Chapter 14: Battle Against Stationery
Donkey Kong rushed at Colored Pencils and was winding his fist for his signature Monkey Punch. However, the pencil case opened its lit and used one of the several colored pencils to block DK's attack.
Donkey Kong- OWCH!
Donkey Kong backed away from Colored pencils and began kissing his fist.
Colored Pencils- Feast your eyes upon my art-senal! Twelve colored pencils, ready to make your bodies my canvas!
Donkey Kong- How can a pencil be as sharp as a steel spike?!
Colored Pencils- Art has more power than you foolish monkeys could realize! Now, let us see you dodge this!
Then Colored Pencils launched one of those pencils at Donkey Kong. Donkey Kong jumped out of the way, but it exploded closely behind him and almost blew him off his feet.
Donkey Kong- Those pencils explode?!
Colored Pencils- Why do you think they call me the Missile Maestro? But I'm just getting started!
Then Colored Pencils launched several of his missiles out. Donkey Kong got out of the way, but they were heading for Adeleine and Ribbon. Luckily, King DeDeDe swung his mallet like a baseball bat and knocked the missiles away from them.
Adeleine- Thanks, DeDeDe…
King DeDeDe- Don't worry. I'm not gonna let anything happen to you!
Colored Pencils- Isn't that sweet. Have a soft spot for the girl have you?
King DeDeDe- Adeleine's like a sister to me. She's always so nice to me and that's good enough to protect her. You want to get to her, you'll have to get through me first!
Colored Pencils- If you insist, fat boy! I've got my missiles all locked on you now!
Adeleine- If only I had a canvas to paint on…
Ribbon- You mean like that one?
Then Adeleine looked to her right and saw a new canvas and easel right in front of her.
Adeleine- Where did this get here?
Viridi (telepathically to Adeleine)- We heard that mean old Dimentio broke your old canvas over his knee. What a jerk!
Palutena (telepathically to Adeleine)- I hope you like this new one, but you might want to draw quickly.
Adeleine- Thanks you two! Ok, better draw something to help DeDeDe!
Colored Pencils launched at least seven missiles at DeDeDe. But a giant wok lid drawn by Adeleine was placed over King DeDeDe and shielded him from all those missiles.
Adeleine- That was close! You ok, DeDeDe?
King DeDeDe- Hey, I've been through worse, believe me.
Colored Pencils- Well, isn't this interesting. A fellow artist. Guess you do have some taste after all. But can your art be able to stop mine?
Then Adeleine, Ribbon, and King DeDeDe each had four markers shining on their bodies.
Colored Pencils- All twelve of my missiles are locked and loaded on your life signals. Now, even if you dodge, they'll follow after you until they hit their target. Ready…aim…FI…
Before Colored Pencils could finish, Donkey Kong jumped on Colored Pencils from behind and closed his case up.
Colored Pencils- Zut alors! My lid is closed! I can't stop my missiles!
Then all twelve of those colored pencil missiles exploded inside of Colored Pencils and left him stunned a bit. Donkey Kong grabbed Colored Pencils from underneath and tossed Colored Pencils into the wall behind him.
Donkey Kong- That takes care of the missile launching pencil case with the bad French accent.
Then a purple-colored pencil was launched at Donkey Kong from the smoke cloud and almost hit him. Donkey Kong dodged before it exploded. When the smoke cleared, Colored Pencils was back up and fully loaded again.
Colored Pencil- I wouldn't say that! And you'll pay for that, you stupid monkey!
Meanwhile, Rubber Band was walking closer towards Sonic.
Rubber Band- Behold the power of my rubber bands. You'll be in for a real treat before you die! For I am the greatest actress the world has ever known and I always make sure to put on a spectacular show.
Meowth- Wow…her vanity actually rivals yours, Jessie!
Marx- Hang on…that's a woman?!
Jessie- At least people can tell what gender I am, unlike that rubber band cluster!
Sonic- Don't matter! I'll just put an end to this in a snap!
