Just wanted to do another chapter. We'll meet some more characters, including a Koopaling. Oh, and if you wondered why my spelling was all messed up in the last chapter, it was because my Spell Check was messed up, but it's okay now.

Disclaimer: Mario is owned by Nintendo, and Kingdom Hearts is owned by Square Enix and Disney.

Bowser was confused by the question Kamek asked him.

"Um, Heartless are…" said Bowser "…people who are mean and cruel and- hey, wait, is this about me?"

"Well, this is about your plan about defeating the Mario Bros, my lord." Kamek said to Bowser.

"Well, how does it help me?" asked Bowser, getting a little inpatient.

"Let me tell you a story, Bowser." Kamek said.

"Will it help explain?" asked Bowser.

"Yes."

"Okay than," said Bowser, taking a seat on a nearby chair "tell away."

Kamek took a seat opposite of Bowser and flipped threw a few pages before he found the right page. He than began to read.

"As he test grew larger and larger, the outcomes were worse and worse, until finally one day the unspeakable happened, and in the laboratory of the apprentices, the first Heartless was born." Kamek stopped for dramatic affect. Bowser was unimpressed, so Kamek continued reading.

"It was a small thing, with two anatine and two eyes that glowed yellow like a lantern in a dark abyss-"

"Hey guys, what's happening?"

Both Kamek and Bowser jumped. Looking down, they saw that Bowser Jr. had woken up and had somehow found them.

"Er, just reading a story." Kamek said. Instantly Bowser Jr. began jumping up and down.

"A story! Can I hear it too?" asked Bowser Jr.

"Er," stuttered Kamek "it's a horror story."

Bowser Jr. than began to climb onto his father's lap and sit down in it.

"Good," said Bowser Jr. "I like horror stories." Kamek, seeing that Bowser Jr. wasn't going away anytime soon, began to read again.

"Though it seemed small, it was a horrible creature in its own way. For it had the power to destroy the world and turn other people into creatures just like themselves. The master thought to contain them, destroy them.

But Xehanort had other plans for them.

Creating even more Heartless, he unleashed them upon the worlds, dragging many of them into the darkness. They were unstoppable, for as each Heartless one person slew, five more would be turned. All was lost, and it seemed as there was no hope…"

Kamek then shut the book. He hadn't told Bowser all of it, for if he did Bowser might have not gone with the plan.

Bowser Jr. sat there with his jaw wide open, but Bowser was still unimpressed.

"So, how does this help me?" asked Bowser.

"Master, listen to me," said Kamek "the Heartless were a terrible species. They were unstoppable, obeyed only one master, and had terrible powers. Powers, perhaps, that even Mario can't beat."

Bowser then stood up, knocking Bowser Jr. down to the floor.

"Then what are we waiting for?!" exclaimed Bowser "Summon me these Heartless and let's see if they can beat Mario."

Now was the moment Kamek had been dreading. "Well, your Spikyness, you can't exactly summon them. You have to build a machine to create them."

Kamek waited for the tantrum to start, but strangely, Bowser just smiled deviously.

"Master…" said Kamek, unsure what Bowser was smiling about.

"Hey Kamek, do we still have that new edition for the phone book?" asked Bowser

"Yes, in my library. But why do you need it?"

Bowser paused before saying, "To call one man that can build any machine."

"And that is…" asked Kamek

Bowser smiled and said, "Why, my son, of course."

Iggy Koopa was working on his latest project in the basement of his workshop. This one would be the one, he knew it. Just one more piece to go…

Raaaaaaaanggggggggg!!!!!!!

Iggy sighed. The phone alwaysrang right when he was about to complete one of his grand inventions. He picked up the phone, not even checking the caller I.D.

In later years, Iggy wished he had let it gone to message.

"Iggy Koopa here, how may I ruin your life?"

The person on the other side laughed. Strangely, Iggy thought he knew that laugh from somewhere…

"Who is this?" asked Iggy.

Why, don't you recognize who it is?

"No." said Iggy. Where had he heard that voice before?

Why, it's me, your dad. Bowser.

Iggy nearly dropped the phone when he heard that name. It must have been a prank call, he thought. But as he checked his I.D., it said Bowser.

"Dad!" Iggy said, hand slightly shaking. "So, uh, why you calling?

What, can't I check up on one of my kids?

"Er…that doesn't seem like you?" Iggy said

And your right, Iggy. Listen, I need you to come over here and build something for me.

"Why me?" asked Iggy "Why not Ludwig?"

Because, this requires know-how. Mad scientist know-how.

Iggy started to protest, but then realized how useless it was. Once you got a summon from dad, you had to be there. Or else.

"Okay, dad," said Iggy 'I'll be right there."

Good. Oh, and Iggy…

"Yeah dad?" Iggy said with a slight quiver in his voice.

Bring your toolbox. This one is going to be a tough one.

Iggy arrived an hour later. How he got here, Bowser was unconcerned. It was why he was here that mattered.

"Hey, Iggy!" Bowser Jr. said as he saw Iggy and ran to give him a hug.

"Hey, B.J." said Iggy "How's it going? Cause enough trouble?"

"Yep!" said Bowser Jr. "I scribbled on the walls of Koopagarden and ate all the other kid's cookies!"

"Alright!" said Iggy "Keep it up, and someday, you may be just like your dad."

"You ring?"

Iggy looked up to see his farther looming over him. Man, even after all these years, it looked as though Bowser had gotten even stronger.

"H-hey dad" stuttered Iggy. He then composed himself. "So, what's the thing you needed built?"

Bowser just smiled and said, "Follow me." As Iggy followed Bowser down the hallway, he couldn't help feeling he wasn't going to go back to the workshop for a long time.

Goodbye, bolts, screws, and sunshine, Iggy thought as he followed him down the hallway, hello stone, bricks, and lava.

They came to a stop in a big room. In it were eight Koopa Troopas and a projector projecting a complicated design on the wall.

"See that?" said Bowser, pointing to the projector image.

"Yeah" said Iggy

"That's what you're going to build."

" Well, you weren't kidding when you said it was complicated," said Iggy "but I have to ask, what's it for."

Bowser Jr., who had followed them along, said, "It's a Hear-" but stopped immediately when his farther gave him a withering glance.

"Don't mind him," said Bowser, pointing to Bowser Jr.

"But don't I have a right to know?" said Iggy "I mean, I am building it."

Bowser let out a sigh before saying, "Let's just say it's going to help me a lot."

Iggy resisted the urge to roll his eyes and instead focused on the diagram on the wall.

"Well, I'm going to need parts" he said.

Bowser just snapped his fingers and two Koopas went out of the room. Later they returned with some scrap metal.

"Here are your parts," said Bowser "don't worry, there's plenty more where that came from."

Iggy sat down near the parts. He had a feeling this wasn't going to be a walk in the park…

Five hours latter it was completed. Iggy had only stopped for resting his hands and a lunch break. But though he completed it, he still didn't know what it was for. It looked like a pod with a laser aiming at it.

"So, what now?" asked Iggy

Bowser smiled and said, "Why, I'm going to test it." He then turned his attention to a Koopa.

"You," he said to it "what is your name?"

"J-Jackie, sir" said the Koopa Troopa

"Well, Jackie," Bowser said, and lifted him up in the air and put him in the pod " you just volunteered to go first."

The Koopa started to protest, but the pod closed over and a beam shot out of the laser part. Instantly a black cloud closed over the unfortunate Koopa, and everyone in the room closed in to see what had happened…

Cliffhanger! What will happen to the unfortunate Koopa? Find out next time on

Koopa Hearts

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