Great Tree (Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door)

They entered the Great Tree as they looked around. "Hello? Petuni? Puniper? Elder? Where is everyone?" Punio asked.

"They're probably hiding from those X-Nauts." Natsu replied.

"That's probably a smart idea." Punio nodded when suddenly a door opened in front of them and two X-Nauts walked out.

"Whoa!" One exclaimed. "Who are those guys?"

"The Mario Bros and Fairy Tail!" The other replied.

"Oh ho! If we can take 'em out, this makes Lord Crump's job a whole lot easier!"

"Whoa whoa whoa, hold the phone here! There's two of us and a whole lot of them! I say we just report to Lord Crump."

"And I say we attack them!"

"Fine! You attack them and I'll just watch!"

"Fine by me, you scaredy cat!" The X-Naut charged them. "HERE I COME!" He yelled while the other X-Naut just folded his arms and whistled. "OW! OW! OOOOW!" He yelled and was launched back to him.

"So how'd it go?" He asked.

"On second thought...reporting to Lord Crump isn't such a bad idea..." He muttered.

"Told ya." He said as they took off.

"Hmph, that was just pitiful." Mario said, putting his hammer away.

"Tell me about it." Natsu nodded.

"Hmm?" Punio noticed something in the corner of his eye. "I thought I just saw someone..." He said as he walked behind the pillars. "Hey! I see you back there!" He said and pulled out a Puni.

"Hey hey! Let me go!" He exclaimed and then saw everyone. "Wh-whoa...they're huge!"

"They're gonna help us take down the X-Nauts." Punio grinned.

"Um...how do you know they're NOT going to hurt us?" Another Puni asked.

"Huh?" Punio turned around. "How many are there back there?" He asked as a few of them revealed themselves. "This is it? Where is everyone?"

"Where do you think?" A voice asked as a big fat Puni walked over to them.

"Puniper?" Punio asked. "What are you talking about?"

"Oh Punio...since you were gone, every ONE OF US got captured, the Elder and...your sister."

"MY SISTER?!" Punio yelled.

"Yes, they've all been captured by the X-Nauts...and you think you can take them out with THESE giants? Give me a break, two of them are freakin' cats! What will they do, meow them to death?"

"HEY!" Happy yelled.

"How rude!" Carla growled.

"We WILL defeat the X-Nauts! Just come with us and we will defeat them together."

"I'll join you when you rescue everyone. HA! Like that'll ever happen." Puniper chuckled.

Punio growled. "I'll prove you wrong! Come on guys, we're going to go rescue everyone!" He stormed off.

"Good luck, you're gonna need it." Puniper said and then laughed as they then followed Punio.

"Geez, what's with him?" Natsu wondered.

"He has a soft heart, but I don't know where the heck that attitude came from." Punio muttered as they went in several warp pipes while taking out any X-Nauts and Yuxes until they got to the cells.

"Red and blue jail cells?" Luigi asked.

"What, do you want boring old silver?" Gray asked.

"No...I'm just surprised there's other colors for cells besides silver." Luigi replied.

"Elder!" Punio exclaimed.

"Hmm? Oh hello Punio, how are you?"

"Elder! You're in a cell for crying out loud!"

"I am? Oh, I guess I am." She said.

"Where's Petuni and the others?"

"Oh, let's see...they would be in the other cell."

Punio immediately ran to the other cell. "Petuni!"

"Hmm? Oh Punio! You've made it!"

"Don't worry, we'll get you out of here! I got myself some heroes who can bust you guys out of here!"

Petuni looked up. "Whoa..."

"I know! The X-Nauts won't know what hit them!" He grinned.

"OOOOW!" A voice yelled.

"What the...?" Natsu wondered as they looked into the next room as they saw Ms. Mowz dragging an unconscious X-Naut.

Ms. Mowz's theme (Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door)

"Hmm? Oh hello!" Ms. Mowz greeted. "Don't mind me, I'm just gonna throw this X-Naut into the cell right there." She said, pulling out a key.

"Oh...It's just a thief. I thought someone else went in there and clobbered that X-Naut." Punio said as Ms. Mowz opened up the cell door where the Elder was residing in.

"If you're looking for the Crystal Star, it's at the very bottom of this tree." She said and threw the X-Naut in there, being careful not to hit the elder. "I'll see you cuties later." She said, pecking Gray on the cheek again and taking off.

The Great Tree

"Dude, why are you always getting kissed by a mouse?" Natsu asked.

"I have no idea." Gray grumbled as Punio ran in.

"Hey Elder! It looks like we're saving you first!" Punio grinned.