Then Sonic charges up for his spin dash attack and rushed right at Rubber Band. However, when Sonic spin dashed into Rubber Band's chest, the bands around her body stretched back and almost touched the bands on her back side. But then Sonic was slingshot from Rubber Band and into the wall on the other side of the room.
Sonic- What the…how the **** did that happen?!
Rubber Band- OHHH-HO-HO-HO-HO-HO! Foolish hedgehog! I'm rubber and you're glue. Your moves bounce off and stick to you!
James- In this case, literally…
Rubber Band- Although I will admit, you were able to stretch out the elastic in my bands more than I was expecting before you got flung off of me. I bet you would've made a great stuntman in my shows with speed like that.
Marx- Actually, Sonic's speed is of the gods' level since he has the same powers as the God of Chaos.
Rubber Band- A demigod? Guess that explains why he almost stretched out the elastic of some of my bands with that dash move before be bounced off of me and into that wall.
Meowth- She dropped her guard! Now's my chan…
Meowth was about to move in, but Marx extended his wing and stopped Meowth.
Marx- STOP!
Meowth- Why…?
Then a few rubber bands that were placed on the floor sprang up like they were set as a trap.
Marx- If you had gone any further, those bands would've flicked you right in between your legs. She was expecting a sneak attack and laid this boobytrap on the ground.
James- How do you keep seeing these traps before they're sprung?
Marx- I'm a jester. I love to place traps like that for fun. It's just nature to me to spot a hiding trap. Guess that's part of the reason why Tabuu wanted me as one of his followers.
Rubber Band- That's not very nice, spoiling the surprise I've set up for the players like that. But you need to be taught a lesson to follow my scripts, jester!
Rubber Band was aiming one of her bands at Marx, but a blue blur dashed right past her legs and Rubber Band fell to the ground.
Sonic- And you shouldn't have turned your attention away from me, since I could get back up in the blink of an eye.
Rubber Band- A showoff are you, hedgehog? Well, I'm the real superstar around here…
Rubber Band stood back up as three spotlights came out of nowhere and shined on Rubber Band.
Rubber Band- For the spotlight is mine! All mine!
Meanwhile, Hole Punch was staring down Shantae while shaking his body too.
Hole Punch- From the way you're dressed, you appear as some kind of dancer.
Shantae- Yes, I am a dancer. In fact, most of my magic and fighting style is built around my dance moves.
Hole Punch- Perfect! Then you and me gonna have a dance off! But first, we need a beat! Something groovy! Hey author, give us a proper tune to put me in the groove so me and the lady can show our stuff.
(Background music changes to Mirror B's them from Poke'mon XD: Gale of Darkness)
Hole Punch- Oh yeah! I dig this tune! Whoever this Mirror B is, he's got great taste in music!
The Hole Punch spun his body while one corner was touching the ground.
Hole Punch- OW!
Then Hole Punch literally began spinning like a top and rushed at Shantae. Luckily, Shantae was able to block in time with a high kick and knock Hole Punch back a bit. Hole Punch used more of his dance moves to strike at Shantae, but Shantae dodged all of them using her dance moves to evade.
Hole Punch- Not bad. I'll admit…you got some moves, little lady! I'm starting to get impressed. However, I'm the one who owns the dance floor around here! Let me show you why!
Then Hole Punch made a few holes in the floor, made a dancing spin around the holes he made, and the holes flung all over the area. Goh had just called out his Cinderace when one of those holes suddenly appeared below where he was standing.
Goh- What the…WOOOOHHH!
Shantae- Goh!
Cinderace- Cinderace!
As Goh was about to fall through that hole, Shantae and Cinderace each grabbed one of Goh's hands and managed to pull him out of there.
Goh- That was close! Thanks you guys!
Cinderace- Cinde!
Shantae- That's a dirty move, going after the Poke'mon Trainer instead of the Poke'mon!
Goh- Hey Medusa, why don't you just turn that guy into stone?
Medusa- Because as Ash pointed out earlier, my ability to turn living beings to stone doesn't work on inorganic creatures. And since this dancing hole puncher is not flesh and bone, my stone gaze will have the same result on him as it did for when I tried on Ash's Melmetal. I'll have to settle this by different means.
