in the lake. Josh just kept flying above it. For some reason, something was shining near the bottom of the water.

"Dude, what the heck is that?"Josh asked, trying to see what was making the light.

"Only one way to find out,"Trent muttered, diving under. Josh continued to fly in circles. Surprisingly, his arms weren't getting tired at all. After a moment of waiting, Trent resurfaced with a grin on his face."I think you're gonna like this!"He then held up an invincible candy, which made Josh grin widely. They both got on top of a narrow platform, and Trent pulled it apart and handed a peice to Josh. They both chowed down and started flashing with power. They shot up past the next platform at super speed and started charging to the door.

"DOABARRELROLLDOABARRELROLLDOABARRELROLL!!!"Josh screamed repeatedly, spinning at high speed and throwing sharp feathers in every direction. Trent just swung his hammer around while hooting stupidly. They both charged through the doorway and stomped across the hill, with Trent smashing the fuse with his now ignited hammer. Josh crashed into the cannon and Trent dived into it headfirst just as the candy wore off.

"I think I cracked my skull,"Trent muttered as the fuse drew closer.

"Your skull was already cracked to begin with,"Josh said in a muffled voice.

Ka-BOOM!!

The two were fired out at high speed, landing in an area not too far away, with plenty of food floating in the air, including a Maxim Tomato and a 1-Up.

"How'd you learn to ignite your hammer?"Josh asked Trent, who just shrugged.

"I think the invincible candy gave me enough energy to keep it lit constantly,"he said."Would've been cool if it had worked that way in the game."Josh nodded in agreement. After having a rather nice meal, they moved on, landing in a very hot area with blocks making up the bulk of the place, with a bomb block right in front of them. Trent rose his hammer to smash it, but Josh immediately threw a feather right across his face, stopping him instantly.

"What kind of stupid are you, man?!"he asked angrily."Don't you remember what happens when you smash that block!?"Trent tilted his head in confusion."Lava! Lava happens!"Trent scratched his chin.

"Oh, yeah..."he mumbled. Rolling his eyes, Josh flew into the air, flying over a small mound of blocks, with Trent hopping to the top of it. However, Josh was stopped by a jumping blade knight that swung it's sword, causing him to fall to the ground with a shout of "JEEZ!" He immediately destroyed it with a few well-aimed feathers."Look out, below!"Josh immediately looked up and his eyes widened, seeing a Crash Bomb fall towards him.

"Oh poop."

Trent immediately looked away as the Crash Bomb exploded, not only hurting Josh, but destroying his star as well. Trent slowly peeked down at his friend, seeing smoke rising from his ash covered body.

"That...was painful,"Josh muttered, then coughed out a small cloud of smoke, falling on his back. His left foot twitched once. Shaking his head, Trent jumped down and picked him up, putting him back down on his feet. Josh shook the ash off of himself. They jumped up to the next floor and saw a Tac running towards them. Josh quickly inhaled it, but then just spat it back out. Trent opened his mouth to speak, but Josh cut him off."I already have the power to copy abilities. Tac's power won't help that much."Trent nodded.

"Good point,"he said. They ran across the rest of the area and jumped up to the next floor, where a Crash Bomb was walking back and forth. Josh inhaled the bomb, but before he could swallow it, a Rocky fell right in front of the duo, startling Josh and making him spit the bomb at it, destroying both creatures.

"Aww..."Josh muttered. They jumped onto two more blocks, seeing a crash bomb about to fall over.

"Oh, crud,"Trent said. Josh immediately inhaled it, swallowing and becoming Crash Kirby. But before he could even blink, another Tac ran up and somehow pulled the power out of him and ran off.

"Hey!"Josh shouted, they started chasing it across, but it was faster than they thought it would be, and was quickly out of their sight."Dammit!"Sighing, they both jumped up to the next floor, forgetting the blade knight below. They jumped over a crash bomb next to a bomb block, going through the door before either could explode. They looked up an incline and saw a Mike walking towards them. Josh quickly inhaled it and became Mike Kirby.