The Elder turned around. "YOU SELFISH PUNI!" She yelled, turning gigantic. "WHY WOULD YOU SAVE ME FIRST AND NOT YOUR PRECIOUS SISTER?!"

"HOLY CRAP, SHE WENT HUGE!" Happy yelled.

"Mama mia, did she eat a Mega Mushroom?!" Luigi exclaimed.

"It says here that mushrooms are a delicacy for the Punis." Goombella said.

"B-But Elder..."

"Don't 'but' me, young Puni! You know why all the other Punies call you a moron? This is why! You will have to lead the Puni tribe one day and you have to stop acting like a moron! Now first things first!"

A few long hours later...

"And that's all I have to say about that!" The Elder said, as Punio was the only one awake. Everyone else was asleep. "Now...why did you save me again?"

"Um...elderly Punies first?"

"Oh! Then why didn't you say so in the first place?" The Elder stepped out and then shut the door.

"H-hey! Don't lock me in here!" The X-Naut exclaimed.

"Wait a darn second..." Happy walked over to the other cell.

"What's the matter, Happy?" Natsu asked.

"Um, I think you guys can fit right through this." Happy said. "You guys are small and these bars are wide enough for you to go through."

"Seriously?" Punio asked as he managed to squirm his way through the cell bars. "...Oh you have GOT to be kidding me."

"What?!" A Puni exclaimed.

"You mean to tell us that we can just easily go through?!" Another asked.

An anime tic mark appeared on the Elder's forehead. "YOU SPINELESS PUNIS!" She yelled, growing huge again. "You've let yourself get captured and not ONCE did you think that you could just easily get out?! When I was your age..."

Several MORE hours later...

"And that's that!" The Elder said.

"Hey, look who's talking! You didn't go through those bars either!" A Puni said.

"I'm old and I forget things! That's a perfect excuse! Now if you'll excuse me, I gotta go talk to Puniper!" She said and slowly took off as the others got out of the cell.

"Well, we got out. Let's go take out the X-Nauts!" Petuni exclaimed.

"Um...but what about them?" A Puni asked as they all saw everyone asleep. "They fell asleep during the Elder's lecture!"

"Hey, I'd fall asleep too if she kept rambling on for hours..." Another said as they all nudged them awake.

"Huh...? Did we fall asleep?" Erza wondered.

"Honestly, I always fall asleep whenever I hear one of her boring lectures." Flurrie said as they walked away.

The X-Naut pulled out a walkie talkie. "Lord Crump...the Punies are smarter than we thought."

"What makes you say that?"

"They crawled through the metal bars..."

"WHAT! But they were wide enough to keep them in their place!"

"Yeah, and they know the Crystal Star is at the bottom of this tree!"

"SHOOT! I NEED TO BOOK IT!" Crump hung up.

"So...how am I going to get out of here?" The X-Naut wondered.

Back with the others...

March of the Punies (Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door)

"And that is why you need to help Punio!" The Elder scolded.

"But...Punio hasn't come back yet! He saved you and no one else!"

"About that..." Punio's voice said as they looked to see all the other Punies.

"Oh..." Puniper blinked. "Well alright then, let's go take down the X-Nauts!"

"Excuse me...what were your names again?" The Elder asked Mario and the gang as they told her their names. "All I heard was Marty-O. Now, you might want to take this." She said and gave them a Puni Orb. "Stick this into any pedestal and there's a high chance these Punies will go nuts about it, they're attracted to really shiny things! Now go and kick some butt!"

"Right." Natsu nodded and took off.

"I can't believe she just heard Mario's name and none of ours." Gray said.

"She's old." Punio said as they went into the warp pipe.

"Now...we just put this in this pedestal?" Erza asked as she put the Puni Orb in the pedestal.

"SO PRETTY!" A Puni yelled as they all went over to it.

"Whoa...she wasn't kidding." Luigi said.

"Mama mia...and I thought Yoshi was crazy with shiny things." Mario said as a warp pipe appeared as they all went in and placed the Puni Orb in various places while taking out any X-Nauts in the process until they saw a Jabbi and then it ran off.

"Oh...a Jabbi." Puniper said.

"What the heck is a Jabbi?" Gray asked.

"Our sworn enemy." Punio replied.

"Ah." He nodded as they walked through the narrow pathway.

"This isn't so bad." Lucy said. "I mean, it's a huge tree but nothing too serious is going on." She said...and then a Pider came down right in her face.

With the others...

"Bah, there's nothing good in this tree." Gajeel said.

"Something tells me you're not a tree hugger." Levy said.

"This is just one gigantic tree. Whoop-dee-do. Nothing special." He muttered when suddenly they heard Lucy screaming.

"Was that Lu?" Levy wondered.