Then Medusa fired a large beam from her staff and hit Hole Punch with it and knocked him to the wall. However, Hole Punch was nowhere to be seen when the smoke cleared.
Medusa- Hey, where did that…
Suddenly, Hole Punch grabbed hold of Medusa from behind and got her head in between one of the two parts of the hole puncher that makes holes.
Hole Punch- You wanna dance, sister? Well let me show you what you're up against! One, two, PUNCH!
Then Hole Punch instantly made a literal hole in Medusa's face, leaving a huge hole where her face used to be. Then Hole Punch smacked Medusa to the ground while continuing to dance.
Shantae- Yikes! I didn't know that thing could make holes in living beings as well!
Viridi (telepathically to Shantae)- I don't know…I think I like Medusa better this way.
Then Medusa held one finger out in a certain jester and tried to say something at Viridi. However, the audio was muffled with her face missing. Hole Punch jumped into the air and attempted to land on them.
Goh- Cinderace, blaze kick!
Cinderace- Cinderace!
Then Cinderace managed to block Hole Punch with that blaze kick and knocked Hole Punch higher into the air. Before Hole Punch could pull himself together, Shantae turned herself into Snake Shantae and coiled around Hole Punch. This made Hole Punch and herself spin even faster in the air, but as Snake Shantae squeezed Hole Punch tighter, Hole Punch spat out Medusa's face and shot it right back at Medusa.
Medusa- Yes, I got my…wait, why is everything upside-down?
Goh and Cinderace took a look at Medusa and they desperately tried not to laugh.
Goh- Well…(Snort)…you see…about your face…it wasn't put in correctly…(chuckles)…
Then Medusa realized her face was on upside-down.
Medusa- What the ****?! Hey Shantae, work on your aim! Can't believe I have to…
Then Medusa placed both her hands over her face as she got her face right-side-up again. Snake Shantae still had Hole Punch wrapped in her coils as they continued to spin in the air. Once they reached the ceiling, Snake Shantae threw Hole Punch to the ground. As Hole Punch struggled to get back up, Elephant Shantae landed directly on top of him and pushed him further into the floor. Then Elephant Shantae turned back into normal Shantae as she jumped off of Hole Punch. However, Hole Punch jumped right back up and was looking more energetic than before.
Hole Punch- Alright, genie girl! Time to prove who's the better dancer once and for all! Time for me to break out my super-secret special dance moves now! Let's hear it people! Make some noooooise!
Meanwhile, Tape attempted to jump on Pit, Tails, and Boss Cass with his dispenser. Luckily, they dodged, but Pit and Tails flew into the air after they dodged.
Tape- Hey! What's with da flying?! Youse got a problem with using ya legs and think ya too good for walking?! Well, dat's it! Let's see how ya flyboys handing being…grounded…
Then Tape shot out a stream of tape from his dispenser and it quickly rushed by Pit and Tails. Shortly after, both Pit's wings and Tails' tails were all taped together and they fell to the ground.
Pit- What's going on?! I can't spread my wings! I can't fly with my wings stuck to my back!
Tails- I can't fly either with my tails stuck together!
Tape- What's da matter? Little birdies upset their wings got clipped?
Suddenly, a laser beam was fired and hit Tape. Then Pit and Tails saw Boss Cass holding his laser gun.
Boss Cass- For the record, cassowaries are flightless birds too! And we take the flightless birds joke highly offensive!
But then Tape got himself back up, but part of his dispenser was cracked on the front right side.
Tape- Myah, wise guy, eh? Well, youse might as well be a penguin instead of a cassowary since I'm gonna put youse on ice for that!
Tape shot a few strips of Tape at Boss Cass, but Pit shot them all down with light arrows from his light arrows. Then Pit shot a few more light arrows from his Palutena's Bow at Tape and smash up some of his dispenser. Before Tape could counter, Tails knocked into Tape's rear right side with a spin dash and knocked Tape into the wall.
Tape- How's dis possible?! I stuck up youse flying with my tape!
Tails- Who said flying is all Pit and I have. I can do the spin dash like Sonic can.
