Petal Meadows (Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door)
"Okay, we got the stones, so we head back to Petal Meadows and put them into the pedestals, then head over to Hooktail's Castle." Lucy said. "Right?"
"Right." Mario nodded. "And then we defeat Hooktail."
"I just hope the dragon isn't hungry for plumbers..." Luigi shuddered as they walked through the ruins.
"HOLD IT RIGHT THERE!" A voice yelled as they turned around to see the same Golden Fuzzy with a Fuzzy Horde behind him. "I didn't take too kindly for beating me up so soon...and now I will have to beat you up."
Mario's eye twitched. "Fuzzies...a lot of 'em..." He growled as he clenched his fists.
"Uh...Mario? You okay?" Goombella asked.
"Uh oh...if there's one thing that can piss off Mario...it's those things!" Luigi exclaimed. "I'd stand back...this is gonna get ugly."
"What makes you say that?" Natsu asked when he noticed fire igniting from the palms of Mario's gloves.
"Oh...this ought to be interesting." Gray folded his arms.
"Fuzzy Horde...ATTACK!" The Golden Fuzzy yelled.
Mario took a step back and his eyes started glowing and then he put his hands together. "OH YEAH...HEEYAAAAAAAAH!" He yelled, unleashing his Final Smash on the Fuzzy Horde and the Golden Fuzzy itself, burning them all to a crisp.
"It's amazing that Master Hand can have us use our Final Smash without a Smash Ball." Luigi said.
The Golden Fuzzy coughed out smoke. "WE SURRENDER!" He yelled as they all took off.
"Yeah, you better run." Mario chuckled and then turned around. "Lets-a go!"
"That...was amazing." Natsu said.
"Remind me not to piss him off." Gray said as they walked through Petalburg while Wendy looked behind.
"Something wrong, Wendy?" Carla asked.
"I could've sworn I heard a scream..." Wendy replied. "I'm also amazed that the trees didn't catch on fire."
"Well, come on...we're being left behind." Carla told her as she nodded and then they walked away.
With the spies...
"Gah! Did that guy have to do that?!" Gajeel exclaimed as he was trying to brush the fire off of him.
"My tail's on fire!" Lily exclaimed.
"Hang on guys!" Juvia exclaimed. "Water Cyclone!" She shouted, completely drenching the three of them.
"Thanks..." Gajeel spit out some water.
"B-but...I wasn't ON fire..." Levy sighed.
"Better safe than sorry." Juvia giggled.
Back with the others...
"Um...excuse me..." A voice said once the others were out of Petalburg as they looked to see Koops walking up to them. "Sorry about earlier...it's just..." He clenched his fists and gulped.
"What is it?" Lucy asked.
"I...I...OH LET ME PLEASE JOIN YOU!" He yelled, surprising them all.
"Whoa...this is all so sudden..." Goombella said. "How come?"
"Well, uh...the thing is...my father went out to try to take down Hooktail but...he was defeated in battle and I want to avenge him but...I'm just a scaredy Koopa..." He sighed. "When I saw you guys braving Shhwonk Fortress, I wanted to be brave like you, but..." Tears were forming in his eyes. "I'll never be brave."
"Now, I wouldn't say never." Erza said. "For you to ask us to come with us to avenge your own father against Hooktail, that was pretty brave if you ask me."
"Really?" Koops asked.
"Yeah." She nodded.
"Well come on! Let's go take out Hooktail together!" Natsu smirked. "If he managed to kill your father, then by all means, you might as well go avenge him!"
Koops smiled. "Thanks, you guys!" He grinned.
"Lets-a-"
"Um, excuse me..." A voice said, cutting off Mario.
"Well that never happened before." Mario blinked as they turned around to see a female Koopa.
"Oh! Koopie Koo...um..." Koops sweatdropped.
"I couldn't help but overhear that...you're going to go to Hooktail's Castle and destroy him."
"I am."
"You can't do that! You're a wimp!"
"I know, but these guys are inspiring me to be brave!"
"These guys? I've never seen 'em in my entire life...what makes you think they won't abandon you because of your wimpiness?"
"We never abandon our comrades. That's not in our vocabulary." Natsu said.
"See?" Koops asked. "We'll take down Hooktail together."
Koopie Koo sighed. "You are one stubborn Koopa." She said and then grinned. "Look after him for me, will you?" She asked before taking off.
"That is one interesting sister you have there." Natsu said.
"Actually, she's my girlfriend." Koops told him.
"Ooooh." Happy looked at him. "You liiiike her!"
"And I'm not afraid to admit it." Koops chuckled.
"Unlike certain two people I know." Happy playfully grinned at Natsu and Lucy.
"Shut up!" Lucy glared at him.
"Let's go!" Natsu exclaimed as they took off until they reached the pillars in front of them.
