Don't worry, this is a full chapter. Heh, and somehow my biggest chapter yet! Like I said, that last one was due to my annoying computer not working. Good news is by the end of the week I should, hopefully have that one fixed as well, so I can complete the last chapter. Sorry for the mess, but I will fix it soon, until then, enjoy!

Chapter 69: Pride Of The Koopa King. Hateful Roar Of Giga Bowser!

Last time, in Tales of the Cosmic Wars, our heroes had a gauntlet of evil road blocks waiting for them. First, Ben and co gave the maniac who just won't shut up, Fawful, his kick of the stage. And with this, Doug, James and the others then caught up to Ben and the rest.

However, it was also, at this time, that the black tower set up by Nightmare activated, and it seemed obvious that's not a good thing for the planet! Knowing there was no time to waste, Cloud went to the tower to shut it down himself with Master Chief and his remaining salvation commandos as back up.

Once there, they expect heavy resistance. However, all they find is a trail of minions either beaten to a pulp or brutally murdered! And at the towers central core they find the one responsible was the masked bounty hunter, Janus!

It seems he wanted to blow it up first to make his full money. At first, Cloud thought he could reason with the warrior without loyalty, his chance was blown when Master Chief and his men aimed his guns at him!

It seems Janus has caused trouble for the Titans, but he has no intention of being caught, and then responds by brutally assaulting the new arrivals. In a flash, all but Master Chief are dead and the Spartan soldier would have been too, if Cloud did not step in! The former First Class Soldier then fights against the bounty hunter, and finds himself fighting a warrior as skilled as himself and Sephiroth!

As the fight gets more and more fierce, it seems it will not be an easy outcome. The two warriors clash with such power that Ben can even feel it while he, Mario, and everyone else, at last, storm Bowser's castle! Speaking of Bowser; it does not take long before the bad breathed turtle makes his presence know. While everyone expects the same old routine, the Koopa king is taking this very seriously. Knowing he won't last long in the Zannacross Empire if he fails, now Bowser is more determined than ever, to make this the final match between him and the Mario brothers!

However, despite the fact that Bowser is indeed stronger than ever before, and is trying to not fall to the same tricks, it's hard to completely break one's habits.

And so our heroes slowly make their way through the top of the castle, while dealing with countless traps, doomed underpaid Hench men and Bowsers' other top 'allies' like King K rool and Sir Grodius. At last, the light was found at the end of the "tunnel", only for Bowser to get back up and prepare to barbecue them all for good! However, before the battle could begin, Nightmare showed himself. The messenger of darkness decided that he wanted to see if Ben beating Xehamaru was a fluke or not, and before anyone could stop him, he hit Ben with a blow so hard, he was knocked out of the castle!

As the Inquisitor went off to engage in a one on one dual of darkness and light, Doug and the others tried to follow them, only for Bowser to stop them! The Koopa king has his own final fighting ground set up and uses a magic spell to blow everyone out of the castle and on to a giant rotating sphere above it, just like the places in Mario Galaxy! Then his faithful Magi koopas, Kamck and Kammy, used their dark powers to make Bowser grow to giant size! It seems the final battles for the fate of the Mushroom Kingdom have been decided. Can Mario's world be saved? And, if so, does that mean the final hour of Bowser is at hand? The time for these questions is now, so let us begin!

Our newest chapter begun back on the cloudy Nimbus Land.

Ever since Ben, Mario, and the others began their path through Rainbow Road, Prince Mallow and Rosalina had been using the powers of the Comet Observatory to watch from above. After a while, Mallow's mother and father came to watch the battles as well. In fact, just as they arrived, they all saw the sky darken. The King of Nimbus land then went up to his son and cleared his throat." How is it, Mellow? Have we gotten through the worse yet?"

"Err, sorry, father, but I think the worse is just getting started." The younger humanoid marshmallow like man retorted." From what we have seen, Mario and his new Enji friends were able to defeat the forces that Bowser sent to stop them on Rainbow Road and are now inside the castle. However, it seems Bowser is more powerful than before."

Mallow's mother looked worried and let out a wary giggle." Mario has beat Bowser countless times before. Surely he will stop him again."

Rosalina added," That is true. But this time, Bowser has an ally that is pure evil, and that entity has granted him some of his dark powers. Now Bowser has become so powerful, even with the help of the Enji, it will not be easy. Look at the screen to see what I mean."

The parents of the cloud prince then saw the giant screen the blue dress wearing women was in front of. Then they saw a gigantic Bowser staring down the Mario Brothers. Now he was so big that his toe was as big as Mario. As the Koopa King roared large enough to make the screen flicker, King Nimbus managed to turn paler. My, that is quite a nasty sight! It's like they are bugs to him!"

Rosalina then sighed before her face hardened." Yes, but despite how challenging a foe Bowser has become, Mario and the others must prevail in order for this world to survive. Still, we are running out of time. Huh, what is this?"

She saw something on her screen glow, and as she pressed a button, Mellow ran up to her." What is wrong?"

"Well, it seems a large fleet of warships are entering the area, right into where Bowser and the Zannacross Empire has most of its own warships are patrolling!"

"What? That's insane! The reason we did Geno's plan in the first case was because going in through the front door was a sure way to become Swiss cheese! Who ever these guys are, they better know what they are do, Huh? Whoa!"

Mellow heard a large rumbling and looked below. He then saw the fleet Rosalina was talking about, and it's none other than the Titan Special Forces fleet under the command of Paptimus Scirocco.

The prince of Nimbus Land saw several Gundams and other mobile suits heading out of the ships from below the cloudy kingdom. As he saw them prepare to attack the enemies, he looked amazed." Wow! Those are some pretty cool friends that Ben guy has! Hope they don't get too blast happy, though. Heh, glad they can't see us from here, though. As cool as they are, it would be noisy having them stay here. Good luck, Mario, and everyone. Come back safe."

As Mellow and the others watch on, little does he know that Scirocco was aware of the existence of Nimbus land. After all, it was the Lylat Kingdom that gave them their own stealth technology. However, at the moment, the purple haired military commander was too busy to care.

In fact, at the moment, on his flagship,the Jupitris, he had entered the docking bays to go out to the battle himself. He then stopped walking to look at the large yellow armored mobile suit which was just called The O. He then got a report form his bridge captain, and he heard from his transmitter,"Commander, the main group of Nova Crushers has locked on to us. But we are ready for them."

Scirocco calmly retorted with ," As expected, proceed with the attack. That object, the mysterious black tower our scanners picked up a large amount of energy from, what is its status?"

"It seems to have activated, sir. And apparently it's a sort of drill that is absorbing all the energy of this planet. Our databanks show that the Zannacross Empire has used this device many times in the past to destroy worlds, and if we do not destroy it soon, the same will happen."

As the Titan's commander entered his mobile suits cockpit, he then replied," Obviously that can not be allowed to happen. I refuse to let my fleet be made fools of by this out of date relic. Tell me, what is the current status of Master Chief's unit and squad 7?"

"It appears that they are still within the bombing range. Also several large hostile power levels are detected. Shall we proceed?"

"Not yet, it would be a shame to lose some of our best warriors, ones the public holds quite dear at the moment. Still, time is of the essence. Give them a half an hour; if they cannot succeed, then they sadly must be sacrificed for the greater good.

Still, I prefer not to resort to that. The Commandant would be very displeased if something he was having his eye on was terminated by his own forces. Yes, Ben Auro, it's time to see if you can really be of use to us. Alright, enough talk. I am launching myself to have a front row seat of the battle. In any case, it's been a while since I got to have some personal fun. This is commander Paptimus Scirocco deploying in The O. Launching now!"

The O finished charging up and blasted off the Jupitris 's docking bay's booster ramp to fly into the battle. An extremely skilled pilot, the Titan member at once demolished several Zannacross mobile suits with his suit's hidden extra set of arms and the beam sabers in them, as he flew towards his destination, Bowser's Castle.

Speaking of Bowser, it's about time to go to the apparent death match between him, the Mario bros, their friends and the Enji. Currently, the heroes were just doing all they can to avoid being part of the giant floating globe they are fighting on floor decorations, thanks to just how massive Bowser had become.

It's not just size that is the problem. Whatever it was that Bowser has been working out more, or the power of the darkness the cursed seal crystal he had absorbed, despite his massive size, he was moving so fast that everyone had to keep moving to avoid being squashed.

Right now James tried to fell Bowser with a volley of energy arrow shots, and, to help, Geno also fired a powerful Geno Flash energy bomb to add much needed force. However, Bowser was ready and quickly turned around to negate the blasts with his armored shell. As the blasts impacted the villain's spiky back, he just laughed smugly." Grhaahah! Thanks for the free massage! However, if you were trying to harm me with these so called "attacks" of yours, then you're doing a lousy job!"

Seeing that Bowser was right for once, Luigi got a little nervous and pulled his cap down."Oh man, this is nuts! He is even more beefed up than when he attacked us during the attack on Neo Arcadia, just little more then a week ago! How are we going to even scratch him without being eaten or squashed?"

Doug then pounded his fists together and flashed a half-lopped smile." Don't worry, man, he may be big, but like the classic saying, the larger they are the louder the thud when they come crashing down!"

Bowser just gave off a massive snort and eyed Doug. "You're never going to have me come crashing down! Now I am 100% pure greatness! Here, let me "sharpen" your view on my awesomeness!"

The King Koopa once more retracted into his shell and started to roll quickly toward the heroic group, like a gigantic spiked bowling ball. Even though he tried this move earlier on in his castle without much success, this time he was twice as big and there was nowhere to get out of the way.

As Bowser was rapidly catching up to them, despite moving as fast as possible, James glanced at Doug." Er, we have to do something now or this is going to get ugly!"

"I know, but hitting him is not going to do much at this speed!"

James then looked at the surface they were running on for a few intense seconds and shrugged."True, but I have a plan. In a few seconds, punch the ground as hard as you can without destroying this thing, okay? Then leave the rest to me."

Doug then got the message and narrowed his eyes." On it. Hey, DK? Want to help me lay down a case of shell shock?"

The massive gorilla grunted in agreement and they both turned around. James quickly pressed his free hand on the round object and used magic to alter it and then, right as Bowser charged to simultaneously impale and crushed them, they both punch the ground with all the strength they could muster. This went as James hoped, and their combined force created a shock wave that was able to cause Bowser to be lifted into the air.

Before the Koopa King could react, James took out his bow. "Shoot him now!"