"I wonder what happened to her?" Lily wondered while Juvia shrugged.

Back with the others...

"It's just a spider." Natsu said as he yanked it out of its web and threw it to the side.

"You don't understand! Spiders are gross and nasty!" Lucy glared at him.

"Okay, whatever." Natsu said as they kept on going, completely unfazed by the fact that Happy was trembling on his head.

"Is he seriously scared of spiders?" Gray asked.

"Well, it was a huge one, so I wouldn't blame him." Mario replied, seeing Luigi cowering as they made their way until they got into the next room, where they were greeted by one hundred Jabbis.

"Holy crap, that's a lot of them!" Gray exclaimed.

"We'll take care of them!" Punio said, putting on a soldier helmet. "CHAAAAAAAAARGE!" He yelled as all the Punies and the Jabbies went to war with one another.

Have a Nice Talk (Mario and Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story)

"...I can't tell who's winning..." Gray sat down.

"Um...the Punies...no...the Jabbies! No...wait! It's...it's...I can't tell." Happy sighed.

Erza leaned against a wall. "We might as well wait it out..."

"So, what do you guys want to talk about?" Wendy asked.

"Fairy Tail." Luigi said. "I'm curious about it."

"So am I." Mario said.

"We are too." Koops said as Goombella and Flurrie nodded as they told them everything.

"Whoa..." Luigi said in amazement. "That's one heck of a guild."

"It is." Lucy grinned.

"Guys? I think the Punies won." Happy said as he pointed as they all looked to see the Punies still standing as they then destroyed their base.

March of the Punies

"Alright, let's go!" Punio exclaimed as they got up and took off with the Punies, destroying any Pale Piranha Plant, Pider, or X-Naut in the way as they soon came into a room with an odd looking pedestal.

"Oh ho ho!" Natsu said. "Let's put the Puni Orb in there!"

"Hold it...there's something off about this one." Erza said as she walked over to it. "Look at the characters on this one. They look horribly drawn unlike the ones we saw earlier." She pointed out. "If you think about it, someone is doing a poor attempt of trying to trap us." She said. "I'd stay away from this one."

"So this one is a trap?" Natsu asked.

"Most likely." Erza said as she summoned her Purgatory sword and slashed through it, causing it to shatter into pieces as she then put it away. "Let's just go in that warp pipe on that tree stump."

"One problem...it's so tall that we can barely reach it." Punio said.

"Just leave everything to me." Lucy pulled out a key. "OPEN! GATE OF THE RAM! ARIES!" She yelled as Aries appeared in front of them.

"Mama mia! She's cute!" Luigi said as Aries blushed.

"Aries, can you make a little ramp for us so the Punies can make it into the Warp Pipe?"

Aries nodded. "I can sure try." She said as she used her wool to make a ramp. "There we go!"

"Oh! So this is what a cloud feels like!" A Puni said.

"Man, this feels so soft and heavenly!" Another said.

"I don't want to leave this ramp! Just leave me here for the rest of my life!"

Eventually, all the Punies and everyone else got on top of the tree stump. "Thanks Aries." Lucy grinned.

"No problem." Aries waved before disappearing as they all went into the Warp Pipe.

"Lord Crump, come in!" An X-Naut called.

"What is it? Did they fall for the trap?" Crump asked.

"Uh no...the red haired one got too suspicious and destroyed your pedestal."

"Ooooh...I knew I shouldn't have done it in crayon!" Crump growled. "I should've just done a marker or paint!"

"How about pastels?"

"No one uses pastels these days!" Crump exclaimed. "Fine...i'll just grab the Crystal Star and get the heck out of here." He said and then hung up.

"But...but...aaaand he hung up on me." The X-Naut sighed.

With Lord Crump...

"Bah...where's the Crystal Star?" He wondered as he looked around. "Should be around here somewhere." He said when suddenly he heard lots of footsteps. "Uh oh...I better get out of here!" He said as he took off while the others walked in.

"Huh...I wonder if the Crystal Star is in here?" Natsu wondered.

"It's a possibility." Mario said as Erza walked over and put the Puni Orb in the pedestal, and then suddenly the whole tree rumbled and then the Crystal Star came out.

"Well what do you know!" Luigi exclaimed as he walked over to get it, but Crump took it from his hands.

"I'll take that!" He said. "You know, it's really insulting that you saved all the Punies and saw through my brilliant trap, so I've decided to do something." He smirked and pulled out a remote. "A time bomb that will send you all to kingdom come!" He exclaimed and pressed the button.

Danger! Enemy Encounter! (Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door)

"Heh, let's see if you can outrun the timer!" He smirked as he put away the timer. "And with that...POW! I'm gone!" He said and then took off.