Pit- And I'm armed with several weapons and have Lady Palutena's powers to back me up.
Tape- Now youse really tryin' my patience here! Youse all on thin ice, bambino!
Meanwhile, Scissors rushed at Kirby, Espio, and Risky Boots. Kirby and Espio jumped out of the way and Espio threw a shuriken at Scissors. However, Scissors opens his blades and cut the shuriken in half.
Espio- What…
Scissor- I'm scissors, you are paper! I cut you all into pieces!
Then Scissors rushed at Risky Boots, but Risky Boots blocked with her sword.
Scissors- You think that will hold my blades back?
Then Scissors snapped the blade off of Risky's sword.
Risky Boots- Are you kidding me! That's the second sword in one story!
Scissors was about to cut at Risky Boots, but then Stone Kirby dropped right in between them while taking the form of a stone block. When Scissors tried to cut Stone Kirby, his blades suddenly cracked and he began to vibrate like a tuning fork.
Scissors- (Gibberish)
Stone Kirby- Sorry, but rock breaks Scissors!
Scissors- Oh…you ****ing little…I'll cut you up so thin for that, that even an ant wouldn't be able to see your remains!
Meanwhile, Staples jumping up and down as it was staring down Ash, Pikachu, Vector, and King K. Rool. Eager to start the show.
Staples- (Growl) (BARK)
Then Staples shot several staples. Ash dodged, but ripped part of his jacket.
Pikachu- Pika Pi!
Then Ash saw that Pikachu was pinned to the floor by one of those staples that was fired as Staples was moving in on Pikachu.
Staples- (Growl)
Ash- NO! Pikachu!
Ash rushed over to help Pikachu.
Vector- What are you doing?!
Ash- I gotta help Pikachu get unstuck!
Ash got to where Pikachu was stuck and attempted to pull the giant staple off of Pikachu's body. But it wasn't long before Ash and Pikachu noticed Staples' shadow looming over them. But just as Staples was about to take a bite out of Ash or Pikachu, Ho-Oh landed on Staples from above and pinned Staples within his claws.
Ho-Oh- Don't worry, Master Ash! I've got this!
Staples- (GROWL)
Then Staples was thrashing and squirming at it attempted to shake Ho-Oh off of it. And to Ash's surprise, Ho-Oh was struggling to keep Staples pinned down.
Ho-Oh- Hey, you too! Don't just stand there! Help Master Ash out! This stapler dog is a lot stronger than it looks and I don't know how much longer I can hold it!
Then Vector and King K. Rool rushed up to Ash and began assisting him in pulling the large staple off of Pikachu.
Vector- What were you thinking rushing in like that?
Ash- Pikachu is more than just my Poke'mon! He's my friend! Pikachu is my brother!
King K. Rool- Your brother? But he's a…
Ash- Not literally! Also, I'm willing to put my Poke'mon's lives over my own and I'd do anything protect them from harm. After all, Vector, rescuing Charmy is why you and Espio came along with us. So you must have similar feelings for the little bee.
Vector- Ok…fair point.
Then King K. Rool and Vector managed to lift the staple high enough for Pikachu to get his body unstuck.
Pikachu- Pika…
Ash- Glad you're safe, buddy!
Then Ash returned his attention to Staples who had managed to fling Ho-Oh off of it and knock Ho-Oh to the ground. Staples was about to attack Ho-Oh, but Pikachu rushed in and smacked Staples away from Ho-Oh with iron tail.
Pikachu- Pikachu Pi!
Then King K. Rool noticed a staple fell to the floor.
King K. Rool- Hey, it appears to lose staples whenever it gets hit!
Vector- And if it loses all of them, I'll bet that little dog would be powerless!
Staples struggled to get back up, but then Vector punched Staples knocked it a bit away from Vector. This also made some staples fall out. But to Staples misfortune, it was flung into King K. Rool's fist which had a boxing glove on it as it punched Staples as well.
Ash- Ok, let's strike while it's down! Pikachu, thunderbolt! And Ho-Oh, hyper beam!