James opened fire and was backed by an energy blast from Geno, fire balls from the plumbers, and eggs from Yoshi. The blasts collided into the rotating Bowser, and blasted him up to the sky.

It did not appear to damage him, but it still knocked him off course, and caused him to get one of his spikes stuck on the sphere. As he had become immobilized, he got out of his shell." Hey! That's not fair. I made sure this thing was designed with no weak spots! Blasted minions, it must have been that annoying Hammer bro who kept complaining about not making minimum wage that slacked off. Don't worry, your all getting toasted soon enough!"

Wyrmmon flew up to the stuck Bowser and roared out,"You're the only one who is about to become extra crispy! Magma Cyclone!"

The dragon Digimon then fires a powerful fire attack at his foe. But Bowser saw this coming and narrowed his eyes." What, are you kidding me? You really are trying to fire me up? I'll show you who is hot stuff here, punk! "

Bowser roared and fired a powerful stream of fire from his mouth. Enhanced by the cursed seal crystal, the stream of flames was colored black and it easily absorbed Wyrmmon's attack before hitting the Digimon himself. Wyrmmon was in real pain and dropped to the ground.

He then begins to do the classic stop, drop, and roll routine to Bowser's amusement, before yelling out," AH, hot, hot, hot! Stop, drop, roll, stop, drop, roll! AH it's too hot! Quick, do something!"

Coming to his aid, Yoshi took out a spare ice water melon he kept in his magic pocket, ate it, and breathed a wave of ice to put out the fire, and with James coming to his aid, and also casting a powerful water spell, the two were able to put Wyrmmon out before he suffered any bad burns. Now angry, Wyrmmon glared at Bowser."Hey! You think you can beat me in a bad breath contest? You're going to pay!"

Bowser finished getting him self unstuck and regained his footing. As his landing caused the ground to shake, he had flames come out of his nose when he snorted." Oh, really shortstop? I think the only ones that are going to pay are you dweebs, for wasting my valuable time! Face it, it does not matter what you do. All you are doing is delaying your final ultimate pounding! Now who wants to go first?"

Hearing this, Mario got angry and cried out," Bowser! You just don't a get it! No matter how much strength you gain, it's not going to make you win! Real strength does not come from anger or hatred, but the heart! And as long as you do not under a stand that you will, AH!"

Before the man wearing red could finish his speech, Bowser pounds the ground hard with his tail to cause his own shock wave. He then laughed once more and stated,"Oh, can it already! Your little speeches about friendship and justice are not going to con me! I said it before, and I'll say it again! Darkness, it's the real deal in delivering ultimate power! As long as I have that power, I will never lose to the likes of you again!"

Wyrmmon had had it as he retorted with," I just about had enough of hearing you mocking us, you over sized turtle! I'll show you what me, the boss, and the others can do! Wyrmmon digivolve to..."

He glowed, and proceeded to transform to his next level form. As the light cleared, he was now much larger, even if he did not match Bowser's size. Now he was covered with red and purple armor and has engines on his back, blades on his arms, and cannons on his shoulders. He was now in his Ultimate level form of the Digimon state, and then, like all Digimon, he then said his name."Geno Wyrmmon!

Alright, it's time you shut up so we can move to help the Boss deal with that Nightmare jerk!"

Seeing the Digimon's new form, Bowser's eyebrows raised."Neat trick, but it's still not enough to match my invincible greatness! Let's see how well that armor holds when I pound you through a few planets!"

Bowser then jumped into the air and prepared to perform a massive version of his ground pound / Bowser Bomb attack to crush the group. However, Geno Wyrmmon had his ion engines on his back glow as did his blades, as he charged at Bowser. " You may be big, but you're not big enough to stop us! Striking Crusher Claw!"

The Digimon then slashed and collided with the massive force of Bowser, causing an impact strong enough to cause a powerful shock wave. However, it did not repel Bowser, in fact the Koopa King just kept pressing Geno-Wyrmmon back down before yelling out,"Flashy blow you got there, but you're not going to stop this Koopa Train of pain!"

Doug and James saw their friend is in trouble and quickly begin to power up themselves.

The blond man then cracked his knuckles." Damn, this guy is being much more annoying than I thought! Still, no way we are losing today! Guess at this rate there is no point holding back. Time to go all out!"

James nodded his head and took a deep breath."Yes, we don't have much time to waste if we want to save this world. Since the sky is still dark, and that tower is still glowing, it seemed Cloud is running into some problems. Therefore, we must finish Bowser soon."

" Ha!" Bowser hissed out." Keep dreaming, because your never putting me down for the count! I don't care if you're Enji, you're still nothing but a bunch of overblown clowns!"

"Clowns?" Doug spat out." You seen yourself in the mirror ugly? I'll show you who is the clown! Time to give you the same beating I gave your kids! Fury Aura!"

Doug powered up and had his magic energy explode, his Aura then shaped around his Gauntlets and Grieves until they were covered with sharp magic energy.

James took a look at Doug's new powerful skill and smirked." Not bad, I see you were able to master that skill after all. However, I am not about to be outdone. Here is my new power, the evolved power of the Quincy! Ginrei Kojkyaku!"

James then performed the same power up he used earlier against Smithy, and, after his magic energy got even higher, his bow now took the shape of a cross, he set his sights on Bowser when he was finished. Doug eyed his teammates power up and smirked."Sweet, looks like we both have mastered our new moves!"

"Meh." A bored Bowser grunted out." I don't care what light shows you can do with your toys, I'll smash them before you can use them!"

He finally headbutt Geno Wyrmmon to knock him off and then tried to fry the group. However, James then fired a barrage of energy arrows before Bowser even opened his mouth, causing Bowser to turn around to block the energy attacks with his shell.

After a bit, he then winced." Bah, your arrows sting a little, but they still don't cut it! Speaking of cutting, how about I shred you to ribbons for annoying me so long!"

Bowser jumped back and then charges with his claws! Doug then jumped up and parried his strike with an energy enhanced punch.

To the shock of Bowser, Doug's blow was strong enough to meet him equally. In fact, Doug was able to chip Bowser's nails a little and press him back. This got Bowser mad as he roared with fury." HEY! Look what you did to my claws! Just got them sharpened a few hours ago! Oh, that's it now, you're so dead! Huh?"

Bowser then saw the Mario brothers and Yoshi run up to their massive fiend before Mario then took out his hammer." Bowser, I am a sorry it has to come to this, but if you insist on acting this evil, we have no choice but to do whatever it takes to stop you! Luigi, Yoshi, give me a boost, will you?"

His taller brother nodded and saw Mario jump on Yoshi, while he himself jumped high into the air.

Mario then used Yoshi as a boost and then jumped on Luigi really high, high enough to jump above the massive Bowser. The member of the Zannacross Empire saw Mario jumping at him and had his eye twitch." Man, you just won't quit, will you? Heh, that's the one thing I will admit we share in common.

Neither of us will ever give up until our last breath! However, the difference is you're an annoying mustached loser while I am the ultimate dark Koopa king of greatness! Now, time you once and for all are wiped out from my sight! GAME OVER LITTLE MAN!"

Bowser fired off a storm of fire balls from his mouth that spread out all over the area.

The others dodged frantically through the rain of fire, but Mario calmly threw his own fire balls to stop attacks coming his way, while gathering his own energy and channeling it into his hammer."Time for you to wake up, Bowser!"

He slammed Bowser hard on his massive nose, causing a shock wave that made the foe shake. Mario then lands down on the ground. As the others run up to him, he sees he indeed hit Bowser hard. Bowser roared out in pain and held his nose."OW! That hurt! This can't be happening now! I am superior! I will not let you win, not this time! I have too much at stake to lose now!"

Bowser got mad and started to charge once more, while charging up energy into his mouth.

Geno then flew into the air and stated," You should have not gambled with the darkness, Bowser. Now you have raised the stakes too high for even yourself! You must pay the price for your recklessness."

He then charged up an energy blast, and as he did, Blumiere flew besides him."When you joined Mario to fight against me, I thought, despite your massive flaws, you were capable of having light in your heart. I am sad to see that, perhaps, was a false impression."

The two magical beings both then fired magic blasts at Bowser right as he fired his own fiery energy attack. The two forces collided, only for Bowser to begin to overpower them. Geno Wyrmmon then flew besides them with James on his head and they both charged up their attacks.

James then stated," Well, to be honest, you're being very annoying at this point. Time for you to just accept things and shut up."

Geno Wyrmmon then added," I second that, James! Time you learn your lesson! Trinity Fury Cannon!"

The two heroes fire off their energy attacks as well, and, when they merge with the other two, they were powerful enough to break through the beam struggle and head right through to Bowser. The foe did not even have time for a comment, as he was blasted hard. He then fell down with a massive thud, as he hit the sphere so hard it cracked.

He noticed he had bruises all over and just looked even more angry."You think this will stop me? Forget it! I will not be beaten, I have become unstoppable! Once I get my hands on you, I will, Huh? Hey!"

Just as Bowser was about to get back on his feet, he felt a tug and looked over his shoulder to see Mario had grabbed his tail before his eye twitched." You've got to be kidding me! You think you can throw me now that I am this huge? More like I'll crush you! Huh?"

Bowser then saw Luigi, DK, Yoshi and Doug all grab his tail as well! Working together, they were able to lift Bowser up. Like old times, they begin to swing him around and Doug shouted out," Fore!"

Mario then proudly stated, "Working together, we will overcome whatever the darkness throws at us! Now, so long, King Bowser!"

They threw Bowser hard and far enough that he was thrown into one of the conductors of the still standing shield around the castle. And, just like in Mario 64, it acted like a bomb, which exploded all over Bowser.

Bowser was sent flying, and was once again sent hurling toward the sphere and landed on his back. Now he looked like he was in severe pain and had several burn marks all over him. As the group saw Bowser not moving, Kamek and Kammy were seen from above, and were mortified at their lord being injured so badly. He then cried out," Lord Bowser! NO! Not now! You pests!"

Doug smiled and added," Well, looks like, once again, justice prevails! "

Luigi then took a deep breath." Whew, that was rough. But Bowser just can't get it through his thick skull he has no chance! He is just a glutton for punishment. He should just give up already!"

They then all laugh. However, Yoshi turned around and saw Bowser was still moving. As then he opened his eyes the green dino gulped."AH! Yoshi thinks it might just be a little to early to throw a party!"

Everyone then turned around and saw Bowser begin to get up. However, the Koopa King was clearly wounded and was breathing hard. He had his eyes fixed on Mario and roared with pure hate." You, why can't I defeat you! RAHHH!"