"Okay...so we put the Sun and moon stone here..." Erza said as she placed the moon stone in one of them and Natsu put the sun in the other, and then suddenly the whole place rumbled.
"Wh-whoa! What's with the earthquake?!" Luigi exclaimed.
"Guys, look!" Wendy pointed as they looked to see the pillars moving out of the way and revealing switches.
"Whoa, cool!" Natsu grinned as he immediately punched one, as it started blinking for a few seconds before turning up. "Uh..."
"So these are the rumored simultaneous switches I've heard about..." Goombella said. "You have to hit both of them at the same time."
"I see..." Mario nodded as he took out his hammer and hit one while Koops kicked another one, as the pillar near them suddenly exploded and revealed a warp pipe.
"Hey, how come Natsu couldn't just blow it up with his Iron Fist?" Happy wondered.
"I didn't know there'd be a warp pipe in there." Natsu shrugged.
"So...we're going in there." Luigi said.
"Yep." Mario nodded.
"You know I'm probably going to scream really loud and try my hardest to escape, right?"
"I know." Mario nodded. "Come on." He said as he hopped into the warp pipe as they all followed him as they then walked into the castle entrance and as soon as they entered, they noticed the bridge is totally broken.
"Oh would you look at that, the bridge is out. Oh well, we tried." Luigi turned around, but Natsu caught his arm.
"We're not giving up that easily." Natsu said.
"ICE MAKE: FLOOR!" Gray yelled, immediately turning the whole bridge in ice and totally repaired. "There we go."
"You guys are so amazing!" Koops exclaimed as they soon entered Hooktail's Castle.
Hooktail Castle (Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door)
Gray whistled. "Man, I was not expecting this." He said.
"Too many Dry Bones." Luigi shuddered.
"Actually, according to my tattle log, these are Dull Bones." Goombella told them. "But, I'm pretty sure they won't be moving anytime soon."
"Oh believe me, they will." Mario said as they walked forward while dealing with two Paratroopas and a Koopa.
"Any reason why those three weren't dead?" Luigi asked after they annihilated them.
"They were probably going after Hooktail." Lucy said. "...Though, I don't know why they'd attack us."
"Exactly! Hooktail brainwashed them!" Luigi exclaimed.
"A dragon that can hypnotize...that's a new one." Erza said as they walked through the door.
"Oh my gosh!" Koops exclaimed, looking at a pile of Dull Bones as he ran over to them. "I knew it...this guy is my dad!" He exclaimed, tears already streaming from his cheeks as they all checked out the corpse when Lucy noticed a letter.
"Hey...what's this?" Lucy wondered as she picked it up.
"It's a letter, genius." Happy told her.
"I know that!" Lucy glared at him and then looked at Koops. "Do you mind if we..."
"Go ahead." Koops sniffed as Lucy nodded and started reading.
"To whom it may concern: If you are reading this, then it is most likely that I have passed on to a better life. I have battled Hooktail and I was about to defeat it, but it managed to trick me and mortally wound me. When Hooktail is on its last legs...it will do any kind of trick to let your guard down. However, I have discovered Hooktail's weakness...it begins with a "Cr" and ends with "icket." I hope that dragon will be defeated as soon as I end this letter. To my dearest son Kolorado, be strong." The letter read as they all blinked and looked at Koops.
"Kolorado?" Koops blinked and then blushed in embarrassment. "Uh...eheheh...whoops. My bad."
"So...Hooktail's weakness is a simple cricket?" Natsu blinked.
"Well, we all have weaknesses" Wendy pointed out. "No matter how strange it may be."
"True." Natsu nodded.
"So...if my dad isn't here...then where is he?" Koops wondered.
"We may as well continue forward." Erza said as they walked to the door being guarded by a Red Bones as she kicked it away.
"Who dares to come to Hooktail's castle?!" A voice suddenly shouted as they turned to see the Red Bones getting up. "Leave now...or be nothing but bones!"
"Mama mia, that's creepy!" Luigi exclaimed as suddenly all the Dull Bones got up and started attacking them.
Battle! (Mario and Luigi: Partners in Time)
"According to my tattle log, if we destroy the Red Bones, these Dull Bones will go back to being...well...dead!" Goombella exclaimed.
"In that case..." Natsu jumped up while everyone else was knocking down the Dull Bones. "FIRE DRAGON'S BRILLIANT FLAME!" He yelled, sending the humongous fireball down below and destroying all the Dull Bones and sent the Red Bones flying straight to a wall. "FIRE DRAGON'S FLAME ELBOW!" He yelled and when the attack connected, Red Bones shattered into pieces.
Hooktail's Castle
"Well that takes care of that." Gray said.
Natsu chuckled. "Let's go!" He said as they nodded and kept on going.
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The problem is...Red Bones doesn't have a lot of defense and is just a fragile red Dry Bones. He didn't even stand a chance when Natsu obliterated it.