"Get back here!" Erza growled and went into her Flight Armor and then immediately chased after him.

"...She runs fast." Luigi said.

"Yeah, that's her armor that makes her go really fast." Natsu said.

"Ah." He nodded.

"WE HAVE NO TIME TO ADMIRE ERZA'S ARMOR! WE NEED TO MOVE!" Carla yelled as they nodded and took off after them.

Crump screeched to a halt. "Out of the way!" He ordered.

"No!" Elder was in front of the door. "You are not to leave!"

"Get out of my WAY, grandma!"

The Elder suddenly got huge. "EXCUUUUUSE ME?!" She yelled, causing Crump to shrink a little. "I'LL HAVE YOU KNOW THAT IS NO WAY TO TALK TO AN ELDER!" Crump shrunk some more. "I MAY BE OLD, BUT I STILL HAVE SOME YOUTH IN ME!" More shrinkage! "WHEN I WAS YOUR AGE, I RESPECTED MY ELDERS AND THERE WAS NO WAY I'D BLOW UP MY HOME!" Crump was really tiny.

"N-now wait a second here..."

"No way...it's time for me to show you the true power of the Punies!" She exclaimed...and then there was a cracking sound. "Agh! Fine time for my back to go out..."

Crump went back to normal. "Buh...buh huh huh huh! This is amusing. Now I'll just sneak right pa-" Erza tackled him to the ground. "OOOF!"

"There's no way you're going to make it out of here." Erza growled.

"How in the heck could you keep up with me? I have my good running shoes on!" He said and then he kicked her off. "Fine...i'll just turn off this timer." He grumbled as he turned it off. "Now...you are really pissing me off." He said. "I think it's time to unleash the beast." He said. "MAGNUS VON GRAPPLE, COME FORTH!" He yelled as a huge machine landed in front of them as he then got in.

"That doesn't scare me." Erza said, going into her outfit with the bandages and flaming pants. "Elder, I advise you to leave. This could get messy."

"And miss out on a good fight? Out of the question!"

Crump laughed. "Are you crying yet from this awesome machine? Sorry, but this thing ain't armed with tissues!" He laughed as Erza held her ground and got ready for battle.

Magnus von Grapple (Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door)

"Let's do this!" Magnus said as he ran over to Erza and kicked her, but she jumped to the side and slashed him several times. "Buh huh huh huh! You call that an attack? I barely even felt that!" He said and punched her two times and then kicked her away. "You might as well give up!"

"I never give up." Erza said and then went to attack him again, slashing him until she was punched to the ground.

"Oh what's that? Did I hear you say that you want to be punished? Fine by me!" He said as he raised his foot up in the air, but then Erza got up and rolled out of the way. "Get back here, I just want to CRUSH YOU!"

"REQUIP!" Erza yelled, going into Armadura armor and slashing Magnus Von Grapple, causing it to stumble a little.

"Whoa! Where did this strength come from?" He wondered before chuckling. "Take this!" He exclaimed and fired the arms directly to Erza, but she then slashed them down like they were nothing and then slashing him several times. "Gah!"

"I'm not through with you yet!"

"Oh yeah? Well let's see what happens when I do this!" He said, stomping on the ground to create an earthquake, but Erza jumped up and slashed him again. "Argh..." He growled. "Alright that's it...MAGNUS VON PUNISH!" He yelled.

Fairy Piercing Sword! Erza thought as she launched herself straight to Magnus Von Grapple as they both slammed right into each other...but then she pierced right through Magnus Von Grapple as she landed behind it.

"No...NO! THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING!" Crump yelled as Magnus Von Grapple exploded and he was sent flying to a wall. "No...we've failed. Magnus von Grapple!" He groaned as the Crystal Star was lying in front of Erza as she picked it up while changing back into her Heart Kruez armor.

The Great Tree

"I'll take this." She said as the door opened up behind them to see everyone else approaching.

"Man, we totally missed it!" Natsu growled.

"Stupid X-Nauts..." Gray muttered as Crump then got up.

"I'll remember this, you punks!" He said and took off, with all the X-Nauts following him.

"Yeah, you better run!" Natsu said. "The next time we see you, you'll wish you'll never cross our path!"

Mario chuckled. "Oh Natsu..."

Meanwhile...

"Helloooooo...anyone out there?" The jailed X-Naut asked. "I'm totally alone here! Anyone still here?!" He exclaimed before sighing. "I'm never getting out of here." He sighed.
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I wanted to stop the chapter after the Punies escaped, but...it seems I went a little too crazy and used the whole Great Tree as one stinkin' chapter! Oh well...