Bowser then roared loudly and shouted out a outraged," It's not fair! No matter what I do, I can't ever defeat you! Ever since I was a kid, you have been a thorn in my side, always ruining my chances at glory! Even when I tricked you and your brother to an isolated part of the planet, to keep you from ruining my plans like that vision said it would.

After beating up that Donkey Kong's father you somehow still remembered your roots and returned from New Donk City back to the Mushroom Kingdom just in time to mess up everything I had been working for! Time and again, I kept enduring these failures, because I knew someday I would gain final victory! Yes, my final victory to make Peach mine and rule over the rest of the world!"

Doug then got annoyed and spat out,"Why are you so hell bent on stalking her dude? You must have already had a bride if you had so many annoying kids!"

James tapped Doug on the shoulder and cleared his throat."Well, Doug, the thing is, I did some research, and it seems even though there are both male and female koopas they all reproduce asexually, like the Namek race."

Doug was disgusted and spat out," Oh man, that's nasty!"

Bowser looked bitter and snapped back with," Yah, I desire her because, marrying her for one thing would make the Mushroom Kingdom officially part of the Koopa Kingdom and the natives would have to just shut up and accept my glorious rule. But most of all, in this entire planet, only Princess Peach Toadstool is worthy enough to be my woman! But you! You just have to keep ruining everything!

It's not fair, this stuff always happens to me! I never have any luck unless I smash my destiny open! But that's going to change! I will be part of the glorious Zannacross Empire, and no one, well besides the big man of course, err, but anyway almost no one will ever be able to tell me what to do!"

Mario responded with," You're wrong again, Bowser! You can't just be more powerful than the others to make everyone listen to you! Unless you respect others, they will never want to really follow you!"

Geno then added," Tell me this, Bowser. Do you think the Zannacross Empire, and there master the god of darkness, sees you as anything more than a pawn? They are just using you to kill countless lives to break the seal on the supreme emperor of darkness! Once they no longer have any use for you, do you really think they will care about you? If you're lucky, he will just make you a slave, and that's the best option you have!"

This got Bowser really mad and as veins formed on his forehead he roared out," ALL OF YOU, SHUT UP! You know nothing! There is no way that the great Bowser is someone that can be thrown away like trash so carelessly! And anyway, no matter what you say, it's too late now! No way I can back down now, if I do, then they will think I really am an idiot. And, then they will. No! I won't let that happen to me! I will crush you all! And I will, for I have one last trick!"

He then took out something from his shell, an even larger and more powerful cursed seal crystal that was radiating with dark energy.

James paled at the site." That's an advance cursed crystal! How did Bowser ever get his hands on the same thing Xehamaru possessed?"

Bowser then eagerly responded with," Oh yeah, I got this gift from the boss himself! You're all done for, once I absorb this, nothing will stop me! It's power is pure evil itself!"

Mario then waved his hand and cried out," No! Don't do it, Bowser! "

Bowser then just snapped back with," Shut up! You can't scare me away! I am not afraid of the darkness, and now it's time to use this power and truly, totally, kill you all!"

Bowser then opens wide and swallows the crystal! Its effects happen at once, Bowser started to have the dark magic aura covering him, which spiked the energy tremendously. His eyes and the rest of his body then glowed red. He felt power surging through him." Oh yes! YES! This is what I am talking about! Darkness, true darkness! Now nothing can stop me! Huh, what's happening to me? RHA!"

All of a sudden, a wave of darkness broke out of his mouth, and then covers him with it. A few moments later, it fades away, and everyone sees Bowser has completed a horrifying transformation! Now his skin has changed from yellow to dark brown. His spikes get even sharper, and his horns grow to match the shape of a demonic bull.

Now his face has extended to look like some nasty cross of a bull dog and a raptor. With the power of the second stage curse seal crystal, Bowser had mutated himself into Giga Bowser.

Everyone was speechless at how Bowser had evolved and he welcomed them with a deafening roar that nearly blew them off of their feet. Mario sees the now crazy eyes of his long time adversary that are full of malice and says," Oh Bowser, you truly have descended to darkness. It's a shame, despite all this; I still hoped some day you would come around."

James then wiped some sweat off his brow before he stated," Well, not only is he uglier now, but his power level has increased massively!"

Geno Wyrmmon just roared back with," He can get as ugly as he wants! He still is not going to beat us! Trinity Fury Cannon!"

The Ultimate level Digimon fired his powerful energy blast at the now vicious looking Koopa King and his aim was true. However, Giga Bowser used this to showcase his new power and bat the massive blast with his massive hand into the sky. He then showed his speed had not been lessened by, in a blink of an eye, warping behind the Digimon and slamming him in the head hard.

As the dragon ally barely manages to keep awake, his allies went to his side." Err, that did not go so well. This guy is not going to be easy, we need Captain Cloud and the boss!"

Yoshi then yelped out," But Ben is still fighting that sinister Nightmare guy and your friend Cloud must still be busy as well! What are Yoshi and friends going to do?"

Doug smirked before giving a thumbs up." Don't worry, we are not about to go down anytime soon! Still , I hope our buddy is doing okay against that Nightmare psycho. But as long as, Hey! Watch it, you almost drooled on me! That's it, you're going down!"

As an angry Doug avoided Giga Bowser's acid like drool, Giga Bowser then laughed hard. " Hahahah! This feels great! I say this a lot , but I truly am invincible now! Yes, you're all going to bite the big ones now!"

Now he and the others resumed the fight. As they do, Peach and the two magic minions see it too. Even Kamek is shocked at the results of the second stage curse seal! He then muttered to Kammy, " My, it seems that gift from the dark god really has given lord Bowser overwhelming power! Watch closely, princess! This time Mario will be taken care of for good!"

Kammy added," Still, I do wish his majesty lets us make sure that object was safe, who knows what its side effects are."

" Bah, he might be dizzy afterwards, but he will shrug it off like always! Crush them all, my king!"

Peach then looked at Giga Bowser ruthless assaulting of everyone and grasped her hands tightly." Bowser, are you really willing to go to this length to win? Mario, everyone, please survive!"

The princess watched on from her magic prison being carried by Toadies.

Meanwhile, as everyone fights Giga Bowser, let's not forget about Ben! When Nightmare launched Ben out of Bowser's Castle, he was sent flying! However, he was able to use his magic energy swiftly and cast a float spell as he landed on the ground outside the front gates of the castle. However, in mere moments, Nightmare came crashing down to greet him with a powerful downward thrust with the Soul Crusher.

Ben was able to flash step out of the way, as Nightmare hit the ground and caused a crater from his power.

He then landed on the ground and Ben got into fighting stance. As he did, he powered up, Nightmare snorted with disgust."How amusing. I remember that mission a year ago Xehamaru sent me out to punish Zeon and send a message to you Enji. You were one of those on that Pillar of Autumn ship I destroyed.

When you felt my energy, you saw death and you retreated with your fellow maggots while your superiors clashed with my blade. If I only knew that such a worthless boy was the one that the prophecy says has the power to somehow threaten my master! If I did then, I would have slashed you to pieces in an instant! I will correct that error now!"

As Nightmare got into his fighting stance as well, the two begin to circle each other.

Ben then looked at his demonic enemy right in the eye before he strongly responded with," I remember that day. It was my first mission. I was still getting use to real life or death combat. I was just getting the hang of beating Zeon Zaku robots when you had to show up. I never felt the power of the dark side before.

I was relieved when Cloud Sensei told me you were blasted into space, so I did not have to worry about running into you. But, that was then. I am a lot stronger now, and my skills have become so sharpened that even your boss Xehamaru could not bring me down! So, still think you can, whoa!"

Before he could even finish his speech, Nightmare burst at him and Ben barely managed to block his foes lunge with the Star Sword. The force of the collision was so strong the shock wave shattered the rocks around them.

Nightmare then had his armored face collide right with Ben's before he harshly barked out,"I only have one master, the all powerful, true god of darkness, Chaos Zannacross Necron! You seem to misunderstand. I fulfilled Xehamaru 's wishes because I was sent by Darth Damonus to make sure he did not stray from the path of destiny. But now the time for playing is over, now it's time for a bloodbath! You will die by the hands of the true power of darkness you worthless cur!"

He tried to press his blade down on Ben's head, but Ben kicked him in the head to knock him off. He then backed off and looked confident." You, I know you're strong. You were able to fight of all of Luke's team when you attacked with Xehamaru at Death Mountain.

And I heard Masters Zoda and Yamamoto fought you and Genesis to a stalemate. But, I will not back down! I know now, I am the legendary hero of light that will save the universe from the darkness. And now, it's time to end this nightmare for good!"

Nightmare's eyes glowed and he roared out a bloodthirsty," Tsk, there is no end to this nightmare! Furthermore, it's about time I show you the greatest Nightmare! Enough words...time to die!"

The two charge at each other and the battle between the knights of light and darkness explode. They then threw attacks at each other at such speed that it's just a blur for the few Goombas hiding behind the rocks watching on.

Ben quickly realized that despite his size Nightmare was not just a brute as the Inquisitor of darkness wasted no time unleashing a brutal yet complex combination of swift attacks that involved both his sword and his other limbs.

Each blow could lead to Ben being slashed through but the owner of the Star Sword used all of his training to intercept, parry or deflect each strike. After continuing fighting this way for a bit with no results on either side the two then go on to try and punch, kick, and slash each other for the next minute or so, but both warriors were skilled enough to block every one of the incoming blows.

Ben tried to break the stalemate by casting a holy magic spell from his free hand. But, his magic was not as mastered as James, or the other magic specialist, and as Nightmare saw the spell coming, he just deflected it with his sword." Who do you think you are dealing with? You won't defeat me just by using some divine power! "

I get it, you're skilled." The brown haired warrior grumbled back." But I have been training with the other Enji for over a year now. I am not someone you can just brush aside!"

"Bah, a year of training with fools can not compare with the fighting experience of centuries! Your feeble talents are no match; let me bring your annoyance to an end!"

Nightmare swung his sword around for an overhead slash that Ben dodged. Nightmare then furthered his attack by creating a dark energy sword wave to blast Ben with.

As Ben dodged that one, the foe then created multiple sword beams. As Ben dodged them all, the blasts tore up the area. He saw Ben dart from one place to another and shrugged."Run while you can, maggot, but soon you will falter. And then you will be nothing more than a pile of spare limbs!"

