"Who dares to approach me?" asked a voice as they looked up to see the red dragon known as Hooktail.

Hooktail got up and then roared, hurting everyone's ears. "Ah, you're the ones that I saw earlier. I was tempted to roast the duck earlier but then it occurred to me, why not let them come all the way to the top so I can gobble them down head first? It's genius!"

"We are going to take you down, no more terrorizing Petalburg." Sora said, taking out his Keyblade while Hooktail took another good look at them and then at Koops. "Ah, the son of Koopley, came to avenge his father." Koops clenched his fists and glared at Hooktail. "It's time to finish this, what my dad started."

"Enough talk, let's do this thing." Hooktail said as everyone looked at each other and nodded as they all got in their battle position while Hooktail roared again.

Dragon Slaying Battle (Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door)

Sora ran forward as he jumped up and slashed Hooktail's nose while Donald used Thundaga on Hooktail. "Hahaha! Your pathetic attacks are WORTHLESS!" Hooktail yelled as it raised its foot and kicked Donald and Sora away.

Mario jumped up and hammered Hooktail WITH the item on his hammer, causing Hooktail to roar in pain.

"H-how...did you know about my weakness already? Ugh...I always feel sick whenever I hear crickets." "Food poisoning?" Goofy thought outloud. "Pretty much." Hooktail muttered.

"Wait, I think his defense is down." Goombella said as she ran over and headbonked Hooktail a couple times, as Hooktail yelled in pain. "That's what I thought." She said, but Hooktail kicked Goombella away.

Goofy threw his shield at Hooktail while Sora used Blizzaga Pursuit on Hooktail, but Hooktail kicked the shield away and breathed fire through the Blizzaga Pursuit while the two jumped away from Hooktail's Fire Breath.

Koops ran right to Hooktail and got in his shell, spinning right towards Hooktail's foot while Mario jumped up and hammered Hooktail just to keep the dragon distracted from Koops.

Hooktail looked at Goombella and breathed fire right at her, but she got out of the way and ran to headbonk Hooktail once again, but it just simply flicked Goombella away and then got hit by Donald's Thundaga.

Donald had an idea and whispered in Sora's ear. "Ah, good idea." He said as Donald hopped on Sora's back. "What the...?" Koops looked at them in curiosity.

"Let it rip!" Sora smirked. "FLARE FORCE!" Donald yelled while Sora used Blizzaga and Firaga at Hooktail.

"Whoooooa, that's amazing!" Koops exclaimed. "Mama mia, wouldn't want to get hit by that attack." Mario said as Goombella nodded in agreement.

"Gah..." Hooktail said as it fell and weakly looked at them. "Alright! I give up! How about this, how about if you let me live, I'll give you an awesome Keyblade that is super rare. How about that?"

"Hell no, you can keep that freaking Keyblade to yourself...IF you have it that is." Sora said. "Alright...how about one million coins? I'm sure that'll win you over!"

"Nope, I'm not that greedy." Mario said as Hooktail's eye twitched. "Okaaaaay, how about smelling the bottom of my feet? It smell good." "How do you know? It probably smells awful, besides I can smell it all the way over here." Koops said as they all nodded in agreement.

"You're not very trusting, it's important to trust people." Hooktail said. "Do you THINK we should trust a dragon that terrorizes Petalburg? I don't think so." Goombella said.

Suddenly, the doors slammed open, as they all looked to see random Toads running in with spears. "We've had ENOUGH OF YOUR TORMET! THIS ENDS NOW!" A Toad yelled.

"Perfect." Hooktail said as it got up and ran forward to the Toads. "ALRIGHT BOYS! THROW 'EM!" The Commander Toad yelled as they threw the spears at the dragon, but they all bounced off of Hooktail. "I TOLD YOU IT WOULDN'T WORK! WE SHOULD'VE BOUGHT HARPOONS!" A Toad yelled.

Hooktail smirked and then...ate them all and blood was splattering everywhere.

"Oh...I think I'm going to be sick..." Koops said while his eye twitched as Goombella and Donald just fainted at the sight of this.

"HAHAHA! I FEEL MUCH BETTER AND ENERGIZED!" Hooktail yelled as it turned back to them. "You monster." Mario said as he pulled out his hammer. "We have a battle to finish." Hooktail said.

Mario ran over to Hooktail and slammed his hammer on Hooktail again, making the same cricket noise again. "Oi...that noise..." Hooktail muttered.

"I'll finish you off..." Sora said as he closed his eyes. "GIVE ME STRENGTH!" He yelled as he glowed and then looked at Hooktail, he was in his Valor form and had Oathkeeper and Oblivion in his hands. "Oh? Just by changing your appearance doesn't mean it'll intimidate me." Hooktail said.

Sora ran forward and then jumped up while Hooktail looked up and breathed fire at him, but Sora quickly used Reflega and then used Zantetsuken, and then using Sonic Blade after using Zantetsuken, then using Ragnarock to finish the crazy combo.

"No...how can I lose...to the likes of you people?! So many meals...I was going to have." Hooktail said as it fell to the ground...dead.

"You are so FREAKING COOL!" Koops exclaimed as Sora turned back to normal as he blushed in embarrassment.

Hollow Bastion (Kingdom Hearts)

"Well, at least we defeated Hooktail...but what about that Crystal Star?" Goombella wondered as they all shrugged.

Suddenly, Hooktail spat out something as they turned to see a blue shell landing right in front of them. "Could it be...?" Koops asked.

The shell grew arms, legs and then the head itself. "Good lord, that was smelly in there." The Koopa said as he looked around and noticed Koops.

"Dad..." "Hello son." Koopley said as Koops ran over to him and hugged him.

Family Reunion (Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door)

"So this is your dad, huh?" Sora asked. "Yeah." Koops said as tears ran down his cheeks.

"What happened anyways? We were so worried that you didn't return." Koops said. "Funny thing is, I was just about to finish this bad boy off until he tricked me and gobbled me up! Luckily, I hid in my shell when it went dark. When I came out of the shell, I noticed I was inside Hooktail so I thought, "Well...hope Koops is doing well because he won't be seeing me for a while." He said.

"Well glad you're back and...not dead." Sora said as Koopley nodded. "Right, I can finally see Petalburg once again." He smiled as they walked forward.

"Oh! That reminds me!" Koopley said as they stopped to look at him. "When I was inside that blasted dragon, I found this inside of him." He said as he pulled out a Crystal Star!

"A Crystal Star!" Donald exclaimed as they all looked at it in shock. "Do you want it? I wasn't exactly going to keep it when I got out of that thing." Koopley said as they nodded. "Well here ya go!" He said as he gave it to Sora.

End of Chapter! (Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door)

Sora and the gang finally found the Crystal Star and beat the monstrous Hooktail. Not only that but Koops finally reunited with his dad! But the question is, where's Peach and Kairi?

"Don't worry, we'll find them soon!" Sora said as they nodded in agreement as they all walked back to Petalburg.

Little do they realize...is that their adventure has just begun.

Now how's THAT for an epic finisher?