"Something tells me this won't be pleasant,"Trent muttered.

"Heh, having this power reminds of when we played rock band,"Josh said. Trent nodded.

"Yeah, you were a pretty good singer,"Trent said as they started walking up the slope."Of course, now you're probably just gonna be a headache."

"Looks like we're about to find out,"Josh said as two Scarfies started flying towards them. Josh then formed a mic in his hand and screamed into it as loud as he could, immediately destroying the two scarfies and nearly shattering Trent's eardrums. He stumbled around a bit, trying to shake the sound out of his head. Josh panted a few times, trying to catch his breath. He chuckled a bit.

"Wow,"he muttered."MY ears hurt a little from that..."

"A little?"Trent asked quietly."My head is pounding."

"Just stay back and let me handle the enemies,"Josh said. He jumped up to the next slope, Trent following at a distance. Two scarfies, a bomb creature, and a Birdon flew towards him, but a Mohawk grew on Josh's head and a mic stand appeared in his hands. He screamed into the mic with a very deep voice, destroying all of them at once. He then jumped up to the last slope, where a parasol landed right on his noggin and knocked the star out of him. But instead of chasing after it, he just shrugged and let it go. Trent quickly jumped up next to him.

"What'd you let it go for?"Trent asked.

"The second time, it actually hurt my ears even worse, so I just decided to ditch it,"Josh said as they walked up the last hill. At the top was a wall of rock with a doorway in it. Next to the wall was a bomb creature and a Rocky. Trent charged forward as Josh inhaled. But instead of just inhaling the bomb creature like he intended, he actually inhaled them both. Trent looked at him and they blinked at each other.

"Well, this should be interesting,"he said. Josh swallowed.

But what happened next was rather shocking.

Instead of flashing with all the different hats and powers, a hard hat appeared on Josh's head, confusing them both.

"What the--?"Trent muttered. Josh reached up and felt the headwear.

"Why am I wearing this?"Josh questioned. The two thought about this strange event for a moment before an idea popped into their heads at the same time."Dude. Are you thinking what I'm thinking?"

"Do it,"Trent said, grinning widely. Josh closed his eyes and concentrated, then a pack of dynamite appeared in his hands. Both of their jaws dropped.

"WE CAN COMBINE POWERS!!"Josh screamed, absolutely ecstatic. Trent was about to give his own happy retort, but then he noticed something that made him frown instantly.

"Uh, Josh?"he asked worriedly.

"What?"Josh asked, still grinning.

"Gulp. That thing's lit,"Trent said. Josh then turned the explosive to look at the fuse, which was getting smaller by the second.

"...Uh oh,"he muttered. He immediately dropped it and they ran behind the rock wall, just in time to avoid an earth shaking explosion. They both peeked out from opposite sides of the wall, and their jaws dropped at what they saw. There was a crater where they were just standing that was charred black.

"Holy freaking cow..."

"Daaaaammmnnnn..."

After gaping at the scene for a moment longer, they silently went through the door and landed in the cannon. Since both of them were still very stunned, they just fired themselves randomly. Josh managed to get to the 2 sign while Trent hit five.

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End of chapter

And now, I have a little challenge for all my good readers and reveiwers. I would like people to give their ideas for certain combos. But I do have a few rules.

1. Only 1 combo per review. I don't want a single review giving every possible combination in existance. You can give multiple ideas, but not in the same review.

2. Be specific. I don't want just the power itself. I want the hat as well, or whatever you want it to be. Also, tell me what Trent's form would look like.

3. Don't make the ability too powerful. If it's really strong, give it a setback of some kind. For example, the Dynamite power can do alot of damage, but it can also hurt the duo.

Something else I would like to mention is that I won't be using a couple of powers from Crystal Shards. The ones I'm thinking of right now are rock and cutter, or any combination of fire, ice, and lightning...Lol. Pokemon reference. Anyway, feel free to make suggestions to replace them.

And that's pretty much it. So, get creative, people!