Nightmare then once more charged at Ben, but the Star Warrior braced himself as he eyed his enemy carefully."You are just like the others, always underestimating me. I am really starting to get sick of people looking down on me! I'll show you who is being foolish!"

Ben threw his Star Sword like a boomerang to catch Nightmare off guard. He threw it at such a speed, that the dark knight barely managed to avoid it spinning it into his head.

And, even then, it diced off a small part of his shoulder armor. As he got angry, Ben reacted fast and, in a burst of speed, strongly elbowed Nightmare in the stomach, before then giving him a powerful uppercut. As his opponent was launched into the air, Ben already channeled his magic energy and then fired a barrage of blue energy shot gun like blasts at his target, before he could recover.

The barrage of energy attacks hit Nightmare dead on, so an explosion then occurred. As Ben landed on the ground from his many battles, he knew that someone of Nightmare's caliber would not be beaten as simply as that, and waited for the next move to be made.

Sure enough, Nightmare landed on his feet shortly after. However, Ben smiled when he saw Nightmare appeared to have visually taken damage from Ben's last combo. Nightmare saw the bent part of his armor and his bruised shoulder and just laughed as he glared at Ben. " Well, it seems you are not too bad of a fighter after all! Yes, you might just be worthy enough of an opponent to be killed by me after all!"

Ben just shrugged and dryly retorted with," Well, I am glad you got the message. But I have no plans of being killed. Keep barking up the wrong tree, and you're going to make a big mistake!"

Nightmare just had his aura flex to blow away the rocks around him." Oh, please, no matter what, I have no plan of letting a mere lad defeat me! True, you know a thing or two about using a sword, but while your hands may know what it means to feel blood, its nothing to someone who has embraced the true purpose of a warrior!

The warm up has ended. Now my real fun begins!"

"Just warming up? Well, good thing, I am not nearly at my limit either! Huh?"

Nightmare then pointed his sword like a beacon and had energy surround it, before saying,"I realize that. Yes, you dare hold back against me? For that, your death will be even more painful! If you truly think you can match me, show me your hatred, hero! Terror Flame!"

The first inquisitor fired off a powerful dark red energy at Ben. Ben at once then charged up his own magic energy."Careful what you wish for, you just might regret it! Shinryukenha!"

Ben fired off his most powerful energy skill right as Nightmare's own blast was about to reach him. The two blasts collided and caused a shock wave that caused the nearby magma streams to erupt. The two then engaged in a fierce beam struggle, and Ben slowly managed to push Nightmare's blast back. As he did Nightmare barked out," Ha, is this all the power you can throw at me? I suppose it's to be expected, for someone who will not embrace the dark side!"

"You maniacs all think the darkness is invincible. But Xehamaru thought the same and look where that got him."

" Tsc, Xehamaru was indeed well versed in the dark arts. But even his powers over darkness were not as mastered as he assumed. Let me show you, the impassable power!"

Nightmare then poured even more energy into his blast, and it started to push Ben's attack back.

However, as Ben was pushed back, he got mad." No, I refuse to believe that. I will show you, the powers of evil will never beat me!"

He then poured more energy into his own attack and it caused an imbalance in the two energy waves, causing a draw, and an even larger explosion.

Ben breathed heavily from the effort, and after a few moments of no movement from his opponent, he then took a deep breath."Well, maybe that will give him the mess, Huh? Ah!"

Before he could even breathe, Nightmare appeared out of the smoke and went to slash Ben in half.

The owner of the Star Sword was able to dodge this slash, but the Inquisitor of Darkness's slash was so wide that he was able to cut through the planets crust, and cause a wave of magma to splash out of the ground.

The Enji quickly dashed back to avoid being burned, but Nightmare wasted no time with his opponents divided attention, and in a burst of speed he dashed forward and grabbed Ben by the throat. He then dashed forward and slammed Ben into a nearby large boulder. As he saw Ben's pain he narrowed his eyes."Foolish boy, this is not a fairy tale where good always miraculously triumphs'! Yes, mortals will never admit it, but darkness is their true nature! My master sought to create a existence based on the true nature of humans.

But they foolishly rebelled and sealed him away with the help of those celestial ones! There will be no escape this time! Ben Auro, you represent all of the foolishness and worthless values of the light! Just another reason to slice off your head! Offer your soul you worthless hero!"

"I am not about to lose to the likes of you! Good grief, Xehamaru ranted about this kind of stuff again and again and look where that got him!

I was holding back cause I thought I might need to fight the others I sense. However, I see I can't afford to do that, so, Shikai!

Ben shocked Nightmare by unleashing a burst of magic energy that was strong enough to force Nightmare to release him. Nightmare then saw Ben's Star Sword split into two separate swords and the hero's magic energy grow even larger.

Now he was in the state that use to be his hyper mode that was created as Ben found more crystal fragments of the celestial blade. The Enji then glared at his enemy and sternly stated ," Alright, now you've got me angry. Oh well, I can't afford to waste time when my friends are in danger. Nightmare, you have been causing devastation all over the cosmos. It's time you are brought to justice!"

Nightmare then jumped on a nearby boulder and says," His power level has risen to such heights? And even then it's not his full power, the power of the Bankai state that overwhelmed Xehamaru. Bah, you dare not think of me worthy of your full power?

I will make that your last mistake! I see now with my own eyes why you could be such a threat. If allowed to reach your maximum potential you could be a very grave threat. Tsc, I am through with games! You will die here and now! Inferno of Despair! "

Nightmare slammed the ground with his sword as his dark aura spiked. Then he created a massive attack involving seven dragon heads of dark flames that all blazed toward Ben.

However, Ben saw the attack coming for him, leaving everything in fire in its wake. Ben just closed his eyes, took a deep breath and stated," No, I won't die here. I will hit back anything you throw at me! Shinning Tornado!"

As the magic fiery dragon heads were about to consume him, his energy exploded, and he was then caught up in a funnel of power that surrounded him and his swords before he blasts through Nightmare's attack!

He charges at Nightmare, tearing through his attack, and heading right for the dark knight!

The villain tries to counter, but is too slow, and is only able to avoid being hit in the chest, as Ben's powerful diving energy hits and impales his shoulder!

The amount of force Ben puts into his attack enables him to blast Nightmare back once more! Now Ben sees he did a lot more damage, as blood is coming out from the wound. Nightmare sees his own injury and says,

"To think, I would be so careless as to let you have such an opening. Well, hope you enjoyed that little shot, it was your last! "

"For someone who just had their best attack be taken care of, you're taking it rather well. Still, it's finally the end of the road for you, Nightmare! I won't lose to you!"

Nightmare just started to laugh hard, he then set his eyes on Ben." Oh, you still have thoughts in your head that think you can survive this, do you? My, how foolish."

"You are very sure of yourself. If you were watching my fight with Xehamaru, you should know I have not used Bankai yet. And at this rate, it seems I can defeat you without using that."

Nightmare then was covered in flames and sneers before he snapped back a dark, "You have no idea, do you? Well, I guess I will forgive you for your idiocy, I do not believe I have shown this form to heretics for centuries! Yes, even the masters did not push me to resort to this. But it seems your warrior edge is worthy enough after all. Yes, worthy enough to feel the fury of my true terror!"

Ben was taken aback, but then stood his ground and took a deep breath before he smirked. " What? You've got to be kidding me! Just now you are saying you have a secret power you have been hiding all this time? Give me a break!"

Nightmare then begins to power up and growls out a vicious," Oh, but it's true! After devouring enough souls, I consumed enough energy to transcend my previous limits! I have been holding back my true strength against you Enji to not get attention before the right time. in the last battle, I wagered that revealing my power would just get the Enji Masters to converge on me and destroy me so it was not worth it. But the time to show my full wrath is now!

Witness hero of light, witness my true strength before I tear you limb from limb! Now, Terror unrestrained! Blood, darkness, come into me! RAH! "

Nightmare powered up, much further than ever before. He then started to glow with a red light, and it soon bursts into flames. From those flames, it consumed him and it formed a dark sphere.

As this happened, the level of Nightmare's magic pressure was enough to cause the ground to shake and large chunks of the ground to be lifted up. Lighting then struck the sphere and it then broke apart in a flash of red light.

When Ben can see again, he his horrified to see Nightmare has made a shocking transformation. Now he was much larger, and his armor seemed to have transformed into some sort of demonic armored skin. His free hand had transformed into a kind of large razor claw, and a sharp horn was coming out of his head. For some reason, a large tail had come out and he had also grown two devil wings that glow with fire.

Now, Nightmare had transformed into his true form, Night-Terror.

Night-Terror finished his power up with a shock wave that blew the remaining rubble away. The demonic knight then looked like a beast ready to snap as he hissed out," Ah, its' been a while since I had to push myself this far in a battle! Killing you is going to be fun!"

Ben then winced before he muttered out," His power level has risen tremendously! It's nearly as powerful a energy level as Xehamaru! You, there is no way you are a human!"

"Is that not obvious? Bah, like I want anything to do with such vermin! I am a true demon, the race of the supreme god of darkness that will cleanse all filth from the universe! Yes, ready to face your fate, hero? Time to face the fate of all who value such pathetic things as justice!"

Night-Terror swung his sword so fast, it created a sonic boom that caused Ben to dodge it. Yet, in an instant, Night-Terror then reappeared right above Ben and hit him hard in the chest with his massive claw.

Ben felt an immense impact and screamed out in pain As his attacker pressed on."That's right, scream, worm! You're nothing but a worthless spokesperson for the light that never stood a chance!"

The owner of the Star Sword then forced Night-Terror back and went to slash with both swords, only for Night-Terror to vanish.

The Inquisitor then revealed himself by suddenly appearing right in front of the member of Squad 7 and instantly kicking Ben hard, so hard he was sent through a rock.

The villain then flew with his wings to the air and then dive bombed at Ben to slash him thoroughly. However, Ben used a haste spell to get out of the way in time, as his foe landed with a blow that shattered the ground.

Night-Terror then saw Ben back away and snarled out," Ha, it does not matter how much you run, you can not escape me!"

The opponent shocked Ben by firing a barrage of yellow energy blasts very quickly. Ben barely managed to deflect them all.

As he redirected them with his Star Swords, they headed to the nearest mountain, where they showcase how powerful they were by totally demolishing it. Ben then winced." You, you really are a warrior of death! However, all that means is that there is no way I will let you win! Shining Flare Storm!"

Ben charged up his energy and had his two blades become pillars of light energy and he then charged at his foe. Night-Terror then fired another energy blast from his eyes, but Ben just slashed the blast in half.