Ho-Oh- As you command, Master Ash! Hyper beam!
Pikachu- Pika…CHUUUUUUU!
Both Poke'mon attacks struck Staples and stunned Staples, like it had been inflicted with a paralyzing status effect. But before Staples could pull itself together, Vector grabbed the hold of the top of Staples and managed to open and expose all of its staples. Then King K. Rool placed a bomb into Staples before Vector closed the lid back up. After the bomb exploded, all of Staples' staples fell out.
King K. Rool- That should get rid of those…
Before King K. Rool could finish, Staples opened up again as a set of red staples dropped from above and refilled Staples.
Staples- (GROWL)
King K. Rool threw a bomb at Staples, but Staples bit through the bomb and didn't seem phased at all.
Ho-Oh- It appears those new sets of staples are more durable than before. Meaning this is now going to be harder to win.
Meanwhile, the Origami Empress was staring down Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, Link, Ty, Bandana Dee, Bowser, Ganondorf, and Eggman. The Origami Empress looked at Marco's sword as Mario drew it from its sheath on Mario's left hip.
Origami Empress- Really, you're going to try and use that silly little toothpick against me?
Mario attempted to swing Marco's sword at her, but the sword just bounced off of her body like it was made of rubber.
Eggman- Weren't you paying attention, Mario?!
Luigi- Yeah, Kyrin told us that her body was immune to the effects of our ancestor's sword. Even though it's capable of cutting through Tabuu's power.
Ganondorf- And that's why Tabuu brought the Origami Empress back to life.
Bandana Dee- So why would you try Marco's sword against her like that?
Charmy- He's right…even I find that kind of stupid using a weapon you know won't work, even if it does work on Tabuu.
Mario- Sorry, I just got caught up in the moment.
Luigi- Palutena, Viridi, think you can spare a powerup item for Mario and me? I think we might need it.
Then two rotating blocks appeared before Mario and Luigi.
Palutena (telepathically to Mario and Luigi)- Sorry, but this was the best we could do on short notice.
Mario- That's fine. Just gotta time it right and…
Then Mario timed his jump and managed to get the rotation to stop on the red star powerup, turning him into Ultra Mario.
Ultra Mario- I got lucky here. I managed to get Ultra Mario in that roulette.
Luigi- Maybe I can get the white star and turn into God Luigi! Just gotta time it…and…
Luigi timed his jump, but he didn't get the white star like he was hoping for. Instead, he got the fire flower when he hit the block and turned into Fire Luigi.
Fire Luigi- Ok…fire is good too.
Origami Empress- You think just because you're all powered up and have me outnumbered, you can beat me like Marco did?
Ultra Mario- Let me ask you something, Empress…do you know anything about Olivia and Olly?
Origami Empress- I do remember Tabuu mentioning those names.
Ultra Mario- They were origami created by the Fold of Life origami technique just like you.
Origami Empress- Really? Interesting. I'd like to meet…
Bowser- They were sacrificed by Tabuu just now!
Origami Empress- Wha…
Ultra Mario- It's true. Tabuu used them as a sacrifice to release your soul. In fact, their paper bodies are what your new body your soul was placed into is made out of.
Origami Empress- But…but Tabuu said they agreed to this…
Yoshi- Tabuu lie. He do that a lot.
Fire Luigi- He's right. Tabuu has tricked many people to people into doing his dirty work only to dispose of them once he believes they have no more use for him.
Ultra Mario- And Tabuu doesn't care for you. He's only interested in your immunity to the only weapon we have that can hurt him. Which is why he sacrificed Olly and Olivia.
Origami Empress- Why…Why should I believe you?! You're the decedent of that knight who locked my soul away! And Tabuu was kind enough to remove the stain my father scared me with!
Eggman- I think it's useless to try and reason with her, Mario.
Ganondorf- It's best if we fight now and ask questions…never!
Bowser- Maybe if we beat her and crumple this Empress, we can get Olivia back!
Ganondorf- Getting attached, are we?
Bowser- Keep that mouth shut, Ganondorf, unless you want to end up like DeDeDe a few chapters ago!