He then charged to strike, but the fiend then swings his own blade, and parried the strike. Ben tries to break through his foe's guard, but found himself being easily held back.

Night-Terror saw how hard Ben was struggling and sneered." Have you begun to realize just how futile your struggle is? No matter how you try, you will never be able to erase the darkness! All you hero's efforts, and all the hopes and dreams you have amounted to nothing! The pathetic crusade of the light to save the unworthy can never win, the sin of man kind is FAR to great! It's time you stop struggling and accept your demise!"

The demonic knight slammed his spiked knee into Ben's leg, hitting the hero hard. The villain then slammed Ben in the head with the hilt of his massive blade, to send him hurling to the ground.

Night Terror flapped down with his wings and saw Ben get up after coughing up some blood. Ben then glared at his foe and grasped his blades tightly." You, I never would have guessed you had this much power. Still, you're not going to win!"

His opponent just walked slowly up to him as his eyes glowed." Of course I am going to win, you stupid cur! It is inevitable that darkness conquers all. You can play hero all you want, but you're just prolonging your suffering. But you have been more amusing than I thought you would be! For that, I'll grant you a swift trip to the next dimension!"

"It's not over yet, I still have some tricks up my sleeve!"

"Oh, you mean your Bankai power? Well then, if you think that can make you win, then just shut up and do it already!"

Ben held his injured right shoulder and winced." Grr, I have been trying, but it's hard to get it right. I have only really done it twice so far."

"Bah, you still can't even command your power, huh? Well, just more proof how pathetic a so called chosen hero you are! This is it, get out of my sight! Huh? Well, what joke is this? "

Night-Terror was just about to go for the killing blow when something gets his attention and he turns left. He then sees a squad of mobile suits heading to the two's direction with a bunch of warships behind them. It's none other than a fleet from the Titans that has broken through the Zannacross defense line to engage the main fleet.

The group of mobile suits are seemingly heading to Ben's aid, being leaded by the FA-010S full armored Double Zeta Gundam and a group of more mass produced used Strike Gundams.

The leader of the squad used his loud speaker to communicate to Ben with," Enji Ben Auro! Bernard Monsha and the 0083 unit providing cover fire! Hold your position! We will neutralize the hostile!"

Night-Terror heard this and grasped his blade tightly." What sad excuse of a joke is this? You dare compare your tin cans to my power?"

Ben then cried out a alarmed," No, don't attack this guy, he is way out of your league! Get away, you'll just get yourselves killed!"

"Oh, I don't mind! If they offer their souls to me, I will be happy to oblige!"

Night Terror had his energy flared up again and he dove off to the Gundams, leaving a dust storm to block Ben's eyes. The double Zeta Gundam then saw him coming and fired off his high energy mega cannon and at the same time fired a bunch of missiles at his foe.

The demonic knight did not even bother to avoid them; he just tanked the hits and kept on coming. Two Strike Gundams took out their beam sabres and slashed at the envoy of darkness, but the being just extended his wings and dodged the slashes while having his charged wings cleaved the two mobile suits in half.

He then flew above them all."This is a waste of my time! Taste death, worthless bugs! Storm of Devastation!"

Night-Terror charged up his power and had it surround himself. He then fired off a powerful and wide red energy blast that all but the ZZ Gundam avoid, and, in an instant, they were all blasted into ashes.

Ben saw this and yelled out in terror." Stop it! You're fighting me, remember?"

Night-Terror looked down on him and stated," Well, maybe if this was not such a bore I would not have to be taking out my boredom on pawns already in there tombs! Oh?"

The demon looked up and saw The ZZ Gundam flying above him and taking out it's mega beam saber to hit him. However, while it succeeded in hitting the foe in the head, it shattered on impact. An annoyed Night Terror then grabbed the ZZ Gundam's head with his massive claw and declared," A note maggot, sneak attacks only work when you have the power to back it up! Die!"

Night-Terror then clamped down on the head with his claw crushing it, and then impaled the hole with his sword, causing the mobile suit to blow up! Ben then gets mad and furiously shouts out,"

Enough! I won't let you get away with this any longer! You want power? I'll show you power! No more fooling around, come on! Bankai!"

Ben goes all out and unleashes all the power he has! His Star Sword then shines and a light engulfs him. Soon enough, the Star Sword then changes again to its current most powerful state. Now his aura has changed into a golden color and the ground around Ben is lifted into the air.

Ben's power up is so great that the ground is shaking and small sparks of electricity emit from the sword!

The warrior of light finished activating his Bankai and the resulting shock wave blew the terrified minions of Bowser that were watching in the distance.

Night-Terror saw that Ben's power level had risen to much greater heights. He then laughed in delight. " Yes, YES! Yes, let the hate consume you! This is what I was looking for, the power that overwhelmed Xehamaru! When I crush you at your maximum power, then the hope of the universe will be vanquished! Now, huh?

The foe then saw Ben aim his hand at his opponent, and with his power created a shock wave so strong that Night-Terror was blown back. When the foe regained his composure, he then sensed Ben was so fast he was now behind him. At once swung his sword, only to be met with Ben's.

Despite this the dark knight reacted with a " Heh, this is your rage huh? Rather impressive, but it can't match my fury! This will be one of the best fights I've had in a long time, but even then I will be the victor!"

Ben just stared at him deadly serious and stated, "Let's see about that! Your move."

Night-Terror then went to punch him with his massive claw, but Ben just kicked it back and then slashed his foe across the chest. This caused the villain to scream out in pain.

In response, he fired a barrage of energy blasts that at once got deflected. Ben then held out his hand and created a new spirit sword in his free hand. Night Terror then gave off a deadpanned," Well, you even managed to damage me. Heh, so it seems you are turning out to be just as the prophecy says."

"Yes, I don't know why I, out of everyone in space, was chosen to be the wielder of the Star Sword. But, I won't let down everyone's expectations. I will save the Lylat Kingdom and its people from the chaos you and your masters want to bring!"

"Oh please, you really fight for these filthy mortals? How sad, you're so much above them, yet you serve them!"

"That's what is different about the Enji Knights from your kind. We have great power, but we don't enforce our will on the universe. We just want to make sure everyone can live in peace and happiness"

Night-Terror just responded with a disgusted," Oh please, your ideas are a joke. You can fight all you want for the sake of such worthless trash. But in the end you're wasting your time. For the life of a true warrior, you can either die a hero with honor or live long enough to become the villain, the very monster you sought out to kill in the first place.

Heh, the common masses may think of you as a hero now. But after a while they will get jealous of your superior's abilities and from that they will begin to fear you, its the nature of trash after all. It's only a matter of time they will loath you and turn on you!"

Ben then looks outraged as he snaps back with ," That's ridiculous! People are not as stupid as you think they are!"

"Oh, you'll see soon enough the true ugly face of this cosmos boy. Yes, and perhaps when you do, you will realize you're hopelessly fighting for the wrong side!"

Ben then charged at the villain and struck Night-Terror so hard he could barely block the twin strike.

The member of Squad 7 cried out a defiant," Enough! Xehamaru kept spouting nonsense and I did not buy any of it, so don't bother! If nothing else, I won't let down my friends!"

"Friends, you say? A true warrior only needs his own power, distractions just chip away at your sword, and make you weak and vulnerable. Only by casting aside all worthless trash and embracing the true nature of the world, can one ever hope to be strong enough to survive! Well, in any case your reason may not exist very soon! Even if he is a fool, if that Bowser makes use of the second stage curse seal he was so graciously given, then even a dolt like him will have enough power to wipe out those piles of trash!"

"My friends are not trash! I know they can hold out against Bowser, even with his little power up. And just to make sure, I am going to finish you soon and go to help them!"

"Try as you like cur, but you will only join them in hell! However, since I see you're in a hurry, I guess its time to end this bout!"

The two warriors power up to their full powers and charged at each other. As they strike each other once more, Ben thought to himself, Guys, hang on, I'll be there as soon as possible!

As Ben and Night-Terror went to finish off their intense battle, we check up on how the others are faring with Giga Bowser.

At the moment, Doug and James saw the large light coming from where Ben and Night-Terror were fighting and Doug whistled," Whew, looks like our buddy is giving that medieval psycho hell! Man, both of their power levels are huge. I wonder what's going on. Whoa!"

Doug then saw a massive tail heading his way and jumped just before Giga Bowser's tail came crashing down to crush part of the giant sphere they were fighting on.

James then stated," Don't worry about that, just focus on this giant freak for the moment, or you won't be able to worry about anything again! Grr, I must admit though, that transformation Bowser made has turned him into quite the threat."

"I get it, throwing off my blows without even flinching, kind of gave me the message! But we can't lose now!"

Mario then got in front of them and stated,"Doug is a right! No matter how scary Bowser gets, I won't let him get the last laugh!"

Everyone then heard Giga Bowser roaring before jumping in the air."You're such a goodie two shoes, it makes me sick! So sick I am going to enjoy watching you squirm!"

He then performed an even deadlier ground pound that our heroes were barely able to get out of the way. He landed with such force that the entire platform started to crack before Geno looked tensely at the state of things."This is getting worse, if he continues to go on like this, we will have to add falling into a pit of magma to our list of problems. We have to take him out as soon as possible!"

Luigi then looked at them with panic and hunched over." That is easier said than done, when so far nothing we have done to him even makes him flinch! Man, this seems more hopeless than that fiasco at the Waffle Kingdom!"

Their time for discussion seems to have ended, as Giga Bowser then dashed at them, ready to finish the job. He threw a punch and Doug went to greet him with one of his own. However, Giga Bowser easily overpowered Doug even with his Fury Aura surrounding him and was smashed back.

Yoshi thew a bunch of eggs the Koopa King's way, and Geno and James also attacked with a combo of energy blasts and energy arrows. Giga Bowser just shrugged them off and responded with a vicious fiery blast for the trio.

James grabbed the other two and quickly got them out of its path. But the power in that attack was so strong that its powerful shock-wave blasted them to the ground anyway. The baddie then goes to finish them off, only for Geno Wyrmmon to tackle him.

The Digimon pushed him back and snarled out," Oh no you don't! I think you went on a temper tantrum long enough! Now it's time you, Huh? AH!"

Giga Bowser showed what he thinks of this little interference by grabbing the large metal dragon and giving him a bear hug. Squeezing him hard, the foe then growled out,"Oh, please, you meddled in my business long enough! For that, I 'm going repay you by trying you out as a new bowling ball! Let me show you boys the Koopa Crusher Strike!"

Giga Bowser then saw Doug and Donkey Kong dashing to him and threw Geno-Wyrmmon at them. The two saw this and braced themselves to prevent their large friend from crushing them. Using all their power, they were able to stop his rough landing. Doug then took a few whiffs from his nose and winced." Man, pal, you have to watch your weight! Not to mention you seriously need to shower more!"

Geno Wyrmmon then get back on his feet and winced."Err, sorry about that, its cause he breathed on me I swear! I'll work on that after we take care of this guy!"

Giga Bowser then rolled his eyes." And they call me a moron! Get it through your thick heads! I am unstoppable! Maybe being deep fried will give you all the message! This time I will make sure I put enough power to get the job done!"

The evil turtle powered up his own magic energy and put it into his mouth. Now, instead of fire, a massive amount of energy was preparing to blast out of it. As the ground shook, Giga Bowser aimed for Doug, DK and Geno Wyrmmon.

He was about to fire, when at the last second, Mario, Luigi, and Yoshi both jump into the air and ground pound Bowser in the neck with all they've got. This did not amount to that much damage, but it was enough to throw off their enemies aim and it instead went into the air, and right into one of his own airships, blasting it into dust. His eyes locked on Mario and he went into a rage."Mario! You're always messing things up! Why can't you just give up and die!"

" It's a simple, because I can't afford to!" The heroic plumber replied." We won't let you have your a way, people don't deserve to a be ruled by someone as crazy as you!"

Giga Bowser then tried to roll over and squash him, but he and his green pals jumped off them, causing him to snarl out,"Oh, please, you're jealous, because you don't have my power! It's the most basic rule; whoever is the strongest is the most fitting king!"

"You still don't get it at all! You can't just make everyone do what you want because you are stronger than them! You have to work to help others find happiness, not just your own! That's why you will never win!"

This caused Giga Bowser to smash the ground with his foot before he bellowed out, "SHUT UP! I have had it with you always acting like you're so much better than me! But now it's time you learn how things really works!"

Yoshi then had a determined look." Yoshi and pals won't lose to you, no matter how scary you are. Because we have friends to help us and that's better than your nasty dark side powers!"

This caused Giga Bowser to get furious and he ran towards them."Alright, bring it on! I'll crush you all and prove once and for all who is better! Friends? I don't need friends, I have the ultimate power!"

Mario and Luigi then charged and jump high into the air and deliver a double hammer smash to the head! But it has no effect! Luigi then looks nervous and says," Um, don't do anything rash now! We were just trying to wipe off some dust off your Mommy!"

Giga Bowser then grabbed both plumbers with his hands and started to squeeze tightly." Oh yeah! After all this time, it feels so good! All the humiliation you two have caused me ends now! So, time for your crushing farewell!"

He prepared to at last crush Mario and Luigi, but then Geno Wyrmmon charged at him." No, you're not killing anyone! Striking Crusher Claw!"

Doug then jumped up high and powered up as well."You have gone too far, ugly! Time for you to say goodbye! Sanjuu no Kiwami!"

To save the brothers, Doug and Geno-Wyrmmon both attacked with their most powerful physical attacks. However, this did not seem to phase Giga Bowser at all. He just looked at them and powered up with darkness energy, so much that the two were blown back.

A strong wind blew around the Koopa king and he roared again."Brahahah! Attack me with everything you've got! Nothing you have will stop me! Yes, I am unstoppable! The darkness is truly the greatness! And now I will, Huh? What, what is this feeling? No, stop, GRAH!"

Everyone was shocked as they saw Giga Bowser all of a sudden shudder. He then screamed out again, and this time in pain. It seemed the pain was so great that he dropped the Mario brothers to grab his head. He then thrashed around."Why, why is my whole body burning? Those idiots can't damage me, then why is this happening? Make it stop! RAH!"

Everyone saw Giga Bowser seemingly go insane and blast things at random. DK went up to Mario and threw out a tense," You okay, Mario?"

Mario responded with a weary," Don't worry, Donkey, I'll be a fine."

"What in the world is going on with Bowser? Its like he ate one really spoiled banana!"

James then walked up to them and sighed." I might know. We have been researching the effects of Curse seal of Necrocalcous crystals from captured samples and have learned more of their effects. It seems using the basic type has no long time side effects.

But, a theory the Cid group came up with is that a heavier dose could eat away at one's heart, mind, and maybe even the soul, if it was not strong enough to control its power. Well, it seems Bowser is finding this out the hard way."

Bowser then continued to go berserk and fired random blasts at the sky."Where, where is that laughing coming from! I am sick of everyone laughing at me! Damn it, Mario, Peach, the Yoshi's, the other worlds, STOP MOCKING ME! I'll shut them all up for good, I"LL SHUT YOU ALL UP!"

Mario then saw this and winced. " Bowser, have you lost your mind? How sad, despite all this, I did not want even you to feel like this."

Even from far back, Kamek, Kammy and Peach were shocked at what is happening to Bowser.

Kammey then cleared his throat before flying up."Your grouchiness! What is wrong? He, he seems to have totally lost his mind!"

Kamek then added," That Nightmare must have tricked are king! How dare they!"

Peach tensed up before responding with,"Bowser, it is almost like his whole mind has become completely broken! This Zannacross Empire, they are truly horrible. Bowser was no saint, but they pushed him into a position that he was trapped in. And now this, please, all of this must stop!"

Everyone saw that Giga Bowser 's energy was now all over the place and unstable. Like a rabid dog, he locked his eyes on Mario and seethed out,"Oh...I'll make it stop! All this pain will stop now! I'll blow it all to dust!"

He then charges up all of his power into his mouth for his most destructive energy flare yet.

Geno tensed up before muttering," This is bad, he seems to have lost all rationale thought and is putting way too much energy into this blast! If we don't stop him now, we won't have to worry about that black tower destroying the planet, because he will destroy it himself!"

Doug then powered up in response." Well, no way we are letting him get that past, right?"

James then also powered up and added," Yes, now that he is unstable we have a shot. Everyone, put all the energy you have into your next attack and fire at the same time! Steele Schider!"

"Sphere of Might!"

Then Geno Wyrmmon does the same with, "Trinity Fury Cannon!"

Mario then charged up a powerful fireball and threw it into the group, while his brother did the same. Yoshi fired a powered up mega egg and DK, threw an explosive orange grenade.

Geno and Blumiere also fired off their most powerful magic spells and together the heroes fired a combined blast that meet Bowser's most powerful energy flare head on.

The two forces collide, and it created another shock-wave. For a while, the beam struggle seemed to land in a stalemate, but then Giga Bowser's power increases yet again and his eyes narrow on the blast."No, I will destroy you! I will at last be rid of all you pests! Yes, then all the suffering will end! Hahahaha! "

The blast then seemed to press the others back and Mario reacted with," Mamma mia! It's way too strong!"

Peach then saw them all struggling and teared up." No, Mario, everyone, don't give up! I may not be able to fight like you all. But, I still have some power. Please, take my power and don't fail!"

Peach transferred the magic energy within her into the combined energy blast, and, it gave their beam a boost that pressed Bowser's back. A few moments later, it completely blasts through the flare, and right into Bowser.

The Koopa king was consumed by the blast and was blown off of the sphere, rocketing towards the magma lake below.

The amount of force is so great that it blew Kamek, Kammy and the toddies carrying Peach to the sphere as well. As Giga Bowser was being blasted into the lake, Mario could see Bowser looking at him, and his eyes almost looked normal again. He then almost seemed to be smiling."Blasted Mario, looks like you pulled another cheap trick out of your hat, just can't fail, can you? I wish, I had that luck."

Giga Bowser was then consumed by the blast as it headed into the lake, before the biggest explosion yet lighted up the sky. Everyone shielded their eyes from the light, and a few seconds later all they saw was falling lava. Doug then said," Is it over? With these loons I can never be sure."

James responded with," I can't sense Bowser's energy. I guess...he is really gone."

Mario then looked down and took off his hat. He then gave a somber sigh. "Bowser, I never a thought the battles between us would end like this. Huh?"

They turn around and saw the two magi Koopa half way through the ground of the sphere. Mario noticed that Peach was on the ground, with the toadies crushing her fall. The two minions knocked out her imprisonment spell, and she got back up and saw Mario. She then got excited and ran up to him and hugged her rescuer. " Mario! I was so worried about you! I am glad you all made it alive!"

Mario then stated," I am glad you are a okay too, Princess. "

Geno then walked up up to them and stated," I am sorry to interrupt, but I think it would be better if you expressed your happiness after everything is back to normal. There are still the others of the Zannacross Empire to take care of, and, I am not sure this platform we are on is very stable any more."

Geno-Wyrmmon then walked up to them and cried out,"That's right! The boss is in danger! That crazy Nightmare is still fighting him! Come on, we have to make sure he is okay!"

James then sighed and added, "Alright, let's shut that thing down already, so we can go home."

The heroes got on the large Digimon's back and flew back towards to where the group could sense the largest magic energies. Speaking of magic energies, Ben and Night-Terror had been fighting intensely all this time.

After fighting in his Bankai state, Ben had been able to fight match Night-Terror blow per blow. But the demonic opponent was not showing any anger, in fact, he seemed like the type that the harder the fight the more crazed he got.

At the moment, Night Terror swung his massive blade at Ben, the wielder of the Star sword easily dodged all of his strikes and parried with his own. Ben then had enough and threw his spirit sword at Night Terror to try and strike him in the head.

The foe dodged, but it still hit his shoulder, and, in an instant, Ben wrapped right in front of him and punched him hard in the face, sending him through a group of boulders. However, he blasted out of the rubble and flew right back in front of Ben.

Ben then responded with," I don't have time to waste on you! There is little time left, I have to help Cloud Sensei with whatever is giving him so much trouble and save this planet!"

"Maggot, nothing you can do will stop this world's demise! And while you may just happen to be in a hurry, I happen to be enjoying this! Huh, what is this?" at the moment he senses Giga Bowser's power level vanishing, causing him to react with,"Well, its seems even with all that power that failure could not amount to anything. However, it's too late, it's only moments till the Monolith reaches this planet's core!"

And since the planet blowing up will take care of you, I might as well have some fun with this after all!"

Ben grit his teeth in response." No more games! This ends now, Senkei!"

The brown haired man then put his sword into the ground and a flash of light broke out. Then many swords flash out of the Star Sword, until Night Terror was surrounded by what seemed like a thousand spirit swords.

Night-Terror looked impressed as his eyes widened." Trying to butcher me with a funeral of swords, are you? My, quite the vicious attack, you might be cut out to serve the master if you just let go of your fear!"

"I'll never join your kind. I am an Enji Knight that will destroy those who serve the dark side! Now, die! Divine Millennia Slash!"

Night-Terror then saw all the swords head to impale him and he powered up in response." You will find that I will not be destroyed so easily! Storm of Destruction!"

The demonic knight then fired a barrage of energy blasts to blast off the swords heading his way. It struck back a few, but it's not enough and he was still hit several times over, but even this did not put him down.

Ben saw this and grasped his fist bitterly." You, you are very persistent, just like Xehamaru."

"I won't let you stop destiny, boy. I will never be stopped, I will never rest. Not a day until Chaos Zannacross Necron is released!"

"I won't let that happen! The ultimate nightmare, I will make sure that never happens! Now you die! Take this, my anger, my hatred, and all of my sorrow! Burning, Celestial, Shinryukenha!"

Ben shocked Night-Terror by charging up to his max and firing his full power Shinryukenha right at him. Night Terror braced himself and set up a magic barrier at once, but it still consumed him and sent him blasting right towards the Monolith of Judgment.

And, as it does, let's check on the two warriors still fighting in the tower itself. Yes, all this time Cloud and Janus had been engaging in a hard battle of their own that had been pretty even since they collided with each others' attacks. At the moment, Janus threw another spear at Cloud, but the spiky haired warrior was ready this time, and cast a gravity spell to slam it to the ground.

Janus retracted it and jumped up on an energy conduct and responded with," Well, so not only can use magic, but you're catching on to my attacks? What a drag, I'm getting god damn getting predictable."

Cloud then fired off a sword beam attack before saying," Your attacks are good, but your fighting style is not impossible to predict."

Janus then stated," I do admit that most of my opponents who realize my moves, die. But, I see you are breathing hard. I bet it's not long till you run out of steam. "

As Janus moved out of the wave of Cloud's attack, Cloud responded with a steady,"Unless you're a machine of some sort, I can say the same for you, with all those moves you have been making."

"Man...you're right, what a drag. And, thanks to you and your trigger happy friends messing my moves, I am about to see my payment get blown up! Guess that can only mean one thing, This will end in the next blow! Huh, what is this? Well, seems like a large party crasher!"

Cloud then saw what Janus was talking about and senses a larger amount of power, which was Night-Terror being blasted by Ben's energy attack.

The two then heard a large explosion as the ground shook. Moments later, out of the floor, burst at an enraged Night-Terror. It seemed the vanguard of the empire used all of his power to break free of Ben's energy wave right as it blasted through a section of the tower. He then had the unpleasant surprise of seeing two more trespassers in his device. Janus then moaned and emitted," Oh come on! Great, now I have more angry tools to deal with!"

The demonic knight then turned around and stated," Cloud Strife...thought you would be here. And who are you? You're not an Enji, but you're not one of us, nor are you a member of the Dark Enji!"

Janus then took a mocking tone as he answered with," Who, me? Oh, don't mind me, I am just a free spirited traveler stopping by to make some extra gil doing a little demolition job!"

Night-Terror figured out what he means and got furious. "Worthless trash! Whoever you are, you will pay for meddling in affairs that do not concern you! Receive the punishment of darkness!"

The first Inquisitor charged at and flash stepped behind Janus to impale him in the chest with the Soul Crusher.

However, as the villain thought he won, the image of Janus vanished, and the real one landed on the tip of his sword. The bounty hunter then landed down and quipped out,"You know, trying to impale me is not a good first impression!"

"You dare make sport of me? Disappear you cur!"

The foe fired an energy sword wave, but Janus saw this and shrugged," Man, you're even more annoying than the others! Better chill out that temper or I might just lose mine!"

Janus, in a flash, appeared on the other side of Night Terror with his shoulder blades glowing with his energy. As his foe turned around, all of a sudden, large amounts of blood come out of his left leg and right shoulder. The shocked knight staggers at the sudden pain and says,"

Impossible, he moved so fast that I did not even sense it? For that, I will tear you to shreds!"

Night-Terror then had his magic aura explode and Cloud saw this and tensed up." That Janus, if he moved so fast against me I would have been in real trouble. Was he just playing around? And now, who is this guy? He looked like Nightmare but, huh? Ben?"

Cloud guess was correct and he saw Ben land on the ground besides him. In response Ben uttered," Cloud sensei, are you okay?"

"Yes, just annoyed. What's going on? I see you're at your max power, so that demon over there must be powerful."

"Yes, that is the same Nightmare guy from before. He amused us in Bowser's throne room and blasted me out to fight me one on one. After I put on the pressure, he revealed he has a transformation and turned in to what you see now, Night-Terror! He was strong enough to make me mad, and while I don't know how the others are doing, that's where I am now. Hey, is that Janus?"

Cloud nodded." Yes, he was the bounty hunter hired to protect the Mushroom Kingdom. And now I see why you had a hard time capturing him on SR-388."

Ben then clutched his fist and declared," Great, now I will avenge Rick, at last!"

Janus saw Ben had arrived and rolled his eyes." Oh great, now we have a party. This is such a drag."

Night-Terror saw that Ben had followed him and narrowed his eyes." Grr, this is not going according to plan. No matter, I will destroy you all with my ultimate technique! Prepare to be thrown into the abyss, for when I use this, Corona, huh? HA!"

Just as Night-Terror was starting to become covered with black flames the villain saw a flashing light on the still functioning main monitor and he then laughed in response." Hehehhahaha! This is the end of all of you! It will only be moments until the monolith of judgment absorbs all the world's energy, and then you will all die with the planet!"

Cloud looked at the screen himself and tensed up." Damn it, that fight wasted too much time!"

Janus then sighed and added a detached, "Don't blame me, Enji, it's you and your boy's faults for not minding your own business!"

Night-Terror then used his wings to fly in the air and stated," I will be very surprised if you can manage to survive the planet's implosion! I better be prepared to format and transfer the life force energy. And what is this?

Well, seems he is indeed persistent. Oh well, better retrieve him so the master can give him his proper punishment! Goodbye, Ben Auro. I admit you were more fun to cross swords with than I thought, too bad you're holding your true powers back!"

In a flash, he burst out of the roof. Ben tried to stop him, but Cloud grabbed him."It's okay, Ben, we will get him next time. Right now we have to stop this thing or countless pepole will die."

Ben turned around and nodded." Right, we have to do something to save Mario's world! I'll destroy this thing in one shot!"

Janus snickered as he crossed his arms." Smart move, kid, except for doing that would just case a chain reaction that would kill us all anyway!"

Ben then got mad and jabbed his finger at the bounty hunter." Oh, like you can do better!"

"Well duh. Even though you guys gave me a hard time, thankfully the auto programming I was hacking did the rest, for once. If it worked I get paid, and if not, we are screwed. But, since we are screwed regardless, just sit back and watch the magic! Alright, now is the time, Tri-Edge. Fire now, with the Ion Cannon!"

Janus snapped his fingers and Ben and Cloud were surprised when they see through the hole their opponent made that the Bounty Hunter's transformable ship flying to right above them. It then had a large cannon come out of its bottom and charged to fire right at the tower.

Ben and Cloud braced for impact as it fired, but when the blast did hit them they are shocked to see nothing was blown up. However, all of a sudden, all of the computers shorted out. Cloud then thought for a sec and figured it out."Of course! He used an EMP like blast to short out the systems, causing it to fail to fully transfer the energy of this planet! But, I did not think the Zannacross Empires creations could be so easily shorted out. "

Janus then checked a reading on his armor and shrugged,"Of course not, that's why I came here, to hack into its systems for my Ion cannon to work. Would have gone a lot smoother if you morons had not butt in, bravo Enji, you almost blew up a planet you were trying to save!"

As Cloud looked ashamed, Ben got mad."Hey, don't blame us! If you had contacted us and worked with us from the start, none of this mess would have happened anyway! Grr, but, you did help out, just like you helped us with the Space Pirates. Oh no, when I was blasted out, the others were still fighting Bowser! I wonder if they are okay. Huh, hey! There they are!"

The two Enji turned around and saw the rest of them are flying to them on Geno-Wyrmmon. The Digimon landed right in front of them and the group got down from his back and shoulders. Doug and James ran over to Ben and James stated,"Ah, I see your still okay. Glad to see you did not blow it."

Ben smiled and responded with a cheerful, "I could say the same about you! So, I guess since I see Princess Peach here that means Bowser is taken care of right? Huh? "

Ben was confused to see Mario and his pals looking more sad than happy and Mario then walked up to him."" Yes, we a took care of Bowser. And this time it seems for good. Still, I wish it did not have to a end like that. But, I am a glad you guys saved our planet."

Doug then flashed another half-lopped smirk." Yup, way to go guys, seems like you busted this thing before it did any harm!"

Ben smiled nervously and stated," Well, I would like to say that, but it seems the one who really shut this down was, him."

The rest turn around to where Ben was pointing and his pals were shocked to see it's Janus.

Doug then raised a eyebrow in response." It was you? Well that makes...wait who are you again?"

Janus then stated," Don't get the idea I did it for you Enji, I just did not want to see a lost of revenue. Failing jobs is never good on a resume. But, it seems that my scanners show that with this thing out the energy is returning to the planet.

And with that my job is done! Now, if you excuse me, I will just make my way out of here. No need for thanks, just pay me vie transfer."

Cloud held out his sword at Janus and cleared his throat."Hold it Janus, you're not off the hook. You may have saved the planet in the end, but you also killed an entire unit of Salvation commandos!"

Janus then shrugged and stated," Oh, please, that was self defense. Besides, they all act like robots so much that they are just like clones or something."

Ben got mad and responded with," Hey! Acting like that is really low. If you won't take what you do seriously, then I will force you to, by bringing you in!"

"Don't kid yourself, no Enji is going to take me in."

Ben then powered up his aura and got into a fighting stance." You saw me beat Metroid Prime, so you are very sure of yourself to think you're so great. And you did not see what I did to Xehamaru, so keep acting like this is all a game and your going to regret it!"

Janus then laughed loudly at this and wryly responded with," Oh please, is that supposed to impress me? I could have taken care of Xehamaru if I really wanted to at any time. However, no one would pay my price for the job so I just went on easier ones. Heh, you're such a child, not knowing your own limits and not aware of the reality of the situation.

Keep being this stupid and looking only right in front of you and your going to find yourself so out of touch, you are going to fall right into a black hole! Now, I'd love to finish my lecture on why you Enji are so annoying, but I have places to be. Adios."

Ben got mad and prepared to attack, but a sharp pain in his arm from the fight with Night-Terror stopped his charge and he breathed heavily while saying,"Blast, that last fight took a lot out of me. But, I won't let you get away!"

Doug then patted his friends shoulder and he, James, and Geno Wyrmmon then all charged at Janus while Doug yelled out," Easy buddy we got this. You keep talking big, but I think it's time you got knocked down a peg!"

The blond brawler burst at Janus and goes to kick him, but the bounty Hunter grabbed his leg and with ease threw him through a wall. He then saw Geno-Wyrmmon preparing to slash at him, but he then fired his energy web/ spear around his arms and legs to bind him. James then fired a barrage of energy arrows and Janus responded by deflecting them with his shoulder blades at lightning fast speed.

With his new powers, the Enji Quincy could keep firing without stopping and pressed Janus to the wall, but to their surprise, he jumped out the window. They figure out why he jumped out when seconds latter he was standing on top of his ship. He then saluted the group mockingly and stated,"Don't feel too bad, boys. Like I said, there are not many in this cosmos who can match the Flash of Death. Huh?"

The bounty hunter then turned around and saw that in the sky three blue, finned mobiles suits called Hambrabi are flying towards his ship at top speed, and they all aimed their weapons at him.

Janus then stated," Sadly, such a reputation comes with a pile of annoying " fan boys" .

"The leader of the squad, Titan pilot, Yazan Gable, aimed his mobile suits lasers at Janus."Well Bounty hunter, seems like you have at last slipped up! No one can out run the judgment of the Titans forever!"

Janus seemed annoyed and opened his cockpit before saying," Oh yeah? Watch me! Later, tools!"

The masked man waved and jumped in his ship and at once its engines started to glow.

Letting his target escape was not an option, and Yazan aimed his Hambrai 's feyadeen rifle and stated," No, he won't escape this time! Dunkel, Ramsus, cover me! Open fire!"

The three winged mobile suits all transform in to there manta ray like mobile armor form and fired their powerful energy rifles at the same time to blast the Tri-Edge with a beam net! However, it's no use, as Janus seemed to have a hyper boost equipped to his ship as he rocketed out of the incoming energy net.

Yazen saw this and grinded his teeth." Think you can get away that easy you damn punk!?"

Janus saw Yazen boosted his own machines thrusters and fired at him and just snickers at the attempt before casually saying," Man you are one sore loser! Here take a hint Titan!"

Janus then deployed a Seismic Charge from the back of the Tri-Edge and as his Titan attacker saw this Yazen fired to deflect the explosive, and this caused the Sesimic Charge to hit the bottom of the tower hard. This caused the whole tower to shake.

Ben struggled to catch his balance he saw the Tri-Edge got away and felt a chill down his spine." Hey watch it! Oh great, now he got away again! Now what! Huh?"

Just then, everyone heard a large explosion, and then they heard a bunch more. Ben tensed up as he looked around." Um, what's going on? "

A panicked James then stated," Oh no, those idiots! They hit this place's main reactor! And now it's unstable!"

Ben then turned to him and let out a uneasy chuckle." But Janus disabled this thing, right?"

"Yes, but while this thing will no longer be able to damage the planet, those blasts seemed to hit the main reactor, and that can still go and cause an explosion. "

" Err, like how big an explosion? "

Cloud then cleared his throat." Like, an atomic one, that would destroy this entire area!"

Ben then winces and wearily blurted out," You're kidding, RIGHT!?"

Cloud then shook his head and answered with a dire, "Afraid not, We have to move now!"

Luigi then cowered in fear and yelped out," Oh, this is a nightmare! We finally beat Bowser and now this? Unless there is a nearby warp pipe right around here, we are all goners!"

Geno then stated," It's better than nothing, quick, everyone, look for a large green pipe! Huh? Is that a ship coming? Look over there!"

Ben and co turned and saw that a ship was indeed coming down to them, and it's the Comet Observatory in its ship mode. A bridge extended to the opening with Mallow on it and Mario blurted out,"Mallow? How did you a?"

A hectic Mallow cut off with," No time, EVERYONE, GET ON NOW!"

The group complied and everyone there hurried on board the ship. Cloud remembered the still knocked out Master Chief and wrapped over to cut him loose from Janus 's trap before cutting the Spartan loose and flash stepping to jump on just as the ship prepares to fly.

With little time left, the ship then blasts off into the sky, and, as it does, it causes a part of the towers wall to fall. This is relevant because it fell on King K rool. After Bowser sent him and the others flying out of his castle, then landed right at the base of the Monolith of judgment.

At this second, a large part of the wall fell on the crowned bad guys head.

This woke him up fast and he jumped up and pointed his musket cannon at the sky before roaring out," ALRIGHT, WHO WANTS TO MESS WITH ME! BRING IT! Oh? " He then looks at the tower, which is just about to blow! Seeing this, his eyes widened."Sigh, maybe I should have become a restaurant owner, like Wizpig after, GRAHHH! "

The king did not even have time to finish, because at that moment, the tower blew up, and the force of its power was so great that King K Rool was at once disintegrated along with Sir Grodius, Cackletta,Kamek, Kammy, Bowser's castle, and everything and everyone for several miles.

Ben and the others just managed to escape the blast radius and Ben saw this and resisted the urge to throw up." How horrible! This is too much, the people that followed Bowser did not deserve this."

Mario just took off his hat and looked dismayed." Bowser, even you did not deserve this fate. It's this Zannacross Empire, I won't ever forgive them for pushing Bowser and the Koopa Troop to this! "

Cloud then looked at him and nodded." Don't worry, Mario. I promise you, this empire of darkness will never win."

Speaking of the empire, it seemed that most of the Nova Crushers were able to escape into space, before the explosion and were already preparing to jump to Hyper space.

Night-Terror had reverted back to Nightmare and was on the command ship's deck when he saw this, and was not amused. He just looked at the explosion, saw the lack of energy and slammed his fist so hard on the deck he made a burning dent before he snarled out," Well, it seems I too was careless. But I won't let the Enji make a fool of me again! And, even with this it's not a total failure.

We still have several souls from all the deaths caused. But this is not what my task was, I have dishonored myself to Shin-Emperor Zannacross and Lord Damonus. But, I will never let failure happen again! Ben Auro, the next time we will meet it will be your last! Cervantes, tell the Schwarzwind fleet to prepare for a full retreat! We are done here. "

The ship's captain walked up to him, saluted and then cleared his throat." Um, lord Nightmare? Forgive me for asking, but what are we to do with him? "

Cervantes pointed to the left, at the burned , bruised, unconscious, and severely injured seemed that the Koopa king proved he was harder to kill than a cockroach, and did survive, if barely as it would seem Nightmare retrieved him from the lava lake before he left.

Nightmare snickered at the unconscious Koopa King in response." Oh him? Just throw him in storage somewhere. I knew he would amount to nothing. If it were up to me, he would be dead right now. But, I could not risk him being captured and interrogated by the Enji. Even he has knowledge that could help them in some way and we can not make any more errors! And most of all, it's for our master to punish those that fail him. At the very least the tribute of his entire race will be the start of his penance.

Tsc, the Enji are so clueless to just how far the wheels of destiny were in motion! Nothing they do can stop us! Still, today was more annoying than I expected. That bothersome bounty hunter, I want to know who he is. And these annoying Titan's Special forces led by that annoying Kira Myers. They are the most annoying of all, especially because that Kira is much stronger than even Ben Auro at the moment.

To assure our glorious era of darkness's arrival, they must be wiped out. And now, time to go!"

Nightmare exited the room, dragging the broken Bowser by the tail, to stored him somewhere. Meanwhile, speaking of the Titans, the leader of this fleet was witnessing the Koopa Kingdom being destroyed from as close as possible while not being consumed itself.

Yes, this whole time Paptimus Scirocco was observing the battles in his "O" mobile suit while killing anyone that came close to him. Right now he saw the Comet Observatory flew in the sky and he smirked." Well, looks like victory is achieved. And we were even able to do it without having to bombard the area ourselves, mostly. The Commandant will be pleased, his suspicions were correct. Ben Auro is proving to be a powerful warrior after all and could be our key to everything.

But, like he also said, he still is not properly trained. Well, I guess that means it's time he is rid of his errors that are withholding his true potential. But, if anyone is good at stomping out inefficiencies, it's Kira Myers. You will have to endure boy...if you want to be a true embodiment of justice that can be strong enough to turn the broken nature of humanity into the new type of being that is strong enough to bring true peace to the universe.

Well, that was a chapter with enough tension for a whole channel of melodramatic soap operas! Even after turning into Giga Bowser, the Koopa king could not beat Mario and pals and was defeated, and while he barely survived, he paid the price with his kingdom now in ruins. Ben and the Enji were able to save Mario's world, but this is just the beginning. What is in store for our hero's future? To find, out tune in to the next exciting chapter of Tales of the Cosmic Wars! In our next issue, Ben says his goodbyes to Mario and the others, and then returns with the others back to Hallowed Bastion for a well deserved rest, or maybe not! As soon as he is back, he is brought to Master Myers and Kira for a shocking announcement.

In order to better master his skills, and live and fulfill his destiny, Kira has " requested " that for now on Ben becomes his apprentice! In order to become stronger, he reluctantly agrees and he is forced to for now say goodbye to Doug, James, Lacus, Cloud and the others to train with Kira at the central base of the Titan special forces, the moon military forties called Granada. With only Hiryuumon with him, he finds himself at a much different, stricter and colder place. Not at all as open as the Enji temple, all members of the Titans are very militaristic and only focus on training. The only other Enji he knows is his rival Ezan, who also became Kira 's apprentice, in pursuit of power. Ben finds himself mostly alone, especially since the non magic members of the Titans all are very harsh to those with special powers, which the Titans view as cheating.

However, Ben soon has little time to feel alone as his harsh training with Kira begins! Ben soon finds out what the son of the Grand Master finds is the best way to train, pain! Kira is crueler than any of the Enji masters and trains Ben by various painful methods for days without sleep that border on torture, to see if Ben can truly become the savior of the universe!

Can Ben make it through Kira 's extreme methods, or will he crack? To find out tune, in to Chapter 70: The Hero's Burden, The Trial Of Maximum Pain! Till next time!